Yun Chuji made no effort to hide the fact that she was calling the police. In fact, she was counting on it to make this group of alphas back down.
The public security laws in S-District clearly stated that fights involving more than two alphas were strictly prohibited. Violators could be detained for anywhere from half a month to six months, depending on the circumstances.
But in truth, the mindset of a well-bred young lady from a feudal society like Yun Chuji’s could never have predicted the bizarre logic of these war machines.
For instance, what they were thinking right now was that the police would probably arrive in five minutes—maybe even sooner, since this was an omega-dense area. This meant that if they didn’t act fast, they wouldn’t get a chance to fight at all!
Even worse, if someone else got the first punch in, they’d get to brag about it for the rest of their life!
They might even find a partner by tomorrow!
—A true alpha has to charge!
In an instant, the once-loose crowd surged toward the two of them. Within the tide of people, the alphas were cleverly tripping, elbowing, and throwing cheap shots at each other. People fell here and there, but the mass as a whole kept advancing, rushing at Yun Chuji like a writhing monster.
The moment Yun Chuji and Feng Ling realized the alphas weren’t the least bit intimidated, they turned and ran. The thunderous footsteps behind them made them wish they could sprout two more legs.
Yun Chuji finally understood what Feng Ling meant when he said alphas fight on instinct. In her past life, she never would have dreamed she could run this fast, nor would she have dreamed she could spin around and kick away the hand of a male alpha just as it was about to touch her shoulder.
They ran in circles around the venue. Soon, the alphas broke their tight formation, their hunting instincts causing them to spread out. The objective was no longer about beating up this arrogant, pretentious alpha to save face. The point now was the thrill of the chase. The alphas were all excited, their innate violent tendencies making their blood run hot. They stared at the white figure like predators eyeing a fleeing rabbit.
Without any instruction, they instinctively formed an encirclement. The circle gradually tightened, and it seemed Yun Chuji and Feng Ling had nowhere left to run.
The omegas upstairs had scattered the moment the hunt began, leaving only a few particularly bold ones still filming from behind the barrier.
The harsh panting of the alphas was grating, and the imminent sense of danger made the hair on Yun Chuji’s arms stand on end.
But strangely enough, she was also getting excited.
The same alpha bloodlust that had gotten her into this mess was now working within her. She would occasionally spin around to strike, knocking one alpha down, who would then be swallowed by the alpha crowd.
Feng Ling tried to copy her moves, but for some reason, his reactions weren’t as fast as Yun Chuji’s.
The number of people surrounding them dwindled, but there were still more than a dozen left.
In the final encirclement, Yun Chuji and Feng Ling had less than three meters of space, trapped between the wall and the crowd.
“I challenged you to a fight and you refused, but you’ve got some new tricks up your sleeve. I have to say, this is pretty fun. Much more interesting than fighting in the ring.”
A male voice rang out, but it was impossible to tell which direction it came from.
The sound of heavy breathing was just too loud.
They were now at a stalemate. Although the prey was trapped, time was running out, and only one of them could have the honor of tearing it apart.
The atmosphere between the alphas grew exceptionally tense.
Yun Chuji was exceptionally tense as well.
With so many alphas engaged in strenuous activity, it was inevitable that their pheromones would be released in large quantities. The ventilation system couldn’t keep up, and the entire venue reeked. Alphas couldn’t stand the scent of their own kind, especially high-ranking ones, which was one of the reasons they had grown more and more frenzied during the hunt.
Soon, the stalemate was broken. They were running out of time, and any further delay would only allow this alpha to escape a glorious alpha battle with her ridiculous little tricks.
And so, all the alphas charged at once.
The pungent scent reached its absolute peak.
A frenzy assaulted Yun Chuji’s mind. She had never been so angry in her life. This anger seemed to transcend the realm of emotion and become a tangible, physical pain.
The pain stimulated the back of her neck, where the small patch of her gland was burning hot.
Just as the first excited fist came swinging toward her.
An alpha pheromone of extreme pressure pinned down every alpha in the room.
“Thud.”
Someone fell.
Ah, it was Feng Ling, who was closest to Yun Chuji.
“Thud.”
“Thud.”
“Thud.”
One after another, they collapsed.
It was as if an invisible hailstorm had descended from above, and the alphas were stalks of wheat.
Yun Chuji’s face was flushed and covered in sweat. She was bent over slightly, her usually gentle eyes filled with fury.
After everyone had fallen, that fury slowly gave way to confusion.
The police officers, held back at the entrance by the pheromones, wiped the sweat from their brows and looked at each other in bewilderment.
What… what was this situation?
Didn’t the report say a group was ganging up on two people?
How did it turn into one person taking down a whole crowd?
Before they could remain stunned for long, the only alpha still barely standing also collapsed.
“What are you waiting for? Betas, go in and help them! Alphas, wait outside!”
With a loud shout, the police sprang into action, and the chaos seemed to be reaching its end.
If one were to ignore the holocams of the few omegas still filming from above.
The group of brawling alphas had to be taken to the hospital before they could be taken to the police station. Normally, even in a real fight, given how tough alphas were, they would have been sent straight to the station unless they were beaten so badly they couldn’t stand. But this time, the injuries were to their most fragile part—their glands. And so, the police vehicles roared off toward the hospital.
The remaining beta officers were cleaning up the scene below. The ventilation system was cranked to full capacity, and special agents designed to absorb alpha pheromones were deployed to clear the overly thick scent in the boxing gym. Meanwhile, the omegas above were discussing excitedly, “That has to be an S-rank!”
“Definitely!”
“I knew it! That girl was so different. So this is the noble aura of an S-rank!”
“Ahhhhh, I want to get close to her!”
“Don’t even think about it! Let me!”
At the same time, a video titled “Live Footage: Super Sweet S-Rank Alpha Takes on 20+ Buff Alphas by Herself” was quietly going viral on the StarNet.
Qi Qi was a newly differentiated omega enjoying his differentiation leave. Today, like any other day, he was surfing the StarNet.
To his surprise, a video with a tacky title was rapidly climbing the trending charts. He scoffed internally. It’s probably just clickbait. These people will do anything for views.
But his finger still couldn’t resist clicking on it.
It was just that the alpha on the video’s thumbnail was a little too good-looking.
And after clicking, she was even more good-looking.
Qi Qi watched it a full eight times before stopping. After saving and downloading the video, he left a comment similar to many others in the comment section: Three minutes! I want all the information on this alpha!
A-District.
After finishing her homework, Yun Chuwan opened her holobrain to relax, only to see a face in the trending videos that, while slightly unfamiliar, was still largely recognizable.
Elder Sister?
Yun Chuwan clicked on the video.
After watching it, her jaw dropped.
This is… Elder Sister?????????
Tang Group, Research and Development Department.
Tang Jianxi sat in her office chair, rubbing her temples. The air purifier was working hard to deliver a refreshing mint scent, but it wasn’t very effective. For days, she had been dealing with a heavy workload during the day and sparring intellectually with Winona at night. Neither of them was willing to reveal their identity first. Tang Jianxi could sense that the other woman was hiding a huge secret, but she was hesitant to take the risk of earning her trust.
After all, she didn’t know where this person came from. If she was a well-disguised spy—like so many other pitiful omegas in recent years—it would drag things into a complicated mess.
She would wait.
In another day, she would be able to bypass the imperial monitoring system and get Winona’s DNA test results. Then she would know who she really was.
But, in three days, she had to see Yun Chuji.
Tang Jianxi’s hand paused.
Her gaze drifted involuntarily to the second cabinet on the right side of her desk. The seeds she had promised to bring Yun Chuji were lying there. She had returned in such a hurry that she had forgotten about them.
Afterward, one thing had followed another, and she never had the chance to deliver them.
And what was the point of delivering them?
Her attitude had been made clear enough. Why do something so contradictory? It would only undermine her own resolve.
Tang Jianxi tore her gaze away and went back to reading the tedious business documents.
The priority right now was more important matters. Get a grip, Tang Jianxi.
After about ten minutes of being clear-headed, a not-so-clear-headed Assistant He walked in. The expression on her face was extremely complex, yet also quite simple—it was a mixture of six or seven different levels of astonishment, spreading across her face like ink dropped into water.
Shock, disbelief, stupefaction, amazement, utter horror, and so on.
Tang Jianxi looked with some surprise at her usually overly mature and composed omega assistant. She was acting very, very strange right now.
“Did something happen?”
She ventured a guess. “Did Tang Jianshen give up on the price war with the Third Princess?”
Assistant He shook her head, seemingly still unable to speak. After another ten seconds, she finally managed to say with difficulty, “CEO Tang, please take a look at the number one trending video on the StarNet.”
Puzzled, Tang Jianxi opened her holobrain. The moment she clicked on the StarNet and saw the familiar figure in the top trending spot, she understood.
First, it was Yun Chuji practicing her punches in the boxing ring with an air of otherworldly detachment.
Then, this little antique turned the boxing ring into a coliseum, playing a game of cat and mouse with a group of alphas.
Finally, there was the shocking scene of the white-clad alpha looking down as a large group of alphas involuntarily collapsed to the ground.
It perfectly matched all the propaganda about top-tier alphas in imperial textbooks.
Which was why the omegas in the comment section had all thrown their reserve to the wind, brazenly using their usually private StarNet accounts to seek a partner.
Ha, seeking a partner.
Tang Jianxi felt her canines begin to itch.
Downloading the video and the images from the comment section one by one, Tang Jianxi said without looking up, “Doesn’t imperial law state that publishing someone’s image without their consent is illegal?”
Assistant He was still in a state of shock. It took her a while to reply, “Yes, it is.”
“Very good. Call the Imperial Department of Culture and Education. I want to report this video.”
“Oh, the minister is Auntie Wang, isn’t it? I’ll call her myself later.”
“Huh????”
“Hm?” Tang Jianxi lifted her eyes. Her expression seemed unchanged, but her entire aura had become inexplicably sinister. “Assistant He, as a citizen of the Empire, it is our duty to uphold the sanctity of imperial law.”
“Huh????”
But don’t you always complain that imperial laws are a pile of garbage?
CEO Tang, what’s gotten into you?
Assistant He was full of questions she didn’t dare ask. Tang Jianxi’s current state was simply too bizarre.
She seemed so calm,
but there was a madness to it.
Assistant He felt she needed to calm down.
She quietly backed out of the office.
Just before the door closed completely, Tang Jianxi called out to her. “Assistant He, buy me a flowerpot and some soil.”
“Huh?????” Assistant He was now horrified to find she had become a numb, repeating machine.
Through the half-open door, Assistant He clearly saw Tang Jianxi smile, a very gentle smile, and then she said, “I’m going to plant flowers.”
So… so terrifying.
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