Extra 7

Angelos S00, this was Song Yu’s private little planet.

In the bright master bedroom, a beta doctor in a white coat finished examining the wound on Song Yu’s gland and said cautiously, “Your Highness, your wound is already more than half healed. As long as you persist with the treatment, you can definitely make a full recovery.”

Hearing this, Song Yu pulled up his collar to cover the scar on his gland, fastened the gland ring, his expression cold.

“I know better than you whether it will heal or not. You may leave.”

The doctor pursed his lips, quickly packed up his things, and quietly exited the room.

As soon as he left, Qin Luo walked in.

The faint smell of alcohol still lingered in the air. It was relatively peaceful, but it still made Qin Luo’s heart pound.

No matter which alpha entered the territory of another, stronger alpha, there would be a strong sense of crisis.

“Your Highness, what did the doctor say?”

“Same old,” Song Yu said, picking up a book and flipping through it, his voice casual.

Qin Luo couldn’t help but frown.

Recalling that night a year ago, a wave of fear washed over him.

On the night before His Highness and He Nian’s engagement, His Highness was once again attacked by He Nian’s pheromones.

If it weren’t for the experience of the previous time and the many preparations made, the consequences of that night would have been unimaginable.

But His Highness still cut his own gland.

To be affected by the pheromones of someone like He Nian was a great insult to him.

At that time, Qin Luo thought that His Highness’s self-harm was just an act of anger, but the subsequent series of changes made him have to sigh at His Highness’s foresight.

With the double pressure from Song Ke and His Majesty, as well as a special assassin like He Nian hiding in the dark, it was not impossible to hold on, but losses were inevitable.

His Highness simply took a step back to the bottom, moving from the open to the dark, waiting for an opportunity to turn things around.

“How’s that thing?” Song Yu asked casually, flipping through his book.

Qin Luo came back to his senses. “He still refuses to confess.”

Song Yu: “Peel off his face and plant it back on.”

Some graphic images automatically appeared in his mind, and Qin Luo’s stomach churned.

“Yes.”

After that night, they had secretly imprisoned He Nian.

In this past year, tissues from almost every part of his body had been taken out for research, but currently, they could only confirm that he had undergone pheromone modification. As for how he was modified, where he was modified, and who modified him, they were still at a loss.

Seeing that Song Yu had no intention of speaking again, Qin Luo prepared to go to the dungeon.

Just as he reached the door, he suddenly thought of something.

“Recently, I’ve heard that the old man Lu Youqi has become more and more blatant in his suppression of Rong Shi. It’s not convenient for the Qin family to intervene. On the Qian family’s side, it has always been Qian Fan who has been helping him. There has been no movement from Qian Li’s side yet.”

The Qin family’s alignment with the second prince was public knowledge. If their secret help to Rong Shi was detected by the first prince’s faction, it would probably do more harm than good. Helping him openly was even more impossible.

Hearing Rong Shi’s news, Song Yu’s expression finally showed a subtle change.

“It’s fine, he can handle it.”

When Rong Shi was nothing, Lu Youqi couldn’t suppress him. Now, it was even more impossible.

“Mm,” Qin Luo turned his head, his hand on the doorknob. He hesitated for a moment and asked, “Are you really not going to see him?”

Both of them had reached the age of marriage.

If this dragged on, the other party would get married one day.

Qin Luo wasn’t worried about whether His Highness would beat Rong Shi until his parents couldn’t recognize him, but he was afraid that Rong Shi’s partner wouldn’t live to see the second day of their marriage.

Song Yu’s voice turned cold. “Don’t be a busybody.”

Qin Luo: “…”

What a worry.

After the person left, Song Yu put down the book that he hadn’t read a single word of.

There had been too many changes in the past year. He had to get treatment, investigate, and also take the overall situation into account. There was almost no time to go on Star Battle.

Perhaps these were all just excuses. He was just running away.

After knowing who Bunny was, he could no longer tolerate just meeting online.

Just thinking that the other person was within his reach, he didn’t know when he would be unable to resist running to see him.

Song Yu’s fingertips caressed the hideous scar on his gland.

This scar made it so that he could no longer perceive omega pheromones, and he also lost the ability to precisely control his own pheromones.

He was a cripple now.

Putting aside all other external factors, he also had no face to acknowledge Bunny.

As long as the other party was safe, they would be able to see each other sooner or later.

As long as he didn’t get married, nothing else mattered.

Seven years later, on a warship heading to V99, Song Yu listened to the report from below, his face showing no emotion.

Qin Luo walked over, swiped his finger lightly, and projected the latest intelligence he had received in front of Song Yu.

“The First Prince’s faction can’t wait any longer. They’ve been showing signs of forcing an abdication recently. The First Prince’s reputation is too poor, and there is a lot of public opposition. Protests have broken out on several planets and have been violently suppressed by Lin Quan’s army. So far, there have been over a thousand casualties.”

Song Yu rested his chin on his hand, the fingertips of his other hand tapping lightly on the armrest.

Song Ke forcing an abdication, Lin Quan dispatching troops, the omega modification base making a big move.

Three things happening almost at the same time, he didn’t think it was a coincidence.

The military force he had on hand was limited. Ten regiments had gone to the planets with protests, waiting for the right time to counterattack. Eight regiments were guarding the eight most critical space-time jump points of the Imperial Capital, ready to suppress any异能 (yineng – anomaly/special ability) in the Imperial Capital at the first moment. The remaining three regiments were going to V99 to take out the omega modification base.

If a large-scale civil war were to break out, then he would mobilize the garrison forces.

The situation was not optimistic, but it was still within a controllable range.

A stabbing pain shot through his head. Song Yu rubbed his temples, feeling inexplicably irritable. He always felt like something was about to happen.

Qin Luo noticed the fatigue in his eyes and said in a low voice, “Your Highness, we still have some distance to V99. You should go and rest for a while.”

After his gland was damaged, Song Yu’s body was not as good as before.

“It’s fine,” Song Yu waved his hand, opened the map of the omega modification base, and mentally rehearsed the war process.

This map and the experimental subject data he currently had were all given to him by Yin Rong a year ago.

At that time, he was still on S00. The other party had come to him on his last breath and gave him the data.

It was only then that he knew that his father had been secretly investigating the experimental subjects, but for various considerations, he had been excluded from the entire plan.

He was very angry when he found out, but after thinking about it, he could understand it to some extent.

After all, he had also excluded Rong Shi from the entire plan.

The plan to modify omegas had been laid out too early, far exceeding everyone’s expectations.

Without obtaining effective intelligence in the first instance, many opportunities were missed.

Dragging it out until now to make a move, even if they could win, they would suffer heavy losses.

His terminal suddenly rang, and the holographic image of the secret guard Banli appeared before him.

“Your Highness, the legions of Lu Youqi, Zhao Ji, Qin Zhao, and others suddenly turned around and headed to Snow Star on their way back from an expedition. The number of legions has now reached ten. Our people have already followed, requesting reinforcements.”

“Snow Star?” Song Yu frowned.

He had read Yin Rong’s, also known as Rong Guang’s, investigation notes. The record for Snow Star was pending. His people had investigated it back and forth many times, but had never found any solid clues.

“Approved,” Song Yu said with a serious expression. “Report any situation to me at the first moment.”

Banli: “Yes!”

Just as the three legions were about to reach V99, Banli’s communication was connected again.

This time, the other party’s expression was panicked, and his speech was rapid. “Your Highness, it’s bad! Major General Rong accidentally passed by Snow Star on his way back urgently and ran right into Lu Youqi and the others. They’re already fighting!”

Song Yu shot up from his command seat. “The planet he was expeditioning to is in Pisces. Why would he be there?!”

Qin Luo quickly pulled up the star chart to check, and was shocked.

“The jump point he was originally supposed to take has been blocked due to protests and riots. He took the backup route, which happens to pass by Snow Star!”

Song Yu’s hands, hanging by his sides, clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

His voice was steady and cold. “Qin Luo, the second and third regiments will be under your command.”

Qin Luo’s expression changed. “Your Highness, don’t act recklessly.”

Song Yu strode down from the command seat. “The first regiment will follow me to Snow Star!”

From a distance, Snow Star looked like a white ball, but now it was stained with streaks of blood red.

Song Yu rushed to Snow Star at top speed. Before he could even enter the atmosphere, he encountered a wave of reinforcements that had rushed over.

Warships and fighter jets had almost completely surrounded Snow Star.

By the time Song Yu’s legion entered the atmosphere, even the veteran soldiers in the legion who were experienced in combat were shocked by the sight before them.

Metal fragments and heavy snow fell to the ground continuously. A falling warship had overturned and smashed a large area of buildings, deeply buried in the snow. The wreckage of various mechas and fighter jets was everywhere.

Casualties were everywhere, and blood flowed like a river.

Song Yu flew through the barrage of fire in his battle armor, quickly searching for Rong Shi’s whereabouts.

“Pick up, pick up!”

Song Yu dialed Rong Shi’s communication number over and over again—a number he had held in his hand for eight years, dialed for the first time, but all he ever got was a busy tone.

The sound of bombing in the air gradually subsided. Song Yu followed the tracks on the ground and flew to the top of the snow mountain.

In the midst of the tragic battlefield, only one person stood there.

The battle armor on that person was stained red, its outer shell shattered beyond recognition. The long saber in his hand was stuck in the snow, the blood on its blade already frosted over.

【Warning! Warning! Left leg power damaged. Entering self-diagnostic repair program. Emergency landing in five seconds!】

The battle armor’s AI kept issuing warnings, and Song Yu was forced to land.

He walked through the calf-high snow, stepping on severed limbs and arms, towards that person. He took off his mask and shouted, “Rong Shi!”

But the person standing there didn’t move at all, showing no reaction.

The distance of just over fifty meters seemed endless.

The cold air he inhaled made Song Yu’s whole body go cold, and he couldn’t stop coughing.

His vision spun, and the sky and earth were shaking.

He didn’t know how long he had been walking, but he finally stood in front of that person.

Through the shattered mask, he could see Rong Shi’s tightly closed eyes and the bloodstains congealed on his face.

“Rong Shi?” Song Yu called out to him carefully, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

Beep—beep—beep—

“Backup power depleted. Restoring to initial state—”

Just as Song Yu’s hand was about to touch Rong Shi’s face, the battle armor on his body suddenly issued a warning.

The shattered battle armor turned into wisps of thread and converged on Rong Shi’s terminal. The battered body collapsed with a thud.

Song Yu subconsciously caught him, holding him tight.

The icy touch on the side of his neck made his eyes turn red.

“Without my permission, you are not allowed to leave—”

…

“Rong Shi… Rong Shi!”

Song Yu woke up from his dream with a start. He raised his hand and wiped his forehead, which was covered in cold sweat.

He looked around, suddenly unable to distinguish between dream and reality.

Suddenly thinking of something, he hurriedly went to touch his gland.

There was no hideous scar there, only a faint tooth mark.

Song Yu let out a long sigh of relief, leaned back against the headboard, his temples throbbing.

Qin Luo came in to report on his work. Seeing that Song Yu hadn’t gotten up yet, he was very surprised.

“Sleeping in today, huh bro?”

Song Yu gave him a faint glance. “Why are you dressed so flamboyantly today?”

Qin Luo looked at his own peacock-like attire and said with a helpless face, “I have a blind date after work today. My father said I’m already twenty-five and should get married. At my age, his child was already walking.”

Hearing the word “marriage,” a glint flashed in Song Yu’s eyes.

“You really should get married.”

At the military headquarters, Rong Shi had gathered the mid-to-high-level military officers to discuss the land reclamation work for the next three months.

The door to the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and a guard rushed in to report.

“Sir, His Majesty has arrived!”

The expressions of everyone in the meeting changed, and they all stood up at the same time.

“No need to greet me,” Song Yu waved away the guard and walked straight towards Rong Shi at the head of the table.

“Why are you here?” After saluting, Rong Shi asked in a low voice.

Song Yu looked at the conference screen in the middle of the round table. “Is it over?”

Rong Shi: “Almost.”

“Good.” Without another word, Song Yu pulled Rong Shi towards the break room embedded in the conference room. “I have something to tell you.”

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, all very curious about what was so urgent that it had made His Highness come in person.

Before being pulled into the break room, Rong Shi turned around and made a “dismissed” gesture to them.

Once inside, he probably wouldn’t be coming out for a while.

The moment the door closed, Rong Shi was pressed against the wall.

Song Yu casually threw the tie he had pulled off onto the table, his gaze sweeping over his lips as he asked in a low voice, “You’re almost an old rabbit. Aren’t you going to marry me yet?”

…Old rabbit?

Rong Shi: “Aren’t we already married?”

Song Yu: “I want you to wear a wedding dress for me once. Only then will the marriage be complete.”

…A wedding dress?!

Rong Shi’s hand gently stroked his long hair, and he chuckled lightly. “Why isn’t it you wearing a wedding dress for me? You look better in it than I do.”

Song Yu pressed closer, the smile on his lips cool and sharp. “You’re asking the King to wear a wedding dress in front of all the citizens of the empire?”

Rong Shi put his arm around his waist and raised an eyebrow. “Is there a law that says he can’t?”

Song Yu: “If I wear it, you’ll wear it?”

Rong Shi: “It’s not impossible.”

“Good.” Song Yu agreed readily and looked at the date. “Then let’s find a good day this month. We’ll wear wedding dresses and get married together.”

Rong Shi: …………

Is he for real?

—

Author’s note:

Later—

Rong Bunny and Song Cat, wearing wedding dresses, walked hand in hand into the church and completed their grand wedding under the blessings of everyone. The end of the story [not really].