The Overworked Beta and the Paranoid Alpha 85

Chapter 85: Rost’s Desert Gold Scorpion

In fact, Wen En just wanted to ask Tara about the three strange shadows.

After all, Tara was a native of Planet T27 and should know a lot about the strange stories of the planet, or some widely circulated hotel ghost stories.

But now Tara didn’t seem to want to see him.

Alright, what goes around comes around.

Wen En thought, When I have time, I’ll just go online and search for relevant information. The internet is much more stable and reliable than Tara.

They went to the kitchen and took out the portable treatment device provided by T27. Wen En turned on the device, and the blue light of the treatment shone on Romeo’s face. In a moment, the swelling on Romeo’s right face subsided at a visible speed and returned to normal.

Romeo took two tissues and wiped the bloodstains from his nose. After the treatment, he still looked a little disheveled, but the nosebleed had stopped.

“Is there any other discomfort?” Wen En asked with concern.

Romeo shook his head.

He didn’t know what had happened just now. Memories and emotions had crashed into his brain like an out-of-control car, smashing his reason to pieces. For a moment, Romeo almost couldn’t tell the difference between illusion and reality.

If it weren’t for Wen En’s slap, Romeo might still be immersed in a fragmented and painful fantasy.

It was just that the slap was a little too hard. It made Romeo’s head buzz, and he still had a little tinnitus…

“Have some water,” Wen En took a glass, went to the water dispenser, filled a glass of pure water, and handed it to Romeo.

“Thank you,” Romeo took the glass and took two sips. He smacked his lips and could still feel a faint metallic taste in his mouth.

“So, that…” Romeo licked his teeth. “What happened just now?”

In fact, Wen En was also quite embarrassed. He also filled a glass of water, and after a few sips, he cleared his throat and said, “It’s a bit complicated to explain.”

Wen En said, “First of all, I’m a firm believer in science. I believe that humans can travel through time and space to the past, and that there are parallel universes. At the same time, I believe that in any time and space, in any universe, there are no such things as ‘ghosts’ or ‘gods’.”

Romeo: “Oh!”

Romeo thought of Wen En’s sister, who seemed to be a horror culture enthusiast. It was strange how similar growing environments could produce two completely different people.

“But just now, something happened to you…” Wen En whispered a brief account of what had just happened in Romeo’s ear. Romeo didn’t know why he had to whisper. It was as if he was afraid that these words would leak out and ruin his scientific persona.

“Ghost possession, possessed by an evil spirit?” Romeo was shocked, but he didn’t forget to extract the keywords from Wen En’s words.

Wen En said, “I know it sounds abstract, but it’s true.”

Romeo was dumbfounded.

No, even if he was really possessed, shouldn’t he find a priest or someone like that to exorcise the demon with holy water and garlic?

Wen En, this, this direct physical exorcism with a slap was too simple and crude.

But this physical exorcism was indeed direct and effective… Romeo was convinced. Now, seeing Wen En move his arm, he still felt a little physiologically scared.

“Will those ghosts come back to take revenge on us?” Romeo thought for a moment and asked. After all, that’s how it was in horror movies.

“No,” Wen En said with apparent certainty. In fact, he was not very sure in his heart, but he didn’t want to tell Romeo this uncertain thought.

“That’s good,” Romeo breathed a sigh of relief. “Speaking of which…” he put down his water glass and looked at Wen En thoughtfully.

At this moment, Wen En had not yet realized Romeo’s dirty thoughts. He thought Romeo was not feeling well. He was really afraid that he had hit Romeo stupid, although he didn’t mind raising a fool for a lifetime.

“What?” Wen En said with concern. “Are you feeling unwell again?”

“I’m fine,” Romeo said, hugging Wen En’s waist. “I just want to continue that thing.”

“What thing?” Wen En frowned. Soon, Romeo used his actions to tell him what that thing was. “Are you crazy? This is the kitchen,” Wen En said with a cold refusal. “No.”

“But you hit me so hard. There should be some compensation, right?” Romeo started to talk nonsense again. “Oh, my head hurts, my face hurts, my chin hurts, my jaw hurts… I hurt everywhere, Wen En. Shouldn’t you be responsible?”

Hearing these words, Wen En didn’t know whether to be angry or laugh. “Oh? You’re in so much pain, and you still have the heart to think about piston movement?”

“It’s just my face that hurts, not that place,” Romeo had no shame at all.

“No,” Wen En refused again. “I have work tomorrow.”

“Sigh—” Romeo complained with a long drag. “You’ve already used that reason, Wen En. You can’t be so perfunctory with me.”

“Your hand,” Wen En frowned and said.

“What?”

“I said, where are you putting your hand?”

Wen En was about to slap him—of course, he would control his strength this time.

This time, Romeo was a step faster. He grabbed Wen En’s wrist, and in that gap, Romeo kissed Wen En’s mouth.

“Mmph!”

Wen En bit down without hesitation.

Even a stable Beta could bite very hard. Romeo immediately felt a pain in his tongue, and a bloody taste filled his nasal cavity again.

But this time, he was even more excited.

Wen En: …

He also felt Romeo’s excitement from a biological perspective. He suspected that Romeo’s previous life was a deep-sea dolphin.

It was said that this creature was the teddy bear of the ocean, the kind that would piston every hole it saw.

Romeo smiled at him, but he had no intention of letting him go, and even deepened the kiss.

Soon, Wen En gave up resisting. His mind was like it was filled with slime, becoming sticky. Soon, he couldn’t remember anything. The only memory was Romeo’s smiling eyes.

Wen En was even more certain that Romeo’s previous life was a dolphin. No wonder Romeo’s eyes were as blue as the sea. Perhaps his hometown in his previous life was in such an azure sea.

The next morning, everyone gathered in the kitchen.

Of course, Wen En was also there. Wen En looked at the neatly arranged glass water cups in the kitchen and unconsciously touched the bridge of his nose.

Yesterday, he and Romeo had cleaned up here for half an hour to clean everything up. But it was already early in the morning, and they couldn’t make too much noise, so they had to quickly clean up and go back to the room to rest.

It looks quite clean, Wen En thought.

He suddenly felt a strange gaze. He felt a little embarrassed.

Who was looking at him?

He looked around. RV was discussing work with Della, pointing at the computer screen. Romeo was whispering to Claire and exchanging something. Wen En didn’t see what it was, but he guessed it wasn’t anything good.

So Wen En walked up and said sternly, “Take it out.”

“Alright,” Claire was not satisfied with his attitude and stuck her tongue out at him contemptuously. She opened her hand, and a blue-haired parrot, smaller than a palm, flew out of her palm.

How could a parrot appear here?

Although the Sailboat Hotel was a pet-friendly hotel, Wen En was still a little surprised.

“A few hours ago, I got up to go to the toilet and found it outside the window,” Claire said.

“Outside the window? This is the 174th floor,” Wen En was skeptical.

“If you don’t believe me, you can check the surveillance,” Claire snorted and said, “Anyway, I’m going to keep it. Don’t even think about taking it away from me.” Then, she mimicked a bird’s call to call the parrot back, and took the parrot back to her room.

Wen En looked at Romeo. Romeo shrugged. “I just wanted to see the little cutie. I definitely didn’t want to do anything else.”

Wen En just glanced at him and didn’t say anything. Soon, his gaze fell on Tara, who was standing by the drink cabinet.

Tara was holding a glass of water with lemon slices and ice cubes in one hand, and a small bottle of high-proof liquor in the other. His gaze was viscous. Then, he poured the small bottle of high-proof liquor into the lemon ice water, and then drank the mixture of alcohol, lemon juice, and water in one gulp.

“Phew~” Tara let out a breath, his expression as if he had let go of something. Just as Wen En was confused, he heard Tara say:

“Wen En, I wish you happiness.”

Wen En: “…Then thank you.”

Play was play, but when it came to business, everyone except for Romeo and Claire took on a serious attitude, looking at the information about “Scorpion” on the projection screen.

Scorpion was the name of their organization in the past.

Since the new leader took office, the organization had changed its name to “Rost’s Desert Gold Scorpion,” which was the scientific name of a poisonous scorpion on Planet T27.

“Yes, the new leader is the nephew of the previous leader. His name is Charlie. He was originally an entomology experimenter at a university research institute on Capital Star. Not long after the previous leader died, he quit his original job and returned to this planet where he had only stayed for three years in his childhood,” Tara said.

Tara pointed to the Alpha man with regular features and gold-rimmed glasses on the screen and continued, “I don’t like him. He looks like an opportunistic, exquisite egoist.”

He looked at Romeo with a mocking expression and said in a sarcastic tone, “Just like someone, he looks like a liar and a thief.”

“Oh, then I’m a heart-stealing arsonist. I’m still a little more advanced than this illegal attacker, liar, and thief,” Romeo said.

Unexpectedly, Romeo’s eyes widened and he started to boast. This made Tara roll his eyes a hundred times.

Wen En was already immune to this and didn’t care at all.

“So, where is the base of this ‘Rost’s Desert Gold Scorpion’ now?” Wen En asked.

“It’s outside the central area of the oasis,” Tara said. “The oasis is all our territory. There are patrolling guards. They usually come out at night and sneak into the oasis to do some petty thefts and robberies.”

“However, if they get involved with Peter, it’s hard to say.” After all, Peter could transport various items to support “Rost’s Desert Gold Scorpion” through the powerful supply and transportation lines of Joseph Hall Biotechnology.

“This is really tricky,” Wen En stared at the logo of this illegal mercenary organization, the scorpion with its tail raised, and said coldly.

It was not just Peter that he had to worry about, but also the harsh natural environment of T27.

This place was almost all desert. The average daytime temperature was as high as fifty or sixty degrees Celsius. The temperature at night was cool, but at the same time, many animals in the desert would also start to come out.

The creatures that could survive in such a harsh environment as T27 were not to be trifled with. Most of them were extremely aggressive. In order to protect themselves in the harsh environment, most animals even used venom as a means of attack or self-defense.

“For example, this Rost’s Desert Gold Scorpion,” Tara said. “This kind of scorpion is very common in the desert.”

“If you are bitten by this kind of scorpion, you will die from the poison within thirty minutes. Of course, if you can be sent to the nearest hospital in time to be injected with antivenom, you still have a chance of survival.”

Tara said meaningfully, “I’m just afraid that if we are operating deep in the desert at that time, and we are really bitten, we may not be able to be sent to the hospital in time.”

“If someone really dies in the desert, in order to prevent the body from decomposing and infecting others with bacteria, we can only abandon the body in the desert and let it be baked in the high-temperature and dry environment until it becomes a mummy.”