The Heartthrob Guide: Dodder of S-Class Sentinels

Chapter 247 Minor Alien

"Sister, don't be afraid of me."

The little boy walked up to Lin Nan with a smile and gently tugged at her sleeve.

That feeling of being an outsider, not belonging to this world, seeped in through the fibers of her clothes, and once again appeared as dense white noise in Lin Nan's mind.

Accompanied by crackling electrical sounds, it was unusually eerie.

Lin Nan's heart clenched, and she abruptly shook off the little boy, moving several meters away from him.

No wonder the alien species is called a contaminant; even this brief close contact had already given her goosebumps, making her feel like she was about to be assimilated.

"What are you? Why are you bothering me?"

"Sister, I'm not a thing, I'm..." The little boy paused, as if considering his words, before continuing after a long while, "I'm your brother."

Lin Nan: ...

She suspected that she might have really been influenced, otherwise how could she have heard a different species say that it was her brother?

[Younger brother? What? Let me see who's shameless enough!]

Do different species also like to claim kinship?

Don't think that just because you say you're the boss's younger brother, we won't eat you.

[Hmmmm, it looks a bit like a fly, I can't bring myself to eat it.]

【…】

The vines in the mental imagery began to emerge, scrutinizing the small, strange creature from head to toe.

"I'm not a fly, don't talk nonsense!"

The little boy seemed to hear the vines' voices, and immediately bristled. Then his eyes lit up again, and images flashed through Lin Nan's mind.

In the fifth contaminated zone, underground in Mining City, lies the small alien creature that Lin Nan casually rescued, which was about to be swept away by the sewage.

So that's what it was.

She thought she could vaguely hear someone speaking, and out of curiosity, she pulled the strange little guy out of the water.

She remembers that it was just the shape of an "eye" at the time, and she never expected that it would evolve into a human form.

“Everything I am comes from my sister, so of course I’m your brother,” the little boy replied matter-of-factly.

Beneath the city of Mining, due to a brief contact, it absorbed a trace of Lin Nan's spiritual power. In its cocoon-like form, its subsequent evolution and development became inextricably linked to Lin Nan.

It went through great hardships to crawl out of plot number five and travel thousands of miles to the main urban area where humans live.

Because it inherited Lin Nan's abilities, it could move freely without attracting anyone's attention. It tried hard to recall Lin Nan's appearance, and then slowly, it turned itself into a miniature version of her.

"Was that accident in Zone Two also your doing?"

The source of the pollution outbreak at Duke Nidl's Manor has yet to be found. Since this mutant species has been staying in Zone 2, it is very likely that it was caused by it.

Unexpectedly, the little alien snorted disdainfully after hearing Lin Nan's words, and then sat down on the ground with a thud.

"Sister, it turns out you're all the same. You all like to blame others for the disasters you cause..."

Lin Nan was stunned.

What do you mean?
"We need to absorb spiritual energy to grow, but the pollution of the human world has never been caused by us."

"It's your wishful thinking that has confined you to an 'imaginary world,' blaming us for all the 'irrationality,' your narrow-mindedness and closed-mindedness that has created the current situation!" "Sister, this world is no longer the world it was five hundred years ago..."

The little boy's voice was cold and sharp, unlike his appearance, like a stone chilled to the bone hitting Lin Nan's heart.

There was a moment of suffocation in the surrounding air, and the usually lively vines in the mental image stopped swaying.

A strange feeling suddenly flashed through Lin Nan's mind. After realizing what it was, cold sweat broke out on her back!
"Sister, come with me..."

"You will see what this 'world' is really like..."

“Some people have already woken up from their ‘dream,’ which is why they are being treated as ‘outcasts’ and ‘monsters,’ and are to be exterminated by you…”

"Sister, I've come here only to tell you that time is running out, and a huge event is about to happen in this world..."

The little boy's voice abruptly stopped.

Its lips remained in the open arc, and its whole body was frozen in place, as if a pause button had been pressed.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of an old-fashioned stereo leaking electricity came from the air, and suddenly with a "whoosh," all sound and breath completely disappeared.

The heavy rain outside the tower was still falling.

A damp smell filled the air, a fishy smell, as raindrops dripped onto the soil, mingling with the scent of decaying leaves washed up, seeping in through the cracks in the window.

Lin Nan walked to the window, her fingertips touching the cold glass. The stone path below the tower was already filled with puddles that were ankle-deep. Raindrops hit the water's surface, splashing up countless ripples, each one reflecting the blurry shadows of the sentries.

There were a few faces among them that she recognized; she had been the one providing them with basic guidance these past few days.

Lin Nan stared blankly at them. At this moment, these soldiers who had built a wall of safety for them with their own flesh and blood began to feel—somewhat unfamiliar…

Has she been infected?

Otherwise, why would she have such an absurd idea!
Realizing what was happening, Lin Nan quickly focused her attention and cleared away all the jumbled thoughts in her head.

The little boy disappeared again, as if he had been discovered and forcibly driven away.

It seemed to have no ill intentions towards her, and its special appearance today appeared as if it only wanted to talk to her for a while.

But it was precisely this that made her feel something was amiss.

A faint electromagnetic sound lingered in the air. Lin Nan silently raised her head and looked up at the ceiling. At the very top of the white tower was the control room, where an energy stone that could resonate with the Queen was hidden.

Now, almost all the important figures in the White Tower, such as Laun and Caesar, are in the Heroes' Monument Exhibition Hall.

The remaining guards stood downstairs in silence, meaning that there were far fewer guards on each floor of the tower than usual.

Lin Nan thought for a moment, then turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

The little mutant was able to survive in the main city with so many people without getting caught because it learned abilities from her.

With her mental strength reaching A-level, and especially after being nourished by Arachne not long ago, she now has almost complete control over her skills.

"Guide Lin, are you going out? It's best not to wander around during the mourning period. Just stay put for an hour." The police officer at the elevator entrance immediately reminded Lin Nan respectfully as he approached.

"My stomach hurts, I want to go back to my dorm to get some stomach medicine." Lin Nan smiled gently, and the butterfly hair ornament on her head swayed slightly with her movements. Almost instantly, the light in the police officer's eyes disappeared.

That's really terrible.

As the guard spoke, he followed Lin Nan into the elevator and swiped her access card to the top floor.

(End of this chapter)