Chapter 93: The Clash of Alphas

He leaned back in his chair, gazing at the vast starry sky outside and the service robots walking down the corridor.

His heart stirred.

This was a high-tech age.

Black Cat didn’t speak, but the plot had already transmitted.

He closed his eyes and slowly received it.

This was an interstellar age.

The original owner, Wei Jun, was the son of the Governor of Paner Star.

Paner Star was a neighboring star to the Imperial main star. Wei Jun’s father, the Governor, had power and influence, was smooth in his dealings, and had good relationships with many high-ranking officials in the Empire.

So as an alpha and the eldest son, Wei Jun had been expected to excel since childhood. His father personally hired many teachers for him. From a young age, he had to study everything, required to be omniscient and omnipotent.

He resisted many times to no avail, and could only grow up following his father’s arrangements, his inner protests and rebellion deeply suppressed.

Until he was sent to the Imperial Military Academy at eighteen, finally escaping his father’s “control.”

The Imperial Military Academy was a place to train talents for the Empire. Wei Jun’s father was a governor with little involvement in the military, so his reach couldn’t extend to the academy.

Wei Jun felt that for the first time in eighteen years, he tasted freedom.

The negative emotions suppressed for many years burst forth all at once, and somehow, he developed a “supreme” attitude.

More than a decade of hard training was not in vain.

Whether in theory or practical classes, he was among the top in the class.

This made him very unhappy.

Because there was another person whose strength was comparable to his.

Coincidentally, that person was his roommate.

Mu He.

Mu He was the illegitimate son of a legion commander. After the commander learned of his existence, he brought him home, but Mu He was very solitary and had poor relationships with the Mu family. After entering the academy, he never went home even once.

Yet it was this very person who had extraordinary talent, with double S in mental strength and physical ability, one more S than Wei Jun.

Sometimes, talent really is more important than hard work.

Wei Jun, who had trained hard for over a decade, was only on par with Mu He, who had been brought home in his teens and trained for only a few years.

As the first month of classes passed, with professional teachers guiding, Mu He was gradually overtaking Wei Jun.

How could Wei Jun bear that?

It was as if the years of hard training with complete control and no freedom were all for nothing.

He grew to hate Mu He.

One night, Mu He suddenly entered his heat phase.

Smelling the rich fruity scent, Wei Jun suddenly had a desire to conquer him right then and there. Ignoring Mu He’s mental and pheromone suppression, he erupted with immense willpower and forcibly overpowered him.

The temporary mark of an alpha on another alpha was painful.

Permanent marking was impossible.

Their mutually repelling pheromones plunged them both into great pain.

And in that pain, Wei Jun found pleasure.

Seeing Mu He, who was gradually becoming stronger than him, being overpowered, seeing his pain, Wei Jun felt incomparable joy, even though he himself was in pain.

Although he was almost killed by Mu He’s counterattack, he still managed to get that person.

Mu He’s counterattack left him on the verge of death, but Mu He, driven mad by the injection of another alpha’s pheromones, was ultimately finished off by Wei Jun.

Yes, Wei Jun took the opportunity to kill Mu He.

Killing a fellow student at the military academy, Wei Jun couldn’t escape punishment.

Ji Xiao: “…”

Just that?

Black Cat: “The client’s task for this world is: Be steady this time. Don’t kill Mu He. Completely conquer him, then use him to break free from Wei father’s control and enjoy Mu He for life.”

Ji Xiao was experiencing this kind of world for the first time, surprised: [I’ve been thinking, in the setting of this world, aren’t alphas attracted to omegas? Why was it so painful when Wei Jun and Mu He did that? And given a second chance, he still wants him?]

Black Cat: “You’re gay yourself, and you’re discriminating against other gays?”

Ji Xiao: [No, I mean, isn’t it an alpha-omega intrinsic thing? I think…]

Black Cat: “Didn’t you notice that Wei Jun is a pervert? The more painful it is, the happier he gets. Mu He has no feelings for him at all, and he’s even happier. He issued this task precisely because he knows that Mu He can never like an alpha, can never willingly accept an alpha.”

Ji Xiao: [Hah, I guess you’re not that stupid.]

Occasionally not stupid.

Black Cat said proudly: “I’ve never been stupid!”

The spaceship stopped.

After a series of tests and successfully enrolling, on the way to the dormitory, Black Cat comforted him: “Although the process is a bit painful, men just like to conquer, right? You’ll be fine. Go get him.”

Ji Xiao: [I thought you were an innocent cat.]

Black Cat: “I am.”

“…”

The Imperial Military Academy’s dormitories were doubles.

Ji Xiao looked at the two empty beds facing each other, opened his space buckle, and started unpacking.

While he was doing that, Mu He arrived.

Ji Xiao turned around. Facing the cold-featured man, his eyes flickered slightly.

Black Cat: “…”

He started making his bed.

Ji Xiao hung the last few clothes, staring straight at Mu He’s body bent over making the bed, his figure curved.

The scent of wine in the room gradually spread. Mu He grabbed an inhibitor and tossed it back without looking.

Ji Xiao caught it, spun it in his hand, but didn’t inject.

Black Cat: “Host, restrain yourself. He’s also an alpha. He’ll see it as a provocation. I think your pheromones can’t overpower him. You’ll get hurt.”

Ji Xiao: [The setting of pheromones is interesting.]

As soon as Mu He arrived, his pheromones couldn’t help but leak out.

Black Cat said helplessly: “Good thing I’m not outside. I can’t hold my liquor. The smell of alcohol makes me drunk. Wei Jun’s pheromones are a strong liquor… tsk tsk, I’m out, I’m out. Do whatever you want.”

Anyway, it had warned him.

The host’s single S mental power is no match… wait.

“Host, how is your mental power triple S?”

Ji Xiao: [Maybe because the soul changed.]

Black Cat: “But when you tested for enrollment, you were still S…”

Ji Xiao said calmly: [I suppressed it.]

Black Cat: “…”

During the test, when he reached S, he felt it would still rise, and with a thought, he suppressed it, so the final mental power test showed as S.

Ji Xiao: [Just now, who did you say I can’t overpower?]

Black Cat: “…”

If it’s mental power plus pheromone suppression… then maybe the host really could suppress Mu He.

Mu He smoothed the last wrinkles on the bedsheet, suddenly turned around, and met Ji Xiao’s gaze. He released a wave of pheromones.

Black Cat completely retreated into the depths of Ji Xiao’s consciousness.

Whether they were about to fight or do something else, it wasn’t going to watch.

Mu He actually didn’t like his own pheromones.

Although pheromone strength was related to scent, the fruity smell still felt too soft to him.

An alpha releasing a sweet, fruity scent.

At first, he thought his roommate had forgotten to bring an inhibitor. But after receiving the inhibitor, he didn’t use it and instead let his pheromones spread. That could only be a provocation.

Ji Xiao twitched his nose. “Orange?”

In the plot, Mu He’s pheromone scent was pineapple.

Sure enough, with the soul changed, the pheromone scent also changed.

He wondered if his mental power had changed.

The faint, slightly intoxicating scent of wine and the sweet, fresh scent of orange mixed together.

They should have repelled and suppressed each other.

Logically, according to the setting of this world, it should have been that way.

Mu He’s cold face paused slightly.

The two pheromones permeating the air, they weren’t repelling? Not suppressing? Instead, they were perfectly fusing?

What the hell?

Ji Xiao slowly approached him. “Do you know what our pheromones add up to?”

Since they couldn’t be suppressed, Mu He decisively withdrew his pheromones and kicked out as Ji Xiao approached.

Ji Xiao grabbed his leg and chuckled. “Orange wine.”

Mu He’s eyes turned cold. He quickly withdrew his leg and threw a punch.

Ji Xiao: “…”

He quickly stepped back, raising his hands, his left hand still holding the inhibitor Mu He had given him, while withdrawing his own pheromones. “Calm down. I was just joking.”

The intertwined fruit and wine scents in the air made Mu He uncomfortable. With a cold face, he opened the door and left.

Ji Xiao sighed softly.

Why was this person so cold in this world?

Was he affected by the original Mu He?

****

When Mu He returned, the pheromones in the dormitory had dissipated.

Ji Xiao was lying in bed with his glasses on, probably having entered the virtual world.

Mu He continued to organize his things. When hanging clothes, he saw that both wardrobes had clothes in them. Without expression, he threw all the clothes from one wardrobe to the floor and hung up his own.

“Seriously? Can’t we split it half and half?”

Ji Xiao had taken off his glasses at some point and was leaning by the bed watching him.

Mu He ignored him.

Earlier, he had clearly put his clothes in one wardrobe. Now he was placing them in both wardrobes, half in each. It was clearly picking a fight.

And such a low-level tactic.

Seeing himself completely ignored, Ji Xiao found it strange.

In every life, he had pursued him, and he had never refused him.

Why was he so cold this time?

Ji Xiao pondered: Was it because of lack of intimate contact?

Mu He went to the bathroom.

He had spent the two hours earlier training in the gym, sweating all over.

Hearing the water run, Ji Xiao got up and opened the bathroom door.

Mu He didn’t avoid him at all. He opened his eyes and stared coldly at Ji Xiao, as if looking at a dead man.

Looking at his fully exposed body being doused by water, Ji Xiao slightly raised his lips. “This bathroom isn’t just for you to use.”

Mu He didn’t speak. He stepped out from under the shower spray, grabbed the clothes hanging on the wall, and tried to walk past him.

Ji Xiao grabbed his arm. “Not washing properly?”

Mu He turned his head to look at him, his blue eyes completely still, his voice extremely cold. “Childish.”

Whether it was the pheromone provocation, the wardrobe occupation, or interrupting his shower, it was all childish.

Ji Xiao said softly, “Don’t be so cold to me.”

Was it because he thought since they were both alphas, there was no need to avoid each other?

Mu He: “Let go.”

Instead of letting go, Ji Xiao pressed him against the wall and kissed him.

Mu He bit his lip and punched him away. He wiped his mouth. “Idiot.”

After saying that, he picked up his clothes and left.

Leaving Ji Xiao alone, staring at his back, questioning his life.

This was not like the devoted pursuer he used to be, nor was it the reaction the original Mu He should have had.

Ji Xiao frowned slightly. “What’s going on?”

Lost memory?

Oh, he was already amnesiac.

But even when he lost his memory before, he wouldn’t refuse his closeness, right?

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