translator: baumkuchen (unedited)
Zhan Yanling brought his younger brother to an underground Omega exchange.
They entered an exchange with an entrance adorned with red and gold. Inside, it was decorated like an elegant tea room. There was even a person playing a piano on the stage. Next to the stage, was a low table, and on it, a lit stick of incense emit a faint fragrance. Just one sniff was enough to tell that every inch of the incense was worth an inch of gold.
Even in times of war, there would always be people unwilling to give up that bit of aristocratic taste and extravagant living.
Zhan Yanling pulled Zhan Yanchao over and sat him down. A male Omega then fluttered over to him like a butterfly to a flower and sat down next to them. With a single look at Zhan Yanling, he could immediately judge the other’s position from the standardised flower on his collar. He said in a sweet voice, “Sir……”
Zhan Yanling had used a suppressant in advance. He covered his mouth and nose with a clean white handkerchief, then motioned at Zhan Yanchao with his chin.
That Omega naturally understood what he meant. He brushed his waist against Zhan Yanchao’s body.
Zhan Yanchao, “Am I a tree?”
The Omega, “En?”
Zhan Yanchao, “Are you a dog?”
The Omega laughed. “Young Master really knows how to joke.”
Zhan Yanchao frowned, fed up. He pushed his teacup towards him. “Who wants to joke around with a waiter. Pour tea.”
Then, he turned to Zhan Yanling. “Ge, what did you bring me here for?”
The Omega, unwilling to give up, tried again, “Young Master is a Beta? Have you become an adult yet? Gone through the tournament yet?”
Zhan Yanchao, “None of your damn business.”
The Omega, “……”
Seeing that his younger brother was going to act outrageous again, Zhan Yanling coughed lightly. “Yanchao.”
Zhan Yanchao became a little more well-behaved. He grabbed a plate of melon seeds and began to gnaw on them slowly. At the same time, he sneakily observed their surroundings, trying to figure out his older brother’s purpose in bringing him here.
There was a mix of smells in the exchange. Sometimes, it would be the faint smell of jasmine, sometimes, it would be the sweet smell of bamboo. In short, it was all like wine that had aged for years, the intoxicating smell faintly floating into people’s minds.
Fortunately, Zhan Yanchao’s spiritual energy couldn’t be considered weak, plus, he still had the physique of a Beta, so he still had some resistance.
Zhan Yanchao found that all the service staff here were pale-skinned and charming, with extremely flexible waists. They swayed as they walked, looking as delicate as flowers.
After taking a few looks around, Zhan Yanchao lost interest, focusing back on eating his melon seeds.
A bunch of weaklings that would go soft with a bite, compared to Xiao Ji, they were just a group of melon seedlings.
But before he could eat more than a few melon seeds, a pair of soft, fragrant hands felt their way over from beside his seat, and gently grasped his wrist. “Young Master……”
Zhan Yanchao jumped up in shock. After grabbing his wrist and wrenching it off him, his hands reflexively wanted to slap the person behind him across the face, but as if remembering something, he stopped his hands in time, scooping up a handful of melon seeds and throwing them at the face of the person behind him while he was at it.
Zhan Yanling, “……”
Zhan Yanchao was hopping mad. “Boss! What are your service staff trying to do? They’re making moves on your customers!”
Zhan Yanling held his hand against his forehead, feeling a migraine coming on.
The Omega held his wrist to himself, his forehead already covered in sweat, and his eyes glimmering slightly, “Young Master…… My hand……”
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Zhan Yanchao was simply looking at this person like he was a poisonous snake or a wild beast. He flashed over to the other side of the table. “Are you putting on an act? I didn’t use any strength!”
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The person in charge then thought that Zhan Yanchao was enraged. He flared up at the Omega, “How did you offend him?”
The Omega didn’t dare to speak, just shivering violently.
Only then did Zhan Yanchao notice that this Omega’s eyes were full of tears, as if he had suffered some grievous wrong. He began to feel a little uncomfortable. “Why is he crying so virtuously, I only pulled his hand off of me. ……It’s not like he’s made of glass.”
It wasn’t until he said that that the person in charge noticed the Omega’s abnormality. He ordered, “Hand.”
The Omega pitfully extended out his hand to the person in charge to examine. The conclusion was that it had been sprained.
Zhan Yanchao couldn’t quite believe it. “I really only pulled his hand off of me.”
At this, the person in charge could see that Zhan Yanchao was a little young master unfamiliar with the ways of the world. He waved his hand. The Omega, of course, didn’t dare say anything to Zhan Yanchao. He looked weakly at him with tearful eyes, then walked away.
Only then did Zhan Yanchao sit down. He took a sip of jasmine tea to suppress his shock, then began to sniff at his clothes, a face full of disgust.
Zhan Yanling sighed. “Are you so fierce to everyone?”
Zhan Yanchao explained, “He was the one to move against me first.”
Zhan Yanling, “……”
Zhan Yanchao then said, “Besides, I really didn’t use any strength.”
Zhan Yanling asked, “You really don’t know what an Omega is?”
Zhan Yanchao thought for a moment. “Isn’t Uncle Hong’s wife, Aunt Hong, an Omega? She looks pretty, and her body doesn’t look bad either. Nothing special.”
“That’s because Uncle Hong treats Aunt Hong well,” Zhan Yanling said, “Omega’s shoulders can’t bear any weight, their hands can’t carry anything, their bodies are extremely fragile. Their defensive and offensive abilities have all regressed to twice or even several times less than average.”
Zhan Yanchao looked at his brother, his face full of astonishment.
“This place can be considered a high level Omega exchange. Only beautiful Omegas can enter. In the evolutionary process of our planet, in order to be able to give birth to more offspring and expand our military’s manpower resources, Alphas, Betas and Omegas can all get pregnant and give birth to children. What’s special about Omegas? Other than being able to get pregnant more easily compared to the other two sexes, to put it bluntly, they’re nothing more than high grade bed warmers.
“That’s the kind of person you wanted Ji Zuoshan to become before. Now, what you’re crying and shouting about wanting to become is also this kind of person. ……Zhan Yanchao, you just know that no matter what you become, father will always accept you and support you, but you know nothing about how humiliating and painful it is to be Omega.”
Zhan Yanchao thought for a long time. Zhan Yanling waited for his response.
After a while, Zhan Yanchao suddenly realised, “No wonder Xiao Ji won’t forgive me.”
Zhan Yanling, “……” Oh my god, my idiot younger brother.
Zhan Yanchao glanced over in the direction the Omega had left in. His uneasy emotions surged into his heart once more. “If Xiao Ji became an Omega, he would also become like this?”
Zhan Yanling said, “Everyone is the same after regressing.”
Zhan Yanchao did his best to protest this, as if this way, he could deny his previous unknowing cruelty towards Ji Zuoshan, “No way. He would still have his spiritual energy.”
Zhan Yanling replied, “After regressing, it would all disappear.”
Zhan Yanchao suddenly felt cold all over. Thinking about the Omega’s tearful eyes from just now, his lips turned white.
Zhan Yanling still didn’t stop attacking him. “As far as I know, Omegas practically don’t have any human rights. After a battle, the higher-ups will even award Omegas for free to any Alphas in need. Do you know, when Omegas walk around amongst the army, what label hangs around their neck? ——’First class supplies’.”
Zhan Yanchao stared vacantly at the cup in front of him.
“Supplies”……?
Noticing the slackening of his younger brother’s expression, only then did Zhan Yanling relax. “Ji Zuoshan separating from you, is because you went overboard. Isn’t the two of you returning to your own separate paths a good thing?”
“I used to treat him badly.” After some careful consideration, Zhan Yanchao suddenly raised his head. His naturally beautiful eyes, with black and white clearly defined, surged with moving waves. “If he beats me into an Omega, his anger should be vented. Then, I’ll be his Omega for the rest of my life. Wouldn’t those two things offset each other then?”
Zhan Yanling, “……” What kind of stupid primary school arithmatic are you doing?!
Zhan Yanling suppressed his rising blood pressure. Doing his best to remain calm, he said, “Did you not hear what I said? What being an Omega means……”
Zhan Yanchao said, “If it means he’ll forgive me, I’m willing to do it.”
Zhan Yanling blew up with rage. “What if he doesn’t forgive you.”
Zhan Yanchao was very aggrieved, “I already let him fuck me, he can’t ignore me.”
Zhan Yanling, “……”
Zhan Yanchao had even begun to imagine the future. “If he doesn’t agree, I’ll bring my quilt and squat at his doorstep.”
Zhan Yanling was so utterly flustered and exasperated that he simply left his useless younger brother behind and strode away.
Zhan Yanchao also felt like he wouldn’t be able to talk this through with his older brother, so his leaving was just nice.
He finished up a plate of melon seeds and drank a cup of tea to the sound of the piano. After listening until his interest waned, only then did he get up and walk out of the exchange. When he turned his back, he found that there was a tea-sign-esque noticeboard by the entrance, on it written eight words.
“The merchandise is fragile, please handle with care.”
Who this “merchandise” referred to was obvious.
For some reason, when he saw these words, Zhan Yanchao became very angry. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, he folded up the sign, placed it under his arm, and straightforwardly carried it off with him.
He had already burned his beloved whip and that damned coffin. If Ji Zuoshan were willing to treat him like that, he wouldn’t mind buying another set for himself.
Anyways, Ji Zuoshan wouldn’t be able to ignore him.
Ten years of being together was truly too long a time, to Zhan Yanchao, it was a lifetime.
Hence, when, in the mecha tournament a few months later, Zhan Yanchao drew Ji Zuoshan as his opponent for his final round, others’ gazes towards him were full of sympathy and ridicule, but he was truly, sincerely happy.
He didn’t allow himself to lose to anyone other than Ji Zuoshan, so he gave his all in every match, and his accumulated energy was already enough for him to transform into an Alpha.
If it would make Ji Zuoshan happy, he could take it all.
Compared to Zhan Yanchao’s loud, triumphant progress, Ji Zuoshan’s path through the tournament seemed a little dull.
Despite him having torn apart a mecha solely with his hands, scoring first in his grade, and his excellent result of ranking second in the summer training on “The Scar”, Ji Zuoshan only pursued a “close victory” in every match, only a single level higher than his opponent from start to finish.
……Just like the last time he’d participated in this tournament.
With regards to these results, there were of course people who made statements subtly criticising him: “They even called him what, our hope for the future? He’s only got this bit of skill.”
Such doubts were also voiced on the school forums by some people, but they were immediately utterly refuted.
Someone had thrown up the official statistics, of the accurate strike data of Ji Zuoshan against every one of his opponents so far.
From the first to the fifty-second opponent, no matter whether the opponent was a weakling or an elite, the number of attacks he made was forever kept to exactly 710.
After 710 attacks, the opponent would inevitably lose all ability to attack, as well as the will to attack. This was because in the course of the match, everyone would notice, Ji Zuoshan was aiming at their weak points…… It was a teaching match.
He would even whisper to the other during the match, “You aren’t controlling the strength in your knee well enough, you should fear me tripping you like this the most.”
Then he made him trip and fall with a crash.
The other party was naturally unresigned. As a result, Ji Zuoshan, following the same pattern, tripped him more than 70 times.
On the 75th try, he finally found the key to the problem and kept said leg from stumbling, but soon, Ji Zuoshan said, “You’re leaving me a gap by doing this.”
Then, following that, he stepped forward and made a clean counterstrike, flipping the person into a golden, upside-down hook in the air, and throwing him to the ground face-first.
The opponent, “……” Fuck your mother.
He did his best to point out all the holes he noticed in the 710 moves to his opponents, and then in the final hit, ended the match with a single punch.
Once, there was even the strange occurrence of an opponent climbing out of their mecha, dazed and dizzy, then shaking Ji Zuoshan’s hand and saying “thank you”.
One time after taking back control of the body, Chi Xiaochi asked Ji Zuoshan, “Why is it always 710 moves? Is there any special meaning?”
Ji Zuoshan obediently answered, “There’s nothing special about it. I was born on 7/10.”
Chi Xiaochi, “……” Alright.
As soon as that data came out, those clucking their tongues had no choice but to give up.
The competition organisers also expressed one after another that they had seen matches where one beat up everyone present, they had seen matches where no one lost, but they had never seen people using the tournament to do on-the-spot teaching.
But Ji Zuoshan kept doing this, no matter who advised him against it.
With him doing things this way, it inevitably lead to discussion: Would Ji Zuoshan have enough energy to turn into an Alpha by doing this?
Ji Zuoshan was very popular in his school now. There would be a group of fans waving flags and screaming at the base of the stands at every match, so those people naturally didn’t dare to do anything rash, only daring to mock him in private.
……Let him act tough!
If he couldn’t successfully transform into an Alpha, and couldn’t drive a military-grade mecha, they would have their laughs then.
The author has something to say:
Ji Zuoshan’s path through the tournament can be summarised as such: A Challenger player smoothly gliding through Bronze.
I’ll update a little more tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, we’ll get up to Liu-laoshi and Xiaochi’s first kiss qwq
sere: not sure where ZYC even gets his hallucinations from
baum: to avoid anyone getting their hopes up: I checked. The kiss doesn’t happen next chapter
gasp a kiss? omg.. uweee so waiting for it! that’s such a tease~ i instantly got distracted from the read chapter lol just chanting here kiss-kiss-kiss-kiss yesss ahaha💛 thank you for the hard work
Are we reading the same chapter o.o
my comment concerns note from translator, not the chapter contents 😌
Hey, just a note, the kiss doesn’t happen next chapter orz
ahahaha then in next few chapters? xDDDD let me tell you why i was a bit excited to the possibility of it happening, because this novels is long (like 270 chapters) and i’d be really let down if at least some action won’t happen before the ending. i love the side-characters and happy for them, but the shift from CXC and 061 makes me a little down, since i love their relationship line.
I get the weird feeling a lot was skipped
Talking about the author’s note in the end.
The arc is so interesting. I have no guess on how it’s going to turn out.
K .. Ki…. Kisss!! Whaaaaaaa.
Thank you for your hardwork
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^
i havent read the chapter yet but LMAOOO “am i a tree? are you a dog?” i cant
ZYC’s brain pit I swear 😅. Big brother is trying his best…
I hope ZYL and JZS get to meet, I want to see two powerhouses fight!
Let’s light a looot of candles for Zhan Yanling’s rapidly dying brain cells (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
And woah, what happend that we are at the end of the tournanent all of a sudden?
Author gives us hope of a kiss but baum was so nice to rescue us beforehand from our despair :3
Thanks for the chapter!
Who knows ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌
Seriously looking forward to the tears of blood of Zhao Yanchao when he finds that giving up and becoming an Omega doesn’t get him what he wants. Don’t do shitty math, kids, think about relationship problems properly, okay~~ Although even if he was thinking properly about it, I’d still advise his dumb ass to give up~~~~
Thanks for the chapter (/^▽^)/~~ ❤
ZYC, again, only focuses on himself and thus JZS’s tragedy happened. After CXC changed JZS, fortunately ZYC became repentant and saw his wrongs. This is due to his feelings towards JZS. And if he didn’t feel strongly in love towards JZS, i doubt he would see his wrongs. But he strongly felt love towards JZS that’s why he changed. He loves JZS too much ZYC finally cares of what JZS would see to himself (ZYC), that is why he is willing to change. This is another reason why he wants to be JZS’s omega. The other reason why he wants to be JZS’s omega is that he wanted to repay JZS for what he did to him.
If we see this another way, disregaring ZYC’s brutality to JZS last life and in this life, this act of ZYC as wanting to become JZS’s omega is sweet since he is willing to sacrifice his would be permanent gender in order to appease the other. ZYC only cares being JZS’s omega. Even if JZS wouldn’t take him his omega, as long as the other would forgive him… well, i don’t still know about this part. The point is, if JZS wouldn’t take ZYC as his omega, ZYC would forever live his life as an omega.
Ji Zuoshan in tournament: Here, I’ll teach you how to fight properly
Chi Xiaochi: *claps while crying* Look at you, having the BIGGEST alpha energy in your whole entire universe! Your father and I are so proud~
061: I’m a father now huh
Thanks for the chapter!!!
Did anyone else catch how Ji Zuoshan was born in July, and Chi Xiaochi’s name in English is July??
I’m starting to really like ZYC but he’s still not really taking JZS’s feeling into account. He just kind of has a lot of growing up to do
Thanks for the update
This chap made me pity ZYC a little. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still the largest unknowing asshole and has an unhealthy obsession with JZS but he’s repenting (albeit in the dumbest way possible) and trying to take some sort of responsibility for his actions. Though JZS won’t come back to him anymore (and rightfully), it’ll be good for some closure. And both parties could still be happy and successful in their own right.
Also thanks for the chapter!! So far gone on this novel that the mention of a kiss in the near future has me squealing so loud in my bed that my sister asked me to shut up HAHA
Kissss! I’m looking forward to it already!
Thank you for the chapter!
I don’t know maybe I’m just soft hearted but I feel kinda sad for ZYC :”(
I mean I understood all the wrongs his done and I’m not saying ignorance can be easily ignored and forgiven but… He is truly sincere and as much as it’s weird to say I think in his own way he at least deserves happiness. Idk, his mistakes stem from his upbringing :(( and to suffer a life time for it just doesn’t settle for me.
Elder brother finally schooled his spoiled brother… In a second lifetime. Is it only now that his younger brother knew what pain was and how it feels for others? Sigh see how a tragedy could’ve been prevented if it was nipped in the bud.
Thanks for the chapter 💕
Zhan Yanchao is seriously delusional!
Thanks for the chapter!
ahh ci ho sperato nel bacio! 😭
Ay, ay, ay. The first few chapyer and I hate ZYC to bones. Now, I find him pitiful and a little bit, just a little bit, cute.
This part confuses me. If the winner takes all the energy from the one who lost, then don’t all the losers become and omega?
The rate of energy absorption depended on how th e battle occured, I think.
The more one sided it was, the more energy that’s being sapped?
I feel Ji just don’t want to absorb other people’s energy too much.
Also, looking forward what’d happen to Zhan haha
Him shooting out melon seeds when angry is very cute 😂 (even if I pity the omega a bit..)
Thanks for the chapter! 🍀
Sorry, ZYC is so cute. I liked how he is slowly changing and understanding what he did wrong and how he is too ignorant in situations. It’s amazing ho he can easily sacrifice his gender for JZS to forgive him and understand hat he went through. However, I wouldn’t ant him to be an omega because of the difficulties he ill face and is ignorance, so I hope someone will stop him. It was really funny what the brother said about his intelligence that I had to save that phrase to use. Also, it was cute that he threw melons seeds instead of slapping the omega.
That’s the result of leaving your brother to his own (very high nuclear destruction potential) devices, trash.
ZYC… My goodness, he’s so dumb I’m starting to feel sorry. I mean, if he grew up in a good household… he would have been such a cute little guy… But he never understood anything until he had entirely, piece by piece, made his favorite person turn to ashes.
Thank you for the translation and editing!
Zhao Yanchao 🤣🤣🤣 his act and way of thingking just :”)
espero que ZYC realmente aprenda com seus erros, mas não quero que JZS tenha que ve-lo novamente algum dia.
Eu vou saber que ele melhorou de verdade quando ele sumir da vida de JZS
Y’know, JZC’s fights in this tournament reminds me of shogi matches where after the match is over, they have a post-match discussion period to go over the opponent’s mistakes
This arc is tricky. I know I could never be like CXC, the compassion would hit me hard. Maybe lasting till the met in the tent would’ve been the last before I gave in. ZY likes Ji but he treated him in a really nasty way. This would give me the biggest migraine ever.
Zhan Yanchao is a lost case…
I wonder how much entropy pig is getting from this world?
Should I consider Zhao Yanchao stupid? Ignorant? Or innocent?
Lol, these people are wondering whether or not Xiao Ji will have enough energy to transform after the tournament, when he basically could’ve transformed even before the whole tournament. Don’t you guys worry, he will transform and become the strongest Alpha ever
, “I already let him fuck me, he can’t ignore me.” ykw– I’m with you bro 😂😭
I’m not rooting for zyc’s lovestory,the love is true but it’s one that only results in self destruction. But i do wish for him to grow up and become a better person. Although it doesn’t cancel the fact of him being an utter bastard until now,but i feel like he atleast deserves to be a better person. He wouldn’t hace turned into such a scum if his family atleast put a little effort in his development and conducts