Chapter 120 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega. 30. Different...
"How about it?"
As soon as the call ended, Qi Mingzhao propped his head up, leaned closer, and asked in a hoarse voice.
“Target number thirteen is in some trouble. It’s been confirmed that Liao Feng is dead,” Lu Ran, his chest bare and scarred, leaned against the headboard, embraced the person, and answered in a deep voice, “Wei Ming is continuing the investigation.”
In a dimly lit bedroom, the two were huddled on the bed. The surroundings were messy, and a strange smell mixed with a strong pheromone scent filled the entire space.
"Could it be that Omega?" Qi Mingzhao asked.
"It's hard to say," Lu Ran said, taking out a cigarette. "The situation on the distant planet is chaotic, and many people are embroiled in a lot of trouble. Those who have caught our attention are not ordinary people, so it's not surprising that trouble has broken out."
"You've seen the holographic image of Target Thirteen. Does it look familiar?"
Qi Mingzhao frowned slightly: "It's been a long time, and I wasn't in good condition at the time. Besides... that Alpha was very protective of him, so I could only see his head, which had black hair... I couldn't see anything else at all."
"However, this number thirteen is named Qi Xin, and his surname is Qi... I still feel that he is worth questioning."
“Don’t worry, Wei Ming is investigating,” Lu Ran said, puffing on his cigarette and casually playing with the Omega’s delicate skin. “If there’s a real problem, not only the Scorpion Gang, but all the people under my command who can avoid the intelligence department’s manpower will be mobilized to help you get the map back.”
"What if we alert them tonight and they escape?"
Qi Mingzhao was panting and uncomfortable, but she still held onto Lu Ran's shoulder and patiently asked.
“Whether it’s them or not, they’ll all run away after tonight,” Lu Ran said. “That’s the natural reaction of most people on Far Voyage Star when they encounter trouble. But there are only nine districts on the entire Far Voyage Star. The first-class district is a military outpost. Which of the remaining eight districts can stop us?”
"Don't worry, I'm here. I've already come all the way to Far Voyage Star for you, what else do you have to be afraid of?"
“I know you’ll get things done with me here, but I can’t rest easy until the map comes back,” Qi Mingzhao hugged Lu Ran’s waist. “Yesterday, Director Domir even contacted me through a secret contact, asking when I would start the plan so he could prepare time to unlock the key. He said the lab relocation should be done sooner rather than later, because things could get complicated if we waited too long…”
"How did you respond?" Lu Ran asked.
“What else can I say? That I’m busy and can put it off for a while,” Qi Mingzhao said with a gloomy expression. “But there are only a few months left before the leadership transition, and I can’t put it off for much longer.”
Lu Ran frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Keep an eye on Domir. Domir seems to be involved in the matter of Target Thirteen. Regardless of whether Target Thirteen is the person we are looking for, the fact that Domir is here is itself a problem."
Qi Mingzhao was taken aback and looked at Lu Ran.
"Could it be..."
"Not necessarily," Lu Ran said.
Qi Mingzhao pursed his lips, a heavy shadow falling over his eyes.
The whole incident of the missing commemorative coin seemed to be a strange coincidence, but if Domir was involved, then it might make sense... He somehow got information about my identity and mission, and did this to force me to comply!
Qi Mingzhao didn't show anything on his face, but in his heart, he had already begun to suspect Domir because of certain things.
“If Domir really has ill intentions and wants to use me for some reason, I won’t let him get away with it,” Qi Mingzhao said. “At worst, I’ll reveal my identity and go see Councilor Peng. We’re all in this together. If it weren’t for the secrecy of the mission, I wouldn’t care about all this…”
"Don't worry, Representative Peng is a cunning old fox, much more difficult to deal with than Domir. Avoid contact if possible," Lu Ran pondered the intricacies of the matter and assured Qi Mingzhao, "Starting tomorrow, I will personally investigate the whereabouts of that commemorative coin and will definitely get it done for you as soon as possible."
"Don't panic."
Qi Mingzhao believed this.
Of the five men entangled with him, only Lu Ran was efficient and decisive, and never made demands. Even if he was a bit rough in bed, it didn't matter, as long as he didn't damage his glands or let Zhou Gan and the others notice.
Thinking of Zhou Gan, Qi Mingzhao felt a pang of guilt.
He told Zhou Gan that he was going out tonight to personally make their second engagement anniversary cake. Zhou Gan would never have guessed that instead of going to the cake shop, he was sleeping with another Alpha.
However, Qi Mingzhao's guilty conscience didn't last long, after all, he had done similar things quite a few times in the past few years.
But Lu Ran is very perceptive.
He caught a glimpse of Qi Mingzhao's expression, then turned his palm down, causing Qi Mingzhao to wince in pain and snap back to reality.
“Mingzhao, I’ve said it before, I don’t mind that you’re Zhou Gan’s fiancé, nor do I mind that you’re with those other three men, but in my bed, I hope you only think of me.”
As a top agent of the Bright Party's intelligence division, Lu Ran is the only person in Qi Mingzhao's fishpond who fully understands the other four fish.
"So what if I wanted to?" Qi Mingzhao glanced at him deliberately, her eyes filled with a seductive charm.
Lu Ran didn't speak, but his eyes darkened, and he suddenly turned over.
Qi Mingzhao let out a sticky cry of pain, her face flushed red, and collapsed into the quilt with her legs raised high.
Soon, a violent shaking sound began, accompanied by various strange noises.
The screen of the watch that Lu Ran casually placed on the bedside table went dark quietly, and a hidden red energy dot disappeared.
At the same time.
Inside the Black Lily base's ward, Qi Pingye concealed his embarrassment and quickly severed the network eavesdropping link created by the little AI's interference with Wei Ming's communicator.
He knew that Shenwu left the small intelligent device he had given her at the fake scene in order to follow the clues, so after the two arrived at the Black Lily base, Qi Pingye secretly gave Shenwu a miniature earpiece before lying down in the medical pod.
Not long after Gran and the others left, the AI notification appeared, and Qi Pingye didn't think much of it and directly connected to the eavesdropping.
It wasn't surprising that they stole Wei Ming's communications, nor was it surprising that they discovered Qi Mingzhao was behind it. But what was truly unexpected was that they overheard Qi Mingzhao's affair and sex scene.
Qi Pingye looked at Shen Wu lying in the adjacent medical pod through the glass enclosure. Shen Wu was clearly startled by Qi Mingzhao and Lu Ran's sudden outburst, her eyes widening slightly as she turned to look at him.
Their eyes met, and both of them blushed for some reason.
"This is……"
Shen Wu's lips moved slightly.
Qi Pingye averted his gaze, pretending to adjust the machinery, and said calmly, "Eavesdropping will always uncover all sorts of unexpected private matters. There's no need to take it too seriously. The most important thing is to grasp the key points we want to know."
Shen Wu's gaze lingered on Qi Pingye's neck and Adam's apple for a moment before gently turning away.
“They didn’t say much, but they made a lot of points.” He followed Qi Pingye’s lead and changed the subject.
really.
Wei Ming, Qi Mingzhao, and the spy agent—the three of them, with just a dozen or so sentences, without any need for AI analysis, had already made Qi Pingye see the light of day and understand many things clearly.
All those previously vague doubts and incomplete puzzle pieces seemed to converge at this moment, connected by a single thread, linking everything together from beginning to end. Qi Pingye had never imagined that a simple eavesdropping attempt to track down the mastermind would yield such a significant result.
After the initial embarrassment from the strange noise faded, Qi Pingye's expression gradually became serious.
"Yes, too many..."
His mind raced. "According to Qi Mingzhao and the man who was suspected to be an agent of the Intelligence Bureau, the commemorative coin was indeed a map, related to the so-called laboratory relocation mission... This mission involved at least Qi Mingzhao, the director of the Military Special Strategy Department, Domir, and Congressman Peng, and was related to the Intelligence Bureau and the Bright Party. It also had to be carried out on Far Voyage Star..."
"To be honest, when I put these words together, I only come to one answer."
“An alien species,” Chenwu replied in a low voice.
He had already learned the general outline of the chaos on the Far Voyage Star from Qi Pingye.
"Alien Laboratory..."
Qi Pingye frowned deeply. "Does this thing really exist? A mutant... this species that has fought against the White Night Federation for decades, was it really created by the Light Party to consolidate its position? Then why are they suddenly risking moving the laboratory now?"
“Qi Mingzhao mentioned the leadership transition…” Shen Wu said.
Qi Pingye's eyes flickered: "Election... Yes, early next year is the time for the re-election of the White Night Federal Parliament and the change of president, an election year... Could it be related to this?"
"Perhaps... something went wrong within their ranks, or it might be about to be discovered. There's no room for chaos during the leadership transition, so they had no choice but to relocate?" Shen Wu speculated.
Qi Pingye felt that this guess was not unreasonable, but: "If it is such a big thing, how could Qi Mingzhao get involved? And he carried a map so casually... It must be a map of the alien laboratory, right? This laboratory is probably cut off from the outside world for the sake of secrecy. People inside can't get out, and people outside can't find it. They must have a map to guide them."
"For such a crucial matter, after all the selection process, the Bright Party sent Qi Mingzhao?"
It wasn't that Qi Pingye looked down on Qi Mingzhao, but even he found the way those words were absurd.
Even if Qi Mingzhao is incredibly capable, he's not really suited for this kind of mission, is he? Qi Yunlai would be more suitable.
Even Chenwu couldn't fathom this point of doubt.
At this time, they were unaware that there was such a thing as a protagonist in the world, and that many things around the protagonist were illogical.
The two remained silent, each lost in thought.
Suddenly, Shen Wu whispered, "What do you plan to do next?"
Qi Pingye was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's heal our injuries first, and then think of a way to confirm the matter of the commemorative coin."
"If everything is as we guessed, then no matter what, I must find the triple key, decipher that map, expose the secret of that laboratory, and reveal all of this to the entire Federation."
When Qi Pingye obtained the commemorative coin by chance and overheard these few words of secret, he already knew that he could no longer remain uninvolved, whether for revenge or for the sake of justice.
If he could really do what Grant hoped for—go home, sleep a few nights, and then comfortably let go of everything, start a new life, and look forward to a new future—then he wouldn't be Qi Pingye.
"So you want to rely on the Black Lily, or rather, the power of their old Silverwing?" Shenwu asked.
He had no objection to Hirano's decision. They had always stood together, though it was unclear when it started.
“I didn’t tell Gran about the commemorative coin,” Qi Pingye said.
During their conversation this afternoon, Grant had probed him to see if he had received anything from Qi Mingzhao. He pretended not to know, only briefly mentioning a few things without mentioning the commemorative coins.
He did this not because he still had no trust in Grant, but because he was worried about Grant's attitude. Once they got the commemorative coin, the Old Silverwing would definitely ditch him and act on their own.
That was not what Qi Pingye wanted.
Moreover, Qi Pingye had a vague feeling that this commemorative coin could not be handed over. It was only safe in his hands. If it were in any other hands, it might end up back in Qi Mingzhao's hands.
Qi Pingye couldn't explain the origin of this feeling, but it undeniably existed.
However, he did not intend to completely abandon the old Silverwing and venture out on his own alone; that would not be powerful, but foolish.
“Even without mentioning the commemorative coin, we can still give them some information,” Qi Pingye pondered. “They have their own investigation direction, and whether they believe our information or not, it’s still a form of help. They’re in the open, and as long as they keep moving forward, I’ll have a way to get information, which will also make it easier for us to operate in the shadows…”
“You said the triple key is three pieces of biometric information,” Shen Wu said. “Is it possible that these three people are involved in this incident surrounding the commemorative coin? The most likely suspects are Qi Mingzhao, Domir, and Congressman Peng?”
“Possibly, but that seems a bit too obvious. However, we definitely can’t escape their clutches,” Qi Pingye said. “Once we’ve recovered from our injuries, let’s tell Domir that Qi Mingzhao has probably lost the map and see his reaction…”
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