Chapter 2: Newborn
Luo Wen curled up into a ball, unsure of how long he stayed in that position. Suddenly, he felt something atop his head moving instinctively. A sweet aroma wafted toward him, and an unbearable hunger clawed at his stomach.
“Great, just let me starve to death already,” he muttered, forcing himself to resist the tempting scent. Luo Wen tried to calm his mind, planning to die by starvation.
However, the objects on his head moved more frequently and forcefully, grating on his already frayed nerves. Glancing upward, he was startled to find two stick-like appendages swaying wildly in front of his eyes.
“What the hell?! I actually grew a pair of antennae?!”
His despair deepened…
Ten minutes later, a small black insect was seen crouched beside a massive white egg, devouring it with gusto. The tiny bug was only half the size of the egg, but its tiny mandibles worked furiously. As its saliva coated the shell, the once-hard surface rapidly softened. Between bites, the insect also slurped up the egg’s viscous interior, alternating between solid and liquid. A perfect combination of “hard entrée and soup.”
“Damn, this tastes amazing!” Luo Wen exclaimed.
It wasn’t that Luo Wen had caved to hunger; no, he told himself it was all to silence the distraction. The gleaming white egg stood out starkly against the pitch-black surroundings, drawing his attention incessantly. Combined with his new vision, which seemed fundamentally different from his past human eyes, the whole thing was making him dizzy.
Now that he’d decided to eat this culprit, he could concentrate better, and a full belly might even give him more energy to starve himself properly later.