ISMW Chapter 119

In the end, it was attendant Ni Chun who delivered all the items they needed.

As soon as the items arrived, Yu Chen, who had just been coaxed and appeased for less than two minutes, had his aura visibly darken again.

Because he picked up the anti-swelling ointment, while Yun Xunlan immediately picked up the simulation battlefield access helmet.

Although he didn’t put it on, Yu Chen knew he wanted to.

“If you put it on, you won’t be able to see me.” So Yu Chen reminded him. “Darling, you’ll miss me terribly, with your heart scratching and clawing, but no matter how much you miss me, all you’ll see in there are the ugly faces of the insectoids, not my handsome face that haunts your dreams.”

“…”

After another long yet brief silence, Yun Xunlan looked at the simulation battlefield access helmet in his hand, then at Yu Chen, and agreed: “Baby, what you say makes sense.”

Yu Chen held the anti-swelling ointment, wanting his lover to lie down on his lap so he could apply the medicine: “So we…”

But the next second, his lover put the simulation battlefield access helmet on his head and said: “Let’s go in together.”

“Beep—”

Ni Chun had brought two simulation battlefield access helmets. With the successful connection prompt, Yun Xunlan and Yu Chen appeared together in the empty mecha bay of the star battleship.

“The secret key permissions Imperial Sister gave me can open two special training modes, solo and team.” Yun Xunlan asked him. “Baby, can you do team forced landing special training with me?”

“Just like when we piloted mechas together before.”

He spoke the confession Yu Chen had made to him during his secondary differentiation: “On our orbital path, with you guiding me until the very last moment.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Chen sighed, leaned down, and pressed a kiss on his lover’s lips: “I’ve been preparing for this day all along.”

—Yun Xunguang still hadn’t agreed to let Yun Xunlan participate in the third forced landing plan, but she was already preparing to agree, as if she had long known that Yun Xunlan would pass the final test she had given, or perhaps she knew that no matter what, she “couldn’t” refuse Yun Xunlan anymore.

So she had Jian Wenxi rush to design the new generation cocoon chambers, gave Yun Xunlan access to team mode special training permissions, and also authorized Yu Chen to train with Officer Dike… Yun Xunguang never believed that Yun Xunlan would treasure his own life as much as she did. She only trusted that another person who loved Yun Xunlan would treasure his life as much as she treasured it.

She had never mentioned these words in front of Yun Xunlan, but those connected by blood have a tacit understanding. Without explanation, Yun Xunlan could understand her meaning.

Moreover, it was also wonderful that when Yun Xunlan was an alpha, he was different from other alphas. He had very strong control over his emotions and was rarely affected by other alphas’ pheromones. Now that he had undergone secondary differentiation into an omega, it was the same.

He himself had no real sense that his secondary sexual characteristics had changed. After waking up, he felt his physical condition was fine, except for some fever and body soreness, with no other major discomforts. Moreover, he was very familiar with this kind of “discomfort.”

As long as he spent non-platonic nights with Yu Chen, he would wake up the next day feeling this way, and it would often be even more severe.

He could endure it then, so there was no reason he couldn’t now.

Therefore, after opening his eyes and confirming he had completed secondary differentiation, Yun Xunlan’s mind was full of thoughts about “there’s not much time left, he must quickly pass the special exam set by Imperial Sister,” which led to the urgent delivery of the simulation battlefield access helmet by Ni Chun.

However, when he and Yu Chen sat together in a mecha, and he controlled other mechas in the cocoon without changing any habits, just killing according to his most familiar tactics, and Yu Chen always protected him so he didn’t have to worry about his safety, Yun Xunlan suddenly was stunned for a moment.

He had learned in physiology class that once alpha and omega have undergone lifelong marking, an invisible close connection is formed between them, like an inseparable bond, forever connecting them until the mark disappears, the body perishes, or the soul dissipates.

Even though he and Yu Chen had only performed some temporary marking with time limits, at this moment, when they were in the virtual world and couldn’t smell each other’s pheromones, Yun Xunlan still felt this connection.

Because in the future, even death could no longer separate them.

Seemingly to confirm what Yun Xunlan was thinking, three king insects broke through his mecha group when he was distracted. After Yu Chen cut off the head of one king insect with a heavy sword, he drew a short sword with his other hand to kill the second king insect, allowing himself and Yun Xunlan to hold on for thirty more seconds, ultimately dying under the bone blade of the third king insect.

Their mechas burned the last light in the insect swarm, like a binary star system evolving to the end of time, unable to resist each other’s gravitational pull, falling into each other’s Roche lobes, and finally colliding to produce a supernova explosion.

“Fifteen minutes!” After returning to the mothership’s mecha bay, Yu Chen excitedly announced their survival time. “When I trained alone, I would die in less than three minutes at the beginning.”

This was the first time Yu Chen felt that being able to last fifteen minutes was really amazing, and he was finally able to completely let go of some painful memories.

“I also died quickly when I trained alone,” Yun Xunlan smiled at him. “I was distracted just now. If I hadn’t been distracted, we could have survived longer.”

Yu Chen reached out his right hand to him, palm up, his deep blue eyes full of smiles like the ocean: “Shall we try again?”

Yun Xunlan put his hand into his palm but did not continue the simulated forced landing with Yu Chen. Instead, like a star falling into the other’s Roche lobe, he collided into Yu Chen’s embrace, raised his face, and kissed him.

After a few seconds of kissing, he felt this contact was not real enough.

He then exited the simulation space first, took off his helmet, and continued kissing Yu Chen without waiting for him to take off his helmet, greedily and desirously seeking the trace pheromones in Yu Chen’s breath and body fluids. This behavior was somewhat like a star in a binary system accreting material from the other star.

Stars are never stingy to their companion stars, and Yu Chen was also extremely indulgent to his lover.

He even craved the pheromones on Yun Xunlan more than Yun Xunlan himself. During a kissing interval, he slightly separated from the young man and hoarsely asked: “…Can you still mark me now? I want your pheromones.”

Yun Xunlan lightly gasped and told him: “I’m your omega. I can’t mark you anymore. Only you can mark me.”

“Try it.” Yu Chen leaned down, pressed his forehead against Yun Xunlan’s shoulder, brushed aside the hair at the nape of his neck, fully exposing his glands to his lover’s eyes, and explained: “I’ve already bitten you once. You still have bite marks on your nape. Biting you again will hurt.”

Yun Xunlan stroked the alpha’s nape with his fingers and shook his head: “If I bite you, it will hurt you too.”

“I want your pheromones too.” He cupped Yu Chen’s face, looking into the man’s deep blue eyes. “Give me a lifelong mark.”

Yun Xunlan thought Yu Chen would definitely agree to this request. The atmosphere was just right for it. Lifelong marking was simply a matter of course. But to his surprise, Yu Chen refused after hearing it: “Now is not the time.”

He also stopped kissing Yun Xunlan.

He only made Yun Xunlan stick out his tongue for him to examine.

Yun Xunlan obediently complied.

Yu Chen stared at the abnormally bright wet red at the tip of the young man’s tongue and said seriously: “It looks like you bit it.”

Yun Xunlan didn’t retract his tongue, so his voice was somewhat muffled: “…I used to bite it often too.”

“…Times have changed.” Yu Chen firmly pressed Yun Xunlan back onto the bed and tucked the young man in. “You’re still in heat. Wanting my pheromones is a normal physiological phenomenon. I’ll give you pheromones, but right now the most important thing is for you to rest well. Don’t think about lifelong marking.”

As he spoke, he actually left the bed, brought over a small chair to sit by the bedside, and focused on releasing soothing pheromones for Yun Xunlan.

Yun Xunlan turned his face to look at him and asked: “When can I think about it?”

Yu Chen hinted clearly: “After we get married.”

“Alright.” Yun Xunlan changed his question. “If you won’t give me a lifelong mark, can you give me something else?”

He reached out his arm from under the blanket and gently hooked Yu Chen’s hand hanging at his side with his pinky finger.

Seeing this, Yu Chen got up and brought over the simulation battlefield access helmet, placed it in Yun Xunlan’s hands, and said in that tone of “only I would indulge you so much”: “I can only accompany you for three more simulated forced landings. You need to rest more.”

Yun Xunlan: “…”

This wasn’t what he wanted.

However, the temptation of the simulation battlefield access helmet was also great. Yun Xunlan couldn’t resist and entered the simulation battlefield with Yu Chen again. By the time they exited, they were already able to coordinate with each other and bring their survival time close to the thirty minutes required by Yun Xunguang.

Most importantly: Yun Xunlan’s consciousness sea had never opened to the Tribulation Transcendence stage from beginning to end.

The system, which had been silent for a long time, watched this scene and broke down, exclaiming: “My god, you’re actually cheating!”

“How is this cheating?” Yun Xunlan disagreed with the system’s words. “Team mode naturally allows multiple people to fight cooperatively.”

“What about me?” The system’s tone sounded somewhat pitiful when asking this. “Don’t you need me anymore?”

Years ago, the system had said it would always accompany him. Today, it was Yun Xunlan’s turn to say: “It doesn’t matter, Little Ju. Even if you’re no longer useful, I’ll still always stay with you.”

The system made low sobbing sounds using Yun Xunlan’s voice.

For a moment of confusion, Yun Xunlan thought he was crying, but he also knew clearly that he hadn’t cried like this for many years.

Years ago, he had followed the direction pointed by the broken statue in the ruined temple and walked toward a bright and open road.

Tonight, he was fortunate to meet his lover, and guided by him, continued toward the place where the sky light was brilliant.

Two days later, Yun Xunlan was successfully discharged from the hospital as an omega.

However, the royal family temporarily didn’t announce this news. Yun Xunguang ordered all those who knew the inside story not to leak this matter.

“Let’s announce it after you return safely. Perhaps by then we can announce another piece

of good news together.” She said this first, then asked Yun Xunlan, “Can you pass the special exam I gave you now?”

Yun Xunlan handed her his test recording and answered with a smile: “I can pass any exam now.”

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