Chu He said to Xia Yao, "Hurry up and come down, your uncle called me!"
Xia Yao hung on him, her legs wrapped around his waist, completely still. Instead, she moved her face closer, her nose tip almost touching his.
"Kiss me, and I'll come down!"
As soon as she said this, the entire Dragon Country live stream instantly exploded.
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"Holy crap! No way, officer! Asking for a kiss in front of parents? Xia Yao, do you have a misunderstanding of the 'meeting the parents' process?"
"I'm speechless! Xia Yao, you're amazing!"
"Look at Uncle's face! It's almost black as the bottom of a pot! The way he's clenching his fists, I can hear his bones cracking through the screen!"
In the cafeteria, the temperature plummeted.
Xia Yan's pitch-black eyes were fixed on Chu He's face, his gaze as if he had already tortured Chu He a thousand times with his eyes alone.
The veins on the back of his hand, gripping the bone knife, bulged one by one, twisted like dragons underground.
The two Multi-armed Monsters working around them moved cautiously, afraid that any sound they made would attract the attention of the enraged head chef.
Pressure descended like a mountain.
Chu He, however, could only sigh helplessly. Under the gaze of all the people in Dragon Country and the murderous eyes of his uncle, he cupped Xia Yao's face and gently kissed her lips.
A touch, then separation.
Only then did Xia Yao happily loosen her limbs and jump off him, a smile she couldn't hide on her face.
She tidied her clothes, then turned to the volcano about to erupt and said righteously, "I'll wait for you to come out, hurry up!"
After speaking, she looked up at Xia Yan again, "Also, Uncle, don't make things too difficult for Chu He!"
Xia Yan's chest heaved violently, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Yao Yao, Uncle knows what he's doing. Go eat the Demon Lion Liver I made for you, don't let it get cold!"
"Okay." Xia Yao immediately showed a sweet smile and obediently ran to a long table to sit down. She picked up her knife and fork and began to taste the Demon Lion Liver in small bites, eating with extreme elegance, as if the koala clinging to the man just moments ago wasn't her.
Xia Yan took a deep breath, turned around abruptly, and his shadow completely engulfed Chu He.
"Follow me!"
His voice was filled with earth-shattering rage.
Chu He followed him into the door leading to the kitchen.
Inside and outside the door were two different worlds.
Blood, thick as paint, flowed down from the huge processing table, pooling into the dark red grooves already stained on the ground.
The air was a mixture of a strong smell of blood, the gamey odor of internal organs, and the overpowering scent of various unknown spices, forming a terrifying aura that could knock an ordinary person unconscious on the spot.
On the hooks on the wall hung the carcasses of various indescribable creatures, some still twitching slightly.
In the corner, piles of meat the size of small mountains were stacked, their surfaces still covered with wriggling scales and tentacles.
There were also two S-Class Multi-armed Monsters in this kitchen.
Their dozens of arms worked with astonishing efficiency, skinning, deboning, mincing, blood and flesh flying everywhere.
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"Ugh... I can't take it anymore, I just threw up my breakfast. This kitchen is too hardcore!"
"What kind of kitchen is this, this is a damn slaughterhouse and a biochemical laboratory!"
Xia Yan stopped in a corner at the deepest part of the kitchen and pointed to a mass of meat chained to the wall, still wriggling, as if woven from countless nightmares.
The meat was pitch black, with no skin on its surface, only exposed, constantly trembling muscle fibers.
"This is the meat of the 'Nightmare Giant Python',"
"Yao Yao loves the 'Thousand-Threaded Shredded Meat' made from it the most."
He turned his head, his pitch-black pupils filled with undisguised malice.
"Its flesh and blood are intertwined with the purest fear in the world."
"Let alone touching it with bare hands, even getting too close can drag the soul of someone with a weak will into endless nightmares, until their mind completely collapses and they become a living corpse that only breathes."
He paused, then grinned, revealing a row of bone-white teeth.
"The test is simple. Within an hour, use this meat to make shredded meat that satisfies both me and Yao Yao."
"If you can't make it, or... you go insane," he elongated his tone and said with a cruel smile, "I don't need to tell you the consequences, right!"
This was not a test at all.
It was murder!
Even the two S-Class Multi-armed Monsters kept their distance from this corner while processing other ingredients, their eyes showing clear apprehension.
This kind of thing, only Xia Yan dared to handle!
Chu He just stood there, not even close yet, and an invisible chill had already pierced his marrow.
Countless terrifying illusions, like a breached dam, instantly overwhelmed his consciousness!
He saw skyscrapers collapse in flames, saw the familiar city turn to ruins, and charred corpses littering the ground!
He saw his parents and relatives, surrounded by countless anomalies, let out desperate cries to him before being instantly torn to shreds!
The next second, he found himself in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, surrounded by myriad anomalies, with countless cold, slimy hands dragging him into a bottomless abyss...
"Urgh..."
A pained grunt escaped Chu He's throat. His face instantly turned as pale as paper, cold sweat soaking his back, and his body began to shake uncontrollably, as if he would collapse at any moment.
Xia Yan stood by, arms crossed, watching with a cold eye.
He wanted to see how this arrogant brat would howl in fear, break down, and finally turn into an idiot who could only drool.
He wanted Yao Yao to see with her own eyes how weak the man she chose was!
However, just as Chu He's consciousness was about to be completely swallowed by the endless darkness in his moment of despair, a clear, cold silhouette, a resolute gaze, abruptly broke into his mind.
It was Xia Yao.
It was her, standing in front of him, telling her uncle, "He's mine now," with unwavering determination.
It was the pure, shy yet domineering kiss she had stolen.
No! I can't fall here!
The thought struck him like lightning, shattering the heavy nightmare! Chu He bit the tip of his tongue hard. The sharp pain brought a sliver of clarity to his chaotic consciousness.
He forced himself to lift his head, his eyes bloodshot, staring intently at the writhing "lump of flesh"!
"Break... for me!"
He roared in his mind, pouring all his mental energy into his eyes!
Buzz--!
The world before him changed in an instant.
The bloody, terrifying scenes lost their color, transforming into the most basic lines of black, white, and gray.
The fear energy flowing in the air became visible strands of black mist in his eyes, coiling around the snake meat.
And the true nature of the so-called "Nightmare Giant Python" snake meat was clearly revealed before him.
It wasn't flesh and blood at all!
It was an energy aggregate formed by the high concentration of countless negative emotions and mental obsessions!
The so-called fear, the so-called illusions, were merely mental radiation unconsciously emitted by it!
The cold smirk on Xia Yan's lips froze.
He saw that although Chu He's face was still pale, his eyes were astonishingly bright.
This brat... actually broke free from the nightmare's erosion with his own willpower?!
Xia Yan's massive body trembled almost imperceptibly. The arms crossed in front of his chest subconsciously loosened slightly. For the first time, his pure black eyes revealed disbelief, astonishment, and scrutiny.
This brat... seems to be truly... a little unusual.
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