Dopamine was, in essence, a neurotransmitter secreted by the human brain's pituitary gland, helping cells transmit electrical signals.
It activated the human body's reward circuit, driving humanity to accomplish everything in the world.
Only with dopamine did humans gain the motivation to do things. More plainly, it was called the "dopamine desire circuit." It encouraged behaviors that ensured survival and reproduction—or, more specifically, helped humans obtain food and sex and prevail in competition. It could be called humanity's driving force.
However, this power had been stolen and abused.
At the table.
At last, an incongruous emotion appeared in Cui Ni's eyes.
Having finished vomiting violently, Wen Liuchun wiped away her tears and saliva, then raised her head to stare at the man before her in shock.
The man who should have been dead.
This... why?
Wen Liuchun's mind raced.
Cui Ni, the leader of the Fallen Cult, was a monster—a superhuman anomaly who would leave a vivid mark in the history books of the Pestilence world.
A top-tier Dragon Among Men in his own right, he could casually plunge a small country into chaos, destroying countless families.
Why was the person he wanted dead still alive?
Even more terrifyingly—
That man had stopped Cui Ni's [Desire Seal].
He had climbed straight onto the table and begun eating as if he were completely at home.
Cui Ni narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Zhi. "Sir, what a coincidence. To meet you here again."
Zhou Zhi ate as he shook his head. "Not a coincidence. I followed you here."
"Besides, I think having a meal here is far more enjoyable than finding a place to die, don't you?"
Zhou Zhi's words gave Cui Ni a rather strange expression.
Wen Liuchun, meanwhile, was ecstatic.
Truly ecstatic.
She was certain now.
He had