Hiss—hiss

Tap tap tap hiss hiss

Mmm hiss

Hiss

Red eyes.

Tap tap tap hiss hiss

Da da da da hiss

Black...blade...or something else...

Mmm hiss hissing

Click-clack

Gray, wriggling skin.

teeth.

Fine, dense teeth that cover the entire body.

Hissing, da da, ee-ooh, hissing.

A huge, dark shadow...

Lin Xi stared as the terrifying thing slowly emerged from the shadows.

The smell of blood grew stronger. The corpse was crushed by that "thing," and the bones were encased in skin and flesh. The sound of breaking was silent and faint.

...

He heard a very sharp sound, almost certainly far beyond the frequency that human ears could hear, but strangely, Lin Xi heard it with unusual clarity.

He could even understand the meaning of sounds that were ever-changing and far more terrifying than screams and howls.

Following the sound came the smell. A fishy yet sweet odor, like some kind of gelatinous liquid, slowly enveloped him.

Lin Xi could feel the sharp, inorganic limbs slowly caressing his skin.

He tried to dodge, but his body was completely immobilized.

The monster's carapace began to glow.

The voice grew sharper, red eyes flashed, and its terrifying, exceptionally complex mouth opened suddenly, revealing sickle-like teeth.

Don't come any closer.

Lin Xi wanted to scream at the monster.

But He still drew closer and closer.

…

He abandoned the vocal cords behind his wings and used a newly developed organ that he was completely unfamiliar with.

The human throat.

He had just pulled out of the corpse, swallowed it, and roughly assembled it into his own body.

alright.

He was able to speak.

All the red eyes stared at him.

This time, in the reflection of those compound eyes, Lin Xi saw her own exceptionally pale face... and...

What I look like now.

Mom...Mom...

Lin Xi heard Him call out to her.

...

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