70: Chapter 69 Has the Pride Finally Shattered?

Once this thought arose, it was like a drop of ink in clear water, rapidly spreading through Leng Yubing's frozen, haughty heart.

A "hypergamous instinct," deeply rooted in female genes and governed by the laws of the apocalypse, quietly took root and sprouted within this once-insufferable S-rank goddess, even growing into a towering tree.

Watching Lin Feng on the screen, a strange yearning that she herself found shameful stirred in the deepest recesses of her heart.

Suddenly, she felt a trace of envy toward Su Ya and Xia Wanqiu upstairs.

If...

If she also offered absolute loyalty, if she also abandoned that ridiculous dignity and let him have his way with her, receiving the infusion of his yang energy...

Would she no longer have to be hung from these cold chains?

Could she also snuggle behind that broad, warm back, looking down coldly at the hell outside?

"Warning! High-pressure acid attack detected!"

"External defense grid energy has dropped below the critical point! Emergency charging requested!"

Just as Leng Yubing's psychological defenses began to collapse entirely, the system's piercing alarm pulled her back to the cruel reality.

Outside, the Second-Order Peak Spider Queen was completely enraged.

Its massive, truck-sized abdomen contracted violently, and a glob of high-pressure acid, so dense it was nearly black, blasted toward the train's front armor like a shell from a cannon.

To withstand this lethal blow, which was enough to melt through a fortress's outer shell, Lin Feng, inside the control cabin, pushed the defense grid's power to its limit without hesitation.

This also meant that the energy demand from the Power Room surged several-fold in an instant!

"Vrrrrm!!!"

The energy extraction pillars in the Power Room emitted a piercing shriek as they reached their limits.

The alloy chains wrapped around Leng Yubing suddenly tightened.

The rotation speed of the surrounding energy gathering rings instantly surpassed the safety threshold, forming a visible blue energy vortex.

"Aaaaagh!!!"

Leng Yubing threw her head back and let out a shrill, blood-curdling scream.

In that moment, she felt as if her soul were being violently ripped from her body by an invisible, brute hand.

Her origin core, which was originally crystal clear and symbolized her S-rank lightning-type talent, finally reached the brink of collapse after enduring this forced extraction far beyond its limits.

Crack...

A dull cracking sound echoed within Leng Yubing's body.

That noble S-rank origin core split open with a shocking fissure.

Endless lightning magic surged out like a flood through a broken dam, instantly filling the gap in the defense grid.

But the price was catastrophic.

Pfft!

A large mouthful of blood mixed with visceral fragments erupted from Leng Yubing's mouth, staining a large patch of the snowy-white skin on her chest.

Then, crimson blood began to slowly trickle from her beautiful eyes, nostrils, and even her ears.

She was bleeding from all seven orifices.

Her life force, like a flickering candle in the wind, rapidly faded within her body.

Her purple pupils, which had briefly flickered with life due to her hypergamous instinct, now lost focus entirely, turning as dim as dead ashes.

Her head slumped powerlessly against her high chest, her frail, delicate body left with only faint nervous twitches against the cold chains.

She had fallen into the throes of death.

And in the final second before her vision plunged into total darkness...

Leng Yubing's blood-stained lips moved slightly, using her last ounce of strength to whisper a word toward the surveillance screen—a word that carried absolute submission and desperate pleading.

"Master... save me..."

At this moment, the proud iceberg was completely ground into dust.

Upper level, command cabin.

Lin Feng leaned back in his chair, his deep eyes fixed on the Power Room's surveillance footage on the holographic screen.

He watched quietly as Leng Yubing bled from her orifices and pleaded in despair; there wasn't a trace of pity on his cold, hard face, and his gaze remained as indifferent as eternal ice.

"Is your pride finally shattered completely?"

Lin Feng muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth curling into a satisfied arc.

What he wanted was never just a hollow shell of an arrogant goddess, but a high-value asset that had completely submitted, belonging to him heart and soul.

Now, the time was ripe.

He stood up and leisurely straightened the collar of his pure black combat suit.

"Su Ya, Wan Qiu, take over the train's fire control and defense systems. At all costs, stall that disgusting giant bug outside for five minutes."

Lin Feng's tone carried absolute dominance, leaving no room for doubt.

"Yes, Master!"

The two women responded in unison, their voices filled with blind obedience to Lin Feng.

Su Ya immediately stepped forward and took command of the main console.

A fanatical drive for execution flickered in her peach-blossom eyes as her hands moved across the control panel in a blur of afterimages.

Xia Wanqiu bit the tip of her tongue, forcibly squeezing out the last bit of her potential to increase the output of her ice-type magic.

Her heart-shaped tail stood ramrod straight as she fought desperately to maintain the temperature inside the carriage.

Lin Feng turned and strode toward the heavy metal hatch leading to the lower Power Room.

His steps were steady and powerful, his combat boots making a dull thud against the metal floor.

The prey had completely submitted, her body and soul opened to him.

It was time for the final "Deep Link," to harvest that S-rank lightning talent he had been plotting for so long.

Once he mastered three types of abilities, those bugs outside wouldn't even be qualified to be cannon fodder.