Feeling himself lying flat, Li Cheng opened his eyes. The surroundings were extremely dark, and the touch sensation from his palms and back seemed to indicate he was lying on a dirt slope.
He propped himself up on the ground with his hands and sat up abruptly, using the Insect Lord Gene to alter the density of photoreceptor cells and the structure of his retina.
Manifesting on a macro level, this meant that the pupil shape and iris color of the eyeballs were constantly changing, and a layer of tapetum grew behind the retina—a structure found in nocturnal animals like cats, dogs, and sharks, capable of increasing nighttime light reflection and enhancing night vision with visual effects such as blue-green and golden hues under light.
Commonly known as the titanium dog eye.
However, no matter how the light-gathering ability was enhanced, it couldn't form a clear image—the surrounding environment simply had no photons.
