MORIC - Chapter 148

Chapter 148: My Wife Went to My World

Entering and exiting this kind of folded space was extremely difficult. Xi Zhoumeng had killed nearly every Zerg in this dimension and still hadn't found an exit.

Moreover, Chi Yueshan felt more and more that something was wrong with Xi Zhoumeng's mental state.

Although she still looked perfectly fine on the surface, her breathing was noticeably much more rapid, as if the more she killed, the more agitated she became.

"Xi Zhoumeng."

Chi Yueshan called out to her.

Xi Zhoumeng didn't seem to hear, so Chi Yueshan called out again.

"Wife."

She called out again and again. In the past, Chi Yueshan would have refused to say it, no matter how much Xi Zhoumeng coaxed and pleaded.

At this moment, Chi Yueshan called out without any shyness. She had recovered some of her strength, reached out to grab the control stick on Xi Zhoumeng's central console, and said again, "Stop for a moment."

Only then did Xi Zhoumeng snap out of it as if waking from a dream, turning her head blankly.

Chi Yueshan: "What's wrong with you?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "What's wrong with me?"

Her eyes reassured Chi Yueshan. With the precedent of Sheng Yangkui, Chi Yueshan was terrified that Xi Zhoumeng's consciousness would also be stolen.

Although she had never before considered the option of "losing Xi Zhoumeng."

The most she had imagined "losing" was at most separating from this person, where they would each still have their own paths.

But the thought of Xi Zhoumeng disappearing completely would make her very sad.

Perhaps Chi Yueshan's worry was too obvious, because Xi Zhoumeng came to her senses and comforted her, "It's nothing. I just released too much spiritual power, which gives me an impulse to keep going."

The clinking accessories she used to wear on her hands had all been lost along the way, perhaps in the cave, perhaps in the grass.

Now, her hands looked excessively pale in the dim light. Chi Yueshan pressed her palm against the back of Xi Zhoumeng's hand. Her heat had faded, and this person's temperature was much cooler again.

Xi Zhoumeng used the tail hook to toss Xi Shuang into the mecha's cockpit.

Xi Shuang was thrown into a dizzying heap. Her already poor physical condition was made even worse. After a "what the fuck," she looked up and saw a scene that made her want to gouge her own eyes out.

Xi Zhoumeng was gently kissing Chi Yueshan's brow.

Xi Shuang covered her eyes, thinking that these two really didn't consider the occasion.

The next second, her mind went blank, bombarded by the scent of unfamiliar pheromones.

A somewhat bitter and piercing Alpha scent.

Not to mention the intertwined scents of an Alpha and an Omega, the smell alone was enough to make one feel embarrassed.

Xi Shuang felt like she was about to faint again. She had originally tried to comfort herself that even though Xi Zhoumeng was an Omega who could pilot a mecha, it wasn't strange since the mecha was an heirloom from her ancestor.

But now, the pheromones were irrefutable proof, not to mention Chi Yueshan looked as if she had been thoroughly done in.

Even a pig could understand what had happened!

Chi Yueshan pushed Xi Zhoumeng away. Taking advantage of the quiet, she opened the medical kit in Xi Zhoumeng's mecha cockpit to check on Xi Shuang's injuries.

Xi Zhoumeng took the medical kit and pushed her back down. "You keep sleeping. Don't worry, by the time you wake up, we'll definitely have rendezvoused with Wen Xinghuo."

Chi Yueshan didn't really want to sleep. It seemed that if she closed her eyes, she would meet another Xi Zhoumeng in her dreams.

That world was so much worse than this one. That version of her had fallen into an unknown folded space, ended up in a safe but unfamiliar place, and had even gotten pregnant.

Most terrifying of all, Chi Yueshan had a faint feeling that there were three versions of the world she was in.

Chi Yueshan hummed in agreement, her eyes lowered as she fell into a daze again.

Xi Zhoumeng was quite worried about her, but she still helped Xi Shuang up.

Xi Shuang looked like she had nearly been torn apart. One of her leg bones was dislocated. Not to mention, her pants had almost been torn off by the Zerg; thankfully, her butt wasn't exposed.

Xi Shuang reasonably suspected that Xi Zhoumeng simply didn't want Chi Yueshan to touch her.

In the past, Xi Shuang would have been over the moon to have the academy's Omega goddess bandage her wounds. But now, her dream Omega was seemingly an Alpha. She stared at Xi Zhoumeng with a complicated expression, speechless for a long time.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Keep staring and I'll dig your eyes out."

The next second, she sighed. "Your eyes aren't pretty anyway, no need."

Xi Shuang: ...

Still the same old flavor.

"I have to find Ling Xun."

There was so much Xi Shuang wanted to ask, like, how the hell did you become an Alpha, why are you here, and where is Wen Xinghuo?

What was the situation now, and so on.

But there was a concern in her heart, a worry that felt like it had spanned lifetimes.

Even now, exhausted and with an empty mind, she still thought of that person.

Xi Zhoumeng: "She's in Wen Xinghuo's mecha cockpit. Your mechas are all too crappy."

Her scathing insults, at this moment, actually brought tears to Xi Shuang's eyes. God knows she had almost cried when she was fighting the high-grade Zerg here.

Xi Shuang sobbed, "Can they even compare to your and Wen Xinghuo's mechas? The materials for these antique mechas are completely different."

She added, a bit resentfully, "And my spiritual power isn't S+!"

This Alpha, considered the ideal type for many Omegas at the academy, was now a mess of snot and tears. The tears stung the wounds on her face, causing her expression to twist in pain, which in Xi Zhoumeng's eyes was unspeakably ugly.

"Zhoumeng, you..."

She hesitated for a long time, wanting to ask about her pheromones, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. The words took a turn on her tongue and came out as—

"At a time like this, you're still thinking about dyeing your hair?"

Xi Zhoumeng ruthlessly snapped Xi Shuang's dislocated bone back into place. As the other girl screamed in pain, she stood up and answered from above, "It's natural."

She didn't particularly like blonde hair, because her hair used to be blonde. This face was eighty percent similar to her original face from her world, and it always reminded her of the past.

Dyeing her hair to change her mood was perfectly normal.

Xi Shuang clutched her wound, tears welling in her eyes, looking utterly pitiful.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Ling Xun is still alive, don't worry too much."

Xi Shuang hummed in acknowledgment. Xi Zhoumeng went over and carried Chi Yueshan to the resting bed inside the cockpit, then went back to piloting the mecha to find an exit.

It was very stable inside the mecha cockpit, and Chi Yueshan was very docile as Xi Zhoumeng carried her around.

If not for her usual tone, Xi Shuang would have almost thought Chi Yueshan had undergone a personality change.

Chi Yueshan didn't want to experience the helplessness of being pregnant in her dreams without an Alpha by her side. She leaned to one side and pulled out her personal notebook to look through it.

Perhaps Xi Shuang's gaze was too intense, because Chi Yueshan looked up and asked, "Senior, why do you keep looking at me? I'm not your type."

Xi Zhoumeng, at the front, let out a laugh.

The spiritual power suppression between Alphas was actually very cruel.

For example, the natural suppression an S-rank had over an A-rank; a single level was a difficult gap to cross.

At the academy, everyone wore pheromone patches, so it wasn't a big deal, but this chasm was felt when sparring in the mecha room.

Now, with the situation outside being so terrible, the pheromonal suppression Xi Zhoumeng exerted on those of the same gender after differentiating into an Alpha was even more exaggerated than Wen Xinghuo's.

Xi Shuang clicked her tongue. While wrapping her own bandages, she said, "You're Zhoumeng's type."

Even when helping someone, the young miss was very perfunctory. Xi Shuang had to treat her wounds again herself.

She had to drink several bottles of nutrient solution before her head stopped spinning. She asked Chi Yueshan, who was beside her, "What's the deal with you two?"

Xi Zhoumeng is an Alpha???

Tears welled up in Xi Shuang's heart. After all, Xi Zhoumeng's face was just too striking; no one could dislike a beauty.

Chi Yueshan gave Xi Shuang a deep look, from her slightly red-rimmed eyes to her twisted expression.

She felt a bit of dark satisfaction, but also thought Xi Shuang was quite pitiful.

This was simply the cruelty of a fan discovering after many years that their idol had changed gender.

Chi Yueshan sighed. "She suddenly differentiated into an Alpha, and then... and then..."

Chi Yueshan could barely distinguish between dream and reality, but anyway, she had been fucked until her soul left her body, and even now she still felt a stretched, full sensation.

Xi Shuang: "Alright, don't say any more. While we were out here fighting monsters, you two were completing the great harmony of life, I take it."

Chi Yueshan was stunned by her directness, her eyes widening instinctively.

Her face instantly turned red.

Chi Yueshan stammered, "It's not like we could control it."

Xi Shuang nodded, trying to convince herself to accept it. She was also quite happy for them; at least AO was a bit more secure than OO.

"Is Ling Xun okay?"

She was still worried about her cousin, so much so that she had lost her way while searching for her.

When she finally found her, all she discovered was Ling Xun's damaged mecha and an overwhelmingly powerful high-grade Zerg.

People's actions in moments of grief and anger are always unexpected. Xi Shuang hadn't expected that she wouldn't be afraid of those Zerg.

She was also lucky to have run into Xi Zhoumeng.

Chi Yueshan: "She must be very worried about you too."

All communication was blocked in this folded space; even the mecha's internal communication system couldn't be used.

Xi Zhoumeng wasn't listening to Chi Yueshan and Xi Shuang's conversation. Her attention was focused on finding the exit.

【System: Every folded space has a different magnetic field. Generally speaking, the exit is likely at the point of highest peak value.】

【Xi Zhoumeng: How do you know so much? Have you been there?】

That Chi Yueshan hadn't let the system transmit the entire future, but that didn't stop Xi Zhoumeng from inquiring about what she had experienced.

She didn't fall into a folded space all by herself, did she?

How dangerous. She didn't have a mecha, so how did she get out?

The system subconsciously hummed in agreement, then hastily refuted it after speaking.

【It wasn't dangerous.】

【Xi Zhoumeng: How long will you stay with me?】

【System: ?】

【Xi Zhoumeng: If things here end smoothly, what about you?】

Her tone was half-joking.

【Xi Zhoumeng: Are you going to stay in my consciousness forever?】

The system subconsciously said no.

【System: I exist by relying on your consciousness. The program will automatically detect if the mission is complete.】

【System: When everything is over, I will also disappear from your consciousness.】

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Oh."

【Then why don't you tell me what happened when the Chi Yueshan from that world got pulled into the folded space.】

The system went silent.

【Xi Zhoumeng: What is your core mission?】

The system replied in a second—

【To keep you from being lonely.】

【Xi Zhoumeng: I'm so lonely right now. My head is spinning, I feel like crying.】

This person was being ridiculously unreasonable!

Even though the system was just a wisp of consciousness, it wanted to curse.

【System: Are you sick in the head?!】

【Xi Zhoumeng: Cut the crap and just tell me. How did she get in, and how did she get back?】

【System: Alright, alright, she went! And it was you who had Dr. Xuan Ping simulate the magnetic field peak to bring her back! Yes, yes, you're the most amazing!】

【Xi Zhoumeng: As expected of me.】

That version of me, if I was already with Chi Yueshan, would definitely not have let her disappear alone, right?

But if it was a folded space...

【System: It was right after you two completely bonded that many abnormal peak values suddenly appeared. After all, the range of the Zerg radiation was very wide at the time, so such phenomena weren't strange.】

【System: And then she was separated from you.】

Even the electronic voice sounded dejected.

Then, the system transmitted a video clip.

Xi Zhoumeng could see the terrible scene at the time, with a constant stream of Zerg emerging. They were high-grade Zerg she had never seen in any known intelligence reports.

Compared to the other bizarrely ugly ones, this high-grade Zerg was actually rather refreshingly elegant.

It had wings as thin as a cicada's, with iridescent patterns, and even the antennae on its head were multicolored.

No one knew what kind of world a folded space would fold into.

The system's data was damaged, and it had been dormant for much of the time recently.

After all, restarting the world was a huge gamble. The fact that it could successfully accompany Xi Zhoumeng in her subconscious was already half the battle won.

That was the wish that the Chi Yueshan of that world wanted to realize most.

【Xi Zhoumeng: And then? Didn't you say she and I even had a child? Where did it come from?】

【System: Are you suspecting it's another person's child?? You two already did that! She was about to stop breathing and you actually... you you you you—!】

The electronic voice carried a human-like anger, and the cracking effect was actually quite funny.

Xi Zhoumeng watched the detector on the mecha's central control screen and said—

【How could that be possible.】

But she had already guessed.

【Don't tell me the child was born in another dimension?】

That was simply too dangerous.

How did Chi Yueshan survive for so long alone in an unknown world?

If it was an environment like this current folded space, she...

The mere thought was enough to make Xi Zhoumeng's heart ache. At the same time, she was surprised by her own straightforward emotions.

【System: Yes.】

【System: From what I know so far, the wormholes that create folded spaces can traverse different planes, possibly not limited to the past and future.】

【System: Some are just displacements within the same space, like with Xi Shuang. Others lead to completely different places.】

【System: She went to... your world.】

Xi Zhoumeng was stunned for a long while, not even noticing the alarm sounding from the detector.

It was Xi Shuang who called out to her.

Xi Shuang: "Zhoumeng, what's wrong?"

Just thinking about her own world gave Xi Zhoumeng a headache, but on the other hand, she was a little relieved.

After all, it wasn't a dangerous environment like this one.

But a pregnant Chi Yueshan, all alone... how would she manage?

But Xi Zhoumeng didn't have time to ask. After the sharp alarm, her mecha passed through an invisible, hazy barrier and returned to where they had come from.

The sky had already brightened. The hail had disappeared, replaced by a blizzard.

The world was a vast expanse of white, and the mountain fire had been extinguished.

A communication from Wen Xinghuo came through. On the other end was Ling Xun's tearful inquiry—

"Senior Xi, did... did you find... cough cough... my sister??"

There was also Sheng Yangkui's exclamation.

What little composure Xi Shuang had left vanished. She practically pressed her face to the video screen to confirm Ling Xun's condition.

Ling Xun's face was pale, exactly as Xi Shuang had seen in her hazy dreams.

It was as if she would fall from the sky like a piece of paper in the next second.

Xi Shuang: "I'm here."

Xi Zhoumeng: "You're all still alive, what's there to cry about? I'm coming to rendezvous right away."

She was actually a little happy. After all, the sun had appeared in the sky, and the sight of a blizzard under the blazing sun was extremely rare.

After all, this time, all of them still had an infinite future.

She said "hey" to Wen Xinghuo on the other end.

"After all this is over, you have to attend my wedding as a member of Yueshan's family."

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