Before meeting Huo Xianfeng today, Ye Shu thought a lot about Huo Chao and their past.
He hasn't thought about that person for a long time.
Ever since Huo Chao's death, everyone Ye Shu knew had been deliberately avoiding mentioning that name. Huo Chao had been dead for so many years, but when he was suddenly mentioned now, the memories were still clearly visible, although yellowed.
This long story begins more than three hundred years ago, with the sudden rise of the Phantom God Cult.
After this mysterious church began to deliberately seize the right to speak in the Union Parliament, many local governments felt a deep crisis. They felt that this was theocracy devouring human rights and was bound to bring disaster.
At the same time, many people took advantage of the situation and military coups and riots began to occur in various places.
And it was at that point in time that Huo Chao joined the alliance army.
However, at that time, Ye Shu was just an ordinary troublemaker, 15 years old. Because the alliance was unable to take care of itself, it was common for local nobles to collude with the garrison.
Those parasites imposed taxes and oppressed the people. They were not like protective guards, but like enslaving colonists. Later, unable to bear it any longer, Ye Shu's parents united many people to protest and wrote an anonymous letter of denunciation.
Of course, the letter was not delivered. The garrison opened fire on the unarmed people in Yuxi, killing all the protesters. Ye Shu hid under the bodies of his parents and survived.
Later, he wandered in exile with serious injuries and full of hatred. Just before he decided to join the rebels of a local organization, Ye Shu suddenly heard that an officer named Huo Chao had publicly hanged a dozen criminals who colluded with the military and businessmen.
So Ye Shu found the other person with the last glimmer of hope and handed him the bloodstained letter.
The latter looked at him silently and seriously for a long time, then gently touched his head and said,
"… okay, I get it."
Obviously at that time, Huo Chao didn't look much older than him, but when the other party said that, Ye Shu believed it without hesitation.
Later, Huo Chao did quickly get rid of the group of evil-doers and arranged a new adoptive family for Ye Shu. But the latter shamelessly stayed with Huo Chao.
However, Ye Shu had not been to military school at that time. He was thin and small, and could not do anything. He could only mop the floor in the military camp every day. He also had to train with ordinary soldiers every day.
"Huo Chao, are you really planning to keep that little guy?"
At that time, Jiang Jinsheng thought this scene was extremely novel. Occasionally when he came to see Huo Chao, he would praise Ye Shu for wiping the floor so brightly.
Pei Changyun didn't have any objection. After all, as the executive officer of the Political Department and the Minister of Military Intelligence, he didn't take a kid who could only mop the floor seriously at all.
It was at that time that Ye Shu met Jiang Jinsheng and Pei Changyun. They were already very familiar with Huo Chao and had a very close relationship with him.
He remembered that every time Pei Changyun came, he would hold a thick stack of documents and put them on Huo Chao's desk.
"Here, this is the latest document issued by the alliance, as well as the intelligence and battle data collected by the Military Intelligence Department. I have marked a few parts in red, so remember to read them all today."
Finished watching today? ! !
Huo Chao: "... Can I only look at the ones marked in red?"
Pei Changyun nodded: "Okay."
Then Huo Chao opened it and saw
—All red.
Huo Chao: “…”
Jiang Jinsheng, who was standing next to him, saw this scene and laughed without any hesitation.
Therefore, almost every time Pei Changyun came, Ye Shu would see the lights in Huo Chao's office on all night.
Ye Shu mopped the floor for three years before he was transferred to be the guard at the door of Huo Chao's office, and then to the battlefield. For ten years, he followed Huo Chao to various battlefields. Huo Chao was promoted from a local officer to a lieutenant general.
At the same time, Ye Shu also accumulated some military merits, and climbed up step by step with gritted teeth.
At that time, Ye Shu was very envious of the friendship between the three of them, and later he worked hard to become one of them. However, perhaps because of their natural magnetic fields, he couldn't stand Pei Changyun's condescending attitude, and the latter also looked down on him as a kid who made a living by mopping the floor.
But with Huo Chao around, everyone seemed to get along well on the surface.
As for Zhou Jiuya, he was still a gloomy and taciturn military academy student at that time, and it would be several years before he joined Huo Chao's army.
There was a small-scale battle there, and Huo Chao's decision and strategy were perfect, so he did not go into battle, but just stayed in the base camp as a commander.
But at the critical moment, for some unknown reason, a very strong recruit unexpectedly appeared on the opposite side, causing them to suffer a great loss.
Pei Changyun quickly found out the other party's identity. The new recruit's name was Zhou Jiuya, Jiang Jinsheng's half-brother.
Both of them knew of each other's existence. Jiang Jinsheng openly admitted that his father was unreliable and the existence of his younger brother, but Zhou Jiuya always felt that he was a stain.
Also, although Jiang Jinsheng was also an alpha, all his talents were in his brain. He was not good at fighting or driving a mecha, which was completely different from Zhou Jiuya. Therefore, he was severely ridiculed by Huo Chao before.
So when he heard about this, he called him without hesitation and laughed at Huo Chao crazily.
"Hahahahaha, you're frustrated, Huo Chao!!! Tsk tsk tsk, he's worthy of being a guy who shares half my blood. Maybe in a few years, he'll be able to pin you to the ground and beat you up!"
Huo Chao: “… Haha.”
very good.
Then the next day, Huo Chao personally drove the Jinyuan out to the battle.
Just when everyone was terrified, they found that Jin Yuan did not attack their base camp, nor their aircraft carriers and warships, and even ignored the supreme commander and went straight for a new recruit.
"????"
Everyone was stunned.
Zhou Jiuya was completely confused. He had no idea that it was his own brother who had filled his hatred level to the maximum. He was completely confused and beaten by Huo Chao until he was unable to take care of himself.
Because of Huo Chao's intervention, this battle was won without suspense. Zhou Jiuya was thrown into a prisoner-of-war camp for three months. Finally, Huo Chao appeared with Ye Shushan and successfully persuaded him to surrender.
From then on, Huo Chao's personal trusted team was formed.
Later, with more and more victories, Huo Chao's name became well-known throughout the alliance. Eight years later, the rebellion of the local government had been suppressed on a large scale, and some reactionary forces who wanted to take advantage of the situation did not dare to show up.
In the same year, the Illusionary God Cult successfully controlled most of the voice of the Alliance Parliament, and even had a tendency to directly empty the parliament. Huo Chao was promoted again and directly promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Alliance.
The war finally subsided and the Alliance ushered in a brief period of peace.
History has proven that when every war ends, humans always usher in a baby boom. Without wars, a group of alphas with nowhere to expend their energy will naturally want to find a wife.
Pei Changyun arranged many large-scale blind dates for the soldiers. He also relaxed the leave regulations, allowing many soldiers and officers who had been away from home for many years to go home to visit their families. The pensions for martyrs and the comfort of their families were also perfect.
He handled everything beautifully.
Later, Pei Changyun was not only able to manage military affairs, he even had a great say in the political management and planning of the entire alliance.
This is Pei Changyun.
In Ye Shu's eyes, this person is very dangerous, because he is very good at understanding people's hearts, and he always seizes the most appropriate opportunity and uses the most ingenious method to obtain the greatest benefit.
So at that time, the person with the highest prestige and most respected in the army was Marshal Huo Chao, but the person who was the most liked and approachable was Pei Changyun, the highest executive officer of the Political Department.
At that time, because Pei Changyun organized several blind dates in the army, Jiang Jinsheng joked and called him "Pei Hongniang" for a long time.
However, Pei Changyun was not as violent as Huo Chao, who would not retaliate secretly after being ridiculed. He always liked to hide, lie dormant, and wait for the right time.
The opportunity soon came. Since Pei Changyun often dealt with noble families, many people found this "matchmaker" and wanted him to help them get together.
Therefore, during that period of time, Pei Changyun had a large number of high-quality alphas including Huo Chao on his left hand, and a group of beautiful omegas pampered by noble families on his right hand.
Well, isn't that a coincidence
There is no doubt that Jiang Jinsheng was the first to suffer.
He had been on blind dates for a whole month, day and night, and his eyes had never been so tired even if he had been doing experiments for a month. And because he had too many different omega scents on him, he had been identified as a scumbag.
Jiang Jinsheng was holding Pei Changyun's waist at the time, his tone was weak, and he finally admitted defeat.
"Brother Pei... please be merciful."
Pei Changyun finally let out the anger that he had been holding in his heart.
So later, neither Ye Shu nor Zhou Jiuya escaped. But the former was too straight and failed, while Zhou Jiuya, who came later, looked too fierce and scared people away.
So, neither of them succeeded.
As for Huo Chao, he is actually the one that most omegas truly admire and want to get in touch with the most.
After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the alliance at such a young age, holds great power, has a face as handsome as a male model, and his private life is almost as clean as a blank slate.
Not only from the perspective of simple mate selection criteria, but also from the perspective of family interests, Huo Chao is the best choice.
So Pei Changyun put a stack of omega information on Huo Chao's desk and said casually,
"Marshal, do you want to go on a blind date too? But there are many omegas who want to meet you."
"Blind date?!"
Huo Chao's face was horrified, and every cell in his body was saying no.
"No! No way!!! I'm not going."
Pei Changyun could tell a lot from a person's tone and expression. For example, when Huo Chao said this, it was obvious that he was rejecting it from the bottom of his heart.
The Archon lowered his eyes and tried hard to hide the upturned corners of his lips.
"Yes, I understand."
Ye Shu was also there at the time. In fact, although he hated Pei Changyun, as an alpha who had not seen an omega for hundreds of years, Ye Shu still had a strong curiosity and affection for those beautiful, cute and delicate creatures.
Moreover, pursuing omegas is the nature of alphas, so he didn't understand why Huo Chao was so resistant, so he asked directly,
"Why, Marshal?"
“…because I don’t like it!”
Huo Chao was silent for a few seconds, and subconsciously glanced at Pei Changyun next to him, and gave a very blunt answer.
"—I don't like such fragile and delicate creatures."
Huo Chao's expression at that time was so resistant that Ye Shu still has a deep impression of it now.
But the most important reason was that Pei Changyun had tricked Ye Shu at that time. That guy asked him to ask Huo Chao whether he liked beta and alpha.
Pei Changyun was always eloquent and eloquent. Before he could finish his words, Ye Shu was fooled into going to the battlefield ready to die for the Marshal's lifelong happiness.
"So, Marshal, do you like beta?"
"…?"
Huo Chao frowned and glanced at him grimly.
"Hiss..."
Ye Shu immediately took a breath of cold air.
"It can't be A..."
Wow!
Before he could finish his words, Huo Chao grabbed Ye Shu by the back of his collar and threw him out of the window.
—That’s the fifty-eighth floor.
Fortunately, they all carried mechas with them, so Ye Shu did not fall to his death. However, because he deployed the mechas in the administrative area without authorization, he had half a year's salary deducted.
"… "
Ye Shu is different from the others. Among the five of them, he is the only one who comes from an ordinary family. Therefore, his only source of wealth is that pitiful salary.
This incident made Ye Shu remember deeply that Huo Chao did not like omegas and even disliked them very much. Similarly, the Marshal did not like betas or alphas.
Maybe Huo Chao just has a cold personality or something.
But Huo Xianfeng was very confused.
Not liking omegas is against the nature of alphas, and it is really incredible. You know, in the eyes of the world, Huo Chao is almost a perfect image that has been mythified.
Strong, selfless, fearless, loving, dedicated, and sacrificial.
Almost all great words seem to be related to that person. According to the mainstream values of this star era, it is normal for such a great person to feel pity and protective desire for the weak and beautiful omega.
"I think something must have happened that made Huo Chao hate omegas."
"… "
Ye Shu was no longer surprised by Huo Xianfeng's sharpness, because he was used to his cleverness.
"You guessed it right. At that time, an omega deliberately broke into Huo Chao's home during the pheromone period. It was an A-level omega who had just reached adulthood and was in pheromone for the first time. The rich pheromones were enough to drive any alpha crazy."
Not to mention how a weak omega could have the ability to break into the marshal's house, but at that time, Huo Chao had no reason or ability to think about this problem carefully.
Huo Xianfeng frowned and almost immediately smelled a hint of conspiracy.
"But in the end, the ending of this matter is that Huo Chao locked himself in the cockpit of the Forbidden Abyss, and the omega who deliberately broke in was completely marked by a guard who rushed over. The ending is over."
Ye Shu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if thinking of something that happened a long, long time ago.
"A month later, the doctor said that the omega was pregnant."
But generally speaking, the higher the level of the AO combination, the easier it is to conceive. Even though the guard was only a B-level omega, the other one was an A-level omega, so the latter became pregnant.
"That was the first time we saw Huo Chao so furious. He put aside all his military duties and personally ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. However, no one expected that the investigation would eventually lead to the Alliance Council."
At this point, Ye Shu paused, thinking of something, and sneered.
"Later, I found out that, to be precise, this incident was related to the Phantom God Cult."
"But the pregnant omega's condition was not good. Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, but she was visibly losing weight. It was as if it was not a great journey of giving birth to a life, but a terrible incident of being parasitized by something and absorbing her life."
"Huo Chao killed the child and the omega himself. All those who knew about this were ordered to keep their mouths shut and signed the strictest confidentiality agreement. Then, he went to the church's headquarters, the Holy White Tower, alone."
No one knew what happened that night, but when Huo Chao came back, he was covered in blood and looked extremely gloomy and terrifying. He immediately destroyed all his DNA samples and all the medical examination reports and information that had been entered into the system.
There is an unwritten rule in the military that all soldiers and officers will store a blood sample and a detailed physical examination report when they join the army, so that when they are injured, military doctors can query the physical information of the injured as quickly as possible.
"After doing this, he immediately led the entire legion and left the Earth. They were stationed on the Hengyun planet, which was under construction thousands of light years away. He also announced that the Alliance Legion was officially renamed the Dawn Legion."
At that time, humans had just entered the era of the universe, and Hengyun Planet was the first habitable planet they discovered besides the Earth.
—That is now the capital planet of the empire.
"This incident completely became the fuse for the breakup between Huo Chao and the Alliance. All the media that had originally praised the situation immediately criticized Huo Chao, saying that he had evil ambitions and was trying to overthrow the Alliance's rule and impose tyranny. Things escalated and the two sides almost came to blows."
Huo Xianfeng had also found some fragmentary information related to what Ye Shu said, and it basically matched what he had said. He thought that if things had continued to develop in this way, it was very likely that the emperor today would not be Pei Changyun, but Huo Chao.
"But fate is like this, it always takes a sudden turn when you least expect it."
"—Zerg appeared."
Such a terrifying monster immediately became the biggest threat to all mankind. Ye Shu smiled bitterly.
"So the two sides temporarily stopped fighting, and Huo Chao had to step into the battlefield again. He also cooperated with Jiang Jinsheng to build the Skynet defense system on Earth."
"The war with the Zerg and the war within humanity are not at the same level at all. In the early stage, except for the few battles that Huo Chao personally fought, we hardly won any battles. Because of too many sacrifices and military supplies, Huo Chao ordered Pei Changyun to return to Earth to discuss with the alliance to fight the enemy together."
"After much negotiation between the two sides, this cooperation was finally reached. We finally breathed a sigh of relief, but for some reason, the church suddenly stabbed the Dawn Legion in the back."
"That was the first time they demonstrated their theoretical space travel technology. So we were caught off guard and lost miserably. I was seriously injured and lost an arm. I was in a coma for two months in the medical center on Hengyun Planet, and was in a semi-awake state for the remaining three months..."
When he said this, Ye Shu subconsciously touched his left arm, half of his face was lost in the shadow, and he said softly,
"By the time I woke up, the Zerg had already invaded the Earth."
—It was an unprecedented catastrophe.
No matter how many times I recall it, it still feels creepy.
"I rushed over desperately, but I only ran into Zhou Jiuya who was withdrawing his troops... As for the church, they had already escaped using space shuttle technology."
Ye Shu's voice was trembling and choking.
"They... all abandoned Huo Chao, leaving him... alone there... to detonate millions of nuclear bombs..."
"Pei Changyun... Pei Changyun...!!!"
The disabled alpha almost cried when he mentioned this name.
"The storage box of his mecha is full of... the remaining juice and petals of the Zhimei flower."
"The Zerg... He was the one who led the Zerg over! It must be him! It must be him!!!"
Huo Xianfeng watched him quietly, and waited until Ye Shu calmed down before he asked softly,
"Have you asked Pei Changyun?"
"Ask... How can I not ask..."
Ye Shu smiled miserably,
"He said he did it on purpose because it was the only way to wipe out the Zerg in one go. There is simply no device on Earth that can launch millions of nuclear bombs all at once. Moreover, if they are launched into space, it will cause a huge change in the space environment."
So, lure the Zerg to Earth, and then use Skynet to intercept the aftermath of the explosion and the Zerg trying to escape.
—Once and for all.
"He told me very frankly that this was not Huo Chao's order, but his own plan. Hengyun Planet has been initially developed and is sufficient to receive all the survivors on Earth. Rather than the extinction of the entire race, it is better to... move..."
Ye Shu finally vented the resentment that he had been holding in for so long. His chest heaved violently and his face was covered with beads of sweat.
"How dare you say that, Pei Changyun... If his plan was really so foolproof, why did he sacrifice Huo Chao to detonate the nuclear bomb?! Why didn't he go himself?!!!" If Zhou Jiuya hadn't stopped him that day, Ye Shu would have killed him even if he had to drag Pei Changyun down with him.
"… "
Huo Xianfeng listened in silence until the other party's emotions finally calmed down, then he slowly spoke,
"Ye Shu, do you want to cooperate with me?"
The disabled alpha was startled, then he looked up suddenly, the hand that the boy stretched out was reflected in his deep green pupils.
"… "
Wow!
An hour later, Huo Xianfeng walked out of Ye Shu's room. Two guards stood on both sides of the door. Although the decoration and facilities of Ye Shu's room were very good, he was still under house arrest.
Huo Xianfeng is here with Ye Shu. He has probably completed one-third of the puzzle outline. As for the remaining most detailed parts, he may have to go find Pei Changyun or the Pope.
When he went back, Huo Xianfeng saw Jiang Ci waiting at the door. The starlight from outside came in through the huge window, casting a faint glow on the beautiful silver hair.
However, Jiang Ci did not ask Huo Xianfeng what he talked about with Ye Shu, but told him,
"Your sister... Tang Cha? We will send her to the orphanage on the capital planet along with all the children on Tiandong Star. We will arrange compulsory education and adoptive families for her like normal children."
Is this a conciliatory policy
In fact, even without Jiang Ci saying it, Huo Xianfeng had originally planned to bring it up. He had even prepared the chips, but he didn't expect that Jiang Ci had already arranged everything.
"Well, it seems that your empire's child protection laws are not just empty words."
Huo Xianfeng stretched out his hand, intending to open the door.
drop-
[Fingerprint input error.]
"… "
The boy was stunned for a moment. This was the first time he had gone out in three days, so he realized at this moment that he needed a fingerprint to open the door. A hand reached out from the right, pulled his wrist away, and then pressed his fingerprint on the door opening button.
The next second, a pleasant electronic sound sounded—
[Ding, welcome back, Major General Jiang Ci. ]
"Enter the additional fingerprint."
[Ding, this permission requires iris verification. ]
So, the silver-haired omega came closer, lowered his head slightly, and leaned in. His long silver hair, as clear and bright as snow, fell down, and a few strands of hair accidentally slipped through Huo Xianfeng's fingers.
Buzz—
My heart trembled slightly for a moment.
The boy's fingertips stiffened imperceptibly for a moment, then hooked up and made a curve at the fingertips.
[Ding, verification successful, please enter.]
The electronic screen soon lit up with blue light.
Jiang Ci stepped back. He was completely unaware of the minor incidents that had just occurred. He just naturally signaled Huo Xianfeng with his eyes to record his fingerprints.
"alright."
The slightly cool and silky touch suddenly withdrew, Huo Xianfeng's expression remained unchanged, he just rubbed his fingertips slightly, then stretched out his hand and put it on the place where Jiang Ci had pressed just now.
He turned sideways, his eyes lazily drooping, his gaze vaguely sweeping across the omega's beautiful silver hair.
"So you came to me at this time just to help me record my fingerprints?"
Jiang Ci pursed her lips and said coldly,
“… I just told you about Tang Cha. By the way, I was afraid that you couldn’t get through the door and ran away.”
Huo Xianfeng blinked and chuckled with an ambiguous meaning. As the corridor was not very spacious, his voice echoed and had a slightly magnetic texture.
"Oh, I see..."
When the input progress reached 87%, the boy suddenly asked,
"So, Major General is giving his room to me?"
"… "
Jiang Ci's body froze. He was stunned by Huo Xianfeng's anger at the time and didn't have time to think about it. As for the past three days, he has been living in the military doctor's office.
"… I have rooms on other warships, this one is just extra, it would be a waste if it's empty."
Huo Xianfeng uttered a "hmm" sound and raised the corners of his lips.
"Oh, it seems that I was right. That is the Major General's room."
"… "
Jiang Ci choked.
At this moment, an electronic sound suddenly sounded—
[Ding, entry successful, please note your name. ]
The boy stretched out his index finger and wrote on it stroke by stroke.
"Huo Xian Feng."
(End of this chapter)