A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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"Major General Gao Tian, ​​please make sure you control yourself and don't attack the staff, okay?" The staff confirmed with him before starting.

Gao Tian: "I will try my best."

That's not something you can control. Your demands are too much to ask.

He took off his training uniform shirt, revealing his lean upper body, with his shoulder blades casting clear shadows on his back muscles.

Gao Tian lay down on the metal platform, lowered his head, and pressed his forehead against the cold metal platform. The slightly protruding area on the back of his neck, known as the alpha gland, was completely exposed to the view of the robotic arm.

The glands are somewhat similar to the connective tissue embedded in the spine. They secrete glandular fluid, which contains pheromones that are released through the skin when needed.

The glandular fluid can be extracted, but the extraction process is quite painful because the glands are directly connected to the spinal nerves.

Omega glands can secrete special hormones that can make them ignore most of the pain and damage, while alpha glands cannot. Once an alpha gland is injured, it is like having a knife cut into a nerve, causing excruciating pain.

Pheromones are extracted during military physical examinations without anesthesia, because the goal is to extract pheromone levels under normal conditions, and anesthesia would disrupt the secretion of pheromones from the glands.

A faint humming sound rang out, and several robotic arms hanging above moved simultaneously, adjusting their angles.

The thinnest arm slowly descended, its probe flashing a ghostly blue positioning light, hovering precisely above the gland on the back of Gao Tian's neck. Two other auxiliary arms extended, their ends coated with sterile cotton pads, coolly wiping the skin around the gland.

Gao Tian closed his eyes and pressed his cheek against the cold platform.

Damn, pheromone extraction is so painful! He's only had it done twice, once when he entered military academy and once when he joined the army. Even a hardcore Alpha is afraid of this kind of thing.

The probe slowly approached the skin on the back of Gao Tian's neck. Gao Tian kept his eyes tightly closed, his jawline taut like a knife's edge.

The staff dared not breathe; the air in the room seemed to freeze, with only the muffled hissing of the servo motors inside the instruments audible.

The buzzing sound suddenly rose in pitch and became sharp.

The instant the positioning light disappeared, the slender robotic arm stabbed down! The hollow needle-like probe pierced deep into the gland with precision at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye!

Gao Tian's body suddenly tensed up.

It felt like being instantly injected with a high-voltage current, which exploded from the back of the neck and shot like lightning along the spine to every part of the body, causing every muscle in the back to tense up.

The feeling of being stabbed in the spinal nerve is indescribable to outsiders; Gao Tian felt his arms cramp instantly.

The veins on his arms bulged out, and his fingers gripped the edge of the metal platform tightly, his knuckles protruding from the excessive force.

"Major General Gao Tian, ​​please try your best to control yourself! The probe needle is still stuck in the back of your neck. If you struggle violently, you may tear the gland!" the staff member reminded anxiously.

Gao Tian gritted his teeth.

The intense pain was firmly held back by his powerful willpower, turning into only a silent, violent gasp.

The probe continued to penetrate deeper, emitting an extremely faint extraction sound.

The probe's internal, sophisticated extraction mechanism began to work, and a small amount of glandular fluid representing pheromones was forcibly extracted from under the skin of Gao Tian's nape.

Contrary to popular belief, glands are not sacs filled with water; rather, they are more like a heart, a muscular structure.

Extracting tissue fluid from between muscles is an extremely difficult and painful process.

Gao Tian's veins bulged, and he had to try his best to control himself and not move. Sweat poured out from his hair, slid down his taut neck, and dripped onto the cold platform.

Time was stretched out infinitely by the intense pain.

The researcher stared intently at the extraction parameters on the control screen, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

He dared not look at Major General Gao Tian on the platform.

At such moments, the alpha is extremely aggressive. Even though General Gao Tian is still an S-rank, he can smash a person's head into a pulp by simply throwing something at them.

"Please hang in there a little longer, the extraction will be completed soon."

After a long time, the sharp buzzing sound began to subside, the suction weakened, and the probe slowly withdrew.

The assistant arm immediately stepped forward and pressed a sterile cotton pad against the needle hole; it felt cool to the touch.

Gao Tian's tense body then relaxed very slowly, little by little.

The contours of his muscles gradually smoothed out, but each breath remained heavy, and sweat soaked the hair on his forehead, clinging tightly to his skin.

"The extraction is complete." The staff quickly went to help him up.

Gao Tian opened his eyes, which were bloodshot.

He propped himself up, his movements slow and sluggish, revealing a deep exhaustion.

The staff put a sterile gauze on the injection site on the back of his neck, and he pressed it firmly on himself.

"Please take a rest for a while." The staff helped him to a sofa bench that had been specially prepared for him.

Being a soldier isn't easy either. He's exhausted, yet he still can't leave. After he's rested, he'll need to undergo a psychological test.

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Research institute, monitoring layer.

The heavy elevator doors opened silently, and Commander-in-Chief Qi stepped out.

He came in alone, without an adjutant.

He's been incredibly busy lately, but he still wants to personally check on Gao Tian for his medical examination.

Commander-in-Chief Qi walked step by step through that long and pale passage.

The sound of his footsteps echoed in the absolute silence, the frequency of his steps remaining perfectly steady, just like the man himself.

Inside the monitoring room.

The female researcher A who had initially received Gao Tian was already standing there waiting, holding a thin, hard-covered medical report of Gao Tian in her hand.

With the entire research institute operating solely for one person, Gao Tian's medical examination report was produced at an incredibly fast pace.

"Commander Qi." Female A saluted Commander Qi and handed him the report with both hands.

Commander-in-Chief Qi accepted it.

The report cover was a cold, dark gray, with no superfluous text except for a silver emblem symbolizing the military printed in the center.

He pressed his thumb on the cover; the stiff paper had a unique, slightly cool feel to it.

He opened the document, focused on a few key data points, glanced casually at the photos of Gao Tian, ​​and then looked away at the monitoring screen of the underground secret laboratory.

"What was the result?" Commander-in-Chief Qi asked, turning his head to look at Gao Tian, ​​who was lying on the sofa bench on the monitor screen.

Researcher A replied, "No abnormalities. Major General Gao Tian's physical indicators are all within the optimal range, including physical fitness, tissue condition, metabolism, nerve reaction speed, pheromone concentration and activity, without exception."

After thinking for a moment, she added, "It remains the highest-ranking combat unit under the Alliance's standards."

"Um."

Commander-in-Chief Qi hummed in agreement.

His face was expressionless, as if this conclusion was merely a self-evident confirmation of established facts.

He continued to gaze at the high sky lying flat on the screen.

Gao Tian lay on the sofa bench, looking as if he were dead.

He had his glandular fluid extracted when he was in school and joined the army, so he knows what that feels like.