MORIC - Chapter 175
Chapter 175: Get Out, Scumbag
Xi Zhoumeng felt like she was about to faint. But the side effects of Xi Li's words were too potent, and she didn't dare pass out. She just felt nauseous and was rendered speechless for a long while.
So she stood there in the long corridor, her hand still pressed against the railing.
Xi Li hurried over, looking her up and down several times. When he saw she was unharmed, he took a deep breath. "What's wrong? Can't you walk?"
Xi Zhoumeng: "What did you just say? What happened to Chi Yueshan?"
Xi Li pulled her inside. "Xiao Yueshan is about to give birth."
Xi Zhoumeng: "How long has it been?"
Xi Li: "What do you mean, how long? She's only been back for less than two months."
Heaven knew how shocked he had been when he received the message from Xi Mingguang and went to pick up Chi Yueshan. Xi Zhoumeng had only been gone for her practical training for a little over a month, and had then been missing for a little over a month.
But the Chi Yueshan who returned was already almost eight months pregnant.
Xi Li was utterly speechless. He could only marvel at the power of an S+ Alpha—her Secondary Differentiation was just inhumanly potent.
So much so that the moment Xi Li picked up Chi Yueshan upon her return to the Capital Star, he had the sudden urge to give Xi Zhoumeng a harsh scolding.
It was strange. Even though Xi Zhoumeng was his own sister, he couldn't shake the feeling that a child had been taken advantage of.
Perhaps it was because Chi Yueshan looked so young, or perhaps because this "little sister" was too resilient.
The Capital Star was now in a state of utter chaos compared to a month ago, when people could still intermittently go to work. Xi Li had originally been assigned to a rotation in the Lower Worlds, but now the entire system was paralyzed. The Zerg Tide's advance grew more rampant, and many new species had appeared.
The Empire's Marshal Shen Yu was defending the Capital Star, desperately trying to turn the tide. Wen Xinghuo followed Shen Yu, charging into the heat of battle.
Xi Mingguang was leading the Expeditionary Force in battle on the planets of the R-Galaxy. Just the day before yesterday, she had been sent back after being seriously injured in a Zerg attack, and Hong Sa was still treating her wounds.
Xi Shuang didn't return with Wen Xinghuo. She and Ling Xun were still fighting alongside the new commander of the Expeditionary Force.
Chi Yueshan was sent back first by Wen Xinghuo.
Her research over the past few months had finally led to the complete modification of their mechas. Even the Expeditionary Force's own mecha technicians were full of praise for her.
But with Xi Zhoumeng still missing, she couldn't fully patch the vulnerabilities in the Moon-Swallower Mecha.
In addition, Chi Yueshan needed a comprehensive check-up, so she was sent back.
As a result, the Zerg Tide became more frantic, and Chi Yueshan's current condition was not suitable for going to the hospital. It happened that Xi Li was at home, so he arranged for doctors and all necessary equipment to be on standby at their house.
Chi Yueshan didn't say much about her time with Xi Zhoumeng in the Folded Space. She ate and drank as usual every day, as if she had plenty to do even without Xi Zhoumeng, but Xi Li could still see that she missed his sister dearly.
Occasionally, she would even stare at those tacky big geese that had been left at the swan lake and smile foolishly.
The technology in this world was far more advanced than before, and also more developed than in Xi Zhoumeng's ZR-Galaxy. Childbirth for an Omega was no longer a life-or-death ordeal.
But it was still a worrying event, so the delivery room that Xi Li had spent a fortune to set up was staffed by several highly experienced doctors.
Hong Sa was an Alpha military doctor and didn't know much about this field. In the outer room, she was looking after Xi Mingguang, who had insisted on being there. Chu Jing had also moved back in. She usually gave the impression of an Omega absorbed in her academic pursuits, not particularly affectionate toward her Alpha, but Xi Mingguang's severe injuries had caused her to cry in secret for a long time.
Now, it was Xi Mingguang, sitting in a wheelchair, who was comforting Chu Jing. "I feel like this is the first time in so many years that you've cared about me this much."
Chu Jing glared at her. "No, I haven't."
Xi Mingguang's head was wrapped in gauze, and her lips still had a blackish tint. Half a month ago, she had been ambushed by a high-grade Zerg and gravely injured. The poison had spread so quickly that it nearly caused her legs to rot away. If the rescue hadn't been timely, she might have been confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
Hong Sa found this novel as well. She smiled watching the Alpha-Omega couple, then patiently waited for news from the delivery room.
Chu Jing: "I'm so nervous."
She grabbed Xi Mingguang's hand. "I wasn't this nervous even when I was giving birth myself."
Sitting nearby, completely failing to focus on her magazine, Xi Yang snorted. "Mom, you probably just had kids for fun, didn't you!"
Chu Jing: "I did not."
Just as Xi Yang was about to retort, the main door was violently pushed open, and Xi Li rushed in, dragging someone with him.
The person was dressed in a style completely different from Xi Zhoumeng's usual attire, looking travel-worn and dusty, clearly having had no time for formal dress.
Xi Chun, who was in the middle of buying baby supplies, exclaimed, "Holy shit! Zhoumeng, you're back!"
Outside the main door, it was still snowing, but it had been abnormal recently. The snow was pure white, but the sky was red, and rumbling sounds could be heard intermittently.
It was no different from the Prime Century where Xi Zhoumeng had been.
But she had no time for any of that, nor for embracing the family she had been separated from for so long. All her shared senses came flooding back.
A one-hundred-percent match, a one-hundred-percent attraction, fiercely welcoming her home from beyond the door.
Returning to the home she missed no matter where she went.
Chi Yueshan's head was beaded with sweat. She didn't feel much pain, but she did think the midwife was talking too much.
Her thoughts were a mess. She inexplicably thought of her Omega father, Chi Xiaolian, and then her Alpha mother.
Suddenly, she felt that she was already very fortunate in comparison.
In the years Chi Yueshan spent with her father as a child, she rarely called him "father." Most of the time, she called him by his name directly.
Because she felt her Omega father seemed too young.
Compared to the Omega fathers of the other children in the neighborhood, Chi Xiaolian looked like he wasn't even an adult yet. He even had dimples when he smiled.
And because his skin was so fair and delicate, every time he was beaten, deep marks were left behind.
But he almost never cried, just held Chi Yueshan and said he was sorry.
At least during those years, Chi Yueshan never had to worry about food or clothing, and under her frail father's protection, she was never hit.
Her hair would be done in several small braids, tied with colorful ribbons her father had earned while working at a small tavern.
Actually, Chi Yueshan understood the feeling of being loved since she was a child. Chi Xiaolian had done his utmost to take care of her, and even in the final moments of his life, he was apologizing to her.
Even though Chi Yueshan was still young that year, she remembered.
Chi Xiaolian said: "I often think, it would have been better if I hadn't met your mother back then."
He was naturally handsome, with red lips and pearly teeth. Even as an Omega with low spiritual power, he had many admirers.
But he was an idealist. In a Lower World devoid of sunlight and flowers, trapped in a class system that a lifetime of struggle could not change, he yearned for a love that would last until death.
"But..." He was beautiful even when he cried. Even though the current Chi Yueshan had almost forgotten what Chi Xiaolian looked like, she still remembered this feeling.
"If I hadn't met your mother, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life."
The Chi Yueshan of that time was still young and didn't quite understand, but she remembered this sentence.
After obtaining Jiang Zhi's mecha, Chi Yueshan was not at all surprised that her father had fallen in love at first sight.
Because Jiang Zhi shared his yearning. Together, they had achieved what it meant to love until death.
Chi Yueshan also wanted one lover—her last, her only one.
Will I regret meeting Xi Zhoumeng?
Even though she makes me faint from pain, makes my heart ache with longing, and now I can't even bring myself to cry.
But how could I regret it?
A person like her is one in a million. Only Xi Zhoumeng could make me throw everything away, just like Xiaolian did, to pursue a love that lasts until death.
Only she is worthy of me.
"Hang in there a little longer, don't fall asleep!"
The midwife saw the girl on the bed was about to close her eyes and shouted again.
At this moment, the door was pushed open. Xi Zhoumeng, changed into a sterile gown, burst in and rushed straight to Chi Yueshan, grabbing her hand. "Chi Yueshan, what are you doing!"
Her sudden intrusion was completely unreasonable, but everyone around recognized who she was.
Chi Yueshan thought she was hearing things.
After returning to the Capital Star, she had seen Xuan Ping once. Xuan Ping, who had somehow completely recovered her memories, had smoothly become the leader of the research lab, even though she was still a student this year.
The Xi family and the Mu family were both fully supporting her.
The Xi family supported her so she could deepen her research and facilitate Xi Zhoumeng's return from the Folded Space. The Mu family's support was purely Mu Lai's thoughtless financial backing, which resulted in Mu Lai being dragged away every few days by her own mother, who disapproved of Xuan Ping.
Even when Xuan Ping came to the Xi residence to see Chi Yueshan, Mu Lai would tag along eagerly. But Xuan Ping had ordered her to keep her distance, so she would stand by the swan lake watching the geese fight, occasionally letting out a foolish giggle that made one question her intelligence.
Chi Yueshan felt that Xuan Ping had completely broken Mu Lai.
Xuan Ping got straight to the point: "You've remembered everything?"
Chi Yueshan hummed in affirmation, but she could clearly distinguish that things were still different.
She viewed the events of that world from an observer's perspective.
Xuan Ping: "Don't worry, Senior Xi is very strong."
Chi Yueshan retorted: "Then why isn't she back yet?"
She rarely spoke to Xuan Ping with such gravity. In that other world, Xuan Ping had been her senior, but now they were in the same year.
Chi Yueshan was conflicted, but she also knew that this plan couldn't be executed at all without Xuan Ping.
Xuan Ping: "She is very strong, and also very crazy."
When it came to Xi Zhoumeng, two images formed in Xuan Ping's mind: the one from before, and the one from now.
The Xi Zhoumeng of the past was a young noblewoman who had suddenly shown up at her door. The word "unapproachable" seemed tailor-made for her. After differentiating into an Alpha, she became a perfect, top-tier Alpha.
She practically threatened Xuan Ping into performing the Folded Space operation without any risk assessment.
Before this, Xuan Ping had only tried installing cameras on animals and having them jump through Folded Space.
Before they could enter full experimentation, the Zerg Tide broke out.
That Xi Zhoumeng's madness was like a hidden reef in the deep sea. A single misstep by anyone passing by, and she could snatch away their life.
After differentiating into an Alpha, she had an even more terrifying aura.
It was only later when Xuan Ping sat down to talk with her that she learned the Omega she had marked had disappeared into the Folded Space.
Xi Zhoumeng appeared calm, but that calmness couldn't conceal the frustration etched between her brows.
The responsibilities that came with her forced differentiation into an Alpha were unavoidable. She even felt a sense of bewilderment, as if she'd just had her appetite whetted, only to have the dish stolen from under her nose.
Some nonsense about peak turbulence caused by a magnetic field—it felt more like Chi Yueshan had been stolen right from her side.
Xi Zhoumeng had never been so furious.
Xuan Ping found it interesting at the time. Even though she herself had been badly injured in the Zerg Tide, it didn't stop her from enjoying the drama.
Besides, this involved the academy's famous "goddess" underclassman.
And the other one was also said to be very famous.
Xuan Ping agreed to the crazy plan, never expecting that it would be the first of many.
There were even crazier and more absurd things to come.
"Yueshan, don't you trust her very much too?"
"There should be nothing in this world that can stump Senior Xi."
"Sometimes, I even feel like she's a savior. Without her, we would all be finished."
Xuan Ping was so certain, but Chi Yueshan's eyes reddened. She bit her lip, "But she's also human."
"She feels pain, too."
The god in others' eyes was now holding Chi Yueshan's hand.
Xi Zhoumeng tearfully kissed Chi Yueshan's hand, from the back of her hand to her wrist, and then called Chi Yueshan's name.
As if their souls were completely and utterly marked by each other.
Even Chi Yueshan's face ached, simply from the impact of Xi Zhoumeng's tears.
Her lips were very dry. She slowly opened her eyes and said, "Hey."
Xi Zhoumeng looked at her with pleasant surprise.
Chi Yueshan: "Get out."
The midwife at the side was also stunned.
Xi Zhoumeng was also stunned.
Chi Yueshan: "Don't distract me from giving birth."
Xi Zhoumeng was thus kicked out, met with the gazes of her whole family trying to hold back their laughter.
Sure enough, Xi Zhoumeng had been affecting the speed of the delivery. No sooner had she left than the sound of a baby's cry came from inside.
Xi Zhoumeng was hugged by her older siblings in turn, with Chu Jing being the last. She stroked Xi Zhoumeng's hair and sighed. "I thought you'd be the last to have kids. I didn't expect you to be the second fastest."
Xi Li, feeling inexplicably targeted by the remark, pretended not to hear.
Xi Yang: "It's a girl, congratulations to our Zhoumeng. The one who used to clamor about not wanting children now has one. How does it feel?"
Xi Zhoumeng couldn't be bothered with their teasing and was about to go in to see Chi Yueshan. But this kind of spatial jump was extremely draining on one's spiritual power, and what's more, the Magnetic Star Meteorite was also siphoning it away. Coupled with the fact that her injuries from the final battle in the Prime Century had yet to heal, the moment she relaxed, she fainted.
"What's going on?"
"Zhoumeng!"
"Hong Sa, quick, take a look!"
"She's not faking a faint because she's scared to face the baby, is she?"
Wen Xinghuo had just finished wiping out the Zerg attacks that were flaring up across the Capital Star during her patrol. She had barely set foot back in the special operations base when she received a message from Xi Shuang.
【Universe's Number One Squad (4)】
Xi Shuang: @Wen Xinghuo Xiao Yueshan gave birth! It's a girl!
Wen Xinghuo was just about to reply when she saw Xi Shuang had sent a new message.
Xi Shuang: @Wen Xinghuo!!! Zhoumeng is back!!!
Wen Xinghuo had just typed the first character of "Really?".
Xi Shuang: @Wen Xinghuo Holy shit! Zhoumeng fainted from shock because her wife was in labor and is now being given oxygen.
Ling Xun, who was sitting next to Xi Shuang and had just finished bandaging her wounds: ...
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