[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-65":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nothing Is Taboo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2310450,4514,"Chapter 65: Drooling with Hunger","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-65",65,"\u003Cp>The clouds grew thicker, as if pressing directly on top of people’s heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was utterly dark, as if it could plunge into night at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raindrops the size of soybeans pattered down violently; the driver whipped the horses furiously, the carriage racing through the rain, splashing up puddles, and crashing into the county yamen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao didn’t bother with an umbrella—he leapt out and shouted, “Great misfortune!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great misfortune!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu stood beneath the eaves, hand on his sword, puzzled: “The yamen holds imperial talismans—supernatural entities dare not intrude. Why is Yan Lao so panicked?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao had already rushed inside to find Ma Tianshou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu was about to follow when he noticed the puddles on the ground strangely reversing flow from the corner drain, gradually rising and forming into the shape of a three-year-old child before his eyes in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child hung his head slightly, back turned to Song Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water beneath him surged backward; rain no longer drained away but instead channeled more rainwater from outside into the yamen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, the water inside the yamen had risen to a foot deep—more than double the level on the streets outside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water along the yamen’s perimeter lifted unnaturally, as if an invisible dam encircled the entire compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the drains continued pumping water inward—the surface level inside the yamen kept rising rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu’s eyes widened in shock: “What kind of supernatural entity can enter the yamen…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child floated atop the water, motionless, the current beneath his feet twisting slowly toward Song Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he saw the child’s face, Song Lu’s mind went blank, his pupils dilated and vacant, his body stiffening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard, five other ordinary Captains of the Purification Office stood frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the gate, the county official and his four trusted Yamen Runners guarded the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were just like Song Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child bore clear local ethnic features; in the dim light, shadows fell heavily over his features, and his eyes seemed to hold all the resentment and hatred the world could contain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Song Lu and the others regained focus, their consciousness returning—but all that remained was one thought: Hunger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming hunger surged from their bellies, striking their brains, drowning out every other impulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu, like a starving wolf in the mountains, his eyes glowing faintly green, mechanically and swiftly turned his neck, searching for something to eat—and instantly realized: Nothing was inedible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The county official and his four Yamen Runners were already tearing at each other; the official bit off one runner’s ear and crunched it in his mouth, utterly unaware that another runner had already torn a large chunk of flesh from his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the other Purification Office Captains lunged at the front pillar and began gnawing at it like a rat chewing a cabinet leg, rapidly crunching away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wood chips flew; soon his mouth was full of blood, his front teeth shattered, yet he felt nothing and kept devouring fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others pulled bricks from the walls and shoved them whole into their mouths; some dug up ant nests from the base of the walls and ate the dirt, water, and insects without hesitation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu suddenly raised his own hands, staring at his ten fingers—pale, slender, looking delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu shoved his fingers into his mouth and began chewing them, one by one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch, crunch, crunch—crisp, so delicious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon all five fingers of his right hand were gone, leaving only a bare palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a calligraphy scroll flew in from the back courtyard, unfurling in the wind and rain, revealing a fierce, sharp character: “Thunder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Too bad it was followed by another character: “Sound.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was “Thunder Sound,” not “Thunder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderclap exploded—but no lightning flashed through the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people in the courtyard suddenly regained clarity; Song Lu’s eyes widened again in horror, because her right hand was still stuffed in her mouth, chewing, her mouth full of blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh—” Screams erupted everywhere; the Yamen Runners and Captains writhed in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sorcery broken, the child’s eyes turned hatred into hundreds of thick, shadowy hands that suddenly burst forth from his pupils!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, he snapped his jaws wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadowy energy surged, darkening the sky further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth widened impossibly, swallowing half the building!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside his mouth: hundreds of sharp fangs, a vast vortex of shadow energy, a two-zhang-long monstrous tongue, bristling with barbs like a venomous dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu flew backward, her back smashing through a window into the room—the giant mouth snapped shut, biting off half the entire house!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walls, roof, beams, furniture—all shattered instantly; three Captains vanished into the maw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Lu screamed as she desperately retreated, but one calf was still bitten clean off by the giant mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow energy swirled around the wound—blood refused to flow out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow rapidly crept upward; Song Lu gritted her teeth, drew her blade with her left hand, and severed her leg below the knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her eyes rolled back, and she fainted from pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister!” Fu Jingyu rushed in, scooping up Song Lu, his face filled with concern and panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-year-old child still stood in the courtyard, his mouth returned to normal size; his throat moved as he swallowed everything he’d just devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torrential rain poured down; the child was drenched in chilling shadow, his eyes brimming with hatred that sent chills through all who saw them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao and Ma Tianshou emerged from behind, staring at the supernatural child; Yan Lao gasped: “Have our imperial talismans failed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What on earth is this thing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou flipped his hands, pulling out an inkstone and grinding stone, using the rainwater to grind ink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black ink dripped, swiftly staining all the surrounding puddles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out his brush and swept it through the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of ink surged, striking the three-year-old child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child, about to open his mouth again, staggered backward three steps from the impact, glaring at them all with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou said: “It’s the ancient deity of Jiaozhi—Fu Dong Tianwang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our dynasty conquered Jiaozhi, opened the canal here, stripped Fu Dong Tianwang of his divine status; for over a hundred years he vanished—yet now he’s become a supernatural entity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou’s face was grim; this entity had sealed off the entire yamen. His earlier strike had been meant to wrest control of the yamen’s territory from the entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it had only forced the entity back three steps—this situation was truly dire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… who summoned this thing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And why is it unaffected by our imperial talismans?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child had steadied himself, slowly lifting his head, his hateful eyes fixed on them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao’s counting hand froze—his hunger shattered his concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unconscious Song Lu suddenly “woke up” from hunger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Jingyu looked at his sister in his arms, drooling with hunger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requesting monthly votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1152,"2026-06-20T12:07:23.516Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","453cfba8b0a3ecc9accb08a03706e5c07570f69d4c654b417f504f6f198bfa84","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-66","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-64",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]