Chapter 370: You’ll Get Used To It

Caius touched the machine.

Subject Zero screamed above them.

The entire facility shook.

Chi Lingxi’s expression changed.

"Shen Tian."

Caius smiled.

"Zero will kill him."

Nobody answered.

Then...

Bai Xue started laughing.

Caius paused.

Rose smiled.

Ling Shuangxue’s lips curved.

Tang Meilin covered her mouth.

Caius frowned.

"What’s amusing?"

Bai Xue looked toward him.

"You spent seventy six years preparing."

"Yes."

"Built an artificial protagonist."

"Yes."

"Collected bloodlines."

"Yes."

"Stole Fate."

"Yes."

"And you think he’s going to kill Shen Tian?"

Caius stared.

Then...

Bai Xue laughed harder.

"That’s adorable."

Caius’ expression changed.

Rose smiled.

"You should’ve met Lu Chen."

Chi Lingxi added...

"Or Yun Wanhe."

Ling Shuangxue crossed her arms.

"Or Ye Chen."

Tang Meilin nodded.

"Or literally anyone else who thought that."

Caius became silent.

Then...

A violent explosion shook the facility.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Dust fell from the ceiling.

A system display near Caius flickered.

SUBJECT ZERO VITALITY: 81%

Caius froze.

Another explosion.

74%

His face changed.

Another.

66%

Bai Xue smiled.

"How’s perfection doing?"

Caius stared.

Then...

Anger appeared.

He activated the machine.

"Then we’ll increase synchronization."

Rose’s expression changed.

"Stop him!"

Everyone moved.

Caius slammed his hand down.

The machine activated.

Golden Fate energy erupted.

And suddenly...

Every heroine froze.

Images.

Memories.

Not theirs.

A man.

Black hair.

Seventy six years ago.

Smiling.

Women around him.

Different era.

Different clothing.

Different world.

Then...

Blood.

Bodies.

Screaming.

The First Villain.

His Court.

Caius’ voice echoed.

"You want to know what happened to the last women who loved a man like Shen Tian?"

The vision changed.

A woman crying.

Another dying.

Another trapped in glass.

Another screaming as golden Fate was ripped from her body.

Rose’s eyes widened.

Ling Shuangxue became pale.

Tang Meilin trembled.

Chu Zijin covered her mouth.

Chi Lingxi stared.

Caius smiled.

"He couldn’t protect them."

Another vision.

The First Villain kneeling.

Broken.

His Court dead around him.

"And Shen Tian won’t protect you."

Silence.

The vision ended.

Caius stared.

Waiting.

Fear.

Doubt.

Separation.

That was the goal.

Break the willing bonds.

Destroy Sovereign’s Court.

Then...

Qin Ruobing spoke.

"That’s it?"

Caius froze.

She stared at him.

"You showed us someone else’s failure."

Silence.

Ling Shuangxue slowly straightened.

Her fear disappeared.

"Shen Tian isn’t him."

Rose nodded.

"Not even close."

Bai Xue smiled.

"And we’re not those women."

Li Lian stepped forward.

"We chose this."

Ruan Yizhen nodded.

"Knowing what he is."

Gu Qingya’s expression became cold.

"We’ve seen him fight."

Tang Meilin swallowed.

Then...

Despite her fear...

She stepped forward.

"We’ve seen him kill."

Chu Zijin lowered her hands.

"We’ve seen him be ridiculous."

Rose laughed.

"Frequently."

Chi Lingxi smiled.

"We’ve seen him arrogant."

Ling Shuangxue nodded.

"Constantly."

Qin Ruobing’s lips curved.

"We’ve seen him kind."

Silence.

The golden threads brightened.

Caius’ eyes widened.

"No."

Sovereign’s Court Formation Progress: 39%

40%.

42%.

44%.

Xu Ning froze above.

[Host.]

Shen Tian blocked Subject Zero’s fist.

"What?"

[Your Court.]

"What about it?"

[They’re strengthening it without you.]

Shen Tian smiled.

"Good."

. . .

Below...

Caius stared.

"Impossible."

Rose raised her weapon.

"No."

Then...

She fired.

Caius dodged.

Fast.

Far too fast for an old scientist.

His suit tore.

Beneath it...

Black scales.

Bai Xue’s expression changed.

"Of course."

Caius smiled.

"You thought I spent seventy six years studying bloodlines without improving myself?"

His body expanded.

Bones cracked.

Muscles grew.

Scales spread.

Dragon.

Wolf.

Demonic Qi.

Imperial Meridian.

Fragments.

Just like Subject Zero.

But older.

Less stable.

More monstrous.

Caius smiled.

"I am the prototype."

Chi Lingxi stared.

Then...

"You’re ugly."

Silence.

Caius froze.

Rose covered her mouth.

Bai Xue laughed.

Chi Lingxi shrugged.

"What?"

Caius roared.

Then...

Attacked.

. . .

Above...

Subject Zero stopped.

Shen Tian froze.

The artificial protagonist stood motionless.

Then...

His control marks flickered.

The Court had damaged the central system.

Subject Zero grabbed his head.

"I..."

Shen Tian lowered his spear.

Subject Zero looked toward him.

"Kill..."

His body trembled.

Then...

"No."

Silence.

Xu Ning’s eyes widened.

Subject Zero looked upward.

"No."

The control marks cracked.

One.

Two.

Three.

Then...

He screamed.

Golden Fate exploded.

Shen Tian stepped forward.

"Zero."

Subject Zero looked toward him.

"That’s not your name."

Silence.

Subject Zero stared.

"I don’t..."

"Choose one later."

His golden eyes widened.

Shen Tian rested the spear against his shoulder.

"But first..."

The facility shook below.

His green eyes became cold.

"...let’s kill your owner."

Subject Zero stared.

Then...

Something changed.

The artificial Fate around him shifted.

Subject Zero Fate Value: 1,200,000

Flicker.

1,174,000

Xu Ning froze.

[Host.]

"What?"

[He’s losing artificial Fate.]

Subject Zero’s control route had broken.

Fate stolen from others was beginning to reject him.

Another notification.

1,148,000

1,101,000

Subject Zero stared at his hands.

Then...

His body shook.

Shen Tian’s expression changed.

"Can he survive?"

[Unknown.]

"Helpful."

[I’m trying.]

Subject Zero dropped to one knee.

His skin split.

Bloodlines fighting.

Wolf.

Dragon.

Imperial Meridian.

Ancient medical Qi.

Demonic inheritance.

All rejecting one another.

Xu Ning’s eyes widened.

[He needs stabilization.]

Shen Tian remembered.

Chen Lihua.

Imperial Meridian.

The container.

Then...

"No."

Xu Ning looked at him.

[What?]

"We’re not using her."

[I wasn’t suggesting that.]

"Good."

Subject Zero collapsed.

Shen Tian caught his shoulder.

Then...

A system panel appeared.

Primordial Dragon Heart Essence reacting

Imperial Heart reacting

Sovereign Dragon Physique reacting

Xu Ning stared.

[Host.]

"What?"

[You can stabilize him.]

Shen Tian’s eyebrow rose.

"How?"

[Your Sovereign Dragon blood can suppress conflicting bloodline fragments.]

[Not permanently.]

[But enough to keep him alive.]

Shen Tian looked at Subject Zero.

Then...

"Cost?"

Xu Ning hesitated.

[Minimal to you.]

"Do it."

[No hesitation?]

Shen Tian stared.

"He asked who he was."

Xu Ning became quiet.

Then...

Nodded.

[Understood.]

Shen Tian cut his palm.

Golden blood appeared.

One drop.

Subject Zero’s body reacted violently.

His golden eyes opened.

Shen Tian pressed his palm against Subject Zero’s chest.

Dragon Qi entered.

BOOOOOOM!

The chamber shook.

Bloodlines screamed.

Then...

Submitted.

Not to Subject Zero.

To Shen Tian’s Sovereign authority.

The conflicting energies stabilized.

Subject Zero gasped.

His Fate stopped falling.

Artificial Fate stabilized: 812,000

Xu Ning stared.

Shen Tian looked down.

"Better."

Subject Zero slowly looked up.

"Why?"

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Why what?"

"Save..."

His voice remained rough.

"...me?"

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

"Because I wanted to."

Subject Zero didn’t understand.

Shen Tian smiled.

"You’ll get used to that."

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