Tsk, omega’s thoughts are really hard to understand.
――Huo Xianfeng sighed inwardly.
“It’s okay, it’s okay,”
Fortunately, Xiao Liu intervened at this time,
“As long as you climbed up, it’s fine, it’s fine.”
He sighed lightly,
“If I had known you both were afraid of heights, I would have climbed up alone to get the concetrate.”
The duo who were flying around in mechas not long ago: “……….”
However, this little episode ended here, and Jiang Ci’s emotional outburst just now was only momentary, and he quickly calmed down.
Back to the point.
After obtaining the concentrate, the man began to explain the specific operation process to them. There was a small electronic screen on the outside of each sealed barrel, clearly displaying dense information such as dates, quantities, oxytocin concentrations…
But most of the remaining information was data they couldn’t understand.
“In short, you don’t need to look at anything else, just look at this one data point, the concentration. If it’s below ten percent, you need to add more until the data above reaches…”
“――Why do we need to add this?”
The sudden question from the young man startled Xiao Liu. He paused for two seconds, then gave a strange and silent smile,
“Don’t ask why, just follow the orders from the above and add it.”
“…….”
Huo Xianfeng’s eyes darkened, but soon he showed a constrained and uneasy expression,
“Sorry, Xiao Liu, I asked too much.”
“It’s okay.”
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The man patted his shoulder.
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Huo Xianfeng and Jiang Ci exchanged glances and also started to work. However, they tacitly pulled slightly away from each other, while staring at the silver bracelet on the young man’s wrist.
Xiao X spoke softly, “My database doesn’t have any relevant information about Gardenia Roses, so I can’t perform a specific analysis.”
This message was directly transmitted to Jiang Ci’s auditory system through the biochip, so he looked at Huo Xianfeng and shook his head lightly.
“…….”
If Xiao X couldn’t help, then Bai Ze, as a combat mech, would be even less capable.
Jiang Ci’s expression darkened slightly as he stared at the electronic screen, where a series of dense biochemical terms made him suddenly think of someone.
Huo Xianfeng noticed his expression and suddenly asked, “――What are you thinking about?”
Jiang Ci wasn’t aware of the other’s increasingly keen insight into him. After a moment of silence, he spoke softly, “……I’m thinking about He Zhun.”
In fact, there was no need, and he shouldn’t have told Huo Xianfeng these things at all. But at this moment, Jiang Ci still slowly spoke up.
“Although He Zhun seems a bit unreliable on the surface, in reality, he’s a genius in his own field, not inferior to my father… Jiang Jinsheng.”
When He Zhun was eighteen, he obtained a doctorate in genetic engineering from the Imperial University, entered the top scientific research institute in the Capital at the age of twenty, and became the chief person in charge of many national-level secret research projects at the age of twenty-seven.
As for what happened later, Jiang Ci didn’t know, because basically everything He Zhun did after the age of twenty was top-secret information he couldn’t access.
Huo Xianfeng had a somewhat deep impression of the name He Zhun and he frowned slightly.
“I remember, he seems to be a doctor?”
“……That’s just his part-time job.”
More accurately, He Zhun’s identity as a doctor was purely for Jiang Ci’s sake. After all, for an omega who entered the military academy and fought with alphas every day, injuries were commonplace. Not to mention, Jiang Ci needed a large supply of suppressants every year to get through his heat.
Suppressants are controlled substances in the Empire. Even though Jiang Ci’s uncle is the commander of the First Legion, he cannot obtain a large number of suppressants. Therefore, all the suppressants Jiang Ci uses are made by He Zhun, and they are much less harmful to the body compared to the ones circulating in the market.
Jiang Ci didn’t say anything more after that, but Huo Xianfeng already knew what he was thinking.
He was thinking,
―― It would be great if He Zhun were here.
These biochemical agents are the specialty of that person, and he might be able to just glance at them and understand them.
But in reality, what Jiang Ci truly wanted to understand at this moment was not the purpose of these biochemical agents, but He Zhun’s explanation.
He closed his eyes deeply.
“I still don’t understand why He Zhun would deceive me.”
Initially, Jiang Ci had immediately confirmed with Doctor Wen that what He Zhun called the new type of suppressant, Gardenia Essence, was not actually Gardenia Essence, but a progesterone modified for the purpose of being an inhibitor. It could indeed delay the heat without harming the body, but it had not been fully developed yet. Therefore, it caused Jiang Ci to experience false pregnancy symptoms and be in a weakened state for a long time, but as long as it was metabolized as quickly as possible, it wouldn’t cause much harm.
[As expected of He Zhun—]
Jiang Ci remembered Doctor Wen’s astonished and admiring tone at that time.
It’s worth noting that since the invention of suppressants, countless people have tried to improve them, but even after hundreds of years, they couldn’t achieve the true effect of not damaging the omega body.
―― Only He Zhun had achieved it.
This is of almost epoch-making significance in the field of human drug research and development.
Yet, what Jiang Ci cared about wasn’t this, but the Gardenia Essence extracted from the Gardenia Roses that He Zhun injected him with.
In fact, the Gardenia Essence had no harmful effects on the human body, so the Gardenia Roses on Winter Day Planet were just an excuse to lead him there.
But why did He Zhun do this?
Why deceive him into going to Winter Day Planet?
Jiang Ci didn’t know.
But the only thing he could be sure of was that no one in the Empire dared to grow Gardenia Roses, and even Ye Shu was particularly disgusted by such flowers. Moreover, Doctor Wen said that extracting Gardenia Essence would inevitably require a large number of Gardenia Roses as research materials…
All the doubts he deliberately initially ignored surfaced, like black, rugged rocks revealing themselves after the tide recedes.
Being able to obtain Gardenia Roses for a certain period of time to research and extract, and also knowing clearly that Winter Day Planet had Gardenia Roses…
Countless complicated thoughts swept through Jiang Ci’s mind like a hurricane, intertwining various clues that all pointed to the same conclusion.
However, Jiang Ci didn’t delve into too many personal details with emotional nuances. He simply told Huo Xianfeng, “He Zhun’s experimental materials also include many Gardenia Roses. I speculate… he must have some kind of connection with the Church.”
And it’s not just an ordinary connection.
After all, they are both deep behind enemy lines now, fighting together, so some level of trust and exchange of intelligence is essential.
At this moment, Huo Xianfeng suddenly spoke up,
“Are you so upset because you like him?”
“…?”
What the hell???
Jiang Ci was stunned and realizing what the other meant, he felt extremely irrational and strange. The next second, Jiang Ci almost reflexively explained to Huo Xianfeng,
“How could that be?! I just regard him as…”
―.
But Jiang Ci had never addressed He Zhun like that before, which felt a bit odd, so he hesitated for a moment and then murmured, “…sort of, a half sibling.”
However, just as he finished speaking, Jiang Ci suddenly realized something was off.
Wait a minute, why was he explaining this to Huo Xianfeng?
It’s not like it’s some crucial piece of intelligence.
“――We can just find an opportunity to ask him in person,”
Huo Xianfeng shrugged, “If that doesn’t work, we can always resort to interrogation. If the answers aren’t satisfactory, we can just beat him up to vent our frustrations.”
“…” Jiang Ci hadn’t expected such a simple and crude response. Although it didn’t hold up to scrutiny and seemed like a joke, for some reason, it eased his previously tangled emotions quite a bit.
“You two――!” came Xiao Liu’s anxious voice from above, “Hurry up and get to work, we’re running out of time!! Why are you still whispering and flirting?”
Jiang ?whispering? Ci: “……..”
Huo ?flirting? Xianfeng: “……..”
Thanks for that chapters! I hope that He Zhun does care about Jiang Ci and isn’t just acting. I love how Jiang Ci and Huo Xianfeng interact it is so funny to read!
Don’t interrupt their time Xiao Liu 🤧
Mm hm, Xiao Liu knows what’s up. 😏 Thanks for the chapter!!
Thank you so much for the chapters!