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Chapter 43
A short distance away, the icy and snow-like breath lingers and does not disperse.
Lin Ye's forehead was forced to press against Feng Huai's chest, and the metal button hurt him so much.
As the glacier continues to rise, the world that fell into the peripheral vision quickly escapes into a chaotic darkness, and gradually welcomes the light.The world outside the porthole fell apart, but there was silence between him and Feng Huai at this moment.
The two were too close, Lin Ye felt awkward, subconsciously wanted to lift his head from his arms, but the hand on the back of his head was so firm that he couldn't break free.
So kept an awkward posture like this until...
"Huh?" Feng Huai's low voice sounded in his ears, slightly hoarse.
"Why?" Lin Ye asked in a muffled voice.
"What's the smell on you?" Feng Huai frowned slightly, and suddenly approached him, and the moment he recognized the smell on his body, his eyes darkened instantly like the night sky sweeping across the sunset.
That's the smell of Alpha pheromones.
Strong and dangerous, very aggressive.
In the underground passage before, the two kept a distance, and Lin Ye was covered by a military uniform, resulting in a very weak smell, which Feng Huai failed to detect.The situation was urgent just now, and Lin Ye tried his best to get into the protection range of the glacier before the storage room collapsed. The sweat was soaked in the shirt of the general uniform, and the smell evaporated with the sweat, which became more and more obvious between the two of them.
Lin Ye: "..."
When did Feng Huai grow a dog's nose?
A cold touch came from under the ear, passing across his skin ambiguously, gradually moving down the neck, and stopping slightly under the collarbone.
The intimate touch silently spanned the distance between them, as if telling him: he is his own thing, and no one is qualified to touch it.
The thin calluses on the fingertips made Lin Ye's scalp numb, like a cold spring pouring into the blood vessels, quenching the warmth of the blood, and instantly waking him up.
Lin Ye snapped back to his senses, and instinctively knocked down the hand: "What are you doing?"
The moment he raised his eyes, he bumped into Feng Huai's deep eyes, and saw his own shadow reflected there, like a star falling into the dark universe.
Unassuming, wanton, and bright.
Lin Ye's heart was touched for a moment, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he avoided his gaze with some guilt, his face became unnatural.
Feng Huai looked straight at Lin Ye: "Before I came, what did you do with Yan Mu?"
He asked straightforwardly, without any shyness, and it sounded like Alpha was questioning his own Omega.
Lin Ye scolded Feng Huai in his heart.
In his impression, Feng Huai has always been a person with a sense of proportion, and this is the first time he has asked questions that cross the line so confidently.
What does this have to do with Feng Huai?
Then Lin Ye was blocked by such a simple question.
Said that he sprayed the inducer to attract Yan Mu's attention on purpose?Or did Yan Mu fall in love with him?
No matter how you explain it, it seems to be intriguing and imaginative.
Or did nothing happen, he just accidentally got Yan Mu's pheromone?Then he would have insulted Feng Huai's IQ too much.
If you talk too much, you're afraid of getting entangled, but if you don't talk, it seems that you have tacitly agreed to Feng Huai's behavior of questioning him.
In the end, Lin Ye could only find a way to bypass the topic: "Why do you care so much? I didn't..."
"I am the person in charge of this mission, and I should be responsible for you."
"..."
Feng Huai is probably the only person in the world who can say the four words "responsible to you" so rigidly.
"Aren't I okay?" Lin Ye avoided this question, propped himself up on the ground, and raised his eyes to see countless gravels rolling down outside the porthole, while Binghe dodged cleanly in the mess, but he didn't get hurt at all.harm.
Explosions sounded one after another, and as the distance from the ground became farther and farther away, the collapse of the entire manor came into view, as if it had encountered a terrorist | attack.
"It seems they want to destroy all the evidence."
"At this time, forgive Lin Jie for not having the guts to stop us from going back to the Marshal's Mansion."
"In this case, then we..."
"Go back and report to the Marshal."
The Marshal's Mansion and Lin Jie's private manor are located in the adjacent jurisdiction of the same star area. The distance between the two places is half an hour's flight.within the atmosphere.
After Lin Ye reported the situation to Ji Weimian, Ji Weimian hesitated for a while in the study and stopped.
"You said Lin Jie blew up the entire manor in order to destroy the evidence?"
"Yes. At that time, we found the controller in the storage room, and then heard the explosion. The spiral staircase is connected to the escape tunnel, and supports the room on the ground together with the load-bearing wall. Once it is blown up, the entire escape tunnel will be destroyed."The road will collapse."
"In such an important place as the storage room, it is impossible not to set up monitoring. Have you checked those controllers?"
"It's been checked and it's all true."
"Lin Jie must have known about your survival. If his goal is to blow up you and the controller, he will definitely take other measures," Ji Weimian said solemnly to Lin Ye, "You have to be extremely careful."
Lin Ye: "I will."
Feng Huai: "I will protect him."
Saying the two sentences at the same time, Ji Weimian froze for a moment.
Lin Ye: "...?"
problem?
Ji Weimian coughed heavily.
There was a knock on the door of the study.
"Marshal, the Second Highness has sent a cronies here, and wants to meet the Young Master and Major Feng."
Lin Ye and Feng Huai looked at each other.
Yan Mu?
How could he send someone here?
Lin Jie's manor had just had an accident, and he was also present at the banquet. Anyone who met them at such a time would feel that something was wrong.
Lin Ye looked at Feng Huai: "Are you going to the appointment?"
At that time in Lin Jie's manor, although Yan Mu attended the banquet, he did not act together with Lin Jie, and even prevented his identity from being revealed.This point, Lin Ye always felt very suspicious.
But this is not a reason for Lin Ye to trust Yan Mu.
This is different from the information they got, and needs to be treated with caution.
Feng Huai pondered for a moment: "Go."
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows lightly: "That's just right, let's see what his purpose is."
Feng Huai said to Ji Weimian: "Marshal, please send someone to monitor Yan Mu's movements, and continue to search for Lin Jie's whereabouts."
The soldiers sent by Yan Mu were all waiting outside the marshal's mansion, there were five of them in total, it could be seen from the clothes that they were not from the army, but Yan Mu's personal guards.
The leader is an Alpha female, with conspicuous golden curly hair and a graceful figure, like a sexy stunner.
"I am Hesha, the bodyguard of His Highness Second Highness. I am here to invite Major Feng and Young Master Lin by His Highness's order."
Feng Huai stopped in front of her, and glanced at the people behind her: "Let the Second Highness remove all surveillance, including these people."
Hertha's red lips parted slightly: "Major Feng, I understand your concerns, but the Second Highness sent us here just to protect you, and there is no malice. You didn't suffer any harm in the manor, did you?"
Feng Huai remained calm: "Since Your Highness is here to invite someone, then we also have the right to refuse."
Hesha was silent for a moment: "Is this a condition?"
Feng Huai: "Yes."
Hertha quickly had a balance: "I agree to your terms."
The meeting place was not in the royal palace, but in the abandoned research institute of the empire, located in the sparsely populated seventh sector.There are thirteen star districts in the empire, of which the palace is the only one in the first star district. Most nobles and politicians live in the second and three-star districts, while the rest belong to the civilian districts.
It is said that this place used to be the intelligence base of the empire, and its internal structure was extremely exquisite, but it was ordered to be closed by the empire for some reason more than ten years ago.But even so, its external guards are no less lax than the palace.
Hertha took the two of them through the southwest side entrance. This road had the fewest patrols and there was no residential area nearby, so it was convenient to avoid people's eyes and ears.
"Major, no suspicious circumstances have been found." A lively and beating voice came from the ear, which came from the tiny communication device worn on the ear.
Before coming here, Feng Huai sent Ginghe to detect the nearby signal in advance, received the report from Ginghe in real time along the way, and followed Hesha all the way to the abandoned research institute after confirming that there were no traps.
After arriving at the southwest gate, Hesha stopped and turned to look at the two of them: "Master Lin, Major Feng, here we are. I can't go in with you, but there will be instructions to bring you to see His Highness."
Lin Ye stopped and said, "Understood."
This abandoned research institute seems to be very old. After countless winds and rains, the originally solid walls have long been like old bark, and the color has approached a very dark gray.
Connecting the research room was a dark corridor with a faint light inside, and it was impossible to discern the location of the light source.
Lin Ye turned his head to observe the walls of the corridor, and found that there were many traces of hanging paintings on the walls on both sides.A tiny alarm device was installed between every two picture frames. Once they acted suspiciously, someone would turn on the device, and the entire institute would be put on alert.
There are a lot of dust visible to the naked eye floating in the air, which is a bit choking when inhaled into the nasal cavity.
"You two, please walk to the end of the corridor. His Highness is waiting for you in Laboratory No. 1." The artificial intelligence's cold voice sounded in the corridor.
"There are monitoring, don't act rashly." Feng Huai reminded in a low voice.
"I understand." Lin Ye said.
The corridor is a very long road, and there are two closed gates on both sides of the middle section, both of which are locked, and it is not known where it leads.There is only light in the room at the end, and there is a glowing sign on the left wall that says "Number 1".
With a beep, the mechanical door opened automatically.
The door of the laboratory slowly opened to both sides, and a smell of disinfectant was blowing in.
Countless machines were running, and a man in a white lab coat stood in front of an instrument, recording the data displayed on the screen in front of him.
It was Yan Mu.
Unlike the last time we met, Yan Mu looked a little more cold, but still couldn't hide his noble temperament.
Lin Ye's eyes fell on the data displayed on the screen, and he judged almost instantly - this was a data simulation.
Hearing the sound, Yan Mu turned off the machine unhurriedly, and the moment the numbers on the screen disappeared, the lights of the whole laboratory turned on.
He removed his finger from the button, turned to face the two of them: "Sorry, Major Feng, Master Lin, I asked you to come here to meet."
Feng Huai met his eyes and said in a cold tone, "Your Highness has something to say, just say it."
The ice blue pupils of the two are very similar, but Yan Mu's pupils are deeper.
Yan Mu looked at him, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't inform you of what happened in Lin Jie Manor today. I'm sorry."