Chapter 177：Ecosia

After a series of investigations, the military court indicted Osborne and Cecil on charges of treason and malfeasance, they also announced the dissolution of the two men's First and Second Army, which were merged into the Imperial Army, led by Joshua.

Because the two were the most powerful in the galaxy, when carrying out the arrest, the Imperial Army sent their most powerful mech units to surround the two's villa.

Joshua drove his silver-white ultra-mech and turned on the amplifier to command the two men, warning them not to resist, otherwise they would raze the Bernard and Matthew family.

The two most prominent families in the Empire were now synonymous with 'shame' and 'betrayal'. Old Bernard and Old Matthew were very old, and a few younger generations who hated Osborne and Cecil to the bone had personally captured them and delivered them to the courtroom.

Zhou Yun Sheng stood in front of the window, staring out at the towering white mech, and sneered. He'd repeatedly scrutinized Joshua's abnormalities these past few day, and had almost confirmed his identity beyond a doubt. The strength of spiritual power was destined from birth, to suddenly rise from S-level to 3S, Joshua had to be occupied by a more powerful soul, like himself.

A Zerg Queen could command all the Zerg, the strength of their spiritual power was obvious, and Joshua's sudden change had happened after the war.

What was the world's consciousness doing, how could it allow the son of fate to be replaced? But it was not true to say that he was completely replaced, Joshua still completed the tasks he should complete, and he'd obtained more honor than he deserved, even worse, he was better off than in his original fate.

It seemed that fate had not changed much at all. If he doesn't expose himself, he could continue living as his human identity, quietly holding the human and Zerg race in the palm of his hands, accomplishing the dream of every Zerg Queen – turning the whole galaxy into its nest.

Good calculations. Zhou Yun Sheng raised his glass to the huge silver- white mech, then walked up to the bedside and shouted impatiently, "Get up, we have to go to court!"

"Tch, annoying!" Osborne dragged opened his eyes and got out of bed, naked. He walked to the floor length mirror, turned sideways to look at the scratches on his back, then said in a reminiscing tone, "My love, you were really passionate last night. You almost drove me insane."

Zhou Yun Sheng threw a coat over his head and gave him a fake smile, "Everyone says that Osborne is noble and solemn, I should really let them see what you're like in private."

"That was before, the current Osborne is an incompetent coward who betrayed the Empire and killed his comrades. I no longer need to maintain my image in front of them, thank God. My love, I'll do whatever I want to do in the future, the Empire was never my responsibility, you are." He pinched his lover's chin and kissed his bright red lips.

Zhou Yun Sheng clasped the back of his head and gave him a hot morning wake up kiss.

When the heavily armed forces broke into the room, this was the scene they met. They almost couldn't maintain a grip on their particles guns, they'd heard that the feelings between the two Marshals were extraordinarily deep, but now they finally had first-hand insight, just look at the circumstances, yet they still had the mood to be intimate.

"Let's go." Zhou Yun Sheng patted his lover's firm buttocks, then stretched out his hands to allow the people to put him in spiritual and physical power suppressing handcuffs.

The handcuffs were fitted with a gravity device, the maximum value reaching 500 times gravity, it was specifically made to deal with 3S level powers, don't mention the use of force, even walking was difficult. Each of their steps left deep footprints in the ground, and even the stairs were almost flattened, making the soldiers responsible for arresting them unceasingly scared.

Seeing the two people in handcuffs, Joshua opened his cockpit and jumped down, he walked up to Osborne and lowered his voice, "You once said I was ambitious but didn't have the ability to match it, now look, I'm at the top of the world, and you're a prisoner. Osborne, I have proved you wrong. I, Joshua, will never become another person's vassal, I will be the strongest above all."

He retreated two steps, and gave them a complacent smile.

Zhou Yun Sheng looked back at him in astonishment. Judging by the words just said, Joshua's sanity had not been completely devoured by the Queen, his will and obsession had not been swallowed up. He was himself, but also the Queen, they had fully integrated.

No wonder the Zerg Queen picked him, his heart had too many hidden desires, and these desires made him easily seducible by the Queen, so he willingly betrayed humanity. If he and Osborne had not trampled on his pride, he might not have embarked on this path.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yun Sheng sneered again. What trampling on his pride? If he truly had self-respect, he wouldn't have done those things. In the final analysis, he could only blame his own excessively greedy desires. In the original track of fate, he'd never needed to work hard, whatever he wanted, Osborne or Kyle would hand it over to him, so he could afford to remain kind, cheerful, and selfless.

But without these two people's silent sacrifices and careful assistance, he could only rely on himself. However, he was from an ordinary family, and his strength, although comparable to Alpha, was not outstanding among them, so naturally, every aspect of his life was unsatisfactory. Coupled with the fact that an Omega a hundred times better than him, Cecil, had suddenly appeared, it was natural that he would become unwilling and obsessed.

He wanted to become stronger, wanted to go beyond Cecil, so everything that happened could be the results of a butterfly effect.

As the inciter of all this, Zhou Yun Sheng gave an amused smile. He took two steps towards Joshua, and the soldiers raised their particle guns.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to say a word to my old classmate." He waved his hand and smiled, then whispered to Joshua, "Being manipulated like a puppet by desire doesn't make you strong. In my eyes, you're weak. Weak and helpless."

Joshua suddenly let out a murderous arura, he glared back with cold eyes.

"Speak if you want to speak, don't lean in so close." Osborne pulled his lover back to his side, then glared at Joshua with the same killing intent.

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They were, after all, Grand Marshals, and they also had first class strength, their living cell was very clean and bright. But Osborne was furious as soon as he'd stepped in, because they'd put him in a separate cell from Cecil. His red eyes and ferocious expression frightened the prison officer, that night, they transferred the two to a double room.

"Don't you want them to give you a bigger bedroom? Hmm?" Zhou Yun Sheng sat cross-legged on the small one meter wide bed and laughed.

Osborne sat beside him, because of the weighty handcuffs, it was inconvenient to embrace his lover, he could only kiss his cheek and grin, "There's no need for that. This small bed is just enough to rest on, I lie down first, you lie down on top of me."

Zhou Yun Sheng Zhang opened his mouth and captured his tongue, kissing him enthusiastically.

The prison guards patrolled every hour and found such scenes- the two were always cuddling on the bed, or kissing, or chatting, how could they be so free, the guard couldn't but help shake his head and sigh: Showing no guilt after committing such a heinous crime, these two people cannot be saved!

The next day, the lengthy trial began, the prosecution, including treason and malfeasance, laid down dozen of charges, if the verdict was established, the two would be executed. Those who sat in as spectators were all military leaders and royal family members, the most conspicuous was Old Bernard and Old Matthew.

They sat silently in the middle, surrounded by a circle of empty seats. Obviously, no one in the Empire wanted to get involved with them, including the subordinates who used to be loyal to them.

The judge announced the trial's start, the prosecution staff immediately took out a thick file and began breaking down the two's war crimes, in order to highlight fairness, the trial process was broadcasted live on the Star Network.

Osborne and Zhou Yun Sheng didn't hire a lawyer, but even if they wanted to, no lawyer would dare defend them. As a result of their mistakes, millions of soldiers had died on the battlefield, and the families of the soldiers had threatened to tear anyone who dared defend them to pieces.

Every complaint filed by the prosecution would be confronted by just the two people.

Osborne bowed his head and played with his lover's fingers, his attitude was quite casual. Zhou Yun Sheng raised his eyebrows and stared at the prosecutors with a mocking expression, even laughing out loud at ridiculous extracts.

"I'm not guilty." He had already repeated this sentence a dozen times.

The prosecutors looked at him coldly, as if saying – even if you don't confess, the judge will still execute you. The two heroic figures were already ruined, now no one would sympathize with them, even the few people who'd had some hope for them fell silent after seeing their blasé performance in court.

How can they not feel guilty after indirectly killing so many people?

"I plead not guilty, and I ask the alliance commander at that time, Joshua, to step forward." Zhou Yun Sheng said loudly.

The judge looked at the Prince Consort, who was sitting in the gallery.

Joshua hesitated for a few seconds, but he remembered that both their hands and feet were shackled with 500 times gravity, not to mention attack, they could barely move, so he elegantly stood up and said, "I'm willing to confront the two Marshals."

The angry masses on the Star Network ridiculed, "Prince Consort is too gracious, they don't deserve to be called Marshals, they are interstellar criminals! They almost killed us all!"

"Cecil, please say what you please." Joshua walked closer to the two witnesses.