The Feeder and the Eater

It was as if the entire world changed the moment midnight passed.

The laughter vanished without a trace, replaced by endless despair and torment. Even breathing was full of pain, annoyance, and self-reproach. Countless unbearable memories surfaced in one's heart, becoming nightmares that lingered through the night, tangling around one's mind.

It was like accidentally remembering some mistake you had made before going to sleep.

Then you had to prepare to bid farewell to sleep.

You kept struggling against the foolish mistakes of the past amid self-blame and regret, until you were utterly exhausted, tears streaming down your face as you closed your eyes, endlessly regretting and apologizing in the silence.

I'm sorry for being born human.

But Huai Shi actually felt fucking great.

There was absolutely no way he was sorry. Not only did he not want to apologize, he even felt a slightly shameful sense of accomplishment.

Though his mood was inevitably awful, he could feel strength continuously surging from every limb and bone. His negative-energy engine had received an unprecedented upgrade.

His excited soul even caused his divinity to flare up, temporarily increasing Guixu's digestion efficiency for the Eternal Life Beast's flesh by six percent!

Helios really was a wonderful place!

Beautiful mountains, beautiful waters, even the air nourished people...

For a moment, he almost wanted to pitch a tent here and never leave. But that could not dispel the growing sense of danger in his heart, nor everything his ultimate intent perceived.

Like a bat's echo.

From the countless subtle vibrations in the floor, he could receive movements coming from every direction.

Thousands upon thousands of twisted footsteps crawled through the darkness. When he closed his eyes, he sensed countless strange tremors from the faint echoes transmitted by Hateful Water.

An invisible behemoth moved through this