"I am still searching for the way home. I look up at the starry sky and find that I have already walked out of time, life and death."
There are countless stellar fragments floating in the universe. As early as the era when the Zerg had not yet multiplied and grown, the planet Salilanfa had suffered a catastrophe. Millions of years ago, a huge meteorite collided with the planet, causing the ground to crack and wildfires to break out, almost destroying the entire Zerg civilization.
Most female insects are brave and good at fighting. Their bodies have evolved and become stronger due to the harsh environment, so they have survived. However, many weak male insects died and their numbers dropped sharply. Only a few of them survived by chance.
Now the male-female ratio on the planet Salilanfa is extremely unbalanced, with female insects being born frequently and male insects becoming fewer and fewer. As a vital link in the reproduction chain, male insects are naturally treated favorably and sought after by the empire, which is why Yoriga and his men were so excited to find Lu Yuan.
"Female insects can grow wings for flying and sharp claws when they are in combat mode, which makes it easier for us to fight. But male insects don't have these, you see."
As Yoriga spoke, he turned his wrist, and his right hand was suddenly covered with a layer of dark insect armor. His nails grew rapidly longer, and the tips flashed with a cold metallic light that could easily tear apart flesh and blood.
Lu Yuan saw this and felt like he was in a sci-fi movie. He became more and more certain that he was on an alien planet. He calmly observed the surroundings of the cabin and found that in the "non-insect" state, all the insects looked the same, with only differences in hair and eye color, and it was impossible to tell the male from the female. "Is this how you distinguish genders?"
Yoriga was stunned when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect Lu Yuan to ask such a question. He reacted and said, "Sir, female insects have insect patterns on the back of their necks since birth, while male insects do not. If you want to distinguish between males and females, just look at the back of the neck."
In fact, there are other ways. For example, most male insects are short and weak, and their appearance is not as delicate as that of female insects, but these rules are obviously not applicable in front of Lu Yuan.
Hearing this, Lu Yuan subconsciously touched the back of his neck—
That male insect was probably very popular, like a popular love insect. Lu Yuan noticed that when Yoriga mentioned him, a fanatical expression similar to that of a star chaser appeared on his face, and even his tone was unconsciously a little excited.
She looks no different from a man...
Yoriga was a little surprised: "You're not going to the hospital? But we've already reported it to the medical center. Why don't you go get a check-up? After all, the pollution index in the Solitia jungle is very high..."
Justu had been wandering outside the center. He seemed to notice Lu Yuan's overly "hot" gaze, and he lazily lifted his eyelids, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Sir, I have to remind you that it is not polite to stare at an unmarried female insect like this."
"Pregnant? You guys?!"
Yoriga didn't notice Lu Yuan's abnormality, and reminded him as if he remembered something: "Sir, when we get to the medical center later, the doctor will test your blood purity. It doesn't matter if you don't have a residence permit. The Empire's subsidy policy for male insects is very generous. If your blood purity is high enough, you can enjoy the treatment of a first-class star citizen."
Lu Yuan lowered his head and moved his fingertips and wrists: "Thank you, but there is nothing wrong with my body at the moment. If anything happens in the future, it won't be too late to go to the hospital."
Lu Yuan didn't know what Yoriga was thinking. In the next half hour, he accepted Yoriga's all-round brainwashing science popularization. When Lu Yuan learned that there were no women on the planet Salilanfa, half of his worldview was shattered. When he learned that the reproduction of the Zerg depends on females to carry eggs, his worldview was shattered with a crash.
He sat with his legs crossed, which caused several wrinkles on his tight military trousers. His knee-high black boots looked cold and hard, and his temperament was just as dangerous. No matter how you looked at it, he had nothing to do with something as soft as "pregnancy".
"The meteorite that hit the planet was actually a special source stone. It contained a radioactive contaminated energy. Long-term exposure would cause genetic mutations. Male insects are weak and have been contaminated by radiation to varying degrees, resulting in a decline in their reproductive capacity. Although blood purity has been greatly improved after generations of purification, the male insect crown with the highest blood purity currently only has 56%. He has been granted a royal title by the empire and is treated as a distinguished guest."
Lu Yuan finally understood something: "In other words, the purer the male insect's blood is, the stronger its reproductive ability will be?"
Yoriga realized something: "Don't you like going to the hospital?"
Yoriga shrugged. "In a sense, that's true, but that prince is a very special case. The blood purity of most male insects is only about 30%."
Lu Yuan stayed in the dense forest of Solitia for five full days, which was the most polluted place in the entire empire.
Lu Yuan subconsciously looked up, only to see that the silver-haired man had walked over to him at some point, with his arms folded and his back leaning against the cabin wall in a relaxed and casual posture.
He appears to have a tattoo on his neck.
When Lu Yuan was about to answer, a slow voice suddenly sounded above his head: "Don't you like going to the hospital? Although male insects are never wrong, sir, I suggest you go there."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Yuan inconspicuously, with a bit of sympathy in his eyes. He guessed in his heart that the blood of the gentleman in front of him was probably not very pure.
Lu Yuan suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. He was a 100% pure human being, without the glands that male insects used to emit pheromones, nor the wings that female insects used to fight. He was like an earthling without a woman's breasts or a man's penis. If he went to the hospital for a checkup, would he be caught and studied as an unknown creature? !
Biopsy? Blood draw? Cremation
The more Lu Yuan thought about it, the colder his back felt. His brain started to work rapidly, thinking about how to avoid the hospital. He looked at the wound on his leg and found that it had been bandaged. As if he had found some reason, he said to Yoriga, "My injury is not serious. You can just find a place to put me down. There is no need to send me to the hospital."
Lu Yuan was stunned. His eyes first fell on Yoriga, and then fell on Justu a little later. His eyes passed over their sturdy and smooth body lines. It was hard to imagine that they could actually conceive and give birth to a child.
Lu Yuan heard a new word: "Blood purity?"
Lu Yuan frowned slightly: "Why?"
Justu answered the question irrelevantly: "Do you feel that your injured leg has no feeling and your whole body is cold?"
Lu Yuan felt it carefully and said, "Well... it seems a little bit."
Justu continued to ask: "Do you feel dizzy and want to sleep?"
Lu Yuan had an inexplicable ominous premonition: "What on earth do you want to say?"
Justu spread his hands slightly and smiled: "Oh, nothing, I just want to say that the poisonous snake that bit you is a new mutant, and ordinary serum is ineffective. We can only temporarily use injections to suppress the spread of the toxin. If you want a thorough treatment, you must go to the medical center." Damn!
Lu Yuan's eyes went dark when he heard this, and he almost fell off the medical bed. He didn't know if it was because of the effect of the medicine or something else, but now not only his legs, but also half of his shoulder were numb. He asked tremblingly, "Why didn't you say so earlier?!"
Seeing that Lu Yuan almost fell off the bed, Youstu was kind enough to hold his shoulders and help him back up, saying insincerely, "Sorry, just consider it my fault, but you'd better not move, because that will speed up the spread of the poison..."
As he was talking, he suddenly stopped talking, stared at the back of Lu Yuan's neck with a strange expression, and reached out to pull his clothes.
Lu Yuan was already worried about being examined, so he quickly grabbed Justu's wrist, looked up at him, and asked: Is there something wrong
He has tolerated this white-haired, red-eyed rabbit spirit for a long time.
Justu raised an eyebrow and said, "Sir, it's not good to hold the hand of an unmarried female insect like this."
"Really?" Lu Yuan was unwilling to be outdone and imitated his words to remind him: "But tearing clothes doesn't seem to be something an unmarried female insect should do?"
Lu Yuan had just heard from Yoriga that the planet Salilanfa was extremely harsh on unmarried female insects, and casually hanging out with male insects would be considered a violation of public morals. Of course, partners were excluded.
Youstu didn't expect Lu Yuan to use this sentence to stop him. His face was inexplicably hot, but then he realized something and asked with a smile: "Really? If you think it's inappropriate, why don't you marry me as a queen in the future?"
As soon as Justu said this, all the living creatures on the warship, including Lu Yuan, were stunned and looked at Justu with eyes wide open in disbelief.
Lu Yuan was innocent and didn't react, but Yoriga and the other insects had mixed emotions. Their eyes were full of accusations and anger. Their faces clearly said: You are a man who values love over friendship. We all picked up the male insect together. Even if you like him, you should compete fairly. How could you blatantly seduce him? ! ! Shameless! Absolutely shameless! !
Just when everyone was stunned, there was a sound of cloth tearing, and Justu tore off Lu Yuan's clothes without any warning, and the latter's strong figure was instantly exposed to the air.
"hiss-"
There was a burst of gasps in the air. Seeing this, Yoriga and other insects couldn't help but gasp and widened their eyes in surprise. This time it was not because of Lu Yuan's revealing figure, but because of the black pattern on the back of his neck that looked like a dragon pattern.
The Zerg didn't have tattoos, but anyone with a pattern on the back of their neck was definitely a female. They had always thought Lu Yuan was a male, but they didn't expect him to be a female?!
Yoriga covered his chest, his heart aching with anger. He pointed at Justu and trembled, "You, you, you! Didn't you say he was a male insect?! I trusted you so much, and you lied to me?!"
Justu was also stunned for a moment. He had just accidentally seen a pattern on Lu Yuan's neck and wanted to take a closer look, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually a female insect? !
But Lu Yuan's blood clearly contains pheromones. Could it be that because the other party had been bitten by a poisonous snake and his blood was contaminated, causing him to have an illusion
But the surprise was only for a moment. Justu reacted quickly, threw the torn clothes in his hand to the side, and said sarcastically: "You believe everything I say? Yoriga, I think you should not only go to the hospital to wash your eyes, but also cool your brain."
What a poisonous tongue! So poisonous!
When Yoriga heard this, his eyes rolled back and his whole body trembled. He almost fainted from anger.
Justu was about to say something when he suddenly felt a pulling force on the corner of his clothes. He lowered his eyes and saw that Lu Yuan, who was fine just now, suddenly collapsed beside the bed, with one hand tightly grasping the corner of his clothes.
Yusitu's attitude towards female insects was much better. Seeing this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and leaned closer to him, looking like a military ruffian: "Mr. Female insect, what else do you want?"
Lu Yuan said weakly: "I... I suddenly felt dizzy... I had no strength in my body..."
Damn, it feels like I'm going back to heaven.
Justu reached out and touched his carotid artery: "Oh, it may be the sequelae of the inhibitory injection. It will be fine when we arrive at the medical center."
At this critical moment of life and death, Lu Yuan did not care whether he would be sliced for research or not. Saving his life was more important. He tried to hold onto the corner of Yusitu's clothes and asked a very important question: "Is treatment in the hospital free?"
Justu thought for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, but only for male insects."
Grass!
Lu Yuan felt really bad, and holding on to the last glimmer of hope, he asked, "Do you accept RMB?"
Yusitu frowned. "What is RMB? We only accept star coins."
Lu Yuan's vision went dark and he felt like he was about to faint: "I... I have one last question..."
Justu made a gesture of invitation: "Speak."
Lu Yuan looked at him earnestly: "Can you help me with the medical expenses?"
Justu: “…”
(End of this chapter)