2 extra chapters thanks to Taureine! I’ll upload the second extra chapter tomorrow \(^^)/
Realizing the shameful sound he had just made, Jiang Ci immediately clenched his teeth.
He was extremely close to the young alpha behind him, so close that he could even feel the warmth of the other’s slightly restrained breath. However, in this intimate proximity, he could only perceive a faint, almost imperceptible trace of pheromones.
This was the first time Jiang Ci had ever sensed such a unique set of pheromones. It was challenging to describe, completely different from the strong and stimulating scents of other alphas. It exuded warmth, acceptance, and strength…
It was just like the quiet haze that silently brushes through the mountains during sunrise, without any distinctive odor. It made one want to close their eyes and surrender to complete assurance.
For the first time, Jiang Ci didn’t feel aversion or disgust toward an alpha’s pheromones. Instead, he breathed unconsciously, deeper and quicker. In a certain moment, even his resistance disappeared, being replaced by a deeper sense of frustration over why this alpha had concealed his pheromones so deeply.
“What’s wrong?”
Huo Xianfeng noticed the anomaly in Jiang Ci but had no awareness of the latter’s addiction to his pheromones.
“Do you have asthma?”
The voice of the straight-A young man even sounded genuinely concerned.
Jiang Ci: “……”
“You——!”
The omega woke up with a start. After realizing what kind of unspeakable behavior he had just committed, a blush suddenly appeared on his cheeks under the mask, and he didn’t know whether it was from embarrassment or humiliation.
He knew that it was just a pseudo-pregnancy, yet his body was faithfully executing all the responses typical of an omega during pregnancy. Such as sensitive skin, volatile emotional fluctuations, extreme anxiety, and feelings of emptiness.
All of these required the comforting of a mate.
But he wasn’t marked.
Not being marked but having an intense craving for an alpha pheromone’s comfort created an irreconcilable contradiction. Therefore, his body’s instincts urgently sought a powerful shelter.
As a result, when an omega in need of soothing finds a gentle and powerful alpha, they will subconsciously develop a desire for protection, dependence, and comfort.
Clearly, the source of these desires stood right behind him.
——Such a realization left Jiang Ci immensely shocked and angry.
He could hardly differentiate between the slight trembling in his body at this moment, whether it was due to the extreme embarrassment and humiliation or the excitement of having his glands touched by the younger man.
Huo Xianfeng felt that the other party was in a strange state at this moment.
“You…….”
Before he could say more than a single word, Jiang Ci’s energy blade erupted in a dazzling electric glow.
Stab——
The young alpha immediately stepped back, but due to his earlier hesitation, he was slightly late. He glanced down to see a ten-centimeter-long gash in his palm, the flesh and blood mixing together, and the scorched black surrounding area, which looked rather gruesome.
With one hand against the wall, Jiang Ci stared fiercely at the young man before him. He could not discern if his feelings were driven by resentment or something else.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“A-Ci, the box in the lower corner of the third row!!”
Finally, Xiao X finished scanning and pinpointed the target.
But at this very moment, things took a sudden turn——
Bang!
Outside the door, a heavy muffled sound was heard.
Then the nearby walls suddenly turned red, like rocks turning into magma, cracking into numerous mottled pieces.
Huo Xianfeng immediately realized what it was, exclaiming, “Not good!”
That’s a lava beam! A powerful red light radiated from the walls, and anything touched by this beam was almost instantly carbonized.
Jiang Ci clenched his teeth and rushed toward the box, scooping it into his arms just before the beam reached it. At the same time, his energy blade emitted a blinding flash and disintegrated into countless parts, rapidly assembling into a hand cannon.
Boom! Boom!!!
Two shots were fired in succession, and the loud noise shook the world! The first one collapsed the opposite wall, while the second was aimed at the ceiling above Huo Xianfeng.
“You…”
The young man’s pupils contracted, and he immediately retreated.
In the next moment, the walls and the ceiling simultaneously shattered, causing the entire room to collapse. Fierce winds, like a raging beast, roared in from outside.
When the scorching heat met the gusty winds, a raging fire exploded in a fraction of a second.
The ground trembled as if collapsing, and amidst the countless falling debris, Huo Xianfeng could barely see Jiang Ci’s blurred back as he leaped into the air through the broken wall on the opposite side.
The strong wind rolled up Jiang Ci’s hood, revealing a radiance even brighter than the stars. Amidst the inferno and the gale, he appeared like a snow kite whistling down!
Their gazes briefly intersected in mid-air.
In Huo Xianfeng’s eyes, there was a stunning surprise even he hadn’t been aware of.
“This guy…” is quite interesting.
Bang!
A falling rock hit him on the head.
“Ouch…” Huo Xianfeng winced in pain.
——Just a little too vindictive = =
This beta not only slashed him with a knife and blew the ceiling in order to hit him, but he also deliberately left him here to draw enemy fire.
Fortunately, Huo Xianfeng was wearing a breathing mask; otherwise, he might have choked from the smoke.
“I see him, he’s over there!”
At this moment, countless guards rushed in. Some of them headed directly for Huo Xianfeng, while others focused on extinguishing the flames. Several mechas also appeared at the opening created by Jiang Ci’s explosion, and they surrounded the area like an impenetrable wall.
“Don’t move! Put down your weapons!”
Countless gun barrels were pointed menacingly at Huo Xianfeng. It seemed that any slight resistance from him would instantly turn him into a pile of meat.
The City Lord appeared to have trained his guards very well; they exuded a solemn military air in their disciplined and well-coordinated movements.
Huo Xianfeng contemplated this matter and then casually dropped his weapon, even giving it a slight kick, showing his willingness to cooperate.
“Relax, relax,” he said, lazily raising his empty hands. “See? I’m all yours.”
The frontmost guards, who had initially prepared for a battle to the death, were caught off guard. Their expressions shifted from a tense demeanor to one of surprise, and the combination appeared quite comical.
But in the next moment, Huo Xianfeng suddenly smirked with a cunning look.
“——Just kidding.”
He swiftly stretched his hand and grabbed at the air. Instantly, the three mechas that were originally hovering outside turned their weapon barrels towards the guards.
“What…!” The guards’ pupils suddenly contracted——
Boom!!!
A massive explosion erupted in the ruins of the raging fire that had just dimmed. This time, the mastermind of the chaos, well-versed in his escape routes, arrogantly hijacked three mechas and swaggeringly escaped without a trace.
“Bye bye~”
On the other side, because a mecha was too much of a big target, Jiang Ci didn’t let Xiao X transform into a complete form but only allowed it to help him land.
Fortunately, he had planned his escape route in advance and had everything arranged by Old Snake, so Jiang Ci quickly left the Sunrise District. Without the glow of the artificial sun, the whole world was instantly engulfed in darkness.
The darkness offered some concealment for the fleeing omega, but the danger increased rather than decreased.
The Sunrise District had the City Lord maintaining some semblance of order and tranquility on the surface. In contrast, the other districts were rampant with chaos, malice, and violence.
Although Jiang Ci had escaped for now, his current condition was not favorable. He had a hole in his left shoulder from the earlier beam, but his retreat was critical and he couldn’t apply an emergency hemostasis, so that part of his left shoulder was still soaked in blood.
The sweet and metallic scent of blood drifted along with the breeze, and as Jiang Ci left the Sunrise District, he attracted countless pairs of eyes.
“A-Ci, your current condition is very strange!”
Even without Xiao X’s reminder, Jiang Ci also felt it.
His breathing was unnaturally rapid. Most importantly, he felt an indescribable itch at his nape, possibly due to the earlier stimulation by the young alpha.
“We can’t stop!”
He had obtained what he needed, and he had already caused a commotion in the underground city. Although there’s an alpha delaying time, this was not a place to linger.
He must immediately…
Bang!
But then Jiang Ci’s leg gave way, and he suddenly knelt on the ground. He felt a strange weakness seeping out from within him, rapidly spreading throughout his entire body.
“How…”
He tightly clutched the silver wristband on his wrist, his voice trembling as he asked,
Dii…
The silver wristband emitted a gentle, pale blue light, quickly scanning over Jiang Ci’s body.
After a while, a shocked voice echoed from the wristband,
“Pheromones… Your pheromones have changed!”
If we were to compare it to a crispy ice cream cone under the scorching sun, Jiang Ci’s concealed beta pheromones were like the melting outer layer of chocolate, revealing the sweet, thick, and intoxicating omega pheromones inside, which almost smelled like an omega in heat.
Such a terrifying change almost made Jiang Ci mistakenly believe that he had returned to the ruins of the ancient Earth battlefield from more than a month ago, when his heat suddenly broke out.
“How is this possible?!”
The silver-haired omega’s eyes widened to the extreme, and his shock made him repeat his question twice.
“Heat… How can I suddenly go into heat?”
“——It’s indeed not heat,”
A dense flow of data flew on the surface of the silver bracelet. Because Xiao X was originally built as a child care machine, all aspects of medical knowledge were stored inside it.
“When omegas face extremely dangerous situations, there’s an extremely low chance that their blood will emit sweeter pheromones to attract powerful alphas and seek protection.”
This is more terrifying than the pheromones during estrus, because in the desperate situation of genetic survival, this smell is sweeter and more alluring than during estrus, and can almost make any alpha completely lose their mind.
In this place, with so many alphas, from notorious criminals to star pirates, what would happen when such a group of irrational alphas encountered an injured omega?
Xiao X immediately activated the radar, revealing a multitude of red dots representing alphas, all of which were converging towards them like a dense swarm of bees.
“A-Ci, run…!”
The electronic voice of the artificial intelligence trembled with urgency.
“Run—!!”
Thanks to Taureine’s metal detector we managed to find 2 pieces of the puzzle! But an elf stole one of the puzzle pieces! We’ll have to spend 1 day running after this pesky fairy :/
Oh my! This is getting tense
What a mischievous elf
God I would have had a mental breakdown if I was Jiang Ci, he’s so strong! 😭
ahhh I hope I can like every chapter. this novel is so goood I’m obsessed
These thugs are about to (attempt) tp make the worst mistake of their entire existence and I’m here for the asswhopping our beloved OP Shou will dish out, even while out of his mind.
On a lighter note the fact that our Hou-ge unknowingly pheromone-blocked his future wife tickled my funny bone. Moar shenanigans pls, yesss!
wait, so the next part of this is the one in the synopsis 🤣🤣🤣
This story is really so good and well translated <3333 love how cheeky huo-ge is 😝
Oh boy! Sh*tty pheromones! Just make living more difficult!! Ruuuuun!!!
Oh no – A-Ci!! 😳
Thanks for the chapter 💞
That’s creepy
thanks for the chapter!