Chapter 33 S-rank? Huh? ... ? ? ...

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For several minutes, there wasn't a single comment in the comment section below the announcement, mirroring the eerily silent atmosphere in the testing hall at the time.

All the insects in front of the light brain tacitly maintained the same expression as the male insects present: furrowed eyebrows, wide eyes, full of question marks, and many even doubted that they were seeing things, trying to press their faces close to the light screen.

Murphy...

It's not a mistake; exactly these three words.

What does this mean? Is today April Fools' Day? Did the male insect protection association put the wrong name on the notice?

A barrage of doubts, shock, and disbelief seemed to be raging in their minds, leaving them speechless and unsure of what emotions to express first.

until……

[What's wrong with everyone? Our Twilight Federation has produced an S-rank male insect, shouldn't we be happy and cheering? Why is this comment section so strange?]

This opening line was like setting the stage for an eruption; the entire comment section suddenly exploded like a volcano, and even the StarNet experienced a few seconds of lag—something that had never happened since the StarNet was built.

[Which remote planet did you just get internet access on? You don't even know Murphy's got all this buzz lately?]

[Don't you understand? It's Morpheus who's been promoted to S-rank! Morpheus!]

Do you know what this means? Do you know? Do you know? Do you know?

[Huh? I've been doing research in seclusion lately and haven't been online for a long time. Is he popular? Is he a celebrity?]

【Then go search for it right now! I won't allow myself to be the only one questioning the existence of insects here.】

Uh... okay.

I'm back, and I'm doomed.

[No, why is this happening? I'm researching why F-level male insects can't upgrade through molting!]

[Huh? Can we include this as an exception? Pfft... Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh.]

[Hurry up and change it! Change it to something about the possibility of an F-rank male insect upgrading to an S-rank male insect. There are ready-made examples here. Who knows, the PhD student might even graduate by then. That's a jump of six ranks! Six ranks!]

[Haha, hahaha, S-rank? I don't even recognize the word S anymore.]

[Let me double-check, the class above F is S, right? Not E?]

[They've been diagnosed; take them away. Two more have gone mad.]

[Now I finally understand the constipated expressions on the faces of those male insects I tested together. I also need to rethink the meaning of my insect life. How can an F-rank insect suddenly rise to the top and trample all the others? Huh?]

[So the others can't speak because they've been silenced by the higher-ups? If it were me, I'd wish every single one of them were as devastated as I am—this is an S-rank!]

That being said, this result is so shocking that the official announcement definitely carries more weight, after all, this is an S-rank. So, why, why wasn't this bug me!

Youchong slapped herself twice. [Am I dreaming? Yes, I must be dreaming, I must be.]

The insect, in a fit of rage and impotence, protested wildly: "I refuse to accept this! Murphy is an F-rank! If anyone should be promoted to S-rank, it should be Lord Bennett, not Murphy! I refuse to accept this!"

Many other insects expressed complete skepticism about the results, believing that either the results were inaccurate or that there were insects behind Murphy who were planning to create a god.

[I won't admit it until there's solid evidence. I'm putting my words here: Murphy can't possibly be an S-class male. If he is, I'll livestream myself eating shit while doing a handstand!]

[Agreed. That's not how you act, and that's not how you create a god. Remember this, behind-the-scenes culprit: choosing Morpheus as this god was your biggest mistake. Fundamentally, he could never be S-class!]

If going from F-rank to A-rank was already hard for insects to believe, then going from F-rank to S-rank was absolutely unbelievable. They wouldn't even dare to dream of doing it, yet it actually happened.

That's an S-class being, one or two of them only appear once in a century, and now it's appeared on an F-class being that Bug was mocking. How could Bug believe it?

That's simply impossible.

Almost all insects share this idea.

Even so, this explosive news still caused some minor chaos. Some insects were so shocked that they crashed into a road pillar. Some cars were flying in the air and almost collided with each other if it weren't for the intelligent system control. Even so, due to the emergency turn of the car, the insects inside were thrown over and screamed.

On this day, the entire Federal Star Network was in a state of constant excitement.

The lord insect, who caused all this, is completely unaware of it and is busy trying to gain more benefits from his wife.

"It's not enough. I don't feel safe. I feel so uncomfortable that I'm about to faint."

After saying that, Murphy fell backward with a "thud," looking so weak that he would faint if he didn't kiss her.

The silver-haired female insect tilted her head. Mofiel's movements were particularly obvious. She didn't care whether she would be noticed or not. Or rather, she deliberately acted as if she could be noticed by that wooden-headed beauty, afraid that he wouldn't notice and would worry.

Atiyah hesitated for a moment, knowing that Mephiel was faking it.

But... he still seemed to be bewitched, slowly leaning down to press his lips against Murphy's cheek, just like the day the two insects were separated.

Atia moved quickly this time, but she didn't expect that Mophiel would suddenly turn his head, so her soft lips seemed to kiss Mophiel on his own initiative.

The beautiful female insect's pale purple eyes widened slightly, her eyelashes trembled, and she tried to pull away quickly by straining her waist, but a wicked black-haired male insect locked her waist and held her head down, making her unable to move an inch.

Atia felt his lips being ground inch by inch, pried open a little, then lingered on the edge of his lips as if only taking a light bite. His thin lips were rubbed until they felt numb and itchy, and before they parted, something wet touched his lip.

Murphy felt like he had bitten into a piece of mint jelly.

It was icy cold and sweet, making him unable to resist nibbling and licking it again and again.

"Oh dear, Atia is so proactive today, I'm so shy."

The culprit's voice was mocking, showing no shame for his sneak attack, and instead he turned the tables on the perpetrator.

Even after regaining her strength and becoming the high and mighty legion commander again, capable of swallowing two large legions in one go, the aloof female insect with silver hair and purple eyes is still helpless, powerless, and obediently submits to a certain shameless black-haired male insect.

"...I'll go check if the food is ready." Atia's pale lips were slightly red, with a hint of glistening on his lips. He pursed his lips slightly, then walked out. His expression was normal, but his steps were somewhat hurried.

Murphy smirked and chuckled behind his back.

So you can't bully insects too easily. If you bully them too easily, they'll take advantage of you. He reflected on his own overreaching behavior and said, "That feels so good, so sweet, let's do it again."

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While the controversy on StarNet was raging, the Male Insect Protection Association suddenly released a video—

Why the sudden release of this? And why put the Morpheus directly into the instrument? This is pointless. I was hoping to get a glimpse of how the other gentlemen were being tested.

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[What the heck? Isn't this just an F-rank? Wait...wait!]

What are you congratulating me on? What are you congratulating me on?

[S-rank? S-rank?!]

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[Huh? That's too arrogant. My condolences to all the male insects' asses.]

[But why did all the gentlemen look up when Lord Morfield snapped his fingers? It feels like there's some backstory we don't know.]

[I'm doomed! I actually find this scene both wicked and gentlemanly, so cool! This is the first time I've felt this way about a male insect.]

[Murphy actually called the President "old man," how rude! But you're S-rank, fine, I have no objection.]

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[Am I seeing things? Even the President is only at the F level. Is this equipment some kind of miracle?]

[Good heavens, if Lord Morfield weren't actually S-rank, wouldn't he be considered F-rank no matter what rank he was? The plight of F-rank on Central Star is well-known; the worms behind it are truly vicious.]

[Thankfully, His Excellency the President was present to uphold justice for His Excellency Murphy. It's unbelievable that such a solemn ceremony, with the most sophisticated equipment at the Central Hospital, could be tampered with to such an extent. Is the powerful figure behind this having absolute control? If His Excellency the President hadn't been there, could even an S-level case have been suppressed?]

[We urge Your Excellency the President to severely punish those behind this and restore justice to Mr. Murphy!]

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Male Insect Protection Association V: [Morpheus is a true S-class insect, as can be verified by all representatives present. The above is a video of the entire testing process.]

Regarding the matter of our association's staff member Benham accepting bribes and altering instruments without authorization in his capacity as the person in charge of the insects, causing a major negative impact on the testing ceremony, our association deeply apologizes for its dereliction of duty in supervision. Currently, our association has sent Benham to the procuratorate for prosecution.

At the same time, our association once again expresses its deepest apologies to His Excellency Murphy, who was affected by this incident.

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So this is the truth: an S-level certification personally endorsed by the President—is there any recognition more valuable than this?

[By the way, is that guy who said he'd livestream himself doing a handstand and eating shit still around? When is he going to do it?]

[Male Insect Protection Association, you bastard, are you doing this on purpose? Everyone's already finished cursing and arguing, and now you're slapping us in the face? Huh?]

The one above that shows how to break through defenses looks pretty similar.

[Hey, Shit-Eating Bro, hurry up and start your live stream! We're waiting for you!]

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Only Mophiel remained in the room. Mophiel closed his eyes and briefly used his mental energy to examine his body, finding that apart from fatigue, he had no other problems.

He tried to recall his memories, but they ended right there in the testing equipment. Oh well, hopefully nothing serious happened. Judging from Daniel and the others' expressions, they seem to be alright.

However… Murphy rubbed his left wrist. There was clearly nothing wrong, but he still felt something was off. The skin on the outside was a little numb. His premonition reminded him to be vigilant. What had happened, or what was about to happen?

But without any information, Murphy could only put the matter aside for the time being. What was meant to happen would happen sooner or later, and what was meant to be known would be known sooner or later. There was no use in being anxious now.

Murphy cleared his mind and, in a good mood, turned on his personal terminal. His wife had won another great victory this time, and she would probably update the front page with a full-body photo, which he could print out and stick in the bedroom.

[Breaking News] The Dawn Legion has successively annexed two major legions, becoming number one!

This trending topic concisely and clearly recounts how, under the leadership of Legion Commander Atia, the Dawn Legion swept through two major legions in succession, securing the honor of the First Legion.

Unfortunately, the homepage image wasn't the individual insect photo of Attia that Morpheus had hoped for, but rather a silhouette of the Dawn Legion's main fleet. In the dim light of space, the fleet, with its faintly visible black and gold lines, looked incredibly impressive.

Wow, his wife has such a cool fleet! That's amazing!

Murphy was lavish in his praise.

He continued scrolling down, only to find another trending topic following closely behind.

[Breaking News] Attia harms male insects but remains at large!

Wishing for Peace: [Why aren't these insect scum who harm male insects being imprisoned? Several male insects have been severely injured on the Central Planet before; is it because of these insects? Is the Central Planet really safe?]

Distant Glory: [Strongly request the Central Court to reinstate Attiyah's accountability.]

Distant Glory: [I remember that it was only because Lord Bennet vouched for Atia that she was only punished with the confiscation of all her property and forced into slavery, instead of being exiled to a mining planet. However, as everyone knows, slave women are criminals and cannot do any job other than manual labor. Why was Atia allowed to break this rule? @Male Insect Protection Association, please provide a reasonable explanation.]

Loves vegetables: [I strongly object to this insect scrap entering the Federation Legion and the Central Star's territory. I feel my insect body's safety is constantly threatened.]

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User 5257: [? ? ?]

User 5257: [@JustWishForPeace. What are you so agitated about? Is your leg broken? Don't believe everything that's said by that insect. Why don't you believe I'm the emperor next door?]

User 5257: [@DistantGlory, you are the sinner, your whole family are sinners! My Atia is my only and most beloved female ruler. What is Bennett? Does he even deserve to be my Atia's female slave?]

User 5257: [@LovesVegetables, you're too easily threatened. Don't go out anymore, just stay home and drink milk every day.]

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The indignant netizens in the comments section discovered that a strange, newly registered digital account was extremely aggressive, attacking several highly-rated comments in one fell swoop with an arrogant tone, even more aggressive than Attia himself.

[What's up with user 5257 above? Did Attiya save your life? Why are you fighting so fiercely for him?]

User 5257: [What's that on the nose? An ornament? Why wouldn't I fight for my beloved queen? For you?]

[You! Since you're a male, do you know he's harmed other males before? Several of them ended up in the hospital. Aren't you scared? And you're still talking to him here?]

User 5257: [Slander! Atia is such a weak, pitiful, and easily embarrassed female insect, why should I be afraid of her?]

[Huh? Weak? Pitiful? Shy? Are these words used to describe female insects?]

[Shouldn't female insects be described as powerful, ferocious, ruthless, and killing without shedding blood? Why are your parts of speech different from mine?]

[This is terrifying. I never imagined female insects could be described with such words. Seeing them looking down at me, I felt like my head was going to split off.]

User 5257: [Ignorant, short-sighted, and with poor taste; no wonder your comments are so mindless.]

User 5257: [Wait, dear Atiya is calling me for dinner. Those who haven't been targeted yet, better read more books and improve your taste, lest your next comment sound like you've been kicked in the head by a donkey. Bye.]

After saying that, the account's profile picture went gray, and the status below it was changed to "Sweet candlelight dinner," the meaning of which was self-evident: he was actually going to have a happy dinner with that insect-shaped weapon.

Netizens who were just about to grab their keyboards and prepare for a 300-round furious battle were suddenly dumbfounded. What does this mean? What does this mean?

They were so scolded they suffered a stroke, their blood rushed to their heads, their fingers trembled, and then they went off to have a sweet and loving meal with Attia at Chong's house?

【Come back! Come back here!】

Is he really a male? I don't believe it! It's a cross-dresser, definitely a cross-dresser.

[Wait, wait, are there really no male insect academy members here? Have you forgotten something important?]

"Uh...now that you mention it, I think I've heard that Atia is now the female of Mephiel, right?"

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Author's Note: Thank you AAA for the gift! Thank you Zitang for the gift! Wow! Sending love! [Starry eyes][Starry eyes][Go for it!]

Thank you "Clear Skies" baby for the nutritional solution! Sending love! [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers][Go for it!]

(P.S. The puppy probably ate something wrong and got a bit of gastroenteritis. I've already given him medicine, and he's much better today. Thanks for your concern, AAA baby [pat on the head] hehe)