Chapter 129 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega. 39. One...

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Before coming to Far Voyage Star, Chen Wu asked Qi Pingye what he thought, and his answer at the time was just these eight words.

He has already taken that first step.

Qi Pingye stared blankly at Qi Mingzhao, who was curled up on the ground like an insect, gritting his teeth in horror and pain, not daring to even scream for fear of having his throat pierced by the AI.

He had imagined countless times the scene of avenging Qi Mingzhao, Qi Yousheng, and the Qi family, each one filled with excitement and exhilaration. But in reality, at the moment he actually swung the knife, he seemed to have no emotions at all, only suddenly thinking of Shen Wu as the blade fell.

Upstairs, his past will come to an end. Downstairs, his future awaits him.

Qi Pingye felt a calmness he had never experienced before.

“Sometimes I feel I’m still too kind,” he said calmly, getting up and skillfully cleaning up the remaining traces, “like this gland…”

He kicked the soft, rotten flesh away.

“I was too quick to dig,” he sighed. “Not as ‘clumsy’ as Qi Yousheng, who could make one of the most nerve-rich areas suffer excruciating pain.”

"It's my fault; I just don't have much patience for you. But bedbugs should be crushed without a second thought, shouldn't we? We shouldn't waste too much emotion on them, right?"

Qi Mingzhao lay in a pool of blood, blood gushing from the back of his neck. His eyes bulged out horribly, bathed in a pale light, staring blankly at the flesh. "No, it's impossible... my glands... it can't be, it's fake, it's all fake!"

"Would you like me to bring it over so you can see it?" Qi Pingye asked kindly. "Weren't you quite curious two years ago? You said it was the first time you saw what an Omega's gland looked like when it was dug out."

"Oh, never mind, I'll just kick it with my foot. I feel like it's a bit dirty to use my hands."

As he spoke, Qi Pingye raised his foot, as if to kick the lump of flesh back to Qi Mingzhao's side.

"ah!"

Qi Mingzhao seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying in an instant. He was so frightened that he crawled backwards frantically, his face distorted with fear. He dared not scream, and could only utter hoarse whispers.

Qi Pingye scoffed at the sight, turning his gaze away from Qi Mingzhao, who was truly as wretched as a bug, and instead turned to Zhou Gan.

Zhou Gan lowered his head, barely daring to breathe, pressing himself firmly against the corner of the wall, wishing he could shrink into a ball of air. But he still felt Qi Pingye's gaze descend upon him, and his body suddenly froze.

He heard Qi Pingye's approaching footsteps, and his lips trembled violently: "What, what do you want to do? I, I remember we have no grudges, right, Qi Pingye... I admit, I did want to bully you, but in the end you beat me up and sent me to the hospital, so that counts as revenge, right?"

"Don't worry, I promise I won't tell anyone about this. Please don't kill me, just don't kill me, I'll agree to anything... and please don't take out my glands, please..."

Before he could finish speaking, a metallic clang rang out.

Zhou Gan was startled.

It's that knife.

The knife that had been used to remove Qi Mingzhao's glands was kicked in front of him by Qi Pingye.

Zhou Ganleng looked up blankly.

Qi Pingye, with an unfamiliar face, looked down at him and raised his chin, "Take it, stab Qi Mingzhao twice, and I'll let you go."

Upon hearing this, both Zhou Gan and Qi Mingzhao froze.

They leaned their heads against the floor and simultaneously turned their gazes to each other.

With a soft rustling sound, half of the mechanical restraints on Zhou Gan's body were released, enough for him to pick up the knife and complete his mission.

Zhou Gan's Adam's apple bobbed as he slowly got up and, under Qi Pingye's gaze, reached for the knife.

Qi Mingzhao's eyes were bloodshot as she stared intently at Zhou Gan, large tears streaming down her face. "Brother Gan, I love you, I really love you... Have you forgotten everything we've been through together? Have you forgotten our vows? And that biological toxin, it was all fake, I lied to you. How could I bear to hurt you? Brother Gan..."

Zhou Gan's hand, which had touched the hilt of the knife, paused.

Qi Mingzhao's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he pressed on, "Brother, calm down. Think about it, you won't benefit from hurting me. I have the Qi family behind me, and the Zhou family wouldn't dare to offend me easily. Don't be misled, we will definitely be saved, brother. This is Xinguang Hospital, not some no-man's land."

"You must calm down, brother..."

“I’ve never been this calm before, Mingzhao,” Zhou Gan suddenly said.

He moved his fingers away, not picking up the knife.

Hope ignited in Qi Mingzhao's eyes.

He had already realized that Qi Pingye didn't intend to kill him directly, so as long as he wanted to, he could definitely find a way to survive.

As long as he's alive, he'll get back on his feet sooner or later. Even without the Omega gland, he's still the young master of the Qi family. His parents love him so much, and his older brothers and sisters love him so much, they definitely won't give up on him. At most, his treatment will just be a little less.

Once he tells them about Qi Pingye, even if he differentiates into an A-level Alpha, he alone has no chance against the Qi family...

Qi Pingye casually glanced at Zhou Gan.

He didn't think Zhou Gan was the type to sacrifice himself for his lover.

Sure enough, the next second, under Qi Mingzhao's expectant gaze, Zhou Gan turned to look at Qi Pingye and said expressionlessly, "If I use a knife, he will die very quickly. I don't want him to die like that, and you probably don't either. So, I want to use this."

His hands trembled as he pulled out a smart device.

Qi Pingye glanced at it.

High-voltage electric shock...

Qi Pingye paused, wondering... was he Qi Mingzhao's enemy, or Zhou Gan's?

"what ever."

Qi Pingye Road.

Qi Mingzhao's face turned ashen as he stared at Zhou Gan in disbelief. "No, Brother Gan, no...no!"

Amidst screams, Zhou Gan activated his AI and lunged forward amidst flashing arcs of electricity.

“Mingzhao, don’t blame me, don’t blame me… I love you too, but… but I can’t trust you anymore… You should become a cripple, okay? Becoming a cripple is better for everyone, it’s the only way we can truly pretend nothing ever happened, okay…”

Sparks flew from the corner, accompanied by suppressed screams and cries.

Qi Pingye didn't even glance at it.

With an indifferent expression, he walked to the window and, with the aid of the AI, jumped out.

A dozen minutes later.

The locked security door was violently broken open with a bang, and Qi Yousheng rushed in with two bodyguards.

In the corner, Zhou Gan and Qi Mingzhao lay slumped on either side of each other. The former's eyes were tightly closed, his arms charred and bent horribly, while the latter's face was contorted in a grotesque grimace, his eyes rolled back, and his body covered in scorch marks. Beneath them, large patches of blood soaked the floor, making it impossible to tell whose blood it was.

The sight alone was enough to make Qi Yousheng's eyes widen in horror.

"Ming Zhao!"

"Sir, be careful!"

Qi Yousheng shoved the guard aside, lunged into the corner, kicked aside the unconscious Zhou Gan beside him, and reached out with trembling hands to touch Qi Mingzhao's neck, where it was still throbbing.

Qi Yousheng breathed a sigh of relief and turned around abruptly: "Doctor! Go get the doctor!"

After giving the order, he covered his face, then carefully reached out to help Qi Mingzhao up and examine his wounds.

When Qi Yousheng saw the missing flesh and blood at the back of his neck, his gaze froze, and his face instantly stiffened.

He froze for a few seconds, then incredulously brushed aside Qi Mingzhao's hair and looked at that spot again and again. There was only a deep, bloody hole; the glands inside had vanished.

Thinking of all those messages and clues, Qi Yousheng could no longer suppress the most unlikely guess in his heart.

He closed his eyes tightly, slammed his fist on the floor, and roared hatefully, "Qi, Ping, Ye!"

Almost simultaneously, seemingly due to Qi Yousheng's volume, or perhaps due to some other recognition function set up by Qi Pingye, the smart mechanical chains binding Qi Mingzhao suddenly lit up red.

The next instant, a thin needle shot out from the tip of the chain and pierced Qi Yousheng's chest.

"Sir!"

The guards screamed in terror.

Qi Yousheng opened his eyes blankly and lowered his head.

The intense pain and numbness from the toxins surged up quickly, spreading from the chest to the limbs and brain.

How could this be...? Isn't this just a regular smart lock from the military? How... is it poisonous?

A few floors above this.

Qi Pingye didn't stop walking, only twitching the corner of his mouth the moment Qi Yousheng fell.

He said that none of them would escape.

Qi Mingzhao stabbed his glands, and Qi Yousheng cut off his flesh. They intended to destroy him, so why should he show them any mercy?

He won't kill them with his own hands.

Sometimes, death is not scary.

To become a useless person, unable to speak or even take care of one's own bodily functions, forced to endure day and night one's own powerlessness and the disgust and betrayal of loved ones. At the moment of death, what one receives is not anyone's sorrow, but the joy of everyone's relief.

That's the scariest part.

Qi Pingye understood Qi Mingzhao and Qi Yousheng, and this was the best ending he had chosen for them.

As for whether there are other secrets behind the baby-swapping incident twenty-four years ago, there are at least two people who can answer that for him, and one more Qi Mingzhao and one more Qi Yousheng wouldn't make a difference. It's best for the story to return to the story of the bedbug.

[The first step, the Far Voyage Star Revenge Plan, has been successfully completed.]

Qi Pingye walked through the empty, smoke-filled corridor and sent a message to Chen Wu.

Shenwu replied instantly: [Applause! Hooray! So, can we start ordering for the celebration banquet now?]

【sure. 】

"Let's have hot pot then. It's not that I want to eat it, it's that the baby in my belly wants to eat it..."

Qi Pingye smiled and lowered his head, his tense shoulders and back slowly relaxing.

Those people didn't fall into hell because of his appearance; they fell into hell because they were already in hell. And he would never go into hell to seek revenge against them.

Qi Pingye took one last look at the bloody image of the three people lying on their sides, hastily surrounded by others, then raised his hand, cut off the main screen, and strode out of the corner.

The lights that hadn't been turned off on the upper floors suddenly shone brightly, white as snow, casting long shadows behind Qi Pingye.

He walked in the light, like a bird breaking free from its cage under the awe-inspiring sunlight.