Chapter 145 Top Alpha: He Was Once a Destroyed Omega 55. (The End)

"condition?"

Upon hearing Qi Yun's last words, Qi Pingye paused, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

After a moment, he turned his head and said, "I want to hear the answer I want first."

Qi Yun frowned, about to speak, but Qi Pingye interrupted him first: "Don't try to bargain, you have no right to."

Qi Yun's face stiffened.

Qi Pingye, with a casual expression, scoffed, walked over, pulled out the chair opposite Qi Yun, and sat down.

“I have something to do later, and you don’t have much time, so,” he looked at Qi Yun, “can we start telling the story now?”

Qi Yun's unpleasant expression lasted only a moment; he quickly composed himself and regained his composure. Although he could no longer discern his thoughts from the face of this now unfamiliar son, based on his understanding of him, the fact that his son was willing to sit down and talk was already the beginning of compromise.

He was confident that he had a high probability of achieving his goal.

“A story,” Qi Yun sighed, “Indeed, this could be told as a story. However, the protagonist of this story is not me, but your mother. Of course, I know you only feel hatred for us, not love, so I’m not talking about Yu Ran, but your biological mother, Lu Jin…”

Qi Yun paused for a moment, then said something that shocked Qi Pingye.

"Twenty-four years ago, during the chaos on Far Voyage Star, Lu Jin could have survived in that field hospital."

Qi Yun said.

original?

Qi Pingye had a vague premonition of something, and his fingers under the table slowly tightened one by one, his knuckles turning pale.

Qi Yun didn't notice anything amiss and continued, "I only found out later when I picked up Yu Ran and she told me..."

In Qi Pingye's existing memory, Lu Jin, his biological mother whom he had never met, died protecting the children who were evacuating through the emergency passage, covering their retreat. This is what Gran said, and it is also the conclusion many people have drawn based on the situation left at the scene.

This is indeed true, but it is an incomplete truth.

"...At the time, Yu Ran and Lu Jin were in adjacent wards. The emergency exit opened, and everyone was evacuating hastily, including them. But Lu Jin was different from Yu Ran; she was a warrior. Seeing the aliens attacking, in order to cover everyone and allow the emergency exit to successfully evacuate the children, she took up a weapon and fought against the aliens."

Qi Yun said, "But she had a child in her arms, and she was worried about it. She couldn't take the child with her to fight. At this time, she saw that Yu Ran had a baby care kit, so she asked Yu Ran if she could put the child in it as well. In a hurry, Yu Ran agreed without thinking too much."

"Thank you! Thank you so much..."

Amid the chaos, a pale-faced but agile young woman placed her crying baby into an open incubator while thanking the frail, trembling noblewoman.

"No, it's alright, no need to thank me... I'm a mother too." The lady replied, looking at the two babies wrapped in the same hospital cleaning cloth in the incubator.

Just then, a very close, alien roar suddenly came from outside. The noblewoman was so startled that her hand trembled, and she almost dropped the baby carrier. The young woman reacted quickly and caught it.

"Watch out! It's not safe here any minute now. Quickly follow the medical staff and leave through the emergency exit. I'll deal with these freaks that are chasing us, then I'll come find you..."

"Oh, okay... You, you be careful, I'm leaving now..." The noblewoman was startled, and a look of hatred and fear flashed in her eyes. Without bothering to carefully distinguish the two babies in the incubator, she grabbed the incubator and hurriedly ran away.

Whether you distinguish them or not, they look pretty much the same. Newborn babies don't look any different. However, her child is from the Qi family. Just last night, right after being born, a small jade lock from the Qi family was hung on his little hand. This is something that no one else can have. Just based on this, you can definitely tell the difference.

"Oh right, my name is Lu Jin! Lu Jin of the Silverwing Legion! What's your name? I'll be able to find you later..."

Gu Yuran squeezed into the emergency staircase, and as the stairs rose, the young woman's voice was left far behind.

Although the ancient words were not clearly heard, the words "Silver Wing Legion" and "Lu Jin" were still caught.

Is this woman named Lu Jin from the Silverwing Legion?

Gu Yuran's heartbeat suddenly became chaotic.

She looked down through the special transparent glass of the stairs. The aliens had already rushed in. Lu Jin's armor was up, and she held a gun in one hand and a light blade in the other. She fought fiercely, and even the tall and crazed red-eyed aliens were no match for her.

Yes, such powerful warriors can only be found in the Silverwing Legion. They are all selected based on special characteristics, and even Omegas, who are naturally at a disadvantage in terms of physical condition, should not be underestimated.

This woman was actually a member of the Silverwing Legion...

Gu Yuran remembered something Qi Yun had vaguely mentioned to her some time ago: the Silverwing Legion members could not live...

She hated Qi Yun for not telling her the details of his plan, leaving her and her child in danger. But they were husband and wife, and the Gu and Qi families were allies, in the same boat...

"Quick! Come on, get on here!"

Shouts came from the steps below.

Lu Jin had temporarily repelled the alien species, and all the surviving children and adults in the maternity ward had entered the emergency exit. Now the emergency exit was about to close, and the people on the last step were calling for Lu Jin to come up quickly.

Lu Jin, covered in dirt and blood, smiled at them, ran towards them, and leaped towards the last step.

However, at that moment, a shadow suddenly fell over her head, accompanied by a cry of "My baby box!"

Lu Jin paused for a moment, then twisted her body to catch the falling baby box.

At the same moment, the emergency exit in front of her closed.

Inside the incubator was only one baby, its hands empty, without any gold or jade.

Lu Jin suddenly raised his head and looked up at the sky.

On the high steps, Gu Yuran held a baby, her face lowered, avoiding her gaze.

Lu Jin's expression changed drastically. He shouted as he tried to rush up the outer wall of the emergency passage, but he failed repeatedly.

The passage was sealed off, and her voice could no longer be heard from inside. Gu Yuran held the baby tightly and slowly squatted down.

"Don't blame me...don't blame me, it was all for the Qi family, for the children...You're a mother too, you should understand, right? Only if you and your child die can my child and I continue to live the life we ​​want...I will remember you, I will repent, and my Xiao Zhao will too...Rest in peace...Rest in peace..."

“Fate is truly wondrous, isn’t it?” Qi Yun smirked. “You hate us, but we inadvertently abandoned our own son to save you… If it weren’t for Xiao Zhao’s good fortune, he would have died twenty-four years ago. Later… when we say you owe him, it’s a bit biased, but not entirely wrong, right?”

"You owe him a life, no matter what he did wrong, you should..."

"It is indeed a good 'story'."

Qi Pingye spoke, his voice hoarse.

Qi Yun paused and looked up at him.

Qi Pingye's eyes were deep black; he neither dodged nor flinched, meeting his gaze directly.

“Don’t take me for a fool, Mr. Qi,” Qi Pingye said. “When everything seems tangled and complicated, as long as we find out who started it, we can distinguish right from wrong. Do I need to point out who started the chaos on Far Voyage Star?

"not to mention……"

Qi Pingye took a slight breath: "My mother... died near the hospital's main emergency exit, not near the maternity ward emergency exit. When the first search and rescue team arrived, there was nothing alive around my mother, but Qi Mingzhao was still alive. Why was that?"

"It goes without saying that it was my mother who saved him, putting him into the hospital's emergency exit at the last moment..."

Qi Yun spoke up: "Even so, your mother risked her life to protect and send him to the emergency exit because she felt he was her child. You may not appreciate Xiao Zhao's kindness, but Yu Ran..."

"Ms. Gu recognized people by the jade lock, so you think my mother recognized people by the same thing, right?" Qi Pingye interrupted him.

Qi Yun's expression froze.

"Ms. Gu may not have heard what she was shouting when she was clutching the incubator and desperately trying to get onto the maternity ward emergency exit, but you couldn't possibly not have guessed it," Qi Pingye said.

Qi Yun looked at him.

High in the howling wind, Gu Yuran carried Qi Pingye and boarded the rescue aircraft.

She wept with joy because she believed that she and her child had escaped a disaster and survived.

In the hospital littered with corpses, Lu Jin protected Qi Mingzhao and forcibly shoved him into the last space of the hospital's main emergency exit, but he himself was dragged down by the alien creature and fell.

She knew this wasn't her child, but the adult world had never been related to children.

She wanted to protect not only her own child, but also many, many other children.

“I originally thought you would say that Ms. Gu deliberately switched the babies, abandoned her own son, and saved me,” Qi Pingye said calmly, suppressing his turbulent emotions. “That would make your bargaining chip even stronger.”

“But I don’t think you’d be foolish enough to believe such a story,” Qi Yun said.

Qi Pingye smirked. "So, what are your conditions for the end of the story? To erase Qi Mingzhao's crime and let him continue to lie in the most advanced sanatorium as a conscious paralyzed patient, or to remove Gu Yuran and let me take care of her in her old age?"

Qi Yun shook his head: "Neither."

He gave a wry smile: "Ono, actually I'm not as shameless as I thought. My old face may not be worth much now, but it's still there. I can't bring myself to offer such a condition..."

"My thinking is simple: if you still cherish the familial bond we shared and the story of how I finally resolved your regrets, then please be merciful and exile me. A clean, quick shot—what's the harm in dying? Only by living can you atone for your sins. You can persuade them, as a victim or as a hero who exposes everything, to exile me to a garbage planet—to the most polluted place, to eat the dirtiest garbage, to live the lowest of lives!"

"I deeply regret all the wrong things I have done, and I am willing to spend the rest of my life atoning for them..."

Qi Pingye smiled and said, "Okay."

Qi Yun was overjoyed: "You...you agreed?"

Qi Pingye's smile widened: "I mean, you're really something, Qi Yun, so hypocritical and shameless."

Qi Yun's expression stiffened slightly: "Are you going to back out?"

"Going back on your word?" Qi Pingye's gaze was icy. "When did I ever agree to that? You, a death row inmate who is guilty of treason and personally transported alien species into the core defense line of the Far Voyage Star, actually think you have the right to negotiate with me? Yes, I am a little curious about some unknown aspects of twenty-four years ago, but that's all I am. Nothing more."

He stood up under Qi Yun's stiff gaze. "But no matter what, thank you for your story, Father."

Qi Yun suddenly looked up.

“This is the last time I’ll call you that,” Qi Pingye said, stepping out. “Go to your death in peace. The wicked will eventually reap what they sow.”

Qi Yun turned her head in disbelief, "Wait... Qi Pingye! Qi Pingye! Have you really forgotten? Have you forgotten how good your father was to you? How much kindness the Qi family has shown you... Qi Pingye... Qi Pingye!"

The door to the monitoring room opened and then quickly closed.

Qi Yun's roar was cut off.

Qi Pingye opened his eyes. The corridor was silent. The guard stood at the door and nodded to him.

Qi Pingye stood there for a while, then slowly raised his hand and touched his face, which had become incredibly stiff without him even realizing it.

His facial muscles slowly relaxed, and he took a step forward.

The white fluorescent lights in the corridor stretched his shadow, but couldn't stop his steps. He walked faster and faster, until in the distance, he saw the doorway, where a halo of sunlight shone, and in the light, a shadow stood vaguely.

The shadow turned its head, saw him, and walked towards him.

And so, step by step.

All the bright and dark, flamboyant and reserved, beautiful and ugly—all that belonged to the past—were left behind in the past as those two ever-approaching footsteps drew nearer.

Along with that last bit, there's the curiosity, longing, anticipation, and regret about biological parents and adoptive parents.

The past is the past.

"it's over?"

"Um."

The two sets of footsteps finally collided, and the gentle light and shadow rippled slowly.

"I've bought the flowers. When I get to the newly built cemetery, I'll first visit my aunt and uncle, then go find Glen and the others, and see the old Silverwing..."

"good."

"...Unhappy?"

"No, I'm very happy," Qi Pingye bowed his head, embracing the flowers and the people, "Happy... now and in the future."

...

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[End of Unit 3]

Author's Note:

The third world has ended, and the story of Ono and Kogure has come to an end. Thank you for your company and love, little angels! It's time to say goodbye to this story again [crying emoji] tears.

There's a side story for this world, I'll post it tomorrow, and then a new world will begin!

*

We need to discuss the new world with the little angels:

I've been working on the new world project for two or three days now. The more I write, the more I refine the outline, and the more I feel that this section is more suitable to be a standalone book. So last night, I was halfway through writing when I started to struggle with the decision.

The author of "Cannon Fodder" budgeted a maximum of around 200,000 words for each unit. Any more than that would be too much and too slow for a single unit. In the "Master" unit, the protagonist has a lot of backstory, and the emotions and plot are quite full. There are also many main supporting characters. Of course, it's possible not to elaborate on them, but it always feels like it lacks completeness. If it were elaborated on, 200,000 words would definitely be more than enough.

Therefore, what we are thinking about now is:

1. I will continue writing about the world of Master, but I won't go into detail. I will finish writing it according to the rhythm of each unit.

2. The fourth world will not feature the master, but will instead be a separate story for him. The world of the candidate top scholar's rebirth will be moved up to become the fourth world.

If Master were to write a standalone novel, it would likely be after "Paper Fate". He could start a new pre-order, or he could use the plot of "A Xianxia Novel (To be renamed)" which he originally planned to write about a love-hate relationship in Xianxia but didn't have a synopsis yet. If it's about love and hate, he could start a new pre-order later. Anyway, the latter doesn't have a synopsis yet.

The world of "The Top Scholar" was originally a backup plan, in case of any unforeseen circumstances. Its main elements are ancient times, ruler and subject, rebirth, and pseudo-love-hate relationship (wait, why is it love-hate relationship again?).

Since the new world hasn't officially begun yet and we still have options, the author would like to ask the little angels for suggestions.

Of course, the final choice may depend on the author's mysterious inspiration, but I still really hope to hear the voices of the little angels. [Please!]