The social system of the Zerg was seriously distorted and unbalanced. Most of the male Zerg in the west enjoyed whipping the female Zerg, which had long been the norm. But when they said this in the northern territory, it was undoubtedly a taboo for Phaeth.
After Xu Cenfeng understood the reason, he realized that Phaes was not going crazy for no reason, so he turned away from the group of male insects, stood at the end of the team and waited quietly to enter the city.
There are many things in the world that are not what we see with our eyes. We still need to listen with our ears and ask with our mouths. Otherwise, there will only be many misunderstandings and go against the direction, just like in our previous life.
Xu Cenfeng thought of the fragmented dreams from his previous life, lowered his eyes and left a clear footprint in the snow—
He still has a lot to verify.
Before Phaeth walked far, he heard the conversation behind him and paused slightly. He turned around and saw Xu Cenfeng standing in the snow in a thin dress, his dark hair very eye-catching.
Phaeth raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that this male insect was quite cold-resistant, no wonder he dared to become a space pirate. But then he thought that the other party seemed to have taken off his coat and gave it to him yesterday, so it was understandable that he had no clothes to wear.
Phaeth didn't like to owe favors to others. He found Xu Cenfeng's coat from the starship and was about to return it, but he found a bloodstain on the shoulder. After a pause, he changed into a military coat and threw it directly into Xu Cenfeng's arms from a distance of several meters:
"Put it on!"
Xu Cenfeng heard the sound of wind coming from the front and raised his hand to accurately catch the coat. He subconsciously looked up, only to see that Phaeth had turned around and led the team into the city with Hawke. He could only see a distant figure.
Raya happened to be standing nearby, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise: "Cen Feng, why would Chief Phaeth suddenly give you a coat?!"
Hawke obviously didn't believe it, and frowned tightly. "A few months ago, the Clete Alliance suddenly had an internal conflict and replaced a new leader. According to reliable intelligence, you are the right-hand man of the new leader. Is it true or not?"
He saw Xu Cenfeng in the video suddenly raise his eyes and look at him, and paused slightly. He thought that the other party had discovered something, but in the blink of an eye Xu Cenfeng retracted his gaze again.
Xu Cenfeng was sitting opposite the interrogation table. Hearing this, he glanced at the portrait and said, "Yes, I know him."
There is no other reason. There is Xu Cenfeng’s portrait on the wanted list of star pirates issued by the West.
Hawke asked suspiciously, "There are so many male insects, why did the leader of the star pirates ask you to serve tea and water?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Cenfeng raised his head and looked around the interrogation room, which was neither too big nor too small. Finally, he found an extremely tiny pinhole camera in the gap of the wall in front of him, which could not be seen at all without careful observation.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
After the male insects in the north were registered, they were escorted home by the army. The male insects in the west were also temporarily settled in the hotel. Only Xu Cenfeng was taken to the interrogation room of the military.
Hawke was in charge of the interrogation. He handed one of the wanted pictures to Xu Cenfeng, and saw that the male insect in the picture looked 80% similar to Xu Cenfeng, except for the different eye and hair colors. "Do you recognize the insect in the picture?"
This is a long story.
Xu Cenfeng glanced at him upon hearing this. His handsome face shone like jade under the light. He smiled, making people dazzled: "I don't know the answer to this question either. Maybe you have to ask him in person."
Hawke suddenly realized that he had asked a very stupid question. Why else could the leader of the star pirates ask Xu Cenfeng to serve tea and water? Of course, it was because he was handsome! Who doesn't like a sweet and soft male insect? !
Xu Cenfeng buttoned up his shirt and said something that Raya couldn't understand: "Maybe it's because Horsburg is too cold."
But Phaeth obviously didn't want to pay attention to him and cut off the communication directly.
Leaving Xu Cenfeng aside, there are a total of seven male insects in this team, two from the north and five from the west. They all need to be sent to the military for filing and identity verification, and then sent back to their respective tribes.
This kind of thing cannot be made up because the military has a data database. If Xu Cenfeng's identity information cannot be found, his lie will be exposed.
When Xu Cenfeng jumped off Huifeng Cliff, he was reborn on the tourist bus. As expected, it overturned and fell, and he traveled to the Zerg again.
His next sentence clearly lacked confidence. Xu Cenfeng was acting intimately with Phaeth in the tent yesterday, and today he even wore their leader's coat. Even a fool would know that the relationship between these two bugs is not simple.
Hawke had no choice but to change the question: "You said you were also kidnapped by space pirates. Which planet did you live on before? What's your last name?"
Seeing that Xu Cenfeng had remained silent, Hawke patted the table with his hand. The dull sound was unusually clear in the interrogation room: "According to the reproduction rules of the empire, male insects have a certain right to be exempt from punishment. I advise you to tell the truth now. If our leader comes to interrogate you in person, you won't be so comfortable!"
Xu Cenfeng was silent for a moment, and finally decided to pretend to have lost his memory: "I accidentally hit my head and lost my memory. I only remember that my name is Xu Cenfeng, and I forgot everything else."
Very warm.
Hawke sorted out the information: "Until your identity is confirmed, you must stay in the detention center..."
On the other side of the screen, a female insect with red hair and green eyes was sitting on a chair listening to the interrogation process, with her legs lazily resting on the table. It was Phaeth.
The situation was urgent at the time and the pirate team was dispersed by the army. In order to disperse the firepower, one group fled to the west and the other group fled to the north.
Hawke was speechless and couldn't say anything. He thought, wasn't that to create an opportunity for you to have a romantic encounter? "Chief, I only found out afterwards that he was related to the space pirates."
Xu Cenfeng said: "It doesn't matter."
Xu Cenfeng straightened his black military jacket. Such a cold and dull color looked very harmonious on him, with a clear contrast between black and white. "You misunderstood. I am also a male insect captured by the space pirates. I am usually responsible for serving tea and water to the leader. I have nothing to do with them."
Xu Cenfeng said nothing, as if he was considering how to answer.
Before he finished speaking, a deep and familiar voice suddenly sounded in his headset: "Let him stay at the Chloe Hotel like those Western male insects until his identity is cleared."
Hawke obviously hadn't expected this, and he exclaimed in surprise. He glanced at Xu Cenfeng, then raised his hand to cover the earphone, lowered his voice and said nervously: "Chief, he is very likely a space pirate. Isn't it unsafe to keep him in the hotel?"
It was a rare moment of kindness for Phaeth to show some kindness, probably because the male insect looked too fragile, as if it could be sickened by a gust of wind.
Xu Cenfeng smiled and said, "What good would it be for me to lie to you?"
Phaeth closed his eyes and raised his head, raising his hand to touch the hot insect pattern on the back of his neck. His puberty period was approaching, and his mental strength was extremely violent, and his emotions were also abnormally irritable. Hearing this, he frowned coldly: "Since you knew he was a space pirate, why did you let him into my military tent yesterday?!"
Hawke thought he was lying, because this excuse was also quite old-fashioned among the Zerg: "Are you sure?"
There were too many suspicious points about Xu Cenfeng. Hawke and the transcriber looked at each other and could only temporarily extract Xu Cenfeng's facial information. They planned to compare it with the missing male insect cases in the database to confirm the authenticity of the other party's confession.
The detention center is not a comfortable place. Xu Cenfeng looks better than other male insects after all. Those trash from the West can live comfortably in luxury hotels. There is no reason to let Xu Cenfeng live in prison.
Hawke didn't expect him to be so honest. He was stunned for a moment before reacting. Then he asked in a serious tone, "Tell me the truth, what is your relationship with those pirates?"
He originally wanted to go directly to the north to look for Phaeth, but he did not expect that he would meet another companion on the tourist bus just like in his previous life. They were captured by star pirates by mistake, and became the new leader of the Clet Alliance by mistake. A few days later, they were besieged by the west.
Xu Cenfeng did not answer. He looked at the black coat in his hand and saw four golden star emblems on it. He knew it was Phaes's clothes. He put it on without saying a word to block out the cold wind outside.
Xu Cenfeng was in the northern escape team. He usually stayed at home and concealed his appearance. One-Eye was just a small follower in the star pirate team and had never seen Xu Cenfeng, so he never discovered his identity.
Hawke had no choice but to sit up again, took off his headphones, and reorganized his words to Xu Cenfeng: "Our leader has ordered that you must stay in Chloe Hotel until the case is solved. You are not allowed to leave at all."
After he finished speaking, he asked the recorder to come forward and open the partition on the interrogation chair for Xu Cenfeng. As a result, he heard the male insect in front of him suddenly ask: "Is this the order of your leader?"
Hawke thought he would ask "Why?" but he only said this. He glanced at him and said, "Your Excellency, this treatment is already very good. According to the rules, you will be locked up in prison, which is not as comfortable as a hotel."
Xu Cenfeng paused, asked no more questions, stood up from his chair and followed them out of the interrogation room.
At that time, Phaes was lazily leaning in the corridor smoking. He saw Xu Cenfeng walking out, and his keen sense of smell caught a very faint smell of pheromones on the other party. A dark light flashed in his dark green eyes, but his red hair quietly slipped down, covering up the subtle interest.
But the pain in the back of his neck was even worse...
Faus frowned and exhaled the last puff of smoke, then extinguished the cigarette on the trash can. He stood up straight and was about to go to the medical department downstairs to get an injection of inhibitor, but he suddenly heard Xu Cenfeng calling him from behind: "Chief—"
Phaeth paused and looked back at him: "What's the matter?"
Xu Cenfeng walked up to him slowly and said, "Deputy Chief Hawke said you don't allow me to leave the hotel." Hawke, standing nearby, had a twitching face, thinking that this male insect was truly incredible, daring to accuse him of Xiao Hei in person.
Phaeth's eyebrows slightly raised when he heard this, wondering if he had ever said such a thing. He remained silent and waited for the next words.
Xu Cenfeng smiled and said, "But this is my first time in the north, and I want to take a walk around Horsburg, is that okay?"
Upon hearing this, Phaeth looked at Xu Cenfeng calmly. Seeing that the male insect in front of him was wearing his military uniform, which was surprisingly well-fitting and beautiful, he raised his eyelids nonchalantly: "But you may very well be a space pirate."
Xu Cenfeng said in a gentle voice: "It's just a possibility, not a certainty, right?"
Phaeth smelled the pheromones on him, which were more distinct and alluring than before, so he seemed a little absent-minded: "So?"
Xu Cenfeng stared at Phaeth with his dark eyes. Unlike the cold and cruel look of the female insect, his eyes were filled with tenderness like the gentle spring breeze: "I want to go out for a walk."
After hearing this, Phaeth seemed to think for a long time, but it also seemed as if he only thought for a moment. Finally, he frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "Only within Horsburg."
It turned out to be a surprisingly good negotiation.
Xu Cenfeng breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace, and then noticed the open collar of Phaeth's shirt, through which he could vaguely see the gauze wrapped around his shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "Is your injury better?"
Phaeth noticed his concerned look, and paused for a moment. He felt an indescribable strangeness in his heart, and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does it have anything to do with you?"
Xu Cenfeng seemed to smile: "I helped treat your wound."
When he suddenly mentioned this matter, Phaeth couldn't help but recall that ridiculous night yesterday. He never thought that one day he would be lying on the bed with a male insect in dishevelled clothes, hugging and embracing each other. No insect would believe it if it got out.
Phaeth was a proud and conceited person. Hearing this, he said nonchalantly, "Anyway, I won't die."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, and his figure quickly disappeared around the corner of the stairs. Little did he know that Xu Cenfeng was stunned by his words and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Hawke reminded him, "Come on, I'll take you back to the hotel."
Only then did Xu Cenfeng come back to his senses and left with the other party.
Chloe Hotel is located in the center of Horsburgh. It is the most luxurious hotel in the main city. After all, the place where male insects live can't be too bad. Hawke took the room card and took Xu Cenfeng upstairs by the light elevator. He stopped when he sent him to the door of the room: "You will stay here for the time being. If you need anything, call the waiter. If you want to go out..."
He pointed to the two soldiers standing guard outside and said, "Our leader has ordered us to bring them with us."
Customs in the north are completely different from those in the west. Most female insects are strong and rough. A beautiful male insect like Xu Cenfeng walking alone on the street is likely to attract covetousness and plunder.
Xu Cenfeng took the room card and asked, "Are you sure it was your leader's order?"
He didn't ask "why". Most female insects in the north have bad tempers. Once this question was asked, Hawke would probably respond with "Why so many whys? Anyway, this is the order of our leader."
This is the experience Xu Cenfeng summed up in his previous life.
Hawke joked, "Of course, there are so many male insects living in this hotel, but you are the only one who is treated the most specially. It is very dangerous for a beautiful male insect to walk alone on the street."
He didn't stay long after he finished speaking. He gave a few instructions to the two soldiers on duty and turned and left.
Seeing this, Xu Cenfeng closed the door and sat down on the big bed in the hotel. He seemed a little sleepy, closed his eyes and fell into the soft bed, his body motionless, no one knew what he was thinking.
look,
Isn’t this a much better start than the previous life
There was no sudden detention, no inexplicable surveillance, just to make him live more comfortably, just for his safety...
Xu Cenfeng's emotions were surging, and it took him a long time to calm down. He opened his eyes and turned on the alarm clock on the bedside table, but saw that the date on it was the 21st, and he paused slightly.
Xu Cenfeng raised his hand and touched his forehead, and sure enough, it was a little hot.
The physique of the Zerg is completely different from that of humans, and the average lifespan is about 200 years. In his previous life, Xu Cenfeng suddenly had a high fever not long after he traveled here. He didn't know what had changed because of the high fever, but he felt that his body had undergone some changes. He didn't expect that he couldn't escape it in this life.
Xu Cenfeng sat up from the bed, found the thermometer in the hotel's medicine box, and observed the changes in his body temperature over the next few hours. Finally, he confirmed that it was a high fever.
Xu Cenfeng vaguely remembered that the high fever lasted for one night and then went down automatically. The medicine had no effect. He forced himself to drink a cup of hot water despite his dizzy brain, and then lay down on the bed to rest, waiting for his body to go down automatically. As a result, he was delirious with fever that night, which scared the waiter who came in to serve dinner.
"Sir! Sir, are you okay?!"
Xu Cenfeng was lying on the bed, and in a daze he felt a bug shaking him. Before he could open his eyes, the other party had already run out in a panic to call a doctor.
Xu Cenfeng's throat was hoarse due to the fever. He wanted to open his eyes, but he couldn't do it. He felt as if two heavy bricks were pressing on his eyelids, making his head hurt.
In a trance, a sharp needle pierced his arm and injected him with medicine. He heard a series of intermittent conversations in his ears:
"Antipyretic medicine has been injected..."
"Why hasn't the fever subsided yet..."
"Maybe it takes time for the drug to take effect..."
"It's already been two hours, how much longer will it take?!"
The voice behind was cold and sounded very familiar.
Xu Cenfeng didn't know where he got the strength from, but he opened his eyes forcefully. In his blurry and out-of-focus vision, he saw a figure in a black military uniform standing beside the bed. It was Phaeth.
Seeing this, Xu Cenfeng moved his fingertips, as if trying to grab something, and silently uttered a few words: "Phaes..."
The doctor at the side was scolded by Phaeth and was lamenting his bad luck in his heart. He glanced around and suddenly found that the male insect on the bed had opened his eyes. He hurriedly said excitedly: "Chief... Chief, the gentleman is awake! He is awake!"
Upon hearing this, Phaeth subconsciously looked towards the bed, and as expected, he found Xu Cenfeng had woken up. He immediately strode forward, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "How are you?"
Xu Cenfeng seemed to say something, but his voice was too weak to be heard clearly.
Phaeth had no choice but to lean over to Xu Cenfeng's ear, frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Xu Cenfeng did not speak. In a trance, he fumbled and grasped Phaeth's cold fingertips, then slowly tightened them and whispered three words: "Phaeth..."
He was calling his name.
The voice was hoarse, and I didn't know what kind of heavy emotions were hidden in it, but it was also very tender.
Phaeth was startled when he heard this, and his heart skipped a beat for unknown reason. He subconsciously looked at Xu Cenfeng, but this male insect, either because he was confused by the fever or because he was too bold, actually reached out and pulled him directly into his arms.
"?!!!!"
Phaeth was stunned, his mind went blank with shock.
But the male insect seemed to be unaware of how bold he had done. Xu Cenfeng was so dizzy from the fever that he still held the red-haired female insect tightly in his arms. His embrace was gentle and clean, with a unique pheromone scent.
Xu Cenfeng closed his eyes. The dreams of his past life and this life intertwined with each other, making him unable to distinguish reality. He murmured in a low voice: "Phaes..."
"Don't die..."
They all need to live well in this life.
(End of this chapter)