The serene temple, bathed in warm sunlight and filled with the sound of chirping birds—

Should have been echoing with chants of Buddhist scriptures at this hour.

But instead, an eerie silence filled the space.

Blood and corpses lay scattered everywhere.

Before the tranquil visage of the Bodhisattva Guanyin—

Crunch—

“Uuuuh—.”

A monk was being devoured alive.

Rows of circular teeth busily ground through his intestines, chewing and tearing without pause.

The creature, resembling a giant leech, had multiple tentacles extending from its grotesque body, tightly restraining the monk in its grasp.

He could neither struggle nor scream as the monster’s gnashing teeth ripped into his abdomen.

The only blessing—

Was that pain had long since abandoned him.

All that remained was cold and fear.

As death crawled over him, consuming him bite by bite, the monk summoned the last of his strength to turn his head.

Through blurred vision, he saw a child.

A young shaved-headed novice monk, peeking from behind the great Buddha statue.

Tears streamed down the boy’s terror-stricken eyes.

The monk wanted to tell him to run—

But he could no longer speak.

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He forced his lips to move, but only faint wheezing escaped.

His world darkened, his vision shrinking—

Until only the novice monk’s trembling eyes remained.

He prayed.

Not for nirvana, nor for his own salvation.

But for the monster—

To be satiated enough to spare the boy.

To overlook him.

To move on without noticing.

To let the child live.

And as his sight plunged into total darkness, his sense of touch faded, and—

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