[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups":3,"chapter-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-218":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},231243,282,"Chapter 218 - 181: Want to Eat Meat? Come Find Me_3","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-218",218,"\u003Cp>The neon light seeping in from outside faintly illuminated an ancestral worship table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the candles had long been extinguished, and the stacked plates of fruit and cold rice were scattered in a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a black-and-white portrait of the deceased remained in the center of the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the glass frame, there were noticeably a few drops of red Blood Bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasping, gasping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark figure was crouched on the floor, seemingly consuming the offerings, swallowing the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the objects of consumption were, astonishingly, two corporal bodies blurred with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chilling air in the room seemed to be continuously condensing, making the stench of blood so thick that it was nauseating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jin was holding a clothes rod, his eyes filled with tension as he looked at the closed door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he could see the horrifying scene unfolding in the living room outside through the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing that his elder brother had met with an accident, he had taken a train from his hometown to East Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, he would help look after his seriously injured sister-in-law and his niece, who was not yet ten years old, at the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight was the seventh day since the passing, the night of the soul’s return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his elder brother’s body couldn’t be found, he still brought his niece home to properly pay tribute to his brother and to send him off on his final journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this, he had specifically invited two monks to chant the scriptures through the night, praying for the deceased’s soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never imagined that he would encounter something so terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brother had come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he brought with him, was a nightmare of a slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What returned wasn’t his brother at all, but a monster that bore some resemblance to his brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t believe that his always kind and gentle brother could turn into such a horrifying sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, He Jin dared not go out, nor did he dare to make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid of attracting the attention of that monster, breaking in and killing him and his niece too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A timid voice sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jin looked down at his niece, who was gripping tightly to his sleeve with a face just as frightened, and he immediately shushed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he continued to raise the clothes rod and knocked on the ceiling repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a method of seeking help he had learned while working as a miner back in his hometown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights in the neighboring apartments and the one below hadn’t been turned on, as it seemed they had gone back to their hometown for the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he could only pin his hopes on there still being residents upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hopefully, someone would notice and help call the police.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was carefully trying to send out a distress signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a loud \"bang\" broke the deathly stillness of the cold night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed... the sound came from upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the monster outside was attracted by this noise, and the chewing sound stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jin held his breath, not knowing what was going on outside, whether the monster had left or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting a moment, he tried to knock on the ceiling with the clothes rod a few more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, just when he had finished sending out a signal for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whispered murmur faintly rose in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening carefully, it seemed to be repeating one phrase over and over:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hungry...hungry...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the murmuring, a series of dull footsteps followed one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to stand up and was walking towards the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jin’s heart skipped a beat, and in panic, he hid with his niece inside the closet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bedroom door lock soon began to make a \"clack clack\" sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster tried to open the door but did not succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before He Jin could breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another loud noise came, and the monster chose to break the door down directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To it, that door was as fragile as paper mâché, no obstruction at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by heavy breathing, the footstep sounds step by step, gradually closed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally stopping in front of the closet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jin did not dare to breathe out loud and covered his niece’s mouth tightly with his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pounding of his heartbeat intensified, like death’s drumbeat, an omen of impending doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hungry, hungry...I want to eat meat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the crack in the closet door, one can faintly see a twisted dark silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extreme stench of blood rushed towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jin felt like his heart couldn’t take it anymore, and just as his niece was about to suffocate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man’s voice suddenly rose:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Want to eat meat? Come find me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",811,"2026-05-29T15:13:17.898Z","2026-06-01T04:29:34.702Z",1,"novelbin.me","e8044b132f6c1fc19edf4910b8df2653463f7ed17102b9971037ee251a1f2afe","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-219","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-217",1278,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-cover.jpg"]