Chapter 5: The enemy's underwear....O(￣皿￣)...
Video call?
What is Lu Yuan going crazy about!
His Omega identity meant that he and Lu Yuan were just casual acquaintances. Could it be that Lu Yuan was so dissolute and fickle that he would use all his tricks to tease any Omega he caught?
That's way too much energy.
Just as he was about to hang up, he saw Lu Yuan sending another message.
Lu Yuan: [Receive.]
Lu Yuan: [If you don’t accept it, I won’t send you clothes.]
Lin Zhi's hand, which was already pressing the hang-up button, paused.
...He wanted to see what Lu Yuan had in mind.
Lin Zhi turned on the voice changer in his earrings, confirmed that the camera was not front-facing and that there were no reflective objects in the room, and then clicked connect.
Lu Yuan was also using an external camera. There were no people in the picture at the moment, only the bar's wine cabinet. Given the upward angle, Lin Zhi judged that Lu Yuan was lying on the sofa or recliner.
Lu Yuan: "Look at Lin Zhi."
This was Lu Yuan’s first words after the call was connected.
Lin Zhi: “…”
God is like the scriptures.
However, Lu Yuan was tactful enough not to look at the appearance of the Omega in the small dark room. After all, he had hidden his identity so much, so he probably didn't want others to know who he was.
Lin Zhi was currently sitting on a sofa by the window. His private room was on the second floor, and looking down from the window, he could see a number of dignitaries toasting, chatting, and laughing. However, the window was one-sided, so the people below had no idea that Lin Zhi was watching them.
Lu Yuan also saw it.
"Oh? Isn't that the Duke?"
Lu Yuan scoffed coldly: "Tsk, it's boring to look at this treacherous old man. He looks even older after not seeing him for seven years. The wrinkles on his face could kill three flies."
Lin Zhi couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Is that Noel next to him? He's a beast in human form, not a good person either. He chases after Lin Zhi every day."
Perhaps thinking of something, Lu Yuan teased, "No wonder, I wonder if it's birds of a feather flock together or if they hang out together..."
Lin Zhi had a feeling that Lu Yuan would scold him again if they continued chatting. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mr. Lu, why did you suddenly call...?"
He guessed that Lu Yuan might want to deceive this Omega, who he thought was stupid and weak, to get some information. It was impossible that he would go to such great lengths just to see Lin Zhi, right?
Lu Yuan said as a matter of course: "Look at Lin Zhi, what's wrong? His Majesty the Emperor can't even talk to others, but he can't even look at them?"
Lin Zhi: "He's not here."
Lu Yuan: "Okay, then I'll hang up."
Hearing the "beep" sound of the call being decisively cut off, Lin Zhi was stunned at first, and then fell into confusion.
Is it really just... a look at Lin Zhi?
Lin Zhi was still confused about the terminal interface.
That's impossible. Did he miss something?
Although Lin Zhi was puzzled, his previous depressed mood was at least disturbed by Lu Yuan's words, and he was left speechless.
Lu Yuan is still the same as before, shameless and always looking for attention.
When I was in military school, I would suddenly drive a mecha into a restricted area, or suddenly go to a bar and get drunk, and my life was a mess.
It didn't seem so outrageous to suddenly video call him at this moment.
etc.
Lin Zhi paused, and then spoke of the restricted area...
This seemed to remind him of something.
Lin Zhi put away the candy and left the banquet early on the pretext of official business.
…
…
Training Ground No. 2 is located in the suburbs of the Imperial City, backed by the mountains.
Excluding No. 1 which has been demolished, this is the earliest training ground of the alliance, and also the most strict and authoritative one. After all, the supreme marshal of the alliance army is stationed here.
A newly appointed soldier in the monitoring room saw non-alliance aircraft passing in and immediately became alert. Not everyone can enter this training ground, not even the group of dignitaries and the cabinet.
It would be better to say that what the Allied Forces hate most is the cabinet. After years of discord between the two sides, let alone not allowing them to come in, they would probably make up a reason to kick them out.
He would operate the weapons on the fort as a warning.
"Wait, what are you so anxious about?" Another senior patted his shoulder. "You're new here and not familiar with this, right? That's His Majesty's aircraft!"
"Ah...?" The new recruit stared blankly at the aircraft landing on the tarmac in the surveillance video.
"No one, no one outside of the palace, is allowed to enter, except Your Majesty!"
"Don't forget that our Majesty... is an admiral!"
…
After landing, Lin Zhi asked someone to inform the marshal and went straight to the warehouse in the deepest part of the training ground.
There were various warehouses, but Lin Zhi went to one that was about to be abandoned. It contained obsolete or old mechas, weapons, and scrap metal.
"Bang—"
Pushing open the heavy iron gate, the first thing that greeted me was the accumulated dust and musty smell. Then I saw the densely packed old mechas, their massive iron bodies coated in a layer of dust.
Warehouses for storing mechas always have exaggerated ceiling heights. Lin Zhi got on the elevator and looked around before finally finding his target.
A blue mecha.
This mecha is shorter and bulkier than other mechas, but it is visibly thicker to the naked eye, and even looks a bit honest and simple.
"His Majesty?"
When someone came, Lin Zhi immediately frowned, held his head high and chest out, trying to hide his physical discomfort.
He looked down and saw a middle-aged man and a young man walking towards him, both wearing military uniforms.
The younger one was Lieutenant General Lan Heng. He had been appointed as Lin Zhi's adjutant in the previous battle, so he was quite familiar with him. That's why he came over now, curious, and asked, "There's going to be a press conference soon, but I heard you're here and summoned the marshal. Is there something urgent?"
The middle-aged man, the Marshal, stood behind Lan Heng without saying a word, his face stern.
Lin Zhi sent a document to the two of them.
He wrote it in cursive on the way here, in the aircraft, but the information was already there.
——"NE Western District Energy Development"
The title is the same as Noel's, but there is a difference of one letter. And this one letter difference between "East" and "West" makes a world of difference.
"West District?!"
Lan Heng was a little surprised.
The alliance's mining area has always been the eastern region, and there is no energy station in the western region.
Lin Zhi nodded. "The energy resources in the East Region are almost exhausted, and now it's overrun with pirates and bandits. After I returned to the Imperial City after this battle, I received a report from the Mining Department—the resources in the East Region will be completely depleted within the next five years, and the Alliance's stockpiling and production of NE will be completely cut off within fifteen years."
Lin Zhi changed the subject, "But the West Region has abundant energy. The only way now is to let the Allied Forces build up the West Region."
"But..." Lan Heng scratched his head, then tidied his words a bit before saying, "The reason the West Region has abundant energy is because no team has the ability to mine it, and the same is true for the Alliance Army."
The reason for not being able to mine is... the situation of the planets in the west area is too bad!
The planet's climate is extreme, with temperatures both hot and cold exceeding the tolerance of humans and mechas. From time to time, acid rain falls without warning. The intensity of this acid rain is even greater than that of ordinary acid rain, and it can melt through the alliance's most advanced technology and the best metals.
"Or perhaps the environment in the West District isn't suitable for humans..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a cold "humph" and the marshal also spoke.
The marshal's tone was unkind. "If I'm not mistaken, Your Majesty has given the East District's benefits to your own people, allowing those wealthy and powerful people who are just sitting there doing nothing to reap the benefits, right? Why, in our Alliance Army, this is such a hard and arduous task, a life-threatening one?"
Lin Zhi paused.
The atmosphere then became a little tense.
Lan Heng nervously looked at Lin Zhi standing on the high-speed rail, then looked at the marshal behind him, not daring to speak.
He thought to himself that His Majesty had always had a close relationship with the cabinet and lingered among the powerful and wealthy, making him the group the Marshal hated the most.
To make matters worse, the Marshal was Senior Brother Lu Yuan's teacher. Senior Brother Lu grew up under the Marshal's tutelage, like a son. Lin Zhi also contributed to his expulsion from the underground city. So...
If it weren't for the fact that Your Majesty had earned his military rank through his own strength and had built up some strength, the Marshal might not have even come. Now, he is already giving Your Majesty face.
After a moment of silence, Lin Zhi said, "Marshal, I think the Alliance Army, who have been traveling across the stars for many years, should know the situation in the East District better than I do."
The Marshal raised an eyebrow.
He had been fighting for half his life, and he didn't need to get angry. Just a stern face would make the new recruits piss their pants. Even Lan Heng wanted to pretend that he didn't exist at this moment.
But Lin Zhi looked at the marshal steadily. Although his attitude was polite and respectful, there was no sign of retreat or fear in his eyes, and his tone still had the dignity and majesty of an emperor.
He said calmly, "Whether the East District is a lucrative position or not is beyond question, but the Marshal should be aware that the true lifeblood of the Alliance lies in the new mining areas and energy stations."
"snort……"
Another snort.
But this sound was not as cold as before.
The marshal shook his head and said, "Even if I agree, how do you expect the Allied forces to mine? I can't let my soldiers die."
Lin Zhi patted the mecha beside him.
Lan Heng stared, "This is..."
He wasn't sure, and was afraid that speaking out would make the atmosphere even more tense.
The marshal frowned.
——Isn’t this Lu Yuan’s previous mecha?
Back when Lu Yuan and Lin Zhi were still in the military academy, the young and energetic Lu Yuan developed a new type of mecha in order to quickly make achievements in the military. He took a group of his friends to the West District, with the ambition to explore the "forbidden area" that few people in the alliance had been to.
His mecha gave up some firepower and speed, but could withstand acid rain and harsh climate.
When Lin Zhi and Lu Yuan were competing for academic performance, they were indeed very unbalanced in their respective subjects. Lin Zhi was good at battlefield command and mathematics, while Lu Yuan was extremely good at mecha and galaxy exploration. Therefore, Lu Yuan did successfully develop a suitable mecha, and in the West District, he did bring back NE energy as a souvenir with his own exploration ability and judgment.
Lin Zhi said: "As long as the alliance masters the manufacturing method of Lu Yuan mecha, they can mass-produce it and send specially trained soldiers to the western area to mine it."
Lin Zhi had never expected that seven years later he would still be entangled with his old enemy, as if his old enemy had left him countless souvenirs.
Oh no, it should be called minesweeper. You can't tell whether it's a gift or a mine when you open it one by one.
——He even bears his mark on his body.
Lin Zhi took a deep breath.
Now three hours have passed and there is still no news about the clothes. Did Lu Yuan deliver it?
He squeezed his palms, forcing himself to focus on the conversation at hand and suppress his discomfort once again.
The marshal's face darkened and he sneered, "The person is gone, and the mecha is very old. It can no longer be powered on, let alone figured out anything. Even if you ask the Alliance's mecha masters to take a look, they won't be able to tell anything."
Lin Zhi looked at the mecha in front of him. Why couldn't it be started?
Lan Heng explained, "Senior Brother's mechas all have codes. The Marshal means that if you really want to study this mecha, you may need to contact Senior Brother himself..."
Before he finished speaking.
Click——
Lin Zhi entered the password on the numeric keypad next to the hatch and opened the hatch of the mecha.
Lan Heng: “?”
marshal:"?"
“…”
The atmosphere now was not subtle, but weird.
Ah this.
It took Lan Heng a long time to find his voice again, "Your Majesty, how... did you know?"
Lin Zhi sat in the cockpit of the mecha and said, "I guessed it."
He thought to himself that with Lu Yuan's stupid brain when he was young, what else could the password be except 7894 arranged according to the numeric keypad? The people below were thinking too complicatedly.
Lan Heng took a deep breath. "Starting the system also requires a password... We've tried and failed before."
Although they could actually contact Lu Yuan directly to ask what the password was, it was not a big deal after all. At least they did not need this mecha before today, so they did not mobilize a large number of people. After all, communication between the upper and lower urban areas was strictly controlled, and Lin Zhi only contacted Lu Yuan in this way because of his actual power.
After listening to what Lan Heng said, Lin Zhi pressed the red button on the console. With a "beep", the button turned red, and a floating LCD screen popped up, asking for a password.
This time it's an alphabetic touch keyboard with three rows of letters and 26 keys.
Lin Zhi readily typed in “qwer”.
Just follow the order.
[Password correct! Blue Eyes 01 is about to start. Please close the hatch and do not leave the cockpit during the flight.]
Lan Heng: “…”
marshal:"……"
ah? ?
Look.
Lin Zhi sneered.
Don't overestimate Lu Yuan's IQ.
It was at this moment that Lin Zhi suddenly realized that Lu Yuan had called him via video. Could it be that he really just wanted to take a look at his old enemy...?
Lin Zhi was a little stunned.
Ridiculous, outrageous...
But reasonable?
【Blue Eyes 01 will start in 60 seconds.】
【60,59,58……】
Lin Zhi came back to his senses and said to the people below: "Lan Heng, please ask a few excellent mecha masters to come here now."
"yes!"
Lin Zhi turned to look at the Marshal, "Marshal, please... organize and train a team for me to go to the West District, the sooner the better."
The marshal frowned slightly.
He stared at the man sitting in his beloved disciple's mecha.
Many people know that His Majesty the Emperor is not someone to be trifled with. He can both integrate with the powerful and allow them to push him to the throne, and gain a place in the military.
The marshal watched helplessly as this man won over people's hearts and climbed up step by step right under his nose. Even Lan Heng now followed his lead.
But we have also made real achievements step by step.
【10,9,8……】
When the mecha's countdown reached the last three seconds, the marshal finally nodded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty."
Not for anyone, but for the alliance and new energy.
“Click—”
The hatch is closed.
【Blue Eyes 01 officially launched.】
As the mechanical female voice sounded, all the buttons and light bars on the console lit up, and Lu Yuan's photo appeared on the left side of the big screen.
The Lu Yuan in the photo is a 16-year-old boy named Lu Yuan. He is obviously handsome, but he is unkempt even when taking pictures. His brown, slightly curly hair is a little messy, and his military school uniform is unbuttoned and wrinkled.
But the young man smiled proudly, and his sharp golden eyes seemed to be looking at him through the screen. Next to the photo was the driver's information, including Lu Yuan's name, birthday, etc.
On the seat were Lu Yuan's old pillows and bedding, a comic book, and a few packets of snacks. The cockpit was sealed, so these little things were still intact after seven years.
This place is more like Lu Yuan’s nest.
But Lin Zhi was no longer able to take a closer look at these.
“Crash—”
The moment it closed, Lin Zhi fell directly against the seat.
This reaction was even more severe than when he relaxed and collapsed in the private room.
Lin Zhi closed his eyes.
Lin Zhi's mind was originally full of Lu Yuan's pheromones. Now coming here, touching Lu Yuan's mecha, entering his password... it was constantly stimulating his fragile nerves and constantly reminding him.
Now that he had entered this enclosed private space belonging to Lu Yuan, he immediately got goose bumps all over his body and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
He couldn't even breathe, he just felt very depressed, a little dizzy and nauseous.
Lin Zhi knew that this was almost reaching the critical point.
“Boom——!”
At this moment, the entire cockpit suddenly began to shake violently!
The handle on the console was shaking so much that it was almost falling off. Lin Zhi's slender body kept taking off and falling, with the system's alarm and the roar of the mecha engine filling his ears.
[Blue Eyes 01 is being debugged, please do not force shut down...]
[Repeat, Blue Eyes 01 is being debugged, please do not force shut down...]
Perhaps because it had not been started for a long time, this bulky mecha seemed to be working hard, with all its parts working at full strength.
Lin Zhi could hear the harsh sound of metal friction coming from the joints of the mecha.
But this debugging process is about to shake his brains out...!
Lin Zhi's physical and mental condition were not very good to begin with, and now he felt nauseous and dizzy. He grabbed the railing beside him and tried to steady himself to avoid being hurt.
It took almost three minutes to debug Blue Eyes 01, but after the debugging was completed, it... stopped working completely.
All around was quiet.
Lin Zhi suppressed the feeling of nausea and frowned as he shook the handle.
——No reaction at all.
Lin Zhi took a deep breath. It seemed that this mecha was still too old and could not function. Perhaps he had to activate the deep instructions of this mecha to adjust it.
But now... he really has no strength left.
The discomfort that had persisted for a whole day was shattered by this mecha that was as difficult to deal with as Lu Yuan. Lin Zhi curled up on the edge of his seat, holding the hand lever tightly, but then he remembered that this was Lu Yuan's mecha, so he let go, as if he would not be considered out of control if he did not hold Lu Yuan's hand lever.
Fortunately, at this time, the captain of the personal guards sent him a message.
[Your Majesty, an expedited package arrived from the Lower City. Should I leave it at your house or send it directly to the training ground?]
The answer was obvious, and Lin Zhi couldn't wait any longer.
When the package came into Lan Heng's hands, Lin Zhi did not leave the mecha, but asked Lan Heng to deliver it to him directly using the elevator.
Lin Zhi was now seriously leaking pheromones, and his complexion couldn't hide the state of his expression. Not only did he not dare to risk going out to see people, Lin Zhi even felt that he might not be able to walk.
At least now I am safe hiding in this cockpit and in this enclosed space.
But when Lin Zhi finally got the package as he wished and got his "magic medicine"...
Lin Zhi paused.
So how do you use it…?
Given his current physical condition, even if he held the clothes in his hands, it would not have much effect, and he could not just carry them to the press conference.
so……
——Is he going to change into Lu Yuan’s clothes here next?
Lin Zhi paused.
That's weird.
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