On the third day after Asui became the leader of the star pirates, the main force had gradually moved to the cold north. The winter sun shone obliquely through the dead branches, casting a patch of mottled shadows on the ground. Jackdaws flapped their wings and landed on the treetops, their hoarse cries echoing in the snow, making the place seem even more dead and desolate.
It was too cold outside, and Asui didn't want to go out, so he stayed in the starship all day, wiping the sword in his hand. Little did he know that this made the pirates outside think he was even more unfathomable.
“Crunch—”
There was a thin layer of ice on the ground, and every time an insect walked by, it would make a crisp sound. A pirate holding a gun on duty stretched his neck to look inside the porthole, and saw a black-haired boy in a white shirt sitting cross-legged on the ground, lowering his head and carefully wiping the sword in his hand. He had a sunny and handsome face, and a small dimple could be seen when he pursed his lips.
Oh, what a beautiful male insect.
The star pirate sighed in his heart, then turned his head and spat into the snow beside him. It stands to reason that female insects shouldn't be so rude, otherwise it would be difficult to find a male master in the future. However, they are all desperate criminals, who would care so much? Spitting out sweet words is as common as drinking and eating.
"Damn it, the Clete Alliance has had so many leaders, big and small, and I never thought in my life that a male insect would grab the position of the big leader!"
Another pirate was patrolling nearby. Hearing this, he frowned and hushed him, "Keep your voice down. What if Chief Asui hears you? Just patrol and don't think about these nonsense."
As they were talking, a tall and thin female insect suddenly walked over from a distance. She had a pistol on her waist and was followed by several guards. She was holding a large iron cage covered with black cloth in her hands. No one knew what was inside. It looked mysterious.
Seeing this, the two pirates raised their hands and saluted: "Second Leader!"
There are more females than males in this world, and because the precious male insects are too proud and indulgent, the female insects are inevitably oppressed countless times. Most of the star pirates in the Crate Alliance are ordinary people. In order to resist the shackles on their shoulders, they did not hesitate to break the law and betray the empire, but fate was ironic. One day, they put the shackles back on the hands of their own kind.
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the starship, and ordered the guards to move the mysterious black iron cage in. After closing the hatch, he isolated the scene inside.
A space pirate answered honestly: "Second leader, the big leader has been resting in the starship today and has basically not come out."
Carlos mistakenly thought that he was stunned by the beauty of the "female insect" and explained with a smile: "Chief, this female insect comes from Yinchatai in the south. It is said that their race has the most beautiful wings in the world, but because of their scarcity, it is very difficult to find them. Many dignitaries want to collect a pair of wings of a southern female insect."
The companions realized what was going on after hearing this: "So that female insect came from the south. No wonder Carlos wanted to offer her to the chief. The wings of female insects are used for flying, not to be cut off and collected by those perverted male insects. I still prefer my ugly wings."
Hearing this, the star pirate looked him up and down, and said mercilessly: "You? Forget it, unless you can grow a pair of wings as beautiful as the female insects in the south. Their wings are rare treasures."
The pirate lowered his voice and said, "What else could it be? The noble major general that the empire sent to chase us was ambushed and captured by Carlos some time ago. He must want to offer him to the leader to curry favor with him."
He lifted the black cloth with a rustle, and saw a female insect with bruises all over her body. Her upper body had been stripped naked, and her lower body was only wearing a pair of military pants. Her hands and feet were shackled, and she was forced to half-kneel in the cage due to space constraints. The female insect's sturdy body was exposed to the air, with a luster comparable to white jade, but for some reason, there were many red whip marks crisscrossing, and there was an unhealed blood hole on her right shoulder.
The starship has a constant temperature setting. The colder it is outside, the warmer it is inside. Asui was so sleepy that he began to yawn, but he still had to force himself to deal with Carlos who suddenly came to visit him: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
He took a thin feather stick from the guard, reached in through the railing like teasing a bird, and forcibly lifted up the female insect's face: "Chief, he was the general who led the team to chase us some time ago. For safety reasons, I put electronic shackles on him. If you want to enjoy it, just use the key to open the cage."
The second leader waved his hand and said, "I have something important to discuss with the first leader. You guys stand further away and don't let other bugs get close."
Upon hearing this, Asui subconsciously looked into the cage, but was unexpectedly met with a pair of light blue eyes that were gentler than the moonlight. The other person's golden hair was messy and stuck to his pale cheeks. However, because he was in a cage, his expression was cold and resentful, like a dying canary crying blood.
Carlos never thought that he, at the age of forty, would have to bow to a teenager. But when he thought of the mysterious Kung Fu of the other party, the smile on his face became more flattering. "Chief, you have just taken over this position for a few days. Logically, you should find two female insects to serve you personally, but those subordinates are all big and clumsy. I guess you definitely don't like them, so I specially prepared a gift for you."
"Bah!" A pirate dared to spit when he saw him walking away, cursing, "Carlos is a guy who changes his mind according to the situation. He just killed the previous leader and now he is trying to please the new leader. He is born to be a captain!"
The tall and thin female insect called the second leader stopped in front of them. His cheeks were slightly concave, his cheekbones were very high, and his reddish-brown hair was twisted and tangled with a little snow foam. It was obvious that he had not combed his hair for a long time. His voice was low and hoarse, "Where is the big leader?"
Ah Sui was still yawning, but he couldn't help but perk up after hearing that. He drew back his sword, stood up from the ground and asked, "Gift? What gift?"
Asui was stunned. He didn't expect that the so-called "gift" would be this.
The companion was rather curious: "He carried a black cage in, what was in it?"
His companions were quite envious and jealous when they heard this: "Why don't you offer us up? We are also female insects. The leader is so beautiful, it's worth it to be marked by him."
A sharp north wind blew by, the whistling sound echoed through the mountains and fields, and blew up snow all over the sky.
Carlos motioned him to look at the cage covered with black cloth: "Chief, please look."
Asui was startled again when he saw this.
Carlos stepped forward, handed a silver key to him, and said earnestly: "Chief, please believe in my loyalty. The rumors against me are all false. I have never harmed the previous chief, and I will never harm you."
Asui looked at the key in front of him, hesitating whether to take it, when a deep voice suddenly sounded outside: "Of course the chief will not doubt your loyalty, nor will he refuse your gift."
Carlos looked subconsciously, and saw a black figure who had opened the hatch and walked in at some point. The cold wind rushed into the starship through the gap behind him, and was tightly isolated outside when the door was closed.
Carlos paused and said in an ambiguous tone, "So it's 'Military Advisor'."
The insect he called "Military Advisor" was wearing black clothes, covering his entire body, leaving only a pair of black eyes. Hearing this, he said calmly, "You're too polite. I'm just the leader's attendant, not a military advisor."
Asui, perhaps getting some hint, finally took the silver key from Carlos: "Military advisor is right, I won't doubt your loyalty."
Carlos finally showed a hint of satisfaction when he heard this. He saw that the new leader's eyes were fixed on the iron cage, and he thought that the other party must be eager to use it, so he immediately took his leave: "Then I will take my leave first. If you need anything else, just tell us."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and left with his guards. Then, there were only three people left on the huge starship, or to be exact, two people and one insect.
Ah Sui threw the sword aside when he saw this, and walked to the cage, fumbling to find the keyhole, and was about to open it with the key. The female insect in the cage sensed his approach and suddenly let out a warning roar, and the iron cage also clanged because of the violent struggle.
"Suizhi! Don't get close to him!"
The "Military Advisor" quickly pulled Ah Sui over and reminded him in a low voice: "He has not yet escaped from the half-insect combat state. He will attack you when he loses his mind."
Asui realized that the female insect's eyes had turned red when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Brother Cen Feng, what should we do? He is a living person, we can't keep him in a cage forever."
The insect in black paused after hearing this, then slowly took off his hat, revealing a young face. He had black hair and black eyes like Asui, and was obviously from the same place: "Wait a few days, he will regain his sanity in a few days, but you can't let him out, the pirates outside will kill him."
He knew that the boy had a simple mind and did not even open his mouth to correct the word "people".
Asui thought so too and gave up the idea. He sat on the steps, holding his chin with both hands and looking at the black iron cage, but saw that the female insect was naked. After hesitating for a moment, he turned to Cen Feng and asked, "Brother Cen Feng, can I put some clothes on him? He has no clothes on."
Unless necessary, Cen Feng did not want to interfere with any of his decisions: "You are the leader, you can do whatever you want." Upon hearing this, Asui stood up and looked around, and finally found a blanket from the locker. He seemed to be afraid that the female insect would go crazy again, so he carefully moved to the edge of the iron cage little by little, and then stuffed the blanket in through the gap.
The female insect did not rush forward angrily, not because she felt safe, but because she had lost too much blood and had no strength to struggle anymore. She lay weak and pale in a corner of the cage, the wound on her shoulder split open and began to bleed again.
Asui suddenly remembered that when he lived in the mountains, he once picked up a wounded golden bird under a tree, but it died within three days because it was not treated. He was like a busy hamster, searching everywhere for medicine to treat the wound, and finally found a medicine box with all the tools.
Cen Feng was originally using an instrument to detect the surrounding terrain. Seeing this, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
Asui pointed to the cage: "He's bleeding."
Cen Feng said nothing more and looked away calmly: "Use the hemostatic powder in the red bottle."
Ah Sui responded, then found the red bottle of powder and poured it directly into his palm. He walked around the back of the iron cage and carefully reached towards the bloody hole on the female insect's shoulder, but he didn't expect the other insect to suddenly stretch out its claws to scratch him, and he reflexively grabbed the female insect's wrist.
The female insect also had whip marks on her hands, probably caused by Carlos's torture. Asui's fingertips touched a sticky patch of blood, and he paused slightly, then loosened his grip a bit: "Don't be afraid."
As if he was afraid that Cen Feng would hear him, he squatted on the ground and quietly approached the railing. The tips of his ears were exposed outside his black hair. He moved slightly, and his eyes were black and innocent, like a furry puppy: "Shh, I'll let you go when you're healed."
"… "
The female insect was not in consciousness, but perhaps it understood what he said. The strength on its fingertips finally loosened a little, and its claws were quietly retracted.
Ah Sui let him go after seeing this, and then sprinkled the powder on the wound of the female insect through the railing, and bandaged it carefully. The pheromone on his body had a sweet smell like a lollipop, which reminded people of fluffy and soft marshmallows, so sweet that it melted in the mouth.
The semi-conscious female insect in the cage seemed to have smelled something, but she suddenly groaned softly, frowned her pretty brows, and her pale cheeks suddenly flushed, as obvious as rouge on the snow.
Asui was unaware of anything. He was just curious about why the female insect's hair was golden. He quietly reached out and touched it, then quickly pulled his hand back.
Seeing this, Cen Feng suddenly said, "A Sui, stand further away."
Ah Sui raised his head subconsciously: "Huh? Why?"
Cen Feng paused before saying, "His erotic period is coming soon. The pheromones in your body will make him go crazy and lose control."
Asui was about to say something when Cen Feng interrupted her, "Don't ask me what the climax is, and don't ask me what pheromones are."
Asui: “…”
Ah Sui scratched his hair, looking a little distressed. He felt that since the bus fell off the cliff and overturned, not only the world around him became strange, but even the playmates he knew when he was a child became strange: "Brother Cen Feng, can we not be space pirates?"
Cen Feng asked back: "Who said we are space pirates?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the display screen in the starship suddenly lit up and began to broadcast the daily interstellar news. A decent-looking female appeared on the screen, and a sweet voice sounded in the starship, inexplicably making the air fall into silence:
"Good morning, dear viewers. Today is December 1st of the insect calendar. Welcome to watch today's interstellar news..."
"According to the news from the front, the whereabouts of the Clete Interstellar Pirate Alliance that has been roaming around in recent years have been found. According to reliable information, this group of interstellar pirates had a fierce internal fight not long ago. The leader Clete lost the fight and was assassinated by his men..."
"The remaining pirate gangs looted a batch of precious male insects and fled in starships. They appeared in the Laguna Deep Sea a few days ago. The Empire has dispatched troops, and Major General Brand is in charge of the rescue..."
Along with the host's voice reporting the news, a photo of a female insect with blonde hair and blue eyes appeared on the screen. The other party was wearing a platinum military uniform and had an elegant and gentle temperament. It was obvious that he was a handsome and noble man who had received a good education.
Ah Sui felt that this person looked familiar. He looked at the screen, then at the female insect in the cage, and suddenly realized the other person's identity: "Brother Cen Feng, he is the person mentioned in the news!"
Cen Feng nodded calmly.
Asui asked stupidly: "Aren't we still space pirates?"
Cen Feng hummed again.
Boom!
Ah Sui was struck by lightning when he heard this, and he fell to the ground. He was in despair, holding his precious sword, and regretted it. He lowered his head and said in annoyance: "We should have gone to the right when we got lost in the forest that day. If we had gone to the right, we would not have been caught by these bad guys. If we had not been caught by these bad guys, we would not have escaped. If we had not escaped, we would not have been discovered by them, and we would have become the big leader inexplicably."
It's a long and complicated story.
Asui couldn't help but recall the day when the tourist bus overturned and all the passengers on the bus fell off the cliff. Only he and the tour guide Xu Cenfeng accidentally fell into the same dense forest, where they experienced survival in the wild for several months.
At that time, the land was not yet covered with snow. The dense forest was full of shade, and the grass and trees grew wildly, blocking out the sun.
Ah Sui used his long sword as a walking stick, walking with difficulty in a path full of swamps. His fair little face was covered with gray, and he looked so pitiful: "Brother Cen Feng, how long will it take us to get out? It will take at most ten days to get out of this forest. We have been here for several months."
As a person with poor sense of direction, he would never have thought that Xu Cenfeng was deliberately taking him around in circles in the dense forest, just to follow the fateful route of his previous life: "Don't worry, we will be able to get out soon."
Asui no longer believed him: "You lied to me again. You said the same thing a few months ago."
Xu Cenfeng said, "Haven't you been learning ancient martial arts in the village since you were a child? The environment in Folang Village is similar to here. Just think of it as returning to the village."
Ah Sui was like a dejected puppy: "But I can eat enough in the village, but not here."
Xu Cenfeng calmly handed him a bitter wild fruit: "That's because you are picky about food."
"… "
Asui didn't take the wild fruit. His ears twitched. He heard something. His eyes suddenly lit up and he pointed to the distance and said, "Brother Cen Feng! Listen! Is someone coming?! I heard the sound of a plane!"
Without waiting for Xu Cenfeng's reaction, Asui used his Qinggong to leap away from the swamp, his figure as beautiful as a swallow. He found a clean open space and waved his hands towards the sky. Sure enough, he saw a few black shadows in the distance, and shouted excitedly: "Brother Cenfeng, it must be my third grandfather who came to see me!"
"Third Grandpa! Third Grandpa! I'm here!!"
(End of this chapter)