Major General Alpha (18): Gu Juntian intends to win over these people and discuss his rebellion plan with them.

After Gu Juntian lay down in the medical pod, Zhou Qinghao also got in.

He was injured as well. Although his injuries were not as severe as Gu Juntian’s, he still needed treatment.

Lying in the pod, Zhou Qinghao finally calmed down enough to review everything that had happened before.

Back at the base, after seeing Gu Juntian’s disdain for him and the videos of Gu Juntian cheating, his mind had been in turmoil.

Yet, he couldn’t refuse Gu Juntian’s requests.

So this time, when they set out, he actually had the mindset of letting things fall apart.

He even suspected that Gu Juntian wanted him dead.

After all, Gu Juntian no longer needed him.

Before, Gu Juntian lacked strength, but now he was strong enough.

Before, Gu Juntian needed his help to command in battle, but now Gu Juntian could give brilliant orders even without him.

Being involved with an Alpha was nothing to be proud of. He thought Gu Juntian would want to erase this stain.

However, events unfolded completely differently from what he had imagined.

Before, Gu Juntian had always been distant toward him. Yet this time, Gu Juntian was warm and enthusiastic along the way, and in the previous battle, Gu Juntian’s behavior was more like someone utterly in love with him.

Especially when they faced the Zerg Queen together.

At the time, the most dangerous mission — piloting the self-destruct mech — didn’t necessarily have to be taken on by Gu Juntian. Zhou Qinghao could have done it, and he even had more experience.

But after only a brief discussion, Gu Juntian insisted on taking the most dangerous task himself.

When the battle ended, Zhou Qinghao’s injuries were minor compared to the past, but Gu Juntian was seriously hurt.

He kissed Gu Juntian, and Gu Juntian didn’t show the slightest hint of disgust.

Gu Juntian was powerful and a prince. If he didn’t like him, he could have rejected him outright — but he didn’t.

Gu Juntian truly liked him!

Thinking of this, Zhou Qinghao felt his chest heat up.

He looked toward Gu Juntian’s medical pod not far away, his eyes full of undisguised affection.

The audience saw everything.

“Zhou Qinghao’s gaze is incredible! If he looked at me like that, I’d drown in his eyes.”

“Zhou Qinghao is so handsome. If I were the crown prince and a guy like that looked at me that way, I’d fall too.”

“They really love each other… I was misled by those earlier videos. During the battle with the Zerg Queen, I thought the crown prince might make Zhou Qinghao fight to the death so he could take all the glory for himself… but in the end, he put himself in danger.”

“Not just you. During the entire battle, there were people stirring things up, saying the crown prince didn’t run away because he wanted to be the hero who killed the Zerg Queen, and that he’d definitely let Zhou Qinghao die in the fight.”

“I believed that too at the time, but things were urgent, so I just focused on watching the livestream instead of commenting… The crown prince’s actions have been unexpected from start to finish.”

“Exactly. Even with those injuries, he still tried to cop a feel…”

…

Before, Gu Juntian’s scandals had been everywhere.

But now, no one believed them anymore!

When the crown prince’s childhood friend Herman first released the video of him calling Zhou Qinghao a dog, many people supported him, thinking he was brave enough to stand up to power.

But now, Herman’s account was flooded with doubts: “This video is fake, right?”

“Even if it’s real, it might be taken out of context.”

“Or maybe the crown prince had already realized something was off and said it on purpose in front of him.”

“The crown prince must have been hiding his true self because he knew his environment was dangerous. Look, even his childhood friend could stab him in the back!”

…

Herman kept insisting the video was real and even provided more videos as evidence.

The videos were indeed real, but the crown prince’s care for Zhou Qinghao during the livestream couldn’t possibly be fake!

So in the end, Herman was ridiculed: “The crown prince probably suspected you long ago and said that on purpose in front of you!”

Another person facing doubts was the grandson of the Second Legion’s marshal — the S-level Omega Amos.

In the Human Empire, there were very few S-level Omegas — only three in total — and Amos was the only unmarried one.

People had long linked him with the crown prince.

When Amos had his birthday before, the crown prince had traveled all the way to the capital star to celebrate with him, and the media had widely reported on it, saying they were a perfect match.

Because of this, when Amos later claimed the crown prince had been pursuing him and even provided evidence, no one doubted it.

But now…

The crown prince clearly loved Zhou Qinghao deeply. So what was going on with Amos?

Still, compared to Herman, Amos faced less suspicion. Many still supported him: “The crown prince is the hero who killed the Zerg Queen, and his feelings for Zhou Qinghao are real, but that doesn’t mean he’s flawless!”

“Exactly. He really did pursue Amos. He probably wanted to date Zhou Qinghao while having Amos bear excellent offspring for him.”

“The crown prince wants the throne. It’s impossible for him to marry an Alpha, so of course he pursued Amos.”

“Poor Amos, used as a breeding tool.”

“People keep saying the crown prince and Zhou Qinghao’s love is beautiful, but behind the scenes, your prince was still pursuing an Omega.”

“The crown prince and Zhou Qinghao are both Alphas. No matter how much they love each other, they can’t be together.”

…

These arguments had some merit, so while there were some doubts under Amos’s account, no one attacked him outright.

But some people were starting to get suspicious. The commander of the Third Legion even contacted his grandson: “I remember you’re close to the second prince. Does the crown prince know about this?”

Amos replied, “He doesn’t know. He’ll never know.”

“Amos, you’d better pray the crown prince never finds out, or you’re finished.”

Hearing his grandfather’s words, Amos felt a wave of panic.

He had been with the second prince for a long time.

The emperor and the current empress were truly in love, but the late empress had stolen that love. The second prince, though outstanding, had been overshadowed by the crown prince, who stole others’ military achievements.

Amos resented the crown prince and approached him only to find his weaknesses.

As far as he knew, the crown prince had no idea about any of this, and his feelings for Amos were genuine.

What Amos hadn’t expected was that the crown prince had been hiding his true abilities all along — and that the second prince had actually colluded with the Zerg!

Thinking about how the second prince had deceived him all this time, Amos was in tears.

In that moment, he felt the crown prince was better than the second prince, but the crown prince, who was dating Zhou Qinghao while entangling himself with him, was no saint either.

Why was he so unlucky, unable to meet someone truly sincere and outstanding?

While Gu Juntian was lying in the medical pod, many things happened on the StarNet.

Finally, after an hour and a half, his pod woke him up.

Gu Juntian had recovered but still didn’t want to move, so he kept lying there and told the robot to prepare his clothes.

Only when ten minutes remained until the scheduled meeting did he climb out, rush into the shower, and take a quick battle wash.

The viewers saw a screen full of mosaic blurring.

“This livestream even has built-in privacy filters. Thumbs down!”

“You’re already sneaking footage — why not go all the way?”

“I want to see the crown prince’s abs…”

…

The crowd clamored, but they saw nothing.

Gu Juntian rinsed himself off in a few minutes, dried off, quickly got dressed, and said to the already-prepared Zhou Qinghao, “Come on, let’s go meet them!”

Gu Juntian arrived punctually at the ship’s conference room, where he saw five S-level experts who had finished tending their wounds, along with their subordinates.

At that moment, they all looked at him with admiration.

Gu Juntian enjoyed the feeling and smiled. “Thank you all for coming to help. Without you, Qinghao and I might not have made it this time.”

Right now, every word and action of Gu Juntian’s matched royal etiquette, just like when he used to appear before the public — warm and refined, giving people a sense of spring breeze.

The five S-level experts felt that the crown prince truly was as approachable and noble as the rumors claimed.

They spoke up one after another: “It’s our duty to kill Zerg!”

“We should be thanking you for giving us the opportunity!”

“We only helped a little. This victory was all thanks to your brilliant leadership, Your Highness!”

…

Before, they’d felt some dissatisfaction toward him.

Now, they were convinced.

Gu Juntian was too strong — truly too strong!

Only someone like him was fit to be their emperor!

Gu Juntian chatted with them.

The original Gu Juntian had been determined to become emperor and held himself to high standards in every aspect, even practicing the exact curvature of his smile.

With those memories, Gu Juntian performed flawlessly.

But during the conversation, he kept getting distracted.

The reason was simple — Zhou Qinghao had been sitting beside him the whole time, watching him with focused eyes.

Really now, even with outsiders present, Zhou Qinghao was still trying to flirt with him!

They were sitting at the conference table, which hid their lower halves… So while Gu Juntian spoke dignified words, he reached over and touched Zhou Qinghao’s hand.

There was a reason for this.

After arriving in this world and falling in love with Zhou Qinghao at first sight, Gu Juntian had realized that Zhou Qinghao didn’t talk much and was a bit aloof.

Although he clearly liked him, Zhou Qinghao didn’t express it well.

That wouldn’t do… Gu Juntian decided he had to take the initiative.

So, he had been lively in conversation with him and also made physical contact in private.

That way, their relationship could progress more quickly!

Of course, part of it was because he was affected by Zhou Qinghao’s pheromones — they were truly addictive.

Thinking this, Gu Juntian used his fingers to scratch Zhou Qinghao’s palm again.

Zhou Qinghao felt as though it wasn’t his hand being tickled, but his heart.

It took great effort to keep his expression steady.

Viewers: “These two are too much!”

“They’re in a meeting and still playing around under the table!”

“Their expression control is perfect. Just from their faces, you’d never guess they were touching each other under there!”

“When Zhou Qinghao helped Gu Juntian command the battle earlier, they were sitting together. Were they holding hands back then too?”

“So sweet!”

…

Of course, among the people shouting “sweet,” there were also dissenting voices: “What’s so sweet about this? The crown prince may be strong, but his character is bad. He’s trying to scam someone into marriage!”

“He clearly likes Alpha yet still pursued Amos. Too much!”

“How is this sweet?”

…

This was the second prince’s last counterattack from hiding.

Now, the only thing left to attack Gu Juntian with was his pursuit of Amos and his questionable character.

Gu Juntian didn’t know any of this. He was busy playing with Zhou Qinghao’s hand.

At that moment, one of the S-level major generals he had invited suddenly asked, “Your Highness, with your strength, why haven’t you shown it before?”

It wasn’t that he hadn’t shown it before — the original Gu Juntian had truly been weak.

Gu Juntian had only possessed his super-S-level mental power for about half a month, but he didn’t plan to say that. “My situation was dangerous, so I hid my strength.”

Gu Juntian wanted to overthrow the royal family.

He truly had no fondness for it.

If nothing else, the fact that the second prince had colluded with the Zerg Queen to try to assassinate Zhou Qinghao — he didn’t believe the emperor didn’t know about it.

The second prince was several years younger than him, only thirty now. Where would he get such influence?

It had to be the emperor’s support that allowed him to do all this.

Gu Juntian planned to win over these people and discuss his “rebellion” plans with them, so he needed to make himself sound pitiful.

The original Gu Juntian’s life had indeed been miserable — from childhood, he had survived multiple assassination attempts and endured countless other messy incidents.