Transmigrated Into a Scummy Alpha Who Stole the Male Lead's Mermaid Fiancée - Chapter 78 [END]

“Aren’t you curious why you’ve encountered me here?” Lan Xing stood on the desolate planet, speaking to Jenny with a smile.

This planet was remarkably small, almost reminiscent of the baobab-covered asteroid from the fairy tale “The Little Prince.” Lan Xing, standing amidst the overgrown weeds with her skirt fluttering in the wind, occasionally revealed a lonely expression that took Jenny by surprise.

“I don’t know,” Jenny replied, keeping her distance. She was wary of the person before her, yet her curiosity drove her to uncover the real reason for Lan Xing’s presence.

“Long ago, mermaids were also called witches,” Lan Xing gazed at Jenny, her voice soft and melodious. “And the Green Water Planet was originally a kingdom established by mermaids who came ashore on a new world. You shed your fishtails but awakened to witchcraft. When people speak of witches, they usually think of your kind. In truth, you and we share the same bloodline.”

Jenny had never heard this history. Lan Xing took out her energy crystal to show her. “This is what allows us to remain on land indefinitely. Try it, see if you can sense it too.”

She extended her hand to Jenny, who hesitantly placed her own hand in Lan Xing’s palm, touching the energy crystal from the deep sea.

The moment they made contact, images she had never seen before flooded her mind.

In the dark depths of the ocean, shimmering lights drifted like a galaxy held within the water. Mermaids swam gracefully past, their enormous tails dreamlike as they brushed against corals and reefs, sweeping through starlit waves. Their movements underwater were breathtakingly beautiful, utterly mesmerizing.

“Do you believe me now?” Lan Xing asked, watching Jenny’s stunned expression with a smile.

“My ancestors… were mermaids too?” Jenny’s voice was barely a whisper. She suddenly began to think… living in the sea as a free-spirited mermaid might not be so bad.

“To be precise, most intelligent beings originated from the ocean. However, the lineage of Green Water Planet is the closest to that of Panda Planet. And your prophetic abilities are actually similar to mermaid divination.” Lan Xing’s expression turned serious. After a pause, she asked, “Have you already awakened your prophetic power?”

“No,” Jenny denied immediately, countering, “You sought me out to exploit my abilities? What is your goal?”

Lan Xing chuckled softly and shook her head. “Don’t you understand your own destiny?”

Jenny stared at her in silence, thinking that if she kept spouting nonsense, she would use the knife hidden in her sleeve to slash her throat.

“I’ve just returned from the Land of Chaos. In the near future, that place will become a battlefield once again,” Lan Xing said. “When you awaken your prophetic ability, come find me. By then, you will certainly have a use for me.”

Jenny didn’t tell Lan Xing that she had already awakened her prophetic power by that time. It was only after receiving the royal pendant from Annie that the future she could see became even “clearer.” And in the vision she saw, the outline of the Princess’s face grew increasingly distinct, her figure being swept into a black hole, completely separated from the clamorous outside world.”

In another vision, Jenny saw Yu Ke collapsing on the blood-stained sea surface. Battle flags stood densely around her, and corpses lay scattered everywhere. She gazed at the crimson sky before closing her eyes.

Jenny had seen this scene more than once, and each time it left her drenched in cold sweat. She would then remind herself, Yu Ke was still alive and well, far from the center of the war. By all appearances, she would never personally lead troops into battle.

“I want the princess to survive,” Jenny told Lan Xing. “I’m willing to do anything to help you, as long as she lives.”

“I understand, you’ve fallen in love with her,” Lan Xing replied calmly, a faint smile on her face. “But you must know that prophecies cannot be avoided, though they may be fulfilled in another way.”

It had been a long time since Jenny last saw Lan Xing. Lan Xing claimed she had an important mission to fulfill, but Jenny neither knew nor cared what it was.

During these days, Jenny stayed by Yu Ke’s side, unwavering even when Yu Ke treated her coldly. Occasionally, in front of Annie, Jenny would voice her worries.

Annie, who also hailed from the planet Panda, understood Jenny deeply. She always comforted Jenny when she needed it most, offering advice and assistance.

Now that Li Jian’an had arrived at Yu Ke’s side, Jenny felt completely cast aside. She didn’t know what counsel Li Jian’an had given Yu Ke, but every time she closed her eyes, she saw Yu Ke entering a black hole.

For Jenny, each day was torment…

After completing the All-free negotiation mission on Pie Star, Yu Ke and Li Jian’an flew directly to the space base of the Blackwater Republic. There, they visited the still-unconscious Lan Xing and returned to the Princess ship, restarting it.

Li Jian’an’s team established a new computer model on the Princess ship, using the existing AI to monitor the current network and track Isabelle’s traces online.

Isabelle had once revealed that she had long uploaded her brain data to the network. By cloning her original body and downloading the brain data into new clones, she achieved immortality across generations.

After extensive investigation and research, Li Jian’an and his clone students creatively devised a method to trap Isabelle’s online persona using a mathematical model combined with AI technology, though they had never tested it in practice.

Initially, their approach yielded no effective feedback. But soon, the arrival of Zhang Jun and Remus provided crucial clues.

After the war broke out, Zhang Jun became a frontline war correspondent, responsible for filming and interviewing affected civilians in combat zones. Remus accompanied him for months, during which he collected vast amounts of frontline network data.

When Remus returned to the Princess ship and input his data into Li Jian’an’s model, the result approached infinity, nearly 1!

They had succeeded!

Li Jian’an successfully captured Isabelle. Although this persona possessed Isabelle’s data, it lacked anti-reconnaissance capabilities. This Isabelle answered almost every question Li Jian’an posed without hesitation!

With this, Yu Ke finally obtained the vital clues she needed.

Inside the computer, Isabelle spoke with naive innocence, asking the person beyond the screen, “Do you know what 4 to the 256th power is? It’s far too simple for me!”

“Give me a model of gene expression, and I can iterate 100 evolutionary pathways!”

“Why aren’t you saying anything? Do you know how to calculate the trajectory of the Condor System’s wormhole?”

“…”

“We’ve struck gold,” Li Jian’an muttered, wide-eyed and stunned. “All those long hours of research weren’t in vain…”

Hepburn and Yuli were equally exhilarated. They had endured countless sleepless nights, dark circles forming under their eyes, and now, standing face-to-face with their creation felt as thrilling as witnessing a deity in person.

“Captain,” Li Jian’an said, regaining his composure and handing over the dialogue to Yu Ke, “you must want to ask about Lan Xing. It’s all yours.”

Yu Ke sat at her workstation, fingers brushing against the nearly worn-out retro mechanical keyboard as she typed her first question: “Did you clone Lan Xing?”

Isabelle responded swiftly, and her one-word answer left everyone in disbelief.

“NO.”

“Lan Xing is a twin from a single egg. I was only responsible for modifying her organs to make people believe she was a clone. The purpose was to protect one of the twins.”

Yu Ke’s breath hitched. She could hardly believe Isabelle’s words. That meant… all this time, they had been living under an illusion! Even Dr. Anna Su, who cared for Lan Xing, had been deceived! Lan Xing wasn’t cloned at all! She was born naturally, the rightful princess of Panda Planet!

Fury shook Yu Ke to her core. Her fingers trembled as she typed out a flurry of words: “What exactly did you do to Lan Xing? Why is she suffering from organ failure?! How can we save her?!”

Isabelle replied almost instantly, the screen displaying: “Under King Peter’s orders, I programmed her organs with a set protocol, identical to the one used in clones. This allows for remote deactivation of the organs and temporary activation in cases of emergencies or moderate injuries. Essentially, the goal was to make others believe the natural-born individual was a clone. This was part of an agreement between King Peter and me, using the twins as test subjects to observe the physiological and psychological changes of a natural-born individual under unnatural conditions, proving that clones and natural-born beings are fundamentally no different.”

“As you mentioned, if the test subject’s organs begin to fail, it indicates either an emergency or remote shutdown of the organ functions. The solution is simple: disable the program.”

Barely restraining the urge to lash out at Isabelle, Yu Ke typed each word deliberately: “How do we disable the program?”

Isabelle responded: “Come find my true self in the Land of Chaos. I’ll be waiting for you at the center of the black hole.”

…

When Yu Ke told Annie about her plan to go to the center of chaos, Annie seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness you didn’t just leave without a word. If you had, I’d have had to abandon the organization to come find you.”

Annie’s attempt at humor didn’t lighten Yu Ke’s mood. Seeing Yu Ke’s grave expression, Annie sobered up and asked, “What happened? Why the sudden decision to go to the heart of the storm?”

“I’ve found Isabelle,” Yu Ke’s lips twitched as she thought of that madwoman who wouldn’t hesitate to use Lan Xing for experiments. She felt utter disgust. “With her found, Xing’er should be able to wake up.”

“Then you should be happy,” Annie said with a smile. “Your precious princess can finally come back to life. This is wonderful news.”

“She never should have suffered any of this. From the moment she was born into this world, she should have been healthy, meant to enjoy all its splendors,” Yu Ke’s throat tightened with emotion, each word spoken with force. “When she wakes up, I won’t feel grateful to anyone for it, nor will I rejoice. I will only despise those who made her suffer needlessly. I curse them, I curse them to die!”

The smile faded from Annie’s lips. She walked over and gently embraced Yu Ke, patting her trembling shoulder.

“Everything will be alright,” Annie said. “Though I can’t accompany you to the Chaos Center, I can arrange for someone to go with you.”

Yu Ke initially refused, questioning Annie, “With the war raging and our organization already short-handed, how can you spare anyone for me?”

“I’ve been preparing for this,” Annie replied with a smile. “The Prophet told me you would eventually go to the black hole’s center. I’ve been making arrangements, worried you might leave suddenly at any time.”

Yu Ke was momentarily taken aback before asking, “Jenny… how has she been lately?”

“So, you finally remember to ask about her?” Annie said with a wry smile. “When you were busy with your research on the Princess, when did you ever care about us?”

Due to Li Jian’an’s repeated warnings, Yu Ke had been keeping her guard up against Jenny and had even distanced herself from Annie, failing to communicate many matters. She truly felt guilty about it. But Annie remained magnanimous, brushing past these issues in their conversation. Not only that, she had made thorough preparations for Yu Ke, fearing she might not return from the Chaos Lands, and specifically found her a companion.

Yu Ke boarded the “Tattered” spacecraft, traversed the heart of the battlefield, and followed Isabelle’s guidance toward the region with the strongest gravitational field.

After that, Yu Ke’s signal remained lost.

By the time her signal was detected again, Lan Xing had already awakened from her slumber.

Isabelle published several consecutive articles in top medical journals, revealing the successes of her century-long research. These included case studies on Lan Xing, demonstrating that there were no fundamental physiological or psychological differences between clones and natural humans. If the same methods used on clones were applied to natural humans, they would become indistinguishable from clones in every aspect, so much so that even the most skilled doctors couldn’t tell the difference.

The moment these articles were released, they caused an immense uproar across society.

In the public’s mind, Isabelle was a warmonger, a fervent supporter of cloning. Yet her achievements revealed something else.

Her research was merely about adding another possibility to this chaotic world. She wanted to make life easier for humanity, and she had proven it through her experimental studies.

Not only that, but Isabelle’s article instead provided evidence for those supporting the equal rights movement. Organizations, including All-free, seized the opportunity to actively promote the equal status of clones and natural-born humans, gaining support across all social classes.

This was the last time Yu Ke saw Isabelle and Lan Xing.

To be precise, it was Lan Xing’s twin sister, the rebellious princess who had fled her wedding. She was preparing to pilot a spacecraft through the wormhole with Isabelle, heading to another galaxy.

After Yu Ke returned from the black hole, she also shared the news of the wormhole with everyone, it truly existed, but its value was not as high as everyone had imagined. It provided a passage from the Condor System to another galaxy, but the civilization in that galaxy was not underdeveloped. Moreover, no connection had yet been established with the Condor System, and opening a star gate would risk triggering another war.

Against this backdrop, the flames of war that had ignited in the Condor System gradually died down.

After many twists and turns, Yu Ke finally returned to Lan Xing’s side. Several years had passed in the outside world, while Lan Xing, asleep in the Anna Su research base, had experienced only a little over a year.

The Princess spacecraft remained docked beside the space capsule, like a guardian steadfastly waiting for her beloved.

When Lan Xing awoke from her slumber, she was unaware of the vast changes that had taken place in the world. When Anna Su informed her that Yu Ke’s signal had reappeared, Lan Xing still did not understand what it meant.

The crew of the Princess had gathered on the spacecraft. Upon learning of Lan Xing’s awakening, they did not rush to visit her immediately. Instead, they anxiously waited outside the capsule, maintaining contact with Anna Su, eagerly anticipating the return of their captain.

They waited for Yu Ke to slowly recount her story.

[The End]