The Strongest Sentinel (3): As long as Gu Juntian is locked up, even if Gu Juntian doesn’t like him, he is his alone!

After the original owner started dating Zhou Qinghao, he asked Zhou Qinghao for access to his residence.

The underground city was very crowded, and the living space for ordinary people was extremely small. The original owner’s home was considered spacious, with just two rooms and a living room, totaling less than fifty square meters.

But Zhou Qinghao’s house was different.

Zhou Qinghao’s place was very spacious, with over three hundred square meters!

The place where he previously committed murder was a reception hall of over a hundred square meters, where he usually discussed military affairs with his subordinates. Behind the reception hall was his residence, nearly two hundred square meters in size.

Zhou Qinghao’s house, compared to the several-acre villa of the governor’s family, was nothing, but in the eyes of the original owner, it was already extremely luxurious.

If it weren’t for the original owner’s desire to keep his relationship with Zhou Qinghao a secret, he would have loved to stay here every day.

However, even though he didn’t live here every day, he often came to steal things.

Except for Zhou Qinghao’s bedroom and study, he could enter all the other rooms, and every time he came, he took away something valuable.

Gu Juntian originally planned to go home and take a shower, but thinking about Zhou Qinghao’s previous situation made him feel uneasy.

Anyway, since there were guest rooms here, he simply went to the guest room to wash up. This way, after Zhou Qinghao finished washing, he could check on Zhou Qinghao’s injuries.

Gu Juntian entered the guest room and saw that the bedside table was missing a decorative item, and the bathroom was missing toiletries, which was somewhat awkward.

The supplies in the base were scarce, and it was hard for the common people to even get enough to eat, so naturally, the prices of toiletries were not cheap.

So the original owner took the items to use for his mother.

Speaking of which, when Zhou Qinghao left with his troops, he took some civilians with him, including the original owner’s mother.

It was just that the original owner was so preoccupied with that guide that he didn’t even take care of his own mother.

Although there were fewer toiletries in the bathroom, the remaining ones were still usable.

Gu Juntian, while taking a shower, opened the wristwatch-style communication terminal that every citizen in the underground city had, and began to read the news related to the recent beast tide.

Some mutated beasts reproduced very quickly, and once their numbers increased, they would form a beast tide.

Before the whole world underwent a major change, the beast tide might have been a locust plague, an insect plague, or perhaps an ant migration or a rat infestation.

That’s very annoying for humans, but it’s very unlikely to harm them.

But the mutated insects had become very large; today’s locusts weigh about the same as humans, could jump over a hundred meters, and their exoskeletons were extremely hard.

They even ate people and could consciously attack human bases!

Nowadays, the ants were also very large. The once tiny worker ants could now weigh several dozen pounds each. They were incredibly strong and preferred human bases even more than locusts did. Many human bases had been turned into ant nests after being overrun by these ants.

And this time, attacking Base One were the ants that covered the sky and the other mutated beasts driven here by the ant swarm.

A single ant was not very strong in combat, but a swarm of ants could make even some powerful beasts flee in terror.

Otherwise, if you were not careful and got surrounded by a fearless group of worker ants, there was a high chance you would be bitten to death and then taken to feed the ants.

Currently, on the star network of Base One, there was a scene of Zhou Qinghao leading his soldiers, taking the lead in fighting against the ant swarm.

In addition, there was news online saying that the head of the Medical Department at Base One had been sentenced to death for neglecting his duties and failing to provide medical resources to soldiers in a timely manner during the beast tide.

Gu Juntian thought he would see the civilians at Base One having intense discussions about these two matters, but he didn’t.

Many ordinary people never had the chance to leave the underground city in their entire lives; they were too lazy to understand anything about the surface.

A monotonous life had made them very numb.

Also, the ruling faction was very strict about controlling various online messages.

Nowadays, many bases were closed. The authorities of the bases decided what information the public could see, and the public could only see what they were allowed to see.

If it weren’t for Zhou Qinghao being so strong, someone who went against the authorities like him would have probably been quietly dealt with by the authorities long ago.

And now, there should be many people waiting for him to die.

No, Zhou Qinghao couldn’t die!

After Gu Juntian finished his shower, the clothes he had taken off earlier had already been cleaned up.

He put on his clothes, planning to have a chat with Zhou Qinghao and, by the way, understand the condition of Zhou Qinghao’s spiritual sea.

However, Gu Juntian waited outside for a long time but did not see Zhou Qinghao.

He could only study his own  sea.

In his mind, there were two streams of mental power.

One force belonged to the original owner, chaotic and disordered, but because it was inherent to this body, it occupied the central position of the spiritual sea, being the master of the spiritual sea.

As for the other force, it was one he brought himself.

This mental power was far stronger than the original owner’s mental power; it was hidden in the corner of the spiritual sea, like a stagnant pool.

Even now, he still couldn’t control this mental power.

However, once he figured out how to completely control this mental power, his combat strength might just be able to match Zhou Qinghao.

This mental power was his golden finger¹!

Gu Juntian tried several times and found that although he couldn’t control this mental power, he could pull off a small portion from it.

Then, Gu Juntian tried to merge this mass of spiritual energy into the original spiritual energy of the original owner.

After he did this, his spiritual sea shook violently, his head throbbed in waves, and it felt as if his entire head was about to split open.

He messed up!

It seemed that the sentinel’s spiritual sea could not be disturbed.

However, given the current situation, it had made him realize just how painful it could be when a sentinel’s mental strength was compromised.

Like the original owner, who had always lived in the base and was a low-level sentinel that he paid extra attention to, even if he was not very accustomed to it on a daily basis, he would not encounter a situation where his spiritual sea was turned upside down by mental force.

The situation was different for those sent to the front lines to fight.

During the battle, they needed to use their mental power and also engage their five senses… This was a huge challenge, both for the spiritual sea and for their own brains.

Those warriors really had it tough.

The original owner’s father was determined to die, which was not surprising.

He just felt that living was too painful.

However, even though it was very painful, Gu Juntian didn’t make a sound.

Such pain was bearable for him.

However, he could endure it, but his body inevitably started to tremble and even began to sweat.

“What’s wrong with you?” The door to Zhou Qinghao’s bedroom opened, and Zhou Qinghao, who had already cleaned himself up, stepped out.

Gu Juntian’s gaze fell on Zhou Qinghao’s face, momentarily forgetting his own pain.

Previously, Zhou Qinghao had just come down from the battlefield, his combat uniform drenched in blood, so he didn’t pay any attention to Zhou Qinghao’s appearance at all.

But at this moment, Zhou Qinghao had taken a shower and changed into his loungewear.

The original owner of Gu Juntian’s body came of age not long ago and then met Zhou Qinghao. Now, he was still not yet nineteen years old.

He was very young, while Zhou Qinghao was fourteen years older than him, already thirty-two years old.

Zhou Qinghao was very handsome, but perhaps due to the chaos in his spiritual sea, he had trouble sleeping year-round, and his complexion was not very good.

The residents of the underground city all had very pale skin, and Zhou Qinghao was no exception. Gu Juntian could even see the bluish veins beneath his fair skin, and the area under his eyes was even darker.

How long had it been since Zhou Qinghao had a good night’s sleep?

He heard that he awakened as a sentinel very early and went to the battlefield at the age of twelve… Had he been enduring pain for a full twenty years?

This was just too pitiful!

Gu Juntian felt a surge of heartache inside, mixed with a bit of helplessness.

No matter how you put it, Zhou Qinghao was still a strong person. Why would he care about Zhou Qinghao?

Was he worried that Zhou Qinghao’s health condition was poor? That he couldn’t fight with him to the fullest?

At this moment, Gu Juntian noticed that there was a scar on Zhou Qinghao’s face.

Zhou Qinghao had a rather cold demeanor, and this scar added a bit of fierceness to him, making him look quite unapproachable.

Gu Juntian felt a bit envious; the original owner of this body was too pale and delicate, not at all imposing or strong. If only this scar were on his face!

Gu Juntian also felt a bit uncomfortable—he had such a big scar on his face, didn’t Zhou Qinghao have even more scars on his body? It was too hard for him!

Zhou Qinghao felt a bit uncomfortable under Gu Juntian’s focused gaze, frowned, and asked again, “What’s wrong with you?”

Zhou Qinghao’s bedroom had been specially renovated; the soundproofing in this room was excellent, allowing him to get relatively good rest.

But today, even though he entered the room, his attention couldn’t help but wander to the person outside.

His superhuman senses naturally followed his thoughts, paying attention to that person.

He knew that once that person left, he would be able to return to normal.

But that person lingered and even started taking a shower in his house.

His house had excellent soundproofing, but it couldn’t withstand his exceptionally keen senses.

He could hear Gu Juntian’s showering clearly, and various images inevitably popped up in his mind.

He even wanted to go see what Gu Juntian looked like while taking a shower.

Of course, in the end, he did nothing.

He stayed in his room, waiting for Gu Juntian to finish washing up and leave.

But Gu Juntian had already finished showering, and yet he still wouldn’t leave!

Zhou Qinghao was troubled and restless, unable to calm his heart no matter what.

Previously, although Gu Juntian could influence him, the impact was not significant. But now, just being in the same space as Gu Juntian made him feel unsettled.

Originally, he didn’t care that much, but the fact that Gu Juntian was in contact with the guide made him care more and more.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but Zhou Qinhao suddenly noticed that Gu Juntian’s condition was not quite right.

Gu Juntian didn’t say anything, but his body began to tremble…

Opening the door and stepping out, the scent of Gu Juntian’s sweat immediately enveloped him.

Zhou Qinghao didn’t like the smell of others. He had always endured everything around him, but at this moment, he suddenly found the smell of sweat quite pleasant.

Gu Juntian’s mental power was still in turmoil, but he smiled at Zhou Qinghao and said, “I’m fine.”

Gu Juntian was sweating, which didn’t seem like anything, but Gu Juntian didn’t want to say anything, so that was that.

Zhou Qinghao looked very tired, but his eyes were sharp, and his aura was strong, making him seem like a sword drawn from its sheath.

He glanced at Gu Juntian, then turned and walked away.

Gu Juntian instinctively sensed that Zhou Qinghao was unhappy.

He quickly said, “I just felt a slight tremor in my spiritual sea, it hurts a bit.”

“spiritual sea shaking?” Zhou Qinghao frowned slightly, “You should find a guide to take a look for you.”

He could introduce a guide to Gu Juntian, but that would reveal his relationship with Gu Juntian, which would be detrimental to Gu Juntian  .

Anyway, Gu Juntian knew a guide; he could just find that guide himself to show him around.

Thinking this, Zhou Qinghao’s spiritual sea also began to churn, his mental power rampaging through his mind, and even unconsciously radiating outward.

He had become dangerous and terrifying.

Gu Juntian felt the pressure brought by Zhou Qinghao’s mental power.

Zhou Qinghao’s mental strength was very strong, but also very chaotic, giving people the feeling that he could lose control at any moment.

He had really gone crazy!

If he didn’t find a guide to help him sort out his mental power soon, Zhou Qinghao would be in serious trouble!

But ordinary guides couldn’t help Zhou Qinghao sort out his mental power at all. It was said that only an S-level guide could stabilize Zhou Qinghao’s mental power by merging with him.

And in the entire Base One, only the Commander’s wife was an S-level Guide, and she was already nearly eighty years old, so it was impossible for her to be with Zhou Qinghao.

Moreover… Zhou Qinghao just killed their son.

Gu Juntian realized that he must quickly understand the mental power system of this world in order to help Zhou Qinghao stabilize his mental power.

He didn’t want Zhou Qinghao to suffer anymore!

“Leave.” Zhou Qinghao looked at Gu Juntian  .

If Gu Juntian didn’t leave soon, he was really going to lose control.

He knew that Gu Juntian didn’t like him, and that his pursuit was for money, to live a comfortable life.

An eighteen-year-old young person, feeling lost for a moment, taking a wrong turn was normal.

He shouldn’t have agreed, but he couldn’t resist and did.

Later, it was actually quite normal for Gu Juntian to come into contact with a guide.

Which sentinel didn’t want a guide?

Gu Juntian, a newly adult sentinel, could never truly like a grumpy old sentinel who was on the verge of death.

In Zhou Qinghao’s mind, it was like a stormy sea, and his eyes turned red as he looked at Gu Juntian.

As long as Gu Juntian was locked up, even if Gu Juntian didn’t like him, he would still be his alone!

This thought had just arisen when Zhou Qinghao dismissed it from his mind.

Some powerful and influential people could do anything. In the past, he had encountered a situation where the sentinels of a powerful family imprisoned civilian sentinels and vented their brutal emotions on them.

He absolutely could not behave in such a beastly manner: “Get lost!”

Gu Juntian knew that Zhou Qinghao was very distressed, and that staying here would not only be of no help to Zhou Qinghao, but might even make Zhou Qinghao feel worse.

Gritting his teeth, Gu Juntian left Zhou Qinghao’s residence.

The underground city had no sunlight, it was very oppressive here, and it was divided into various areas. The areas where the nobles lived were even inaccessible to the commoners.

Zhou Qinghao lived on the outskirts of the inner city where the elites resided.

When Gu Juntian first stepped out of his house, he saw the inner city, but he hadn’t walked far before he saw the outer city, which was completely different from the neat inner city.

The walls here were not all made of steel, the faces of the people here were full of numbness, and the smell here was also very unpleasant.

All kinds of sounds were even more prevalent here.

Just walking on this road was already very difficult for the sentinel.

Sentinels really had it tough; how exactly was he supposed to solve their mental health issues?

Gu Juntian thought for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the residence of the guide that the original owner had been pursuing.

He already knew what a sentinel’s spiritual sea was like; now, he wanted to know what a guide’s spiritual sea was like.

Gu Juntian’s head still hurt a lot, but his pace of advancement was not slow at all.

Notes

1. Golden finger is often used figuratively to signify someone with immense power or influence, similar to the concept of a “kingpin” in English, allowing them to easily achieve success or manipulate situations to their advantage. ↩︎