Lu Taipan is the master of the Snake Den, but at the same time, he was also a member of the Vipers – the most powerful and highest ranked Viper Soldier.
In terms of levels, his rating was much higher than the required level two.
In principle, there was really no problem for a Viper Soldier who exceeded the necessary requirements to accept the escort mission and accompany Su Liang to the 48th district,
However, if one was faced with the matter that the Viper in question was the Snake Lord Lu Taipan, who accepted the escort mission, it would still be bizarre no matter how one views it.
“Do you have any more questions?”
Lu Taipan looked at Su Liang calmly, asking him.
“N, no.”
Su Liang answered subconsciously, and then stiffly sat in the transport spacecraft.
In actuality, as an escort, Lu Taipan was indeed a professional. Just like what Steward said, he was really good at driving all transport equipment. Due to its simple structure and small size, the spacecraft was usually much of a bumpier ride than the large spacecrafts. But under Lu Taipan’s control, the spacecraft’s flight could only be described as light and smooth. It can be said that this was perhaps the most comfortable experience Su Liang has ever had in a transport spacecraft.
However, this was also the time when Su Liang felt the most uneasy during a flight experience.
He originally thought that he would spend the entire flight distracted by Lu Zhizhao’s strange behavior, but now that he was sitting in this seat, he could not help but secretly pay attention to Lu Taipan next to him.
The Master of the Snake Den was stretched out in the pilot’s seat. He looked unusually tall and slender even in a simple transportation spacecraft. When he looked at the screen intently, the cold blue light reflected on his face, making the man’s eyebrows appear unusually deep, highlighting his astonishing, almost demonic beauty.
Also, it shouldn’t be his imagination, but…
Su Liang could feel that someone was in a very happy mood. The transport spacecraft’s cockpit’s space was small, and because of this, the presence of the alpha’s leaking pheromones was more pronounced. At least, that was the case for Su Liang. The menthol scent in Lu Taipan’s pheromones was much lighter, but the strong and powerful fragrance of burning incense became particularly strong.
Su Liang touched the back of his neck, and felt that the skin above the glands became slightly tight.
Then, probably because Su Liang’s eyes had lingered on Lu Taipan for a moment too long, the man suddenly turned his head and looked at Su Liang.
“What’s wrong?”
The man asked in a deep voice.
“Nothing.”
Su Liang quickly turned around and withdrew his gaze.
He held his breath and looked forward, with his ears burning hot and heartbeat completely out of control.
Compared with Lu Taipan’s calmness, Su Liang had the feeling that he was panicking and looked a little embarrassed.
The young man felt a slight sense of unwillingness.
“I had thought that either Xue Yinhuan or Black Mamba would receive this mission.”
Su Liang suddenly opened his mouth and rattled off.
Lu Taipan stared ahead, his expression unchanging. Probably only the AI that had been monitoring the status of the spacecraft could detect that at this moment, the master of the Snake Den had exerted the slightest amount of force on the driving control lever.
“They have their own tasks.” Lu Taipan said.
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Of course, this person hid part of the truth from Su Liang.
As a Viper, the master of the Snake Den was indeed obliged to perform tasks, but the last mission Lu Taipan had received was to assassinate the Canaan Emperor and end the war between the Earth Alliance and the Canaans.
Of course, even if Lu Taipan deliberately concealed the various truths, Su Liang was not a fool.
Daily tasks like escorting, which were not even marked in the system, cannot be randomly assigned to the master of the Snake Den under any circumstances.
Unless someone actively threatens the AI system and forced the innocent system to assign said task to them.
Su Liang’s lips opened slightly, about to ask another question, but fell silent again.
Thinking of the overly candid words and deeds that Lu Taipan had showed to him previously, Su Liang had no doubts that if he really pressed on, a certain Viper would admit without hesitation that he was indeed acting on his personal interests to deliberately accept this mission.
As for why he would do this…
Su Liang turned his face to the window and stared at the dark space outside with flickering eyes, but the heat on his face was quietly rising.
Su Liang was silent for a long time.
But he didn’t notice that during the journey, someone kept glancing at him very secretly from the corner of their eyes.
Seeing that the young man beside him pursed his lips tightly and made no sound, the man lowered his dimming eyes.
Maybe he had pressed too hard and made Su Liang feel pressured.
The words that were originally on the tip of his tongue, he still couldn’t find a chance to say it.
Until a while later, Lu Taipan suddenly heard a whisper as quiet as a mosquito coming from his side.
“Thank you, I’m very happy. If you were here… I would feel at ease.”
While talking, Su Liang still looked out of the window, his ears red.
For a long time, the master of the Snake Den looked forward and nodded as if nothing had happened.
“Hm.”
In the dim cockpit, a faint smile slowly appeared on the man’s lips.
The time needed was much shorter than expected, and the transport spacecraft landed in the 48th district smoothly.
After leaving the spacecraft parking area, Su Liang’s expression became much more tense.
Without any navigation, Su Liang walked through the intricate and dilapidated alleyways of District 48 with ease, heading towards the location in his memory. Lu Taipan also fell into silence at this time. His dark combat uniform almost completely blended him into the night. He followed Su Liang like a hidden shadow.
Walking on the dimly lit and narrow path that exuded a slight odor, Su Liang’s eyes were a little dazed.
Everything was just like his memory, he thought.
What happened in his previous life suddenly became extremely clear, as if Su Liang was still trapped here and had never left.
Su Liang walked past a small building with a dilapidated door number. There was only a weak light in the crack of the door, and there was a pungent smell of raw chemical materials in the air. The young man’s footsteps paused slightly.
“Xiao Liang?”
Such a slight movement attracted a concerned inquiry from the other person.
“It’s okay, I just remembered… I remembered that this kind of place was mentioned in the information. The place we passed by was a garbage treatment plan.”
Su Liang came to his senses and explained.
He didn’t explain much, and couldn’t explain it – the basement of the small building they just passed was an illegal garbage treatment plant. The toxic garbage would be packaged and transported to District 48 by other sectors, and then dismantled by workers here to separate useful electronic components and residual precious metals on discarded circuit boards.
The environment in the treatment plant was extremely harsh. The work was filled with poisonous gas, stench, and the sounds of colleagues gasping due to serious illnesses.
When their hands were soaked in chemicals, their nails will soon peel off, and so will the skin on their fingertips,
Before long, even after leaving the factory and breathing in the normal air, you can even clearly smell the lingering stench. It was as if when working, the smell had seeped into their bodies and they couldn’t get rid of it anymore.
For people in other cosmic regions, working in such a place was probably no different than living in hell.
But Su Liang relied on his work here to survive in the Garbage Dump that was district 48.
Walking further, Su Liang passed a neat and simple pink tent without looking away.
A group of well-looking boys and girls were leaning against the door, playfully joking with each other. When Su Liang appeared, they looked at him eagerly, but as he approached, those people shrank back with waning interest. They just looked at Su Liang sparingly from the corners of their eyes.
The young man who stepped out of the shadows was so beautiful, his beauty was able to make people lose their minds. There was no way someone like this was a customer for them.
On the contrary, the man following not far behind the young man was even more exciting.
The man’s face was completely hidden behind the helmet, but just looking at his figure made people drool.
“Outsiders?”
A bold young man suddenly stopped in front of Lu Taipan. The young man smiled and spoke to him.
“There is nothing interesting around here, sir. Do you want to come to our place to spend some time?”
After saying that, the young man glanced sideways at Su Liang, who was not far away, and the smile on his lips froze.
In terms of facial comparison, he was very self-aware. Compared with the man next to him, he was really incomparable.
But…
With his keen eye for survival in District 48 for many years, the young man did not have too many concerns about Su Liang’s presence.
He was a beta, but the man behind him was a very high-level alpha. No matter how you look at it, the two of them are probably just fellow travelers or mission partners.
Thinking of this, the young man didn’t have any qualms.
Seeing the alpha retreating silently, he just felt that his business was about to run away, so he unbuttoned his own buttons in front of the other person, exposing most of his chest.
The young man began to lean towards Lu Taipan slightly.
“It’s alright, come in and have some fun, it’s okay…”
Then, someone raised his hand and gently pushed him back to his original position.
“Apologies.”
Su Liang’s face was grim.
“We don’t have the time.”
He said.
Immediately after, the alpha spoke without any fluctuations in his voice.
“My time is very precious and I can’t waste it on other things.” After saying that, the man turned his head and seemed to glance at Su Liang. “And someone will be unhappy.”
Su Liang: “…….”
“Let’s go.”
Su Liang took in a deep breath and spoke.
At this time, almost everyone in the ‘pink tent’ turned their attention.
The face of the young man soliciting business turned flushed and pale, and he scrunched his clothes tightly in anger.
“What the fuck, since you guys are having an affair, why are you so open when walking? Are you just having fun here? Tsk, it’s a waste of my time–”
Amidst the young man’s curses, Su Liang hesitated for a moment. He lowered his eyes and quietly held the man’s hand.
Then, they left the area quickly step by step,
In fact, he didn’t have the slightest ill will towards the people in that ‘pink tent’. In a place like District 48, low-level omegas and betas really do have a hard time. As a new arrival, he almost got taken there, but fortunately, the landlord had rescued him. Otherwise, his end might have been worse than it actually was. After such an experience, Su Liang knew better than anyone else that even the people in the ‘pink tent’ had unspeakable difficulties.
Attracting customers was a skill they relied on for survival.
But tonight, for some reason, someone from the ‘pink tent’ greeted Lu Taipan.
Su Liang inexplicably started to feel very uncomfortable.
Even… a little angry, But even he himself couldn’t tell whether this anger was directed at himself, that young man, or Lu Taipan.
“That boy has a scar on the back of his neck.”
Lu Taipan suddenly spoke beside Su Liang.
“I didn’t escape in time, just to make sure of it.” He held Su Liang’s hand firmly and said in a sincere voice. “I’m sorry, I won’t dare anymore.”
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Thank you for the update. This story is so interesting, with the alternate timeline and intriguing politics. Su Liang realizing how naive he was, his memories of how his sister couldn’t get through to him, and his importance to Lu Taipan, this second chance for Su Laing will change so much.
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Thanks for the update! It’s delightful to see Su Liang getting possessive of the most powerful alpha in the universe lol. It’s also therapeutic to walk through district 48 and know he escaped living and dying there.
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It’s so beautiful how the two of them as a couple are being built!We see that not only Lu Taipan is jealous but also Su Liang and each one notices when the other is uncomfortable with something and shows it <3 it’s simply sweet!!Thanks for the update!
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I have enjoy this series, minor issues with spelling of words but otherwise its really good, I think I need to read more of this type of stories
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Scar on the back of his neck?
The kid could possibly be one of those ‘high level omegas caught by “farmers” ‘ and had his glands removed unwittingly