Ace looked at the college entrance examination application form and filled in genetics at the best medical university in the galaxy without hesitation.

I also know that this school is far away from Chenxing.

Ever since differentiating into alpha, Ace's heart has become more and more uneasy day by day. He told Slov that he needed some time, but he didn't mean that he needed time to accept the fact that the two of them were alphas.

Instead, he wanted to try to see if he could break the shackles of genes, even though there were examples that proved this was impossible.

But who knows if there will be a miracle in the future?

Just like hundreds of years ago, scientists were also helpless in the face of biological extinction, but twelve years ago they also developed a method to use the genetic fragments of organisms to re-cultivate them.

Ace turned and glanced at a photo on the bedside table.

In the photo, he and Slov were standing on the grass by the lake, with the vast starry sky behind them. Slov was smiling freely, while he lowered his head slightly. At that time, he was sure that he also liked Slov in his heart.

"Slov..." Ace murmured softly, his fingertips lightly running across the edge of the photo, "Give me some time."

At least let him try.

*

At the beginning of the school year, Ace chose a very niche research topic - the genetic compatibility between alphas.

This research topic is not popular, and it can even be said that few people are interested in it in the academic circle.

This is because the binding between alpha and alpha has long been considered to have no biological significance.

After all, pheromones are essentially meant to promote reproduction, and alpha-to-alpha relationships don't contribute to reproduction.

Therefore, this direction has been almost ignored in mainstream genetic research.

Apart from attending classes, eating and sleeping, Ace spends almost all his time in the laboratory and library.

The initial work in the laboratory was extremely tedious. Ace needed to screen suitable samples from the vast genetic database and design experimental models.

Despite rapid advances in genetics over the past few decades, there has been little genetic research into "non-traditional unions."

This meant he needed to start from scratch.

"Ace, this topic is too unpopular. Are you sure you can get enough data support?" Rona, a graduate student in the same group and also an alpha, asked while debugging the equipment.

Ace didn't even look up, his fingers tapping rapidly on the keyboard. "If there's not enough data, then we can create the conditions ourselves. Scientists in the past were able to achieve genetic recombination, so why can't we find the possibility of a match?"

Rona raised her eyebrows and asked tentatively, "That will require a lot of resources and time support. Does the instructor know your plan?"

Ace stopped what he was doing, looked up and smiled firmly, "My mentor supports me, but I need to prove with results that I'm not wasting my time."

Rona extended her hand, "Welcome to my team."

Ace looked at her somewhat confused.

Rona didn't explain anything, but turned on her computer and retrieved some data.

"My lover is also an alpha. Even though I'm a freshman, I'm actually almost 30. I've been hitting a wall on this for almost ten years."

The voice was somewhat helpless, but more of it was firm.

These words really shocked Ace. Alpha and alpha, ten years?

He didn't dare take another step after experiencing a susceptible period just once. Although a high-level alpha might only experience a susceptible period once every six months or a year, this was still ten times.

"I wonder how the two of us got through our susceptible period?" Rona saw through his confusion at a glance, and then continued with a smile.

"How should I put it? It's like a war. Fortunately, we're not short of money, otherwise we'd have to replace the furniture every time the susceptible period comes, which would be a huge expense."

Ace nodded in agreement, indeed.

The research was not easy to conduct. Their data was too little. Rona had even started using herself as a research subject.

Ace and Rona tried simulation experiments many times, but most of them ended in failure.

Faced with the data, they had to admit that the shackles of genes seemed to be more difficult to break than they had imagined.

"Ace, maybe we're really wrong," Rona leaned back in her chair tiredly, "maybe we shouldn't have taken this path at all."

Rona received a call, and the voice on the other end of the phone made her face turn pale instantly.

"Lorna, we tried our best, but she didn't make it."

When Ace rushed to the hospital, Rona was sitting on a bench outside the ward, holding a medical record in her hand, her face pale.

Rona should have discovered earlier that something had been wrong with her for some time, but no one expected that she would choose to end her life.

Rona seemed to have lost her soul.

"Ace, you know what?" she said, choking back tears. "She's always supported me and never complained about our choices, but in the end, I couldn't even protect her."

Ace didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only stay with her quietly.

Rona's lover is a famous star in the entertainment industry. Although he committed suicide, the police took the matter very seriously because of public opinion.

It turned out that half a year ago, their relationship was discovered by a stalker, who used it to threaten her.

A famous sasaeng fan once stole the private information of Rona's lover through illegal means, threatened her many times to expose their relationship, and even tried to extort a huge amount of money.

Originally, their relationship was not recognized by their family and friends, and even the parents of both sides did not want to acknowledge their existence, which was already very stressful.

Eventually, she became overwhelmed by the malicious acts and chose to end her life.

Ace accompanied Rona back to the laboratory, but Rona was no longer as focused as before.

The device in front of her was dimly lit, the data chart on the screen was motionless, and her hand was suspended in mid-air, hesitant to press it.

"Ace..." Rona whispered, her tone filled with fatigue and guilt. "I always thought that as long as we worked hard enough, everyone would accept us...but why?"

"She always comforted me, saying that everything would pass, but in fact, she was in more pain than I was." Rona's voice choked with sobs, "And I was always obsessed with research and never realized how lonely she was..."

Rona eventually chose to withdraw from the research. She asked her supervisor for a leave of absence and moved off campus.

Before leaving, she handed over all her research data and records to Ace.

"Ace, if you still want to continue on this path, I support you." Rona's voice was filled with hope, "But I also hope you won't end up like me, losing the most important person around you."

Ace nodded, and watched Rona leave with an unprecedented determination in his eyes.

Now he not only wants him and Slov to be together, but also wants to let the world know that from ancient times to the present, gender has never been an obstacle to love.