Inside the aircraft carrier prison, Zhou Jiuya was interrogating Cecilia.
The two of them sat facing each other with a layer of special glass between them. Cecilia's hands and feet were locked with mechanical locks. She changed into a prisoner's clothes, but it still couldn't hide her superior figure.
However, becoming a prisoner did not seem to be a particularly bad thing for Cecilia. She still had that charming look and was leisurely playing with her beautiful nails.
"I'm not interested in you, Zhou Xiaoniao. Ask Pei Changyun to come in person."
Zhou Jiuya's face turned cold.
"Do you think you have the capital to negotiate?"
"Why not? Besides, is the secret I told so important?"
Cecilia supported her face with one hand and drew circles casually on the table.
"The once beloved Saint Lady has been imprisoned for more than two hundred years. Who do you think is to blame?"
Having said this, her fingertips paused, and the lazy smile on her face suddenly turned cold.
"Jiang Jinsheng, a mere B-level alpha, clearly doesn't have the ability to protect her, yet he chooses to provoke her."
When the Saint broke with the Pope and was imprisoned, Cecilia, as an apostle, was naturally coveted by all kinds of people. Because she was an omega. And she was A-level. In such a difficult environment, Cecilia grew up quickly. It took her more than 200 years to finally carve out her own place in the church where the weak are the prey of the strong.
She had tried everything to repair the relationship between the Pope and the Saint. Even though the results were minimal, the imprisonment order was still not lifted. But at least, Bai Min was alive and her heart was beating.
But Jiang Jinsheng's so-called salvation caused the death of her beloved Minmin.
"Do you think their original plan was really perfect?"
Cecilia grinned in a very strange smile.
"His Holiness the Pope has great connections. There is nothing in the Holy White Tower that he doesn't want to know. He knows every believer, and perhaps even more things than you can imagine..."
"—they're all his eyes."
As she spoke, she suddenly unzipped her collar, revealing a large area of white skin on her chest.
The woman's action was so sudden that Zhou Jiuya was shocked and immediately looked away as if he had received an electric shock. However, Cecilia was wearing a low-cut suspender, which was sexy and beautiful, but there was nothing vulgar about it.
Even though Zhou Jiuya quickly looked away, he still caught a glimpse of the large blood-gold holy mark on the woman's chest that spread to her collarbone.
Before that, it should have been golden.
Zhou Jiuya frowned.
"you… "
"Oh, it's rare to see such innocent behavior from an old man."
Cecilia winked at him coquettishly.
"Well, it's Leah's fault. I forgot that the commander is still single. It seems that he hasn't come into contact with any omegas in all these years..."
At this point, Cecilia seemed to have suddenly thought of something surprising. She stared at the stiff man opposite her, her face full of mischief and gossip.
"Zhou Xiaoniao, you can't be over 300 years old... or a fledgling, right?"
The legion commander was shot in the knee: "..."
Following Ye Shu's stingy attack, Zhou Jiuya was once again subjected to malicious attacks from all over the world.
But it is true that ever since Pei Changyun organized a blind date a long time ago, he has never seen a normal, delicate and cute omega again.
Zhou Jiuya is a straight A, with a sexual orientation towards omega, but he can't be found in the army or on the battlefield. In addition, his level is too high, so it is difficult to find a suitable pheromone match. But the most important thing is that he is Pei Changyun's confidant and the main commander of the imperial army. Once he really marries an omega, he will have to spend a lot of time on his family.
Zhou Jiuya was very busy. He was so busy that he regretted not being able to take good care of the young Jiang Ci. Naturally, he had no time to think about personal problems.
So I was alone again and again, lonely again and again, until now. In addition, the legion leader has always been clean and self-disciplined, and he takes care of his physiological needs by himself, and he will not look for some beautiful betas that do not need to be marked. So I became an old fledgling over 300 years old.
Zhou Jiuya closed his eyes and decided to change the subject, but Cecilia had already spoken first.
"Let's ask Pei Changyun to come."
She smiled and suppressed Zhou Jiuya's refusal, and said meaningfully,
"Do you want to listen to the secrets that His Highness Huo Chao told his wife?"
“?!!”
The word "wife" shocked Zhou Jiuya. It took him a long time to realize that the other party was referring to Pei Changyun.
"… "
Huo Chao's wife... Pei Changyun...
Although he had known about the relationship between the Marshal and the Emperor a few days ago, Zhou Jiuya still couldn't accept it calmly. At this moment, he felt his scalp tingling.
A few minutes later, the commander's brain quickly calmed down. He stared at Cecilia for a few seconds, and of course he knew that Cecilia's words were nine out of ten false. Because Huo Chao would not leave a message for her, but Cecilia had been asking to see Pei Changyun, and what she wanted to say was probably related to that person.
So Zhou Jiuya pondered for a moment, took a step back, turned on the headset and instructed his subordinates outside,
"Go and invite His Majesty to come down."
"yes."
At the same time, the diligent emperor was still dealing with the affairs of Hengyun Star. Last night's celebration party was nothing special to him, and Pei Changyun never drank alcohol.
"Your Majesty, your breakfast."
The captain of the guards brought a carefully prepared breakfast, but it was actually just a nutrient solution of better quality.
Hengyun Star is also a life star, and the seeds and animals brought from Earth have begun to breed, so in addition to the nutrient solution, it can also ensure that the diet is similar to that on Earth. But for Pei Changyun, he is too busy, and he only needs sufficient energy to support his work.
"okay."
Pei Changyun finished the drink in one gulp and motioned for him to go down.
"Your Majesty, you only slept for three hours last night. Do you want to rest...?"
"Need not."
Pei Changyun rubbed his brows. He was just reading the report sent by Hengyunxing. The successful suppression of the rebellion of the Third Legion did not mean that all dangerous factors had been eliminated. Moreover, the disappearance of the Holy White Tower also concerned him a lot.
Now he and the main forces of the First Legion are all on Shenglu Star, so it is possible that the church will turn around and attack Hengyun Star. Although Pei Changyun does not think that the other party has the strength to directly take Hengyun Star, if they really fight to the death, the empire will definitely be hit hard. Therefore, the top priority is to find the Holy White Tower and make all defenses and deployments on the capital star...
"His Majesty-"
At this time, an alpha officer stood at the door.
"The female prisoner wants to see you."
The Emperor said without even raising his head: "No, let Zhou Jiuya go and interrogate him."
He had nothing to say to Cecilia.
The officer was embarrassed and whispered,
"But, she said it was about... Marshal Huo Chao."
"… "
Pei Changyun paused.
Ten minutes later, Pei Changyun sat opposite Cecilia. Zhou Jiuya did not participate, but stayed outside. The sound insulation here was very good, and the recording system was turned off.
In other words, only Pei Changyun and Cecilia knew the content of the subsequent interrogation.
His Majesty the Emperor stared at her for a few seconds, his eyes sweeping across the holy scar that was spreading up from her neck. It was red-gold in color, and it was getting redder and redder, like a gorgeous branch spreading up.
His Majesty the Emperor looked away, his voice steady and calm,
"Go ahead."
"I thought you weren't coming."
Cecilia tilted her head and smiled sweetly.
"After all, you have been staying on Hengyun Star for the past three hundred years, like a turtle retreating into its shell, without even showing your head."
"… "
Pei Changyun didn't answer.
—Because it is.
Pei Changyun has never left Hengyun Star since the Earth became a dead star. Later, the alliance was completely overthrown, the empire became increasingly powerful, and the territory began to expand madly, but he never left. Even when countless people went to Earth to pay tribute to Huo Chao, even the Pope went there, Pei Changyun never went there once. This is also one of the evidences that those people used to slander him.
For three hundred years, Pei Changyun has been guarding Hengyun Star.
The dictatorial system of the empire gave him supreme power, and also made him the heart and brain of the country. Therefore, Pei Changyun could not be in any danger. Because if he died, the Illusionary God Cult would invade again without any scruples, just like they did when they manipulated the alliance. So he could not die.
"Yes, you can't die."
Seeing that the other party did not answer, Cecilia nodded to herself.
"After all, Your Majesty, you died without an heir."
"… "
Pei Changyun stared at her coldly.
"You asked me to come here just to talk nonsense?"
"It's been so long since we last met, your attitude is so cold, Xiao Yunyun~"
"… "
Pei Changyun tapped behind his ear and told the guard,
"Go borrow Chengyue and have the best mecha technician replace the outer coating."
The exterior coating of Chengyue was painted by Bai Min and Cecilia together.
"yes!"
The guard was about to leave, but suddenly heard a sharp alarm from the mechanical lock.
boom!
Cecilia slammed her fist on the table, like a lioness that was suddenly enraged.
"Pei Changyun, you dare!"
"Why not?"
His Majesty the Emperor raised his eyebrows, then turned his head, his emerald eyes were extremely cold,
"So, prisoner Cecilia, can you talk properly now?"
"… "
The woman stared at him coldly, then sat back down in her seat heavily.
"Heh, threatening me... Pei Changyun, you think you can hide your tail well."
Tail refers to the handle and weakness that can be used to threaten.
Just like Pei Changyun could use Bai Min to threaten him, Cecilia could also use Huo Chao to threaten the other party.
"No need to hide."
He spoke calmly.
"already dead."
And unlike Bai Min who left Chengyue for Cecilia, Pei Changyun had nothing, so he had no tail, no handle, and nothing related to that person that could threaten him.
"… "
Cecilia was silent for a few seconds, then spoke,
"What if I say that person can come back to life?"
"Don't use the same trick on me twice."
Pei Changyun lowered his head and adjusted his sleeves with a cold expression.
"It's just a fake. It dirty my hands."
"Oh... You don't believe it. It seems that Zhou Jiuya has not told you a lot of things. Even His Holiness the Pope has been investigating this secret for more than two hundred years. It's normal that you don't know."
Cecilia nodded in understanding. She supported her face with one hand and smiled meaningfully.
"Well, our Lord Huo Chao didn't die in a nuclear explosion."
She looked at Pei Changyun, whose body froze instantly, and tilted her head at his suddenly cold gaze.
"I should have died in that nuclear explosion..."
"—It should be Huo Xianfeng."
·
At the same time, Huo Xianfeng was reading the study materials and highlighted the knowledge about omega milk swelling during pregnancy and the subsequent lactation period. However, he seemed to see something he couldn't understand, so Huo Xianfeng sat down by the bed and asked seriously,
"Jiang Ci, why does it only say that during the omega's pregnancy, the alpha will use pheromones to comfort it, and nothing else?"
The major general, who was shocked by the breastfeeding period, came back to his senses. He wrapped himself in a quilt and looked over, then nodded.
"Yes, because after every omega becomes pregnant, the Empire will immediately assign a professional nanny to take care of the baby throughout the entire process. Generally, they will choose experienced and gentle female betas. So the alpha only needs to use pheromone to comfort the baby regularly."
"… "
Huo Xianfeng couldn't understand.
Although he understood human society, things like giving birth to offspring were of no help to him, so he did not study it in depth at the time. But now, he found it very strange and could not help but confirm it again.
"right."
Jiang Ci nodded. He also had a nanny when he was a child, but he didn't like it. He spent more time in the laboratory with his father and Xiao X. But later He Zhun came, and Jiang Ci deliberately made trouble in the laboratory to attract his father's attention. Jiang Jinsheng tried to reason with him many times but it didn't work, and then he was banned from entering.
Now thinking back, it seems that no alpha can take care of omegas like Huo Xianfeng, and from Marshal Huo Chao’s previous star blog, it can be seen that Huo Xianfeng is even good at taking care of children.
"Are you Zerg different?"
The Zerg only have male and female genders, and Huo Xianfeng is the king, so it seems strange that he would take care of a child. Jiang Ci's curiosity came, he held the can and ate while rolling up the quilt, moving over, staring at Huo Xianfeng and asking,
"So what is the general process for you to breed cubs?"
Huo Xianfeng thought about it and answered,
"When the female of the higher Zerg race is responsible for breeding the eggs, the male will be responsible for taking care of them throughout the process. This includes protecting, feeding, taking care of their emotions, and preparing everything to deal with all possible accidents. After the eggs are laid, it is the recovery period for the female's body, so the male will be responsible for incubating the eggs and taking care of the cubs."
"Such an instinct that is clearly defined and engraved into the gender gene can maintain the stability of the relationship between the two partners to the greatest extent and increase the survival rate of the cubs. We have confirmed that there is no concept of 'marriage' in the relationship between partners, and there is no such thing as an omega giving birth to a child for an alpha. The cubs are the cubs of both partners, and in the Zerg's cognition, it is natural that both parties should work together to make efforts and raise them."
"… "
Do you have the obligation to take care of your pregnant partner? And you also have to incubate eggs and take care of the cubs? ?
Jiang Ci was stunned when she heard this.
"But, Huo Xianfeng, aren't you the king?"
Is it necessary to do these things even at such a top position
"Yes, I am."
Huo Xianfeng nodded.
"But this is determined by gender genes, and has nothing to do with whether or not one is the king. The Zerg king is of any gender. If a woman is the king, then she is the one responsible for breeding the eggs."
But Huo Xianfeng is a man, so he has to fulfill his duty of care when his wife is pregnant with insect eggs. Because of this, he doesn't quite understand that the so-called care of alphas is just pheromone appeasement, and what kind of appeasement is, to put it bluntly, it's just physical intimacy and bonding, how can it be considered care. But he looked through all the information and found that in human cognition, alphas don't need to take care of their partners.
Of course, there are a few alphas who will take care of their pregnant wives, but some small things that should be obligations in Huo Xianfeng's eyes will be brought out and warmly praised by everyone in human society.
"It's normal and natural for an omega to have children, but for an alpha to take care of its pregnant partner is considered a great sacrifice in the eyes of the public and is something that deserves praise... So Jiang Ci, don't you think this is strange?"
Moreover, the omegas among humans who are responsible for bearing offspring are very weak and cannot compare to the strong women among the higher-level Zerg.
"… "
Jiang Ci was stunned. He felt that Huo Xianfeng's words were very special, but also very... very reasonable. He was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"It's... a little weird."
He looked down at the jar in his arms, suddenly realized something, then looked up and asked Huo Xianfeng,
"So, yesterday you started to have a fever, showed aggression towards outsiders, and were a little... dazed. Was it because you had begun to instinctively fulfill your duty of care?"
"right."
Huo Xianfeng nodded, then he was silent for a moment and answered,
"But... this state is not instinctive. I will adjust quickly. By tomorrow at the latest."
"No, no, no, no hurry, take your time."
Jiang Ci held back his smile. The more he looked at Huo Xianfeng in this state, the cuter he found him. He couldn't help but go up and kiss him.
"Take it easy."
Wang, who was kissed by his wife again: "..."
In the past, Jiang Ci rarely took the initiative to kiss him, but now that she was pregnant, it seemed a little different. Huo Xianfeng silently made a note, and the omega's habit during pregnancy had been expanded:
—Like to kiss him.
The corner of Wang's mouth curled up.
Yeah, that's a nice hobby.
Jiang Ci finished eating all the "soft candies" in the can, and finally felt about 70% full. Although he didn't know how much energy these were, Jiang Ci calculated the nutrient solution he had just drunk, which was enough for him to eat for three months. So based on this, it can be inferred that the energy of these light yellow soft candies that looked like honey was definitely an extremely exaggerated number.
At this time, Jiang Ci finally felt the same way as Huo Xianfeng did. Jiang Ci thought it was exaggerated when the other party ate up almost a month's worth of his food in the cave at once. Now he felt that Huo Xianfeng had endured a lot silently by himself.
It turned out that he didn't have any pregnancy reaction before, but it was delayed.
“Will I always eat this much?”
"Well, maybe a little more."
Huo Xianfeng helped Jiang Ci put the jar aside.
"The light of the egg was not bright enough before because it lacked energy. I speculate that perhaps because you are not carrying a fetus but an insect egg, your body has not yet reacted to the pregnancy. The mother body and the insect egg will affect each other. Therefore, the mental threshold that has been skyrocketing before should also be affected by the pregnancy."
Just like some human pregnant women will grow taller after becoming pregnant, it is not impossible for Jiang Ci's mental power threshold to increase.
Huo Xianfeng's IQ was still online, and he quickly figured out all the previous problems on the first night after learning that his wife was pregnant.
“… I see.”
Jiang Ci immediately understood. Zerg were much stronger than humans, so when he was pregnant, he did not enter a weak period like a normal omega, but moved closer to the Zerg.
Huo Xianfeng brought the clothes over, then lifted the quilt and put them on his wife.
"Get up when you're full. We'll go find Dr. Wen to ask about your breastfeeding period and other related matters."
Jiang Ci: “…”
It would have been fine if he didn't mention the breastfeeding period, but as soon as he mentioned it, he suddenly felt like his chest seemed a little swollen.
Omegas, both male and female, will produce milk during pregnancy, with some starting in the third or fourth month of pregnancy, and most starting after the seventh or eighth month. After giving birth, omegas will feed their babies, so they will also produce milk.
This is common sense, Jiang Ci knows, but he subconsciously doesn't want to face it because he has seen omegas breastfeeding, and that is too embarrassing.
"No!"
Jiang Ci grabbed Huo Xianfeng's hand and spoke very quickly.
"No need to go, I've learned it, I know it all, I can handle it myself!"
"…?"
Huo Xianfeng looked at him for a few seconds, then reached out to help him button his shirt.
"How are you going to deal with this?"
"… "
Jiang Ci looked at Huo Xianfeng steadily, and suddenly felt that he had transformed from the colorful peacock that had spread its wings some time ago into an extremely gentle and virtuous husband. But before Jiang Ci could think of how to reply, he suddenly felt the other party's hand touching his chest, and then tentatively rubbed and pinched it.
"It seems, compared to last night..."
Jiang Ci instantly covered his mouth and immediately took Huo Xianfeng's hand away.
"No! These are my pectoral muscles! They are my pectoral muscles!!! I've been training really hard lately, so... so my pectoral muscles are better trained."
Omega genes naturally determine that they are weak, so Jiang Ci has trained hard for more than ten years, but he only has some muscle lines, and has not been able to develop exaggerated bulging muscles like those alpha officers.
Huo Xianfeng's logical thinking was very clear. He believed that it was impossible for Jiang Ci to suddenly develop full pectoral muscles recently.
"oh… "
However, Jiang Ci had a bad temper during her pregnancy, so she had to go along with it. So Huo Xianfeng was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded.
"Well, you are right. I believe you."
Jiang Ci: “…”
He snatched the clothes and pants from Huo Xianfeng's arms, then huddled under the quilt and dressed as quickly as possible, and quickly changed the subject.
"Well... bring over the two cards and the Forbidden Abyss from yesterday."
"Um."
Huo Xianfeng didn't move, he just rolled his tail and "took" it.
Jiang Ci: “…”
In a sense, Huo Xianfeng's tail is really convenient when not being used as a weapon.
"Because you don't have official Imperial citizenship, you can't open a new bank account, so I can only transfer the money in the two cards to my personal account, which also contains my salary and the money my father left me."
"oh."
Huo Xianfeng counted a string of zeros. The first time, he thought he had counted wrong, then he counted again and found that even 100 million seemed not enough.
The Jiang family has been a prominent family since the Alliance era. The accumulated wealth is innumerable, so when the Dawn Army left the Alliance, most of the military expenses were supported by Jiang Jinsheng alone.
Later, when the empire was founded, almost all military industries belonged to the Jiang family. In order to support the development of other industries, the Jiang family allocated money to invest in almost all walks of life.
Although the military industry handed over more than half of its assets, there were still many assets in other industries. Even when Ye Shu built the underground city on Tiandong Star, Jiang Jinsheng secretly funded a large amount of funds. Before his death, he had arranged managers for all the industries, so Jiang Ci inherited a lot of shares. He did not participate in management, and could squander several lifetimes just by relying on annual dividends. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the top second-generation rich in the empire.
At this time, the empire's top rich second generation pulled Huo Xianfeng's hand and put the black ring on him.
"I have also linked my personal account to Jinyuan. You can use it at will in the future."
Generally speaking, the citizens of the Empire use optical computers to pay, but for those of them who have S-level or above mechas, the AI inside the mechas can already replace the function of optical computers.
Jiang Ci still remembered that Huo Xianfeng had cheated him out of money when he was in Tiandong Star. He felt angry at that time, but now he felt that Huo Xianfeng was too pitiful. Huo Xianfeng was still picking up garbage to sell at the recycling station at that time, and he drank industrial loose liquor. For the sake of money, he even accommodated himself who had such a bad temper at that time. He even had to borrow his clothes before he found his own people.
In short, everything shows that Huo Xianfeng is very poor, and he now has to support an army. If he had not just captured Mingcheng, a bunch of insects would have starved to death.
Perhaps because he had been with Nora and Huo Xianfeng for a long time, Jiang Ci had begun to have a filter for the ferocious and terrifying Zerg. He thought about it, and then calculated carefully.
"When the war is over, it shouldn't be a problem if you want to occupy Saint Dew as the new Zerg base. It's just that there aren't many minerals on this planet. I still have more than a dozen small mineral planets under my name, which should be enough to support your people by then."
"… good."
Huo Xianfeng nodded. He always knew that Jiang Ci should be from a good family and very rich, but now his perception of Jiang Ci's wealth has changed from a sucker to a wealthy nobleman who is rich enough to rival a country.
He thought about it and began to explain his assets.
"The Zerg are self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and all of their necessities are allocated according to their status. In addition, they do not trade with other races. Therefore, the Zerg do not have a currency system like humans. In theory, everything in the Zerg belongs to the king."
Huo Xianfeng actually felt that he should have a few planets, but they were not in this star field. However, three hundred years had passed and he didn't know what was happening to the Insect Star, so he didn't say anything.
Jiang Ci extracted the key information. The Zerg have no currency system. Everything in the Zerg belongs to the king. So...
—It is confirmed that Huo Xianfeng has no money.
Jiang Ci nodded in understanding.
"Well, it doesn't matter. My money will be your money from now on."
If it weren't for Huo Xianfeng's possible alpha self-esteem, Jiang Ci would have wanted to say, it's okay, I will support you in the future.
Tuk Tuk—
There's someone knocking on the door.
Jiang Ci watched Huo Xianfeng go to open the door, said something to the messenger at the door, then turned around.
"Pei Changyun has something to do, I have to go out for a while."
"good."
Jiang Ci nodded. Since the Emperor didn't ask him to go, he wouldn't go. Jiang Ci could still distinguish between public and private matters. Not to mention, he had other things to do.
Watching Huo Xianfeng leave, Jiang Ci subconsciously touched the pendant around his neck, but found nothing. He rubbed his swollen chest and began to look for his mecha.
"White Pond?"
At this time, the pendant in the corner of the door floated over quietly, with a resentful tone,
"Aci, have you finally remembered me?"
"… Feel sorry."
Jiang Ci stood up and took out the electronic board and connected it to Bai Ze.
"Log into the military's internal system and help me find some information."
"Ding, personal account login successful."
Bai Ze projected the page of the internal system and found that Jiang Ci was looking up the details of the various military regulations. The major general quickly browsed through the densely packed regulations, seeming to be looking for something seriously.
Bai Ze felt strange.
"Aci, what are you looking for suddenly?"
"Hmm... Huo Xianfeng's situation probably won't allow him to pass the normal political review, so we need to see if there are any special channels in advance."
Bai Ze didn't understand: "Ah? What special passage?"
Jiang Ci pursed her lips, but couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
"—Marriage application report."
White Pond:"… "
So you think of me because of him, right
(End of this chapter)