Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Restraint
Lou impassively shifted his gaze, looking out the window. Night was falling on the Sixth Region, and the Fallen Species were stirring restlessly.
"I know a path."
The young man leaned back in his chair. "We can reach the Holy Temple before any other team."
Only there would they be truly "safe."
Only there could they act without restraint.
Yu Zhizhi put down her spoon. Now that she had discovered Lou’s "secret," the thought of the Holy Temple no longer made her feel so apprehensive.
She had been worried before about what kind of being the Lord of Paradise was...
A smile appeared on her face, and her voice was soft and sweet. "Alright."
Leopard’s face was alight with excitement—
’Getting to the Holy Temple early is definitely a good thing!’
’We can get a head start!’
Once the meal was over, everyone returned to their rooms to rest.
The other three were staying in one room.
Yu Zhizhi and Lou were in another.
However, Lou had gone out, so Yu Zhizhi was lying on the bed by herself. The room was tiny, a far cry from the shabby little house they were in before.
She wasn’t the least bit sleepy.
With Lou out, she began to explore the items in her system’s inventory.
Her system inventory currently had two tabs.
One was the internal storage, used exclusively for system-provided items.
The other was an inventory tab she was awarded for reaching the Third Level, which could be used to store real-world items.
For now, Yu Zhizhi had placed a few of her most treasured trinkets inside.
She suddenly thought of the card used to check identities.
When she first met Louis, much of the information had been listed as [Unknown].
’Was it perhaps because I hadn’t awakened my spiritual power back then?’
’I wonder if the information on the card has changed now.’
Yu Zhizhi called out in her mind—
[I want to see the results from the Identity Information Card again.]
[System: Please wait.]
[System: Ding! Identity Information Card, details are as follows—]
In the darkness, a transparent identity panel materialized before Yu Zhizhi’s eyes.
[Name: Louis]
[Race: Unknown (Adult)]
[Sex: Male]
[Spiritual Power: 600,000.00]
[Super Talent: Manipulation]
[Physique: Town Star Level]
[Overall Evaluation: SSS+]
’Just as I thought!’
The last time she’d checked, everything except for his [Town Star Level] Physique had been listed as unknown.
But this time, his Spiritual Power and Super Talent appeared in golden text!
Even more, a line of delicate, white handwriting had appeared beneath the golden entries.
[Background: To be unlocked.]
Yu Zhizhi lightly swiped her finger across the floating screen, her gaze returning to the panel.
’Spiritual power... six hundred thousand.’
She remembered that the awakened spiritual power of females was mostly in the tens or hundreds. Males were much higher in this aspect, with four-digit numbers being very common.
The more powerful ones might even break ten thousand at birth.
Take the first wolf cubs that hatched, for example. They had perfectly inherited their father’s powerful bloodline; on the day they hatched, their spiritual power readings started at eighteen thousand.
’And Louis’s Identity Card shows a spiritual power of six hundred thousand...’
It was a terrifying thought.
Add to that his [Town Star Level] Physique—
So this was him—the Lord of Paradise, the one who suppressed the most heinous criminals in the Moon Rising Empire. He was the "one" the Guard Team members mentioned, their faces always showing a mixture of awe and fear.
—However.
Yu Zhizhi suddenly remembered how Lou had been so seriously injured the other day.
’With his spiritual power and Physique, he shouldn’t have sustained such a severe injury. That night, Lou’s face was as pale as a sheet.’
’Was his power being restrained by something?’
Yu Zhizhi bit her lip gently, her gaze falling on the Super Talent section. There, she saw the word [Manipulation].
"Manipulation..."
Just murmuring the word filled her with a profound sense of dread.
Footsteps sounded from outside the door.
Yu Zhizhi hastily dismissed the Identity Information Card.
The next moment,
Lou pushed the door open and walked in.
The room was pitch-black and windowless, furnished only with a single bed. Yu Zhizhi felt the mattress dip as Lou sat down.
He glanced at the little female feigning sleep, a smile playing on his lips. He reached out, grasped her slender arm, and before Yu Zhizhi could react, pressed a seal onto the back of her hand.
A coolness like spring water spread across the back of her hand. Yu Zhizhi froze for a moment, then turned over, her eyes shimmering faintly in the pitch-black room. "You’re back..."
Yu Zhizhi raised the back of her hand, looking at the faint golden imprint there. "What is this?"
"The Lighthouse Seal."
Lou leaned against the headboard. "With this, you can move freely within the Holy Temple."
"...The Lighthouse?"
It was the first time Yu Zhizhi had heard this word in the Moon Rising Empire.
"It’s the residential area in Paradise." Lou picked up a lock of her long hair and gently twirled it around his fingertip. "I grew up there."
"...You, live in Paradise?" Yu Zhizhi’s eyes widened slightly.
"I do."
Lou spoke as if it were just casual conversation. "I was born here."
"Are there many people in the Lighthouse?"
"Not many."
"Then this..." Yu Zhizhi stroked the golden imprint on the back of her hand. "Now that I have this, I can enter the Holy Temple?"
"You could have entered without it, but you’d be restricted to the outer areas."
Lou’s emerald eyes rested on the little female’s profile. Though the room was dark, his night vision was powerful. He could see her delicate face, which looked as soft and plump as a water balloon, making him want to reach out and poke it with his finger.
"Didn’t you want to meet the Lord of Paradise? Now that you have the seal, he won’t hurt you."
So Lou hadn’t forgotten.
He remembered what Yu Zhizhi had mentioned when they first met in Paradise. She stroked the golden imprint on the back of her hand, a warmth spreading through her heart.
In the darkness, the young woman cradled the back of her hand, her eyes curving into crescents with a smile. To Lou, the little female’s playful charm was exceptionally captivating.
His throat felt dry. His gaze dropped, dipping below her collar.
’She always seemed to...’
’...so easily stir his burning desire.’
But Lou knew, now was not the time.
If he indulged his desires anywhere outside the Holy Temple, Louis would seize the opportunity to take control of his body.
’And Louis is obsessed with his little rabbit.’
’He would probably flee Paradise immediately.’
That was unacceptable.
Lou had grown up in Paradise; he was fond of this place.
Besides, he had his little turtle with him now. How could he possibly be separated from her? Lou wouldn’t allow it.
Once they were in the Holy Temple,
He would no longer have to fear Louis’s appearance.
Yu Zhizhi turned to face him and, upon seeing Lou, took the initiative to link her fingers with his. Ever since she’d learned she was the target for his Camp Task, she found herself more willing to be close to him.
...Deep down, she was a little happy.
Compared to some complete stranger trying to win her over, she’d much rather that person be Lou... or even Louis.
At the thought of Louis, Yu Zhizhi pressed her forehead against his hand.
Her warm cheek pressed against his cool fingers, and like a little kitten snuggling into a warm nest, she gave a gentle nuzzle.
At that moment, Lou’s body went rigid. An invisible, untouchable wave of desire threatened to engulf him completely.
His heart melted as desire burned through him.
The young woman’s delicate curves were reflected with perfect clarity in the depths of his eyes.
He was trembling faintly.
Yet he desperately held himself back...
He frantically suppressed the wild images flooding the depths of his mind—
of pinning the little female’s soft body to the wooden bed in the darkness and fucking her wildly.
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