The Long Night Is Ending, and the Galaxy Enters Dreams

"Energy fusion?" The moment Jian Ning heard those four words, his heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling rose within him. "How do we fuse it? Do I need to get struck by lightning? Or are you going to put me in a pot and boil me?"

The elder shook his head. A suspicious flush actually spread across his wrinkled old face. He coughed awkwardly twice, his gaze drifting everywhere but at them.

"The magnetic field in the Sanctuary is extremely special. Your mother personally modified it back then. To ensure the efficiency and safety of energy transmission, there cannot be any medium blocking it."

"In other words, the two of you need to stay in the Sanctuary for one night and engage in... deep, completely unreserved... physical contact."

"Physical contact?" Jian Xiu cut in from the side. "Would holding hands work? What about hugging?"

The elder glared at him. "Do you charge your phone by holding hands? The ports need to connect! The current needs to flow through the entire body! In other words, through the exchange of bodily fluids and bioelectricity, Mr. Huo's 'qi' must be transferred to Jian Ning. Ahem. You understand what I mean, right?"

Jian Ning: ...

Huo Si: ...

Jian Xiu: ...

The air suddenly fell silent. Deathly silent.

Even the dullest person could understand the implication behind the old man's words.

What bodily fluid exchange, what holding nothing back, what current flowing through the body... wasn't that just... that?!

Jian Ning's face turned bright red at a visible speed, like a spicy crayfish fresh from the pot. Even his ears were burning. Instinctively, he shrank behind Huo Si, his eyes darting about in panic.

[D-deep physical contact?!]

[And in the Sanctuary? Wouldn't that be doing it outdoors?!]

[Th-this... is this really a serious sci-fi movie? This is clearly an adults-only action film!]

[Though I'm not entirely against it... No! I am against it! This is too embarrassing! And Huo Si... would Huo Si be willing? We got our marriage certificate, but we still haven't...]

[That old man is so awful! He definitely wants to see me act indecently!]

Listening to Jian Ning's shy yet faintly expectant inner monologue, the little embarrassment Huo Si had felt had long since vanished.

He pushed up his glasses. Although he had heard every bit of Jian Ning's bashfulness, he still wore a solemn expression on the surface, as though he would sacrifice anything to save someone.

He turned to Jian Ning, his gaze carrying the restrained determination of someone who had no choice but to make a sacrifice for his sake. Of course, it was all an act.

"Jian Ning, the elder makes sense. It's scientific treatment. We need to trust the professionals."

"To fully activate the system and ensure your safety, you can only... endure this inconvenience."

Looking at Huo Si's upright, abstinent face, as though he was about to attend an academic conference at any moment, Jian Ning's last trace of hesitation disappeared.

[That's true. Huo Si is doing this to save me.]

[He's my voltage stabilizer! How can charging be called dirty? This is a scientific experiment! This is sacrificing ourselves for humanity's future!]

[Huo Old Man is being so righteous about it. If I keep acting shy, won't I look ridiculously fussy?]

Having thought it through, Jian Ning took a deep breath and nodded as if marching to his death. "Fine! To defeat King, I'm willing to... charge!"

Half an hour later, the two of them were brought to the "guest house" specially reserved for important visitors in the village.

Calling it a guest house was generous. In reality, it was an extremely suggestive "love-witch room."

The room was small and entirely wooden. Large red double-happiness characters were pasted over the windows, red candles burned brightly, and a carved canopy bed stood in the middle, covered with a dragon-and-phoenix quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in water. The air was filled with a cloying incense that made one's heart race.

The young Miao woman who brought them there blushed, shut the door, and ran away.

"Um... I wish you both... a pleasant charging session!"

Only the two of them remained in the room.

Jian Ning sat nervously at the edge of the bed, clutching the sheets with both hands, his palms soaked with sweat. He felt like a consort waiting for the emperor to summon him, both expectant and afraid.

Huo Si, on the other hand, was perfectly calm. He took off his coat, casually draped it over the screen, then slowly began undoing the buttons of his shirt.

One, two, three...

As he moved, his firm chest muscles and clearly defined abs were gradually revealed to the air. Warm golden candlelight fell over his skin as though coating it with beeswax, making him so sexy that Jian Ning could not look away.

[Gulp.]

Jian Ning could not help swallowing hard.

[This power bank... has such a great body.]

[That craftsmanship, those lines... damn.]

[When we "charge" later, should I touch his abs first, or his collarbones?]

[Oh, I heard Adam's apples are sexy too. I wonder if biting it would electrocute me? Huo Si always looks so icy. Would he cry when he got emotional?]

Would he cry when he got emotional?

What was this little thing even thinking about?

The corners of Huo Si's lips rose wildly, and the desire in his eyes deepened. Since someone wanted to touch his abs and bite his Adam's apple, then as a "dedicated" voltage stabilizer, he naturally had to satisfy all his "customer's" needs comprehensively and with high quality.

Jian Ning felt dizzy, his legs went weak, and he fell straight into Huo Si's arms.

Huo Si caught him smoothly and pressed him down onto the red brocade quilt.

Their gazes met in the air, sparks flying.

"Jian Ning." Huo Si's fingers gently brushed across Jian Ning's burning cheek. "Are you ready? I'm about to... supply power."

Jian Ning nodded with unfocused eyes, his voice soft as water. "Mm... Huo Si... come on..."

The red bed curtains slowly fell, concealing the intimate scene within.

Jian Ning felt his consciousness beginning to blur.

Yet he could clearly sense the man holding him, that nearly perfect body.

Jian Ning could not resist touching him a few more times...

Huo Si's embrace was hot, like the only harbor available in the night. The man's long fingers slid over the back of Jian Ning's burning neck, carrying a soothing, controlling strength as he pulled Jian Ning deeper into his arms.

"Huo Si..."

Jian Ning murmured unconsciously, his voice soft as water.

[So hot... it feels like something is beating inside my heart.]

[Is this... what activation feels like?]

"Don't be afraid."

Huo Si's voice was low and husky, especially seductive beneath the dim candlelight. He removed the gold-rimmed glasses he usually used to disguise his refinement and casually set them on the bedside table.

Without the lenses concealing them, his deep eyes now surged with undisguised affection and possessiveness.

He lowered his head and kissed Jian Ning's sweat-dampened temple, then followed the line of his brow and the bridge of his nose before finally pressing a very gentle kiss to those faintly trembling lips.

The instant their lips touched, both of them stiffened without meaning to. Huo Si paused, as though awkwardly testing the waters, while Jian Ning instinctively held his breath, even his heart missing a beat.

This was not a plundering kiss, but a kiss of confirmation.

A confirmation of each other's existence, a confirmation of the bond that had crossed twenty years.

As the kiss deepened, Jian Ning felt the cold mechanical barrier that had always existed in the depths of his mind shatter in an instant.

In its place came a resonance unlike anything he had ever felt.

It was as though he was no longer alone.

He could feel another heart beating, steady and powerful, gradually overlapping with his own until they finally merged into the same frequency.

In that instant, there was no need for words, not even for inner thoughts.

Jian Ning felt as though his soul had become a swimming fish, following that warm tide into Huo Si's bottomless sea.

He "saw" the lonely island in Huo Si's heart, covered in ice and snow all year round. But now, spring waters were beginning to flow, and the ice was melting away.

The candle flames flickered, casting their overlapping shadows upon the wall. Rising and falling with their movements, they resembled some ancient, entwined totem.

Huo Si's palm was scorching hot. His long fingers traced Jian Ning's graceful spine inch by inch, raising uncontrollable shivers everywhere they passed.

It was a strength that could not be resisted yet was restrained to the utmost, as though he were handling a fragile treasure recovered after being lost, and also like a beast that had finally caught its prey, carefully surveying its territory.

His fingertips carried a trace of inexperienced hesitation. Whenever they touched a sensitive spot, he instinctively eased his strength. Beneath the desire roiling in his eyes was always a layer of cautious cherishing.

This was his first time, a first time he treasured all the more.

He poured all his love into those clumsy yet devout touches.

It was a strength that could not be resisted yet was restrained to the utmost, as though he were handling a fragile treasure recovered after being lost, and also like a beast that had finally caught its prey, carefully surveying its territory.

The room was filled with Huo Si's uniquely cool cedar scent, now heated by their body warmth until it became scorching, forcefully taking over all of Jian Ning's senses.

The faint rustling of the bedding sounded thrillingly loud in the quiet night. Jian Ning felt dizzy, and the string called "reason" that had restrained him for so long snapped completely beneath Huo Si's nearly reverent touch.

He had never been this close to anyone. The unfamiliarity of his body intertwined with the harmony of their souls, making him clutch Huo Si's clothes tightly, his fingertips trembling faintly.

"Jian Ning..." Huo Si murmured his name in a voice that seemed to tremble from the depths of his chest, carrying a hoarseness he himself had not noticed.

He interlocked their fingers, their hands fitting tightly together, palms pressed close enough for them to feel the uneven lines of each other's palms, as well as the same fluttering excitement that came with a first time.

Every close meeting of skin was like a tiny spark, instantly spreading into a wildfire.

Jian Ning unconsciously tilted back his neck, exposing his fragile, slender throat and allowing the man's dense kisses to fall upon it, bringing waves of tingling heat.

He could feel Huo Si's restraint. That gentleness which was clearly surging yet deliberately slowed made warmth rise in his heart, and his eyes unconsciously grew moist—so they were the same. In this relationship, they were both clumsy yet sincere, carefully holding a sincere heart, afraid of breaking it.

The mechanical barrier in the depths of his soul completely turned to ash, replaced by the most primal, vivid desire. Amid this storm of sensations, Huo Si was his only anchor.

Jian Ning let himself sink, willing to drown in this deep sea called "Huo Si."

[So... you love me this much too.]

Jian Ning thought hazily as a physiological tear welled from the corner of his eye.

It was not because of pain, but because of the trembling feeling of his soul being completely filled and wholly accepted.

Huo Si seemed to sense his thoughts.

The man paused, then in the candlelight gently wiped away that tear with his lips, his gaze tender to the point of reverence.

"Jian Ning, it was never only you."

"It was that way twenty years ago, and it is still that way now."

The red candle had burned halfway down, its wick crackling softly.

The scarlet bed curtains slowly fell, concealing the intimate scene within.

That night, there were no earth-shaking system alarms and no schemes or conspiracies from the outside world.

There were only two souls that had been lonely for far too long, finally finding the gaps that fit them best in the depths of this ancient Miao village and joining together seamlessly.

That night, Jian Ning felt like a small boat in a storm, drifting up and down in Huo Si's deep sea.

And what felt most miraculous—and embarrassing—to him was that Huo Si seemed truly able to "communicate with him through their hearts."

Whenever he thought, [Ah, gentler, that hurts a little,] Huo Si's originally somewhat urgent movements would immediately become tender, and delicate kisses would fall between his brows and eyes to soothe him.

Whenever he thought, [I want to hold him tighter. I want more,] Huo Si would immediately interlock their fingers, hold him closer, and give him a deeper response.

Even when the thought [I want to kiss his Adam's apple] had just flashed through his mind, Huo Si took the initiative to tilt back his head and offer that sexy Adam's apple to his lips.

This near-miraculous understanding made Jian Ning feel, in his daze, as though their souls had truly merged into one without even the slightest gap between them.

[Oh my god... is this energy fusion?]

[This feels too good... no, too amazing!]

[Huo Si and I are simply made for each other! Even our rhythm matches this perfectly! He is absolutely the man who understands me best in the world!]

[This feeling of having my needs met without speaking... is this the power of technology? Praise science!]

Meanwhile, Huo Si, who was diligently "supplying power," listened to the heartfelt praise from the person in his arms, and the smile and love in his eyes nearly overflowed.

Silly fool.

This was not the power of technology.

It was my instinct to love you, and a cheat game of "omniscience and omnipotence" that I had opened just for you.

Only when the sky began to pale at dawn did this long "charging ritual" finally come to an end.

Jian Ning lay sprawled in Huo Si's arms, too exhausted to move even a finger, his body covered in suggestive marks. Yet he could clearly feel that the system in his mind was no longer unstable as before. It had become incredibly quiet and smooth, as though it had truly been fully charged.

Huo Si held him, kissed his sweat-dampened forehead, tucked in the corner of the quilt, and quietly concealed his achievements.

"Sleep. You're fully charged."

"From now on, there'll be plenty."

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