The apprentices scattered in every direction through the fire and choking smoke..

With an earth-shaking roar, the reborn monster greedily devoured the corrupted miasma drifting through the air and consumed every living thing within reach. Then, it grew, yet within its enormous, red eye flickered the tiniest hint of confusion. 

Why did everything seem to have changed so suddenly?

This still seemed to be the workshop, yet it wasn’t the same workshop. There were still many people around, yet they weren’t the same people he once knew. It felt as though it had only just opened its eye, but something appeared to be missing from the time in between.

Right, right, right… No, no, no...

Contradictions piled upon each other inside the little brain it technically didn’t possess. A creature possessing reason would have been confused by inconsistencies, but instead they only drove it into an ever-greater rage. Ravenous, it devoured everything in its path, rampaging as it grew larger and larger.

Among the panicked crowd, there was only one person who neither ran nor fled. The cripple whose legs could barely carry him remained seated calmly at his workbench. Ji Jue leaned back slightly, smiling as he patted President on the head and watched his...