157: Chapter 157 Yunlin

In the southern part of Quan Island, at the edge of the forest.

A figure stood quietly.

The clothing on her body outlined breathtakingly smooth curves.

Her face was covered by a featureless, pure white mask, revealing only her beautifully lined jaw.

Her long, silvery-white hair was simply tied behind her head, with a few strands fluttering in the wind.

Yun Lin.

At this moment, through the holes in the mask, she gazed into the distance at that giant silvery-white ship—the "Ark No. 1".

Two auras, so familiar they made her soul tremble, were emanating from the ship.

One was cold and aloof.

The other was once bright and vivid, carrying the fragrance of grass, trees, and blooming flowers.

These two auras...

Yun Lin's body swayed imperceptibly, and her breathing beneath the mask stalled for an instant.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

She shut her eyes tight and shook her head vigorously.

"How could dead people possibly come back to life?"

"Have I finally lost my mind?"

Yet, those auras were so real, so vivid.

"Li... Ranran..."

"No, it must be a mistake."

"Perhaps it's just a stranger with a similar aura."

Yun Lin took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.

...

The front deck of the cruise ship.

Almost at the same time Yun Lin sensed their auras, Xia Ran and Li, who were leaning against the railing looking into the distance, both shuddered, turned their heads abruptly, and looked toward the island!

"Did you... sense it?" Xia Ran's voice drifted slightly due to extreme astonishment as she looked at Li beside her.

Li nodded slowly, her red lips parting slightly:

"Yun Lin...?"

"She's still alive?! She's on this island! Should we intervene? Qi Yun can't win against her." Xia Ran's voice suddenly rose, filled with excitement and ecstasy.

Li did not answer immediately.

She withdrew her gaze from the south and looked back at Xia Ran.

She revealed a smile that carried a hint of playfulness and challenge.

"I will not intervene."

"What?" Xia Ran was stunned.

"I believe Qi Yun can handle her." Li's tone was flat, yet carried an unquestionable meaning.

Xia Ran acted as if she had heard some enormous joke:

"You're so stupid! Li! Have you forgotten Yun Lin's ability? No man can resist her! No one! No matter how strong Qi Yun is, he is still a man! As long as Yun Lin wants, he will definitely..."

"Do you want to bet?" Li interrupted her, her purple eyes looking quietly at Xia Ran.

Xia Ran lifted her chin, a confident expression appearing on her face.

"Bet on what?"

"It's very simple. If Qi Yun is truly, as you say, completely influenced by Yun Lin's ability..."

Li's voice remained cold and aloof.

She paused, then said word by word:

"Then, I will be your servant for a day. Conversely, the same applies to you."

"A servant for a day?"

Xia Ran's eyes lit up; this wager was hugely tempting to her!

Imagine it—making the arrogant Li serve her tea and water, obeying her every word; just thinking about it made her heart race!

Furthermore, she couldn't think of any reason she would lose! Yun Lin's ability was absolute! This was an iron law proven by countless blood and tears in the Land of Beginning!

"Fine! I'll take the bet!" Xia Ran agreed almost impatiently, her face overflowing with the smile of someone who had already won.

"Just wait, Li, you'd better prepare to call me 'Master'!"

Li merely glanced at her indifferently, non-committal, and turned her gaze back toward the mountains and forests in the south, a trace of expectation flashing deep in her eyes.

Somewhere in a relatively open forest clearing on Quan Island.

Qi Yun had just used a Space Slash to cut a monster in half.

The sense of power brought by leveling up flowed through his body, and his control over space seemed to have improved a little more.

Just as he was preparing to collect the items dropped by the monster—

"Rustle..."

A slight sound of footsteps came from the forest on the other side of the clearing.

Qi Yun paused, instantly entering a state of alert, his gaze cast sharply toward the source of the sound.

A figure slowly walked out from the mottled tree shadows.

Silvery-white long hair, with an eerie, pure white featureless mask on her face.

Her figure was tall, slender, and perfectly proportioned; even through the mask, one could feel a breathtaking, mysterious beauty.

Yun Lin stopped about ten meters away from Qi Yun, her gaze from behind the mask falling on him.

"Who are you?" Qi Yun asked, frowning.

This woman gave him a very strange feeling; her aura was not particularly powerful, yet she possessed an indescribable sense of danger, completely different from the monsters on the island.

Yun Lin did not answer his question, but simply said in that cold, calm voice that had little emotional fluctuation:

"You don't need to know."

The next second, under Qi Yun's slightly vigilant and puzzled gaze—

Yun Lin slowly raised her hand, reaching toward the smooth, featureless, pure white mask on her face.

Her fingertips hooked gently.

The mask was slowly removed.

A face was exposed under the sparse light in the forest.

Qi Yun's breathing stalled abruptly at that moment.

He had originally thought that Li's beauty was already the ultimate in the world, aloof like snow, the kind of breathtaking beauty that could only be viewed from afar and not profaned.

But this face before him...

It was equally flawless, but a completely different type from Li.

Her skin was cold-toned and fair, gleaming with a delicate, lustrous sheen under the light.

Every line of her features was as exquisite as if carefully carved, forming a peerless face that possessed the charm of both East and West, transcending gender.

Her nose bridge was straight and delicate, her lips were a faint cherry blossom color, beautifully shaped, and currently pursed slightly.

Her beauty did not carry the innate aloofness and "inhuman" feeling like Li's, but instead possessed a strange, fatal attraction.

It made people's hearts race the very first moment they saw her, giving rise to a crazy impulse to get close and to possess.

Qi Yun was shocked in his heart, and for a moment, he was actually somewhat dazed.

Yun Lin took in the flash of amazement and dullness in Qi Yun's eyes, as well as his subsequent subconscious reaction of holding his breath.

Deep in her eyes flashed a trace of understanding, as well as a trace of disappointment and weariness.

As expected.

There was no difference from every man she had encountered before.

In the face of her "Love" authority and this face, no male could maintain his reason and not be captured.

No matter how powerful, how arrogant, or how deeply affectionate toward others the person was before.

The passive of her Unique Class— "Love of the World".

Its core ability was to generate an irresistible, forced attraction and tendency toward adoration in all males.

A kind of absolute suggestion and instinctual drive on a mental level; no one could be exempt.

Yun Lin lowered her eyelashes slightly, hiding the complex emotion that flashed through her eyes, and when she raised her eyes again.

She looked at Qi Yun, who seemed to still not have regained his senses, and said in a tone of command that took it for granted:

"Come, take off my shoes for me."

She wanted to test if it had already taken full effect. This was her habitual, simplest way of testing.

A man influenced by her ability would be unable to resist any of her requests, especially instructions like this that carried an air of intimacy and servitude.

"Huh?" Qi Yun was stunned, slightly recovering from the shock just now, not having reacted in time.