As the saying goes, evil can last for a thousand years. Lu Yuan used to think that he was strong and healthy and could live for at least a hundred years on Earth. He didn't expect that he would become a short-lived ghost after crossing the Zerg.
Even the most heartless gangster would feel a little disappointed upon hearing this news, because it meant that the possibility of him returning to Earth was infinitely close to zero.
Lu Yuan didn't even have dinner. He went straight back to his dorm after coming out of the library. After taking a shower, he lay on the bed, covered his head with a quilt, and felt a throbbing pain in his temples. His body temperature rose unconsciously and became incredibly hot.
It's very similar to a fever, but not quite.
There was no medicine in the dormitory, so Lu Yuan could only force himself to stay awake, get up and drink a glass of cold water before lying back down. He vaguely felt that something was wrong with the leg that was bitten by the snake, and there were tingling sensations around the wound, like needles, but because his brain was in a state of confusion and his perception of pain decreased, he didn't take it seriously.
It was a quiet night outside the window, and I could vaguely see sparse lights on the building opposite, but soon they went out one by one, leaving only a vague outline of a tall building.
Lu Yuan inexplicably remembered his residence on Earth. When he went to bed at night, it seemed that there was such a window in his bedroom, but he had forgotten what the scene was outside because he had never paid attention to it.
In a trance, Lu Yuan had a lot of random things in his mind, but he couldn't remember anything. He lay drowsily on the bed, his temperature rising, his throat dry, and even had trouble opening his eyes, so of course he missed the messages flashing on the terminal.
Badler is a military academy, and they check the dormitories every night to prevent students from staying out all night. As the disciplinary president, Yusitu doesn't have to do this kind of thing himself, not to mention that he has just calmed down his mental turmoil and is still in a weak period. However, he sent several messages to Lu Yuan in succession and received no reply. He couldn't help but feel something was wrong, and for the first time, he stepped into the male insect dormitory, which he had never been to before.
"You guys go upstairs, I'll check the second floor."
Lu Yuan didn't know where he got the strength from. He frowned and held Yusitu's hand. He forced himself to cheer up and said, "I'm really fine. Just let me sleep. If it doesn't work, I'll go tomorrow morning."
He touched Lu Yuan's forehead again and found that it was cold like ice, unlike the burning sensation just now. He lifted the quilt and helped Lu Yuan up from the bed. He then pulled the coat at the end of the bed and put it on him. He said in a serious tone, "Sir, I am not kidding you. You must go to the hospital for treatment now."
Yes, not long.
Lu Yuan came back to his senses after a while, wiped the cold sweat off his face, and then struggled to get out of bed and open the door. He thought it was the discipline members who came to check the dormitory, but he didn't expect it to be Justu himself. When he opened the door, he was stunned for a moment: "Justu, why are you here?"
Lu Yuan was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. Hearing what was said, he slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Youstu. His eyes looked a little tired because they were covered with bloodshot. He was still in the mood to joke until this moment, making it hard to tell whether he was telling the truth or a lie: "Forget it. I won't live long anyway."
"… "
Lu Yuan: “Why?”
He still didn't like going to the hospital, for fear that the examination would reveal that his body was different from that of the Zerg, so he tried to avoid such a thing if possible.
There was still knocking on the door outside.
Except for not wanting to go to the hospital, Lu Yuan was quite cooperative in other aspects. Maybe it was a psychological effect, but after taking the medicine, he felt that his headache was finally relieved a little. He lay quietly in bed, and except for feeling weak, he didn't feel too uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Yusitu closed the door and walked straight into the room. He knelt on one knee beside the bed, leaned over and touched Lu Yuan's forehead, and found that it was incredibly hot. His face changed slightly: "You are sick, I will take you to the hospital."
Justu frowned, not understanding why Lu Yuan didn't want to go to the hospital even though he had such a fever: "But you are seriously ill. If you don't go to the hospital, your body will be in trouble."
Justu was really worried about Lu Yuan's condition. He suddenly remembered that he still had a few special medicine pills in his shirt pocket. He got up and went to the water dispenser to get a cup of hot water. Then he sat on the bed and helped Lu Yuan up. He put a white pill into his mouth, fed him some hot water, and whispered to comfort him: "Swallow it, you will feel better."
This kind of pill is specially used to restore the mental strength of female soldiers in the riot period. It is expensive and only the royal family has it.
Justu said nothing, but knocked on the door gently. He noticed a warm yellow light leaking out from the crack of the door, and guessed that Lu Yuan should still be in the dormitory. After all, there was a discipline officer guarding the gate, so it was not easy to skip classes and sneak out of the college.
At that time, Lu Yuan was trapped in a confused dream and could not escape. He only felt that there were countless hands behind him, pushing him into the fire pit. Suddenly he heard a sound coming from outside the door. He woke up from the dream instantly and finally regained a bit of consciousness.
After he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Lu Yuan's face was flushed to an abnormal level, and he subconsciously frowned: "What's wrong with you?"
Justu whispered word by word: "Dignity, honor, territory, too much..."
Justu shook his head: "Not really."
Lu Yuan just felt hot all over, but now he started to feel cold all over. He wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, wondering if it was because the people on Earth were not used to the climate there. "It's okay, I'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
Justu's injury had not yet healed, and his wrist was still wrapped in thick gauze. When he leaned closer, Lu Yuan could still vaguely smell the bitter smell of medicine from his sleeves, as well as that low, puzzled voice:
“Knock knock knock—”
"There are many young warriors buried on the distant battlefield. They can all live for 200 years, but they all choose to stop here at their best years, because for them, there are many things in the world that are more important than life..."
Lu Yuan found that he could be fierce to Red, but not to Justu. He cleared his throat, and with a weak and sickly voice, he asked in a joking tone: "If you find out that you only have a hundred years to live, would that be a bad thing for you?"
Lu Yuan mumbled something that Yusitu couldn't understand: "I'm different from you..."
Justu didn't understand why Lu Yuan didn't want to go to the hospital. He stared at the other's sweaty forehead, frowned slightly, and reached out to brush away the strands of hair on Lu Yuan's forehead. He inexplicably remembered that when they were on the starship, the other party seemed to be reluctant to go to the hospital.
Justu paused after hearing this and found that he could not refute this statement, because Lu Yuan did look different from them. Both his appearance and personality were incompatible with this world.
Although it shouldn't be, Lu Yuan now has a sense of self-destruction. He even thinks that this illness is not caused by his body, but because the thought that has always supported him to go home has been broken. All the illnesses that have not occurred in the past 20 years have come up all at once today, and no one can bear it.
"Why don't you want to go to the hospital..."
"… "
Justu ignored Yoriga's meaningful look, gave instructions lightly, and went straight to the second floor. Although he wanted to know what happened to Lu Yuan, he didn't want to appear too abrupt, so he followed the rules and started from the first room in the corridor, and finally came to the door of Lu Yuan's dormitory.
Seeing this, Yusitu got up and went to the bathroom to get a towel wet with hot water, and wiped Lu Yuan's face. Seeing that Lu Yuan seemed to be in a better mental state, he was silent for a moment, then asked: "... Have you encountered anything unhappy?"
Justu didn't want to reveal his true intention of coming here. He pointed to the golden armband on his arm and said, "As you can see, routine dormitory inspection..."
He didn't even hesitate.
Lu Yuan really didn't have the energy to stand at the door and talk to Youstu. He shook his head to wake himself up, then turned back to the room, closed his eyes and lay back on the bed, saying weakly: "Oh, maybe I haven't woken up yet, I have a headache..."
“Knock knock knock—”
Lu Yuan was unusually stubborn about this matter. Without waiting for Justu's reaction, he lay back on the bed and wrapped himself in the quilt like a giant caterpillar.
Justu looked at Lu Yuan intently. His silver hair was a faint warm yellow under the light, and his gorgeous red eyes also softened a bit. He didn't understand why Lu Yuan, who had a free and easy personality, couldn't figure out such a simple question:
"Sir, although the Insect God has granted us a long life of two hundred years, it is only an imaginary number. Only a few can actually reach the end of the life. Just like my father, he only lived for a hundred years before being buried deep in the jungle. Just like me, if I had not survived the mental turmoil yesterday, my life would have ended at the age of twenty-six, which is even shorter than a hundred years..."
Justu didn't like hearing this: "Sir, please don't say that."
In fact, it was not just a headache, his legs also hurt badly. However, Lu Yuan was a thick-skinned gangster and he still stubbornly believed that sleeping wrapped in a quilt could cure all his illnesses.
Lu Yuan's lips were pale and cracked, his skin was abnormally flushed, and he looked in very bad condition. Anyone who saw him would think he was sick.
Lu Yuan said nothing when he heard this. Although he shouldn't have said so, he finally felt a little comforted in his heart. It turned out that he was not the one with the shortest lifespan in the Zerg.
Lu Yuan pursed his lips and said to Yousitu: "Actually, I'm fine, I just miss home a little..."
Although I am so far away on Earth that I no longer have any relatives to worry about, and even if they die, I won’t be able to gather a table for a meal with them, but when I leave the familiar environment, I always feel empty in my heart.
It is said that fallen leaves should return to their roots, but he has not yet taken root and grown in this strange world of the Zerg. Now he is like a leaf drifting in the wind, not knowing where to go.
Justu's fingertips moved slightly when he heard this, as if he wanted to comfort Lu Yuan, but he quietly retracted his fingertips due to etiquette: "Is your hometown far away?"
Lu Yuan nodded gently: "Yeah, very far."
Yusitu frowned and thought it was not a problem: "I can drive the starship to take you back."
Lu Yuan was a little sad at first, but he laughed when he heard the words. He thought that the white-haired rabbit was really stupid. He thought that this was not a problem of time, but a problem of time and space. But after laughing for a while, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Lu Yuan was lying on the bed, feeling inexplicably empty and lonely in his arms. He looked at Youstu and suddenly made a request that he didn't even understand, and asked in a low voice: "Can I hug you?"
Justu was stunned, thinking he had heard wrongly.
But Lu Yuan just lay on the bed, gently stretched out his hand to him, and asked again seriously: "Can you let me hold you for a while?"
May I
It shouldn't be allowed, as they were not related and were of the opposite sex, so they should keep their distance. But before Justu could think of the answer, his body had already moved closer, and when he came to his senses, he had already fallen into a warm and solid embrace.
Lu Yuan hugged Youstu, then quietly tightened his embrace, closed his eyes and slowly exhaled, and the empty feeling in his heart finally disappeared a little. Until this moment, he suddenly felt fortunate that he was not alone in this strange world, and that there was someone who cared for him when he was sick and accompanied him when he was lonely.
Lu Yuan reached out and rubbed the back of Justu's furry head. The silver hair felt very good to the touch. He whispered sincerely, "Justu, it's nice to meet you."
Justu didn't say anything. His mind went blank after hearing that. He lay in Lu Yuan's arms with red cheeks, not knowing how to react. This state of blood rushing lasted for several seconds before it finally returned to normal, pulling him back to his senses from his daze.
Justu lowered his eyes, and finally hugged Lu Yuan gently back, knowing that the other party just needed comfort at this moment. He leaned against the other party's broad shoulders and said in an inaudible voice: "Sir, I am also very happy to meet you."
Lu Yuan smiled and thought that Justu was too stupid. He really let him hold his child just because he said he wanted to. If he was sold in the future, he would probably have to help others count money. He said to himself:
"If I don't take responsibility, you will suffer a great loss..."
The voice was too soft for Justu to hear clearly: "What?"
Lu Yuan shook his head: "Nothing."
He held the big rabbit in his arms, somewhat greedy for its warmth and softness, and was reluctant to let go. He said he would just hold it for a while, but he held it for a long time without letting go, until he was overwhelmed by sleepiness and fell asleep in bed without realizing it, and then he finally relaxed his arms a little.
Justu didn't move until he heard Lu Yuan's breathing gradually become slow and steady. When he was sure that he was asleep, he carefully got up from his arms and gently pulled the quilt over him.
Justu reached out and touched Lu Yuan's forehead, feeling that his body temperature was still fluctuating, sometimes hot and sometimes cold. He frowned unconsciously and decided to wait until dawn to take Lu Yuan to the hospital for a check-up.
The sky was about to dawn outside the window. The night had slipped away quietly. Yusitu stepped on the last ray of night that was about to dissipate and quietly left Lu Yuan's dormitory. After all, female insects could not stay overnight in male insect dormitories. If other insects saw him coming out of Lu Yuan's dormitory, he would not be able to explain himself. He could only find a reason to come back during the day. Although it was the weekend, many students still stayed in the college and did not go out. The corridors and cafeteria were crowded. Because there were no classes to separate them, it was noisier than usual.
Justu went to the infirmary to get some antipyretic medicine. When he passed by the second-grade corridor, he suddenly found that many students were gathered together whispering, pointing and looking at the corners of the corridor. He keenly realized that something was wrong.
Justu paused when he saw this and walked towards them, only to see two male insects standing at the entrance of the corridor, impatiently shooing away the passing students:
"Go away! What are you looking at? Do you believe I'll beat you up if you keep looking at me?!"
"What are you all doing here? Get away!"
Judging from the situation, it is most likely school bullying. This kind of thing is not uncommon and happens almost every day in Badler College. However, the identities of the protagonists this time are a little special. They are Boya, the young master of the Durant family, and the eighth prince Gain.
Last night, the royal palace issued an edict ordering the eldest son of the Durant family, Sander, to marry the eighth prince, Gain. Once the news came out, it caused a huge uproar.
Although Lord Sander was notoriously idle and addicted to gambling among the upper nobles, he was still a male insect with a blood purity of 45%. The outside world thought that he would be matched with the most powerful Seventh Prince Justu among the Crown Princes, but unexpectedly, he was matched with the disabled Eighth Prince Gain. Even the onlookers felt it was a pity, not to mention Lord Sander's younger brother Boya.
Boya happened to be studying at Badler College. After hearing the news early in the morning, he came to cause trouble. He was impulsive and did not take Gain, the unpopular prince, seriously. He kicked his injured leg hard and grabbed the pale female insect in front of him and threatened: "I tell you, the Durant family will never marry a disabled and useless female insect. If you are smart enough, go to the Insect Emperor to cancel the engagement with my brother, otherwise you will suffer the consequences!"
The Eighth Prince, Jia Yin, was kicked in the leg by Boya. He groaned softly, and sweat dripped down his forehead, but he did not beg for mercy. Instead, a low laugh escaped from his lips. He looked at Boya with a pale face, like a bottomless cold pond, and asked with a smirk, "Sir, since you are so 'fearless', why don't you go find the Insect Emperor yourself, instead of competing with a cripple like me?"
Gain was like a gray and broken statue. His features were still delicate, but he was cold and indifferent in his bones. The shadow of death slowly climbed up his still young face, giving him a morbid and corrupt look that did not belong to his age.
Boya was so angry at his meaningless attitude that he raised his fist and was about to hit him: "Damn it! Do you believe that I will make your other leg crippled as well!"
"Who gave you the guts to insult the Crown Prince like this?!"
A cold voice suddenly sounded from behind Boya, interrupting his action. However, before Boya could turn around to see who it was, he was hit hard in the face by a punch the next second, and then kicked in the ribs by the other party. He fell to the ground with a bang before he could even scream.
"puff-"
Boya spat out a mixture of broken teeth and blood, holding his stomach in pain, unable to speak. He stood up from the ground with difficulty, and then he saw who hit him, but he didn't expect it to be the Seventh Prince Yusitu.
Justu knew that ever since Gain was injured on the battlefield, he had lost the capital to compete for the throne in the eyes of those nobles, but he never thought that these nobles would be so presumptuous as to insult the prince of an entire country in public. He was so angry that his hands were shaking.
Justu stared at Boya with a gloomy look, grabbed his collar and asked coldly: "Tell me, who gave you the courage to rebel? Who do you want to make disabled?!"
Boya didn't expect that this madman Justu would dare to attack the male insect. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he trembled for a long time and couldn't speak. The students watching on the side were also dumbfounded.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Boya's two male followers hurried back to the office to ask for help. Soon, a middle-aged female insect with a serious face came over. It was the director of the teaching department. He was related to the Durant family. Seeing Justu grabbing Boya's collar and threatening him, he immediately shouted angrily: "Stop it!"
The director of the teaching department pushed aside the students who were watching, and quickly stepped forward to pull Yusitu away. Only then did he realize that Boya's face was covered in blood. He said angrily, "What on earth happened?! Who of you beat up Mr. Boya like this?!"
When the devils fight, the devils suffer. The Durant family and Justusu are not easy to provoke. No one dared to offend the students who watched. They stammered and couldn't say a word. Even the dean of discipline didn't dare to question Justusu directly. Boya wanted to say something, but unfortunately, most of his teeth were knocked out by Justusu, and now he had difficulty breathing.
The Dean of Studies' face turned pale when he saw this, and he said a few good words in a row: "Okay, you won't tell me, right?! Then turn on the surveillance camera for me!"
He completely forgot that this was a blind spot on the stairs and the surveillance camera might not have recorded what happened just now.
Justu curled his lips sarcastically when he saw this. He felt that the other party's method of forcing him to admit it was really clumsy. Just as he was about to say that he had beaten him, a familiar voice suddenly sounded, breaking the calm:
"I did it."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a black-haired, black-eyed male insect appearing outside the insect swarm. It was Lu Yuan. He looked pale, and had a coat casually thrown over him. He had only come to the infirmary to get some antipyretic medicine, but he had not expected to see this scene.
Yusitu's expression changed when he saw this: "Sir..."
Lu Yuan signaled him not to make a sound, and walked straight to the dumbfounded dean of discipline, and took the blame straightforwardly: "I was the one who beat him up, if you have anything to say, just come to me directly."
Of course, the dean would not believe such a clumsy lie. Even a blind man could see that it was Justu who hit him. He glared at Lu Yuan angrily and said, "Sir, please don't make such a joke!"
Lu Yuan glanced at Boya who was jumping up and down in anger, then turned his gaze back to the dean and asked, "Do you think I'm joking?"
The Dean of Studies choked and said, "You said you beat Mr. Boya. Do you have any evidence?!"
Boya didn't know if he was so angry that his Ren and Du meridians were opened. He pushed away the male insect who was supporting him, pointed angrily at Yusitu beside him, and said with difficulty: "It was him! He hit..."
"Snapped!"
Before Boya finished speaking, Lu Yuan suddenly slapped him to the ground. The black-haired, black-eyed male insect shook his limp wrist expressionlessly, then smiled at the dean and said, "To prove it to you, that's how I hit him just now."
"… "
Facts have proved that even when Lu Yuan was feverish, his fighting power was still online. Since he came to Salilanfa, he had beaten countless male insects. One more or one less would not be much, but today he finally got his retribution and was locked up in the interrogation room.
There is no other reason, because the male insect named Boya also has a blood purity of up to 45%, and it is said that his injuries are extremely serious. The incident has escalated and it is no longer something the school can suppress.
"Sir, please be sure to explain the details of how you beat Mr. Boya so badly. This will become important evidence when you appear in court later!"
The person who came to interrogate Lu Yuan was an experienced female soldier with a pair of sharp eyes like an eagle and clear logic. Before this, she had rejected no less than dozens of Lu Yuan's confessions.
Lu Yuan thought that it was Yusitu who beat the bug. He had no idea of the details. He lay on the table weakly and said in a numb tone: "I punched him first..."
Military female: "Where did you hit him?"
Lu Yuan: "Stomach?"
Military female: "Mr. Boya, there is no fist wound on your stomach. Please think again."
Lu Yuan: "Is that the face?"
Military Female: "Left or right?"
Lu Yuan used his previous experience guessing multiple-choice questions in exams and asked tentatively, "Right?"
The female soldier said coldly: "Wrong, it's on the left."
Lu Yuan choked: “…” Damn it.
Just when Lu Yuan was about to go crazy from the torture in the interrogation room, Justu had already rushed back to the palace in a hurry. The military general who interrogated Lu Yuan this time happened to be the Insect Emperor's confidant. Justu had just gone to the military to ask for someone but was directly rejected. He didn't know who had instructed this matter, so he could only go to the palace to find out.
However, when he arrived outside the meeting hall, the guards at the door informed him that the Insect Emperor was meeting with a minister: "Your Highness, Duke Monk and Duke Durant just came to the palace to ask for an audience with the Insect Emperor. They are currently discussing matters inside. His Majesty has ordered that they should not be disturbed."
Justu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. They rushed into the palace to meet the emperor at this critical moment, which clearly showed that they were going to file a complaint against Lu Yuan. No wonder the military refused to release him. It turned out that these two families were secretly putting pressure on him.
"Step aside!"
Justu's face was cold. He pushed the guard aside and broke into the meeting palace. As a result, when he entered, he heard the indignant voice of Duke Monk, asking the Insect Emperor to severely punish Lu Yuan: "Your Majesty, this civilian male insect has had a long criminal record since he came to Salilanfa. Not only Wenger, but even Lord Liven was beaten by him in the mall and was hospitalized. Today, even Lord Boya could not escape his clutches. If this continues, will there be any rules in the imperial capital?!"
Duke Durant had obviously colluded with him long ago, and angrily joined in: "Your Majesty, my insect cub is still in the hospital for emergency treatment. According to the imperial reproduction law, if his blood purity is not as high as Boya's, he must be tried in a military court, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public!"
They were arguing back and forth. His Majesty Apu had no expression on his face, and he kept rubbing his temples with his fingertips. He obviously didn't expect Lu Yuan to be so troublesome. He had offended several of the major families in the imperial capital.
His Majesty Apu decided to speak up to save Lu Yuan for the sake of Justu, and said calmly: "Admiral Saphir said that the male insect's blood was 60% pure. According to the imperial law, he has the absolute power of pardon."
Duke Monk sneered, "60%? Your Majesty, do you believe it?"
His Majesty Apu: "..."
His Majesty Apu didn't really believe it, but he could only put the two families off for now: "Whether it is true or not, we will have to wait until the purity of his blood is checked. It won't be too late to decide then."
Duke Monk determined that Admiral Safir was lying, and asked through gritted teeth, "Your Majesty, will he not be punished until the purity of that civilian male insect's blood is checked?!"
His Majesty Apu raised his hand slightly, signaling him to stay calm. "Duke Monk, I have asked the medical officer to test the blood data of the male insect. The results will be out in the next two days. No matter what, I will give you a satisfactory answer. Male insects in the empire are scarce, so I don't want you to do anything secretly. Do you understand?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the terminal on the corner of the table suddenly rang urgently, and the red light flashed. It was a communication request from Lord O'Hara.
All the ministers knew that His Majesty Apu never liked to be interrupted when he was in a meeting. Moreover, since Lu Yuan’s matter had not yet been discussed to a conclusion, he simply hung up the phone and switched to silent mode.
“Damn it!”
Lord O'Hara had always been gentle and polite, and had never cursed, but today he was forced to break his vow. He sat in the aircraft, desperately urging the driver to get back to the palace as soon as possible, while continuing to send a communication request to the Insect Emperor using the terminal. Because he was too nervous, his fingertips kept trembling uncontrollably.
100%!
100% blood purity!
Lord O'Hara tightly grasped a blood test report in his hand. The sweat on his palms almost soaked the paper. He felt that he couldn't breathe for a while, and his throat seemed to be strangled by an invisible big hand. His heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat.
Just now, the elderly medical officer called him personally and said that Lu Yuan's blood test report was out and asked him to go and collect it in person. He was trembling when he spoke and couldn't even straighten his tongue.
At that time, Lord O'Hara thought that the purity of Lu Yuan's blood was really 60% as Admiral Safire said, and he was overjoyed. He prepared himself mentally at home before rushing over. However, when he took the paper report from the trembling hands of the medical officer, he suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes, because the data shown on the report was neither 60% as Admiral Safire said, nor 37% as speculated by the outside world, but 100%!!
Yes, 100%!!
The only male insect crown with 100% blood purity that has appeared in the Salilan Empire so far...
Every time Lord O'Hara thought of this possibility, he felt his heart almost stopped beating. Insect God, are you finally beginning to favor Salilanfa
(End of this chapter)