Han Yuer stepped closer.
"What?"
He opened it.
Records.
Old.
Seventy years.
Lucian’s final experiment.
Not Fate extraction.
Something else.
A system.
Artificial.
Built using fragments of his own.
Xu Ning’s eyes widened.
[Impossible.]
Shen Tian stared.
Lucian had tried creating a second villain system.
A counterweight.
If Fate kept creating protagonists...
He would create villains.
Many.
But...
The project disappeared after his death.
No prototype recovered.
No system core found.
Only one note.
COUNTERWEIGHT PROTOTYPE ESCAPED
Silence.
Qin Hao stared.
Adrian’s face changed.
Chen Mo looked toward Shen Tian.
Then...
Adrian thought...
Please don’t tell me there’s another villain running around.
Rose heard.
She laughed.
Shen Tian smiled.
"Probably."
Adrian closed his eyes.
"I hate this world."
Elena smiled.
"You say that a lot."
"Because it keeps earning it."
. . .
Xu Ning searched deeper.
Counterweight.
Last known signal.
Sixty nine years ago.
Then...
Nothing.
Could be destroyed.
Could be dormant.
Could have evolved.
Could have attached to another host.
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
Closed the file.
Xu Ning blinked.
[That’s it?]
"Tomorrow."
[Host.]
"Vacation."
[There’s potentially an artificial villain system somewhere.]
"Tomorrow."
Qin Hao stared.
"You can ignore that?"
"Yes."
"How?"
Shen Tian looked toward the women.
Then...
At the destroyed facility.
"Priorities."
Rose’s cheeks warmed slightly.
Qin Hao noticed.
Then...
His thoughts came.
He actually means it.
Han Yuer smiled.
Qin Hao looked toward her.
"What?"
"Nothing."
He narrowed his eyes.
. . .
Then...
The Crowned Serpent database opened completely.
Thousands of records.
Protagonist observations.
Bloodline catalogs.
Fate anomalies.
Potential reincarnators.
Transmigrators.
System users.
Shen Tian’s expression changed.
Xu Ning stared.
[Host.]
"What?"
[This organization has been tracking people like you for decades.]
Not just protagonists.
Anomalies.
People who didn’t fit.
Individuals with impossible knowledge.
People who predicted future events.
Children who suddenly changed personalities.
Unknown systems.
Reincarnators.
Transmigrators.
Possessors.
Regressors.
Crowned Serpent had noticed patterns.
They didn’t understand everything.
But...
They had been watching.
Shen Tian scrolled.
Some files were false positives.
Some mentally ill individuals misclassified.
Some genuine anomalies.
Reincarnators.
Transmigrators.
People with systems.
Most...
Gone.
Killed.
Captured.
Or disappeared.
Xu Ning’s expression became increasingly serious.
Then...
One record appeared.
ANOMALY 001
Lucian Vale
Then...
Shen Tian scrolled.
Then...
Stopped.
ANOMALY 127
No name.
Photograph unavailable.
Detection date...
Recent.
Very recent.
Three days ago.
Location...
United States.
Xu Ning’s eyes widened.
[Host.]
Shen Tian stared.
A new anomaly.
Another transmigrator?
Another system user?
Another protagonist?
Classification incomplete.
Only one note.
Extreme narrative distortion detected
Projected Fate role unknown
Crowned Serpent North American Division dispatched
Shen Tian slowly smiled.
Qin Hao saw.
"No."
Shen Tian looked toward him.
"What?"
"No."
"What are you saying no to?"
"Whatever that smile means."
Adrian nodded.
"I agree."
Shen Tian looked toward him.
Adrian pointed.
"That’s protagonist hunting face."
Shen Tian smiled wider.
Chen Mo sighed.
"He’s going."
"Obviously."
Qin Hao closed his eyes.
Then...
His system flashed.
New protagonist candidate detected
Qin Hao froze.
Shen Tian noticed.
"What?"
"Nothing."
Han Yuer smiled.
Qin Hao looked toward her.
"Don’t."
She remained silent.
But...
Her expression betrayed him.
Shen Tian’s smile widened.
"Your system detected them too."
Qin Hao stared.
"I hate all of you."
. . .
Before anyone could continue...
Rose’s communicator activated.
"Command to Rose."
Chu Mei.
Rose answered.
"Go."
"You’re back."
Rose frowned.
"What?"
"Feeds restored."
Shen Tian looked toward the ceiling.
Right.
The Court connection.
Then...
Chu Chuchu’s voice exploded through the channel.
"SHEN TIAN."
He moved the communicator away from his ear.
Everyone laughed.
"What?"
"YOU LOST YOUR CAMERA."
"Facility interference."
"FOR FORTY THREE MINUTES."
"Specific."
"I COUNTED."
Shen Tian smiled.
"I’m alive."
"We know that now."
Then...
Chu Luoshen’s voice.
"Are you injured?"
"No."
Rose looked at his destroyed shirt.
Blood on his face.
Cut palm.
Bruising.
Then...
At the communicator.
"He’s lying."
Shen Tian stared.
Betrayal.
Chu Chuchu immediately shouted.
"WHAT?"
Shen Tian sighed.
"Minor."
Rose smiled.
"His shirt is gone."
Silence.
Then...
Chu Mei’s voice became strangely quiet.
"Gone?"
Shen Tian froze.
Rose realized.
Too late.
Bai Xue smiled.
Chu Zijin covered her mouth.
Tang Meilin’s cheeks became pink.
Ling Shuangxue looked at Shen Tian’s chest.
Then...
Immediately looked away.
Qin Ruobing did not look away quickly enough.
Shen Tian noticed.
Her cheeks warmed.
Gu Qingya suddenly became very interested in the database.
Li Lian looked down.
Ruan Yizhen smiled.
Chi Lingxi looked completely unashamed.
Rose slowly lowered the communicator.
"Oops."
Shen Tian stared.
"Really?"
Rose smiled.
"Operational update."
"Necessary?"
"Extremely."
Then...
Yin Suyi’s voice came through.
"Son."
Shen Tian froze.
"Mother."
"Are you injured?"
"Minor."
"Come home."
Silence.
His expression softened.
"Soon."
"Good."
Then...
A pause.
"And put on a shirt."
The channel disconnected.
Absolute silence.
Adrian broke first.
He laughed.
Hard.
Qin Hao followed.
Even Chen Mo covered his mouth.
Shen Tian stared at the communicator.
Then...
At Rose.
She immediately stepped backward.
"You told my mother."
"I reported your condition."
"My shirt isn’t a medical condition."
Lin Yue’s voice came through another channel.
"Technically loss of protective clothing increases injury risk."
Shen Tian closed his eyes.
Everyone laughed.
. . .
Two hours later.
The facility belonged to Shen Tian.
Legally?
No.
Technically?
Also no.
Practically?
Absolutely.
Crowned Serpent personnel surrendered.
Those who didn’t...
Were unconscious.
The research victims were transferred to Shen International medical aircraft.
Evidence copied.
Financial records secured.
Bloodline samples catalogued.
Human samples preserved for identification and eventual return or destruction depending on circumstances.
The Imperial Vessel Array...
Was dismantled.
Not destroyed.
Shen Tian wanted the technology.
But...
Fate extraction functions were locked.
Permanently.
Only Xu Ning and Shen Tian possessed administrative authority.
The array’s remaining corrupted Fate was sealed.
Living Fate returned where possible.
Subject Zero...
Ren...
Sat quietly on a medical bed.
Lin Yue stood in front of him.
"Hold still."
Ren stared.
"Why?"
"Because I’m checking your eyes."
"My eyes function."
"I know."
"Then why?"
Lin Yue sighed.
"Because functioning isn’t the same as healthy."
Ren considered.
Then...
"Humans are inefficient."
Lin Yue stared.
"You are human."
Ren froze.
Silence.
Then...
He looked down.
"Am I?"
Lin Yue’s expression softened.
"Enough."
Ren stared.
Then...
Shen Tian entered.
New shirt.
Black.
Of course.
Ren looked toward him.
Lin Yue noticed.
"Your patient."
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
"Mine?"
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
SEND POWESTONES!!!
ALL SUPER GIFTS (Magic Castle, Space Ship, Golden Gachapon) = MORE ChapterS!

Comments

Loading...