Chapter 280 Seventeen Remnants

“…Commander!”

The soft female voice in the air almost broke, revealing the subtle magnetic voice underneath. Yu Zhuo completely ignored the resistance of the person in front of him. His eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and he could not see the face of the person in front of him no matter what.

Then he can only find another way.

The thin shirt that the man had just put on was pulled off by Yu Zhuo again. He ran his palm down along the man's shoulder blade and indeed felt a lot of thin muscles.

"Commander, I just entered the palace... I am..."

He suddenly stopped talking. Yu Zhuo finished checking his lower body and put the thin shirt back on him. "You are a man, how did you get in?"

The man didn't say anything, but Yu Zhuo had already guessed what was going on. He touched the man's thin back, narrowed his eyes and said, "The Imperial City is very strict, it's not a place you should come to... Go back."

"Go back? I can't go back." The man rested his chin on Yuzhuo's shoulder. His voice was hoarse, and he suppressed his sadness while speaking, "His Majesty asked me to serve him. Even if I am a man, I have to go."

Yu Zhuo was stunned. He searched his mind for a long time before he remembered someone: "Your Majesty...Xuan Lin?"

He was a violent maniac. I can still remember how Coal Ball was beaten so violently that his body was covered with cracks.

"Commander, forget it... You and I are not destined to be together. Just treat what happened today as a dream and forget about it for the best of both of us."

"I won't blame you."

The man cried twice more in grievance, and he precisely controlled the angle of his tears, landing squarely on Yu Zhuo's clavicle, allowing Yu Zhuo to sense and touch them.

Yu Zhuo felt unhappy: "Don't say that. Your Majesty has so many concubines, maybe he won't pay attention to you. I will help you leave the imperial city..."

"No, I can't escape." The man said softly, "Commander, I am already very satisfied that you are willing to help me. Thank you..."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly pushed Yu Zhuo away, picked up his clothes, put them on hastily, and quickly left the room. He was very agile throughout the whole process, completely unlike his extremely weak appearance before.

The door opened and closed, but Yu Zhuo was sitting on the bed without reacting.

...Just run away like that?

Yu Zhuo was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly put on his clothes and ran out.

It was pitch black outside, with a full moon hanging high in the sky, casting only a little soft orange-yellow moonlight. Yu Zhuo took a look and strode into the path outside.

The surrounding scene changed rapidly. Yu Zhuo frowned, feeling that some scenes passed by quickly in a time that he could not perceive. After only a dozen seconds, the path he was walking on turned into a high platform outside the imperial city.

Yu Zhuo quickened his pace. He raised his head and saw the high walls of the imperial city standing tall, with almost no end in sight.

"Midnight Rain Iris——"

Yu Zhuo turned around when he heard the voice. A man wearing a black mask was squatting on the wall. He looked down at Yu Zhuo and said nonchalantly, "Commander Mu, you came out alone in the middle of the night. Who are you looking for?"

Yu Zhuo narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who are you?"

"Me?" The man stood up slowly. He was tall and walked slowly on the tiles of the palace wall. "I'm Ying Seventeen."

Yu Zhuo sneered: "People from the Shadow Tower dare to come to the Imperial City and act so recklessly?"

"Why not?" Ying Shiqi smiled. In front of Yu Zhuo, he took out a piece of jewelry, a small beaded hairpin inlaid with kingfisher feathers, which was a personal item that was taken from a palace maid. "I didn't expect that Commander Mu is also a playboy."

Yu Zhuo's expression suddenly turned cold: "Did you see him? Where is he?"

Ying Shiqi just smiled and said nothing. After a few seconds of silence, he slowly asked, "Guess?"

There was a momentary buzzing in Yuzhuo's ears. Before he could come to his senses, his body uncontrollably drew his sword and rushed forward.

There was a gleam of surprise in Ying Shiqi's eyes. He jumped down from the high wall and took the blow of the Dragon Roar Sword that was coming towards him from Yu Zhuo.

"Why are you so irritable? Didn't I say I wouldn't tell you?" Ying Shiqi seemed to be teasing him. Before he could finish his words, Yu Zhuo increased his strength and stabbed him mercilessly.

"Don't worry about it, I can find it myself." Yu Zhuo said grimly, "By the Emperor's order, the ghost in the Shadow Building must be killed on sight."

Ying Shiqi dodged while sneering: "Okay, you really know how to talk...then you come and try it!"

He also drew the sword from his waist and stabbed towards Yuzhuo.

Yu Zhuo's vision began to become unclear again. The surrounding scenery rotated and changed, and the figure of Ying Shiqi was also included in it. It changed shape in the blur, and seemed to overlap and merge with the figure of another person.

"Um!"

Yuzhuo heard a suppressed groan, and then a few flashes of cold sword light flashed before his eyes. The mask on Ying Shiqi's face cracked, and he suddenly kicked Yuzhuo in the abdomen, kicking him off the high wall.

The long sword that split the mask fell to the ground and stabbed into the gap between the bricks. The tip of the long sword was deep red, and blood was all over it, flowing slowly down the silver-white blade.

Yu Zhuo got up from the ground, drew out his long sword with one hand, and looked up at the sky again.

Ying Shiqi was still standing on the high wall, the mask covering his face fell off, revealing his pale face underneath. He covered his stabbed chest, where blood was gushing out, and soon his entire palm was dyed red.

"Muryuyi...you are really capable..."

The layer of mist that had been covering people's faces gradually dissipated. Yu Zhuo stood below with a long sword in his hand, looking up at Ying Shiqi's figure.

The lowest facial features were exposed in Yuzhuo's eyes: the high nose bridge, the foxy eyes. He pursed his thin lips and looked at Yuzhuo with a cold gaze.

It was a face exactly like Zhou Yanshu's.

Yu Zhuo was stunned: "You..."

"Mu Yuyi, you are so cruel, do you think I dare not touch you?" Ying Shiqi said coldly.

"You don't have that ability." Yu Zhuo's body exerted force uncontrollably again. He grasped the sword tightly in one hand and flew onto the wall next to him.

"No……"

Yuzhuo felt a dull pain in his head and wanted to withdraw his hand, but his limbs were still out of his control and attacked forward mechanically as if executing some kind of program.

“Don’t…don’t go!”

He chopped the figure in front of him in half with his sword.

The surrounding scene shattered into pieces. Yu Zhuo suddenly sat up from the bed. He covered his face with his hands, and his fingers curled up, fiercely grabbing the flesh on his face: "No, it's not him... I can't go..."

"More?"

A familiar voice sounded from Yu Zhuo's side. Yu Zhuo's breathing was heavy. When he heard the voice, his body froze and he turned his head to look to the side in a daze.

The night light in the room was on, and the orange light fell on the bed. Zhou Yanshu was wearing light white plush pajamas, his silver eyes were open, and his golden hair was half hanging down on his chest.

"……elder brother."

Zhou Yanshu was stunned when he heard the name from Yuzhuo's mouth. Before he could answer, Yuzhuo suddenly turned over and crawled into his arms.

"Brother, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it..." Yu Zhuo put his hand into Zhou Yanshu's shirt. He kept touching Zhou Yanshu's chest until he was sure that the skin was intact and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yanshu was a little confused. He heard a few faint cries in the air and frowned immediately. "What happened? Why are you still crying?"

Yu Zhuo sniffed: "I, I..."

His eyes were moist, and he suddenly didn't dare to speak. Those so-called dreams were all real things that had happened, and they were all things he had done personally.

He almost killed Zhou Yanshu.

"I had a nightmare." Yuzhuo whispered, "and I made you angry."

Zhou Yanshu tilted his head slightly: "Did you have a nightmare about me?"

"……Um."

"What did you dream about? Tell me about it."

Yu Zhuo didn't say anything. He changed his position and pressed on Zhou Yanshu, leaning his head to listen to the sound of his heart beating in his chest: "When did you come back at night? There was no sound at all."

He changed the subject abruptly, and Zhou Yanshu could hear the reluctance in Yu Zhuo's words, so he also responded in cooperation: "It was almost twelve o'clock, and you were already asleep when I came back."

Yu Zhuo rolled his eyes: "Didn't you kiss me when you came back?"

Zhou Yanshu: "..."

"No." Zhou Yan said, "My legs are not good, so I fell asleep as soon as I got on the bed. But you... kept trying to press on me."

Zhou Yanshu wiped away the two tears in his hand, which had just been wiped from the corner of Yu Zhuo's eyes: "I thought you were having a sweet dream. I was laughing when I saw you sleeping."

Yu Zhuo: “…”

Yuzhuo coughed to cover up: "I have been waiting for you to come back, but I didn't expect you to fall asleep directly on the bed."

"I can see that you are quite tired." Zhou Yanshu turned off the bedside lamp and said, "Are you still going to sleep? Don't put pressure on me."

Yu Zhuo moved to the side: "Hold me."

Zhou Yanshu was silent for a moment, then reached out and grabbed Yu Zhuo: "Which Alpha is like you?"

His voice was deep, and in Yu Zhuo's ears it sounded somewhat unwilling. After all, Zhou Yanshu once thought that he would differentiate into a high-level Alpha.

Yu Zhuo didn't care. He sniffed the scent on Zhou Yan's neck and snorted, "Your late husband was just like me."

Zhou Yanshu: "...can you say it again?"

Yu Zhuo said nothing.

Zhou Yanshu was hesitant for a moment, then let Yuzhuo hug his waist: "My late husband was much better than you. He never cried."

Yu Zhuo: “…”

Yu Zhuo pretended not to hear the teasing tone in Zhou Yanshu's words. He closed his eyes and lay obediently on the bed without moving.

Things have been getting more and more bizarre lately. The fusion of these soul fragments is progressing slowly, and it shouldn't have had much impact on Yu Zhuo. But I didn't expect that this time, Yu Zhuo's entire consciousness would be pulled into it.

But to some extent, it also accelerated the return of the intact soul.

Inheriting memories is the most basic process, and it is also the proof that the soul is effectively integrated.

After all the souls have been integrated, Yu Zhuo should prepare for what's next.

The breathing in the room slowed down and gradually fell into silence.

Yu Zhuo slept with his eyes closed, his back to the small table beside him. He slept uneasily and moved a few times from time to time to move forward.

His cell phone was still on the table. After an unknown amount of time, when both people in the room fell asleep, the screen of his cell phone lit up.

A pure black little heart appeared in the center of the phone screen. Countless data intersected into a network, and soon collapsed like snowflakes, occupying the entire phone screen.

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For the next few days, Yu Zhuo stayed in his room obediently and did not go out.

The celebration banquet in Linshuang has been the focus of much news coverage recently. The news that the general who had been stationed at the border for many years had returned victoriously attracted a lot of attention.

Yuzhuo also secretly collected a lot of information about the celebration banquet. Tamo will also attend this celebration banquet. In addition, various nobles of the merman tribe have also been invited.

Yu Zhuo found the list and saw Qi Mohan's name as expected. The two envoys did not deal with each other, but they did a good job in saving face.

Yu Zhuo pondered secretly as he marked the list on his tablet and unexpectedly saw Yu Xiangwan's name at the end.

It has been several months since Yu Zhuo came here, and he has not been in contact with the Yu family during this period. The mermaid royal family cut off his contact with the shore, but unexpectedly invited Yu Xiangwan this time.

Yu Zhuo felt a little strange. Mermaids have a strong sense of territory and never like outsiders to enter. Yu Xiangwan is a land species. If Tamo paid special attention to him and invited him here, it seems unlikely.

Yu Zhuo tapped the screen and hacked into the list inside the software.

[Invited: Yu Xiangwan (Expeditionary Force Reserve)]

Yu Xiangwan actually joined the Expeditionary Force?

This is a frontline special force led by Lin Shuang, and most of those who can enter it are high-level mermaids.

Yu Zhuo knew that Yu Xiangwan had excellent grades in the military academy, but he never thought that he would be able to join the expeditionary force as the spirit body of a beluga cat before he even graduated.

Yu Zhuo was secretly surprised. He wrote down the names on the list and closed the tablet.

During this period, Zhou Yanshu gradually began to walk with the help of medication. He had no interest in the celebration banquet and just casually read the related news.

Yu Zhuo met Ander several times under the name of Zhou Yanshu. Ander had worked in the hospital for many years and was familiar with the use of certain medicines.

Yuzhuo asked him for two tablets of aphrodisiac.

"I'm going to eat this by myself. Alas... these are old problems in certain areas. You must not tell anyone else. It's very embarrassing." Yu Zhuo warned him.

Andel: “…”

He glanced secretly at Zhou Yanshu, who was still sitting in the wheelchair reading a book. Andel glanced at him and felt even more sad for Zhou Yanshu's current situation.

Yu Zhuo spent several days extracting all the nutrients from the aphrodisiac. He had been to many small worlds before, so he added mixed powder into it and soon produced several small gray pills.

Zhou Yanshu frowned as he watched from the side: "You want to eat?"

"I don't want to eat it." Yu Zhuo put the small gray pills away, put them in Zhou Yanshu's hands, and said, "I'll give them to you to replenish your body."

Zhou Yanshu: "..."

Yu Zhuo controlled the ingredients inside and added a lot of Yang energy. This pill itself is just a tonic, but after Yu Zhuo's modification, it is not only easy to get angry and have a nosebleed, but may even vomit blood.

"You are really picky. You let me eat this." Zhou Yanshu raised his eyebrows and looked at Yu Zhuo, "Why don't you eat it?"

Yu Zhuo helplessly threw his hands up: "Your status is higher than mine, so it will only work if you take it. As for me... I'll vomit blood and die, but no one will care about me."