Chapter 73#
World 3: Everything You Snatch Is What I Don’t Want#
Qin Gantang wandered aimlessly on the street. People passing by him would always be slightly stunned, then show a look of contempt.
An Omega rushed up, grabbed his collar, and questioned why he didn’t release pheromones to soothe his guardian. With the first person rushing up, there was a second, a third, a fourth…
Countless Omegas surrounded Qin Gantang, beating and scolding him. Betas and Alphas stood on the periphery watching indifferently.
An Omega with a somewhat extreme personality suddenly took out a fruit knife from his pocket and stabbed at Qin Gantang’s neck, saying he wanted to cut off his glands.
“Since you are unwilling to bear the only social responsibility of an Omega, you might as well not be an Omega!” The other party seemed to be a moral guardian with a fanatical sense of social responsibility.
Qin Gantang couldn’t dodge in time, his neck was cut, and he screamed in pain. Only then did a few Betas and Alphas rush into the crowd to save him.
“Go home. It’s dangerous outside for you right now. Your Alphas probably don’t want to protect you anymore either.” A Beta put Qin Gantang on a rental flying car and said with a hint of pity.
“No. As long as the pheromones are still there, they will—”
Qin Gantang opened his mouth but suddenly couldn’t continue.
Will what? Even if the pheromones are still there, didn’t Yin Bozhou discard him like a worn-out shoe? If the other four also learned to control their spiritual power, what value would Qin Gantang have?
It turned out Ren Zehuai was right. Pheromones are just a gorgeous coat. Stripped of this coat, the real Qin Gantang is worthless.
Qin Gantang originally thought that such a situation would never happen, but Yin Bozhou had done it. If more Alphas learned to break free from the control of pheromones, would there still be any meaning to an Omega’s existence?
How would people like Qin Gantang survive?
Qin Gantang curled himself up in the flying car, shivering with cold. Fear was like damp mist in the darkness, drilling into his body pervasively.
“Drive faster, I want to go home!” He lay prone on the back of the driver’s seat, shouting at the driver.
The driver picked his ear and actually ignored him. This was treatment a top-tier Omega would never suffer.
Just then, Qin Gantang received a video from Qin Qing. In the video, Qin Tao actually threw out all of his and his mother’s belongings and threatened to drive them back to the Lower District.
It really was different now!
When Yin Bozhou completely broke free from Qin Gantang’s pheromones, everything became different.
This world was no longer the original world!
Qin Gantang turned off the video with trembling fingertips and shouted to the driver: “Don’t go back to my house, just drive around on the road!”
The driver looked back impatiently: “Where exactly do you want to go? Otherwise, get out!”
“I’ll pay you extra! Just drive around randomly! I’ll transfer Star Coins to you right now!” Qin Gantang endured his anger and transferred money to the driver.
Having enjoyed privilege for too long, he was very unaccustomed to this rude treatment.
The money arrived, and only then did the driver change direction to drive aimlessly around the Imperial Capital. He deliberately drove the rental flying car like a roller coaster, making Qin Gantang in the back seat feel sick enough to vomit.
But he held back the vomit and sent text messages to Yan Yufei, Kane, and Song Yuanyang respectively, demanding the three to come pick him up immediately, and then take him to the Qin family to humiliate them. He wanted to let Qin Tao know that even if Yin Bozhou ran away and Constantine was in trouble, he still had three powerful backers by his side.
[Sorry, I have a very important experiment to do, no time.] Yan Yufei’s text message looked very indifferent.
Kane did not reply; it was unknown whether he didn’t see it or didn’t want to respond.
Song Yuanyang sent a voice message with a low chuckle: “Qin Gantang, haven’t you figured out the situation yet? We only want your pheromones, we are not dogs you can order around. If you cannot stably provide pheromones for us, then you are worthless to us. Everything that happened just now has convinced me that you are indeed worthless. Although my compatibility with you is the highest, if I choose to marry an Omega with slightly lower compatibility, I will just be a bit uncomfortable, but I can still live on. Qin Gantang, what makes you think you are irreplaceable?”
Dead silence filled the flying car.
Qin Gantang was stunned by Song Yuanyang’s sudden change of face. Only when the driver let out a sneer did he suddenly wake up, then lowered his head in shame and anger.
He pressed the record button, wanting to throw a tantrum at Song Yuanyang, but he suddenly realized that Song Yuanyang was right.
An Omega who cannot save an Alpha in a critical moment is indeed useless.
Stripped of the gorgeous coat of pheromones, Qin Gantang indeed had nothing.
The scolding about to exit his mouth was swallowed back into his stomach with difficulty. Qin Gantang licked his dry lips and said submissively: “Song Yuanyang, I beg you, take me home. I will listen to you from now on. I will marry you, stay at home obediently every day. When you need it, I will release pheromones to soothe you; when you don’t need it, I will stay by myself. I won’t care how you play around outside. I can be as essential as air, yet completely undisturbed to your life. Song Yuanyang, I beg you!”
The driver in the front row sneered again.
Thinking back, Qin Gantang was the wildest and most arrogant Omega in the entire galaxy!
Qin Gantang endured the nausea, the shame and anger, the fear and panic, silently waiting for Song Yuanyang’s reply.
After an unknown amount of time, Song Yuanyang finally sent an extremely cold voice message: “Verbal guarantees have no binding force for people like you. Let’s sign a prenuptial agreement. If you make me unhappy, I will abandon you at any time, Qin Gantang. Of course, if you satisfy me, I will also provide for you well; after all, I have already bought your pheromones.”
This was the attitude towards goods.
Song Yuanyang’s patience with Qin Gantang had run out.
Qin Gantang almost crushed his teeth, but had to nod in agreement.
He exhaled and said to the driver: “Wait by the roadside, my fiancé will come to pick me up soon.”
The driver silently landed the flying car on the roadside platform.
Just then, Qin Gantang received two more text messages from Qin Qing. He looked down, and his whole face froze. He breathed heavily for a while, then said through gritted teeth: “Driver, change course to the Central Military Department!”
Qin Qing walked slowly in the dim corridor.
He smelled an extremely terrifying aura, like fire burning, like lava surging, like a frenzy sweeping through; all these scents merged together, turning into death, disaster, and destruction.
996’s fur stood on end, and it hurriedly climbed onto Qin Qing’s shoulder, hugging his neck tightly: “Meow, let’s not go! Yin Bozhou’s aura is even scarier than Cang Ming’s! He will kill us!”
Qin Qing supported himself against the wall, moving forward with difficulty step by step: “I’ve already come this far, how could I give up?”
When passing the staircase, Qin Qing’s footsteps paused slightly, and then he continued to walk forward. He smelled Qin Gantang’s scent. That person was hiding in the darkest corner of the stairwell, like a mouse afraid to show its head.
Qin Qing quickened his pace and pushed open the door to the control room with force.
Yin Bozhou sat by the console, holding a small model mecha in his hand. The mecha was pure black, with a vortex-shaped eye depicted in gold thread on its chest.
Qin Qing looked at the small model mecha, his gaze slightly condensing.
“Do you know what that is?” He asked in his heart.
“I know, I’ve read the script. That is not a model, it is the true appearance of the Eye of Thunder in shrunken form.”
“Then do you know that the central control system of the Eye of Thunder is connected to Yin Bozhou’s spiritual power? Yin Bozhou can control the size of the Eye of Thunder, and can also listen, see, smell, and feel through the five senses of the Eye of Thunder?”
“I know, isn’t it written in the script?” 996 didn’t understand why Qin Qing was paying attention to a mecha instead of Yin Bozhou himself.
Yin Bozhou sat in the dark, only a pair of deep eyes emitting a cold light. He looked really scary like this!
His heavy breathing was like a wounded beast! And Qin Qing was the one who caused his serious injury not to heal!
“Go soothe Yin Bozhou quickly, I think he’s going crazy.” 996 urged.
Qin Qing reached out, wanting to turn on the light, but was stopped by an extremely hoarse voice: “No need to turn on the light, come in.”
Qin Qing withdrew his hand and walked over slowly.
There were no lights in the room, only the blue light from the control panel dimly illuminating a very small area. And Yin Bozhou was in the place where the light couldn’t reach.
Qin Qing continued to walk forward and came to Yin Bozhou.
Just then, a sweet and cloying smell mixed with rot drifted in from the crack of the door; that was Qin Gantang.
He wanted to know what exactly Yin Bozhou wanted to say to Qin Qing! Yin Bozhou had never invited him privately, but could invite Qin Qing, and right after his spiritual power rioted!
Yin Bozhou’s injury must be very serious. Those violent spiritual powers would completely shred his internal organs and spiritual domain, making him lie in a hospital bed for several weeks! He didn’t go for treatment but came to meet Qin Qing; what exactly for? What matter was important enough for him to disregard his own life?
Did he not know that during the time he was injured, the royal family would inevitably take the opportunity to take his life?
What reason made Yin Bozhou so desperate?
Actually, Qin Gantang already had some vague guesses, but he was unwilling to believe them.
He was unwilling to believe that Qin Qing, this waste without pheromones, could actually obtain—
Thinking of this, Qin Gantang’s heart trembled violently, and his face twisted along with it! He forgot again, Yin Bozhou simply didn’t need pheromones! So he could like Qin Qing; he had already escaped his control.
Qin Gantang endured the panic in his heart and pressed his ear against the door panel.
Yin Bozhou glanced at the door, his cold face unchanged.
Just a mosquito, no hindrance to him. He looked at Qin Qing, his eyes dark without a trace of light.
“His expression is so terrifying!” 996 curled up at Qin Qing’s feet, its chubby body trembling.
Qin Qing spread his fair palm and said in the most ordinary tone: “Commander, I like your model very much, can you give it to me?”
996 was stunned, “What nonsense are you talking about meow! That’s not a model, it’s the Eye of Thunder! Do you know how important it is to Yin Bozhou?”
However, as soon as 996 finished speaking, Yin Bozhou, with dark eyes and a cold expression, actually slowly reached out and placed the Eye of Thunder in Qin Qing’s palm.
The model was very heavy, weighing down Qin Qing’s palm.
Yin Bozhou immediately supported Qin Qing’s hand with his other hand, willingly offering his most important thing. He didn’t even explain a word, just silently, with the coldest expression and the most indifferent attitude, gave everything.
996 looked at Yin Bozhou dumbfounded, then turned to look at Qin Qing.
Qin Qing held the Eye of Thunder with both hands, warming his palms, giving the cold metal a faint temperature.
Such temperature also enveloped Yin Bozhou. His frosty brows and eyes, his bottomless black pupils, all softened a bit.
Qin Qing played with the Eye of Thunder with nimble fingers, making it stretch its arms, lift its legs, make a punching motion, and then a flying kick motion. He treated the most terrifying weapon in the galaxy as a toy.
Yin Bozhou still didn’t remind him, but looked at Qin Qing, who loved to play like a child, with deep eyes.
All little boys like mechas, and Qin Qing was naturally no exception.
Watching and watching, the icy air faded from Yin Bozhou’s face, turning into an indulgence he was powerless to break free from.
“Are you with Ren Zehuai?” He could already ask this question that made his spiritual power instantly disordered in a steady tone.
Qin Qing didn’t answer but asked back: “You called me here just to ask this?”
He gently tapped the golden vortex on the chest of the Eye of Thunder with his fingertip, so the rapidly beating heart in Yin Bozhou’s chest was also gently tapped, thus beating even faster.
Boiling blood made Yin Bozhou’s whole body hot.
Thin butterfly wings flapping lightly there could set off a storm here; for Yin Bozhou, a touch from Qin Qing had equal power.
Flames ignited again in his spiritual domain.
A mouthful of salty blood surged up from his throat and was forcibly swallowed back by Yin Bozhou.
“You go to the training ground every day, really not to see me?” He asked in a deep voice.
“I already said, no.” Qin Qing placed the Eye of Thunder on the console and looked at Yin Bozhou calmly.
“You were there to see Ren Zehuai?” Yin Bozhou swallowed another mouthful of blood.
Qin Qing looked at him lightly without answering.
“The person you like is Ren Zehuai?” With every question Yin Bozhou asked, his spiritual domain collapsed a bit more. Those solid walls closely attached to the outer edge of the spiritual domain completely disintegrated!
From now on, any energy could easily penetrate Yin Bozhou’s spiritual domain. He turned from an invincible weapon into an extremely fragile person.
All this was because of Qin Qing.
The small black mecha standing on the console emitted a faint red light from its eyes. It was silently calling for help.
But Qin Qing ignored this distress signal. He neither admitted nor denied, just stared at Yin Bozhou, indifferent like an outsider.
Yin Bozhou stood up from the darkness, a faint bean of light flickering in his pupils.
This light was about to go out soon.
“Ren Zehuai is not a good person! To find suitable pheromones, he keeps many Omegas outside. You won’t be happy with him.” Yin Bozhou’s voice became very low, very deep, almost sinking into the abyss of darkness.
“Commander, are you speaking ill of your subordinate?” Qin Qing made Yin Bozhou ashamed to speak further with just a rhetorical question.
He disdained to slander anyone in this way. This was not something he would do.
He stepped out of the darkness and grabbed Qin Qing’s wrist firmly with his large hand like iron pincers: “Don’t be with Ren Zehuai.”
The dim light of the console illuminated his face. This face was cold and hard, but carried a trace of bitter pleading.
“Why can’t I be with him? Commander, give me a reason.” Qin Qing tilted his head and looked at Yin Bozhou silently.
Why?
This answer was already in Yin Bozhou’s heart, in Qin Qing’s heart, and even more in Qin Gantang’s heart. His ear was clearly pressed against the door panel, but it felt colder than pressing against ice.
Qin Gantang’s lips had been bitten to bleeding by himself.
“Don’t, don’t say those three words.” He murmured in despair, tears of panic welling up in his eyes.
How could Yin Bozhou, who was cold and ruthless to everyone, fall in love with Qin Qing alone?
“Because I like you. Don’t be with Ren Zehuai, be with me.” Yin Bozhou finally spoke out the love he had suppressed for a long time.
His fingers holding Qin Qing tightened.
Qin Qing still looked at him calmly and asked back: “But Commander, what qualification do you have to say you like me now? When you are still someone else’s guardian, your liking will turn me into another Su Su, do you know that?”
Yin Bozhou’s hand holding Qin Qing shook violently, his cold face cracking with pain.
Qin Qing’s concern was right. No matter how many flowery confessions, they couldn’t erase the fact that Yin Bozhou belonged to Qin Gantang! His love would only bring disaster to Qin Qing.
Qin Qing’s slender fingertips stroked the back of Yin Bozhou’s hand. The constantly throbbing blood vessels and veins on the back of his hand were gently, slowly, smoothed out by him one by one.
He had such ability. He could make Yin Bozhou fall into an ice cave in an instant, and could also secretly stuff a small warm flame into Yin Bozhou’s heart.
He could make Yin Bozhou suffer, yet give gentle comfort beyond the pain.
He could treat Yin Bozhou in all willful ways.
Yin Bozhou’s fingers, which he had decided never to let go, were actually pried open by Qin Qing one by one. Yin Bozhou could control everything, even his violent spiritual power, but he couldn’t control Qin Qing’s erratic heart.
“Commander, if you don’t want to cause me trouble, just leave.” Qin Qing said coldly.
Yin Bozhou’s hand dropped weakly. He looked deeply at Qin Qing and pushed the door open to leave.
Qin Qing stood silently in the dark for a while, then held the small Eye of Thunder in his palm and went out quietly.
He followed the scent to the dim stairwell and smiled at Qin Gantang, who was leaning weakly against the wall.
Seeing him suddenly appear, Qin Gantang was completely stunned.
“You really came.” Qin Qing walked over slowly, extended a hand, and supported himself against the wall behind Qin Gantang.
Qin Gantang was imprisoned by this posture. Looking up, he could see Qin Qing’s cold face and deep eyes. Before this, he never knew Qin Qing could be so domineering.
“You heard everything, right?” Qin Qing chuckled.
Qin Gantang shook his head in denial. As long as he said he didn’t hear, he could continue to deceive himself.
“I smelled your pheromones. I think Yin Bozhou smelled them too. He knew you were outside, but still confessed to me. He didn’t take you seriously at all.” Qin Qing played with the Eye of Thunder slowly with his other free hand, speaking provocative words.
Qin Gantang bit his lip hard.
“All along, you liked to snatch my things. Now that your most precious thing has been snatched by me, how do you feel?” Qin Qing leaned down and whispered in Qin Gantang’s ear.
This whisper was as gentle as a lover’s murmur, but it instantly tore Qin Gantang’s heart apart with pain and hatred.
“Qin Qing, you are shameless!”
With a loud slap, Qin Qing slapped Qin Gantang’s left face askew.
“Qin Qing, you dare to hit me!” Qin Gantang screamed in anger, followed by another loud slap; his right face was also slapped askew.
Qin Qing raised his slightly red palm, shook his head and blew on it gently, sighing: “This is why I don’t like hitting people; my hand hurts too much. But your face gets more annoying the more I look at it; I couldn’t help it.”
At this moment, he looked like a complete villain.
996 watched dumbfounded and couldn’t help reminding: “Qin Qing, the Eye of Thunder is watching you! If Yin Bozhou knows you are this kind of person behind his back, he definitely won’t like you!”
It really couldn’t understand why Qin Qing did this knowing he shouldn’t!
However, Qin Qing ignored its advice. His eyes emitted a light of hatred that seemed to want to slice Qin Gantang into pieces.
“I am not as shameless as you! If you had been a little merciful to Su Su, I wouldn’t have lured you here to let you hear these words! Did you feel Su Su’s pain? Hmm?” Qin Qing pinched Qin Gantang’s jaw hard and asked fiercely.
996 patted Qin Qing’s calf in panic: “Qin Qing, stop talking, Yin Bozhou can hear you! Don’t ruin your own image!”
But Qin Qing remained unmoved. He choked Qin Gantang’s neck and lifted him high.
Qin Gantang wanted to curse, but his throat was stuck and he couldn’t speak.
“Qin Gantang, you heard it just now, right? The things you possess and treasure are all things I don’t want!”
Qin Qing let go of Qin Gantang’s neck and smiled contemptuously.
Qin Gantang collapsed on the ground, coughing while looking at Qin Qing in disbelief.
996 patted its forehead and sighed. It’s over; in this world, Qin Qing can forget about getting the love of Gong 1 again. He will be hated to death! What is he doing this for!
It took Qin Gantang a while to gradually realize what Qin Qing had just said.
This person actually said Yin Bozhou was something he didn’t want! The precious, powerful, and clean-living Yin Bozhou was actually something he didn’t want?! Right, he likes Ren Zehuai! Yin Bozhou naturally has no value in his eyes!
At this moment, Qin Gantang’s jealousy and hatred for Qin Qing reached the peak.
“I have recorded it. I will sue you for breaking the alliance! I will make you go to jail! The Alphas in jail will serve you well, Qin Qing!” Qin Gantang screamed crazily.
Qin Qing chuckled while dialing a number: “There are jammers everywhere in the Central Military Department. Private recording and video recording are not allowed, didn’t you know?”
Qin Gantang immediately opened his optical computer, only to find that what he recorded was indeed all noise.
Qin Qing’s call connected, and Yin Bozhou’s dead silent voice came: “Qin Qing.”
He heard everything, but he pretended not to hear anything. Only then did he know that he was just a tool for Qin Qing to take revenge on Qin Gantang. Qin Qing didn’t want him, it was that simple.
However, Yin Bozhou still quickly answered this call that would only bring him pain.
“Commander, Qin Gantang heard our conversation. He said he would make me become the second Su Su.” Qin Qing’s slightly trembling voice was full of fake fear.
Yin Bozhou’s voice carried genuine comfort: “Don’t be afraid, I will protect you.”
“But I didn’t accept your confession.” Qin Qing glanced at Qin Gantang, who had already shown an expression of extreme anger.
“I will still protect you.”
“But you are Qin Gantang’s guardian.”
“I will only guard you.”
“Qin Gantang’s pheromones can soothe you.”
“As long as you are within my sight, you can soothe me. I will protect you.”
No matter how Qin Qing pressed, no matter how he stabbed Yin Bozhou’s heart with words, his answer was always this sentence—I will protect you.
His love for Qin Qing was unchangeable like this.
Qin Qing hung up the phone with satisfaction and looked at Qin Gantang mockingly.
Qin Gantang collapsed on the ground, staring blankly ahead. He had been stimulated to the point where his brain couldn’t think. When he wantonly plundered Qin Qing’s things, he never knew that having the most precious thing taken away was such a painful thing.
This phone call shattered his last trace of delusion! Yin Bozhou was someone he could never get, yet was used by Qin Qing like this!
“The things I treasure are all things you don’t want?” He looked deeply at Qin Qing, then supported himself against the wall to stand up, and ran away stumbling.
Qin Qing doesn’t want Yin Bozhou, then does he want Ren Zehuai?
Ren Zehuai is his treasure, right? Then snatch Ren Zehuai away! No matter what means are used, must snatch Ren Zehuai away! Qin Gantang thought crazily.
Watching Qin Gantang’s back merging into the darkness, Qin Qing shook his head and smiled coldly.
996 jumped onto the steps and asked worriedly: “Actually, Yin Bozhou heard all the words you just said. You used him as a tool; will he still love you? Are you being too fearless? Breaking his heart like this is really cruel.”
Qin Qing raised the Eye of Thunder, looking at its constantly flashing red pupils.
“You don’t understand, what I want is to break his heart thoroughly.”
“What exactly are you trying to do?” 996 became more and more confused.
“You know, right? Actually, pheromones can only soothe the riot of the spiritual domain, but cannot heal the trauma left by each riot.” Qin Qing walked in the direction Yin Bozhou left.
He could smell that person’s pheromones.
This pheromone became stronger and stronger, carrying the breath of despair and death.
“Doing this will only make him die faster, right?” 996 glared with dissatisfaction.
“You don’t understand.” Qin Qing broke into the lounge and saw Yin Bozhou half-sitting on the ground, trying to struggle to get up, but falling repeatedly.
“Get out!” Yin Bozhou raised his head, revealing a pair of resistant black eyes.
He didn’t want Qin Qing to see his weakest and most wretched side. Agreed to protect the other party no matter what, how could he fall first?
Qin Qing put the Eye of Thunder into his pocket, then half-knelt down, held Yin Bozhou’s face, and pressed his forehead against Yin Bozhou’s burning forehead.
Without the protection of the solid walls, Qin Qing invaded Yin Bozhou’s spiritual domain in an instant, extending boundless roots, spreading vines that covered the sky and sun, and firmly rooted his spiritual body in this barren land full of lava, volcanoes, and black smoke.
Thick roots continuously absorbed lava, and dense vines swallowed black smoke in large mouthfuls.
In just a short moment, the roots were scorched, the vines withered, Qin Qing’s internal organs were shredded, and his spiritual body became dying.
And Yin Bozhou’s pale face was quickly flushing with a healthy red. It rained in his spiritual domain, raindrops extinguishing lava and volcanoes, turning the cracked earth into fertile soil.
However, the land became fertile, but the vines withered and died. It failed to wait for the sweet rain of life that came because of it.
Qin Qing coughed, a mouthful of blood surging up his throat, but he swallowed it back forcefully. Just as Yin Bozhou didn’t want to scare him, he could also bear the pain alone.
996 finally understood. Qin Qing was using his racial talent. The trauma left by the spiritual power riot was incurable, so he transferred all these injuries to himself.
The life and death contract he mentioned turned out to be true!
996 was shocked! How could someone be so stupid! Compared with the life and death contract with Qin Qing, that Guardian Alliance was simply a joke!
Qin Qing gently stroked Yin Bozhou’s stunned face, swallowing the blood surging up his throat, and smiled gently: “Being loved is very warm, but I prefer to love you in my way.”
He fell down softly.
Before falling completely into a coma, he murmured with extreme guilt in Yin Bozhou’s ear: “I’m sorry, it’s not that I don’t love you, I just can’t let you know yet that I love you.”