Chapter 113 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega. 23. Result…
Two o'clock in the afternoon, Black Lily Base.
Grant strode down the corridor with a gloomy face.
Seeing this, Wang Qian turned from the side and followed closely behind: "Vice Captain, is Xiao Ye awake?"
Gran did not answer.
Wang Qian said, "This time he disregarded orders and acted on his own, which was indeed wrong, but we only look at the facts. No matter how you look at it, last night's accident cannot be attributed to him."
"And put yourself in their shoes, if you were in their shoes, could you guarantee you wouldn't rush in? You also heard that little conversation that Xiao Ye overheard..."
Grant frowned, stopped, and turned to look at her: "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Try to control your temper," Wang Qian said calmly.
Grant sneered, "He's still injured and can't even get up. Even if I'm furious, what can I do to him? The captain's punishment has already been decided; I'm just going to inform him."
After saying that, he ignored Wang Qian and went straight into the medical area.
In the ward of the medical area, Qi Pingye had just woken up not long ago.
Figures moved around in front of him; it was medical staff checking on his condition and conducting the latest examinations. After the examinations were finished, they moved the bed and transferred him into the medical pod.
The instrument beeped softly, and his various data were displayed on the built-in screen of the medical pod.
Qi Pingye opened his eyes and looked around. He was conscious, but his thoughts were still somewhat muddled.
But he's alright; his brain shouldn't have suffered any serious damage. He could clearly recall everything that happened a few hours ago with just a brief recollection.
He remembered the villa, the wine cellar, the one-eyed middle-aged man and Councilor Peng, and the truth that was so close at hand.
The explosion came so suddenly that even though his armor deployed in time, he was still thrown off by the impact and fell into a coma.
But his coma didn't last long. He soon woke up and, before the other forces arrived, dragged out the one-eyed middle-aged man and his men. He stumbled and dragged them a short distance before encountering the Black Lily's people, and then fainted while shouting.
When I woke up again, this was the place.
The familiar faces of the medical staff told him that it was Black Lily, and that he had returned.
"You bastard..."
Qi Pingye's eyes turned icy cold as he thought of Councilor Peng's face.
Now that things have come to this, how could he not see through the scheme?
To set up a scheme, he was willing to sleep with his beloved lover and even use a living substitute to create such an inhuman flesh bomb. Councilor Peng is truly ruthless, cold-blooded, and insidious.
This objective was completely different from previous intelligence, and it didn't align with any past rumors or his understanding of him. His failure this time was truly deserved. It's just that the truth he wanted was so close, though it might not even be true...
Qi Pingye's heart was churning with emotions, his chest heaving, and he closed his eyes.
It's alright, he can wait a little longer. The one-eyed middle-aged man lost a leg in the explosion, but he should still be alive and in the medical area of the Black Lily base, as long as he wakes up...
Qi Pingye suppressed his inexplicable urgency, opened his eyes, looked at the data on the medical pod screen, and then lowered his head slightly to examine his injuries.
He was in constant pain all over his body, wrapped up like a half-mummy. His injuries were not minor, but not too serious. He still had sensation in all four limbs, so he should be able to move around normally. However, even if he could move, he wouldn't be able to go home for a day or two in his current state. Moreover, according to the medical pod's estimate, it would take him at least twenty-four hours to begin his initial recovery and be able to leave the pod.
After so long without any news, Shenwu must be worried...
Qi Pingye shifted his gaze and, through the glass case, saw his wristwatch on a nearby shelf. Having undergone his special modifications, it shouldn't be so easily destroyed; it should still be usable.
He glanced left and right, took a deep breath, and slowly raised his waist.
"hiss!"
With just one movement, Qi Pingye suddenly gasped.
His back and thighs, already torn and bleeding, were suddenly ripped open, sending a wave of excruciating pain through him. Qi Pingye's teeth chattered, his whole body trembled, and cold sweat poured down his forehead. Gritting his teeth, with trembling hands, he pressed open the glass dome of the medical pod, propped himself up on his arms, and tried to crawl out.
Just then, the ward door opened with a click.
Gran pushed the door open and saw Qi Pingye's actions. The anger he had just suppressed immediately became uncontrollable.
"What are you doing?" he sneered. "Are you really tired of living? In a hurry to be reincarnated?"
Qi Pingye knew he had caused trouble for Hei Baihe, so he didn't have the confidence to talk back. He could only explain, "I'm getting the communicator to let my family know I'm safe..."
"Now you know you're safe? I thought you were already prepared to send the news home," Grant sneered, glancing at the watch before picking up the still-intact wristwatch and tossing it toward the medical pod. "Lie down properly and don't go looking for trouble."
Qi Pingye caught the watch, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly lay back down in the medical pod.
“Vice Captain,” he looked at Grant, “that one-eyed guy I rescued, is he still alive? Is he awake?”
Gran scoffed: "You still have time to worry about other things? The captain's punishment for you has been handed down. We Black Lily may be mercenaries, but we still have discipline, that's been said before. I gave you permission to enter the villa this time, there was nothing wrong with that, but what happened afterward? Did a donkey kick your head?"
"I told you not to go any deeper, wait for reinforcements, wait for reinforcements, what did you do? You went your own way and even cut off the communication channel!"
"Let me tell you, you're injured like this because you brought it on yourself! If Wang Qian hadn't reported it in time and we hadn't arrived, you would have been killed by the guards who arrived later, even if you hadn't been blown up!"
"You even called home... When you rushed in, did you not think about your family?"
"He's a complete bastard..."
With a single word, Grant launched into a tirade of sarcasm and insults.
Qi Pingye remained silent, listening attentively until the man finished cursing, before speaking, "I'm sorry, Vice Captain, I acted impulsively this time."
Qi Pingye admitted that Gran was right to criticize some things.
Overconfident in his equipment and strength, and blinded by the shocking secret he had suddenly heard, he indeed lost his composure. This was extremely dangerous. He wanted revenge, he wanted to know the truth, but all of this depended on living, not dying.
However, if he were to choose again, he would still have about a 50% chance of rushing in, but this time he would be calmer, more careful, and better prepared.
Because some clues, once missed, can be lost forever.
Gran could tell that Qi Pingye was serious.
He glanced at the young man's pale face, which was buried in the medical pod, and after a moment of silence, he sighed, as if a roaring tractor had suddenly stalled, and closed his eyes, saying, "Ye Ping, I don't care about anything else, but there is one question you must answer. Why did you disregard orders last night and insist on rushing into the depths of that wine cellar?"
Qi Pingye raised his eyes, and instead of answering, asked, "Vice Captain, you still haven't answered me. Is that one-eyed man and his men still alive? Have they woken up?"
Grant said, "His subordinate was too badly wounded and couldn't be saved; he died. He's still alive, but unconscious."
Qi Pingye said, "Vice Captain, you know him, right?"
Gran opened his eyes.
“When you came to pick me up, I saw the look in your eyes,” Qi Pingye said. “You know him.”
Grant said, "You were stunned by the explosion, with blood everywhere you looked, what could you see? You must have been seeing things..."
"Before the explosion, he was already planning to tell me about the chaos on Far Voyage Star twenty-four years ago," Qi Pingye's voice was weak but his tone was firm. He interrupted him, "Like many mercenary teams, Black Lily has a backer on Far Voyage Star, but very few people can find out who that backer is. But over this long period of time, based on some of the missions the team has taken on and some traces of the base, I can tell that we are backed by the Silverwing Legion, right?"
Grand said, "I think you've just had surgery and your mind isn't quite clear yet... Hey, Dr. Fu? Come to room three, I think Ye Ping isn't quite right..."
Qi Pingye's expression remained unchanged as he stared directly at Gran: "That one-eyed man is also suspected of being connected to the Silverwing Legion, no, to be precise, the Silverwing Legion. He's from the old Silverwing..."
"Stop overthinking and get some rest. If you really want to know something, ask that one-eyed man when he wakes up. Don't talk nonsense to me. I can't talk to you anymore, I'll come see you later."
As he spoke, Grant walked out.
"Vice Captain, aren't you curious why I rushed in?" Qi Pingye's voice deepened slightly. "Aren't you also curious why I secretly investigated that now-defunct field hospital, and why I joined the Black Lily, constantly referring to Silverwing?"
He paused, then said, "My biological father is named Qi Sheng, and my mother is named Lu Jin. I am Qi Pingye."
There are some things I need to know.
Qi Pingye couldn't remember the last time he had spoken his own name, but he was certain that this time was different from any other. It appeared alongside Qi Sheng and Lu Jin, and while it was completely unfamiliar with them, it seemed to be drawn together and bound by something, as if there were countless threads connecting them whenever they were placed together.
Qi Pingye doesn't understand blood ties. He embarked on this path out of resentment, and he uttered these two names now as a test.
But the moment they were actually expelled from his mouth, he suddenly, as if, sensed something.
His throat, connected to his heart, trembled slightly.
Grant stopped pressing his hand on the doorknob.
The ward was silent for a moment.
Under the soft white light, Glen's broad but slightly hunched shoulders slumped as he turned around.
"I thought... but it turns out, you are their child."
Granite green eyes darkened.
Qi Pingye breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
He made the right bet.
Having spent two or three months here, risking his life and entrusting his trust to this team, he had already observed too much and decided to test them.
This probing was originally planned to continue until he had uncovered part of the truth. However, things didn't go as planned, and a surveillance mission forced it to reveal itself ahead of schedule.
"You've already started to doubt me?" Qi Pingye looked at him.
“A little,” Grant said. “You haven’t seen holograms of your parents, have you? You look a lot like them.”
"His eyebrows and eyes are sharp, like your mother's. He looks like a badass, a B-rank Omega who fought his way up from the local army. He beat many Alphas so badly they had to beg for mercy. His overall features... resemble your father's. He was the most handsome of all the Alphas your mother beat to their knees."
"You were careful enough to disguise yourself and cover your features, but that won't fool those who know them well. But don't worry too much, there aren't many of these people left. At most, there are only three or four left alive? Including me."
This was the first time Qi Pingye had heard anyone talk about his biological parents.
I feel a little dazed.
Glenn had no literary talent, but with just a few words, Qi Pingye seemed to be able to glimpse a corner of twenty or thirty years ago: his mother with sharp eyes and never admitting defeat, and his father with a bruised and swollen face but still handsome.
“I don’t know anything about them,” Qi Pingye said. “There is no information about them on the StarNet, the black market, or other information channels that I can access.”
"All I know is that one of them was named Qi Sheng and the other was named Lu Jin. They were both from commoner backgrounds and had no special connections. During their service, they were selected to join the Silverwing Legion with the rank of major. They later died in the Far Voyage Star Rebellion twenty-four years ago."
Grant said, "It's normal that we can't find it."
He paused, then said, "You are their child, and I'm not surprised that you want to know what happened back then, but... I'm puzzled as to why you would change your mind, give up your comfortable life on Central Star, and come here to investigate these things."
"The luxurious life on Central Star?" Qi Pingye's eyebrows twitched slightly.
“Isn’t that right?” Gran looked directly at him. “Qi Sheng and Lu Jin have a child, many people know that, but everyone thought he died in the war long ago.”
"Two years ago, when the Qi family of Central Star reunion broke out, I heard that their child was still alive."
"Although this might be another trap set by the Qi family, I still sent someone to Central Star. But you refused to meet them, claiming you were doing well and didn't want to know about your biological parents..."
Having said that, what else did Qi Pingye not understand?
But instead of explaining, he asked, "You've been rejected before, and you've suspected it was a trap. Now, Vice Captain, you must be worried that I might be sent by the Qi family or someone from Central Star, right?"
"Worried, so..."
With a click, Gran raised his hand, fixed the muzzle of his gun, and aimed at Qi Pingye.
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Author's note: Happy National Day to all my little angels! [laughing]
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