Two extra chapters thanks to Gofa! I’ll upload the second update tomorrow~
[Underground city, Sunrise District]
Compared with the news that the Empire’s First Legion was surrounding Winter Day planet, the storm caused by an omega’s presence in the underground city was nothing worth mentioning.
However, at the moment when the entire Winter Day’s planet outer space was in a tense stalemate, no one knew that the highest commanders of both organizations were sitting at the same table calmly having lunch.
The two were in a huge and gorgeous aerial restaurant, with a great overview from its huge glass window. As long as one slightly extended their line of sight, they would be able to see the entirety of the Sunrise District, especially its beautiful sun hanging high in the “sky”.
“Such a big commotion-”
Ye Shu sneered,
“Just because of your little omega nephew?”
Zhou Jiuya’s ice-blue eyes stared coldly at his former comrade and asked in a cold voice, “So, where is he?”
The City Lord avoided answering the question and calmly cut a piece of synthetic beef filled with sauce, elegantly putting it in his mouth, and squinted his eyes slightly, as if thinking of some wonderful scene.
“Speaking of which, you didn’t see the spectacular scene that night. All the alphas in the underground city were fascinated by that little guy’s pheromones…”
“Ye Shu—!” At this moment, the Legion Commander’s eyes were particularly dangerous, like a wild beast seeing someone covet their cub. “You clearly know he’s Jiang Jinsheng’s child!”
Clang!
The dining knife in Ye Shu’s hand made a loud noise as it fell on the plate.
“So what?!!”
“Zhou Jiuya, listen carefully to Laozi. It is you who owes that little devil’s parents’ lives, not me!”
He coldly raised his head, and his warm and friendly face showed extremely sharp hatred, as if the other had opened some Pandora’s box that could not be touched.
“The moment you chose to betray the Marshal, the pitiful camaraderie between us has long since vanished!”
Zhou Jiuya’s finger bones suddenly clenched. He turned his head and avoided Ye Shu’s gaze somewhat embarrassedly, as if he had been poked in a very secret sore spot.
The City Lord looked at him, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his lips.
“Moreover-”
“The main purpose of your visit today is not for that little guy, is it?”
“……..”
In the end, he was indeed unable to hide anything from the other. After all, they were former comrades who had once entrusted their lives to each other.
“Ye Shu,” Zhou Jiuya turned to look at the other person and calmly uttered the most cruel words, “I have come this time to take away the core of Forbidden Abyss’s wreckage.”
The Forbidden Abyss was Marshal Huo Chao’s mecha, a creation far beyond human technology. Even the later SS mechas, Bai Ze and Zhou Jiuya’s Wanjiang, were based on Forbidden Abyss’s main program. It was also the only legacy left in this world by the savior who sacrificed himself for the sake of all humanity.
“……”
With these words, the air in the entire room seemed to freeze at this moment.
Ye Shu’s expression darkened, and after a long pause, he squeezed out these words from between his teeth,
“On what grounds do you…?”
Zhou Jiuya could clearly hear the tremor in those words, his extreme sadness, anger, hatred, and unwillingness.
“I’m sorry…” The Legion Commander could only quietly gaze at his former comrade, his ice-blue eyes reflecting the mask on the other’s left face.
He had seen with his own eyes the twisted and ferocious scars behind it. When Marshal Huo Chao detonated a million interstellar nuclear bombs and perished with the Zergs, Zhou Jiuya was ordered to evacuate, yet Ye Shu recklessly rushed in. Many years ago, he had risked his own life to retrieve the core of the Forbidden Abyss.
Because of this, even after the establishment of the Empire, although everyone knew that the core of the Forbidden Abyss was in Ye Shu’s hands, they tacitly accepted his act of secretly hiding it. Later on, Ye Shu left the army and built an underground city on this abandoned planet.
He guarded the ruined core of the Forbidden Abyss for three hundred years, like a gravekeeper accompanying the souls of the dead.
“But Ye Shu, His Majesty has given the order, and I must take back the Forbidden Abyss.”
Although Zhou Jiuya understood his circumstances, he had no intention of backing down. His cold face revealed an unusually grave expression.
“A month ago, a large number of Zerg troops resurrected on the Ancient Earth. We need to prepare for the worst and be fully prepared.”
“—What does it have to do with me?”
Ye Shu coldly stared at him, mercilessly mocking, “Those greedy, cowardly, and parasitic pigs should have died 300 years ago! If it weren’t for you stopping me, Laozi would have personally killed them one by one!!!”
“……” Although this was the final result that had long been expected, Zhou Jiuya still felt a certain sense of powerlessness.
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“So that means…” The next second, the silver-haired and blue-eyed alpha Legion Commander suddenly stood up, his tall and imposing figure bringing an extremely strong sense of oppression.
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The tremendous shock spread from underground to the surface, but after passing through layer upon layer of buffering, by the time it finally arrived, there was only a slight tremor left. So much so that some people on the surface, even if they noticed it, wouldn’t take it seriously.
After all, at this moment, Huo Xianfeng’s mind was filled with only three idioms from Tang Cha’s mouth: love at first sight, unable to extricate oneself, and wholeheartedly devoted.
This made Huo Xianfeng stiffen at the door, neither entering nor leaving.
But at this moment, fortunately, he was not the only one who was shocked and stunned to the point of blankness. There was also the other party involved in Tang Cha’s mouth.
Jiang Ci, the supposed widower who was also pregnant: “……..?”
???
God damn it, pregnant and widowed!!!
There was a crack in the beautiful omega’s cold and stern expression; his hand clenched and unclenched again, mentally adding another stroke of debt against that moronic alpha.
However, there is still some logical basis for thinking he was pregnant and widowed. After all, he has the mutated Gardenia Rose in his body, and there’s nothing he can do if he is misunderstood. As for the “Xiao Huo-gege” in Tang Cha’s mouth, who fell in love with him at first sight and couldn’t help himself(?)…
Jiang Ci hesitated and confirmed: “Are you talking about… Huo Xianfeng?”
“Yes, yes.”
Tang Chan nodded, completely unconvinced that there was nothing wrong, and showing a very confident attitude. After all, the young man was indeed taciturn when staying with her.
Jiang Ci: “……”
Have they really met the same person?
If he had not met Huo Xianfeng before, Jiang Ci would still find it somewhat believable if he heard that someone had fallen head over heels for him at first sight. After all, alphas are creatures that think with their lower halves, and they tend to fall in love at first sight with any omega they see. However, you’re now saying that the person who had just scammed him out of over six million and made him run around in circles was now hopelessly in love with him????
Yeah, right——！
The Major General sneered in his heart, not believing a single word of it.
“What, you don’t believe me?”
Tang Cha’s observation skills were especially sharp, probably due to growing up in a place like Winter Day planet. Although Jiang Ci didn’t show any other expression on his face, the little girl still noticed.
Tang Cha’s mood instantly became serious.
——It looks like Xiao Huo-gege hasn’t won over this pretty omega yet!
How is this possible?!
Xiao Cha, who was thinking about this family wholeheartedly, decided to do something. After thinking about it for a moment, she said:
“Actually, you don’t know how popular Xiao Huo-gege is around here (which is fake, no one chases him at all).”
“But he didn’t like anyone until he met you. Oh, and actually, that day, it wasn’t me who wanted to save you, it was him (also fake. That day, he said he wasn’t interested in widows).”
Tang Cha handed Jiang Ci a glass of water, and said with a smile.
“It’s just that he’s a clumsy-tongued alpha who doesn’t know how to talk to omegas. He was afraid of scaring you, so he let me go meet you first. (false, he just wanted to go and kill those two traffickers first).”
Clumsy-tongued……
Jiang Ci’s expression was wooden at that moment.
If that guy is so clumsy, then how could he have left him speechless last night?!!
Jiang Ci felt that this little girl seemed to have a strange filter for Huo Xianfeng, frowning and saying, “You and he…?”
Hearing this, Tang Cha showed a very lonely expression,
“We are all orphans. Fortunately, Xiao Huo-gege is a very powerful and kind person, so I followed him and was able to live a safer life.”
“….”
This is quite believable.
That’s because the children living on Winter Day’s surface are basically all orphans, and it is very common for them to work together to survive.
Tang Cha took Jiang Ci’s hand and seemed to want to say something else.
“Beautiful gege, you…”
“——Tang Cha.”
At this time, Huo Xianfeng outside finally couldn’t stand listening anymore. He walked in as if nothing had happened, pretending he hadn’t heard anything just now as he handed over the lunch box in his hand.
“I bought lunch and came back. Let’s eat.”
They had long been used to taking nutritional supplements. They couldn’t afford meals like this one, made from expensive synthetic meat and vegetables grown in laboratory factories.
So, the little girl’s attention was immediately drawn to the food in her hand —
“Wow, Xiao Huo-gege, you’re rich!”
Speaking of getting rich, Huo Xianfeng subconsciously glanced at Jiang Ci beside the bed, but he didn’t expect to meet his cold gaze. Fortunately, the former’s psychological quality was very strong and he calmly looked away, patting Tang Cha on the head.
“Well, that’s right.”
Six hundred thousand is considered a windfall, after all.
Although Huo Xianfeng was really just joking at the time, he didn’t expect the other party to only hesitate for less than a minute before directly transferring the money.
With that, the semi-broke brother and sister life, who usually had to make a living by picking up garbage, took a turn for the better.
“Okay! I’ll go clean the table~” Tang Cha enthusiastically picked up the lunch box and ran out as if she were a happy little butterfly. The small house they were in was made from an abandoned spaceship and, although it wasn’t big, it was complete and had a place to eat.
She didn’t ask Huo Xianfeng when he built this place, nor how Jiang Ci changed from a beta to an omega. Living on this planet for quite a long time, Tang Cha had learned to read people’s expressions, assess the situation, and know what to ask and what not to ask.
Now, her days were much better than before and she is very satisfied.
Ten minutes later—
The three of them sat at the table. Nobody spoke, and the air was slightly tense.
As someone who couldn’t eat a free meal without labor, Tang Cha decided to do something for the family, so she turned to look at Jiang Ci, who had a cold face, and asked with a smile,
“Hello, Beautiful gege, are you feeling better now? I’ve heard that after an omega is marked, he will…”
“Cough… Cough…”
The sentence wasn’t even finished before Jiang Ci coughed, immediately turning red in the face as he chocked. The young girl who grew up on the Winter Day planet didn’t know how to be reserved at all. She patted Jiang Ci on the back and said in a worried tone,
“What’s wrong, is it because you’re pregnant and want to vomit?”
Jiang Ci: “…”
The beautiful omega stood there, deep in thought, taking a breath in the midst of his coughing, wanting to say something. But things didn’t work out as he wished because the sudden entrance of cold air immediately stimulated a sensitive zone deep in his throat, and he actually let out a suppressed retching sound.
——This time, he’s done for.
Jiang Ci, who originally wanted to explain something: “…”
Damn, he definitely doesn’t get along with this brother-sister duo!!!
In that moment, Huo Xianfeng’s gaze looked very complex and strange. His eyes unconsciously drifted down from Jiang Ci’s face to his flat and narrow waist.
Although he had known that this guy was pregnant, Huo Xianfeng didn’t have a specific concept of it since he couldn’t smell the unique pheromones of pregnant women like Tang Cha could.
—Until Jiang Ci actually retched in front of him.
It was only then that the young man truly realized that this beautiful and delicate omega in front of him was carrying someone else’s flesh and blood.
Huo Xianfeng frowned, his eyes unconsciously turning cold. The perceptive Tang Cha immediately noticed that the atmosphere was off and turned around to coax the other one.
The young girl quietly approached the young man and whispered,
“It’s okay, Xiao Huo-gege, just try to be optimistic. The AO ratio is so imbalanced right now, and there are still billions of alphas in the world who are single. It’s already good enough if you can get out of the single group.”
For some reason, the twelve-year-old Tang Cha’s tone had a hint of maternal sincerity,
“Think about it, even though the child isn’t yours, this beautiful wife is yours. And, if you work hard, the next child will be yours!”
—A very strict logic.
Jiang Ci, who clearly heard everything, “……..”
Huo Xianfeng, who actually found it quite reasonable, “………”
Finally, Tang Cha blinked at the young man,
“Good luck, Xiao Huo-gege!”
Huo Xianfeng, “……”
How come he hadn’t realized that this little girl was so mischievous before?
Just then, the entire room suddenly shook violently—
Boom!!!
Is this an earthquake?
No!
Something is wrong!!!
Huo Xianfeng and Jiang Ci both realized something in that instant and immediately stood up, looking out into the distance—
The garbage ship that usually came and went had completely disappeared, and the entire sky was now completely taken over by a black fleet of warships.
As for the intense shaking just now, it seemed that there had been a violent explosion underground, causing a large area of the ground in the far distance to collapse.
Huo Xianfeng’s expression immediately became solemn, guessing that something big had happened. But Jiang Ci instantly recognized the fleet of warships in the distance.
——It’s the First Legion!
The beautiful omega’s eyes widened in an instant, and countless speculations flashed through his mind for a moment, but he couldn’t get a clear answer. Now that the entire Winter Day planet’s signal has been blocked, Jiang Ci has no way to send messages to He Zhun even if he wanted to get some news.
He looked at it for a few seconds, and his eyes suddenly darkened,
“—I demand to go out!”
“—Do you want me to accompany you?”
Subconsciously, Huo Xianfeng blurted out such a sentence.
Accompany him?
This is an expression that only people in a very intimate relationship would use. Jiang Ci was stunned for a moment and hesitated for two seconds before turning his head and coldly refusing,
“No need.”
“Oh, okay.”
The young man shrugged, didn’t say anything else, and just threw him a thick black cloak—
“Here, remember to cover your pretty face.”
Jiang Ci: “……???”
—You’ll really not go?!
The beautiful omega choked, and finally put it on angrily. But when he walked out, he couldn’t help but give Huo Xianfeng a cold glance.
But, his face was really good-looking, and he had a kind of indescribable charm even when he was angry or squinting.
Huo Xianfeng was taken aback by this look, and he blinked slowly, feeling a crowd of small ants crawling in his chest.
This feeling was really too strange, so the young man turned his head and looked at Tang Cha beside him, thoughtfully asking,
“What do you think he meant just now?”
“Maybe…”
The little girl touched her chin and thought,
“It is flirting?”
Flirting…?
“Hiss—?”
Huo Xianfeng sucked in a cold breath in surprise,
“Is it so blatant…?”
first part of the chapter: LET’S GOOOOO WE’RE ENTERING THE WINTER DAY PLANET WARFARE ARC AAKJSLFKDSKJDKJS
so much angsttttt is coming for us
second part of the chapter: thank god we have tang cha bcs I get to see a dumbstruck HXF and all the misunderstandings piling XD. I’m in peace, I don’t hate gong anymore, bless our goddess Tang Cha (I forgot how annoying he was in the beginning lol)
here’s the current character mindmap
Thanks to Gofa‘s expertise in snowflakes we managed to find two puzzle pieces buried deep in the snow! But North Pole is too cold and we only have one source of heat, so we’ll have to wait one day for it to completely melt.
𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓸𝓲 𝓙𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓒𝓲
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Okay, the Marshal’s mecha got mentioned in this chapter. Which naturally means it’s going to fall into HXF’s hands and everyone is going to be shocked that it activates and lets him pilot it.
+1
The for the chapters, and the flirting thing lol, now every time JC is angry HXF is gonna think he’s flirting lol🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the chapter! This made my day better.
Omg the art is so pretty and the puzzle is almost done
So many little cute Jiang Cis!!!
Ok, can I ship Commander Zhou and City Lord Ye Shu? They would make such an interesting CP storyline, I think 👀
Tang Cha is just messing with Huo Huo now?! 😆
Thanks for the chapter 💞
It was this moment that I assertive… I hate assertive background characters when it comes to media
*ascertained
white hair red eyes remind me of zen from mysme but that rabbit ears remind me of jieun from dandelion otome game.
thanks for the chapter!