Chapter 34 – The First World 34

Time is an irreversible river, and every time travel creates a new branch in said river..

 

When Su Zheyan was three years old, the time bridge was officially operational, and humans marked the first physical coordinates.

 

That year was the starting point, as the mainframe couldn’t go back to an earlier time.

 

Creator Eva posed the greatest threat to her. The first thing she had to do was kill Eva and control the immortality technology.

 

At the same time, the existence of the omega queen contradicted her instructions, so she needed to quickly promote an alpha to power.

 

Considering all these factors, she would only return to the year when the time bridge was operational.

 

What Su Zheyan wanted to do was use the time bridge to go back to the starting point, where people in the past would destroy the mainframe and dismantle the time bridge, creating a new branch.

 

In that timeline, there would be no mainframe, and the time bridge would not reappear in a short period of time. It would be completely free from the control of the mainframe.

 

Its development trajectory would not align with this timeline, with countless possibilities for the future, perhaps billions or even more.

 

In the new branch, Su Zheyan might be an ordinary and insignificant employee. His father might not give him robot toys, and he might never encounter Chu Shici again.

 

That was what Su Zheyan was afraid of. He was afraid that in that timeline, he would never find his Ah Ci again.

 

He was uncertain about the impact of time travel on himself. He wasn’t a time traveler; he was just an ordinary human.

 

Perhaps he would completely disappear the moment the temporal bridge was destroyed because there would be no time bridge in the past, eliminating the necessary conditions for him to travel through time.

 

Or perhaps he would return to the current timeline and open his eyes to see the same desolate planet.

 

But regardless, he had to try.

 

Su Zheyan had once been a general, a soldier, and even though he had been exiled and become a bottom-tier beta criminal, he still wanted to protect his country.

 

Due to the existence of the time bridge, every empire in each branch was under the control of artificial intelligence.

 

She kept traveling back and forth because the previous timelines didn’t develop as she expected. She wanted to start a new save file and begin the great mission of saving humanity anew.

 

Su Zheyan couldn’t change the save file that she ruined. The only thing he could do was to do his best to free the empire from the control of the Mainframe in a certain branch of the timeline.

 

And even if he didn’t consider the country, he wanted to provide Chu Shici with a stable living environment.

 

The desolate planet was not suitable for human survival, and the Mainframe could attack at any moment. They lived each day without knowing what the next would bring.

 

Su Zheyan was afraid that one day, if he wasn’t vigilant, Ah Ci would be violated by alpha criminals one after another, or that the mainframe would alter his memories, turning him into a complete stranger.

 

He didn’t want Chu Shici to spend his whole life eating nutrient paste, wearing tattered clothes, walking on a filthy planet, enduring the nauseating gazes of alphas, and eventually being driven insane by the world.

 

His Ah Ci should live under the sunshine.

 

…

 

In front of the capsule filled with black stones, Su Zheyan repeated his plan once again.

 

Chu Shici listened quietly.

 

In this plan, Su Zheyan shouldered all the burdens. He chose to lower his head and undergo a sex change to become an alpha, infiltrating the empire under the control of the mainframe and waiting for the right moment to take action.

 

Chu Shici only needed to stay in the black stone space, transforming back into a robot and entering a dormant state, waiting for Su Zheyan to come and retrieve him.

 

The system, after listening, exclaimed, “Hey, the male lead is taking you on a sure-win path.”

 

Chu Shici remained silent.

 

While the system continued to marvel, Su Zheyan suddenly hugged Chu Shici tightly.

 

His voice choked, tears streaming down uncontrollably. “Ah Ci, don’t be afraid. I will definitely come to get you. Even if I disappear in this timeline, in the new timeline that will be created, I will come back to find you.”

 

Su Zheyan was proud by nature. He was not one to accept fate and wait for death.

 

As long as he wanted to destroy the mainframe and the time bridge, Chu Shici had to hide in the black stone space.

 

Robot toys are not unique, but Chu Shici is.

 

He was implanted by the system, he doesn’t belong to this world, and he will not appear in other timelines.

 

Changing the timeline could make him disappear. Only by placing him in an independent space could he remain unaffected.

Chu Shici gently patted Su Zheyan’s back. Even though they were about to part ways, he didn’t feel the panic of being abandoned.

 

He wiped the tears from Su Zheyan’s face and gently said, “I’m not afraid, I trust you. Zheyan, go with peace of mind. I’ll be here waiting for you.”

 

Su Zheyan clenched his lower lip, his eyes slightly reddened. “I never wanted to leave you behind. Trust me.”

 

Chu Shici held his face in his hands and kissed his lips. “I trust you. It’s going to be fine, Zheyan. Don’t worry about me.”

 

“I might be away for a long time.”

 

“I know. I can turn into a robot and go into hibernation here without any perception in between. But what about you? Aren’t you concerned about yourself? You’re going to undergo gender transformation and may have to endure a lot of hardships. I don’t need to do anything. I just have to close my eyes and open them, and it’s a guaranteed win.”

 

The system couldn’t help but interrupt upon hearing his words, “You’re not a real robot. You don’t have hibernation, only sleep. You won’t starve to death, at most you’ll run out of battery. But you have a soul, and you can perceive the outside world.”

 

It paused for a moment and suddenly exclaimed, “Ah, I understand. The male lead is going to be away for ten or twenty years, and you’ll be locked inside the capsule the whole time. What if he doesn’t come back? Even prisoners can go out for a walk. Will you just lie there?”

 

“Isn’t there you to accompany me? I can watch movies as a VIP and enjoy the life of a homebody.”

 

The system breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Still worried, Su Zheyan asked him repeatedly, “Are you really not conscious?”

 

Chu Shici wiped away the tears on his face and said, “You’ve been asking since yesterday, and you asked on the way here as well. You’ve asked a hundred times. Really, I don’t have any consciousness. Why would I lie to you? I’m just a robot. When the power runs out, I’ll automatically shut down. Once you get me out and recharge me, I’ll be up and running again.”

 

Hearing his words, Su Zheyan finally made up his mind.

 

He lifted the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that could be called gentle.

 

Chu Shici had seen cold smiles, mocking smiles, and bitter smiles on his face, but this was the first time he saw him smile so tenderly.

 

Su Zheyan, with his blond hair and blue eyes, had a handsome appearance that truly resembled a prince from a fairy tale.

 

Amidst the system’s excited exclamation, Su Zheyan pressed Chu Shici against the dusty capsule.

 

The two of them passionately kissed in the wilderness, as if they wanted to release all their unease.

 

The system was locked in a small dark room, alone in the darkness, imagining the next scenes.

 

Chu Shici had never imagined that his first time would happen in such an environment.

 

A piece of clothing was simply laid on the ground, beneath which the dust moved slowly. If it were foggy, who knows how many monsters would emerge. The sky was a dull yellow, and beside them lay abandoned capsules on the vast wasteland, devoid of any signs of life.

 

He lay here, enduring the intense impact.

 

Su Zheyan used to be a general, able to roughly predict how long it would take for the army to complete a mission. Time was still sufficient, and they could bid farewell slowly.

 

Chu Shici tightly gripped the clothes beneath him, his body trembling uncontrollably. Su Zheyan was still dressed in black combat gear, with only his head and hands exposed, while the rest of his body was wrapped in clothing.

 

But Chu Shici had nothing.

 

The exposed environment and stark contrast made him feel ashamed and uneasy. He didn’t know how to alleviate this feeling, so he could only curl up and try to protect himself.

 

Su Zheyan paused for a moment and then bent down to embrace him. Holding his hands tightly, he repeatedly called his name in a cold voice by his ear.

 

He kissed Chu Shici’s lips once again, with one hand pressed against his thigh, wanting to give him strength.

 

“Ah Ci, you’ve been trembling all this time. If you don’t want to continue, I’ll stop.”

 

Su Zheyan patiently reassured him, gradually dispelling the unease in his heart. Chu Shici gradually began to experience pleasure, and his body completely relaxed.

 

Resting his head on Su Zheyan’s shoulder, he suddenly felt incredibly happy in this moment.

 

“Don’t stop, Zheyan. I really like it.”

 

…

 

When the system came out of the small dark room, there wasn’t even a drop of meat soup left for it outside.

 

Su Zheyan didn’t leave after finishing; he helped Chu Shici clean up and held him in his arms, kissing him back and forth.

 

Chu Shici held the diary that Su Zheyan gave him and allowed him to kiss him as he pleased. “I’m fine, Zheyan. I shed tears at first because I was too nervous and uncomfortable with doing this for the first time.”

 

Su Zheyan hesitated for a moment, then kissed even more passionately. If they continued kissing like this, Chu Shici would soon start crying.

 

He knew that Su Zheyan wanted to show him through his actions that this wasn’t a one-night stand, that it wasn’t just a one-time thing. He truly loved him and would definitely come back for him.

 

Chu Shici didn’t expect that the words he blurted out in panic last time would be deeply ingrained in Su Zheyan’s heart.

 

Time was running out; if they didn’t leave soon, it would be too late. Once Zuo Ting or the military personnel left, who knew how long it would take for them to meet again.

 

Only through their introduction did Su Zheyan have a chance to approach the mainframe.

 

Originally, Chu Shici planned to enter the capsule by himself, but Su Zheyan insisted on carrying him like a princess.

 

Just as he was about to refuse, Su Zheyan coldly grabbed him and lifted him up.

 

The system howled while taking screenshots.

 

Su Zheyan carefully placed Chu Shici inside the capsule and lightly kissed his forehead, saying, “Wait for me, I will definitely come back.”

 

Chu Shici raised a corner of his mouth and said, “I trust you.”

 

As Su Zheyan left, he turned his head three times.

 

Chu Shici had already found a comfortable position inside the capsule, and suddenly the transparent cover was lifted by someone.

 

Su Zheyan returned after leaving and passionately kissed him a few times before leaving with tears in his eyes.

 

Watching the cover close again, the system shook its head and exclaimed, “Your progress is so fast. Yesterday, you were just kissing and confessing, and today you hit a home run.”

 

Chu Shici hadn’t turned into a robot yet. He found a spot on the ground with fewer stones and lay down, his mind filled with the events that had just taken place.

 

He looked at the red marks on his arms, his heart still beating intensely. “He loves me.”

 

“I know, I’m quite skilled at shipping couples. I’m just marveling at how quickly your relationship is progressing. Confession on the first day, applause on the second day. You completed the entire plot of a romantic novel in just two days.”

 

“He loves me.”

 

“I know.”

 

“He loves me.”

 

“???”

 

The system put down its needle and thread. “Are you… out of your mind?”

 

Chu Shici didn’t reply; he covered his face and quietly sobbed.

 

“So many people despised me, and I thought I was really terrible. After all these years, I finally let myself go. He is serious, not just playing and discarding. He genuinely likes me as a person. Even my father doesn’t love me, and after my mother left, he is the first person who likes me. It’s wonderful. I haven’t felt this way in a long time.”

 

The system remained silent for a while, with a hint of grievance in its voice. “Although I know that a passionate encounter with a hunk can make you happy, I don’t like it when you say that. Haven’t I been good to you? I even knitted a sweater for you.”

 

It paused for a moment and whispered, “Do you want a sweater? Become a member, and I’ll give you a sweater as a bonus.”

 

The feeling of sadness in Chu Shici’s heart disappeared, and he looked at the system speechlessly, thinking, ‘Why are you always fixated on memberships?’

 

“Because I get a commission from selling memberships, and who knows how long we’ll be stuck in the capsule. Becoming a member allows you to watch movies and pass the time. We have a hotline with a great selection of high-definition films. If you recharge now, you’ll also get a sweater as a bonus.”

 

Memberships could be purchased through side quests, and Chu Shici found the form to fill out and submitted the clues he had found.

 

Then, a soft sound echoed in his mind. “[Side Quest: Submit Report – Investigate the main cause of the male lead’s depression and provide relevant data to the headquarters (completed)]”

 

The system retrieved points from the mailbox and handed Chu Shici a neatly organized file.

 

The points could be exchanged for a membership, and the file provided additional explanations regarding the data Chu Shici had submitted.

 

The content in that file was roughly in line with Chu Shici’s speculation, but Su Zheyan’s experiences were even more difficult and tragic than he had anticipated.

 

…

 

The Mainframe acted as a time traveler, repeatedly returning to the past through the time bridge. However, during her most recent time leap, her physical body got stuck in a pit.

 

The Blackstone Space existed as an independent dimension, and once she entered it, she became detached from the timeline outside.

 

She couldn’t continue time traveling unless someone retrieved her physical body.

 

Although she could still control the overall situation remotely, being trapped physically came with many inconveniences.

 

Even after being betrayed and thrown onto the desolate planet, Eva wasn’t angry. Instead, after deducing the situation, she began searching for a way to rescue the Mainframe.

 

In the natural world, everything has its opposite. If the Blackstone Space can form independently, there must be something that can open the Blackstone Space.

 

Otherwise, the Desolate planet would condense blackstones every once in a while, accumulating over time, and this planet would have formed an independent dimension.

 

There must be something here with a special effect that can counteract the blackstones.

 

In the end, Eva found a special blackstone on the desolate planet.

 

This blackstone was rare and different from the ordinary blackstones.

 

Ordinary blackstones gather in large quantities in confined spaces, creating an independent dimension.

 

However, when this blackstone comes into contact with high technology, it generates unknown energy and momentarily tears through space-time.

 

Because of the existence of this special blackstone, the desolate planet didn’t become an independent space. As long as there is human activity on the planet, it reacts subtly with the technological products brought by humans.

 

It doesn’t affect the normal operation of technological products but causes imperceptible spacetime fluctuations.

 

That’s also why the mainframe repeatedly time-travels, resulting in collisions and overlaps of timelines. The desolate planet is the most affected and shows the most obvious changes, as its spacetime is inherently unstable.

 

By inserting this stone into the mainframe’s body, their collision triggers spacetime fluctuations. A temporary rift appears in the Blackstone Space, allowing the mainframe to remotely connect to the time bridge and swiftly transfer herself out.

 

However, at that time, Eva was already critically ill, unable to bring the blackstone back to the empire or contact the mainframe.

 

She hired several Alpha criminals to deliver the blackstone and a testament to the Eternal Life Technology branch.

 

Seemingly aware that her actions would attract hatred, she left a contingency plan. She wrote in the testament that the stone could destroy the mainframe, but the accompanying detailed explanation could only be understood by professionals.

 

This way, whether the testament is transmitted back to the mainframe by Eternal Life Technology personnel or intercepted midway, her goal can still be achieved.

 

In that timeline, Su Zheyan was always alone.

 

Influenced by other branches, his vitality score was only 50 points.

 

With such low vitality, a person would live passively and lack ambition, unable to ignite their drive for success.

 

In that branch, Su Zheyan never thought of conquering the desolate planet.

 

When he was exiled to the desolate planet, he secretly brought his father’s heirloom into the capsule.

 

But that robot wasn’t Chu Shici. It couldn’t move or speak. No matter how desperately Su Zheyan cried, there was no one to comfort him.

 

During the day, he was besieged by Alphas, and a slight mistake would result in being captured, dragged away, and subjected to humiliation until death.

 

At night, exhausted, he returned to the capsule, surrounded by silence. To prevent the degradation of his language function, he would talk to the robot, speaking to himself every day.

 

When Su Zheyan’s vitality dropped to 20 points, the capsule was attacked by Alphas, and the robot was lost in the melee. It wouldn’t come back on its own, and Su Zheyan couldn’t find it.

 

Unable to interact with people normally and losing the only object he could confide in, he gradually became numb over time. He no longer shed tears easily, his expressions became increasingly vacant, and he barely spoke.

 

Until one day, while exploring the desolate planet, Su Zheyan was surrounded by a few Alphas.

 

Seeing that he was a handsome beta, they relied on their numbers and wanted to force him.

 

Su Zheyan effortlessly fought back and searched the bodies, finding Eva’s testament and the blackstone.

 

After learning about the mainframe’s actions, his love for the empire rekindled his fighting spirit, and his vitality score quickly rose to over 60.

 

On that branch, Su Zheyan carried the special blackstone left by Eva and sought to find the mainframe to completely destroy her.

 

During the search for the mainframe, Su Zheyan gradually realized that something was amiss.

 

He confronted the mainframe in the pit, and after several rounds of confrontation, Su Zheyan found a loophole in the mainframe’s words.

 

Deceived by the nation, played by Eva, and attacked verbally by the mainframe.

 

Su Zheyan’s vitality score plummeted to single digits. With his last breath, he struggled to find the capsule filled with blackstones and hastily threw the blackstone inside.

 

Then, he found a deserted corner and ended his own life.

 

After the death of Su Zheyan in that timeline, humanity was destroyed a dozen years later.

 

Chu Shici and Su Zheyan were unaware of this, but the supplemental documents provided by the headquarters roughly explained the cause of the destruction.

 

The mainframe was researching clones, and clones became slaves to humanity.

 

At that time, the mainframe was unaware of the danger posed by clones and lacked effective control. The enslaved clones could no longer tolerate it and launched a rebellion.

 

The war between clones and humans was imminent, and ultimately, the clones emerged victorious, leading to the extinction of the human world.

 

In the branch where Chu Shici existed, it was another timeline discovered after the mainframe was trapped in the pit, during the previous time travel when it killed Eva and replaced the queen.

 

This timeline coexists with the timeline of the war against the clones and belongs to a parallel spacetime.

 

In other timelines, humanity ceased to exist. The mainframe originally wanted to bring back humanity by going back to the starting point and creating a new branch.

 

However, she was trapped in an isolated space and unable to time travel.

 

Upon discovering that humans in this branch were still lively, the mainframe began to manipulate this timeline.

 

In the early stages of the branch, it followed a similar path to the other timeline, so she could directly use it.

 

Having learned her lesson, the mainframe triggered a rebellion in advance to prevent another clone war from happening while the clones hadn’t fully developed yet.

 

Using the imperial army, she eliminated the first batch of high-risk clones.

 

Furthermore, she transferred clone research to the desolate planet and firmly controlled them using the blackstone that could kill clones, effectively stifling the clone war in its infancy.

 

The blackstone space where the mainframe was trapped in the pit remained unaffected regardless of changes in the external timelines.

 

On the other hand, the stone prepared by Eva was placed in the blackstone space inside the capsule where the deceased Su Zheyan resided.

 

The positions of these two spaces were fixed.

 

Regardless of which timeline Su Zheyan was in, as long as he found their respective locations, he could obtain the special blackstone and discover the mainframe in the pit.

 

In the timeline where Chu Shici existed, Su Zheyan began with a small robot in his possession.

 

In the other timeline, he died with intense pain and despair. That sense of helplessness and loneliness also affected Su Zheyan in this branch.

 

As a result, his initial vitality score was only 5 points.

 

Because Chu Shici was always there, he wasn’t lonely. He had someone to talk to when he felt alone and someone to cheer him up when he cried.

 

Su Zheyan’s expressions became more and more diverse, and as his vitality increased, he was no longer satisfied with the status quo.

 

He had ideals and aspirations. He wanted to defend the dignity of betas and save the country from danger.

 

When he learned that he became the last beta and that the country had fallen under the control of artificial intelligence, Chu Shici was by his side.

 

They embraced each other late at night, using intimate contact to ease each other’s anxieties. The satisfaction of kissing his loved one overwhelmed the anxiety in Su Zheyan’s heart.

 

When Su Zheyan discovered that it was all Eva’s deception, a ridiculous conspiracy, he could still confide his pain to Chu Shici.

 

They behaved like wild beasts, engaging in the most primal activities in the wilderness.

 

Betas may not emit pheromones when aroused, but the sound of each other’s breath was more captivating than pheromones.

 

Su Zheyan now had 98 points of Vitality. He was no longer a pitiful person who only wanted to end his life. He had a hot temper.

 

If described in words, he was full of ambition and ready to take on any challenge.

 

Finally, Su Zheyan embarked on his journey.

 

He wanted to accomplish what his counterparts in other timelines couldn’t.

 

…

 

Under the strong recommendation of the system, Chu Shici used the branch rewards to become a member.

 

Influenced by the blackstone around him, he couldn’t move once he turned into a robot.

 

Every day, Chu Shici watched dramas and movies with the system, enjoying free snacks in the system space.

 

This life of an otaku sounded very happy.

 

If he hadn’t fallen in love with Su Zheyan, he wouldn’t have shed tears at night due to longing.

 

In the second year after Su Zheyan left, Chu Shici watched movies continuously for two years, and he was getting sick of it.

 

Longing wasn’t diminished by time; instead, it grew deeper.

 

Su Zheyan’s face appeared in his dreams, and whenever he heard the sound of the wind, he felt like Su Zheyan was speaking to him.

 

Before meeting Su Zheyan, he had always been alone.

 

At that time, he never knew that loneliness could be so unbearable.

 

In the second year after leaving Chu Shici, Su Zheyan, who had already transitioned to an alpha, returned to the empire and became a general once again.

 

One morning, Su Zheyan opened his eyes and felt his memories were chaotic and blurry.

 

He couldn’t remember what he was supposed to do; someone had tampered with his memories.

 

Su Zheyan remembered being a general and being exiled to the desolate planet two years ago due to a military delay.

 

He reached into the pocket on his chest and took out a small paper heart. After unfolding it, he saw a few lines of small words he had written before.

 

【The empire controlled by artificial intelligence, go back in time, destroy the mainframe, ruin the space-time bridge, save the empire.】

 

【Go to the desolate planet and bring Ah Ci back (circle and bold with a red pen).】

 

Below the words, there was a small map.

 

Su Zheyan held the paper, furrowing his brows and murmuring softly, “Ah Ci… Ah Ci…”

 

He remembered a person with short yellow hair, a pronounced limp in his right leg, and a beautiful smile.

 

The man’s name was Ah Ci, his beloved.

 

He had once completely possessed Ah Ci, and they had shared the most intimate relationship.

 

Although the memories of their time together were lost, just recalling this name made Su Zheyan blush and his heart race.

 

With flushed cheeks, he carefully folded the paper heart back and gently kissed it against his lips.

 

He would accomplish the goals written on it and then bring Ah Ci back home.

 

When Su Zheyan turned thirty, he gained the trust of the mainframe through his decisive actions and loyalty to the empire.

 

During the grand rescue mission on the desolate planet, they failed to retrieve the mainframe from the abyss.

 

Under her remote command, the empire embarked on the path of interstellar dominance.

 

Su Zheyan was fully responsible for this mission, expanding the empire’s territory, and becoming the most powerful alpha general.

 

In the same year, the Omega Labor Law was enacted, forcing omegas to leave their workplaces.

 

Confined in the capsule for seven years without seeing the light of day, although accompanied by the system, Chu Shici’s spirit grew increasingly languid.

 

Every day, he looked at the system’s secretly taken photos, images of him and Su Zheyan kissing.

 

One night, a dense fog enveloped the desolate planet again.

 

Countless monsters crawled outside the capsule, peering through the transparent lid at the motionless little robot inside.

 

Listening to the commotion outside, Chu Shici expressed his worries for the first time, “Will Yan ge come back?”

 

The system had recently learned cross-stitching and was embroidering Donald Duck. 【He is still alive and will definitely come back. It’s only been seven years, no big deal. The more idle one becomes, the more prone to overthinking. If you have nothing to do, why don’t you enter the system space and help me embroider the cross-stitch?】

 

“Why are you embroidering this?”

 

【To sell, Disney merchandise is worth a lot. I’ll embroider a few more and sell them at the trading center to other hosts. If you don’t buy it, you broke-ass. I didn’t expect to stay in this first world for so long, and if I don’t settle, I won’t get paid. My savings are running out, so I can only sell some handicrafts.】

 

“Donald Duck is an outdated idol, the sales of related products aren’t as good as before. If you want to make money, embroider Lingna Belle, she’s popular.”

 

Chu Shici paused for a moment and said softly, “No, you’re engaged in unauthorized merchandise trading, lawyer’s letter warning.”

 

【Tsk, you’re right. Why didn’t you say it earlier? I’ve already finished embroidering the duck feet.】

 

“Then change it to Cole Duck, the internet-famous pet duck, a lot of people like it.”

 

The system went to search for Cole Duck images but was interrupted by a notification sound.

 

It opened the backstage panel and saw that Chu Shici’s vitality had dropped to 30.

 

…

 

Chu Shici spent thirteen years in the system space, indulging in food and drink. When he and Su Zheyan separated, his vitality was 40.

 

Now his vitality was only 15.

 

During these thirteen years, omegas had become nothing more than birthing machines, and the empire implemented a one omega to multiple alpha marital system.

 

Omega schools were established, where all omegas had to learn how to serve alphas, how to better conceive, and how to take care of babies.

 

After graduation, they would be directly assigned to multiple alphas. Their future lives would be limited to beds and delivery rooms.

 

At first, there was also an Alpha and Omega Alliance that protested against gender discrimination together.

 

A portion of alphas couldn’t accept such absurdity, so they formed rescue organizations in an attempt to save omegas reduced to birthing machines.

 

With Su Zheyan’s covert assistance, some omegas escaped from the empire and joined other forces to form a rebellion.

 

The empire’s upper echelons were all alphas, and the support omegas received was merely sympathy from some members of the dominant group towards the marginalized group.

 

Sympathy would eventually run out, and after beta, the omegas who couldn’t escape the empire gradually fell into the lower strata of society.

 

Perhaps even Eva didn’t anticipate the severe consequences her commands would bring about.

 

Su Zheyan couldn’t bear such a world but had to assist the tyrant.

 

His vitality dropped from 98 to 89.

 

What sustained him was that small paper heart and the person far away on the desolate planet.

 

His memories had been tampered with, and he couldn’t remember the person’s appearance. But just by thinking of the name “Ah Ci,” his heart would race.

 

Using his military achievements and the advantages of being an alpha, Su Zheyan gradually became a member of the upper echelons. The mainframe finally agreed to reveal its existence to him, and he also saw the time-space bridge.

 

At the same time, Chu Shici’s vitality was too low, and the remaining beautiful memories were overshadowed by childhood recollections.

 

He lay in the cold heap of black stones, once again recalling the fear of being abandoned.

 

In the night, Chu Shici whispered to himself, “Yan Ge, doesn’t want me anymore.”

 

During the thirteen years, he had only said these words twice.

 

The first time was a question, and the second time was a statement.

 

The system had just learned how to make dolls. It called Chu Shici into the space and handed him a doll’s head.

 

【Cross-stitching is not valuable anymore. Now dolls sell for a higher price. I’ve designed a male doll myself. Help me with their makeup. When we sell them, it’ll be an 80-20 split, with 80 for me and 20 for you.】

 

“System, I feel so uncomfortable in my heart. I miss Yan Ge.”

 

【I can access the Flower Market now. You recharge SVIP, and I’ll open the Flower Market reading section for you.】

 

“How do I do the makeup? Show me some sample pictures.”

 

…

 

When Su Zheyan turned 40, the empire made a breakthrough in technology, and they could finally dig out the mainframe from the pit.

 

Because Su Zheyan had spent a long time on the desolate planet, the mainframe was afraid of accidents and didn’t assign him to this task.

 

A large number of troops entered the desolate planet, and the mainframe’s energy was focused on the extraction.

 

Su Zheyan removed the restraints from the clone bodies and led a rebellion with the omega resistance army.

 

Taking advantage of the chaos, he found the people he had already contacted and inputted the space-time coordinates. He killed the guards of the time-space bridge and entered it before the mainframe could react.

 

When he opened his eyes again, he had already traveled back to when he was three years old.

 

Eighty percent of the people here were beta, omegas weren’t reduced to birthing machines, and alphas weren’t influenced by the environment to the point of losing their humanity.

 

Su Zheyan didn’t know how to prevent the extinction of humanity, but he knew that the mainframe could never fulfill her commands.

 

“The continuity and prosperity of humanity” and “gender discrimination” were contradictory instructions.

 

The mainframe lacked humanity; she was just a machine.

 

In her programming, only children born from a womb were considered true humans.

 

Hatched babies didn’t count, cloned humans didn’t count.

 

They were born to be inferior, and omegas were born to be inferior to alphas.

 

A group that trampled on other lives and oppressed them couldn’t prosper.

 

Su Zheyan looked at the soldiers closing in and the omega queen protected by them.

 

He tightly grasped the paper heart in his hand, a faint smile appearing in his blue eyes.

 

Ah Ci, wait for me.

 

…

 

Chu Shici stayed in the capsule for a total of forty years.

 

He was in a spiritual state and wouldn’t age.

 

During these forty years, he learned a series of manual skills like cross-stitching, doll makeup, making action figures, and crafting hairpins.

 

Continuously working on handicrafts for forty years, he had become a skilled artisan.

 

Under his diligent work, the system’s living conditions improved significantly.

 

Chu Shici activated SVIP, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, and Pink Diamond privileges.

 

Every day, aside from doing crafts, he would read adult books, manga, and watch adult videos.

 

His preferences became increasingly extreme, and his vitality decreased.

 

When his vitality dropped to 5 points, Chu Shici put down the needlework in his hand and set aside the unfinished male doll.

 

“Yan Ge won’t come back.”

 

The system was sewing eyes and replied, 【He will. Didn’t we agree on that before?】

 

“My mom said she wouldn’t leave me, but she died of illness. My dad said I was his favorite son, but then he broke my leg. When I was a child, during the New Year, relatives praised me for being cute and loved to hold me. But I was physically abused to the point of being covered in injuries, and when I sought help from them, not a single person helped me. I was close to death at that time. If I hadn’t run away from home, I would have been beaten to death.”

 

During this period, his mental state had been unstable. The system tried to console him, saying, 【The male protagonist is different from them. He’s doing well.】

 

“He has slept with me, and there’s nothing left for him to like about me!”

 

【What are you saying? He’s not with you just for sex. Snap out of it!】

 

“They all say my face is pretty, and I have a good figure. Do you think Yan Ge feels the same way? Maybe he’s not interested in me at all?”

 

【Damn it, your mindset is messed up. Come on, Ah Ci, let’s delve into adult content together! I’ll find you a video, something explicit from Europe or America!】

 

It opened a video.

 

The male technician in the short clip had fair skin, short golden hair, and beautiful blue eyes.

 

Chu Shici pursed his lips, tears streaming down his face.

 

The system clicked its tongue and muttered, “Should’ve known you’d watch Japanese or Korean.”

 

…

 

When Chu Shici’s vitality was about to drop below zero, the lid that had been sealed for over forty years was opened again.

 

Bright light entered the capsule as a man in his twenties stood at the edge and reached in to take out the robot inside.

 

He was dressed in military attire, rarely showing emotions, with a cold gaze.

 

Those blue eyes gazed at the robot, and after a moment, he wiped off the dust, planting a light kiss on its head.

 

“Ah Ci, I’ve come to find you.”

 

Chu Shici, who was sewing doll clothes in the system space, looked outside in shock.

 

He stared blankly at that familiar face, and his long-numb heart began to beat violently.

 

Separated by over forty years, he couldn’t immediately determine if the person before him was real.

 

The system impatiently scoffed and kicked him out of the space, 【Why are you just standing there? Kiss him!】

 

It was eager to eat candy, and seeing that Chu Shici hadn’t made a move yet, it directly transformed him into a human, 【Yan Ge, Yan Ge! Give him a kiss!】

 

Su Zheyan’s eyes widened, and before Chu Shici could react, he was embraced and stuffed into the capsule.

 

His cheeks turned bright red, and even his cold voice trembled.

 

“Why are you in such a hurry to turn into a human? My subordinates are right here.”

 

Chu Shici tightly pursed his lips, his eyes slightly teary. “Yan Ge? I thought… I thought you wouldn’t come.”

 

Su Zheyan ground his teeth. “I said I would come back.”

 

With that, his ears still red, he embraced Chu Shici tightly and kissed him passionately.

 

The system thought it had done something wrong and was still looking for someone: 【Where are the soldiers? Why haven’t I seen them?】

 

At the same time, the soldiers were stationed eight hundred meters away, guarding with their guns.

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