After Being Transformed Into Cannon Fodder For Death, The Heartthrob Chapter 46
byYe Qingyun’s colossal lie finally managed to temporarily stabilize Gu Shenyuan, giving him a chance to research the Ability Inhibitor.
That day, when Ye Qingyun got out of bed, Gu Shenyuan kept a close watch on him the entire time, as if Ye Qingyun were a creature needing special protection, liable to get hurt if left unattended for a moment.
Ye Qingyun endured this scrutiny while brushing his teeth and washing his face. He then wanted to solve a pressing need, but facing Gu Shenyuan’s expressionless yet intense gaze, he genuinely couldn’t urinate.
Ye Qingyun: “…Don’t be like this. I’m not disabled, I don’t need you to hold my little friend. Can you go out first, please?”
Gu Shenyuan looked at Ye Qingyun’s stomach, giving him a thousand warnings not to fall, and telling him to call him immediately if he did. Only then did Gu Shenyuan leave, looking back every few steps.
This level of care permeated every aspect of their lives. Being treated with such importance, Ye Qingyun could only nervously keep up the pretense, occasionally discussing their future life with Gu Shenyuan.
“If we have a child then, is there anything you’d like to do with them?” Ye Qingyun asked, trying to reinforce Gu Shenyuan’s enthusiasm for life. “We could take them traveling everywhere. What do you think?”
“People must be independent, and boys especially shouldn’t be spoiled,” Gu Shenyuan said expressionlessly. “Once he’s an adult, he should leave home and make his own way.”
Ye Qingyun: “…”
Boys shouldn’t be spoiled?
Ye Qingyun: “I want some juice.”
Gu Shenyuan got up and left, returning shortly with a glass of juice for Ye Qingyun.
Ye Qingyun: “Feed me, please.”
A flicker of a smile crossed Gu Shenyuan’s eyes. He held the glass to Ye Qingyun’s lips, coaxing him to drink the juice.
Ye Qingyun: “Is this what you mean by boys shouldn’t be spoiled? You clearly love spoiled boys! Look how happy you’re smiling!”
Gu Shenyuan reverted to his expressionless state: “You are different from him. The same standards cannot apply.”
Ye Qingyun: “…”
What a double standard.
Ye Qingyun was speechless, secretly relieved that Gu Shenyuan wasn’t genuinely fond of children. When he eventually told Gu Shenyuan that they weren’t actually having a child, Gu Shenyuan probably wouldn’t be too sad.
At the same time, Ye Qingyun officially began his investigation into the Ability Inhibitor.
Previously, Gu Shenyuan had forbidden Ye Qingyun from investigating, claiming it was dangerous and might expose his whereabouts to the enemy. But now that Ye Qingyun had prohibited Gu Shenyuan from running around recklessly, Gu Shenyuan finally relented and began investigating with Ye Qingyun in order to understand the enemy’s movements.
Since Gu Shenyuan was constantly watching him and was an old-fashioned stickler who wouldn’t let him spend too much time online, claiming it was bad for his health, Ye Qingyun could only delegate part of the task to Gu Shenyuan while he directed from the side.
They successfully hacked into the royal intranet and saw an image of the machine. It was a rather delicate and compact device, resembling an ancient incense burner—round and small. Just looking at the exterior, it was impossible to tell it possessed such immense destructive power.
Naturally, such a classified machine wouldn’t have its weaknesses openly displayed. Ye Qingyun and Gu Shenyuan searched through all related documents to the best of their ability but found no files describing any weaknesses, only a self-congratulatory description.
[This is an absolutely perfect machine, immensely powerful, and simultaneously indestructible, impossible to be destroyed by human force.]
Ye Qingyun frowned at this line of text. Gu Shenyuan stroked the hair on the back of his head and softly comforted him: “Don’t worry. If anything happens, I will do everything I can to keep you safe.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Who needs you to keep me safe?” Ye Qingyun stopped Gu Shenyuan from speaking and continued searching for the machine’s weakness himself.
Nothing was perfect; he was certain he could find the machine’s relative weak point!
However, after several days of searching, Ye Qingyun truly found no relevant descriptions. He did, however, make one discovery: within a file, he found the name of the machine’s creator.
Ye Qingyun didn’t hesitate. He immediately followed the creator’s name and located the lead designer’s Star Net homepage.
The designer’s homepage contained a lot of information, showing he was a very enthusiastic sharer. He frequently shared the small items he created with everyone, boasting about how amazing his creations were.
Yet, after searching for a long time, Ye Qingyun found that the designer hadn’t mentioned a single word about his involvement in creating the Ability Inhibitor.
Ye Qingyun had anticipated this; the designer must have signed a non-disclosure agreement, so he wouldn’t release related information in public. But since the author was so talkative, could he really resist writing even one word?
Ye Qingyun pondered for a moment, then attempted to hack into the homepage to extract hidden information.
His efforts paid off. After typing and entering the final line of code, Ye Qingyun genuinely found the relevant information he was looking for within the hidden content.
The designer expressed great satisfaction with the Ability Inhibitor he helped create, praising it profusely. One section read:
[The Emperor demanded this machine be flawless and indestructible, threatening my life if I failed. How ridiculous—what in the world is truly flawless? However, while the machine isn’t perfectly flawless, it’s close enough.
This machine can withstand high-level Abilities, but it couldn’t withstand Mental Strength attacks, which cost us a lot of time to resolve. Now, the only way to potentially destroy the machine is if a 3S-level Mental Strength user is willing to sacrifice their life and use all their Mental Strength to attack it. Everything else, whether Ability or physical damage, will be completely blocked.
But 3S-level Mental Strength users only appear in legends; in reality, you can’t even find a hair of one. That machine will probably never have a chance to be destroyed.]
…A 3S-level Mental Strength user, sacrificing their life to destroy it?
Ye Qingyun froze, instinctively turning to look at Gu Shenyuan. Gu Shenyuan was sitting next to him and had also read the passage.
Gu Shenyuan’s brows furrowed slightly, and he looked back.
“Do you… do you have any thoughts?” Ye Qingyun asked. “Do you want to find a 3S-level Mental Strength user?”
Gu Shenyuan remained silent.
He knew that 3S Mental Strength users were extremely rare. Unlike Abilities, which had a stable path for evolution and improvement, Mental Strength was almost predetermined from birth and very difficult to raise.
Because the Mental Strength of the royal family was generally low, they feared that Mental Strength possessed some special destructive power. Since the current royal line took the throne, they had consistently suppressed Mental Strength research and promoted the idea that Mental Strength was useless.
Moreover, for some unknown reason, high-level Mental Strength users were extremely scarce, let alone 3S-level users. Only one had ever appeared in the entire history of the galaxy, leaving only a brief trace in history. It was said that this person had extremely high emotional intelligence and manipulated all the top figures of the time.
Someone like that—not only was the chance of them appearing slim, but the possibility of them being willing to sacrifice their life to destroy the machine was even slimmer. Even if one did appear, Gu Shenyuan absolutely did not want such a highly calculating person to meet Ye Qingyun.
Gu Shenyuan said in a deep voice: “Qingyun, 3S-level Mental Strength users… are too rare. The difficulty of finding one is immense. I will think of other ways to solve this. Don’t worry too much; take care of your body and rest well.”
Ye Qingyun was also aware of the glorious deeds of that 3S-level Mental Strength user. He cautiously probed again: “I haven’t tested my Mental Strength yet. What if I—”
“Enough.” Gu Shenyuan interrupted Ye Qingyun mercilessly. “Don’t overthink it. There’s no such coincidence. You are not one.”
Ye Qingyun was momentarily stunned—was Gu Shenyuan subtly implying that his emotional intelligence was low? Who said one had to have high emotional intelligence? His IQ was quite high! He was a 3S-level Mental Strength user!
…Wait, no. Gu Shenyuan didn’t want him to sacrifice his life to blow up the machine, so he was trying to nip the possibility of him courting death in the bud.
If Gu Shenyuan knew he was truly a 3S-level user, he would probably be the first to isolate him from that machine. Or, to be even more drastic, he might feed him forbidden drugs to downgrade his Mental Strength, perhaps lowering it to 2S.
He couldn’t let Gu Shenyuan know about this.
Ye Qingyun made up his mind and followed Gu Shenyuan’s words: “You have a point. Then I’ll research some more and see if there are other methods.”
Gu Shenyuan acknowledged this, reached out, and pulled Ye Qingyun into his arms, closing the terminal.
Gu Shenyuan reached up and covered Ye Qingyun’s eyes: “Rest for a while. You’re too tired.”
Ye Qingyun closed his eyes, contemplating his strategy.
His death wasn’t true death; he could be reborn. Sacrificing one life for Gu Shenyuan’s safety was clearly the most suitable option.
However, the System forbade him from directly stating that he could be reborn, as it was too unbelievable and didn’t conform to the logic of this world, and it might also expose the System.
Since that was the case, he would use subtle hints to let Gu Shenyuan know that his death wasn’t permanent and that he could return. Then, he would find an opportunity to completely destroy the Ability Inhibitor.
If no other method of destruction could be found, this would have to be the final solution.
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Ye Qingyun temporarily settled down, and Gu Shenyuan was satisfied.
Because Ye Qingyun’s physical condition was currently special, Gu Shenyuan was even more careful in his daily care, afraid that any mistake might negatively affect Ye Qingyun’s body.
Gu Shenyuan had no experience caring for a pregnant person and felt he shouldn’t be too reckless. So, he went online and asked if there were any special precautions needed when caring for a pregnant male.
Soon, an enthusiastic person replied below.
[Oh my, is your man pregnant? Then you are quite lucky; pregnant men are rare. The key points are similar to caring for a normal pregnant woman, but there are two things you need to pay extra attention to.
Because he will produce milk after birth, you need to give him more massages to prevent difficulties in lactation. Also, since male pelvises are naturally smaller, you should also give him more massages to help him relax and prevent difficult labor.]
Gu Shenyuan stared at the message, lost in thought.
If he understood correctly, the areas that needed massaging in this message were…
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That night, Ye Qingyun turned off the lights and got into bed as usual.
After lying down for a while, Ye Qingyun noticed Gu Shenyuan hadn’t come to sleep yet, so he opened his eyes to look for him.
Through the dim light, he saw Gu Shenyuan sitting not far away, quiet as a statue.
“Gu Shenyuan?” Ye Qingyun asked curiously. “Aren’t you resting?”
Gu Shenyuan didn’t speak, only raised his hand and tapped a few times on his terminal.
The next second, Ye Qingyun found that something had been sent to his terminal.
It was undoubtedly sent by Gu Shenyuan. Ye Qingyun didn’t understand what it meant at all. He opened it in confusion and saw the inquiry post.
[Lactation… massages… pelvis… relax…]
Ye Qingyun quickly scanned the lines, and his face instantly flushed red.
Why did Gu Shenyuan send this to him? Could it be that…
In the darkness, Gu Shenyuan whispered: “Shall I help you massage, hmm?”