Ding!
Satisfaction: 99.97%
Hydration: 99.97%
Wei Long felt something shift.
It was so minor, so barely noticeable, yet it sent a surge of hope crashing through him like a tidal wave.
His suffocating despair cracked, allowing light to pierce through.
The Bio-engineered instinct wasn't invincible. It could be fought.
A wild, shaky laugh bubbled up inside his mind.
At first, it was just a chuckle, but as realization dawned, it grew louder, unrestrained, triumphant.
"Hah… hahaha… HAH!"
Wei Long's voice rang through his own consciousness, full of unfiltered joy.
The instinct had been playing with him, torturing him, stretching out his suffering for its own amusement. But now? Now, he was fighting back. And it was losing.
Ding!
Satisfaction: 99.96%
Hydration: 99.96%
The numbers were falling. Slowly. Painfully slowly. But they were falling!