Chapter 144: Realm of Death
Just pure cold.
Without exerting pressure, who could tell whether this coldness was due to weather or geographical factors, or a pheromone outbreak?
Shao Qingbai looked at the figure silently watching the sea a few steps away, and couldn't help but want to ask what was pulled out of his neck.
Even if it is a chip, who would be a good person to put the chip around his neck?
But before he could speak, he shuddered.
Then I felt my whole body was extremely cold, and the cold seemed to penetrate into my bones.
At first, he thought that he had just climbed out of the sea and was sitting here being blown by the sea breeze, so he felt cold.
Afterwards, I felt the irritability and depression gradually deepen and spread, and only then did I realize that something was wrong.
The cold, aggressive and oppressive coldness did not come from the sea water in front of him, but from some higher-level and sharper pheromone being released.
But the problem is that both he and Tian Ye are S-level alphas, so whose pheromones are higher than theirs?
——The answer is obviously Huo Shizhen who is silent in front of him.
But that's also problematic.
Even if we assume that the senior's S-level is slightly higher than theirs, it shouldn't be such a suffocating and powerless pressure.
Compared to the slight differences under the same S-level, it is more like the complete suppression of S-level over A-level or lower.
Out of his S-level instinct, after feeling this suppression, Shao Qingbai subconsciously wanted to resist.
Almost the moment he released the pheromone, Huo Shizhen looked at him.
It was just a careless action, but Shao Qingbai immediately sounded the alarm in his mind and felt an extreme danger.
"Hurry up and put away your pheromones. Something's wrong with the senior."
Tian Ye also quickly noticed the abnormality and stood up immediately while reminding him - Shao Qingbai did the same.
They looked warily at Huo Shizhen, who had turned around and was walking towards them step by step.
Watching him casually throw away the coat on his arm, he found that he was holding a folding stick in his hand underneath.
Just by throwing it casually, it immediately straightened out and turned into a thin iron rod.
There is no need for any judgment. The senior's target is those who dare to release pheromones to provoke.
Although Shao Qingbai's original intention was not to provoke him, Tian Ye was in trouble without any cause...
But there is no need to distinguish between you and me in this case.
This was truly an unexpected situation. Instead of being faked dead, poisoned, or drowned, they were beaten to death by a friendly senior who seemed to be in a susceptible period and had a major outbreak...
What a hell of a joke!
The two men looked at each other and immediately ran away.
Huo Shizhen followed behind, still walking slowly on the beach covered with purple flowers and leaves.
A distance quickly opened up between them.
Then, when the two of them thought they had reached the safe zone and stopped to look back to ask what it meant, they were faced with the dark muzzle of a gun.
Without hesitation, Huo Shizhen shot them.
***
When Lin Guantang arrived, he saw Huo Shizhen standing quietly on the beach.
Like a black stone sculpture standing forever, towering and majestic, it should bring people stability, not panic.
From Lin Guantang's perspective, he didn't think Huo Shizhen was a dangerous creature at all. On the contrary, he thought he was quite comfortable. While others were busy, he still had the mood to wait for the sunrise here.
——Well, now that the surroundings are flooded with the suppression of S-level alpha pheromones, it’s no wonder that people are nervous.
Right now, a semicircular cordon, centered around Huo Shizhen and stretching several hundred meters along the large sponge, was formed. Outside the cordon were armed guards, and a crowd of onlookers, watching from afar and pointing and making comments...
Obviously, everyone except him has regarded Huo Shizhen as a demon who can go on a rampage and kill people at any time, and is ready to kill him at any time.
The plan led by Huo Shizhen to reclaim the Fugan District and destroy the Garden of Eden had not yet been fully completed, but they had already made preparations to kill him...
It really made Lin Guantang feel an absurd feeling that was not real.
But he couldn't blame anyone.
The onlookers knew nothing. Should we blame them for treating him like a monster, like a mad person in a susceptible period?
The first priority of security personnel is to ensure the safety of the people. Are they expected to abandon the basic rules of protecting the people for the sake of a nobleman?
Shao Qingbai and Tianye...
When they were attacked, they simply ran away without any counterattack, and notified him as quickly as possible, Huo Shizhen's partner who was nominally accepted by everyone, to come and solve the problem.
I have already done my utmost.
So if we have to blame someone, it seems we can only blame Huo Shizhen for suddenly going crazy.
Although Lin Guantang still didn't think there was anything scary about him.
Even though he had watched the video he had just hastily filmed, he could tell at a glance that Huo Shizhen was no longer just letting the water go, but letting the sea go.
After firing so many shots, he couldn't even outline the human body—
Of course, the susceptible period did indeed cause people to be emotionally unstable, which affected the situation, and Tian Ye's timely release of the giant fireworks he had prepared for the anniversary celebration provided cover...
The accuracy shouldn't be this bad.
Besides, when the alpha susceptible period breaks out, people will fall into a manic state, which is normal.
By the way, if Tian Ye hadn’t lit the fireworks that were enough to light up the sky of the entire Fugan District, it wouldn’t have attracted so many onlookers.
But this was an emergency risk avoidance measure and there is nothing to blame yourself for.
All in all, Lin Guantang thought of many excuses for Huo Shizhen, and he thought that his reasons were quite objective and sufficient, but he was also clearly aware that if he really said it out loud, others would probably just say that he was in the late stage of love-brain and there was no hope for him.
So in the end he said nothing, but despite repeated dissuasion from everyone around him, he still signed various agreements anyway, then walked forward, opened the cordon, and approached step by step the figure that was isolated from the world.
The further I go, the more I can feel the rich pheromones. Compared to the physical desire that is aroused, what is aroused is more of a certain kind of fear and trembling, as if I am approaching a snowy mountain that is about to collapse.
Lin Guantang carefully released a thin thread of pheromone, which seemed to have answered the secret code correctly. The overwhelming and impenetrable cold air opened a passage for him to avoid.
Huo Shizhen turned around and looked down at him.
His face, which was already rather cold, was now even more emotionless and indifferent.
Lin Guantang looked back blankly, his heart completely stopped for a moment, and then suddenly started beating so fast that it was about to explode.
Even my breathing became rapid.
It wasn't because of the lure of pheromones, nor because of Huo Shizhen's ruthless look, but because...
Huo Shizhen's eyes turned ashen.
How is this possible… How is this possible!
During the estrus and susceptible period, shouldn't the pupil color change become brighter and brighter? How could it become dull and lifeless, like a sign of death!
Lin Guantang's feet went weak, but he did not fall. Instead, he ran towards Huo Shizhen with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Huo Shizhen didn't move, just watching him run to him. He clearly wanted to rush over and hug him, but he suppressed the thought and stopped just one step away from him.
Lin Guantang looked up at him, puzzled and thoughtful.
His eyebrows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes spread out, his pupils were sometimes enlarged and sometimes shrank, and his lips were sometimes pursed and sometimes relaxed, as if he was facing the most difficult puzzle in the world.
In the end, he still couldn't figure out the answer to the question, so he decided to ask directly.
"Aren't your eyes red?"
Lin Guantang tilted his head and looked at him, then asked slowly:
"Why did it turn gray? Like a light bulb without electricity."
After he finished speaking, he actually laughed out loud, and then tears began to fall without warning.
He quickly reached out to wipe it away, stretching out both hands to try to wipe it away, but the tears just kept flowing and couldn't be wiped away.
Huo Shizhen said nothing and did not move the whole time, just looking at him quietly.
I watched him laugh at what he said, and then I watched him suddenly burst into tears.
Only then did he reach out and try to wipe away Lin Guantang's tears.
But as soon as he moved, he pounced towards Lin Guantang, as if a snow mountain had finally collapsed, falling down uncontrollably with overwhelming force.
Lin Guantang tried very hard to hold himself together and not fall down, but when his fingers touched Huo Shizhen's skin, the fear in his heart was completely awakened.
He thought he had long been accustomed to Huo Shizhen's cold body temperature, but at this moment his whole body was trembling. He was unwilling to touch him, but unwilling to let go, and was holding on with great difficulty.
The cold, stiff, lifeless touch clearly reveals a reality.
What he was holding was not a living person with an abnormal body temperature, but a dead person who was dying.
After a while, he slowly took a step back, and Huo Shizhen slid down. He quickly held him tightly again.
Then he slowly, little by little, knelt down on the ground face to face.
Huo Shizhen knelt on one knee with almost a bang, but Lin Guantang's legs were too weak to support himself, so he just knelt on the ground, letting Huo Shizhen's huge body press down on him, covering him completely, and even his hair fell heavily on his face and shoulders.
Lin Guantang reached out to wipe the hair off his face, but his hand was wet.
He looked at the wet hair floating between his fingers, and thought to himself in a daze:
Long hair really takes a long time to dry. It’s been so long since I came out of the sea, and the wind is blowing so hard, but it’s not completely dry yet.
"Is this why you push all the tasks onto me? Do you know..."
He sniffed, pressed his body against Huo Shizhen's neck, trying to convey warmth to him, his eyes fixed on the hideous wound on the back of his neck.
Then she leaned close to Huo Shizhen's ear and complained in a very low voice:
"You know, this is very irresponsible. What if I make a mistake? I don't understand the overall system. Someone just asked me how to deal with something, and someone else was very rude because I'm an omega. I'm scared to death. I don't know what to do. When you're not around, no one listens to the orders of an omega like me. My heart is beating so fast, can you feel it? I'm very nervous and scared..."
"But you did a great job."
Huo Shizhen interrupted his mumbling, his voice lighter than the sea breeze, yet so firm:
"You will become the Begonia of the Empire."
Are you stupid!
Or you're just an asshole pretending not to understand!
Lin Guantang was a little angry—no, he was very angry.
He said so much, but Huo Shizhen didn't understand at all. What he really meant was that he didn't want you to die.
I've never heard of anyone dying during the susceptible period.
How could Huo Shizhen, who was so powerful, die during such a small susceptible period?
But the person in his arms had lost even the last bit of life.
He said goodbye to Lin Guantang with his last breath:
"You'll do just fine, my...little Jasmine."
Lin Guantang suddenly straightened his back and looked straight into the distance.
A strong sea breeze blew in my face, mixed with an icy breath.
The icy wind blew on his skin like blades, but he did not feel any pain. Instead, he felt a strange sense of enjoyment and satisfaction.
He felt that his thoughts were blown away by the wind, and it took a long time before they returned to his mind again.
Then I couldn't help but complain.
How can you say that I belong to you if you haven't marked me thoroughly?
But if I don't belong to you, who else can I belong to?
I won't belong to anyone else but you anymore.
Lin Guantang shrank back, hiding in the cold body that would no longer respond to him.
The sea breeze blew violently, not only blowing countless purple petals and leaves everywhere, but also mixed with the fierce and violent fragrance of jasmine, entwined with cold air and flying hair, tightly surrounding the two people.
The extremely strong and lingering pheromones eventually dissipated slowly.
The concentration dropped to the standard line, and even to a very low level below the standard line, but no one dared to disturb them.
In the time that seemed to be still for eternity, the system prompt sounded suddenly.
Lin Guantang did not give any response.
Then the system automatically read out the received information.
To Councillor Kobayashi:
I've learned from various sources that the Imperial system has fully taken over the management of the Fugan District under the planning of you and your colleagues. This is truly an astonishing speed.
The Empire is proud of you and expresses its most sincere admiration for you.
In your spare time, you can enjoy the cultural and natural scenery of Fugan District. I hope you can have a great time and return home with a full load.
And during our trip to the imperial capital, we witnessed its scenery and realized its uniqueness.
——X System]
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To Lingchen:
Congratulations to you and everyone on completing this mission. The imperial capital is working hard to arrange the best reception for all of you outstanding executors. Before that, you will be given a long, indefinite vacation.
Before receiving the news that the vacation is over, the executors do not need to rush back to the Imperial Capital Military Academy and can enjoy their vacation at will.
In addition, the military academy system is undergoing a major update, and all students' access to all functions of the military academy system has been automatically closed. If necessary, please return to the Imperial Capital Military Academy and unlock it.
——From the Military Academy System]
[Note: This document will be copied to all executives simultaneously.]
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The two messages sent from the imperial capital described something that had just happened and had not yet been reported to the imperial capital or fully announced to the public.
But the other party already knew it in advance - or rather, they had predicted and been waiting for it.
Waiting for the moment when the Fugan District system is completely replaced.
Then the truth can be revealed.
That wasn't congratulations, but ridicule, or smug showing off.
Before their mission was carried out, System X had already invaded the Imperial Capital. What they replaced and covered was nothing more than an empty shell left behind.
He lost his friends, his lover, and the imperial capital, and in the end all he got was a region that had been abandoned long ago.
Was this mission truly successful?
It was clearly a complete and utter failure.
But Lin Guantang still had to put on a smile and receive everyone who came to congratulate him.
In the eyes of the people, the success of the imperial system in rescuing the emergency was not an honor that should be celebrated;
In the eyes of the members of the operation, their successful completion of the plan was a success that should be celebrated.
As for Huo Shizhen's death——
The people were unaware of his existence, let alone mourning for him.
As all parties accorded with the common consent to conceal his death, even the cadets were unaware of it, and there was no way to mourn him.
Ge Xihe stayed in the experience cabin on the thirteenth floor underground, and the people who were guarding him also stayed there.
After all other matters requiring the retention of personnel were arranged, Lin Guantang and others withdrew from the Fugan District amid grand cheers.
Countless people lined the streets to see him off, looking up at the young man standing in the convertible and attracting everyone's attention.
What sparkles in the sunlight is not only his perfect appearance that seems to have been kissed by the Creator, but also his brilliant soul.
In the open, he saved the Fugan District, and in secret, he successfully destroyed the headquarters of the Garden of Eden. If it were anyone else, just one of these things would be written into their resume and talked about.
But he was not proud at all. Even when facing the praise from the people, he only had a faint smile on his face, without any complacency.
He was not complacent about his achievements. On the contrary, his eyes were full of compassion. Through the prosperous performance, he could still see the suffering of the people under the heavy robes.
So although he was covered in the honor of saving the world, he still had tears in his eyes and felt compassion for the poor.
——Everywhere you look, there are compliments and all kinds of exaggerated interpretations.
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