The forest is the last stop.

After flying for about half an hour, Han Ling stepped off the aircraft.

This journey costs 1800 credits, but it covers most of the planet.

Han Ling breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the entire forest.

This place was similar to the cities he knew; it looked bustling with people and not desolate at all.

The streets are clean and tidy, with all kinds of shops open to welcome customers.

The skyscrapers lacked a high-tech feel and looked more like the Blue Star that Han Ling was familiar with.

The various robots moving around the streets revealed that this was still an interstellar world.

The mechanical creatures that reach the height of a calf are called bomb-proof squid; they maintain order and monitor abnormal environments.

Han Ling passed through the transportation station and entered Forest City.

He saw various snack shops for the first time in a long time.

Han Ling was somewhat excited. Although he knew that the people of the interstellar world had not given up on food, there was nothing on the garbage planet, and his stomach was about to shrink.

Upon seeing the food stall, Han Ling walked in without hesitation.

No matter the price of the food, he's determined to eat this meal today!

Han Ling chose the most popular shop, and after walking in, he was slightly dumbfounded.

Instead of a table, each customer had a rice bucket placed directly in front of them.

It's a huge food bucket; you could even take a shower standing inside it.

Han Ling's lips twitched; he had only ever seen pictures of people eating like this on the StarNet before.

The interstellar female consumes a huge amount of energy to maintain normal bodily functions.

Relying on normal food intake to obtain energy is not enough to support the normal activities of the Zerg.

So if a female insect doesn't eat supplements and only eats food, an adult female insect will consume 40 kilograms of food per meal.

To stew 40 pounds of ingredients properly, it would take at least 3 to 4 hours.

This time-wasting way of eating has long been phased out and has become a holiday indulgence.

Normal female insects are still used to eating nutritional supplements to quickly replenish their energy.

I've heard that the planet Aphrodite, the planet of male insects, still retains this traditional way of eating.

Only male insects with nothing to do will waste their time eating and drinking.

Han Ling walked into the restaurant and glanced at the menu.

The price of one dish is 3000 credits.

It cost twice as much as his ticket for the previous trip.

But looking at the rice bucket on the ground, he felt that the amount of food was worth the price of 3,000 yuan, and the meat looked like it weighed dozens of kilograms.

Han Ling still had some credits, so she ordered a wooden bucket rice without hesitation.

He chose a corner to sit down and waited quietly, feeling somewhat relaxed.

Compared to the garbage planet where war rages daily and mechs fly around everywhere, this place is closer to the society Han Ling is familiar with.

With a stable living environment and guaranteed life, people only need to worry about making a living.

Life will get better and better as long as you put in the effort.

Han Ling tapped her fingers on the table, in a good mood.

The noisy surroundings also give it a more lived-in feel.

If only I couldn't hear what they were saying.

The female insects nearby are discussing how to date the male insect.

—Brother, you don't know, the male insect's little hands are so white and soft, my heart melts when I touch them.

—Did you sleep with him?

—Tsk, I didn't dare to move at all back then, I was as stiff as an idiot, but the male insect praised me for being cute.

—Are you asleep?

—The male insect praised me for being cute, kissed my cheek, and placed his hand on my chest.

—Are you asleep?

He said he liked my figure more than that of female soldiers.

—Are you asleep?

—Damn it! You idiot shit! Stop asking! I'm not asleep! Okay, okay, I'm not asleep!

—Tch, all that talk won't do any good. What's the point of all that whistling and brawling? I've slept with the male insect prince, after all.

—That was just a coincidence! It was simply the number of times the male insect had to perform its mandatory maneuvers!

Han Ling sat in the corner, listening to the conversations of different people, and realized that this was not Blue Star, but a place with a distorted gender ratio.

The Zerg have 2,800 Earth-like planets, with nine trillion Zerg living on these planets, but only about 3 billion are male.

This F-class planet is home to approximately 2 billion female insects, with only about 6,000 males.

Most males live on Aphrodite.

The male insects are well protected and well regulated.

Whether you're a human or an insect, you can't have it all; there's no such thing as a perfect thing in the world.

Male Zerg enjoy the most advanced resources in the universe, so they have to put in some work. However, the "work" here refers to their efforts to reproduce for the Zerg race.

The male insect's daily life consists of dating, meeting different female insects, and having sex.

Alternatively, male serotonin can be extracted directly.

Even a playboy can't resist this kind of exploitation.

The inability to establish long-term, stable relationships with mates goes against the genetic nature of the Zerg.

Anxiety causes most male insects to be extremely averse to dating.

Male insects will go on dates if they can, but they absolutely refuse to sleep with their partners.

However, this approach is unfair to the female insects.

The interstellar females burn with life, contributing to the Zerg race and searching for new resources.

The Zerg have a lifespan of 500 years, with an 18-year juvenile period and a 2-year old age. The rest of their life is spent in their prime.

Most female insects need 30-50 years to save enough for the journey to Aphrodite and the cost of dating.

If it's just a meeting, some eating and drinking, and the female gets nothing, then what's the point of playing with the egg?

If there is no hope, then none of us should live.

Han Ling had learned that the interstellar male worm had gone through a dark period.

During that period, the female insects withdrew all resources and protection.

The male insects are left to fend for themselves.

But in less than a year, the male insects surrendered.

Besides energy resources, the interstellar beasts' favorite food is interstellar male insects.

Male insects live alone for a year, and most of them die or are injured. To survive, they have no choice but to compromise.

Later, the Zerg perfected their laws.

According to the law, male insects are only required to date 10 times a month, and must select at least two dating partners each month to spend the night together.

By nature, although male insects are not common in various places, the topics that female insects often discuss still revolve around male insects.

Any sound or movement originating from Aphrodite can travel millions of light-years and still reach every corner of the universe.

Soon, the aroma wafted over, and the huge wooden bucket of rice was ready.

The tall female insect carried the hundred-pound wooden bucket of rice over as easily as a person carrying a rice bowl.

Han Ling snapped out of her daze, stopped eavesdropping on the other female insects' conversation, and started eating with her chopsticks and spoon.

While eating, Han Ling asked in his mind:

Why are there so few male Zerglings?

The system replied:

Everything in the universe is subject to uncontrollable forces. Everything is in flux, never reaching equilibrium. Just as planets and nebulae are always in motion.

Han Ling frowned deeply:

"What do you mean? That's so convoluted. I'm not an astrophysicist."

The system explained:

Every race has its flaws. The male insectoids' physical constitution precludes them from becoming the strongest in the universe; the insectoid race has reached its limit at this scale. This is an unavoidable factor.

Some things cannot be changed by effort alone.

Han Ling sighed. Since there was no way to change it, then let him weave a yellow dream for the single female insects.