11.7

As soon as Darren left on the front foot, a black and gold mech arrived on the back foot, landing on the outskirts of the white spiderweb. Osborne opened the cockpit and leapt down from dozens of meters in the air.

The starship he was originally riding on had been tampered with by whoever, and halfway through the flight the energy converter broke down, so in order to ensure the safety of Cecil and a few candidates, he abandoned the starship and his entourage and piloted his own mech to come over alone. He saw the whole process of Cecil’s battle from the cockpit.

He swung his sword so dazzlingly, like a gust of wind and a bolt of lightning, transforming blood and killing into an incomparable art. When all the dust settled, he stood on the spider’s belly smiling calmly, and the sight pierced Osborne’s heart like a bullet. He breathed heavily, his heartbeat was in turmoil, and he gazed at the teenager on the screen with an expression of fascination he didn’t even know he had.

He stepped to the edge of the cobweb and inquired in a muffled voice, “Cecil, are you all right? Is anyone hurt?”

“We’re all fine, the problem now is to hurry up and melt these spider webs and let us out.” Zhou Yunsheng sat cross-legged on the spider’s belly, waving his hand carelessly.

“You guys wait, the rescue team will be here soon and they should have the dissolver.” Osborne stood still, not taking his eyes off the teenager for a moment. He actually had a few buckets of dissolver in his cockpit, but he would never take them out. He wanted to spend more time with Cecil.

He turned away and came over a few minutes later carrying a huge log, hitched it to the white spiderweb and reached out, “Cecil, you come out first.”

“No, it’s quite comfortable here.” Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand. Although the Ghost Spider was disgusting looking, the surface of its body was covered with a layer of soft fluff, like sitting on a carpet.

Osborne leapt onto the giant log and walked towards him. A Ghost Spider was as big as a car, and it wasn’t crowded to sit two people. Zhou Yunsheng moved to the side, welcoming Osborne’s arrival. Still, he couldn’t help but make a sarcastic remark, “The rescue team always waits until it’s done.”

“Our starship has been tampered with. I will investigate this matter to the end when I return.” Osborne settled down next to the teenager, his expression serious and the beating of his heart something else entirely. He was surprised to feel nervous, and his palms were starting to sweat. He couldn’t help but remember the last unpleasantness and lowered his voice, “Cecil, I said something inappropriate and for that I’m very sorry. But you have to believe that whatever you want to do, I will support you unconditionally.” But that in no way includes you showing your body to others.

Of course, he didn’t dare to say this last sentence.

Zhou Yunsheng squinted at him and waved his hand, “It’s just a small matter, I’ve long forgotten.”

Osborne’s apprehension, which had lasted for more than ten days, only then regained its calm. He unobtrusively wiped away the sweat on his palms with the fluff on the spider’s abdomen, then looked down to hide the smile at the corner of his mouth. He liked the bright and open-minded Cecil so much that he didn’t even know how to speak in front of him.

He was worried that if he opened his mouth he would anger him again like he did last time. If he was upset, he would be incredibly agitated.

The two sat in silence for a while. Several of the candidates were glued firmly, some couldn’t even open their mouths or eyes, the only one with all five senses was the alpha. he admired Osborne and asked vaguely, “General Matthew, is that your exclusive mech?”

“Yes.” Osborne nodded.

It was only then that Zhou Yunsheng noticed the understated and luxurious black and gold streamlined mech and couldn’t help but look at it a few more times. Osborne’s heart stirred and asked, “Do you want to go in and take a look?”

Zhou Yunsheng was about to agree when the alpha spoke in surprise, “Choke, isn’t it true that only those with 3S levels of mental strength and physical fitness can enter a super powered mech like this? Otherwise, the huge pressure formed by the nine sets of energy stones activated together would crush people, right?”

A normal mech only had one set of energy stones, and the pressure formed after activation was enough to kill someone with a physique of level B or below on the spot. That was why the Chelman Military Academy had set very high requirements for the physical qualities of the cadets. The more energy stones a mech had built in, the more powerful its performance would be, and the more stringent the requirements for mental strength and physique would be.

There were only a handful of mechs loaded with nine sets of energy stones in the entire interstellar world, and it wasn’t a matter of the manufacturing technology being too sophisticated, but rather the fact that very few people were able to drive them. If one didn’t have 3S level mental power and physical fitness, as soon as they stepped into the cockpit, they would be crushed into mincemeat by the enormous pressure hundreds of times higher than that of the Imperial Capital Star.

Therefore, super powered mechs are equivalent to a legend in the interstellar, currently there are only three people who can pilot them in the whole interstellar, and there is only one in the Lenon Empire, and that is Osborne. Osborne is the youngest and toughest of these three, having single-handedly swept away an entire asteroid of bug beasts, his title of ‘the strongest man in the stars’ is not an empty claim.

Zhou Yunsheng was mesmerized by the black and gold mech and walked out of the spiderweb along the giant wood, lovingly touching its cool metal shell.

Osborne immediately followed him over, tension implied in his tone, “Wanna take a look in my cockpit?” It was his private territory and no one was allowed in (of course, they couldn’t get in if they wanted to), but he was happy to let Cecil invade every piece of his private territory.

“How do you know I can get in?” Zhou Yunsheng pinned him with his peach blossom eyes.

Osborne’s sweaty hairs stood up all over his body, he liked too much when the teenager’s focused gaze fell on him, it felt like a silk thread pulling away from his heart and wrapping his body in a thin and dense coil, slowly, even his breath became sticky. He took a deep breath without a trace and said, “I can feel the aura of a strong man in you, and my intuition tells me you are like me.”

Zhou Yunsheng smiled, jumped up along the protrusion of the mech shell with a point of his toes, leaped to the cockpit door in three or two leaps, and then stepped in gracefully and calmly under the attention of all the intergalactic people.

A quick smirk darted across Osborne’s eyes and he followed suit.

“Crap, it really went in!” The alpha who was stuck in the spider web couldn’t help but burst out. He hadn’t come into contact with Cecil and didn’t understand his strength, although he had defeated a dozen ghost spiders by himself, he relied on his superior swordsmanship, precise judgment, and agility, and from the looks of it, he couldn’t have killed himself to think that a person that slender would possess 3S level mental strength and physical fitness.

This kind of person was a family of perverts who could eschew protective suits and travel freely through the universe with their physical bodies, and they never numbered more than a dozen in the entire interstellar universe. If he remembered correctly, it seemed that Cecil was still an omega, right? When did omega become so heaven-defying?

The alpha had fallen into a complete trance. The viewers on Star Online, on the other hand, were too surprised to say a word. They had speculated about Cecil’s strength before, and many believed that his mental power and physique should be S-ranked, but it killed them to think that it would be 3S.

“Oh, it’s a lie, isn’t it?”

“What the hell are you lying about? Try going in one knowing you’ll die?”

“Cecil is definitely not omega, he must be alpha, and old Bernard hid his gender to keep his cards close to his chest. These politically engaged minds are too deep!” The conspiracy theories are out.

But no matter what, the Lenon Empire had produced another 3S level powerhouse, which was a joyful and good thing. All the major powers had their eyes on the Bernard family, and they knew that the rise of the Bernard family was unstoppable unless Cecil was taken out first before that.

Old Bernard sensed a dark cloud descending over the Bernard family along with the glory. Even if Cecil could become a strong arm in the defense of the Lenon Empire, there would still be selfish people who would want to kill him, and might even join forces with the rival Free Federation and the Barrow Republic to eliminate Cecil.

He had to make his grandson strong as fast as he could. He began to call the personal terminals of his old ministry and was very pleased with the results; these people saw the value of Cecil and offered one hundred percent sincerity.

In the cafeteria of the Chelman Military School, all the cadets who were staring at the big screen and watching revealed stupefied expressions. They could never have imagined to death that Cecil possessed 3S grade mental strength and physical fitness, even in the eyes of certain extremely outstanding alpha’s, that would be a perverted existence.

Kyle chuckled low in pleasure and mused, “He really is the most special.”

Joshua’s face did not show it, but his hand holding the knife and fork was shaking slightly. He had originally thought that Cecil was an S or 2S ranked mental strength with a B+ or A ranked physique, but now, he realized that he had far underestimated Cecil due to some subtle jealousy.

He has a bright character, a wide range of knowledge, talk extraordinary; he is brave, strong, independent, with the determination and courage to go forward. These were the qualities that Osborne appreciated the most, no, it was a little hard to say appreciated, it should be loved. He could see that Osborne’s attitude towards Cecil was becoming more and more gentle, they have the same potential, sooner or later one day will stand at the same height, that is called the real comparison.

And he himself, once praised by Osborne as a lover capable of rivaling him, now seemed like a joke. Already, people on StarNet had begun to taunt Osborne for having eyes, and if he hadn’t concealed his lover’s identity, he himself would have been attacked long ago. Joshua’s face was pale with unease. He tried to tell himself that Osborne was in no way seeing eye to eye, and that made him feel better.

He stared at the screen, trying to guess what the two were doing inside the mech.

Zhou Yunsheng came from the Star Era, where technology was equally advanced, and was proficient in all kinds of electronic machinery, so he was no stranger to the inner workings of a mech. He visited the cockpit while designing his own mech in his mind.

Osborne followed him silently, showing him the various instruments, and could be said to know all about them, without the slightest reserve in his manner.

He desperately tried to restrain his desire to get close to the teenager, lest he rise to his defense, and racked his brain for a few jokes, which he was about to tell when he saw Darren’s silhouette appear on the 360-degree observation screen, and he and his companion, carrying several large bundles of septic grass, were running quickly over to him.

“I should go down, thank you for your generosity, when I have my own super powered mecha I will definitely invite you to visit as well.” Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand and jumped straight down from the exit that was more than ten meters high.

Osborne glanced at his cousin on the screen with a grim look and jumped in after him.

Seeing Cecil falling from the sky, Darren’s few people were completely dumbfounded. Of course they knew where this black and gold mech came from, which was why they were shocked.

“What are you stupidly standing there for, why don’t you hurry up and squeeze out the grass juice?” Zhou Yunsheng took out several iron buckets from within his space capsule.

“Got it, squeeze it right away.” Darren looked up at the declining face of the teenager with awe, before putting the sepia grass into a metal bucket and crushing it with a stone, not forgetting to shoo away his cousin who was following closely behind the teenager, “As you can see, we’re not in any danger at all, and we didn’t ring the call for help, so you can go now. Next time you want to come, please show up early, don’t wait until it’s over.”

Osborne really wanted to grab this kid and beat him up, he stood in silence for a few moments, seeing Cecil concentrating on squeezing the grass juice, not even a corner of his eye to himself, and only then left with heavy steps. The mech started to lift off, the teenager on the screen slowly turned into a black dot until it disappeared between the layers of branches and leaves, he suddenly felt a heart palpitation.

His heart couldn’t load the pain of this separation, as if he had lost the teenager countless times, and then chased after him in the darkness that couldn’t be seen to the end, only to lose him again. He immediately logged on to StarNet and found the teenager’s exclusive channel among the countless surveillance videos, which pushed down the palpitating feeling.

Zhou Yunsheng melted the cobwebs with sepia grass and rescued a few trapped candidates, they ran continuously for a day and a night and finally arrived at the meeting place without any problems, they didn’t want to do anything and directly lay down on the grass.

Candidates arriving behind them followed suit, and in no time at all there was a large number of lying corpses.

As soon as the deadline arrived, the school authorities immediately counted the number of people, this time 475 people went and 462 came back, it could be determined that 3 of them were dead and the remaining 11 were nowhere to be found, but the school authorities would join forces with the military to search the jungle until they were confirmed to be dead or alive. Those who arrived safely were immediately sent back to Tidus Star.

The results were quickly summarized, and as the lead mentor, Osborne personally presented Cecil with a military-style medal. The teenager took it with a smile, flipped it around for a moment, and then puckered his red lips and kissed it. The sight of it was like an electric shock to Osborne, every hair of sweat standing up and screaming with desire for the teenager.

He even flew through images in his mind of the teenager kissing himself. He could no longer control his thoughts, and sooner or later, he would go crazy with this longing. He averted his gaze with difficulty, noticing that many of the candidates exuded looks of questioning and resentment. They hadn’t seen Cecil hunt the bug beasts with their own eyes, so naturally they didn’t believe that an omega could top the list.

“Darren must have helped him cheat. omega is good, as long as you have a colorful face, you have a powerful alpha to make the bugbear half dead and then send it under his hand to kill it. Cheating is also so brainless, 6857 points don’t you think it’s too much? Even Brigadier General Osborne surpassed it, who does he think he is?” A certain cadet opened his mouth in a conspiratorial manner, and many cold laughs of contempt or mockery immediately resounded around him.

Osborne didn’t explain as he tapped on his personal terminal and used the holographic screen to play clips of Cecil hunting bug beasts along the way. Each battle was a perfect combination of superior physical skills, precise marksmanship, bizarre speed and one hundred percent correct judgment. No one could evolve killing into an art like he could.

The image of him wandering in the middle of a dozen or so Ghost Spiders, chipping them into meatballs with an expression of ease and pleasure was just too shocking, calling the candidates dumbfounded while unable to even utter a single word.

The one who had just issued the complaint buried his head deeply, his cheeks rising to purple, living as if he had been slapped dozens of times, while on the Star Network, he didn’t know how many people were mocking his ignorance and narrow-mindedness.

“Now who else wants to complain about Cecil cheating?” Osborne looked around the room, and the candidates who were swept by his icy gaze hung their heads to avoid it.

“Very well, then let’s watch another video.” He clicked on his personal terminal and began to play a video of the battle on the first line.CT073 was a mineral planet after all, and the army would spend a great deal of effort on clearing out the bug beasts every once in a while, putting an end to their reproduction and evolution, so although the environment here was harsh, it was actually worlds apart compared to the real first line.

The evolved bug beasts have generated intelligence, and their appearance is also more horrible, to be described by Zhou Yunsheng, they are not like bugs, more like aliens. They are indestructible, poisonous, sharp teeth can directly gnaw starships, huge body even dozens of meters so high, take a step on the ground shaking the mountains.

The soldiers on the front line were fighting against just such a horrible species. Simple equipment could no longer harm the hard shells of the bugbears, so humans invented mechs, but even so, the bugbears still had the upper hand. They reproduced and evolved faster and faster, annexing a planet almost every few days.

If they are allowed to continue, sooner or later the human race will become extinct.

After watching the video, the candidates were silent and finally woke up to what a great responsibility they had.

“Now do you know what it means to really fight? What you should be focusing on is how to improve yourselves, that will keep you alive a little longer. You may now be dismissed, and those of you who have received acceptance notices will report to Chelman in three days.” Osborne closed the holographic screen and was about to offer to send Cecil home when he saw old Bernard standing outside the hall.

Cecil ran over and hugged him, the grandchildren smiling brightly. The pleasant smile turned to icy anger in an instant when old Bernard’s eyes swept over. He still couldn’t forgive the man who had given his grandson a lifetime of shame.

Osborne straightened his spine and gave a respectful military salute, then stood stiffly to watch them leave. Three days to see Cecil, but only three days, it would pass in the blink of an eye. He told himself this, but he couldn’t ignore the anxiety and restlessness inside.

He walked up to the detached house assigned to him by the school and found Joshua standing in the middle of his carefully cultivated moonflower bush sniffing the most beautiful one. His eyes were slightly downcast, a holy and rosy expression on his face, an image that had once deeply mesmerized Osborne, but now had suddenly lost that soul-stealing magic.

Osborne stopped walking and realized that his heart, which used to start beating frantically at the mere sight of Joshua, was now very quiet. The attraction that floated on the surface could not in the end compare to the ties that bound him to the depths of his soul. He never knew that he could be such a shallow person, hastily throwing away the happiness that was almost at hand just because of a beautiful face.

Thinking of Cecil, who had long ago had nothing to do with him, and of old Bernard’s vow that he would never join the Matthews in marriage, his dark eyes gradually rose to a crimson color.

He turned and fled in a state of disarray.

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Zhou Yunsheng immediately started designing his own mech after returning home. The Empire’s largest military factory was able to customize mechs for individuals, and as long as you could afford the price, they could build even super-powered mechs. However, usually no one would customize this kind of mech because they simply couldn’t handle it.

Old Bernard contacted several top designers and asked his grandson to communicate with them through the Star Network. Three days passed quickly, Zhou Yunsheng arrived at Chelman Military School on time for the enrollment ceremony, he refused the school’s request to let himself speak on behalf of the new students and picked the least conspicuous position to sit down.

He was the only omega recruited since the establishment of Chelman School, he was strong and powerful, his appearance declined, his body was slender, and there was almost no place that was not perfect. He wore a straight military uniform, every button was buttoned up neatly, one hand rested on his military cap, and one hand was placed on his knee, clearly an elegant and incomparable sitting posture, but it revealed a sense of danger.

He brushed all of his black hair behind his head, revealing a well-defined face with dark eyes and crimson lips made even more so by the fact that his skin was so pale. With such aggressive looks, even sitting in the most secluded corner, it was impossible to ignore.

The candidates went back and looked over the video, and had learned that Cecil possessed 3S level mental strength and physical fitness, and there was no doubt that he would become one of the brightest general stars of the empire. They no longer dared to make fun of his gender and the scandalous-scandalous story that he had been rejected for marriage, instead they were in awe of him.

When the ceremony was over and Cecil stood up, the people sitting around him uncharacteristically shied away to make way for an aisle.

Zhou Yunsheng walked out of the conference hall unhurriedly, and his spine tensed violently when he saw the two figures standing in front of him. He tried to open his eyes wide, and because he was so excited, he couldn’t stop a glint of water from seeping out of the corners of his eyes. The man who stood beside Osborn and was smiling and talking was actually Adonis, and there was no way he could mistake his gorgeous face for his own.

He walked over quickly, his eyes making contact with the man’s slightly probing gaze for a split second before he finally found his senses. Even if this man was indeed Adonis, it was still Adonis who had lost his memories, and they were still strangers now.

He slowed his pace and couldn’t help but smile wistfully before he even spoke.

Osborne had stiffened as the teenager looked straight over, enjoying the teenager’s gaze almost with gratitude, but he soon realized that the teenager was looking not at himself, but at Kyle Crest beside him.

His gaze was very passionate, laced with nostalgia, love, excitement, and disbelief. The fact that he approached quickly, without even offering himself a glance out of the corner of his eye, caused Osborne’s calm heart to swell. His left hand, which was holding his cap, was trembling slightly, the tips of his fingers taking on a pale color from the fear he was trying so hard to contain.

He understood all too well the meaning hidden in that gaze – Cecil had fallen in love with Kyle at first sight.

This will never be allowed to happen! Cecil can only belong to me! His insides hissed as agonizing emotions clogged his nostrils and eyes, making it difficult to breathe while at the same time giving him the urge to shed tears. At this moment, he could no longer run away from his true feelings.