As long as Xue Yinhuan got a little closer to Su Liang, she would be intimidated by Lu Taipan's pheromones on the boy. What should have been the easiest escort mission suddenly became extremely difficult.
"Xiao Huan, why don't you just stop forcing it."
Su Liang looked at Xue Yinhuan's slightly pale face and said helplessly.
"No, it's okay, wait, I figured it out, there's a way to solve it!"
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Xue Yinhuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and suddenly an idea came to him, so he raised his voice.
Su Liang saw him rummaging in the mission bag for a while, and then took out a can of spray.
The product name - Alpha Pheromone Diluent - was clearly printed on the cylindrical tank. This is a daily spray commonly used by Omegas. It can be used to dilute the overly strong Alpha scent in public places or on specific people to avoid unnecessary disputes.
Xue Yinhuan took the spray in her hand and sprayed it several times on Su Liang's side. The strong scent of the chemical slowly spread, finally diluting the highly aggressive pheromones of the Lord of the Snake Cave, and Xue Yinhuan could finally start the mission.
Even after getting close to Su Liang, he would still occasionally reveal an expression as if he was hit by static electricity. After all, even with pheromone diluents, it is difficult to completely eliminate the marks left by the double S-level Alpha.
"Xiao Huan, you... you really have all the tools."
Su Liang looked at Xue Yinhuan in surprise and couldn't help muttering.
Meeting Su Liang's shocked gaze, Xue Yinhuan shook his wrist and explained casually.
"It's nothing, just a small matter. Lord Snake should also be susceptible, I can understand... At that time, Black Mamba also entered the susceptible period inexplicably, and the smell he left on me was particularly pungent. At that time, I had specially made an appointment with the people from the Third Legion of the First Star Region to go to a social gathering, but as soon as I arrived at the coffee shop, I was kicked out. They said that they were about to get a rash from the smell on my body. I went to fight Black Mamba, and in the end he lost and compensated me with a bottle of this stuff. Really, I prepared for that social gathering for a long time..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Yinhuan found that Su Liang's gaze towards him became more complicated.
"You... Black Mamba...?"
Xue Yinhuan was stunned for a moment, then raised his voice in exasperation: "Wait, it's not what you think! I live in the same dormitory with that Black Mamba guy, okay?! He entered the susceptible period, and I smelled something, isn't this a common accident?! Don't think wrongly!"
"oh."
Su Liang nodded, thinking that Xue Yinhuan's explanation made sense.
But for some reason, he still felt that something seemed wrong.
But no matter what, the pheromone accident between Xue Yinhuan and Black Mamba actually helped Su Liang a long time later. With the pheromone diluent, Su Liang and Xue Yinhuan successfully arrived at the command center.
According to his schedule for today, he and Lu Taipan will meet here, and then they will go out to the living base where the victims of Farm N are accommodated.
Su Liang has established a very good relationship with the Omega victims who were rescued. Although the Omega victims are now more or less able to accept the mental therapists arranged by the base, according to the feedback from medical staff, those people seem to be more adaptable to Su Liang's mental conditioning methods. If we want to get more clues about N Farm from them, it seems that we can only rely on Su Liang's further questioning.
"...It's true. Those people actually have some weird personalities and severe stress disorders. Even the professional mental therapists at the Snake Cave find it difficult to stabilize their mental state. But you've only just started, and you can already provide them with mental therapy smoothly."
Xue Yinhuan chatted with Su Liang while taking him into the Snake Cave Command Center.
After passing through layers of identity authentication and access control, Lu Taipan’s office is at the end of the iron-gray metal corridor.
"Maybe it's because my mental power is a little special."
Su Liang responded to Xue Yinhuan's words somewhat ambiguously, with a slightly bitter smile on his lips.
The boy knew very well that his special mental power was one reason, and on the other hand, it was probably because the mental therapists who lived in luxury in the First Star Region did not know how to communicate with these traumatized Omegas from remote areas.
And because of his experience in his previous life, he knew very well how to deal with those people.
After all, in his tragic previous life, he was also one of those people.
As they were talking, the thick metal door in front of Su Liang and Xue Yinhuan slid open silently to both sides, revealing a group of people on the other side of the door.
The commander-in-chief of the Earth Alliance, Lu Zhengen, the current interim head of the Lu family, and Ning Tangsheng, the youngest person in charge of the Ning family, were walking out of Lu Taipan's office at this time.
The commander-in-chief, Lu Zhengen, and Ning Tangsheng, if they were in the outside world, each of them would be a big shot who has the final say. However, looking at their bleak faces and flickering eyes at this moment, Su Liang subtly felt that these three people looked a little embarrassed.
Although it was a bit impolite to say this, the moment his eyes met theirs, Su Liang inexplicably thought of a drowned dog in a storm.
If they had tails, they would probably be stuck between their buttocks right now...
"Captain Xue, and Madam Su Liang, it turns out to be you?!"
The first one to react was the commander-in-chief. He forced out a slightly stiff smile and greeted Xue Yinhuan and Su Liang.
"Are you guys also looking for the Lord Snake? What a coincidence, we have also finished our business and will not disturb you two, ha, ha ha."
Su Liang and Xue Yinhuan were stunned when they saw the trio.
When these three people looked at Su Liang, their feelings were actually extremely complicated at this moment.
Just now, they clearly heard the man's answer from the mouth of Lu Taipan, the owner of the snake cave: the gentle and frail-looking young man in front of them is the second owner of the snake cave.
The commander-in-chief could barely cope with the news, but Lu Zhengen and Ning Tangsheng's feelings were hard to sum up in words.
Perhaps it was because of this that the commander-in-chief was able to exchange a few words with Su Liang, but Lu Zhengen kept a stern face and said nothing. As for Ning Tangsheng... Ning Tangsheng kept looking at Su Liang deeply.
The young man's gaze was like a slug slowly crawling in a damp corner, cold, damp, and sticky, making people feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
The commander-in-chief said only two sentences and then hurried out, as if there was a ghost chasing him from behind. Lu Zhengen also wanted to leave, but he soon discovered that Ning Tangsheng did not follow him at all. Not only did he not seize the opportunity to leave, but he stopped in front of Su Liang.
He is a very handsome young man. He looks very gentle when he smiles. Even the pauses when he speaks are particularly appropriate due to years of professional training. It is the kind of rhythm that makes people feel friendly.
"Finally I see you, Su Liang. I'm sorry for what Ning Jiayi did to you before. If I knew that he did such a terrible thing behind my back, I would definitely discipline him strictly. This time I came to the Snake Cave, I have been wanting to apologize to you. But it can be seen that Taipan attaches great importance to you and directly rejected my request. I thought I would never see you again, but I didn't expect to be so lucky to meet you here, and I can say this "I'm sorry" to you in person..."
"Oh, I heard it."
Xue Yinhuan smiled and responded before Su Liang opened his mouth.
As he opened his mouth, the venomous snake moved slightly, positioning itself just right between the young man and Ning Tangsheng.
"Ah, just a reminder," the baby-faced Viper smiled even sweeter and gentler than Ning Tangsheng. He raised his hand and tapped the personal terminal on his wrist, on which a very conspicuous countdown instantly popped up.
"You'd better leave quickly. You don't have much time left to leave," Xue Yinhuan reminded him kindly. "After all, the system of the snake cave is very rigid. If you can't leave within the scheduled time, you will most likely be treated as intruders by the automatic defense system and be directly eliminated."
Ning Tangsheng met Xue Yinhuan's gaze. The smile on his lips remained unchanged, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes behind the lenses.
"I don't mean anything else. I just want Su Liang's forgiveness. After all—"
Ning Tang leaned forward, still not giving up, as if he was really sorry and just wanted to talk to Su Liang for a few more words.
However, before he could finish his words, his voice got stuck in his throat.
This time. What stopped him was not only Xue Yinhuan's cold and sharp gaze, but also an even colder, more terrifying, and more powerful aura.
Ning Tangsheng could no longer keep a straight face. He took a deep breath and turned his head with composure. Only then did he find a tall, cold figure standing beside him.
It’s Lu Taipan.
Even as a beta, Ning Tangsheng found it difficult to ignore the continuous leakage of Lu Taipan's mental power at this time. The chill in the air directly arouses the survival instinct hidden deep in human genes.
It seems like every cell is shouting "escape".
"You should leave now."
Lu Taipan said coldly.
Under the expulsion of the double S-level Alpha, the blood color on Ning Tangsheng's face gradually faded, and a trace of cold sweat seeped out of his forehead. However, the more this happened, the more serious the hidden hostility in his eyes became.
Suddenly, Ning Tangsheng raised his head and smiled unwillingly at Lu Taipan.
"Of course I will leave, Lord Snake, you are still the same as before, really cold and heartless."
The young man's tone contained a subtle hint of anger.
When he turned around, he glanced at Lu Taipan sideways in front of Su Liang. There is emotion and sadness in the glances that no one can ignore.
"Ahem, Aning, what nonsense are you talking about..."
At this time, Lu Zhengen's knees were already trembling. He only took a look at Lu Taipan's expression at the moment and almost fainted.
The temporary head of the family changed his majestic demeanor in front of outsiders, walked up hurriedly and grabbed Ning Tangsheng.
"There's not enough time. It's time to go."
At Lu Zhengen's urging, Ning Tangsheng smiled slightly, and his back quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.
The wide corridor fell into silence as the outsiders left.
Lu Taipan is not a talkative person, and Su Liang watched Ning Tangsheng leave without saying a word.
Xue Yinhuan looked back and forth between Su Liang and Lu Taipan.
The atmosphere seems to be getting a little weird...
He thought a little confusedly.
Then, in order to break the indescribable strange atmosphere at the moment, Xue Yinhuan spoke without hesitation.
"How come I suddenly ran into that old man and that guy? I always feel so unlucky," Xue Yinhuan racked her brains to choose the sentence. Finally, an idea flashed in her mind, and she vaguely realized something, and hurriedly raised her voice, "—— Especially Ning Tangsheng, he came to harass our eldest brother many times before, which is so disgusting. I didn't expect him to be so weird this time. It's so annoying."
Su Liang: “…”
The moment he finished speaking, Xue Yinhuan suddenly felt that Lu Taipan's gaze towards him became even colder.
"They came to apologize."
Just at this moment. The housekeeper walked out of the office step by step. Holding the teacup that the three people had used before, the bionic man walked to the side neatly and threw the teacup into the small item incinerator at the end of the corridor. Then he clapped his hands and returned to Lu Taipan.
When passing by Xue Yinhuan, a certain venomous snake always felt that the housekeeper's smiling face seemed to turn towards him and cast a sympathetic look at him.
The android...sympathizes with him?
"Because of the things that broke out on Starnet, the Ning family is currently at the center of controversy. The current wave of public opinion is very unfavorable to them. They came here this time hoping to borrow the power of the Snake Cave to suppress the heat about this matter on Starnet and try to reduce the negative impact of public opinion."
The housekeeper explained to Su Liang very rationally.
The Ning family’s current predicament, in the final analysis, is due to the appearance of Su Liang and Lu Taipan.
On the surface, Ning Tangsheng and Lu Zhengen wanted to apologize to Su Liang, but in fact, they just wanted to use this as an excuse to make the matter pass quickly.
Such a little calculation was too obvious, Lu Taipan didn't even let Su Liang meet them. Unexpectedly, Su Liang stayed in the medical room for too long, which resulted in a small error in time, allowing Su Liang to meet those three people in the corridor, especially... allowing Su Liang to meet Ning Tangsheng.
"I see."
Su Liang lowered his eyes and responded softly.
There was no ups and downs in the voice, and no emotion could be heard.
Everything seemed to have been completely explained, but at this moment the butler's extremely sincere voice was heard again in the corridor.
"...One point that needs to be emphasized is that the master has always had a cold relationship with Ning Tangsheng and has not had any private contact with him. Master Su Liang, please be assured..."
The butler said word by word.
But in the next moment, everyone could see a wisp of green smoke slowly coming out of the bionic man's mouth, and the sound gradually began to jam.
Lu Taipan withdrew his mental power as if nothing had happened, and turned to look at Xue Yinhuan, who was stunned and trembling with fear.
"The new body purchased by the butler this time has a lot of faults. Yinhuan, take it down for inspection."
He ordered very calmly.
"Received the mission."
Xue Yinhuan took the lead and was very "enthusiastic". She dragged away the butler's scrapped bionic shell neatly.
After they left, Lu Taipan and Su Liang were the only ones left at the office door.
The Lord of the Snake Cave breathed a sigh of relief very secretly, then turned to look at Su Liang.
He tapped his personal terminal and spoke in a somewhat awkward tone.
"It's still early. We should be able to have lunch at the sightseeing restaurant in the First Star District. I have already had people clear the area there. After lunch, we will go to the survivors' living area together. I will personally serve as your escort for the afternoon."
"Need not."
Then, the older man was rejected miserably.
"There's no need for us to waste time in the so-called tourist restaurant. We can have lunch on the aircraft. I want to get to the living base as soon as possible and start working."
Su Liang said to Lu Taipan very calmly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Taipan looked at Su Liang from behind the floating screen, and then again.
…My kitten seems a little unhappy.
The older man was acutely aware of this.
"Are you angry?"
Lu Taipan was silent for a while, and his voice became slightly lower.
"…Is it because the marks on my back are too severe? I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself yesterday."
The Lord of the Snake Cave spoke very honestly and his tone was very sincere.
Su Liang did not respond immediately.
Lu Taipan's voice became a little tense.
"Can I see it?"
He asked, trying to check the marks he left on Su Liang's back.
He really lost control last night.
The boy's skin was like cream. It had no taste, but when he licked and sucked it, a delicate sweet fragrance filled his mouth. The Alpha's natural desire to mark is thus amplified. Although Lu Taipan was very sure that he had never done anything to actually hurt Su Liang, now looking at the cold-looking young man in front of him, Lu Taipan felt subtly guilty.
"Need not."
Su Liang refused very straightforwardly.
Lu Taipan's slightly raised hand froze in mid-air.
"The medical officer had already issued a written warning to me before you arrived, and I have adjusted the formula of the inhibitor." Lu Taipan said in a deep voice, "I promise, I just want to take a look at the wound on your back. It seems that I bit you too hard yesterday. This time... I will definitely not do anything else."
The man who had made the Earth Alliance's commander-in-chief flee in panic with his terrifying aura not long ago, now looked like a big dog that had done something wrong, and even his mental strength revealed a hint of pity.
He tapped the back of his neck: "...You can put the bite stopper on for me yourself."
The man even spoke directly to Su Liang.
The boy was startled, then he blinked uncomfortably because of certain fragments that flashed through his mind.
"Bite stopper...bite stopper or something like that is of no use to you." Su Liang pointed at Lu Taipan's face and then quickly moved to the side.
He spoke in a low voice, but his voice was not as indifferent and calm as before, but slightly biting.
It's like complaining, or blaming.
It was precisely this tone of voice that made Lu Taipan's heart move slightly, and the man suddenly looked at Su Liang steadily.
After a brief silence, the man suddenly spoke.
"The Ning family has always been able to easily produce high-level Omegas. It is precisely because of this that the Ning family has gradually infiltrated various families and forces in the star region through marriages with other families. They are weak, but also very rich."
When Su Liang suddenly heard the topic about the Ning family, his eyes flashed. He raised his head and finally met Lu Taipan's eyes.
“…I was once their target.”
Lu Taipan admitted frankly.
At that time, the entire Earth Alliance was in a precarious state. The front line was in disarray, but the central star region was in a state of decadence and decadence, completely ignoring the Canaanites' relentless advance.
Many people shouted on the surface that they wanted to fight to the death with Canaan, but secretly they had already defected to the Canaanites. Only the Snake Cave and a few legions remained on the front line, suffering heavy losses.
At that time, the Ning family suddenly came into contact with the snake cave. They said that if the snake master was willing to marry, they could provide considerable support to keep the snake cave fighting.
The person they proposed for marriage at that time was Ning Tangsheng.
He had not yet fully differentiated, but many of the test data showed that he was likely to differentiate into an S-level Omega, so his gender was still not completely determined at that age. For an Alpha like Lu Taipan, even if the levels do not match, such a high-level Omega can alleviate his mental problems to a certain extent.
What's more, as long as the snake master nods, the snake cave can get a large amount of financial support.
Hearing this, Su Liang opened his eyes wide involuntarily: "What happened next?"
Although he knew that the marriage would never be successful, he still asked eagerly.
Lu Taipan lowered his head and smiled gently.
"He was too ugly, so I refused."
...To be honest, Ning Tangsheng is not handsome, but his appearance can be described as handsome, and he definitely cannot be described as "ugly".
But Lu Taipan's tone just now was extremely serious.
Su Liang had never heard Lu Taipan say such harsh words before and was stunned.
"real."
Lu Taipan raised his hand and made a swearing gesture towards Su Liang.
…
What Su Liang didn't know was that Lu Taipan was actually hiding something.
Back then, he didn't actually care who his partner was.
As a double S-level A, he knew from the day he successfully differentiated that there was almost no chance for him to find a matching Omega.
Coupled with the tragic death of his father, the fighting on the front was so brutal. At that time, let alone his partner, he even cared very little about his own life and death.
When the Ning family made that request, he felt no wavering in his heart, even though it could almost be considered an insult.
He even considered the feasibility of this request.
The Ning family hopes to combine their Omega with a high-level Alpha to "create" a better "product". Those people's intentions are very clear.
But so what?
If the Ning family's joining can reduce the number of deaths in the Snake Cave, then a political marriage doesn't matter.
However, on that day, Lu Taipan was seriously injured in the mission. While he was receiving treatment at a secret medical point, he came face to face with the kitten he had been protecting.
The little boy at that time was so thin and skinny that he looked like a real wild cat.
The kind that has no place to live and can't even get a cat's paw.
...Only the eyes are still big and bright.
When I looked over, I was filled with genuine concern.
Lu Taipan felt that he didn't care too much about the kitten named Su Liang.
However, that night, during a boring meeting with the Ning family, Lu Taipan's eyes swept over the young man who was pushed onto the stage.
The boy, who has not yet fully differentiated himself, has already behaved like a powerful person: polite, knowing when to advance and when to retreat, with hidden calculations in his eyes and his words expressing his silent struggle for power and gain.
Because he can manipulate other people's lives at will, he appears to be particularly superior, complacent, and exudes a disgusting aura.
Very ugly.
At that time, Lu Taipan could hardly control his thoughts.
At that moment, the image of the thin boy in the small garden flashed through the man's mind. After the comparison, the Ning family's partner looked even uglier and was simply unbearable to look at.
Even if I want to find a wife...
The man, who had never had any expectations or plans for his life and was even ready to die, inexplicably had a plan at that time.
When looking for a wife, you should find a pretty one.
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