The outer star field of Area 48.
Lu Zhizhao leaned blankly in a small corner made up of several stacked metal boxes.
It's very noisy around.
He heard the roar of the old spacecraft's power system, like the wheezing sound of an old and dying patient.
The ventilation system was very old. Just by looking up, he could see that the air outlet was covered with black cotton-like dirt and was spewing dust. The air was filled with the unique stench of low-quality motor oil. The deck was creaking. This shabby spaceship, which had probably been in service longer than the owner's grandfather, seemed to be struggling on the rough waves while it was moving. It was bumping and shaking, and many people in the cell were vomiting because of it. The strong sour smell made the environment in the cell increasingly unsuitable for human survival.
Everything is terrible. This must be the worst place Lu Zhizhao has ever stayed in.
Moreover, at this moment, he should be in the most embarrassing moment of his life.
His hands were bent behind his back and then handcuffed against the heating pipe with extremely ancient metal handcuffs. His face and body were covered with painful wounds, which were the work of the star pirates.
Pirates rarely learn to show mercy when dealing with their hostages, especially when the hostage is particularly uncooperative and is an Alpha.
Oh, by the way, speaking of pirates... Now everyone locked in this temporary cell can clearly hear the rude conversations of the group of smelly and hideous pirates on the other side of the wall.
"Did those people say that?"
"Most of them are very well behaved. These pretty boys are very timid, except for that lunatic. I suspect that the drugs he took damaged his brain. He won't say anything when asked, and he looks lifeless even when I beat him up..."
"Too inefficient. For those guys who have given their family members' contact information, let them ask their families for more ransom. This is for their own good. As for that lunatic, tsk, what a waste of my medicine. Listen, if that guy is still like this in a few hours, then kill him. Things are different now. We can't stay in District 48 for too long. I heard that those people are almost at District 46 now."
“It’s too dangerous…”
"That's right. So now we have to put efficiency first here. All the disobedient things should be executed quickly to avoid leaving any hidden dangers."
"The boss is right. Those who don't obey should die obediently and don't slow down the progress. We can't stay in a place like this for too long."
"Ah? Are you saying that we should kill all those who are unwilling to pay the ransom?"
"How about leaving you alive so that you can die faster..."
…
The rude, bloodthirsty, and cold conversation was clearly transmitted to Alpha's extremely sharp perception.
Lu Zhizhao's eyelids drooped and his pupils were slightly dilated.
Of course he also heard the pirates' conversation, although that group of people spoke with very heavy accents and he could only hear some vague generalities.
However, at this point, he did not need to expend too much effort to understand. Just from a few words, he could clearly judge that his current situation was a little bad.
The pirates did not shy away from their prisoners at all. Perhaps it was because they really looked down on these tender-skinned young men and women, or perhaps it was simply some special method of torture. The pirates only wanted to squeeze more money out of the weak hostages, and their actions were indeed effective - after hearing their words, Lu Zhizhao clearly felt that several captured hostages beside him began to tremble and cry.
But Lu Zhizhao didn't feel anything
Everything seemed like a dream, and Lu Zhizhao heard a voice whispering deep in his heart.
Yes, it was just a dream...
Lu Zhizhao couldn't remember how many times he had dreamed those nightmares: they were so realistic, terrifying, and so vivid that it seemed as if he had really experienced a dream in his life.
It was a complete mistake.
Lu Zhizhao had no idea why he was so impulsive and marked Ning Jiayi so strangely.
Obviously, even the mark could be washed off, but the Ning family kept biting him like hyenas. Including Lu Zhengen, who controlled him more strictly than before and forced him to marry Ning Jiayi.
Even if Lu Zhizhao refused again and again, saying that he loved someone else in his heart, it was of no avail.
"You must take responsibility for the Lu family."
The father who always seemed kind and amiable always looked ferocious in front of him.
"...I don't give a f*cking fuck about who you like. Let me tell you, the only Omega you can get is Ning Jiayi, and only Ning Jiayi!"
Lu Zhizhao felt that the pressure on him became heavier and more overwhelming. It was in this extremely bad mental state that Lu Zhizhao found that his mind was becoming increasingly unclear.
He always felt that his nightmares were encroaching on reality.
There were many times when he opened his eyes and woke up in bed, but he couldn't tell what year it was.
He seems to still be the Lu family's highly anticipated heir and eldest son.
But on the other hand, he seemed like a poor wretch and a madman who had lost his loved one and was deeply in despair.
He became more and more irritable and more and more painful. Although he knew that Su Liang was not dead at all, Lu Zhizhao still felt extremely anxious and uneasy.
From time to time, the extreme grief of completely losing Su Liang would hit Lu Zhizhao directly.
Su Liang's body always appears in his hallucinations.
The skin was ashen, without a trace of life.
And he was so frightened and heartbroken by that hallucination.
The family doctor said that his mental condition had become very bad, and the reason why he had this series of hallucinations was because there was a problem with his spiritual sea.
"You must marry Ning Jiayi immediately. Only an Omega of this level can alleviate your mental confusion. Ah Zhao, do you want to become like the old monster in the snake cave?!"
But the more he resisted, the more overwhelming the pressure of marriage became.
No one could understand Lu Zhizhao's confusion and pain. They just persuaded him again and again that an Alpha like him must marry Ning Jiayi...
But Lu Zhizhao knew that the person he liked was Su Liang.
So in the end, Lu Zhizhao escaped.
The process of leaving the Lu family was easier than he thought, as if he had successfully completed an escape before.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhizhao traveled across most of the Earth Alliance, following the memories in his dreams, and came from the Central Star District to the remote District 48 - this was where he found Su Liang's body in his dream.
Even though he knew that his thoughts were ridiculous and that he might have gone crazy, Lu Zhizhao could not control his impulse at all. He needed an answer.
However, when he really got the answer, Lu Zhizhao found that he had no way to face this answer.
In the harsh environment of the pirate cell, the hoarse mumbling of the Alpha youth continued to sound amid the stench.
"Doctor...landlord...child..."
Lu Zhizhao shook his head slightly, moved his lips, and muttered to himself.
The people in the nightmare gathered around Su Liang's body and prepared an extremely simple funeral for him.
When he broke in, the "doctor" threw Su Liang's medical records over the years in his face, and the landlord crossed his arms over his chest and told him that Su Liang was completely disappointed in him in the end.
[You're a fucking disgusting bastard, how dare you bother him? 】
(No, that's not the case. I've always wanted to come back. I've always missed him and worried about him.)
[Su Liang said that he has no expectations of you at all... Hahahaha, who gives you the confidence that Su Liang is waiting for you in the end? If he was in good health, he would have left long ago, right? 】
(I lied. They said everything was fine with him. They said as long as I behaved myself, they would give him the best life.)
[He simply felt that he couldn't understand why there would be someone like you in this world. You were so sincere when you made vows to each other, but in the end you walked away without looking back, and you were so calm. 】
(What they need is an heir. If I can accomplish this task, I will be completely free. We don't have to run away anymore. We don't have to live like rats anymore. We can hide our identities and get everything we want.)
[Oh, I remember you are already married? Since you've shamelessly married yourself, why are you still disturbing his peace? 】
(Why do you want to insult Su Liang like this? He understands me so well, he will understand... He can always understand me. As long as I come back, he will forgive me after hearing my explanation!)
(You are all lying! You are tricking me! Su Liang loves me! Su Liang will always love me! Just like I will always love him!)
(Swindlers... a bunch of despicable scammers...)
…
That person is obviously someone who only appears in nightmares.
But Lu Zhizhao found those people in real life who were exactly the same as those in his dream.
He is also a black market doctor in the garbage dump, and a disgusting but kind landlord in the garbage dump...
The only difference was probably that no matter how he tried to hint, threaten or bribe them, those people just looked at him like a monster and refused to admit that they knew the boy named Su Liang.
This made Lu Zhizhao feel extremely happy, but also extremely frightened.
He could no longer be sure whether the world he was in was real or a dream.
It was precisely because of this extremely trance-like state that Lu Zhizhao mistakenly drank a portion of drinking water containing a powerful sleeping pill, and then he appeared here.
The environment was terrible, many people were crying and screaming, but Lu Zhizhao's mind was not on himself at all. The only faces that kept circling in his mind were those that should have appeared in his current dream.
He didn't know that his dazed look had been considered mentally ill by the pirates and other people in the cell. This also makes him the hostage who should be dealt with in advance.
After all... according to the experience of the star pirates, even the rich people in the central star region would be willing to pay much less money than those normal parents when they find that their mentally ill and crazy children are being held hostage.
“Crunch—”
The dilapidated iron gate rumbled and pushed open to both sides.
A space pirate reeking of alcohol strode into the cell and immediately met Lu Zhizhao, who had a pale face and dazed eyes.
"Hey, brat, you still don't want to tell me where you're from? Everyone else is willing to pay the fine, but you, uh, are you really determined to die here? You're so high on drugs, dying early can save some resources."
The star pirate said to Lu Zhizhao unhappily.
After finding that the young man in front of him still did not react, he pulled out a dagger from his waist, and with his other hand, he stretched out towards Lu Zhizhao.
"We still have to let you see some blood so that you know how powerful we are. We don't have the time to waste with you..."
The star pirate said this extremely coldly.
It was not until this moment that Lu Zhizhao's eyes began to focus somewhat.
He raised his head and looked intently at the star pirate and the dagger in the other's hand.
"Don't bother me."
He said.
"Don't bother you? Hahahaha, young master, have you noticed that you are on our ship now? You are in this state, and you still want to make the young master angry?"
The star pirate spat to the side, and the next moment, he was ready to take action.
Lu Zhizhao's face also became extremely gloomy. He shook his wrists, knowing very well that he could easily break free from these worn-out shackles.
A gleam of blood appeared in Lu Zhizhao's eyes.
The nightmare once again overlapped with reality and made him confused.
He saw again the layers of blood in his dream that kept spreading, and the corpses of those he had killed were overwhelming and pouring towards him.
But Lu Zhizhao didn't feel afraid at all. On the contrary, he felt a hint of desire.
Lu Zhizhao wanted to kill.
Because only in this way can he gain a little peace in this suffocating reality.
But just as Lu Zhizhao raised his hand and prepared to tear the pirates in front of him into pieces with the strength of an S-class Alpha, a huge roar suddenly came from the metal wall above their heads.
Smoke and dust rose up, and alarms suddenly resounded through the sky.
"Warning of intruders. Warning of intruders..."
Outdated smart systems screeched like a broken child's toy.
Several nimble figures jumped down from the gap created by the explosion and landed directly in the cell.
"Wow, the timing is perfect, we made it just in time."
The iconic black combat uniform shows the identity of the person.
Even in such a noisy environment, Xue Yinhuan's voice was still clearly audible.
The venomous snake, who was so leisurely that he was almost smoking, immediately spotted Lu Zhizhao among the many ragged prisoners.
"It looks like you're okay, that's really great... That's great, Master Lu."
He said to Lu Zhizhao with a smile.
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