Chapter 1: The Empire's First Military Academy! "Hold on a little longer, the rescue team will...

In the cold valley, Kerry felt his breathing weakening. He dug his fingers into the mud, stimulating his nerves with the stinging pain at his fingertips.

He can't die. He hasn't revealed the traitor yet. He can't die!

He gritted his teeth and crawled forward, his blood staining the dirty, wet mud beneath him red.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, Carrie's pupils gradually blurred. Just as he was about to lose consciousness, he saw the platinum figure in the distance.

In just a moment, Kerry felt someone helping him up.

"Hold on a little longer, the rescue team will be here soon." The cold voice became blurred through Carrie's eardrum.

Kairi could no longer hear any sound. He tried his best to open his weak mouth and said, "Shakeni, traitor...Shakeni."

After saying this, Kerry's eyes went dark and he lost his vitality.

"Your Highness, the rescue team is here!" Kadi came behind Lanrod.

Lanrod looked at the lifeless Kerry in his arms and lowered his eyes: "No need."

Kadi pursed his lips and looked at the dead Kerry, saying: "Your Highness, leave the rest to me."

Lanrod nodded, then handed Kerry to Kadi. "Team One will continue the search, while Teams Two and Three will focus on finding Shakaini!"

"yes!"

"yes!"

Lanrod stood up and wanted to leave, but suddenly heard Kadi's exclamation.

Lanrod turned to look at Kadi.

Cadi looked at Lanrod helplessly: "Your Highness, this, this is a male insect!"

His pupils shrank suddenly, and Lanrod strode forward: "Male insect?! How is this possible!"

All the male insects in the empire are protected in the imperial capital like treasures. How could they appear here!

"Your Highness," Kadi's voice was trembling. He looked at Kerry's back, which was exposed due to the damage to his clothes. "These are the patterns only male insects have!"

The male insect's back will have unique patterns, while the female insect's back will have a pair of fighting wings.

Lanrod looked over in disbelief: "Why doesn't his blood smell of any male insect pheromones?"

Kadi pursed his lips and said, "This is a male insect that has been delayed in development. Judging from the shape of the lines, he hasn't had time to go through the metamorphosis period yet."

In an instant, the air pressure around them dropped to an alarmingly low level.

Lanrod looked at the dead Kerry, then looked at the soil around him mixed with Kerry's blood. It was hard for him to imagine what the other person had experienced.

Male insects have naturally sensitive pain nerves, their bodies are fragile, and they need extreme care.

Because of this, all the male insects in the empire are protected in the imperial capital, especially the male insects that have not yet metamorphosed, who are in need of care.

“…”

"...bury him properly," Lanrod said in a cold voice. "Also, we must thoroughly investigate this matter. Why would a male insect appear here? Even a male insect that hasn't metamorphosed yet!"

"yes!"

Indoors in District 3

The glaring sunlight shone on the inferior tabletop, which emitted a pungent smell.

Carrie sat at the table with a mirror in front of him.

"So, I was reborn three years ago."

Carrie listened to the heartbeat in his chest and was very sure that he was alive again.

"Shakeni!" The fist landed heavily on the table, making a "bang" sound.

Kerry still remembers the moment Shakani confessed her love for him.

"Xiao Rui, I love you. Even if you are a C-rank female insect, I still love you. Be with me, Xiao Rui."

In the past, when Carrie thought of this confession, he only felt touched, but now when he thought of it again, he only felt extremely disgusted!

It was this person who claimed to like him, who led him to the cliff of the giant beast, and this traitor who joined forces with the mutant beasts to besiege them. It was this person who said with a cold face:

"Kerry is just a C-rank female insect. How could he possibly be worthy of me? I was just playing with him, but I didn't expect him to take it seriously."

Kerry clenched his fists. He still remembered Shakaini's promise to the other bug: "Ake, if you hate Kerry, I will definitely kill him. Don't worry."

Kerry sneered.

Haha, it really is "deep and meaningful".

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

A familiar voice appeared outside the door.

"Xiao Rui, I'm here to pick you up for lunch."

Shakani didn't hear Kerry's response, so he opened the door and came in.

"Hey, Xiaorui, you're here. Why weren't you talking just now?"

Kairui turned his back to Shakaini, lowered his eyes to hide all his emotions, stood up and said, "I didn't hear it."

Shakaini walked straight towards Kairui. He looked at Kairui's delicate and beautiful face and smiled, "Xiaorui looks good again today."

Kairi ignored Shakaini. He avoided the hand Shakaini extended and said coldly, "I'm tired."

Shakaini said with some dissatisfaction: "Xiao Rui, I just got here, why are you tired?"

Kerry raised his eyelids: "Whether you come or not has nothing to do with me."

If Kerry's calculations were correct, Shakani would have already contacted the male insect named Ake.

"Xiao Rui, what's wrong with you?" Shakaini approached, "Are you angry? How did I make you angry?"

"No, I'm tired and want to rest." Kerry waved away Shakani's touch.

The moment Kerry waved his hand away, Shakani's expression changed, with impatience evident in his eyes.

Suppressing the irritation in his eyes, Shakaini said, "Then you should have a good rest. I'll see you tomorrow when we choose a school."

After he got out of the door, Shakeni could no longer suppress his dissatisfaction. He took out his communicator and started sending messages.

[Damn it, do you know how outrageous that lowly C-rank female insect, Kerry, was today?!]

The person nicknamed N on the other end of the communicator replied: [Excessive?]

However, Shakaini didn't elaborate, just venting his emotions: [He's just a C-rank female insect. If he wasn't pretty, would I be interested in him?]

N: [Then break up. She's just a low-ranking female insect, so why would we be together? Didn't you say you caught a B-rank male insect from the Imperial City? Why not seize the opportunity?]

Upon seeing the news, Shakaini's face lit up with pride: "Of course, this is a B-rank male insect, I must seize the opportunity!"

The number of male insects is scarce, and even not all A-level female insects can have their own male masters.

Now that he had finally caught a B-level male insect, he had to hold it tightly in his hands!

N: [Let’s continue this discussion tomorrow when we choose a school.]

Shakeni crossed out "N"'s communication and switched his communicator to another channel.

Looking down at the name "Ake", Shakeni smiled with determination.

inside the house

Kerry was lying on the bed. Just now, when Shakeni mentioned "choosing a school", he remembered that tomorrow was the day to choose a military academy.

In his previous life, he chose Lingjin Military Academy with Shakaini, but this time...

After thinking for a while, Carrie stood up and walked towards the balcony. Although the house he rented was far away, he could still see the largest bulletin board in the city center.

The announcement screen will announce the most important recent events.

As expected, the major military academies are now appearing on the announcement screen one after another.

All female Zergs must join the army, and military academy selection is one of the most important things in the Zerg world.

Pursing his lips and looking at Ling Jin, who was ranked third, Kerry still remembered the scene when he and Shakeni first entered the school. At that time, in order to have better cooperation with Shakeni, he followed Shakeni's advice and gave up the combat major with the fastest promotion and chose the auxiliary major.

Few military females are willing to actively choose the auxiliary profession. For female insects, assistance means being willing to be inferior and actively helping others, and military females who can get assistance have stronger competitiveness.

With a sneer on his lips, Kerry thought that Shakeni had only been thinking about himself from the beginning.

Shakeni asked him to choose an auxiliary major, and then the person to be assisted would only be Shakeni himself.

In this way, Shakeni is equivalent to obtaining a combat force and weapons equipment division for free, and his strength and promotion speed will of course be faster.

As for Kerry, of course he became Shakani's green fertilizer, and was even deceived to death by him in the end.

Her fingers clenched instantly, and Carrie felt that she was so stupid in her previous life. She was so obsessed with love that she couldn't tell right from wrong.

With her eyelashes twitching slightly, Carrie looked at the top of the screen, where several golden characters appeared.

——The Empire’s No. 1 Military Academy!

The Empire's First Military Academy is the highest institution of learning in the empire and a place that countless female insects dream of.

In fact, according to Shakeni's strength, he can enter the First Military Academy.

But Shakainin was unwilling to take the entrance exam for the First Military Academy.

Carrie looked at the announcement screen and took a deep breath. Now that he had a chance to do it all over again, he had to fight for himself!

If he wants to go, he should go to the First Military Academy, so that he can have better development!

The communicator suddenly rang, and Kerry was stunned when he saw the name "Grissom".

Grissom was one of the few friends he once had. He still remembered that Grissom opposed him and Shakeni being together, and advised him to try the First Military Academy for his future.

It's just that he didn't listen to Grissom at all at the beginning, and even felt that Grissom was very hostile to Shakani. Finally, at Shakani's request, he gradually distanced himself from Grissom.

With red eyes, Carrie felt very sorry for Gleason. The other party was really thinking about her, but she was blinded by greed at the time and couldn't listen at all.

"Hello, Kerry." The communicator was connected.

Kerry pursed his lips: "Grissom."

Gleeson's tone was irritable: "You finally answered my call? I thought you really wanted to break up with me!"

Kerry lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Gleason."

Grissom, who was on the other end of the communicator, was stunned when he heard Carrie's words. "Sorry?" Carrie was actually apologizing to him?

"Are you okay?" Grissom asked suspiciously, "...did Shakeni do something again?"

He remembered that Kerry seemed to have been drugged by Shakani and insisted on following Shakani to enroll in the military academy and break off all ties with him!

"Don't mention him." Carrie gripped the communicator tightly. "Grissom, where are you now?"

Gleason felt that Carrie was strange and he was afraid that something might happen to him.

"I work as a handyman in a bookstore."

Kerry remembered the bookstore: "I'll come find you, wait for me."

After saying that, Carrie put on her clothes and went to the bookstore.

He really missed Grissom. In his previous life, they had only met once after Grissom was admitted to the First Military Academy, and they had parted on bad terms.

During that meeting, Gleason told him that Shakaini was two-timing. Not only did he not believe it, he also felt that Gleason was trying to sow discord between him and Shakaini, and they had a big fight. Now thinking about it, every suggestion Gleason made was genuinely for his own good, but he was too ungrateful.

Menting Bookstore

Carrie pushed the door open and saw Gleason repairing an old table.

After Gleason leveled the table, he stood up and looked at Carrie: "What's wrong? You seem weird today."

Kerry pursed his lips and said nothing, but his eyes were red as he looked at his friend whom he hadn't seen for many years.

"Gleason." Carrie strode forward and hugged Gleason tightly.

Grissom was stunned for a moment, then pulled Kerry away and frowned, "Did Shakeni bully you? Tell me what he did, and I'll support you!"

Carrie's eyes were red and he didn't say anything. He remembered that when he first came into this world, Grissom protected him in this way.

At that time, when he was bullied by several powerful female insects and cried, Grissom would run over and drive those female insects away, and would also yell at him: "Why are you crying! You are a female insect, be strong!"

Gleason would ask him to exercise every day. Only when he is strong will others not dare to bully him.

"Don't cry, you are a female insect, be strong!"

The Grissom in front of him and the Grissom who had protected him before overlapped again.

"Grissom, I'm sorry." Carrie lowered his head and apologized again.

He pursed his lips and said, "Grissom, I want to tell you something."

In addition to his rebirth and what will happen in the future, Carrie told Gleeson all his future plans.

Although Gleeson didn't understand why Carrie suddenly changed so much, he was very happy to see Carrie suddenly wake up.

"I told you, you're just obsessed. What good is there in following that Shakeni? That female insect is obviously not a good person." Grissom said happily, "Let's sign up for the First Military Academy together tomorrow. If we get in, we can join the official legion after graduation!"

"When the time comes, we will work hard to get promoted and earn more military merits. Maybe a male insect will take a fancy to us!"

Gleeson patted Carrie on the shoulder and said, "When you have your own lord in the future, you won't have to worry about mental turmoil."

Kerry smiled and was about to speak when he heard a sharp voice coming from outside the door.

"What kind of dream are you having? A C-rank female insect wants to enter the First Military Academy and have a male master? It's ridiculous!"

Sera walked in with a hum.

"Your Excellency the Male Insect wouldn't be interested in a C-rank female insect. A C-rank female insect simply can't protect you."

Generally speaking, D-level male insects can heal B to D-level female insects, but because male insects are precious and rare, female insects below B level are rarely chosen.

"Sierra!" Grissom yelled.

Sera snorted, "And you, Grissom? You're just a B-rank female insect like me. How dare you apply to the Empire's No. 1 Military Academy? That's wishful thinking!"

Grissom's cheeks flushed with anger. He shouted, "So what if I'm only B-rank? I'm sure I'm stronger than many A-rank female insects!"

Sera rolled his eyes at Grissom and said, "Don't be so delusional." Then he looked at Carrie again.

"And you, a lowly C-rank female insect, don't think you can become rich by relying on Grissom and Shakaini. You think you are a noble male insect, but you are just a lowly, low-level female insect. Stop pretending!"

"You!" Grissom was so angry that he wanted to punch Sera, but was stopped by Kerry, "Grissom, registration is tomorrow."

If news of a private fight spreads now, it will affect registration eligibility.

Grissom glanced at Kerry and slowly lowered his hand.

"Sera, you'd better disappear from my sight right now, otherwise, you'll just have to wait!"

Sera snorted and said, "We'll see tomorrow, you two ignorant bastards."

"You!" Grissom's cheeks flushed and he looked at Sera's back with rapid breathing.

Kairi patted his shoulder and said slowly, "Ignore him. Let's focus on preparing for tomorrow's registration."

Grissom glared at Sera for a few seconds, then turned and said, "Right! Ignore him. Wait until we're accepted into the First Military Academy and see what he says!"

But after saying that, Grissom became nervous again.

"Kerry, do you think... the First Military Academy will want us?"

Sera was right. As the empire's strongest reserve force, the admission threshold of the Empire's First Military Academy was quite high.

Most of the female soldiers who are able to enter the Empire's First Military Academy are above A level, and only a small number of female insects below A level will be admitted to the First Military Academy because of their outstanding performance.

"You can do it, Grissom," Carey said firmly.

He remembered that in his previous life, Grissom had successfully entered the First Military Academy with his outstanding skills and various repair techniques.

"You too, Kerry!" Grissom patted Kerry's shoulder. "The First Military Academy also has C-rank female insects. I remember your dodging skills and weapon and armor skills are very good. You can give it a try. If you succeed, your future is bright!"

Carey looked at Grissom.

Gleeson continued, "But Kerry, why are you always practicing your dodging skills? You know, us female insects have the most formidable attack power, and we have thick skin and flesh, so we're not afraid of being hit. You must practice your active offensive skills more."

Kerry gave a wry smile after hearing Gleason's words: "But getting hit really hurts."

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but Carrie always felt that he was more sensitive than when he was a human, and that being hit would hurt for several days.

It is precisely because of this that he has been practicing his dodging skills.

Gleeson shook his head. "Kerry, don't be so squeamish. You're a female insect. You need to get stronger as soon as possible so you can protect your male insects in the future."

As he spoke, Grissom raised his arm to show Kerry his strong muscles.

Kerry looked at Grissom's muscular body with envy and nodded, "I will work hard to make myself stronger!"

He discovered that no one else could be relied upon, and only being strong was real.