Story in the Darkness (Third Update)

Hearing Lin Zhen's words, Su Mingyue raised her little face in Lin Zhen's arms. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could my Star Gazing Mirror be fixed if it's broken?"

Su Mingyue's Star Gazing Mirror is a Top-Grade Star Artifact, and its value far exceeds any treasure that Lin Zhen has ever seen. This kind of auxiliary Top-Grade Star Artifact with special functions is even more valuable than ordinary Top-Grade Star Artifact. Even top-grade armor may not be as valuable as the Star Gazing Mirror, let alone weapons.

It was precisely because of its quality and the powerful Star Power it contained that it was able to withstand the fatal blow when the Star Strike came.

The Star Gazing Mirror was not a true defensive Star Artifact, which is why it was damaged by the Star Strike.

Lin Zhen did not answer Su Mingyue's question, but gently stroked her cheek down to her earlobe.

Her ears were crystal clear, giving them an almost transparent appearance.

Lin Zhen tucked her black hair behind her ear. Su Mingyue's face was already flushed, but she still let Lin Zhen hug her.

"Yue'er, why did you get involved with Star Strike?" Lin Zhen asked.

"I don't want you to get hurt by that thing." Su Mingyue's answer was simple, yet it pierced the heart.

"Thank goodness you have the Star Gazing Mirror, otherwise you would have done something really stupid this time. Do you know that the Star Gazing Mirror can withstand Star Strike?" Lin Zhen asked again.

Su Mingyue shook her head slightly. "I don't know. If I had known, I would have taken off the Star Gazing Mirror and left it here, because I knew you would come looking for me."

Hearing this, Lin Zhen felt a sharp pain in her heart and couldn't help but say fiercely, "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if the Star Gazing Mirror is good, it's still just an inanimate object. How can it compare to a person? I won't allow you to be so careless about yourself from now on."

Hearing this, Su Mingyue's long eyelashes drooped slightly, covering her beautiful peach blossom eyes, just like her mood at that moment.

"I don't know what else I can do. Should I go back to Church? True God doesn't care about us believers. I don't even know if I should continue being Holy Maiden. I just want to do something."

"So what if there is no True God? You are still a person, and you still have a family."

Unexpectedly, Su Mingyue shook her head slightly. "I have no home. My parents passed away when I was very young. I grew up in Church. Before I turned eighteen, I knew no more than ten people whose names I could recall. Only my Master and senior sister, and a few clergy members of the Church. After I came to the Training Camp, Tang Yu spoke to me, and when I saw his name, I remembered him."

Lin Zhen opened her mouth, but no words came out.

What kind of life is Su Mingyue living?

She was raised as Holy Maiden from a young age, learning everything Holy Maiden should do under the guidance of her Master and clergy every day. She also had to practice martial arts. Apart from the few people in the Church, she didn't even know the names of anyone else.

At eighteen, that means she only met so many people, including others from the Capital City Base City, after arriving at the God General Training Camp.

Lin Zhen forced a smile and put his arm around Su Mingyue's shoulder, "No wonder you are smart, but sometimes you act like a simpleton. It won't be like that from now on, because you still have me. No matter what you do in the future, you must always remember that protecting yourself is the most important thing."

"Mmm." Su Mingyue nodded slightly, her head gently resting on Lin Zhen's shoulder, but her big eyes blinked as if she was thinking about something.

Seeing that Su Mingyue had finally stopped crying, Lin Zhen's heart gradually calmed down.

Lin Zhen gently wiped away the tear stains on Su Mingyue's fair and pretty face with her fingers. Her skin was unbelievably good, as smooth as cream. Even with Lin Zhen's sharp eyesight, she couldn't see her pores at such close range.

Su Mingyue felt a little uncomfortable being stroked, so she raised her small hand and gently grasped Lin Zhen's fingers, looking up at him. "Lin Zhen, do you really think I'm stupid?"

Lin Zhen chuckled and pinched her straight little nose, "You're so clumsy."

Su Mingyue seemed somewhat unconvinced, blinking at Lin Zhen: "When I was with you, I made you pretend to be my boyfriend. You even hugged me back then. Do you know why I did that?"

Lin Zhen thought for a moment, "Let's avoid other people's harassment for now."

A rare hint of displeasure appeared in Su Mingyue's large eyes. "No, it's because I genuinely think you're good."

"Ah!" The simple and straightforward tone, without any embellishment or concealment, struck Lin Zhen's heart hard.

"Let me ask you again, when I touched Star Strike, Yue Feng wanted to touch my hand, but I didn't let him. Do you know why?" Su Mingyue continued to ask Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen thought for a moment and said, "You hate him."

Unexpectedly, Su Mingyue shook her head again. "It's not just that I hate him. Apart from sometimes holding hands with my senior sister, I don't like being touched by anyone."

"Then I..." Lin Zhen said.

"It's all for you, all of it." Su Mingyue said this with a strong sense of self-righteousness.

Lin Zhen knew Su Mingyue's personality very well. She was never good at joking, and she couldn't even lie, especially at times like this. There was no need to have even the slightest doubt; that was her true feeling.

"Yue'er..." Lin Zhen's voice was slightly hoarse.

Unexpectedly, Su Mingyue suddenly laughed, her smile as bright as a hundred flowers blooming. Her eyebrows curved, her beautiful peach blossom eyes narrowed, and dimples appeared on her fair face. "See? You can't answer any of my questions correctly, so I'm not stupid, you are."

Lin Zhen suddenly realized that Su Mingyue didn't like her being called an idiot.

No matter how hard she tried to prove it, she was still a little fool, not understanding that it was just a nickname.

Seeing Su Mingyue secretly laughing at her own stupidity, Lin Zhen felt like she was a Little Fox who had stolen a chicken.

This appearance is so beautiful that even a saint would be moved by it.

Lin Zhen's breathing became a little heavy. He gently lifted Su Mingyue's chin and said, "Yue'er, how can you be so beautiful?"

Su Mingyue blinked. "I don't know either. Many people say that, but I like hearing you say it."

Lin Zhen slowly approached, their breaths mingling on each other's faces.

"Yue'er, I want to eat you."

"Ah!"

Su Mingyue exclaimed in surprise, looked down at her slender arms, and looked at Lin Zhen with a hint of fear in her eyes. After hesitating for a long time, she said, "Are you hungry? I'll make you something nice to eat when the rain stops. I... I..."

Lin Zhen rolled her eyes. Being too naive might not be a good thing. No one had ever said such a thing to her before, nor had she ever been exposed to similar topics. She simply didn't understand what "eating you" meant.

Lin Zhen didn't want to go too far in disrespecting his girlfriend, who was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, so he lowered his demands. "Yue'er, I want to hold you while we sleep. Let's find a place."

Su Mingyue's face flushed instantly. Although she didn't know many things, she was still a very clever woman. Otherwise, how could she have fooled Yue Feng? Lin Zhen's eyes made her feel some danger, but she couldn't bear to refuse directly. "But... it's raining so hard, there's nowhere to go."

"Come to my little nest, I used to sleep there."

"It's all water there." Su Mingyue finally found a reason to refuse.

Lin Zhen swept the girl up in a princess carry and carried her to the edge of the little nest. With Gravity, all the water in the nest was immediately absorbed and thrown into the river. Then, he carried Su Mingyue into the little nest.

Su Mingyue was taken aback, then grabbed Lin Zhen's chest. "But it's still raining up there."

Whoosh!

The Liquid Metal solidified into a thin, almost transparent layer, resembling a small house covering the nest.

Su Mingyue looked up and nervously made an excuse. "But it's so dark, I'm afraid of the dark."

As soon as Lin Zhen opened his eyes, the Radiance Power flashed in them, and the small room lit up.

"Your eyes are scary."

The light immediately shifted to the top of their heads.

"That's scary too."

Under the control of Mental Power, the Radiance Power floated to the roof of the cabin, like a soft little lamp.

Su Mingyue finally ran out of words. She blinked her big eyes twice, then suddenly threw herself into Lin Zhen's arms, wrapped her arms around Lin Zhen's neck, and gently swayed her body. In a coquettish tone she had never used before, she said to Lin Zhen, "Lin Zhen, please don't bully your Yue'er, okay? Yue'er will be yours sooner or later, but it's really not possible now. The Holy Maiden must be pure. I haven't thought it through yet, please..."

In the windy and rainy night, in the warm little house, with soft lighting and a stunningly beautiful woman writhing in his arms, Lin Zhen, even after being reborn, almost lost control. He suppressed the fire rising in his lower abdomen, held Su Mingyue tightly to prevent her from moving, and then said somewhat dejectedly, "Can't we even kiss and touch?"

Su Mingyue hesitated. She had never encountered anything like this before, and she felt instinctively afraid. After thinking for a while, she didn't answer Lin Zhen's question, but instead said in a muffled voice, "My clothes are too wet, it's uncomfortable to hold you like this, I need to change my clothes."

"Then I'll go outside."

"It's raining so hard outside, you shouldn't go." Su Mingyue couldn't bear to see Lin Zhen get wet in the rain.

Lin Zhen's eyes lit up immediately, and she sat down without moving.

Su Mingyue glanced at Lin Zhen. "I think you'll peek."

"I promise I won't watch it."

"I don't believe it." Su Mingyue's resolute tone directly exposed Lin Zhen's lie.

"Then what should we do? I think I'll go outside."

"You turned off the light."

Lin Zhen immediately withdrew the power of the light, and the room went dark.

"It still won't work. There's lightning outside, and you can still see the flashes of Electric Light. Try covering the house with leaves."

Lin Zhen raised his hand, Gravity was released, causing several huge petals and Leaf to fly over and cover the small house.

At this moment, Su Mingyue raised her hand, and her hand also emitted light. This Radiance Star Crystal was twinned, and not only Lin Zhen could do it, but she could too.

The beauty under the radiance was breathtaking. Su Mingyue, her face flushed, said to Lin Zhen, "Lin Zhen, as long as you don't look, I'll give you a reward. But if you make a little light to peek at me changing clothes, I promise I'll ignore you for a very, very long time."

Lin Zhen nodded immediately, "There's absolutely no light at all."

The light went out, and there was no movement for a long time. After a while, Su Mingyue suddenly waved her hand in front of Lin Zhen's eyes by feel, and then quietly lit a little light. Seeing that Lin Zhen's eyes seemed unfocused and he was still in darkness, she felt relieved and turned off the light. No one can see anything in the dark.

She still believed that Lin Zhen wouldn't create any light, so she relaxed and began to slowly take off her soaked Priest Robe.

I need to go out temporarily and don't want everyone to wait too long, so I'm releasing the third update early. This is the first extra chapter of today, added to thank everyone for their monthly votes. The next chapter will probably be a little later.