Chapter 212

Chapter 212

Bai Xingshu never expected to get such an answer.

From those words, he could feel the deep emotions Shen Geng had for him.

Bai Xingshu smiled.

Using his strength, he pulled Shen Geng closer and kissed those lips that had just spoken so honestly, making his heart pound again.

They spent a passionate night together.

Bai Xingshu couldn’t quite remember when he’d fallen asleep, but his body clock still worked perfectly, waking him up at the usual time.

He felt like he’d barely slept.

Yet his physical condition was much better than he’d imagined.

Perhaps this was one of the advantages brought by transforming into an Omega—better recovery.

—To support reproduction, one of the traits of Omegas was faster healing.

But for Bai Xingshu, the most important thing was still his abilities.

Now that the transformation was complete, he could feel that his powers were almost as strong as they were before he came to this world.

Was this another benefit of becoming an Omega? He had to admit, it was another plus.

If not for the risk of failing his mission, he would be pretty satisfied with how things turned out.

Especially after last night.

Bai Xingshu thought for a moment about what he wanted to say, then tried to call the system—only to see the underage restriction warning again.

Bai Xingshu: "..."

Looking at the countdown, he started thinking... Just how late had he and Shen Geng gone at it last night?

With that thought, he glanced around the room, puzzled by Shen Geng’s absence.

He reached out to touch the side of his bed—it was already slightly cold. Clearly, Shen Geng had left some time ago.

Still wondering, Bai Xingshu got up and went to wash up first.

Their last time together had been in the bathroom, so he was cleaned out well enough, with everything taken care of.

So all Bai Xingshu needed was his usual quick wash-up before stepping out of the bathroom with a yawn.

Not long after, the dorm door opened again—Shen Geng was back.

Bai Xingshu shot him a questioning look and noticed the bag in his hand.

"What did you go get?" he asked curiously.

His eyes lingered on the plastic bag. It looked like the same kind of packaging the school nurse had given them before.

He was right—it *was* medicine.

Shen Geng’s eyes darted nervously before he finally said awkwardly, "Morning-after pills. Just in case you need them."

Bo Xingshu voiced his confusion, not immediately grasping the meaning of the emergency medication. However, seeing Shen Gen hand him the tablet, Bo Xingshu flipped to the back to check the drug name.

The professional name of the drug looked complicated, but the instructions clearly stated four words—emergency contraception.

Bo Xingshu stared at these four words for a few seconds before swiftly tearing open the packet and swallowing the tablet without any delay.

Having lived in the normal world for over 20 years, Bo Xingshu indeed hadn't realized he could get pregnant right away!

Since he knew he was in the ABO world, no matter how ignorant Bo Xingshu might be, he understood that Omegas were highly susceptible to pregnancy. He just hadn't connected it to himself yet.

Bo Xingshu immediately gave Shen Gen a thumbs up; this consideration was truly thorough!

After praising, Bo Xingshu promptly extended his hand to Shen Gen again, as if asking for something.

This time, it was Shen Gen's turn to be puzzled.

Seeing Shen Gen's confusion, Bo Xingshu pouted, slightly disappointed by the lack of rapport. He then said, "Didn't you bring anything to mask the scent?"

He knew that unmarried Omegas always carried isolators, like the patch Bo Xingshu had been wearing to isolate the Alpha scent from Shen Gen that his glands emitted.

Shen Gen looked at Bo Xingshu, hesitating to speak, and finally, seeing Bo Xingshu's genuinely puzzled gaze, he helplessly explained, "A marked Omega won't emit any scent."

Previously, Bo Xingshu had dealt with unmarked Omegas who had accidents, so he wasn't very familiar with this aspect.

His crash course in ABO physiology had mainly focused on the relationship between Alphas and Betas.

Shen Gen continued to supplement Bo Xingshu's knowledge, "A simple marking can last about 12 hours to a day, while a temporary marking lasts around 3 to 4 days, with some effect lingering for up to 4 days, though it's not entirely reliable."

"A deep marking can last from half a month to a month."

"And then there's permanent bonding, which is... well... permanent."

Bai Xingshu paused for a moment before turning to Shen Geng and asking, "Does ours count as a permanent bond?"

Asked this right after sex, Shen Geng couldn't help but recall everything from the night before—the way they had fit together so perfectly was an experience he'd never imagined possible.

That low thrum of want pulsed again. Shen Geng answered in a hushed voice, "It was just a deep bond. For it to be permanent, it has to happen during a heat..." He lightly coughed before continuing, "...when the breeding chamber is fully open. Only then can the bond be completed."

Of course, it wasn’t entirely impossible outside of heat—technically, one could force it open.

But that would only bring pain to the Omega. Shen Geng had fought to keep his head clear the night before precisely to avoid falling into such purely instinctual mating behavior.

Bai Xingshu hummed thoughtfully, then looked at Shen Geng with a smile, his tone light as he said, "Then I won’t wear scent blockers anymore."

It was hard to tell whether that was a subtle hint or a flat-out proposition.

Shen Geng was speechless for a long while. It took even longer before he could finally suppress the urge to smile, forcing his voice steady as he gave a calm reply.

Seeing Shen Geng’s restrained reaction—still trying so hard to maintain his composure—Bai Xingshu smirked mischievously. He closed the distance between them, all faux-innocence, and asked, "Last night was a deep bond, and before that was a temporary one. So what counts as a simple bond?"

"Is it like this?" Bai Xingshu brushed a kiss against Shen Geng’s lips.

Shen Geng: "..."

He could tell Bai Xingshu was messing with him on purpose.

Getting a prude to let go was something most people wanted to do.

Clearly, Bai Xingshu was no exception.

Yet even in romance, one must keep their partner perpetually curious about them.

Shen Geng continued to maintain his poised and dignified air, pulling the smirking Bai Xingshu into his arms instead. With polished, almost effortless grace, he deepened the kiss.

The two were wrapped up in each other for quite a while.

On the way to the gathering, Bai Xingshu couldn’t keep the grin off his face.

Anyone who saw him like this could tell he was hopelessly smitten.

Fortunately, the system—now out of teen-safe mode—emerged to compensate for Bai Xingshu’s "flaw" of being an open book.

Hearing the sound of the system rebooting and knowing a battle was imminent, Bai Xingshu snapped back to attention.

Before the system could speak, Bai Xingshu cut it off, accusing: *“System, you said my differentiation into a Beta was guaranteed!!”*

As expected, the mortified system had nothing to say in response, leaving only a string of ellipses behind.

Having seized the initiative, Bai Xingshu naturally didn’t let the opportunity slip. He doubled down: *“Differentiating into an Omega wasn’t my fault—it was a fluke.”*

*“It’s not that I’m unwilling to complete the mission. You’re the one who needs to answer for this!”*

*“Why did this body differentiate into an Omega? Is there something wrong?”*

Bai Xingshu’s aggressive, blame-shifting words sent the system into hysterics: *“It’s all because of you!”*

During teen-safe mode, the system couldn’t monitor the host’s condition, but it could still operate.

In the final moments before the mode activated, the system’s data had already detected that Bai Xingshu’s glands were secreting Omega pheromones.

Cut off mid-process, the clueless system naturally ran full diagnostics, working backward from this result to deduce the cause.

And it arrived at the answer smoothly.

*“It’s entirely your fault!”* the system shrieked. *“You brought your psychic power with you!!”*

The system had previously explained to Bai Xingshu why he could smell Alpha pheromones.

Psychic power was essentially equivalent to the undeveloped spiritual energy of this world.

And spiritual energy was the key factor in differentiating into an Alpha or Omega.

Those rare cases that bucked their genetic profile either lacked the spiritual energy required to become an Alpha or Omega—or, like Shen Geng, were Betas with abnormally high spiritual energy that forced differentiation into one of the other two.

The original body didn’t possess this much spiritual energy, so it had no chance of becoming anything but a Beta.

But Bai Xingshu had spiritual energy!

He’d been brought across time and space by the system!

And not just after differentiation—he’d been sent two years earlier.

This body had been marinating in psychic exposure for two years, gradually developing until it met the conditions to differentiate into an Omega, leading to the current outcome.

Hearing the system’s explanation, Bai Xingshu was completely floored.

Up until now, he’d always assumed it was because Shen Geng had marked his gland.

["What was that warm, tingling sensation in my gland earlier?"] Bai Xingshu asked in shock.

["A temporary mark,"] the system replied bluntly. ["You haven’t undergone differentiation yet—your body still exhibits Beta traits, but the Omega factors in your gland are becoming active, so it showed signs of both."]

At this point, the system, resigned to its fate, surprisingly threw him a bone.

["Since this body originally lacks the conditions to differentiate into an Omega, under the influence of the temporary mark, your Omega pheromones are entirely shaped by Shen Geng’s pheromones."]

["If there’s such a thing as compatibility here, the two of you would be considered a 100% match."]