Pheromone Recognition DisorderCh1 - Opening sequence

On the day Earth greeted its doomsday,

Boundless light engulfed the world,

Yet in that moment, I witnessed;

Countless lives, heedless of all, rushing towards me—

[Introduction]

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Huo Xianfeng woke up with a slight vibration.

He was curled up, his arms around his knees, like a baby in its mother’s womb.

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His heavy eyelids slowly opened, and what he first saw was a sticky, darkness without any light.

Who I am? jAVa24

Huo Xianfeng’s blank and stagnant brain finally began to slowly think,

Where I am?

He stretched out his hand, groping forward, and soon touched the edge of this “world”.

It was cold and hard, like a curved surface that is inwardly concave.

He’s surrounded by curved surfaces.

This space seems to be an egg…?

Huo Xianfeng stroked the cold eggshell, and could clearly feel the subtle vibrations outside.

He closed his eyes, and his mental power poured out, piercing through the icy eggshell, passing over the fleeing starship, like the ripples of a stone falling into a lake, moving away in all directions. rXfiqH

At this moment, the exploding artillery fire was like roaring waves, filling the entire night sky. In the center of the ground, the huge Heroes’ Monument was as high as a thousand meters, reflecting a bleeding color in the flames.

Boom—!

The fleeing starship was hit by a single shot, and it fell from a high altitude like a flaming meteorite.

In the starship, a sense of weightlessness quickly swept over Huo Xianfeng’s brain, accompanied by a strong dizziness. This made him quickly realize that he was rapidly falling. t17xHE

At an altitude of 10,000 meters, if there is no defensive device, even an S-level Alpha will be smashed to pieces.

“Confirming hit on target., the damage rate of the starship is 98.69%, and the likelihood of survival may be as low as 0.001%.”

At the same time, thousands of miles away, seeing the target crash, a red standard mecha put away its gun in satisfaction. After the mechanical electronic sound sounded in the mecha’s cockpit, a frivolous whistle followed immediately after.

“They’re really ignorant, to think these poachers dare to run wild here at the Heroes Monument.” 7Tps4E

Lin Jin was in a good mood as he raised the corners of his lips,

“You disturbed the rest of the heroic souls, and you still dareto run in my, Lin Jin’s, hands! You’re daydreaming~”

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Interstellar poachers, as the name suggests, are criminals who illegally scavange for the ruins of lost civilizations in the interstellar. Most of these people are generally vicious and skilled.

And the Ancient Earth, which was destroyed by both the Zerg swarm and nuclear bombs three hundred years ago, has become a very popular place for these people. 4qAz0

Although the presence of poachers is not uncommon on this ancient battlefield, those who dare to steal in the center of the ancient battlefield ruins are rare.

There is nothing else here, because this is the place where billions of souls were buried,

——It is also the tomb of Huo Chao, the Marshal of the Old Alliance.

Just after Lin Jin’s complacent speech ended, some veterans laughed and cursed him from the communication channel, XYZctA

“I say, as the second young master of the Lin family, you are quite a stinky kid. I don’t know who was the one who missed it just now, and let the target escape the siege.”

“Don’t run around. I don’t know if there are other poachers. As you are such a thin-skinned and tender alpha, if you are caught, it’s hard to say what will happen…”

“Hahahaha……”

Hearing this sentence, there was a burst of profound laughter in the communication channel. 1JfEpX

In this era where omegas are extremely rare, even an omega with only a D-level is protected at all times. Most vicious thugs can only choose betas in order to vent their feelings.

However, although the vast majority of alphas would feel disgusted with the same-sex pheromones, and even feel threatened, it is rumored that there are also some very few vicious perverts who have unspeakable desires for alphas.

Veterans in the army like to scare new recruits with such things.

Especially this young master who entered through the back door—— dobqFP

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“Recruit, for your ass, I beg you to hurry back to the capital hahahahaha…”

“…”

Hold on!

Lin Jin turned off the team’s communication channel in anger: “In a few years, Laozi will put you down one by one!” Vld54m

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“Tsk, it’s a little bit off. I originally planned to keep one mouth alive for questioning.” 3kcstN

Lin Jin frowned, “Damn it, I’ve been here for several months, and finally waited for an actual battle. Now I’ll be laughed at by those old bastards for several days.”

Just after this words were uttered, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded,

“Attention! Detected…”

Boom—! ! ! 5qj9Rr

Before the announcement of the mechanical voice was finished, a violent impact caused the mecha to instantly light up a blood-red warning light.

“Warning! Warning! The hatch is damaged…8…87%…degrees…Invasion…”

The moment the intermittent electronic sound disappeared, one hand pinched a sharp white fragment against Lin Jin’s throat from behind.

“Hush……” s6rfRh

Lin Jin’s eyes widened instantly, but all his words were suddenly blocked by the tingling pain in his neck. The sharp edge cut through the young man’s skin, releasing a thin line of blood.

“Shh-”

A slightly hoarse male voice rang in his ears without warning.

It was obviously just a soft breath, but at this moment Lin Jin’s forehead was covered with cold sweat. AzFNTy

He subconsciously wanted to swallow his saliva, but the sharp weapon around his neck forced him to raise his head and he froze in a humiliating pose.

The person behind had a damp air on his body. It didn’t look like he had just come out of the fire, but rather…as if he had crawled straight out of a nutrient solution tank.

——Lin Jin came up with such a weird idea.

“You… the Skynet force field has been opened long ago, even if you take me as a hostage, you won’t be able to escape.” 1QtFJM

If the other party just wanted to seize his mecha and escape, it would be fine to kill him just now. Now it is obvious that he wants to take him as a hostage.

“Sky…net?”

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Huo Xianfeng was stunned for a moment, then looked up to the sky.

He saw that the sky which was originally dyed red by the artillery fire suddenly lit up with a blue light, like a layer of gentle water waves, covering the whole world. zBwndj

—Very beautiful.

Huo Xianfeng looked at the sky, and was fascinated by it for a moment. For some reason, he always felt it was a little familiar.

“That, is Skynet?”

His slightly rising ending voice expressed some slight doubts. teSrfH

He wasn’t nervous or scared, or angry and flustered, but puzzled, as if he had never heard of the Skynet.

“Mmm… yes, that’s it.”

Lin Jin’s expression was a bit strange. This poacher’s articulation was strangely unnatural, as if he hadn’t spoken for a long time. He suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and tried his best to tense up, trying to delay the time.

It’s just that looking at the communication system that was just shut down by him, the Lin family’s second young master couldn’t wait to go back and punch the past him. njdEqB

He glanced at the screen in front of him, trying to see the appearance of the person behind him through the reflection, but no matter which angle he used, the face of that person was always hidden in the shadows.

Lin Jin could only vaguely see the opponent’s hand holding a sharp weapon.

Originally, he thought that what was pressed against his neck should be a dagger, but he didn’t expect that it turned out to be a piece of a white fragment. It was hard to tell what kind of material it was, but it was extremely sharp.

It’s just that the opponent’s hand was much smaller than he imagined, slender and clean. It’s not at all like those rough Alphas in the military camp, and it’s even far off from the legendary vicious poachers. ZQSt9d

Huo Xianfeng didn’t pay attention to the other party’s wild thoughts. When he fell to the ground just now, he roughly glanced at the environment on the ground. Obviously, this is an abandoned ancient battlefield. There is no need to build such a solid defense.

“Why, build this…?”

Probably because he hadn’t spoken for a long time, his articulation and punctuation seemed a little strange.

Lin Jin showed a surprised look: “Of course…to fulfill Marshal Huo Chao’s last wish.” Jud4W0

Three hundred years ago, hundreds of millions of Zergs invaded, and mankind ushered in a catastrophe that would destroy the world. At that time, Marshal Huo Chao proposed the Skynet Project. Once completed, it would be the most powerful defensive Great Wall in human history. It’s a pity that the Earth fell before it was completed.

Today’s Skynet is a replica version built by the Church to honor Huo Chao after spending huge sums of money.

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This should be common sense that everyone knows. In Lin Jin’s nervousness, he could only think of these words to delay the time, but unexpectedly, the other party listened very carefully, as if he didn’t know it at all.

“What about that?” yQWrK7

Huo Xianfeng’s eyes fell on the huge white stone tablet in the distance.

Now Lin Jin was really surprised: “The Heroes Monument, you don’t know it?”

“The names of all the soldiers who fought in this place were engraved on it to commemorate the heroic spirits who sacrificed themselves to resist the Zerg army.”

“The Heroes Monument…” rvbh8m

Huo Xianfeng murmured and repeated, he was only at a low altitude of tens of meters now, when he looked at the huge tombstone that was a thousand meters high, it was like looking up at a tower reaching into the sky.

The smoke and clouds reflected the blood-red cannon lights that, one after another,  surrounded the tombstones of billions of souls, which looked particularly heroic and sorrowful.

He suddenly asked: “Then, will everyone’s name be on it?”

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‘After all, my life is in the hands of the other party’, the second young master of the Lin family who is not very good-tempered still insisted on answering,

“Yes, everyone’s names are engraved.”

“That’s it…”

Lin Jin couldn’t see the man’s face, but he could hear some subtle sadness and happiness from the man’s tone. d3moST

There were more and more strange doubts accumulating, which even made Lin Jin wonder if this person was really a poacher. But now is not the time to think about those things, he just needs to delay for a while…

Ding—

The red light inside the mech suddenly disappeared, and turned into a soft blue light. Even the usually cold mechanical voice became strangely more soft shortly after,

“The driver authority reset was successful.” Oi0FWV

“It has been detected that the threshold of mental power is too high, and the mecha data is being readjusted for you.”

When Lin Jin saw the driver’s avatar turn from his self-portrait to pitch black, Lin Jin’s brain went blank for a moment because of his shock.

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“You…you actually…”

——Only when the spiritual realm value reaches the S level, can it be possible to directly rob the control authority of a mecha. DTushy

Moreover, it is still no more than a five percent possibility.

Lin Jin finally began to look at the mysterious man behind him. With such a terrifying mental strength, he could count on one hand the number of people who were as strong him in the entire Empire, and all of them were famous and important figures.

How could this person be a simple poacher?

Lin Jin showed unprecedented surprise: “What the hell are you trying to do?!” Pp8a25

“Mm……”

Huo Xianfeng glanced at the tattered outer shirt he’d hastily stripped off a corpse, and then at Lin Jin’s brand new combat uniform,

“Too troublesome, lend me some clothes.”

“Ah?” 1 rBdT

In the next second, the zipper was very smoothly——

From the back of Lin Jin’s neck, along the spine line, all the way to his waist.

“…?”

“?????” ZeRKa

This action was too suggestive.

Lin Jin froze for two seconds, and instantly remembered the nasty words those boring veterans used in order to scare him.

In an instant, the blood all over his body rushed backwards to his brain, and Lin Jin even ignored the threat of death hanging at his neck. He abruptly turned around and punched him.

“You fucking… pervert!” Z09Xe2

Although Lin Jin was just a recruit who had just been assigned to the field, he was still an A-level alpha after all. Under the extreme rage, his punches were extremely sharp, like blades.

Huo Xianfeng subconsciously took away the small piece of eggshell stuck to the young man’s throat. He had no intention of killing anyone, but just wanted to find someone to ask about the situation.

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——Why are you suddenly angry?

Huo Xianfeng didn’t seem to understand, but his body reacted first. LTpOZS

He casually raised his hand to block it,

Snap!

It was as easy as an adult grabbing a child’s fist, he then twisted his elbow backwards to suppress it with one hand.

Crash—! 7zdvHm

Almost in the blink of an eye, the back of the second young master’s neck was tightly strangled, and his handsome face was firmly slammed onto the console.

“…?”

What just happened?

Lin Jin’s eyes still maintained the anger from before, but they gradually revealed a little bewilderment. hsHzTA

“Ah……”

Huo Xianfeng blinked unconsciously,

“You came at me so suddenly just now, it scared me a little.”

There was a hint of criticism in his tone. saC6ku

Lin Jin, who was firmly pressed on the console: “…?”

“???”

Who is scaring whom? ! !

The author has something to say: hfrRZP

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The author is neither gong-centred nor shou-centred, but they simply start from the character design and plot.

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The characters are not perfect, and they love each other! People partial to gong or shou should not read my novel! ! ! !

This is just a little story that I like, I hope everyone can enjoy it. MRd9E7

M1zushi:

Thanks everyone for all the comments!! I’m very excited to start this novel and the y’alls reader interest has been a huge motivation ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡ below is the chapter’s note from when I translated it

title is literally chess opening z8TqC7

Shou: Jiang Ci (not yet introduced)

Gong: Huo Xianfeng

This is a story about humankind, friendship, past, future, sacrifice and most of all love, love for your loved ones, for peace, for a common dream and for freedom.

It’s not a short story yet it’s not too long. We’re still at the start, but as the plot develops, hopefully, you’ll see the love and care the Author put in this story, in each character and plot. dgbOGP

There are some hints scattered in this chapter that I only got after re-reading the story, I’m dying to tell them to you xddd

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