Endless Throne - Chapter 24

[Literary Mentor]: In this materialistic age, everything seems cold and heartless. Children’s innocence is often the purest—they love everyone without reservation.

[I Am a Little Green Dragon]: The red scarf on the little friend’s chest has become more vivid!

[Braised Spare Ribs]: Maybe next time when baby is waiting for someone, he could hold a book or newspaper in his hands?

[Soft Cat Ears]: Put on sunglasses, love no one

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat]: Even though I know this kid isn’t right, I still cracked up laughing

Lin Yebai didn’t refuse.

There were very few children in the shelter, and they were all well cared for. With a child’s constitution and willpower, it was difficult to survive the initial period. Most people died in their sleep, and those who survived had all undergone an invisible trial of life and death.

What results would emerge from breeding offspring in aberrant form—no one could say for certain. Currently, there wasn’t a single aberrant couple in the shelter, as their aesthetic sensibilities hadn’t shifted yet.

From appearance alone, Xiahou Yun met expectations quite well, but most people had transformed into forms like Coach Wang’s.

“Uncle, being unable to see must be very difficult.”

“Uncle, hold my hand, then you won’t fall.”

Lin Yebai grasped a cold little hand and walked in the direction the other guided him.

[Tiny Singer]: Big hand holding small hand, walking without fear of slipping

[Peace for a Lifetime]: So heartwarming, tearful

The little boy was about five or six years old, carrying a little duck backpack, with an innocent and adorable smile. His chubby face had two dimples.

The two gradually walked into a dark alley, stepping on thick fallen leaves with crisp sounds.

“Are we there yet?” Lin Yebai asked.

“Uncle, don’t be anxious. The road is a bit wide, we’ll be there soon.” The little boy showed a sweet smile, his little canine teeth sharp and pointed, slightly cute in a babyish way.

Deep in the dark alley, it was dim and lightless.

“Uncle, you have a little leaf on your hair. Let me help you pick it off.” The helpful little boy hoped Lin Yebai could crouch down a little.

He was too tall—this wasn’t convenient for taking a bite.

“Alright.” Lin Yebai half-crouched down, indicating for the little friend to pick off the leaf.

When he crouched down, his raven-black hair scattered, inexplicably evoking many tender associations.

The little boy instinctively wanted to see what the eyes hidden behind the black sunglasses looked like. Guided by vigorous curiosity, he removed the sunglasses and gazed into a pair of crimson pupils, instantly shivering.

“Did you get it off?” Lin Yebai’s gaze carried a hint of inquiry.

The little boy respectfully put the sunglasses back on and tried hard to squeeze out an obedient smile:

“Uncle, I need to go to school. We’ll see each other next time.”

The little boy turned to run but was grabbed by the back strap of his backpack by Lin Yebai, who lifted him straight up.

Strength had never been Lin Yebai’s forte, but lifting a human cub was more than adequate.

This child appeared not to have undergone aberration on the surface—perhaps he could be given to Xiahou Yun.

“Brother Lin, where did you catch this?”

Zhou Yuan had placed his reclining chair at the main entrance. Seeing Lin Yebai wasn’t there, he followed the sound and discovered Lin Yebai carrying an adorable cub.

“It delivered itself to my doorstep.” Lin Yebai shook the child in his hand. He had stood at the entrance for a while, never expecting to pick up such a harvest for free.

At this moment, the humanoid cub shed tears of regret.

“How should we eat it?” Lin Yebai’s tone was flat, as if asking about the most ordinary daily matter.

“This child might be good for making soup!” Zhou Yuan understood immediately, stroking his chin thoughtfully:

“Pan-frying, stir-frying, deep-frying, steaming, braising, oil-braising, red-cooking… they all seem pretty good.”

The humanoid cub’s face instantly turned deathly pale, stammering in his little babyish voice:

“Uncle, could you, could you give me another chance?”

“I’m still just a child…”

“Being a child is great—Uncle Zhou loves children the most!” Zhou Yuan patted his belly, revealing a mysterious smile.

The humanoid cub stared blankly and asked:

“Uncle, do you have a little baby?”

“……” Lin Yebai’s hand holding the cub trembled slightly.

“One swipe of my tail and your head would be gone.” Zhou Yuan felt deeply offended.

“Uncle… no, Auntie, getting angry is bad for the little baby.” The humanoid cub had strong survival instincts, hoping to move the two cold-hearted adults with his warm care.

“Little rascal, you’re hopeless.” Zhou Yuan once again recalled scenes related to Zhang San, his fists hardening.

“What should we do with this little rascal?” he asked Lin Yebai.

“Give him to Dr. Xia.” The moment Lin Yebai saw the cub, he had already arranged everything clearly.

“Brilliant!” Zhou Yuan immediately showed a gloating expression.

This made the humanoid cub even more frightened.

Children instinctively fear doctors somewhat. Even after aberration, past shadows couldn’t be dispelled. Hearing the word “doctor,” he instinctively began to feel afraid.

Under extreme terror, the humanoid cub mustered courage and began to boast:

“Let me tell you, my big brother is very powerful.”

“He’s from the World’s Number One Leather Factory and is a noble workshop director. He has a hundred underlings under him—kills without blinking, eats people without adding salt.”

“If he finds out you’ve captured me, he’ll definitely make you pay dearly…”

The more he boasted, the smoother it became. His whole being became euphoric as he began to swell with pride:

“If you’re sensible, you’d better let me go quickly! Bow respectfully and kowtow three times, and this young master might consider whether to forgive you…”

“The person you’re talking about wouldn’t be called Zhang San, would he?” Zhou Yuan smiled.

“How do you know?” The humanoid cub was shocked.

“Do you know about Zhang San getting injured recently? That’s because he unfortunately encountered Brother Lin and finally fled in panic with his butt covered in blood…” Zhou Yuan shook his head, sighing endlessly.

[The Ordinary Me]: Xiao Zhou has deeply inherited the mentor’s teachings

[Happy Little Sweet Badger]: Just entered the livestream, why does the atmosphere feel so intense? Could any kind-hearted brother give me some context?

[Watermelon Patch Sinner]: The host encountered an enemy, threw a hidden weapon that hit the other party’s butt, then the other party ran away…

[Great Emperor Huaji]: How come the explanation doesn’t make it sound much better?

[Soft Cat Ears]: I can testify that baby purely and innocently pierced Zhang San’s butt!

Actually, Lin Yebai just felt that the barrage comments were making things worse with each description, and his feelings were complicated.

Next time he saw Zhang San, he’d directly chop off that dog’s head, and the rumors would collapse without attack. As for Zhou Yuan… perhaps he should ask Xiahou Yun how to obtain brain platinum.

The humanoid cub had also heard about Zhang San’s butt injury. Whenever such anecdotes appeared, news spread exceptionally fast.

Everyone speculated about who had injured Zhang San’s butt, never expecting the real culprit to be this young man wearing sunglasses…

The humanoid cub now felt regret—deep regret—and couldn’t help but shed tears.

Originally, Lin Yebai wanted Zhou Yuan to deliver the cub, but Zhou Yuan didn’t want to be alone with Xiahou Yun, so he chose to guard the gate while Lin Yebai carried the cub to find Xiahou Yun at the laboratory himself.

The school had directional signs at regular intervals, so the laboratory wasn’t hard to find.

Lin Yebai still wore his sunglasses, his vision somewhat dim, which actually gave him more of a sense of security. If he were in the dark of night, he’d feel like a fish in water.

“You came, and you even brought a gift—how very thoughtful.” Xiahou Yun immediately locked onto the child Lin Yebai was carrying.

That look of hunting excitement and dissection desire instantly frightened the cub into trembling.

His eyes were moist, like an unweaned puppy, utterly adorable.

“Then I’ll take him back.” Lin Yebai wasn’t being polite with him either.

“I want him.” Xiahou Yun tried hard to control his facial expression, completely confirming one thing: everyone related to Zhou Yuan was abnormal.

“Is my blood useful?” When Xiahou Yun reached out, Lin Yebai pulled the cub back slightly.

“You knew?” Xiahou Yun wasn’t surprised.

“You didn’t hide it.” After a moment’s thought, Lin Yebai guessed the serum’s ingredients and really wanted to know Xiahou Yun’s purpose.

“I want to cooperate with you.” Xiahou Yun’s ears trembled.

“Cooperate?” Lin Yebai was puzzled. Meanwhile, the little cub he was carrying brightened up, showing eager gossip-watching eyes.

Lin Yebai immediately chopped the back of his neck, and the little cub’s head tilted as he fell unconscious.

Xiahou Yun was even more satisfied. Lin Yebai truly was… cautious enough. He said in a deep voice:

“Humans will sooner or later completely become aberrants. This world needs to establish a new order, and your blood can play a crucial role.”

“People in the base who have used the serum hold instinctive awe toward you, with combat power stronger than those who naturally aberrated.”

“To aberrants, your blood is a supreme treasure, a true treasury.”

“Just by mixing it with blood beads in certain proportions, it can stimulate miraculous strengthening effects.”

“You can meet the test subjects—they all count as your offspring and won’t harm you.”

“If the serum can be mass-produced, you will be the uncrowned emperor of the future.”

Xiahou Yun’s eyes inevitably held some fanaticism.

Lin Yebai only needed to regularly provide some blood to control the world—was there anything more profitable than this?

No one was more suitable than Lin Yebai to ascend the throne.

And Xiahou Yun would witness the birth of this era’s true emperor, ending the chaos from then on as humanity entered a new era. Without needing to show his face, as the behind-the-scenes figure, he would gain indescribable immense satisfaction from this process!

Unexpectedly, Lin Yebai’s reaction was extremely calm as he slightly raised his eyes:

“Oh?”

Xiahou Yun recalled the previous scene of Lin Yebai watching “Peppa Pig” and coaxed persuasively:

“In the future, you’ll have endless “Peppa Pig” to watch, three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. Whatever you want, people will present it to you.”

[Blooming Wealth]: Sorry, I cracked up

[Steamed Corn Bun One Yuan]: Just came in and saw this grand scene of clashing auras—why did “Peppa Pig” randomly intrude?

[Truth Supreme]: This world’s livestream process could be edited into a movie. So many spectacular shots—I could watch them repeatedly.

[Yan Qingsi]: Got it, arranging it

Xiahou Yun had always been doing his own research and had never played politics, so he didn’t know how to lobby. This was already his greatest effort.

He had an inexplicable confidence that Lin Yebai would definitely agree.

“I want to see high-level aberrant blood beads.”

Lin Yebai’s voice was cool and distant, his temperament clean and frail.

Those blood-red pupils were purer and clearer than any aberrant Xiahou Yun had ever seen. When he desired something, a bit of light would float in his eyes, with an otherworldly innocence that made people willingly want to present everything before him for his selection.

Xiahou Yun forced himself to remain calm, expressionless, his tail wagging into afterimages. If he had high-level blood beads, he would definitely take them out without hesitation to win over Lin Yebai, but he didn’t have any.

Ergou seemed silly but actually had explosive combat power. Getting its dog head wasn’t such an easy matter. Privately, Ergou had a good relationship with him, and Xiahou Yun didn’t want to harm Ergou, so he could only use delaying tactics:

“Once we cooperate and everything gets on track, we’ll soon be able to obtain high-level aberrant blood beads.”

“I want to see them now.” Lin Yebai placed his bone knife against Xiahou Yun’s neck.

Xiahou Yun suddenly reached out and grabbed his own two fox ears. Lin Yebai’s alertness rose to maximum level.

[Crispy Shark]: Ear-moving divine technique?

[Detective Corgi]: Ultimate move sealed in the ears?

Under everyone’s gaze, Xiahou Yun removed his head from his neck, held it in his arms, tears flying as he asked:

“You don’t want to see my head on my neck, right? Is holding it in my arms okay?”

“I really don’t have high-level blood beads. Can we exchange for something else?”

“Whether it’s Peppa Pig or whatever, I’ll get it all for you. What will it take for you to agree?”

Lin Yebai’s pupils experienced an earthquake.

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[Literary Mentor]: Truly holding his head and crying

[Little Dingdang Three and a Half]: This is still too sudden for young me

[Lord of the Gods]: Thanks, got a good laugh

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat] tipped star coins x666

The humanoid cub, emerging from unconsciousness, had planned to find an opportunity to slip away. He quietly opened his eyes a crack, then immediately widened them—

Someone could actually remove their head!!

When he looked over, he discovered that the head with fox ears was turning toward his location.

Xiahou Yun smiled at him quite kindly.

The humanoid cub was instantly enveloped by enormous terror, his pupils contracting.

This eye contact was particularly shocking.

“Ahhhhhhh——”

The humanoid cub let out a shrill scream. Looking around, he was surrounded by various hideous and terrifying organ specimens with nowhere to escape. He hugged Lin Yebai’s leg, crying with genuine emotion:

“Please, just take me to make soup!”

“Don’t leave me in this strange place…”

Lin Yebai once again fell into speechless territory. He suddenly remembered a phrase the barrage often sent, so he raised his eyes and said to Xiahou Yun:

“Worthy of you indeed.”

“Hahaha… What does Mr. Lin think of my plan? Are you willing to cooperate with me now?”

After being praised, Xiahou Yun’s tail wagged even more enthusiastically.

“Did you also inject the serum?” Lin Yebai frowned slightly. Thinking carefully, Xiahou Yun was cold to everyone, using his scalpel to leave painful memories for many people in the shelter. Only in front of him did Xiahou Yun show strange enthusiasm, his tail always wagging very fast.