Chapter 2: Confirmation
The moment he pulled his pants down, Shen Qingzhu froze. Just by seeing the slightly bulging outline under his loose underwear, Shen Qingzhu was sure that this body was not an Omega’s body.
In the Lyman Empire, humans had six genders. The moment someone was born, one could only tell whether they were male or female, not whether they were A, B, or O.
Around the age of 8, most children would experience their first differentiation.
After one’s first differentiation, their future ABO gender could be guessed from their genes. After growing and maturing, the second differentiation occurs at the age of 18.
Generally, Omega’s growth stagnates earlier than A and B.
Shen Qingzhu was clear that after the age of 15, the size of his underwear never changed.
But this body was obviously still growing and developing, because the fit of the underwear was a little tight.
Shen Qingzhu also pulled down the last layer of fabric, and looked straight at the tender bamboo shoot. t/n the author uses bamboo shoot as a euphemism for yknow
Thinking of the term “bamboo shoot”, Shen Qingzhu couldn’t help but laugh.
Although the Lyman Empire had more B and less AO, most of the leaders in various fields were Alpha.
Because of this, straight-A cancer was prevalent in the group of Alpha who had easily stood in high positions for a long time.
Shen Qingzhu recalled when he wanted to make an ABO Science Education video, he wanted to use real actors or 3D models. But when he tested the waters with 3D models, he was blocked by the StarNet. The reasons being many Alphas reported that his videos were too immoral for their Omegas to watch and what he was doing was borderline illegal!
At that time, Shen Qingzhu rolled his eyes and felt like all of those dog Alphas were sick. If you have straight A cancer, go to the hospital to get treated!
But in that environment, considering that an overly straightforward picture wasn’t conducive to sharing the video and teaching more people, Shen Qingzhu’s lightbulb flashed and he simply changed the style of the video into a cute, chibi animation.
He used a fat bamboo shoot and two bamboo fungus eggs to represent the indescribable.
The reception was not bad.
And it even drove up the sales of bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus eggs, two unpopular ingredients.
Shen Qingzhu carefully examined his tender bamboo shoot, and concluded the size was indeed much more spectacular than his original bamboo shoot.
Moreover, judging from its light color, his almost coffee-colored skin was not this body’s original skin color.
The skin color would be studied later. Compared to that, Shen Qingzhu was more concerned with if there was a reproductive bone in his bamboo shoot.
He squeezed it directly.
He soon felt a rod-shaped bone as long as his index finger.
Therefore, it was confirmed that this was indeed an Alpha’s body.
After verifying this matter, Shen Qingzhu was about to release his hand, when the bamboo shoot suddenly hardened, turning into a lively fat bamboo shoot in the blink of an eye.
Shen Qingzhu: …
Although he knew an Alpha’s body was vigorous, he had only heard about it. Seeing it in person simple made Shen Qingzhu amazed.
If this wasn’t his own body, Shen Qingzhu probably would’ve called the police.
On the other hand, he finally understood why most of the Alphas wore loose pants. It turned out to hide the overly lively fat bamboo shoot.
A knowledge point: when an Alpha’s bamboo shoot enters a lively state, it can only be restored to calmness through external forces. Which means it’s impossible to just ignore it and wait for it to calm down by itself.
As a former science education blogger, Shen Qingzhu knew this fact.
He couldn’t help but sigh deeply. Facing gradually rising enthusiasm, he soothed the fat bamboo shoot with a subtle expression and unskilled technique.
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An hour later, Shen Qingzhu stepped out of the bathroom, beads of moisture clinging to his hair as the steam dispersed behind him.
With Zhujian’s help, he found the hair dryer, and dried his hair.
Then, he found a tube of nutrient solution that had not expired, sat on the bed, and drank it slowly.
Shen Qingzhu rarely drank nutrient solution in the past.
When his fathers were still alive, his family lived in good conditions and could always eat expensive natural food.
After his two fathers had an accident, although Shen Qingzhu lived on Planet C-07 as an orphan, he was soon found to be a carrier of the Super-O gene after his first awakening. Since it was likely he would differentiate into a rare high-level Omega in the future, he was adopted by one of C-07’s governors. From then, his food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all quite luxurious.
Later, he was admitted to the Royal Omega Ethics Academy, where eating natural food and learning dining etiquette were compulsory courses.
So to be accurate, Shen Qingzhu didn’t even remember the last time he drank nutrient solution in his past 23 years of life.
The taste of the nutrient solution was pretty bad. It was flavorless and sticky, if he had the chance in the future, he would try to improve it.
After swallowing the whole tube with difficulty, Shen Qingzhu’s stomach finally stopped playing the drums.
He asked out loud: “Zhujian, how long have you been with me?”
Zhujian answered: “Master, I’ve been with you since you were born. Now it’s been 18 years.”
Shen Qingzhu hummed. The teenager who should've been youthful was calm and collected: “Tell me about the life of this body.”
This AI Zhujian wasn’t as intelligent as Shen Qingzhu’s personal AI, but the lack of intelligence showed its advantages now. It didn’t think to question why Shen Qingzhu would ask such a thing and answered honestly.
“The date you were born was June 22, 1048. The location was Planet A-06 Greensea Center Hospital.”
“Your Alpha father’s name is Ether, and your Omega father’s name is Shen Xian…”
He hadn’t heard his two fathers’ names for a long time, making Shen Qingzhu a little distracted.
Shen Qingzhu’s fathers grew up in the same orphanage and fell in love over time. One differentiated into an S-level Omega with excellent genes, while the other differentiated into an ordinary Alpha with only B-level genes.
The Lyman Empire has more A and less O. The AO gender ratio was 7:3 for many decades. The number of S-level Omegas was even lower, and the majority of them would choose to partner with an Alpha above A-level. Excellent suitors were as numerous as fish in the river.
So when his two fathers were together, they caused quite a stir and faced strong opposition from all sides.
Fortunately, both fathers were determined to stay together, otherwise, Shen Qingzhu wouldn't have been born.
Shen Qingzhu’s Omega father, Shen Xian, was an expert in ABO pheromone research. His Alpha father, Ether, was a rising star in the field of AI.
After marriage, the two of them had a lovely relationship, and were often called a model couple.
When Shen Qingzhu was six years old, his family went out for a trip during the holiday.
When they were near a C-class planet belt, their starship Eternity encountered an unexpected particle storm, and the navigation control system failed, leaving them enroute to hit an asteroid.
At that time, it was the peak travel season. There were many travelers aboard Eternity, but the number of escape capsules was less than the number of passengers on the ship.
In the urgent situation, it was decided that children and young Omegas would evacuate first. t/n titantic vibes...
Shen Qingzhu could still remember how he was laid into a capsule by his two fathers.
Before the capsule closed, his two fathers kissed his face, wishing that he would be safe and happy in the future, telling to take care of himself and live well.
Shen Qingzhu survived, but his two fathers disappeared as stardust with Eternity after hitting the asteroid.
In the capsule, he drifted to Planet C-07. Eternity’s tragic crash caused a stir throughout the empire, and many planets in the surroundings received Eternity’s capsules.
As a survivor, Shen Qingzhu was taken to the hospital and given a physical examination after waking up.
So far, the life of this body was exactly the same as Shen Qingzhu’s experience.
But after, it diverged to a completely different direction.
Originally, after Shen Qingzhu’s physical exam results came out, they found his genes were very good and his appearance was extremely beautiful. C-07 didn’t inform the public that he was one of the survivors, and instead concealed his existence.
They sent him to an orphanage. Two years later, after his first differentiation and the emergence of the Super-O gene, Shen Qingzhu was adopted by the Cole family, who was one of the governing families of Planet C-07. Under the Cole family’s strict education, he grew to 18 years old.
After he came of age, Shen Qingzhu differentiated a second time into a SSS-level Omega, and was admitted to the Royal Omega Ethics Academy that the Cole family signed him up for. He became a tool for the Cole family to climb up in status.
But Shen Qingzhu was not a person who sat and went with the flow. In his second year in college, he exhausted his means to pull down the Cole family and completely got rid of the Cole family’s control.
The Shen Qingzhu in this world was much luckier than him, because he differentiated into an Alpha.
When he was 8, this world’s “Sheng Qingzhu” was tested to have a weak inclination towards Alpha.
When he was in the orphanage, “Sheng Qingzhu” began to secretly smear walnut-juice on himself.
Walnut-juice was a nut-based oil that made his skin darken.
As Shen Qingzhu listened to Zhujian narrate, he vaguely remembered that his father could always find him during hide-and-seek because of his pale skin.
One night, his father told him a fairy tale where the protagonist changed her skin color with walnut-juice to escape her evil stepmother. Young Shen Qingzhu became curious about walnut-juice, so he and his father made a darkening moisturizer with the same effect, naming it walnut-juice. t/n the fairy tale is called The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen, but it's fiction! there's no such thing as walnut-juice with a darkening effect in real life lol
After secretly applying walnut-juice for two years, this world’s “Sheng Qingzhu” turned into a dull little potato.
Because “Shen Qingzhu”’s genetic level wasn’t high after his first differentiation, he wasn’t adopted by the Cole family, and was completely forgotten in the orphanage.
Before the age of 18, “Shen Qingzhu” perfectly hid himself and tested his own genetic level after his second differentiation without anyone knowing.
Seeing the 3S-level Alpha result, he knew that if he was discovered by the Cole family, he’d become a reproductive tool for the Cole family’s Omegas to make high-quality descendents (the Cole family had really done this in the past). “Shen Qingzhu” decided to strike first, and anonymously reported the evidence of the Cole family’s crimes to the police on the Imperial Star.
Not long after, the Cole family, which had ruled over C-07 for many years, collapsed.
Thanks to this, “Shen Qingzhu” escaped a disaster.
Shen Qingzhu once read a sentence: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” t/n quote by Arthur Conan Doyle
He had read about the parallel space-time theory on a scientific forum.
It said there were many parallel worlds in a multidimensional universe. They were like different branches growing on the same tree, and each branch led to a similar but completely different timeline.
Although Shen Qingzhu had no idea what happened while he slept in the capsule, it was evident that he woke up again as himself in a parallel world.
And he also changed from an Omega to an Alpha.
But where did the “Shen Qingzhu” of this world go?
If “he” traveled to his world, he didn’t know how “he” felt changing from A to O…
Thinking of this possibility, Shen Qingzhu couldn’t help but raise the corners of lips and laughed muffledly.
