"Lin Xi—"
Bryce let out a terrified cry.
Suddenly, Lin Xi's wound stopped bleeding. With his body twitching, death seemed to have already reached Lin Xi's shoulder.
"Bryce?"
But Elisa, who had been holding Lin Xi's body, immediately noticed something was wrong—Lin Xi's body had become incredibly cold in a short moment, as if it were a corpse that had been lying in a freezer for a long time.
But Lin Xi's movements became exceptionally powerful.
He even sat up directly from Elisa's arms, head bowed, without making a sound.
“...I think...Lin Xi, he…”
Something's wrong with him.
Elisa stared intently at Lin Xi's profile, then subconsciously lowered her voice and spoke.
But she didn't even have time to finish her sentence, because at that moment, Lin Xi suddenly turned her head and looked at her.
She saw Lin Xi's face.
Two jet-black eyes were set in that extremely pale face.
Elisa trembled violently. The moment she met those eyes, she knew that the person lying in her arms was no longer the Lin Xi she knew.
She felt her vision blurring, as if something was disrupting her thoughts.
It was an exceptionally terrifying feeling. She even felt as if someone was randomly turning and stirring her brain with their fingers. However, before the emotions of fear and panic could even arise, she had completely lost the ability to think normally.
The unfinished words turned into a comical, breathy sound that spilled from his lips.
His initially panicked expression relaxed, turning into a blank and calm one, almost like someone with intellectual disabilities.
Elisa froze, her eyes wide open—she had clearly seen Lin Xi's jaw being pulled open at an eerie angle, and she had seen the mouthparts, which should never have appeared on a human body, gradually emerge from below Lin Xi's gums and aim at her throat…
Elisa suddenly felt a pain in her neck, where a small wound had appeared.
But Elisa remained motionless, as if she were completely unaware that something was wrong.
Her soul was completely frozen. Even though she could clearly perceive everything in the outside world, she had completely lost the ability to interact with it.
What she didn't know was that the same thing happened to Bryce.
The moment Lin Xi opened his eyes, he was also enveloped by a thick mental network.
He was bound.
However, due to the different angle, what he saw was not only Lin Xi, but also the things that appeared behind Lin Xi.
The terrifying monsters that could drive everyone mad in an instant fell silent after easily killing everyone in the hall.
Their bodies curled up, cautiously remaining a distance away from Lin Xi. Even though their appearance was entirely that of terrifying insects, at this moment they seemed unusually human. Even if Bryce and Elisa could still retain a sliver of normal thinking, they could sense that those monsters were afraid of Lin Xi.
The only one who could stay by Lin Xi's side was "Number One".
Its wings instantly turned a translucent gray, because its instincts had already sensed that Lin Xi no longer needed its wings.
【energy】
A powerful idea was brutally projected into "Number One's" mind.
Lin Xi's body has suffered severe trauma, and he desperately needs a lot of energy to help it repair itself.
Although the other members of the clan had prepared food for him, at this moment, the people closest to "Linxi" were Elisa and Bryce—his most important family members.
However, even the still clueless "Number One" could sense that to the current "Lin Xi," even Elisa and Bryce were nothing more than two fresh pieces of flesh and blood, nothing more.
Perhaps due to its physical weakness, it panicked completely and even hunted the two people directly.
"Number One" tilted his head and looked at Lin Xi and the other two.
Slender, jet-black spikes emerged from beneath Lin Xi's fingernails, piercing Elisa's arm and instantly soaking her sleeve with crimson blood.
A long, straw-like object emerged from Lin Xi's throat, probing directly into Elisa's neck, where she had already been bitten.
It must be said that, in "Number One's" eyes, "Lin Xi's" hunting seemed slow and clumsy. However, this is quite normal; under normal circumstances, "Lin Xi" would never, and does not need to, hunt herself.
A steady stream of food and prey would be respectfully brought into the nest by its family and children and offered to it. Because of this, "Linxi" itself was very weak in combat. Even its newly grown mouthparts and fangs seemed delicate and cute to "Number One".
If nothing unexpected happens...
Elisa and Bryce will soon be turned into a soft, sticky mass of flesh by Linxi's digestive juices, and then Linxi will suck them clean, bite by bite.
Then, just like it has happened countless times over billions of years.
"Linxi" will reach the depths of the nest, where there will be His throne and the most important nursery, where He can freely reproduce with "Linxi" and their species.
"Number One" became excited about everything that was about to happen.
Even its wings took on a hazy, beautiful pink hue as a result.
However, "Number One," who suddenly noticed the color of its own wings, was slightly taken aback at that moment.
"Linxi" no longer needs its wings.
"Number One" suddenly remembered this.
So at this time, it doesn't need to waste energy changing the color of its already cumbersome and ugly wings.
An emotion so unfamiliar swept through Number One's mind in that instant.
It had no idea what was wrong with it, but that strange feeling lingered there, constantly tugging at the nerve inside its body called unease.
It unconsciously moved closer to "Lin Xi", and for a moment, it even wanted to interrupt "Lin Xi" from eating.
When it realized this, it was almost stunned by the thoughts in its mind.
Interrupting Lin Xi's meal? Why would it have such a terrible thought? But... but...
At this moment, however, "Number One" inappropriately recalled the scenes it had witnessed while hiding in the shadows, scenes of intimacy that made it envious and even want to flap its wings.
It almost instinctively sensed that Lin Xi would be sad.
It wasn't the "Lin Xi" in front of me who exuded natural intimidation and a lofty status, but rather that... Lin Xi.
Lin Xi will be sad.
"Number One" thought blankly.
Then……
"Number One".
It suddenly heard a familiar call.
...
Long afterward, when Lin Xi recalled this scene, she still felt fear and lingering dread.
He was just a hair's breadth away from personally sending the two people he loved most into the arms of death.
A tear fell onto Lin Xi's hand.
Those were Bryce's tears.
This man should have been completely lost in a vegetative state, like someone in a vegetable; he couldn't possibly still retain any cognitive abilities.
But then something strange happened.
He remained in that blank state, every muscle in his body relaxed, his eyes vacant, and his expression rigid.
But tears kept welling up, streaming down his expressionless face until one drop landed on the back of Lin Xi's hand.
"..."
Lin Xi's movements suddenly stopped; she froze.
thump thump—
It was as if someone was locked in the deepest, darkest room of a dungeon.
And now that person is screaming incessantly in the room, making a commotion that is disturbing Him.
The back of my hand is very hot.
That single drop of scalding liquid, for the first time ever, gave Him a sensation as if His very soul was being burned.
"Hmm..."
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xi's body trembled violently.
Human emotions are constantly surging up from the deepest recesses of consciousness.
Lin Xi gritted her teeth and forced her eyes open.
Of course, he had been looking at Elisa before that, but at that time, Elisa was just a sweet and delicious lump of meat to Him.
And now, he can finally see his beloved family.
He used almost all his strength to struggle and control himself.
Then, little by little, he untangled the mental spiderweb deep within his mind.
Elisa's body twitched, followed by Bryce's.
However, their movements and eyes still remained somewhat sluggish, because His paralyzing effect on them had not completely worn off.
"Run away..."
Lin Xi reached out his hand shakily and pushed the two stiff humans with difficulty.
Speaking was something that was incredibly simple for him before, but at this moment, it was unbelievably difficult.
"Run...run...don't...stay here..."
Lin Xi shoved Elisa and Bryce.
Since his will emerged, the various strange phenomena that had appeared on him gradually subsided.
However, the body, which did not replenish its energy in time, began to protest frantically at the same time.
Lin Xi could clearly feel the extreme weakness of his body and the intense pain that made him want to scream. His thighs and knees were wet, and he knew very well that it was because the big hole in his abdomen was bleeding again.
If he could eat in time—the monsters behind him could actually provide him with ample nutrients—Lin Xi could sense that his condition would improve instantly.
But for some inexplicable reason, he managed to suppress his urge to eat in front of Elisa and Bryce.
Moreover, his instincts told him that such a scene should not have happened in the first place.
This situation is too strange; things shouldn't have turned out this way.
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