290: Chapter 290 Yandere, Good or Bad?

The air in the base's training room seemed to have solidified into some kind of viscous substance.

The heavy alloy doors were tightly shut, completely isolating the noise of the outside world.

The lights in the room were off; only the emergency indicator in the corner emitted a faint green glow, barely outlining the slender figure in the center.

Ye Qingyue stood barefoot on the cold floor, a near-fanatical excitement flickering in her pitch-black eyes.

Around her, dozens of pitch-black shadows meandered like living venomous snakes.

Different from their usual simple attack forms, today's shadows... looked a bit strange.

"No, this gap is too big. Brother Lin Yuan's hand could reach out..."

Ye Qingyue bit her thumb nail, her brow furrowed as she seriously pointed at the alloy dummy trapped in a Shadow Cage.

"What if he reaches out to pat someone else's head? No, no, it has to be sealed tight."

With a slight movement of her will.

The bars of the Shadow Cage instantly contracted!

Forget a hand, not even a fly could fly out.

"Mm, this is safe."

Ye Qingyue nodded with satisfaction, an innocent yet spine-chilling smile appearing on her face.

"This way, Brother Lin Yuan can only look at me, only pat my head, and only eat the food I feed him..."

An extremely "beautiful" image couldn't help but surface in her mind:

In a cozy little dark room.

Covered with a thick, long-haired carpet.

Lin Yuan wearing loose pajamas.

He looked at her helplessly yet dotingly, opening his mouth to eat the peeled grape she handed over.

No zombies, no Apocalypse crisis.

And more importantly—no sister whose figure was so good it was cheating.

No Su Yuyan who spent all day settling accounts, and no tea-like Xia Bingning!

"Hehe... hehehe..."

Ye Qingyue couldn't help but let out a perverted laugh, holding her cheeks and twisting her body like a pretzel.

"Qingyue, you must work hard! You're still too weak right now; you can't beat Brother Lin Yuan, so you can't kidnap him at all."

She clenched her small fists, cheering herself on.

"Sister is Third-tier, Chu Yanran is also Third-tier... but Brother Lin Yuan is as strong as a monster. If I don't work hard, how can I implement the 'Imprisonment of Love' plan?"

Yes, this was the source of motivation for Ye Qingyue's recent frantic training.

She wasn't insecure.

She was the school beauty! Who hadn't praised her for being cute since she was a child?

She just... simply felt there were too many people.

When she first shared Lin Yuan with her sister, she could barely accept it.

After all, that was her biological sister, and there was no one else at the time.

But now?

The team was growing larger, and there were more and more beauties. She felt her share of "Lin Yuan" was being severely diluted.

This feeling drove her crazy and made her want to bite someone.

Since she couldn't drive those women away, she could only change her approach—steal Brother Lin Yuan away!

"When I become the strongest Shadow-type Ability User, I'll wait until Brother Lin Yuan is asleep and then 'whoosh,' take him to the ends of the earth..."

Ye Qingyue was immersed in her beautiful fantasy.

Suddenly, the training room door made a soft "beep."

Access granted.

Ye Qingyue jumped in fright, like a cat caught stealing canned food.

"Oh no! The tools of the crime haven't been put away yet!"

She waved her hands frantically, trying to disperse the suspiciously shaped shadows around her...

However, the more rushed she was, the messier it got.

Just as the door slid open and light poured in.

The dissipating Shadow Cage hadn't completely vanished; it was stuck in mid-air, maintaining an awkward translucent state.

Lin Yuan walked in.

He was wearing a casual black combat uniform.

He was also carrying two portions of steaming late-night snacks.

As soon as he looked up, he saw a scene that made his eyelids twitch.

In the center of the training room, Ye Qingyue was maintaining a "spreading wings" posture, trying to block what was behind her.

And behind her, something appeared...

The air suddenly went silent for three seconds.

"Qingyue?"

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, his gaze passing her to land on the slowly dissipating shadows.

"What new move are you practicing?"

No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like a prop from some R-rated movie, right?

Ye Qingyue's small face instantly turned beet red, so red it looked like it was about to drip blood.

"I... I'm practicing a Binding Technique!"

She had a sudden brainwave and shouted loudly.

"Yes! It's a Binding Technique specifically for humanoid zombies! Zombies nowadays run too fast; I have to use these all-encompassing chains to trap them!"

To increase her credibility, she nodded vigorously, her face full of righteous indignation:

"I'm doing this to better protect everyone!"

Lin Yuan looked at her shifting eyes, a playful curve tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Protect everyone?

The size of that cage looked tailor-made for an adult male about 1.8 meters tall.

And... those chains actually had a layer of padding thoughtfully condensed onto them?

Since when did zombies need such humane treatment?

However, Lin Yuan didn't expose her.

Although this girl usually seemed dazed, her train of thought had always been quite eccentric.

"Alright, Binding Technique."

Lin Yuan walked to the bench in the rest area and sat down, patting the spot next to him.

"You've been practicing for so long, you must be hungry, right? Come and eat."

Seeing that she had gotten away with it, Ye Qingyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

One moment she was the "mastermind" planning a kidnapping, and the next she became a cheerful little sparrow, throwing herself directly into Lin Yuan's arms.

"Brother Lin Yuan~!"

She hung onto Lin Yuan like a koala.

Rubbing her cheek against his chest, she greedily inhaled the reassuring scent on him.

"I missed you so much!"

Ye Qingyue looked up, her large eyes watery and full of attachment.

Lin Yuan caught her helplessly and habitually rubbed her head.

"We've only been apart for three hours."

"Three hours is a long time, okay!"

Ye Qingyue pouted unhappily.

"For lovers where one day apart feels like three years, three hours is... uh... many years!"

Her math wasn't very good and she couldn't calculate it clearly, but that didn't stop her from expressing her dissatisfaction.

"And during these three hours, you must have been discussing things with Chu Yanran again, or cultivating with Luo Qinghan..."

Ye Qingyue's voice lowered, filled with thick jealousy.

"And that newcomer Ji Wushuang, the way she looks at you is like she wants to eat you up."

Lin Yuan pinched her cheek with some amusement.

"What? Are you jealous?"

"Yes! I am jealous!"

Ye Qingyue admitted it righteously.

She opened her mouth and took a bite of Lin Yuan's shoulder—not hard, of course.

She said indistinctly, "You're mine... I want to hide you away."

Lin Yuan only took it as a young girl's temperament acting up.

He didn't pay much attention to the deeper meaning behind "hide you away."

"If I don't discuss things with them, how will the base function? How can I provide such a good cultivation environment for you all?"

Lin Yuan explained patiently.

"But..."

Ye Qingyue let go and traced circles on Lin Yuan's chest with her finger, her gaze becoming somewhat deep.

"If there comes a day when I become super, super strong—strong enough that I don't need the base or anyone's help to make you live well..."

She looked up, a heart-palpitating persistence flashing in her eyes.

"At that time, I'll take you away, okay? To a place where no one can find us, just the two of us."

Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment.

He looked into Ye Qingyue's eyes.

Those eyes were still clear, but in the depths of that clarity, a black flame called "exclusivity" was surging.

This girl... seemed to be serious.

If it were the old Ye Qingyue, she might have felt unworthy of Lin Yuan due to her insecurity.

But now, after experiencing the baptism of the Apocalypse and the awakening of her Superpower.

The yandere attribute that was originally hidden under her "innocent" appearance had completely awakened.

She didn't want to share.

She wanted exclusive possession.

And the only way to achieve exclusive possession was to become strong—strong enough to suppress Lin Yuan, strong enough to ignore all rules.

Lin Yuan suddenly found it a bit interesting.

Other women were thinking about how to rely on him or how to help him build his power.

Only this little girl was thinking about how to "kidnap" him.

This kind of "rebellious" thought.

Instead of making Lin Yuan feel repulsed, it actually piqued a trace of his desire to conquer.

"Want to take me away?"

Lin Yuan reached out and tilted her chin up, his gaze deep.

"Then we'll have to see if you have the ability."

"I'm very weak now..."

Ye Qingyue puffed out her cheeks indignantly, like a bristling kitten.

"But I have great potential! Even Sister says my Shadow-type Superpower is very eerie and hard to guard against!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Lin Yuan suddenly struck, his speed as fast as lightning.

Ye Qingyue only felt a blur before her eyes, and before she could react.

She was already pinned down on the bench by Lin Yuan.

Her hands were pinned above her head by one of his hands, and her legs were also suppressed, leaving her unable to move.

"See, your 'Binding Technique' can't even trap me; instead, you've been subdued by me."

Lin Yuan looked down at her from above, his tone teasing.

Ye Qingyue struggled twice and found it was completely like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Instead of getting angry, she... got even more excited.

Her breathing became rapid, her cheeks flushed, and she looked up at Lin Yuan with hazy eyes.

"Brother Lin Yuan..."

She licked her lips, her voice becoming sweet and husky.

"Since I lost, do I have to accept a punishment?"

Lin Yuan: "..."

This girl's train of thought had indeed veered off into a strange place again.

"What kind of punishment do you want to accept?"

Lin Yuan's voice also lowered, carrying a hint of danger.

Ye Qingyue's eyes lit up, and the "Kidnapping Plan" from just now was instantly thrown to the back of her mind.

Her head was full of the "indescribable" plot that might happen next.

"Anything is fine~"

She proactively arched her body and leaned into Lin Yuan's ear, her breath like orchids.

"Whatever Brother Lin Yuan wants to play... Qingyue will agree. Even, even if it's being your... I'm willing."

She said the last sentence very softly, so softly it was almost inaudible.

But Lin Yuan heard it.

He let out a light chuckle and lowered his head to kiss that incessantly chattering little mouth.

"Mmph..."

Ye Qingyue's voice was swallowed between their lips.

In her heart, she silently pulled out that little notebook called [Kidnapping Plan] and made a heavy entry:

Today's battle situation: Attempted sneak attack with a Shadow Cage failed.

Reason for failure: Insufficient frontal combat capability, and willpower wavered due to the temptation of beauty.

Improvement plan: Next time, act while Brother Lin Yuan is asleep! Or... at a time like this?

Ye Qingyue thought dizzily.

However, the next second.

Lin Yuan's large hand directly clasped her fingers, shattering that trace of shadow into pieces.

"Focus." Lin Yuan took a bite of her earlobe.

"Ooh! I know..."

Ye Qingyue completely gave up resistance and turned soft as water.

Forget it.

The Kidnapping Plan is temporarily suspended.

Anyway, right now, Brother Lin Yuan belongs to her alone.

The temperature in the training room gradually rose.

Even the emergency light in the corner seemed to become suggestive.

As for that cold late-night snack... who cared anymore?

...

Early the next morning.

When the first ray of sunlight shone through the transom into the training room.

Ye Qingyue was still fast asleep.

She was clinging to Lin Yuan like an octopus; even in her dreams, a satisfied smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

She even mumbled in her sleep:

"Hehe... Brother Lin Yuan... you can't run away now... the cage is very sturdy..."

Lin Yuan, who was about to get up, heard this.

His movements stiffened for a moment, then he shook his head helplessly.

He glanced at Ye Qingyue, who was still having a sweet dream, a trace of doting flashing in his eyes.

Although this girl's love was a bit "heavy" and even a bit "dangerous."

But in this cold and hypocritical Apocalypse, this kind of unreserved love—even crazy enough to want to consume everything.

It seemed exceptionally real and burning.

Lin Yuan had long discovered that this innocent and cute little girl...

...actually hid a yandere attribute.

yandere was something men in novels avoided.

But Lin Yuan wasn't afraid.

His strength was improving at an incredible rate every day!

In the Apocalypse where strength reigned supreme.

He had absolutely no fear of a yandere.

He could handle even a few more!

Besides their possessiveness and extremity in doing things,

the experience of deep communication with a yandere was simply a whole new experience for him.

Anyway, with absolute strength to suppress her, what was there to fear?!

"Want to kidnap me? Maybe in the next life."

Lin Yuan gently pinched her nose.

He placed her gently on the bench, covered her with clothes, and then turned to leave.

Ye Qingyue frowned in her sleep, seemingly feeling the emptiness of the embrace.

She reached out to grab the air and finally hugged a mass of her own shadow.

Only then did she nuzzle it with satisfaction and continue sleeping.

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