Chapter 139: Did Du Du Differentiate into an Omega?!

Chapter 139: Did Du Du Differentiate into an Omega?!

The second riot in the hospital was unexpected, complicating the situation further. Shen Zhixue's pheromones had already been overwhelmed during the first incident, and now, walking through the hospital, he was a walking target.

Amidst the pheromone chaos, he felt his legs weaken.

He took a couple of deep breaths, pushed himself to his feet, and continued walking into the hospital.

He hadn't found Du Du yet and had to speed up. Alphas in their rut were extremely dangerous; not everyone could maintain a shred of humanity like Jiang Huizhou when they fell into that state.

The hospital was filled with thick fog, and Shen Zhixue tripped over something, stumbling forward.

Before he could fall, an arm reached out and caught him.

Once steady, Shen Zhixue saw Lu Qingyan's face through the mist.

"Are you out of your mind?" Lu Qingyan gritted his teeth. "Can't you see what's going on here? And you still dare to walk in?"

"I have to find Du Du," Shen Zhixue said. "He's still inside."

"You go out; I’ll find him." Lu Qingyan picked him up and carried him toward the hospital exit. "Don’t worry, even if he goes into rut, a young Alpha like him will be fine here."

"No," Shen Zhixue struggled. "What if something happens to him? Who can guarantee his safety? Who can guarantee he won't be hunted by adult Alphas?!"

Lu Qingyan frowned. "He's not as helpless as you think. Alphas instinctively avoid others' territories."

Shen Zhixue pursed his lips. "Put me down."

"I’ll find him," Lu Qingyan set Shen Zhixue down. "I've taken an inhibitor. As his uncle, I'm more concerned about his safety than you are. Besides, in your current state, you’d just get in the way."

"I have Jiang Huizhou's mark on me," Shen Zhixue frowned. "They won't dare approach me."

Hearing this, Lu Qingyan snorted in frustration. "Do you really think Jiang Huizhou's mark, that of a comatose person, can protect you? You'll still feel weak when exposed to an Alpha's pheromones. How much longer can you keep this up? If you're really worried about him, get out now and don't waste my time."

With that, he vanished into the fog.

Shen Zhixue wanted to follow, but his legs felt like jelly. Wan Chenghan, wearing protective gear, ran over and pulled him away from the area dense with pheromones.

The safety barrier had been activated, enclosing all the pheromones and the hospital within it. Outside, many people in protective suits were constantly carrying out Omegas who had been mauled by Alphas.

"Take a rest," Wan Chenghan pressed Shen Zhixue's shoulders, making him sit on a nearby stretcher. "We’ve got people searching already. They're more effective than you. Really, an Omega playing the hero."

Shen Zhixue knew that in his current state, he was no match for the professionals, so he sat down, took a sip of water, and asked, "What brings you all here?"

"Of course, this is a full-blown crisis," Wan Chenghan sighed. "As the Empire's Lieutenant General, how could I not come? As for Lu Qingyan, his nephew’s involved."

Shen Zhixue remained silent. Soon, Lady Yuan showed up, her eyes red when she saw Shen Zhixue.

"I failed to look after Du Du," Shen Zhixue said.

Lady Yuan shook her head. "I know it's not your fault. Du Du has never been this close to anyone since he was a child. In the two years he's been with Jiang Xingliu, he's been very happy every day... but he and Jiang Xingliu are not in the same league. Jiang Xingliu went to the military academy, and Du Du followed, but he’s not built for it."

Seeing Lu Qingwan crying so sadly, Shen Zhixue didn't know how to comfort her, so he just handed her a tissue.

Lu Qingwan took the tissue and wiped her tears. "He's been spoiled rotten since he was little. How could he handle the rigors of military school? Every week when he came home from the academy, he was covered in bruises, but that silly boy was always happily following Jiang Xingliu around. It broke my heart every time... I never asked him to be a high achiever; I just wanted him to grow up happy and healthy."

Shen Zhixue pursed his lips. "...I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

"I know Jiang Xingliu is a good kid," Lu Qingwan wiped the corner of her eye. "But we can’t keep this up indefinitely. If Du Du comes out safely this time, his father and I might take him to live in another star system for a while. A little time apart might do them good. It's not that I'm heartless, but he and Jiang Xingliu are ultimately different."

Shen Zhixue nodded and said, "I get it."

Unaware of Lu Qingwan's plans, Jiang Xingliu forced open a ward door.

The overwhelming sweetness of pheromones hit him—it smelled like ripe oranges.

Jiang Xingliu couldn’t help but think of young master Du Du, whose favorite fruit was also sweet oranges. After a day at the academy, his feet were blistered and raw, and when the blisters burst, they bled, leaving his face streaked with tears.

But peeling a sweet orange for him always calmed his tears.

It was hard to understand why the pampered young master Du Du insisted on following him around, calling out "Jiang Xingliu, Jiang Xingliu," always tumbling and getting scraped up, only to brush himself off like it was nothing.

This was the area with the highest concentration of Alphas, and the intoxicating pheromones drew in swarms of adult Alphas.

In this pheromone haze, age didn’t matter. Any creature daring to compete with them for a female would be torn apart without hesitation.

Lifeless Alphas littered the floor. Jiang Xingliu stepped over the fallen and spotted the omega cowering under the bed.

His pheromones overpowered those of the other Alphas, and even though they had lost their rationality, their instincts to submit to a superior bloodline silenced them.

Jiang Xingliu kicked the bed aside, fighting the pull of the pheromones, and barked, "Get out!"

The omega seemed startled and grabbed something nearby, thrusting it toward him!

Jiang Xingliu dodged and spotted a large syringe, its needle gleaming.

Huh, not bad—he knows how to fight back.

Jiang Xingliu turned to look at the omega, who was facing away from him, dressed in the academy’s unmistakable uniform.

His breath caught.

Was this omega from their school?

But that figure...?

His mind raced, but only one answer stuck.

But... this couldn’t be possible, could it?

Du Du's genetic test results showed a 99% chance of him differentiating into an Alpha.

In the context of modern technology, the error rate of genetic testing was less than 0.1%.

Jiang Xingliu inhaled sharply. Up close, the omega’s skin was riddled with needle marks and cuts, his clothes drenched in blood.

To keep himself rational, he had used the most direct and painful method.

Jiang Xingliu's voice trembled involuntarily: "...Du Du?"

The person seemed not to hear him, still facing away, his round little body shivering, his gland tightly wrapped in alcohol-soaked cotton—a method taught at the military academy to prevent further pheromone leakage.

But for an omega in pheromone chaos, it was utterly ineffective.

Jiang Xingliu felt his body gradually heating up, a sign that the inhibitor was wearing off. No matter what, he had to get Du Du out of here first.

He reached out, grabbing Du Du's arm: "Come out!"

Du Du instinctively bit Jiang Xingliu's arm, a defense mechanism triggered when an omega in heat refuses to be marked. Any Alpha who got too close would be attacked.

But such an attack was nothing to an Alpha.

Jiang Xingliu grabbed Du Du's cheek and growled, "Yuan Jibai, it's me."

He rarely called Du Du by his real name, and whenever he did, Du Du knew that Jiang Xingliu was starting to get angry.

The omega instantly let go and looked up at the Alpha before him.

When he saw the familiar face, Du Du’s lips trembled, and he burst into sobs.

Jiang Xingliu shook his hand, flinging off the blood: "Stand up."

Du Du tried to get up but couldn’t: "I can't... sob, Jiang Xingliu, my legs are weak, I can't stand up, whimper, pick me up and carry me out."

Jiang Xingliu's neck turned red, veins bulging as he struggled to say, "I can’t be this close to you. Stand up, walk out on your own, and rein in your pheromones."

"I can’t rein them in!" Du Du clung to the bed board: "I don’t care, just carry me out, sob, I'm so scared, why did you take so long, whimper, I’m mad at you! I don’t want to talk to you anymore!"

Jiang Xingliu said coldly, "Yuan Jibai!"

"You’re still scolding me, sob..." Du Du tilted his head back, crying even louder: "I’m not talking to you for two minutes—no, five minutes!"

Jiang Xingliu was at his wit’s end, so he bent down and dragged Du Du out from under the bed, then carried him in his arms and walked out.

Du Du’s sobs slowly quieted. Seeing Jiang Xingliu's veins bulging, he sobbed, "Are you serious? You can’t carry me anymore? You used to run a hundred meters with me in your arms without any problem!"

Jiang Xingliu gritted his teeth: "If you’d become an Alpha, try carrying an omega whose pheromones are going haywire."

Du Du reached back and touched his neck: "Huh? I'm an omega?"

Jiang Xingliu shut his mouth. If he said one more word to this idiot, he would either be suffocated by his pheromones or die of anger.

"That medicine still works a bit," Du Du mumbled, resting his chin on Jiang Xingliu's shoulder: "It's just a bit expensive..."

Jiang Xingliu used all his willpower to resist the pheromone temptation and didn't hear Du Du's muttering.

When he finally carried Du Du out of the hospital, doctors in protective suits quickly approached, wanting to take Du Du.

Jiang Xingliu instinctively tightened his arms, as if trying to crush Du Du into his body, and gave the doctor a bloodthirsty glare.

The doctor was startled. Although he understood this was a normal reaction of an Alpha being lured by pheromones, he couldn't help but take two steps back.

After a moment, he regained his composure and said softly, "Hello, I don't mean to take your omega, but he needs treatment now. Can you hand him over to me? Relax... you just differentiated, right? Try to control your emotions. Your pheromone level is high; you should master it, right?"

As he spoke, he quickly injected Jiang Xingliu with a sedative.

Only then did Jiang Xingliu slowly release Du Du, allowing the medical staff to take him away, dressed in protective suits, and into the ambulance.