The Xenith Trilogy
Seeing Cecil falling from the sky, Darren and the rest were dumbfounded. They certainly knew the origin of the black gold mech, so they were undoubtedly shocked.
"Why are you fooling around, shouldn't we be squeezing out the juice?" Zhou Yun Sheng removed several iron drums from his space capsule.
"Yes, I'll squeeze them right away." Darren looked at the boy with awe, then he dropped the grass into an iron drums to crush with a stone, but he also didn't forget to drive away his cousin that was closely tailing the boy, "As you can see, we're not in danger anymore, and no one pressed the helper, you can leave. Please come earlier next time, don't just wait for the excitement to be over."
Osborne really wanted to grab the boy and strangle him, he stood silently for a moment, saw Cecil concentrating on making the juice, not even giving him the corner of his eyes, then left, depressed. The mech started rising into the air, and the boy on the screen slowly became a black speck, until he disappeared into the layers of foliage. He suddenly felt heart palpitations.
His heart couldn't bear the pain of separation, as if he'd already lost the boy numerous times, finding him after pursuing him through the darkness, only to lose him again. He landed and immediately opened the Star Network, looking through the countless surveillance videos to find the boy's exclusive channel, then the heart palpitations finally calmed down.
Zhou Yun Sheng used the patrinia juice to melt the spider web, rescuing the trapped candidates, then they ran for one day and night, finally arriving at the rendezvous site. With nothing left to do, they directly reclined on the grass.
The candidates arriving after them also followed suit, and soon a large pile of bodies laid on the grass.
As soon as the deadline arrived, the school counted the number of people present, 475 people went in, 461 people came back, they could determine that 3 were dead, leaving 11 people missing, but the school would join forces to search the jungle until their life or death was confirmed. Those who arrived safely would be immediately sent back to Empire Star.
The results were quickly summed up, and as the leading instructor, Osborne personally handed a military medal to Cecil. The boy smiled and accepted it, looked it over for a while, then pursed his red lips to print a kiss on it. The sight of this scene made a wave of electricity pass through Osborne, every hair stood on end, clamoring with desire for the boy.
He even quickly sketched a scene of the boy kissing him in that way in his mind. He couldn't control his own thoughts, sooner or later, he would go mad from this longing. He found it difficult to walk away, then he noticed that many of the candidates were revealing questioning or resentful looks. They hadn't witnessed Cecil's Zerg hunting process, so they naturally didn't believe that an Omega could top the list.
"Darren must've helped him cheat. Omega sure have it made, as long as they have a beautiful face, there will always be a strong Alpha to bring them a half dead Zerg to kill. But even cheating has to have a limit, isn't 6857 points too exaggerated? Even General Osborne's score was not that high, who does he think he is?" One of the students mocked, and contemptuous laughter sounded.
Osborne didn't bother explaining, he opened his personal terminal and played back every instance of Cecil's kills on a holographic screen. Every battle was a perfect combination of superb bodywork, accurate marksmanship, abnormal speed and 100% correct judgment. No one could turn killing into an art form like him.
He'd boldly walked into the middle of a group of a dozen phantom spiders, cutting them into meat balls with a relaxed and pleasant expression, the video was too thrilling, the ridiculing candidates were shocked speechless.
The man who'd just complained lowered his head, his cheeks turned purple, like he'd just received dozens of slaps, on the Star Network, countless people were ridiculing his ignorance and narrow mindedness.
"Anyone else wants to complain that Cecil was cheating?" Osborne looked around, the candidates who were touched by his cold eyes lowered their heads to avoid it.
"Very well, then let's watch a video." He clicked on his personal terminal and played a front-line combat video. CT073, after all, was a mineral star, the army periodically spent a lot of effort to eliminate the Zerg inhabiting it, cutting short their reproduction and evolutionary cycles, so the environment here was bad, but it was heaven compared to the real front line.
The evolution of the Zerg produced wisdom and more terrifying appearances, if Zhou Yun Sheng had to describe them, they were less like insects, more like aliens. They were indestructible, highly poisonous, with sharp teeth that could directly bite into a starship, some were very big, dozens of meters high, each step causing mini earthquakes.
The soldiers on the front line were fighting such fearsome creatures. Simple equipment was unable to hurt the Zergs' hard shell, so humans invented mech, but even so, Zergs still held the advantage. They multiplied and evolved at a faster rate, almost every few days, they would annex another planet.
If they were allowed to advance, sooner or later, humanity would go extinct.
After watching the video, the candidates were silent, finally sobering up to how much responsibility they had to shoulder.
"Now do you know what a real fight looks like? You should be more concerned about how to improve yourselves, that will make you live longer. Now you're dismissed, you'll receive a notice of admission to Chelman in three days, please report on time." Osborne closed the holographic screen and was about to offer to send Cecil home, when he saw Old Bernard standing outside in the hallway.
Cecil ran over and hugged him, and both grandfather and grandchild smiled brightly. When Old Bernard's gaze swept over, his pleasant smile instantly turned into cold anger. He still couldn't forgive the man who had given his grandson such a life-long shame.
Osborne straightened his back and respectfully saluted, then he stood stiffly as he watched them leave. He could see Cecil again after three days, it was only three days, gone in the blink of an eye. He told himself this, but he couldn't ignore his inner anxiety and uneasiness.
He went to his school assigned single-family villa and found that Joshua was standing in his carefully cultivated rose garden, sniffing the most beautiful one. His eyelids were slightly lowered, his face revealing a holy and brilliant expression, this scene would've made Osborne deeply fascinated in the past, but now it had suddenly lost its soul sucking-like magic.
Osborne paused and found that his heart, which had once started beating wildly at the sight of Joshua, was now very quiet. The attraction to the surface couldn't be compared to capturing the depths of the soul. He never knew that he was so superficial, just because of a beautiful face, he'd hastily discarded the happiness that was almost in his hand.
Thinking of how he'd already lost the right to worry about Cecil, and of how Old Bernard had vowed to never allow a marriage with the Mathew family again, redness gradually floated into his dark eyes.
He turned and fled, looking pitiful.
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Zhou Yun Sheng went home and immediately started designing his own mech. The Empire's largest military factory could customize a mech for the individual, as long as you could afford it, even an ultra-mech could be made. But generally no one had such a mech custom made, because they simply couldn't control it.
Old Bernard contacted several top designers and let his grandson communicate with them through the Star Network. Three days soon passed, and Zhou Yun Sheng arrived at Chelman Military Academy on time to attend the admission ceremony, rejecting the school's request to speak on behalf of the freshman, and choosing the most inconspicuous position to sit.
He was the only Omega recruited into Chelman since its inception, he was powerful, looked beautiful, and was slender, almost no place was imperfect. He was wearing a starched uniform, each button was buttoned up according to the regulations, holding his cap in one hand, the other hand on his knee, it was clearly a very elegant sitting posture, but it produced a dangerous atmosphere.
He'd combed his black hair back, revealing his chiseled face, and because his skin was too pale, his eyes looked blacker, his lips redder. Such an eye-catching appearance, even though he was sitting in the most secluded corner, people couldn't ignore him.
The candidates had went back to watch the whole exam video, they'd already learned that Cecil had 3S level spiritual power and physique, no doubt, he would become the Empire's most dazzling star. They no longer dared to say anything about his sex and his marriage rejection scandal, instead they were awed by him.
When the ceremony ended, Cecil stood up and the people sitting around him made way for him.
Zhou Yun Sheng leisurely strode out of the auditorium and saw two figures standing by the exit, his spine suddenly stiffened. He tried his best to keep his eyes wide open, because he was too excited, his eyes were starting to water. The man who was smiling and talking to Osborne was Adounis, he could never mistake his extremely beautiful face.
He quickly walked over, his exploring eyes made contact with the other man's eyes for a moment, and he finally recovered his reason. Even if this person was Adounis, he was an Adounis that had lost his memories, they were currently strangers.
He slowed down his pace, but couldn't help but reveal a wistful smile.
Osborne had already froze like a statue when the boy had started looking in their direction and walking over, he was gratefully enjoying the feeling of the boy watching him, but then he noticed that boy was not watching himself, but the man next to him, Kyle Kleist.
His eyes were very warm, mixed with nostalgia, love, excitement, and disbelief. The boy quickly paced over, but he didn't even give Osborne the corner of his eyes, which made Osborne's calm heart set off waves. His left hand, which was holding his cap, slightly trembled from trying to restrain his fear, his fingers had turned pale.
He was all too aware of the hidden meaning behind the boy's gaze – Cecil had fallen in love with Kyle at first sight.
This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen! Cecil can only belong to me! His heart roared, the painful emotions blocking his nostrils and eyes, giving him breathing difficulties and an urge to cry at the same time. At this moment, he could no longer escape his true feelings.