In what seemed like the blink of an eye, that intense hunger surged through him again. His mind felt too heavy to think, and his teeth were trembling slightly.
This body was impatient to eat something—
Anything at all.
Your Sanity Value has decreased due to hunger. It is now 96. Your Sanity Value has decreased due to hunger. It is now 94. Your Sanity Value has decreased due to hunger. It is now 90.
System notifications rang out one after another.
The hunger grew more and more severe. He wanted to devour every plant he saw—even his own arm.
But Zhou You didn't give in to the urge.
He simply picked up the Blood-Stained Knife and slashed his arm hard—
As blood welled up, the pain from his nerves temporarily suppressed his hunger. But the bloodlust in his eyes hadn't faded; if anything, it had grown darker.
Still, Zhou You fought through the discomfort, knitted his brows, and muttered to himself.
"I think I understand now. The biggest restriction in this instance isn't the demons and monsters, but the hunger of this body itself. No wonder the system made a point of warning me at the start. This is the real problem!"
Zhou You took a deep breath, then looked around with bloodshot eyes.
There were still a few scraps of food on the plate. Even if the beastified person was inedible, at least the meatball was made entirely of ordinary human corpses, without any Tai Sui Meat mixed in. It should be fine as a stopgap.
But Zhou You only glanced at it before immediately looking away.
That stuff had never been an option.
It wasn't as if his surname was Han; he had no interest in eating his own kind.
The rest was mostly wooden