Chapter 71 The cuffed colonel wore a black bite guard on his face...

Doors slammed shut one after another, and the sound continued to shake, layer upon layer, until the orange silhouette in the depths of the prison gradually faded.

In the solitary cell, Michael, a death row inmate, closed his eyes, his heavy shackles dragging on the ground. He was handcuffed to a range of movement of less than two meters, unable to stretch his body freely.

Federal prisons manage death row inmates more strictly than ordinary prisoners, and all of Michael's actions are under close surveillance.

This strict surveillance will continue until the execution is completed, and Omega hears footsteps coming towards him.

Then, a cold and ruthless voice sounded.

"Bring out No. 0013."

Here, Michael seemed to have turned back into the experimental subject in the hibernation cell, with no name but only a number.

It was as if he was not a person, but an object that could be disposed of at will.

When did he find out that he was a clone? When he opened the door of that special laboratory, he saw many faces that looked exactly like him.

Some of the experimental subjects cannot carry all of Michael's memories, just like "Aaron" who accompanies him and has intellectual disabilities. Some of the experimental subjects mutated during the cloning process, and he is the most perfect one.

At first, he did not understand why His Majesty was so obsessed with cloning Michael, until he felt lonely during the long years in the Andromeda Galaxy and reopened the laboratory that had created him.

“Pah—”

The door of the cell was opened, and this time seemed different from every time he left the cell for a short time before.

Michael had a keen sense that he was about to die.

"What are you still standing there for? Are you being supported by the Federation to eat for free and do nothing?"

The leading Alpha prison guard folded his arms and looked coldly at the prison guards who were on duty guarding the death row inmates, with no intention of helping them at all.

Michael had foreseen this day since the defeat of the Capital Star, but at this moment he was not as calm as he thought.

Goose bumps appeared on the Omega's snow-white skin, and his heartbeat seemed to be about to jump out of his chest. He watched the prison guards untie the handcuffs that restricted his range of movement.

Soon, the electronic handcuffs will be put back on.

Michael suddenly punched the prison guard and struggled wildly.

"Catch him!"

But his power was too weak and he was quickly stopped by the Alpha prison guards.

During the struggle, Omega felt as if countless pairs of strange hands were pulling him, as if they were trying to pull him from heaven into hell.

"Don't waste your time."

The leading Alpha prison guard narrowed his eyes, looked at Michael's face, felt it was a pity, and said "tsk" softly.

Federal death row inmates are executed by injection, which is much milder than the shooting in the imperial era.

Michael was eventually taken to the death chamber and given an injection of anesthetic.

Then the special medicine slowly flowed into the Omega's body as the needle pierced into the blood vessels in the skin. Michael felt a little sleepy and closed his eyes uncontrollably.

On that day, what Aaron experienced was very similar to what Michael experienced, except that the bribed prison guard only injected Alpha with a short-acting anesthetic.

When Aaron opened his eyes, he found himself in a dimly lit room.

There was a whole floor-to-ceiling window in the room. An Alpha was standing in front of the window. Aaron couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but he could sense that the man's pheromone level was not low.

The other person turned around, pursed his lips, and looked a little sad, but Aaron was not sure whether his judgment was accurate.

For some reason, he had no fondness for the Alpha in front of him, and he especially disliked the pretentious sadness in this man's eyes.

He did not recognize the man, but the other party called out Aaron's name accurately and sentenced him to freedom.

free?

Before Aaron lost consciousness, he was in federal prison. When he opened his eyes again, he saw this strange man.

Did he save himself?

Can he save Michael too?

"Who are you?"

Aaron frowned, but the man didn't seem to want to answer the question. He took out a ring from his arms and threw it at the Alpha.

The gem on the ring was a beautiful dove blood red, like burning fire and flowing blood.

Aaron's eyes lit up, he picked up the ring and looked up at the strange man.

This ruby ​​ring was taken away when Michael entered the detention center, and Aaron even had a fight with the people there for it.

"How did the ring end up in your possession?"

Once it comes to his Omega, Aaron will get excited, grab the other person's tie and ask repeatedly: "What did you do to Michael?"

"Who are you?"

Alpha felt a headache from Aaron's noise, he rubbed his temples and replied, "He asked me to rescue you."

"He also left this ring for you."

The man pushed the ungrateful clone away and continued with a look of contempt: "Now, you can get out."

"Where's Michael?"

After Aaron finished speaking, his heart suddenly twitched, and he had a bad feeling.

Alpha slowly straightened his crumpled tie, turned around, and replied, "He should have gone to heaven."

Aaron's eyes widened, his chest heaving, and he felt dizzy as he clutched the ruby ​​ring tightly in his hand.

The stars in the sky were like broken diamonds scattered in the darkness of the universe, and the spaceship sped from the capital planet to the second planet.

Lieutenant Ji, who had just got off the spaceship, felt that he might not have had enough rest. He felt dizzy at the back of his head and his head was shaking slightly.

He was familiar with everything on Planet No. 2, but unfortunately Cheng Zhi, Li Ran and Xu Tianyang were not by his side.

During the time he was hospitalized in the capital, they always came to visit him, which made Ji He accustomed to it. Now he is not used to being alone.

As for Colonel Huo, he should be arriving at the Icefield Planet soon.

The federal military office building.

"Lieutenant Ji."

Ji He raised his eyes to look at Shanshan's late instructor and saluted him. The instructor came to arrange his work.

"sit."

The instructor sat down first, and pulled up Ji He's physical condition report from the computer. He pointed out directly: "Your mental state is currently unstable. I suggest that you stop the mecha training for a while."

"Um."

Ji He nodded and sat very straight.

"Are you going to continue working at the control center?"

The instructor said this while replying to messages on the computer, occasionally looking up at Lieutenant Beta.

"catch."

The instructor raised his eyebrows slightly, as Huo Yubai really got it right.

"By the way, you mentioned earlier about fusing Athena and Metis."

"We have held a discussion, and the message from above is to maintain the status quo for now."

In fact, Ji He had already thought of this result, and he knew that it was unlikely that the Federal Military would have two artificial intelligences, but he still wanted to work on it.

The compromise he came up with was to combine old and new artificial intelligence.

The instructor seemed to have seen through Ji He's expression and silently reminded the young lieutenant, saying, "The era of Metis is over."

Ji He's eyes darkened slightly and he said nothing more.

Lieutenant Ji was good at the work at the control center. Athena seemed very curious about him and often came over to see him.

"Lieutenant Ji, I finally meet you in person."

Ji He smiled at the bionic robot and said, "Thank you for your help back then."

Athena tapped her fingers on the console and replied, "I am honored to be involved in this information war."

The AI ​​made a thought-like motion and continued, "At that time, I also consulted Colonel Huo because I didn't want Metis to know how many times I had cracked the code."

Ji He was stunned, obviously not expecting such an episode.

"Did Metis betray the Federation because of me?"

Ji He pursed his lips, not knowing how to answer Athena.

"I haven't met her yet."

Athena frowned and smiled, "Maybe she will like me."

Hearing this, Ji He felt sad and answered, "Metis left the Federation because of that plan. She didn't want to be replaced."

Although this incident is indeed related to Athena, it is not Athena's fault.

What's more, Metis's rebellion was instigated by Michael.

“What is replaced?”

This aspect of thinking seemed to be deliberately blocked in Athena's system, and the limited artificial intelligence showed a confused naivety.

Ji He naturally knew that this might have triggered some kind of restriction of Athena, so he did not continue the conversation in depth.

After finishing his work at the control center, he returned to his single dormitory, where his closet was filled with brand new military uniforms.

Ji He reached out and touched the clothes, and suddenly remembered that he had left behind a few old military uniforms when he left, which might have been thrown away long ago.

Everything seems to have returned to the starting point.

It was the control center's duty day, and only Athena and Ji He were there.

Lieutenant Ji was not on duty that day, but someone temporarily switched shifts with him. Lieutenant Ji was also a very easy-going person, so he naturally helped if he could.

Beta quickly looked at the surveillance cameras in various parts of the base and his eyes stopped at the restricted room.

Athena came over and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Ji He thought that he might not have gotten enough rest, because he always thought that the back of any Alpha officer was Huo Yubai.

It's really a case of being possessed by a ghost.

"Nothing."

I must have seen it wrong.

Colonel Huo is clearly still on the Ice Planet, so how could he be here?

Not allowed inside the house.

The susceptible Alpha leaned against the wall, the temperature of his body burning so high that it was about to melt his sanity.

Colonel Huo's pheromone disorder has been cured and he will no longer mistake a Beta for an Omega.

The surging desire surged up, causing his throat to tighten.

The security system of the restricted room was connected to the control center, and suddenly an abnormal alarm sounded.

Athena immediately checked the system failure, and Lieutenant Ji, as the duty officer, needed to go and evacuate Officer Alpha.

He didn't know that he was standing in the confinement room where Colonel Huo was.

"Hello, I'm Ji He from the control center. There's a problem with the security system. Can you transfer it?"

Beta's cold voice was like a rain, falling into Alpha's scorched heart, like a downpour after a long drought.

Why no response?

Lieutenant Ji, who was conscientious in his duties, looked up at the status bar and saw that it was indeed in use, so he repeated it.

“No need to move.”

Colonel Huo's voice was deep and powerful, which made Ji He's heart tense.

If the one inside was an ordinary Alpha, perhaps Ji He really wouldn't need to transfer, but Huo Yubai was an S-level Alpha and was still in the susceptible period.

"Colonel, please cooperate with me to move to a safe backup confinement room."

The door was half open, and in the dim light, Ji He saw that the colonel was wearing a black bite guard on his face.

The leather holster of the combination lock was tied tightly behind the man's head. The device that shouldn't look good had an indescribable sexiness when worn on the Alpha.

"Then I'll trouble Lieutenant Ji."