Chapter 65

The first thing Ruan Chengye saw when he entered the Train carriage was that undeniably striking black-haired man.

He stood sideways, his black pupils like an Abyss that could drown a person.

Upon hearing the Train start, the black-haired man coldly glanced at his location without any emotion. Before he could recover, the man had already withdrawn his indifferent scrutinizing gaze.

The Alpha Pheromone Blocker Patch on the back of his neck and the aura emanating from him told him that the other person was an Alpha whose arrogance was disgusting.

Driven by his instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm, Ruan Chengye quickly averted his gaze, entered the carriage, and looked at the others with an almost greedy eye.

It was obvious that the man with that aura was 100% an Alpha, and could not possibly be the Earthling he was looking for.

His time was running out. This was the seventeenth time he had made excuses to leave. The system's departure meant he couldn't see the Life Points Countdown, and he could only estimate his death time based on his memory.

What he didn't expect was that as his Life Points decreased, his young body aged at an astonishing rate.

He must... he must find the Earthling stole his system in the little time he has left and take it back in order to survive.

The escorts saw Qin Su before even boarding the Train, paused for a moment, and then quickly entered the carriage.

Qin Su's name is renowned and resounds throughout the planets.

They never expected that this trip would be so incredibly lucky, and they tensed up, gripping their weapons tightly.

They thought they had controlled their eyes, but little did they know that to others, the surprise and nervousness in their eyes, hidden beneath their silver helmets, as they glanced at Qin Su from time to time, were impossible to conceal.

Unfortunately, Qin Su didn't even glance at them.

Qin Su's icy eyes only glanced at them once when they first appeared, and then never looked at them again. A hint of disappointment flashed across the four people's eyes.

However, even the most notorious Prisoners who had caused the Federation headaches could not attract Qin Su's attention, let alone them.

Qin Su treated the other passengers in the carriage with the same indifference, and the four of them quickly accepted it.

Qin Su's coldness was commonplace to the people in the carriage. Their gazes fell on the disheveled Prisoner being escorted to the middle, looking around as if searching for something, and they gossiped in hushed tones.

"What's with those disdainful looks you're giving me? You all know him?"

"You don't recognize him? Ruan Chengye, the once infamous one who clamored that the Federation should welcome him or else he would make the Federation pay. Do you know about the terrorist attack on Sithyatu Planet that shocked the Federation?"

"Of course I know."

"Look, it was him who did it. He said... it was a 'gift' to the Federation, what a fucking 'gift'! An explosion in the middle of the night killed 1,892 people."

"I remember now, he's the one who prompted the Federation and other hostile planets to issue a joint warrant for his arrest. He seems... quite ordinary."

Upon hearing the word 'ordinary,' Ruan Chengye, who was looking around for other Earthlings without Glands like himself, abruptly turned his gaze away, his eyes fixed on the speaker with a gloomy expression.

The speaker was startled. Although he knew his body was controlled by the device and he could no longer harm anyone, he was still taken aback and took a few steps back.

"Behave yourself!" The guard frowned. Ruan Chengye let out a wail as spasmodic pain spread throughout his body, and he became obedient.

This damned anime world of paper dolls.

After the electric shock spasm ended, Ruan Chengye had no time to savor the pain in his body. He cursed under his breath and began a new round of 'searching for Earthlings '.

With just one glance, Qin Su grasped the situation as it was, without looking back despite their occasional glances.

While Qin Su eavesdropped carefully, hoping the people in the carriage would talk more, he also mentally calculated the information he could obtain by seeing it with his own eyes. He also paid with his Life Points to activate the single-person Comic Capture Camera, hoping to get some information from the Viewers's perspective.

As soon as I boarded the Train, the murky eyes of Ruan Chengye, whom my classmates had been talking about, fell on me, a clear look of disgust flashing across his face.

That disgust was no different from his look at the other indigenous people in the carriage.

His name is Ruan Chengye, and he believes himself to be an indigenous person.

' Ruan Chengye had no Pheromone Blocker Patch on the back of his neck, and a familiar Life Points Countdown above his head, making him highly likely an outsider like himself.'

The Countdown is displayed above his head, instead of just in the upper right corner of his skin where it's only visible to himself. The difference between him and me is probably... I'm in the middle of a mission, while he's failed?

'I can see the enemy's Life Points Countdown above their head, but they obviously can't see mine.'

' Ruan Chengye's obvious searching motions suggest he's looking for his own kind? In other words, he's looking for Earthlings.'

After finishing his thoughts, Qin Su came back to his senses and looked at the comments in the upper left corner:

[Ruan Chengye? How come this lunatic is in the same carriage as my Baby 1? Why isn't he dead yet? I curse him every time I see him.]

[Stay away from our Brother Su! You trash who do everything from murder to arson!]

[Baby 1, even on a Train he runs into this embarrassing creature that makes us Earthlings look bad. But the last time he appeared on a comic page, he even asked us to help him find Earthlings, pretending he could see the comments, which was really funny.]

[His lack of response to the list of suspects put up by his fans is even more ironic.]

[I don't know what the author was thinking. If such a weirdo can be transmigrated into a manga, why can't I? If I had that chance, I'd be standing next to Baby 1 right now!]

[+ Identity ID, this oddball has some sense, didn't pay much attention to our Boss 1]

[It wasn't that he had keen insight; he just knew at a glance that the person he was looking for wasn't Qin Su, whose every inch of skin exuded Alpha aura, which is why his eyes moved away so quickly.]

Qin Su: "..."

You guessed right, this wave is aimed at him.

Ruan Chengye is Earthling who was once bound to a system. He is now searching for Earthling are also bound to the system, possibly with the intention of 'stealing the system'.

In other words, it's about competing with yourself, a mere Earthling, for 777.

Qin Su: "..."

Dream on.

However... Ruan Chengye's eyesight seemed poor, and he never expected that Su, who had been searching for him everywhere, would find him standing right in front of him, only to be met with disappointment.

Was it because he was too strong that the other person mistook him for an Alpha?

That must be it. In conclusion, Qin Su has temporarily lost his memory and forgotten the embarrassment of being strong. Right now, his heart is full of admiration for being strong.

Who says being strong is bad? This kind of strength is fantastic.

The Train arrived at its destination, and Qin Su, who had received the answer and escaped death thanks to his 'strong spirit', happily turned off the single-person capture camera.

Regardless of what he was thinking, Qin Su concealed his emotions well, his face remaining calm and composed. Even after he stepped out of the carriage and disappeared from everyone's sight, no one noticed anything unusual about him.

The Train doors opened and closed quickly. Ruan Chengye only glanced at them briefly, not giving the Alpha, who looked intimidating, any extra attention, so as not to waste his time searching.

With the dormitory door closed, Qin Su deduced from the information he had gathered that Ruan Chengye was the former host of the system, and went straight to the point, asking the system:

"777, what's going on with Ruan Chengye? Didn't you say that he wouldn't unbind from the host until the Life Points Countdown ended, and that the unbound host would also die?"

"[Him.]" 777 said indignantly, "[He was my previous host. He was bound to me for less than a month, and then he killed a lot of innocent people, saying that paper dolls weren't human at all. He turned me into a red-named player, and the system monitoring agency discovered this and forcibly unbound me.]"

[Your previous host was a naive and innocent girl who kept telling me things like "When fellow countrymen meet, tears well up in their eyes," and even revealed to Ruan Chengye that she was also Earthling. She was then killed by Ruan Chengye an attempt to seize the system.]

Fortunately, Qin Su was as cunning and shrewd as the people in other parallel universes, so it never worried that he would self-destruct.

777: [But he didn't expect that I would bind myself to you so quickly, leaving him no chance at all. Many viewers said they liked his outlaw-like demeanor, which caused his Life Points to surge for a short time, and the remaining Life Points has kept him alive until now.]

Qin Su: "... Understood."

The shadows hidden beneath the sunlight are far more numerous than imagined; Qin Su was not surprised that Ruan Chengye, despite his heinous crimes, still has followers.

"How old was Ruan Chengye my previous host was killed?"

777: [23, what's wrong?]

"... It's nothing." Qin Su's eyes were dark.

Even when the system leaves the body, the acquired Life Points will not disappear but will remain.

However, according to the system and the remaining Life Points and physical condition of Ruan Chengye that I saw, combined with the time I was bound to this world, without the system, if the remaining Life Points are not long, the host will age rapidly in the little time left.

It's equivalent to shortening your entire lifespan to the remaining time, accelerating the decline of bodily functions.

Conversely, if one earns enough Life Points —enough to reach the average lifespan of an Earthling, or even several lifetimes—the rate at which one's physical functions decline will slow down.

At that time, even without the system, he will live a long and prosperous life, just like an Interstellar People, or even longer.

"!"

While pondering, Qin Su drew himself a big, round, and fragrant pie.

Who says drawing a cake can't satisfy hunger? What a joke! He now feels no soreness in his shoulders or headache, and can practice (Class 6 for hundreds more rounds in one go.

The ideal was beautiful, but in reality, Qin Su's emotional outburst lasted only a few minutes. After showering and changing into his pajamas, he still had a splitting headache.

In order to get a perfect rest, Qin Su unusually did not sleep on a regular bed. He entered the Hibernation Pod, placed his hands on his abdomen, closed his eyelids without hesitation for a second, and began to breathe evenly.

Biscuits and such...

Since I drew it myself, I can draw it again and work on it again next time; there's plenty of time.

--

Training ground.

After Qin Su left, the entire Class 6 was in a state of collective irritation for a long time, leaving the Simulated Combat Room listless both mentally and physically.

He Wenyuan's next Forum can be seen everywhere. Other classes in the Class of 26 had to lose the opportunity to imitate the training model of Class 6) and instead turned to the training method of Class 6).

After the course ended, the students from other classes who were at the forefront of surfing immediately used their connections to ask around among the people they knew in Class 6).

As the students from Class 6 came out one after another, including He Muzhi, none of them had a good expression, and voices of doubt and inquiry rose and fell.

"Hiss... What's wrong with you guys?"

"Yeah, they all look like they've been drained of all their energy."

"Training is not going well?"

Did you upset Qin Su?

"Did Qin Su get angry with you?"

"To be angered by Qin Su is a rare experience; you should be happy about it."

"That makes sense!"

Everyone chimed in with their own words, and when they finally realized what was happening, they discovered that the students from Class 6) had been separated into countless waves and surrounded by students from other classes.

Qin Su wasn't there, but the encirclement was already set up, and everyone was determined to succeed, so no one bothered to make way.

(Class 6 listened to everyone talking at once and couldn't help but think that if Qin Su had scolded them, they might not have been so frustrated.

When Qin Su left, he didn't say anything extra to them, nor did he offer any reassurance about their behavior. His expression was somber, and his cold face made them feel uneasy.

"Alright, alright, we need to give them time to speak, don't we?" Su Zhanghua raised his voice to stop everyone from asking questions one after another.

Everyone remained silent for a short while, but their burning gazes remained unchanged as they stared intently at the mouths of the students in Class 6).

(Class 6 moved their mouths, as if they wanted to say something but then stopped.

Someone asked anxiously, "No way, what did you do to anger Qin Su?"

(Class 6: "?"

"What, you Qin Su?"

"It's clearly Qin Su from our class!"

"That's right, it's our Class Monitor. I advise you to give up any thoughts of taking advantage of the situation!"

"That's right, you don't even deserve to be given the cold shoulder by Qin Su!"

"Stop, stop, this is the important point!" Su Zhanghua's expression twisted.

Just now, the people in Class 6 were so quiet that they couldn't utter a sound, but when the question of Qin Su's 'ownership' was mentioned, they jumped three feet high like rabbits whose tails had been stepped on.

"That's the key point! Qin Su is from our (Class 6, there's no doubt about it, don't confuse it!" Sophia said righteously.

"Oh." (Class 18 Monitor Lailisi gave a nasty reminder, "It seems you've displeased your class Class Monitor, Qin Su."

(Class 6: "..."

That hurts.

To let everyone leave his class alone, He Muzhi sighed inwardly and told the curious students from the other classes a short summary of what had happened in the Simulated Combat Room.

"..."

Ten minutes passed, and the students from the other classes fell into a long silence after listening.

It sounds like not only Class 6, but the other classes are also doomed... But that was a personal 'beating' from Qin Su!

Who wouldn't be tempted?

"Even if we take a step back... never mind, that's Qin Su, you know. There's no need to back down an inch; it's clearly your problem."

"I've ordered it. Qin Su has always maintained this intensity. You guys should reflect on yourselves. You've been in the same class as Qin Su for so long since you enrolled. Have you really started to learn from Qin Su?"

"If it were us, we would work very hard."

Everyone was sullen and jealous.

"He's bad at the game but loves to play," Qiu Yongyan added.

(Class 6 were unhappy.

Raymond looked at Qiu Yongyan and went straight to the point. "That Class Monitor of yours, what's his name, He Wenyuan? Tsk tsk tsk, I don't even want to talk about him."

Qiu Yongyan was momentarily speechless, and before he could speak, (7) the classmate retorted instinctively, "He wouldn't..."

(Class 6 kept muttering and complaining, "Your Class Monitor, your Class Monitor, your Class Monitor..."

"Ahhh, he doesn't..."

"Your Class Monitor, your Class Monitor, your..."

(Class 6 choked (Class 7, while the other classes joined in the fun and fueled the fire from both sides.

[MVP of this round: "Your Class Monitor"]

[The disdain for He Wenyuan is palpable]

[He Wenyuan, the Class Monitor, gets going, everyone goes all out and forgets all about camaraderie (doge)]

[Plague God: Three words that caused 118 classes to fight each other for me]

[Shameless]

[It's a complete mess.]

[Drink it while it's hot?]

When a post titled "Your Class Monitor" went viral on the Fourth Military Academy Forum, the person involved He Wenyuan, was standing in front of Ruan Chengye.

Seeing the man who had once been all the rage and arrogant, whose image had been projected onto the giant screens of various planets, kneeling in an empty room, He Wenyuan's eyes flashed with obvious disappointment.

He was too ordinary, and much older than he had imagined.

On the big screen, Ruan Chengye, wearing a white mask, was broadcasting live footage of nearly two thousand deaths in Cis Yatu. The shock made him tremble all over, and he immediately idolized Ruan Chengye for a short time.

That white mask added at least ninety percent to Ruan Chengye's charm.

Without the mask, he was just an ordinary man suffering from Rapid Premature Aging Syndrome.

"Tsk."

He Wenyuan a disdainful sneer.

When He Wenyuan came in and looked him up and down, Ruan Chengye also looked him up and down immediately.

He was thin and frail, with an Omega pheromone barrier patch on the back of his neck. He had the typical physique of an Omega in this world, not the Earthling he was looking for.

Having determined the result, Ruan Chengye rolled his eyes and looked away with annoyance.

He Wenyuan expressionless as he leaned closer to Ruan Chengye, who was being controlled by the familiar silver mechanical ring around his neck and wearing the prison uniform. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and whispered, "I heard you're looking for someone from the same Earth as you?"

There were no Electronic Eye in the room, so just in case, He Wenyuan covered his lips.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Chengye's expression changed instantly. His bulging eyes stared intently at He Wenyuan. He struggled violently to get up, but the prison uniform and the collar around his neck kept him kneeling, unable to move. His voice was hoarse. "What do you know?"

"I know who he is." He Wenyuan's lips curled up as he spoke nonsense without batting an eye.

"Who is it? Tell me!" As he struggled, countless electric currents flowed through Ruan Chengye's body, but he didn't care at all as his limbs twitched from the shocks.

What Earthlings? He'd never even heard of them.

Of all the planets in the entire galaxy, I have never heard of a planet called 'Earth'.

Just like the old man's students had assessed, Ruan Chengye was a typical example of a naturally antisocial personality due to the Gland absence of glands. He harbored intense hatred towards AlphaOmega who possessed Glands and Beta who were sensitive to Pheromones, to the point of mental breakdown and developing paranoia.

But none of that matters.

The important thing is that they're so crazy; it would be a shame not to take advantage of it.

"Watch closely." After quietly observing Ruan Chengye's anxious, grumbling expression for a few seconds, He Wenyuan removed his hand from his lips.

He had a printed photo of Qin Su between his fingers, which he had downloaded from the Fourth Military Academy Forum.

With just a glance, He Wenyuan naturally stood up and withdrew his palm, concealing it and moving quickly. Even if there were hidden Electronic Eyes in the room, they wouldn't notice.

Ruan Chengye saw it clearly.

The man in the small photo has a handsome face, a cold and indifferent expression, a dangerous aura, and is extremely aggressive.

He was a man he had met briefly on the Train, a man who left a deep impression on him.

Ruan Chengye took a deep breath, raised his head, and roared with venomous eyes, "You dare to play me? Get lost!"

He's obviously an Alpha. Do you think he's stupid and can't even tell?

He Wenyuan raised an eyebrow, smiling as he watched Ruan Chengye's facial muscles twitch abnormally.

From his physique to his demeanor, Qin Su was clearly a typical Alpha. How could he possibly be a 'Earthling' that the mentally unstable Ruan Chengye had fabricated?

Not to mention Ruan Chengye, even he himself didn't believe it.

The old man's students said that Ruan Chengye was on the verge of a mental breakdown. He often couldn't sleep in prison and would anxiously and repeatedly shout things like "Time is running out," "We must find him as soon as possible," "Where is he?" and "Who is he?"

"I've already told you everything I know. What good would it do me to lie to you?" Covering his lips, He Wenyuan linger any longer, turned and left, ignoring Ruan Chengye's frantic screams behind him.

For Ruan Chengye, who felt his time was running out, once the seed of doubt was planted in his heart, it was only a matter of time before it took root and sprouted.

He's a lunatic; he's capable of anything that ordinary people can't understand. Hopefully, Qin Su will be satisfied with this gift during the next real battle.

[He Wenyuan, I urge you to be kind!]

[Help, I'm so worried!]

[Aaaaaah, I'm so anxious because Su Bao can't see the comments!]

At 1 a. m. in the Comic World, during his Hyperspace Jump away from Ikelios Planet, Ruan Chengye was kidnapped by Space Pirates and his whereabouts became unknown.

Upon noticing the anomaly, the Federation immediately activated the self-destruct function of the prison uniform and collar around Ruan Chengye's neck.

Under normal circumstances, once activated, the Prisoner would be blown to pieces.

Just in case, after pressing the self-destruct button, the Federation issued an emergency arrest warrant as quickly as possible. Citizens of every planet under the Federation's jurisdiction also received information on their Optical Brain that the highly dangerous fugitive Ruan Chengye had escaped.

At the same time, an internal investigation was conducted to determine if there were any traitors.

--

The Real World.

The team leader in charge of the 'Gland' research was beaming with pride as he reported and explained the progress to Qin Su.

"... This is number 9, which we created by gathering various 'Pheromones' according to your instructions. This is the 'Gland' made from number 2, which had the strongest extracted 'Pheromone' concentration. This is..."

The person in charge then introduced sixteen different types of primary 'Glands'.

After the introduction, I asked expectantly, "When would you be available to try it out?"

According to Qin Su's orders, no one except Qin Su was allowed to conduct the experiments personally. The laboratory where the experiments were conducted was supervised 24 hours a day by both human and surveillance personnel.

Qin Su withdrew his gaze from the 'Glands,' suppressing his joy, and said in a flat tone, "Now."