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CHAPTER 131: THE VOID WITHIN
Author: L.A. MONROE
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"It's inside me. And it's growing."

Chen Mo stared at his hands. They were trembling. Not from exhaustion. Not from fear. From something else. Something cold. Something dark. Something alive.

"What do you mean?" Meng Yao asked. She stood across from him, her gray eyes filled with concern. "What's growing?"

"The void. The energy I absorbed. It's not just power. It's a seed."

"A seed for what?"

He looked up at her. His eyes were darker than she remembered. Not the warm amber she loved. Something
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