Nato Star is a living planet, once renowned as a picturesque tourist destination in the Giant Stone Star System over a hundred years ago. However, after Nato Star “awakened,” this breathtaking celestial body turned into a devouring beast.
No insect has dared to set foot on this planet for a century.
Any signal emitted by monitoring devices would enrage this living planet. One hundred years have passed, and not a single Zerg knows what Nato Star has become. Now, unbelievably, the location for the 3S-grade assessment task initiated by the Giant Stone Star System’s First Military Academy is none other than Nato Star.
It’s simply inconceivable!
Zong Yuan sat on the living room sofa, taking a break. Having just finished running and taken a shower, he now only wanted to exchange sweet words with someone.
The intelligent brain vibrated slightly, and Commander Ji Xing, with a tacit understanding, sent a message, “Zong Yuan, are you ready with the things for departure?”
Zong Yuan could imagine Ji Xing’s expression at this moment—restrained and calm, appearing to be just a routine inquiry. However, much like that day in the bathroom, no one knew he could utter such a sultry moan.
Zong Yuan replied, “What do I need to prepare, Commander Ji Xing?”
In the next second, Ji Xing’s message arrived, “There are many things to prepare. If you are not familiar, I can prepare yours together with mine.”
Holding his breath, Ji Xing waited for Zong Yuan’s reply. Fortunately, Zong Yuan’s message came quickly. It was a voice message. Ji Xing raised the volume of the intelligent system in the room and activated the soundproofing device before pressing play.
“Commander Ji Xing, you are truly considerate.”
The youth’s words, filled with a smile, permeated the entire room. Ji Xing sat on the sofa, his entire body straightening for a few seconds. He played the message again. The intelligent system dutifully spreads the sound. Ji Xing couldn’t sit straight anymore. He slowly bent over, his long and fair hands covering his face, the tips of his ears turning red.
Zong Yuan waited for a few minutes without receiving a reply. He dialed Ji Xing’s contact, “Commander Ji Xing, why aren’t you speaking?”
Ji Xing, “You can call me by my name.”
“Ji Xing,” Zong Yuan naturally called out, “The assessment is in three days. I hope you can also directly call me by my name.”
Ji Xing’s intelligent system recorded this call and classified it as a core-secret level. Ji Xing silently repeated Zong Yuan’s name in his mind thousands of times, but now it felt like he was hearing the name for the first time, “Zong… Zong Yuan.”
Stammering, he just said someone’s name, but he felt as exhausted as if he had been through a bloody battle.
“Uh,” Zong Yuan said, “Calling is too stiff and emotionless. Commander Ji Xing, try again?”
Suddenly, Ji Xing felt a strange yet familiar helplessness rising in his heart. Going with the flow, he called out, “Zong Yuan.”
Though the voice was different, in Zong Yuan’s mind, scenes of lovers from each world calling his name surfaced. This feeling was so familiar; the tone of each lover from every world merged into one voice at this moment.
Zong Yuan’s eyelids twitched, and he stood up abruptly, “0046!”
Startled, 0046 responded, “Ah?”
Zong Yuan fell silent again. After standing for a while, he sat down expressionlessly. Ji Xing didn’t hear his response, feeling uneasy, he spoke again, “Zong Yuan?”
Suddenly, Zong Yuan spoke up, “Ji Xing, are you busy right now?”
Ji Xing glanced at his schedule and decisively shook his head, “Not busy.”
Zong Yuan picked up the hovercar keys and made a decisive decision, “Wait, I’ll come to you now. Send me the address.”
Ji Xing reflexively gave him the address.
After the call ended, he realized what he had done. Ji Xing stood up abruptly, “Jiujui!”
A round and chubby cleaning robot came out from the kitchen, “Master?”
Sweating on his forehead, Ji Xing, at a loss, commanded, “Clean the bathroom thoroughly. No! First, make some desserts that male Zergs like, the kitchen! The kitchen’s trash! Also, the color of my room, replace the bedding you once bought, and the sofa doesn’t look good…”
Jiujui followed his commands one by one, spinning around, unsure whether to go to the kitchen or the bedroom. “Master, Jiujui feels a bit dizzy.”
0046, after Zong Yuan called out, felt uneasy. Zong Yuan drove the hovercar for a long distance, his brows furrowed, seeming to have something on his mind.
Unable to bear it any longer, 0046 cautiously asked, “Zong Yuan, what’s wrong?”
Zong Yuan, searching through distant memories, found nothing, “The tone Ji Xing used when calling my name, I suddenly realized I’ve heard it before.”
“Of course, you’ve heard it,” 0046 said matter-of-factly, “In every world, it’s him, so, of course, the tone he uses to call you is the same.”
Zong Yuan whispered, “I mean, in my world, I’ve heard it before.”
0046 was surprised, “That’s impossible!”
Zong Yuan paused, “What if it is possible?”
Zong Yuan didn’t know what he was thinking. He felt like he was going crazy. Regardless of whether 0046 agreed or not, he said to himself, “What if it is? What if there’s also a him in my world?”
0046, “…,” still couldn’t find words to discourage Zong Yuan.
Whether it was 0046 or Zong Yuan, both knew that this long and splendid journey was coming to an end.
Even if humans were considered long-lived at 100 years, Zong Yuan’s brother had a life that couldn’t extend any further. Once it reached its limit, it couldn’t go on.
0046 finally said, “It’s also possible. If you can meet him in every world, there’s no reason why you couldn’t in your own world. It’s also possible that he has a system, just different from ours.”
Zong Yuan’s expression softened, “True.”
Ji Xing nervously waited for Zong Yuan to arrive at home. His house, like himself, had a minimalist design that could be appreciated at a glance.
Ji Xing rearranged his clothes once again, and Jiujui, having finished cleaning, circled him. “Master, is there going to be a male Zerg coming?”
“Yes,” Ji Xing earnestly instructed Jiujui, “But don’t call him a male Zerg. He’s a female Zerg.”
“???” Jiujui’s preset baby voice seemed almost tangled, “Yes, Jiujui understands.”
Ji Xing surveyed the living room again, his gaze landing on the sofa. The spot where he had sat just now was slightly damp, about the size of a palm. Ji Xing furrowed his brow, “What’s going on there?”
The sofa’s color was dark, and the change in color after getting wet wasn’t very noticeable. If Ji Xing hadn’t been observant, he might have overlooked it.
Thinking it was something dirty, he approached and sniffed, catching a whiff of his own scent.
Ji Xing’s cheeks instantly turned red.
He briskly walked back to the bedroom, slammed the door, and headed straight for the full-length mirror.
Ji Xing turned away, looking at the wet patch on his pants. The awkward area was also about the size of a palm and had gotten damp.
He covered his face, shamefully sliding to sit on the floor.
This was the consequence of listening to Zong Yuan’s voice message.
It was the first time Ji Xing realized he was so sensitive.
He just heard the voice of the little female Zerg, just received ordinary praise for being thoughtful, and he… ended up wetting such a large area.
“Ah…” Ji Xing weakly moaned, warning himself again, “Zong Yuan is underage…”
No, no, no!
He couldn’t, shouldn’t, mustn’t even think about it.
The doorbell rang, and Jiujui slid to the door, raising its short little hand to open it, “Guest, please follow Jiujui to the living room.”
With his A-level psychic power, Ji Xing heard this invitation in the bedroom and was horrified, “No!”
He rushed to the living room.
Zong Yuan had just finished inspecting Ji Xing’s room when he saw Ji Xing frantically rushing out. The moment he saw him, Zong Yuan completely calmed down. He smiled, “Commander, such a warm welcome?”
Ji Xing stood stiff in place. He didn’t dare to approach Zong Yuan; he smelled entirely of himself. If Zong Yuan caught even the slightest whiff, Ji Xing felt he would die of embarrassment.
So, he cautiously suggested, “Shall we go to the study?”
Zong Yuan walked toward him, “I didn’t come here to discuss military matters with you, hmm?”
He squinted his eyes, watching Ji Xing retreat.
Ji Xing’s expression remained unchanged, but he was nervously sweating. He struggled to maintain an outward calm, “We can discuss the matters of the 3S-grade assessment.”
Zong Yuan laughed, “Sure.” He took a big step forward, expecting to see Ji Xing abruptly take a large step backward in response.
There was a secret.
Zong Yuan looked around the living room, “It’s spacious here. Let’s discuss matters right here.”
He dismissed the intelligent robot, “You’re called Jiujui, right? Go clean the guest room. I’ll stay here tonight.”
Jiujui, “Jiujui already cleaned it today!”
Zong Yuan smiled pleasantly, “Clean it again.”
Jiujui sneakily slid away to clean, leaving the living room with only Zong Yuan and Ji Xing.
Ji Xing nervously swallowed his saliva.
The living room was spacious and well-ventilated, but Ji Xing felt something was amiss. He even felt that his own scent was becoming stronger.
So strong that the air he breathed in through his nose seemed to make him increasingly irritable.
Zong Yuan didn’t want to prolong the standoff with Ji Xing. He walked over and sat on the sofa, directly on the damp spot, “Ji Xing, aren’t you coming to sit?”
Ji Xing stared at the spot where he sat, turned his head in embarrassment, took two steps back, and stammered, trying to go back to the bedroom to change his pants, “I, I’ll go back to my room first.”
Zong Yuan suddenly closed his eyes and sniffed, “What’s this smell?”
The redness on Ji Xing’s face couldn’t be hidden anymore.
Zong Yuan stood up, closed his eyes, and took a deep sniff. He leaned towards the source of the scent. Ji Xing saw the slender little female Zerg kneeling on one knee, bending over the sofa, sniffing at the damp spot, and his tall nose touching that wet area.
Then, he took another deep sniff.
Ji Xing’s legs began to tremble. This scene was more stimulating than Zong Yuan’s voice message, and his reaction became more intense.
He was about to… lose his balance.
Zong Yuan opened his eyes, looked at the dark spot on the sofa, supported his head with one hand, sniffed again, and his eyes deepened, “Such a pleasant smell.”
Ji Xing shuddered.
Zong Yuan stood up, and slowly walked towards Ji Xing, sniffing him. Ji Xing couldn’t even move.
He remembered the wet spot behind the pants covered by his shirt.
Zong Yuan had already smelled the “source” of the scent.
He sighed next to Ji Xing’s ear, and lowered his voice, tormenting Ji Xing with his own feelings, “So, it’s the scent on Ji Xing’s body.”
Zong Yuan and Ji Xing’s ears were just a hair’s breadth apart. “Really… a scent that makes people want to grow up.”
The author has something to say:
Hahaha, you still have eleven years to grow up!
