"Yeah," says Shen Qingqiu, "that's what I said, cannibalism." He isn't entirely without sympathy, but he'd been hoping for like, a monster monster. "In Proud Immortal Demon Way there are spiders that imitate babies crying to lure you into the woods, and then when you come close enough they stick their razor-sharp legs into your brain and pop your head right off your body, and then they carry your head around using your mouth and tongue to cry more and attract other victims."