ALSACW – Chapter 136

Night fell.

Yun Chuji lay on a canopy bed that seemed utterly out of place in this era.

Yun Chuji was very familiar with it.

It was very similar to the bed she had slept in as a child.

Clearly, Yun Xuan was trying hard to be a good elder brother.

If it weren’t for the fact that he drugged her food every day, judging by his words and actions on the surface, he could indeed be considered a good elder brother.

Unfortunately, there were no “ifs” in life.

Yun Chuji felt her limbs, as limp as noodles. At the same time, her mind grew increasingly groggy, and sleepiness wrapped around her like seaweed.

I’m about to fall asleep, she thought.

Tomorrow was a new day, and with it, the shadow of war would draw one step closer.

No, war was already inevitable. With each passing day, the scale of the conflict would only grow larger.

Yun Chuji closed her eyes. She was indeed on guard against Yun Xuan.

And, whether it was something to be proud of or not, she was not as kind to the point of foolishness as Yun Xuan believed.

Her heartache for Yun Xuan was as great as her wariness of him.

The pills and spray were just a front. After all, if she were truly completely unguarded, it would be more than simple foolishness.

One thing Yun Chuji sometimes had to admit was that her alpha body was her greatest weapon. Yun Xuan had realized this too, which was why he kept drugging her. Yun Chuji even suspected that if he continued, she would sooner or later turn into a beta.

That was indeed the outcome Yun Xuan wanted to see.

However, an alpha’s body was at its most powerful during a rut.

Alphas would be tormented by negative emotions until they became frenzied beasts, and only an omega could calm them.

But what Yun Chuji needed right now was to not be calm.

She closed her eyes.

The next second, darkness fell.

Yun Chuji sank once more into that river formed of tangible pain and fear. She floated on its surface, the water icy cold. It was a chill no human could overcome, seeping in through her pores, eventually piercing her very soul, giving her the premonition that her days were numbered.

Beyond that, there was only darkness.

Endless darkness. The acrid smell of blood hung in the air, filled with wails of agony, yet there were no visible wounds, no people to be seen. It was as if it were purely mental torture.

But it wasn’t. This, too, was a premonition of death—the premonition of the world’s death.

Yun Chuji’s eyes snapped open. Her body was burning hot, every cell working in overdrive, burning away the residual drugs in her system.

But this was merely robbing Peter to pay Paul. Yun Chuji could clearly feel her strength returning, but at the same time, her sanity was dissipating. Her soul remained in that black river, leaving behind only an alpha’s body of immense strength.

She broke free from the restraints she had been unable to escape.

Alarms blared through the house.

She frowned deeply, got out of bed, and grabbed an unsightly post from the equally unsightly bed, smashing the noise-making device to pieces.

But there was too much noise in this house. She smashed one, and another would sound. It was endless.

Yun Chuji’s lips trembled in grievance, the rims of her eyes turning red.

And worse, there wasn’t even a hint of Tang Jianxi’s scent here.

Not a single trace!

The emotional alpha smashed several more squawking alarms. She rushed into the living room, only to find Tang Jianxi’s scent was still absent.

She was so aggrieved she was on the verge of tears.

Where’s Jianxi?

Where did Jianxi go?

I can always hold her right away.

In Yun Chuji’s mind, her memories seemed to have shattered into fragments. She could only find the ones that contained Tang Jianxi, chewing on them repeatedly to remind herself: I have an omega.

I don’t need to be afraid.

Just then, an omega appeared in Yun Chuji’s range of smell.

A male omega. His face was blurry, and he was shrouded in pale gray pheromones.

Yun Chuji took a step back.

She knew she couldn’t be tainted by another omega’s scent.

Jianxi wouldn’t like it.

The omega approached again, his lips moving as if he were saying something.

But to Yun Chuji’s overly sensitive hearing, his voice blended with the chorus of alarms, becoming a grating and annoying noise.

Yun Chuji smashed another alarm.

She headed for the doors and windows. She had to find Tang Jianxi.

That annoying omega blocked her path again. Yun Chuji roared at him.

But she found that he was actually smiling.

His smile was even more annoying.

Yun Chuji moved past him. His scent was a kind of cloying sweetness—a sweetness that seemed to hide poison.

She clamped her mouth shut and held her breath.

She didn’t want to hurt him.

But he stood by the door.

At the same time, AI guards were stationed at every window.

Yun Chuji’s brow furrowed tightly.

She stood her ground, not moving.

Yun Xuan walked toward her again. “Is this your last resort?”

“To be honest, it’s quite surprising. I thought with your personality, what you did before was your limit. I never expected you to actually try to plot against me.”

“But, Chuji, it ends here. From now on, you will be obedient.”

Yun Chuji looked at this incessantly chattering omega with irritation and confusion. She couldn’t understand how the difference between one omega and another could be so vast.

The color of the pheromones on his body deepened.

It looked increasingly like the black color she hated most.

Yun Chuji clenched her teeth, her pheromones pouring out uncontrollably with her emotions.

Yun Xuan let out a muffled grunt.

But he was pregnant now, so the alpha’s pheromones wouldn’t trigger his heat, though it did make him uncomfortable.

“Alright, that’s enough.” He decided it was time to end this farce. He had seen enough of Yun Chuji’s disgraceful state. He truly couldn’t understand how, after suffering such an undeserved disaster, Yun Chuji could still stubbornly insist that this world was good.

Ah, it’s because she gained more, isn’t it.

Yun Xuan tilted his head and ordered the AI, “Lock her up.”

Lock her up?

Yun Chuji understood those words.

She did not want to be locked up.

Yun Chuji strode forward and lifted the omega who made her so uncomfortable. When facing him, she always felt an inescapable need to be on guard.

For an alpha in rut, this was sheer torture.

Yun Xuan looked down at Yun Chuji. Her face was etched with irritation, as if she were about to hit someone, and he was like a toy she could easily play with.

He realized that everything now was just as terrible as the past.

That dark period he had buried was reviving. Yes, he had become an omega.

That fact was irreversible.

“Are you going to kill me?” he asked softly.

Then he lowered his head. “Then kill me.”

He had done everything he set out to do. The last person he wanted revenge on would suffer eternal pain after his death.

It was better to die. Perhaps in death, he would discover this was all just a long dream.

This annoying guy was still making noise.

Yun Chuji couldn’t understand a word he was saying. Killing? Killing who?

Why kill anyone?

Her pheromones continued to pour out of her; it was her way of cooling down.

And her other way of cooling down was to make this omega shut up.

She tore the sleeve from his arm, balled it up, and stuffed it into his mouth. She still retained some basic knowledge—she knew that even to an AI, a hostage was useful.

Yun Chuji was finally satisfied. She held Yun Xuan in one hand and swung the bedpost with the other, relentlessly smashing the alarms in the house.

Until everything finally fell silent.

But there was still no sign of Tang Jianxi.

Yun Chuji felt like crying, but there was a strange omega here. She couldn’t cry yet.

But she couldn’t run away either.

In fact, if it weren’t for the few AIs posing a threat, she would have already curled up in a closet.

Yun Chuji glared fiercely at the omega. “Make them leave!”

Yun Xuan pointed to the cloth in his mouth and raised an eyebrow.

Yun Chuji pulled the cloth out. Under the assault of the alpha pheromones, his face was now frighteningly pale. His biological instincts desperately called for his own alpha to comfort him, but the very thought of this instinct made him want to vomit.

Alpha?

What alpha?

An alpha who couldn’t be more dead?

“Just kill me,” he said.

Over the past few minutes, Yun Xuan had turned that thought over and over in his mind, ultimately concluding once again that it was a good idea.

He had survived on hatred.

But he couldn’t keep living like this. This world was too fragile; it could only withstand his revenge once.

From now on, there would be nothing left for him to do.

So, it was better to end it all.

Yun Chuji found this very annoying, so she tore the sleeve off his other arm, wadded it up, and stuffed it into his mouth.

She wanted to fight.

She ripped the fabric from the sofa and tied Yun Xuan’s hands, making sure he couldn’t remove the gag and start spouting nonsense again.

As long as I beat up these robots, I can hide in a safe place and wait for Tang Jianxi to find me, right?

Yun Chuji cracked her knuckles.

Yun Chuji charged.

Yun Chuji was thrown to the ground.

Yun Chuji charged again. Ah, this feels great. I don’t feel so unhappy anymore.

Yun Chuji was thrown to the ground again.

Until the door was forced open.

Yun Chuji’s eyes lit up. She quickly shook off the last three AIs, and with a bruised and swollen face, she swiftly swept up one of the omegas.

She rushed into the smallest room and shut the door.

She buried her still-bleeding face in Tang Jianxi’s embrace, the corners of her lips curling up in bliss.

Outside the room, Yun Xuan’s expression was icy.

So, you managed to outwit me in the end, my dear sister.

It turns out you had something up your sleeve I didn’t know about.

Prince Emile watched his brother-in-law warily. He gritted his teeth and finally decided to have the AIs seize him.

“You vicious omega! How dare you kill your own alpha and try to escape!”

The cloth had been removed from Yun Xuan’s mouth. He let out a soft “ah” and replied earnestly, “Then you can kill me.”

Emile’s face flushed red, while Clarence, standing to the side, let out a snort of laughter.