Chapter 94 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega. 4. I need...

Over the next two days, Qi Pingye, through Mao Liang's connections, became acquainted with many members of the escort team.

Although he couldn't find out the specifics of the escort mission, he could already confirm from some casual conversations that Ganlu City really didn't want to send Chenwu to the Omega Protection Association on the Central Star, but instead planned to give him to some powerful figure.

Moreover, the actual situation is probably even worse than Shen Wu imagines. He is a B-grade Omega, which is fine elsewhere, but on Central Star, it's not considered rare. It would be considered good if the powerful and wealthy married him to be used as a breeding tool; more likely, they would throw him into some underground channels and make some shady arrangements for him.

The shadowy corners of the White Night Federation are places that the previous three ABO equality movements could not reach.

Qi Pingye pondered Shen Wu's escape plan and decided to help him.

Although he left Zorro Star much earlier than he had expected, the unexpected second differentiation had already occurred, and it was time to bring some plans forward a bit more.

The third night arrived quickly.

Because the aircraft's maintenance was progressing faster than expected, with only some finishing touches like spray layer condensation remaining, the escort team wasn't in a rush. The two team leaders waved their hands, telling Mao Liang and Qi Pingye to get some rest and not to work overtime that night.

Mao Liang was overjoyed and dragged Qi Pingye out for a good night's drink. If Qi Pingye hadn't been so good at pretending to be drunk, the holiday would have been wasted, and they would have been drinking until half the night.

Around 11 p.m., Mao Liang helped Qi Pingye back to the temporary rest room, and then, while complaining that Qi was too weak to drink, he was supported by his assistant as they returned to the small building.

Not long after they left, Qi Pingye opened his eyes, his gaze clear, though his head ached a little.

He took two hangover pills, got up, quickly wiped himself off, and washed away the smell of alcohol. By the time he finished, it was almost midnight. He didn't go to sleep, but sat for a while longer. After midnight, he quietly left the house and went to the corner where he had met Shen Wu last time.

This time, no work lights were on in the corner, and it was pitch black. Qi Pingye didn't care. He found a spot, leaned against the wall, and kept an eye on his surroundings while waiting for the fog to thicken.

Time passed second by second.

Twenty minutes later, Qi Pingye checked his watch. It was 12:23, the time that Shen Wu had agreed to meet him the day before yesterday, but there was still no sign of Shen Wu.

Qi Pingye considered the probability that Shen Wu was playing a trick on him or had ulterior motives. It existed, but it was unlikely. He decided to wait a while longer; if Shen Wu hadn't arrived by half an hour, he would leave.

He had already decided to help Chenwu, but that didn't mean he would take the initiative to go to the small building to look for the Omega who had broken his promise when he couldn't figure out the situation. That would be too risky.

Qi Pingye patiently waited in the corner.

After waiting for a while, Qi Pingye suddenly straightened up, his ears twitching slightly.

There seemed to be some slight noise coming from the direction of the small building.

He moved silently, concealing himself, and looked out from the corner. He saw a tall figure jump down from the side window of the small building and walk quickly toward the aircraft with very little noise.

It was Soros, the vice-captain of the escort team.

Qi Pingye's brows furrowed suddenly. Had he discovered me? No, this furtive behavior didn't seem like he had discovered anyone; it seemed more like he was afraid of being discovered.

Qi Pingye steadied himself and kept a close eye on Soros's movements.

As expected, Soros didn't head towards this corner; he stopped directly by the aircraft's hatch. Using his vice-captain's authority, Soros opened the hatch, climbed inside, and moved very carefully, seemingly not wanting to alert anyone.

This definitely doesn't look like they're here to capture him. Qi Pingye felt much relieved.

Soros sneaked out furtively, clearly having something shady up his ways. Qi Pingye didn't want to run into him and decided to leave immediately. Whether Shen Wu had changed his mind or encountered some trouble tonight, he probably wouldn't be coming.

Qi Pingye found a spot, left a mark to indicate that Shenwu Soros was nearby, and then got up and left the corner to go back.

But they had only taken a couple of steps when the light in one of the portholes suddenly came on, and a terrified face flashed by, followed by Soros lunging at them with a menacing grin.

The next moment, the lights went out again.

The brief moment of brightness was like a bolt of lightning shooting out on a stormy night, making Qi Pingye's scalp tingle.

Why is Shen Wu in the aircraft? What is Soros up to? Is this why Shen Wu stood him up tonight and why Soros sneaked out? Even the married Alpha carefully chosen by the Lord of Ganlu City couldn't resist temptation and is about to steal from him? Or is someone trying to sabotage the Lord of Ganlu City's deal...?

A series of questions and speculations exploded in Qi Pingye's mind.

But the situation he had just witnessed was so critical that he didn't have time to think too much.

He had to go and save them immediately.

Without hesitation, Qi Pingye slipped under the aircraft and rushed straight towards the hatch.

He pulled the heaviest wrench from the tool bag beside his leg, and with the fastest speed, activated the temporary access to the aircraft granted to him by the escort team, and opened the hatch.

The interior of the aircraft was completely dark, with no lights on.

Qi Pingye's heart was pounding like a drum. As he raced down the corridor, his mind racing to figure out which cabin the porthole belonged to, he didn't bother to hide his footsteps.

Or rather, he hoped that the sound of his footsteps would attract Soros's attention and make him stop.

Found it!

This is it!

Qi Pingye lunged towards the cabin.

This was just an ordinary lounge, not the more classified cockpit, and Qi Pingye's temporary access was sufficient to unlock it smoothly.

From beginning to end, Qi Pingye never intended to alert the escort team in the small building; he didn't trust them.

The closed door slowly opened in front of Qi Pingye, and heavy, suppressed breathing came from inside.

Qi Pingye's heart skipped a beat, and he gripped the wrench tightly, ready to step inside.

However, the next second, his movements suddenly froze.

Before opening the door, Qi Pingye had prepared himself for all sorts of possible scenarios, but none of them included what he was about to see—

Chen Wu, dressed neatly, knelt on Soros's back, holding a shard of glass, and pierced the Alpha's neck.

In the dim darkness, Chenwu sensed the movement and looked up at the open hatch.

The safety indicator light in the corridor flashed faintly, illuminating his cold face. He had black hair and red lips, and was both incredibly beautiful and incredibly terrifying.

Qi Pingye was stunned for a moment.

Are you... alright?

He asked instinctively.

Shen Wu glanced at him, stiffly loosened her grip on Soros's arm, took a half step back to avoid the flowing blood, and collapsed to the ground as if losing her strength.

A strong smell of blood filled the air.

“An inhibitor,” Shen Wu began, her voice hoarse, “I need an inhibitor…”

Only after these words were spoken did Qi Pingye belatedly realize that two extremely strong pheromones filled his nasal cavity.

One pheromone smelled like unfamiliar alcohol, most likely belonging to Soros. The other pheromone smelled like the Cold Mist Rose that Qi Pingye had faintly smelled before, belonging to Shen Wu.

The former unleashed its unbridled fury, filling the entire cabin in an attempt to suppress the latter. But the latter, like a rose, was not only beautiful but also thorny. Even under the impenetrable suppression of Alph's essence, it still managed to prick out its sharp edge, full of fearlessness and madness.

Judging from the battle between these two pheromones, Chenwu's pheromone level may be higher than B.

The thought briefly crossed Qi Pingye's mind before quickly disappearing, as it wasn't the focus at the moment.

"Your pheromones are out of control, and you can't control them?" Qi Pingye gleaned the key issue from Shen Wu's words.

"I was injected with an inducing agent, and my fever started earlier..." Shen Wu's hands were trembling uncontrollably as she braced herself against the wall.

Qi Pingye's heart skipped a beat. He immediately took out his flashlight and began searching the cabin.

Shen Wu didn't know, but he hadn't forgotten that he had already undergone a second differentiation and was no longer an Omega, but an Alpha.

Even if he believed he had a strong resistance to Omega pheromones, he absolutely couldn't withstand prolonged, close contact with an Omega in their heat cycle within such a confined space. After all, he was still single and unmarried, and didn't have the pheromones of his beloved Omega to help isolate him from interference from other Omega pheromones.

Qi Pingye felt that he was even more anxious to find the inhibitor than Shen Wu was. He didn't want to lose his mind, unleash his beastly nature, and expose the secret of his secondary differentiation.

Such lounges usually keep suppressants commonly used by Alphas and Omegas on hand. But for some reason, this lounge didn't have a single one.

Qi Pingye could vaguely feel his body temperature rising. He was on high alert, tightly controlling his pheromones to prevent any leakage, while speeding up and turning the entire cabin upside down.

Just as he was about to finish reading, he seemed to remember something, suddenly slapped his forehead, and cursed himself for being a stupid idiot whose brain had been blown out by pheromones.

Soros was planning to cause trouble in this lounge, so why would he leave the inhibitors here? He must have cleared them out!

Qi Pingye didn't have time to say much to Shen Wu. He simply said calmly, "It's not here. I'll go look next door," and quickly left the lounge to search other cabins.

Aside from saying a couple of sentences at the beginning, Shen Wu didn't utter another word from beginning to end. She just quietly watched Qi Pingye's back as he searched around.

Only after Qi Pingye left did he finally feel as if he had unloaded something. His fingers tightened, his neck arched back, and his back suddenly slammed backward, crashing into the cold metal wall.

A suppressed sob escaped his throat.

He was like a fully drawn bow, trembling violently, stiff and taut, as if he would break at any moment under the unbearable force.

The inducing agent was incredibly powerful. Shen Wu felt that she was still rational, and that she had managed to get through the fever period entirely thanks to her past experience of not being able to afford inhibitors and having to hide in the desert to survive the fever.

Otherwise, he would have collapsed when Soros appeared and tried to force him with pheromones, let alone protect himself, fight back against Soros, or pretend to be a decent human being in front of Qi Ping.

The hardships of the past were not entirely without their benefits.

But... what about the future?

He killed Soros, what will happen next?

No, not to mention the future, he's even worried about tomorrow. The escort team will soon discover that Soros is missing, and the Beta who drugged him and injected him with the inducer is still alive...

Perhaps Qi Ping could help kill him?

No, it's no use. Killing that Beta won't help; Wang Ping will find out.

Moreover, Qi Ping would never agree to help him kill someone. It's already a good thing he didn't immediately run out and report him; why would he help him kill someone?

This crippled Omega may seem like a good person, but "goodness" comes at a price, and he can't see through him...

Thinking about it this way, it seemed that he had no other future to speak of except to escape overnight, go into exile on Zorro Star, and become a wanted criminal with no tomorrow.

Shenwu pressed the glands on the back of her neck against the metal wall, trying to draw in the coolness to relieve the burning pain.

His mind was filled with chaotic thoughts, and he gripped the dagger in his hand tighter and tighter. With a flick of his finger, the blade cut through his flesh.

"Sinking fog...sinking fog!"

In the chaotic darkness, a beam of flashlight shone, stinging Shen Wu's eyes. She abruptly closed them, and tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks unexpectedly.

"you……"

The deep male voice came closer, but Shen Wu could hear it even less.

He wanted to be on guard, to control himself from making a fool of himself, but he couldn't do it at all. He was like a lump of soft mud, rotten in a corner, only able to be kneaded and molded by others.

His heart trembled with fear and resentment. Gathering his last bit of strength, he gripped the blade.

However, the next instant, a cold, sharp pain suddenly came from the back of his neck, bringing him back to his senses, which were on the verge of complete collapse.

It's an inhibitor!

Shen Wu suddenly looked up, but lost his balance and fell into the chest in front of him.

A faint, familiar scent drifted by—the scent of thorny grass, the most common plant in the deserts of Zorro Star. During the days Shen Wu endured repeated bouts of fever while hiding in the no-man's-land, they were the only living things that kept him company.

With a sudden release of his grip, the dagger fell to the ground with a snap.

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Author's Note: [Please] Dear reviewer, this really doesn't contain anything; the main characters aren't even in the same room! [Laughing and crying with facepalm]