Reborn as an Evil Godling: I Subdue Huaxia with the Uncanny

The bells of the apocalypse have begun to toll. The uncanny is returning, outer gods’ tentacles are tearing through reality, and the entire world faces a desperate “365-day countdown.”

Lin Shen is reborn as an indescribable eldritch godling, sleeping in an abandoned mine deep in the mountains of the southwest. His body is woven from black-and-red tentacles, and eerie green phosphorescence flickers in his compound eyes. By instinct, he yearns to devour fear, the uncanny, and madness. Only then can he grow quickly enough to withstand the outer gods’ impending arrival.

He expected humanity to hunt him down as a “monster.” Instead, the National Special Response Bureau’s first move is to seal off the mine, classify him as top secret, and grant him “guardianship authority.”

“Codename: ‘Taotie.’ Class S file. Effective today, you have authority over the ‘handling’ of all uncanny incidents in China. You’re not a monster. You’re our last line of defense.”

As eldritch power joins forces with human ingenuity, and the nation’s trust meets the protagonist’s resolve, a legend of “using the uncanny to suppress the uncanny” begins: