Rotten and viscous—the inside of Gelong's mouth was not much different from a hippopotamus's. Nearly every cut felt like advancing through a dung heap. Such an environment was an indescribable test of the Witch Doctor's psyche, yet after picking out the Void Heart's connection points one by one, Li Ziran inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
He could not help recalling the old shell surgeries. That bloody, mangled sensation seemed to have returned to him. He had been immersed in researching the Void Chains these days, so much so that he had started to think of himself as a researcher.
The feeling made him very comfortable.
He carefully sensed the changes within Gelong. The incisions were so neat, entirely up to the most professional standards. At this moment, he felt that controlling such a massive shell as Hippo Ancient City was rather nice. He raised his head toward the endless Void Expanse, where there was nothing at all, yet he did not know whether enormous lifeforms existed at the end of that nothingness.
Compared to this Void Expanse, Red Soil Continent was truly something too tiny to mention. He was now certain that evolving into a continent was merely the starting point within the Void Expanse.
His living environment had changed. It was no longer a flesh-and-blood shell, and what lay before him was no longer grasslands and lakes, but an utterly empty Void Expanse.
Yet regardless of the environment, one had to survive. Especially after obtaining this Void Heart, he could draw energy from the Void Expanse and transform it into Origin. But by then, he might have completely broken away from ordinary living beings and become a far more special kind of lifeform.
Li Ziran quickly shook his head a few times and reeled in his thoughts. He