Chapter 34: The Appeasement Type is Ultimately Sacrifice

Yi Yuan stood in the cold light. He turned slightly and looked at Jiang Chaoyang who was standing frozen at the door.

"Why?" His voice was exceptionally clear in the empty laboratory, even carrying a hint of gentle inquiry. "Change your mind?"

"No." Jiang Chaoyang raised his leg and walked in.

Yi Yuan tapped the touchscreen of the console with his slender fingers a few times. The screen lit up, and without turning his head, he asked, "Are you ready?"

"All I have to do is release the pheromones, right?"

"Yes, put this on first."

Yi Yuan handed him a collar.

The whole body is silver with a slight brushed texture. The curvature of the collar is smooth and hard, about two fingers wide, and the opening and closing is a magnetic design.

"It will capture the pheromones you release and monitor your physiological indicators at the same time," said Yi Yuan.

Jiang Chaoyang's mouth twitched.

This seems like a bad idea no matter how you look at it. Alphas don't have glands, so why would they need a collar? Wouldn't a bracelet be cooler?

He asked, "Could this be a gift from the SA agency?"

"Yes."

"...Don't you think it's weird to give this to someone?"

"After all, it's not me who wears it."

Jiang Chaoyang was speechless. He put it on silently and released the pheromone. "How long will it take?"

"It depends on your concentration and stability." Yi Yuan pushed his glasses. "In theory, the higher the concentration, the shorter the time, but stability is key. Excessive fluctuations will affect the purity of the tranquilizer and may even cause the conversion to fail."

Jiang Chaoyang nodded, not thinking there was anything wrong.

It is just releasing pheromones and is not used on others, so it will not bring much burden.

Yi Yuan stood behind the console, his red eyes narrowed slightly behind the lenses.

He looked at the curve on the screen representing the pheromone concentration. It rose suddenly, quickly crossed the green safety threshold, and rushed directly into the yellow area representing high concentration, with undiminished momentum.

A hint of surprise and interest flashed across Yi Yuan's eyes.

Time passes by every second.

"Not ready yet?" Jiang Chaoyang yawned.

"No." Yi Yuan has been staring at the parameters on the screen.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe only a dozen minutes, or maybe half an hour, but to Jiang Chaoyang it felt like a century.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and waves of exhaustion and fatigue came over him, and the output of pheromones seemed to become sluggish.

The concentration curve on the screen began to show slight fluctuations.

"Concentrate." Yi Yuan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a dull sound. Yi Yuan turned his head and saw Jiang Chaoyang lying on the ground, trying to get up with his arms supporting the ground.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Jiang Chaoyang waved his hand and simply sat down on the ground.

Time passes by.

Yi Yuan looked at the screen, closed his eyes and shook his head. He turned and looked at Jiang Chaoyang, "Is it no longer possible?"

Jiang Chaoyang couldn't hold himself up anymore and fell to the ground on his side, staring at the bright daylight on the ceiling. Sweat dripped down his forehead and onto the cold floor.

Yi Yuan walked slowly out from behind the control console, his leather shoes making regular, light sounds as they stepped on the smooth floor. He finally stopped in front of Jiang Chaoyang, looking down at his slightly embarrassed posture.

Jiang Chaoyang raised his sweaty face and looked into the red eyes hidden behind the lenses.

There was no gentleness or patience anymore, only bottomless exploration, just like observing an interesting experimental subject.

"You want to save Sang Chiyou, right?"

Without waiting for Jiang Chaoyang's response, Yi Yuan's lips curled up, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "Since you want to save him, shouldn't you work hard?"

Yi Yuan squatted down, pinched Jiang Chaoyang's chin with his fingers, and forced him to look at him:

"If Sang Chiyou knew you were trying so hard to save him, he probably wouldn't be moved, but would think of locking you up, right?"

"...What?" Jiang Chaoyang frowned.

"Do you think S-level people are normal?" Yi Yuan said softly.

Just then, an alarm sounded from the direction of the control console. Yi Yuan glanced at the screen and slowly stood up.

His gaze fell back on Jiang Chaoyang, and the warmth in his red eyes completely disappeared. He leaned down, grabbed Jiang Chaoyang's wrist and pulled it up.

Jiang Chaoyang groaned.

His body was still lying on the ground, but his arms were forced up, forcing his upper body several inches off the floor, and his neck drooped into a tight and fragile arc.

"After the pheromones are over-released, they will enter a frozen state, temporarily or permanently unable to produce effective soothing pheromones."

Jiang Chaoyang: “……?”

"After absorbing the negative state, there is a chance of backlash, which can only be alleviated by medication." Yi Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at him:

"Excessive use will cause palpitations, difficulty breathing, weakness and even fainting. In severe cases, you may fall into suspended animation or actually die." Yi Yuan released his wrist, and the arm fell to the ground weakly.

Jiang Chaoyang panted, his arms tensely supported on the ground. He looked up at Yi Yuan and asked, "Are you from the SA organization?"

"If I say no, would you believe me?"

"Then how do you know all this? Even a soothing alpha like me doesn't know... Did you do any human experiments on others in the past few years?"

"I have never conducted experiments on others." Yi Yuan's gentle face was illuminated by the cold light, making it look even more handsome and three-dimensional. He smiled slightly.

"I was the one being experimented on."

Jiang Chaoyang suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Yi Yuan chuckled softly: "The reports mentioned above were all extracted from me, because I am an S-level soothing alpha."

"drop--"

A crisp prompt sound rang out, and the extraction of the tranquilizer sample was completed.

Jiang Chaoyang tried to take off the collar, but he couldn't pull it off, and couldn't even find the snap button.

Suddenly, the hand moved uncontrollably, and Jiang Chaoyang's hand was forced to reach out to Yi Yuan, as if begging him to hold it.

Yi Yuan held his hand tightly, and the pulling force forced Jiang Chaoyang to stand up, and he staggered into Yi Yuan's arms.

Jiang Chaoyang tried to break free, but his hands and feet wouldn't obey him. His pupils trembled, "Aren't you a soothing alpha? Why do you have..."

Why do dominance pheromones exist?

Yi Yuan clasped Jiang Chaoyang's waist tightly, feeling his body tremble slightly with satisfaction. "Maybe God saw that I was in so much pain that my pheromones changed. I'm no longer a soothing alpha."

Yi Yuan took off his glasses with one hand, revealing his eyes completely. The bright red pupils were mixed with a hint of dark red, which looked particularly strange under the light.

"The mutation of my secondary camouflage pheromone allows me to temporarily simulate the four main pheromones: control, dominance, attack, and induction."

Yi Yuan lowered his head slightly, and his ruby-like eyes moved closer to Jiang Chaoyang: "And the color of my eyes has also changed."

His voice was low and clear:

"Scary, isn't it?"