Chapter 50
"It feels unsafe outside. Please pay attention to safety."
Caesar whispered, picked up the scarf hanging nearby and put it around Yael, then helped him tidy up his clothes.
To store the remains of 015, you need a box made of special materials. Although it is a very common item, I don't have it at home, so I need to go out and buy one.
The male insect didn't let him follow, but Xi Ze was still worried after thinking about it, so he asked again, "I'll go with you."
"It should be fine."
Yael consciously ignored the female insect's request and just comforted her softly.
"That store is only three minutes away from here. I will come back after buying it and will not go anywhere else."
"Let's go."
He said goodbye to the worried female insect with a smile, but after closing the door, the expression on his face faded a little, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
The corridor was very cold. Yael pulled his hat down and walked out slowly.
...He didn't know what was wrong with him. Even though he knew it was not safe outside, he insisted on not letting the female insect go out with him.
Perhaps after losing the collar, the female insect has regained complete freedom and can leave at any time and anywhere, and she cannot find him at all.
It could also be that the explosion and disappearance of 015 caused a piece of the small home composed of three parts to be dug out, leaving it empty and leaking, making him temporarily unable to bear the loss of another piece, so he stubbornly refused to let the female insect leave the house.
But this doesn't really change anything.
After leaving the staircase, we could see a thick layer of snow outside. The cold wind blew in, knocking Yael's plush hat to the ground and lifting up the strands of hair in front of his forehead.
"!"
Yael quickly picked up his hat, but a very slight shutter sound seemed to flash past his ears, which made him raise his head alertly and look around.
He didn't find anything unusual, maybe he was just overthinking it. He put his hat back on and walked quickly towards the store in his memory.
The store is very close, but you have to walk a winding path to reach an inconspicuous corner on the edge of the black market.
Many of the seemingly inconspicuous small shops in the black market are actually truly useful shops. This is an experience that Yael learned after being cheated several times.
A small light was on in the narrow and messy shop, illuminating the things on the workbench. A strong female insect in a work vest was sitting behind the counter, fiddling with a strange-looking machine in her hands.
"A rare material storage box, thank you."
Hearing Yael's voice, the shop owner glanced at him and pulled out a gray box from under the counter. "Two hundred star coins."
Just as Yael was about to pay, he suddenly heard a probing voice in his ear, "I heard you have a female slave?"
Lili raised his eyebrows and looked at Yael as if he was looking at some rare animal. "I also heard that the female slave was very ignorant and was sent to the hospital for surgery."
Yael was fiddling with his laptop with his eyes downcast. A pair of beautiful black eyes were revealed between his hat and mask. Hearing this, he looked up at him.
Being looked at like that by those eyes, Lili touched his nose a little unnaturally, "Why are you looking at me like that? I also heard what they said."
"I just think it's very strange. It's not like you at all."
His voice became quieter and quieter under Yael's gaze, and finally he raised his hands in surrender and pushed the thing in his hand over.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Check if there is anything wrong."
The planet of Etal is very small, and the bad weather has caused the residential areas to be relatively closed, so any information can be spread quickly, but the current situation is obviously wrong.
"Who is spreading these messages? Where do they come from?"
Yael looked at the female insect's face and thought for a moment. "You mentioned the hospital just now... Was it the hospital worker who said that?"
Lili glanced at him and smiled awkwardly, "How would I know? It's strange. It didn't happen before, but in the past two days it seems to have grown wings and spread everywhere."
Spread everywhere?
"Did the message mention the appearance and name of the female insect I bought?"
Yael was also a little confused, but to be on the safe side, he asked a few more questions.
"No, what I heard was very vague."
Lili hesitated for a moment, then reminded, "But I feel like the focus of the news is not on that female slave, but on you."
Yael was stunned for a moment. It was a good thing that Xi Ze's information was not leaked, but it seemed ridiculous to say that the news was directed at him.
"I've been here for a year, so you guys must have dug up everything about me. Why are you deliberately spreading this kind of news?"
Lili coughed and said vaguely, "That's true, but maybe he wants to ruin your reputation..."
Yael is recognized as a good insect here, ranked first in the male insect hierarchy that most wants to marry. When this news came out, many sub-female insects were heartbroken on the spot.
Yael frowned.
…
The shaky door was closed, and the female insect's lazy voice slipped out from the crack of the door, "Come again next time."
Yael pulled his hat down, but it still couldn't resist the cold wind blowing in his face. The wind was sharp and cold, and it was full of tiny ice chips that could almost cut the skin.
The weather was already gloomy this morning, and now there are dark clouds rolling in, like a precursor to a snowstorm.
He exhaled a puff of white mist and walked quickly towards home, the uneasiness hovering in his heart growing heavier.
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At the same time, the old city area is just a few hundred meters away.
"Lieutenant Colonel, this is where the male insect lives."
The adjutant looked at the building not far away and whispered, he pulled up the data on the computer, "This is the data of the male insect, you should have seen it."
"The male insect has a lurking female soldier following it for protection, but it's quite far away and seems to be concerned. We will intercept it later and should be able to buy about half an hour to talk to it."
Lemand stretched out his hand to press the wall, hiding his body in the shadows, and looked at the seemingly unremarkable residential building. No one could have imagined that there was a protective shield there that even a starship could not penetrate.
According to the report from the reconnaissance soldiers he sent out, this was quietly transported and installed several hours after the explosion in the building.
He didn't say anything, and the other female soldiers didn't dare to overstep their authority. The interior of the abandoned building fell into silence.
Lemand remained silent throughout, but only he knew how violently his chest was pounding. Rather than worry, it was more like a strange feeling of homesickness.
He had seen the male insect a long time ago.
A beautiful, injured, and undocumented underage male insect caused a sensation even during the most tense period of war.
The noble families in the main galaxy were eyeing this piece of fat meat like wolves, and they used various means to extend olive branches to the male insects while they were recuperating.
Leimand's family was considered upper middle class among the noble families in the main galaxy, and it happened that Leimand was on vacation, so his female father took him to visit the male insect.
At the same time, he is also trying to attract male insects and compete for the position of a female servant.
At that time, he was on the rise, and that was when he read the most news about the methods used by male insects to humiliate female insects.
Being young and full of energy, he was filled with intense resentment, but it was difficult for him to disobey his family's wishes.
On the way, he was still cursing that the male insect would suddenly fall seriously ill and die, until he met that pair of dark eyes through the glass outside the intensive care unit.
The underage male insect sat on the hospital bed, its dark hair contrasting with its eyes and brows like distant mountains. It looked pale and exceptionally quiet, so beautiful and handsome that it didn't seem like a naturally occurring creature.
The male insect did not speak the insect language, but the few words he spoke to express his needs were all preceded and followed by suffixes such as "please," "thank you," and "excuse me."
Naturally, cautiously and politely, the surrounding insects were surprised and couldn't help showing joy and happiness.
It's kind of... magical.
After just a few words, Leimand couldn't help but change his original impression.
For the first time ever, he even became a little cautious, fearing that the bloody smell from the battlefield would impact the male insect in front of him.
He looks like everything: sunshine, running water, a cat, a rose or fine snow. But he doesn't look like a male insect.
According to the media's lavish praise for the male insect, he should be called "the most fragile and delicate rose in the hands of the insect god" or "a brilliant and burning nebula in the universe."
But Lehman thought he was more like a silent plant.
Growing up in the wilderness with long winds and vastness, enduring the attacks of bloody rain or storms, it eventually becomes something that no one can understand or comprehend.
How amazing.
During those months on the main planet, Lemand's absurd understanding deepened every moment.
Until one day, when the endless stream of noble envoys finally left, it was already nearly midnight.
Leimande waited until now on purpose, casually thinking about the mother father's mission, but was too lazy to think about those twists and turns, so he leaned against the ward door and said directly.
"Which family would you like to join?"
The little male insect showed a puzzled look, and he slowed down his speech and repeated it again.
"Not joining any of them."
The little male insect spoke slowly, lifted the quilt and lay down. His expression was a little blurry under the light of the star lights in the room, but his breath was very calm.
Leimand raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised by his answer, "That's impossible. No matter if it's the nobles or the royal family, they won't let you off easily."
Sensing the male insect's intention to rest, the lights in the room dimmed again, making the moonlight outside the window brighter and flowing quietly in the room.
The little male insect on the bed looked out the window, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long while, he whispered, "No, they will."
"I would rather wander the far reaches of the universe than languish and die in a golden cage."
After speaking in a strange language that no one could understand, the little male insect closed his eyes, a hint of fatigue flashing through his soft eyes. "Goodbye, good night."
Good night.
Leimand said silently and gently closed the door of the ward.
When he walked out of the hospital, the female father who had been waiting for a long time came up to him and asked him if he had caught the male insect. He shrugged and did not answer.
"Yeah, eh..."
The female soldier seemed to be thinking, but in fact her mind had been wandering for several years, and she couldn't help but whisper to herself.
He even forgot the main purpose of this trip and only thought about the male insect.
Until a familiar figure appeared in the field of vision, as if breaking through the mirror of memory and walking out, with a sense of being in another world.
The adjutant looked at him frequently, but did not dare to act without orders.
Leimande suddenly came back to his senses, lowered his eyes to hide his strange expression, and said, "Let's go."
…
"Please stay, sir."
Female soldiers dressed as peacekeeping troops appeared from the entrance of the alley and surrounded the area within a hundred meters in a well-trained manner. It seemed that they came with bad intentions.
“?!”
Yael took a step back, his expression instantly becoming alert.
Because he had rushed back, Yelle was still a little out of breath.
He pulled his mask down to his chin, his eyes swept over the badges worn on the chests of the female soldiers, and asked cautiously, "What can I do for you?"
A clear but slightly cold voice sounded from the front, coincidentally matching the voice in his memory. Leimander paused and walked out of the shadows.
The tall and straight female soldier paused, waved her hand to stop the adjutant who wanted to come forward to negotiate, turned around, and said softly, "Long time no see, sir."
Long time no see?
Yer was surprised for a moment and looked carefully at the female soldier in the front.
The female soldier has a cold and hard outline, gloomy and handsome eyebrows, and a pair of very unique lake green eyes.
The smoke and blood that filled his body could hardly conceal itself, and when he raised his eyes and looked straight over, he looked like a wolf that had just finished a fight.
Yael's first reaction was that he didn't recognize the bug.
My second reaction was to think of Xi Ze.
If he had not withdrawn from the battlefield and had been tortured for a long time due to some unforeseen circumstances, he would have been wearing a meticulous military uniform, looking cold and dignified.
The only difference is that the female insect in front of him is a wolf, while Xize should be a snow leopard with bright golden eyes and fluffy white fur.
This association made Yael's eyes soften slightly, but then dimmed the next second, and his tone became cold and cautious.
"You must be mistaken. I don't know you."
Leimand's eyes dimmed as he stared at him deeply.
"Hello, I am Lieutenant Colonel Lemand, the commander-in-chief in charge of the security of this galaxy. I am sorry for my sudden visit, but this is a matter of military secrets and the situation is very urgent."
"If it's convenient, can we talk to the side?"
The adjutant was first shocked by the gentle tone of his lieutenant colonel, and then he heard the following sentence, and his eyes gradually widened.
Military secrets? What military secrets?
Didn't you say before that you would buy back the female slave directly with a huge amount of star coins? Why did you change your mind so suddenly?
But no matter how shocked he was, he had to shut up and obey unconditionally in front of his boss.
Hearing the words "military secrets", Yael frowned subconsciously. Before he traveled through time, he had participated in a national secret research project, so he was very sensitive to this.
Sensitive, but not blindly fearful or worshipful. The current situation is very strange, and it is impossible for me to believe whatever the military girl in front of me says.
Moreover, having experienced so many things, he knew that the water here was very deep.
He was a little at a loss, but Caesar's warning was still ringing in his ears, and his tone of concern did not allow for any argument -
[If you encounter any unsolvable situation, the Lord must call me immediately and then run home quickly.]
[Run home and don't worry about anything else, got it? ]
"Sorry, it's not convenient."
Yael said slowly, and silently put his right hand, which was equipped with the computer, behind his back.
"Since this involves military secrets, why did the lieutenant colonel bring his troops to block the door? It seems that there is no approval document from above, so it is neither confidential nor formal."
"There's a lot of surveillance here, and the security system is old but still functional... It's not a suitable place to discuss military secrets or anything else."
Yael spoke slowly, trying to guess their intentions.
He had lived here for a year and had never encountered such a situation. The only variable was Cizek.
Thinking of this possibility, Yael's expression slowly turned cold. "And if you are here to look for my female insect, then please go back."
"She is my female insect. Other insects have no right to interfere. This is stipulated by the laws of the Empire. I believe the lieutenant colonel knows this better than I do. And I have no intention of transferring or selling her."
The male insect's words blocked all their paths. The adjutant felt something was not right the more he listened, so he bravely took a step forward.
"Sir, we are willing to pay 10 million star coins to buy back that female slave, and as long as you open your mouth, you can choose any female slave in the exchange. Is this okay?"
Yael was too lazy to respond and just raised his eyelids. "I refuse."
The adjutant was completely choked. He obviously had not expected that Yer's attitude would be so direct and tough. All the twists and turns he had used in dealing with the noble male insects before were of no use at all.
"Right hand, what are you doing?"
Leimand suddenly spoke up, instantly drawing all eyes to Yael's right hand.
Yael's eyelashes trembled, and he took his right hand out from behind his back. The light computer on his wrist emitted a faint blue light... If it was an alarm, it should have been a red light.
Before the adjutant could see clearly, his body's spontaneous warning of danger went off like crazy, causing his pupils to shrink for a moment.
However, an extremely sharp and vast spiritual force arrived first, breaking through the fragile barrier like a whirlwind and turning the spiritual sea upside down.
“Hmm…!”
Being caught off guard and suffering a severe mental trauma, even though she was a well-trained military girl, her body was trembling violently, but she still endured and did not leave her post.
Some people who were less able to endure the pain even had their backs soaked in an instant.
The adjutant had a splitting headache and looked extremely terrified.
According to the data, the male insect in front of me is D-level, so the mental pressure on the female insect should not be very strong.
Not to mention that they are all top military females with A+ or above, and have all undergone training to withstand mental attacks.
But what is happening now? !
The adjutant was in a state of confusion, as if his brain was being stabbed by a sharp knife. The severe pain forced him to roar, "Stop... Your Excellency... Stop!"
There was indifference in Yael's clear eyes. He did not relax his mental pressure. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed forward lightly.
The terrifying mental power condensed into an extremely sharp blade, carrying almost terrifying intimidation and attack power, and shot at the cold-looking Leimand at high speed.
The mental force hit the thick barrier, and the two forces instantly fell into a stalemate.
Yael hit the target with his first strike, but he didn't care about the effect. He suddenly broke through the encirclement and ran towards home.
But his speed is still not as fast as the military female with bone wings.
The Leimand Sword escaped from the mental attack, ignoring the cracked mental image, and flapped its wings and landed directly in front of Yel.
“Hmm!”
Then he grabbed the male insect by the back of the collar, causing Yael to stagger and fall into the snow without any balance.
“Cough cough cough… cough cough…”
Yer took a mouthful of snow and shuddered at the biting cold. After he came to his senses, he stood up quickly.
The female soldiers have surrounded them again, and this time the circle is much smaller.
It's almost like holding the gun against the back of the waist.
The mental pressure was not removed. Lemand closed his eyes and took his hand off his temple.
The military cap on his head was slightly tilted, and a few strands of black hair fell from his forehead, making his eyes look even darker.
"May I ask what conditions would impress you and allow us to hand over the female slave?"
The air outside was still freezing cold. After just standing there for a while, the thin layer of sweat that had just seeped out stuck to my back, and the wind blew it down, making me feel almost chilled to the bone.
...It seems like I can’t get home.
Yael was breathing heavily, thinking about the door of his home which was just a few steps away and the female insect waiting at home, so he ignored him.
In a very short time, Leimand had forced himself to adapt to the high mental pressure and approached the male insect in front of him step by step.
"What?"
Yael took a step back cautiously and looked at the female soldier who was a head taller than him. He said in a cold tone, "Just say what you want to say. Don't get so close."
Lemand suppressed the pain and lowered his head, seeing the black and white eyes of the male insect in front of him, which were slightly rounded with alertness.
His Adam's apple couldn't help but roll up and down, but because of the collar, nothing unusual could be seen.
"It's true that it's a military secret."
Leman lowered his voice and directly sent out an extremely explosive message.
"...The current admiral of the First Legion wants this female insect."
Yael was startled, and a name suddenly popped up in his mind.
The current military general, Anto Edeka?
Want Xi Ze? What does that mean?
His thoughts were suddenly impacted, and his previous assumptions were no longer valid. He frowned in a rare knot.
"What do you want to say?"
The female soldier kept silent and pointed to the coffee shop next door that had been forcibly requisitioned.
"Can we have a proper talk now?"
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As soon as Yael was stopped, Xi Ze got the news, and the real-time transmission was generated frame by frame, and the images were transmitted to his optical computer.
He adjusted the tiny earphone in his ear, and heard the voice of the captain who was secretly following the male insects, "The target is not in danger of life for the time being, does he need immediate rescue?"
At this time, the image on the optical computer has been loaded synchronously.
A female soldier in the center of the screen happened to tilt her head towards this side, revealing her straight nose and sharp jawline from under the brim of her hat.
Xi Ze's gaze froze instantly, and his originally gentle face was covered with a layer of cold frost, like a beast in hunting mode.
The sharp murderous intent pierced through the warm and bright interior, revealing a terrifying scene filled with smoke and blood.
He thought he could forget it.
But when that face appeared before my eyes again, the familiar feeling of suffocation instantly engulfed my mouth and nose, and the excruciating pain of tearing my internal organs started again in my chest and abdomen...exactly the same as in my memory.
The iron-boned military heroine has never been afraid of blood and death, and even regards them as the destination of life.
It's just that the smoke and the blades temper one's will, while those extremely vicious means of torture and endless humiliation can break one's dignity and then crush it into the mud.
The physical pain is secondary; the most unbearable thing is the mental torture.
The journey from the main star to the edge star is extremely long. In order to ensure that the female insects do not become dehydrated or starve to death, a hole will be opened on the narrow prison box for ventilation and the injection of water and food.
If they wanted to stay alive, they had to put aside their dignity and use their mouths to catch the rotten water and rotten porridge that poured down on them. Even that was not much food, so they could only endure the hunger until they became numb and unconscious.
Once you eat, you need to defecate, but the box is never allowed to be opened. Even if you try your best to hold it in, until your muscles cramp and you feel extreme pain, you can only choke with suffocation and collapse and succumb to the physiological reaction.
Endless darkness, dehydration, hunger, suffocation, humiliation...
Each one is like a soft knife that cuts through reason and nerves. It is a bloodless torture that can make a female soldier who has just fought on the battlefield fall into a trance.
Xi Ze's Adam's apple rolled, and a strong smell of blood spread upwards.
But he still suppressed his murderous intent and said in a cold tone, "Approach carefully. The first priority is to protect the safety of the male insect. If the timing is right, you can use high-injury weapons."
There were many female soldiers following to protect him, but due to Yelle's keen perception, none of them could get too close, but he was caught by surprise.
He knew what Lemand was going to say. He just wanted to start with the male insect, reveal his identity, and then provoke the relationship between him and the male insect... stupid and vicious.
"Ten minutes."
Xi Ze looked indifferent, staring at Yael's face on the screen, "Bring back the male insects, and clean up the rest."
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