He raised his eyes extremely slowly and with great difficulty. Deep in his gray-blue eyes, billions of galaxies remained as cold as ever, but he no longer tried to extinguish the spark of emotion called "Ye Qingliu".
He looked at Duan Shuce with a complicated and incomprehensible look.
There was cold scrutiny, lingering anger, and the pain of being deceived, but in the end, it settled into a deeper, all-seeing fatigue and an extremely weak, complex trust.
He didn't ask "Why?"
There was no roaring to vent anger.
He simply uttered three words clearly in his still hoarse voice, yet with a power that could penetrate the soul:
"Duan Shuce."
These three words, without any embellishment or forgiveness, were like a heavy hammer, slamming hard into Duan Shuce's heart! They were also like a key, opening an extremely heavy door.
Duan Shuce's body trembled violently! The pupils behind his glasses contracted instantly, followed by a huge shock and an indescribable warmth of heavy sorrow and relief!
He knew that Ye Qingliu understood everything.
I did not forgive his deception and interference, but I chose to understand the price and determination behind this heavy protection.
This call of "Duan Shuce" is a heavy recognition that transcends lies and truth, duty and emotion.
Bai Zhiye could no longer hold back, and rushed to Ye Qingliu's bedside, hugged him tightly, and buried her face deeply in his neck. The cry that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out, and her shoulders trembled violently.
For the car accident that was concealed, for the lost memories of youth, for these hands that were clenched again after going through life and death ordeals and overcoming numerous obstacles, and for this belated and heavy truth.
Ye Qingliu gently raised his uninjured arm. His movements were a little slow due to the pain, but with an unquestionable sense of comfort, he very slowly put his arm around Bai Zhiye's trembling shoulders.
His gaze passed over her sobbing head and fell on Duan Shuce again. The emotions surging in his gray-blue eyes finally settled into a cold clarity and determination.
"The Council of Pretenders," his voice was weak, yet piercing with conviction.
"Qi Shang's failure, my exposure, is their failure. They won't tolerate a second attack. The next attack... will be devastating."
Duan Shuce's expression was extremely solemn. He was about to nod in response.
“Buzz!”
A dull, long, strange buzzing sound, as if coming from the depths of the earth's core or like the death knell at the end of the universe, suddenly tore through the silence of the quiet room!
Then, there was the second sound! The third sound!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The frequency climbed dramatically! Like billions of invisible hammers, they pounded the entire space frantically and synchronously! My heart was gripped by an invisible force, and my blood seemed to be flowing backwards!
Ye Qingliu, Duan Shuce, and Bai Zhiye's expressions changed drastically in an instant!
Ye Qingliu felt as if his heart was being crushed by a giant, cold hand! Deep within his brain came a soul-tearing pain! The observer's perception was screaming wildly!
Bai Zhiye curled up in pain, covering his ears with his hands, his face as pale as paper.
"Alarm! Alarm! Ultra-high dimensional energy reaction detected! Abnormal spatial curvature! Stability plummeting! Alarm! Unable to lock onto the energy source! Alarm!"
The screen of the tactical watch on Duan Shuce's wrist was instantly flooded with a glaring blood-red alarm, and the sharp electronic synthesized sound carried an unprecedented despair!
Before Duan Shuce could react——
The light in the quiet room suddenly distorted!
It's not that it gets darker or brighter, but the light itself is like the water surface with a stone thrown into it, rippling strange spatial ripples that are visible to the naked eye!
The air instantly became as thick as the deep ocean, and immense pressure pressed in from all directions! The teacups, reports, instruments... all loose objects on the table were silently suspended, defying gravity!
An indescribable, vast, terrifying pressure filled with absolute coldness, greed and destructive will, like the malice of the entire universe pouring down in an instant!
It instantly enveloped the entire Ye family! It enveloped the entire city! It enveloped... the entire planet!
This pressure surpassed Qi Shang's by a billion times! It carried a higher-dimensional, soul-freezing absolute oppression!
It was as if countless pairs of eyes from the ultimate darkness of the universe opened at the same time, looking down coldly and indifferently at the dust that was about to be crushed!
"It's... them!" Duan Shuce's voice trembled uncontrollably, and his face was as pale as paper.
"The Pretender Council... they... have arrived!"
The buzzing sound reached a peak that could tear the eardrums!
In the center of the quiet room, the space where the light was distorted most violently, shattered like fragile glass...silently, completely...!
The space was torn apart violently!
A huge, dark, irregular "hole" with dark red and black lava-like energy flowing around the edges appeared out of thin air!
Inside the cave entrance, there was absolute darkness that swallowed up all light, and... countless pairs of eyes that slowly opened, as huge as stars, burning with cold and greedy flames!
The Pretender Council! The End is Coming!
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