Gu Yue: With such a huge green hat on one's head, which dragon could stand it?

"Time is up."

Shadow Brake's voice was cold, devoid of even a trace of warmth.

The air in the corridor stagnated.

The surrounding students were oppressed by that invisible aura, bowing their heads one after another, not daring to look directly at her.

She stood suspended in mid-air, yet she moved with effortless grace, not a ripple of soul power emanating from her body.

This could only be a powerhouse at the Title Douluo level.

Lin An froze for a moment, then quickly realized.

It was time again to help Shadow Brake purge her negative emotions.

Shadow Brake's soul spirit core originated from a wisp of an ancient remnant soul in the Rakshasa Secret Realm, constantly enduring the erosion of the world's malice.

If not purged periodically, she would run rampant.

And Lin An, possessing the pure soul power of a Rainbow Dragon and the extreme affinity of a Succubus Physique, was the only one who could soothe her.

He recalled those years.

After accumulating wealth through sheer luck, he finally saw how strictly the monopolies of this world were guarded.

The Tang Sect, Shrek Academy, the Federation—all interests had been carved up and exhausted.

They gave him only one choice.

Purchase ninety-nine percent of Universal Heavy Industry's shares for one Federal Credit.

Universal, nominally controlled by the Lin Family, was essentially working for others.

It was a silent ransacking.

Surrounded by wolves, they tore at his flesh.

At the time, the only key for the Lin Family to break the deadlock was to possess absolute, overwhelming combat power.

But most top-tier powerhouses came from Shrek.

The Federation's important positions were also held by Shrek graduates.

That was until the Federation raided a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold.

There was a spatial tunnel there connecting to the Rakshasa Secret Realm.

Lin An had originally wanted to see if those souls could yield any traits.

Yet, amidst the endless departed spirits, he caught a glimpse of a golden legendary wisp of the Rakshasa God.

By relying on the Rakshasa authority, the core technology for Artificial Soul Spirits, which had been impossible to overcome, was completely perfected.

Research into nuclear weapons was also declared complete after obtaining the "Tiangong Kaiwu" trait.

Furthermore, with the augmentation of this world's extraordinary arrays, it became absolutely controllable.

The convergence of many factors ultimately forged Shadow Brake.

This true god-level mecha.

Infinite energy.

A terrifying god-level domain.

A nuclear bomb that made all beings equal.

After dropping one on the Abyss Battlefield, the whole world became reasonable.

For those few days, Lin An felt that the number of good people in the world had increased.

Everyone was exceptionally kind.

Lin An pulled back his thoughts, took Shadow Brake's hand, and prepared to leave.

Shadow Brake's hand was cold, like a piece of ice that would never melt.

The students hurriedly cleared a path.

Ouyang Zixin was also intimidated, stunned as she retreated to the side, forgetting even to shed her tears.

But Gu Yue would not.

A "buzz" sounded in Gu Yue's mind.

Lin An said he had someone he favored, and it wasn't her, nor was it Tang Wulin.

Could it be... this woman?

Her gaze was nailed firmly to the hand of Shadow Brake that Lin An was holding.

Gu Yue's reason snapped in that instant.

She lunged forward, blocking the path between Lin An and Shadow Brake.

"Lin An."

"You said you had someone you favored... who is it?"

She tilted her head slightly, finally shifting her gaze toward Shadow Brake.

"Is it her?"

Shadow Brake merely looked at her indifferently.

There was no fluctuation in those blood-colored pupils.

Yet, that condescending apathy was more hurtful than any mockery.

Gu Yue was stung by that look.

That disregard, that coldness—it was clearly the expression she usually wore when looking at human vermin.

At this moment, she had become the one being ignored.

She had become an ant looked down upon by a deity.

"Gu Yue, stop making a scene."

Lin An frowned.

Shadow Brake's state was unstable, and the malice deep within her soul could backfire at any moment.

If she lost control in front of so many people, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"I'm making a scene?"

Gu Yue laughed out of sheer anger.

"You are my wife. You brought a strange woman back to the dormitory right in front of me... and you're telling me to stop making a scene?"

Her voice suddenly rose.

The sound echoed through the corridor, and all the surrounding students instinctively held their breath.

"I've said it before, I am not your wife."

Lin An's emotions were also pushed to the limit.

The irritation that had been building up for days surged into his throat.

The discomfort of being coveted like prey, the embarrassment of being interrogated in public—it all came to a head.

His voice turned cold.

"Gu Yue, come to think of it, we've only known each other for a few days. The past life and destiny you speak of—they are all too distant for me. I don't know you, and you don't know me."

He paused.

"Between us, there really is... nothing."

The words weren't particularly harsh, and his tone even carried a hint of helplessness.

But to Gu Yue's ears, the phrase "nothing" was sharper than any cruel remark.

Gu Yue stared at him blankly, her pupils dilating slightly.

"Nothing?"

She repeated it softly.

She realized that all her expectations and all her attempts to please him over these past few days... in his eyes, they amounted to nothing at all.

Then, her body reacted faster than her consciousness.

Her pupils suddenly constricted into vertical slits.

A frigid aura erupted from her, spreading rapidly in all directions.

The temperature in the corridor plummeted to freezing in an instant.

The surrounding students were forced to retreat repeatedly by this aura.

Someone knocked over a trash can, and someone else's legs gave out, causing them to collapse to the floor.

But they didn't even dare to cry out, only staring wide-eyed at the silver-haired girl.

At this moment, where was even a shred of her usual cold composure?

She was clearly a ferocious beast that had been provoked.

But Gu Yue did not attack.

She simply stood there, her hands hanging at her sides, clenched tightly.

"You say there is nothing..."

Her voice was squeezed out through her teeth.

"Then what were these past few days... to you?"

The moment Gu Yue's aura surged, Shadow Brake spoke.

Her voice remained devoid of emotional fluctuation.

"Her mental state is on the verge of collapse. Shall I eliminate her?"

"No need."

Lin An rejected it immediately.

He glanced at Gu Yue.

The light in those purple eyes was dimming bit by bit, like a candle flame extinguished by the wind.

"I have some things to deal with tonight. You... shouldn't come over tonight."

He was genuinely afraid that Gu Yue would smash his only true god-level mecha to pieces.

Although Shadow Brake was the trump card the Lin Family had exhausted all their resources to forge.

Facing Gu Yue, who was the half-body of the Dragon God, the outcome was truly hard to predict.

But one thing was certain: regardless of who won or lost, the aftermath was not something a small fry like him could withstand.

"You won't let me come... but you'll let her inside?"

Gu Yue pointed at Shadow Brake, then at Lin An, her finger trembling.

She could no longer suppress the tremor in her voice.

"Lin An, explain yourself clearly. Who is she?"

Lin An opened his mouth.

The identity of Shadow Brake, the Rakshasa Secret Realm, the Holy Spirit Cult, the top-secret files of the Universal Group.

None of these were things that could be discussed openly in a hallway.

He could only say three words.

"She is important. Therefore, I cannot say."

Important.

He said that woman was important.

Gu Yue felt the scene before her eyes sway, as if someone had struck her on the back of the head with a club.

"So... it's not that you forgot me."

Her eyes turned red.

"It's that you have someone else."

At this moment, she felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Such a massive green hat, perfectly and firmly, had been slammed onto her head.

Ask yourself, what dragon could possibly endure this!