Chapter 127 Endless Hidden Dangers
As far as Anthony's sight reaches -
The smoke in the sky above the rooftop dissipated, and the camera of the drone flickered slightly. The alpha with blond hair as dull as dead grass smiled on his wrinkled face.
He waited for a while, and then a slight buzzing sound came from below.
An ordinary commuter boat was moored on the rooftop of the tower. The hatch opened, and the familiar face of the red-haired alpha appeared in front of Anthony.
He had half his red hair, slightly wet at the ends, and was wearing a casual white shirt. He still looked so cold, as if nothing could touch him.
"Ah, Fitz!" The restrained Holderman spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with minced meat and asked him, "Are you okay? Get out of the pool?"
Seeing Holderman's condition, Fitzgerald frowned slightly and did not answer.
A small blue bottle slowly floated from his hand into the air. The two top psychics in the Human Empire began to duel silently.
With the blue potion bottle as the center, the air gradually twisted, and under the confrontation between the two sides' mental powers, a solid vortex was even formed. Tiny arcs of electricity roamed outside this circular force field.
Fitzgerald turned his eyes away from Holdeman and said directly to Anthony, "This is the last one. You can take it."
Both sides had their own concerns and reservations, and the first round of probing did not last long.
The blue medicine bottle fell into Anthony's hands, and Holdman naturally pinched his old friend's arm and pulled it out little by little from his pierced chest.
The omnipotent psychic's 'healing' ability was used, and it didn't take Holdman too much time to restore his face to normal.
Contrary to his usual behavior, he did not talk any more, but without looking back, he jumped from the platform on the tower to the boat. Chris came over with medical staff, but was dismissed by Holdman in a very bad temper.
"Let's go! Fitz!" Holdman urged Fitzgerald to leave in a bad tone.
"Remind you, Your Majesty Anthony." Fitzgerald's expression was cold. He tilted his head slightly, revealing the skin from the side of his face to his collarbone.
Anthony paused for a moment. He saw some cold blue keratinized scales hiding under Fitzgerald's red hair, extending from the side of his neck into his collar. Those special patterns were faintly visible on his normal human skin.
"Even if the Gerard gene is infinitely compatible, it will get out of control one day."
“Please prepare in advance when using it.”
Fitzgerald nodded slightly and was about to leave with Holderman.
"Wait!" Anthony held up the blue bottle in his hand and spoke in a hoarse voice: "How can I know it's real this time? After all, Eugene of the 'Original Gene Bank' has completely concealed the entrance and hid all the old backups."
"Ha! What a good trick!" Anthony said sarcastically, "How long have you been planning this line for Eugene?"
Fitzgerald turned around slowly and said, "As the key holders of the 'Original Gene Pool', the Eugene family has always only cared about the survival and continuation of the entire human race and never interfered in the affairs of the royal family."
"Eugene of this generation is a determined and respectable elder."
"His decision could only be due to the collapse of the universe."
Anthony's cloudy eyes flashed with thoughts as he evaluated whether what Fitzgerald said was true.
"If I want to get rid of you, I can do it now." The red-haired alpha said casually, "There's no need to waste an ordinary potion."
"Hahaha! Cough, cough~" Holdman on the side laughed wildly, with faint blood stains and minced meat spurting out of his mouth. Chris, who was giving him medical treatment, frowned and stood a little distance away.
"Hey there! Anthony, you old man! You're so funny!"
An inexplicable sense of pride welled up in Holdman's heart. The Fitz guy always had a stern face and occasionally said something that could choke someone to death, even though he was the spiritual enlightener of young Hall and the mentor of adult Fitzgerald.
To outsiders, it seemed that Holdman scolded his last disciple more often, but who knew that the guy had a cold and sullen face and never took his blows seriously, while he himself would enjoy such a "heart-warming blow" from time to time throughout the years!
After all, Anthony and Fitz have a legal relationship and are separated by royal rules, so Anthony has never experienced this "Fitz-style venomous tongue" so directly.
Holderman suddenly felt mentally balanced.
As Holdman mocked him in the background, Anthony's face darkened completely. But in such a clearly weak situation, he had no choice but to keep silent.
"Your Majesty Anthony," Fitzgerald said, "I suppose you are well aware of what the collapse of the universe means."
"The current situation requires me to let you go. From this point of view alone, you should not doubt the authenticity of this medicine."
Anthony finally believed that the medicine was real. He knew all the little tricks Nadel had played in Yindu. But his physical condition made him eager to recover to his former peak state. Moreover, from his point of view, dealing with the First Fortress and consolidating the imperial power in his hands were the top priorities. The chaos caused by the civilian class in Yindu could be dealt with later.
Then, completely to his surprise, Fitzgerald announced his decision.
"I will take the initiative to propose to the House of Commons at the founding ceremony in three months to extend the '50-year probation period' indefinitely."
"Oh? So generous!" Anthony said coldly, "What do you want to trade?"
"You are needed to stabilize Yindu and maintain the unity and efficiency of the entire administrative operation of the Empire before the cosmic collapse." Fitzgerald said: "My technical team is calculating a 'cosmic energy hedging' defense model. Once the model is successfully built, it will absorb all the energy that can be mobilized within the entire territory of the Empire."
"Counter the collapse of the galaxy with an explosion on the galaxy scale."
"If the predictions are accurate enough, the entire human race may be able to survive on 3% of the territory. This is the only hope."
Fitzgerald left.
On top of the tower where the sky had calmed down, a blond alpha appeared from the corner.
He bowed slightly to Anthony and said, "Your Majesty, the Blue Mist Flower and... the troops you arranged in the First Fortress a long time ago have all been assembled and are waiting for you at the Star Gate to return to Yindu together."
"Please come in--" He smiled and made a gesture.
*
Floating island. Repair the interior of the ship.
Su Xi is in the dream of "Gene Tracing".
Su Xi discovered it only after the dark insect had half-hungry devoured the remaining matter that had invaded the consciousness.
That was only part of 'Marena'. The other part escaped -
After quickly clearing away the pollution represented by the pink smoke, Su Xi returned to the origin of the 'Gene Tree'.
During this process, she reconnected with Xiguang. It took Su Xi three seconds to completely synchronize the situation of the floating island in the real world with Xiguang's memory storage.
She gave the order and decided to pursue the remaining consciousness of 'Marena' first.
So in the real world, under Xiguang's protection, the omega in the hibernation capsule fell into sleep again after a brief awakening, but this time, an extremely beautiful human body glow gradually lit up in the area of her heart chakra and brain chakra.
Su Xi in the spiritual world exited the dream of "Gene Retrospection". Her consciousness returned to her own spiritual realm.
Satisfiedly aware that the broken heart chakra had gradually solidified, Su Xi pulled out a thin thread of spirit, following the trace left by the severed consciousness of 'Maranana', and continued to extend and pursue!
Until she felt like she had hit a wall. Then Su Xi knew she had found her!
Su Xi effortlessly controlled her body and senses and opened her eyes.
This is a secret room.
Su Xi blinked slightly and saw a strange sight.
On both sides of her, on the left was a red-haired, blue-eyed omega with eyes closed, seemingly asleep. It was Marlena herself.
This situation surprised Su Xi a little. She thought that the brain area she had invaded was Marena's own, but now it seems that the situation is not as simple as she thought.
On the high chair to her right was a blue-haired omega with his eyes closed and in a coma. It was none other than Marlena's adopted daughter, Lan Ya.
At this time, Lan Ya woke up. She looked in the direction of Su Xi in horror and pressed the button on the high chair where she was tied.
Su Xi felt a little dizzy, and when she opened her eyes again, she was in Marena's perspective. She turned her head slightly and was facing the container numbered "Naya A30" in the culture dish...?
Su Xi immediately realized that Marlaina's attempt at "eternal life" was crazier than she had imagined.
"If you press that button again, something terrible will happen." Su Xi calmly stopped Lan Ya's action, and then saw the blue-haired omega stop hesitantly.
"Very good, thank you, I think you figured out who I am."
At this time, Xiguang, who was far away on the floating island, uploaded a set of surveillance camera images to Suxi in the same frequency as Suxi's human-machine communication.
"Su Xi, please come back." Xiguang called her, and there seemed to be a hint of anxiety in the cold mechanical voice.
"I can't stay here for long. I need to get back to the real world immediately."
In the blur of her conscious retreat, Su Xi extended an olive branch to the blue-haired girl in front of her, "If you are willing, contact my AI Xiguang, and you will find me."
Su Xi left a way to contact Xiguang. This was a thank you for her hesitation just now.
*
Almost at the same time.
In the core military area of the First Fortress, on top of the high tower.
"Please come in--" Albert's etiquette was impeccable, but his urgent tone vaguely revealed a hint of impatience.
Anthony held the blue bottle in his palm, walked to the edge of the platform, and looked at the corpses on the ground with a slight disdain. It was obvious that all the secret troops he brought out had been wiped out.
"Very good, Albert. As the next head of the Shuren family, have you given up on the family? Or has the family given up on you?"
Anthony sneered and said in a threatening tone: "Think carefully about your choice!"
Albert smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for letting me make a choice, but I won't choose any of them. Because the question you asked is wrong—"
The young alpha's blond hair is bright and shiny, and under the side light, it looks so healthy and full of energy!
Anthony frowned with anger. His hair was dry and sparse, just like his current vitality. When Albert contacted his spy in the First Fortress, he said that as long as he publicly supported Albert's full inheritance of the Shulen family in the name of the emperor, Albert would be willing to help him create an accident and completely take over the First Fortress.
But now, he was actually tricked by this young man!
Albert said: "You should ask, do the old guys of the Shulen family plan to move to the First Fortress in advance, or continue to procrastinate and delay until the day when His Highness takes the throne?"
Hearing this, Anthony immediately became furious! The high-level alpha's pheromones were undisguisedly pouring out -
"Is this why you turned against us?!"
But for Anthony, he did not tear Albert to pieces immediately because he took into account the complicated relationship between the Shulen family and the royal family... and he was trying hard to obtain the other one-third of the military force of the Human Empire under the command of the Shulen family's emblem.
At that time, when the candidate for succession named Hall returned victorious from the competition in the Tomb of the Universe, he was even recognized by Eugene of the 'Original Gene Pool' during the succession ceremony and was directly given the name 'Gerald'.
Afterwards, Anthony had no choice but to send him to the most difficult defense line of the Empire in the name of guarding the border. Unexpectedly, he not only survived, but also managed the Alpha Galaxy where the First Fortress was located as solid as a rock, and even managed to subdue the surrounding non-human allied races with a half-beat and half-kill, and even managed the complicated Siren Galaxy extremely well.
Anthony's mind flashed back to the past, and he finally realized that when Holderman brought the boy named Hall back from the border planet, the situation began to slide into an abyss that he could not control...
"Let's go, uncle!" Albert interrupted Anthony's uncertain memories and urged him again and again.
Now Albert was not afraid of the pheromone intimidation from the current Emperor. Fitzgerald had been in a bad condition recently, and he had not been able to perfectly control his pheromones several times, especially during the critical period on the floating island. As the most trusted adjutant, he had become a little numb to the occasional "chill in the back of his neck" oppressive feeling.
And now Anthony is completely immune to the 6S level pheromone threat. Moreover, although the current pheromone threat has not been reduced in level, the tail note of the alpha pheromone is already weak, and it feels like its sun is setting.
Albert spoke up again, "The latest news is that Duke Beta in Yindu has made his own decision. The First Fortress still has some internal affairs to deal with, so he won't join in the fun."
"Therefore, the Central System urgently needs you to return to suppress the unrest and stabilize the situation."
"Please—"
Anthony understood that what he said was the truth. He sneered and then leaped from high in the air directly towards the cyborg troops that came to meet him.
If only three scattered frigates can be called a force.
Albert waved his hand slightly, and the special mecha team beside him followed with a whoosh in the air. The live broadcast drone on the top of the tower also turned off its camera, took off with a buzzing sound, and dispersed. I believe that after watching the live broadcast, the leaders of those specific factions will soon stop hesitating.
The blond alpah squinted and watched them go away.
He let out an inaudible sigh. Although the problem was not completely solved tonight as expected, it was temporarily stable.
After this night, Yindu, whether it is the beta elite represented by Nader or the royal conservatives represented by Anthony, will no longer make any waves.
The most troublesome thing now is that Fitzgerald interrupted the repair in the gene pool, leaving hidden dangers to his own body.
On this point, he agreed with Holdman's opinion. Because of an omega, the evolution of the 'Gerard gene', which was originally tending towards perfection, was interrupted, and even huge defects appeared in some degenerate gene fragments.
It is really something that cannot be calculated.
Only someone as impulsive as Chris would blindly support any move Fitzgerald makes.
Two votes against one among three people. He loses! What else can he do?
We can only try our best to clean up the mess for them and ensure that no word of the news that the supply of the 'Complete Gene Repair Fluid' will be permanently cut off gets out.
As for the floating island——
Albert looked up and saw that the magnificent island in the sky was flashing a faint red light under the illumination of the two artificial full moons in the First Fortress.
It was a silent battle.