Chapter 78 What is this?

The fully grown alpha stood in front of him. Light came in from the window in the corridor behind him, but was blocked by the tall figure in front of him.

Chen Luan's figure was almost shrouded in the shadow, and the scent of the other person was light and clean.

He raised his hand and pushed the alpha's shoulder. An inexplicable sense of guilt made him lower his eyes, trying to avoid Jiang Xun's gaze, and said vaguely: "...I'm changing clothes."

The next second, I felt a cool touch on my chin.

The fingers wrapped in black leather gloves lightly clasped Chen Luan's chin, but lifted it up with irresistible force, forcing Chen Luan to look into the pair of light golden eyes.

The alpha's fingertips brushed against the side of Chen Luan's still slightly swollen lips. With his eyes lowered, a dark tide rose in his calm voice: "Look at me, brother."

"Just changing clothes?"

“…”

Chen Luan pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment.

He tilted his head away from Jiang Xun's fingers, raised his hand to hold the other hand and moved it away, trying to change the subject: "...Didn't you go to the polluted area ecology research meeting? How is it going?"

Then the hand that was clasped on the chin moved to Chen Luan's wrist bone and tightened.

The unstable smell of tequila in the air swept over, only to be knocked away by another pheromone.

An arm grabbed his shoulders and pulled him behind his back.

The alpha hugged Chen Luan, raised the corner of his lip and looked at his twin brother with a smile: "What's the matter? You're so anxious to check on me right after you got back?"

The eyes of the two brothers, who were born of the same mother, met in mid-air, and pheromones created some sparks.

Jiang Xun's eyes narrowed slightly. After a few seconds, he chuckled and let go of Chen Luan's wrist. He raised his hand and carefully straightened Chen Luan's collar. "The situation is not optimistic."

“? What do you mean?” Chen Luan frowned and looked up.

"K9091 has revived. You should have received the news that training has been suspended."

Jiang Xun pinched his brows wearily. "There are currently no abnormalities in other low-risk pollution areas, but some high-risk areas have been confirmed to have increasing ecological activity."

"Including number 0."

Chen Luan's heart skipped a beat and he pinched his palm uncontrollably.

The high-risk contaminated area has been growing and expanding over the years, but it is impossible to use large-scale thermal weapons for bombing. Large-scale explosions will completely activate the contaminated spores in the sky, underground and even in the air in the contaminated area, and begin to grow and spread exponentially. It has always been possible to rely on mecha troops to clean up the area bit by bit.

Polluted Area No. 0 is the largest existing polluted area, located in the territory of Elhuaqin Continent. Its ecological core is the place where the wild beasts first landed more than 200 years ago.

There are abandoned nests and caves stretching for hundreds of kilometers. The pollutants left by the interstellar beasts are constantly spraying and spreading outward. The magnetic field is disordered, and entering it is almost equivalent to cutting off contact with the outside world.

Every year, a large number of soldiers are killed in the war to control the continued spread of No. 0.

Human beings no longer want to be driven back to the dark, damp underground where there is no sunlight.

As long as there are people alive, mankind will fight this war to the end until complete victory.

And Chen Luan remembered number 0.

Six or seven years before his death, the largest base in Elhuaqin had united with all the existing bases on the continent to launch a large-scale crackdown on No. 0.

The results were tragic, and many teams sent by the bases had no survivors.

At one point, many people believed that humans could not win, and a small-scale euthanasia craze was triggered.

Rather than waiting in despair to be torn apart by monsters that may break into the base at any time, they would rather end everything without so much pain.

At that time, even the fighters at the base felt that they were fighting a hopeless war.

The base was damp and dark without a trace of light, and outside the base was the pitch-black eternal night.

Now, two centuries have passed since Victory Day. Humanity has cleared out safe settlements everywhere, but has once again received news that something abnormal has occurred with No. 0.

This inevitably made everyone's heart sink a little.

No one spoke on the way home.

Chen Luan was driving, his mind full of the abnormal conditions in the contaminated area, and a vague worry spread uncontrollably from his chest.

The two alphas sat side by side in the back row, and no one said a word. Chen Luan didn't bother to care whether they were fighting privately or not. Since he couldn't feel anything, he just assumed it didn't happen.

The car windows were open, and a fresh breeze blew in while driving, blowing away the slightly stuffy smell in the car.

When the car arrived outside the community, someone was handing out flyers and stuffed one into the car window.

The colorful pages fell onto Chen Luan's knees.

"What?"

Chen Luan picked it up, glanced at it, and handed it to Jiang Ling, who was looking over from behind. He took control of the steering wheel again and said, "Tickets to the scenic area are discounted."

Jiang Ling pinched the paper and flipped through it. "Huilang Mountain? This area used to be a low-risk pollution area, wasn't it? I think it was numbered... It seems that the restrictions were completely lifted six years ago. It's actually been developed into a scenic area."

"Yes, it's contaminated area B4981."

Jiang Xun took the flyer and glanced at it. "The ecological core of this polluted area was originally a small wild beast's lair. The developer used this as a selling point to restore most of the scene and build a real-life exhibition park."

Jiang Ling folded his arms and sneered, "They dare to make any money. But the fact that the ban has been lifted means that this place is suitable for human survival and should be safe."

In fact, this is how the areas where humans live on the ground now came about. They were gradually cleared and lifted outward with underground bases as the center.

Jiang Xun's eyes fell on the flyer in his hand, and he said nothing.

The k9091 ecological core has recovered, and abnormal conditions have also appeared in high-risk pollution areas. Is this area, which has just been lifted from the ban, really safe?

No one gave him an answer.

When I got home, it was already dark, and the outline of the city outside the window was blurred in a deep blue mist.

The shadow of a helicopter with a flashing red signal light passed between the silhouettes of the tall buildings. It was most likely a hunter on routine patrol.

In the past two years, the frequency of attacks by desolate species has only increased, and the seemingly peaceful city has begun to surge with undercurrents.

Those who rely on gods, sell fake medicine, and engage in shoe cults who take the opportunity to commit fraud, all of these are quietly spreading in places where the sun does not shine as the panic spreads.

The completely random occurrence of desertification has left the scientific research team working on the disease at a loss as to where to start. They can only ask the hunters to increase patrols, deal with any abnormalities immediately, and bring back samples.

This behavior once triggered large-scale protests. Many people believed that those were their family members, and they would rather not receive the compensation than allow their family members to be dissected on the dissection table as experimental materials. However, these protests were all forcefully suppressed by the government.

Without enough samples, it is impossible to study the wasteland disease. However, the wasteland disease keeps breaking out and spreading, but the research results have not made any progress.

The government thinks they are just doing it for all of humanity and they have no choice.

Jiang Ling has been training hard recently, and Jiang Xun also rushed back to Qiwei City overnight after a few days of meetings. Both of them looked a little tired, and Chen Luan was too lazy to cook, so the three of them simply ordered takeout and ate it.

After dinner, Chen Luan planned to take a shower. As soon as he entered the bathroom with clean pajamas, he felt a slightly hot temperature on his back.

A pair of arms wrapped around Chen Luan's waist and tightened, and the buckle and metal badge of the military uniform pressed against his back, causing some discomfort.

The alpha's tall figure completely enveloped Chen Luan in his arms, his chin resting on Chen Luan's shoulder, and he closed his eyes and breathed gently.

The familiar smell that I have been thinking about day and night these days fills my nose, and slowly fills the irritating emptiness caused by the lack of comfort during the sensitive period.

A hot flash slowly rises from the glands at the back of the neck.

The smell of pheromones in the air began to surge and spread unhindered.

"elder brother."

The warm breath brushed against Chen Luan's sensitive ear, instantly burning a patch of red skin and causing a very slight shudder.

He immediately turned his head away and said, "Jiang Xun?"

"Um."

The alpha who was holding him from behind closed his eyes and murmured softly, rubbing his chin on his shoulder: "I missed you so much."

Chen Luan laughed a little: "It's only been a few days."

“That’s what I would think.”

The arm around Chen Luan tightened around his waist, and his light voice fell with the warmth of his breath: "I'll miss you even if I don't see you for a day."

"Why are you still so clingy at this age?" Chen Luan raised his hand and rubbed Jiang Xun's hair, then patted his arm: "Okay, you go out first, I'll take a shower, okay?"

But Jiang Xun, who usually lets go obediently, did not loosen his arm this time. Instead, he pressed his body forward.

Chen Luan's steps staggered as he leaned forward, forcing him to hold onto the sink to steady himself. He frowned slightly and tilted his head, "Jiang Xun?"

There was a slight sound of fabric rubbing against each other from behind. The hands that were tightly wrapped around Chen Luan's waist loosened and then held Chen Luan's wrists tightly while he was leaning on the sink.

The spicy smell of tequila became stronger in the small space. Alpha lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on Chen Luan's neck.

The burning red mole swayed under the warm light, and the tips of the tiny strands of hair rubbed against his skin as Chen Luan tilted his head.

Further to the side was the collar of his shirt, and the edge of a band-aid glaringly protruded from under the collar at the back of his neck.

Jiang Xun's mind couldn't help but recall the scene of Chen Luan opening the office door for him.

The cleaning agent that was trying to cover it up, the red and swollen lips, the slightly messy clothes...

Those light amber eyes gradually darkened as the dark emotions gradually surged up.

What did they do?

Chen Luan's glands did not emit the scent of Jiang Ling, so it was not marked today.

The obviously overly red color of his lips indicated that they were still kissing just before Chen Luan opened the door for him.

He knocked on the door three times before Chen Luan came to open it.

Is the kiss so passionate and hard to let go?

The fingers clasped around Chen Luan's wrist tightened a little, almost rubbing his bones into his skin and blood.

Chen Luan,

Is it only if I hide you and lock you up in a place where no one can find you except me, so that you won't come to see me with traces of someone else?

The smell of pheromones surged in the air.

Chen Luan's pulse was surging under his fingertips.

Alpha lowered his eyes, bent his head, and breathed softly into Chen Luan's ear: "You haven't told me what you were doing in the office before you came back, brother."

The beating pulse quickened a little.

Chen Luan was silent, not knowing how to answer.

But it was obvious that Jiang Xun's question came with an answer.

This realization inexplicably made Chen Luan begin to feel a little guilty.

So the alpha narrowed his eyes and continued to ask: "Hmm? Is there something inconvenient for you to tell me?"

"Or..."

A hand reached up and grabbed Chen Luan's chin, and the fingertips fell on the corner of Chen Luan's lips and rubbed them.

"Is there something only he can do?"

Unlike Jiang Ling, who has become increasingly thick-skinned, Jiang Xun's changes in recent years have always made Chen Luan feel a little oppressed at certain moments.

Although he didn't seem to be angry and his tone sounded calm and gentle, he always gave Chen Luan the illusion of danger as if there was no way to escape.

For example, now.

His chin was pinched with a not-too-strong force, and the fingertips gently stroked the corners of his lips. It didn't seem like a threat, but Chen Luan felt a vague sense of fear.

The tension was like that of a prey being stared at by a predator.

But before Chen Luan could answer, the breath next to his ear moved away again.

Just as Chen Luan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the alpha's warm fingertips moved from his jaw to the fragile skin on the back of his neck.

That bit of warmth gently touched the edge of the collar.

"Tell me, brother."

"I just haven't been back for a few days, what's this?"