It's funny how much loss and grief could change you, Shen Nianzu found himself thinking sometimes.
After becoming an Elite player and spending years in a hellish place like the Nightmare Cycle, one would assume he had adapted so much to death that he had become numb to it. After all, he could watch with indifference as newbies lost their minds and sent themselves straight to death; he could still remain unfazed as he witnessed powerful players perish due to their own greed and arrogance. He had seen so many tragic deaths, even he himself thought he had become immune to them.
But oh boy, how wrong he was.
The only reason why he could maintain this lofty nonchalance was because all those players had nothing to do with him. But change that to his own people…
Only then did Shen Nianzu realize how weak and ignorant he was.
He had never—and could never adapt to death.
