Guide Her to Nowhere (NPH) - Chapter 36: She Is the Guide
Chapter 36: She Is the Guide
Qu Tang realized she was wrong. She had been naive, thinking she could be an outsider while being part of the game.
In this Sentinel and Guide world, unless she became an ordinary person completely, there would always be someone like Xie Li or Zhang San Li Si after Shi Xi.
Reality had already shown her that escape was not an option, so why not try using her Guide abilities as a weapon?
Qu Tang gripped the bullet pendant on her necklace, warmed by her skin, feeling it hot in her palm.
She decided to take a gamble, despite the high risk.
Qu Tang pinched the bullet, twisting the base of the cord, two turns left, three turns right. With a slight click, a one-centimeter needle protruded from the bullet’s tip.
“Could you please seal off this tent as well?”
Shen Qi observed her every move. Seeing she wasn’t about to inject some poison for suicide, he didn’t ask questions, silently using his spiritual energy to shield the tent from the world.
With her ‘poison addiction’ unsatisfied, her desire only escalated. Qu Tang did not hesitate; she turned her wrist over and injected the substance from the bullet into her body.
This was the antidote to the suppressant, her lifeline, the only one of its kind in the world. Her father told her to use it only in desperate times because Guides were the most precious resource to humanity, and no one should harm them.
Her father also said, Guides are not free, but as long as they live, there’s hope.
Although she wasn’t at death’s door yet, some things were more important than life or death.
She didn’t want to give up the struggle without effort, handing herself over to Xie Li’s spiritual imprint.
The antidote soon took effect, like a flower bud reluctantly unfurling its first petal, then bursting open in defiance.
The suppressant’s effect quickly faded, the sense of constraint vanished abruptly, and her unrestrained spiritual energy exploded like fireworks, filling the entire tent. Qu Tang felt as light and free as a cloud floating in the vast sky.
Shen Qi immediately sensed Qu Tang’s outward spiritual energy. He was surprised, yet not entirely, more curious about how Qu Tang had hidden her Guide identity, and also, Sentinels can indeed recognize Guides at a glance.
This recognition seemed ingrained in their genes; no guidance was needed, only seeing her was enough to know. Following that was an irrational, pure, yet obsessive fascination with Guides.
You would want to get close to her, touch her, because she could make you feel mentally relaxed and comfortable, leading you to want to protect her, possess her.
The rumors were true; for Sentinels, Guides were like catnip.
Shen Qi took a step back, only to see Qu Tang clutching her head in pain, the blanket slipping from her shoulders, revealing her rounded br3asts.
Shen Qi averted his gaze, “What’s wrong with you?”
“I can’t control it,” Qu Tang said, her head throbbing.
She had lost the gamble; her newly freed spiritual energy was still a fragile seedling, unable to even suppress Xie Li’s spiritual imprint, let alone remove it.
“What level is Xie Li?” Qu Tang asked, panting.
“S-level.”
“S-level?” Qu Tang was taken aback. Sentinels were ranked from S, A, B, C, D, to E, but she felt Shen Qi was a level above Xie Li. If Xie Li was S-level, what about him?
This wasn’t the time to care about that. After a pause, she asked, “What level do you think my spiritual energy is?”
Shen Qi looked at her as if contemplating, then replied after a few seconds, “D, I suppose.”
Qu Tang: “…”
From Shen Qi’s tone, she felt even this D-level was generous.
Truly not the protagonist’s fate; otherwise, once her suppression was lifted, her spiritual energy should have skyrocketed to become the world’s first super S-level Guide.
“Your spiritual energy is unstable now, but once stabilized, suppressing it isn’t impossible.”
“But I… can’t hold back anymore.” Without her experiences from two lives and the hardships of the last three years, she would have already succumbed to Xie Li’s imprint, opening her legs for anyone.
She still had to go that far.
Qu Tang bit her lower lip, hands braced on the carpet, her body leaning towards Shen Qi. She looked at him, saying nothing, but her eyes seemed to convey everything.
Shen Qi leaned back.
Qu Tang froze, her eyes welling up with heat. She lowered her gaze, retreating, wanting to hide anywhere.
The necklace swinging from her neck was suddenly caught by Shen Qi’s fingers. Qu Tang looked up in surprise, just meeting Shen Qi’s light gray eyes before he pulled her by the necklace into a kiss.