As if suddenly sensing something, Chi Yao looked up and saw Jing Xi clutching his chest, his face pale.

“What’s wrong with you?”

Jing Xi took a few deep breaths and shook his head. “How are you?”

“A piece of cake.” Chi Yao’s eyes swept over the garrison leader who had fainted in the corner, a sarcastic smile on his lips. “These officers are far more destructive than star pirates. They can destroy a planet with ease.”

Jing Xi’s feelings were complicated. “There are only a very few officers like that.”

Chi Yao glanced up at him and stood up. “But a great price must be paid to eradicate this very small minority.”

Outside, Yan Kai was controlling the guard, who stood ramrod straight like a wooden post, pretending he couldn’t see or hear anything.

“Go collect that intelligence, and while you’re at it, search his office.”

Chi Yao gestured with his chin for him to go inside. He threw the garrison leader he had dragged over into a chair next to the guard, tied him up, and, pulling on gloves, began to examine his face, neck, and limbs.

Jing Xi asked, “Do you think he is?”

“I don’t know,” Chi Yao replied casually. “It doesn’t hurt to be careful.”

Jing Xi, seeing his rough handling, was worried he might gouge the man’s eyes out.

If only there was something that could immediately test if this person could bestialize.

Assembling a medical team could not be delayed any longer.

“Nothing on the surface,” Chi Yao said, taking off the gloves and tossing them away. “But to be this bold, he either has powerful backing or he’s sick in the head.”

Jing Xi was speechless.

Chi Yao turned his head to look at him. “Think about it. On the Capital Star, which families have much more powerful backing than yours?”

Jing Xi thought for a moment and said seriously, “My family is just an ordinary family, we don’t have any backing.”

Chi Yao, who had been very irritated, was amused by his words.

“A high-nobility family is an ordinary family? Then what does someone like me with no household registration count as? A commoner?”

Jing Xi hinted subtly, “There are many empty spots on my family’s household register—”

Chi Yao’s heart skipped a beat.

The words couldn’t have been more direct.

Chi Yao raised an eyebrow. “But I don’t want a nephew as old as you.”

Jing Xi’s handsome brows furrowed. “There are other positions.”

Chi Yao’s expression was serious. “I also don’t want a father as young as you.”

Jing Xi was speechless.

Before he could say more, Jing Xi snorted coldly and walked away.

Chi Yao couldn’t stop laughing.

In less than five minutes, all the regional garrisons had sent back their information.

Yan Kai was on a high, collecting data and searching the office all by himself.

When Jing Xi came in, Yan Kai glanced at him.

This person seemed to have just arrived, but he was highly valued by the boss and was very strong.

In the span of a glance, he reviewed Jing Xi’s situation in his mind and respectfully handed over the items he had found for the other man to inspect.

“Brother, help me check if there’s any problem with these things.”

Jing Xi took the folders, his peripheral vision sweeping over him.

He had seen this kid when he joined the legion, and later only heard him mentioned a few times by Jiang Feng.

He was indeed quite clever.

He flipped through the few folders quickly. They were procurement contracts between the garrison base and an arms dealer.

The military had strict regulations for equipment procurement. The only items that garrison bases could purchase freely were a few specific accessories.

But even so, there was a huge profit margin.

These few contracts were not cleverly written; one could see the falsified prices at a glance.

But compared to openly defying a military order, this was nothing.

As he quickly flipped through the last folder, a business card fell out.

Jing Xi bent down to pick it up.

The card was pure black, and on the front was a white, smiling face.

Ghost?!

Jing Xi frowned.

The card was snatched from his hand.

Chi Yao leaned back against the sofa, looking at the business card in his hand, his eyes cold.

“As expected, it’s related to them again.”

Jing Xi opened a file.

It was another equipment procurement contract with a total price of 2 billion.

“How much of a kickback?” Chi Yao asked.

Jing Xi replied, “The bullets of these models aren’t hard enough and are basically only used for combat training. The price is very low. The price on this contract is at least ten times higher.”

Chi Yao sneered. “That’s practically a pure profit of 2 billion. Not a bad deal.”

Jing Xi glanced at the arms dealer on the contract, looking thoughtful.

“This company… I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before.”

Chi Yao asked, “You don’t remember?”

Jing Xi’s connections covered almost the top two circles of the military and government. If he had an impression of this company, it certainly wasn’t for anything good.

The more anxious Jing Xi became, the less he could remember.

The faint pain in his chest made him even more irritable.

“Being so impatient isn’t your style,” Chi Yao said, patting his head with a smile. “Don’t let me influence you.”

Hearing the low laughter by his ear, the frustration in his heart dissipated considerably.

Jing Xi didn’t dare to look, afraid that the feeling of this moment would vanish if he saw his own face.

On the other end, Yan Kai quickly compiled the information sent from the regional garrisons and sent it to Chi Yao.

“Any further instructions?” Yan Kai asked.

Chi Yao flipped through the pages and said casually, “Tell them all to come over. Tidy this place up and use it as a temporary command post.”

Yan Kai responded, “Yes, sir!”

After flipping a few pages, Chi Yao felt hot again.

There was so much to do. It wasn’t impossible to lock himself up and rest, but if he rested, it would be difficult for Jing Xi to command the battle using his identity.

Since when did he become so considerate of others?

“If you don’t give me a reward after this, I’m going to get angry,” Chi Yao grumbled.

Jing Xi, who was lost in thought, was a bit baffled by his sudden remark.

“Do as you please.”

Chi Yao said, “I want the original.”

Jing Xi was speechless.

With the fleet moving in, the guards of the garrison base didn’t dare to make a move.

Their leader had already been captured. If they resisted now, they would have no chance of survival.

With a wave of his hand, Chi Yao had his men seize all the energy supplies from the garrison base.

The result was even more than he had imagined.

Chi Yao sent a video call to all the front-line units simultaneously to report on the situation.

Lu Meng cursed, “Rescue missions are a damn thankless job! We let several thousand Level 3 tigers get away!”

Chi Yao checked their location, cross-referenced it with the information from the garrison, and gave his order. “I’ve already had the garrison in your city take over the rescue. You move the refugees to the location I’m sending you.”

When Lu Meng saw the coordinates displayed on his screen, his spirits lifted. “Those bastards are finally willing to work? I could skin them alive!”

Chi Yao said flatly, “You can skin them however you want afterward.”

Jin Ze reported respectfully, “The situation here is temporarily under control.”

Chi Yao reviewed the number of people rescued, the number of scattered refugees left in the area, and the estimated number of beast herds nearby, then said, “The progress is too slow. Hand over the rescue to the local garrison. You just assist them and focus on dealing with the beast herds.”

Jin Ze hesitated. “But—they might not cooperate.”

Chi Yao stated, “They will cooperate.”

Jin Ze didn’t understand the reason for his confidence.

From the outbreak of this war until now, the garrison of Planet 333 had never cooperated.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard his own boss give an order to Yan Kai.

“Tell them that for the ten slowest areas in the rescue, all garrison troops will have their salary docked for one year, receive a major demerit within the organization, and be transferred to a lower-tier planet.”

Yan Kai’s eyes widened.

This punishment was so damn harsh!

“Yes, sir!” he relayed the order with a grin.

The boss is so daring! So cool!

Commanders like Jin Ze and Lu Meng were stunned.

The boss had never issued such a severe punishment before.

How satisfying!

Noticing Jing Xi looking over, Chi Yao ended the video call and looked back at him.

“Is there a problem with what I said? Don’t you all like this kind of thing?”

Jing Xi replied, “No.”

On the contrary, he was somewhat surprised by how skillfully he commanded.

In the past, to catch this hooligan sooner, Jing Xi had investigated a lot of information.

Extreme Shadow’s fame could be said to be single-handedly created by Chi Yao; Extreme Shadow and Chi Yao were inseparable.

But Extreme Shadow was so famous not because of how many times they had robbed or how many people they had killed, but because they frequently clashed with the legion and always managed to come out on top.

In terms of their robbery business alone, they were completely unqualified compared to other star pirate groups.

Their movements were erratic, seemingly going wherever they pleased, and they showed no interest in “small fry.”

So in Jing Xi’s eyes, Chi Yao had always been an individual with strong personal power but weaker management skills, with a group of loyal subordinates controlled by unknown means—the very image of a hands-off boss.

He had never expected him to look like this when he was serious about his work.

On the front lines, not long after Jin Ze ended the video call, he received a report from his assistant that the local garrison had already begun to act.

“As expected, it had an immediate effect.” The pressure on Jin Ze finally eased, and a smile appeared in his eyes. “Proceed according to the original plan.”

The assistant replied, “Yes, sir!”

The fighter jet landed in a residential area, and he and a team disembarked, beginning the rescue in an orderly manner.

Although the garrison had started to move, it would still take time for a full-scale rescue, so they still had to save the nearby refugees.

“Captain, there’s a swarm of rats ahead!” reported the team member in charge of monitoring.

Just as Jin Ze grabbed a rope and landed on the ground, a two-meter-tall rat lunged out.

He pulled on the rope, kicked off a wall to swing aside, drew the gun from his leg, and was about to fire when the rat in front of him was suddenly shot in the head and collapsed at his feet.

Jin Ze looked in the direction the bullet came from and saw a tall, young alpha running over with a light sniper rifle.

“Captain, are you all right?!”

Jin Ze looked him up and down. “Are you Chu Xiao?”

Chu Xiao was taken aback.

The captain of the rescue unit knew him?

Realizing he hadn’t introduced himself, he immediately gave a military salute to add, “I am—”

“That’s enough, keep up!” Jin Ze waved his hand.

Chu Xiao replied, “Yes, sir!”

In the red zone—

Lu Meng sat in a cannon tank, driving outward, firing a heavy cannon shell whenever he saw a beast herd.

“Captain, another herd of elephants is coming from behind!”

On the vanguard channel, team members were constantly reporting the situation in real time.

Lu Meng aimed the heavy cannon in the direction of the elephant herd. “Just get it done!”

“What about the rescue? What if those bastards only pretend to obey? We’ll be screwed!”

“That’s exactly what I’m afraid of. In the end, it’s us, the Flying Dragon, who will be blamed by the public.”

“I don’t think they’ll listen to the order at all.”

The heavy cannon shell landed accurately within the fast-moving elephant herd and exploded, shaking the ground violently.

“I’m not worried, so what are you all worried about?” Lu Meng smiled. “If the sky falls, the boss will hold it up. If you guys keep dawdling, I’m going to dock your bonuses!”

A chorus of curses erupted on the channel.

“Damn it!”

“Getting back to work now!”

“Same old rules, whoever kills the least has to pick up the soap back at base!”

By evening, the first line of defense on the battlefield had finally held.

The scope of the beast herd’s invasion had not expanded further.

Lu Meng, Jin Ze, and the others lined up to send good news to their boss, but at this moment, Chi Yao was not feeling well at all.

As night fell, the symptoms of his susceptibility period began to worsen.

In addition to the susceptibility period, the unusual beating of his heart also made his walls crumble.

This feeling was not unfamiliar.

He was probably about to switch back.

It was indeed nice to see the original beauty in tears.

But for some reason, he felt very uneasy, as if something was about to happen.

A knock sounded on the door, and Jing Xi walked in.

“I made soup.”

Chi Yao sat up in bed and watched him approach with a tray, a chill running down his spine.

“Is it cooked?”

Jing Xi pulled up a chair and sat by the bed. “It should be cooked.”

Chi Yao asked, “Should be?”

He glanced at the soup in the bowl. It looked like yam and pork rib soup, but the ingredients seemed to have no connection, as if they were just thrown together.

Seeing Jing Xi scoop up a spoonful, Chi Yao pressed down on his wrist. “You drink first, I’m afraid of getting diarrhea.”

Jing Xi was speechless.

He drank it with a blank expression, put down the bowl, and stood up. “I forgot to add salt, I’ll go get it.”

Chi Yao was speechless.

Before Jing Xi returned, Chi Yao couldn’t resist picking up the bowl and taking a sip.

To call it soup was an insult to soup.

This was clearly just dishwater.

Chi Yao scooped up a piece of yam and bit into it with a crunch.

One really couldn’t have any expectations for his cooking skills.

“Is it good?” Jing Xi returned with the salt.

Chi Yao asked, “You have the nerve to ask?”

Jing Xi replied, “I followed the recipe.”

Chi Yao instantly understood his meaning and sneered. “Oh, so it’s the recipe’s fault, not your skill’s?”

Jing Xi added some salt and stirred. “As long as you know.”

Chi Yao was speechless.

Who on earth did he learn this thick-skinned attitude from?

Jing Xi said, “I remembered about that arms dealer.”

Chi Yao, drinking the saltwater, turned his head to look at him.

Jing Xi continued, “Five years ago, at Old Master Li’s birthday banquet, someone represented this Hurricane Group. The birthday gift he brought was a collector’s edition modified handgun. It was one of the few I hadn’t collected, so I have some impression of it.”

The Li family?

Chi Yao asked, “Li Bo’s grandfather?”

Jing Xi nodded. “I remember that person was named Ruan Lingyun. He was an omega, and not bad-looking.”

Chi Yao had been searching for information on this person in his mind, but hearing “not bad-looking” completely broke his train of thought.

Just state the facts, no one asked for your opinion!

“Not bad-looking?” Chi Yao narrowed his eyes slightly. “How not bad-looking?”

Jing Xi didn’t catch the sour tone in his words and recalled the situation.

“Brown, medium-length curly hair, fair skin, height up to my shoulder, and dimples when he smiled.”

Chi Yao put down the bowl, leaned back on the headboard, and said nonchalantly, “If they weren’t pretty, how could they coax you gods of wealth to place orders?”

Arms dealers had always been very profitable, and those who could connect with the military could lie back and count their money.

Although the military didn’t procure many items, the competition had always been fierce.

Commanders of various legions had a certain degree of purchasing decision-making power and were most welcomed by major arms dealers. Deals involving money and sex were common practice.

Jing Xi finally noticed his bad mood and said flatly, “The Flying Dragon’s military equipment has always been requisitioned from the equipment depot. I have never cooperated with any arms dealers.”

Chi Yao’s mood instantly improved.

But upon realizing this, he felt a little annoyed again.

Since when could Jing Xi so easily control his emotions?

It must be because of the susceptibility period.

Chi Yao picked up the bowl and drank the soup. “Continue.”

So easy to please.

Jing Xi grumbled to himself but didn’t dare to laugh, afraid of provoking him again.

“I might still have his contact information.”

As soon as he said it, he saw Chi Yao slam the bowl down on the small table.

“You two exchanged contact information?”

Jing Xi looked at him. “Is that strange?”

Chi Yao laughed out of anger. “We’ve known each other for so many years, and you never gave me your contact information.”

He had only saved it by chance after they swapped bodies and sent photos.

Jing Xi was speechless.

Just as he was thinking about how to smooth things over, he heard Chi Yao say huffily, “I can’t swallow this. It won’t be settled without at least ten photos.”

Jing Xi was speechless.

His symptoms worsened at night, so to be on the safe side, Chi Yao didn’t leave the room again.

While he rested inside, Jing Xi worked on the sofa in the outer room, afraid of disturbing him.

In the middle of the night, the irregularity of his heartbeat became more and more frequent. Chi Yao opened his eyes, wide awake.

The thought that Jing Xi might have had close contact with some omega he didn’t know about completely killed his mood to cry.

Chi Yao listened to the movements in the outer room and could vaguely see Jing Xi busy working through the glass.

Before leaving this body, he had to give him a gift.

It was almost two in the morning by the time Jing Xi finished checking the battle situation. He recorded the key points and got up to check on Chi Yao in the room.

A faint scent of wine emanated from the room. It wasn’t strong, which showed Chi Yao was trying hard to control it.

The person on the bed was completely buried under the covers, seemingly fast asleep.

Jing Xi hesitated for a moment but still retreated to the sofa in the outer room to sleep.

The next day at dawn, Jing Xi felt suffocated and threw off the blanket, finally taking a breath of fresh air.

He opened his eyes groggily and almost immediately sensed something was wrong.

His body was very tired, and his head ached.

He sat up abruptly and found himself on the bed. A very thick braid appeared in his line of sight.

Jing Xi was speechless.

He’d switched back?

Why was there no warning this time?

He looked through the glass into the outer room. Chi Yao was lying on the sofa in the same position he had been in yesterday, still asleep.

Jing Xi got up quietly and went to the bathroom to wash up.

It was good to be back. At least he didn’t have to let Chi Yao bear the risks of the susceptibility period for him.

Perhaps because of his body temperature, he felt sticky and uncomfortable.

He took off his shirt and threw it into the recycling chute. As he passed the mirror, he suddenly froze.

In the mirror, he had messy hair tied into two pigtails, and several words were written on his abdomen with a black marker.

A circle was drawn around one of his abs, with an arrow and a small heart.

“My favorite”

Jing Xi’s face darkened. “…”

That libertine.

Hearing a low, soft laugh beside him, Jing Xi looked at the newcomer. “Your handiwork?”

Chi Yao leaned in slightly, smiling happily. “Didn’t you say you like curly hair?”

Jing Xi: “…”