Chapter 57
Si Chen got up from the ground feeling very much like he could use a smoke. “Don’t cry, I should be the one crying.”*
He stretched out his hand to feel his ribs; two of them must be broken.
Perhaps he should count himself lucky that only two were broken and that no important internal organs were injured.
Dongfang Changye’s emotions came quickly and left just as quickly; his expression returned to calm and he rewrapped his arm with the bandage.
Unlike his skin tone in other places, Dongfang Changye’s elbows were purple-black, the blood vessels on them were particularly raised, seeming to surge with life. The sores on it were in the shape of human faces that kept spitting out black blood. Looking at them for too long, made one feel nauseous and dizzy,
The young man lowered his head and frowned. It was inconvenient to operate with one hand, so he was bandaging himself with the use of his mouth and one free hand.
Si Chen offered, “Let me do it.”
Dongfang Changye raised his golden eyes slightly. He neither agreed nor refused.
Although Si Chen has never studied medicine, medicine and biology are inseparable. Moreover, he’s been injured from time to time, so Si Chen was very skilled in bandaging.
He quickly tied the bandage.
This was a bandage that could suppress supernatural properties. It was obviously a high-dimensional item. It felt cool to the touch, like metal.
Si Chen tried to reminisce with him, “I remember you were mechanically transformed back then…?”
Because many years have passed, Dongfang Changye’s original face had become somewhat blurred in Si Chen’s mind.
His memory was actually quite good, especially when it came to data and events.. But he wasn’t quite as good when it came to remembering facts about particular people…
Dongfang Changye took a deep breath. “Are you remembering the wrong person?”
“…” Si Chen.
Dongfang Changye stared at his face and sneered. “Do you even remember my name?”
That’s a really good question.
Si Chen was silent for so long that he basically admitted to not knowing.
Dongfang Changye’s right arm was still being bandaged, and he slightly raised his left hand that had been hanging by his side. But he stopped.
Affected by the supernatural creature living in his body, Dongfang Changye had a bad temper most of the time. But he wasn’t like that originally.
Just now, he felt a little bit murderous.
Kill Si Chen and chain his soul to him and then they’ll be together forever.
Fortunately, Dongfang Changye quickly restrained this impulse.
He leaned in close and through gritted his teeth whispered into Si Chen’s ear, “I ought to tie you up and fuck you til you get pregnant.”
Si Chen paused, recalling their chat records back then. With an innocent and pitiful smile on his face, he said, “Then I’ll give birth to twins for Gege.”
Dongfang Changye had received an elite education since he was a child; the kind of education that made him seal his heart and lock away his feelings as though he’d been practicing the Way of the Heartless since he was a child.
His family took good care of him and already arranged a marriage for him early on. It just so happened that he met Si Chen during that period in his life when his hormones were most out of control.
Everyone appreciates beauty. The first time Dongfang Changye saw Si Chen, he thought, this person truly is pleasing to the eyes. He induced such comfortable feelings, like he’d grown right out of the depths of his heart.
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And fortunately, Si Chen also seemed to like him very much.
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Si Chen’s impatience was only because letting up even a little puts him at risk of returning to his original life.
When you like someone enough, even their shortcomings appear cute.
He could understand. He could understand everything.
Dongfang Changye was an illegitimate child and was accepted into his family because of his talent.
On the day he graduated from military school, his mother, a prostitute, committed suicide in the ICU. He chose to leave the family and came to the wilderness.
His reason for running away was to dissolve the engagement. Only Dongfang Changye knew what he himself had been thinking.
Here, even the wind smelled of blood but he was free; he could live for himself.
During the numerous times he found himself on the verge of death, what Dongfang Changye thought about was whether Si Chen would cry if news of his death reached him.
It would be fine if he cried even just once. At least someone remembered that he once existed.
He both loved him and didn’t love him. What he loved was Si Chen’s mask, his skin, his own fantasy and his own heroism. But who could say that this wasn’t a kind of love? Pursuing pure and unconditional love was like chasing the moon in the water and the stars in the sky.
He liked the days when Si Chen seemed to love him very much.
Dongfang Changye walked to the original referee’s chair and picked up the pocket watch that had fallen to the floor.
Based on the energy fluctuations it was giving off, it seemed to be a high-dimensional item.
Dongfang Changye threw the watch to Si Chen. “Take it.”
It was an exquisitely crafted western watch. The hands had stopped moving. The dial was like a cathedral skylight covered with colored glass.
Even for just its craftsmanship, this watch should be worth a lot.
Si Chen: “I’ll sell it after we get out of here. We can share 60-40, you get 60 and I get 40.”
He was plenty aware how much or how little he’d contributed to get this.
If it had only been Si Chen himself, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to beat off the pixel bear, much less get this pocket watch.
Dongfang Changye replied, “No, you can take it. I don’t have a citizen ID card. This thing is illegal in the wilderness. If I can’t use it myself, I can only sell it cheap.”
For him, eating the pixel bear would be more valuable. If it weren’t for Si Chen, this bear wouldn’t have appeared either.
So, Si Chen didn’t argue and put the pocket watch into his pocket.
He walked out the ring slowly and put on his clothes. Because it scraped against the wound on his body, he frowned slightly.
Dongfang Changye asked, “Do you have any medicine?”
“Yeah,” Si Chen replied in a low voice, “in my room.”
His injury looked somewhat serious, but because of his strong self-healing ability and low pain sensitivity, there was nothing serious about it.
But Si Chen would rather let others misunderstand. Sometimes, being underestimated was a good thing.
Dongfang Changye jumped off the ring, put the wrapped sword behind his back and said, “I’ll walk you back.”
Although he thought it highly unlikely for Ji Chuyao to come back so soon, Si Chen still rejected his proposal. “No need. I’ll be fine by myself.”
Dongfang Changye asked, a fake smile on his face. “Why? Are you hiding that…guy you slept with hand in hand?”
He’d wanted to say “adulter” at first, but he didn’t think it was appropriate. After all, the two had only made a verbal agreement. They were neither engaged nor married.
Dongfang Changye seemed like a resentful wife who’d caught her husband repeatedly cheating on her but was reluctant to divorce him.
Si Chen replied kindly, “No, how could that be? I’m just worried that there might be something wrong with the nanny robots here.”
He thought for a while and asked, “What’s the deal with the chip in your brain? Can you take it out?”
The best way to quickly sidestep a question was to present a different one.
“Yes, it’ll just explode.” Dongfang Changye put his hand on the back of his head, “It’s here. They secretly put it in during an operation.”
Dongfang Changye has never seen the actual chip.
He even secretly went to get a CT scan to see what model it was. But the scan couldn’t detect the existence of a chip in his head.
Only the occassional tingling and loss of control reminded him that he was a humanoid weapon under someone else’s control.
The Eternal Life Abyss suddenly piped in, “Mom, that, can eat.”
Si Chen was taken aback. “What?”
The Eternal Life Abyss replied crisply, “Bug in brain!”
Si Chen’s eyes fell on Dongfang Changye’s face.
Dongfang Changye licked his fangs. “What’s with that look? Are you pitying your husband?”
Si Chen corrected, “We weren’t married so you can’t call yourself that.”
Maybe because it’s been some time since he’s last had to put on an act, Si Chen’s skills were a bit rusty. He couldn’t produce an embarassed blush on command.
Dongfang Changye let out a cold snort from his nose. “That’s not what you said when you climbed over the school wall to go out on a date in the middle of the night.”
The two had to stop their walk down memory lane when an announcement came from overhead. “The time is now 5:00 pm. It is time for dinner. Please return to the dining hall in an orderly manner. The nanny robots shall guide you there.”
“Tonight, the base may be attacked by the Enlightened Legion. Please do not leave the base without authorization to avoid any potential danger.”
*
For dinner, the table had been returned to the original long table.
Si Chen took a glance and found that the three people missing during lunch had indeed returned.
No one knew any of them well. Judging from their behavior, there seemed to be nothing strange about these three people. Dinner was still delicious.
Chu Linglong couldn’t help asking, “Can you tell me about your blood test experience?”
As she spoke, a row of nanny robots standing in the corner of the dining hall remained calmly staring straight ahead, like keychain figurines.
“Of course.” No. 7, who’d been addressed, replied, “It was actually nothing. I was quite nervous before going.”
“I went to the infirmary on the third floor with the others. First, I underwent a physical examination. They drew a tube of blood and then did an MRI. After that, I was given a medical examination sheet. After that, I came back.”
Number 8 beside him breathed a sigh of relief, “Oh, so that’s it. That’s okay…”
“Can you show me the medical examination sheet?” Si Chen asked and then said with a smile, “I’m actually a doctor.”
Number 7 was momentarily taken aback. He then waved to his nanny robot. “Alice, the medical examination sheet.”
Alice stepped forward with a smile and handed over a stack of forms.
Si Chen took a look and found that the things inspected by the Machines were quite routine. Judging from the medical exam results, No. 7 was in good health and had no history of illness.
Chu Linglong, who was sitting across, looked at him with eager eyes, throwing meaningful looks.
Si Chen turned a blind eye, smiled and said to Number 7, “You are quite healthy.”
He handed back the medical examination sheet.
Printed on the medical exam sheet had been the results as well as the time for the various tests.
No. 7’s first exam started at 8:30 am.
His last test was an MRI and the time was 10:40 am.
But afterwards, they didn’t come back for lunch.
Si Chen suspected these three who’d been called to go had been manipulated without their knowledge.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain just what these people had been doing during the few hours they disappeared.
Si Chen fed the Eternal Life Abyss as usual. In the eyes of outsiders, he just stuffed food into his palm.
Biological evolution leads to distortions and mutations. All sorts of deformities had appeared on biological Evolutionaries. Everyone has long become familiar with it and no one asks questions anymore.
After all, not everyone knew clearly the various forms of the Eternal Life Abyss.
After taking a couple of bites, the Eternal Life Abyss lost interest. “Mom, this, not tasty. Rotten.”
It hasn’t had a full meal recently and it had been forced to use its main body twice, consuming a lot of energy. Its stomach was already growling with hunger.
So, after finishing dinner, Si Chen, after some thought, grabbed Dongfang Changye’s arm, bit his lower lip and asked, sounding pitiful, “Gege, can you sleep in my room tonight?”
Off to one side, Al the Machine, who was putting away the dishes, suddenly had an enlightened expression on his face.
No wonder Si Chen wouldn’t sleep with him.
It turned out that it wasn’t because he wasn’t beautiful enough but because they were both solid zeroes.
The author has something to say:
Xiao Ji who came back in the middle of the night: …?
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The * is a line of lyrics, in fact, it can be sung in a duet with (cross out) a good brother (cross out) with a great greivance.
The next line in the song goes “You have already confessed that you are in love with him, what can I do?”
Translator’s note: It’s this song.
I wonder if DC’s going to live through this.
Wanna bet Si Chen’s gonna stick a tentacle up his nose to get at the bug without killing him?
I think it’s bad idea…
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Time to feed baby! Hahahaha… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
shura field incoming?
Si Chen can tolerate anyone for a free meal
This chapter was an absolute riot (‘◉ ﹏ ◉’)
Tell me why Dongfang Changye’s line about knocking Si Chen up got me more worked up than 90% of the uncensored scenes on this site 💀 the AI calling itself and Si Chen bottoms at the end was even more out of pocket