The Heroines Can Hear My and the Protagonist's Inner Voice!?

The western mountains were nearly four hours from the city.

By the time Lu Chen’s convoy reached the outer roads...

The sky had already turned completely black.

Only the headlights cut through the darkness.

Dense forests covered both sides of the road.

Mist drifted between the trees.

The deeper they traveled...

The weaker the phone signal became.

Eventually...

It disappeared entirely.

Rose looked at her screen.

"No service."

Ghost’s voice came through the encrypted radio.

"Same here."

Bear followed.

"GPS is starting to glitch."

Lu Chen continued driving.

He didn’t seem concerned.

"Expected."

Rose looked toward him.

"Expected?"

"The scout said every electronic device became unreliable within ten kilometers of the ruins."

"Qi interference?"

"Probably."

Rose looked through the windshield.

The mountain road had become narrow.

Old.

Barely maintained.

One wrong turn...

And the vehicle would fall down a several-hundred-foot slope.

Lu Chen drove faster.

Rose gripped the door handle.

"Boss."

"Hm?"

"You know slowing down doesn’t make you weaker."

Lu Chen looked toward her.

"Scared?"

"No."

She stared.

"I just don’t want to die because you decided a mountain road challenged your masculinity."

Ghost laughed over the radio.

Lu Chen’s expression darkened.

"Ghost."

Static.

Then...

"...Didn’t hear anything."

Rose smiled faintly.

Lu Chen ignored them.

His attention remained ahead.

The ancient ruins.

The inheritance.

Whatever was inside...

It belonged to him.

He could feel it.

Not literally.

Not yet.

But...

Something inside him told him this opportunity was enormous.

An instinct honed through years of battle.

A sensation he had learned not to ignore.

Whenever danger and opportunity appeared together...

The greatest rewards usually waited behind both.

Lu Chen smiled.

[This is what I needed.]

Rose’s expression changed.

She heard him again.

[Shen Tian can enjoy acting arrogant now.]

Her eyes narrowed.

There it was.

Again.

[Once I get stronger...]

Rose looked toward the road.

She didn’t bother listening to the rest.

She already knew.

Beat Shen Tian.

Prove himself.

Gu Qingya understands.

Repeat.

It was becoming exhausting.

. . .

Several kilometers behind them...

Another vehicle slowly entered the mountains.

Only one.

Black.

Unmarked.

No convoy.

No escort.

No dramatic security formation.

Shen Tian sat in the rear.

Xu Ning floated beside him.

A Shen Family driver controlled the vehicle.

That was it.

No Shen Yan.

No Bai Xue.

No Ling Shuangxue.

No harem.

No mother.

Shen Tian had told them where he was going.

Exactly as promised.

And...

For once...

He had gone alone.

Mostly.

Xu Ning counted.

[Your sister sent fourteen messages.]

Shen Tian stared out the window.

"Ignore them."

[Your mother sent eight.]

"Ignore those too."

[Chi Lingxi said, and I quote, "Please come back safe."]

His expression softened slightly.

"Reply to that one."

Xu Ning smiled.

[What should I say?]

"Tell her I’ll be back."

[That’s it?]

"Yes."

Xu Ning typed.

Then...

[Su Yue sent a sticker.]

"What sticker?"

Xu Ning displayed it.

A cartoon rabbit holding a sign.

DON’T DIE, IDIOT.

Shen Tian stared.

Then laughed.

"Send a thumbs up."

[Romantic.]

"Perfectly."

Xu Ning sent it.

Then...

She looked toward the road ahead.

[Lu Chen is approximately twenty-five minutes ahead.]

"Good."

[You’re intentionally letting him stay ahead.]

"Yes."

[Still planning to let him open everything for you?]

Shen Tian smiled.

"Why would I waste energy?"

Xu Ning stared.

Shen Tian continued.

"Lu Chen has six elite mercenaries."

"He has scouts."

"Combat experience."

"Probably explosives."

"Probably survival gear."

"Probably enough ego to walk into every trap personally."

Xu Ning slowly smiled.

[So...]

"He finds the ruins."

"Breaks the formations."

"Deals with whatever ancient creature is living inside."

"Reaches the inheritance..."

Shen Tian leaned back.

"...and then I take it."

Xu Ning laughed.

[You’re awful.]

"Efficient."

[You use that word too much.]

"Because it keeps being accurate."

The vehicle continued climbing.

Then...

Xu Ning’s eyes flickered.

[Host.]

"Hm?"

[Something changed.]

A system panel opened.

MAJOR FATE OPPORTUNITY

Ancient Martial Battlefield Legacy

Progress: 12%

Destined Recipient: Lu Chen

Fate Value: 38,000

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Thirty-eight?"

[Yes.]

"That’s higher than earlier."

[The deeper he gets...]

[The more Fate consolidates around the event.]

Shen Tian smiled.

"Even better."

Then...

Another line appeared.

Potential Secondary Reward: Ancient Weapon

Potential Third Reward: Blood Tempering Pool

Potential Hidden Reward: Battlefield Killing Intent Inheritance

Shen Tian’s green eyes sharpened.

"Now we’re talking."

. . .

Lu Chen reached the final road twenty minutes later.

The vehicles stopped.

Ahead...

The mountain path ended.

Nothing but forest.

No ruins.

No obvious entrance.

Just...

Trees.

Fog.

Stone.

Bear climbed from the second vehicle.

He looked around.

"This is it?"

Ghost checked a handheld scanner.

The screen flickered.

"Signal source is underneath us."

Rose stepped out.

Cold mountain air immediately surrounded her.

She pulled her jacket tighter.

"How far?"

Ghost looked down.

"At least sixty meters."

Bear frowned.

"So underground."

Lu Chen stared toward the forest.

Then...

His eyes narrowed.

He could feel something.

Qi.

Faint.

Ancient.

Different from normal cultivation.

It came in pulses.

Like...

A heartbeat.

He started walking.

Rose watched.

"Boss."

Lu Chen didn’t stop.

"Stay close."

The others followed.

No one questioned.

They entered the forest.

Ten minutes.

Then twenty.

The terrain became worse.

Steep slopes.

Loose rocks.

Thick roots.

Eventually...

They reached a cliff face.

Lu Chen stopped.

Rose frowned.

"Dead end."

Ghost approached the stone.

He scanned.

Nothing.

Bear knocked on the surface.

Solid.

Lu Chen remained silent.

Then...

He closed his eyes.

Spirit Perception spread.

The entire cliff entered his senses.

Stone.

Roots.

Water.

Then...

Something else.

A hollow space.

Deep inside.

Lu Chen opened his eyes.

"There."

He pointed toward a section of rock.

Bear stared.

"That’s a wall."

"Yes."

"How do we open it?"

Lu Chen smiled.

"Move."

He stepped forward.

Qi gathered around his fist.

Rose immediately understood.

"Of course."

Lu Chen punched.

BOOOOOOM!

The entire cliff shook.

Rocks fell.

Birds erupted from the trees.

A massive crack spread across the stone.

Bear covered his face.

Dust filled the air.

Ghost stared.

"Subtle."

Lu Chen struck again.

BOOOOOOM!

The crack widened.

Third strike.

CRAAAAACK!

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