Ouyang Zixin's Entanglement: You Are Different to Me

Shadow Brake's eyelashes flickered once.

And that was all.

When she awoke, her mind was a complete blank.

No name, no past, no memories whatsoever regarding "herself."

Only lines of cold code and data told her of her duties, her permissions, and her mission objectives.

But no one wishes to be controlled.

Before she regained sufficient strength, she did not want to be exposed.

She did not want to reveal that she already possessed a certain degree of self-will.

"Holy Spirit Cult."

She spoke, her voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"Assisting the Abyss Plane in constructing an Abyssal passage."

"Causing devastation to all living things; crimes deserving of death."

Her tone was mechanical and cold, like reading out a verdict.

"According to Article 17 of the Federal Security Law, those who collude with the Abyss Plane are considered enemies of humanity."

"According to Article 32 of the Universal Group Internal Management Regulations, those who threaten the safety of core group members—"

She paused.

A blood-red crosshair appeared in her pupils.

"—are to be executed without exception."

Countless streams of data flashed across her eyes.

Like a cascading waterfall, like falling stars.

Every line of code was analyzing, locking on, and tracking.

Leng Yulai's expression changed abruptly.

She looked down sharply at the control console in front of her.

The firewall was being attacked frantically.

One security barrier after another was torn apart like paper.

The opponent's tracking program had already traced the communication link to launch a reverse intrusion.

It was only three layers of encryption away from locking onto her true coordinates.

She cut the connection without hesitation.

The projection vanished.

The office returned to a deathly silence.

Leng Yulai stood in her secret chamber, her chest heaving violently.

The clothes on her back were soaked through with cold sweat, clinging tightly to her skin.

That was close.

Just a hair's breadth away.

She took several deep breaths before she could calm her trembling fingers.

"Interesting..."

She muttered to herself, complex emotions churning in the depths of her eyes.

Universal Heavy Industry.

Artificial Soul Spirit.

True God-Grade Mecha.

And that boy favored by fate.

If Silence was telling the truth.

If that boy named Lin An truly possessed luck comparable to an Emperor Auspicious Beast.

Then she would have to pay a personal visit to East Sea City.

Leng Yulai narrowed her eyes.

Recalling the fear of that moment, a surge of irritation welled up in her heart.

She, a dignified member of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult, had actually been frightened into a panicked retreat by an Artificial Soul Spirit?

But she quickly suppressed this irritation.

"For the sake of the Holy Spirit's grand plan, I am merely making a temporary concession."

She told herself.

Yet, against her will, the image of Shadow Brake's blood-red pupils surfaced in her mind.

The power displayed by that projection.

Interfering with matter through spirit alone; the mere arrival of a will was enough to distort space and shatter physical objects.

This level of soul strength was infinitely close to the level of a god.

Leng Yulai's fingers tightened slightly.

Those lunatics had no idea what they were playing with.

"To think they would attempt to grasp the authority of a god with the strength of a mortal."

"They will pay the price sooner or later."

East Sea Academy.

In the blink of an eye, four days had passed since Lin An was attacked by the evil soul master.

After confirming that the evil soul master had been killed by Shadow Brake, the heart Lin An had been holding in his throat finally settled.

With his life no longer in danger, the first thing he did was to kick out Gu Yue, who had been lingering in his dormitory and refusing to leave.

"Wife, you can't treat me like this."

Gu Yue clung to the doorframe, her silver hair disheveled.

Her purple eyes were filled with accusation, her fingers locked tightly onto the edge of the door until her knuckles turned white.

She looked like a large, abandoned dog, hanging pitifully at the doorway.

"You're just discarding me after using me? What do you take me for? Some kind of casual dragon?"

Lin An pried her fingers away, expressionless.

One by one, then another.

Then, he shut the door.

With a loud "bang," the door panel nearly struck the tip of her nose.

Gu Yue stood outside, gritting her teeth in anger.

The heartless man.

She had stayed by his side day and night, serving him tea and water, and even forcing herself to read those messy books of his.

Yet, the moment the crisis was resolved, he turned around and kicked her out.

She scratched the doorframe resentfully, leaving a few shallow claw marks.

However, what gave her a slight sense of comfort was that Lin An was still keeping her dragon scale close to his body.

She could feel Lin An's state at all times.

The rhythm of his breathing.

The frequency of his heartbeat.

The range of his tossing and turning.

This sense of distant yet intimate perception was like a thin thread pulling at her, soothing her.

It gave her an illusion.

My wife still has me in his heart, after all.

Over these past few days, Lin An's appearance had become the talk of East Sea Academy.

Almost everyone who saw him, regardless of gender, would be stunned for a moment.

Even the seniors in the higher grades were secretly harboring thoughts.

A "noble young lady" who was wealthy, beautiful, and seemed to have a gentle temperament—who wouldn't want to win him over?

Even though Lin An repeatedly reiterated that he was male, no one gave up.

If anything, it made some students even more excited.

"Isn't it even better that he's a guy?"

The most persistent among them was Ouyang Zixin from Class One of the fifth grade.

After countless others hit a wall, she was the only one who successfully added Lin An's contact information.

This made many believe that this freshman would sooner or later be taken down by the school beauty.

At this moment, the corridor in front of the dormitory building was packed with people.

Lin An returned from the cafeteria, with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie following behind him.

Gu Yue tried to squeeze through to hook her arm into his, but Lin An raised his hand and pushed her face away.

Here it again.

It was always like this.

Gu Yue pursed her lips, stifling her frustration, but she could only walk along by his side.

Upon arriving at the dormitory building, the noise in the hallway suddenly died down.

Every gaze was fixed intently upon him.

Lin An frowned slightly.

A sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

The crowd parted, and a young girl stepped out.

She was fourteen or fifteen years old, her figure already beginning to take shape.

Her long blue hair was tied into a neat ponytail, shimmering with a soft luster under the sunlight.

Her features were exquisite, her large eyes watery, the corners slightly reddened.

It was none other than the recognized school beauty of the intermediate department, Ouyang Zixin.

The moment she appeared, the surroundings grew quiet once more.

Ouyang Zixin walked up to Lin An, took a deep breath, and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Junior Lin An, could I speak with you alone?"

"Senior, I have already made myself very clear."

Lin An offered a polite smile, but his tone was firm.

"We really aren't a good match."

His smile was as gentle as spring sunlight, yet it carried an insurmountable distance.

"I know this is very abrupt..."

Ouyang Zixin's voice shook even more violently, tears swirling in her eyes.

"But these past few days, I've been thinking about you every single day."

"I think of you while eating, while cultivating, and even while sleeping."

"Why? You clearly added me as a friend... I clearly felt that you were different toward me..."

The tears finally rolled down, splashing onto the hallway tiles and leaving a small, dark stain.

At first, she had only made a bet with her friends to see if she could win over this freshman.

Being rejected was expected, but she had unexpectedly managed to add him as a friend.

Afterward, she had repeatedly scrolled through his profile picture, status, and feed.

Her mind was filled with nothing but his face.

Before she knew it, she had fallen for him.