[Abnormal Nest]
A strange-looking creature drew a rotating spiral blade from a gray, lifeless heart.
Its body spiraled upward like a strand of DNA.
"Atracimo."
"Are you really going to kill Lomo just like that? Is that wise?"
"He was the first eighth-tier kindred to possess true intelligence."
Whoosh—
A being as round as a ball, its whole body constantly folding and twisting inward, appeared and spoke to the creature that spiraled like a strand of DNA.
The spiral creature, called Atracimo, paused.
It replied, "We are the only ones who need true intelligence."
"Weaklings like him have no right to possess it."
"Godo."
"Don't tell me you came to stop me?"
Godo replied indifferently, "Now that it's already happened, there's no need for me to stop you."
"The Lord would never let a great ninth-tier being die alongside an eighth-tier kindred."
"Since I failed to stop you in time, then this is his fate..."
"However, he still had unfinished research projects, and he had a mission in the Secret Sea. Since you killed him, you'll take over his mission."
Atracimo stopped spinning. "Understood."
"I'll take over the matters concerning the Secret Sea. As for the research on turning humans into monsters, I've already obtained all his experimental data."
"Now it's mine."
The creature that resembled a strand of DNA gradually spiraled downward.
It disappeared as it burrowed into the earth.
Godo gazed at the spot where it had vanished. "That certainly worked out conveniently."
"But the survival of the fittest is a privilege reserved for monsters."
"Lomo, you can only blame yourself for not being strong enough."
With that, Godo disappeared.
All that remained was a dead-gray heart, gradually drying up until it looked like a heap of ragged cloth.
Lu Cang looked at Lomo. His body was