Just as Lin Jin’s mind was a mess, the neural chain at his neck that connected him to his mecha was suddenly torn off.
Mechas below Grade B are manually controlled, while Grade B and above are controlled by the pilot’s mental power, with the device connecting the pilot and the mecha being called the neural chain.
However, the moment Huo Xianfeng broke into the cockpit, the mental connection between Lin Jin and the mecha had already been severed. That’s why his actions were so rough; otherwise, the pilot’s neurons would already be damaged.
At this moment, the second young master of the Lin family finally regained his mind.
During the previous confrontation, he had no time to react. He hadn’t even seen the opponent’s movements clearly before his face was slammed into the control panel.
This also meant—
He and that twisted poacher behind him are not even in the same league in terms of strength.
“You fucking dare to kill me?!”
Lin Jin’s face showed an immense sense of humiliation.
At this moment, the zipper behind him was pulled down, revealing his back. In a certain context, this posture was extremely unfortunate!
“Laozi is an alpha that cannot be straighter, and I would never do something like that with you!!!”
“……Alpha?
Huo Xianfeng’s hand hesitated, a hint of confusion creasing his brow.
Isn’t this guy a beta?
Otherwise, why would he be so angry, yet have no trace of alpha pheromones?
As if suddenly recalling something, Huo Xianfeng lowered his head and sniffed the young man’s neck. This motion, which was similar to a forced marking, carried a strong sense of humiliation, and almost instantly, Lin Jin’s face turned beet red.
Before his retort could escape, the other quickly distanced himself.
“Mm, it seems there’s a faint… hint of sea salt.”
But that was about it.
It felt as if you put in some effort, you might be able to discern the fragrance the other had put on, like a perfume, but to determine one’s gender based on that…
—It’s impossible.
A hint of confusion appeared in Huo Xianfeng’s eyes, completely unaware of how heavily laced with sarcasm his tone had been. With genuine sincerity, he asked in a perplexed voice,
“Huh? How could you be an alpha? Aren’t you a beta?”
Lin Jin: “…”
—Fuck.
This was probably the most stinging mockery and disdain Lin Jin, the second young master of the Lin family, had ever experienced in his life, piercing right into his alpha pride. Although he later discovered that the other party really didn’t mean anything in that regard, it was just a theft of his clothes.
Oh, and his pants too.
This utterly outrageous poacher, in a rather humane gesture, left him a pair of underwear.
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—But that was still insult enough for an alpha!!!
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Dammit!
Laozi has never experienced such humiliation in my entire life!!!
The attire of a mecha soldier is custom-made, capable of making subtle adjustments according to the wearer’s body. Hence, when Huo Xianfeng put it on, it fit him exceptionally well.
Completely unaware that his sincere question had turned into a level 10 mockery, Huo Xianfeng’s attention had already shifted to another matter—
Such as his reflection in the smooth glass surface of the control panel.
He looked quite young, and more importantly, very… very unfamiliar.
Huo Xianfeng felt that his appearance shouldn’t be like this. He gestured to his own height, visually measuring around 1.7 meters, but he always felt he should be a bit taller. Even setting aside his appearance, at the very least…
He lowered his head and sniffed at his own wrist.
—There should be some pheromones that indicate his gender on his body, right?
But there was nothing.
After the classic trilogy of amnesia questions, “Who am I, where am I, what happened,” Huo Xianfeng had a new perplexity.
He should be an alpha, right?
—Huo Xianfeng finally realized what was wrong.
He seems to be unable to perceive pheromones?
“…”
Though not a major problem, all in all, it was a bit of a nuisance.
At this moment, the second young master of the Lin family finally pulled down the clothes that had been obstructing his view. With a belly full of profanities about to spill out, he choked,
“It turns out… you’re just a little brat who hasn’t even grown a beard…”
However, the figure before him was far from the rough and tough alpha poacher he had imagined. This person’s silhouette appeared much younger than Lin Jin had expected, looking around fifteen or sixteen years old at most.
If he were on Blue Planet, he might just be a kid worrying about homework every day. He probably wouldn’t even meet the minimum age requirement for military academy enrollment!!!
Now that the average human lifespan had reached five hundred years, the period of youth and early adulthood was significantly prolonged, which meant that everyone had ample time for education. Although the legally recognized age of physical adulthood was still eighteen, it had become the norm for people to graduate from school and start working only in their thirties or forties due to late starts and the extended learning stages.
In other words, he had been humiliated by a kid who probably hadn’t even finished junior high school. No wonder his pheromones were so faint, he hadn’t even hit puberty yet!!!
And he had just… actually… misunderstood that this brat wanted to do something to him?!!
“…”
Lin Jin’s expression was vacant. He was struggling to process this terrifying and humiliating reality. After a long while, he gradually found his voice again.
“Hey… brat, who the hell are you?”
Huo Xianfeng’s movement paused, then he shook his head.
“I don’t know, I’ve lost my memory.”
His tone was very sincere.
After all, Huo Xianfeng did wake up inside an egg. After painstakingly breaking out of it, the starship he was on had already turned into a sea of flames. He could only hastily take a piece of clothing from a body on the starship to cover himself.
And then, he saw the mecha piloted by Lin Jin. So, he decided to approach this fortunate individual to gather some information from the outside world.
“…Amnesia???”
Lin Jin felt as if a mouthful of old blood had choked up in his throat!
Huo Xianfeng had no intention of continuing this unproductive conversation. He had already logged into the interstellar network using Lin Jin’s neural interface, swiftly obtaining information about this world. The Q&A method like before was too slow and couldn’t guarantee one hundred percent accuracy.
Blue streams of data flowed like water, shuttling through the young man’s pitch-black pupils. Projected images filled the entire cockpit, changing and updating at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
Huo Xianfeng immediately accessed the history of Earth. Three hundred years ago, the Zergs invaded, and Earth succumbed to the onslaught of billions of Zergs. At that time, Marshal Huo Chao, leader of the Dawn Legion from the Old Alliance, used his own flesh and blood to construct the final line of defense for humanity. After the survivors escaped, he detonated millions of nuclear bombs, annihilating both the Zergs and himself.
Later, the survivors relocated to a new home. After a brief period of political upheaval, the Alliance fell, and the Empire was established. From then on, human society entered a new era.
As a result, Earth turned into a dead planet, and the exact location where the former Alliance Marshal and his legion sacrificed themselves was the very center of the ancient battlefield ruins where Huo Xianfeng now found himself…
A few minutes later, Huo Xianfeng shut off the neural interface. He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, he had a destination in mind. However, there seemed to be some pressing matters that needed to be dealt with first.
The young man looked outside and realized that a dozen or so mechas had appeared around him at some point, surrounding him and cutting off all his escape routes. Leading the group, Old Captain Huang stood at the forefront. The electronic eye of his black mecha flickered with a crimson and dangerous light.
“I say, buddy, what’s the point of catching a new recruit?”
The man’s coarse voice held evident threats, much like a wolf encircling its prey.
“Hand over the brat obediently, or Laozi will blow you into fireworks!”
Swoooosh—
As soon as his words fell, a dozen pitch-black barrels lined up perfectly, all aimed at the red mecha where Huo Xianfeng was. The metal gleamed with an exceptionally cold luster in the midst of the flames.
Faced with this situation, Huo Xianfeng didn’t display any signs of panic. He just casually turned his head. It was at this moment that the second young master of the Lin family truly got a clear look at the mysterious youth’s face.
Jet-black disheveled hair, indifferent phoenix eyes, a straight and tall nose. Though there was a hint of youthful innocence, the combination of his facial features exuded a noble and handsome quality.
As if he were a piece of obsidian silently residing in the depths of a glacial sea.
“It’s quite strange,”
The black-haired youth gazed condescently at him,
“I obviously tampered with the authority of the mecha at the first time, and also took away your optical brain. How did you notify them?”
There wasn’t anything overtly threatening about his face, yet as he lowered his head to look at him, the shadow of his disheveled hair cast a mysterious cold and dangerous air around the corners of his eyes.
This had nothing to do with the instinctual suppression of pheromones; it was a pressure born from long-standing dominance and a history steeped in bloodshed.
“… ”
Unconsciously, Lin Jin swallowed a mouthful of saliva. But as he realized what kind of gesture he had just made, a strong sense of irritation welled up within him.
“Heh—”
He let out a cold laugh, speaking with a malicious tone,
“Why the hell would Laozi tell you?”
“Well, you’re right about that.”
Huo Xianfeng nodded in agreement, not showing any intention of pressing further.
“Maintaining a cautious attitude towards enemy inquiries, you’re doing that quite well. However, the next time you get captured, it’s better to play it halfway between truth and deception, taking your time to plan it out, and avoid trying to provoke them.”
Turning around, the youth added casually,
“Because that’s just foolish; one careless move and you might lose your life.”
“You…!”
This dismissive tone was like a commander educating a subordinate. Lin Jin, who had just heaved a sigh of relief, was infuriated all over again.
Huo Xianfeng paid him no further attention, merely raising his head to glance casually at the air circulation vents above.
—He had already found his answer.
It turned out to be pheromones.
There were various ways to utilize pheromones. While primarily used by alphas for marking or soothing omegas, or even suppressing enemies in combat, they also had a warning function on the battlefield.
The prisoner should have started the release of pheromones from the very moment of being taken hostage, which is why his teammates arrived so quickly.
This incident made Huo Xianfeng acutely aware that not being able to perceive pheromones was indeed a significant inconvenience.
—It is necessary to solve this hidden danger as soon as possible.
“Hey, brat!”
Perhaps the appearance of his teammates gave the second young master a boost of confidence, and he wore an extremely arrogant smile,
“Now there’s no way for you to escape. If you don’t want to be blown up into a ball of fireworks by my captain, you can just get down on your knees and apologize to Laozu. Maybe I’ll even grant you a letter of pardon!”
After a brief silence, Lin Jin heard a very soft chuckle,
“Fireworks, huh…”
Huo Xianfeng lifted his hand casually—
In an instant, the dormant neural chain was abruptly awakened, radiating a dazzling blue light. It swiftly split into countless threads, enveloping the young man like a torrential river.
“Well then, I suppose,”
The young man’s lips curved, a frostiness forming in the depths of his phoenix eyes,
“—I’ll have to see it.”
Attitude! Hahahahahhaha… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
He’s such a brat I love him already 😂💯
Go! Go! Little battlefield veteran that was reborn inside the mysterious old earth egg that poachers transported!
Such OP person! I love it!!!
Well, he’s definitely out-Alpha’ing Lin Jin, even with amnesia 😂 Let the fireworks begin! 🎇
Thanks for the chapter 💞
Huo Shao’s calmness in that situation is so attractive??? Hello??? I’m on my knees worshipping this gong’s handsomeness
😏👏🏼 love the attitude
This gong can’t possibly be Huo Chao himself, is he? Or perhaps his son or something… Curious curious… 🙄🙄
thanks for the chapter!