When Chen Shijin opened his eyes again, he found himself no longer in that dark place of exile, but instead in a clearly modern setting.

 

High-rise buildings, bustling streets, throngs of people and sunset-everything seemed normal, but there was one extremely abnormal thing in front of him.

 

It stared at him.

 

Chen Shijin: “…” What the hell is this thing?!

 

Before him stood a deformed “big-eyed person” with eyes so large they almost filled his entire face, eyeballs bulging out at least three centimeters.

 

This person was grinning widely, stretching out his hands, excitedly “looking” at him.

 

But his perspective was rather peculiar.

 

One of his eyes looked down, the other up, rotating counter-clockwise and clockwise, before he chuckled and spoke.

 

“H-hello? Help me…give me a like.”

“Or, should I…chop you to pieces?”

 

The “person’s” bulging eyes blinked laboriously, offering an utterly absurd choice.

 

Chen Shijin looked at the gleaming machete on his left and the WeChat Moments like page on his right, feeling that this world was even more absurd than the question itself.

 

Has liking posts on WeChat Moments really gotten this bad?!

 

Like or die?!

 

At this point, whether to like or not has become a question.

 

Just then, a voice came urgently from the distance.

 

“Run! Don’t look at their phones! And don’t agree to any of their demands regarding your phones! Come over here! Use your special abilities to get here!”

 

Chen Shijin’s heart skipped a beat, and he was about to look in the direction of the voice when the big-eyed man in front of him blocked his way, pushing the phone and machete even closer. The repeated questions became even more ferocious:

 

“Like…like!”

 

“Or I’ll kill you!”

 

Chen Shijin finally couldn’t help but twitch his lips.

 

Although their Earth was gradually being taken over by “phone addicts,” this was really not the time to be looking down and courting death, brother.

 

Anyone with a brain would choose-

 

“Like your sister!” What the hell was he choosing?!

 

Chen Shijin finished speaking and ran, observing his surroundings as he ran.

 

Then he discovered that there were more than a dozen other people on the street, just like him, being chased and attacked by the deformed, big-eyed man, who was also trying to escape his pursuit using various methods.

 

 

The first person he saw was a young office worker, who looked tired but was running very fast.

 

However, he was still no match for the big-eyed man chasing him. Just as he was about to be slashed by the big-eyed man’s knife, the young man shouted excitedly, “Double holiday 3+7=8! Double holiday 3+7=8!!”

 

After shouting, Chen Shijin watched helplessly as the young man who had been running behind him “whoosh””and “whoosh”

overtook him, as if the ground he was running on had disappeared by several meters.

 

 

Chen Shijin: “???”

 

Chen Shijin stared at the young office worker in front of him, unable to suppress his confusion and deep thought. Then another deliveryman sped past him and the young office worker at a speed that could break the Olympic record.

 

Chen Shijin: “ …”

 

Ah, he remembered. Before he told the voice to shut up, it said “awaken the power of talent.”

 

So, these were the two brothers’ talent powers? Speedy legs and… 3+7=8 for the Double Festival holiday?

 

Wasn’t the latter ability a bit strangely absurd?

 

Then Chen Shijin saw a burly man with the size of a bear and hands that had actually turned into bear paws slap the big-eyed man’s phone away and run for his life, a girl with feet that had turned into sheep hooves screaming and leaping over the big-eyed man with amazing jumping power, and-There was even his green tea cousin and trashy doll-bride fiancé.

 

But thinking about it, it made sense. These two and he were basically struck by lightning and rained down at the same time, so it was highly likely that they fell into the same place and were swallowed by the same monster.

 

He wanted to see what kind of talent abilities they had.

 

At this moment, Lü Jun and Liu Dakai had no time or leisure to watch other people’s commotion.

 

They were pale-faced and running desperately in the direction from which the voice came.

 

Lu Jun, being short and with short legs, was slightly slower than Liu Dakai. The big-eyed man chasing him, was almost about to catch him.

 

Without even turning around, Lu Jun sensed the danger. He glared at Liu Dakai’s back, who was ignoring him, and screamed uncontrollably, “Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! The aroma of tea is overwhelming! The aroma of tea is overwhelming!! Smell my scent! I’m covered in a captivating tea fragrance!!”

 

Chen Shijin: “…”

 

Stunned, buddy, what a precise confession!

 

But the next second, Chen Shijin saw a faint green light emanating from Lu Jun’s body. When the big-eyed man sniffed the green light, the previously fierce and manic man’s face suddenly showed a dreamy expression, and he began to stand there in a daze.

 

Wow.

 

His green tea cousin’s [Overflowing Tea Fragrance] skill was actually quite useful.

 

Lu Jun escaped the big-eyed man’s crisis using the tea fragrance and charged forward with all his might. Just then, Liu Dakai, panting heavily, was about to be attacked by the big-eyed man chasing him.

 

Chen Shijin watched with great interest; did his trashy fiancé have some special self-defense skills?

 

Unfortunately, not everyone is a green tea b*tch.

 

Although Liu Dakal screamed in terror, “Hear everything! Hear everything! Ahhhhh! Don’t kill me! I can hear other people’s footsteps! Ahhhh! Go and attack others!”

 

the big-eyed man behind him was unaffected. Looking at the back within reach of the knife, his three-centimeter-long bulging eyes swirled excitedly. He raised his watermelon knife and slashed down at Liu Dakal’s back!

 

“Ahhhhh-”

 

Blood instantly stained Liu Dakai’s expensive white shirt.

 

“Like, or… die?”

 

 

The big-eyed man, having knocked Liu Dakai to the ground, actually held out the watermelon knife and phone to Liu Dakai’s face again. This time, however, the watermelon knife in his hand was stained with scarlet blood.

 

Liu Dakai’s face was contorted with pain. “Like! I like it! I’ll like it for you!! Don’t kill me! I’ll like it for you!”

 

He was filled with hatred, hating Lü Jun who ran past him without a care. He hated even more the man who had told them not to like it.

 

Why did he tell them they couldn’t like it? Why did he put such a heavy psychological burden on him from the start?!

 

So Chen Shijin and the others who had already reached safety saw Liu Dakai, his hand trembling, gritting his teeth, liking the big-eyed man’s phone screen.

 

As his finger touched the phone screen, the crazed, eerie-looking man with the large eyes rolled his eyes and chuckled. Then, he stretched out his overly thick arms and helped Liu Dakai up.

 

“Okay, okay, you liked it, so you’re a friend.”

 

“Hehehehe, you are my friend!”

 

He patted Liu Dakai’s shoulder forcefully, scrutinizing Liu Dakai’s eyes, hands, and head for a while before turning away, satisfied.

 

Then, panting heavily, the survivor saw Chen Shijin standing less than three meters ahead, silently watching the spectacle.

 

Liu Dakal: “…..”

 

Chen Shijin: “……”

 

Liu Dakai’s expression instantly shifted from horror and fear to shame and anger.

 

“Chen Shijin! You’re here too!”

 

Chen Shijin gave him an elegant, fake smile and turned to run towards the hotel. Liu Dakai, watching his unhurried back, his voice cracking with rage, shouted,

 

“Why weren’t you chased by the monster?!

how come you, a mute, weren’t chased by the monster?!”

 

Liu Dakai was furious. It was at this moment that he saw the monster that had been chasing Lü Jun and indulging in tea had recovered. Without its previous target, the bulging-eyed monster turned its attention to Chen Shijin.

 

Without thinking, Liu Dakai blurted out, “Go after him! He’ll give you a like! Go after him!”

 

Why should he be the only one forced to give a monster a like? Why should he be the only one facing unknown threats and fear? Wasn’t Chen Shijin his mute fiancé? Then he should share the danger!

 

Chen Shijin, hearing Liu Dakai’s words from afar, sneered. Trash is trash; he wasn’t surprised by this trash’s reaction..

 

However, Liu Dakai’s words acted as a trigger, reminding the big-eyed monster. Chen Shijin soon heard heavy breathing and footsteps behind him.

 

“Watch out!”

 

“That monster’s got its eye on you!”

 

“Run! Use your abilities!”

 

Several people inside the hotel entrance and nearby couldn’t help but shout.

 

Lü Jun stood inside the glass door, watching Chen Shijin with a complex expression and flickering eyes.

 

Liu Dakal, however, grinned excitedly behind him.

 

Yes! That’s it! Catch him and chop him up! Or force him to like it like him! This mute dared to mock him and deserves punishment!

 

 

Liu Dakai watched the big-eyed man get closer and closer to Chen Shijin, his smile growing increasingly excited. He would soon see Chen Shijin’s pathetic, terrified state; he wouldn’t be the only one liking the weirdo’s post!

 

After all, what kind of special ability could a mute person who couldn’t speak possibly have?

 

Just as Liu Dakai’s malicious anticipation and the varied expressions of the people in the hotel ahead were watching, Chen Shijin, who had been running at a steady pace, suddenly stopped.

 

He abruptly turned around, raising his hand in front of him. His long, slender, white fingers gently flicked at the big-eyed man who had already raised his machete:

 

[Explode!]

 

Boom-

 

A deafening explosion erupted from the big-eyed man’s body, followed by raging flames!

 

Amidst everyone’s incredulous gazes, the big-eyed man, who had been chasing after them in a disheveled state, covered his burning eyes and howled. A few seconds later, he turned into a puddle of black ash. As the big-eyed man turned to ash, Chen Shijin felt a cool energy flow into his body. At the same time, the voice he had told to shut up rang out again, relentlessly.

 

[…You killed the Level 1 monster ‘Bulging Eyes’ and devoured its remaining energy.]

 

【Current Energy Value: 1*&%#@????】

 

【Detection Error, Re-detect…]

 

[Current Energy Value: 9*&#@!???】

 

[Detection Error! Target Undetectable! Activating New Intelligent Algorithm!】

 

【Current Energy Value: N+10】

 

Chen Shijin: “…6.”

 

If that N was him, this voice was quite intelligent.

 

And…the phrase “devouring remaining energy” and his newly acquired 10 energy points were also quite interesting.

 

If that was the case, he probably understood the meaning of the phrase in the Land of Exile: [Devouring and being devoured is an endless destiny】

 

This world is like a dark sea, where all life is like swimming fish.

 

Big fish eat small fish, or small fish swarm to kill big fish-that’s the essence of this world.

 

 

The relationship between devourer and devoured is not constant; even if a devoured creature is swallowed into its world, as long as it doesn’t die, it can gradually be eroded and killed back.

 

Like that giant monster and the people here, like him and the giant-eyed monster in this world.

 

Chen Shijin thought this and smiled silently.

 

Ah, what would he gain if he devoured this “monster world”?

 

The energy from that level-one monster just now felt a bit like cold noodles.

 

If energy had a taste, hmm… What would he taste like?

 

Chen Shijin: “……”

 

Stopping his wild thoughts.

 

And, he confirmed the most important point in this land of exile and the world of devouring.

 

A smile appeared on Chen Shijin’s face, and then that smile turned into an uncontrollable, radiant smile. Even his steps became light and bouncy. It was as if he wasn’t in a bizarre and terrifying world, but a paradise of freedom.

 

Amidst the shocked and bewildered gazes of the group opposite him, the young man politely nodded.

 

 

“Good day, everyone. Today is truly a beautiful day.”

 

Everyone: “…”

 

“And this world is so free and wonderful.”

 

Everyone: “????”

 

Dude, look at all those big-eyed people running around frantically asking for likes before you speak! Are you mute or blind?!