Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1172: Yandere

Chapter 1172: Yandere

Yang Xinxin's words made Guan Longyue's gaze sharpen.

"You... couldn't possibly have fallen for that man named Zhang Yi, could you?"

"That's right."

Yang Xinxin replied lightly, without the slightest hesitation or shy reaction.

Ripples stirred in Guan Longyue's black eyes.

"What's so good about him? He's just a man surviving in the cracks, selfish at that."

Yang Xinxin smiled and shook her head.

"You will never understand this feeling."

As the scene of their first meeting under the snow-buried Tianqing Academy surfaced in her mind, the smile on her face deepened.

"When I watch Brother Zhang Yi, cautious and stubbornly calling himself selfish, yet desperately trying to keep everyone alive, a tremendous sense of pleasure wells up inside me."

As she spoke, she suddenly placed both hands over her chest, a fascinated smile on her face.

"It's like a mother watching her child striving to grow! Ah~ That feeling, how utterly captivating it is!"

"It's this very flavor that I'm deeply infatuated with, and I so want to stay by his side forever, watching just how far he can grow."

Guan Longyue was stunned for a long moment, her heart trembling with shock.

After a long while, she too smiled.

"Indeed, we are the same kind of people!"

Both were that type of utterly insane girl inside.

Originally, Guan Longyue had many words in her heart to try and persuade Yang Xinxin to stay, hoping to keep Yang Xinxin by her side.

However, after hearing Yang Xinxin's words, she abandoned that thought.

Because, she too desperately wanted to keep this adorable, beautiful porcelain doll before her by her side, to nurture her like a pet.

So of course she understood exactly what kind of feeling Yang Xinxin held for Zhang Yi.

Guan Longyue straightened her posture, smiling as she looked at Yang Xinxin, at this Yang Xinxin whose eyes held only Zhang Yi.

It was like she was looking at another version of herself.

The version of herself she had once fantasized about seeing in her own eyes.

"Ah, I so want you to stay by my side!"

She covered her mouth with a light laugh, a flash of playful mischief in her gaze. "But right now, I want even more to see just how far you can nurture that pet of yours."

"Not a pet," Yang Xinxin corrected. "He is my beloved treasure!"

If an outsider were to hear the conversation between these two yandere girls, it would undoubtedly send chills down their spine.

Two girls not yet twenty years old, yet both favored treating humans as playthings.

Their dialogue contained not a single mention of the past.

Because Yang Xinxin didn't care about bygone days, and Guan Longyue had no desire to bring them up again.

Zhang Yi stood outside the door. Forcing Yang Xinxin to stay by her side was clearly already an impossible task.

Guan Longyue and Yang Xinxin sat facing each other, drinking tea.

After finishing a cup of tea, Yang Xinxin stood up to take her leave.

The probing ended here. She couldn't very well ask about Guan Longyue's abilities directly. Yet now, she had already obtained what she wanted to know.

"Xinxin, wait! I have a gift for you."

Guan Longyue fetched a wooden box and handed it to Yang Xinxin.

"What is this?"

Yang Xinxin asked.

"You can open it and see," Guan Longyue said with a face full of doting affection. "I spent a very long time making this, especially for you!"

Yang Xinxin lowered her head and reached out to open the wooden box.

Inside the box lay a doll, quietly resting. It was carved from wood, so lifelike it was vivid.

It was precisely Yang Xinxin's likeness.

In terms of craftsmanship, this wooden carving had already reached the level of a work of art, every single strand of hair carved with exquisite precision.

It was enough to show just how much effort Guan Longyue had poured into it.

A red rope was wrapped around the wooden doll's body, looking somewhat strange, as it wasn't the common ribbon for tying gifts, but a red hemp rope.

"This is...?"

Guan Longyue smiled. "A protective talisman. If you ever encounter any danger one day, just untie it. It will be of great use."

Yang Xinxin thought for a moment, then reached out and closed the lid, saying softly, "Thank you."

Then she stood up. "Then I'll take my leave now."

Guan Longyue covered her mouth with a laugh. "Mhm, I look forward to our next meeting."

Yang Xinxin left the Earth God Temple, her steps without the slightest pause.

Guan Longyue watched her receding figure, an unusual flush appearing on her face, her eyes filled with intoxicated delight.

"Ah~~ She's still just like before, so noble and elegant. I really want to have her!"

"And then hug her fiercely in my arms, play with her roughly!"

She hugged her own body with both hands, the very picture of an obsessed woman.

But then she seemed to remember something, her eyes turning to the teacup on the table.

She extended her fair, tender right hand, picked up the cup, and with a slightly flushed face, gently kissed it.

...

Zhang Yi waited outside for Yang Xinxin to emerge.

Shang Daowen was right beside him, smiling as he struck up a conversation with Zhang Yi.

"Lord Chaos, have you been satisfied with your stay in Shengjing these past few days?"

Zhang Yi said indifferently, "Not bad. Shengjing truly lives up to being the capital. It's much more impressive than Blizzard City down in Jiangnan."

"It seems you've developed quite well after obtaining that so-called Yuan ore."

Shang Daowen laughed. "If Lord Chaos is willing, you can obtain it too. As long as you're willing to join the upcoming operation. I wonder how your considerations are proceeding?"

Zhang Yi smiled. "Easy to discuss, easy to discuss."

Shang Daowen was momentarily stunned.

This ambiguous answer, seemingly irrelevant, yet cleverly skirted the issue.

Shang Daowen thus did not press further.

After a while, Yang Xinxin walked out from the Earth God Temple.

Zhang Yi walked over, smiling as he looked down at her and asked, "Did you have a good chat with your old friend?"

Yang Xinxin nodded. "It was alright."

"Then let's head back for now."

Zhang Yi said to Shang Daowen.

"Please take care on your way!"

Shang Daowen immediately arranged for someone to escort Zhang Yi and Yang Xinxin back to their residence.

After returning, Zhang Yi immediately questioned Yang Xinxin about intelligence regarding Houtu.

"Did you gain any useful clues from talking with her this time?"

Yang Xinxin nodded. "At the very least, we now know that she is actually very weak."

Zhang Yi thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, she is strong, but she also has very clear weaknesses."

The unknown is the most terrifying, but once the veil of mystery is slowly lifted, the sense of awe it inspires rapidly diminishes.

The strict security of the Earth God Temple, and the fact that Shang Daowen needed to be present in person, pointed to one thing—Guan Longyue's own abilities possessed significant flaws.

Therefore, she needed protection from others.

"My speculation is that the ability she possesses is Curse Technique. As long as the conditions for the curse are met, it can cause extremely terrifying lethality."

"However, she is likely deficient in close-quarters combat."

Zhang Yi added, "That's not necessarily certain, because we cannot determine the casting conditions for the curse technique. Perhaps she doesn't need a medium to cast curses at close range. It's just that her close-combat ability is definitely not as powerful as her long-range curse techniques."

"That's why she needs someone to protect her."

Zhang Yi's eyes gradually brightened. "That would also explain it. Why, even though the Shengjing Region clearly has three Epsilons, Houtu and the Ksitigarbha King are unwilling to leave Shengjing to participate in the operation in the Qinling Mountains." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Because Houtu is like the Death Reaper of Love. Although immensely powerful, she also has flaws and cannot move about freely. And the Ksitigarbha King needs to remain in Shengjing to protect her, and the entire Shengjing City."

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