The Heartthrob Guide: Dodder of S-Class Sentinels

Chapter 240 The "Monster" in Her Vision

Lin Nan suddenly opened her eyes, feeling that something inside her body was different.

As the tree's roots continued to extend outwards into the soil, she unexpectedly smelled a familiar scent.

In my memory, the cicadas' chirping in summer was always noisy, but it was a kind of reassuring noise.

The leaves of an old locust tree in front of my house rustled overhead, and sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled patterns of light on the bluestone pavement.

My mother sat in the yard cutting a watermelon for me. The sweet juice dripped down her fingers, mixed with the earthy smell of the sun-baked soil. That was the freshest taste of my entire childhood.

As she grew up and left the small town, the school playground and classrooms became larger and brighter, and the surrounding atmosphere became more complex.

The rubber track on the playground was scorching hot under the blazing sun, mixed with the smell of sweat from the boys; chalk dust fell in the classroom, landing on the open textbooks, mingling with the smell of ink.

Shy boys would often gather around her, wanting to look at her but not daring to. They would always hurriedly lower their heads the moment she looked up, and whenever this happened, some malicious laughter would ring out around them.

Feeling embarrassed and helpless, she grabbed her schoolbag and hurried away from the classroom, the laughter chasing after her like an inescapable shadow.

And so—she snuggled into Lin Nian's arms. Countless sleepless nights during her adolescence were spent being coaxed to sleep by Lin Nian in his helplessness.

With this young man by her side, she slowly grew from a little girl into a young woman, and Lin Nian's company also grew stronger. During their leisure time, they could always vaguely hear some topics about AI... the future... and so on.

She was too young at the time to understand what he was doing.

But she was always happy when Lin Nian succeeded.

As the man's career progressed, her living conditions became increasingly luxurious. When a large number of designer brands started being delivered to their home, she began to feel something was amiss.

"Even though you're making money now, you still need to save where you can. Your future aunt won't be happy if she finds out you're doing this."

The year she was admitted to a prestigious university at eighteen, she received the most expensive gift of her life. A man personally put the diamond on her finger, and the brilliance of the diamond gave her an indescribable sense of disconnect, so she couldn't help but offer a reminder.

What was Lin Nian's expression like at that time?

She couldn't remember anymore; the hazy days of the past were like her current confused consciousness, swaying and indistinct.

All she knew was that on that day, the hand that landed on the back of her neck was incredibly hot…

She stumbled and fell away from the embarrassments of her youth, only to accidentally stumble into an even deeper abyss.

Like a dodder vine, forced to entangle itself on a withered, decaying tree—

This was her short and ignorant life.

From under the locust trees in the small town to the classrooms on campus, from the cold light of diamond necklaces to the shadows of withered trees, like dandelions blown by the wind, I have never truly found a place to settle down.

……

The roots stopped at the end of this memory, and Lin Nan's eyes widened in a flash.

The green light in her eyes disappeared, and she returned to the world she was in.

"Did you have a wonderful dream just now, Lin?"

The man on top of her let out a soft moan, his hot breath mingling with a sweet fragrance, brushing against her sweaty forehead. Lin Nan snapped back to reality, only to realize that she had unknowingly leaned against Arachne's chest.
She instinctively tried to sit up straight, but his arm, encircling her waist, gently pressed her down. The barbs of his spider claws had already retracted, leaving only the warmth of his palm soothing her back. "Your spiritual energy just now was unfamiliar. I seemed to see some ancient scenes, Lin. Are these your—secrets?"

"Knowing it's a secret, why are you still trying to find out! Aren't you afraid I'll kill you to silence you?" Lin Nan said expressionlessly.

"Heh." Arachne chuckled, and with a straight back, he let Lin Nan sit on his—top.

“We Zerg have another secret.” Arachne let himself go, lying on his back on the ground, his long black hair spreading out like a beautiful waterfall.

His spider abdomen rose and fell slightly, and a drop of sweat rolled down his straight nose, tracing the contours of his upper body.

His mental energy, which had been in a state of tension for years, had never been as relaxed and comfortable as it was at this moment. It was as if he was soaking in the most suitable hot spring, and the rising steam made his whole body incredibly soft.

He had only heard about the Zerg customs since childhood and had never actually practiced them, but at this moment, the obedience ingrained in his genes made him unable to resist the sense of devotion that was bound to him by fate.

"The Zerg have always revered the female. Once a male mates with us, everything about him will belong to the female, including his mental power... including our physical bodies..."

"You can even eat me if you want..."

"Lin, would you like to consider exchanging blows with me? After the mission is completed, I'll be at your disposal..."

Arachne struggled to his feet, his fingers hovering over Lin Nan's chin, their curves conveying his true intentions. His spirit was experiencing a rare moment of relaxation and satisfaction, but after that comfort, an indescribable itch rose within him.

The dense, spreading from his heart made it extremely difficult for him to endure.

"Is it alright, Lin?" The man's breath was sweet and fragrant, and he exuded an aura of passion.

In the mental landscape, the sturdy spider web also quietly and tentatively began to surround Lin Nan little by little.

However, all the ambiguity and seduction were shattered into pieces after a flash of green light!

Lin Nan placed a mark on Arachne's spider abdomen, then ruthlessly withdrew his spiritual threads.

"Ugh!" Arachne curled up on the ground in pain.

"Don't push your luck!" Lin Nan stood up and said expressionlessly.

After a long while, the man finally calmed down. He got up from the ground in a disheveled state, his spider legs still unsteady on his feet, his black hair clinging to his sweaty neck, unable to conceal the lingering redness at the corners of his mouth.

He looked down at the green mark on his spider abdomen, a mad glint in his eyes.

Then, the purple spiritual energy spread out like mist, enveloping everything on the scene.

The night, like spilled ink, swept in in an instant.

Lin Nan suddenly felt her feet slip, a sense of weightlessness gripped her, and the next second, she fell into a vast abyss.

The feeling of falling didn't last long; she felt as if she was being supported by something soft. Countless deep lights lit up around her, one after another, like twinkling stars, but closer and hotter than the starry sky.

Upon closer inspection, she realized that those "starlight" points were actually the mental nodes of unknown insect-type Sentinels.

(End of this chapter)