Underground city, above Asahi district, sky fortress.
The restaurant that had just experienced an explosion was in ruins, and a large number of guards were standing outside the door, all with serious and tense expressions. But the atmosphere inside had relaxed, and it was no longer as tense as before.
"so-"
Zhou Jiuya looked at Ye Shu with a complicated expression.
"You had guessed that people from the church would come."
"right."
The city lord smiled with narrowed eyes.
"As early as a month ago, when I heard that the Zerg had resurrected on Earth, I guessed that you would come."
When saying this, Ye Shu caught the slight surprise on Zhou Jiuya's face and sneered,
"Why, you are only allowed to place spies on my Tiandong Star, but I am not allowed to send a gift in return?"
"No… "
Zhou Jiuya shook his head. What surprised him was not this, but the fact that Ye Shu could talk about this matter so calmly.
After all, a month ago, when the Zerg resurrected on Earth, it was Huo Chao's death anniversary. But this can explain it. Ye Shu knew they were coming, so he arranged the situation in advance.
"Did you also deliberately expose the fake location of the Forbidden Abyss to the church?"
"of course not."
Ye Shu supported his face with one hand.
"How can you trick people into going in without giving them some real benefits? It's just that there is no core of the Forbidden Abyss there, just a broken skeleton."
At this point, he seemed to have thought of something, and smiled a dark and happy smile.
"… But I did prepare something else for them."
Compared to Pei Changyun, the annoying dog emperor, Ye Shu's hatred for the church was the highest. He even felt hatred when he mentioned these two words.
"Something else… ?"
Buzz.
The light brain on Zhou Jiuya's wrist vibrated again. It was the function that reminded him of unread messages for the communication numbers he paid special attention to. Fortunately, at this time, he finally had some free time to take a look.
[Jiang Ci: The people from the church have entered the underground of the deserted no-man’s land.]
"… "
Although he only briefly reported the situation of those people in the church, based on Zhou Jiuya's understanding of this little guy, Jiang Ci definitely followed him!
Seeing the silver-haired alpha's expression suddenly turn ugly, Ye Shu raised his eyebrows.
"Why, did you hear some bad news? Tell me so I can have some fun."
Zhou Jiuya was silent for a while before he spoke with a gloomy face.
"Jiang Ci also followed, underground in the desert no-man's land, but he didn't bring Bai Ze with him."
"… "
The city lord's smile faded instantly.
Snapped!
Ye Shu threw a cup at the legion commander fiercely, and it broke into pieces on the ground.
“Damn it!”
He cursed with gnashing teeth.
"Zhou Jiuya! How the hell can't you even keep an eye on an omega kid!!!"
Zhou Jiuya didn't answer, but asked with a gloomy face,
"—so what the hell did you bury down there?!"
"… "
Zerg.
Ye Shu gritted his teeth and didn't say the two words. He just stood up and
"I think Jiang Jinsheng is really blind. He entrusted that little ghost to you when he was dying!!!"
After saying that, he slammed Zhou Jiuya's shoulder away and strode out. The latter paused for a second, then immediately turned around and followed.
only…
At this moment, the anxious and angry city lord did not know that the group of terrible monsters he was worried about were just like a group of idiots, drooling wildly at the beautiful omega.
[He smells so good.]
[The color of this flower is so pretty!]
[As expected of the King’s flower, it would be nice if you could lick her for me…]
[Lick it...]
[The king has great patience.]
[How could he resist licking the flowers?]
[… ]
Perhaps because these are just larvae that have not yet entered the metamorphosis period, they do not have an extreme fear of the queen like the adults do, but are more inclined to be close to it.
But Huo Xianfeng had no time to pay attention to the group of chirping larvae at this time, because he was suddenly stunned by Jiang Ci's strange reaction and words.
If you say these weird things again, you will be fined...
No, he just asked about perfume or some medicine, why is it so strange, and why did he suddenly bring up the topic of deducting money
Huo Xianfeng was stunned.
After all, 10 million is not a small sum. Even if the major general is rich, he is not a fool who will be easily cheated. He only gave a deposit of 1 million, and the rest of the money will be transferred in batches.
Therefore, Jiangci has the final say on how to deduct and how much to deduct.
But the point is not whether the money will be deducted or not, the point is why the other party has such a weird reaction.
Huo Xianfeng hurriedly followed, wanting to observe Jiang Ci's expression to guess what she meant. But she seemed to be avoiding his sight, and refused to let him see.
"…?"
The boy found that omegas' thoughts were really hard to understand.
never mind.
Even if he didn't want to say it, he could guess it himself. The reason he asked one more question was just to be more certain.
At this moment, the boy looked forward. This huge cave seemed to have fallen into a dark abyss, and there were many forks in the road. It seemed like a maze with no end. The light emitted by Xiao X was only enough to illuminate an area of three or four meters in radius.
But this is not a problem for Huo Xianfeng.
He gradually discovered that some aspects of his body showed characteristics very similar to those of the Zerg, such as extremely fast recovery ability, love for rose flowers, and eyes that could see at night.
Most importantly, you can now ask for directions.
[Is there anything particularly strange in here?]
The king's question excited all the Zerg almost instantly.
[Yes, yes, there is a poop with a strange shape~]
[And there are stones that smell bad.]
[Ah! There are so many beautiful metals~~~]
[… ]
In short, various answers emerged one after another, and finally, Huo Xianfeng heard a more reliable answer.
[There is a glowing shelf~]
After getting the specific route, Huo Xianfeng walked forward quickly, a step faster than Jiang Ci, and got the right to re-navigate. He walked beside Jiang Ci with his hands lazily folded across his chest, and suddenly spoke,
"The things you found when you sneaked into the auction last night... were related to the Zerg, right?"
The silver-haired major general suddenly paused and his pupils dilated.
Jiang Ci quickly went over every detail of her meeting with Huo Xianfeng and found that there were no details that could be linked to the Zerg.
During the whole process, the major general showed only a moment of unnaturalness. He continued to walk forward, and his tone sounded calm.
"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Although the other party tried his best to cover it up, Huo Xianfeng knew that he guessed right.
According to the relevant information about Zerg he investigated, there is only one kind of scent that can attract Zerg.
—Zhimei flower.
After all, it was written into the imperial law, and the existence of Zhimei Flower was not unknown, on the contrary, it was common sense. The reason why Huo Xianfeng hadn't thought of it before was because he didn't think that the target of this fragrance was the Zerg.
But now, once he confirmed that the fragrance was most likely from the rose, Huo Xianfeng could easily guess the purpose of Jiang Ci entering the auction that day.
If nothing unexpected happens, he should be here to look for Zhimeihua.
After all, that night, Jiang Ci specifically entered a safe room where many rare plants were kept.
But Huo Xianfeng couldn’t understand why Jiang Ci, who came from a wealthy family, was a precious omega, and a major general of the Empire’s First Legion, was associated with something that was strictly prohibited by the Emperor
And after these two days of simple interactions, Huo Xianfeng had a rough idea of what kind of person Jiang Ci was. It was obvious that the other party was not the mastermind behind the incident. Either he was kept in the dark, or he had to take the risk for someone or something more important.
Huo Xianfeng once again bypassed Jiang Ci's question.
"I have a question, I'm curious."
Although the probability of a very strong omega joining the army is very small, why would Jiang Ci come to such a place to carry out missions after becoming pregnant
An official mission or a private matter
The latter is most likely the case. After all, omegas are so precious, why would they send a pregnant omega to perform such a dangerous mission? !
"Did you come to Tiandong Star to do all this for the alpha who made you pregnant?"
Jiang Ci stopped suddenly: "...???"
He remembered that the influence of the mutated Zhisu had not been eliminated. In Huo Xianfeng's eyes, he might still be a pregnant and widowed omega.
The Major General looked up, the silver ring was glowing, floating quietly between the two of them, in the dim blue light, the young man's deep and handsome outline was faintly visible in the backlight.
But Jiang Ci couldn't understand what was in the other person's eyes.
Apart from a name, he knew nothing about Huo Xianfeng. So even though his first reaction was to explain something, Jiang Ci suddenly realized it.
—Why should he explain to Huo Xianfeng
The major general found that he had been led by the nose by the boy since he met him, so he did not answer the boy's question, but asked back.
"What about you? What did you want to do by sneaking into the auction house last night?!"
Huo Xianfeng blinked.
"Of course it's for money."
"… "
Jiang Ci was stunned and speechless for a moment.
The other party always seems to be able to answer sensitive questions with the simplest and most irrefutable answers. Such sharp thinking and reaction ability are very suitable for being a spy.
For a moment, Jiang Ci didn't know whether the choice she made in such a hurry was right or wrong.
But at this moment, he had secretly made up his mind that once the pheromones in his body dissipated, he would have to draw a clear line between himself and this alpha named Huo Xianfeng.
As an omega, although Jiang Ci's physical conditions are not as good as those of an alpha, his sixth sense is often very accurate in some small details.
For example, his intuition told him,
—The alpha in front of me is very dangerous.
Whether it is the physical sense of oppression by force or the mental suppression by psychological strategy.
They are the strongest ones Jiang Ci has ever seen.
At this moment, the air suddenly became a little stagnant.
Huo Xianfeng looked at the gradually growing vigilance in those beautiful crimson eyes and smiled softly.
Isn't it too late to be on guard against him now
However, even though he had some secretive and dark thoughts just now, Huo Xianfeng had no specific plans to implement them. He slightly opened up a safe distance and continued to move forward.
"Shall we make a bet?"
Jiang Ci followed and frowned: "What are you betting on?"
"Bet I can guess why you're pregnant."
"… "
What could be the reason for an omega to get pregnant?!
What else can it be besides knotting
Jiang Ci felt that this guy was talking dirty again, and definitely had bad intentions. So the major general immediately frowned and was about to leave quickly, but Huo Xianfeng seemed to have guessed his thoughts.
"If I don't guess correctly, you can ask me to do anything."
The beautiful omega was stunned and subconsciously confirmed it.
"—anything?"
"yes,"
Huo Xianfeng looked back, a smile like ripples appeared in his deep eyes.
"—anything."
The tail end of his voice was slightly prolonged, echoing with an inexplicable sense of sexiness and enchantment in the empty cave.
"… "
Jiang Ci resisted the urge to rub his ears. He stared at Huo Xianfeng for a few seconds, as if to confirm the truthfulness of the boy's words.
"And if you guessed it right, what would be the result?"
"Then answer me a question truthfully."
Jiang Ci was surprised: "Just one question?"
Huo Xianfeng nodded, looking very sincere.
"Yes, just one question."
"… "
—That seems like a pretty safe bet.
"It cannot be about personal privacy, it cannot involve moral principles."
"certainly."
Huo Xianfeng said with a smile.
Jiang Ci was very familiar with that smile, so familiar that he suddenly wanted to regret it at that moment. Because every time the boy had bad intentions, he would show such a smile.
The boy did not give an answer directly, but slowly began to analyze from the beginning.
"At that time, Rhodes was very shocked when he found out that you were marked, which means that in his mind, you were not married and had not even been marked."
Why does Jiang Ci have pheromones that only pregnant omegas have? Besides, the military will not let a pregnant omega go to the battlefield.
So this means that when he was fighting with Jiang Ci on Earth last month, the latter was not pregnant and was not even marked.
Of course, Huo Xianfeng didn't say this, otherwise he would be exposed.
So, there are only two possibilities:
The first is that within this month, Jiang Ci went through the entire process of being marked by alpha, becoming pregnant, and then marking alpha's death.
Of course, this doesn't make sense in terms of time and physiological logic.
Not to mention whether or not she could get pregnant within a month, even if she did, it would be impossible for her to emit a concentration of pregnancy pheromones that would be noticeable to people. Because when an omega gets pregnant, it usually takes three months for the pheromone scent to change significantly.
So there is only the second possibility left -
"You injected some drug that changed your pheromones and made people mistakenly think you were pregnant. This would also explain why there are no other alpha pheromones in your body."
Jiang Ci: “…”
Surprisingly... all of them hit the mark!!!
The purpose of his coming to Tiandong Star was not only for the antidote for himself, but also for investigation. At least he could make up for his crime and find out the person behind Zhimeihua so as to reduce He Zhun's punishment. After all, the Zerg had just been resurrected, and Zhimeihua appeared on Tiandong Star. There must be something fishy about it. In this matter, He Zhun was wrong, even very wrong.
But Huo Xianfeng seemed unwilling to stop there. He tilted his head and thought for a moment, and even guessed a deeper point.
"If I'm not mistaken, the person who injected you with this drug should be the beta you communicated with before!"
After all, the other party's tone of voice and unconscious movements were very much like a doctor's professional habits, and Jiang Ci called him as soon as he recovered his mobility. If it wasn't a close blood relationship, it could only be a doctor-patient relationship.
"you… "
Jiang Ci was shocked.
"What on earth are you..."
But at this moment of shock, he suddenly realized that what Huo Xianfeng had just said was not an explicit and intimate confession, but was really just a literal inquiry.
"… "
At this moment, the silver-haired major general didn't know whether he should be shocked by the other party's keen observation, overly quick and accurate reasoning, or angry at his own self-indulgent misunderstanding.
"How do you know he's a beta?"
After all, there is no way to identify pheromones through communication.
—That’s easy.
Huo Xianfeng first ruled out the alpha. According to Jiang Ci's personality, it would be impossible for him to become good friends with an alpha.
As for, why not omega
"Well… "
The young man said calmly,
"—Because he's not as good-looking as you."
He Zhun has a gentle and modest appearance. He may not look stunning at first glance, but he is very attractive. However, compared with the overly delicate and beautiful omega, he seems to be overshadowed.
Jiang Ci: “…”
Although from the perspective of big data, omegas do look more delicate than other genders, but judging from this aspect alone is a bit too much...
The Major General turned his head and said coldly,
"shallow!"
"… "
Huo Xianfeng was not angry, he just shrugged.
Jiang Ci was silent for a long time, but decided to fulfill the bet. He turned his head and asked Huo Xianfeng,
"What exactly do you want to ask?"
The young man responded casually, as if he had just remembered this.
"Well, I haven't decided yet..."
That attitude was as if he had just played an overly simple game on a whim, but as the other party in the game, Jiang Ci lost miserably!
Most importantly, the other party didn't care about the prize they won.
"—Save it for now."
Jiang Ci, who had prepared herself mentally for a long time for fear of being asked some tough questions, said: "…"
If he makes any bet with this guy again, his surname will no longer be Jiang!!!
After every confrontation and every defeat, Jiang Ci refused to speak to this alpha anymore, so the two of them fell silent and continued to move forward.
Twenty minutes later, according to the directions given by the larvae, Huo Xianfeng felt that they should be almost there. He was about to say something, but at this moment, Jiang Ci suddenly turned her head to look at him—
"You made that bet on purpose!"
The major general finally came to his senses.
"… What on purpose?"
The boy blinked with an innocent expression.
Seeing the familiar expression on that face, Jiang Ci couldn't help it anymore. She grabbed the man's collar and pressed him against the stone wall next to her.
"Huo Xianfeng!!!"
Jiang Ci lowered her voice and gnashed her teeth in anger.
"You clearly already..."
This guy had obviously guessed the truth a long time ago, and even deliberately asked him whose baby was in his belly, whether it was to mark him as the alpha, etc...
—It was obvious that she was teasing him on purpose!!!
Crash...
Suddenly, a few pieces of rubble the size of a fingernail fell from above, and a faint warm light spread out from the corner. The two of them were stunned at the same time. They walked past the corner in front of them.
In the distance, the originally thick and sticky darkness was suddenly dispelled by a warm orange glow.
—It was a huge energy reactor,
Countless photon tracks lingered around the reactor, transmitting all the energy upward. These photon tracks were forged from countless cloud crystals, and as the energy liquid flowed, they reflected dazzling light from different angles.
Such a huge energy reactor can almost sustain the energy expenditure of ten underground cities. But where is such a huge amount of energy transmitted to and what is it used for
Huo Xianfeng raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and followed the countless intertwined photon tracks upwards.
-found it.
I saw the remains of a huge mecha sitting in the hollow of the stone wall just above the reactor, with countless tiny photon tracks shuttling back and forth into it, like thousands of blood vessels.
This huge mecha wreckage looked only half complete, but it was almost the same as the double S mecha Wanjiang that Huo Xianfeng had seen on Earth.
The remaining outline is fragmented, and each piece is wrapped in the smoke and blood left over from long years ago. Just sitting there quietly, it gives people a strong sense of evil.
However, it was obvious that the wreckage had been carefully cleaned and repaired, but the chest was empty, as if someone had dug out the heart.
"This is… "
Jiang Ci opened her eyes wide, her pupils dilated due to extreme shock.
"—Forbidden Abyss!"
Or to be more precise, this is just the wreckage of the Forbidden Abyss.
Jiang Ci had seen it before, because there was a photo of Jin Yuan in Zhou Jiuya’s study.
Jinyuan, the only 3S mecha owned by humans, the symbol of Marshal Huo Chao. "So that's how it is..."
Jiang Ci finally understood. He looked at the huge mecha wreckage that was a hundred meters high in front of him and murmured in a low voice,
"So he...they all came here to fight for this."
Huo Xianfeng stared at the huge wreckage in front of him and murmured in a low voice.
"Forbidden Abyss...?"
He knew that the Forbidden Abyss was the mecha of Marshal Huo Chao, but according to the information, it should have been reduced to ashes three hundred years ago. How could it be hidden under the ground of Tiandong Star? !
Could it be that the people in the church want the remains of the Forbidden Abyss
No, no, no. No matter how powerful a mecha is, it will just be a pile of scrap metal after being scrapped. The only part that is truly useful is the core at the chest of the mecha, which is integrated with the cockpit.
However, since the remains of the Forbidden Abyss are on Tiandong Star, then its core must naturally be here!
Huo Xianfeng finally realized that the military and the church suddenly appeared on Tiandong Star at the same time just for the core of Forbidden Abyss!
Obviously, Jiang Ci also guessed this at the same time, and he put the silver ring on his wrist again.
boom!
After a crisp sound, an extremely thin alloy wire shot out from the silver ring and finally nailed firmly into the stone wall next to the left leg of the Forbidden Abyss wreckage.
Huo Xianfeng frowned.
"what are you up to?"
"Go check the cockpit to see if there are any clues inside."
After saying that, he pressed the button, and the whole person suddenly turned into a sharp arrow and rushed up.
But just as I started, I felt a weight in my calves.
Jiang Ci lowered his head and saw the familiar alpha hanging on his calf.
"Huo Xianfeng!"
"exist."
"… "
never mind.
Jiang Ci choked for a few seconds, but finally decided not to argue with him.
After all, this guy is always so shameless and it's impossible to win an argument with him.
despair.
Jiang Ci grabbed a fragment of Jin Yuan's broken leg bone with one hand. Because of his injured left shoulder, he could only use his right hand. In addition, the line was not long enough, so he could only climb up from Jin Yuan's calf with his bare hands.
But Huo Xianfeng was too heavy, and Jiang Ci could hardly climb up with one hand, let alone with two people.
“Let go!”
"… "
Huo Xianfeng raised his head and his gaze lingered for a moment on the large patch of dried blood on the other person's left shoulder.
The next second, Jiang Ci felt the weight on his calf loosen slightly, but before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, the other party grabbed his ankle and pulled him down!
Swish!
Caught off guard, Jiang Ci slipped out of his hands and was dragged down.
"Varied… "
However, the strong feeling of weightlessness only lasted for two seconds, and the beautiful omega fell "pop" on Huo Xianfeng's broad shoulders.
The sudden fall and change of posture made Jiang Ci's body tense instantly.
His posture at the moment was very strange, he was almost being carried on Huo Xianfeng's shoulders, which meant that at this height of 100 meters, the only point of support for his entire body was the opponent's shoulders.
This way of putting his life and safety in the hands of others made him feel very insecure.
Jiang Ci's pupils dilated and she unconsciously clutched the boy's clothes on his back tightly, like a cat afraid of heights.
"Huo Xianfeng! Are you fucking... " sick
The latter patted Jiang Ci's waist lightly and said in a deep voice,
"Hold on tight."
Wow!
The alpha boy suddenly exerted force with his hands, and his robe suddenly stuck together in the wind and then suddenly bulged up. He climbed up nimbly and swiftly like a black panther.
(End of this chapter)