Major General Alpha (6): Apart from fighting with Zhou Qinghao, there was nothing else for him to look forward to!

Gu Jun­tian only left the training room after working himself to complete exhaustion.

Excessive exercise can damage the human body, but he wasn’t afraid.

As the Crown Prince, he had more than enough money to lie in a medical pod after training and repairing his body.

He also possessed powerful mental power, which meant he had even greater potential.

Human physical ability had limits, and those limits were related to mental power and gender.

With the same A-level mental power, an Alpha’s physical quality far surpassed that of a Beta.

As for Omegas, unless they took certain drugs or had their glands removed, they would still be fragile and delicate even if they possessed A-level mental power.

Even if they took harmful drugs or had their glands removed to eliminate the effects of pheromones, at best their physical ability could only reach that of an A-level Beta.

If the gender was the same—say, both were Alphas—then a higher-level Alpha’s physical quality far exceeded that of a lower-level Alpha.

The level of mental power greatly influenced physical quality, so it wasn’t surprising at all for a D-level Alpha to be defeated by a C-level Beta.

The original owner of Gu Jun­tian’s body barely reached S-level, and since he disliked training, his body strength didn’t match that of other S-level powerhouses.

But Gu Jun­tian was different—his mental power far surpassed that of an ordinary S-level.

Today, his training regimen, modeled after watching Zhou Qing­hao’s combat videos, had already exceeded that of most S-level powerhouses.

He pushed his body to its limit, even feeling at times as if he might faint.

But only by doing this could he improve his strength in a short period of time!

Leaving the training room, Gu Jun­tian walked toward his own quarters.

He had a medical pod placed in his room.

Thank goodness for the technology of this world!

As long as he wasn’t dead, a short time in the medical pod would have him fully recovered.

When returning to his room, he encountered five A-level Alphas heading together to the training room, loudly challenging each other.

Competition between Alphas was always fierce.

Seeing them, Gu Jun­tian summoned the last bit of strength left in his body, straightened his posture, gave them an approving smile, and strode toward his room.

He couldn’t speak now—if he did, he might cough up blood.

Only after lying in the medical pod and feeling his muscle cells being nourished did Gu Jun­tian finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In the original plot, Zhou Qing­hao had been unable to get reinforcements for a long time and, together with his men, had to face three high-level Zergs and countless medium- and low-level ones.

The starships of his subordinates were torn apart by the high-level Zergs, and swarms of lower ones poured inside…

At that time, Zhou Qing­hao fought with all his might to kill one high-level Zerg, after which the remaining two went mad, frenziedly trying to kill him.

In the ensuing battle, Zhou Qing­hao completely exhausted both his mental and physical strength and almost died.

Later, those two high-level Zergs were injured in the fight with him, and the mid- and low-level Zergs they commanded suffered heavy casualties—only then did they retreat.

When the war ended, Zhou Qing­hao was barely alive and had to lie in a medical pod for a long time to survive. By the time he emerged, he had already been suspended from duty, and many of his men had died.

No wonder Zhou Qing­hao was heartbroken for so long afterward.

The more Gu Jun­tian thought about it, the more he felt guilty toward Zhou Qing­hao. Zhou Qing­hao had been fighting non-stop for years without enjoying the same good medical conditions as him. He should give Zhou Qing­hao more resources.

With that thought, Gu Jun­tian, lying in the medical pod, began going through the original owner’s assets.

The spare mecha identical to his own would definitely go to Zhou Qing­hao. The best medical pod—Zhou Qing­hao should have one as well. He could also prepare some food and medicine beneficial to the body and mental power for Zhou Qing­hao…

Because the original owner had use for Zhou Qing­hao, he had treated Zhou Qing­hao’s soldiers decently, never withholding their rightful benefits, but that wasn’t enough.

Now Gu Jun­tian could spend from his own pocket to send some supplies to Zhou Qing­hao’s soldiers as a reward for their bravery in this battle.

He made a list and instructed his adjutant to deliver the items.

This adjutant had been arranged for him by his maternal grandfather. The original owner hadn’t wanted his grandfather to know about him stealing Zhou Qing­hao’s credit, so he had mostly ignored the adjutant. But Gu Jun­tian, after some thought, realized that at this stage, the adjutant was the only one he could trust.

While Gu Jun­tian was recovering and sending supplies to Zhou Qing­hao, those five A-level Alphas had already entered the training room.

They were all descendants of First Legion generals and had grown up on the battlefield.

Though only A-level, each of them had S-level powerhouses in their family, along with real military authority.

Such backgrounds made them love combat and take training seriously.

“I’m breaking this machine’s record today!”

“I’m definitely stronger than you!”

“I’m the strongest!”

…

The five of them started training, but after a long time of effort, they found they could only reach half of the machine’s displayed maximum training output.

“What the heck?”

“My brother is an S-level warrior, and I can usually reach 70% of his maximum output. Why can I only hit half now?”

“Who’s this monster?”

…

They checked the training records and saw that the machines had been reset not long ago.

Not long ago… they had just seen Lieutenant General Gu leaving.

“All the machine records have been broken—Lieutenant General Gu’s training output is insane…”

“I used to think if I gave it my all, I could beat him. That was an illusion, right?”

“I felt the same and even complained to my brother that Lieutenant General Gu wasn’t as good as him… I was wrong. My brother’s training output is nowhere near Gu’s.”

“I’ve heard people say Lieutenant General Gu steals others’ credit… This is pure slander!”

“Exactly—someone this strong wouldn’t need to steal credit!”

…

They began recording Gu Juntian’s training stats and sent them to their elders, along with words of admiration.

It turned out that when Lieutenant Generall Gu had sparred with them before, he had only been testing them and had been holding back.

If he went all out, he could probably knock them flying with one punch.

S-level powerhouses were truly terrifying!

The generals—majors, lieutenant generals, even full generals—who received these messages were surprised.

They, too, had heard rumors that the Crown Prince was cowardly and incompetent.

They had sent their juniors to follow Gu Jun­tian to see the truth for themselves and decide whether he was worth supporting.

Now they saw… the rumors were just rumors.

Meanwhile, after finishing his work, Zhou Qing­hao received the supplies Gu Jun­tian had sent.

A brand-new mecha, along with extremely useful items he could never have bought even if he had the money.

Gu Juntian had even sent food and supplies to his soldiers.

What was going on? Why was Gu Juntian suddenly treating him so well?

Zhou Qinghao was puzzled, but his men were delighted: “Major General, the Crown Prince sent you gifts again!”

“Major General, I was wrong about him before—he’s actually a good guy.”

“Yeah, in critical moments, the Crown Prince is reliable. You were right, he’s worth following!”

…

If not for Gu Juntian’s rapid arrival with reinforcements, they might have died this time.

Zhou Qinghao carefully hid from them the fact that he had been secretly directing Gu Juntian in battle.

Normally, since Gu Juntian rarely fought in person and it was Zhou Qinghao leading his troops to kill Zergs and hold the defense lines, everyone had seen with their own eyes and had complaints about Gu Juntian.

But after this incident, those grievances disappeared.

Even though they had faced four high-level Zergs, Gu Juntian’s timely arrival had ensured no one died—only a few mecha warriors who had left their ships to fight had been injured.

It was a perfect victory!

Zhou Qinghao didn’t say much, just turned to his men: “Send me the video from the last battle.”

They immediately complied, and one of them added, “Lieutenant General Gu’s command skills are unmatched—his directing yesterday was brilliant!”

Zhou Qinghao’s movements paused slightly.

Gu Jun­tian was not especially skilled at battlefield command.

To be fair, he wasn’t bad either—being an S-level warrior meant he was strong across the board.

But none of his abilities truly stood out.

If he didn’t compare himself to others, it was fine, but standing out was difficult…

No matter what, such an outstanding battle plan was not something Gu Juntian could come up with.

Even Zhou Qinghao himself might not have done as well.

Zhou Qinghao wasn’t particularly interested in commanding battles—he preferred piloting a mecha alone to kill Zergs.

Still, even without much interest, he had been able to command effectively enough to push Gu Juntian up to the rank of Lieutenant General.

But now… had a tactical genius appeared at Gu Juntian’s side?

Did Gu Juntian still need him?

And why was Gu Juntian sending him so many things?

Zhou Qinghao couldn’t figure it out. Just then, he received a message from Gu Juntian: “Major General Zhou, shall we set a time for a spar?”

Gu Juntian could no longer hold back—he wanted to “make a move” on Zhou Qinghao.

His mind was full of Zhou Qinghao’s battles with Zergs—he wanted to fight him.

Zhou Qinghao should be done with work by now, so couldn’t they arrange a match?

Zhou Qinghao didn’t know what Gu Juntian was up to, but he couldn’t bring himself to refuse: “Sure. When?”

Gu Juntian was overjoyed at the reply: “Tomorrow! I’ll come find you tomorrow!”

Thinking about fighting Zhou Qinghao tomorrow filled Gu Juntian with excitement.

He looked forward to it immensely.

In this world, only Zhou Qinghao could be his opponent—there was nothing else worth anticipating more than fighting him!

That thought caught him off guard—wasn’t the most powerful opponent supposed to be the Zerg queen?

Still… he really wanted to fight Zhou Qinghao.

Thinking about their match tomorrow, he even started pondering what clothes to wear.

He couldn’t wait for tomorrow to arrive!