You say you know about pain? To feel this sort of hunger... for your body to never be satisfied... your mind crazed by endless thoughts of satisfaction. To gaze upon the stars and know that it’s not enough, That is pain. Now you stand before me and I truly question myself. are you enough. 

He sought a cure for his power. Now, he'll use it to consume a world.

At six years old, Dax's life ended. His trait, [Insatiable Hunger], awakened—a curse that promised only madness and an empty stomach. After two years of torment, he found his answer: [Synthesis], the power to integrate anything he touched.

Four centuries of research later, known across galaxies as the Black Researcher, he finally achieved his goal. And in that moment of triumph, he exploded.

Reborn in a brutal realm of cults and crumbling gods, Dax finds himself weak, but free. His Hunger is quiet, his Synthesis intact. The local gods think him a pawn. The cults see him as a sacrifice.

They are all gravely mistaken.

Dax sees this world for what it is: a Petri dish. His new traits are the ultimate research tools. His goal is no longer mere survival, but the answer to a new, thrilling question: Can a man who was once devoured by his own power, now learn to devour divinity itself?

Dax enjoyed the quiet night with Nadia under the beautiful starry sky. The vast canopy above glittered with countless points of light sharp, cold, and endless.


 Each star seemed pinned in place, unblinking, casting faint silver glows across the treetops. A soft breeze moved steadily through the woods, carrying the clean scent of pine needles mixed with the distant, fresh trace of running water. 


Leaves rustled overhead in gentle waves, a low whisper that filled the silence without breaking it.


Chapter 62 - Departure.