"Since Huo Yuhao previously wrote in the diary that according to the original timeline, no one besides Meng Hongchen should have appeared here, your presence must mean you all also have copies of the diary in your minds, right?"
After finding a quiet place, Gu Yuena swept her calm gaze across the faces of the women before her. Her tone didn't carry the slightest fluctuation.
In fact, the moment she could talk about the diary's existence in front of these women without experiencing the usual heart-palpitating backlash, Gu Yuena had already gotten her answer.
Naturally, the others also realized what this meant. After obtaining the diary copies, they had all attempted to reveal them to outsiders—only to find that doing so led to a guaranteed death.
So... this was a mini gathering of diary holders now?
Meng Hongchen turned to look at Wang Dong'er and asked the question she was most concerned about.
"Since you also have a diary copy, then you should already know the truth—know what Tang San is plotting against you, right?"
Wang Dong'er's expression turned cold, her fists clenched tightly. Everyone present could clearly feel the fury and hatred radiating from her. The other women couldn't help but look at her with some pity.
To be treated as a mere tool by her own father, and to be replaced by someone else in the future... everything she'd enjoyed as the future heir of the Clear Sky School had all been a lie.
Anyone who found out their fate was like this probably wouldn't be able to take it.
Under the gazes of the others, Wang Dong'er took a deep breath and said solemnly:
"The divine consciousness fragment of Tang San hidden in my soul has already been absorbed by the diary, but his next move has yet to come. I think Huo Yuhao's earlier guess was right—the God Realm is indeed in trouble! Otherwise, with his personality, he would never let a perfect tool like me escape his control!"
The women all nodded in agreement upon hearing this. Even if they hadn't interacted with the God King Tang San, they could infer what kind of person he was just from his actions.
Di Qiu'er crossed her arms over her chest and spoke next.
"The God Realm really is having issues. It's already lost its connection with Douluo Continent. Just like Huo Yuhao guessed, for the time being, those so-called gods can't do anything to this world."
Di Qiu'er raised her chin proudly, waiting for someone to ask her for more details.
Unexpectedly, after a brief moment of surprise, Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, and the others all turned their attention—not to Di Qiu'er—but to Gu Yuena, who was standing beside her.
"Is what Di Qiu'er said true, Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena?"
Gu Yuena nodded slightly, confirming that Di Qiu'er had told the truth. This made both Xu Tianzhen and Meng Hongchen breathe a small sigh of relief.
The two girls couldn't help but think: if the God Realm really couldn't interfere anymore, wouldn't that mean when the Sun Moon Empire eventually went to war with the original three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, Tang San wouldn't be able to shamelessly intervene at the last moment and stop the unification—just like Huo Yuhao had warned?
Even Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Guyi had their own thoughts churning. Feeling ignored, Di Qiu'er looked a little irritated, but before she could say anything, Gu Yuena continued speaking.
"I didn't bring you here to talk about that. I just wanted to remind you: if you're only thinking about getting your names mentioned ten times in Huo Yuhao's diary without using your brains, then with how sensitive he is, it won't be long before he figures everything out."
"Some of you must've already tried. Not only can we not tell outsiders about our diary copies, we can't let Huo Yuhao know either, right?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Hongchen immediately confirmed:
"I've tried—it's true, we can't say anything."
Gu Yuena nodded, unsurprised, and continued:
"So, no one can guarantee what will happen if Huo Yuhao finds out. And you all don't want to lose your chance at earning more rewards from the diary, do you?"
Gu Yuena's words made everyone's expressions shift. Meng Hongchen was relatively calm—after all, she had already received the first day's reward, which had elevated her martial soul to the "Extreme Ice" level and granted her a soul ring that would grow alongside her strength.
But for the others, this was their first time appearing in front of Huo Yuhao—they hadn't received any diary rewards yet!
Wang Dong'er frowned and looked at Gu Yuena.
"What are you trying to say?"
Still calm and ethereal, Gu Yuena replied:
"What I'm saying is—act normal from now on. Don't ruin it for everyone by doing something stupid just for one day's reward. I don't want to see that happen. Understand what I mean?"
"I'm done talking. Who agrees? Who opposes?"
With that, the atmosphere immediately turned strangely silent.
Everyone looked around at each other—no one wanted to be the first to speak.
Still, from Gu Yuena's words, they all felt her commanding presence as the Silver Dragon King. Her meaning was very clear: if anyone let Huo Yuhao find out the truth and ruined future diary rewards, she wouldn't let that person off the hook.
And honestly, the threat worked.
Even though Gu Yuena was injured, she was still the leader of the soul beasts—the one who made even the fiercest beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest obey. Her power? Probably enough to overwhelm even a legendary Limit Douluo, right?
At the very least, no one here wanted to test how scary she could be.
...Though that didn't stop them from silently roasting her in their hearts.
"Silver Dragon King? Soul Beast Queen? Pfft, she's just a romance-obsessed airhead like the rest of us!"
As they mentally mocked Gu Yuena, the diary copies in their minds all began to flicker.
'Huo Yuhao wrote something new?!'
After seeing how Huo Yuhao had deduced the God Realm's problems from just a few clues, the diary holders were even more eager to check the latest update.
Even Gu Yuena couldn't bother threatening anyone further and immediately opened hers.
[Oh boy. I just came to the cafeteria to grab a meal, and bam—my food got knocked over. And the culprit? None other than Juzi—the future Empress and War Goddess of the Sun Moon Empire?! Look, I've suffered a lot of food loss thanks to the White Tiger Duke's residence, and I am heartbroken... but after Juzi apologized multiple times and offered to treat me to lunch, well—I reluctantly agreed.]
[To be fair, this Juzi-senpai is kind of pitiful. I figured I'd run into her eventually at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, but I didn't expect it to happen this soon. So... how should I treat her from now on?]
As they all read the new diary entry…
Gu Yuena, Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, Di Qiu'er, and the rest all had the exact same thought pop into their heads:
Crap! Someone's stealing our man right under our noses!
(End of Chapter)