Chapter 26
"Next one."
The female insect doctor wearing black-framed glasses rubbed her brows and picked up a document beside her. Before she could read the disease information on it, the door was pushed open.
Three bugs came in from outside. He took a quick look and found that one of them was his good friend, who was whispering with a surprisingly beautiful female.
There was also a tall female soldier next to her, but unfortunately she was sitting in a wheelchair.
He was wearing a black mask that covered most of his face, and had a thick bandage around his neck, but a discerning worm could tell at a glance that it was a female slave collar.
"Xie Zhao!"
His good friend stepped forward and greeted him enthusiastically, blinking at him like his eyelids were twitching. "Remember the private order I mentioned earlier?"
Thanks? Which thanks?
Xi Ze's heart moved, and he pulled up the mask quietly.
Behind the desk, Xie Zhao raised his eyes with a lack of interest, and happened to meet the gaze of the female who made his friend desperately courteous to him. Although he was mentally prepared, his heart still skipped a beat.
Good...very beautiful.
But he is a professional doctor and cannot do such rude things as staring at other insects.
The female in front of him was breathtakingly beautiful, but her expression was very cold, like a fairy insect that breathes the wind and drinks dew but does not eat fireworks. The smooth and soft arc at the end of her eyes was slightly upturned, as if all the mundane things in front of her were not pleasing to her eyes.
Xie Zhao coughed softly and looked at his friend——
After he expressed that he was not interested in male insects, this guy had been tirelessly introducing him to beautiful female insects, just like a pimp in the black market.
Could this sub-female have been tricked here from somewhere again?
"What are you thinking about? Live a serious life."
Elaine moved her lips and lip-synced, then bent and bowed to usher the "sub-female" to the front, "This is Mr. Yael."
Male insect. He met Xie Zhao's shocked gaze and silently lip-synced.
Oh my god... male, male insect? !
How could such a rare creature as a male insect exist in this damn place?!
Xie Zhao's mind went blank for a moment, and he stood up in a panic. He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he heard his friend introducing himself.
"Sir, this is the psychologist I told you about before. He graduated from the first university in the empire. He has excellent professional qualities and rich work experience. He came here to work a year ago..."
Yael raised his eyes as he was told.
The doctor in front of me had black curly hair, a fair and handsome face, and a pair of thick black-framed glasses on his nose. He had a confused look and looked a little dull.
He had read the information about this doctor named Xie Zhao beforehand and had made his own preliminary judgment, but his actual personality was somewhat different from what he had imagined.
She looks innocent, but I wonder if she can control Xi Ze, a military girl who is very defensive, tough-talking, and used to scare insects with a cold face.
"Hello."
Yael's eyes curved slightly, and that hint of indifference disappeared suddenly like the residual snow shaken off the branches, replaced by a light and clean smile.
It turns out that it is not a cold and aloof little fairy insect, but a gentle and polite little fairy insect!
He smiled at me! So cute, and also... wanted to shake my hand!!
Xie Zhao felt dizzy for a moment, and for the first time he felt truly amazed when facing a male insect.
He carefully held the clean and delicate hand, feeling as if he was touching some precious work of art, and said awkwardly, "Hello, hello..."
"This time it's not me who's being treated, it's my female worm."
Yael briefly explained Caesar's situation and then chuckled.
"Dr. Xie's resume is truly outstanding. I have great confidence in his ability. I'll leave it to Dr. Xie this time. If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know..."
Xie Zhao could feel his face getting hot. He was dizzy from being called "Dr. Xie" left and right, and was flattered by the male insect's polite compliments.
Oh my god, male insects that are not picky and threatening doctors actually exist? !
He came to this remote planet from the hospital on the main planet of the Empire, on the one hand to do some practical work, and on the other hand to comfort his wounded heart from serving the noble male insects.
He was a highly professional person and could tell at a glance that although the male insect in front of him had not yet undergone secondary differentiation, its level was definitely not low and it would require special care if placed on the main star.
I've never heard of any family having such a beautiful little male insect.
Xie Zhao seemed to be drugged with love potion and couldn't stop grinning. He followed Yer's words and looked at the military girl sitting in the wheelchair.
Then, I was stabbed to the core by a pair of cold golden eyes.
He suddenly woke up.
"Okay, then three times a week. We'll decide the exact time when the time comes. Is that okay?"
After determining the long-term plan and treatment duration, Yael stopped talking.
When he applied for funding for previous research, he needed to practice Tai Chi and use flattery and politeness. Although he was not an expert at these things, he was pretty familiar with them. However, this situation rarely occurs after he came here.
He did not reject this behavior. After all, it was just for his own profit. The research materials and equipment were worth his time and effort, and the same went for the female insect.
"Okay, okay, then you can leave first, or wait in the VIP lounge for a while. I'll take your female insect in to chat first."
Xie Zhao picked up the documents on the table. The slight blush on his face had not yet faded. He was as enthusiastic as a large and energetic dog, and the curly hair on his forehead trembled with his movements.
Yael hesitated for a moment, but did not choose to leave immediately, "Wait a moment."
Then Xie Zhao saw the male insect smile at the female soldier. It was not the distant and polite smile it gave him, but a shallow but real smile, as if it was a little helpless.
The female soldier who had been secretly staring at the insect fiercely raised her head meekly, and the male insect took off the mask on her face, and her deliberately concealed features suddenly became clear.
The female soldier had a handsome appearance, with cold and deep eyebrows and narrow eyes that were slightly upturned at the ends. Her golden eyes were extremely sharp, revealing a ray of sharp light for no reason.
When he stared at someone, it was like a beast locking onto its prey, which made anyone shudder. At least Xie Zhao, who was being "stared at", felt a chill on his back, as if his throat was being strangled and he was slightly suffocating.
But there seems to be something strange...
Xie Zhao frowned secretly and couldn't help but looked over there again, only to find that the military girl's vision was a little blurred, covered with a thin layer of shadow, and she seemed unable to see.
Are you blind already?!
He secretly clicked his tongue, thinking that even being blind was still so scary, if she didn't have all these injuries, how dazzling would the military girl look like.
Moreover, he always felt that the outline of this female soldier was strangely familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before.
But then he thought again, if he had seen such a recognizable military female before, it would be impossible for him to not remember her at all. It should be just an illusion.
"Whether you have a problem or not, since you are here, why not check your mental health as well? Didn't you have nightmares before?"
Knowing that Caesar was reluctant, Yael didn't waste any more words. He casually rubbed the female insect's hair, which felt very nice, and said half-commandingly and half-coaxingly, "Okay, be good, I'll pick you up later."
Be good.
The four words uttered softly by the male insect were so destructive that even Xie Zhao, who was far away, felt the blow, not to mention Xi Ze, who was being coaxed in the face.
The female insect lowered her eyes in a panic, swallowed her heartbeat, and whispered, "Okay."
Xie Zhao grinned quietly, suspecting that his teeth had been soured.
But when Yael turned around, he immediately put on a very professional look and said, "Hello, is it ready? Then I'll take him in."
"Thank you for your hard work, doctor."
The psychotherapy room is just a few steps behind this office.
The moment the door was closed, Yael saw the harmless look on Xie Zhao's face disappeared, his eyes became slightly cold, and he looked very reliable and professional.
Click——the door behind me was completely closed.
Elaine, who had been acting as a background since the beginning, stepped forward and said enthusiastically, "Sir, do you want to go to the lounge or somewhere else now? If you don't mind, I can help you..."
Yael retracted his gaze and thought for a moment, "Let's go to the lounge and wait."
*
This hospital was not the one that Yael was familiar with, but a field hospital located in the gray zone at the edge of the planet. Usually, most of the patients treated there were military females injured in combat.
The composition of doctors and patients here is quite complex, but the medical team is very well-trained and professional, and there is even a psychologist specializing in treating post-war trauma. No wonder Hewitt highly recommends this place.
"Me and Hughes? We are bad friends, I guess. That's all we have. I was surprised when he found me..."
Elaine is the acting director of this hospital. I heard that the real director is his female father, who is now opening a hospital on the main planet and has kept this unkempt female as a mascot.
Yael rolled up the inspection report in his hand and glanced at Elaine after hearing this.
"Sir, please come this way. I just came in through the back door. You haven't seen the inside of this hospital yet. Although our hospital is not as high-end as the Central Hospital, the medical level is excellent..."
Yael followed him around a corridor, but was caught off guard by the stretchers that filled the corridor, as well as countless wounded female soldiers who were sitting or lying on the ground.
His pupils shrank slightly and his steps paused.
Yes, a small war broke out in the surrounding galaxies not long ago. Although we won, there must have been quite a few injured military women. This is exactly when this hospital can come in handy.
Some of the female soldiers had lost their hands and feet and turned into blood gourds. They just barely bandaged the wounds to stop the bleeding. It was very miserable. And because the wounds had transformed into insect tentacles and shells, it looked weird and scary.
They packed the corridor very tightly, but they were very quiet and well-trained. When they saw insects coming, they would silently make way for them.
Yael closed his eyes, somewhat silent.
Although I know clearly that these female soldiers are giant insects in skin, I still can't help but think back to the soldiers and firefighters in the society, who are admirable and loved.
Although they are both responsible for defending the territory and protecting the people, the identities of the female soldiers here do not seem particularly special.
The number of female insects in the Zerg race is very large, even to the point of being overflowing. They do not feel bad when a large number of them are consumed on the battlefield, and are even considered a burden to the planet.
Because male insects are scarce, only military females who have reached high positions can mate with male insects. The alternative synthetic pheromones and soothing agents are expensive, and more ordinary military females leave the battlefield alive, but die from pheromone deficiency and mental disorder.
Such a cold and cruel law of social elimination.
Yael has been in the Zerg tribe for so long, and although he has deliberately avoided in-depth contact with society, he still knows most of the common sense. However, knowing is one thing, and accepting it or not is another matter.
Elaine, however, seemed to be used to it. Her smile didn't even fade a bit, and her tone was still cheerful and upbeat.
"Sir, please come this way! The VIP lounge is just behind this corridor..."
His voice was not loud, but it was still very noisy in the overly quiet corridor. Many female soldiers were woken up and looked over here.
Yael lowered his head by chance and met a pair of distressed eyes, deep and clear, stained with blood and dust. They stared at him silently from a distance of one meter.
The dim white light outside the window was dazzling, covering the mess with a hazy white veil, making it look quiet and solemn.
In this unusual silence, he could clearly hear his own heartbeat like a drum.
This feeling is very... strange, like an NPC who has been wandering around in an orderly manner finally admitting and slightly integrating into this real world.
I can feel the sorrow and pain of the indigenous people and truly begin to empathize with this complex and vast social emotion.
He stood there in a daze until the female soldier lowered her head and closed her eyes.
“Doctor! Doctor…!”
A hoarse and urgent cry suddenly rang out, and the next second, the door of the ward next to Yael was pushed open forcefully.
"Where's the doctor?! Alvin can't hold on any longer! Hasn't the pheromone supply arrived yet?"
The female soldier with red eyes strode out. Several soldiers guarding the door suddenly stood up. When they heard the painful groans from inside, their expressions became extremely ugly.
"Get out of the way! Don't block the door!"
The doctor rushed in at top speed, rushed into the ward like the wind, and without even closing the door, he connected the equipment and started first aid.
The female soldier who pushed the door open at first had a fierce look on her face, but her voice couldn't stop trembling, "...It's useless. Without pheromone supply this time, Alvin won't be able to hold on for a few days."
The iron-blooded military women standing around stared at each other with tears in their eyes, unable to utter a word.
Pheromones circulating on the market are luxury goods. They are in short supply in normal times, and even fewer bottles can be purchased in wartime.
The hospital's supplies were limited and had been used up in the war over the past few days. The main planet's supplies could not be relied upon at all.
They were tired of hearing the hospital's words, but that was the fact. There were no pheromones, and they could only watch their comrades die before their eyes.
The first aid only took a few minutes. When Yael looked up, the doctor had already stopped. The female soldier named Alvin was blocked by the dirty blue curtain, and her specific figure and appearance could not be seen clearly.
Only one hand hung down from the bed, the joints were hard and distinct, the back of the hand had winding veins, and it was stained with gunpowder and blood, casting a light gray silhouette on the ground.
Elaine came behind Yael at some point and also looked into the ward. However, her expression was no longer that fake and exaggerated smile, and there was sadness in her eyes.
His voice was very soft. "Let's go in and take a look, okay?"
Yael's eyelashes trembled, and he moved his gaze to the female insect that had been so out of touch just now. His expression was slightly dazed, and finally he nodded silently.
Seeing that the male insect was willing to go in, he quickly stepped forward, pushed aside the female soldiers and doctors who were crowded in front of the bed, and made room for a spacious seat.
"Don't come in, you idiots... Dean, why are you here?"
The doctor's expression turned from irritability to surprise. He looked at the female insect and then at the insect behind him, and took a step back.
But no matter what, this female soldier named Alvin is destined not to last long, because pheromones cannot be conjured out of thin air.
And it's not just about pheromones. Psychic turmoil, foundation damage, complications... any one of them is fatal.
Not to mention the dean's second daughter, even the dean himself couldn't save her.
He sighed, put down the first aid equipment in his hand in frustration, and turned to the angry and grieving female insects around him, "The hospital can't do anything... My condolences."
These two words completely pissed off the female soldiers. The first female soldier who rushed out to call for a doctor suddenly stood up and roared angrily like a wounded beast.
"He's not dead yet, why are you mourning?! If you can't cure him, get out! There's no need for you to be so hypocritical here... Who are you to watch all the excitement here? Get the hell out!"
"Calm down!"
Elaine said coldly, and stretched out her hand to protect Yael behind her to prevent him from being accidentally injured by the ignorant female soldier. At the same time, she kept looking at the male insect's expression with anxiety between her brows.
"Why should I be calm?! So it wasn't your comrade who died, right? This rotten hospital can't even get a few bottles of pheromones, and those male insects are drunk all day and can't even provide this little value! I think this empire has been rotten to the core for a long time...!"
The comrades beside him tried to hold him down but failed. The scene was in chaos and the scuffle almost turned into a large-scale fight.
Yael seemed oblivious to the quarrels. He grasped the rusted railing with his hands, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked intently at the female soldier on the bed.
She was a military woman with a shaved head and a resolute face. She was tall and strong, but she could only barely squeeze into the narrow bed.
The countless bone-deep wounds on his naked upper body reminded him of a whale being entangled in a propeller and having its flesh and blood cut horribly.
When he was first picked up in Cizek, the wounds from lynching were still fresh on his body.
But the more treatment he received, the more the underlying war injuries began to surface, becoming more severe, deeper, and more numerous, piling up to an almost shocking degree.
Yael came back to his senses, frowned suddenly, bent down slightly and sniffed——
This female soldier exudes a strange yet familiar smell. According to what the doctor said just now, this female soldier is in a weak period that has been forcibly suppressed after her estrus got out of control.
There was also a frenzied but weak mental energy floating around the bed, and it was obvious that the riot had already begun.
"Shut up!"
Elaine finally couldn't help but explode, and her roar shocked all the female soldiers in the ward.
He stared at the angry and grief-stricken female soldier and warned in a low voice, "If you keep making noise, Alvin will be hopeless!"
He glanced at Yael who was standing beside the bed.
The other meaning of this sentence and the implied action is so obvious.
The female soldiers froze, and followed Elaine's line of sight with almost disbelief, looking at the "sub-female" who was brought into the ward.
No, maybe it's not a sub-female, but...
But is it really possible?
On this barren planet that even the dogs of the nobility despise, in this dilapidated field hospital, in front of the bed of a female soldier who was tortured and about to die——
Will a male insect really emerge?
Elaine's eyes gave the answer.
But compared with the quarrel and tragedy in this room, the male insect's expression was too cold. His pure black pupils were clear, like the water in a cold pond without any ripples, and nothing could be reflected in them.
The female soldier who had just roared angrily had a stiff expression on her face. She certainly disdained the male insect who was wasting away in luxury and lust. She had almost pointed at the male insect's nose and scolded him just now. It was conceivable how difficult it was for her to get this little bit of pheromone.
...but it was the only way to save Alvin.
In the deadly quiet small space, there was suddenly a dull crashing sound, like a mountain collapsing.
When Yael came back to his senses from his thoughts, he saw a female soldier kneeling at his feet. Her face was pale, but her eyes were determined.
The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, soaked with fatigue and grief, and it spoke the words of plea in a stumbling and humble voice.
"Sir, please save him. Just a little bit of pheromone will do the trick... Alvin is an excellent soldier. He saved many people in the war and has always..."
He was completely different from the fierce and cold look just now, and his expression did not show much humiliation. Kneeling for the life and death of his comrades was not a difficult decision at all.
Realizing that the male insect was probably not interested in this, the female soldier suddenly stopped talking and changed her words.
"We can buy it. You can name any star coins you want... I have a lot of military merits in this war. If you want, you can take them all...!"
"I can give you my military merits. Please save Alvin!"
"Mine is also OK..."
"Me too……"
“Please…”
A large group of people knelt in the ward, pleading for support one after another. The scene was even shocking, and the person who was being carefully watched by dozens of pairs of eyes was Yael.
But the male insect's expression was still dull, and it was impossible to tell what his mood was. Elaine's heart skipped a beat and continued to sink.
...I'm still too impatient.
Although the contact time was short, it was clear that the male insect was not one that would be easily swayed.
Now the situation has become so embarrassing, in his eyes it may just be naked calculation and threat.
But it was true. After learning from Hughes that there was a male worm in his hospital with good temperament and character, and that there was a certain probability of obtaining pheromones, he took great pains to lure the worm here.
The road he just walked on did not lead to the VIP lounge, but was a path he used specifically to trick male insects into coming here.
I wanted to do it step by step, but Alvin couldn't wait any longer. But... maybe I was too impatient.
It was his fault. If the male insect was really angry about this, not only would he fail to save Alvin, but the female soldiers who knelt down would also be punished.
Elaine closed her eyes and was about to step forward and turn around when she saw Yael move and take a step back.
He did not look at the many female soldiers kneeling at his feet, and lowered his eyes calmly.
"Let's go."
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