Chapter 119 Dreams Endless
The first fortress. Military port.
The exploration ship 'Giant Whale', which is equipped with 25 frigates, heavy weapons, and various large scientific research equipment, is preparing for its final voyage.
Under the live broadcast of many Star Network media, Mary, who was responsible for the overall security of the operation, restrained her excitement and stood after Collot to accept Fitzgerald's award.
Then, under the watchful eyes of the entire Star Network, the 'Giant Whale' set sail.
After the routine Q&A session, Fitzgerald walked down the stage, but this time he did not walk out through the exclusive passage surrounded by his bodyguards as usual. Instead, he walked alone to the VIP viewing stand not far away, under the unexpected gaze of the media.
This subtle difference suddenly made a few media with a keen sense of smell realize something!
Are there any special people in the VIP viewing stand?
It is rumored that the third empress, Marena, is the most trusted by the current emperor.
Her Majesty, who has been working for omega rights and various charity events all her life, was concerned about the Crown Prince's appointment as a crown princess in the near future. She traveled thousands of miles from the Central Galaxy to the First Fortress, and personally persuaded the Crown Prince to accept the arrangement of the gene screening bank, and selected a group of outstanding beauties to accompany him.
In addition to Her Majesty the Queen and the top-trained omegas from various families who accompanied her, there was also the mysterious owner of the floating island on the VIP viewing stand.
Apart from the information sent from the Great Wilderness Star Territory last time, this was her first official appearance in front of the media.
There was a slight commotion in the originally orderly media area. Amid the roar of drones taking off into the sky, both aerial cameras and close-up live broadcasts shifted their focus.
In a series of telephoto shots, the crown prince of the empire, who was dressed in a neat military uniform and had a cold face, had already walked to the side of Queen Maraina. He made a fist with his right hand and lightly touched his left shoulder, greeting Queen Maraina who was sitting on the high seat. However, before he finished his greeting, the red-haired and blue-eyed omega queen stood up almost at the same time as he arrived, with a friendly smile on her face, and took the initiative to walk down the high platform to greet him.
The dozens of omegas from various noble families who accompanied the Queen on this trip also stood up gracefully when the Queen stood up, and saluted according to their different classes and ranks.
Therefore, under the live broadcast camera of the media, the perfect and graceful postures of the beauties seemed to be able to feel the fragrance and gentle whispers through the screen.
However, the cold-faced crown prince of the empire seemed to just nod slightly to these omegas who maintained a half-squatting posture and showed off their best body curves, and he didn't pay any further attention to them.
But that cold, reserved, yet impeccable manners instead caused the news comment section behind the Starnet to be filled with all kinds of screams.
At the scene, the commotion in the media area quickly spread to all the spectators. Everyone turned their heads, trying to see the details of what happened from a distance.
In the VIP viewing stand, only Queen Marlaina and the two omegas behind her remained standing, so the two omegas stood out even more. Due to the angle, most media broadcasts were unable to show the two omegas in detail.
Only a very small number of media outlets, such as the Xinri Bao, were able to continue presenting subsequent developments in live broadcasts due to their advantageous location.
In the holographic live broadcast room of the New Daily News, the most distinguished red-haired prince of the empire skipped the routine greetings after greeting the queen and directly cast his eyes to the left behind her. In a set of holographic cameras, he smiled slightly, leaned over and extended his hand to the omega wearing a small top hat.
Then, in a close-up shot, the small hand was placed in the darker-skinned big palm, forming a sharp contrast between fragility and masculinity.
The gauze on the small hat covered her eyebrows, revealing only a section of her delicate profile and slightly curved red lips. The haziness of the beauty made all the audience participating in the live broadcast even more curious.
Countless magnesium lights flashed wildly.
Any choice made by this crown prince represents the development direction of the Human Empire for the next 500 years, not to mention that he is the direct descendant of the 53rd generation 'Gerald', who has always been cold and abstinent, has never favored any omega, and has not even heard of any scandals.
The perfect match he chooses will be responsible for the reproduction and nurturing of the future evolution of mankind. People's attention to this matter has long gone beyond their curiosity about royal gossip and has a more practical and profound meaning.
After all, there are three generations of imperial heirs who have been selecting and selecting through genetic engineering to continue the "Gerard" bloodline. The inheritance of the gene sample of the next superhuman is one of the three most important problems that have been concerned about the bottleneck of human development so far.
However, this scene only flashed by for a moment, and the petite omega was brought to Wang Chu's chest. His tall figure tilted slightly, almost completely blocking the view of all the live media.
After Fitzgerald nodded slightly to Queen Marlaina, he naturally took his omega's hand, left the VIP viewing stand side by side with her, and left directly through the exclusive passage.
The lucky few media such as the Shinichi newspaper were able to capture a close-up shot of the tall red-haired alpha and the omega, looking at each other in profile, holding hands and looking intimate. The tough guy who was always dressed in a straight military uniform seemed to have softened his coldness in such a shot.
On the Star Network live broadcast platform, tens of trillions of citizens of the Empire who were watching the press conference just looked at their usually cold-faced Crown Prince of the Empire, whispering in a low voice and using cautious body language. Everything was clear as day.
After the Star Network live broadcast, tens of trillions of imperial citizens held their breath and took two minutes to react. The virtual square where the live broadcast ceremony was held was filled with cheers and screams. The huge traffic impact caused the previously unknown New Daily live broadcast site to collapse instantly.
It was originally just a launching ceremony for a scientific research exploration ship. Even if Queen Marlaina suddenly appeared in the First Fortress, it would not have attracted so much attention.
However, the Imperial Crown Prince's destined omega made his first official public appearance...
This piece of news was enough to bombard all traffic platforms, and instantly attracted countless enthusiastic eyes to the event of "The Giant Whale's Departure".
The information about the "Giant Whale exploring the collapse of the universe" also spread throughout the entire human territory.
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Of course, the one paying the most attention to this news is the capital of the empire in the central galaxy.
Unlike the public's focus, politicians seemed to have seen some facts that made them very anxious in such an ordinary news release.
Central Galaxy. Yindu Duke's Mansion.
The blond Duke Nader, who has not yet fully recovered from the insect attack and possession, is in good spirits, but is a little thinner than before.
At this moment, he was in the secret room, facing a holographic image, respectfully reporting all the current progress of Yindu.
The figure in the holographic image sat in a luxurious high seat, wrapped tightly in a gray robe, his face completely hidden in the darkness. Only the hand with the gemstone ring rested lightly on the armrest, tapping the armrest thoughtfully.
The man in gray asked about various matters very slowly, but Nader, who was a powerful figure in Yindu, stood with his head bowed, answering all the questions word by word without any impatience.
A long sigh came from the darkness: "Don't worry about Marlena's affairs. She will contact you directly if she needs anything."
"Don't ask too much, just let her be."
"Yes. All is at your command." Nader leaned forward to show his respect, but his smooth and drooping golden hair concealed the doubtful look in his eyes.
When talking about the recent launch of the 'Giant Whale', the confidence in the man in gray's calm tone was faintly broken: "This move is indeed very beautiful."
He laughed sarcastically, "A clever edge ball!"
"The movement of the Giant Whale is under the banner of scientific research, but it conceals the real purpose. It did not pass Yindu's order, but directly pointed to the 'Zhou Tomb'!" The voice of the figure in the shadow was hoarse, and the tone gradually became angry: "This is a direct declaration of war!"
"How dare he!"
"Everything revealed in Zhou's tomb is an opportunity for inheritance that only the chosen nobles can have. He dared to try to make it public!"
"What a wicked ambition! How bold!"
Nader's heart was pounding when he heard this. Even though he was facing the holographic image, he couldn't help but hold his breath in fear.
“Ahem—”
A sudden and violent cough interrupted the gray-clothed man's rage.
Nader raised his head quickly, took two steps forward, and asked with a very concerned expression: "How is your body during this genetic treatment?"
Halfway through the question, he suddenly stopped talking. Although he had already privately mastered some details of the treatment of the man in gray, it was impossible for Nadel to make these facts public with his current qualifications. Therefore, it was best to say half and reveal half.
"You are still reliable!" A sigh of relief came from the holographic image. The gray-clothed man with the gem ring rubbed his forehead tiredly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't worry, you won't die for the time being."
"Although the First Fortress is unwilling to hand over the latest 'gene backup', I believe that with the bold research of the Research Institute, this time! You will definitely be able to regain telomere activity again..."
"I hope so." The man in gray interrupted Nader in a hoarse voice, as if he didn't want to mention it anymore.
納德爾乖覺的住嘴。
光線暗淡的密室中一陣令人窒息的沉默。黑暗逼厭的空間中，似乎有壓抑不住的陰狠沉沉的蔓延。
納德爾屏住呼吸，高等級alpha的威懾就算隔着全息影像也完全展露無疑，長期位居高位的壓迫感讓金發公爵漸漸額頭滴出了冷汗。
良久，黑暗中傳來一句淡淡的吩咐。
“不用等到立國聖典了。”
“準備好的那些，都行動起來吧。”
納德爾訝異擡頭，“可是！啓用備用方案會影響到您聲譽——”
聽到‘聲譽’兩個字，灰衣人突然桀桀怪笑起來，但笑着笑着又是一陣劇烈的咳嗽。
一旁垂目靜立的納德爾卻眼尖的看見全息影像中，突兀的出現了一只豐腴素白的手，并輕輕的拍向了灰衣人的背。雖然這只是一個瞬間出現又消失的畫面，但他也心驚肉跳的趕緊收回目光不敢再看。
記憶中相關的一幕在他腦海裏翻騰起來，納德爾深呼吸幾下，慶幸現在只是在全息的交談之中，否則他的想法只要被對方稍微一用精神力探查，就會暴露無疑。
金發beta思緒雜亂，他想他知道影像中的這位尊者，此刻身處何方了。他并不在對外宣傳的療養院之中——
正在納德爾心亂如麻的轉悠着各種念頭的時候，灰衣人恢複平靜的暗啞嗓音再次響起：
“我們不能就這麽幹等到‘五十年’到期……那太被動了。”
“直接行動吧，納德爾。”
“許諾你的，就一定會是你的。”
“是。”納德爾渾身一凜，躬身回答到，“在下以卑弱之身，承蒙您恩澤已久，必定為您赴湯蹈火在所不辭！”
“我以生命起誓，保證一切必定在您掌控之中。”
“以生命起誓？”灰衣人又桀桀怪笑了一陣，然後意味深長的說：“乖孩子會有獎勵，你的命……我收下了。”
納德爾恭敬一禮，直到對方挂斷通訊之後。
良久，他才直起身來。
如有可能，誰不想把命握在自己手裏呢。
就算……身為beta。
就算同樣擁有‘傑拉德’直系血脈，卻性別覺醒失敗的……一個殘次品。
他同樣的擁有無可争議的皇室血脈，為什麽不能登頂那個至高之位呢？
納德爾碧綠的眼眸中漸漸燃起充滿野心的光芒。
這次，是一個絕佳的機會。
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在‘巨鯨號’起航直播儀式結束完不久。
第一要塞。
一架外觀低調的銀色飛梭正在星門通往浮空島的途中，它在側翼上印着帝國王儲的個人标識，所過之處，繁忙的空軌上的飛行器紛紛避讓。直到離開空港的公用路線，飛梭拐入了浮空島的私人軌道之後，速度才漸漸慢下來。
雖然只是短途通勤工具，但是足以容納十個人的飛行器，內部陳設簡約而精致。
此刻卻溢滿了A息素親昵|交|纏的味道。
“快到了。”蘇熙微微側臉，躲過了他不滿追擊過來的唇，輕巧起身撿起了被抛在一旁的帽子，在關閉後的鏡面反光中，皺眉發愁的看着被粗暴扯開的蕾絲高領。
還好後頸左側的腺體處只是被吮得發紅，他很克制的沒有咬破。
一只有力的手臂把她又抱回懷裏，然後一個後躺又齊齊跌回了柔軟的沙發。
“我在臺上講話的時候，”他漫不經心的問，逮着她的手指挨個的咬，“瑪蓮娜都跟你說了什麽？”
蘇熙被他弄得癢，笑。也确實好幾天沒見着他了，便由得自家的alpha像大狗一樣輕嗅着磨蹭，無比留戀的糾纏。
“似乎并沒有克裏斯說的那麽可怕，”蘇熙回想起這三天所謂的‘皇室禮儀速成班’所發生的那些點點滴滴，噗嗤一笑，“就是誇我學習态度好，但告誡不能驕傲。大概還暗示了我，她可以親自教導之類的話吧。”
“不用她所謂的‘教導’，”菲茨傑拉德直接否定，談到正經事的他立刻從那種隐忍不發的狀态中清醒了過來。
并再次向她講述了中央星系中omega權益組織那些彎彎繞繞。
“尹都的omega權益協會還算是處事公允，但她私下贊助的那些‘O權’組織的理念卻過于極端，民間的風評也是毀過于譽。你‘娜亞’這個身份所遭遇的類似事件，都跟omega極權組織脫不了幹系。”
蘇熙眸光微暗，想起随着前幾期O型源始基因的修補進展，她夜裏漸漸做的那些既不屬于自己、也不屬于‘娜亞’的夢。由于精神等級的提高，她越發能如同菲茨傑拉德所言的那樣，清晰的辨別那些部分屬于‘自己’，那些屬于那些傳承的‘基因記憶’。
“目前她存在于第一要塞是必要的，但記得不可輕信她任何話語……”菲茨傑拉德皺眉，說：“快了，你忍一忍。”
眼見他眉頭微擰，蘇熙趕緊說：“我都明白的，你放心。雖然你沒明說，但我也能多少猜到……相信我能應付好，好嗎？”
捧着他的臉，想起從克裏斯那裏套出來的話，蘇熙垂眸，蓋住了眼底心疼的神色。
望進她專注凝視着自己的表情，紅發alpha眼裏有細微的笑意：“我當然相信。”
一個個如蝴蝶展翅般的輕吻，落在他微折的眉間。
紅發alpha微微阖眸，放松的後靠在沙發上，不帶任何雜念的享受她的親昵，以及馥郁的omeg息素傳遞出來的全心全意的撫慰。
嘀嘀——自動巡航提示還有5分鐘達到浮空島。
菲茨傑拉德微擡眼，在精神鏈接中發出指令，驅策飛行器再在近地軌道上最後環繞一圈。
“我近日忙。”菲茨傑拉德微抿唇，眼神專注的看着她的表情，似乎在等待着她的責怪。
“我知道。”蘇熙笑着，在他微抿的唇上響亮的啵了一下。
“我也很忙，無論是珍稀物種的基因收集，還是浮空島的調試，都足夠我在療程恢複的間歇中忙碌了。”蘇熙安撫他說，“如果沒有你的支持我做不到那些……也謝謝你讓熙光留下來。”
“有它的幫助，浮空島的防衛更嚴密，你不用分心我的安危，好嗎？”
菲茨傑拉德微哼一聲，沒有說話。
“好啦，我已經撤除了它的人性化組件，也已經設置了五年合約的人機綁定……別不開心，好嗎？”
勉強應了一聲，他掀眸看她認真解釋的模樣，略帶悶聲的說：“突破TM臨界值的AI生命體，你需要把它區別于作為工具的那些智能系統去對待，是否撤除界面并不是關鍵的。”
“不讓你做終身綁定，也是因為曾經有過的案例，那些人類的下場都不太好。”
他眼含擔憂的認真解釋。
“好，我知道。”蘇熙柔聲答複，“不會有其他人，值得我去做終身的綁定。”
然後她眼帶笑意的，張口無聲的表白：‘只有你。’
菲茨傑拉德眼神微眯，剛毅的臉上表情由于極度的占有欲而顯出一份蠢蠢欲動的危險感，仿佛鎖定了懷裏來之不易的獵物，卻在猶豫着如何才能更徹底的吞噬幹淨。
然而瞬間嚣張的鋪滿了整個飛行器內部的alph息素，卻熱烈又慵懶的招搖着，徘徊流連在她身側和頸後。
蘇熙笑着不語，如果只是言語就能簡單安撫，她也很樂意天天甜言蜜語，因他的愉悅而愉悅。
菲茨傑拉德低頭回複了克裏斯催促的通訊，忍不住用長指刮蹭着她柔嫩的臉頰，問：“補全後的基因修補，隔十五日後還有一個療程，我不在的這幾天，你感覺怎樣？”
蘇熙嘆息一聲，知道需要分別了。于是拉近他親吻，她呢喃的說：“我很好。”
可你呢？
“我也很好。”菲茨傑拉德再次抱緊她，高挺的鼻梁深深的埋在細嫩的頸項間，着迷般的深深的嗅着，溫熱的呼吸打在她的肌膚上，嗓音暗啞而深情：“只是會突然很想你。”
蘇熙不再說話，只是更加熱情的回應，素白的手漸漸的纏上了他頸項，細嫩的手指，狀似無意的試圖從領扣之間探入他的衣領。
菲茨傑拉德嘆息一聲，親吻到半途，抓住了她作亂的手。放到唇邊，揉開掌心後，一根一根的親吻。
兩人暫時無語，彼此都各有點小秘密，雖然毫不意外的幾乎能一猜就透。但又在默契的眼神交流之間，絕對的信任着彼此。
蘇熙眼色微沉，從什麽時候起，他就不在浮空島過夜了呢。大概源于某夜親昵之間，他隐隐的出現失控的征兆，當時的她雖然在alph息素的勾纏下神智不甚清晰，可撫過他後背所感受到的異狀感，卻是難以忽略的。
從大荒星域花海之時感覺到的一模一樣，回到第一要塞之後，是第幾次了？
他不說，選擇了自己處理。
Su Xi knew that she couldn't help him at all for the time being, and asking more would only add to his troubles. All she could do was to recover her original abilities as soon as possible, especially when the current situation was getting closer and closer to the breaking point.
Beep beep - the automatic cruise reminds again that there are still 5 minutes to reach the floating island.
Even if they took another detour, the time they had together was over soon. The shuttle stopped at the entrance of the floating island.
It's time to say goodbye.
In front of the cabin door, Su Xi hugged him deeply, then jumped off the shuttle neatly. Without even turning her head, she waved at him, and her figure quickly disappeared into the entrance of the floating island ladder.
Only when her figure completely disappeared did the aircraft with the personal logo of the First Crown Prince of the Empire instantly disappear over the floating island at the fastest speed.
The floating island's defense shield was reopened, hiding in a peaceful scene.
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That night. Floating island.
Su Xi returned directly to Youhuangju from the triple gravity training room underground.
After a simple wash, she took the tray handed to her by Xiguang, mixed with the repair fluid of 'O-type original gene', and shook it out some pink sediment under the refraction of the light.
Her amber eyes were heavy. Whose memory would she obtain tonight?
Without any more hesitation, Su Xi raised her head and drank it in one gulp.
Then she turned around and came to the mental transfer chamber next to the bedroom. After confirming that everything was operating normally, she lay down in it skillfully, allowing the cold solution to gradually soak her mouth and nose. She closed her eyes and quickly entered the 50% same frequency as Xiguang.
'Xiguang, open the defense of Youhuangju, alert level: 10.'
"Got it, Master." The cold, mechanical voice replied in a formal tone.
"Tonight I will continue my last 'dream'. In the real world, the critical value is still set to 45 minutes. If there is no life-threatening abnormality during the process, you don't need to wake me up."
'Yes, Master.'
'Yes, Master.'
As commands were given one after another, the cold mechanical sounds rang out.
Su Xi was silent. She was completely immersed in the spiritual power connection cabin, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
'Xiguang, are you angry?'
"That's not the case, Master."
"Xiguang wouldn't dare to do that, Master."
Su Xi could only raise her eyebrows helplessly. She sent out a soothing wave of spirit, "Xi Guang, be good! You are really obedient and sensible."
Now, the AI life form, which had been reluctantly bound to her for a five-year agreement, no longer made any random noises.
Because at this moment, 'Su Xi' has officially entered the place where she was blocked in her last dream.
A familiar sense of distortion. After stepping into the void, Su Xi's consciousness experienced a dizzy feeling of rapid weightlessness and she arrived at the entrance to the spiritual world where she had to make a choice.
It was an endless maze of mirrors.
Every broken mirror reflects her own image.