'Is that so?' Ryuk replied in a composed tone, the voice of the system echoing in his mind. As he opened his inventory, his clothes adhered to him due to an auto-wear feature, clinging tightly like a symbiote merging with his skin.
[Host, why do I feel like you just ignored me? (ー_ー゛) ]
'.....' Ryuk remained silent, choosing to disregard the system as he began to walk toward a lone survivor groaning in pain about ten meters away.
The individual lay on the charred ground, which bore no traces of blood, stark evidence of complete devastation where lifeblood had evaporated along with those who had been reduced to ash.
"Uurghhhh…! W-water…" Lin Feng cried out, sprawled on the scorched earth.
His clothes and upper body were entirely burned, his flesh beginning to fester from the lingering heat that had ravaged his form.
It was clear that his internal organs had suffered immense damage, likely to an extent that healing seemed impossible.