After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empress

Inside the medium assault ship, Gu Junwan stood before a massive military screen.

The constantly changing images on the screen displayed split-screen monitoring of both enemy and friendly military equipment.

Information scrolled across twelve split screens, changing by the second.

Finally forming a complete strategic map in the empress commander’s mind.

The feeling was as if heaven and earth were a chessboard, and the troops deployed by both sides were black and white pieces ready for battle.

Empress Gu Junwan was born to be the chess player.

At this moment, a warship above the Peace Palace initiated a connection to Gu Junwan’s location.

Gu Yuwei’s voice and holographic projection appeared.

“Gu Junwan, do you know what you’re doing right now? Are you trying to start a full-scale war within the Federation?”

“Exhaust our entire resources? Then let the Free Federation become prey for other countries!”

“If that’s what you want, then I’ll oblige you! Let’s fight if you want to fight, don’t think I’m afraid of you!”

Gu Junwan’s gaze fixed on her sister, but her tactical hand gestures ordered the aerial gun turrets to fully enter preheating and startup.

In the holographic projection, the empress’s voice was steady and decisive.

“Leader of the rebel forces, I now give you two choices. One, withdraw your people from the southern jurisdiction, and you and I will temporarily govern the north and south separately. Two, die here.”

The negotiation between the two highest rulers of the Federation was broadcast to the entire military.

After the first round of confrontation, the enraged Gu Yuwei had already lost the upper hand.

Whether it was the troops loyal to the empress or the opposing rebel forces, at this moment, they were all intimidated by the empress’s boldness and aura.

From Gu Junwan’s position, to make the decision to divide north and south required tremendous courage.

Because she was the legitimate ruler, she was the one who had been betrayed!

Now directly ceding half the jurisdiction, wasn’t that equivalent to acknowledging the legitimacy of the other’s governance?

And that last sentence, “die here,” was too brazen!

Gu Junwan’s words directly stumped Gu Yuwei.

She stood dumbfounded, her facial expressions switching between joy and suspicion, looking somewhat comical.

“Are you serious?” Gu Yuwei stepped forward, then suddenly seemed to realize something and pointed at her sister’s holographic projection, angrily saying, “By what right do you command me? I’m the one with the most chips now!”

“You have one minute to consider.”

As Gu Junwan spoke, she walked to the command console. After an iris scan, a red button was pushed onto the surface.

And her hand hovered above the button.

It was the activation device for the nuclear missile launch system.

Seeing this, Gu Yuwei’s eyes nearly bulged out.

She retreated several steps in succession, and only after being reminded by her advisors did she realize that retreating was useless, so she quickly spoke up: “Wait a moment!”

On this side, Gu Junwan had already started the countdown.

The constantly decreasing numbers were like the approaching footsteps of death.

Everyone’s hearts were in their throats.

Because they knew the empress always meant what she said!

Gu Yuwei felt like she was going mad!

She was an A-rank alpha, the Free Federation in her hands was the best choice.

Now she had successfully seized power, even occupying the Peace Palace that symbolized legitimacy, yet she still had to bow to that Omega Gu Junwan!

“I agree!”

Gu Yuwei screamed, venting her anger: “I’ll prove it to you! One day, I’ll make you bow to me! Then willingly hand over the southern jurisdiction with both hands!”

These shouts without any practical significance posed no threat to Gu Junwan.

In fact, the army pressing the city and the nuclear launch countdown were all part of her strategy for this move.

The Free Federation was the blood and sweat of their ancestors, and the hope of millions of people.

She was more reluctant than anyone to let her homeland be devastated.

The decision to divide north and south seemed like she was sharing power and taking a loss.

But in the long run, it might not be a bad thing.

Never go against the trend.

This was the most important lesson her mother, the previous empress, had taught her.

“Remember, you are the leader of the entire Federation, not a hot-blooded young girl!”

…

Perhaps due to the advanced medical level of this world, or the exceptional recovery physique of awakened alphas.

After lying in the hospital bed for half a month, Shen Han was already much better.

But the person she had been eagerly looking forward to seeing every day still hadn’t appeared again.

Gu Junwan was so busy with various affairs that she couldn’t get away at all.

Handover, cleaning up the troops, choosing locations, pacifying subjects, diplomatic deterrence—each task consumed a great deal of her energy.

On this day, she had just finished receiving a group of diplomatic envoys when she suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Xu Zhao: “Isn’t today the day Shen Han is discharged from the hospital?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. I’ve already arranged for someone to pick her up, you needn’t worry.”

Hearing this, Gu Junwan’s footsteps faltered, and the scene from half a month ago in the intensive care unit, where that person had tightly gripped her fingers, immediately floated into her mind.

She raised her hand to tuck a stray hair behind her ear, hiding her slightly warming earlobe within her hair.

Then she softly instructed: “Go yourself, and take her ID card to her while you’re at it.”

Xu Zhao was slightly stunned.

She felt that this task didn’t require her personal attention, and that staying by the empress’s side to help her deal with complicated matters would be more appropriate.

But the empress’s orders were indisputable.

Additionally, she was very curious to see what kind of person this alpha, who the empress cared about so much, really was.

The hospital where Shen Han was staying happened to be located in the Fourth Southern District.

Xu Zhao, riding in a military hovercraft, arrived in just over an hour.

At this time, the personnel originally meant to pick up Shen Han were still en route.

After receiving new orders, they had changed course to handle other matters.

Shen Han sized up the woman in the professional suit and skirt before her, feeling that she carried a hint of familiar coolness.

She wasn’t sure if it was because the other had been by Gu Junwan’s side for years.

Gu Junwan’s coolness came from an innate nobility, while this Special Assistant Xu had a rigid coldness of being all business and humorless.

Interacting with her gave people a sense of distance.

While Shen Han was staring at her, Xu Zhao was also discreetly observing the former.

Her face was calm, but her heart was filled with surprise.

This alpha before her was very different from what she had imagined.

She didn’t have the innate sense of superiority of an S-rank alpha, nor did she show the expected reverence when discussing topics related to the empress.

She gave off an impression of being both gentle and casual, her harmless appearance making it hard to believe she had recently pierced an enemy’s throat with her own broken bone.

Shen Han felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at.

She coughed lightly and asked: “Special Assistant Xu, do you have something like a document folder?”

Xu Zhao withdrew her gaze, pushed up her glasses, and quickly found a transparent folder to hand to the other.

She was somewhat curious about what the other wanted to put in it.

Seeming to read Xu Zhao’s curiosity, Shen Han opened the bedside drawer and began putting cards into the folder while saying: “Oh, these are all from the medical staff who took care of me during my hospitalization.”

The thin lenses on Xu Zhao’s nose bridge reflected a light with an unclear meaning.

She stared at the colorful cards in the transparent folder and casually asked: “From the young nurses?”

“I think so,” Shen Han shook the folder and added, “I didn’t really pay attention.”

Xu Zhao recalled the few Omega nurses she had seen at the door earlier and said flatly: “If you’re done packing, let’s go.”

…

The military hovercraft was quite spacious inside.

Shen Han and Xu Zhao sat facing each other, with a small aisle of about half a meter between them.

“May I see those gifts of yours?” Xu Zhao was the first to break the silence.

Knowing she meant the cards in her hand, Shen Han directly passed the entire folder forward.

“Sure, I think the hospital did a good job with their humane care. I’m planning to give them a gift in return when I have the chance.”

Hearing Shen Han’s words, Xu Zhao’s eyes narrowed slightly behind her glasses.

But when she opened the cards and found they were all get-well wishes for the patient, her expression relaxed a bit.

At this point, she heard Shen Han continue: “What do you think about me giving them a banner? It could say ‘Miraculous hands revive the dying and save the injured.'”

Xu Zhao quickly flipped through all the cards, seeing there was nothing ambiguous on them, before looking up at the other with a strange expression: “A banner? Are you serious?”

“Of course, I can’t exactly give them red envelopes, can I? I don’t have any money, and Miss Gu paid for all the treatment fees.”

Realizing that “Miss Gu” referred to her empress, Xu Zhao suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

She was silent for a moment, then took out an exquisitely crafted black card from her briefcase.

As she handed it over, she said: “Keep this safe. Your identity information and access permissions for the compound are all in the card.”

Shen Han happily accepted her ID card.

A faint cold plum fragrance still lingered on the card’s surface.

She held the small black card, examining it closely, and asked with a smile: “Will I be living in the same area as Miss Gu? What’s my current status?”

Xu Zhao: “Temporary worker.”

Shen Han: “???”

After returning to the compound, Xu Zhao arranged for someone else to familiarize Shen Han with the area, while she directly returned to the office to report.

Shen Han also knew that Gu Junwan was particularly busy recently, so she arranged things for herself, trying not to cause trouble for the other.

She thought she wouldn’t be able to see the other today, but unexpectedly, when night fell, the other appeared at her dormitory!

Shen Han’s dormitory was located in a high-end apartment building within the compound.

52nd floor, a two-bedroom apartment.

All items in the room were brand new, without any trace of previous occupants.

When Gu Junwan entered the room, the refreshing cold plum fragrance entered with her, making the room lacking in human touch feel particularly warm.

Today, Gu Junwan wore a white lace dress, with unknown totems embroidered in gold thread on the shoulders and body, making her look both noble and mysterious.

Shen Han glanced at the little bear apron she hadn’t had time to take off, experiencing a bit of social death.

She somewhat embarrassedly wiped her hands on the bear ears on both sides of the apron, searching for something to say: “Miss Gu, have you eaten?”