The Heartthrob Guide: Dodder of S-Class Sentinels

Chapter 249 Specimens
But it's too late to say all this now.

"Does Colonel Lauen know about this?" Lin Nan asked again.

As the head of the White Tower and the Queen's personal sentinel, it was impossible for him not to sense such a major event.

“I don’t know, we haven’t spoken privately for a long time.” Su Ping’s voice lowered, with a hint of indescribable melancholy. “Since he has made his choice, I wish him well.”

"I don't quite understand. Since you're in love with the colonel, why don't you just mark him directly?"

“Well…” Su Ping thought for a long time before answering, “Back then, I lost the election and returned to Granville to become a full-fledged guide. He had just been assigned here by his family and was placed on my treatment list.”

"The heirs of the Tahir family all share a common trait: their mental energy is extremely sensitive and fragile. He was born an S-class individual, and it was nearly impossible to find a suitable match for him in the Central Government. At that time, that young and impetuous lion was troubled by years of accumulated pollution, and he would easily lose control of his emotions. No one dared to provoke him."

"At that time, I was also unable to get over the low mood of failure and was not very patient, so I was inevitably a bit 'cruel' when I was helping him. I thought he would run away like everyone else, but after a round of treatment, his reaction was beyond my expectations."

“Unlike the lower-level sentinels who prefer gentle guidance, the S-rank sentinels with high pollution levels seem to adapt better to my ‘roughness.’ Every time we finish a mental link, the man becomes more obedient and docile than ever before. I noticed this strange thing and started to observe him carefully.”

“Around that time, I would forcefully connect with him every day, and naturally, we developed different feelings for each other. One day, I softened and couldn't resist his persistent pleading, and we ended up having a relationship that went beyond that of doctor and patient…”

"But it was this relationship that made him have different thoughts. He started to want to possess me, and even knelt at my feet without any bottom line, begging me to officially mark him."

“At that time, my ‘practical research on the psychological counseling of controlled guides’ had only just begun to take shape with him. I was greedy for this stable relationship and was afraid that once I labeled him, the emotions would interfere with the objectivity of the experiment, so I hesitated to label him.”

Su Ping slowly recounted her past, talking about her relationship with Colonel Lauen. Her usually serious expression revealed a rare hint of complex emotion.

"Laun's mental state is a valuable sample for my research. If my hypothesis holds true, then control-type guides like myself will have a new path to growth. This would undoubtedly be enormous for the development of this world. I just never expected—"

As she said this, Su Ping frowned deeply, and Lin Nan could clearly feel a fleeting chill emanating from her.

"I never imagined that after only half a month of returning to report to the central government, he would become the possession of another woman..."

"Why did this happen so suddenly? Didn't Colonel Laun explain it to you? Besides, you were pregnant with his child at the time, weren't you?"

“Explanation?” Su Ping scoffed, as if she had heard something amusing. “Sentinels are naturally defenseless against guides. This stems from instinct and nature, but it is precisely this nature that blurs the boundaries of ‘choice’.”

“He can be my dog ​​today, and he can be someone else’s dog tomorrow. Sentinels often can’t tell whether their feelings for the guide are genuine or just instinctive self-preservation. This ambiguity will be clear when they meet a more ‘suitable’ guide.”

"He is now the Queen's sentinel, and even if the Queen is really involved, his position will prevent him from telling me the truth."

"But he's not only the Queen's Sentinel, but also the head of the Granville region, isn't he? So many innocent lives, and he's just going to let them go?"

That was the life of a living, breathing city dweller! Lin Nan simply couldn't understand it. "Those in positions of power have their own considerations, and there are many things that people at our level can't possibly understand. All I know is that the White Tower in Granville has ceased operation, and as its guide, and also as a citizen of Granville, I must get it running again."

So, at the very first moment the White Tower was destroyed, she unhesitatingly offered up all her spiritual power. Unfortunately, the difference in energy between her and the Queen was too great, and the people in the city were still affected.

"What would happen to this city if the sound radiation from the White Tower's protection really stopped working completely?" Lin Nan asked.

“The contaminated area of ​​Centipede Land will spread, and then the entire Ninth District will fall into ruin…” Guide Su Ping slowly got up and walked to the French windows.

The riots of the past few days have left this city in ruins. In fact, it doesn't even need to be polluted; it's practically a ghost town already.

But the most serious problem is not just that. Sector Nine's situation is not unique. If the Queen will abandon them, she will naturally abandon other areas as well. Once all the White Towers in the world cease to function, the aliens will launch another attack on humanity, just as they did five hundred years ago.

Powerful nobles or high-ranking warriors still have the ability to protect themselves, but the truly pitiful ones are the ordinary people.

Who will come to save them then?
There was a moment of silence in the air. Lin Nan had read about the great crisis five hundred years ago in her school history class. Countless alien species surged like waves into the areas where humans lived. Wherever they passed, civilization was corroded and dissolved, and even the sky was dyed a suffocating gray.

This world cannot withstand another upheaval.

Thinking of this, Lin Nan looked up and asked Su Ping, "How much longer can your mental strength last?"

"Not much left. I can only keep the shield running normally now, concentrating my remaining mental energy on the weakest point. But if another riot like last time occurs, the mental energy fluctuations of the Tali Sentinels will interfere with the stability of the barrier, and then I won't be able to hold on at all."

"So what should we do next?"

“There is another way,” Su Ping said abruptly, glancing at Lin Nan.

Lin Nan was stunned.

Suddenly, I realized what the other person wanted to do.

"You want me to..."

“That’s right, you are more talented than me.” Su Ping’s lips creased into a deep wrinkle as she continued, “Your perception of energy fluctuations is stronger than mine. More importantly, there is an unfathomable figure hidden in your vision. You were the one who helped those sentinels isolate themselves from mental pollution that day, right?”

Even if Lin Nan did it very discreetly, Su Ping was no match for her; at such close range, she couldn't possibly not notice.

Su Ping walked up to Lin Nan, her fingertips gently touching her wrist. Their spiritual energy intertwined at the point of contact, emitting a soft light: "Guide Lin Nan, are you willing to help us? If so, I can impart all the 'control-type guidance' techniques I've researched throughout my life to you, and you will also have absolute power in the Granville region—"

(End of this chapter)