Chapter 134 Endless Changes

For Gary.

Everything in the past in the spiritual world, like a faded picture or collapsing sand, disappeared in an instant amidst the conversation and laughter.

Everything ended smoothly.

In the real world, Gary let out a long breath. His eyes became clear again.

The person in charge of the garrison on the outer islands came over and showed him the prison order. Gary cooperated and put on the plasma handcuffs. The high-voltage electric arc blue light flashed across his body the moment the handcuffs were put on.

Jiali frowned and forced himself to suppress the groan of pain deep in his throat.

Then his eyes met Su Xi who turned around and looked at him.

Su Xi frowned slightly. Because of the newly imprinted "spiritual mark", she and Gary had some common feelings at the moment.

She paused her conversation with Albert, quickly explained the situation in Gary's mind, and then comforted him: "It's nothing, just go through the investigation process, you will be out soon."

Gary nodded and was escorted into the patrol boat.

In his sight, looking out through the narrow porthole, two full moons in the sky were tilting and falling towards the western horizon at different speeds, while the sky on the other side was turning upside down.

It's almost dawn.

*

And from Albert's perspective.

By the time he suddenly realized while watching the battle through the holographic image that the psychic who controlled the crazy Gary was Su Xi, the whole incident had already passed the most dangerous moment neatly and efficiently.

This gave him a great sense of absurdity!

So much so that when the garrison commander urged him to decide whether to increase the power and continue to attack the shield, he only half-heartedly replied, "Everything is suspended."

In his limited holographic lens, Su Xi turned around and said to him, "I will handle the 'internal' affairs of the floating island within three minutes. Please be patient."

The word "internal" was emphasized, and Albert, who was a smart man, understood it immediately. He gritted his teeth and took over the conversation, saying, "Okay, I'll wait for your 'decision'."

Sure enough, within a few minutes, the defense shield opened.

Albert, who was anxiously waiting outside the island, led the troops in person. Only when he saw Su Xi in person and found that she was safe and sound did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

After nodding his head slightly to greet him, Albert directly proposed to search the floating island.

Su Xi readily agreed, but added, "Although the floating island is nominally my private property, both energy supply and daily necessities must be supplied by the First Fortress."

“Please don’t forget to check these relevant channels as well.”

Su Xi's words hinted at something. Albert's expression froze slightly when he heard it, whether it was the confrontation in the air outside the floating island or the preemptive strike in the words of the omega in front of him.

All of this made Albert put away his initial contempt.

"Of course."

That was the only answer he could give.

After receiving the approval, the troops followed their orders and dispersed, searching for any 'Night Raiders' lurking besides Gary.

While waiting for the results, there was a tense silence in the atmosphere.

After a while, a report from the garrison chief came through Albert's private communication channel, and a subtle change occurred in Albert's heart.

Not just 'safe and sound'.

This omega had already cleaned up the mess before the shield was opened.

All the traces at the scene can only show that the external defense system was infected with a virus, causing the island's self-defense system to go out of control. Neither the Arale pirates who illegally sneaked into the First Fortress nor Gary had a direct connection with this accident.

She protected them all very well.

Thinking about the true appearance of this omega that I had seen in the hologram, he was unexpectedly tough, and... unexpectedly strong.

Albert's eyes flickered slightly, and his attitude changed. He said to Su Xi very politely, "I'm sorry to have startled you."

"There are still some incidents outside that have not been completely resolved. Please go back to your residence and rest. If there is any disturbance tonight, I will definitely give you an explanation."

"No one on the floating island will be implicated."

Although she had only met Albert a few times, Su Xi saw clearly that Albert had always been wary of her and looked down on her as if she was just an omega.

Very different from Chris's friendly attitude, this alpha concealed it very well on the surface, but Su Xi, who was very sensitive to the good and evil of others, could still see it at a glance.

His words of concession at this moment were very different from the attitude of trying to intimidate others when they first met.

Su Xi didn't care why Albert was hostile to her before, and why he suddenly changed now.

She only cared about one thing.

"Tell me, Albert." Su Xi asked directly, "What happened to Fitz?"

Albert replied: "Your Highness is fine. He still has some follow-up matters tonight that need to be dealt with. Please wait for two or three days..."

“It’s a degenerative symptom similar to acai.”

"It's still because of the defects of the 'Gerard gene' itself."

In fact, they are almost the same thing.

Su Xi's expression was serious, and even had a hint of fear that she was unconsciously emitting.

Albert's neck sank. It was the first time he felt intimidated by an omega, and he had no idea how to react properly...

Su Xi spoke up: "Don't make excuses. I know he must have told you not to say anything, but - you can take me with you."

Su Xi curled her lips slightly: "I can see and hear for myself... and you are not disobeying orders, right?"

Albert was silent for a moment, then smiled knowingly! Originally, he had many thoughts in mind. He wanted to analyze the pros and cons with her and persuade her to stay away from the decision-making center of the First Fortress to avoid being like Marlaina, who secretly used her privileges to interfere with the operation of the empire since the Leya period.

Now his original intention remains unchanged, but he unexpectedly admires her a little.

He sensed something...similar.

Albert's smile at this moment finally had a hint of sincerity: "Okay. I'll take you there. But if I get fined later, you have to speak for me!"

"Of course."

The agreement was reached smoothly, and Su Xi's tense face slowly relaxed.

She really didn't want to force her way in unless it was absolutely necessary, nor did she want to have an antagonistic relationship with Albert.

The man she fell in love with was originally emotionally dull and had few friends. He was born with a sense of responsibility and had completely abandoned most of his selfish desires except for the instincts of survival and evolution... He even had to overcome himself to have a relationship...

...In the recollection of genetic memory, the indifference of young Hall towards life and death before LY368's death flashed through her mind again...

She cherishes old friends like Albert who have been with her since childhood and Chris who follows her without asking for reasons.

"I hope you are mentally prepared."

Albert stood in front of the special passage leading directly to the underground of the Medical Department and opened the door.

"please--"

*

For Su Xilai.

Amidst the events of that night, the heaviest weight on her heart was not anything about herself.

But it was the man who was hiding it from her and must have had some serious problems.

Now, after she had settled everything, she was sure she had nothing to worry about.

In the long underground corridor, Su Xi's steps became faster and faster. Gradually, Albert began to lose track of her, but he was affected by her anxious mood and did not say anything or stop her.

Until they reached the last code door, Albert stopped her.

“Something’s wrong.”

Everything is so quiet.

Su Xi looked up at him, and both of them looked uneasy. Albert let go of her hand and said, "Please wait a moment."

Then he called the emergency number and started calling Chris, "Chris, what's going on now?"

There was no response.

There was a faint smell of blood.

Su Xi was instantly overwhelmed by an inexplicable depression and repression. She closed her eyes slightly and no longer cared about what Albert was doing. She entered into a state of 80% synchronization with Xiguang...

The first layer of firewall, broken -

The second floor...

Albert, after anxiously turning around for a few times, received a call from Chris.

"Don't come in, Albert." Chris's panting voice came from the communicator, "There is a small situation... I have dismissed all the personnel..."

Albert's brows frowned instantly, and he switched the communicator to private mode.

Then he glanced at Su Xi.

The pheromones occasionally leaked out by this omega still have a faint scent like the burning of charcoal fire, but her attention is not on the communication. Instead, she stares at the password door with a thoughtful look on her face.

Albert was a little confused, but Chris's intermittent replies brought his attention back to the subject.

"Don't worry...Holdeman...is still here..."

Su Xi slightly closed her eyes. In her real vision, Albert was adjusting the password in front of this special door, trying to understand the situation inside the door;

In her consciousness stream that was deeply in sync with Xiguang's, she had already touched the core password program and was trying to disguise herself as a normal ID to break through this last layer of defense!

At the same time, on the other end of the data stream, she almost synchronized with Albert to learn the content of their conversation at the moment -

That was Chris's voice, and in his voice, which was almost choked with sorrow, there was a hint of despair: "Albert, we may... need to activate the emergency plan..."

Hearing this, Albert's pupils shrank sharply, and he replied in a half-spoken, harsh voice: "Okay, be careful. I will return to the command center immediately... According to the plan... If he can be conscious..."

At this time, part of Su Xi's consciousness felt the last cracking procedure of this password door in the flood of data, and Xiguang suspended the last breaking action at her instruction.

"Things have changed." Albert turned around and said to her seriously, "You are not fit to stay here. Let's go!"

"I'm not leaving."

Su Xi took a step back and shifted her gaze from the blood-red words "warning" on the password door to Albert. She said in a light tone: "Although I don't know what your so-called "contingency plan" is, I can't leave."

Albert was shocked when she said this. He saw the blank look in her amber eyes with a blue light flashing.

This is a special state where humans and machines are in sync.

Albert understood immediately.

But he hesitated.

In his eyes, the exquisite facial features of this omega, outlined by the side light, showed a sense of determination and toughness.

Su Xi said to him, "You have your own duties, don't worry about me. Go."

"I promise that all my actions from now on will have nothing to do with you."

It doesn't matter.

It is to absolve Albert of responsibility.

Albert thought for a moment and asked her in a positive tone: "Can you crack the code now?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll go in with you."

Su Xi was slightly stunned, then smiled: "Fitz has a good eye, having a friend like you."

"That's right!" Albert laughed, showing a kind of ruffian attitude that he only showed in front of his friends: "Ha! Don't you know that guy has always had a cold face since he was a child..."

But now was obviously not the time to complain, so he stopped.

"Open the door!"

Su Xi's eyes moved slightly, and the last code of the password door was cracked.

The door opened slowly.

The thick, almost sticky smell of blood hit me in the face... and the brutality and murderous intent that wanted to slaughter everything -

It instantly overran her senses, including her delicate pheromone glands.

That was the high-level alpha hormone suppressing the omega's instinct. No matter how strong Su Xi's mental strength was, her physiological instinct still caught her off guard. Her legs softened to the ground in an instant, big drops of sweat dripped from her forehead, and her pupils were unnaturally dilated.

This is a standard state where, due to a huge difference in rank, the submissive party is oppressed to the point of near death.

Bang, bang, bang—Su Xi covered her chest, her heartbeat speeding up instantly! She recognized immediately that this alpha hormone that made her produce such a strong "obedience" effect from a physiological instinct came from... her alpha.

The alpha with whom she had interacted with pheromones countless times.

What happened? She could feel that this murderous intent was not directed at her specifically, but more like an indiscriminate rampage attack, filled with a violent desire to completely destroy everything in the world.

What exactly happened?

She thought vaguely, gasping for breath, sweat dripping into her eyelashes, blurring her vision...

She vaguely heard a voice calling her, "Su Xi! Are you... okay...?" A warm hand tried to help her up.

Su Xi blinked, trying to identify who the blond man was in her already chaotic and slow nerves.

Is it Albert?

He didn't seem to be in any better condition than her.

However, just as she shook her head vigorously and grabbed the figure to ask questions -

Bang——

An arc of icy blue light flashed violently, and the figure that looked like Albert was hit and thrown out of the secret room instantly.

Bang!

The door of the secret room closed cleanly.

Now in this sterilization room of about ten square meters, the only person left is Su Xi, who is holding her chest tightly and breathing heavily.

The smell of blood in the air was still thick and nauseating, but the high-level pheromone pressure was miraculously slowly disappearing.

Su Xi's hazy vision became clearer little by little, just like the glass cleared of mist in the early morning, and she recognized it.

Through the broken transparent curtain of the sterilization room, amidst the blood all over the floor, the red-haired alpha slowly turned around—

Su Xi burst into tears.

"Fitz."

Her lips trembled. She didn't care about what happened to Albert who was hit and thrown out of the password door. She didn't even care about the sound of Chris shouting "Go!" at all costs.

At this moment, Su Xi's attention was all on the man who was still standing intact amidst the bloody mess of broken limbs and bodies on the ground.

"Why are you here?" A very familiar mental wave echoed in her mind, but the man in her eyes looked at her indifferently, just like the look of the silver-haired boy facing death when she last saw him in the memory of 'LY368'.

Indifferent and meaningless, life and death make no difference to him.

'Go back quickly.'

The familiar mental waves in her mind urged her very gently, but the alpha in front of her just moved his eyelashes slightly.

"Fitz."

She called his name, but in a lower voice.

Su Xi held onto the wall and tried her best to stand up. At this time, the pressure of the alpha hormone had been eliminated due to the operation of the laboratory air filter.

But Su Xi's whole body was shaking unnaturally because she was overwhelmed by another kind of extremely shocking grief.

She recognized the broken limbs and bodies scattered all over the ground, the human bodies that had been torn apart violently.

It's all him.

The blood spread all over the floor, gradually overflowing the boundary between the laboratory space and the small sterilization room.

It spread to her feet.