What kind of "friend with benefits"?
An Yi was a bit puzzled.
Hongtian replied indifferently, "That voice actress streamer girl I introduced you to before, the one from Yunzhou."
"Cut the nonsense, leave it to Yan Zhi."
As An Yi spoke, his fingers swiped through the chat history.
When he saw the photo, his expression turned grave.
"Let’s go. Since we’ve stumbled upon this, might as well lend a hand."
An Yi quickly typed a message.
1.81m Handsome Youth: What do those people look like?
Lulu: They look like demons—bull heads, horse faces, like monsters!
Reading the text, An Yi’s eyes sharpened.
Shapeshifting demon beasts?
1.81m Handsome Youth: Where are they?
Lulu: High-tech District, Yunzhou City.
"Little Ming, Da Hong, let’s move!"
An Yi pocketed his phone and sprinted toward the parking lot.
He hotwired an abandoned car and sped out of the lot.
"Ahhh, nothing beats the taste of humans!"
A young man—his face otherwise ordinary—suddenly split open a horrifying maw, devouring the face of an old man lying on the ground.
Blood and flesh splattered grotesquely.
He had endured for far too long!
With their departure imminent, the primal instincts buried deep within him could no longer be suppressed.
He greedily sucked at the blood, gnawing on the old man’s bones with a sickening crunch.
The law of demon beasts had no rules—only the strong devouring the weak.
To him, humans were no different from livestock meant for slaughter.
"Old Hei, don’t get too reckless. Two is enough. Any more, and Lord Chixiao won’t let it slide," warned a shorter young man beside him.
Old Hei tossed aside the mangled corpse of the old man and snapped, "This damn landlord was always scheming, finding ways to screw me over. If I didn’t eat him before leaving, I’d never sleep easy!"
Normally, they blended into the city as ordinary humans.
And in the past, this man had exploited him relentlessly.
The shorter youth sighed. "You’ve already eaten him. Let’s just go."
"That old man reeked of decay. No, I need someone fresher to satisfy me!"
Old Hei’s eyes gleamed with a sinister light.
His true form was that of a crocodile.
"Who else do you want to eat?" the shorter youth asked helplessly.
He really didn’t want any more trouble.
If they jeopardized Lord Chixiao’s plans, death would be their only atonement.
Old Hei licked the blood from his lips and grinned. "Remember that chubby girl upstairs?"
The shorter youth nodded. "Oh, the one with the sweet voice? You even said she’d be a knockout if she lost weight."
"Plump, tender, juicy—I’ve been craving her for ages," Old Hei murmured.
The shorter youth’s mouth watered. He wiped his lips and cursed, "Damn it, now you’ve got me hungry too! Fine, but this is the last one, got it?"
"Deal. I’ll knock on her door."
"Same as always—the moment she opens it, we tear her apart!"
Under the staircase, Lulu hid in terror.
She never imagined the guy living downstairs was a monster!
Once, she’d naively thought his lingering stares meant he liked her.
It had given her a shred of comfort, a hope that even a plus-sized girl like her could find love.
But now…
"Lulu! You home?"
Old Hei knocked on the door.
Beside him, the shorter youth was already salivating.
This rundown neighborhood had no surveillance.
And most of the young people living here had no family to speak of.
Some could vanish for months before anyone noticed.
Tears streamed down Lulu’s face as she crouched in the shadows beneath the stairs, too terrified to make a sound.
She could only frantically message her few online friends, begging them to call the authorities.
"Where is she? Damn it!"
"Let’s just go. We’ll try another day."
"No! If I don’t eat her, I won’t sleep a wink! That girl’s meat is top-tier—so soft, so tender!"
Old Hei slumped in frustration.
Then, his nostrils flared.
His eyes glowed eerily.
"Wait… she’s here."
"Da Huang, you smell that? Human flesh… so fragrant."
Old Hei dropped to all fours, sniffing like a bloodhound, inching closer to the space beneath the stairs.
"I smell it."
"The scent of prey!"
Old Hei’s eyes blazed with hunger.
Lulu’s soul nearly fled her body in terror.
THUD!
A foot slammed onto Old Hei’s head, crushing his face into the concrete.
CRACK!
Blood gushed from his nose.
A tooth snapped off.
"W-Who are you?!"
The shorter youth trembled as he watched his partner writhe under the stranger’s boot.
An Yi grinned, pressing down harder.
"You were looking for human meat, right? Well, here I am."
"Get off!"
Old Hei suddenly bucked, breaking free with a roll before bolting out of the hallway.
The shorter youth followed, realizing their prey had turned predator.
"Oho? Not just small fry, huh?"
An Yi narrowed his eyes, a murderous glint flashing within.
He didn’t give chase. Instead, he crouched and peered under the stairs.
"Come out. They’re gone."
Lulu didn’t respond, her eyes wide with fear.
She’d just witnessed the landlord being eaten alive.
Trusting anyone now was impossible.
"I’m really human," An Yi sighed.
Seeing her shivering, he reached in and pulled her out.
"P-Please don’t eat me!" she sobbed.
"It’s me—1.81m Handsome Youth," An Yi said firmly.
Lulu’s tears overflowed as she threw herself into his arms.
"It’s really you! I thought I’d never see you again!"
He was her first love—even if it was just online.
"Don’t be scared. I’m here now."
Lulu looked up, sniffling.
"…Are you really 1.81 meters tall?"
An Yi’s smile froze.
A vein throbbed on his forehead.
That was his pride and joy!
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
