Already Given the "Nice Person" Card?

Inside the room, Lin Nuo looked at Na'er, who was half a head shorter than him, and rummaged through the kitchen to find some food to place before her. "Did your family say anything else to you?"

He was incredibly curious inside. Was this an arrangement by Di Tian and his group of fierce beasts, or had Gu Yuena suddenly lost her mind? This whole situation was truly bizarre.

It was completely baffling.

Hearing Lin Nuo's question, Na'er shook her head. "Brother, they just said you are a good person, so they let me come and stay with you for a while."

At these words, the corner of Lin Nuo's mouth twitched uncontrollably. I don't even know if I'm a good person, yet you soul beasts have already started labeling me as one. If I don't help you in the future, will I suddenly become a bad person?

We haven't even met, and you're already handing out "good person" cards? Is this right?

"Um... Brother, actually, I'm not hungry." As she spoke, Na'er handed back the bread she had just received. "Why don't you eat it?"

Looking at the bread pushed back toward him, Lin Nuo didn't take it, shaking his head in refusal. "You pad your stomach first; I'll cook in a moment." He was well aware of how massive Gu Yuena's appetite was; regardless, any dragon's appetite was quite large.

Fortunately, she came with her own wallet, otherwise, a poor guy like him really couldn't afford to raise such an existence.

He walked over to the sofa, sat down, and entered his sea of consciousness. The world he had accidentally entered during his last period of unconsciousness was, in fact, his own sea of consciousness.

Arriving in this space, six thrones were arranged there. He attempted to contact the other five, but after a moment, only Lin Xiu appeared before him.

"What's wrong? A-Nuo." Lin Xiu sat upon his own throne, curiously staring at Lin Nuo, who was also sitting on his own.

Seeing that only Lin Xiu had appeared, Lin Nuo wasn't surprised; instead, he recounted what had just happened.

When Lin Xiu finished listening, a trace of surprise and amusement appeared on his calm face.

"What's with that look?" Lin Nuo looked at Lin Xiu's expression with some speechlessness. They were clearly the same person, so why were their personalities so different?

"A-Nuo, take her down, and you won't have to worry about food or clothing for the rest of your life," Lin Xiu suggested to Lin Nuo in a sincere tone.

Lin Nuo: "..."

He hadn't expected the seemingly reliable Lin Xiu before him to be such an unreliable guy. Oh, wait, he is me. Never mind.

Seeing Lin Nuo's speechless expression, Lin Xiu immediately adjusted his state and said with utmost seriousness, "Is there a possibility that your authority over time played a certain role at some moment, yet you don't know it, and will only understand it at some point in the future?"

Time was the most broken existence in the universe, and he and the other four had all been sent to different eras because of Lin Nuo's authority over time.

Gu Yuena seeking out Lin Nuo was likely for this very reason.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiu spoke again: "A-Nuo, I told you an interesting thing before—that I was picked up by the Demon Empress. But that woman treats me completely differently than she treats others. Don't you think that's interesting?"

Hearing this, Lin Nuo looked up and stared straight at Lin Xiu, saying, "Isn't your authority also a broken-tier existence?"

Distinguishing right from wrong—this ability sounded ordinary, but if placed in certain situations, it could instantly produce terrifying effects.

"That is indeed correct." Lin Xiu nodded in acknowledgment. "This authority requires us not to follow blindly, not to be gullible, but to have our own thoughts and judgments."

"Did the Demon Empress ask you to go to Shrek Academy?" Lin Nuo asked curiously.

"Not yet." Lin Xiu shook his head. "I'm basically slacking off in the Holy Spirit Cult right now, and I've even met a close friend. I'll introduce you when the time comes."

"How are you going to introduce us?" Hearing this, Lin Nuo immediately became interested and asked.

Lin Xiu curled his lips into a wicked smile. "I'll have him go attack Proud Arrival City in the future; you should recognize him then."

Lin Nuo: "..."

He suspected that the Lin Xiu before him was mentally ill. Attacking Proud Arrival City—did he want to live or not?

Noticing Lin Nuo looking at him like he was an idiot, Lin Xiu said helplessly, "I'm just joking, don't take it to heart~"

He picked up two beads and tossed them to Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo reached out to catch them, looking at Lin Xiu in confusion, waiting for his explanation.

"These two beads—one for you, the other for Gu Yuena. If nothing goes wrong, she will go to Shrek Academy in the future. This is to prevent any other variables." Lin Xiu explained, then stood up, preparing to leave. "I'll be going now."

Before leaving, he paused and gave a reminder: "A-Nuo, you need to watch out for the gazes of those two old bastards. With Na'er appearing at your place, they definitely won't sit idly by."

Watching Lin Xiu depart, Lin Nuo put the two beads away. Lin Xiu's reminder had made him realize something.

The greatest threat to him during the Dragon King era wasn't the Sea God Tang San, nor the master of the Abyss Plane, but those two damned beings sleeping in the Douluo Plane—the Plane Master Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Empress Ah Yin!

At the edge of the void of the Douluo Plane, a scruffy man leaned against a plane fragment shimmering with pale gold light, his fingertips pinching a fragment of a broken light screen.

The clear patterns on it were fading and distorting at a speed visible to the naked eye; clearly, the laws of the Douluo Plane were in disarray.

He lowered his eyes, his messy beard covering most of his face, revealing only a pair of eyes as deep as cold pools. There was no ripple in them, only his fingers pinching the light screen until it wrinkled, the air around him growing heavier.

Silence washed over like a tide, and only the faint tremors coming from the depths of the plane were exceptionally clear in this stillness.

A moment later, he suddenly let out a low laugh, the laughter carrying a hint of realization. "The Douluo Plane is struggling on the verge of death again."

He raised his eyes toward the direction of the plane's core, his tone growing colder. "For the sake of Tang San's ten-thousand-year grand plan, your little tricks must not ruin the big picture."

His fingertips loosened, and the broken light screen dissipated into specks of light in the void.

The man slowly straightened up, his gaze fixed on the misty distance, his tone firm as he whispered, "It seems I must arrange for Xiao Lin to accelerate his contact with those two."

Lin Nuo was cooking in the apartment when he suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and looked back in confusion at Na'er, who was sitting obediently on the sofa.

Na'er noticed Lin Nuo's gaze, looked over immediately, and asked, "What's wrong, Brother?"

Hearing Na'er call him brother, Lin Nuo shook his head. "Dinner is almost ready, go wash your hands."

"Okay, Brother." Na'er immediately ran off to wash her hands, so obedient.

At this moment, Lin Nuo returned his gaze to the food in the pot, thinking to himself, It seems I was overthinking it; it was just a normal sneeze.

Lin Nuo would never have guessed that he would be targeted by Tang Hao of the Douluo Plane so quickly, and that he was about to encounter one of the two great children of destiny of the Douluo Plane.