Others might not be able to sense the subtle change in Yin Xiu from a killing god to a normal person, but Li Mo could.
When he first entered the dungeon, Yin Xiu regarded everything in the dungeon as an enemy, including players who would get in his way and extremely dangerous monsters. He showed no mercy to anything that hindered his search for his sister or his progress in the dungeon. Only sensible players would slip through his net and join him in the dungeon.
At that time, Yin Xiu's vision was extremely narrow; he could not contain anything except finding his sister, not even himself.
He didn't take the strange creatures seriously at all, and would kill them without hesitation or blinking an eye. Because in Yin Xiu's eyes, they were enemies.
Six years later, Yin Xiu returned to the instance. Although his personality had become a little milder, he still maintained this way of doing things until he met Ya Ya.
This little girl, who is clearly a monster but is in a passive position, is bound by the rules to be protected by other monsters. She cannot be discovered by other monsters, nor can she be killed by other monsters. Unconsciously, she will see the shadow of her younger sister and thus develop a protective instinct.
Ya Ya became a bridge for Yin Xiu to contact the monsters, and in his heart, the monsters were no longer entirely enemies to be killed.
He will show mercy to Ya Ya and reveal his soft side, while remaining extremely indifferent to other monsters, because Ya Ya is special and all other monsters deserve to die.
Later, Auntie in the Deep Sea instance opened up another understanding for Yin Xiu: Ya Ya was not special among the monsters; special monsters still existed in the instance. Auntie's help made Yin Xiu realize that not all monsters were enemies.
His understanding of the strange groups was updated after entering the hunting grounds, especially the existence of Mu He.
Now, Yin Xiu doesn't kill monsters without hesitation when he sees them. Instead, he seems to be searching for special beings among the monsters and thus softens his stance.
This is something Yin Xiu would never have done three years ago.
Just as he had just slain the monster that provided the information with a single blow, this was something Yin Xiu wouldn't do six years from now.
Li Mo witnessed Yin Xiu's most violent period as well as his gentlest side, and he was able to perceive Yin Xiu's changes more clearly than anyone else.
Yin Xiu was the most complex book Li Mo had ever read, but he understood it!
Li Mo turned around with relief and followed Yin Xiu out the door, marveling at the changes in her boyfriend's life at each stage.
As he walked, his cold fingers suddenly felt warmth; he hadn't realized it because his mind had been too scattered.
Looking down, Li Mo saw Yin Xiu holding his hand, the warmth unique to humans slowly transferring to him, warming his cold fingers.
After a moment of mental blankness, Li Mo was suddenly shocked.
My boyfriend touched my face and then held my hand!
My boyfriend from three years ago was so great! It's so nice to still remember her boyfriend!!!
As soon as Yin Xiu reached the door, he felt the arm he was holding gradually become heavier. When he turned around, he saw Li Mo's body twisted with excitement, already half-monsterized.
The sticky tentacles drooped limply on the ground, leaving a trail of black slime. The eyes on them blinked, staring warmly at Yin Xiu, as if they were spontaneously radiating warmth and then melting away.
Looking at the tangled tentacles, Yin Xiu pondered, "Is this what your true form looks like?"
He had only touched the small tentacles and had never seen the main body in the dark.
"No." Li Mo's tentacles wrapped around Yin Xiu's arm and stuck firmly to it.
The monster rubbed against him stickily, clinging to him as if it wanted to devour him. "My true form is still there and hasn't come out. It can't come out."
Yin Xiu turned to stare at Li Mo with a puzzled look, "Then your original body is still behind the door? What are you now? A new part?"
He thought that Li Mo had finally come out from behind the door and turned into human form to find him.
"I was that little thing that squeezed out from the crack in the door back then." The eyes on the tentacles blinked. "Then you forgot about me, you can't see me anymore, so I had to go into the instance and try to get my original body out."
"Instead of finding a way to get out of the original body, I found the body of a human baby, which I merged with to become who I am now."
Yin Xiu paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you still locked up in that dark place?"
"Yes." Li Mo replied nonchalantly, "My main body has become very, very big, and as a part of it, I am also very big now. I can't go back into the door, and I can't come out from behind the door either. I can only touch my boyfriend like this now."
If he had to describe his body, it would be like a huge monster trapped in a narrow box, only able to touch his boyfriend with a tiny section sticking out from the gap. But even that touch made him happy, at least it was better than him being inside and unable to do anything.
Yin Xiu's expression was complicated. "Are you going to be locked up in there for the rest of your life?"
It's unimaginable how long a monster's life is. Even though Li Mo has gotten used to that narrow, dark place and relies on Yin Xiu to get through the boring life, what will happen to it when Yin Xiu is gone?
"A lifetime? My boyfriend's lifetime is my lifetime." Li Mo hugged Yin Xiu affectionately, his tentacles swaying all over his body as he tightly entwined Yin Xiu.
"My boyfriend can't come to my twilight, but I can go to my boyfriend's night."
Yin Xiu blinked in a daze, finding it hard to understand the words the bookish monster occasionally uttered.
But he is only a teenager now, a temporary existence. He only needs to preserve this memory, and leave the future to the twenties of the younger Yin Xiu.
When the door was opened, Ya Ya was still squatting at the doorway. In front of her, there was a pile of strange player corpses, with blood flowing, which complemented Ya Ya's red dress.
Upon hearing the door open, Ya Ya immediately looked up excitedly, ready to rush over and hug Yin Xiu, but she was stunned when she saw the monstrous Li Mo.
Faced with a more powerful and oppressive monster form, Ya Ya, this tiny monster, didn't even dare to move and could only stand frozen in place.
Yin Xiu patted the monster that had climbed onto his shoulder and said, "Change back."
Li Mo then obediently transformed back into human form.
"Big black monster!" Ya Ya muttered, suppressing her fear, and reached out in a wronged manner, taking the opportunity to hug Yin Xiu's leg and rub against him to ease the child's panic.
Yin Xiu had a dark-skinned man pinned down on one shoulder and a strange child stuck to one leg. He couldn't move or push them away, and was in a dilemma.
It turns out that I was really popular many years later.
Yin Xiu realized this point clearly once again.