Chapter 68
Si Chen didn’t completely pass out.
It was just that his body was so exhausted that it took all his energy to stay awake.
He was carried onto the plane by the members of the Chu Feng Team. He heard the captain say, “We’ll take the Young Master back to the main house for repair. As for this one, well, we’ll send him to the hospital.”
The word “hospital” stimulated Si Chen’s nerves.
He opened his eyes a crack and said, voice very weak, “No hospital. Take me home.”
He was worried how he was going to explain how he got the Eternal Life Abyss inside him.
Si Chen didn’t think Ji Chuyao would backstab him but he wasn’t certain about the rest of the Ji Family.
He admitted that he had a tendency to entertain unfounded worries but with no confidence, he dared not gamble.
Among Si Chen’s many nightmares was one where he’d been stripped of the Eternal Life Abyss by the Song family.
Another was standing before court as the defendant and be sentenced to life imprisonment.
That nightmare-induced panic would often result in him waking up with cold hands and feet.
The captain turned his head sideways. “Kiddo, I don’t know what happened but you don’t look too good.”
Si Chen’s throat had been sliced open by Zeus. Now the top half of the white shirt was soaked in half-dried blood.
He was then subjected to the mental attack of a Spiritual High-dimensional Creature. His face was as pale as glazed tile, riddled with cracks, liable to shatter at any time.
Si Chen couldn’t lift his head. He buried his face on the stretcher and murmured: “No…go home.”
The captain said, “Okay, okay.”
He promised readily but thought that possibility highly unlikely. Beicheng District and Jiangchuan District are located in opposite directions and their priority was to get Ji Chuyao sent back first. If Si Chen’s vital signs dropped dangerously low by then, they would have no choice but to send him too a private hospital.
The descendants of the Great Familiar are divided into two categories. The first were like Ji Yuanji — “This kid has really good luck”; and the other were like Ji Chuyao — “The family’s hope for the future”.
If a Family wishes for continued prosperity, a strong successor is a must.
And Ji Chuyao was one such heir.
After getting the captain’s agreement, Si Chen felt a little relieved.
He curled up in a corner, like a wary little animal on high alert, falling into a light sleep state.
It could only be said that the smell of unfamiliar Alphas around him was still too strong. *
The well-fed Eternal Life Abyss within him automatically began its evolution process.
Si Chen suddenly twitched. Then, the twitching became more and more intense.
There was something wrong with his condition. The captain took a sniff, walked over and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong? Are you airsick?”
But in the very next second, the captain’s expression changed.
Si Chen had his eyes closed. His whole body was cold. He opened his mouth and retched, over and over, spitting out big mouthfuls of black blood mixed with pieces of viscera.
[The Eternal Life Abyss may divest from the host body after it matures and it is likely to result in death. Although it has strong combat effectiveness in the early stage it is not recommended for use to evolve.]
The Eternal Life Abyss was already at the Fourth Step. In other words, it would soon reach the age when it could be weaned away. Its genes told it that it could now hunt on its own.
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Even a normal juvenile Eternal Life Abyss, one who naturally grew up beside its mother would leave when its is around the Fifth Step.
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“……Mom.”
Si Chen heard the Eternal Life Abyss’ helpless cry.
“I won’t eat. Mom.”
Because of some mysterious sixth sense, Ji Chuyao, who was undergoing preliminary repairs in a separate life capsule, suddenly woke up.
He had yet to heal to any considerable degree but he was woken by his heart thumping wildly in his chest.
He got up. A member of the team reported, “Young Master, your friend seems to be in a bad condition.”
As a combat plane, there wasn’t much space inside Chu Feng One. Apart from the energy reserve cabin, the one that occupied the largest area was the infirmary.
When Ji Chuyao came in, the captain was talking loudly to Si Chen: “Stay awake! Don’t pass out! If you pass out, you’re done for. I’ve contacted the nearest medical center. You’ll be fine, just hang on!”
Several infusion needles were directly inserted into Si Chen’s body, delivering different types of gene medicines and healing fluid.
There was a medic in the team but he too was helpless in the face of this special situation.
Si Chen’s exposed skin, except for his face, was covered with a layer of icy black scales.
On his face, the crisscrossing blood vessels appeared particularly vivid.
The captain reported very quickly, “Young Master, there are many similar cases for Biological Evolutionaries. In the later stages, in order to advance, many would choose to take in more powerful High-dimensional Creatures. But the original body cannot withstand the high-dimensional invasion or a rejection reaction with the originally hosted High-dimensional Creature is very likely to lead to death.”
This was also the reason why Biologically Transformed Evolutionaries were unwilling to progress too fast. Song Qingyu is in his thirties but depsite his vast resources, was only at the Fifth Step.
If one’s physical cannot keep up, dying was all too easy on the road to advancement.
The implantation surgery would be done in the morning and the patient would be dead in the afternoon.
The captain didn’t know that the high-dimensional creature that Si Chen fused with was an Eternal Life Abyss, His was merely speculation according to the way these thing usually went.
But Ji Chuyao, as the one who had personally performed the parasitic implantation surgery on him, was very clear on the situation.
Ji Chuyao held Si Chen’s hand, not for comfort, but to perform a physical scan.
Violent energy raged in Si Chen’s body, wreaking devastation like landslide or a tsunami.
He said, “Head to Four Seasons Island.”
The Ji Family’s private gathering spot was on an isolated island called Four Seasons Island. Those who reside there are either direct descendants of the Ji Family or live-in servants who’ve signed several hundred years-long term contracts. It is said that to be the most technologically advanced place in the world.
Without even so much as a “why”, Chu Feng One headed to the island at full speed.
Ji Chuyao picked up Si Chen and rushed into his house. His expression looked very grave.
He had his own a separate courtyard on Four Seasons Island. The size of this courtyard was unimportant; what was important were the things located in its safe.
When he was very young, Ji Sicheng ruffled Ji Chuyao’s hair as he told him that he’d prepared peculiar but priceless treasure for him.
Ji Chuyao had been curious as to why he’d called it ‘peculiar’.
It wasn’t until later when he opened the storage box that he found that the item inside was indeed ‘peculiar’.
It was a small short tail, looking much like dried bacon.
To say that Ji Sicheng had been the one to prepare it wasn’t quite true. This tail had been cut, as per Turing’s instructions, from Ji Chuyao’s body when he’d been a baby.
Although he didn’t know the reason, Ji Chuyao had a strong intuition that this tail was going to be of use.
Through the haze of extreme pain, Si Chen smelled something a bit bitter, like some herbal medicine.
His whole body was shaking and the had his teeth clenched tightly. Ji Chuyao had to forcefully pry his mouth open with his fingers.
Si Chen retched out black blood, now turned into a semi-coagulated sticky substance. He was dying; he could only breathe in and barely breathe out.
This was the closest he had ever been to death.
In contrast, the Eternal Life Abyss never looked more alive. Its outline emerged on the Si Chen’s back, bulging, like a bamboo shoot about to break out of the ground at any moment.
Si Chen had become emaciated. His original body had been very well-proportioned with everything just right. But now, the flesh on his body seemed to have been sucked away, leaving only skin sticking to his bones. The Eternal Life Abyss bulging on his back looked unusually distinct.
In such a state, even if he were sent to the main headquarters of Khaos Manufacturing for treatment, the response they would give would be to “prepare for the funeral”.
Ji Chuyao whispered, “Trust me, Si Chen.”
Because of the pain, Si Chen was shedding uncontrollable tears. His throat moved and he swallowed the thing whole with difficulty.
The fiery stream in his body finally found a suitable vessel and rushed into it all at once.
His body finally stopped hurting.
…
…
Si Chen opened his eyes and was met with a dome-like arc-shaped ceiling. The tassel chandelier in the middle exuded luxury, crafted by master artisans into a form he would never be able to afford.
The unfamiliar environment made his heart jump. Fortunately, he quickly realized that this must be Ji Chuyao’s home.
He pulled out the IV needle from the back of his hand. Apart from feeling somewhat dizzy, there were no other major problems.
Si Chen checked his body.
The hole representing the “Third Step” was completely filled. The corpse of the Feathered Serpent God living inside had grown two heads and on one of the heads was the biochip taken from Zeus.
The other two round biochips were in the fourth hole. Though they were obviously mechanical in nature, they were jumping around in the hole. On their backs were long tails, making them look akin to tadpoles.
An ominous premonition welled up in Si Chen’s heart and it was all due to the itchy feeling coming from the base of his tailbone.
He turned over, lay on his side, and touched the edge of his loose pajama pants with his hand. Sure enough, he caught hold of a short tail.
Si Chen shivered.
It must have been recently grown as it was was still soft and warm to the touch.
He admitted he could be somewhat asexual, having lost a great portion of his worldly desires at a young age.
But this newborn organ was too sensitive and a simple rub brought with it an unconscious reaction.
Si Chen: “…”
He couldn’t help cursing in his heart.
Although he knew that some physical mutation was to be expected as part of the biological evolution,
growing a tail was still too much of a shock for him.
Carolian had tail because of their disproportionate and short stature, like a cross between a goblin and an imp in Western Fantasy games. With their long arms that reached the ground, they needed the tails for balance.
But he was a homo sapien.
Si Chen remembered what Ji Chuyao had told him to swallow before.
A tail?
Unfortunately, when Ji Chuyao fed it to him, he hadn’t explained much.
Si Chen stood up and looked in the mirror. In the floor-to-ceiling mirror, the base of the tail was slightly red at the edge, as if it were inflamed. Its surface was covered with cold and hard black scales.
Si Chen tried controlling the tail. The little tail stood up. It wasn’t so flexible and he couldn’t get it to sway. It hurt when he moved it.
…
It was a feeling difficult to describe.
Si Chen had a feeling that this tail was akin to an ‘energy core’ for a Mechanically transformed Evolutionary.
He watched it intently until there was a sudden knock on the door.
Si Chen immediately pulled up his pants.
Ji Chuyao opened the door, a gentle expression on his face. “You’re awake. Your things are in the cabinet next to you, including your ID card, a lighter, axe and your Serpent Staff Gene uniform. Check and see if there’s anything missing. The Space Fold Area is still undergoing clean up, if there’s anything missing, we can call the Safety Management Bureau over there.”
“Here, take this medicine.”
Si Chen took the water glass and gulped down half of it. Some gene medicine must have been added to the water as it tasted a bit like sugar water.
Si Chen: “Then…”
“It’s April 17th. You’ve been in a coma for 13 days. Don’t worry, you haven’t used up your leave yet.”
“This……”
Ji Chuyao paused, “When Chu Feng Team entered the 8th floor, they did not find Dongfang Changye but there were no traces of fighting or blood at the scene, so he should still be alive.”
“Ji Yuanji has also been reassembled though he has some parts missing. He has been sent for repair.”
Only then did Si Chen feel relieved.
Every time Turing takes over his body, Ji Chuyao falls into a temporary coma.
This time, he and Si Chen were carried out together again.
Now, rumors have made their way among the upper echelons of the Ji Family. The air was rife with outrageous speculations with the most outrageous one being that “Ji Chuyao eloped with Si Chen for the second time, causing Ji Sicheng to angrily send Team Chu Feng to bring them back from thousands of miles away. Si Chen was beaten causing the miscarriage of their six-month old fetus and he was now confined on Four Seasons Island.”
Of course, this kind of thing was discussed secretly in private. No one would really dare to bring it up and ask Ji Sicheng about it.
In Ji Chuyao’s memory. He followed Si Chen into the medical examination center, had a fierce battle with Zeus and finally won. He then fell into a coma due to lack of energy.
Although roughly correct, Ji Chuyao kept having this inexplicable feeling of dissonance.
Since he had performed a scan on himself and found nothing unusual, he decided to keep this matter to himself.
He said in a deep voice, “Si Chen, you need to consider stripping the Eternal Life Abyss.”
The author has something to say:
*Just a simile. This is not really ABO. This applies to when it was said before that Si Chen looked like a beautiful Omega among a team of Alphas.
Another interesting piece has been added to Si Chen… … …and he’s not too thrilled by the new appendage. LMAO! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
SC gets cuter with every chapter
Haha, the rumours outside is going wild 🤭
So… Is it like palm lengh? Like a bunny or deer tail? Or longer? I dont think it’s super long as he could tuck it into pants with no problem
Wow, tail and asexuality of Si Chen. So many interesting news
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