Undead

Chapter 6

This sentence alone is enough to let Si Nan imagine the intricate details and twists of a story of about 100,000 words. But on the surface, he remains calm and expresses his curiosity with a monosyllabic word, "Oh?"

Zhou Rong is quite satisfied with Si Nan's attentive attitude.

"In the hostage rescue segment, there were three groups involved: the kidnappers, the opponents, and the hostages. The kidnappers had uniform attire, the competing opponents wore bulletproof vests with tracking chips, and the hostages had nothing. When the race was halfway through, I had already rescued two hostages. As long as I could lead them through the jungle, the mission would be considered a success. However, that's when I encountered this Omega who actively ran into trouble."

Si Nan nodded in understanding.

"It's not as you might think. At that time, he was so covered in mud and sweat that it was impossible to see if he was handsome or not. But he did look pitiful, and he was especially clingy. He followed me everywhere, got scared as soon as it got dark, and even held onto my arm when sleeping..."

Si Nan glanced at Zhou Rong's solid arm under his short-sleeved T-shirt and nodded in understanding.

"...?" Zhou Rong tentatively asked, "I don't know why, but I feel like your thoughts are a bit impure."

Si Nan couldn't find any evidence of impure thoughts in Zhou Rong's mind, so he remained silent.

"And then? I took these three hostages, crossed mountains and rivers, and went through the jungle. I let the kid eat first whenever there was something to eat, protected him when there was danger, and never let him do any work when it came to making fires, cooking, or setting up tents. I treated him as if I was afraid he would break if I didn't hold him carefully. He also acted especially clingy... as everyone knows, young Omegas are fragile."

Zhou Rong took a drag of his cigarette, extinguishing it on the ground. His expression became somewhat strange.

"Until the last day, when we were walking on the edge of the jungle, the night before reaching the camp..."

Si Nan asked, "Did he confess his feelings to you?"

There was silence, and Zhou Rong replied frustratedly, "No."

"He knocked me out, tied me up, thanked me, took my weapons and equipment, and left with my hostages. It wasn't until the next day when the organizers sent people to rescue me that I found out he wasn't a hostage at all but a competing opponent representing Country A."

"I was in a commanding lead, but I lost it all because of him. To this day, I can't understand how an Omega can be so cunning and deceitful, ready to cross the line!"

Zhou Rong clenched his fist, burying his head in his arms. Si Nan had to exert all his self-control to keep his tone steady and said, "You've had it tough, Rong-ge. How come you didn't realize he was your opponent?"

"Because the first thing he did after entering the jungle was to abandon all his equipment. He emptied his water bottle, discarded dry rations, buried his weapon, and the only thing he absolutely wouldn't let go of was the tracking device. Usually, it's a symbol to identify opponents. Guess where he put it?"

Si Nan shook his head.

"He swallowed it." Zhou Rong gritted his teeth. "It was only removed in surgery on the last day!"

Si Nan couldn't help but think that their competition was truly intense.

"Even scarier is that the kid already had someone. After the competition, someone from Country A came to pick him up, and I saw that Alpha from Country A take a bite of his neck gland."