Chapter 1

At 11:50 PM, a blood moon hung high in the sky, casting an eerie glow. Just then, the basement door creaked open.

Through the peephole of his bedroom door, Shen Wei saw a terrifying monster covered in grotesque tentacles, with two heads and four arms, emerge from the basement. One of the monster’s heads was his father's older brother, and the other was shockingly his grandfather!

The terrifying old man with the ax was dead, his head chopped off by the monster and attached to its own body.

Noisy footsteps hurried toward Shen Wei's bedroom. His parents called out gently, but Shen Wei didn't open the door.

"Son, quickly open the door…"

"Listen to us, open the door! Otherwise, I'll come in and beat you to death, you little bastard…"

Seeing that Shen Wei was ignoring them completely, they started taking turns slamming against the door. Behind the bedroom door was a huge cabinet that Shen Wei had placed there.

Afraid it wasn't secure enough, Shen Wei also pushed the desk from the head of the bed against it. With so much blocking it, they wouldn't be able to break through for a while.

"Son, can't you think about the family for once? Our family has carried this curse for generations, when will it ever end? Now that we have a way to remove the curse, for the sake of your parents' kindness to you, can't you sacrifice yourself?"

His father's tearful voice came from outside the door.

"Don't you try to guilt-trip me. If you're so great, why did you let your brother die? Why didn't you go?"

Shen Wei's retort left his father speechless.

"Because your younger brother is about to be born, he's still young, you don't want him to be born with the family's death curse, do you? Besides, you won't die, you'll just gain eternal life. The gods will bestow glory upon the brave…"

Shen Wei's mother's plaintive voice also came from outside the door.

"So, I'm the only one who deserves to die in this family! You all advise others to be great and have a spirit of dedication, but when it comes to yourselves, you run faster than rabbits. We're all your own flesh and blood, why don't I have the right to live? Oh, that's right, I'm not your own flesh and blood, my parents were killed by you, weren't they?"

"And what gods? You're ridiculous. Look at the monster beside you, the so-called apostle of the gods, you should have realized what kind of existence the 'god' you summoned is. If he descends, will he really remove the family's curse? Have you ever thought that maybe the curse is inflicted on you by the 'god,' just to lure you into helping him descend to the mortal world…"

Shen Wei's words struck home, and even his parents outside the door couldn't help but show a hint of doubt in their eyes. They looked at the terrifying monster and the two young men in black hats beside it.

"You're talking nonsense, how dare you blaspheme the majesty of the great god! The great god is an omnipotent existence above and below the heavens, would he even bother to scheme against you insignificant and incompetent humans? That's ridiculous…"

The terrifying monster spoke in a human voice, and its voice seemed to possess some kind of magical power that made people believe it.

The doubtful expressions on Shen Wei's parents' faces disappeared, and they became devout and fanatical again.

"He's omnipotent above and below the heavens? Then why does he need to descend on me, why do you need to preside over the so-called sacrificial ritual? He would have flown down himself long ago. What you're saying is just rhetoric to control their minds, it's been used for thousands of years…"

"You're really eloquent. That guy is at least a low-level evil god, if you curse him like that, he'll definitely make you suffer if he really descends…"

Shen Wei's eerie right hand joked!

"Can I take it back now?"

Shen Wei said in a slightly playful tone.

The eerie right hand: "What do you think?"

The monster outside the door seemed to be enraged. At this moment, Shen Wei heard a strange murmur outside the door!

"When darkness shrouds the newborn world,

Who will gain the gods' praise?

When death pervades the former world,

Who will gain the hope of eternal life?

All life repeats endlessly,

Only darkness never fades…"

……………

"Five more minutes, just need to hold on!"

Shen Wei thought hopefully, but reality slapped him hard in the face! Because some extremely strange and powerful force suddenly blasted the bedroom door open, and the cabinet and desk were sent flying to the side!

Shen Wei was also blasted onto the bed by this violent force.

With the situation extremely critical, Shen Wei didn't hesitate any longer and put the small ice cube in his mouth, swallowing it forcefully!

Just then, a grotesque monster covered in strange tentacles, with two heads and four arms, walked in, surrounded by Shen Wei's parents and two black-hatted men lacking their left and right hands!

The terrifying monster's four eyes stared intently at Shen Wei, revealing a look of greed!

Shen Wei smiled coldly, extended his right hand, made a gun shape with two fingers, and made a shooting motion!

"Bang."

Shen Wei's parents, the four people, and the two-headed, four-armed terrifying monster looked at him coldly, with extremely mocking smiles on their faces!

Shen Wei also gave them a charming smile:

"Heh, you high and mighty guys, no one can control my fate except myself…"

Soon, their smiles froze on their faces, because Shen Wei stuck his left-hand fingers into the socket of the bedside outlet. The strong electric current instantly turned Shen Wei's face hideous and terrifying!

"Stop… quickly stop him!"

The voice of the two-headed, four-armed monster was cold and heartless and contained some kind of strange power, which made people feel dazed after hearing it!

The strong electric current also caused bursts of pain in Shen Wei's heart. Soon, the short circuit tripped the circuit breaker, and the entire bedroom lost power, plunging into darkness. And Shen Wei also stopped breathing due to cardiac arrest!

Looking at the alarm clock that was only two or three minutes away from 12 o'clock, the guys in the bedroom completely panicked! They wanted to step forward to perform CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Shen Wei, but the strange monkey doll suddenly went berserk and launched a suicide attack on them! Although it was quickly torn into countless pieces by the crowd, it successfully blocked Shen Wei's parents and them for nearly a minute and a half!

Shen Wei's parents and the two men in black took turns performing CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Shen Wei, but as soon as it passed 12 o'clock, he still showed no signs of revival!

At midnight, the alarm rang! The violent two-headed monster suddenly became extremely quiet, and Shen Wei's parents and the two men in black hats showed extremely terrified expressions on their faces!

Then, the terrifying monster let out a shrill howl, and it stretched out several tentacles and pierced them four, completely sucking them dry!

"A bunch of useless people, it seems that my lord will have to wait for the next blood moon to descend again…"

The angry roar resounded throughout the room, and then the terrifying monster also vanished into thin air!

Subsequently, a pitch-black beam of light that had just descended from the sky slowly dissipated again!

After a while, the ice cube in Shen Wei's stomach began to melt, and the effects of adrenaline and quick-acting heart-saving pills were fully exerted.

"Phew."

"Escaped death, I succeeded!"

Shen Wei breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly sat up. Looking at the mess in the bedroom, he revealed a knowing smile!

"Everything is also under control! Heh, you guys, never underestimate the energy that a person can unleash in despair…"