The Heartthrob Guide: Dodder of S-Class Sentinels

Chapter 206 The Great Barrier

She is being contaminated.

Lin Nan learned of this fact, but was powerless to do anything about it.

Her opponent's mental strength was far superior to hers; she was like a bird that had lost its wings, constantly falling into the abyss.

Why are alien species so terrifying? Because they amplify a person's negative emotions without limit. Emotionally rich humans gradually lose the courage to live in this unparalleled pessimism and despair.

When a person's worldview is completely shattered, he loses all rationality and becomes a monster.

What good is being a guide? Just like us, we're all pawns being manipulated.

The resources of this world are all meant to serve 'that person'.

We have become aware of everything, so we have 'awakened,' while you remain immersed in this fabricated dream...

Join us! You're so powerful; in 'our world,' you can have any wish...

The voice, seemingly both distant and intimately close, echoed repeatedly in Lin Nan's mind.

Her dreamlike murmurs, as if hypnotized, caused her gaze to become unfocused, her tightly clenched fists to slowly loosen, and her feet to move uncontrollably in a certain direction.

Lin Nan felt as if she had arrived in an unknown place. The people around her had disappeared, and the only thing left in the world was that huge, eerie eye.

She stood in front of that 'eye' and saw countless reflections of herself on it.

No!

Lin Nan's lips trembled, but she couldn't utter a complete syllable.

Her mental energy was being interfered with by some kind of resonant frequency, as if her entire mental landscape was being soaked in viscous syrup, from which she could not break free.

In a daze, she seemed to see several figures appear at the end of the road ahead. They were backlit, so her features were obscured, but they made Lin Nan hold her breath for a moment—

Those are—Mom and Dad…

And—Lin Nian…

Don't you want to see your family?

You miss them a lot, don't you...?

The eerie eye slowly shattered, releasing a viscous, unknown fluid that slid down the lens of the eye, obscuring all of Lin Nan's image.

Yes.

She misses her parents very much.

I miss Lin Nian too...

Lin Nan's fingertips trembled as she reached forward, tears blurring her vision.

She saw the blinding white light of the emergency room, heard the piercing alarm of the cardiac monitor, and smelled the strong metallic odor in her own blood—

"Waaaaah, my child, this heartless bastard!!! Why did this happen..."

"Drunk driving! Drunk driving! Why, why, why was it my child who died! Why wasn't it him?!"

"The victim has been transferred to the intensive care unit, and doctors are doing everything they can to save him!!"

"I'm sorry, we did our best, but the victim has lost too much blood..."

"Ahhh, my murmuring—"

"..."

Lin Nan covered her ears in vain, but her mother's heart-wrenching cries still managed to seep through her fingers.

Those memories that she only dared to recall in her dreams now flashed through her mind like a floodgate opening.

She regretted it more than once. That day, she shouldn't have argued with Lin Nian. If she had gone home earlier, she wouldn't have run into that truck.

Oh, and Lin Nian, what would he do if he knew she was dead...?

She said so many hurtful things on the phone. How heartbroken Lin Nian must have been at that time...

Lin Nan was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe. Countless self-blame and remorse turned into sharp blades, slowly torturing her heart.

Her mental landscape began to crumble.

"Nannan, why won't you listen to me..."

In my memory, the man's weary voice rang out on the phone. He seemed to have been without rest for a long time; his hoarse voice carried a weak pallor, as if he had struggled with himself for a long time before finally giving in. "Come back. They miss you. That matter… I'll think about it carefully… so don't avoid me anymore…"

"If I don't see you again, I'll go crazy, Nan Nan, you wouldn't want to see me like that..."

"..."

Lin Nan's consciousness was increasingly eroded by darkness.

A pungent, fishy stench immediately filled the air, and the ground hissed and corroded wherever the viscous liquid passed.

Something was struggling to come out of that "eye".

Lin Nan's eyes were vacant as she slowly walked towards it—

Just as she was about to touch it, a gust of wind suddenly arose from somewhere.

Wake up, Guide Lin.

A familiar voice carried on the wind made Lin Nan stop in her tracks.

Guide Lin, you shouldn't have been fooled by these guys.

Please open your eyes and look carefully at what that is.

what is that?
Those are her family members—

Lin Nan responded blankly, but her mind was in a daze and she couldn't come to her senses.

The reality may be harsh, but I believe that you, Guide Lin, can pull through...

I'll say goodbye to my family properly in the future, but now is not the time...

Guide Lin, do you know what the most powerful defense in the world truly is?

You have a very strong heart, capable of embracing all things, whether beautiful or treacherous...

The strongest defense is not an impenetrable wall of resistance, but the willingness to accept pain even when it is intense... These experiences will become your best nourishment...

I've seen that amazing sight... Guide Lin, it's always been inside you... Try using it...

That person's voice came with the wind, and then went with the wind.

It was so elusive and intangible that she could no longer grasp it.

Lin Nan quietly opened her eyes, gazed at the dark sky, and murmured:
"Xiu, is that you?"

"..."

But the surrounding darkness meant no one answered her.

"I prefer to call this process 'transformation of life form' rather than 'death,' because whether they become a different species or another kind of creature, they will continue to live in this world in another form."

In her mind, Lin Nan recalled what the director had once told her.

"So don't cry, everything will be alright..."

The man's hand landed on the corner of her eye, gently wiping away her tears.

At this moment, Lin Nan felt an unprecedented warmth.

When she looked ahead again, the figures in her memory had completely disappeared, replaced by a huge, constantly throbbing "eye".

No, what's in front of us might not be an "eye," but rather a monster's cocoon!

Sure enough, as soon as she had that thought, the thing completely cracked open, and a tiny child slowly crawled out from the giant "eye".

The child looks very much like a human, but "it" is not a human.

Snow-white skin, snow-white long hair, and a pair of transparent wings growing on the childlike body of a human child.

His pale features were framed by a pair of black, eyeless eyes that stared abruptly at Lin Nan, scrutinizing him from head to toe.

【elder sister--】

"He" suddenly shouted.

　Xiu is making a comeback! Please vote with your monthly tickets!

　　(End of this chapter)