SSS-Encrypted File

Lu Mi's expression turned icy. Thick killing intent churned in his dark eyes, red veins gradually surfacing in the whites. The hand at his side trembled uncontrollably.

He knew something was wrong with Yu Tu.

He had prepared himself mentally.

But he had never expected the situation to be even worse than he imagined.

He lowered his voice. "Can you find out who did it?"

Lan Su did not answer. His slender fingers flew across the keyboard. "Look at this first. It's a confidential document from the Blue Star Pharmaceutical Research Institute."

Lu Mi pressed his lips together and lowered his head. When his gaze landed on the words on the computer screen, shock surfaced in his eyes, immediately followed by fury!

Black energy patterns emerged across his face. Paired with his bloodthirsty eyes, they made him look like a fiendish god from hell.

—SSS-encrypted file: "Experimental Report on Vine Power Inheritance"

Lan Su said,

"Energy Master power inheritance isn't unusual among prominent Energy Master families.

"For the sake of family succession, they select superior genes from younger generations, then analyze and compare them against the genetic data of potential marriage partners. AI then produces an 'inheritance analysis' and selects the best-matched pairings.

"This document records the experimental process and data from extracting the genes of two thousand Energy Masters awakened with 'Low-Grade Vine' energy from planets across the Blue River System, then conducting genetic compatibility analyses with different women.

"The final conclusion was that when a Low-Grade Vine Energy Master mates with a female Energy Master with inferior plant energy, the probability of their offspring inheriting vine power is highest: 0.03%."

Lu Mi was furious enough to kill someone.

By this point, he already understood why the Desire Compound in Yu Tu's body had exceeded the limit.

Lan Su said, "Cang Qi cracked the security networks of the Pharmacists Association and the Pharmacists Research Institute for me a long time ago. I often browse their internal websites and all their encrypted documents.

"This report appeared less than half a year ago. At the time, I found it strange. Inferior Vines had no research value whatsoever."

Lan Su's gaze swept over Yu Tu in the distance, carrying a meaningful look. "But now, I understand."

Inferior Vines truly had no research value—but what if it was the Blue River System's only Diamond-Grade Vine?

Lan Su's fingers casually tapped against the tabletop.

"Since the Diamond-Grade Vine cannot be made to swear loyalty to him, then turn this Diamond-Grade Vine into a machine for producing offspring.

"Am I right, Lu Mi?"

Lu Mi was so enraged his teeth nearly cracked. "It's only 0.03%!"

Lan Su smiled again. "It's enough. After all, it isn't impossible. Lu Mi, let me show you another piece of information."

Lan Su lightly tapped the keyboard. "This is the list of women who went missing on Blue Star during the two months before Yu Tu was arrested.

"They were all female Energy Masters with inferior plant energy.

"In just one month, there were more than nine hundred unmarried women of this type. Where do you think they went?"

Lu Mi gritted his teeth.

Lan Su said, "My guess is that Yu Tu killed them all."

Lan Su smiled. "They probably never expected the galaxy's only Diamond-Grade Vine to be so difficult to handle.

"The Desire Compound in Yu Tu's body has already reached a lethal dosage, yet they still failed to make him leave them even a single seed."

Lan Su propped up his head and turned to look at Lu Mi, gossip sparkling in his eyes.

"Yu Tu can endure so much, yet the moment he arrived on Calamity Planet, he surrendered to you without resistance... Warden Lu, don't tell me there's nothing going on between you two. I don't believe it."

Lu Mi did not take in a single word Lan Su had said.

His mind was a mess, filled with the words Cang Qi had said to him—

"Warden Lu, you are what Commander Yu Tu's heart longs for."

Lu Mi's gaze fell on Yu Tu.

Yu Tu had turned around and sat down on the sofa.

His posture was perfectly proper, knees together and hands obediently resting on them. Perhaps sensing Lu Mi's gaze, Yu Tu looked up at him and flashed a broad smile.

He looked utterly innocent.

Lu Mi's heart clenched painfully. Then he saw Yu Tu lower his head before suddenly springing up as if his fur had been ruffled!

Lu Mi hurried over. "What's wrong?"

Yu Tu angrily pointed at the notebook on the coffee table.

It was the notebook Lan Su had used while questioning Yu Tu earlier.

On the blank page was a vividly drawn pig's head, with two words written beside it: "Yu Tu."

"I'm really angry!"

Lu Mi: "..."

Lu Mi raised a hand and patted Yu Tu's back. "Don't be angry. Lord Lan was just joking with you."

Lan Su immediately waved his hand. "No, no. I've never liked joking around. Yu Tu, I just think you're a pig."

Yu Tu charged forward, ready to fight!

Lu Mi hooked an arm around his waist and hoisted him up. Yu Tu immediately bared his teeth and claws at Lan Su.

Lan Su picked up a pen and spun it on his fingertips. "Come on, then. Come hit me."

Yu Tu said, "Just wait! I'm coming over right now!"

Lu Mi: "... Lord Lan, stop provoking him. He really can't handle teasing right now."

Lan Su smiled. "I'm not teasing him. I'm insulting him!"

Yu Tu said, "I'm going over there! I'm going over there! I'm going to beat him up!"

Lu Mi: "..."

Cold sweat broke out on Lu Mi's forehead. "Lord Lan, let's leave it here for today. I'll take him away first. I'll discipline him properly when we get back!"

Lu Mi carried Yu Tu away, then after taking a few steps, turned back and asked, "Lord Lan, the thing inside him... can it be completely removed?"

"It can." Lan Su nodded with a smile. "Warden Lu, put in more effort. No restraint, plenty of exercise, and that'll do."

Lu Mi: "... Thank you, Lord Lan. I'll be leaving now."

Lu Mi carried Yu Tu away and turned around. Just as they reached the door—

AI: "Welcome, Deputy Warden Cang Qi."

The doors slowly opened to either side, revealing Cang Qi standing in the doorway with a huge suitcase, his face full of delight.

When he saw Lu Mi and the frantic Yu Tu, he could not help freezing for a moment.

"Warden Lu, Commander Yu Tu? What are you doing?"

Yu Tu glared furiously at Lan Su. "I'm going to fuck him up!"

Lu Mi's brow twitched. He smacked Yu Tu hard on the butt. "0456, inappropriate wording. You deserve that!"

Yu Tu pouted. "I'm going to beat him up!"

The delight vanished entirely from Cang Qi's face as he stormed over to Yu Tu.

To meet Yu Tu at eye level, Cang Qi deliberately crouched down.

"Commander Yu Tu, you can't hit Lord Lan! If you hit Lord Lan, you'll be my enemy!"

"But he insulted me!"

Cang Qi frowned. "How is that possible? How could Lord Lan insult you?"

Lan Su, never one to fear making trouble worse, cheerfully said, "I insulted him. I called him a pig. Yes, Yu Tu is a pig."

Cang Qi: "..."

Yu Tu said, "Did you hear that?!"

Cang Qi: "..."

Cang Qi awkwardly stood back up.

Lu Mi quickly made his escape.

The entrance doors closed. Cang Qi cautiously turned to Lan Su. "Lord Lan, are you in a bad mood today? I made some new toys for you. Would you like to see them?"

Cang Qi opened the suitcase and took out five strange little mechanical gadgets. He arranged them one by one in front of Lan Su, then reached out and stroked the wheelchair Lan Su was sitting in.

"White Star, have you been behaving today?"

White Star was Lan Su's pet mecha. It had originally looked like a White Whale and loved playing in the water.

On the day Lan Su was sent to Calamity Planet, White Star had been ordered destroyed.

Unable to bear it, the official in charge of the destruction had left Lan Su with a fragment of White Star's core.

The core fragment did not possess enough power to support its reconstruction as a pet mecha. Lan Su's legs had been severed, and even if he had a pet mecha, he would not have been able to provide the daily energy it required.

Cang Qi established contact with the core fragment and, according to White Star's wishes, created a new body for it—the wheelchair beneath Lan Su.

Though White Star could no longer fight for Lan Su, it remained connected to his mind. With a single thought from Lan Su, it could take him anywhere it could go.

The wheelchair rolled forward and back once.

Lan Su lifted a hand and patted the wheelchair's armrest. "White Star isn't very happy today."

Lan Su smiled. "It's fine. It likes you very much. Pet it more."

Cang Qi froze, instinctively looking toward Lan Su. His adorable doll-like face suddenly turned bright red.

"Lord Lan... wh-what did you just say?"

Lan Su leaned back, supporting his head with one hand. His smiling gaze settled on Cang Qi, and a tender warmth suddenly filled his gray-blue eyes.

"Cang Qi, I said White Star likes you very much. Just like its owner does."

Cang Qi's face turned even redder. For no reason at all, he flailed at the air in a panic. His eyes did not dare settle on Lan Su, darting all over the place instead.

"Um, haha, Lord Lan, are you satisfied with today's air humidity?"

"Is there anything you dislike? I'll change it for you immediately!"

"Ah, do you like these little things? You probably don't need me to explain how to use them, right? You're so smart that you don't need me to teach you at all!"

"Lord Lan, is there—"

White Star suddenly rolled up in front of Cang Qi, and Cang Qi's voice abruptly stopped.

When he lowered his head, his eyes met Lan Su's.

Cang Qi's voice trembled, tears streaming down his face.

"L-Lord Lan, did I... did I just hear things? I think... I think I heard you say... that you like me."

Complex emotions flashed through Lan Su's eyes. He sighed softly, lifted a hand to hook around Cang Qi's neck and pull him down, then kissed away the tears on his face.

"Cang Qi, you did not hear wrong."

Cang Qi cried even harder, clinging to Lan Su and sobbing uncontrollably.

"Wah, Lord Lan, I thought you hated me!"

"How could I? I know you came here for me."

Lan Su wiped away his tears, only for more to keep falling. He sighed helplessly and simply gave up.

Lan Su chose to seal Cang Qi's mouth instead.

Two hamster ears popped out on Cang Qi's head in fright!

"Mm!! Mm..."

Lord Lan is such a good kisser?!

Cang Qi went limp from the kiss, no longer having the strength to cry. His entire body collapsed into Lan Su's arms.

"Lord Lan, you... why are you suddenly so passionate today?"

Lan Su smiled without answering. His eyes were dark as the sea, a faint smile resting on his lips, while his voice carried sincere affection for Cang Qi.

"Sorry, Cang Qi. I made you sad."

"Don't worry. From now on... I will never make you sad again.

"Cang Qi, I'll spoil you for the rest of my life."

[Side CP: Lan Su (top) vs. Cang Qi (bottom) ‖ Beluga Whale vs. Hamster]