Chapter 60 Condolences

Eric's voice was extremely penetrating. The worker looked at his supervisor with a bleak expression, indicating that it was too late and the message had already spread.

Eric took out a stack of papers, on which were records of Shay's purchase of Pernie. This kind of information could be found out through investigation, so it would be useless even if Shay denied it.

The supervisor looked serious and saw Xia Yi nodded.

"Yes, I have taken a large amount of Perna." Shay said calmly.

Eric could hardly contain the smile on his face. The side effects of Perna had been confirmed. It did have a chance of briefly increasing one's mental strength, but it wouldn't last long before it would drop back to its original level. It could even damage one's sanity and turn one into a fool!

Look! This S-rank male insect, who took drugs after birth, is no match for him! Shay still wants to use Enoch's military exploits to market his heroic insect design? Dream on!

"But it didn't work. It caused me to drop from E rank to F rank, and it also made my body very weak."

"In fact, that was the reason I went to the hospital that time."

"Then how did you improve your mental strength?" Eric couldn't pretend anymore. Is Xia Yi worthy of the word 'you'?

The feeling of pulling others down from the altar made him so excited that his breathing became rapid.

If even Pernie can't work, then it means Shay's S-rank is fake! It's a lie fabricated by the military and the Xiongbao Association! Just like the lie he created to claim the title of war correspondent!

"It was Enoch," Shay said seriously. "He entered my cocoon and awakened me."

Enoch, who had been silent in the audience, had a gentle look in his eyes, and anyone could see the love in his eyes.

"I was very depressed at the time and felt like a burden. It would have been nice if I could just disappear... He gave me the courage to live again."

"That's impossible! You mean you just emerged from your cocoon three months ago?!" Eric raised his voice. "And everyone knows how demanding the cocooning conditions are for male insects. How could a female be cocooned with them?"

Xue Huanchao, who was standing beside Enoch, whispered, "Good boy! No wonder you called me from the main planet and waited for me here."

The major general smiled without saying anything, his eyes never leaving Xia Yi from beginning to end.

Xue Huanchao stepped forward and walked to the front of the stage: "Actually, it is possible for male and female insects to cocoon together."

"But the conditions are very demanding. Before reaching adulthood, you need to find a love bug with a compatibility score of over 80% and complete trust in the other person. Only one in ten thousand can achieve this," Xue Huanchao continued. He was an expert in this field, and no bug could question his professionalism. "Oh, by the way, there are also side effects..."

"If the two insects are too closely matched, symptoms of mental anchoring may occur." He smiled. "Yes, that's the mental anchoring you see in textbooks."

Mental anchoring is an extremely terrifying symptom. Once the male insect abandons the female insect, she will die from the loss of anchor. This is simply a mental incurable disease!

On the other hand, male and female insects with a high degree of spiritual compatibility rarely separate, especially when they reach the level of spiritual sea anchoring. Even though male insects are affected to a much lesser extent than female insects, they are also affected by spiritual sea anchoring.

——Whether it is a female insect or a male insect, it is difficult to find a highly compatible partner.

The chance of spiritual sea anchoring occurring is extremely low.

So it is also jokingly called the "brand of true love".

"I also wrote a paper based on the data of Shay and Enoch. If you are interested, you can take a look."

As soon as Xue Huanchao said this, all the insects present knew that what he said was true. In an instant, Eric's expression twisted, ruining his carefully dressed beauty.

He gritted his teeth, but refused to give up. "Xia Yi, why did you choose to take Perne? You're a male insect from a remote planet, how could you possibly afford Perne? Tell me! Tell me now!"

"I take Perne because I'm a mediocre male insect," Shay said in a low voice. "Because my level is low, I want to improve myself."

"But I took the wrong path." Shay knew the dangers of Perne, and he had to make it clear, otherwise if other male insects blindly used Perne, it might cause irreversible consequences.

“External forces can’t really help me grow.”

“What really helps me is learning, exercise, responsibility, and loving and being loved.”

"Spirit level doesn't tell the whole story." Xia Yi smiled. "An S-level male insect has its own abilities, and an F-level male insect also has its own abilities."

"Whether I'm F-rank or S-rank doesn't affect who I am, Shay."

His eyes met with Major General Enoch in the audience.

The major general looked gentle.

Shay knew he must have understood what he meant.

"I know Perne is a very dangerous potion. Taking it without authorization could have very serious consequences," Shay said seriously. "You definitely don't want other male insects to be harmed by it."

"You already possess the questioning spirit and engaging attitude that a news nerd needs."

He extended his mental tentacles and gently touched Gar Eric's.

Xia Yi's amber eyes were full of tenderness and tolerance.

His mental antennae conveyed the same message.

Eric stood there for a long time, tears rolling down his cheeks.

He wiped the tears from his face angrily and ran away.

He comes from a wealthy family and is born an A-level male insect, so why does he still need to work?

It's not just for the purpose of creating insect settings.

He recalled his original intention of entering the journalism industry.

For journalists, first and foremost, they must have a questioning spirit, a skeptical attitude, and a truth-seeking and pragmatic work style. Note 1

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"Shay, you can be sharper. He has ill intentions towards you." Enoch reminded gently.

"I know... He seems to dislike me very much." The furry little bean on the tip of Xia Yi's tentacles swayed a little, as if proud and embarrassed. "But I also humiliated him."

Enoch laughed.

If that sentence is called a counterattack, it is too gentle.

He reached out and touched Shay's fluffy hair.

Eric came to Houston Planet to be a war correspondent, but he had already arranged the announcement that a rescue team was killed.

But there are some things that it’s better not to let Xia Yi know.

Clean, pure little fellow.

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"Sir Shay, will the rest of the trip continue?"

The supervisor looked at Xia Yi hesitantly. After such an unpleasant experience, he didn't know whether this male insect gentleman still had the mind to continue the subsequent condolence activities.

Shay blinked, then nodded.

According to the original plan, there will be a condolence activity after the interview to express condolences to the indigenous people of the Houston planet.

Their homeland suffered great damage in this war, and Connor said that the male insects' condolences could help them boost their morale and rebuild their homeland.

The supervisor listed a series of locations, and after browsing for a while, Shay chose the seventeenth one at the end.

This was the first place attacked by the Star Beasts and also the place that suffered the most damage.

When he was on the main star, Xia Yi had seen the report from the Seventeenth Institute. There were broken limbs and pieces of flesh everywhere, and the bright red blood of the female soldiers mixed with the green blood of the star beasts. It was a tragic scene.

When Shay arrived, the place had already been cleaned once.

But perhaps the female soldiers who received the notice did not believe that the male insect pavilion would really come here with such dignity, so they did not clean it seriously. Xia Yi still saw many traces left by dried blood.

"My apologies, sir. I'll notify Chong to clean up right away."

"No need." Xia Yi looked at the busy female insects in front and stopped the supervisor's actions. "Let's go visit the wounded first."

In Xia Yi's impression, the wounded should be like those in TV dramas, lying there with their wounds bandaged and dying.

But the Zerg wounded are obviously different. Even if they are missing limbs, they are still participating in the reconstruction work.

Xia Yi was stunned when he walked in.

"Hey, do you think Lord Shay will come to visit us? I'm almost polishing the roof!"

A group of female soldiers were chatting with their backs to them.

The man who was speaking had his legs wrapped in gauze. He sat on the roof and moved only with his hands, quickly cleaning the stain.

"You're dreaming! How could you, Mr. Male Insect, come to this shabby place like ours? We don't even have a single intact house here!"

The female soldier who answered the call had both her hands bandaged. She held the heavy material between her shoulders and neck and walked towards the place with the big hole.

"They're telling us to clean up, but I'm not going to clean up!"

"Stop howling! Come over when you're done. There's an interview with Lord Shay on Star Online! Eric did it!"

"Eric? I like him so much!"

"Um……"

"What are you humming? Weren't you a fan of Eric before? Why are you in love with someone else now?"

"I'm a fan of Shay now."

A group of female insects surrounded the female insect in the middle and watched the interview on Star Network together.

The Houston planet was severely damaged this time, and the supplies have not been fully delivered. Their individual insect terminals are almost scrapped. The one they are looking at now is an antique that no one knows where it came from.

The old antique can only play one video, and the volume is extremely loud.

“…responsibility, and loving and being loved.”

A gentle voice came from the video.

A group of female insects all showed intoxicated expressions.

"I've discovered that the contrast between fake tenderness and real tenderness is so obvious!"

"Yeah, that's right! It's like a firefly to the moonlight!"

Just then, they heard another voice.

"There are still bugs questioning Mr. Xia Yi's debt! The bugs have already recorded it, alright? Mr. Xia Yi should have repaid it double already!"

"Um... excuse me for disturbing you."

The sound is exactly the same as in the video.

"Why do I hear a male insect talking..."

"Me too!"

"What the hell do you want?"

Several female insects on the periphery turned their heads one by one.

They were all petrified on the spot, as if they had seen Medusa's hair.

"Xia Xia Xia..."

The female insect squatting in the middle struggled to scroll the screen with her bandaged hands. "What are you so scared of? Come and help me scroll. I want to watch it again! Mr. Xia Yi is my favorite. How can there be a male insect so cute and so kind? Oh my god, he even killed the mother animal! I want to kiss his little face to pieces!!!"

“…”

“…”

"What's wrong with you?" In the silence, the female insect finally realized that something was wrong. She turned her head to look at her little friend and saw a bug with a face as red as a tomato not far away.

Next to the tomato worm stood a worm with a face as black as coal, and its gray eyes were as sharp as if it wanted to kill him.

"Xia Xia Xia... Lord Xia Yi!!!"

All in all, the visit went very smoothly, and according to Conor, it was very, very good.