As if the darkness soaked in ink shrouded the surroundings, in the darkness, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out. As the hands slowly approached, Zheng Ming struggled violently. However, being pressed by a black shadow, no matter how he struggled, the power of his young body could not shake the slightest.

He tried to scream, but found that his throat felt like it was blocked. Under his desperate gaze, the hands slowly but surely moved towards his neck.

"Uhhhhh With a hoarse shout, Zheng Ming sat up abruptly. His heart contracted suddenly, and he was sweating profusely and breathing greedily.

Looking around, the dim moonlight shone in through the gaps in the curtains, and the familiar surroundings of the dimly lit room were faintly visible. With a fluffy touch, an orange cat with snow-white limbs jumped into its arms.

"Meow~." The orange cat barked softly, stretched her head to Zheng Ming's arm and rubbed it, as if she was coquettish and seemed to be comforting...

Zheng Ming's Confession

Another night awakened by a nightmare. I stroked my aching neck and sat up.

"Meow~."

Along with the sound of the immature cat's meow came the fluffy touch of the bosom. I looked down and saw an orange cat with snow-white limbs rubbing its head against me. This is my pet and I call it Teddy.

That's right! I'm just a cat slave. Even when he sleeps, he allows it to curl up on his chest.

Looking at the cat owner who meowed and seemed to be comforting me, a feeling of guilt rose in my heart. Because my master, who wakes up from nightmares every night, can't sleep well at night.

I picked it up and stroked it for a while, until it showed an expression of enjoyment, then put it on the bed and comforted it softly, "Hmm." I'm fine. Teddy, good, you keep sleeping. ”

I got up and walked to the living room, looking at the alarm clock with a pale green glow in the darkness, and as expected, it was two o'clock in the evening.

I picked up the cigarette case on the table, trying to light a cigarette and calm my beating heart as I was usual, but found that the cigarette case was empty.

"Alas~. Is it done pumping? Go out and buy a box. ”

If you're a veteran smoker, you should be able to understand my behavior of going out in the middle of the night. As a solitary person, I can stand being hungry and not going out, but I can't stand not being able to smoke.

So I simply changed into my clothes and walked out of the house.

……

"Inhale~exhale~."

At two o'clock in the evening, all the supermarkets in the neighborhood closed down, which caused me to have to walk a long way to buy cigarettes in a twenty-four-hour supermarket. But I have to say that it was all worth it.

Thinking of this, I raised the cigarette I was pinching in my right hand and took another deep breath.

"Inhale~exhale~."

I looked up at the sky and let out a long exhale. Smoke curls up from the mouth and nose, and the red moon looms in the sky in the dim light, making it feel unreal to look through the smoke.

A scarlet crescent moon hung high in the dim, pitch-black sky.

"Today's moon is really rare."

I stood still and admired the blood moon in the sky for a while, until I finished the cigarette in my hand, and then looked into the alleyway. Compared to the hazy streets, the alleyways you will step into are like a large black mouth, quietly waiting for the prey to step in.

For some reason, a sense of fear rose in my heart, and I stood there and hesitated.

"Do you want to take the main road and go back?"

But at the thought of walking for more than an hour, and having always been a shortcut, I shook my head to banish the absurd thoughts in my head, extinguished my cigarette, tightened my clothes, and strode in.

I walked cautiously on the road with the light of my mobile phone, and all kinds of ghost stories and urban weird stories were flooding in my mind. Suddenly, I saw a dark shadow at the end of the alleyway.

My heart tightened suddenly, and with a roar in my head, my scalp went numb, and I didn't think twice about shining my phone into the dark shadow.

I saw a woman in a black hoodie walking over, bowing her head after being illuminated by the light of her mobile phone, raising her arms to block the front.

A crisp and pleasant voice came.

"You're sick!"

"You're sick, so dark don't take your phone to take a photo." Of course, I couldn't say this kind of thing, I just said a word in my heart, and quickly moved my phone.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't expect anyone to be there so late. After saying that, I hurriedly lowered my head and looked at the ground, so as not to misunderstand the other party.

The other party didn't say anything and continued to walk, getting closer and closer to me, until the other party's white and small sneakers came into view, and I couldn't help but look up at her with curiosity.

At that moment, the other party seemed to have tripped over something, and fell straight into my arms.

"Touching porcelain? Immortal jump? What about hiding? Or not hiding? What if I dodge it and break it? Do you have to carry me to the hospital for this black light? What if you don't hide from me? Hold me, and a few more strong men will come out......"

I froze in place, my mind a mess, and as I was thinking, she crashed headfirst into my arms.

Well, she wasn't knocked into a rolling gourd as I expected, she was far smaller than I expected, and the impact was not very heavy.

I looked down and saw that she was right up to my chin, and a familiar scent was drilling into my nostrils.

Oh, remembered. It's the same shampoo as the one I use, so it's no wonder it's so familiar.

With the fragrant delicate carcass in my arms, I inevitably wanted to be in the wrong. Just as my thoughts diverged and I flew farther and farther, I suddenly felt a chill in my chest.

I was horrified to find that the blade in her hand was stuck in my chest.

"Poof."

Soon the knife was quickly withdrawn, and I, who was originally paralyzed on her, also fell to the ground in humiliation as she retreated.

Hot blood gushed out from the wound, and quickly turned cold, and with it came the strength and vitality of the whole body.

I threw up my hands in disbelief and tried with all my strength to plug the wound, as if this would save my rapidly lost life.

I was amazed, I was horrified, I was angry! However, when I saw her in the light of my phone, all the boiling emotions quickly cooled like blood flowing out of my body.

Looking at the stubborn appearance of the girl in front of me holding back tears and pursing her lips tightly, my heart was pinched again, and the resentment of being stabbed gradually turned into pity and regret.

I don't know what expression to make, but maybe my expression will be wonderful in her eyes at this point. I tried my best to speak, but the words came out like a mosquito.

"Right...... Right...... Not great. ”

I don't know if she heard it or not, my vision became blurry, my body grew colder and colder, and even the voices in my ears grew farther and lower.

Before falling into the silent darkness, I only saw the blood-soaked girl crouching beside me.

A crying, laughing, mournful crying reached my ears, farther and farther away, lower and lower...

Lionheart

Lionheart. It is a human town, and the people here are under the rule of the lion clan, hence the name of the city.

In addition to the temple and the sacrificial house, the third tallest majestic building in the city was a spacious chamber, and the walls and floor made of snow-white stone were covered with summoning formations drawn in blood-red red threads.

The shelves in the secret room are filled with all sorts of strange and exotic objects. There are gems that exude colorful brilliance, unicorn that collects the essence of monsters, plants that swing slowly in strange shapes, and pale cyan slimes that are bottled in crystals. The seal on the crystal bottle bears the handwriting of a strange ooze monster from an unknown land.

An old man with white hair and a long flowing beard, dressed in a magic robe with gold trim on a black background, knelt in the center of the summoning array, and after a long series of obscure incantations and prayers, he said his wish.

"God the Father is above, and Merlin the believer is here to offer the most sincere faith and the purest and rarest sacrifices. Hope for the gift of God the Father. Ask the Divine Messenger to come down and lead my people. ”

As soon as the old man's words fell, the summoning circle in the room suddenly burst into a dazzling light.

After the light passed, the old man looked at the empty center of the summoning circle, and sighed softly with a lost face.

"Alas~. Or is it a failure? A batch of rare gems and treasures were spent in vain, but in exchange for failure. How long will my people endure humiliation? ”

However, what the old man didn't notice was that as the summoning array just now shone brightly, a translucent ball of light burrowed into the crystal bottle, and the experimental slime was used.

……

[Awaken a rare talent.] Evolver】

An ethereal female voice sounded.

Cold!

It's cold to the bone!

Zheng Ming, who thought he was going to sleep underground, was woken up by a cold freeze that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

"I'm not dead? Where is this? ”

Black!

It's pitch black!

Unlike the darkness of the night, where you can vaguely see the outline of objects, here is the darkness that reveals nothingness.

Zheng Ming felt like he was being held in a small box, unable to move.

Time passed, there was no specific reference, and Zheng Ming, who was alone, only felt that countless years had passed.

Lonely!

Lonesome!

Loneliness enveloped Zheng Ming, accompanied by a long time like eternity, almost driving Zheng Ming crazy.

【Awakening Splint Talent】

It's that ethereal female voice again. It sounded like it sounded from the bottom of my heart.

It wasn't until this time that Zheng Ming realized that he wasn't hallucinating.

"Who are you? My system? Where is this? The world after death? ”

However, no matter how much he asked in his heart, the female voice just now was silent.

After asking to no avail, Zheng Ming realized his abnormality. At this time, he has no senses such as hearing, smell, and vision. There is only one magical perception.

He could sense his body at this time, without hands or feet. A jelly-like fluid body. It took a lot of effort but only a slight squirming.

"Hungry. I'm so hungry. I couldn't do my strength when I was hungry. ”

【Gain Innate Ability, Devour】

With the voice in his heart, the crystal bottle that came into contact with Zheng Ming began to melt silently.

"Oh~so comfortable~. What is it? Why is it so comfortable? ”

Zheng Ming, who activated the devouring ability for the first time, devoured the crystal bottle containing himself. However, he had no senses and was ignorant of what was happening in the outside world, and he let out a moan of ecstasy as he was tossed by the comfort, and at this time he had only one thought, which was to continue this comfort.