The global livestream chat exploded!
"Holy shit?! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit?! What the fuck did I just see?! The SSS-Class anomaly blushed?!"
"What the hell? The School Belle Anomaly said, 'You're mine.' Did she fall in love after that kiss?"
"Love comes so fast, like a tornado..."
"Hey, the lyrics are way too tame! That speed leaves a tornado in the dust!"
"This isn't about being brave! They're not even the same species! What kind of monster is this Chosen One from Dragon Country?!"
"My worldview, my life... it's all shattered! So the ultimate weapon against anomalies is a mouth? Quick! Anyone got the address of a pretty female ghost? I'm going right now! I'll bring my eight-pack abs and my mouth!"
The hosts from other countries who had been laughing at Dragon Country had their smiles freeze completely. Their mouths gaped wide enough to fit a fist, and the shock and disbelief in their eyes practically spilled out of the screen.
Meanwhile, in Dragon Country.
At the central command headquarters.
The atmosphere defied description.
It was the ultimate experience of being yanked in an instant from the bottomless abyss to the highest heavens!
General Wang had a head full of white hair and carried the fate of an entire nation on his shoulders. He had long since put life and death aside.
After hearing the words, "You... are mine,"
his rock-solid frame shot up from his chair!
The senior advisers behind him jumped in fright.
The old man's bloodshot eyes, worn out by countless sleepless nights, stayed fixed on the screen, on the young man who still looked a little bewildered.
His cracked lips trembled violently.
His weather-beaten face flushed red with overwhelming excitement, veins standing out on his forehead!
He wasn't watching a contestant.
He was watching the only light to tear through the endless winter night that had enveloped Dragon Country for thirty years!
"Good..."
"Good lad!!!"
Meanwhile,
Chu He, at the very center of the storm, finally began to recover from that shocking, unthinkable kiss.
An indescribable, immense, icy power surged into his eyes from where their lips had met, like a river of stars bursting through a broken dam. It swept through his entire body in an instant! He felt his vision being redefined, every cell cheering as it basked in this power.
The system's notification rang in his mind!
[Kiss successful! Target is an SSS-Class anomaly. First kiss; impact rating: MAX!] [Initial intimacy +20! Current intimacy: Familiar] [Intimacy levels: Stranger -> Familiar -> Dependent -> Infatuated -> Deeply in Love -> One and Only] [Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the exclusive ability of the SSS-Class anomaly "Xia Yao"—Eye of Nirvana!] [Eye of Nirvana, Basic: Meet the target's gaze to inflict mental intimidation and brief paralysis on anomalies of SSS-Class and below. Easily kills anomalies below SS-Class. Note: The ability's strength is directly tied to Xia Yao's intimacy level. The higher the intimacy, the stronger the ability, and the higher the level of the target you can face.] [Usage: Visualize with your mind]
After hearing the system's announcement, Chu He was deeply shaken.
Eye of Nirvana!
This wasn't some flashy support skill. It was a god-tier erasure ability directly tied to an anomaly's level!
The anomaly world had a strict hierarchy, from the lowest D-Class to SSS-Class beings capable of twisting reality and creating their own domains. Every level was an impassable chasm.
A-Class was practically the limit of what humanity had ever been able to fight.
As for SSS-Class... They were walking disasters, and in a sense, could be the rules themselves.
Anomalies of S-Class and above could set rules, while lesser anomalies had to obey the rules of greater ones.
After all these years, it was still unknown whether beings above SSS-Class anomalies existed!
But there was no doubt that they did. Even SSS-Class anomalies couldn't kill people for no reason!
That alone was enough to prove it. They simply hadn't appeared yet!
And now, he could intimidate anomalies below SSS-Class with just a glance—or even kill S-Class anomalies outright?
This ability was so powerful it made no sense!
Just as his mind reeled, a cool breath carrying the faint fragrance of a young woman drew close once more.
Xia Yao, who had just stepped back, now came forward again of her own accord, practically draping herself over him.
They were far too close.
Close enough for Chu He to clearly see the fine down on her flushed cheeks and the long, butterfly-wing lashes that trembled without pause.
The shy, bewildered look in her eyes now mingled with a new, overbearing, utterly unreasonable possessiveness.
She looked both innocent and dangerously alluring.
Everyone in the global livestream was dumbstruck.
"W-wait, she's already clinging to him? Are anomalies always this forward?"
"The Eagle Country contestant is still figuring out how to get through the first trial, while Dragon Country's contestant has already started a romance arc? How is that fair?!"
"Am I the only one who thinks... the whole vibe just got weird? Is this still a survival game?"
At Dragon Country's command center, General Wang had just sat down. Seeing this, he nearly stood up again. The young adviser beside him couldn't help muttering, "General, is this... good news?"
General Wang's mouth twitched. His expression complicated, he finally managed to say, "Good, very good! It's just... a little too good."
In General Wang's eyes, SSS-Class anomalies were far too dangerous. Getting too close to them meant risking instant death at the slightest misstep.
The real worry was, what if the honeymoon phase ended and she got bored?
On the sports field, beneath the gaze of billions, Xia Yao slowly raised her hand.
Her deathly pale fingertip, which could easily slice through space and snuff out lives, now trembled with unfamiliar awkwardness as it gently touched Chu He's cheek.
It was ice-cold.
Chu He shuddered, but didn't dare move.
He knew full well that he'd been claimed by a walking nuclear bomb—with a mind of her own and a fierce possessive streak, no less.
He was also amazed by the power of the Kiss of the Bewitching Ghost. It had far exceeded his expectations.
He just didn't know if it worked on male ghosts...
Chu He banished the terrifying thought, not daring to entertain it any further.
Just as all the players stood helplessly by, bewildered by this strange display of affection, the system's cold announcement rang through the campus again, breaking the delicate mood:
[All Chosen Ones, take note. The "Horror University" instance has officially begun. Please strictly obey the following school rules.] [School Rule One: All students must choose a dormitory within one hour. Anyone who has not chosen when the countdown ends will be killed.] [School Rule Two: Dormitories are strictly separated by gender. Male students must enter the men's dormitory, and female students the women's dormitory. Anyone who enters a dormitory for the opposite sex without permission will be killed.] [School Rule Three: There is an orientation trial at the door of every dorm room. After confirming your choice, press the red button to begin. You will have two hours to complete it. Anyone who fails the trial will be killed.]
The three school rules were like three death warrants, making the players who had just caught their breath break out in goosebumps all over again!
"Move! Get moving! Head for the dorms!"
"Damn it, there's a test too!"
The crowd erupted. Everyone rushed toward the two dorm buildings in the distance like headless chickens.
Chu He, however, couldn't move a single step.
He looked down at Xia Yao, who was clutching the hem of his clothes and now hugging him even tighter, as though she were terrified he would run away.
Then he looked toward the building with the "Men's Dormitory" sign, where a flood of male players was pouring inside.
Chu He's face turned green.
How could she be so clingy?!
He tried to reason with Xia Yao in a cautious, conciliatory tone. "Um... Miss Xia? You heard the school rules. I have to go to the men's dormitory, so... how about you let go for now?"
But the moment Xia Yao heard the words "let go," a chill surged through her.
She clung to Chu He's arm even tighter.
"You're coming with me."
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