Mountain City was different from Sea City. It was a city with a much slower pace, and when Cheng Yu arrived, he felt as though he had stepped into another lifetime.
Unlike Sea City, which was under a total curfew, its streets were still bustling even though it was nearly midnight, and roadside vendors were calling out their wares.
At the same time, Cheng Yu realized that apart from a little wistfulness, he felt nothing at all. He felt no joy at seeing so many of his own kind, and he knew perfectly well that this wasn't because he preferred peace and quiet.
He understood that as he grew stronger, something deep inside him had begun rejecting those who had once been his own kind.
This had become especially obvious after his soul reached Bronze. If he hadn't still had his memories of the past, Cheng Yu would never have believed that he, too, was human.
Ever since his body reached Bronze, when Cheng Yu looked at most people, no matter how beautiful or handsome they were, he could see the muscles, fat, and blood vessels beneath their skin.
The first victim of this ability had been his wife in name only, so Cheng Yu had used the Infinite Technique to establish a technique called Mortal Sight over his eyeballs.
As its name suggested, it allowed Cheng Yu to see things as an ordinary person would.
But after his soul reached Bronze, apart from people he knew well, most strangers no longer looked like members of his own species to him.
Cheng Yu strongly suspected that if he acquired another product like the Carbon-Based Virus now, he might actually use it for a high-tier achievement.
Still, Cheng Yu had used the Infinite Technique to suppress this feeling with "Mortal."
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