Although he was only 27 years old, Lan Ze knew that his life had come to an end. As an extreme sports enthusiast, he lived a very exciting short life.
He has been to the mysterious and lush tropical rainforest; climbed the frozen Alps; crossed the boundless Sahara Desert with fine golden sand; climbed walls and stomped over rooftops in Santorini; performed BASE jumps from skyscrapers; and challenged wingsuit gliding in Zhangjiajie... ...
The once vigorous life gradually withered away in the disease, and the heart in the chest that always yearned for nature and challenged the limits gradually stopped beating.
Lan Ze closed his eyes, and suddenly remembered the huge waves at the seaside. He laughed happily as he shuttled among the blue waves, and always thought that days like this would last for a long time.
His heart was filled with infinite regrets. There were so many beautiful corners in this world waiting for him to explore, and so many mysteries and dangers that he had not yet experienced.
There was lightning and thunder outside the hospital window. A blue lightning suddenly rushed out from the dark clouds and split the glass on the window in an instant. The dazzling blue-purple lightning enveloped Lan Ze on the bed. Boundless darkness spread in Lan Ze's vision... ...
"bite!"
"There is a fluctuation of life energy in the direction of 250 degrees southwest. Should we enable precise positioning?"
A cold electronic sound rang out in the interstellar battleship. Chu Ran, who was looking at the galaxy in the observation room, slightly raised his sharp black eyebrows. He slightly moved his gray eyeballs. Those eyes were like a foggy and cold abyss, which reminded people of the words darkness and coldness.
He said to the major general standing beside him: "If I remember correctly, this planet was razed to the ground by my battleship three years ago."
Major General Meng Chi standing nearby said seriously, "Yes, Admiral, I detected it half a month ago, and there is no life fluctuation on this planet."
The interstellar battleship continued to move forward, and the cold electronic voice continued to remind: "There is life fluctuation in the southwest 115 direction. Do you want to enable precise positioning?"
Chu Ran: “Open.”
The detector started to work, and a scan image of the planet began to appear on the light screen. A dilapidated ruin appeared on the screen. The scan image continued to expand, and the red light waves continued to shrink, eventually locating at a corner in the ruins and turning into a continuously flashing red dot.
A cold electronic voice sounded: "Do you want to make a punctuation landing?"
Chu Ran said in the same cold voice: "Perform a punctuation landing, adjust the warship's trajectory, and activate defense mode."
There are no conditions for survival in such ruins, unless the life form is a highly-level mutant insect.
The interstellar battleship landed quickly, and the red punctuation mark on the light screen display was continuously enlarged, eventually showing a rough outline. The outline continued to enlarge, and finally froze into an extremely clear image.
In the video, a skinny insect was lying in a rubble and sleeping. The insect had slender limbs and a beautiful face different from that of the female insect. His hair and eyelashes were as black as night and his skin was so white that it was almost transparent. On the light screen, one could clearly see the purple blood vessels on the back of the insect's hand.
All the insects in the observation room held their breath, and they quietly looked at the insect sleeping in the ruins on the monitor.
The silence lasted for a while. Meng Chi, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but cover his mouth and exclaimed in a low voice: "Oh my God, he looks like a male insect, but how can there be precious male insects on this waste planet? This doesn't make sense!"
Another major general standing behind the light screen, Meng Yu, wiped his eyes twice. He stared at the light screen without blinking and said cautiously: "It could also be an underage female insect."
Meng Chi gestured and retorted: "But his body is weaker than some adult male insects. Look at the fluctuations in his health!"
When the battleship was 200 meters from the ground, the female insects with good eyesight saw the dazzling blue and white dot in the black ruins.
As the warship landed, the blue and white dots became bigger and bigger. The female insects in the observation room were all excited. Chu Ran, who was standing at the front, did not say a word. He calmly and calmly commanded the warship to land, and then slowly walked out of the hatch.
There was a black ruin under my feet, and 30 meters ahead, the insect body wearing blue and white striped clothes was lying there quietly.
In the blink of an eye, the three insect bodies turned into three black shadows and instantly moved in front of that insect body.
When the female insects saw this mysterious insect body with their own eyes, they realized that it was even smaller than what was shown on the monitor. Its wrists and ankles were very thin, and its pale skin looked like a thin layer of smoke that would break if touched slightly.
They squatted cautiously in front of the unconscious insect body. Meng Chi and Meng Yu didn't even dare to speak loudly. Meng Chi opened his blue eyes wide and whispered to Meng Yu: "What should we do? This is really a male insect! My God, he looks so fragile, it seems that sound waves can easily shatter him!"
Meng Yu, who was squatting aside, looked at the male insect in front of him helplessly, then glanced at the silent admiral. He saw a thin layer of sweat faintly appearing on the admiral's forehead.
The knowledge that the insects learned on their first day of school suddenly appeared in the minds of the female insects -
Male insects, especially immature male insects, are very fragile creatures. Their skin is extremely thin, and any object in the interstellar space can easily cut their fragile skin. The skin on their necks is particularly fragile, as their arteries and throats are hidden here. Any sharp object may cause permanent damage to them.
In addition to their extremely thin skin, male insects also have very fragile bones. Their vulnerable internal organs are protected by these fragile bones. Even a slight blow can cause the male insect's bones to deform and internal organs to shift, thus causing fatal danger. In addition, the healing ability of male insects is less than one percent of the standard value of female insects. Even the slightest abrasion will take male insects more than seven days to heal.
This knowledge flashed through the minds of the female insects one after another, and none of the three insects dared to act rashly.
However, in such a ruin with extremely poor living conditions, it is a very cruel thing to let such a fragile male insect lie on the cold ruins. According to what we have learned, too low a temperature will also harm the fragile male insect.
Meng Chi and Meng Yu looked at their wise and calm admiral. Chu Ran took a deep breath and whispered, "Bring the thermal blanket from the battleship."
The two major generals quickly jumped into the rest cabin, grabbed the thermal blanket on the constant temperature bed and rushed out. The Zerg's body has a good thermal insulation system, and the constant temperature function of the interstellar battleship is very stable. Originally, this thermal blanket was just put aside to collect dust, but they didn't expect that it would be really useful one day.
Chu Ran, who was squatting beside the male insect, took the thermal blanket, carefully shook the blanket and gently covered the male insect's body. After the thermal blanket wrapped the male insect's thin body, Chu Ran cautiously stretched out his hand and touched the male insect's waist and shoulders with very gentle force.
The spine and neck of the male insect are very fragile, and Chu Ran did not dare to reach out and touch these parts.
It was indeed a very fragile life form. Chu Ran did not feel any substantial weight when he lifted the male insect's shoulder. The male insect was as light as a cloud. After finding the right strength, Chu Ran carefully lifted the male insect's upper body and let his upper body lean on his arms.
Then he dared to slowly put his hand under the male insect's legs, and slowly applied force to lift the seemingly weightless male insect sideways.
There was a strange weight in his arms. The male insect lay quietly in his arms, with its pale face pressed against his chest, and some dust on its hair and long eyelashes.
This was undoubtedly a very beautiful male insect. Even though Chu Ran had come into contact with many male insects, he had to admit that this young male insect was very cute.
But this male insect was too fragile, more fragile than any male insect Chu Ran had ever seen. It was a malnourished young male insect, and he had to control his strength very carefully so as not to injure the male insect's fragile bones and skin.
A drop of sweat fell from Chu Ran's temple. The muscles in his tall and powerful body were tense. Several female insects stood outside the cockpit and stared at them nervously.
A medical soldier found all the thermal blankets in the warship and spread them thickly on the constant temperature bed in the medical room. Chu Ran gently placed the little male insect on the constant temperature bed.
Medical soldier Hull carefully operated the instrument to scan the body of the little male insect, and various values soon appeared on the light blue screen.
The female insects looked at the value on the screen and exclaimed in unison: "So small!!!"
Hull was also stunned. Although he had known for a long time that this male insect must be in its infancy, he never expected that the numbers showed that this male insect was only 16 years old!
Considering that the average lifespan of the Zerg is over 400 years, this little male Zerg is pitifully small. It should be old enough to drink milk and play at home.
Hull checked the data, then said with a very grim expression: "This little male insect is severely malnourished and is suspected of being abused by non-insects."
According to the nature of the Zerg, unless something like genocide happens, they will never let any weak male Zerg go hungry, especially a weak young male Zerg.
For a moment, all the female insects on the battleship were furious. They surrounded the larvae's bed and were reluctant to leave. Male insects are already very rare, let alone such cute little male insects in the larval stage.
Hull had to kick all the female insects in the battleship out of the medical room, leaving only Admiral Chu Ran behind - according to interstellar regulations, adult female insects were not allowed to be alone with underage male insects in medical settings, and they needed to be accompanied by a third party.
Hull adjusted the concentration of the injectable nutrient and said angrily, "This poor little male insect must have been treated illegally, possibly illegally bought and sold. It's best if I don't find out which gang did this, or I'll drive all the family's warships to blast those damn insects into pieces!"
But when injecting nutrients into the little male insect, the angry Hull quickly suffocated like a deflated balloon. He held the syringe and said in panic: "Admiral, we don't have a syringe specifically for male insects!"
Chu Ran, who was sitting next to him, calmly took the syringe and said lightly: "Let me do it."
Although he looked calm, his cautious movements and straight back betrayed him again. After injecting nutrients into the little male insect, his combat uniform was already soaked with sweat.
Medical soldier Hull also breathed a sigh of relief. He turned on the instrument and began to detect the various values of the little male insect. Then he and Admiral Chu Ran sat beside the constant temperature bed, quietly waiting for the larval male insect to wake up.