Chapter 78 78 Actually, you are also a genius, Guan Yue.
"Your Highness, you specifically asked me to come here..." Ivan looked around at the desolate and deserted suburbs, with countless dilapidated houses hidden behind the trees. "Is there something wrong?"
Fu Yunlu looked at him tenderly, "There's something I want to tell you that only you know."
Aiwen also imitated his smile: "Your Highness, please speak."
"Regarding my terminal, what did you do after you took it?"
Ivan replied, "Nothing has been done, Your Highness. I have returned it to you intact."
"But why are the military up there?" Fu Yunlu asked slowly. "They found insect eggs?"
Ivan covered his mouth: "How could it be..."
"A few months ago, you went to the 100th Administrative District, right?" Fu Yunlu asked. "I checked your flight paths over the past six months and found that you stayed in the 100th District for a week."
"Please allow me to explain, Your Highness. I was born in District 100. My elderly family member was seriously ill at the time, and I went back to see him one last time," Ivan said quickly. "It just so happened that you were in a good mood at the time, and you granted me two weeks of vacation to travel—"
Fu Yunlu looked at him coldly: "It is true."
Ivan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Right now, the Federation has decided to investigate all high-ranking officials who have entered or exited one hundred districts within the past year. You are included." Fu Yunlu paced back and forth. "The research institute can't accommodate so many people, so the troops stationed in each district will have to handle the investigation. I will be the executive officer for the internal investigation in District 53."
"…But the resolution reached during the last internal review meeting didn't mention this."
Fu Yunlu glanced at him and smiled. "Because that meeting was just a show for you—no, to be more precise, for the parasites in your brain." He paused. "Aiwen, are you still sure you are yourself now?"
Aiwen's lips trembled: "I don't understand what you are talking about, Your Highness..."
Fu Yunlu raised her hand, and a red beam shot from above, aiming at Ivan's forehead. "Based on the intelligence the research institute has provided so far, and the strange odor I smelled from you the other day, I suspect that Zerg like you can only survive in beta bodies without mental power for the time being."
Aiwen said unreasonably: "You have no evidence at all! This is just your speculation! You have no right to deprive me of my life-"
"I'm not the only one here, as you should know." Fu Yunlu said calmly, "If I killed you by mistake and abused my power, I will willingly accept the judgment of the Tribunal afterwards." Fu Yunlu lowered her hand. The sniper on high fired a bullet, which cut through the air and hit Ivan's head squarely. "Ivan, thank you for your hard work over the years."
Blood flowed from the wound all over Ivan's face. He stared wide-eyed, his red eyeballs and ferocious expression made him look like a demon from hell. Such a fatal wound should have made him fall to the ground, but Ivan seemed to feel no pain and ran towards Fu Yunlu with his teeth and claws bared: "Why! Impossible! How can you be sure--"
Fu Yunlu's expression turned cold. She didn't expect that he could still move. She immediately took out the gun from her inner pocket and aimed it at him. However, the snipers who were obviously surrounding him reacted faster. After firing several bullets, Ivan's joints twisted in a strange shape, like a centipede crawling on the ground.
Even if Fu Yunlu was as cold as iron in front of outsiders, he couldn't help but feel heavy when he saw his subordinates looking at him in this way.
"The Zerg...will eventually...take revenge..."
"We are...people..."
Fu Yunlu's face suddenly changed, and without hesitation, he raised the gun and pointed it at his throat.
'Bang--'
One shot.
'Bang--'
Two shots.
However, the person who attacked was not Fu Yunlu, who was closest to Ivan, but Liang Guanyue, who was hiding on the second floor a few hundred meters away.
Liang Guanyue shook his hand, returned the gun to the Alpha supervising the battle, and said, "I told you, I've used the M99 before, and my performance is pretty good. I won't miss at this distance."
"..." This female Alpha was the commander of the 100th Administrative District Military District. She wasn't very tall, only about 1.65 meters. She looked at Liang Guanyue inquiringly, "Did you graduate from a military academy?"
Liang Guanyue lowered his head and smiled at her: "Look at me like this, do I look like I can endure hardship?"
The commander seemed not to like smiling in such a serious occasion and frowned.
After confirming that Aiwen was incapacitated, a group of people in protective suits filed out. Since they didn't look very strong, Liang Guanyue asked, "Are they from the Central Research Institute?"
The commander said, "You ask too many questions."
"Your executive officer has given me the right to ask you for details." Liang Guanyue said, "I ask, you answer."
The commander replied impatiently, "Yes," and didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he hurried to the scene.
Liang Guanyue followed her slowly, looked her up and down, and said suddenly, "You are an Alpha, right?"
The commander frowned even more, turned around and asked coldly, "What do you mean?"
Liang Guanyue smiled and said, "It's nothing interesting. I've seen many Alphas. Due to Alpha genes, regardless of whether their secondary gender is female or male, they are always tall. The shortest is probably 1.7 meters tall." He added, "It's not contempt, just curiosity."
The commander suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "The medals of honor I have earned can crush you to death, pretty boy. If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for disregarding the Fourth Prince's face."
"I'm very sorry if I've offended you." Liang Guanyue stopped talking and said nothing more.
He walked towards where Fu Yunlu was. Fu Yunlu had a blank expression on his face. He rolled up his sleeves and clenched his fists to have his blood drawn. After three tubes were full, the man in protective clothing bowed to him and hurried away with the collected samples.
Fu Yunlu pursed her lips, her face gloomy, as if she hadn't recovered from Aiwen's words. Liang Guanyue stood there watching for a moment, then walked over in two steps. "Who are they?" Unable to get an answer from the commander, Liang Guanyue turned to Fu Yunlu, "They don't look like they're from the military."
Fu Yunlu saw Liang Guanyue was stunned for a moment, then his expression relaxed. He first checked if he was injured, then said, "Stretch out your hand for me to see."
"?" Liang Guanyue said with a smile, "I was the one who asked you the question first."
"Let me take a look." Fu Yunlu insisted.
Liang Guanyue clicked her tongue and rolled her eyes, but still held out her palm for Fu Yunlu to examine: "I'm asking you a question."
"They're from the Central Research Institute. They want to come to the scene to get firsthand intelligence." Fu Yunlu quickly answered his question. After seeing Liang Guanyue's palms flushed red, he sighed, "Who told you to use their gun? The recoil is so strong... Does your shoulder hurt?"
Liang Guanyue raised an eyebrow: "How do you know I fired the gun?"
Fu Yunlu said firmly: "You fired the last two shots."
"Getting smarter."
Fu Yunlu was amused: "It seems that my image in your heart is not very high."
Liang Guanyue remained noncommittal and changed the subject: "Why did the people from the research institute draw your blood?"
"To confirm whether I've been infected by the Zerg. Although they can't completely confirm it through a blood test." Fu Yunlu frowned slightly and turned to look at Ivan's body. "We discovered it too late, and the direction of their evolution caught us off guard. For the Federation, this is a protracted battle."
Liang Guanyue said, "But I feel that the real battlefield is not now."
Fu Yunlu asked doubtfully, "Not now?"
"You should have noticed that all the currently known infected individuals are betas. This is because alphas and omegas possess glands, and besides being dominated by pheromones, the only benefit these glands bring us is mental strength."
Liang Guanyue lowered his eyes, staring at Fu Yunlu's glands. He tapped his arm with his index finger and told her all his speculations of the past few days: "Spiritual power enhances our senses, giving us a healthier and better physique, and some other things that are hard to explain. The emergence of Alpha and Omega is the result of human evolution after entering the interstellar space."
"As for the Betas, they are more like the humans who once lived on that ancient home planet. Lacking psychic powers, they appear to be more suitable for parasitism by this new type of Zerg, but even so, the success rate is low."
Fu Yunlu nodded: "The success rate is indeed not high, but their evolution has not yet ended."
"Those who truly hold power are always Alphas. Of course, there may be a small number of Betas and Omegas among them, but for you nobles, the people who speak at the center of power have always been Alphas, right?" Liang Guanyue pondered. "And Omegas who can give birth to high-quality life can ensure that the next generation of the Federation will create a more glorious future."
"As long as they can't parasitize Alpha and Omega, the impact they bring will definitely not be as great as imagined."
"..." Fu Yunlu blinked and suddenly laughed. Liang Guanyue glanced at him and asked what he was laughing at. Fu Yunlu said, "I'm afraid the Beta Protection Association and the Omega Protection Association will send people to beat you up after hearing about it."
Liang Guanyue sneered: "If you want to blame someone, blame the federal class rigidity. What does this have to do with my truth?"
Fu Yunlu was of course just joking. He said, "I understand what you mean. This is a blessing in disguise."
Liang Guanyue waved his hand and said, "Let the geniuses at the research institute and the people from a few hundred years later handle the trouble. Now we just need to find the remaining bugs in Area 53."
Fu Yunlu suddenly hugged him. Liang Guanyue glanced at him in confusion, but did not push him away: "What are you doing?"
"Actually, you are also a genius, Guan Yue."
"..." Liang Guanyue was not used to it, "Are you serious?"
"All your guesses are exactly the same as those proposed by the institute." Fu Yunlu smiled. "I always regret not having thought about improving a remote planet before—"
"Listen carefully, Fu Yunlu, this is the last time I'm telling you this." Liang Guanyue pinched his cheeks, making him look at her, and said calmly, "It's not that the Federation didn't try to save us, but they failed. My hometown is too far away from the main city, and a strong dragon can't suppress a local snake. Any blade that attempts to tear through the dark curtain will eventually stab itself. Even you won't change anything that has been decided."
Fu Yunlu stared into his eyes blankly, then closed them lightly and sighed, "...I know, I know."
Liang Guanyue said, "You don't have to regret the mistakes you didn't make. You just need to take those mistakes from the past and make amends for them in the future. That's what you're here to do." He paused, remained silent for a long time, and then said softly, "I feel the same way."
Fu Yunlu looked up at him for a moment, then suddenly leaned over and kissed the corner of his lips. Liang Guanyue was startled and pushed him away: "Are you sick? Aren't you afraid of being seen by others?"
Fu Yunlu spread his hands and said, "I'm an executive officer and the speaker. I don't know who dares to speak nonsense in District 53."
Liang Guanyue was very annoyed: "You still say you won't abuse your power."
"It's different when it comes to your reputation."
Liang Guanyue scolded, "Then why don't you just not kiss me?"
Fu Yunlu just smiled: "Because I want to make you happy."
Liang Guanyue turned and walked away: "I don't know which eye can make me happy."
Fu Yunlu quickly followed: "Are you angry? Don't be angry with me, hit me to relieve your anger?"
"I'm thinking about something. Can you please stop bothering me? Aren't you very busy?"
Fu Yunlu said, "Don't you have any other questions for me?"
"Yes, aren't you afraid that killing Aiwen now will alert the enemy?"
"We want to alert the enemy. We haven't taken action until now because we're waiting for the leader's firm order. I need District 53 to investigate the appointment of the executive officer so that we can move more effectively, such as deploying troops." Fu Yunlu shook his hand. "Do you have any other questions for me?"
"..." Liang Guanyue looked at him for a moment, then turned away. "I'll figure it out myself. No need to ask you."
Fu Yunlu asked, "Are you afraid that I'll be embarrassed? Or do you think I don't know either?"
Liang Guanyue said: "No one can be sure of this matter except the leader."
Fu Yunlu tightened her grip on his hand: "Guan Yue, no matter what, don't tell anyone about this guess of yours, and don't try to verify it, okay?"
Liang Guanyue snorted and laughed. "Curiosity kills the cat, and I've never been curious." He pointed at the commander not far away. "However, I do have one thing I want to ask you. Is the commander of your fifty-third district truly an Alpha?"
Fu Yunlu was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
Liang Guanyue shrugged. "My former roommate always loved listening to novels, and he often played them aloud. Some plots appeared so frequently that I always remember them. For example, a grassroots beta disguised as an alpha to infiltrate the military and then astonish everyone—"
Fu Yunlu shook her head. "That commander's name is Hilda. Although she looks like a Beta or even an Omega, her strength should not be underestimated. She has led fleets to destroy numerous large-scale insect nests. Furthermore, she has a prominent family background in District 53, and she took this position in her forties."
"Really?" Liang Guanyue held his hand back. Fu Yunlu was visibly stunned. Liang Guanyue chuckled teasingly, then lowered his head slightly and kissed Fu Yunlu's lips. Then he said, "Brother, do you believe me?"
Fu Yunlu's heart was beating very fast. He pursed his lips and said, "...Of course."
Liang Guanyue raised his chin towards Hilda and smiled, "My mental strength tells me this commander is very strange." He straightened up and said leisurely, "Just keep an eye on her. Gender fraud is not unheard of in the Federation, right?"
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The author has something to say: I will not be posting leave notes anymore. I will probably update on Sundays, and maybe twice a week. But I estimate that it will be finished within five chapters.
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