A Guide to - 70

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70. Shu Shu’s Granary Card


The Fallen Beast Planet was a primitive planet that produced life. It was already discovered by the Beastman Empire several thousand years ago, but from the point of view of the Beastman Empire, the planet was simply a planet with little value. 
 
There were hardly any minerals on this planet. The water source was scarce; the land was barren, and the air was extremely poor. Furthermore, most of the living creatures here were either poisonous or very ferocious.
 
If such a planet was not too far from the capital star, the beastmen would definitely clean it up and spend money to transform it into a habitable planet, but unfortunately, this planet was very far from the capital star.
 
Not only was this planet very far away, there were not even any minerals stars in its vicinity! In other words, this whole star field had no development value at all!
 
Although Gass Planet was remote, but there were people living there. Its natural resources were abundant, and its environment was beautiful. What did this planet have? After the Beastman Empire carried out a series of explorations on the planet, they abandoned it.
 
This planet was ignored just like that for so many years. Until one day, the people of the Beastman Empire started to think of it again and, by chance, figured out its role—to be used for a place of exile for the fallen beasts.
 
In the Beastman Empire, because of this and that reason, there would always appear a few fallen beasts every year, and the beastmen who had became fallen beasts would always make some troubles.
 
Some fallen beasts might have been framed so they would lose their beast cores. They naturally wanted to take revenge.
 
Some fallen beasts were feared by their families and spouses after the accident and would feel it was unbearable. Later, their temperaments would greatly change, and they might get violent and start hurting people.
 
Moreover, after some beastmen became fallen beasts, they would feel that the world was unfair and directly become anti-social . . . .
 
Even if these problems did not exist, fallen beasts were also very energetic, and if their energies were not expended, they would have problems.
 
After much deliberation, the Beastman Empire finally considered that it would be better to just find a planet, put all the fallen beasts on that planet, and let them live by themselves and be far from other beastmen and sub-beastmen.
 
A planet with good environment, the parliament was certainly reluctant to specially obtain it for the fallen beasts to live. A planet with overly bad environment, the fallen beasts would not be able to live there . . . . Later, they thought of the Fallen Beast Planet.
 
The environment of this planet could be said to be very poor. It was very difficult for sub-beastmen to live here, but it was no problem for fallen beasts to live.
 
As for the problem of the sparse vegetation on this planet, most of the native living organisms could not be eaten anyway . . . .
 
Whenever the Beastman Empire transported the fallen beasts, they would prepare some food for those fallen beasts. And if the fallen beasts’ families also prepared some stuff for the fallen beasts, they would help delivering it.
 
In this way, even if the exiled fallen beasts did not start hunting immediately, they would not go hungry for at least a short time. As for a long time . . . the Beastman Empire was unable to take care of them for that long.
 
In the overgrown rock desert on the Fallen Beast Planet, two huge lions were fighting. They pounced on each other again and again, tearing at each other with the claws, as if they had some sort of deep animosity and big hate toward each other.
 
The roars of the lions rang out incessantly, and the two lions rolled into a ball. Eventually, the lion with a slightly lighter hair pressed the lion with a darker hair under its body.
 
The lighter-haired lion lay flat on the back of the other lion, biting the other lion's neck and letting out a low growl. The lion below lowered its head and growled back.
 
Then the lion on top began to intimately lick the hair of the lion below. At the same time, the two lions also began to rub against each other, rubbing and rubbing . . . .
 
A certain part of the lion on top was getting bigger and bigger and, at the same time, began to penetrate the butt of the lion below . . . .
 
In the rock desert, the two lions started doing something unspeakable, and the roars they let out also became a little cheerful and lighthearted.
 
Not far away, a few different kinds of beasts were gathering together. Some were lying on the ground lazily, while some were peeking or openly watching the “fight” between the two lions nearby.
 
The movements of the two lions were getting bigger and bigger, and their roars were even louder than the ones they had let out when fighting before.
 
At this moment, a huge white wolf with glossy fur and whose build was not a bit smaller than those two lions appeared under a boulder on the side. The white wolf, walking from the shadow into the sunshine, suddenly let out an ear-splitting howl.
 
This sound was very loud and even overwhelmed the roars of the two lions. The lion on top was scared by this sudden baying. Trembling, a certain organ slipped out from the body of the lion below, and some liquid dripped down to the ground.
 
The lion snarled at the white wolf resentfully, but when the white wolf looked at it sullenly, it couldn't help but shrink into a ball.
 
A tiger lying down not far away saw this scene. Tail swinging, its appearance was like watching a good drama.
 
"Aroo!" The white wolf howled again. The originally lazy animals immediately got up from the ground and then gathered around the white wolf. Even the two lions who had just fought fiercely a moment ago did not dare to disregard it.
 
The white wolf glanced at the beasts in front of him and then ran to the distance.
 
"Isn’t there plenty of food now? What's wrong with the boss? Why will he go hunting?" The lighter-colored lion issued a low-pitched grunt to his partner.
 
"I guess his mood isn’t good." The other lion let out a similar grunt.
 
"What happened?" The lion who asked first was puzzled. "We’ve just received a batch of supplies, and this batch of supplies is even richer than ever. The boss should be happy right now." Saying so, he couldn't help but lick his lips. Every year when the Beastman Empire's spaceship came here, it would deliver a lot of food. But this time, the food was much more than ever. It was said that the imperial family had spent some money to add a lot more . . . . They were all very happy; only their boss seemed to be in a bad mood.
 
"It’s said that the boss’ old friend didn’t send him anything!" The lion who had just been pushed down was not happy and gave his partner a quick glare.
 
The two lions were muttering on the back, and the white wolf in front somewhat heard something and turned his head in a very fierce manner.
 
The two lions at once didn't dare to say anything anymore. At this moment, they suddenly saw a shooting star far in the sky.
 
"Rowr!" Was this a meteor?
 
A big group of beasts in the rock desert suddenly looked up, and their movements were spontaneously in sync.
 
Scalded by the high temperature, Shu Shu woke up.
 
Although the lifepod had the capability to produce oxygen, but after a hole was torn on it, a part of the oxygen-producing function was broken, so that the air inside the lifepod was getting less and less.
 
A few days of fatigue and thin air made Shu Shu in a daze and, unbeknownst to him, slowly lose consciousness. Only after feeling the surrounding temperature getting higher to the point of burning hot did he become wide awake.
 
He was wide awake, but Ian and Jones were still half conscious. Upon seeing this, Shu Shu crawled over with a stagger. While sending his spiritual power that had just recovered a little into their bodies, he cried out, "Mother! Mother!"
 
Ian and Jones finally woke up.
 
Before going into the lifepod, they had not eaten anything for several days and had also been ill-treated. Their complexions were very ugly, and their conditions were even worse than Shu Shu’s. If it were not for Shu Shu injecting them with spiritual power as well as stuffing them with a bit of food, maybe they were already dead.
 
After waking up and feeling the increasing temperature in the lifepod, the faces of the two men immediately changed. Ian asked with a hoarse voice, "What’s going on?"
 
"I don't know. Edgar’s fine, right?" Shu Shu turned toward the area on the lifepod that had a hole torn into it before and saw it covered with a layer of snake scales now. It was obviously Edgar outside, using his own body to protect the entire lifepod so they were not exposed to the universe.
 
Shu Shu had given all his spiritual power to Edgar before he lost consciousness. Edgar was still alive at that time, but now . . . .
 
Shu Shu wanted to send some spiritual power into Edgar to make Edgar feel a bit better, but after he extended his hand, he remembered that he had no spiritual power at all now. He could only lower his hand again in regret.
 
At this moment, a sound of violent crash was suddenly heard, and it seemed like the entire lifepod was smashed . . . . Although Shu Shu firmly grabbed hold onto the things around, but because of the huge impact, he was still sent flying, and his head smashed into the cabin wall in the end. The knock opened a gash on his head.

Blood almost immediately flowed down from his forehead and covered his face.   

"Shu Shu!" Ian was petrified. He actually never encountered such a problem like Shu Shu’s, so he cried out in fear upon seeing this.
 
"I'm fine . . ." If it was before, Shu Shu might have already fainted from receiving such an injury. Yet this time, he actually didn’t faint and was still standing. Only suffering some pain, he spoke again, "I'm fine . . ."
 
Shu Shu’s voice barely fell, and the cabin they were in suddenly split open. It split in half and exposed them.
 
"Edgar!" Shu Shu screamed. He touched the split open area and then heard a dull sound. It seemed that there was something rolling to the side. Could it be Edgar?
 
The lifepod was all split up and in pieces. Shu Shu climbed out of the lifepod and saw Edgar at first glance. He could not be bothered to look at the surrounding situation and dragged himself right away toward the scorched black big snake beside the lifepod.
 
He had always been afraid of snakes, but now he completely forgot about this matter and directly threw himself at the snake.
 
The big snake’s injuries were very grave. Although Shu Shu came close to him, but he did not dare to touch him as he wished. He just stayed on the side and called in a low voice, "Edgar, Edgar!”
 
The scales on Edgar’s back had all disappeared, the entire back was burned, and his body had no life force. Looking at this Edgar, Shu Shu was scared, and his eyes reddened.
 
"We landed on some planet!" Jones also came out. Looking at everything around him, he was somewhat amazed, and then he turned toward Edgar. "Edgar protected the lifepod when it was entering the atmosphere, did he? He . . ." When an asteroid as big as a mountain was pulled by the planet’s gravity and streaked through the atmosphere and then fell to the ground, what remained after the friction with the atmosphere was a fist-sized meteorite. Edgar was fine, right?
 
"How is Edgar?" Ian also looked at Edgar.
 
"I'll take a look." Jones said and quickly came to Edgar's side.
 
Edgar was heavily injured and had completely lost consciousness. Not only that, but  . . . .
 
"Edgar's beast core is gone." Jones could sense that Edgar’s body no longer had some scents that beastmen should have, and his mood was very low. The last time Edgar became a fallen beast, he was already very lucky. This time, his beast core was actually gone. Later on . . . .
 
"He’s still alive, right?" Shu Shu asked. Contrary to what one might expect, he did not care one bit about the beast core; it was already good as long as Edgar was alive.
 
"Still alive." Jones replied, but he did not say that although Edgar was still breathing, but in the current situation, it would be difficult for Edgar to survive.
 
When some people had conspired to murder Edgar then, he had not died. This time, there would definitely be no problem as well! Jones ultimately could only cheer himself up like this.
 
Hearing that Edgar was still alive, Shu Shu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Then a burst of exhaustion rushed forth, and the whole person suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
 
"Shu Shu!" Ian cried out anxiously. He wanted to go up and take a look but was stopped by Jones. "Let him rest for a while."
 
They were secured in the lifepod before and did not receive any blows. But after Edgar climbed out, Shu Shu began to send spiritual power into them and Edgar and did not secure himself again. Not to say that his body now was black and blue from being knocked around, but he had also been sore since earlier. It was best to let him take a rest now while they took a look at what they had brought.
 
As far as the eye could see, this place was a rock desert and had no green vegetation at all. Although they could still breathe the air here, but obviously, this place was not very suitable for them to live. How they were going to survive next was indeed a huge problem for them.
 
Shu Shu was unconscious for about an hour. When he woke up, he was still lying in the same place. The lifepod nearby, however, had been thoroughly unloaded. He and Edgar were covered with a thin blanket, concealing his naked body.
 
The previous situation was so dire from the beginning that he had no time to put some clothes on himself.
 
Shu Shu sighed and sat up.
 
He hurt from head to foot, but now that he did not have Edgar caring about him, he could only bear all the pain. He then went to see the motionless big snake at his side.
 
The big snake was badly burnt. He no longer resembled a snake but more like a grilled sausage and even really smelled like it . . . . Shu Shu laughed bitterly. Feeling that his spiritual power had recovered a bit, he immediately sent all of his spiritual power into Edgar’s body.
 
"Edgar will definitely be fine." Ian said.
 
Shu Shu, hearing Ian’s words, saw Ian sitting there with cracked lips and  showing a soothing smile to him.
 
Ian’s smile made Shu Shu much composed. He nodded to Ian and showed a smile too. “Yeah, Edgar will definitely be fine. He still has to see the child being born!”
 
After saying so, Shu Shu once again went to check on Edgar, who did not make any movement or sound at all, and did not even notice Ian and Jones’ sad expressions.
 
"Shu Shu. Is the child . . ." Ian suddenly said and then covered his eyes with both hands and started to cry bitterly.
 
"What?" Shu Shu stared blankly; his brain somewhat wasn’t working at this moment. After watching Ian cry for a while, he finally realized that Ian should be worrying about the child having met with a mishap. "The child’s fine."
 
"I didn't find the child in the lifepod, and Jones said that you’re naked when you went to save him. The child . . ." Ian looked at Shu Shu with a complicated expression. Not to mention that Shu Shu had gone to save people stark naked, he was still naked now, so that people could see all kinds of wounds that resulted from the collision on his white and tender body.
 
"The child’s really fine." Shu Shu said. He was also worried that it would be bad for the health if the child stayed in the subspace for a long time, so he covered up his mouth with two hands and opened his mouth . . . .
 
Ian and Jones did not see clearly what exactly Shu Shu did, but they suddenly found that there was an egg on Shu Shu’s hands.
 
It was the child! The child was really fine!
 
Ian looked at Shu Shu, pleasantly surprised, and got up to touch the egg. He did not bother to investigate where exactly Shu Shu had hidden the child before.
 
"It’s really great that we’re all fine." Jones said as he handed his outer clothes to Shu Shu. "Shu Shu, you put on my clothes, OK? Don't refuse."
 
Having been a human for a long time, Shu Shu also felt a bit uncomfortable being naked. He immediately handed over the egg to Ian and then put on the clothes.
 
While Shu Shu put on the clothes, Ian and Jones were staring at the egg in Ian’s arms in wonder. However, they were only happy for a moment before their faces became ugly again.
 
When Shu Shu was unconscious, they looked around the area. This place had no vegetation at all, not to say water source. In this case, how would they survive?
 
The child was fine, and Edgar was still breathing now, but if they continued like this, sooner or later, they all would die of starvation and thirst.
 
Shu Shu, wearing Jones' clothes on his body, saw Ian and Jones sitting together with somber expressions. Thinking that the two men had not eaten anything before, Shu Shu immediately asked, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?”
 
“We’re not hungry.” Ian said, forcing a smile. Even if they were hungry, they also did not have anything to eat.
 
"Even if you’re not hungry, you also must eat a little. When you’re full, you’ll have strength." Shu Shu said. He really felt very uncomfortable and very wrong letting Edgar casually lie on the ground like this. This place was windy and full of dust, and the sun also shone very bright. He definitely couldn’t let Edgar keep going like this . . . . He had to dig a hole for Edgar.
 
Only after he was full, would he have the strength to dig a hole . . . . Thinking so, Shu Shu opened his mouth and began to take out all kinds of foods.
 
Ian and Jones were just thinking about how they were going to find something to eat when they suddenly discovered that a big pile of food had appeared in front of them!
 


Author’s note: Shu Shu’s mouth leads to a different dimension, ah!

TL's note: I'll be out of town for a few days, so the next update will be pushed back to Friday, July 5.

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A Guide to - 69

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69. It’s Time to Escape


The mech fighters under Chris’ command had just picked up the lifepod ejected from Jonathan's spaceship, and the lifepod on their hands suddenly exploded. 
 
Although the power of the explosion was not big, but it was not small either. Almost all of the mechs close to it suffered, but fortunately, the mech fighters inside the cabin were not in life-threatening danger.
 
Seeing this scene, Chris, who had not slept for two days, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
 
"Your Imperial Majesty!" The people around Chris cried out in horror.
 
"Collect and check the debris that turned up after the lifepod exploded!" Chris ordered. If there were people inside the lifepod, the fragments left from the explosion would definitely be splattered with genetic material . . . . Of course, he hoped there was nothing inside.
 
But even if there was nothing inside . . . .
 
Turning towards the wormhole that was already closed because Jonathan had let off that bomb at the last minute, Chris’ expression was inscrutable.
 
He wished he could rush over right away, but in the current situation, even if he rushed over, he doubted he could find Jonathan. He would more likely get lost in the wormhole or even torn to pieces by the space blade inside the wormhole.
 
He could not catch up with Jonathan, so he could only search for people on the outside!
 
"Go offer a reward for finding the empress!" Chris wiped off the bloodstain on the corner of his mouth and had his men post huge rewards on the star network, looking for Ian and the other two as well as the wanted Jonathan and his cronies. With Edgar keeping pace with them, Ian and the others would definitely be all right . . . .
 
When Jonathan made the two spaceships dock and let the people on his spaceship transfer to the other ship, Edgar at once realized that things were not good. He promptly made Shu Shu find the egg and Jones.
 
In the past two days, Edgar and Shu Shu had not always watched Jonathan attentively. They, separately, had already checked this small private spaceship thoroughly, including the cabins where the egg and Jones were located. And now, the guards had just left, so Shu Shu rushed madly toward the cabin.
 
Edgar told him to bring the egg and Jones to the lifepod.
 
For safety purpose, this private spaceship was equipped with four big and small lifepods. The one that Jonathan had released before was the biggest one. Edgar made Shu Shu bring the egg and Jones to the smallest one, though.
 
The members of the imperial family knew that the smallest lifepod was the strongest one, and although it was quite small, it could still shelter three or four people.
 
Aboard the private spaceship, Shu Shu was rushing madly. After arriving at the outside of the locked cabin where his own egg was located, he immediately squeezed into the small hole that Edgar had dug up and appeared inside the cabin.
 
Two robots stood in the spacious and empty cabin, and an egg was placed on the bed.
 
If he was not careful when taking the egg, he might alarm these two robots . . . . He needed to get it done quickly, and he also needed to avoid these two robots . . . .
 
The tiny, fingernail-sized hamster whose whole body was covered with spiritual power could completely avoid detection. Shu Shu climbed onto the bed and abruptly turned into a human form.
 
A big, living person suddenly appeared in the room. If there were human beings here, they would definitely turn pale with fright and raise the alarm. But now, apart from the egg, there were only robots in the room.
 
Shu Shu's body was covered with spiritual power, so the robots failed to detect his existence. They turned a blind eye to him and just stood there quietly.
 
Shu Shu did not hesitate to pick up his own egg and stuff it into his mouth . . . or into his own subspace, to be exact.
 
A hamster's mouth could open quite wide just like a snake's mouth. The egg that Shu Shu gave birth to was not particularly big. In the blink of an eye, the egg was already stuffed into Shu Shu’s mouth. Shu Shu instantly became smaller and ran away from the scene.
 
The two robots in the room were unable to detect Shu Shu. In fact, they were also unable to detect the egg, so that when Shu Shu took the egg away, they actually didn't have any awareness about it at all.
 
Right now, Shu Shu already started toward the cabin where Jones was located.
 
After Shu Shu arrived at the cabin where Jones was, he found that Jones had actually recovered his mobility and was working on the two robots that guarded him!
 
But Jones was just a sub-beastman; how could he be a match for the two robots? Not only did he fail to defeat the two robots, but he was also suppressed by them.
 
At this time, the entire spaceship shook violently.
 
This was the sign of the spaceship entering the wormhole. Shu Shu did not know this, but the rocking sensation under his feet still made him uneasy. He turned into a human form without the slightest hesitation and then kicked the two robots one by one.
 
"Shu Shu?" Jones stared at the naked Shu Shu in shock and somewhat couldn't come to his senses—how could Shu Shu suddenly appear?
 
Shu Shu simply didn’t have time to answer Jones. He carried Jones on his shoulder and continued to rush madly toward the location of the lifepod.
 
The spaceship shook even more violently while he was doing this.
 
The spaceship had entered the wormhole. In addition, Jonathan had also fired a bomb at the entrance of the wormhole to blow it up!
 
This spaceship was originally very close to the entrance, so it was naturally affected greatly . . . . If it weren’t for Shu Shu having spiritual power, he would absolutely have no way to stand firm.
 
In the end, Shu Shu practically dove into the lifepod while carrying Jones. After going in, the two men fell into a heap.
 
"Shu Shu, how did you escape?" Jones had been unconscious from the beginning. He didn't know that Shu Shu was not caught by Jonathan and only thought that Shu Shu had been captured along with him. "What about Ian? Do you know where he is?"
 
"Edgar went to save him." Shu Shu answered. His voice just fell, and the spaceship shook violently, making his whole person lurch and slam into Jones’ body.
 
"Let’s secure ourselves!" Jones, who hurt all over from getting slammed into, quickly expressed.
 
Shu Shu nodded and grabbed a crate in the lifepod to crawl into. He also stuffed Jones, who was powerless to steady his figure, into one of the crates.
 
They were finally secured after going into the crates. Although they were still being shaken incessantly, which made them can't help but feel like vomiting, but at least they would not be tossed around and fall down . . . .
 
The spaceship was constantly shaking, and naturally, so was the main control room.
 
After entering the wormhole and firing the bomb, the main control room began to shake, and there were so many noises mixed together as well, which made Jonathan basically unable to continue monitoring all the cabins as before.
 
By now, he was not interested in monitoring those cabins anymore.
 
Jonathan had already fastened himself to the chair in the main control room. Although the shaking made him feel sick, but it didn't make him keep away from the console . . . . Revealing a little sneer while watching the screen in front of him, Jonathan reached out and pressed on the console a few times, starting a procedure that he had set up earlier.
 
The spaceship’s self-destruct procedure.
 
He did not want to die, but which road could he still travel besides dying?
 
He never liked the Duke of Mund. Although the Duke of Mund was very good to him, but that kind of goodness only made him feel repressed. He didn't even want to stay in one room with the Duke of Mund, and he wished he would never have to see this man again.   

He hated Ian very much, and finally, after waiting for almost fifty years, he had a suitable opportunity to start taking revenge.
 
After the plan was activated, he could no longer stop it.
 
If Edgar and Ian had died as he had planned, he could have been at Chris’ side and kept him company. Afterwards, everything in the imperial family would have belonged to his son, Calvin.
 
But Edgar was not dead; Ian was also fine, and Edgar and Chris kept investigating this matter ceaselessly!
 
The investigation finally found him.
 
After his plan fell through and stood exposed, he only had two roads. One road was to flee far away, living incognito in fear and on edge for a lifetime. The other road was to get imprisoned.
 
When his life was only a little bit uncomfortable, he already felt it was unbearable. He was used to being watched attentively and liked to be a person who was the focus of everyone. If he could no longer enjoy a bright and beautiful life, he might as well drop dead.
 
His subordinates wanted to flee, but, no matter what, he was not willing to choose either of these two roads.
 
Therefore, he chose another road for himself, the road to death.
 
He was going to die. Naturally, he had to drag a few to share his fate. He was going to die, so of course, Ian could not be alive.
 
Chris did not like him, then he would kill the people Chris liked.
 
He believed that from now on, Chris would definitely remember him deeply and eternally.
 
Since Chris did not love him, then just let Chris hate him!
 
It took a minute for the spaceship's self-destruct procedure to fully start. Fixing his gaze on the screen in front of him, Jonathan finally thought of his own son, Calvin.
 
He loathed the Duke of Mund, but Calvin was his son after all. He still cared about Calvin.
 
He, Ian, and the others disappeared together in the wormhole. Chris would not be able to ascertain whether they had died or not, so it might be assumed that Calvin would be able to keep his life.
 
After his plan to murder Edgar fell through and stood exposed, Calvin was doomed to have a bad life. It was already very good that he could keep his life.
 
Jonathan chuckled and turned his head to look at Ian, but he did not expect to see that the bombs on Ian’s body were already dismantled completely. Even more, Edgar was standing beside Ian!
 
When did Edgar come aboard the spaceship? Why did he know nothing at all about this?
 
It had been chaotic just now, and he had been unable to manage Ian at all. Had Edgar taken advantage of this moment to tear down the explosives on Ian’s body?
 
Jonathan stared at the two people in front of him and couldn't help but want to pounce on them. However, he had tied himself to the console, and it was impossible to untie himself in an instant.
 
"You want to die, then go die! We’re leaving!" Edgar picked Ian up and quickly left the main control room. When he reached the doorway of the main control room, he threw a punch at the door, and the door of the main control room was smashed open.
 
"The spaceship’s going to explode, and it's still in the wormhole. Do you still think you can escape?" Jonathan sneered. "Chris, all your loved ones will accompany me to die. Are you happy?"
 
Jonathan, watching Edgar going away, felt inexplicably carefree.
 
This wormhole was nevertheless an unstable wormhole. Even if Edgar and those people could escape, could they also survive?
 
No longer watching Edgar, Jonathan turned his head to watch the main console, which was showing a countdown.
 
“34，33，32 . . . .”

The space outside was extremely chaotic; the spaceship's power source was already exhausted, and the hull had been scratched up by the space blade.
 
“24，23，22 . . . .”

The violent shaking movements made Jonathan can’t help but start retching. This was the first time he was so close to death, and it seemed to be within arm’s reach.
 
“14，13，12 . . . .”

A lifepod disengaged from the spaceship.
 
The corner of Jonathan's mouth curled up with a sneer. Absentmindedly, he suddenly remembered the memories of his childhood.
 
When he was brought into the imperial palace, he looked at everything around him and only thought that everything was so beautiful. He wanted to stay there for a lifetime, but in the end, he could only leave with his tail between his legs.
 
Perhaps it was not a bad thing to die in an explosion. At least, it was brilliant enough.
 
“4，3，2 . . . 0！”

The screen in the main control room showed a zero, and at the same time, the spaceship exploded.
 
The spaceship explosion made the whole wormhole appear more chaotic than ever. A lifepod that had just left the spaceship was in the middle of this chaos, and it was tossed around.
 
But even then, the people inside the lifepod rejoiced in having a new lease on life.
 
They ultimately remained alive!
 
"What about the child?" Ian's entire person was flipped over 360° along with the lifepod, but he still did not forget to ask about the child.
 
Shu Shu was here, Jones was here, and Edgar was also here. What about the child? The child was fine, right?
 
"The child’s with me. He’s fine!" Shu Shu said as they once again made a big 360° flip. He originally wanted to take the child out of his food pouch, but with the current situation . . . . He had better not fool around, or else the child might be accidentally thrown and dropped and broken to pieces!
 
Hearing Shu Shu’s words, Ian and Jones both put their minds at ease. Edgar’s expression, however, was still very grave.
 
The child was fine, but they would probably have a problem soon.
 
This lifepod was very solid, but the outside was too chaotic. If they went on like this, this lifepod would not last long!
 
If the lifepod broke down in the universe . . . . He might be able to survive, but the others would undoubtedly die!
 
Edgar's face was very ugly, and at this moment, a loud *bang* was heard. Unexpectedly, some object smashed into the lifepod.
 
The lifepod was sent flying toward the other direction from the impact, and at the same time, the sound of alarm began to ring inside the lifepod.
 
Because of the impact, there was a thinned out area on the lifepod now!
 
"What’s to be done?" Ian and Jones also realized that the current situation was very bad.
 
Edgar did not talk, and everyone also became silent. Meanwhile, more crashing sounds were heard . . . .   

After an indeterminate period of time had passed, the crashing sound on the outside of the lifepod finally became smaller, and the rocking movement of the lifepod also lessened a little. It could be that the shock wave caused by the spaceship explosion had disappeared. However, at this moment, a hole was suddenly torn in the lifepod.
 
The lifepod was damaged! The air in the cabin would completely vaporize into the universe, and by then, all of them were going to die!
 
Shu Shu covered his mouth. If he died, what would happen with his egg?
 
He was terrified. He should have started crying at this time, but when he really arrived at this point in time, he unexpectedly didn't want to cry.
 
Ian and Jones's joy of being saved disappeared without a trace. Their faces became extremely ugly for a moment, but Edgar suddenly said, "Rest assured, it’ll be fine!"
 
Because the air in the lifepod was quickly drained, Edgar’s voice sounded strange when it traveled to the ears of the other three people. At this instant, Edgar abruptly turned into his original form and became a very small snake. Then he climbed out through the hole that was smashed open in the lifepod.
 
The broken hole on the lifepod was blocked. The lifepod was still shaking and getting struck, but the people inside were temporarily safe.
 
However, the mood of the three people inside the lifepod were not good. They knew that Edgar used his body to protect them.
 
Directly exposed to the universe, would Edgar die?
 
Strands of tears rolled down Shu Shu’s face, falling rapidly from the corners of his eyes to the ground.
 
After quite a long time, the crashing sound finally disappeared, and the lifepod finally stopped shaking. It began to move forward steadily in the universe and slowly approached a dark green planet.

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68. Everyone Dies Together


The video soon began to play. 
 
This video should have been taken without permission using a surveillance camera, and the location had been the private living room of the house where Ian had resided when he had just entered the imperial palace . . . . As Ian realized these details, his face became very ugly.
 
Jonathan had installed a surveillance camera at the place where he had lived?!
 
Not waiting for his lingering fear or anger, Ian finally saw the content of the video . . . .
 
Ian himself was common-born, so he completely had no opinion on Shu Shu’s identity, but Chris’ parents were not like this. Chris’ mother was noble-born and mainly associated with the sub-beastmen born of various nobles of the capital star, therefore he originally couldn’t tolerate Ian at all.
 
Chris was a child who was finally born when his parents were more than one-hundred-year-old. They valued Chris very much, so the empress simply couldn’t accept that their son fancied a sub-beastman who had no any extraordinary status.
 
Ian had no choice but to leave the military at that time, and then he was given a hard time after coming to the capital star. On top of that, he didn't have that sort of having-a-highly-retentive-memory cheat like Shu Shu did, so it took him a very long time to learn various etiquette, and the hardship was beyond words.
 
He was in a bad mood, so when he faced Chris, he couldn't muster any sweet feeling at all. What’s more, Chris had done a few stupid things then.
 
The imperial family adopted Jonathan, but there was no blood relationship between Jonathan and Chris. According to the laws of the Empire, they totally could get married. Jonathan was also very, very remarkable . . . . Since Ian came to the capital star, people had never stopped comparing him with Jonathan. He was already in a bad mood, and Chris actually gave Jonathan the best attire when they were choosing formal attires.
 
Shu Shu didn't care about such a thing. However, Ian, who was under great pressure then, cared about it; especially when later someone found him and peculiarly told him that Chris didn't care about him at all, otherwise he wouldn't choose such a hideous attire for him.
 
He in fact didn't really care about clothes and jewelry, but he was angry and felt deeply hurt after being bullied by a stranger. He didn't understand; it was obviously he who was the star of this banquet, but why was it Jonathan who dressed up brightly and beautifully? Why was it Jonathan who was regarded as the center of attention? Even Chris’ whole family was very close to Jonathan . . . . After the event, he started to quarrel with Chris.
 
It was a petty quarrel. Basically, he questioned whether Chris liked Jonathan and disliked him, making all kinds of rackets. Afterwards, Chris hugged him and kissed him, and then they went to bed together.
 
Ian had gone through such quarrels many times in his lifetime and had long forgotten them. He did not expect that today he actually had another chance to see it again.
 
Stuff from forty or fifty years ago, and Jonathan still kept it. Not to mention that he seemed to take the content of other people’s quarrel seriously . . . .
 
In the video, Ian was questioning Chris angrily, "I’m your fiancé. I should be your most important person. Why did the best-looking attire and jewelry become Jonathan’s? Do you like him?"
 
"Don't you dislike complicated clothes and jewelry?" Chris' voice was very low.
 
"I don't like them, so you can’t give them to me?" Ian reached out and clung to Chris' arm. He continued to ask questions, but the following questions became a bunch of complaints. Meanwhile, Chris said nothing at all.
 
"At the banquet, why did you abandon me and run to talk with Jonathan? Don't you know that I don't understand anything?"
 
"They all said that the one you like is Jonathan!"
 
"Chris, you bastard!
 
. . . . . .

Ian watched his young and spirited self in the video complaining incessantly while Chris did not say a single word, which made him even more angry. "Chris, if it weren’t for me accidentally eating your beast bead, you would never think of marrying me, would you? "

“If you have the ability, take your beast bead back!”
 
Chris had been watching him, waiting for him to more or less vent his feelings. Hearing that he did not go on anymore, Chris at once held him and carried him into the bedroom.
 
The video cut off here, but Ian actually remembered what had happened afterwards . . . . Chris had tumbled him all night along and forbidden him from talking nonsense again.
 
"I’ve done an investigation. You ate Chris’ beast bead when he’s injured. Before that, you and Chris didn't have much intersection at all. If it weren’t for you eating Chris' beast bead, why would he marry you? You stole Chris! I’ve already vowed that I must kill you!" After the video was finished, Jonathan put away his communication device and then fixed his gaze on Ian.
 
Ian simply didn't know what he should say. Other people were not really clear about the matter of him and Chris working alongside for the mission for two months, and later . . . . They didn't interact much in the beginning, but after Chris stuffed the beast bead into his mouth, he began to openly stand at his side and drive other men away. They stayed in the military for another year, during which they were considered a couple by everyone, and then they went to the capital star to get married.
 
A man like Chris, because his beast bead was accidentally eaten by a sub-beastman, would settle for said sub-beastman just so he could have a child in the future?
 
Jonathan did not understand Chris at all!
 
"Jonathan, that’s enough! Whether Chris loves me or not, your heart’s the clearest!" The irrational words of a lovers' quarrel were actually brought up and taken as evidence of him "forcing" Chris. How ridiculous.
 
Jonathan stared blankly.
 
"Don't say that you love Chris; do you think I don’t realize why the hell you did all these?" Ian stared at Jonathan. He and Chris had analyzed Jonathan's motive before. "You’re not aiming for the imperial family’s property. In the past, you’re a sub-beastman of the imperial family. Whatever you wanted, you got it. The days of your life were bright and beautiful, and you’re the most high-profile person in the Empire. But after you married the Duke of Mund, many of your glories were gone. You envy me, not because I got Chris’ love, but because I became the sub-beastman who received the most attention, right?"
 
"When I got married, you just had to try to make me lose face and then hypocritically gave me a hand. It’s obviously my long-awaited wedding, yet all the media were praising you . . . . Later, everyone paid less and less attention to you. You felt it’s intolerable, didn’t you?" Ian said with a sneer. "If you really loved Chris like you said, why would you get married and give birth to a child? You disposing Edgar is because the Duke of Mund’s financial situation isn’t optimistic. You want to get the imperial family’s property, right?”
 
There were always very few children in the imperial family. Nearly every generation only had one child, and the property had never been divided out, so it continued to increase. Other nobles, however, were different.
 
The Duke of Mund had several younger brothers. He inherited the title but did not inherit most of the property. His property was enough for him to live well, but for Jonathan, who had enjoyed the best of everything à la the imperial family and even had a damn spaceship before marriage, it was estimated to be a little insufficient.
 
Jonathan, who already came to his senses, directly slapped Ian on the face. "It’s useless to say these now. Don't forget that you’re in my hands."
 
"Are you not worried about implicating Calvin doing all these things?" Ian asked again.
 
"He doesn't know anything. How can Chris hold him?" Jonathan sneered. It was a society ruled by law now. He was irredeemable, but the imperial family certainly couldn’t dispose of innocent people as they pleased!
 
"Do you think that Chris not doing anything in the public eye means that he won’t do anything in private?" Ian said. "You let me go now, and I think he’ll let Calvin go. Otherwise . . ."
 
"It’s too late.” Jonathan replied. "Moreover, do you think I can have such a strong attachment to that family?"
 
Seeing Jonathan's expression, Ian’s heart jumped.
 
"Shu Shu, that sub-beastman who’s as eager to seduce men as you’re, has been blown to bits by me. As for you . . ." Jonathan smiled and did not continue.
 
He had hated Ian for fifty years, and Ian had also stolen everything from him. How could he easily let Ian go?
 
As for Calvin . . . .
 
When he first started working on Edgar, he actually thought about Calvin. If Edgar had died then, Ian would have been very sad, and Myer and Edgar's marriage contract would have become invalid too. At that time, Calvin could have been together with Myer.
 
However, his old plan had already failed, hadn’t it?
 
Edgar suddenly came back and messed up his plan thoroughly.
 
Originally, if Edgar couldn't come back, he wanted to use the news of fake Edgar to draw Ian out and then kill him. Now though . . . .
 
"What did you say?" Ian stared at Jonathan in shock. Shu Shu was killed with an explosion? How could it be?
 
Jonathan, however, already stopped caring about him and did not even seek his explanation anymore. He went back to operate the console and continued to pound on it.
 
The spaceship was rapidly leaving the capital star, and behind this spaceship, Chris led his men to chase after it and kept trying to communicate with it.
 
Jonathan put through one of the calls, and Chris appeared on the screen.
 
"Jonathan, you let them go, and I’ll also let you go!"
 
"That has to wait until I get to a safe place." Jonathan stared at Chris almost greedily.
 
"Chris!" Ian, on the side, saw Chris and called out loudly.
 
"Ian!" Chris heard Ian's voice but couldn't see Ian whom was lying on the ground. His face revealed an anxious expression, but in the end, he could only grit his teeth and stare at Jonathan. "When will you be willing to let them go?"
 
Jonathan did not answer. Instead, he unexpectedly said, "Chris, have you ever loved me?"
 
Chris' eyes were full of loathing. Jonathan, seeing Chris’ expression, suddenly looked a little crazy.
 
He always thought that Chris liked him and was compelled to be together with Ian because his beast bead was eaten by Ian. So in those years, even though he hated the situation so much, he also endured it.
 
However, things seemed to be not the case.
 
Everything that originally belonged to him was actually stolen by Ian . . . . Why?
 
"You can rest assured that I’ll let them go before I enter the wormhole." Jonathan abruptly said and then turned off the communication directly. After that, he went over to Ian and sprayed some liquid on Ian.
 
Ian fainted right away.
 
The spaceship continued to speed ahead. During this time, Chris kept following the spaceship closely while sending out various messages incessantly.
 
Chris took both Calvin and Mund along with him. Inside the multimedia messages he sent to Jonathan, there were photos and videos of these two men as well as threats to immediately kill them if Ian and the other two had an accident. At the same time, he also kept asking for their photo. If Jonathan did not give it, he would start with Calvin or simply attack Jonathan’s spaceship.
 
Chris seemed a bit crazy, and it was probably because of this that Jonathan did not do anything to hurt Ian and the other two in the end. However, he also didn’t treat them well; Ian and company had never eaten anything to say the least.
 
The spaceship kept on like this for two days and arrived in the vicinity of a wormhole.
 
A wormhole, also known as a space-time hole, was a multi-dimensional space tunnel connecting two distant time and space. It was not many in number; moreover, it was also very unstable. Although passing through a wormhole could greatly shorten the distance of a voyage, but the Beastman Empire generally wouldn’t choose to use a wormhole.
 
The wormhole that Jonathan chose was a wormhole that was not particularly stable. No one knew where they would appear if they passed through this wormhole. In addition, there was also a wide expanse of asteroid belt near the wormhole.
 
Edgar had been paying attention to Jonathan, so when he noticed this detail, he immediately had a feeling of uneasiness. Then he saw Jonathan put through a communication with a spaceship . . . .
 
It was Jonathan's private spaceship which had carried Jonathan's substitute out of the capital star!
 
That spaceship had actually been waiting here!
 
Jonathan stopped the spaceship, and then the two spaceships began to dock. Not only that, but all the people on Jonathan’s spaceship besides Jonathan unexpectedly began to transfer to the other spaceship.
 
What did Jonathan want to do?
 
Edgar was a bit puzzled, and Chris, who had practically done his best to keep up, was equally puzzled. Increasing the speed by force had made the spaceship Chris flew in have a big problem. On top of that, only a few spaceship were able to follow him . . . . After receiving Jonathan's message that threatened to throw Ian and the others into the wormhole should Chris get close, Chris had no other choice but to stop far away and then arrange some mech fighters to approach Jonathan’s spaceship stealthily.
 
The docking of the two spaceships was soon completed, and the people on Jonathan’s spaceship were all transferred into the other spaceship. After the spaceship was loaded with those people, it plunged headlong into the wormhole without hesitation.
 
This wormhole was not stable at all. No one knew where those people would go to. And at this time, Jonathan unexpectedly flew his spaceship toward the wormhole as well.
 
Before he entered the wormhole, his spaceship ejected a lifepod.
 
Chris promptly dispatched some people to go catch the lifepod. At this moment, Jonathan’s spaceship already entered the wormhole. After he went in, he immediately fired an artillery shell at the entrance of the wormhole, disrupting the space there to make the people behind unable to enter the wormhole.
 
Jonathan told Chris that Ian and the others were in the lifepod, but in fact, that lifepod was loaded with explosives.
 
The spaceship was currently in the middle of the wormhole. On the spaceship, apart from Jonathan, there were only two people and an egg captured by him as well as Edgar and Shu Shu who had boarded the spaceship secretly.
 
There was clearly something wrong with what Jonathan was doing . . . . He . . . wanted to take others down with himself?
 
He actually hit this idea!

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67. The Past and the Past Events
 

Beastmen basically liked spaceship. Chris, this emperor, had a hobby of collecting spaceships. Just last year, he had people assemble and install a very, very fast spaceship for him.
 
This spaceship was specially tailored to him, and there was only one such spaceship in the entire Beastman Empire. Now, this spaceship was parked in front of Jonathan.
 
Taking along the robots around him while seizing Ian and Jones, Jonathan approached the spaceship but did not immediately get onto the spaceship. Instead, he said, "I can't operate the spaceship alone."
 
"What more do you want?" Chris' gaze was icy cold.
 
"I still have a few subordinates who have not been arrested. They’ll come soon." Jonathan smiled at Chris. "You don’t mind waiting for a few minutes, right?"
 
Chris' face was particularly ugly, but he could only agree. A moment after he agreed, an aircraft applied to enter the imperial palace. Obviously, Jonathan’s men had been waiting outside.
 
Chris allowed the aircraft to enter the imperial palace area. At the same time, the aircraft was scanned back and forth several times with all kinds of  devices, and an investigation directed against the people inside the aircraft was started immediately.
 
The aircraft stopped beside the spaceship, and three sub-beastmen and four beastmen came down from the aircraft. They immediately surrounded Jonathan, escorting Jonathan to walk over to and board the spaceship.
 
These people were full of vigilance as they boarded the spaceship, but even then, they never found a fingernail-sized hamster and a toothpick-sized snake following them onto the spaceship.
 
Both Shu Shu and Edgar had become smaller and blended in to board the spaceship.
 
They wanted to make a move when they were not on board the spaceship yet, but Jonathan and those robots had bombs on their bodies. Later, the people who came here also tied a lot of bombs on their bodies . . . . Although Edgar had confidence in his own strength, but he was worried that he would accidentally detonate the bombs once he took action. Therefore, he could only endure.
 
"Lenka, you and Abbott guard Jones. Klaus, you and Ramirez are responsible for guarding this egg. When you guard them, you must keep close to them. As soon as there’s any movement, immediately kill the man and smash the egg!" Jonathan ordered once he got onto the spaceship.
 
The four people who were named complied with the order. Two of them took over Jones, and the other two received the egg.
 
"You stay in the third cabin and the seventeenth cabin separately." Jonathan ordered again.
 
These two cabins, one was located on the far left of the spaceship, and one was on the far right of the spaceship, and the distance between them was quite far. It was estimated that Jonathan arranged it this way so as to make it impossible for people to rescue the hostages at the same time.
 
It had to be said that this was indeed a good arrangement. After hearing it, Edgar’s heart sank at once. He originally wanted to take advantage of Jonathan when their defense was not so strict to rescue the three people and send them to the escape pods and then get rid of Jonathan. But now . . . the three people were being locked up in three different places, and if each person was strictly guarded, then things would be difficult to deal with!
 
Edgar actually wasn’t the slightest afraid of explosive. With his current physical strength, unless it was an artillery shell from a warship that could smash a spaceship into smithereens, it was impossible to injure him. Common explosives were useless to him.
 
However, while he was not worried of explosive, Ian, Jones, and the egg were unable to endure it. He wanted to save people, but in any case, he could not end up rescuing dead people.
 
Edgar could only hide himself again. Shu Shu, seeing him like this, also followed the rules.
 
Meanwhile, Jonathan took Ian and the rest of his men to the spaceship's main control room.
 
When they had just boarded the spaceship, one of Jonathan's subordinates had already gone to the main control room, so right now, the spaceship already rose to the sky.
 
The speed of the spaceship was getting faster and faster, and it began to break away from the planet’s gravity and pass through the atmosphere. At this time, even if the spaceship’s performance was very good, it would inevitably start to shake slightly.
 
Many sub-beastmen were afraid of such shaking. Jonathan, during all this time, was walking toward the control room, but his face did not show one bit of fear.
 
It was not because he was used to it. Rather, he was already not afraid of dying.
 
Edgar watched him from afar and felt a chill run down his spine. If Jonathan was still afraid of some things, then it would be easy to deal with this matter. But if he was not afraid of dying . . . .
 
Having just walked halfway, Jonathan suddenly frowned and looked behind him.
 
"Teacher?" A sub-beastman beside Jonathan was a little puzzled.
 
Jonathan surveyed the area behind him but didn't see anything, as if the peculiarity he had just felt was only an illusion . . . . He turned his body around and continued to walked ahead.
 
Edgar originally wanted to keep up, but now he didn't dare. He could only look on helplessly as the steel-cast door closed in front of him.
 
Shu Shu gave Edgar a pat with his paw and wrote a few words on the floor, "What’s to be done?"
 
Edgar glanced at Shu Shu and then went to a corner and began to dig a hole with his claws.
 
As a jiāo lóng, his claws were even harder than steel. It didn't take long for him to dig a tiny hole and get into it.
 
Shu Shu followed behind Edgar and got into the hole. Looking at Edgar's tail, he suddenly felt his blood run cold—he actually followed a snake getting into a hole!
 
However, his fear only lasted for an instant, and he soon came to his senses. He put his mind in order and crawled forward after the snake's tail.
 
His child was still in those bastards’ hands. Right now, don't say about having to work together with a snake to figure out a way to save people, even if he had to seize the egg from a snake’s mouth, he was ready!
 
Well, his current enemies were definitely not snakes . . . . That Jonathan was simply worse than a snake!
 
The speed of Edgar digging a hole was very fast. Not long after, he already dug his way into the vicinity of the main control room. Then he made an opening in the corner of the main control room.
 
He didn't come out of the hole and just hid inside while spying at the situation outside the hole.
 
Jonathan handed over the child and Jones to his men to keep an eye on as hostages. There would certainly be no danger to the lives of these two people.  Ian was different though . . . .
 
The reason why Edgar did not go to the other two places but came here instead was because he was worried that Ian would be in danger. After all, Jonathan seemed to hate Ian the most.
 
Nevertheless, they also couldn’t rashly save people under these circumstances. So, all things considered, they had no other choice but to play it by ear!
 
However, after they arrived here, they found that Jonathan did not concern himself with Ian at all.
 
Jonathan was working, pounding on the console.
 
Edgar also had some knowledge of computer programming. After observing Jonathan for a while, he knew that Jonathan was altering the programs of this spaceship. The owners of this spaceship were previously him, Chris, and Ian. But now, Jonathan had erased all their information, and the one in control of this spaceship became Jonathan.
 
Edgar knew that Jonathan was very remarkable when he was young. When he heard that Jonathan had given up his former career to be a housewife after marriage, he felt that it was really a pity. But, looking at the situation now . . . .
 
Jonathan very likely had never stopped undertaking advanced studies.
 
Recalling his previous investigation into Jonathan’s actions of accepting disciples on the star network and fostering orphans for his own use, Edgar felt some lingering fear as well as puzzlement.
 
Why did this person who nevertheless had a good life want to travel on a dead end road like this?
 
After Jonathan had altered all the programs on the spaceship and had the men at his side take out the explosives from the space button, he then began to tie the explosives on Ian’s body.
 
Finished tying up the explosives, he also installed some wireless devices on Ian’s shirt and connected them to himself.
 
After doing all this, Jonathan took out a needle and then jabbed it into Ian, who was lying on the floor.
 
Ian's eyelids fluttered, and his eyes eventually opened. His gaze was a bit vacant at first, but it quickly recovered its clarity and brightness. "What about the child?"
 
"You still have time to think about that egg? Don't you realize that you should worry about yourself?" Jonathan smirked.
 
"Jonathan, what the hell do you think you’re doing?! When have we let you down? Why would you harm us like this?" Ian stared at Jonathan angrily.
 
He and Chris had never had their guard up against Jonathan, but Jonathan? Not to mention harming Edgar, Jonathan even kidnapped him now . . . . Did Shu Shu and Jones fall into this madman’s hands too?
 
"Of course you’ve let me down. Chris is obviously mine; why did you steal him?" Jonathan sat in front of Ian. "He and I grew up together from childhood, and the one he likes the most is me. We’re inseparable every day. He loves me, and I love him too. Everyone thought we’d be together. If it were not for you, we’d continue living happily together."
 
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Chris has always regarded you as a younger brother." Ian thought that there was simply something wrong with Jonathan. If Chris really liked Jonathan, would he still bother about Ian?
 
"No, he loves me! If it were not for you sneakily eating his beast bead, how could he marry you?" Jonathan looked at Ian with eyes full of malice. "I’ve been waiting for him to return and marry me. As a result, he brought you back . . . . If it were not for you taking advantage of his injured self to eat his beast bead, how could he marry you?"
 
"You talked rubbish! It’s obviously him whom forced me to eat!" Ian replied. He was observing the situation around him while watching Jonathan's expression. He planned to stall for time to think of a way to escape or to wait for someone to come and save him.
 
Of course, he also wanted to understand why Jonathan would think like this . . . . As far as he knew, Chris had never expressed any romantic feeling toward Jonathan, not even a hint.
 
Chris was much older than Jonathan. Chris’ parents originally adopted Jonathan because they thought that their adult beastman son was very lonely . . . . Being inseparable every day and so on were absolutely lies. When Chris’ parents adopted the seven-year-old Jonathan, Chris already graduated from the Imperial College and entered the military. What relationship could he have with a little sub-beastman?
 
"It’s obvious that he was injured and accidentally crashed into you. Then you took advantage of the situation to eat his beast bead." Jonathan said. "I heard your dispute with him." He always loved Chris, so he worked hard to grow up and learn because he wanted to become a person who could match Chris. As a result, Chris brought back Ian.
 
He was truly in agony seeing Chris treat Ian with the utmost care. As it happened, he then discovered that Chris seemed to not have forgotten him at all.
 
After that, he accidentally heard the dispute between Chris and Ian . . . .
 
Jonathan was simply insane! Ian thought all of this was utterly absurd.
 
He really liked fighting a war, but sub-beastmen could not go to the battlefield. Later, he straightforwardly went to learn medicine and became a military doctor, so he could follow the troops and go to war.
 
After joining the military, he performed very well. Together with Jones, they became the best military doctor as well as the most popular sub-beastmen in the military.
 
However, he and Chris still had not had any intersection at this time. In addition, he had always planned to find and marry a serviceman whose family was well-matched with his in terms of social status and who would allow him to keep being a military doctor after marriage. Until a certain mission.
 
The unit he belonged to received a mission to investigate a notorious criminal gang that smuggled counterfeit goods and even occupied a planet to produce weapons of mass destruction. In order to find evidence, they infiltrated that planet covertly.
 
Their troops infiltrated the planet, and so did Chris. Later, something happened. He was separated from the rest of his unit and then saved Chris, who was seriously injured.
 
At that time, Chris was doing a "big project" on that planet and being hunted down by some people. In order to hide Chris, he and Chris pretended to be lovers. He even found a job producing firearms to support himself and his "sick" partner on that planet.
 
They lived together like that for two months. Afterwards, the criminal gang was eliminated by the armed forces, and Chris did not let him go.
 
He developed a deep affection for Chris during those two months, but later, he learned of Chris' identity and started to alienate himself from Chris.
 
If he married Chris, he feared that he wouldn’t be able to stay in the military anymore. Moreover, the discrepancy between his identity and Chris’ was too big, and he would definitely come across all kinds of troubles.
 
He was very reluctant to raise the issue of breaking up, so he could only alienate himself first, thinking that Chris would maybe give him up after they became estranged.
 
Chris certainly felt his alienation. After some time, when Chris was injured and looked for him to dress his wounds, he suddenly "fainted" on him. Conveniently, he also "accidentally" kissed him and "accidentally" stuffed the beast bead into his mouth.
 
He did like Chris, and they were considered to be a harmonious couple, so the beast bead took root in his stomach just like that. But he definitely didn’t sneakily eat Chris' beast bead. Why would Jonathan think so?
 
Ian felt that Jonathan was really sick in the head. Jonathan, however, sneered and abruptly opened his communication device to play a video.

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