edited by shay
“General, you… What did you say?”
Hearing the General’s question, Yue Yang thought he was hearing things.
“Never mind.”
Gu Huan also felt that he had been a bit impulsive and retracted his previous statement.
“How can I just let it go after the General has spoken?”
Yue Yang immediately assured, “General, rest assured, you don’t need to spend money on this. We’ll take care of it for you.”
“…Don’t.”
Before Gu Huan could finish his impulsive response, Yue Yang had already saluted and turned to leave. He walked very quickly, as if there was something chasing after him, looking very anxious yet carrying a hidden excitement.
The attribute of not shying away from big matters might exist in everyone’s heart.
“…”
Gu Huan still felt somewhat uneasy. After all, there had been precedents before. He once mentioned wanting to achieve the top rank, and they ended up making him the cutest instructor.
He was worried they might exaggerate things again.
It might be better to spend money. It would be discreet, and as long as it didn’t get out, nobody would know that he had requested it.
<hr>
Sure enough, things took a turn towards the situation Gu Huan least expected.
Gu Huan had just casually asked if it was possible to buy the top rank, but Yue Yang added fuel to it, turning it into a story where the General felt disheartened after hearing about losing first place, and the news spread like wildfire throughout the entire military district.
Several battalion commanders who had just returned victorious from various battlefields and had only just relaxed their mood suddenly became tense again.
This was something the General wanted, so naturally, everyone had to make it happen.
“So, has the voting already closed?”
While everyone was still unaware of the vote and had an overwhelming desire to ensure the General’s first place, Mo Xiao, who had surpassed everyone in awareness, asked the most critical question.
The group of novices showed admiring expressions, and Mo Xiao immediately took control of the situation.
“Yue Yang, go and ask the people at the magazine’s publisher immediately whether their voting has closed. I need to know the answer right now.”
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“I’m referring to the general group, the one the General isn’t in,” Mo Xiao reminded.
“Don’t make a mistake.”
They excluded the General from the main group, not because Gu Huan was unpopular, but because he was too popular. It wouldn’t be appropriate to keep praising the General to his face all the time, so they had created a separate group in an unspoken agreement.
In this group, Mo Xiao was the group leader.
“Understood.”
Yue Yang’s information call had just ended.
“How is it?” Mo Xiao asked.
“There’s still an hour.”
“I have already reminded them to change the content of the magazine in advance, so as not to stay up late and work overtime.” Yue Yang joked.
Hopefully, they would take his advice.
“One hour? That’s enough time; let’s show them the efficiency of our soldiers,” Mo Xiao said solemnly.
“Yes, General Mo Xiao.”
<hr>
The next day.
When Gu Huan saw the piles of magazines placed on the table, he knew that something had definitely happened that he was not aware of.
“General.”
“These are from the magazine company.”
Gu Huan nodded slightly.
He picked up the magazine, and the most popular alpha had become him.
Gu Huan glanced at Yue Yang, who was standing proudly with his head held high, showing some arrogance.
If it ended here, Gu Huan would have been absolutely delighted because this was his original goal. However, things didn’t end here.
He opened the magazine and flipped through a few pages, his expression freezing as he continued.
In this magazine, every place where people appeared had been replaced with his photos.
“This is…”
He only wanted to have the title of first in the most popular alphas section right? Why is the entire magazine covered by his photos?
“It’s a coincidence,” Yue Yang lifted the corners of his lips, forcing a smile.
“Because it was a manually conducted vote, many voters couldn’t find the right spot to vote as it was their first time voting, so they just voted for you when they saw your photo. That’s why…”
A voting scale as massive as the Most Popular Alpha in the whole interstellar couldn’t be compared to the other smaller polls in the weekly magazine. The votes from those misguided people had quite a number and managed to push down the original candidates.
But the magazine had already been printed like this, and he couldn’t possibly ask them to destroy it directly.
Gu Huan could already anticipate how the magazine company was viewing him.
It’s probably the kind of villain character who doesn’t seem to care about anything, but actually cares about everything.
He massaged his forehead.
He should just have spent the money.
The magazine company’s perspective was completely opposite to Gu Huan’s. They didn’t see Gu Huan as ambitious or scheming; instead, they found his seriousness a bit cute.
This overturned their previous impression of him as an aloof figure, bridging the gap.
“That magazine company also gave me an invitation, asking me to give it to you.”
Yue Yang held out a black background, gold-embossed invitation with both hands and gave it to Gu Huan.
Gu Huan furrowed his brows slightly and opened the envelope to take a look.
“A double cover?”
The other main character invited for this double cover was Chu Xinglin.
They said they wanted to do a magazine issue centered around friendship, so they invited the two of them.
Gu Huan originally didn’t want to agree, but he suddenly thought of the trouble he had caused for the magazine company, so he pursed his lips and agreed.
“If His Highness is willing to participate, then I’ll participate too. If he doesn’t go, I won’t go either.”
<hr>
[Imperial Palace]
“In regards to the twins… it’s quite likely,” Chu Shengyun reclined on the bed, pondering.
“Indeed, during the initial experiment, a control group was used, but that pair of twins remained as fertilized eggs and were never born. Xinglin, how come you know about the twins?” he asked.
“Because one of Gu Huan’s students saw the twins and found it suspicious.”
Chu Xinglin didn’t explicitly mention that Gu Huan had informed him. Despite being father and son, their lack of trust in each other due to various circumstances prevented complete transparency. Chu Xinglin opening up this much already indicated a significant level of trust.
“After investigating, they did have some anomalies. Their identities were fabricated on the optical network.”
“I see,” Chu Shengyun picked up that Chu Xinglin was withholding something from him, but he didn’t press further.
“Regarding those twins, what else do you want to know?”
Chu Xinglin didn’t mince words with Chu Shengyun and asked directly,
“What were the variables for comparing those twins?”
Since they were part of the control group, there must have been differences; everything can’t be the same.
“In the first batch of experiments, we created artificial beings as omegas because the data from the Zerg Queen made us believe that in order to create artificial individuals with strong mental power, they needed to be omegas. However, we later realized that omegas are inherently fragile and unsuitable for this purpose. Additionally, having powerful mental abilities is a burden for omegas due to their heat cycle. Their heat cycle can lead to riots that aren’t just a .”
“So at the beginning of the second batch of experiments, we experimented with a control group and genetically modified the first batch of successful experimental subjects onto one fertilized egg each of alpha and omega. We found that the alpha’s mental ability also improved.”
“Compared to omegas, alphas were more suitable as new experimental subjects. That’s why we have someone like Nie Chuan.”
“You also understand what happens when omegas possess strong mental abilities.”
Previously, it was manageable not knowing that Gu Huan was an experimental subject. However, after learning about Gu Huan’s background, Chu Xinglin’s tone when discussing this matter became increasingly sharp.
As the atmosphere between the two changed, Bowie quickly interjected, “Your Highness, Your Majesty, the recent magazines are truly captivating. They’re all about General Gu Huan. Your Highness, I have a few copies here, would you like to take a look?”
Chu Xinglin knew that Bowie was intentionally diverting the conversation, so he followed his lead and looked over.
“The magazines are all praising General Gu Huan and Your Highness. Not only are you the most popular alphas, but you also share an enviable friendship,” Bowie continued.
Chu Xinglin’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Friendship?
Their so-called “friendship” has long since surpassed the boundaries of friendship.
They are clearly in love.
M1zushi: Let’s congrats Shay for catching up with today’s chapters~~ thanks for the work!
Thank you for the chapter
Mo Xiao in action for her General, and the group just clicks on everythig! Too funny
Lol, the emperor’s sexism prevented him from creating the best experimental subjects. There’s an easy way to solve the heat riots issue but apparently the emperor is not so “cruel” as to force an alpha to be with an omega that’s stronger then them. That would be horrible!
True, though that could bring up the issue of forced bonding to stabilize the omegas 🤷
gawd but the sarcasm XD 👏😂
Thanks for the chapter
I just need to know if Former Lieutenant His Highness is in this group and voted for our General Gu? (ꈍᴗꈍ)
He’s probably the first person to vote for our General Gu 👏👏👏😂
Thank you for the chapter (╯˘ -˘ )╯*praying *
thanks for the chapter!