Chapter 68
Jiang Yun didn't know whether he still existed.
It was pure darkness and silence.
The darkness he perceived did not seem to be due to the obstruction of his eyelids, but because in this dimension, there was no concept of "light" at all.
He tried to open his eyes.
He could feel the consciousness of "I want to open my eyes", but he couldn't find the fulcrum to realize this idea.
He couldn't feel his body.
He couldn't hear his own breathing or heartbeat, and he couldn't even tell if he still had eyes and ears.
But he thought he should still be alive.
Because he can still "think", he can still think.
Jiang Yun clearly remembered that he had awakened the Queen with a single shot. It was the Queen who had released a tremendous amount of energy, bringing him here.
[The Queen] was showing him the information it had obtained from the symbiote.
——He was in the world where Lu Huai was sleeping.
Jiang Yun had imagined this world countless times.
He knew it would be very dark and gloomy. He thought he was prepared to face it. But when he really experienced what Lu Huai had experienced in the past, he was still shocked like never before.
How to describe his feeling?
Great panic? Ultimate despair?
Maybe, but more often than not, it's emptiness.
It was as if physical science had collapsed into a general, absolute, meaningless void.
Logic collapses, time freezes, and there is no physical reference.
He began to question the meaning of his existence.
How much time had passed since he fired that shot?
Ten seconds, ten minutes... or ten hours?
Reason told him that since he was still conscious, it proved that he would not stay in this dimension for too long.
But even so, he still felt extremely cold and desperate.
And Lu Huai "slept" in this empty darkness for a whole week.
But if Lu Huai gets a little bored, he will sigh in frustration.
Jiang Yun felt as if his heart ached. Although he could not find any evidence of his heart's existence, only his consciousness told him that he was in pain.
Jiang Yun soon realized that something was wrong.
The consciousness he currently possesses is all his own.
What about Lu Huai's emotions and consciousness?
Basic aliens like [0837] can store and read the emotions of the symbiote, so it is impossible for [Queen] not to be able to record Lu Huai's consciousness and emotions.
Jiang Yun remembered that everything Lu Huai had said about him was hidden in that world and no one else could see it.
Fu Mingqian also said that human sense of smell is the only sense that may not be affected by alien energy bodies.
Finally, Lu Huai told him that the anchor point of the code was his pheromones.
Does this mean that his pheromones are the unlocking code to Lu Huai's consciousness?
Jiang Yun tried to release pheromones. The next moment, he actually smelled his own pheromones.
In that familiar breath, the eternal night seemed to be torn open, and the empty darkness suddenly became bright.
Jiang Yun followed the crack and let his consciousness swim in.
He then entered a deeper dimension.
The way [The Queen] stores information is the same as humans, with clear logic and patterns to follow.
First comes the information brought by the most basic vision, hearing and touch, and then the information generated by the human brain.
In the cage of eternal night, Lu Huai's mind is the only fulcrum that will not be destroyed.
Every movement of Lu Huai's neurons, every idea that came into his mind, every imagined and recalled scene was recorded by the [Queen].
Countless scattered fragments were sorted and organized by the [Queen], forming a boundless "library" that can never be fully viewed or read.
As dark as the eternal night is, as brilliant and splendid is this "library".
It has the lines of thought, the cornerstone of emotion, and the pouring of imagination.
It is so colorful, huge and dazzling.
Surrounded by Lu Huai's ocean of thoughts, Jiang Yun finally found his body again.
He was as small as a speck of dust, walking on one of the countless roads in the "library".
Looking up, he saw countless "bookshelves" reaching into the sky. No matter how hard he tried, he could not see the end.
...Sure enough, Lu Huai lied to him again.
Seven days of thinking cannot create such a vast world, nor can seventy days.
Seven hundred days...still can't.
He should have known that, didn't he?
Lu Huai's eyes, no longer bright when they first met, Lu Huai's adaptation to being 37 and having twins, Lu Huai's fear of the dark, Lu Huai's meaningless confession...
Many details told him that Lu Huai was lying to him.
He clearly noticed something was wrong, but he didn't think too much about it.
He didn't want to think about it too deeply, and he didn't dare to think about it too deeply.
That's why he asked Lu Huai at the dinner table that day, when Lu Huai was surrounded by his three treasures: "Does it feel good to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor?"
How did Lu Huai respond to him at that time?
“It’s really nice now. But if I could, I wouldn’t want to [just sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor] at all.”
"Colonel Lu not only sleeps easily, he also speaks easily."
Lu Huai's eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "Don't keep saying I have it easy, Jiang Yun. I don't want to either."
——Is this your way of [sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others’ labor], Colonel Lu?
Why didn't Lu Huai tell him? Why did he lie to him?
Did Lu Huai think that he would cry and cry because of Lu Huai's seventeen years of sobriety, and be so heartbroken that he wouldn't know what to do?
He...he wouldn't.
He just felt that his chest was slowly collapsing, forming a hole that could never be filled, just like the world in which Lu Huai was sleeping.
How did he do it... How did Lu Huai manage to remain awake after seventeen years of lucid sleep?
Sixteen years and seven months, to be exact.
Six thousand and fifty-seven days, one hundred and forty-five thousand three hundred and sixty-nine hours.
——What on earth is Lu Huai thinking about?
Jiang Yun raised his hand blankly, and his fingertips touched the "book" closest to him.
The pages of the book were turned, just like the play button of a movie. Lu Huai's senses were the only camera of the movie, and he observed the movie from Lu Huai's perspective...
He sat in a coffee shop near the China Foreign Affairs University, with the aroma of coffee wafting around him.
The future diplomats sat together in groups of three or five and talked enthusiastically. The content of their conversations was original, sharp and quite interesting to listen to.
He had to admit that the standards of the Diplomatic Academy were much higher than those of the Military Academy. In the Military Academy's special recruitment class, which was almost entirely composed of Alphas, the topics that Alphas discussed together were mostly about Omegas.
His brothers all said that he was lucky to have a blind date with the Jiang family's Omega. If it weren't for Jiang Yun's unique pheromones, the Jiang Cheng couple would never have been willing to let their only son marry so early.
But he doesn't think so.
How much true love can there be in a marriage based on family alliance?
He was only twenty-four years old and had no interest in marriage at all. No matter how beautiful the Omega was, she could not bind him into the siege of marriage.
The reason why he came to this cafe dressed appropriately was simply out of basic respect for Omega.
Suddenly, the cafe fell silent, and the future diplomats' conversations about political current affairs came to an abrupt end.
"——It's Jiang Yun." A deliberately low voice said, "He's really good..."
When Lu Huai heard the familiar name, he looked up at the door nonchalantly.
In his sight, a twenty-year-old Omega wearing a college uniform, holding a thick book in his hands, hurriedly pushed open the door of the cafe.
The Omega looked around anxiously, his brows slightly furrowed, his lips slightly pursed, his face full of panic and guilt for being late.
Jiang Yun found him in the crowd at a glance.
The next second, Jiang Yun's brows relaxed, the corners of his mouth raised, and stars appeared in his eyes.
Jiang Yun walked towards him, stood in front of him, and smiled brightly and sweetly: "Hello, Colonel Lu, I am Jiang Yun."
A thought flashed through his mind quickly and firmly: What am I pretending for - I seem to be finished.
…
Jiang Yun chose the cafe for the first date, and for the second date he chose a restaurant that was said to be the best for a date online.
He actually wanted to take Jiang Yun to do something new and exciting, something that would leave a deep impression on Jiang Yun. But this date was too important to him, and he would rather not avoid it or take risks.
The restaurant is truly breathtakingly romantic.
The lights are like the afterglow of the setting sun, the candlesticks are filled with candles, and the sound of the violin flows slowly.
But all this carefully crafted beauty was far inferior to the person sitting in front of him.
"Thank you, Colonel Lu, for giving me flowers," Jiang Yun smiled among the roses, "I like them very much."
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as you like it."
"The food in this restaurant is also very good," Jiang Yun said, "especially their desserts, every one of them is delicious."
He vaguely realized something and asked, "How do you know that everything is delicious?"
Jiang Yun hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth: "Because every Alpha who went on a blind date with me would ask me to come here, and I would order a different dessert every time."
he:"………………"
He wanted to curse.
…
On the third date, Jiang Yun looked down at the small cake he had made himself, his expression indescribable.
"Colonel Lu gave me flowers last time, and this time he gave me an ugly little cake..." Jiang Yun was both angry and amused. "Do you think that because I'm an Omega, I only like flowers and desserts?"
"Of course not." He put the motorcycle helmet on Jiang Yun's head, "Get in the car, I'll take you to play with guns."
…
The sacred pure white church, flowers and vines, music and silk, and their family and friends.
Jiang Yun, dressed in a white suit, stood in front of him, put a wedding ring on his ring finger, and told him and the world without hesitation: "I do!"
At night, the warm night light was lit for the first time in the master bedroom of No. 5 Qianshui Road.
Jiang Yun sat on the edge of the bed, bewildered, looking up at him with her little face: "I...I'm afraid of pain, Colonel Lu, please don't be too harsh."
He promised Jiang Yun and tried his best to restrain himself, but Jiang Yun kept crying.
The sheets were wet, and Jiang Yun's pillow was wet too.
Jiang Yun's face became a mess under the baptism of tears, but she was still stunningly beautiful.
He felt that if he continued like this, Jiang Yun would be in trouble.
But how could he stop?
"Colonel Lu, please go slower..." Jiang Yun clung to his shoulders and begged flatteringly, "Please, Colonel Lu...husband..."
…
The movie played continuously, and he saw more and more Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun was excited: "I want Colonel Lu to ride the Ferris wheel and carousel with me!"
Jiang Yun said worriedly, "Colonel Lu, don't go. There are so many interstellar pirates. How can you possibly be their opponent alone? I've already contacted my father. He's very powerful. He will definitely find a way to save us."
Jiang Yun said happily: "The neighbor lady next door gave us blueberry muffins. They are super delicious! Do you want to try them?"
Helpless Jiang Yun: "Colonel Lu, please don't force me to call you husband all the time... Because every time I call you that, I feel embarrassed and my face gets very hot and red..."
Jiang Yun said proudly: "I have completed the courses at the Foreign Affairs College ahead of time, so I can graduate at the age of 20. Will Colonel Lu come to attend my graduation ceremony?"
Jiang Yun was distressed: "Hmm... How can I make my dad like Colonel Lu more? It's so difficult."
Jiang Yun looked forward to it: "How can you stay in bed and do this on your day off? If you do it so often, I feel like I'll get pregnant sooner or later... Colonel Lu, let's assemble the crib together! Look, there are two toys here: the star and moon and the giraffe and wooden horse. Which one do you think our future child will like?"
Jiang Yun felt guilty: "I just felt very hungry, and I couldn't help eating the bread. It's just a physical examination anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's a few days late, right?"
And finally, the sad Jiang Yun.
"Colonel Lu, you have to come back soon." Jiang Yun leaned against his car window, his eyes slightly red, but he was strong enough not to cry, "—I'll wait for you."
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