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In the interstellar era, the Federation general Ilia was careless and failed in the battle. He took advantage... Еще

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56

Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 Who are you?

    "Don't..." Roy pushed her uncomfortably, but under the influence of pheromones, he was completely different from the heroic fight just now.

    The memory of being bullied by strangers before flashed up, Luo Yi turned pale, and looked at Yun Xu with a pleading look in his eyes, "Don't... your pheromones... are too choking."

    He struggled unconsciously, but was mobilized by Yunxu's breath again, a sour feeling filled his lower abdomen, he found himself surrounded by such a smell, and somewhere behind him seemed to be becoming moist and empty little by little.

    ...this damn body.

    Seeing his tense and stiff look, Yun Xu frowned slightly, and let go of the restraint on him. Once relaxed, Roy immediately curled up sideways, like a little hedgehog hiding its soft belly in a ball.

    He is too uncomfortable to adapt to this difficult state of controlling himself.

    However, Yun Xu didn't intend to let Roy go. Before he could recover, she leaned down again, put her hands on Roy's side, lowered her head and opened her mouth, and her lips almost touched his ears. "Answer me,? Why did you run away?"

    Roy snorted and shrank back.

    ...

    This is...the plot of chasing his wife thousands of miles away,? The audience in front of the screen showed a knowing smile.

    Ancient dog blood, there must be people who are good at it. So, no one seemed to remember the fear of being silenced before, and the barrage became lively again:

    [Ah, ah, the third princess rushes to the duck! ! ! 】*

    【Bullying him, making him cry! 】*

    【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I saw pink bubbles! ! 】*

    Roy's live broadcast room is full of people, and Li Wen made a fortune by taking advantage of it. While transferring the soaring balance in the live broadcast platform to his account, he was anxiously thinking about countermeasures. The three princesses are definitely not easy to mess with For the character, we must try our best to restore a little impression while there is still time.

    But, how to please her, it seems... She seems to be interested in this Omega.

    Thinking of this, the corner of Li Wen's mouth tickled slightly, and he pressed the arena special button.

    In the grotto, Roy curled up sideways uncomfortable, under the shadow of her body being shrouded in clouds.

    The atmosphere was very strange. Even though he was seriously injured and in pain, Roy didn't let out a snort, but at this moment, facing Yunxu's breath of absinthe, he couldn't stop his trembling nasal voice despite trying his best to suppress it.

    But Yunxu was like a cheetah, oppressing him forcefully, not allowing Roy to leave her control.

    Yun Xu seemed to be exuding coldness, and she was angry. This idea spread in Roy's muddled consciousness, which inexplicably made him a little dazed.

    Why is Yunxu angry?

    For her, the loss of 40,000 star coins should not be worth mentioning at all. He decided to leave overnight because he thought that Yun Xu would not bother looking for him who was only worth 40,000 star coins.

    But what's the situation now? She was asking herself why she ran away?

    ...Why did you run away? Thinking of the reason for running away, Roy pursed his lips, and the corners of his eyes were even more smoky, he didn't want to say.

    The surrounding scenery changed at some point. There was a little bit of warm light in the originally deep and dark grotto, and even the roaring beasts did not come in to disturb it.

    However, none of the people immersed in their own thoughts noticed it.

    Roy never thought that he would see Yunxu here. In fact, the moment he saw her, the joy in his heart seemed to burst into flames.

    It's only been three and a half days, but Roy found that he seemed to miss Yunxu a little bit.

    Such a discovery made him overwhelmed, he simply stopped thinking, and fought harder with the mutant beast. At that time, the thought of surviving overwhelmed everything.

    But thinking about it now, is the reason why he became attached to Yun Xu because every time he was imprisoned, Yun Xu would appear calmly like this and save him?

    Roy didn't dare to think about it. He didn't know what this feeling of dependence was. He didn't know whether the moment of joy when he saw her was because of Omega's instinct to find Alpha during estrus, or because he was always in danger. The drawbridge effect that coexists with her.

    ...I don't think I like it at all.

    Thinking of this, Roy lowered his eyes a little lonely.

    Thin eyelashes cast shadows, hiding all complicated emotions. He thought, how can the current self be worthy of liking the third princess? He is a puddle of mud, and the moon in the sky occasionally casts its reflection in the mud. It seems that the bright moon is embraced by him, but in fact it is just a short distance between the sky and the sky.

    Even if there is a heartbeat, it is wishful thinking.

    Luo Yi was very awake, so no matter how Yun Xu pressed him, he kept his lips tightly pressed together, as if he would spit out something he shouldn't have said the moment he opened his mouth.

    This appearance completely offended Yun Xu. As the third princess of the empire, even though there were many intrigues and intrigues around her, no one dared to face her face to face.

    Forget it, what made Yun Xu most depressed was that she wanted to accept this unexpected guest and stop being wary and suspicious of him all the time, but Luo Yi ran away without a word at this moment!

    Ask him the reason now, he is like a clam that cannot be pried open, what is this? Want to refuse or welcome? Playing hard to get?

    Yun Xu asked himself if he was an unreasonable person, if he wanted to leave, he just told her, she wouldn't be able to hold on to a weak Omega!

    Thinking so, she blurted out: "Luoy, if you want to leave, just say yes, I don't need to keep you."

    After hearing this, Luoy's face turned paler, and he knew that he was not in Yunxu's heart at all. important.

    A sour and stagnant feeling filled his chest, he thought, maybe Yun Xu came to question him on a whim, but it was just because someone didn't know her before doing something.

    Of course, she doesn't need a tall, tough, and not sweet Omega like herself, and she doesn't need a burden that has disordered estrus, always has to trouble Alpha to relieve it, and takes care of her 24 hours a day.

    What is he in her eyes? I'm afraid it's not even a plaything, is it? After all...Louy recalled that he didn't seem to be played when he was at Yunxu's house.

    The smell of absinthe lingered around him, and the abnormal heat in his body deepened his grievances, Roy bit his lower lip, tightened his body a little more, and whispered: "Yeah, anyway... ...You don't care if I leave or not, why come to me now."

    "Loy." Yun Xu's voice seemed to be gritted from between her teeth, her patience was exhausted, and she pressed his shoulder with one hand, Holding his knee with one hand, he forced his body to unfold.

    "Ah! What are you doing!" Roy tried to cover in panic.

    In fact, there is nothing to stop him. His clothes and pants are well worn on his body, but the jacket has been scratched by wild beasts and is stained with blood. Yun Xu saw his naked, exposed pink body at a glance. shoulders.

    The hem of his clothes was torn off by Yun Xu and used as gauze, and the good coat was cut short, revealing Luo Yi's narrow waist. Yun Xu's eyes were dim, and he raised his hand and pressed it on without thinking.

    "Hmm..." The warm skin trembled under the fingertips for a moment, Roy frowned, and grabbed Yun Xu's wrist: "Don't move around."

    His voice was trembling, and Yun Xu looked up , There was a hint of flirtatious atmosphere at the end of his bright red eyes.

    With a sudden thought, Yun Xu said in a cold voice: "You are not qualified to order me." I

    wonder if Luo Yi's miserable appearance mobilized her excited gene for aggression. Looking at him like this, Yun Xu suddenly felt that Luo Yi was very delicious.

    The fingertips slide along the skin texture, and the skin gently rubbed is soft, delicate and elastic. In Yun Xu's impression, Omega's touch should be soft and loose. For example, her friend Ji Sha is a little girl as soft as glutinous rice balls.

    However, Roy seems to be completely different. He even has shallow abs.

    Suppressed small muffled hums came from time to time, and Luo Yi couldn't stop Yun Xu's movements, so he had to tense his body to resist the emotion stirred by the pheromone.

    His eyes and ears were all red, and there were more and more tears hanging on his eyelashes, but Yun Xu seemed to push forward, and he neither comforted him deeply nor stopped there.

    "Roy, I've wanted to ask you for a long time." She pushed Roy's shoulders, pressed him against the stone wall, and looked straight at him, "I don't believe in coincidences, you approached me so suddenly and then left, What is the purpose?"

    Roy was stunned for a moment, wondering if he heard it wrong.

    He said in a daze: "But, it's really a coincidence."

    "You mean that you just happened to appear in the waste star when I came here, and you just happened to meet me in the entertainment city? I just happened to know your pheromones." Interested, and you just happen to help me get rid of the nightmares that have plagued me for many years?" Yun Xu asked back, laughing out loud: "It looks like we are really a destined couple!"

    She said, suddenly He leaned closer and took a breath on Roy's neck. The sweet peach breath flooded her nostrils, and she felt the long-lost restlessness of the Alpha glands.

    That's what it feels like.

    Yunxu had only experienced the same feeling in the interstellar war, as if she had personally shot down Ilia's warship, she would also feel a surge of excitement when she smelled Roy's pheromone, and her nerves trembled.     Yun Xu's faint eyes fixed on Luo Yi's flustered

    expression, and she forced her to ask, "Why is your pheromone so special?"

On the back of his sweaty neck, he squeezed the slightly soft place with his fingertips.

    As if an electric current had passed through him, he gasped in shock and threw himself into Yunxu's arms uncontrollably.

    Luo Yi tightly grasped Yun Xu's shoulders with both hands, flustered, embarrassed and at a loss. In my impression, the third princess is not such a person. He lost his composure a few times before, but Yun Xu always showed proper respect and even a little indifference, but this time why...

    Just as he was thinking about it, his hazy eyes with water vapor suddenly stared at him . Not far behind was a tracking video device the size of a fingernail, and Roy suddenly remembered that he was still in the live broadcast.

    "Wait...Third Princess! Woo...don't pinch anymore..."

    Yun Xu felt the person in his arms tremble, as if he was holding her even tighter. She looked at Roy coldly, thinking that she hadn't seen him for a few days, but she acted more like a baby than before.

    "Be honest, I will let you go. You really have a purpose, right? Otherwise, why would I react to your pheromone?"

    "I didn't!" Luo Yi denied, looking at Yun Xu with pleading eyes With a look on his face, he whispered: "Compared to this, we'd better hide in the cave inside, where... um!"

    Before he finished speaking, Yun Xu suddenly covered his mouth with her hand, her forehead was almost touching Luo Yi, There was a cold look in his eyes: "Don't change the subject with me!"

    In her opinion, Roy didn't want to tell the truth at all.     She stared into Roy's terrified eyes, and slid her left hand all the way down, pressing down on the hideous

    scar on his butterfly bone: "Since you insist on refusing to tell, then tell me, where did this scar come from?"

The strength deepened, and he asked sarcastically, "Did it happen to stay on your body too?" The

    suppressed person's face flushed, and he shook his head whimperingly, and tears finally flowed down amidst Yunxu's aggressive questioning.

    ...

    [Beauty weeps! I'm ready! ! ! ]

    [Three princesses, hurry up! ! ]

    [Oh my God, I just found out that Omega looks more exciting when he looks like him, as if he is bullying Alpha! 】

    On the live broadcast screen, Yun Xu lifted up Luo Yi's clothes, unknowingly exposing his scarred back.

    The flat shoulders and broad back are really not soft, but it is this contrast that makes those audiences who are looking for excitement and tired of watching the little white flowers want to stop.

    The people in the live broadcast room were almost crazy, and the number of votes supporting Luo Yi was increasing. Countless people lived and died, but Riven noticed something strange, he saw the exposed scars.

    As the largest supplier of underground weapons in the entire interstellar world, Li Wen knew this kind of spider web scar very well. He thought it was no wonder that the third princess would question Roy like this. Combined with his outstanding skills, could it be that this Omega has a military background?

    That would be even more interesting.

    In the grotto, Luo Yi was so choked up that he couldn't speak, the camera was chasing him to record, and Yun Xu refused to let him go, he was shocked, scared and wronged.

    Finally, when the fly-like recording equipment buzzed over to take pictures of his face, Luo Yi couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed Yun Xu's collar with both hands.

    Yun Xu was taken aback, and he pulled her down. With red eyes, Luo Yi raised his head and kissed her lips.

    Feeling warm and soft, Yun Xu's eyes widened slightly, and Roy kissed her very hard, as if he was about to eat her.

    At first she was a little confused, unable to figure out why Roy suddenly became active, so she didn't completely fall down with Roy's strength, and Roy had to hug her with great effort, lift his upper body slightly, and kiss with difficulty.

    This was Yun Xu's first kiss. Although she didn't care about it very much, she was really stunned by the wonderful feeling at this moment.

    As if some kind of resonance came from inside her body, Roy's kiss caused her pheromones to leak out crazily, her heart beat wildly, and her lips and tongue entangled. Just when Yunxu was about to indulge in it, she finally noticed the buzzing voice next to her. little black dots.

    That's why Roy took the initiative.

    With a "snap", Yun Xu straightened up and grabbed the little thing into his palm, and the live broadcast screen suddenly went black.

    [Oops, found out! 】

    【Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ! ! ]

    "Noisy." Yun Xu whispered, turning to look at Luo Yi. Seeing that the surveillance camera was taken away, the latter seemed to finally relax. He supported his body on his elbows, panting with his lips slightly parted, as if he no longer needed Yunxu to help cover his face.

    ...How can he alone decide on such a matter?

    Looking at his appearance, Yun Xu's eyes were slightly darkened, the blood on Luo Yi's face hadn't been wiped off, the end of his eyes was like a peach blossom under the clouds, and the water was shining on his thin lips.

    Yun Xu only felt that the inexplicable fire in his heart seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

    Without waiting for Luo Yi to recover, Yun Xu reached over, grabbed the back of his head, and actively lowered his head to bite his lower lip.

    "It hurts!" Luo Yi whispered, and then Yun Xu strangled his waist involuntarily.

    Yunxu's kiss was just an unskilled aggression. She sucked the other's tongue numbly, and bit Luoy's sharp chin with her head tilted. She held the back of his neck with her right hand, grinding his Adam's apple like a wild beast.

    "Hmm... um!"

    "What are you hiding? Isn't this what you want? Didn't you take the initiative just now?" The

    suppressed panting was transmitted through the dark live screen, and the 360-degree movie theater was suddenly silent , only the live barrage is more active than before.

    [No... as expected of the third princess. ]

    [This sound, why do you find it more exciting than watching the picture? ]

    [I can do it again! ! ! 】

    【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ]

    While everyone was listening to it in full swing, suddenly, the pitch-black screen flashed twice, and when it lit up again, Yun Xu's face appeared on the big screen.

    Her expression was cold, without any previous expression, her eyes were like a falcon, and she gave orders to the fox through the screen: "Liwen, if I guess correctly, you are controlling these little flies that monitor me, right?"

    Liwen Looking at the office light brain, as if he had met the third princess unexpectedly, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, subconsciously avoiding those too sharp eyes.

    In the grotto, Liwen's voice came out through the wrist buckle on Roy's ankle, clear and pleasant: "Your Highness, these recording devices are prepared for competitions. You don't have to worry about it. If you are not satisfied, I can immediately Turn them off."

    As soon as this remark came out, the screen exploded, and Li Wen who said this was even more heartbroken. Turning off the monitoring screen is throwing away money in vain, and no one has the heartache like him.

    However, Yun Xu didn't care about this, she just nodded and said, "Why don't you go to the gate quickly?" The

    signal was disordered, and with a "click", the 360-degree viewing hall suddenly fell into darkness, what? Picture and sound are gone.

    No matter how sad he was, Li Wen turned off the screen without hesitation. As a fox that is not caught by hunters, the most important thing is the sense of danger.

    On the other side, Yunxu confirmed that the monitoring equipment had failed, and casually threw the little thing aside.

    She turned her head and looked at the pitiful Roy, who was hugging his knees, with bright red lips, huddled by the stone wall. The latter had a few hickey marks on the side of his face and neck, and stared at her with wet light gray eyes like a milky way.

    Although Yunxu kissed him, there was no sign. Roy's pheromones surged to the limit in this small grotto, and the sour feeling eroded him. He had a high fever and was almost unconscious.

    He looked drowsily at Yunxu stretching out his hand towards him. On the one hand, Luoy was attracted by the smell of absinthe, and couldn't help but want to lean towards her, but on the other hand, he was frightened by her appearance just now, and his Adam's apple was still aching. He subconsciously moved backwards cringe.

    The two pulled each other, and in the end he just froze in place, not knowing what to do.

    Without his decision, Yun Xu grabbed his chin and forced him to look up.

    Roy snorted, and was defeated the moment Alpha touched him. He felt his whole body go limp, so he had to follow her movements to reveal his snow-white neck softly.

    "Yunxu... Yunxu..." Luo Yi looked at the top of the grotto with blank eyes, murmured in a low voice, trembling unconsciously. The high fever scalded her fingertips, he wanted the third princess to give him a good time, no matter the pain or the pleasure, he just didn't want to suffer like this again.

    Unfortunately, what awaited him was still the questioning from the third princess. Yunxu tightened her fingers, and pressed the tip of her thumb against a small bright red mole on Roy's neck. Her eyes were burning, and she kissed the magnificent red spot lightly with her fingertips: "Roy, what a coincidence, why are you here?" Is there a mole too?"

    "Uh...what, what?" Roy looked blankly.

    Yun Xu snorted coldly, and slowly lowered his head and kissed him: "I know an old man, he is similar in figure and appearance to you, and he also has a red mole on his neck."

    "So, you really have a lot of similarities. place." Yun Xu said while observing Roy's reaction, but Roy didn't seem to understand at all, and didn't show any flaws.

    She remembered the day when she defeated the Ilia battleship. Her opponent was lying weakly in the medical cabin, unable to look up because he was enduring the pain. At that time, she saw the exact same position, which moved her heart. A small mole.

    Is all this a coincidence?

    "Loy, who are you?" Yun Xu's fingers on his neck suddenly tightened, and at the same time, the other hand reached for his vitals.

    Roy screamed and tried to break away from Yunxu's hand, but he couldn't resist.

    Omega's weaknesses were all under control, Yun Xu looked at him closely, as if determined to use this method to torture him clearly.

    "Don't! Let me go!" Roy panicked. Although he was always in a mess in the ruined star, he was always rescued by Yunxu. He had never been treated like this. There were drops of water falling, and the intermittent sound of water covered another ear-warming sound.

    Regardless of his crying and begging for mercy, Yunxu insisted on asking for a result, she asked forcefully:

    "Tell me your real identity!"

    "Tell me the purpose of your coming here!"

    "Don't cry, say, you and Yi Does Liya have anything to do with it!" Ilia

    ...

    like a flash, some broken pictures flashed back in his mind, and Roy thought of an operating room as cramped as a grotto here.

    The pungent Alpha pheromone was continuously injected into his body, and the strong rejection reaction caused him to collapse into a coma several times.

    The smell seems to be absinthe...

    "Uh... ah! Don't ask me! Don't ask me!" Roy seemed to be stimulated by something suddenly, his whole body went limp, but he still pushed and pushed the person on top of him crazily Yunxu, the glands in the back of his neck throbbed violently, and when Yunxu moved his fingertips a little, he screamed like he was dying.

    He seemed to be trapped in a fantasy, like an intelligent robot with a wrong program.

    Tears rolled down, Roy had a splitting headache, and suddenly turned around and slammed into the stone wall.

    Yun Xu was startled, and hurried forward. Rest your hand on Roy's forehead.

    Roy hit him with all his strength, and the back of Yunxu's hand rubbed against the rough stone wall, causing her blood to be bloody. Instead of paying attention to herself, she frowned deeply to see Roy's situation.

    Roy lost his strength after bumping into it, and fell to the side limply. He didn't look like he was pretending. At this time, his eyes were closed and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

    For some reason, Yun Xu couldn't see him like this. She helped Luo Yi, pinched his brows hard: "What's the matter? It was fine just now."

    She said this, as if she completely forgot who was dying just now bully.

    Roy coughed and woke up faintly, his eyes wet from crying finally focused on Yunxu's face.

    "I..."

    "Why did you go crazy just now? You surprised me." Before Luoy could speak, Yun Xu complained first.

    She lightly wiped the corners of Luo Yi's red eyes from crying, and reproached: "Are you trying to threaten me with suicide?"

    Seeing the other party's bewildered look, she let out a light breath, and said lightly: "Give up, after you get the truth Before, I couldn't let you die easily, and I will definitely find out what I want to know."

    "Have you figured it out? Do you want to tell me your real identity now?"

    Roy's fine eyelashes blinked extremely slowly Blinking, the tears she had just held back filled her eyes again. He looked at Yun Xu's face and said in a hoarse voice: "I didn't mean to lie to you."

    Why didn't he doubt it himself? However, the blank memory is destined not to give him an answer. He is a person without a past, an abandoned person, and no one cares where he came from.

    "Yunxu." Luo Yi carefully took the hand of the third princess, and looked at her timidly. It was the bright moon who saved him again and again. Even if it gave him pain once or twice, he would not care about it. He was afraid. Just no longer illuminated by the moonlight.

    "If I say I don't remember who I am, what will you...how to deal with me?" Roy asked, his eyes turned red again when he spoke.

    deal with? Yun Xu has some objections to this word, only garbage should be disposed of, and Luo Yi is a living person no matter what.

    She avoided answering, but asked, "What do you mean? You don't remember?"

    "Yeah." Luo Yi nodded, "I don't remember anything since I came to Waste Star, and I want to gain your trust too. I also want you to stop being wary of me, but no matter how I think about it, I still can't remember it.

    I'm afraid... If I think of everything and find myself a heinous bastard, I'm afraid that I've done something outrageous and unreasonable. Otherwise..." Speaking of this, Roy choked up: "Otherwise, why am I here, why am I abandoned."

    He lost his memory. Yun Xu was a little surprised, and what surprised her even more was that he actually said that he wanted to gain her trust.

    "If that's the case, then why did you run away?" After going around in a circle, Yun Xu finally asked this question that made her brood.

    She stared at Roy closely, as if as soon as Roy gave an answer that didn't satisfy her, she would immediately want him to look good.

    Omega, who was dressed in ragged clothes and had red and swollen eyes, pursed his lips. He didn't want to say this answer at first, but... now, his plan may have failed.

    Luoy looked away, and his ears were slightly red: "The human-animal competition is an elimination competition, and the final winner will receive a bonus of 40,000 star coins."

    Yun Xu opened his eyes slightly, and heard Luoy continue: "I want to earn This money, buy me back from you."

    He turned his head and looked at Yun Xu's eyes again, the galaxy-like light gray eyes were shining like stars, and he said solemnly: "I want...I want to use Equal status stays with you."

    The author has something to say: *The star live barrage is selected from some readers’ comments in the previous chapter

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