[Please add my upcoming story next door, Countdown to Zero, to your collection! A sentinel-guide story with an apocalypse setting and a romance-focused plot. The blurb is at the very bottom~]
Zhuang Ning, the strongest graduate of the Guide Academy, has exceptional empathy and a brilliant mind.
Qiu Dongye, a one-of-a-kind rare Sentinel, has extraordinary combat skills and powerful abilities.
The Central Tower issues an order, pairing the two powerhouses to form this year's strongest couple.
When the match order comes down, Qiu Dongye can't stop grinning, but Zhuang Ning's every fiber screams rejection.
Because to him, Qiu Dongye is a complete lunatic with a screw loose.
"I'll write a request to dissolve the bond," Zhuang Ning tells Qiu Dongye coldly. "There's no way I'll be your Guide."
Just then, a bizarre psychic mutation suddenly erupts, and the two of them accidentally fall into the distorted mental space of someone suffering from the mutation.
The otherworldly space is full of danger. If Qiu Dongye's mutated werewolf form hadn't unleashed its full potential, they might both have died in there.
Unfortunately, Qiu Dongye carries the team in the field, then falls apart afterward. The side effects of his werewolf transformation are severe, and Zhuang Ning has to work hard to soothe his mind when it teeters on the brink of going berserk.
"The report... don't submit it."
Covered in blood, Qiu Dongye looks at Zhuang Ning weakly, still smiling.
"...Be my Guide. I'll protect you with my life."
Whenever Qiu Dongye goes berserk, he can't tell friend from foe, doesn't recognize anyone, and loses all his memories.
Yet he recognizes only the scent on Zhuang Ning, like a snowy plain.
A cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside Guide with an aloof, lofty air, the bottom X A devoted, battle-scarred big-dog Sentinel, the top
Reading Tips:
1. The instances are worlds of consciousness created by various people afflicted with psychic mutations. They're not scary: think action-puzzle AVG mixed with an endless-stream format.
2. Plenty of romance. The Sentinel-Guide couple tackles challenges and falls in love along the way. One-on-one pairing, happy ending.
This story follows the basic Sentinel-Guide setting, but also has plenty of original worldbuilding~
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Please add my upcoming story next door, Countdown to Zero, to your collection! It's a romance-focused Sentinel-Guide story set in an apocalypse, a bittersweet love story~
Upcoming story blurb:
Back then, they had no idea that their first meeting was really a long-awaited reunion, destined by fate.
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A sentimental, devoted Sentinel who can't forget his lost lover, top
Reborn soul, a Guide who doesn't know he's the lost lover, bottom
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If An Xing hadn't fallen for that man at first sight, he would never have known that a group of people in a bar on the edge of the city made their living by stealing time.
Time trading is strictly forbidden by the Central Tower. Get caught, and you spend the rest of your life in prison. And if you jump into a time rift to pull off a job, you might never make it back.
Everyone in this line of work is a desperado.
"Never knowing if you'll see tomorrow... Gosh, how terrifying." An Xing gives an exaggerated shiver.
"Now you know. So leave, little Guide. Don't get mixed up in this line of work."
Lin Siliang holds a cigarette between his fingers and slowly exhales a cloud of white smoke.
"No."
An Xing moves closer to Lin Siliang, props up his chin, and smiles, a soft little hook in his eyes.
"So what if I die? I fell for you, after all."
Lin Siliang is actually afraid of seeing An Xing.
An Xing is too much like the person in his heart. Even the words "Never knowing if you'll see tomorrow" sound exactly the same coming from him.
But that person disappeared deep inside a time rift, and no matter how hard Lin Siliang searches, he can't find them.
And yet Lin Siliang longs to see An Xing. Every time he does, he falls into the illusion that the person is somehow inside An Xing.
"Is it... you? Have you come back?" Lin Siliang can't help asking.
"Hm? Who came back?" An Xing replies, looking completely innocent.
Lin Siliang lowers his eyes, his smile three parts helplessness and seven parts self-mockery.
...Imagining something so absurd. He must be going crazy.
"Look at this chaotic world. You never know when it might completely fall apart."
An Xing says it as if offhand, trying not to care about the other person in Lin Siliang's heart.
"Maybe the earth will explode tomorrow, the rifts will collapse, and every countdown in the world will hit zero, including yours and mine."
"So while we're still alive, hurry up and love me, Lin Siliang."
Theme: Face hardship without fear and keep moving forward
I'm a little disappointed that the Sentinels don't have the overload capability. Speaking of which, how are Hong and the others doing? (I also want to see the extra story about Shen Qinghu and his Sentinels.
The one who most resembles him should be Conan, hahaha, as long as he suffers, he will die, and he also needs to reason ~ the secret room murder case! Style~
So what about the time loop, then we can always be together!
It's really sad, but I can only say that poor people are also hateful, and they have to pay the price.
Ah... Zhuang Ning and Qiu will not take their retreat, right... He is a tragic figure and an unforgivable sinner...
If this third son wasn't the murderer, he would have been responsible enough to feed the whole village.
Talk! Who doesn't like to watch sweet love?
After finishing the knot, scatter flowers o((*^▽^*))o I really like Da Da's writing style, come on!
It's so cool to ambush the QAQ so early.
First time collecting evidence on site?