Chapter 143 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega 53...
Qi Pingye had never slept so soundly before.
For a time, he seemed to have completely lost his senses, unable to even touch his own existence.
He had heard someone say before that truly perfect sleep, like death, is a state of complete ignorance. Since his glands were removed at the age of twenty, and after that upheaval, he had never experienced that feeling again. But now, he felt it again.
However, this probably only lasted for a very short time.
Because he quickly discovered his own "thought," which raced through his mind like the wind, leading him to a familiar black wasteland.
The wasteland seemed to have suffered a cruel divine punishment; the earth was cracked and scarred.
Qi Pingye stepped across the cracks that resembled the slicing of giant blades and arrived at the center of the wasteland, where a point of light floated. He reached out and touched it, and the point of light condensed in his hand, becoming a book.
Qi Pingye glanced at the book's title.
Agent Omega: Five Bosses in a Cage.
That name sounds so familiar.
Sure enough, he had that strange dream about reading again.
He'd been dreaming about this rather embarrassing book many times in the past few months. Each time, he'd flipped through its pages, but upon waking, he couldn't remember a single word of it, except for the title.
However, this time seems different.
When Qi Pingye opened the book again, he felt a strange sense of disorientation as if a barrier had been suddenly shattered. In an instant, his "thoughts" rushed over and merged with the countless words between the pages, pushing him into a strange and psychedelic world.
In this world, all stories revolve around Qi Mingzhao.
Qi Mingzhao is known in this world as a "beautiful, strong, and tragic" individual. He comes from an ordinary family, and although he differentiated into an A-level Omega, he dared not make it public for fear of being noticed by powerful and wealthy people. So he secretly pretended to be a Beta.
She is resilient, beautiful, and outstanding. She was admitted to Central Star School through her own abilities. She was bullied at school, but instead of being angry or resentful, she used her charm and wisdom to influence the school bully and became his good friend.
After that, his career continued to advance.
He won the campus mechanical competition, was taken in as a disciple by a mechanical master, participated in the renowned space mecha project team of the White Night Federation, and was also favored by the intelligence department and specially recruited.
In terms of romance, the school bully Zhou Gan is unknowingly attracted to him and falls into the struggle of falling in love with a Beta. Lu Ran, whom he accidentally picked up in the rain, suffers from short-term amnesia and hangs out with Qi Mingzhao during his fever. In addition, there is the senior brother who is in charge of the space mecha project team, the young major general of the First Army, and the new head of a certain family in the Central Star.
Five high-quality A-grade Alphas are infatuated with him, but due to various reasons such as family background, gender, status, and marital status, they cannot take their relationship further.
Just then, one of the climaxes of the early plot arrived: a young man of high status and power came to Qi Mingzhao's door, presented a paternity test, and told him that he was not an ordinary person, but the long-lost young master of the Qi family.
Returning to the Qi family, driving away the arrogant and domineering fake young master, and slapping the faces of everyone who once looked down on him—
The entire plot unfolds logically.
At the end of the story, Qi Mingzhao completed his secret spy mission, perfectly relocated the alien laboratory, and after the election, became the youngest major general in the White Night Federation.
Qi Yun was appointed speaker and hinted to Qi Mingzhao that although he was an Omega, he was more optimistic about him becoming the future head of the Qi family.
Amidst countless flowers and applause, Qi Mingzhao underwent a second differentiation, becoming the only S-class Omega in the White Night Federation.
The five Alphas, who had been constantly vying for power and creating endless drama, finally resigned themselves to their fate and reached an agreement to share Qi Mingzhao. Moved by their sacrifices, Qi Mingzhao held a grand wedding for all six of them.
As for Qi Pingye and Shen Wu, one suffered from pheromone disorder due to the removal of his glands, and was torn to pieces by a storm shortly after leaving Zorro Star. The other's fate was not much different.
Here, they are merely cannon fodder exiled to the margins, extremely far removed from the protagonist's happy life.
The words in the book and the images of the world are frozen in that grand wedding of six people.
Qi Pingye stood on the black wasteland, slowly wiping his face, somewhat incredulous at what he had just seen.
“Good is good, and bad is bad. Of course, bad people can be the main characters, but,” he scoffed, “it’s a bit ridiculous to package something awful as something good and beautiful.”
"It's definitely not a proper book." He raised an eyebrow and casually tossed the book aside.
As the book slipped from his grasp, the pages shattered and scattered as if struck by an impact.
Immediately afterwards, a new line of text slowly appeared below it.
Therefore, the story has changed.
Qi Pingye's gaze paused.
Too many heroic souls perished in the war against alien species, and too many humans trapped in contradictions and suffering refused to accept their fate. Thus, the seeds of change sprouted. The shackles of the world have been broken; cherish your new future.
This is……
Qi Pingye vaguely realized something and reached out to grab the pages of the book.
The pages seemed like mere illusions in a mirror, untouchable, rippling with water, and vanished in a flash.
Qi Pingye's "thoughts" became muddled again, and the black wasteland seemed to have instantly collapsed into an abyss. He fell unexpectedly, plummeting weightlessly. During this fall, noise gradually filled his ears, with some sounds drifting and swirling around him, sometimes near, sometimes far.
It feels both familiar and strange.
They're calling him... Brother Qi?
"...Did Brother Qi move his hand just now?"
"I saw it... a zombie!"
"What do you mean, 'came back to life'... The mayor said... he's not dead..."
"Then why do we need a farewell ceremony for the deceased..."
"They're just playing... Never mind them, keep going, keep going..."
What is it?
Qi Pingye felt increasingly uneasy as he listened. He could vaguely hear howling and mournful music all around him.
Those voices pulled him out of his endless despair. He struggled to feel his limbs and body, and barely managed to open his eyes.
A sliver of hazy white light shone in, and soon it expanded. A head, resembling weeds, poked its head out, pressing a bunch of white flowers onto his face while snarling, "Brother Qi, you died a terrible death!"
Qi Pingye was momentarily dazed, and then a vein bulged on his forehead.
"Roll, roll!"
He endured the excruciating pain, raised his hand, grabbed the howling brat, and slapped him hard across the buttocks.
Juanjuan was startled, and her dry howl instantly turned into a scream: "He's...he's come back to life! Brother Qi has come back to life! Help me!"
However, the brothers and sisters who were usually the most loyal when handing out candy suddenly all became "ungrateful." They waved their white flowers and shouted as they rushed out. No one dared to go to Qi Pingye's tiger's mouth to rescue Juanjuan who had been arrested.
Qi Pingye's head was throbbing from the snotty kids' shouting. Although his thoughts were in disarray, he roughly guessed the current situation. He loosened his grip, patted Juanjuan, and said in a hoarse voice, "Call the town mayor."
Once Juanjuan was released, she immediately tumbled and crawled away, squealing and yelling.
Qi Pingye closed his eyes and carefully turned his head, trying to see if there was any fog around him.
But before he could see anything, a hoarse chuckle came from the side of the suddenly quiet room. Qi Pingye immediately looked in the direction of the sound and met a pair of amber eyes that also seemed to have just opened.
Shenwu was lying next to him.
As Qi Pingye gazed into those eyes, his chaotic and drifting heart slowly calmed down, as if he had encountered the most tranquil lake in the world.
"Thanks……"
He spoke in a dry voice.
If Shenwu hadn't been decisive, intelligent, and ruthless enough to determine his escape route based on his residual signals and, at the moment of the explosion, resolutely activated all weapons and cannons, piloting his aircraft to crash into the laboratory and tear open its sealed shell, he might have truly perished inside.
Even if they survive by sheer luck, they will definitely not have a good ending.
“When we first became friends, I told you not to say thank you,” Chenwu said softly. “Now that we’re partners, should we say thank you instead? If I had to, I would prefer to say ‘I love you’ instead.”
"Perhaps," Qi Pingye said, "behind every 'thank you' I say is actually love for you?"
Chen Wu paused, his pupils widening slightly.
Qi Pingye laughed, his voice low and gentle: "Thank you, Chen Wu, for coming to my side... Thank you, Chen Wu, for believing in me... Thank you, Chen Wu, for saving me, for loving me, and for spending the rest of your life with me..."
With a slight movement of his lowered hand, he revealed a sparkling gemstone ring.
Chen Wu was stunned.
“I can’t get up right now, I can’t reach it, I’ll put it on you later,” Qi Pingye said. “I prepared it a while ago, I wanted to give it to you when I was marking you, but my mind was too chaotic at the time, and later when I sobered up, the atmosphere wasn’t quite right… Although the atmosphere doesn’t seem quite right now either, but…”
Before he could finish speaking, his hand suddenly felt heavy.
With difficulty, Shen Wu raised his battered hand, crossed the last stretch, and placed his fingers into Qi Pingye's palm.
"I do."
Shenwu said, "I should thank you, Qi Pingye. Without you, Shenwu might still be alive, but she might not still be Shenwu... I love you."
The heat from his palm was so intense it almost melted Qi Pingye's heart.
With trembling hands, he held the ring and slowly pushed it onto Chenwu's knuckles.
At that moment, the wedding march seemed to start playing, and he could almost see the proposal scene he had originally prepared: flowers, fireworks...
Wait, the wedding march?
Qi Pingye turned his head sharply and saw a group of snotty-nosed kids peeking in. Erpang was holding a small speaker in his arms, and the funeral music inside had been switched to a wedding march.
When Qi Pingye spotted them, the snotty kids grinned foolishly and then ran away.
"Those little bastards..."
Qi Pingye closed his eyes, feeling a headache coming on. Turning his head, he saw Chen Wu laughing—a hearty, unrestrained laugh, a laugh of unprecedented ease and joy. He paused, then laughed too.
Zorro Star isn't a good place, but it's their "hometown".
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Author's Note: Tomorrow or the day after, this world will end. [doge emoji with rose in hand]
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