Lu Chen starting Fate: 488,000
Current Fate: 436,500
Total Fate lost during ruins event: 51,500
Shen Tian’s eyebrow rose.
"That much?"
[Blood Pool.]
[Spear.]
[Battlefield inheritance.]
[General’s Heart failure.]
[Imperial Heart.]
[Rose route destabilization.]
Shen Tian smiled.
"Not bad."
[Not bad?]
Xu Ning stared.
[You stole fifty-one thousand Fate in one night.]
"I’ve done better."
[You are impossible to impress.]
"Correct."
Then...
Another system message appeared.
This one different.
Host Rewards Available
Battlefield Sovereign Inheritance integration: 31%
Imperial Heart Fragment integration: 100%
Physical Body: Greatly strengthened
Spirit Perception Realm: Peak
Shen Tian slowly looked toward Xu Ning.
She immediately raised one finger.
[No.]
"I didn’t say anything."
[You were thinking Domain Manifestation.]
"Maybe."
[No.]
Shen Tian sighed.
"Fine."
Then...
His phone vibrated.
One message.
Gu Qingya.
Gu Qingya: Still alive?
Shen Tian smiled.
He replied.
Shen Tian: Unfortunately for Lu Chen.
Several seconds.
Then...
Gu Qingya: I assume you won.
Shen Tian typed.
Shen Tian: Several times.
Pause.
Then...
A laughing emoji.
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
Gu Qingya didn’t seem like the laughing emoji type.
Xu Ning leaned over.
[Oh.]
"Don’t."
[She sent you an emoji.]
"People do that."
[Gu Qingya?]
Shen Tian stared.
"...Fair."
Another message arrived.
Gu Qingya: Come by Qinghe sometime this week. I owe you coffee.
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
He remembered.
Rose.
Coffee.
He slowly looked toward Xu Ning.
She was already grinning.
"Say nothing."
[I didn’t.]
"You don’t need to."
He typed.
Shen Tian: Sure.
Then...
Another message.
Different person.
Tang Meilin.
Tang Meilin: Did you get home safely?
Shen Tian stared.
Xu Ning’s grin became enormous.
"Don’t."
[Host.]
"Xu Ning."
[Your schedule is becoming very coffee-heavy.]
"I hate you."
[I know.]
Shen Tian responded.
Shen Tian: On my way. Thanks.
Tang Meilin replied almost immediately.
Tang Meilin: Good :)
Shen Tian locked his phone.
Then leaned back.
Xu Ning stared.
"Stop looking at me."
[I said nothing.]
"Your face did."
At the Shen mansion...
Shen Yan stood in the main hall.
Waiting.
Not pacing.
Not calling every five minutes.
Waiting.
Yin Suyi sat nearby.
Chi Lingxi had fallen asleep on a couch.
The old man was somehow also there despite having his own home.
He snored loudly.
The front door opened.
Shen Tian entered.
Shen Yan immediately stood.
Her first instinct...
Rush over.
Check him.
Ask if he was injured.
She stopped herself.
Shen Tian noticed.
Then smiled.
"I’m back."
Shen Yan looked him over from where she stood.
No visible injuries.
Steady breathing.
Fine.
She relaxed.
"Welcome home."
Shen Tian walked toward her.
Then...
He opened his arms.
Shen Yan froze.
"What?"
"You behaved."
Her eyes widened.
Then...
She immediately hugged him.
Shen Tian laughed as her arms tightened.
"Not that hard."
"Tian."
"Big Sis."
She loosened slightly.
He smiled.
"Good job."
Her expression softened.
Yin Suyi watched.
Then...
She immediately stood.
"My turn."
Shen Tian stared.
"Mother."
"You hugged your sister."
"Because..."
"My turn."
Shen Tian sighed.
Yin Suyi hugged him anyway.
He looked toward the ceiling.
"Of course."
Chi Lingxi slowly woke.
She saw Shen Tian.
Her sleepy expression immediately brightened.
"You’re back."
He smiled.
"Yeah."
She stood.
Walked closer.
Then...
Stopped.
Shen Tian noticed.
"What?"
"You said people should stop crowding you."
His expression softened.
He opened one arm.
"Come here."
Chi Lingxi smiled.
Then hugged him too.
Yin Suyi immediately looked offended.
"Why is she allowed?"
Shen Tian sighed.
"I invited her."
His mother froze.
Then...
Slowly released him.
"...Good point."
Shen Yan smiled smugly.
Yin Suyi looked toward her.
"Don’t."
Much later...
Shen Tian stood alone on his balcony.
The mansion had become quiet.
Xu Ning floated nearby.
The Heaven Piercing Spear appeared in Shen Tian’s hand.
He examined it.
Black metal.
No decoration.
No wasted design.
A weapon designed for killing.
Shen Tian spun it slowly.
Then...
Planted it against the floor.
His green eyes moved toward the city.
Lu Chen had lost more than fifty thousand Fate.
Rose was drifting away.
Gu Qingya disliked him more every day.
Tang Meilin’s destined route had already changed.
His hidden opportunity failed.
His battlefield inheritance was stolen.
His weapon was gone.
Yet...
He still had over four hundred thousand Fate.
Still enormous.
Still dangerous.
Still surrounded by opportunities.
Shen Tian smiled.
"Good."
Xu Ning raised an eyebrow.
[Good?]
"The stronger his Fate..."
"The better the rewards."
[You really have begun treating him like a resource deposit.]
"He’s useful."
Xu Ning sighed.
Then...
A new notification appeared.
[Protagonist Fate Compensation Detected]
Shen Tian’s smile widened.
"There it is."
Xu Ning’s expression became more serious.
[This one is different.]
The screen expanded.
New Major Destiny Event
Black Wolf Reinforcement Arc
Several former Black Wolf members and allies are entering China.
Among them:
Lin Yue — Trauma surgeon / former battlefield physician
Secondary Heroine
Destined emotional connection to Lu Chen: High
Shen Tian’s eyebrow rose.
Then...
Another name.
Ghost’s younger sister: Emilia Cross
Role: Intelligence specialist
Potential Heroine Classification: Pending
Another.
Black Wolf foreign adversary entering China.
Connection to Xue Long: Confirmed
Another line appeared.
Estimated Fate at risk: 65,000+
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
His green eyes slowly gleamed.
"Sixty-five thousand."
[Minimum.]
He smiled.
"Lu Chen’s working hard."
Xu Ning laughed.
[For you?]
Shen Tian rested the spear across his shoulder.
"Who else?"
And far across the city...
Inside a dark apartment...
Lu Chen sat alone.
His bruises remained.
His pride was shattered.
His Domain had become unstable.
His weapon was gone.
His inheritance...
Gone.
His General’s Heart...
Rejected him.
And Rose...
Was thinking about coffee with Shen Tian.
Lu Chen stared at his phone.
A message had arrived.
Lin Yue:
I’m back in China.
For the first time since leaving the Middle East...
Lu Chen smiled.
Someone from before.
Someone who knew who he really was.
Someone who had seen him injured.
Bleeding.
Nearly dead.
Someone who had admired him before Shen Tian ever entered the picture.
His confidence slowly returned.
[At least Yue is different.]
Miles away...
A beautiful woman with long black hair stepped out of an airport terminal.
Her phone remained in one hand.
Then...
A voice suddenly appeared inside her head.
Lu Chen’s voice.
[She always had a great body.]
Lin Yue stopped walking.
Her expression slowly changed.
The Mercenary King’s next problem...
Had already begun.
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
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