Walking in the rain has always been considered a synonym for romance.

Especially after the land was engulfed and humans began to live on the beacon, natural rain can only be seen in the outer wall hangings, top and base areas.

It was the first time for Chen Ci to hold an umbrella like this and walk slowly.

He had no similar opportunities during the more than ten years he lived in the White Tower. Shaflay would cooperate with him to sneak out only when the weather was fine.

At most, it would be on a rainy day when blood filtration was required, but he was not feeling well and had no mood to appreciate his surroundings.

There is no rain in the dungeon, only water drops that continuously seep down from the top of your head. No matter whether it is clean or not, it always makes people feel dirty.

During the few months since he gained freedom, rain never meant peace to Chen Ci.

He and Fu Tianhe went to the abandoned suburbs, and encountered the first heavy rain on the day they broke into the Mom camp to rescue Matchstick. The sound of thunder and rain became the best cover. They did evil in the scavengers' camp and rescued Matchstick and others.

It was also on that day that Chen Ci finally found what he was really looking for.

——Walking on the edge of a knife and on the edge of danger, a crazy and cold-blooded thrill.

When the primitive creatures attacked, they jumped into the sea and paddled their kayaks away from the passenger ship.

I struggled to keep my bearings in the heavy rain and arrived at the detection platform. I walked into the house soaking wet. The blood between my lips and teeth and the pain in the back of my neck made the smell of pheromones blend with each other for the first time.

Before the heavy rain came, they jumped off the back shell of the primordial sea turtle, rushed to the island as fast as they could to seek shelter, and entered a cave so narrow that there was hardly room for them to turn around, and kissed each other amid the sound of the rain.

Chen Ci walked on the stone road. The soles of his feet were smooth and he had to pay more attention to every step.

The umbrella naturally tilted towards him, and the sound of it falling down caused a slight vibration, which was transmitted along the umbrella bone into Fu Tianhe's palm.

Water drops fell in front of Chen Ci, forming a line. The small splashes of water wet the tips of his shoes.

After walking a dozen meters along the stone road, Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe stepped onto the grass.

The soles of his feet were far from muddy, but exceptionally soft. Fu Tianhe raised his eyes and saw two maids passing by in the corridor.

They were young and beautiful, dressed in uniform, walking through the palace and chatting casually.

Suddenly Fu Tianhe seemed to be in a dream. He could no longer remember the specific content of the hurtful words, but the shame and pain still remained in his heart and refused to dissipate.

Is he being talked about?

He held his breath and couldn't help but move closer.

The voice was barely clear in the rain, and the young girl's tone was filled with undisguised surprise:

"I didn't expect to meet Master Chen Ci's Alpha today. He is a completely different type from His Highness Shafulai."

"Really? Tell me what it looks like?"

"He's quite handsome. I heard he was injured not long ago. One of his eyes is wrapped in gauze and his hair is dyed white. He looks like an Avatar."

"Wow, isn't gray hair very attractive? That must look very handsome."

"Young Master Chen Ci and he are temporarily living in the palace now, maybe you will have a chance to meet him."

The maid paused and said with emotion: "What happened recently is so magical. It's really bold to exchange identities. But seeing how Master Chen Ci is now, I feel that he should be much happier than when he was in the White Tower."

"Of course. Wasn't he imprisoned in the White Tower before? Now he can move freely and find a partner. How great."

"Ah, I really want to know what happened. It's so magical. I wonder if I will have this opportunity again in the future."

"Why don't you ask His Highness Shafley?"

"I don't."

Fu Tianhe was stunned for a moment.

Instead of the contempt he had imagined, the two young girls discussed him quietly, seemingly not thinking that he was an intruder who had ruined Chen Ci and Shaffley's engagement.

There was no mention of his lowly status or his inability to deserve such remarks.

"Actually no one will mind." Chen Ci said softly, holding Fu Tianhe's arm.

Under normal circumstances, he might have asked Fu Tianhe why he had so many unnecessary thoughts.

But now, he could probably understand Alpha's feelings. Beneath Fu Tianhe's sunny and enthusiastic appearance, there was actually something darker and stickier hidden.

He didn't want to talk about "redemption"; true liberation should be earned by one's own efforts.

Chen Ci understood that as long as he tried his best to keep Fu Tianhe alive and eradicate the real source of his inferiority complex, Alpha would soon come out of it.

Fu Tianhe took a deep breath and completely relaxed at this moment.

After wandering from the age of seven to thirteen and spending three years in the Yu family, he had long been accustomed to facing the hostility coming from all directions. With an indifferent attitude, he condensed his own armor and became a shameless brat in the eyes of others.

It also made him habitually assume that everything was "evil" and prepare for the worst.

Fu Tianhe never thought that his union with Chen Ci would also be blessed.

There is no question of being worthy or not, it's just that two souls, each with flaws and hardships, meet and complement each other.

The burden that had been weighing on his heart finally fell. Since the moment he learned Jiu Yue's true identity, Fu Tianhe has never relaxed even for a moment.

Even though they are the two closest people in the world, a strong sense of uneasiness still lingers in Alpha's heart, making him worry that one day in the future, September will leave him for some reason.

Now, Fu Tianhe realized that he was just asking for trouble.

"Let's go." Fu Tianhe whispered to Chen Ci.

The two turned around, left the window quietly, and walked deeper into the courtyard.

There is an artificial lake in the royal garden. The raindrops hit the surface of the water, causing ripples. A snow-white figure is swimming in the lake.

Fu Tianhe recognized the creature through the rain and asked in surprise, "Goose?"

"Chen Nian raised them." Chen Ci stood still. "I had a fight with Da Congming last week, and since then I have raised them separately."

The great white goose named "Prince" saw the boy from a distance and thought he was its owner, so it swam ashore and ran towards Chen Ci.

Chen Ci was not sure whether the great white goose could tell the difference between him and Chen Nian by their smell, so for safety reasons they stayed away from the artificial lake, leaving the prince behind.

No matter how big the umbrella is, it seems to become smaller when two people hold it. They lean against each other tightly, feeling the body temperature from the person next to them.

Chen Ci glanced sideways and saw that half of Fu Tianhe's shoulder was indeed wet.

Then Chen Ci turned his head back and said, "It's okay to be wet, it won't kill anyone."

At the same time.

Shafley was leaning against the head of the bed, sorting out their experiences in the virtual world and planning their moonlight trip in a few days.

"I want to go to the deep prison and take a look." Shafley said to Chen Nian, who was sitting by the window and practicing color in the rain.

"Cinnabar has been studying the alien that emerged from the blue-eyed monster. I don't know what the result will be. Since it is related to moonlight, it would be better to go there."

"Okay." Chen Nian put down the stylus pen and stretched lazily. Most of his fair waist was exposed from under his clothes, and the tattoo on his abdomen could be vaguely seen.

Shafley's eyes were naturally drawn to it, but his brain was still able to think: "Should I ask Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe to come together?"

"Let me ask." Chen Nian sent a message to ask, and soon received a reply. He said to Shafulai: "My brother said that he and Fu Tianhe were strolling in the garden."

"Then let's go alone and not disturb them."

Twenty-five minutes later, Chen Nian and Shafley arrived at the dungeon where the alien was imprisoned.

This was Chen Nian's first time in this closed underground facility. He had listened to Shaflay's detailed account of Alpha's previous bizarre experience there, and remained extremely alert.

Jian explained the situation to the security personnel in charge, and Chen Nian and Shafulai entered the deep prison under the protection of the soldiers.

Cinnabar locked the alien in the deepest place and prohibited anyone from entering. Apparently, it belonged to Cinnabar's confidential research.

Shafulai tried to read his ID card. Chen Nian held his breath. After a few seconds, a green light came on.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and after identification, Cinnabar allowed them entry.

It turned out to be the right decision to come here.

Chen Nian prepared herself not to be surprised no matter what she saw, and walked into the prison with Shafla.

Reality is not a game. Chen Nian was firmly protected by the soldiers in the middle. Shafulai held a pistol in his hand, and his mental power spread out, paying attention to any movement in the room.

The situation was exactly the same as the surveillance footage they saw in the background of the game.

The half-dead blue loach-like monster lay in the transparent cage in the center, seemingly having lost all its strength and unable to move.

Three robotic arms extended from the ceiling, with multifunctional instruments installed at the ends. A large laboratory table was placed against the wall, with blue liquid flowing in a transparent pipe. I wonder what kind of experiment was being conducted.

Quickly ascertaining the surrounding situation, Shaflai stepped forward. The alien was paralyzed before his eyes, separated by a thick barrier. It no longer had the energy it had to jump out and try to get into his mouth.

It no longer looks dangerous.

Shaflay was not too concerned about the specific situation of the aliens. What was really important was the research results of cinnabar.

He came to the test bench. The blue liquid in the pipe should be extracted from the alien. Judging from the quantity, it must have been pumped quite hard recently.

Chen Nian looked at the flowing blue and felt that it looked familiar.

During his time in the dungeon, he could often see huge pipes passing overhead, with crystal blue liquid flowing inside.

It is energy material extracted from underground, filtered and washed, processed into liquid, and transported to various parts of the beacon, becoming the "blood" that drives the entire supercomputer to operate.

Is it a coincidence?

Schafflet looked at the experimental data recorded on the console and frowned.

Chen Nian walked over. The cold, difficult-to-read experimental report filled with professional terms was very discouraging from the beginning. He could only read it slowly, word by word, to accurately understand its meaning.

In short, after capturing the Alien, Beacon conducted a large number of secret experiments.

Cinnabar is also trying to figure out what it is, and wants to use it to infer the true identity of the blue-eyed monster.

After Chen Nian woke up from the attack, he described the contents of his dream in detail to Shafla. Cinnabar may have heard it through the intelligent control system, so it should know that the monster's eyes changed from gold to blue for some reason.

Chen Nian had only read some natural history papers before, and was very slow at reading professional experimental reports. Schafflei would always turn the page before he could finish reading.

He simply didn't waste time on it and left it all to Shaflay.

Chen Nian walked around the laboratory, looked up, and looked into the surveillance camera installed in the corner of the wall.

There was a red light flashing on the side of the black lens. It was Cinnabar's eye.

——Why don't you provide us with more detailed information? I'm sure you all know it.

Could it be related to the enemy hiding in the shadows?

But hasn't the monster been caught? In recent days, except for Fu Tianhe's accident because of Ashes, he and Chen Ci seem to be completely safe.

"Chen Nian." Shafulai called him.

Chen Nian looked back and came back to Shafulai's side. He saw Alpha taking out a palm-sized round object from a box behind the operating table and quickly putting it into his clothes.

Shafley said nothing, but just winked at Chen Nian.

Chen Nian understood what he meant, and the two of them explored the laboratory in silence for a while, then left under the escort of the soldiers.

The alien in the transparent prison never moved at all. Perhaps when Shafley and Chen Nian entered, it found its target, but it had lost the strength to attack.

Shafulai and Chen Nian returned to the car. Alpha did not start the engine immediately but turned off the terminal. Seeing this, Chen Nian also turned off his own terminal.

Now they were in the car, with no electronic devices turned on around them, and the fuzzy water marks on the car windows became a natural cover, blocking the view outside.

Shafley finally took out what he had taken from the laboratory.

"This is an instrument developed by Cinnabar. It can trace the origin and identify beings similar to that monster."

Chen Nian took it. The shape of the object was similar to a compass, but the metal needle in the center was floating on the blue liquid.

The pointer pointed accurately to the location of the deep prison, and it was obvious that the alien was attracting it.

It looks like the accuracy is pretty good.

Chen Nian returned the compass to Shaflay and said, "It looks like Cinnabar is helping us, but it's really annoying that he can't explain it clearly."

Shafla nodded. "I also found something else in the lab report. Cinnabar tested the composition of this blue substance and it contained human genes, some special biochemical components, and...Ashes."

"Ashes?" Chen Nian was stunned.

He instantly thought of the countless science fiction movies he had watched before.

Human genes and pathogenic Ashes mixed together to form a horrible monster with a human outline but twisted limbs. Well, similar plots have appeared in many horror movies or G18.

Wait, Fu Tianhe won’t end up like this, right?

Chen Nian noticed Alpha's solemn expression, and it was obvious that Shafulai had the same idea as him.

Chen Nian tried to analyze: "The key factor should be the unknown biological components inside. Otherwise, there have been so many Ashes infected people before, but not a single one turned into a monster."

"Well, it's just that the biological components are very complex, and it's hard to tell what type it is at the moment."

Shafley paused and said, "Don't tell Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe about this for now, so they don't worry too much. I have made preliminary arrangements. I will go there as soon as Fu Tianhe's eyes recover a little."

"Okay." Chen Nian sighed, "I hope it can be over soon. I miss the days when I didn't have to think about anything and could just play around."

"Yes."

Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe stood under the tree. A soft ladder extended down from the lush tree canopy, forming a passage connecting the ground and the tree house.

A small cabin built on a tree.

Chen Ci had an impression of it. When he was a child, he and Shaflay planned to build it together, but it was discovered just after they started.

The administrator of the White Tower came in a hurry and taught Chen Ci not to do such a dangerous thing. What if he fell from the tree and got hurt? Then he turned around and gave Shafley a veiled lecture.

Chen Ci stood aside, wondering, wasn't Shaflay the eldest prince? Why did the White Tower have the right to teach him a lesson?

It was not until later that Chen Ci realized that his importance surpassed that of anyone else, and that the White Tower had therefore gained great power.

After that, Chen Ci thought that their plan to build a tree house was shelved, but unexpectedly, Shafley built it alone.

Chen Ci pulled the ladder and found it was quite sturdy, so he wanted to go up.

Fu Tianhe was worried that he would intrude into someone else's territory: "Would it be a bit inappropriate if we went straight up?"

"I built it with Shafley when I was ten years old," Chen Ci said, although he only participated in the initial preparation and was stopped after climbing the tree once.

Fu Tianhe let out an "oh", held his umbrella, looked up at the hut among the leaves, and finally asked the question that had been in his mind for a long time.

"You and Shafley seem to have a pretty good relationship, so why have you been together for so long? Um... that's it, do you understand what I mean?"

"Some people are born to be friends." Chen Ci thought for a moment and said, "I don't really understand. Maybe it's because we grew up together and are too familiar with each other, or because our pheromones are not sensitive and our personalities are similar."

"It's also possible that we both want to rebel. The longer the engagement lasts, the less we want to follow the rules."

Fu Tianhe nodded. Love is indeed a very mysterious thing. Although it has nothing to do with appearance, he fell in love with Chen Ci at first sight because of his eyes and eyebrows.

Maybe it has something to do with appearance, but when facing Chen Nian, who looks like Chen Ci, he feels no wavering in his heart.

From ancient times to the present, countless people have tried to interpret what love is and have obtained a variety of different answers.

He didn't need to care about those suspenseful answers. The feeling that filled his heart at this moment was the most real answer that belonged only to him.

Fu Tianhe put away his umbrella and climbed up the ladder with Chen Ci to the tree house.

The rain dripping from the leaves wet the hair and shoulders, leaving circular dark water marks on the clothes, which stuck closely to the skin, revealing the color of the texture and outlining the Alpha's shoulders and chest.

There are many things left by Chen Nian and Shafley in the tree house, and it is obvious that they both often come here to play.

Just by simply looking at the scenery, experiencing the unique tranquility, and smelling the subtle fragrance of plants, time slipped away at a speed beyond imagination.

It was getting dark, and they returned to the building before it was completely dark.

Most of Fu Tianhe's body was wet, but Alpha didn't care. Getting wet in the rain was nothing to him.

If he didn't have to go to the restaurant to eat, he wouldn't even want to change his clothes.

After more than six hours, Fu Tianhe came to the Imperial Palace Restaurant again, but compared with the previous time, he was no longer nervous.

In the warm and bright light, the four people chatted casually, feeling relaxed and comfortable.

After dinner, they drove to Shafley's villa outside. An An and Uncle Jiang were both settled in the house. After Da Congming and Prince had a fight, he was also taken care of there by An An.

Now it has become the great hero who saved Fu Tianhe's life.

The whole family gathered in the living room, with people talking and dogs barking, it was very lively.

Chen Ci is not a person who likes to be lively.

He hates noise that disturbs his thoughts and meaningless chatter that wastes time.

But right now, it seems pretty good.

Chatting casually with important people is not a waste of time. After all, life itself is more meaningful because of them.

Three days later, doctors confirmed that Fu Tianhe's implanted eye socket had integrated with the surrounding muscle tissue.

Alpha's exaggerated body recovery speed directly made this process several times faster.

After making sure that the eye socket could rotate under the control of the eye muscles, Chen Ci fitted him with an adjusted prosthetic eye.

In those scarlet eyes, the blood of Chen Ci flows.

He had an eye again.

"So cool!" Chen Nian couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw Fu Tianhe for the first time. "To be honest, it's even cooler than your previous eyes. It looks like cosplay."

"Yeah, I think it looks good too." Fu Tianhe smiled. The artificial eye was not simply injected with blood, but Chen Ci also personally drew the pupil in the center to make it look more realistic.

If you don't look closely at his face, most people would just think that Fu Tianhe is wearing colored contact lenses.

Nowadays, there are very few people who can master the craft of hand-painted artificial eyes. As a master, Bennett has extremely superb skills. The artificial eyes he draws are absolutely indistinguishable from the real ones. A small piece is worth hundreds of thousands of Aug.

As a beginner, Chen Ci's skills are certainly not as good as his master's, but to Fu Tianhe, his artificial eye is the most precious in the world.

Fu Tianhe raised his hand and tapped the artificial eye with his fingertips to show it to Chen Nian.

Every time he touched it, he would fall into an unreal happiness.

Fu Tianhe has had two artificial eyes in total, one was given to him by his mother when he was six years old, and the other was made by his Omega when he was twenty-two years old.

Disease took away his eyes, but irreplaceable love filled them.

As for Shafley, he was also fully prepared.

He personally selected a group of special forces soldiers to go to Moonlight together, injected each of them with booster vaccines in advance, brought blocking agents, and tested whether the most effective protective clothing currently available was light enough.

The day before departure, Shafley was about to make final arrangements and confirm the crew composition when he was stopped by a familiar voice in the corridor.

"Father." Shafley turned around, not really surprised. "What's the matter?"

The emperor put his hands behind his back as usual. There was a line between his eyebrows caused by long-term habitual frowning. He looked majestic without being angry. His hair was still wet, obviously he had just finished swimming and exercising.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?"

"Yes, we'll leave tomorrow morning."

The emperor nodded and said, "Come with me. I have something else to show you."