Chapter 56
It was a little dark outside the window, and Bai Lang had already quietly left the ward.
Only the picture in front of me was emitting a faint light, casting a swaying shadow on the ground.
The playback automatically paused at the end, with the picture frozen on the female soldier.
The dark green uniform was crisp and neat, and paired with a military cap, white gloves and ankle-high military boots, it not only set off his broad shoulders and narrow waist very well, but also made him look extremely stern and powerful.
The military uniform seemed to be made for him, fitting and suitable.
He had never seen Caesar in a military uniform, but he had imagined it before. Now that his imagination had finally become reality, it felt like a dream.
...After all, military uniform suits him better.
Yer held his face, thought for a moment, picked up the remote control and pressed the replay button.
"Admiral, do you have any idea about the news about the S-class male insects that have spread in the Second City? This incident is very close to the time of your return. Is there any connection between them?"
A reporter finally squeezed to the front, but changed the topic to S-level male insects. As soon as he said this, the entire press conference site fell silent for a moment.
Cize, who was being pointed at by the camera, had a stern and cold expression. His golden eyes under the shadow of his hat brim glanced coldly at the reporter and he directly refused to answer the question.
“No comment.”
"Next question."
No one got an answer, but no one dared to protest. After he gave the order to continue, they started asking questions again.
Knowing that there would be no answer to the question about the S-rank male insect, many reporters simply crossed out this type of question. After all, time is precious and not a single second can be wasted.
Although they were given the freedom to ask questions, this press conference was obviously tailor-made for Admiral Monte's return, and no one dared to cross the line at this time.
Wow... so fierce.
Even though he had seen it several times, Yael still widened his eyes slightly and sighed.
The female insect's expression was even somewhat new in his eyes.
It was like a snow leopard returning to the snowfields and forests, strolling proudly, taking back its territory in one move, jumping to a high place, wagging its tail nonchalantly, and calmly dealing with all criticisms and protests.
But Xi Ze would never be so fierce to him. He always had a gentle expression, with boundless tolerance and restrained love in his eyes, and let him do what he wanted.
Even though she has been bullied time and time again until her eyes are red and her body is shaking, the next time someone hugs her waist and asks her for sex, she will still obediently expose her body completely, and she has never learned her lesson... She is too obedient.
He once thought that Cecil was just like him, abandoned by the world and eventually fell into the mud, but after cleaning off the dirt and repairing the deep cracks, he realized that he was also a star.
No, he is not just a star of the empire. He is covered with honors and full of achievements. He is worshipped and loved by countless insects. He is a ray of light hanging high in the sky, almost untouchable.
Compared with him, an outsider, the female insects were obviously more accustomed to and adapted to this society. The complicated twists and turns, the complexity and difficulty of seizing power were as easy as plucking the strings of a guitar for the female insects.
As soon as the sound was heard, everything shook, but everything moved in an orderly manner towards a predetermined ending.
At that time, his praise for Admiral Monte was still fresh in his ears.
[That general is amazing. There aren't many people who can do what he does. Although I don't know much about political struggles, he has been vigorously promoting the implementation of policies that truly benefit the people and has done a lot of practical things...]
Who could have thought that this boomerang would end up stabbing himself.
No wonder Nishizawa's face and ears turned red! He should be very happy, but... ahhhhhh it's still very embarrassing!!!
Help--
Yael covered his face and uttered a low moan of shame.
“Knock knock.”
There was a gentle knock on the ward door. The dinner tray had just been taken away. It seemed that the midnight snack would not be delivered so soon. Yael turned off the projection on the wall and cleared his throat. "Come in."
"Your Majesty, have you rested?"
It’s Bai Lang.
He peered inside, looking a little downcast because he had made a mistake in the afternoon and had just been reprimanded by the admiral.
"Not yet, what's wrong?"
Bai Lang closed the door and placed the small tray in his hand on the bedside table. On it was a cup of warm water, several bottles of medicine, a few red and white capsules, and an extra candy.
"The doctor asked me to bring you some medicine, which needs to be taken orally."
In fact, he had forced the tray away. After what happened in the afternoon, he was too embarrassed to face the male insect without making an excuse.
Watching the male insect take the medicine, Bai Lang took the opportunity to whisper, "The admiral asked me to tell you that he will be back soon, but the location of the press conference is a bit far from here, so it may take more than half a day."
Yael chuckled, and the corners of his lips curved slightly, "Okay, got it."
"Did he say anything else?"
"The admiral also told you to take your medicines and cooperate with the treatment, and not to stay up late. This hospital is very safe, and you don't have to worry at all. Just do whatever you want and wait for him to come back."
Bai Lang looked at his nose with his mouth and his heart with his nose, and dutifully conveyed those annoying words.
"Well... this candy was also specially added by the admiral."
The admiral didn't tell him to say this, but Bai Lang still secretly put some caution in the eyes of the male insect, praying that the scene wouldn't be too tragic.
Yael touched the sweet candy with his tongue, moving from the left cheek to the right cheek, and the bitterness in his mouth was instantly suppressed.
He played with the beautiful glass candy wrapper and curled his eyes, "I see. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard, it's not hard, you should rest early."
Bang.
The door was closed and Yael fell back onto the bed again, finally feeling a little better.
The night deepens.
Yael went to the bathroom to wash up, dried his hair and went to the kitchen. After opening the refrigerator, he saw it was full of food and drinks.
This ward is as big as a small flat. It is comfortably and exquisitely decorated, with high-tech hidden everywhere. Even now, if he presses the button, a senior medical team will rush in to examine him.
…I have to say, it should be quite expensive.
This is what Yerle, who has lived a simple working life in both his previous life and this life, thought.
“Beep beep.”
The light on his wrist flashed red. Yael put down the towel and woke up the light computer. He saw a friend request. The nickname was clearly written as -
nishizawa.
His eyelashes twitched, but his hands were faster than his brain, and he nodded directly.
Now on the pinned and newly added message boards that I am particularly concerned about, the two Cizes are standing close to each other, which looks a bit funny.
Before Yael could think of what note to change, a message popped up.
【Xize: Why aren't you asleep yet, Lord? 】
It seemed that he was caught staying up late. Although he did not seem to be panicked, he was actually wondering whether he should just pretend that he did not see the message.
【wwn: Good night.】
【wwn: Little mouse covers the quilt.jpg】
On the starship.
The flowing nebula was reflected on the side of the ship, creating a colorful phantom in the darkness, which looked extremely dreamy.
Inside the captain's office.
There are piles of thick folders on the desk, which look extremely cumbersome, and behind the data is a floating message page.
The latest news is a little mouse that jumped onto the bed and pulled the quilt over its head.
Xize reached out and touched the emoticon, a gentle smile in his eyes. The tiredness from running around all night disappeared instantly because of these two messages.
[Xize 2.0: Good night, the Lord has just woken up from his coma, and his mental strength may not be stable yet, so it is better for him to rest early. ]
Yael had already thrown off the quilt and lay down, but when he saw this message, his eyebrows raised slightly.
【wwn: I wanted to sleep, but now that you said that, I can’t fall asleep. 】
【wwn: What is the principle behind this? (Huangdou ponders)】
There was no reply from the other end for a long time, and Yael thought that the female insect had gone back to work after sending the message, so he prepared to turn off the computer and go to sleep.
But the computer suddenly vibrated and received two messages in succession.
[Xize 2.0: I am on my way back now. I will probably arrive tomorrow afternoon. I will tell you everything then. Lord, can you wait for me? ]
【Xize 2.0: [Love]】
It actually gave me a round love heart that looked like a rose-red gummy candy... It was quite strange. After all, the female insect had never used these before. In a sense, she was really serious and upright.
Yael couldn't help but poke the heart and whispered, "Liar."
But it seemed as if he had received a guarantee, and he suddenly felt at ease. After saying good night, he felt sleepy quickly. He only had time to put the computer next to his pillow before he fell into a deep and sweet dream.
*
"This is a dessert made from top-grade spiritual power repair ingredients. Would you like to try it?"
An exquisite silver saucer was placed on the coffee table, on which was a dessert that looked like a small cake. It was drizzled with a thin layer of chocolate sauce and sprinkled with chopped nuts and icing sugar. It looked very delicious.
Bai Lang also took out the knife and fork from the bag and placed them carefully on both sides of the plate.
What he didn't say was that this small piece of stuff may look insignificant, but it's actually worth 2 billion Star Coins.
The raw materials used in it are all of the highest quality and rarest. When used to nourish mental strength and repair mental images, the effect is almost immediate. There are only a few of these in the entire empire.
"Thank you."
Yael picked up the knife and fork, but when he looked up, he found that Bai Lang was still standing next to him. He paused and put it down again. "You are his adjutant, don't you need to stay by his side?"
"The Admiral sent me to protect your safety. Your Majesty's priority is higher than any other mission."
Bai Lang said in a serious tone at first, then realized that the male insect might not like being watched while eating, "Then you eat first, I'll go wait at the door, and when you're done, call me in to collect the dishes."
Priority...
Yael sighed.
The female insect really knew how to soften his heart, giving him sugar, promises of honesty, his favorite desserts, and top priority.
感覺還沒等西澤回來，他就徹底消氣了。
……
這邊，白朗輕輕關上門，一轉頭卻發現将精神力修複甜點送來的軍雌還等着沒離開。
“怎麽不回去複命，少将？”
倚靠在牆上的，赫然是一個灰發灰眸的軍雌，臉龐的輪廓瘦削而淩厲，表情很拽很臭，看起來就很不好惹。
加拉赫，軍銜少将，頂級機甲操縱師。
他帶領的小隊是軍部最為頂尖的一支機甲兵，加拉赫是其中技術最好也是最瘋的領頭狼，在戰場上幾乎沒有敗績。
安托試圖拉攏這支隊伍好幾次，都被無情地回絕了，幾次下來幾乎要成為他的心頭大患，恨到欲除之而後快。
而明明是公認最難拉攏的一支，卻也是上将回歸後最早一批投誠的。
這次尼奧的事就是加拉赫主動請纓帶頭的，手段狠厲地将雌蟲狠狠刑訊過一番後，又雷厲風行地将那些贓款和房産全部清算。
在榨幹最後一滴血後，換成了那一份可以修複精神力的甜點。
“等你。”
加拉赫沒有擡眼看他，聞言懶散地道。
“等我？”白朗一臉莫名其妙，“幹嘛？”
這個非典型軍雌終于站直了，低垂的視線看向不遠處的病房門，正色道，“我能進去看看耶爾冕下嗎？”
白朗呵呵了一聲，“不行。”
“只有上将允許的蟲才能接觸冕下，就算你經過了重重審查來到這裏，也沒有資格進入病房靠近冕下。”
為了防止這個瘋狗突然發癫，要硬闖病房，他溫馨提示道，“這件病房已經被防護罩層層加固，周圍潛伏的軍雌足足有一個連。”
“我沒打算強闖，會吓到耶爾冕下。”
加拉赫有些煩躁地抹了把頭發，神色有些不自然，“你幫我問問吧，我和冕下算是舊識……應該？”
“什麽叫算是？”
“我不确定冕下還記不記得我。”
怎麽想怎麽可疑，白朗眯了眯眼，但這件事有權讓冕下知道，他進去通報一下倒是可以。
“我幫你問問吧，如果不行你別想強闖進去，就算可以我也會全程在場。”
軍雌進去了，不知道……結果如何。
加拉赫反而愈發不自然起來，想了想還是好好站直了，拍了拍身上可能蹭到灰的地方，又理了下領口。
大概過了兩三分鐘，門開了。
“警衛一分隊，再檢查幾遍他身上有沒有藏匿武器，檢查完和他一起進來。”
這是允許了。
加拉赫微微睜大了眼睛，常年跟誰欠了他錢似的表情也變了變，突然有了些不知所措的鮮活。
“檢檢檢！趕緊的，別耽誤時間！”
上上下下用儀器檢測了好幾遍，确認沒有攜帶任何傷害性物品，警衛才把他押解進了病房，又各自潛伏在不同的地方方便随時出手。
“算是吧。”
耶爾回憶了一下這個名字，還算印象深刻，但其實已經記不太清楚那個雌蟲的樣貌了。
身後響起門開的聲音，他轉過身，見到一個面容熟悉的灰發軍雌同手同腳地走進來，越靠近神色越不自然，最後在離他五米左右停下了。
耶爾和那雙深灰的眸子對視了一眼，倏地笑起來，“好久不見，加拉赫。”
加拉赫渾身僵硬，尴尬到恨不得立刻奪路而逃，但胸口深深起伏了一瞬，還是強撐着回答道，“好久不見，耶爾……冕下。”
“也不算很久，只是兩年而已，聽說你最近晉升了少将，恭喜。”
耶爾看向一臉懵逼的白朗，眯眼笑道，“哦，他剛剛告訴我的。”
……
此時，星艦上。
一份絕密資料被送到了艦長辦公室的桌子上。
西澤将其拿起來，指腹摩挲過文件表面的“耶爾”兩個字，将密封條拆了下來。
第一張資料上的總概欄赫然寫着——【紅色警戒保護雄蟲（抑郁、自殘、癔症）】
他愣了一下，神色瞬間冷了下來。
想起被幹擾的一次分化，雄蟲當時應該是受到了太多阻攔，那些蟲不敢公然動他，私下小動作卻不斷，這些檢測結果未必是真的。
西澤壓下思緒，翻過第一頁，展開了耶爾第一階段的觀察報告。
三年前。
星歷年9034年8月9日，下午四時三十六分。
第三區直屬戰地醫院。
“快快快！雄蟲的情況很危險，必須立刻手術！”
“這好像……是雌蟲骨翼劃出的傷痕？！不管了，先準備手術！”
那只從戰場上意外發現的雄蟲被推進了搶救室，而将他一路抱過來的軍雌，卻被警衛猛地按了下來。
“呃！”
加拉赫神色陰沉，用力掙脫了幾下，卻被痛擊了腹部的傷口，被狠壓在了地上，“該死……！”
“你的骨翼上有雄蟲血液的氣息，救了雄蟲同時傷到雄蟲的都是你吧？老實點別動！”
“一切等聯系了雄蟲保護協會後再說！”
他瞪向不遠處的手術室，想起在那些殘肢血肉中掙紮着站起來，跌跌撞撞沖向自己的那一抹幹淨，最終還是挫敗地低下了頭。
之後的事情就順理成章了。
那只雄蟲醒了，卻被發現沒有身份信息，完全不懂蟲族的語言，基因檢測和帝國中的任何一只雄蟲都沒有親屬關系。
但他又确确實實是一只雄蟲，甚至血脈極為純粹，有望分化後晉升為A級雄蟲，打破頂級貴族壟斷A級的僵死局面。
種種因素疊加起來，雄蟲頓時成為香饽饽。
而膽敢不小心傷到珍貴雄蟲的少校加拉赫，則被暫時剝奪了身份，被雄蟲保護協會壓入了審訊室。
“你也別怨恨那只雄蟲，你不知道你之前惹到了多少蟲嗎？好不容易有個可以落井下石的機會，誰都不會放過的。”
負責刑訊的蟲翹着腿坐在椅子上，将光腦上的消息頁面轉過去給他看，“看，你的家族也沒打算保你，認命吧。”
能将帝國軍事大學的優秀畢業生，足以跻身一流的機甲兵踩在腳下，看着那張常年不爽的臉露出痛苦的神色，想想就身心愉悅。
“喂，你不如跪下來求求我，求饒多久我就讓機器停多久，怎麽樣？”那蟲靠過去，臉上得意洋洋的笑容燦爛到有些刺目。
加拉赫搖了搖頭讓意識清醒過來，聞言猛地朝他臉上吐了一口血沫，“惡心……！”
那蟲臉上的笑容凝固，冰冷至極地睨了他一眼，揮手示意了一下旁邊的蟲。
“電流加到最大。”
……
“*&&@……&%&%%￥#？”
視野裏擠進一張和藹的臉，嘴巴開開合合說出了一連串完全聽不懂的話，耶爾瞳孔微縮，難以抑制的恐慌讓他更深地縮進了被子裏。
“**，￥@￥#&#！”
“￥%&，（**@@……%？”
那些醫生裝扮的“人”讨論了一陣，又紛紛離開了病房，給被子裏的雄蟲留出更多适應時間。
這裏到底是哪裏……？
語言不通也就罷了，甚至連……物種都不一樣。
耶爾想起剛蘇醒時看到的猙獰骨翼，和那些可以随時變化出來的可怖蟲肢，根本無法說服自己這裏還在地球上。
他從這個病房中醒來不久，找機會逃出去一次過，卻發現外面已經完全變了一個樣子。
遙遙領先記憶中的城市的高科技，到處說着聽不懂話的“人”。
他努力往外面沖出去，卻一直奔跑藏匿到虛脫，也無法逃出這裏。
最終還是被醫院追了上來，被擊中後迅速昏迷過去，醒來後已經換了一間防護性更強的病房。
到底怎麽才能回去？！
耶爾努力思考，但卻好像被層層的迷霧籠罩住，根本想不出逃脫的路徑，只能眼睜睜看着自己的身體陷入泥潭，逐漸淹沒過口鼻。
怎麽辦怎麽辦怎麽辦怎麽辦怎麽辦……
他指尖深深掐入掌心，卻仍然抑制不住顫抖。
那種仿佛漂流在一望無際的海面上的巨大孤獨和異化感，幾乎要将理智的神經完全繃斷。
“嘀嘀！”
似乎是因為情緒波動過大，床邊的機器響起急促的警報聲，門外瞬間沖進來幾個醫生，将床上緊縮的被子強硬掀開——
他們将雄蟲的手腳全部掰開，用軟帶牢牢捆綁在了床邊，防止他繼續傷害自己。
但強硬的手段只會帶來更劇烈的掙紮，雄蟲猛地彈起來，将整張床帶動得哐哐作響，喉間擠出受傷的野獸般的低吼和一些難懂的詞語。
“知道我為什麽不建議你來求這個雄蟲了吧？”
病房外，醫生示意了一下裏面慘烈的場景，看着軍雌的神色逐漸絕望，嘆了口氣。
“這個雄蟲的社會化程度幾乎為零，短時間內完全無法建立溝通，靠他是救不了加拉赫的。”
“還有兩周的時間，你……找找其他辦法吧。”
The female soldier looked dejected. "Gallah's family refused to save him. It's good that the others didn't add insult to injury. It's also his fault. He is so stubborn all the time. I don't know how many people he has offended secretly."
"If there is no other solution in the next few days, he will have his bone wings removed and be exiled to the edge of the planet."
The doctor was silent for a moment, then hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Normally, male insects will be very quiet at times, and they can barely understand the gestures. When the time comes, come over again. It's worth a try."
"As long as the male insect is willing to defend him in court, maybe everything can turn around."
Beep, beep, beep…
The interior of the capsule was glowing red. Yael was immersed in the repair fluid, staring in a daze at the brilliant nebula spinning above his head. His consciousness went into a blank after the self-protection.
I don’t know how long it took, but the cabin door slowly opened and the treatment was over.
He was silent for a while, then stood up, washed and dressed, and followed the doctor back to the ward.
The treatment was the same every day. After three or four days of adaptation, Yael was able to move without communication and without any obstacles. He was no longer unable to control his emotions like when he just woke up, but he became more taciturn.
“Are you feeling better now?”
Before entering the ward, the doctor suddenly said, while carefully observing the male insect's expression.
The male insect next to him was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and then nodded.
Do you think you can understand it a little bit?
Doctors once doubted the intelligence of this male insect, but every time they tested him, they found that he was absorbing new things at a terrifying speed.
Even without waiting for the arrival of the contacted basic education tutor, the male insects can learn to communicate spontaneously in a few days.
It's a good thing anyway.
The doctor opened the door for him. When Yael looked up, he saw a figure in military uniform standing in the ward. He jumped up when he saw him.
"Hello, sir! I heard that you have basically recovered now, right?"
"Congratulations! I should have brought something, but I forgot in my haste. Would you...would you like to hear my request?"
Yer blinked, a hint of confusion showing on his face, but the military girl in front of him seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and kept talking.
"Can you save Gallagher? She was the military girl who saved you from the battlefield. I'm sorry that I accidentally hurt you. We can compensate you as long as you put forward the conditions!"
"Would you go to court and testify that you are willing to pardon Gallagher? Please..."
"This is the computer confiscated from Gallagher. It contains all his wealth. Can you take it as compensation and deposit? If you are willing to attend, you can set any conditions..."
The female soldier spoke a lot in an excited manner, but Yael could not understand a single word of what she said. He subconsciously took a step back and avoided the computer that was handed to him.
The female soldier in front of him suddenly became like a rejected big dog, her whole body drooped and she looked pitiful.
The doctor sighed helplessly and stepped forward to stop the female insect. "Speak slowly, he can't understand."
The female soldier became alert again, trying to extract the main words, and put the computer in the male insect's hand.
"This, a deposit, means money, compensation, or a gift."
"Then," he gestured with his wings on both sides and bent his arms as if he was hugging someone.
"This is the bug that brought you down from the battlefield."
"He is now."
He half-knelt with his hands folded behind his back, a painful expression on his face, indicating that he was being tortured. "I've been caught."
"Can you please?"
The female soldier pointed at Yer with expectation, but she couldn't figure out what the court meant. Seeing the male insect in front of her showing a puzzled expression again, she became anxious and her face turned red.
"—that you are willing to pardon him."
Before he could continue his monkey-like gestures, a loud shout came from the door of the ward, "What are you doing?!"
The female soldier turned around suddenly, only to see the staff of the Male Insect Protection Association standing at the door, staring at him fiercely, "You are maliciously luring male insects!"
And the person who appeared after the Xiongbao meeting was the newly appointed Anto Edeka.
Anto brushed away the bugs from the Xiong Bao Society, leaned against the door, narrowed his eyes and smiled as he warned, "This is not good. I won't punish you this time, but remember to learn a lesson next time."
The female soldier clenched her fists in anger, but she could do nothing but be escorted by the guards out of the male insect's ward step by step.
As they passed each other, he heard Anto whisper, "You deserve it."
"Who made Gallagher so ignorant? Wouldn't it be better if he surrendered earlier?"
The female soldier's pupils suddenly shrank, and she turned her head to look at him, gritting her teeth and saying, "Yes! You!"
The door was shut heavily.
Easily blocks out all sounds and images.
Yael was stunned for a moment and looked down at the computer in his hand.
What did the military girl mean by that? Gallagher?
*
Two weeks later.
The trial of female soldier Gallagher officially opened at the Third District Central Court.
The author has something to say:
Xi Ze: [Kiss][Love][Send love][Love at first sight]
When you type a word, a corresponding emoji will appear. The general studied it for a while and realized that it was like that old (?) bug playing with a smartphone (eyes shifted)
This trial will not be described in detail, and Ye Ye will be able to meet the general in the next chapter!