[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-bloodline-system":3,"chapter-the-bloodline-system-the-bloodline-system-chapter-1662":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Bloodline System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1076994,1391,"Chapter 1662 1662: Disagreements","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1662",1662,"\u003Cp>She stayed like that for several minutes, letting months of grief and fear spill out of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, she forced herself up, staggering toward the mirror again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She washed her face, splashing water repeatedly, as if trying to drown the exhaustion etched into her features. When she finished, she grabbed a clean cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrapped it around her lower torso, tightening it until the gentle curve of her belly flattened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tied it securely and then tugged her shirt back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the world outside that bathroom door, she looked the same as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wasn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was hiding something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something monumental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something precious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that should have filled her with joy…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…but now only filled her with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed one hand on the hidden bump beneath her clothes as tears filled her eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're all I have left of him…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please… please don't take this from me too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rested her forehead on the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her terrified and broken reflection stared back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She inhaled shakily…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll protect you… even if the universe burns.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wiped her tears one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she walked out of the bathroom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The argument inside the crystalline chamber of the pocket-star grew louder by the second. Voices overlapped, desperation clung to every word, and exhaustion coated every gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…are you listening to yourself? Even if we had a hundred Alpha ranked Mixedblood on our side—ONE deity would wipe them out!\" E.E slammed his palm on the transparent star-table, causing cracks of light to ripple across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aildris rubbed his eyes. \"We've gone through this. Over and over. We can't mobilize anyone. They kill everything the moment it moves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falco leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can't keep running,\" Falco muttered, voice hoarse. \"We need something that can match them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Falco is the ONLY one who even comes close!\" E.E barked. \"And even then—we're doomed! There are HUNDREDS of deities! Some older than recorded history!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voices erupted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The alliance is gone—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The MBO is dust—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every planet is screaming for help—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humanity is pretty much dead—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gustav would have known what to do—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...But Gustav isn't here anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That last sentence hit like a blade through all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angy arrived back in their midst since her nauseous spell had passed. She only hoped her face wasn't too pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hoped no one noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the others were arguing, her mind was replaying visions and echoes that she had been seeing in her mind these last few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first she thought she was sick but it was happening again so she was starting to take it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stirring inside her mind were not words exactly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were more like impressions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something calling out to her bloodline. Something calling out… from beyond death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They group began shouting again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No strategy will work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They'll find this place eventually!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're running out of food—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Endric, say something—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the meeting fell through since they couldn't come to an agreement and it got adjourned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Angy woke before dawn, breathing heavily as her heart beat intensely like it wanted to escape her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again… the same fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand reaching through blinding white. A voice swallowed by static. A shadow falling through a spiral of collapsing universes. Something — someone — calling her name, but distorted as if spoken underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she blinked, she saw Gustav's silhouette fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She washed her face, stepped out of her quiet chamber, and the cold air of the Hidden Star greeted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Star wasn't a city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive refuge, carved into the crystal innards of a hollow star Gustav had shaped before disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It housed, Mixedblood refugees and a variety of alien from different galaxies with a handful of humans\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every morning, things started out with a fragile routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angy walked past the hydro-farms... glowing corridors lined with floating soil pads and photosynthesis arrays. Mixedblood kids harvested giant ganther leaves while an alien elder with three arms scolded them for picking the unripe ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Discipline! If you don't respect nature, nature won't feed you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communal kitchens smelled of spices both human and extraterrestrial. A Xurillian woman was stirring a pot beside a human refugee from Earth, arguing about salt levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don't eat that much salt—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your people are bland!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well your food melts pots!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pot actually did melt once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still joked about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another sector, older Mixedbloods added an extra layer of protective barrier to enhance the Hidden Star cloak. Energy crystals were unstable; everyone lived with the fear that the deities would one day sense them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beneath that fear brewed bitterness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every two or three days, leaders(mostly the gang) gathered in the central hall for meetings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>E.E. was usually first to raise his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We cannot just hide forever! The universe is dying while we rot here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alero slammed his palm against the crystalline table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We attack what, exactly? Deities? You want us to commit suicide as a group activity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inkun interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're thinking emotionally—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alero snapped,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh and you're thinking like someone who's already given up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the old team that consisted of only Gustav's friends couldn't agree on anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were proposals:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evacuate to another hidden realm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Search for a powerful artifact\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Try to awaken the ancient Mixedblood war-forms\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attempt communication with the deities\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or abandon everything and scatter\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single vote was unanimous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every meeting ended worse than it started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angy attended every one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She listened with her hands folded, lips pressed tight… but her mind was elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because every time someone mentioned Gustav, her vision flashed again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White light… falling worlds… a heartbeat inside a void… and his voice, too faint to grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to speak but what could she say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I keep seeing visions I don't understand, and I think Gustav might not be fully gone\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd think she was grieving too hard.\u003C\u002Fp>",1003,"2026-06-03T10:34:21.839Z",1,"novelbin.me","fc7742b21e43dba60cf8c162260972114edb286fc14139698ffbe838cd9b7f37","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1663","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1661",1688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-bloodline-system-cover.jpg"]