Translator: Abo Dammen
It was dark.
Silence filled the area until the door to room 063 swung open from within. The old and ageing iron door creaked. Four rich omega pheromones covered the smell of blood and rot. 229’s pale toes stepped on the floor outside.
Over the ages, omegas had been characterised by a lack of strength, gentleness, and servility. Even though there were 237 omegas in the institution, only 8 guards were on duty since no one had ever considered that omegas may harbour any rebellious intentions. While fewer individuals were aware of the facility’s internal affairs.
There were four corpses piled up in the restroom of room 063. 229 walked to room 059 and opened the door with the key she had taken from the guard.
Even though it’s already 2:04 in the morning, the four omegas inside remained wide awake. As if waiting for something to come, they sat still on the floor. A lifeless body covered in broken porcelain lay next to them.
229 recognized it. It was the guard who’d always hit them.
“Are those in the CCTV room dead as well?” asked 229.
They nodded and slowly stood up. 187 said, “…Dead. The CCTV is also turned off.”
The entire 7th district’s breeding facility now only has omegas left.
199 stood quietly outside the door. They were all barefoot. Even though it was summer, a chilly feeling crept up all the way from their toes to their chest. At last she had achieved freedom. This was the moment she had been yearning for, so why was it so difficult to process this realisation?
The moon was shining outside the window. 229 asked them to open each of the 63 rooms, while she herself took a hold of the key and walked to the confinement cell.
The confinement cell was for the omegas who tried to commit suicide, or were pregnant and attempting to harm the children in their womb.
229 twisted the door open. A pregnant omega suddenly lifted her head in horror. Her limbs were tied to the bed with restraint ropes, and there was a dedicated excretory tube for her poop. Her diet was taken care of by a caregiver.
A glimmer of sunlight could barely pass through the small cracks on the wall. The room was so dark and dreary. If it weren’t for 229 coming, she would have been tied up like this until she no longer had thoughts of suicide and until the child was born.
235. This was the omega that just came in and got pregnant.
229 opened six confinement cells, all of which contained newer omegas, but three of them were completely unresponsive. Ignorant of their surroundings, the passage of time, and the outside world, they remain confined to this cramped cell day after day. They were mentally unstable.
Although awakened from sleep, everyone obediently gathered in the cafeteria where they usually watched news.
“Everyone, listen to me!” 229 slammed the iron table a few times, then stepped on it. Her voice echoed, “I—–I want to burn this damn place.”
With expressions ranging from bewilderment to relief, the omegas raised their heads to stare at her.
“The doors are open now. If you want to leave, hurry up and leave.”
However, no one moved.
229 patted the table with her hands several times and shouted, “If you don’t leave, you’ll die. I WANT TO SET EVERYTHING ON FIRE!!! I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN TO THE GROUND!!!! I WILL BURN IT ALL!!!”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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229 paused, reluctantly pursuing her lips. She jumped down and silently went to every room, frantically throwing bedding and anything that could be burned onto the ground floor.
203 sprinkled the gasoline obtained from the tool room around every corner. 199 and the others were also helping.
A few people were visibly gasping for air once everything had been finished. The previous bangs and clattering suddenly stopped, making it even more deathly silent.
No one spoke, and still, no one left.
229 clenched the lighter in her hand. She opened his mouth, but it made no sound.
Suddenly, a sob broke the silence, and an omega collapsed, crying with tears all over her face. She sobbed in a hoarse voice, “I-I’m sorry… I want to leave, I have loving parents who n-never gave up trying to rescue me. I’m, I’m sorry, I still want to see them…”
229 said, “Go.”
This interlude ended, and after more than ten silent minutes, they were all crying, but no one attempted to come out again.
229 opened her palm and handed the lighter to 203, who silently took it over.
“Friends,” 229 cracked a smile, “when I kill a motherfucker, I will be with you all.”
After speaking, she walked out without looking back.
At the moment when she was about to step out of the door, 203 behind her called out, “Hey!”
229 turned his head and saw 203’s red eyes. The latter said, “May I ask… What is your name?”
“Yu Shuang,” 229 paused and looked at her. “…my name. Yu Shuang.”
203 also smiled and said, “My name is Gu Ying.”
“Okay,” Yu Shuang suppressed her trembling breath. “See you later.”
She wanted to walk out calmly, but her pace became increasingly rapid, almost tripping herself over. The heavy breathing sound wrapped around her eardrums, and in the end, she was running.
At the moment when Yu Shuang ran out of the iron gate of the centralised breeding facility, she turned around and saw the prison behind her shining brighter than ever before.
An omega sat in the corner holding his knees. A blazing inferno raced towards him, fueled by the gasoline, but he remained composed as he shut his eyes.
The raging fire and thick smoke illuminated the darkest night.
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In the early morning, when the great fire was discovered, it was too late. This place, where many souls and blood were buried, burned for 2 hours and 37 minutes. They disintegrated into ashes and dissipated.
Fengqi Assembly Hall. Bai Tang and a group of teachers and students stood silently, their heads lowered, their faces deep in pain and sadness.
They were mourning the deaths of the omegas who had died last night at the 7th district’s breeding facility.
It was Monday. Shi Muqing, who was speaking loudly during his ideology class, suddenly fell silent. After a while, he said wearily, “Let’s end the meeting.”
Bai Tang tried his best to suppress his tears, knowing that the principal might have thought of his wife.
The class ended just 5 minutes after starting.
Following a brief period of standing, the students began to move cautiously and silently.
Bai Tang also left the assembly hall, stood outside with his head tilted back, staring at the sky without blinking. After calming down, he finally tidied up his emotions and returned to the office.
He went upstairs and passed by. He saw that all five classes were already filled with students. They all consciously began to self-study.
The six teachers in the office were surrounded by several people. Bai Tang took a deep breath and walked to his desk. As soon as he sat down, a student approached him and said, “Teacher… may I ask you a question? Mr. Wang’s side…”
The student choked up while speaking, “is full of people… I can’t wait, t-time is tight. I need to learn quickly…”
Upon hearing the student’s choking voice, Bai Tang’s tears, which he had just suppressed, began to flow again. He stared intently and tried to hold it back. “Sure… which question? Let me take a look.”
Bai Tang forced himself to calm down and read the question. He just reviewed this exam paper yesterday. took a breath. “Private enterprises’ increased overseas investment and participation in international mergers and acquisitions have broadened their economic development space and improved their international business level. Therefore, 1 is correct, but increasing overseas investment will not fully leverage China’s advantages in labour resources, only…”
After Bai Tang finished dealing with one student, he looked up and saw more students suddenly gathered around him. Before he could react, another student put the paper in front of him and said, “Teacher, I don’t quite understand why this question is obviously a revelation type question, but the answer…”
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Jiang Yunshu wore a surgical gown and entered the operating room with his hands raised flat. Just now, the hospital brought in 13 injured patients, all alphas———an omega stabbed 13 people in a row at the train station. The emergency department was understaffed, so they were notified to come and help.
The operating room, which was usually filled with jokes and banter, was now extremely quiet. The atmosphere was heavy.
The patient presented with signs of hemorrhagic shock. A possible rupture of the abdominal aorta caused by trauma was inferred from the site of the wound and the quantity of blood that had leaked out. Suddenly, Jiang Yunshu noticed a torrent of blood spurting forth.
The fire was very strong last night. The 7th district’s centralised breeding facility was burned to the point where only one frame was left, and the people inside turned directly into ash.
Society was in chaos, and different voices broke out, protesting, marching, quarrelling, and burning and looting in the chaos.
The painter’s work “They Are Always By Your Side” has been re-listed on the trending search.
At 8 o’clock in the evening, Bai Tang was waiting for the alpha in Fengqi. As soon as Jiang Yunshu closed the door, he was pushed against the car door by the omega.
Bai Tang buried himself in the alpha’s neck. The latter pressed the side of his face against the omega’s head.
Both of them didn’t speak. They just snuggled up to each other, absorbing each other’s pheromones, breathing heavily and touching each other’s bodies.
They know that their loved ones are not feeling well at this moment. One was an omega who has suffered abuse, and the other was a doctor who saves lives and helps the wounded. They were of flesh and blood. They feel empathy. They are just human beings.
Various emotions accumulated for a day. Jiang Yunshu’s tense spirit finally relaxed a little after smelling the familiar scent.
“Yunshu,” Bai Tang rubbed the alpha’s back. “I don’t want to cook anymore… How about ordering takeout?”
Jiang Yunshu lowered his head, kissed the omega’s slightly dry lips, and tasted the omega’s pheromones. “Okay, I want to eat puffs,” he said.
Bai Tang said, “Coincidentally, what I asked the boss to keep today are puffs and layer cake.”
The two of them held hands and went to the cake shop across from the school to get desserts. Bai Tang grabbed his phone and asked, “Dr. Jiang, what do you want to eat?”
Jiang Yunshu stuffed the puff into his mouth and said, “I want something stimulating.”
Bai Tang: “…?”
Bai Tang blinked his eyes and said, “Me?”
Even though he was a surgeon, he’d hear dirty jokes until calluses formed in his ears. But Jiang Yunshu promised that he didn’t do anything dirty with Bai Tang, nor did he actually eat Bai Tang. Instead, he carefully ordered a stimulating spicy mix. The food was slightly spicy and slightly sour and sweet.
Tonight, they were just like conjoined babies. They were excessively fond of physical contact and their skin close to each other. They were together all the time, from eating to bathing to sleeping.
They didn’t have a workload so they got into bed early. They’d kiss, hug, and rub each other’s cheeks and ears with their lips. Bai Tang sighed and said, “I was very flustered when I was asked a question by a student, but now that I recall that moment, I think I can answer it better.”
Bai Tang had already mentioned it to the alpha during dinner. At this moment, he was just chatting aimlessly.
Jiang Yunshu bit on his omega’s scalding earlobe and thought for a moment before whispering, “I participated in four surgeries today. One of the patients died directly on the operating table. I didn’t want to tell you anything, I was afraid it would make you even more upset, but I also felt that you’d want me to say it more.”
There have been several cases like this throughout Jiang Yunshu’s ten years of practising medicine. His first surgery was when he was 23 years old, although he was just there watching. He sobbed uncontrollably, overwhelmed by his immense misery.
Later on, he gradually opened up.
But accepting it did not mean he was already used to it. As he watched each life go away, he realised he could never get used to that sensation.
And for the last decade, he has been the only one to quietly absorb this suffocating vibe. He didn’t know if he had digested it well, but at least he had digested it.
Jiang Yunshu didn’t want the omega to hear this. Bai Tang’s experience was already painful enough. He just wanted Bai Tang to be happy.
But Bai Tang once said to him, “If my lover only shares good news with me and remains silent on bad news, I will not be happy, I will only feel defeated.”
After taking the first step, the next 99 steps were much easier. The alpha continued, “I feel very uncomfortable and sick. I should have gotten used to this kind of emotion, but… it seems like I still have a long way to go.”
Bai Tang listened quietly, letting the alpha relax and soak in his pheromones.
Upon hearing Jiang Yunshu’s story, he was both pleasantly surprised and somewhat bewildered. He didn’t know the best way to comfort Jiang Yunshu, and was afraid of saying the wrong thing, which would evoke the alpha’s sad memories. So he held the tall alpha even tighter and kissed his eyelids time and time again.
Fortunately, Jiang Yunshu loved his hugs and kisses.
Author’s Feed:
Two chapters left until the end!
It’s 4:03 am. I feel like I’m gonna become the second Dr. Jiang… I’m scared.
Please sleep!!!! It’s not good for to stay awake so late!!
This just got so much darker 😔 and I thought we’ll only get comforting fluffs of dr jiang and bai tang after their ordeal was overbTAT
We’re almost to the end 🥹
This was such a heavy chapter. Thank you for getting it to us! Pls get some sleep and thanks again!
So many lives were lost… :< Poor them, but at least they’re free now ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ღ˘⌣˘ღ)
I found this story really inspiring, I liked it very much
What a tremendous loss – but it really emphasizes their lack of options. None of them had time to prepare to cope with the outside world and clearly most didn’t have the will to try it. Does it seem likely that the patient Dr. Jiang lost may have been a victim of 229, Yu Shuang?