Villainous Scientist (4)
No matter what Huang Fu’s purpose is, at least they can protect themselves for now.
Song Xuyi knew that the things in this codebook likely contained Huang Fu’s assessment of herself. It also represented the life-saving chance she could fight for—in the current society’s environment, besides Blue Star, Song Xuyi truly had no other refuge.
After returning, Song Xuyi immediately opened the codebook.
She was prepared for criticism, but to her surprise, the codebook’s content was extremely familiar.
It contained explanations of various knowledge points.
These points bore some resemblance to the solid geometry Song Xuyi had studied in high school in her last world but also incorporated some mechanics knowledge, such as stress and inertia. At first, Song Xuyi was somewhat perplexed but gradually grasped the principles upon a second review. By the third pass, she began attempting the exercises set after the knowledge points…
On the fourth attempt, Song Xuyi had figured out the exercises and clicked submit.
Song Xuyi always maintained an extremely high concentration when engaged in a task. She only realized it was late at night when she submitted her answers.
Jiang Qianyu had already settled into the hibernation pod.
The hibernation pod is a device that can isolate radiation and has a built-in environment optimal for human rest and recuperation.
Due to radiation in the wormhole being harmful to the human body in the latter part of the journey, the spaceship would activate its autopilot mode when traversing the wormhole. The people on the ship would all enter hibernation pods to sleep until they’ve crossed the wormhole, after which robots would systematically awaken the humans.
At this time, the pod door was open a crack, and from within, the echo of soothing music faintly emerged, like rhythmic waves crashing against rocks, each wave reaching out in a steady cadence.
Initially, the sound seemed comforting, but over time, Song Xuyi began to feel an inexplicable loneliness, as if she were isolated from the world…
In the room, there was only a bed, and Song Xuyi didn’t dare to sleep with Jiang Qianyu. She had initially intended to sleep on the floor but didn’t anticipate that Jiang Qianyu would choose to sleep in a hibernation pod—after all, the pods were cramped like a coffin and not at all comfortable.
Through the gap, Song Xuyi saw Jiang Qianyu’s body curled inwards, utterly motionless, her face serene as if she truly was in a deep slumber…
Song Xuyi soon fell asleep herself.
Yet, perhaps due to napping during the day or for some other reason, Song Xuyi’s sleep was fitful that night.
In a heavily oppressive dream, it seemed she was trapped at the bottom of the sea where all she could hear was the sound of the waves from above. The waves tirelessly washed over, day in and day out, year after year, in what felt like an eternity…
Because of this dream, Song Xuyi woke very early.
Upon waking, she found the spaceship passing through a certain star system; the light from a distant star, after journeying millions of light-years, burst into view, bright as day, and lighting up the surroundings. Song Xuyi, notorious for her poor sleeping posture, lay spread-eagle on the bed, the blanket discarded on the floor…
It was still early when Song Xuyi yawned and lazily wriggled to the edge of the bed, intending to pull up the blanket and continue sleeping. She then realized that someone was already standing by the window.
Outside the window lay the infinite cosmos where countless nebulae and planets floated brightly or dimly. Jiang Qianyu stood in front of the window, barefoot in a long, spaghetti-strapped white dress; her black hair, reaching midway down her back, was somewhat disheveled and draped behind her. Her shoulders and neck were slender, her skin fairer than snow, and prominent on her back was a pair of beautiful scapulae, like butterfly wings. The bright light softened the austerity of her features, casting a golden hue over her, making her beauty pulsate and tremble the heart…
Such a sight of Jiang Qianyu was simply too beautiful!
Song Xuyi was stunned for a moment; perhaps because her willpower was too weak in the early morning, stricken by such beauty, her heartbeat involuntarily quickened, even though she knew well that the woman before her was not a good person…
“Who could imagine that such a beautiful person would create such a terrifying drug?”
Song Xuyi whispered her reflections to the system, reducing her movements and gingerly pulling the quilt over her face, careful not to make a sound—exemplary people oftentimes make one feel filthy by comparison, even thinking that to disturb her seems a sin.
“You can stop her, come on!”
Yet the system failed to grasp Song Xuyi’s concern, confidently opening its mouth to cheer.
It must be that Jiang Qianyu and the previous world’s villain Zhao Qingyu look too much alike, which led the system to feel, in a daze, that Jiang Qianyu might also fall for Song Xuyi…
Song Xuyi didn’t understand where the system got its confidence from, sighing softly:
Nowadays, she was at her wit’s end concerning Jiang Qianyu. She encountered her life’s nadir right from the start, struggling to fend for herself, Jiang Qianyu remained by her side just to perfect her drug; Song Xuyi even didn’t know if, after losing her observational value, Jiang Qianyu would eliminate her…
What could be done to resolve this deadlock?
No matter how she thought about it, Song Xuyi felt that her future was bleak.
……
The spaceship passed through the dense nebula; the surroundings slowly darkened, and it seemed like rustling noises were coming from the darkness…
Song Xuyi had already lost the urge to sleep and was about to get up—
With a “pop,” the sound of the energy light turning on.
The moment the light brightened, Song Xuyi met Jiang Qianyu’s eyes, who was very close by.
What does she want to do?
Suppressing the doubts rising in her heart, Song Xuyi pretended to have just woken up and looked towards Jiang Qianyu: “Is something the matter?”
“Good morning, Marshal!” Jiang Qianyu’s face had already switched to the insincere mode of feigned concern that Song Xuyi was familiar with, as she looked at Song Xuyi with concern, “I just wanted to check on you. How are you feeling today?”
Is she here to inquire about her “health”?
Song Xuyi narrowed her eyes, guessing Jiang Qianyu’s motive:
Thinking carefully, she had been busy with resigning her official post and moving recently, indeed Jiang Qianyu had not found the opportunity to come over and probe her physical condition.
“I’m okay, just feeling weak and a bit dizzy; my strength still hasn’t recovered…” Song Xuyi clutched the blanket, vaguely described her current physical state, and then glanced tentatively at Jiang Qianyu to share the thoughts she had been brewing: “I have something I’ve been meaning to tell you. I’ve thought about it a lot; my attempt to claim you was wrong. You’ve taken good care of me during this time, but you are a precious Omega, and I can’t forcibly keep you by my side. After we arrive at the Blue Star, if it’s possible, I will help you find a suitable Alpha…”
Listening to Huang Fu, it seems that the Alphas on Blue Star don’t have the strong possessiveness of those from the Imperial Star. Perhaps after Jiang Qianyu finds a beloved Alpha and lives a happy life, she won’t be thinking about overthrowing the empire all day.
“Feeling dizzy?”
However, Jiang Qianyu didn’t pay attention to what Song Xuyi said afterward. She heard what mattered to her, leaned forward, and naturally extended her hand to touch Song Xuyi’s forehead: “Do you have any other reactions?”
Even though she was not in her heat cycle, as Jiang Qianyu drew nearer, the faint scent of peach surrounded her, triggering Song Xuyi’s memories. Song Xuyi couldn’t help but recall that bewildering night when she first arrived in this world…
Song Xuyi’s face turned bright red in an instant, and she stammered: “Maybe because I didn’t sleep well last night…”
“Why is your body temperature getting higher?”
Jiang Qianyu did not loosen her grip as Song Xuyi had hoped. Instead, she touched Song Xuyi’s forehead with her other hand, her frown deepening. After giving Song Xuyi a fixed look, she poked Song Xuyi’s flushed face and whispered: “Why is your face red too?”
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Can’t she see she’s embarrassed?
With that impeccable and beautiful face up close, surrounded by the enchanting scent of peach, Song Xuyi didn’t know whether Jiang Qianyu was teasing her or truly clueless. If this had been before, Song Xuyi would have thought that this woman was teasing her, but after witnessing her in the gravity suit yesterday, considering the growth environment of Omegas in the empire, Song Xuyi started to think it was possible that Jiang Qianyu truly didn’t understand…
Song Xuyi pursed her lips, feeling as if she was on the verge of suffocation. Instinctively, she turned her head to avoid it, but Jiang Qianyu firmly grasped her shoulder—
“Why?”
Jiang Qianyu looked delicate, yet the strength in her hand was surprisingly assertive. Song Xuyi felt an inexplicable suppression emanating from Jiang Qianyu. She struggled momentarily, unable to break free, and what caused her even greater despair was that as Jiang Qianyu drew closer, although it wasn’t her heat cycle, Song Xuyi felt something slowly protruding from the back of her neck…
What a messed-up body!
Song Xuyi felt as if her whole being was on fire…
“The scent of citrus on you is getting stronger,” Jiang Qianyu’s brows furrowed slightly as she leaned close to sniff at Song Xuyi’s neck: “It’s not even your heat cycle right now…”
“You might be sick!” Jiang Qianyu examined Song Xuyi, her eyebrows knitting deeply as if struck by a brilliant idea, her eyes astonishingly bright.
“Let me see your glands…”
She flicked back Song Xuyi’s hair, leaning in close to her neck to inspect the gland that was half-emerged from the skin, her gaze sharpening, and almost reaching out to touch…
Song Xuyi’s body tensed defensively, feeling as though she was truly going to go mad!
At that moment, she was certain: Jiang Qianyu truly did not understand!
In this world, examining the gland was a courtship signal, and Jiang Qianyu’s actions seemed no different from seduction—
But if she wanted to seduce her, Jiang Qianyu wouldn’t have waited until now.
What kind of strange person was this?!
Bearing the most enchanting face and possessing an intelligence high enough to develop a drug that could change an A-type to an O-type, yet unable to distinguish between shyness and sickness…
“Don’t touch!” Remembering the itchy and painful sensation when her gland was last touched, and seeing Jiang Qianyu’s hand approaching her neck, Song Xuyi couldn’t suppress her hoarse voice as she chided: “This is presumptuous!”
Unfortunately, Song Xuyi’s words lacked any deterrent power as Jiang Qianyu confined her in a small space.
“I am concerned about the Marshal—” Song Xuyi wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but Jiang Qianyu’s voice also sounded a bit hoarse as she leaned in closer to Song Xuyi, scrutinizing her gland with great detail, her warm breath on Song Xuyi’s ear causing her to shudder: “The Marshal’s face is very red; you look very uncomfortable…”
This was not what she had seen in the original owner’s memories; Jiang Qianyu would show a face full of disgust whenever she touched the original owner…
At this moment, Song Xuyi truly hated the drug that had brought her to this state and detested her body’s reactions. However, what was most crucial was getting through the current situation…
Song Xuyi’s mind whirred rapidly, and ultimately she shut her eyes and blurted out loudly—
“My face is red because of you!”
A moment of silence ensued—Jiang Qianyu’s movements finally ceased.
“Because of me?” Jiang Qianyu stopped her hand but didn’t let go of Song Xuyi’s shoulders. She slowly raised an eyebrow, leisurely looking down at Song Xuyi, a flicker of confusion passing through her beautiful eyes.
“Because you’re beautiful!”
Song Xuyi, in a fit of resignation, blushed and turned her face away, “When you get close to me, I get shy.”
“As long as you stay away from me,” Song Xuyi bit her lower lip, “the redness in my face will go away.”
Having said this, Song Xuyi originally thought that Jiang Qianyu would back off. However, after a moment of silence, Jiang Qianyu’s voice came through with an epiphany, “Is your gland reacting for the same reason?”
“After you turned into an Omega, you find me very beautiful and you get very shy. Even if it’s not your heat, do you still feel attracted to me?”
The word “heat” sounded incredibly shameful to hear.
Song Xuyi shifted the focus to her blushing face to vaguely handle the gland issue, but Jiang Qianyu was not deceived. Song Xuyi could almost foresee the endless curiosity Jiang would have about her gland, especially with nearly a month of travel still remaining.
Song Xuyi felt a chill thinking about her possible predicament and desperately tried to explain. However, as she opened her mouth, she realized she was at a loss for words: in this world’s common sense, glands were thought to only be active during the heat cycle. Just thinking about staying away from Jiang Qianyu had been her priority, but whenever she got close, Song Xuyi’s gland would inappropriately act up…
Despite previous encounters with Alphas and Betas where this had not happened, could it be it only occurred with Omegas?
Or… was it solely because of Jiang Qianyu?
……
Song Xuyi truly despised the original body for leaving such a mess behind and recklessly wanting to mark Jiang Qianyu…
To Jiang Qianyu, Song Xuyi’s silence was an admission of her suspicions.
“How fascinating, so this is how you look when you’re shy?” Jiang Qianyu’s eyes sparkled as she reached out to touch Song Xuyi’s flushed face, then touched her own face in comparison, her gaze lingering a bit on the gland at Song Xuyi’s neck, seemingly fascinated, before finally stepping back and standing by the bed.
Once free from the envelopment of Jiang Qianyu’s pheromones, Song Xuyi breathed a sigh of relief. Contemplating the embarrassing life ahead that she could foresee, she leaned despondently against the wall, sitting down, as the gland on the back of her neck visibly shrank…
“It really works just like you said!” Jiang Qianyu exclaimed in amazement, observing Song Xuyi’s neck returning to its smooth state, her eyes brimming with interest as if she were a child who had found an extremely satisfying toy…
“Marshal,” Jiang Qianyu leaned in again, her dark eyes unwavering as they looked at Song Xuyi: “Excuse my frankness, but you hardly seem like an adequate Omega at the moment. To demonstrate my loyalty, I am willing to help you adapt to the life of an Omega…”
She claims all the advantages for herself, and now she remembers that she’s the marshal?
Song Xuyi didn’t want to continue the conversation; she had roughly guessed why Jiang Qianyu was saying these things: it was nothing more than a pretext for Jiang Qianyu’s series of research activities in the future.
Sure enough, Jiang Qianyu looked down at Song Xuyi from her position of superiority, once again touched her own flawless face with a hint of pride:
“Perhaps it’s because you’ve become an Omega now, but I also feel that you are prettier than before, and even, somewhat cute…”
“But I won’t be like you, blushing and getting flustered just because I find someone attractive.”
“I think it’s time you learn some basic Omega etiquette.”
Song Xuyi suspected that even the original owner wouldn’t have believed Jiang Qianyu’s honeyed lies.
But facing such a situation, the original owner would probably have to endure it as well; because Song Xuyi realized that she couldn’t overpower Jiang Qianyu.
Regaining her composure, Song Xuyi also noticed something odd: Even though her strength had greatly diminished, she should still be capable of sparring with an average Alpha for hundreds of rounds, yet she didn’t expect to be so easily subdued by Jiang Qianyu.
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Jiang Qianyu must have done something to herself as well, which is why her pheromones carry a subtle aggressiveness, and why her abilities have become so impressive…
If it were someone else, they probably wouldn’t be so extreme, but if it’s Jiang Qianyu, it’s absolutely possible.
For a time, Song Xuyi became increasingly curious about Jiang Qianyu’s past: sometimes Jiang Qianyu would act extremely shrewd, like a politician well-versed in the rules, other times she seemed to even lack basic common knowledge…
What kind of environment could have nurtured such an unusual person?
……
But Song Xuyi didn’t dare to go and ask Jiang Qianyu.
Not only did she not dare to ask, but Song Xuyi was also constantly anxious and worried that Jiang Qianyu would suddenly begin “instructing” her…
Fortunately, Jiang Qianyu had enough findings that morning and spent the rest of the time recording her discoveries on the light brain, not paying further attention to Song Xuyi…
Soon after, Song Xuyi received a message from Huang Fu. She felt a wave of relief and, without even waiting for breakfast, she left a message for Jiang Qianyu: “Today you take the bed, I’ll sleep on the floor; I’ll come back late, so don’t wait up for me,” before rushing upstairs to the third floor.
“Did you solve the homework I gave you last night by yourself, without cheating?”
When Song Xuyi pushed open the door, Huang Fu was looking at a large projection of Song Xuyi’s homework. The look in his eyes towards Song Xuyi was indescribably complex.
“I worked it out myself,” Song Xuyi said, her head bowed, her appearance exceedingly docile: “This concept was somewhat challenging. I had to go over it four times before I managed to come up with such an answer…”
Seeing that Huang Fu didn’t speak, Song Xuyi immediately started to explain her approach to the exercise.
Clearly, Song Xuyi’s problem-solving approach was very accurate, and it wasn’t long before Huang Fu called out “Stop.”
“You have made some small progress,” Huang Fu tried to keep a straight face, attempting to look serious, yet his excited eyes betrayed that what Song Xuyi had achieved was more than just a “small progress.”
He opened Song Xuyi’s code book and brought up another segment of learning materials. Despite his utmost effort to feign dispassion, his glance at Song Xuyi still contained a trace of a smile: “Try studying this section for the next few days…”
Song Xuyi took the materials with her head bowed.
Although calm on the surface, she felt a little thrill inside:
This was the first affirmation she had received in this world!
The settings of this world were too unique. Song Xuyi had been dealt the worst hand from the start, and these days she had been thinking of a way out…
Huang Fu gave Song Xuyi with a way forward…
Even though she was uncertain about Huang Fu’s intent for making her solve problems, Song Xuyi still felt full of vigor.
She used studying as an excuse to remain in the captain’s cabin on the third floor until the evening. Huang Fu, seeing Song Xuyi concentrating so intently, became increasingly gentle in his attitude toward her…
It was late into the night when a reluctant Song Xuyi was finally ushered downstairs by Huang Fu.
After mentally preparing herself, Song Xuyi gritted her teeth and pushed open the door, anticipating a battle of wits with Jiang Qianyu. However, to her surprise, she found Jiang Qianyu already asleep.
Jiang Qianyu was still asleep in the hibernation pod, the sound of the waves ceaselessly accompanying her…
This time, Song Xuyi learned her lesson and went to sleep with headphones on, enjoying a peaceful night’s sleep. However, she did not expect that the next morning, someone would take off her headphones…
Song Xuyi’s hands were tied to the head of the bed by Jiang Qianyu. Facing Song Xuyi’s angry eyes wide with fury, Jiang Qianyu smiled incredibly sweetly: “Marshal, I’m just helping you to overcome your shyness…”
Clearly, Jiang Qianyu had been holding back for a long time. Now that Song Xuyi was at her mercy, not only was her gland carefully felt all over, but if there had not been a lack of equipment, Song Xuyi almost suspected she would have been dissected by her…
After finally being let go, Song Xuyi trembled all over, barely able to stand steadily, looking like a cooked shrimp. Meanwhile, the villain was smiling extremely contentedly, happily releasing the pheromones of a peach, touching Song Xuyi’s flushed face and brazenly boasting, “You see, my teaching really does work…”
“Marshal, you look even cuter now!”
Afterward, Song Xuyi began a life of diligently absorbing knowledge in the captain’s room during the day to delay time, and at night, remained vigilant against Jiang Qianyu’s attacks.
She couldn’t understand why Jiang Qianyu was so keen on studying her. In Song Xuyi’s opinion, after several encounters, Jiang Qianyu must have thoroughly figured her out, but Jiang Qianyu would still occasionally launch a sudden attack that Song Xuyi could not anticipate.
And every time, Jiang Qianyu would appear extremely calm, while Song Xuyi, not being a match for a fight, would end up flustered and breathless.
Song Xuyi had once braved her embarrassment to try to explain to Jiang Qianyu that what they were doing was exceedingly intimate and that they could not continue like this. However, she would often be rebutted with Jiang Qianyu’s retort, “Isn’t this what you wanted, Marshal?”
Biting the corner of her blanket, Song Xuyi truly detested the mess left by the original!
Soon, heavy dark circles hung beneath Song Xuyi’s eyes. As she continued unstoppable studying and testing, enduring the scrutiny of Jiang Qianyu’s research, time quickly passed by.
More than ten days after boarding the spaceship, the people chasing after Song Xuyi caught up, launching the first round of attack from the outside.
For the first time, Song Xuyi witnessed the strength of this ship.
Dozens of Beta crew members appeared on the gurneys, and no one knew how these people had popped up.
They engaged in a fierce battle with Alphas, and those who were in pursuit did not expect this seemingly dilapidated spaceship to be so tough to crack. They were even more surprised that the strength of these Betas was no less than that of Alphas. Soon, the Alphas who had caught up were utterly destroyed under the siege of the Betas…
And this attack seemed to trigger a switch; afterward, the spaceship was subjected to several more assaults…
Until the crew reached the vicinity of the wormhole.
Wormholes are the most dangerous part of interstellar travel; no one dares to attack in this area, as the slightest mishap could endanger themselves—a loss far outweighing any potential gain…
Song Xuyi had expected to spend this time in relative peace, but on the day before entering the wormhole, Huang Fu came looking for her.
“It won’t be long before we reach Blue Star…”
This time, surprisingly, Huang Fu didn’t assign Song Xuyi any more tasks. He looked at Song Xuyi with a smile that seemed profoundly significant: “It’s also time to blow up this ship!”
“From now on, there will no longer be the invincible Marshal Song Xuyi in the world…”
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The author has something to say:
Sorry for the late update. I didn’t finish this morning, so now you get a two-in-one:
~ On Spicy Strips:
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I thought you would sympathize with my dreams of eating spicy strips, but instead, you all are laughing “haha”?
Excuse me?
…(T＿T) It was a chilly, windy night with cold rain.
As someone who can’t live without spicy food, I was on a business trip to a coastal city, residing in a place with semi-closed management. I was eating steamed fish, steamed shrimp, winter melon, greens, chicken legs in the canteen every day…
Then one day, they served stir-fried eggplant with pork. The kind cafeteria auntie said to me: “It’s a little spicy, aren’t you girls worried about getting pimples?”
I was looking forward to it, shaking my head emphatically telling her: “I’m not afraid!”
I joyfully took a big serving.
……
However, afterwards… the harsh reality was slapping my face rudely. In the end, all I could say was… Auntie, I trusted you, but I think you have a misunderstanding about what spicy is.
Each day as dreadful as the last, I endured this miserable life for a whole three! Days!
Until after three days, I met a beautiful, adorable, kind and gentle woman radiating with holy light in the shop…
— Her name was Lao Gan Ma.
She was my redemption, my source of happiness!
With her by my side, I finally came back to life, surviving over ten days…
I’ve already finished two jars of Lao Gan Ma’s Flavorful Chicken Oil Chili Sauce. (For angels who haven’t tried it, you can give this flavor a go, it’s the tastiest among Lao Gan Ma flavors in my opinion~)
My spicy strips will arrive tomorrow…
Do you see the tears brimming in my eyes?
I believe you all definitely understand my anticipation~
LP: Re-translated on February 03, 2024