After nearly three days of torture, Shen Que returned to Shenxing Palace feeling exhausted. He drank the last sip of medicine from Pei Ji's hand and fell asleep.
I woke up once in a daze, but didn't see Pei Ji. I heard Anya say that she went to the desert prison to interrogate Ling Yu.
The coat stained with Alpha's scent was placed next to the pillow, and the memory stone and soothing potion were also within reach.
Shen Que buried his head in his coat, took a sip, and fell asleep again.
When I woke up again, it was morning again.
The sweet smell of the cookies made Shen Que open his eyes.
In the dim light, he saw a figure standing beside the bed, holding a plate in his hand.
"Anya?" Shen Que called out.
His stomach growled in response to his voice.
A low, mellow laugh sounded, and slender, powerful fingers picked up a small biscuit and brought it to his mouth.
Shen Que, who was still immersed in sleepiness, couldn't help but lean forward and subconsciously wanted to take the food away, but the hand holding the biscuit suddenly withdrew.
Shen Que woke up completely, his cold eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Pei Ji with a provocative smile.
"Go brush your teeth." Alpha's smile was a bit commanding. "Come back and eat."
He rubbed his heavy and messy head.
"Don't worry, they're all yours."
After breakfast, Shen Que walked into the garden.
The sun slanted down.
Pei Ji was standing by the flower pond, holding a white flower with blue core in his hand, and bending down to put it into the water.
He was unexpectedly silent, and his cold face had changed from his usual flamboyant expression to become solemn and dignified.
When she saw Shen Que coming in, she just smiled at him gently, then took the next white flower from Demi's hand and put it in the flowerbed.
"The general is in memorial service."
Anya leaned close to Shen Que's ear and whispered.
"Those are Lingding flowers. On White Sand Planet, they represent the nameless and faceless victims whose remains are never found."
Shen Que understood.
Pei Ji was offering a memorial service for the star people who had mutated into insects.
Putting down the last flower, Pei Ji walked back to Shen Que.
"How is Lingyu?" Shen Que asked.
"Very stubborn."
Pei Ji showed a look of disgust.
"It was just a few words back and forth. He admitted that he stole the Symbiotic Stone and that he indiscriminately attacked the people yesterday, but when asked anything else, he played dead."
"I've thrown it to Luo Yuan. If you don't speak up, I'll throw it to Charles for research. I don't care whether it's dead or alive."
"He can switch between insect form and human form freely?" Shen Que asked.
Pei Ji nodded.
"This dog seems to be an outlier. Charles said that the insecticides and pheromones in his body have reached a delicate balance."
Shen Que thought for a while.
"It's very likely that he attacked us on his own initiative, without Garnier's knowledge."
"I think so too." Pei Ji said, "Ganir has not been unusual these past two days. He even went to the Black Sai Factory as usual."
He paused.
"I showed up at the factory yesterday, and one of his people came to ask if I'd considered joining the team."
"Lingyu didn't even tell him your true identity."
Shen Que narrowed his eyes and looked at Pei Ji with a cold gaze.
He suddenly scoffed, "You're so welcome, Admiral."
Pei Ji felt an inexplicable chill, and the air around him seemed to have become a little colder.
He exclaimed, "It's better not to have this interspecies welcome."
Shen Que: "You mean as long as it's not interspecies, I can have it?"
Pei Ji pulled him in his arms and walked towards the boat dock.
"Alright, you're the only unlucky guy who can marry me in this life. Thank you for sacrificing yourself for the people. Don't think about getting rid of me and dragging another unlucky guy into the water."
Shen Que was led so far that he staggered and couldn't help but frowned: "Where are you going?"
“School of Life Sciences.”
Pei Ji simply picked the man up.
"Doctor Li just contacted me and told me that he has made new discoveries about your mental power."
…
"Is this your new discovery?"
Pei Ji stared at what could easily be called a child's drawing and asked in confusion.
On the yellowed paper, a large growing tree was sparsely sketched with colored pencils. The soil under the tree was loose and the sun was shining above the tree.
On the footer, which had become thin and brittle due to its age, was a name: Lin Zhilu.
Charles turned back from the dusty bookshelf.
"That's right."
They were currently in an abandoned research tower.
According to Charles, the tower originally belonged to a very prestigious predecessor, but that predecessor was later expelled from the Academy of Sciences.
The tower was also sealed.
"That senior has proposed many hypotheses about the Sea of Life. I thought they might be helpful for mutagen research, so I submitted a research application."
"It was always rejected before, but recently it was suddenly approved, so I came in to take a look."
“I didn’t expect to find this.”
He pointed to the children's drawings on the table.
Sunlight filtered through the stained glass windows covered with moss and vines, falling in patches on the weeds growing in the cracks of the floor.
Dust particles danced joyfully in the light.
Pei Ji glanced at Chen Que who was staring at the children's drawing.
For some reason, he became silent since he saw this painting.
The corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, as if he was suppressing something, and his deep eyes were like a deep pool, with no bottom to be seen.
"Can you explain it in words I can understand?" Pei Ji asked Charles.
"Of course." Charles rolled his eyes at him.
"This painting is actually a formula that represents the relationship between pheromones, mental power, and the human body."
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