Douluo: I founded the mecha tribe and I am the king of mecha battles!

Chapter 252 Stay

Gu Yue's pupils contracted sharply. She suddenly realized a terrifying truth—if humans no longer needed soul beasts, then soul beasts would completely lose their value to humans. What would a race that had lost its value face?
History has already provided the answer.

Chen Zhou's gaze was like a sharp blade, dissecting the issue she had been avoiding: "Humanity will not tolerate a large and dangerous group competing with them for living space, especially when that group is of no use to them."

"The peaceful coexistence you desire is predicated on soul beasts having value to humans. But what happens when that value disappears?"

His voice deepened, like a heavy hammer blow to Gu Yue's heart: "What awaits the soul beasts is either domestication or extinction."

Gu Yue swayed slightly, barely managing to steady herself by holding onto the sofa armrest. Moonlight shone on her pale face, and the arrogance and anger in her purple eyes were rapidly fading, replaced by unfathomable fear.

The office was enveloped in a silence following the downpour.

Gu Yue's slender fingers dug deep into the sofa armrests, leaving fine scratches on the leather surface. Looking into Chen Zhou's eyes, which seemed to see right through her, she felt, for the first time, so nakedly exposed to someone—not just to her inner schemes, but to a cruel truth she had never faced before.

So, all my efforts over the years...

Her voice was so soft it was as if she were talking to herself.

"It's all wrong."

Chen Zhou calmly took over the conversation. He walked to the window, gazing at the reappearing starry sky, and said, "Actions based on false premises will only take you further away from your goal, no matter how hard you try."

Gu Yue suddenly looked up: "You figured it out from the very beginning, didn't you?!"

Chen Zhou nodded. "Yes."

Gu Yue's eyes widened, his vertical pupils, a symbol of supreme authority, constricted, and he shouted, "Then why didn't you tell me in the first place?!"

Chen Zhou turned around, the moonlight casting a faint shadow on his sharply defined profile: "Who are you telling this to? To the Silver Dragon King hiding deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, plotting revenge? To the avenger who infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda under the guise of Gu Yue? Or to this one now—"

He pointed to her chest, "A proud dragon girl who hasn't even figured out what she wants?"

Suddenly, soft lights illuminated the office. The soul-guided lights on the ceiling automatically adjusted to the most comfortable brightness, dispelling the gloom brought by the downpour. This sudden light made Gu Yue subconsciously squint, and when she opened her eyes again, Chen Zhou was already standing less than a foot away from her.

He raised his hand, his fingertips gently lifting her chin. The gesture carried an undeniable authority, yet also a strange tenderness. Gu Yue's eyelashes trembled slightly; she could feel the warmth of Chen Zhou's fingertips—like the last rays of winter sunlight, meant to be warm, yet always carrying a chilling edge.

Why am I telling you now?

Chen Zhou's voice was deep and resonant, like the last notes of a cello, echoing in the quiet room. He suddenly leaned closer, his nose almost touching her cheek, his breath carrying the cool scent of pine and cigar.

Because I need you to know—

"Your stupidity has wasted too much time."

The last sentence pierced Gu Yue's heart like a nail. She suddenly realized that all of Chen Zhou's sarcasm, all his teasing, and even his near-humiliating approach at this moment, were all meant to shatter her deep-rooted arrogance. The pride of the Silver Dragon King, her identity as the successor to the Dragon God, her obsession with reviving the Soul Beast race—these beliefs that had sustained her for a thousand years were crumbling under this man's almost cruel dissection.

The moonlight shifted, casting Chen Zhou's figure over her. Gu Yue found herself with nowhere to retreat; her back was already pressed against the floor-to-ceiling window. The cold glass seeped through her thin secretary uniform, sending a chill through her, while the presence of the person in front of her felt as tangible as a physical pressure on her nerves.

“Now,” Chen Zhou released her chin and took a half step back, “I’ll give you two choices.”

He held up one finger: "First, continue with your ridiculous revenge plan. I'll send you back to the Star Dou Great Forest immediately and see what kind of trouble you and your horde of soul beasts can cause—"

He then raised a second finger: "Second, stay by my side and truly see the world with your own eyes. Not as an avenger, but as a learner."

Gu Yue was stunned.

She had never imagined facing such a choice. To stay by the side of this unfathomable man? That meant abandoning her millennia-old obsession and admitting that all her schemes had been flawed. But if she chose to leave…
Her gaze unconsciously drifted to the drawer containing the "psychic crystals".

"Heh," Chen Zhou noticed her subtle movements and suddenly chuckled, "It seems you already have the answer."

He turned and walked to his desk, took the metal box out of the drawer again, and this time tossed it directly to Gu Yue. The Silver Dragon King instinctively caught it, and the slightly cool touch made her fingertips tremble.

"Open it and take a look," Chen Zhou gestured.

Gu Yue hesitated for a moment, but still pressed the mechanism on the box lid.

The box was empty.

The original dark blue crystal was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a silver-white scale—a dragon scale, and a silver dragon scale of extremely high purity!
"This is.!"

Gu Yue suddenly looked up, her purple eyes filled with undisguised shock. She was all too familiar with the aura emanating from this scale; it was the very scale she had shed when she transformed into human form!
"In case."

Chen Zhou explained casually, "I always have to have a backup plan in case one of the Silver Dragon Kings does something foolish on impulse. For example," he glanced meaningfully at the night sky outside the window, "...summoning a horde of beasts to attack human cities or something like that."

Gu Yue's fingers tightened suddenly, the metal box groaning under the weight of her palm. She finally understood—all her trump cards, all her plans, had long been under this man's control!

And that psionic crystal.
"it is true."

As if reading her mind, Chen Zhou said calmly, "The technology is real. It's just that it's still in the experimental stage and requires certain special materials."

He walked slowly closer, took the box from her hand, and his fingertips brushed against her wrist as if by accident. In that instant, Gu Yue felt a strange energy fluctuation—purer than any soul power she had ever seen, yet with a mechanical precision.

Now, tell me your choice.

Chen Zhou's voice was soft, yet it carried immense weight.

Gu Yue took a deep breath. Outside the window, Donghai City was brightly lit, the distant neon lights painting the night sky a vibrant purple. This steel jungle built by humans was once the very thing she hated most. And now, she was about to make a decision that could change the fate of the entire Soul Beast race.
"I choose"

Her voice trembled slightly, but she quickly regained her composure. "Stay."

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