Chapter 53
Beep beep——
The precision instruments beside the bed made rhythmic sounds, and complex lines and numbers kept jumping on the screen, generating copies of values that were transmitted to the doctor.
Inside the clear glass, the male insect was lying on the hospital bed, his brows slightly furrowed. The mist from the breathing mask emerged and disappeared lightly. It was so quiet that it almost made Xi Ze's heart palpitate.
The reflection of the glass revealed a neat and tidy military uniform. The brim of the military cap held down his loose hair, but it could not hide his sharp and deep golden eyes, which were as cold as ice.
He stared at the male insect on the bed, his fingers restrainedly touching the cold surface, tracing Yael's eyebrows and eyes through the glass.
Time goes back to that day.
“…”
It was a tough battle, but still a great victory.
The legion, which had once shared life and death and fought its way out of the battlefield, was still in perfect harmony and almost invincible when it came to fighting, even though it had been forced to separate from the Alpha Wolf for five years.
This dusty knife has never been blunt or rusted.
"Admiral!"
Bai Lang trotted up from behind and reported the statistics to Xize.
"All units have been counted, and the current situation is..."
From the starship's command platform, one could see the scene below. The bloody afterglow enveloped the bloody tragedy, like some kind of ominous foreshadowing.
Although he had seen this kind of scene many times before and was well aware that this operation was a success and no one would escape, Nishize inexplicably felt uneasy and anxious.
"…The report is complete. Please instruct us on the next task!"
Bai Lang closed his laptop, his face showing an expression of joy and pride. He stood at attention with his legs together, saluted, and spoke in a clear and melodious voice.
But the admiral's back seemed to suddenly freeze, and his hand pressed hard against his brow.
Extreme pain and fear came from the other end of the mental link. The shared emotions made this strong emotion stagnate in his heart. Xi Ze endured the fishy sweetness that surged in his throat.
"Return to Etal immediately!"
He turned abruptly and walked out the door, commanding in a hoarse voice.
Bai Lang looked at his admiral with a bewildered look on his face as he activated his mecha, leaving the large army behind him far behind and heading all the way to Etal.
"...Driver, speed up!"
He was bewildered again as he watched Xize carrying the male insect downstairs with a cold expression. The male insect, who was to be specially protected, had blood all over his face and body, and his face was as pale as a ghost. It was obviously not right.
"How could this happen?! This area has clearly not been attacked!"
Bai Lang frowned, looked at the guard on duty, and said in a sharp voice, "Didn't you notice anything unusual?"
Xi Ze strode past them and interrupted him coldly, "Come up and head to the main planet immediately."
The body in his arms was thin and light, and it took almost no effort to lift it up. Yet it was emitting an abnormally high fever, the temperature penetrating through layers of fabric, so hot that it could almost melt flesh and blood.
The professional medical soldiers on the starship rushed up, carefully placed the male insect on the bed, and began emergency treatment. The urgent and stagnant movements instantly wiped out the ease of victory.
"Disperse! Don't gather here!"
"Quick! Bring the ventilator...!"
Caesar stepped back a few steps to make room, looking straight at Yael, and said without turning his head.
"Immediately contact the hospital in District 2 and ask them to prepare doctors, equipment and medicines in advance. All of them must be the best."
"Change the original migration route. The vanguard will be connected to Star Flight 073, and the rest will be connected to National Flight 011. The main fleet will enter the main star from the fifth star port. You will arrange the rest."
"yes!"
After receiving the new order, Bai Lang's expression became serious and he hurried out to arrange the tasks.
This massive migration and return lasted for a total of six days, blowing up the entire media on the planet. Countless reports flew out like snowflakes, but it became increasingly difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
As the return destination, there was no way of knowing how chaotic the main star was, but when the fleet docked at the fifth star port, what awaited them was the warm welcome of the emperor of the empire and the hypocrisy, flattery and silence of countless nobles.
As the commander-in-chief, Xize did not accept the invitation to enter the palace to explain the situation, nor did he contact any media to prepare for a press conference. Instead, he set up his base in the top hospital on the main star.
This sensitive place instantly caused countless speculations, but these had nothing to do with the hospital, which had been armed into a military stronghold and seemed to be a small world of its own.
"Admiral!"
Bai Lang's voice came from behind him. Xi Ze came out of his memories and put his hand down.
The doctor followed behind him. He couldn't keep up with the female soldier's pace and had to jog all the way. He handed over a document and said, "The final examination results are out."
Xi Ze took the document and opened it. He frowned at the first sight. "What do you mean?"
The final result obtained from the data is that the second differentiation occurred earlier.
But this is the case when there is no secondary differentiation of male insects, no overflow of mental power or pheromones, no other manifestations such as loss of control or mania, but instead falling into an unrelieved high fever and an unawakenable slumber.
The doctor wiped his sweat with fear and explained, "Although it is different from the traditional situation, various data including hormones and heart rate all point to this result."
"We are investigating the cause of the abnormality and will try to adjust the male insect's physical condition as quickly as possible. We will then contact... uh, the expert group to discuss the next plan."
I originally wanted to follow the custom and contact the male insect protection association to assign suitable female insects to help the male insects go through secondary differentiation.
But he suddenly realized that since the admiral cared so much about this male insect, he must be the queen of this male insect. How could such a private matter as secondary differentiation be left to the hands of other insects? So he slammed on the brakes.
Xi Ze flipped through the data from beginning to end, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Are there any values for the first differentiation of male insects?"
The first differentiation of male insects is to guide their mental power and help them build their own mental picture, after which they can conduct level tests.
The Male Insect Protection Association is fully responsible for this process, equipped with specialized female insects to provide guidance, and the specific values and data will be stored in the association's archives.
The doctor was stunned for a moment, then said in embarrassment, "All the male insect's data are stored in the Male Protection Association. The hospital does not have a backup, and the male insect's first differentiation was not performed here."
"But based on your current performance, you male insect is clearly resisting the release of your mental power. It seems like some kind of stress response, which may be related to the fact that the first differentiation was not properly guided..."
Xi Ze closed the file and said calmly, "I understand. You can start the treatment first."
While the doctor was preparing, Caesar handed the information to Bai Lang and woke up the computer on his wrist.
He had already replaced his old optical computer. Apart from other things, at least the encryption level was the highest, and there was no risk of information leakage. The one that Yael sent was well kept in the box.
After thinking for a moment, Xi Ze opened a chat box in the list.
After hearing that he was in trouble, many of the bugs on the list were afraid of being involved in conspiracies and power struggles, so they had already cut off contact, or believed that he had already died, and sending messages would only cause sadness.
Only this one has been sending messages tirelessly——
【. : Is he dead? If not, deduct 1】
【. ：1】
【. ：11111111111】
【. : Boring, stop pretending, when will you come back from the dead escape? If you come back, deduct 1】
【. ：11111】
He is the youngest top mecha designer in the Empire. He designed and manufactured the mechas of the four major legion commanders of the Empire. Although he has an unusual personality, he has had a good relationship with Xize since childhood.
The last message was sent a month ago. During this period, the news of his return was all the rage, but there were no more messages from that end.
Maybe he was busy designing and not paying attention to the world. Xize tried to reply with a 1, but he was not sure when he would reply.
But the next second, a new message appeared in the message box.
【. ：. 】
But this time we are not looking for him, but for his male father, the former vice president of the Male Insect Protection Association.
After explaining the reasons and requirements, there was another period, and within a few minutes, a document was packaged and sent to his computer.
This time it was Bai Lang who was frightened. He watched his admiral's expression gradually become colder, and finally it subsided into a meaningless sneer.
"Let's go."
"Where are you going?"
Bai Lang hurriedly followed.
*
Yael closed his eyes and submerged himself in the lightless deep sea, drifting along the gentle waves like a swaying boat.
Specks of fluorescent light hit him, and like falling fireworks, they suddenly scattered in all directions. A huge whale swam quietly by, and countless flying fish leaped out of the sea, leaving behind splashes of water.
Water blocks the five senses and isolates all emotions. Whenever he encounters something unbearable and can't help wanting to hurt himself, he will bury himself in the gentle waves.
In the suffocating moments of emptying my mind, I find balance and peace... This time is the same, but it is no longer the water in the bathtub or sink, but an entire boundless ocean.
"...Spiritual power...dissipated..."
"Oh no... Contact us quickly...!"
But between dream and wakefulness, there seemed to be a mixture of panic sounds ringing in my ears.
Yael's eyelashes trembled slightly, but boundless sleepiness dragged him into darkness in the next second.
…
"You...you know who my father is?! Get out of here before I get angry! I'll just consider letting bygones be bygones!"
The female insect looked in panic at the female soldiers who broke into the room and surrounded the living room. The bloody smell from the battlefield had not yet dissipated, and it brought a heavy sense of oppression.
He took out his computer and tried to ask his mother for help, but found that there was no signal at all and he couldn't send any message. For a moment, he could only try to remain calm.
"Neo used to work as a guide at the Male Insect Protection Association, responsible for guiding the first differentiation of male insects. He worked there for more than ten years and resigned in July a year ago."
Bai Lang walked in from outside the group and looked at the doubtful female insect with a smile.
"Am I right? And he received a huge sum of money before leaving, enough to spend for the rest of his life."
"You... I don't know what you are talking about. Do you know who is standing behind me?!"
Neo swallowed and took a few steps back after suddenly discovering something he had wanted to keep to himself was exposed.
"Behind you? Isn't it right there?"
Neo turned his head suddenly and saw the military woman sitting on the sofa with her legs spread wide. For some reason, his heart shuddered and an uncontrollable panic spread out.
Xi Ze looked up at him and smiled.
"Neo, that's right?"
It was as if he was being stared at by the constricted pupils of a large beast, and the suffocating feeling was strangling his throat. He was sweating profusely in an instant and was unable to move at all. He subconsciously opened his mouth to answer but his voice was already lost.
"You were the one who initiated the first split of Lord Yael, right?"
That's not a question.
When that name appeared, Neo knew it was all over.
Caesar turned the page of information on his knees, and his eyes scanned the lines of conclusion, gradually turning cold.
[Mental strength status: clumsy, rough, xenophobic, difficult to guide. ]
[General pattern of the spiritual scene: a wasteland with a low degree of development, small in area, without much spiritual energy and life breath, and without condensing the source of spiritual power.]
He is really an expert at fabricating data. If he hadn't merged his mental power with Yer's, he might have really believed that the mental power of a mediocre D-class male insect was just as described in the data.
Under the silver-white hair were a pair of beast-like golden eyes, which still shone brightly in the shadow cast by the brim of the hat, pinning the female insect in front of him to death.
"Tell me how you conduct the guidance."
Bai Lang stepped forward and held Neo's shoulder. The barrel of the gun, still emitting smoke, was pointed at his lower back, making him tremble uncontrollably.
"I...I was..."
At that time, a bug came to him and claimed to be the eldest prince's subordinate.
The requirement is that he should sabotage the first differentiation of the male insect so that the mental power level of the subsequent male insects will be lowered. After the task is completed, he will be given a huge sum of money that he will never earn in his lifetime.
"I was just possessed by a ghost for a moment... Please forgive me..."
Bai Lang kicked him to the ground, then picked him up by the collar, "Stop talking nonsense, keep talking!"
He was very uneasy at the time, but because the money was too much, he could not make up his mind. It was not until he saw the male insect that he suddenly understood why the male insect was hated.
After doing the guidance work for so long, Neo knew at first glance that the male insect in front of him was at least A-level. To suppress it to D-level by force would be much more difficult than guiding it.
He still took the money.
After all, he is a male insect who knows nothing and has no identity or background. Once he becomes D-level, no noble will accept him. There is nothing to worry about.
"I took him to A99, and then..."
"A99?"
Xi Ze interrupted him and asked, "What kind of guidance room is this?"
Neo didn't expect him to be so sensitive. He should have just glossed over it. With a sullen look and regret, he stammered, "It is... a guidance room specially provided for violent male psychotropic insects."
The room was made of rare materials, and the walls were covered with a thick layer of soft protective material. There was only a bed with straps and a small window on the door.
The female soldier in front of him snapped the document shut and clenched her fingers together. Neo could clearly see the bulging veins on the back of his hands, and he had no doubt that the fist would hit him in the face in the next second.
"continue."
Bai Lang kicked his trembling thigh and lifted up the female insect's exhausted body.
"Keep going! Didn't you hear me?!"
The breathtakingly handsome male insect was not on guard at all, perhaps because he knew nothing. I heard that he could not even speak the insect language very well.
Anyway, he brought him into the room, tied up his hands and feet, and then turned on the button on the wall. A fragrant mind-inducing potion sprayed out in the form of mist.
"I originally thought... I would just randomly guide them and destroy the first differentiation of the male insects, but I didn't expect..."
I didn't expect that the male insect's mental power was so majestic and pure, like a surging river, waiting to find a breakthrough, breaking through the obstruction of the dam and gathering into a vast ocean.
The detector had soared to a terrifying value, and he instantly realized—
There is no way to destroy it.
Even if they were only roughly guided in a general direction, or even randomly guided to cause damage, they would be able to show these confused but pure spiritual powers how to condense and construct.
Then everything will fall into place.
This male insect will be successfully promoted to A-level, but he will not get any money and may even be retaliated by the nobles.
"So...so...I I..."
Neo no longer dared to look at the female military officer's expression, and he didn't dare to say anything else. Even after Bai Lang kicked him several times and pointed a gun at the back of his head, he still refused to speak.
"Admiral?"
Bai Lang looked at his own general with some embarrassment. After all, they were a regular army, and although they acted decisively and toughly, they could not really do anything to the civilians.
Although he deserved the punishment, the constitution comes first, which is also the principle that the general has always insisted on.
General?
superior……
Neo heard a buzzing sound in his ears and froze in place for a moment.
He had never expected that the person who dug up the truth about this matter was actually...
It's over.
For the first time, he knew clearly that it was all over.
Xi Ze stood up, pulled the female insect up from the ground with one hand, and held her throat suspended in the air. When their eyes met, he spoke word for word.
"And then? Keep talking."
The absolute level of suppression was even more effective than torture, and the blood in his body froze because of this glance.
The female insect's eyes were dull and she was no longer aware of her own consciousness. She blurted out the truth as if she was being manipulated.
"I was afraid of failure and being punished if I was exposed..."
The difficult situation made him panic completely, and then he made a vicious decision in a split second, which still shocks him to this day -
He ran out and locked the door.
I even forgot to turn off the mental inducer.
I waited until dawn, when all the noise and movement inside had completely disappeared, before I dared to open the small window and take a look.
"Bang--!!!"
The hard fists and fragile bones collided violently, and Neo suspected that he clearly heard the sound of the skull breaking.
The punch caused blood to come out of his mouth and nose, and his mind went blank.
“Ah…! Bang!”
Without even a moment to catch his breath, he felt a sudden pain in his chest and several ribs shattered instantly. His body flew backwards almost parallel to the floor and embedded itself deeply into the wall.
The female soldier holding the gun silently stepped back a few steps to make more space.
Caesar turned his wrist and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say to express his absurd mood.
Anger pierced through my chest like a sharp arrow, burning a hole in the softest part of my heart.
It turns out to be like this...
He finally understood why Yael was so unfamiliar with mental energy channeling and even had to look up guides online to learn it.
Because the male insect did not receive good guidance at the beginning, and even encountered great pain at the beginning of learning and applying it, which closed his mental power from then on.
But Yael remained gentle when giving him spiritual counseling, and used his already flawed mental strength to painstakingly repair and rebuild another mental picture.
Xi Ze laughed in anger, his tone so light that it even sounded unbelievable.
"How dare you?"
The treasure he carefully protected in his arms, fearing that it would be implicated and harmed, was once casually damaged by a selfish, cowardly and vicious trash, even leaving indelible scratches.
The eyes that looked down from under the brim of the hat were extremely cold, but they were bright because they were ignited by anger. The suppression and intimidation from the bloodline continued to grow stronger, causing the female insect in front of him, who was like a dead dog, to twitch violently.
“I’m wrong… I know I’m wrong ahhh!! Please let me go… please forgive me, I’m sorry… I know…”
With the blade of death at his throat, Neo finally felt real regret at this moment. He ignored the severe pain and mess all over his body and crawled forward a few steps with his limbs twisted.
But Xi Ze didn't have time to waste here. He lowered his eyes in annoyance and brushed the dust off his sleeves, motioning to Bai Lang, "Send me a copy of the audio and video recording just now."
"yes!"
"As for him," the female soldier paused, and when Neo raised his head with a look of satisfaction, she said indifferently, "Cuff him and throw him into interrogation room No. 013 to continue the interrogation."
Torture room No. 013.
The female insect on the ground immediately let out a terrible howl like a slaughtered pig, her screams hoarsely filled with deep regret and despair.
"Please!! Don't... I know I was wrong!"
Seeing Xi Ze leaving, he suddenly broke free from the female soldier who was holding him down, shouting, "You are violating the rules and using lynching!!"
"Traitor! Bastard! Why don't you just die on the battlefield!"
There has only been one general praised as the light of the empire in the past few hundred years. He is the faith and benchmark of countless civilians and military women, and the only conscience of the royal family and the nobility.
In a sense, he is even more majestic than the Constitution. It is because of him that the Constitution can be firmly promoted and implemented and receive the due respect and protection of the national law.
But now, he took the initiative to violate his principles.
Xi Ze paused, adjusted his military cap as if he hadn't heard anything, and strode out.
The strong roots that were once planted have become deeply rotten, hollowed out and eaten away by all kinds of pests, and can only barely support this huge empire that is on the verge of collapse.
Enforcing laws, cleaning up bureaucracy, moderate reforms... none of them can save the building from collapse. The shadow of destruction is already looming overhead, but those in power are still living a life of drunkenness and debauchery.
The tragic experiences of those five years shattered his innocence, and this time he came back, he was not going to continue to gloss over the situation.
Instead, we must throw off the constraints, draw the blade, completely cut off the rotten meat, and uproot it all.
——New greenery will only grow in the spring of next year.
“Beep beep.”
A tiny red light flashed on the computer, indicating an urgent communication from the hospital.
"Oh no! Your Majesty the Male Insect is in a very bad state. His mental power has not been released and is showing signs of dissipating. He has also entered the secondary differentiation of estrus prematurely!!"
Xi Ze's expression turned completely cold, "I'll be there right away."
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