Chapter 73 I don't love her, I don't love me~ so I'm just passing by~...

A distant, chaotic star field.

A certain "red-haired guy" was indeed jumping up and down in anger.

The huge training operations room was filled with their commander's rage. His red hair seemed to be burning fiercely. Yi Lan smashed everything he could, and no one around dared to step forward.

In the end, Hela had to clean up the mess. She directed the little robots to clean up the things on the ground. One of the little robots walked near Yi Lan and tried to suck up a few pieces of debris, but it was kicked five meters away and crashed into the wall. Its deformed body was sizzling with sparks.

Hela took a deep breath, and before she could exhale, she saw a remote control flying towards her. Hoping to save every penny, she caught it, only to realize it was completely unnecessary. The control panel was already shattered; the thing was broken before it even flew over.

Hela finally lost her temper. She slammed the remote control into the flames and yelled, "Wake up!"

The remote control struck the culprit that crushed it, ending its tragic life. Its shattered body eventually slashed a gash on the culprit's face, which could be considered revenge.

Hela couldn't help but sigh. With her Omega physique, the probability of hitting Yi Lan, a super Alpha, was comparable to the probability of that young lady falling in love with someone else. Yi Lan didn't even try to avoid it.

She told the several high-ranking officers who were hiding far away to get out of there. The Alphas looked at her with tearful gratitude and then ran away quickly.

After everyone left, Hela walked up to Yi Lan and said earnestly, "I know you are very sad, but now is not the time to be discouraged. Although the loss of the fortress is not significant, our prestige in the entire universe has been impacted... The current propaganda war has not achieved the desired effect either. We need a perfect war to regain our voice."

In plain terms, our headquarters was brazenly infiltrated and then escaped. Although the losses weren't significant, we've completely lost face. I'm exhausted, so you shouldn't be idle. Quickly find a few fools to teach them a lesson.

However, Yi Lan was already completely caught up in emo at this point, so Hela had no choice but to punch him.

The red-haired Alpha, who had been hit, looked up at Hela in confusion and asked, "What did you say?"

The young Omega female officer clenched her fists, suppressing the urge to punch him again, and patiently repeated the conversation they had just had.

"Oh," Yi Lan said.

Hela looked at him, who was neither alive nor dead and was sure he wouldn't survive, and didn't know what to say. As Yi Lan's only trusted Omega, she could be considered one of the most powerful Omegas in the entire Chaotic Starfield. Over the years, she had her share of suitors and admirers—but her experiences in her youth had affected her entire life. Her need for power was far less than her need for love, and she had broken up with several partners after only a short time together.

It's really hard for someone as greedy as her to empathize with someone so love-struck.

After thinking for a long time, all I could come up with was a dry word of comfort: "Commander, if you keep being so down, people will be having their second child soon."

The red flames in front of them seemed to have dimmed further.

hiss.

She's really not good at comforting people.

Hela was somewhat frustrated. Over the years, she had become accustomed to the style of the Chaotic Starfield, where strength reigned supreme and the strong ruled everything. She had gotten used to cleaning up after Yi Lan, who caused trouble everywhere. She never expected that she had cultivated an iron will, while the commander had become so dejected because of the chaos brought about by the Chosen One.

After smashing up the office, Yi Lan seemed to have vented his anger, but he just sat there quietly, staring blankly at the floating screen in front of him.

The screen was showing the documentary produced by the Omega Association, which had recently become very popular in the Manra Empire.

Hela's first reaction upon seeing the film was to suppress the news and prohibit any means of sending it to the commander, but this was undoubtedly in vain. As a young person surfing the internet at high speed, Yi Lan easily saw the documentary.

This film acted as a fuse, igniting all the pent-up anger and resentment that had accumulated since the war. But when the flames died down, all that remained was a lifeless shell.

He just stared at the screen quietly, looking over and over all the footage of Shi Wei, as if trying to find a trace of reluctance to prove that he wasn't the one who was abandoned—or perhaps even abandonment was an exaggeration. He had never truly possessed anything; he was merely an evil thief who stole a period of time that didn't belong to him.

The atmosphere remained silent for a long time, so long that Hela regretted coming all this way.

Yi Lan picked up the broken remote control and searched for its fragments amidst the mess.

Hela watched him silently.

“Actually, I’ve never been a lucky person.” Yi Lan carefully laid out the fragments one by one, then carefully disassembled the remote control that was only half left. He lowered his head and said, “Many people say I’m lucky, that I was born into a good family, that I inherited the physique of the beastmen and the bloodline of Asta—but I was artificially bred. Naturally bred S-class Alphas can live to be two hundred years old if they don’t die on the battlefield or suffer fatal injuries, but I can only live to be one hundred and fifty at most.”

He didn't lie to Shi Wei. Regarding the transmission of the original bloodline, genes born through non-natural breeding methods are definitely problematic.

“That bastard is only a little over a hundred years old. If I don’t kill him, I won’t outlive him.” Yi Lan found some tools and began trying to piece together the remote control he had smashed. Hela noticed that his hands were shaking.

She pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's okay. Neither of his sons were born naturally. According to our intelligence, the eldest son's source blood concentration should be higher than the second son's, and his genetic disease is definitely much more serious. As for that blond kid who held you back on the Deep Blue battlefield, you must have noticed that he did not inherit much source blood. So no matter who inherits the throne, Manra will definitely decline after a hundred years."

"For thousands of years, we and the beastmen have proven one thing—those who obtain the source blood will gain the universe, and those who lose the source blood will perish... their nation will be destroyed... or even erased."

Upon learning this, Hela was terrified of Asta's influence.

What kind of being could influence humanity in this era even a thousand years later, making everyone live according to her rules?

Yi Lan reassembled all the internal components of the remote control, but the outer casing was too fragmented, resulting in only a leaky remote control that she managed to put together.

Hela tried to encourage him: "That's good, it's great, the heat dissipation is better now."

Yi Lan: "..."

After a while, he continued, "But Shi Wei and he are over 70% compatible. They have a high chance of having a child who inherits a high concentration of source blood. If it is an Alpha, it might be Sklag III... But the last bloodline of the Tan family and the Beast Emperor is me."

Hela gasped, "70%? How is that possible?! Such a high compatibility! Back then, King Sklag II and the former queen only had half that value at most!"

For an Alpha with the original bloodline, a 70% match rate is already a very high number.

Yi Lan actually smiled: "What if I told you that Shi Wei hasn't been fully marked yet?"

Hela felt a wave of dizziness. She plopped down on the table and, after a long while, said, "Not fully marked? Does that mean this value can still rise, even exceeding 80%?"

Yi Lan hummed in agreement, then said, "I'll tell you something else—my compatibility with Shi Wei is also over 70%."

Hela fell off the table, and it took her a while to get up. She leaned on the table and exclaimed, "What?!"

Like Sklag II, Yi Lan had tested his compatibility with many Omegas long ago. People like them, who could die on the battlefield at any time, would test their compatibility during puberty. Yi Lan's result was even worse than Sklag II's. The Omega with the highest compatibility with him had already died on the battlefield. She was a beastwoman, and the compatibility was just over 40%.

Hela's face turned pale, and she finally managed to stammer, "Damn it! I should have just let him blow up the fortress."

Trading their stronghold for the lives of Sklag II and Shi Wei, and severing the lineage of the Manra bloodline, was a very worthwhile deal.

“But if that happens, Shiwei won’t survive either,” Hela heard Yi Lan say sullenly.

Honestly, if it weren't impossible, Hela would want to knock Yi Lan unconscious right now and then order the assassination of Sklag II or Shi Wei.

"Wake up! She doesn't love you! No matter how well you match, it's useless! She won't choose you!" Hela was losing control and tried to scold him to wake him up.

Even if you have your soulmate, unrequited love will never end well.

那一刻，易澜似乎要暴起，他死死盯着海拉，海拉惊得退后了一步，以为自己今天肯定要挨一​​顿揍了，结果就看见易澜缓缓垂下了眼睛，然后低声道：“你说得对，她不爱我，也不会选我。”

After all these years, Hela couldn't bear to see the Commander being tormented so badly by his love rival, who was constantly showing off their affection in various ways, from documentaries to photos. Hela felt sorry for Yi Lan's tough heart and comforted him, saying, "It's okay, Commander, we'll just get her back. We can just try again."

Anyway, Shi Wei won't fall in love with Yi Lan, so let's just go for it. No matter how well Sklag II protects them, they still succeeded several times. Besides, there's no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. It's not that Hela is overconfident, but when it comes to kidnapping, their mercenaries are the industry benchmark.

Hela was already formulating a plan when she heard Yi Lan say dejectedly, "But she doesn't love me. What's the point of taking her away?"

When it comes to matters of the heart, it's not a game of great powers, nor is it about who is stronger or weaker, or something that can be solved by force or fists. Whether it's a conspiracy or a scheme, no amount of scheming can overcome the simple statement, "She doesn't love you."

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Author's Note: Dedicated the song "She Doesn't Love Me" to Lanbao.