"The karaoke system has a duet mode."
Silence.
Shen Tian stared.
Chu Zijin stared back.
"That’s the emergency?"
"Yes."
He closed his eyes.
Then...
Behind her...
Li Lian appeared.
Ruan Yizhen.
Chu Mei.
Chu Chuchu.
Rose.
Tang Meilin.
Chi Lingxi.
Bai Xue.
Gu Qingya.
Lin Yue.
Chu Luoshen.
Ling Shuangxue.
Even Qin Ruobing.
Chu Zijin pointed toward the karaoke building.
"Everyone is singing tonight."
Gu Qingya immediately answered.
"No."
Chu Zijin ignored her.
"And Shen Tian has to duet with everyone."
Silence.
Shen Tian slowly looked around.
Every woman suddenly became interested.
Gu Qingya stopped objecting.
Rose smiled.
Tang Meilin’s cheeks warmed.
Chi Lingxi looked excited.
Bai Xue grinned.
Ling Shuangxue looked away.
Li Lian smiled softly.
Ruan Yizhen crossed her arms.
Chu Mei froze.
Chu Chuchu immediately raised her hand.
"Me first."
Chu Mei grabbed her wrist.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
Qin Ruobing laughed.
Chu Luoshen adjusted her glasses.
"This could be entertaining."
Lin Yue shook her head.
"I’m not singing."
Rose looked toward her.
"Neither am I."
Chu Zijin smiled.
"You are now."
Shen Tian stared at the gathering.
Then...
At Xu Ning.
She was smiling.
[Host.]
"No."
[Harem karaoke night.]
"No."
[On your private island.]
"No."
[With eighteen women.]
Shen Tian paused.
"Eighteen?"
Xu Ning looked around.
Then...
[Actually...]
"Don’t count."
[Wise.]
. . .
That night.
The karaoke building.
Shen Tian discovered hell.
Not because the singing was bad.
Quite the opposite.
Chu Zijin was obviously incredible.
Ling Shuangxue was unexpectedly good.
Qin Ruobing had a beautiful mature voice.
Li Lian was soft and gentle.
Ruan Yizhen was better than she claimed.
Chu Mei was embarrassed but competent.
Chu Chuchu sang enthusiastically.
Chu Luoshen initially refused.
Then sang beautifully.
Rose was terrible.
Completely terrible.
Shen Tian stared.
Rose stopped singing.
"What?"
He struggled.
Actually struggled.
Then...
"You have many talents."
Silence.
Everyone exploded laughing.
Rose’s eyes widened.
"SHEN TIAN."
He covered his mouth.
Tang Meilin was crying from laughter.
Bai Xue fell against the sofa.
Chi Lingxi buried her face against Shen Tian’s shoulder.
Gu Qingya had completely lost composure.
Even Ling Shuangxue laughed openly.
Rose pointed at Shen Tian.
"Sing."
He froze.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"No."
Chu Zijin immediately turned.
Her eyes widened.
Then...
A terrifying smile appeared.
"Oh."
Shen Tian’s expression changed.
"No."
Chu Zijin grabbed one arm.
Chi Lingxi grabbed the other.
"Yes."
"No."
Bai Xue stood.
"Absolutely."
Shen Tian stared.
"You people understand I can destroy mountains."
Qin Ruobing smiled.
"And?"
Silence.
Shen Tian looked around.
Nobody was afraid.
Not even slightly.
Rose handed him a microphone.
"Sing, mountain destroyer."
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
Took it.
The room erupted.
. . .
Much later.
The island became quiet.
Mostly.
Several women had fallen asleep in the entertainment lounge.
Chu Chuchu asleep against Chu Mei.
Li Lian and Ruan Yizhen sharing a blanket.
Chu Zijin exhausted after singing for hours.
Rose sprawled across a sofa.
Tang Meilin asleep nearby.
Gu Qingya still awake but barely.
Lin Yue reading something on her phone.
Chu Luoshen quietly drinking tea.
Ling Shuangxue sitting beside Qin Ruobing.
Bai Xue...
Still somehow eating.
Shen Tian sat in the center.
Chi Lingxi asleep against his shoulder.
Then...
His phone vibrated.
Xu Ning appeared.
Her expression changed.
[Host.]
He looked down.
A message.
Unknown number.
A photograph.
Chen Lihua.
Alive.
Bound to a chair.
Behind her...
A black symbol.
A silver serpent wrapped around a crown.
Xu Ning scanned it.
Then...
Her eyes widened.
[Host.]
"What?"
[That’s not the Vale family crest.]
Shen Tian’s eyes sharpened.
[It’s older.]
Another system panel appeared.
Organization detected
The Crowned Serpent
Status: Hidden
Known activity period: 76 years
Primary operations: Europe, Middle East, East Asia
Known interests: Cultivator bloodlines, ancient inheritances, Fate anomalies
Then...
One final line appeared.
Possible connection to previous protagonists detected
Shen Tian’s smile disappeared.
"What connection?"
Xu Ning scanned.
Then...
A list appeared.
Ye Chen
Yun Wanhe
Lu Chen
Adrian Vale
Silence.
Shen Tian stared.
Four protagonist routes.
One hidden organization.
Xu Ning’s expression became serious.
[Host...]
[This organization may have been operating behind multiple Fate routes since before you arrived.]
Shen Tian looked around.
At the women.
Some sleeping.
Some talking quietly.
Some laughing softly.
Old heroines.
New heroines.
People whose lives had been repeatedly dragged into protagonist narratives.
His green eyes became cold.
Then...
Another message arrived.
Coordinates.
Europe.
And beneath them...
Three words.
COME ALONE, VILLAIN.
Xu Ning froze.
[They know.]
Shen Tian stared at the message.
Then...
Slowly smiled.
Not warmly.
Not playfully.
The smile Rose had learned meant someone had made a terrible mistake.
Xu Ning looked at him.
[Host.]
"What?"
[You’re not going alone.]
Shen Tian glanced toward the room.
Then...
At the sleeping women.
"No."
Xu Ning blinked.
Shen Tian stood.
Carefully moved Chi Lingxi’s head onto a pillow.
Covered her with a blanket.
Then...
He looked toward the ocean through the enormous windows.
"They’ve spent long enough getting dragged into other people’s stories."
Xu Ning stared.
Shen Tian’s eyes glowed faintly gold.
"This time..."
His Sovereign Dragon aura quietly spread.
"...we bring everyone."
Xu Ning’s eyes widened.
Then...
She smiled.
[The heroines?]
Shen Tian looked back.
Ling Shuangxue.
Qin Ruobing.
Li Lian.
Ruan Yizhen.
Bai Xue.
Chu Zijin.
Chu Luoshen.
Chu Mei.
Chu Chuchu.
Rose.
Gu Qingya.
Tang Meilin.
Lin Yue.
Chi Lingxi.
And the others who had become part of his life long before Qin Hao, Chen Mo, or Adrian ever appeared.
His smile returned.
"All of them."
Because this wasn’t another protagonist’s arc anymore.
It wasn’t Chen Mo’s.
It wasn’t Qin Hao’s.
It wasn’t Adrian’s.
And the women weren’t prizes waiting at the end of somebody else’s route.
They had their own choices.
Their own strength.
Their own grudges.
Their own reasons to fight.
Shen Tian turned toward the dark ocean.
The Crowned Serpent wanted the villain.
Fine.
They were about to meet him.
And this time...
The villain was bringing his entire harem.
And it was actually all of them...
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
SEND POWESTONES!!!
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