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Arc 2 – Slag that Interstellar Admiral
Chapter 30

Standing in front of the hole, Chi Zhao suddenly felt some pain.

【Because your physique is not good. You are of C-grade physique, the second worst grade out there, so it is normal to feel pain from the radiation in space.】

Chi Zhao was silent for a moment, “Then should I also take off that person’s protective suit?”

【I think…..】

Before the system could speak, the leader of the group of reinforcements exploded in anger. This person not only openly saved Louis West, in such a serious situation he was even standing there in daze!

Louis had a lot of mechas. The most commonly used one had already recognised its master and would only obey Louis’s orders. After falling into a state of shock, it had shut down completely. The mecha Chi Zhao had dug out was one specially designed for retreating with strong defence abilities and fast escape mechanisms. The equipment the rebels had were not so good so it would be impossible for them to catch up to him.

And so, the leader gave up chasing after the enemy. He looked around and ordered, “Go and check again to see if anyone’s still alive.”

A man behind him immediately responded. One stepped forward and asked the leader, “Then what should we do about him?”

He was referring to Chi Zhao. Ever since he pushed Admiral West out, he hadn’t moved or said anything. The leader’s rough face didn’t show any expression in particular. He sneered and was about to tell his subordinate to kill him but before he was able to utter the first word, Chi Zhao rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot.

Leader: “………”

Couldn’t even hold on for three minutes under space radiation. It’s that useless C-grade physique alright!

The strengths of the people in this world are measured using two standards; one was physique and the other was spiritual power. Those of S grade are the highest while D was the lowest. There are very obvious differences between each grade. For example, those with S-grade physique can expose their skin in space and can participate in fights in space without wearing protective gear. The worse the physique, the less time they can stay exposed in space. The reason why the leader didn’t say that Chi Zhao was a D-grade physique was because D-grade physiques couldn’t be exposed to space at all and would die in excruciating pain with no time to utter a single word.

There are only four SS-grade people in the entire empire and Admiral West was one of them. The original’s eldest brother was also one. The original owner, the unlucky person others couldn’t feel any sympathy for, had C-grade physique and B-grade spiritual power. This was common among ordinary people but in the circle of second-generation of officials, it was useless.

Chi Zhao’s own spiritual power is S-grade. It was because of this strong spiritual power that he was found and later bound to by the system. With the system also living in his mind helping him, if it was evaluated again it would come back with a spiritual power of the immensely rare Super S-grade.

If this kind of ability was put in an interstellar novel, it can be considered as a super gold finger. Unfortunately, the script Chi Zhao got wasn’t that of a hero in an interstellar novel. Instead, he was given the script for an ultra-cowardly slag who betrayed the empire.

……..

When Chi Zhao woke up again, he found himself bound to a metal chair. Behind him was a large machine shaped a little like a jellyfish with countless silver-white metal tentacles underneath. At this moment, it was moving around, and it would also let out small static sounds as it moved.

Chi Zhao looked up and saw a machine typically used for intricate surgeries above him. He instantly fell silent.

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He had a bad feeling.

“Awake?”

Chi Zhao followed the source of the voice. A man in his thirties was standing next to him, looking gently at him.

【This is Professor Morris, the one responsible for the rebel’s technical matters. His ability to perform operations on people and on mechas is top notch. Before he defected, he was Shao Ze’an’s grandfather’s mecha technician which means Shao Ze’an knew him. Don’t sit there with that silly look, hurry and call out to him!】

Chi Zhao: “………Professor Morris.”

It was only when he spoke that he realised that his voice was very hoarse. It sounded like his vocal cords were broken, like he had suddenly aged to a seventy or eighty-year-old grandpa. Professor Morris smiled warmly, “Don’t talk for now. You were unconscious for three days. I helped you treat the outside wounds using the treatment capsule, but you haven’t had any water during this time. Your throat must be very uncomfortable.”

He pulled up a chair and sat across from Chi Zhao. Without needing to look up at him anymore, Chi Zhao felt a little better. Morris took in the awakened Chi Zhao for a while before suddenly laughing, “Young master Ze’an, you’re really getting more and more beautiful. Just like your mother, a big beauty.”

Chi Zhao: “………”

Can these words be used to describe a man?

Chi Zhao began to feel uncomfortable under his stare. The system quickly explained.

【The people in this world basically have no concept of gender. Generally, the strong is paired with the weak and the weak is the one who marries into the family. There are also cases where the weak is paired with the weak, and the strong is paired with the strong, but it is very rare. With the physique and spiritual power of the original owner, it was already determined at birth that he would need to marry into another family. He was complimenting you by saying that.】

Chi Zhao fell silent for a moment. He decided to skip over this topic and get straight to the point, “What are you trying to do?”

Morris stretched out his pale but firm hand and gently caressed Chi Zhao’s face. He was actually pretty good looking, a little like an elf prince in those European and American fantasy films Chi Zhao had watched. Not as handsome as them but those melancholic and fragile eyes combined with that pale skin and gentle temperament reminded him of those characters.

“What a pretty face…..no, no, no…..” Morris whispered, “Don’t frown. You shouldn’t make such an expression. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. I just want to do a small operation on you.”

After saying this, Morris retracted his hand and stood up. He took a few steps back, smiled and then started to press a few buttons on the remote in his hand.

 The machine that was moving around slowly just now suddenly increased its speed. A deep needle plunged into Chi Zhao’s ear, the tearing pain making him gasp out in agony. Morris however remained indifferent to all of this. He even became even more pleased when he saw Chi Zhao making a painful expression.

“Fuck this pervert. He didn’t even give me anaesthetics!!!!!”

The system also didn’t expect this. It quickly moved to block Chi Zhao’s pain.

【Host, hurry and pretend to fall unconscious. If not, he’ll become suspicious.】

Chi Zhao took a deep breath and brought out the best acting skills he could muster. He bit his lower lip, twitched a few times and then rolled his head back as he ‘fainted’.

System: “……..”

Alright. The system gives him a 6/10 rating.

Chi Zhao thought he could leave as soon as he woke up. After all, he should be sent back to the main empire to play the role of a spy. According to the plot, Shao Ze’an woke up and found himself in a tattered spaceship. With no time to think about why he was there, he quickly piloted the spaceship to the nearest teleportation point and teleported all the way back home. Shao Ze’an had thought that he had encountered some sort of miracle, but this only lasted until the moment he stepped into the house and heard an unfamiliar voice in his ears. Only then did he despondently find out that he was under the control of the rebels.

Chi Zhao closed his eyes and quietly waited for the operation to end. The system had blocked the pain, but it couldn’t block the feeling of metal filaments moving around in his skin. It felt very strange and a little numb and itchy. He was about to ask the system if the pervert was watching him. If he wasn’t, he could move a little to relieve that itch.

But before he could say anything to the system, there was a loud sound of explosion coming from outside.

Morris turned his head and looked out with a frown. Chi Zhao quickly opened his eyes and similarly looked in the same direction. Morris seemed to have noticed that something was wrong behind him so he quickly turned his head back, but Chi Zhao was faster than him and had already returned back to his ‘playing dead’ state.

Morris:  “………..” He must’ve been mistaken.

Morris has A-grade spiritual power and his senses are very keen, but Chi Zhao was more powerful than him. Before he turned his head to look back, Chi Zhao had already sensed the crisis and put on his act in advance.

Morris watched Shao Ze’an for a while and thought for a moment before walking over to the machine and pressing a couple of buttons. While Chi Zhao was still wondering what he as doing, a burst of sleepiness struck him. Chi Zhao could only utter two words, “Damned pervert——-“

System: “…….” Rest in peace my host.

Outside, Louis West controlled his mecha in the air as he scanned through the ruins over and over again.

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This was the rebels base camp. The rebels were led by the former five-star general Alorin who was banished to the Death Galaxy to fend for himself because of a crime he had committed. No one expected him to actually survive and even forge a path out for himself. Since then, he began to recruit troops and military power with the intent to destroy the Empire.

For many years, the Empire was unable to find Alorin’s lair and could only occasionally dispose of several of his smaller basecamps. This base camp here was one of the more important ones and was in a very hidden location. If Chi Zhao hadn’t touched Louis at that time and left his own genes behind on the mecha, Louis would not have found this place.

While the army fought with the rebels below, Louis had been constantly scanning around the base camp. His eyes were sharp like an eagle, and his expression cold. The more he couldn’t find the person he was looking for, the worse his expression became.

That day he had sensed that someone had saved him, but the poison had rendered his body extremely stiff and his heart had almost stopped so even opening his eyes to see who was saving him was very difficult. Before the mecha wrapped him in, he subconsciously realised that he may never know who had saved him. His strong willpower helped him break through the poison in his body and, finally, he saw that figure.

That weak and thin figure standing there with theirs arms spread open, firmly protecting him from the enemy.

The mecha Chi Zhao had activated wasn’t a smart mecha and it couldn’t keep recordings of the surrounding environment. Louis was placed into his own treatment capsule by the mecha to temporarily preserve his life and once at the base, the doctors there hurriedly treated him, cleared out the poison from his body and helped dress his abdominal wound.

The S-grade physique wasn’t a joke. After returning to the base in the morning, he was able to stand up again in the evening. He immediately took out the mecha that had already returned to its ring state, extracted that stranger’s genes and then compared it with the empire’s gene database. Very quickly, it was concluded to be the genes of Shao Ze’an, the second young master of the Shao Family.

Comparing genes wasn’t done to know the other party’s name, but to trace them. The guests on that ship are either rich or famous with very few of them being servants. If the other party was also one of the rich young masters, it would be easy to handle as they could directly track them with their genes.

But gene tracking could only be used if they are within two light years away and the entire Death Galaxy was about three galaxies large. After finding out that it was Shao Ze’an, Louis immediately led his group of elite troops out to search for him.

This admiral’s injuries had in fact not completely healed and he was practically commanding the troops with sheer willpower. Like this, for three whole days, he had been searching unrelentingly throughout Death Galaxy. He even ran into two space storms as he searched. Not wanting to let his subordinates die in vain, he took the lead every time. Everyone thought their admiral had gone crazy. They didn’t even know if the other person is alive or not. Even if they managed to find the enemies base, it was probably just a small base.

With Alorin’s cunning nature, he would definitely not take Shao Ze’an back to his nest.

Others didn’t understand but Louis didn’t care. He just wanted to find that person quickly. On the brink of death, it was that figure that made his heart that had stopped start moving again. As for what those palpations at that moment meant, he didn’t know. He just knew that he must find him.

Genes could be used to trace one’s location, but it cannot pinpoint their specific position. The mecha could scan through the base in search for signs of life. If he couldn’t find any, it would mean……

Louis clenched his fists. The wound on his abdomen that had not yet completely healed began to ache again. Suddenly, he heard his aide shout, “Admiral, Morris is here!”

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Louis is already not following the script 🤦‍♀️