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Li Haotian looked at the four simple words on his phone screen and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Game, start."

He tossed his phone back onto the sofa, leaned back, and sank back into the soft cushions.

"They're declaring war on you! Haotian! They've gone mad!"

Su Wan's voice trembled uncontrollably as she pointed at her phone and then out the window.

"If they dared to attack the entire city, our next target will definitely be us!"

"Don't get excited."

Li Haotian lazily raised his eyelids and glanced at her.

"This game doesn't even have a tutorial, thumbs down."

Su Wan felt like he was driving her crazy with his attitude.

"What time is it! You're still in the mood for jokes!"

"Otherwise what?"

Li Haotian sat up straight on the sofa, stretched, and his bones made a slight cracking sound.

"Crying won't solve anything. How about I demonstrate a split on the spot for you?"

As he spoke, he stood up, ignoring Su Wan's ghost-like expression, and walked straight to the master bedroom's bathroom.

Su Wan was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

Where are you going?

Li Haotian didn't say anything. He walked into the spacious bathroom, stood in front of the smart toilet, and seemed to be studying some high-tech product.

Su Wan stood at the door, watching his back, her mind filled with questions.

Then, she saw Li Haotian lift his foot and press the flush button on the toilet.

wow-

The loud sound of rushing water seemed particularly jarring in the quiet bathroom.

"What...what are you doing?"

Su Wan was completely dumbfounded; she couldn't understand Li Haotian's behavior at all.

Li Haotian looked at the water flowing in the whirlpool and spoke slowly.

"It's nothing."

"I'll rinse them off beforehand; they're very particular."

The sound of water stopped.

Li Haotian turned around, a smile on his face that was hard to decipher.

He slowly closed his eyes.

Su Wan subconsciously held her breath. She saw that the moment Li Haotian closed his eyes, his expression changed from that cynical attitude to an indescribable calmness.

In Li Haotian's perception, the whole world had changed.

There are no more lights, no more sounds.

His consciousness seemed to detach from his body and sink into a cold, damp, and dark world.

Starting with the sewage pipes beneath the villa, a vast and complex network instantly illuminated his mind.

This is not a flat map.

This is a three-dimensional, vast underground labyrinth made up of countless interwoven pipes.

He can "sense" the material of each pipe, whether it's cement or PVC.

He can "hear" the subtle echoes of water flowing through different pipes.

He could "smell" the decaying odor emanating from certain nodes due to years of siltation.

The entire sewer system of Donghai City was like an extension of his body, with every corner clearly visible.

Then, he "saw" the [Devourer] that he had personally modified.

It's like the most loyal hunting dog, moving along the main pipe at high speed against the current in a way that defies physics.

Its segments moved swiftly and silently across the rough cement pipe wall, leaving only a faint trail in the water.

"It has already been added to the municipal administration's network."

Li Haotian closed his eyes and spoke softly.

Su Wan was startled by his sudden remark.

"What?"

"My 'air purifier'."

Li Haotian seemed to be talking to himself, or perhaps explaining to Su Wan.

"The speed is alright, faster than the subway."

"It's currently... passing under the city center square... well, the pipes there are a bit clogged, and it doesn't smell very good."

Su Wan stood at the door, her mouth agape, unable to utter a single word.

Looking at Li Haotian, who was resting with his eyes closed, she felt that this person was even more unfamiliar and frightening than the mutated monster in the kitchen.

What exactly is this guy?

Just then, Li Haotian frowned slightly.

"Found it."

Within his sensory network, the Devourer stopped.

The section of pipe where it was located was filled with a kind of...living "poison".

It wasn't a chemical substance, but a malevolent and corrosive supernatural energy, like countless writhing tiny worms, polluting every drop of water that flowed through the area.

If an ordinary person drinks it, this energy will take root in their body, damage the nerves, and trigger the most severe physiological rejection reaction.

This is the root cause of the city-wide panic.

"Dinner is ready."

Li Haotian issued the order.

The Devourer, located underground on the other side of the city, suddenly shuddered.

The dark red crystal on its head lit up.

The mouth, which was originally tightly closed like a meat grinder, suddenly opened wide.

A powerful suction force emanated from its mouth, and the surrounding polluted water, along with the writhing supernatural energy, formed a huge vortex, which it frantically swallowed into its belly.

Those "highly toxic" substances that would drive an ordinary person to the brink of collapse, once inside its body, are like encountering a natural enemy; they are instantly broken down, digested, and transformed into the purest energy, repairing the cells damaged during its transformation process.

Li Haotian could even sense a faint emotional response from the Devourer, similar to "satisfaction" and "pleasure".

"It tastes pretty good."

Li Haotian opened his eyes and grinned at Su Wan, whose face was deathly pale.

"It says it's a bit like wasabi-flavored popping candy, quite addictive."

"you……"

Just as Su Wan was about to speak, a sudden, urgent ringtone broke the silence in the villa.

It was the old cell phone that Li Haotian had thrown on the sofa.

Li Haotian strolled over slowly, picked up his phone, and glanced at the caller ID.

Qin Yue.

He pressed the answer button and turned on speakerphone.

"Feed?"

"Li Haotian!"

On the other end of the phone, Qin Yue's voice was no longer angry as before, but a trembling mix of extreme shock and disbelief.

"Water Plant No. 3! And all the water source monitoring points we've set up in the north of the city!"

"Just now, just now! The toxicity levels of all the water samples are dropping at an incomprehensible rate... a precipitous decline!"

Qin Yue's voice cracked slightly with excitement.

"It's like...it's like there's something unseen in the water, frantically devouring the pollutants!"

She paused for a moment, her breathing heavy as if she had just run a kilometer.

"Tell me, did you do this?!"

Li Haotian walked to the window, drew back the curtains, and looked at the night outside, which had returned to calm.

He picked up a bottle of mineral water from the coffee table, unscrewed it, and took a sip.

Then, he spoke slowly into his phone in a tone so calm it was almost boring.

"Don't worry, he's just a plumber cleaning your drains."

"Just a friendly reminder."

"Tell your people to stay away from those manhole covers."

"My 'tool' has a bad temper and doesn't like being watched by others."