Inside the room, Lin Nuo looked at Na'er, who was half a head shorter than him. He rummaged around in the kitchen for something to eat and set it in front of her. "Did your family say anything else to you?"
He was incredibly curious. Was this arranged by Di Tian and those Ferocious Beasts, or had Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena suddenly lost her mind? The whole thing was just too bizarre.
It was completely baffling.
Hearing Lin Nuo's question, Na'er shook her head. "Brother, they just said you were a good person, so they told me to come live with you for a while."
Lin Nuo couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth. I don't even know if I'm a good person, and you Soul Beasts are already calling me one. If I don't help you in the future, does that mean I'll become a bad person?
You've never even met me, and you're already giving me the nice-guy card. Is that right?
"Um... Brother, actually, I'm not hungry." As she spoke, Na'er held out the bread she'd just taken from him. "Why don't you eat it?"
Looking at the bread she was offering back, Lin Nuo didn't take it. He shook his head. "Have a little something first. I'll cook in a bit." He knew exactly how big Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena's appetite was. Dragons all had enormous appetites, after all.
Luckily, she had brought her own money. Otherwise, a pauper like him couldn't afford to feed someone like her.
He went over to the sofa and sat down, then entered his Sea of Consciousness. The world he had entered indirectly while unconscious last time was actually his own Sea of Consciousness.
When he arrived, six Thrones stood there. He tried to contact the other five, but after a short while, only Lin Xiu appeared before him.
"What's the matter, Ano?" Lin Xiu sat on his Throne and curiously studied Lin Nuo, who was seated on his own.
Seeing that only Lin Xiu had appeared, Lin Nuo wasn't surprised. Instead, he told him what had just happened.
After hearing him out, a hint of surprise and amusement appeared on Lin Xiu's calm face.
"What's with that look?" Lin Nuo asked, feeling speechless as he watched Lin Xiu's expression. They were clearly the same person, so how could their personalities be so different?
"Ano, win her over and you'll never have to worry about food or clothes for the rest of your life," Lin Xiu advised him earnestly.
Lin Nuo: "..."
He hadn't expected that the seemingly reliable Lin Xiu was actually such a flake. Oh—he was me, so never mind.
Noticing Lin Nuo's speechless look, Lin Xiu immediately straightened up and said with utmost seriousness, "What if your Authority over time came into play at some point, and you just didn't realize it? Maybe you won't understand until some point in the future."
Time was the most BUG-like force in the universe. He and the other four had all been sent to different eras because of Lin Nuo's Authority over time.
Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena seeking Lin Nuo out was probably for the same reason.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiu continued, "Ano, I told you something interesting before: I was picked up by the Demon Empress. But that woman treats me completely differently from everyone else. Don't you think that's interesting?"
Lin Nuo looked up and stared straight at Lin Xiu. "Isn't your Authority just as BUG-like?"
The ability to distinguish right from wrong sounded ordinary, but in the right place, it could have a terrifying effect.
"That's true." Lin Xiu nodded in agreement. "This Authority demands that we not follow blindly or trust too easily, but think and judge for ourselves."
"Has the Demon Empress told you to go to Shrek Academy?" Lin Nuo asked curiously.
"Not yet." Lin Xiu shook his head. "For now, I'm basically just loafing around in the Holy Spirit Cult. I've also made a close friend there. I'll introduce him to you later."
"How are you going to introduce him?" Lin Nuo perked up at that and asked.
Lin Xiu's lips curled into a mischievous grin. "I'll have him attack Aolai City in the future. Then you'll meet him."
Lin Nuo: "..."
He suspected Lin Xiu had something wrong with his head. If Aolai City got attacked, would he even be alive?
Noticing Lin Nuo looking at him like he was an idiot, Lin Xiu said helplessly, "I was just joking. Don't take it seriously~"
He picked up two beads and tossed them to Lin Nuo.
Lin Nuo caught them and looked at Lin Xiu in confusion, waiting for an explanation.
"Take one of these beads, and give the other to Silver Dragon King Na'er. If nothing unexpected happens, she'll go to Shrek Academy in the future, too. This should prevent any further complications." Lin Xiu explained, then stood up to leave. "I'll get going."
Before leaving, he stopped and reminded him, "Ano, keep an eye out for those two old bastards. With Na'er at your place, they definitely won't sit back and do nothing."
Watching Lin Xiu leave, Lin Nuo put away the two beads. Lin Xiu's warning had brought him back to his senses.
During the Dragon King era, his greatest threats weren't Sea God Tang San or the Abyss Plane's master. They were the two damn nuisances sleeping in the Douluo Plane—the Plane Master Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin!
At the edge of the Douluo Plane's void, a scruffy, bearded man leaned against a fragment of a plane that shimmered with pale golden light. Between his fingertips, he held half of a broken light screen.
The once-clear patterns on it were fading and twisting at a visible rate. Clearly, the rules of the Douluo Plane had fallen into disorder.
His eyes were lowered. His messy beard hid most of his face, revealing only a pair of eyes as deep as a frigid pool. Not a trace of emotion stirred in them, yet his fingers crumpled the light screen until creases appeared, and the air around him seemed to grow heavier.
Silence swept over him like a tide. Only the faint tremors from deep within the plane stood out against the stillness.
After a moment, he suddenly chuckled, his laughter edged with understanding. "The Douluo Plane is struggling on its deathbed again."
He lifted his gaze toward the Plane Core, his voice turning colder. "For the sake of Xiao San's grand plan for the next ten thousand years, I can't let a little trick like this ruin everything."
His fingers loosened, and the broken light screen scattered into points of light that vanished into the void.
The man slowly straightened and looked toward the distant, mist-shrouded horizon. His voice firm, he murmured, "Looks like I'll have to arrange for Xiao Lin to get in touch with those two sooner."
Lin Nuo was cooking in the apartment when he suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and looked back at Na'er, who was sitting obediently on the sofa.
Noticing Lin Nuo's gaze, Na'er immediately looked over and asked, "What's wrong, Brother?"
Hearing Na'er call him Brother, Lin Nuo shook his head. "The food's almost ready. Go wash your hands."
"Okay, Brother." Na'er immediately ran off to wash her hands. What a well-behaved girl.
At that moment, Lin Nuo turned his attention back to the food in the pot and thought, Looks like I was overthinking it. It was just an ordinary sneeze.
Lin Nuo had no idea that Tang Hao of the Douluo Plane had set his sights on him so soon. One of the Douluo Plane's two Sons of Destiny was about to cross paths with him.
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