Match the aggressive alpha with the omega

Chapter 07: First Meeting with Xi Ming

As Shi Can reached the doorway, he heard sounds coming from inside again.

After hesitating for a moment, Shi Can raised his hand and knocked on the door, cautiously asking, "...Are you okay?"

There was no response from within, but the sound of painful, ragged breathing intermittently penetrated the door and reached Shi Can's ears.

After listening for a while and noticing that the other person's condition seemed to be getting worse, Shi Can grew worried and grasped the doorknob.

The door wasn't locked and opened easily, revealing the scene inside—

The entire room looked as if it had been ravaged by a storm: furniture was in disarray, a wheelchair lay on its side, some kind of ornament was shattered on the floor, a cleaning robot lay tilted with its indicator light off, and a man, whose face was half-covered with strange markings, was gasping in pain with his eyes closed.

Shi Can instantly recognized that this person was Xi Ming.

Noticing someone had entered, Xi Ming moved his gaze toward the newcomer, his eyes filled with lingering madness, violence, and despair, resembling a desperate beast on the verge of breaking free.

Shi Can's heart trembled, and he felt as if he had returned to the time when he was chased by a crazed beast, stepping back instinctively as his right hand subconsciously began to form a spell.

"You—" Xi Ming's voice was hoarse as he struggled to control the tumultuous spiritual energy within him, trying to keep his mind clear enough to discern the visitor's identity.

This omega... seemed a bit familiar?

Hearing Xi Ming's voice snapped Shi Can back to reality, reminding him that he wasn't in the world of cultivation anymore and was not facing a beast hunting him. He calmly withdrew his half-formed spell.

The tension that had gripped his mind also eased.

Looking at Xi Ming, who remained on the ground without moving, Shi Can felt a mix of relief and an inexplicable annoyance replacing his earlier panic and vigilance.

In Shi Can's eyes, Xi Ming had always been tall, cold, and powerful; even at his most disheveled, he had returned from the battlefield with numerous wounds and bloodstains. But that version of Xi Ming exuded a wildness unseen at other times, radiating a different kind of brilliance.

Everyone seemed to forget that Xi Ming had graduated early at not even eighteen and rushed to the front lines, guarding the border for a full six years, pushing back the invading insect tribes and enemies relentlessly. During those six years, Xi Ming was proudly referred to as the Empire's Star by its people, a source of pride and honor for all.

That time wasn't just bright and splendid for Xi Ming; it was for the entire empire.

It was also during that time that Shi Can's memories of the cultivation world began to awaken, and he would often dream at night about fragments of his memories from that realm.

For a young omega barely over ten years old, the memories of the cultivation world were too brutal and bloody, often frightening Shi Can awake from nightmares of what he had experienced in another life.

The awakening of those memories took several years, and Shi Can nearly relied on the news and images of Xi Ming to get through.

Although Xi Ming was still far away at the border, Shi Can had already viewed him as his guardian, even dreaming of a scene where Xi Ming in military attire protected him in the world of cultivation—though the imagery was incongruous, it became one of the few good dreams Shi Can had during that time.