Chapter 48 Tail Hook

Today is Friday, and just like on Earth, the Zerg also enjoy two days of rest.

Xia Yi packed up his things, hummed a tune, and boarded the public aircraft back home.

Because the military held meetings one after another and Major General Webster was busy with other matters, he had not been to school for four days. If you think about it, this was the longest time they had been apart since they met.

Xia Yi tore open a candy wrapper. This one was watermelon flavored, not very sweet, and had cool mint particles, which was very refreshing.

It would be great if I could ask Sally for the recipe for this candy. It's really delicious, Shay thought aimlessly, and ranked the dozen or so flavors.

Sally was the burly man on the training ground that day. Completely different from his appearance, Sally was quite shy. After the two added each other as friends, Sally never said a word to him. They were still only in a relationship of liking each other's posts on WeChat Moments.

Xia Yi didn't dare to ask for the recipe, as it would be too rude.

Watermelon-flavored candy is indeed the best, and not too sweet. Does Enoch have a sweet tooth? I don't think I've ever seen him eat any...

What disappointed Shay was that Major General Enoch wasn't at home. It made sense; if Enoch got off work, he would definitely come to the school to pick him up.

The little bubbles gurgling in my heart on the aircraft disappeared in a flash like heated cola.

After hesitating for a moment, Xia Yi poked the insect terminal on his wrist.

His five fingers flew, then paused, their tips creating a small ripple on the screen. He deleted the message, "Enoch, how long will you be back?" and continued, "Enoch, I bought some red peppers on Star Online. They're said to be very spicy. Come back soon and try them."

After typing, Shay hesitated and didn't click send.

Enoch was away from home for work, so was his message annoying? Would it bother him?

Xia Yi is a delicate and sensitive person. Due to his experience of illness, he is very worried that he will become a burden to others. This worry even reaches the level of fear.

Major General Webster had no relationship with him, but his help to him was beyond his imagination.

The major general confessed his feelings to him that day, but was interrupted by Shang Jingrong's call and he didn't have time to make a formal response.

Of course he liked the major general, but he was not sure if it was love.

Xia Yi has simple interpersonal relationships and has rarely been to school. He has been fighting illness since he was a child. Let alone love, he has very little experience in interacting with others.

He worried that he was mistaking gratitude for love.

However, the major general's feelings were passionate and sincere, and he wanted to treat this relationship seriously, instead of being like some of the male insects here, who regarded the female insects as their own appendages and trampled on their feelings at will.

If you don't love, how can you waste someone's life?

As soon as Major General Webster came back, he saw the male insect sitting on the sofa, with its two slender antennae drooping like a small vegetable seedling that had not been watered for several days.

"Enoch, you're back." Shay got up from the sofa. He was not in a very good mood, but he still smiled when he saw Major General Enoch.

The tall female insect stood at the entrance for a long time without moving. Xia Yi asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

The gray-eyed female insect's eyes flashed, and as the male insect approached, his nose caught a hint of sweet and fragrant fruit scent.

It's sugar.

Enoch forced himself to ignore the video on the terminal, but some of the images seemed to be frozen on his retina.

That rude female insect, so strong that it looked like it had taken growth stunners! How dare she, how dare she covet her male master!

This made the tip of his tongue feel sour and astringent, and even the roots of his teeth felt sore and soft, making it difficult to chew even a piece of tofu.

According to the laws of the empire, an A-level male insect can enter into a marriage with a female monarch and eight female servants. These nine female insects are protected by the marriage law, which means that the male insect must stay with them for ten days every natural year to soothe their spiritual sea.

There are no restrictions for female slaves of lower status.

Before meeting Shay, Enoch didn't care how many females a male insect needed to soothe. He despised those arrogant and domineering male insects who relied on their power. If his spiritual sea became irreversibly raging, he would find a male insect that was easier to control, treating it as a powerful soothing inhibitor.

Since it's an inhibitor, I don't mind sharing it with others. Wouldn't it be better if I could help more female insects on the verge of frenzy?

To put it bluntly, if the release of pheromones by male insects was not closely related to their psychological state, and if they would stop releasing pheromones or even die once they were in a bad mood, these weak guys would have been imprisoned and forced to produce pheromones long ago.

The collapse of the Federation in the early years provided the most tragic example.

But Shay is different.

Enoch's gray eyes dimmed for a moment. He didn't want to share Shay with any other insect.

Not to mention sharing, even if a female insect approached him, Enoch would become slightly agitated, with the tail hook behind him slightly curled up, ready to attack at any time.

What's worse is that Xue Huanchao predicted that Xia Yi's mental power level had reached S level.

If Shay was a B-level male insect, or even an A-level one, Enoch would be willing to pay some price and use the power of the Webster family to monopolize this male insect.

He will go to the battlefield to gain merit and bring rich and prosperous life and supreme glory to his male insects.

But Xia Yi might be S-level.

S-level male insects are too rare, and Euphemia and the royal family will target him.

In fact, Xue Huanchao had hinted to him that if the male insect experienced a major change in the six months after breaking out of the cocoon, it would most likely affect the development of its mental power.

S-level people are very rare. Xia Yi has the qualifications but not necessarily the luck.

But how could he bear to do that?

He saw all the efforts Shay put into piloting the mecha.

He was a shining being.

"Enoch?" After waiting for a long time for the female insect's response, the already uneasy male insect became even more nervous. "We have red peppers. Do you want to try some?"

The tall female insect took two steps forward and hugged Shay tightly in her arms.

Shay's jaw touched the female's shoulder socket.

In such a warm and generous embrace, he smelled the scent of dust and blood. However, when these smells that should have made him nervous appeared on Major General Enoch, Shay felt at ease and even forgot his confusion and panic in a foreign world.

He thought he must be in love with Enoch.

"I'm back." Major General Webster said softly.

Xia Yi closed his eyes and gently placed his hands on Major General Enoch's thin waist: "Welcome home."

——

The two of them ate a plate of fried animal meat with red peppers, each with their own thoughts. Major General Enoch, who had never eaten red peppers before, choked to the point of having his eyes red, while Shay, who had been acquainted with spicy food for a long time, enjoyed the meal very much.

"I miss the taste of spicy food and red peppers so much!" Xia Yi's upper lip was slightly red and swollen from the spiciness. The red pepper was very spicy. He hissed and exhaled, feeling very satisfied. "Before, due to health reasons, I couldn't eat spicy food."

"Sorry, Enoch, you don't like spicy food very much..." Xia Yi then noticed that the major general's usually gloomy eyes were covered with a layer of mist due to the spicy food. The gray in his pupils seemed lighter than usual, revealing a rare hint of cuteness.

"No." Enoch expressionlessly picked up a piece of red pepper with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it twice and swallowed it. "It's delicious."

Eating meat is spicy enough, not to mention that the chopsticks are covered with red pepper.

After Major General Enoch drank three glasses of ice water, Shay felt in his pocket, took out the last candy and handed it to him.

“Sweetness can help alleviate the spiciness.”

The major general stared at the candy wrapper with a smile drawn on it in his palm, as if he wanted to stare a hole in it.

"Don't you like sweet things either?" The male insect was a little embarrassed, and his slender fingers retracted, like a mimosa being touched.

"eat."

Enoch showed his reaction speed as a female insect and stuffed the candy into his mouth before Shay could see clearly.

"Is it tasty?"

Major General Webster's back teeth moved up and down, biting the yellow candy with a crunching sound, as if he was biting not candy but an enemy.

"tasty."

Lemon, so sour.

"Do you like it?" asked the gray-eyed female insect. He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was jealous, or as if he was hiding the emotions in his eyes.

Xia Yi didn't think too much about it. He smelled the sweet and sour scent in the air, and his mouth, which had been numbed by the spiciness, suddenly began to saliva.

Lemon drops? I like them.

He nodded obediently.

"Oh." Major General Enoch nodded slightly and said nothing more.

The next morning, Xia Yi was awakened by a pungent burnt smell.

Sour with bitterness, bitter with confusion.

It makes one's eyelids twitch.

When he pushed the door open, he saw 02 circling anxiously at his door. There was smoke outside the door and a burnt smell hit his face.

"Biochemical weapons attack! Biological weapons attack! Please evacuate quickly! Please evacuate quickly!" It beeped and made an alarm. As it turned, Shay discovered a deep groove on 02's round head.

He was startled.

An insect invasion?

Where's Enoch?!

"Shut up!"

The next moment, he heard a roar, and then a tall figure waved away the smoke and appeared in the corridor with a clenched fist and a weapon in the other hand.

Xia Yi looked closely and found that it was a spatula.

There was also an unknown sticky substance hanging on it, which looked like asphalt.

Xia Yi looked at the tall female insect, then at the groove on 02's forehead.

This... was clearly caused by a fist.

“…”

“…”

They looked at each other in silence.

After a while, Shay started coughing because of the sour and smelly smoke.

02 detected his owner's discomfort and stopped immediately, leaning close to Shay's legs like a puppy.

"Poisoned! Poisoned! Turn on the air purification mode!"

The ventilation system started to work, and after a minute, normal visibility was restored in the house.

But the sour smell remains.

Xia Yi turned his head and saw the source of the burnt smell.

In the small pot, black syrup flowed slowly, and a bubble emerged with difficulty.

When the bubbles burst, they create a circle of small ripples.

Like, like magma.

"I--"

"you--"

Major General Enoch belatedly hid the spatula behind him, and disappeared from Shay's sight the next second.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Yi only felt a gust of wind passing by, and the charred magma on the stove disappeared.

The invincible Major General Webster.

Escaped.

——

"Enoch, what kind of insect am I?" Shay turned his back to the mirror and looked at his wings sideways.

His wings are more like cotton wool than feathers. They are very thin and look fluffy because there are so many of them.

From a distance, he looked just like a feather.

It looks quite warm.

It is said that the dominant species among male Zerg are not too obvious, but Shay feels that his wings are quite special.

Maybe we can find a dominant insect species.

Enoch didn't respond for a long time. Shay turned around and saw Enoch standing aside, staring straight at his snow-white wings.

When Enoch met Shay's gaze, he was obviously stunned for a second.

"Ahem." He tactically cleared his throat and said after a while, "It's similar to the nymph of the broad-winged cicada."

"Nymph?"

"Bug." Enoch's gray eyes softened. "You are a bug."

“Will there be further changes?”

Enoch's expression was so gentle that Shay tugged at his fluffy wings in embarrassment. Under that gaze, he felt like a duvet bathed in the sun, fluffy and soft, ready to fall asleep peacefully in the next moment.

"No." Enoch reached out and straightened the crumpled hair. He bent his fingers and the hair curled into a beautiful arc, like the silky petals of a chrysanthemum. "After breaking out of the cocoon, the male insect is fixed."

"Want to fly?" Enoch asked.

"I can fly?" Shay looked at Enoch in surprise. His wings flapped unconsciously, almost taking him off the ground.

Shay was so frightened that he quickly grabbed Enoch's arm.

When did he become so light!

"Of course," Enoch replied. "You have wings."

"We can go practice."

"But..." Xia Yi looked at Enoch cautiously. He remembered that Enoch's dominant insect species was a scorpion. Can scorpions fly?

Enoch brought Shay to the training ground.

Xia Yi spread out his wings, and the silky, cotton-like wings stretched out in the wind, longer than he had imagined.

"It feels so light when my wings are fully extended—"

Before Xia Yi could finish his words, his whole body felt lighter, and in the open air, the wind almost took him away.

Fortunately, Enoch's hand held him firmly.

The tall female insect pulled her hand back, and Shay's toes landed on the ground again.

Feeling the power coming from his waist, Xia Yi pursed his lips, and redness gradually crept up to the tips of his ears.

“How can I…”

Although he is not as big as the female insect, he can't be blown away by a gust of wind.

"When you release your wings, it's like reversion to your ancestral form. The weight of your bones will change," Enoch explained. He held Shay's hand tightly. "Don't be afraid."

"Let's try it against the wind."

"Um!"

Shay nodded.

Enoch ran at full speed, the wind blowing in his face making Shay's body lighter and lighter. He flapped his wings, his toes gradually lifted off the ground, and the fluff on his back made him look like a dandelion.

However, his arms were only so long, and such a height could not be considered flying, but Shay did not dare to let Enoch let him go.

Just as he was thinking this, Shay discovered that Enoch had let go.

"Don't……"

Before he could say anything, he saw a black chain wrapped around his arm.

Shay's eyes widened as he quickly understood what the chain was.

——The tail hook of the scorpion's eye.

It is said that this is the most terrifying weapon of the Scorpion Clan.

They are strong and powerful, always held high, ready to deal a fatal blow to the enemy at any time.

However, at this moment, its poisonous tail stinger turned into soft chitin and carefully wrapped around Shay's hand. Shay reached out and touched its tip, and found that it would not even leave a scratch on the skin.

Instead, Enoch, who was running in front, lost his footing. His tail was shaking so violently that his legs felt sore and he almost fell down.

"Don't touch me, Xia Yi." The female insect's hoarse warning came.

Shay withdrew his hand embarrassedly.

He hadn't expected the tip to have feeling, and he hadn't expected Enoch to be so sensitive.

"Feel sorry."

Female insects have excellent jumping ability. Even though Enoch is not a winged insect, jumping onto the roof is easy for him.

Shay gradually mastered the skills and was able to control the direction by himself.

When he felt a little tired, Enoch stopped.

"Huh..." Xia Yi exhaled, her cheeks slightly flushed due to the suffocation of blood and energy, "It's so hot."

"Want to have afternoon tea?" Enoch pointed to the building below. It was said that it was a dessert shop that male insects loved to visit.

They had already run out of the private insect training ground. Fortunately, the insect population in the villa area was not dense, otherwise they would easily be watched.

"Yeah!" Shay nodded.

Enoch reached out to hold Shay's hand and saw that Shay's face turned red.

"Enoch, your...tailhook..." he said with difficulty, pulling at his shirt sleeve shyly.

The tail hook that was originally wrapped around his wrist had begun to drill into his cuffs at some point. It slid across Shay's arms and chest, and even wanted to move down.

Enoch's expression froze.

He grabbed his disobedient tail hook and pulled hard.

The tail hook felt pain and bounced vigorously twice on Shay's waist, causing the male insect to let out a shy cry, and was then pulled back by its owner.

Xia Yi was breathing slightly, the corners of her eyes flushed due to the itchiness, and a tear was stuck in her eye socket, about to fall.

The coolness and numbness brought by the tail hook still remained at the waist, and even the hem of the shirt was messed up.

Shay bit his lip and tucked his shirt back in place.

Enoch looked down at him.

"Feel sorry."

The usually serious expression of the gray-eyed female insect unexpectedly concealed a hint of embarrassment.

“It’s not that controlled.”

Xia Yi suddenly thought of a tabby cat in his hometown. That cat was the same, always walking past him indifferently, neither meowing at him nor rubbing his furry head against him.

Yet its tail would brush his calves from time to time.

——"Mimi likes you very much, brother!"

——"A cat's tail is the least deceptive."

A cat's tail doesn't lie.

So...where's Enoch's tail?