HISO Chapter 4
by VolareXie Jinsheng’s tentacles would also be corroded along with him.
So, he’s not going to help? Fine, one death gets one free, let’s die together.
Yu An was afraid that Xie Jinsheng would continue to ignore him, so he grabbed one tentacle, but still felt unsafe.
In the dimness, he groped for several more, hugging them tightly to his chest.
If a third person were present at this moment, they would see this bizarre scene:
The usually cold man stood motionless like a sculpture.
In the surrounding darkness, countless unseen things wriggled.
And at the end of the darkness, the well-behaved, soft boy was clutching the tentacles tightly, curled up in a ball.
His t-shirt was too loose, and Yu An inadvertently revealed a large expanse of his fair neck and exquisite collarbones.
But at this moment, he couldn’t care less about any of that.
He even momentarily forgot his fear of soft-bodied creatures.
His ears were filled with the sound of the infected approaching, and he huddled his body close, so close that even the soft flesh of his cheeks brushed against the smooth tentacles of the Alpha.
The unfamiliar and tender warmth belonging to the Omega’s body was like a red-hot iron, burning him.
The tips of the tentacles even flushed with a suspicious red.
The wind whistled in his ears, and Yu An’s heart pounded like a drum.
Just when he thought he was about to die, he heard the sound of a scimitar rapidly slicing through the air.
“Roar…”
The infected behind him let out a painful roar, then suddenly fell silent.
Yu An slowly opened his eyes and saw that the shattered remains of the infected were dissipating behind him.
A white stone had also fallen out.
Having received the world’s information, Yu An knew that it was a crystal core, which could be used to increase his ability level.
Generally, when an infected drops a crystal core, it means it’s dead.
Yu An breathed a sigh of relief.
He had always been timid, and the worlds he had gone to before were all normal societies.
Suddenly arriving in such a dangerous world…
Yu An was almost paralyzed with fear, and he was only now recovering.
Due to fear, his temples were already damp with a thin layer of sweat.
It stuck to the side of his face, tickling him.
He subconsciously tilted his head to try and rub it, but his cheek touched something cold and slimy.
Yu An suddenly realized that he was still hugging Xie Jinsheng’s thick tentacles!
Remembering how he had clung to the tentacles like an octopus…
Yu An coughed lightly, his ears a little hot.
He quickly released the things in his arms.
Only then did he realize that Xie Jinsheng was now standing ten meters away from him.
The night was too dark, and there was no light where the Alpha was standing, so Yu An couldn’t see his expression. But he had a feeling that the other was looking at him.
Yu An pursed his lips and said, “Thank you for what happened just now.”
He meant it.
After all, if Xie Jinsheng hadn’t killed the infected, he would be dead now.
Yu An had always known how to repay kindness.
He even began to good-naturedly forgive Xie Jinsheng for the tentacles touching him randomly when they first met.
But just as this thought crossed his mind,
the next second, Yu An felt something familiar, cold, and slimy wrap around his ankle again.
Yu An:?
The moist sensation swept over his skin again, covering it once more, and the countless suckers on the tentacles twisted constantly.
Yu An’s whole body went limp with fear.
His long, curly eyelashes were covered in a layer of moisture.
When he came back to his senses, his slender ankles and wrists were already tied up by the tentacles, unable to move. It was as if he had fallen into some kind of tide, completely bound.
…What exactly did Xie Jinsheng want to do?
Yu An reacted and tried to break free, but found it was futile. This time, they were wrapped too tightly, as if trying to swallow him whole.
In the distance, the sound of footsteps approached.
Mixed with a bit of clear aura and a faint smell of blood.
In an instant, it was beside him.
Yu An’s body shrank back, and his fair chin was suddenly pinched by a hand with distinct joints.
The man’s fingertips were slightly calloused, brushing against the soft flesh of his cheeks, bringing a slightly rough sensation.
Yu An’s back trembled uncontrollably.
Then he felt a drop of liquid slide down the outline of his cheek to his chin. Yu An couldn’t tell whether it was blood from Xie Jinsheng’s hand or his own cold sweat sliding down.
“You know my name.”
Xie Jinsheng spoke.
His voice was extremely pleasant.
But he didn’t seem to speak often, and had no emotion. The end of his sentences carried a bit of a low, hoarse quality, making the ears tingle with a strange numbness.
It took Yu An a full two or three seconds to recover.
He recalled that in the dangerous situation just now, he had accidentally blurted out his name!
Xie Jinsheng must suspect something.
Seeing him distracted, the grip on his chin tightened, and Yu An was pinched a little painfully, his lips slightly parted.
Xie Jinsheng stared at him with cold, black eyes, as if interrogating a prisoner, “Who exactly are you?”
When a monster looks at a person, its gaze is direct and naked, like ice sealed for years.
Dyed with a bit of natural cruelty.
The sense of aggression and danger made it impossible to breathe.
Yu An’s whole scalp was tingling, and he felt like he was about to become a dead soul in his hands in the next second. He hurriedly asked the system in his heart, “089, what does he mean?”
Xie Jinsheng’s words weren’t right, as if he thought they knew each other before?
But the received data and memories didn’t mention any connection between Xie Jinsheng and the original owner.
But indeed, when they first met, Xie Jinsheng’s tentacles were too strange, wrapping around him not like they were simply dealing with an enemy, but more like they were rubbing against some cherished treasure…
Although tentacles can possess a bit of self-awareness, it’s also related to the owner’s subconscious.
Not to mention Xie Jinsheng being curious about why his tentacles suddenly acted like that.
Even Yu An was very curious.
089 finished pressing a few buttons and said, “I suspect it’s related to gender attraction.”
Yu An:?
The system said, “You and Xie Jinsheng have a very high pheromone compatibility. The tentacles must have sensed that.”
Otherwise, how else could the strange behavior of those tentacles be explained?
Yu An understood.
Xie Jinsheng had been locked up and experimented on since birth. Later, he developed a dark and introverted personality. Even after escaping the Main City, he still went his own way.
Such a monster, not recognized by the human world, must be getting close to an Omega woman like him for the first time.
Because of the high compatibility, his appearance caused Xie Jinsheng’s tentacles to go crazy.
And the other, because of amnesia, misunderstood that they knew each other before.
…Misunderstood that they knew each other before?
Yu An suddenly had an idea in his heart.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard 089’s scream in his ear: “Host, stop spacing out! Xie Jinsheng is going to kill you!”
Reminded by this,
Yu An realized that a scimitar had appeared before his eyes at some point. The man was holding it, about to stab it into his body.
He couldn’t care about so much.
At this critical moment, Yu An’s desire to survive became strong, and he hurriedly shouted tremblingly at the man, “Don’t kill me! Don’t you want to know who I am?”
He didn’t dare to say even a single punctuation mark more.
The tip of the knife paused.
Xie Jinsheng looked down at him.
As if giving him one last chance.
Meeting those dark and cold eyes, Yu An’s back was already cold and wet.
But everything from the beginning had no way back.
His rosy lips parted, and he tried his best to suppress the guilty feeling in his voice, slightly tugging on his sleeve with his fingertips, and trembling, he said:
“Xie Jinsheng, my name is Yu An, I… am your wife.”