Chapter 73
Click——
The invisible barrier unfolded in the air, instantly forming a solid sphere, and the experimental subject inside was locked inside without any damage.
"When the space around the target object is detected to fluctuate, the speed from unfolding to forming is... The intensity coefficient of the capture lock is..."
"The test subject has no damage, the pressure difference between inside and outside is zero, and there is sufficient oxygen inside... Not bad, fix it and start the laser cannon to sweep."
The scorching laser shot out from the instrument, and the energy it emitted was enough to distort the surrounding space, but it could never damage the spherical barrier.
"Okay, stop."
The young female insect took off her goggles and glanced over the parameters during this period. After confirming that there was no problem, she turned to the military female next to her and said, "Are you satisfied?"
Xi Ze looked gloomy, staring at the unharmed spherical body for a while, and nodded reluctantly, "Okay, thank you."
"What are you thanking me for? Just don't come here to ask for my life at 4 o'clock next time."
The young female insect was Xize's childhood friend who had been posting messages like “minus one point if you're not dead” on the screen. She was the youngest mecha designer in the empire and also an extremely outstanding weapons developer. She rolled her eyes when she heard that.
"By the way, what have you been doing recently? Isn't the plan going smoothly? Did you have a conflict with your master?"
Kou Yijun sighed, and when he saw the military woman's expression change slightly at the end of his questioning, he immediately understood and mocked her, "I knew it, you look like a widow with a lot on your mind."
"There is no conflict, just some...disagreements."
Xize lowered his eyes, took the final version of the chip he handed over, and retorted in a low voice.
"How could I not understand you? You are a half-mouthed person. Sometimes you say something very nice, but sometimes you just can't hold back a word. You are the kind of person who can arrange all your funeral affairs properly, and only inform others to pay their respects when you are about to die."
Kouyijun mocked him directly, and at the same time he didn't forget to gossip, "Tell me, what's the conflict between you and Xiongchong? Doesn't he respect and like you very much?"
Caesar turned away from his gaze, not intending to consult his unreliable friend about his emotional problems. He nodded coldly, "We'll talk about it later when we have the chance. Now I'm leaving."
"Hello!"
Seeing the female soldier pause, Kou Yijun asked directly, "Are you really going to lock the male insect in there?"
He was answered by the sound of the laboratory door closing.
*
"You're off work so early?"
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yael turned his head subconsciously, saw the female insect at the entrance, and asked in surprise.
Caesar simply hummed, walked straight to the sofa next to the male insect and sat down, looking up at the male insect with some anticipation.
"What's wrong?"
Yael slowly scanned the laptop screen, holding back his smile and pretending to know nothing. "If you don't have work, you can go to the gym or rest. Why are you looking at me?"
Xi Ze opened his mouth, as if hesitating about how to pronounce it. After a while, he carefully and almost word by word pronounced two strange syllables.
——【Yell.】
The two strange yet familiar Chinese words sounded a little strange when he pronounced them, but one could still understand their meaning.
The low sound hit the eardrum, bringing an indescribable palpitation. Half of Yael's ear felt numb and the movement of his fingertips paused.
He coughed softly, admitting that he was hooked by the voice, but quickly corrected himself with a serious expression, "It's Ye Ping Er Xuan, not Ye Ping Er Ping."
Xi Ze repeated it again, but there were still some subtle deviations, and his expression was serious but also a little embarrassed.
"I still don't know how to do it. Can you teach me?"
Yael couldn't help laughing and stopped teasing him. He took out the teaching material he had written from the storage layer of the coffee table, opened the third page and placed it in front of the female insect.
"It's difficult to memorize and write Chinese. Don't worry, we can take it slowly."
He has been teaching the female insect Chinese these days, but since he is not a professional language teacher, he only teaches according to the level he has attended school, starting from the most basic pinyin and some simple characters.
The female insect is learning very quickly, but in every aspect she is still a standard exotic insect, with serious problems with accent and strokes... In short, she has already started her journey with some bumps and bruises.
"Have you memorized the pinyin? I'll write it down for you."
Yael pulled out a whiteboard and moved it in front of the female insect, picked up the textbook, and went over the pinyin in ten minutes.
Pinyin dictation, all correct.
The words I taught you a few days ago were all correct.
Use words to form simple sentences. There are some minor grammatical errors, but they are not serious.
Yael nodded with great satisfaction, tore off a piece of white paper, and began to teach new words on the spot.
He pondered for a moment, and originally wanted to write the four characters "木本伟多", but his pen suddenly changed its mind and wrote the two characters "喜" and "乐".
Well...it's not impossible to teach this.
"What do these two words mean?"
Xi Ze leaned over and stared at the somewhat complicated Chinese characters. He pondered for a moment and guessed, "One with an up-and-down structure and one with a left-and-right structure. Is it a word?"
Yael was originally blaming himself, wondering if he was subconsciously trying to do something else under the guise of teaching, but he stopped imagining when he heard the female insect's serious question.
"This means like, I'll teach you how to pronounce it——"
Xi Ze repeated it a few times with him, and thinking of what he had learned before, he gradually understood.
【I like Yael.】
He carefully formed a short phrase, and before he finished reading it, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, looking at the male insect with bright eyes, and couldn't help repeating it several times.
【I like you. 】
I like Yael.
Xi Ze recited it over and over again. From being awkward at the beginning to being proficient, his pronunciation became more and more fluent. In the end, he could almost speak with standard pronunciation.
Can we say that love is the best teacher for learning?
Although what I love most may not be the text itself, but the teacher who is teaching it.
"You...be serious!"
For some reason, Yer had a strange and taboo feeling about teacher-student love. He deliberately put on a stern face and scolded him, but his slightly burned ears gave him away.
"Well, okay, Lord, please continue."
The female insect immediately became obedient, sitting up straight with her hands on her knees, as if she was not the one who had the guts to tease the teacher just now.
An hour of this serious yet informal teaching session passed quickly, and Yael still felt a little unsatisfied. He was obviously happy and relaxed, with a gentle look on his face.
He wanted to continue teaching, but his computer flashed red. He remembered that he had a small meeting later, so he could only regretfully announce the end of the class.
"Okay, little Xize, the teacher is going to be offline for a while. You can study on your own. Remember to have a good rest at noon because you still have to go to work in the afternoon."
Xi Ze's expression froze, his eyelashes still drooping, and he waited until he heard the sound of the study door closing before he replied half a beat late, "...Okay."
Because his handwriting was not correct, the male insect placed his hand on the back of his hand and guided him carefully. The palm of his hand felt warm and delicate, as if it had never left.
But there is nothing around me and I cannot afford to deceive myself.
Xi Ze was silent for a moment, threw the pen away expresslessly, and lowered his eyes to look at the basic teaching materials that Yael wrote stroke by stroke.
The characters above are simple in shape, but the handwriting is beautiful and handsome, full of charm. It must be the handwriting that has been praised by teachers since childhood, and it is as excellent as Yael himself.
He stroked the paper with his fingertips, brushing over the grooves left by the powerful pen tip, as if he was seeing and understanding the appearance of another world through this only medium.
【Yel.】
Yael is not a bug, nor does he belong to this world.
He doesn't like cruelty, doesn't like training female insects, and is not used to the social system of one male and multiple females...all due to past experiences and social norms.
There may be preference, but it does not imply a strong affection that requires him to be with her.
The accidental rescue led to everything that happened later. It happened that Yael was in a low period at that time, and he happened to appear in the alley, so he was able to take advantage of the opportunity to enter Yael's life.
Maybe anyone can be replaced.
Yael once doubted his feelings. What did he say at that time?
【Gratitude and love are different, I can tell the difference.】
Now he was questioning the foundation of this relationship. Although he was filled with shame and remorse after coming to his senses, he still couldn't suppress the dark desire that kept growing.
Because "maybe anyone can be replaced", it is not unique, so the possibility of being preferred and selected will be very low.
But he wanted to possess her alone, wanted to tie Yael to his side, did not want to be the abandoned side of the scale, did not want to separate the two worlds forever.
He wants to be...Yale's only lover.
Xize bent his back as if he couldn't bear the burden, and covered his face for a long time before he let out a hoarse laugh. The almost inaudible whisper echoed in the empty living room.
"It's really... crazy."
*
Yael feels that the female insect has been acting a little strange lately.
Not only was she more concerned about his whereabouts than before, but she also seemed to have become more... sticky?
It was as if he was afraid that he would run away if he wasn't paying attention, and it wasn't out of the same protective desire as before, but a more repressed and uneasy mood.
He thought about the source of this strange feeling—the conversation in the study?
No, we should be able to trace it back a bit.
Yermo stroked the cup in his hand and stared absentmindedly at the brilliant scene in the garden outside.
Was it that night?
I seemed to have a strange dream. Maybe I suddenly cried or talked in my sleep and scared the female insect?
But before Yael could figure out what went wrong, the next second, he was actually frightened by the female insect -
“Dang!”
Before Yael could react, a hand grabbed his wrist tightly.
Then there was a huge force and he was pulled to the side. The glass water cup he was holding slipped out of his hand and smashed to pieces on the ground.
"! What's wrong?!"
The crisp sound scared 015 who was arranging flowers nearby. It raised its head suddenly and overturned the vase in front of it.
Bang!
Another loud noise.
Yael was shaken by the movement and his collar was splashed with water. When he came to his senses, he found that he was held in Caesar's arms.
The painful force on his wrist instantly woke Yael up. He frowned and tried to break away, but he noticed something was wrong with the female insect.
"Caesar?"
He calmed himself down and raised his head from the arms of the gasping female insect, but he did not leave.
"What's wrong? Why are you pulling me suddenly? Did a sniper just want to shoot me?"
015, who was confused, screamed, "What! Sniper?!"
"Where is it? Where is it? Quickly turn on the alert mode, woooooo..."
Xi Ze closed his eyes tightly, his Adam's apple rolled for a while, and he let go of the hand that was holding Yael's wrist.
The next second, she suddenly pressed the male insect into her arms, lowered her head and rubbed his hair hard, as if to confirm the presence of the warmth in her arms.
"I……"
His voice was hoarse and he didn't know what to say.
Just now, Yael was leaning against the balcony window drinking water. The dazzling sunlight fell all over him, making his fluffy sweater dry and soft, like a warm nest.
It was clearly an extremely heartwarming scene, but he seemed to be dazed as if Yael's face had become a little vague, as if it would disappear silently into the air like a bubble in the next second.
Before the insect could react, his body had already rushed forward, and he couldn't even control his strength, squeezing the male insect's wrist until it turned blue.
"Caesar?"
After the sharp buzzing sound in his ears faded away, Xi Ze heard Yael's puzzled question and suddenly relaxed. He realized belatedly that he was trembling slightly.
The shock still hadn't dissipated, and he couldn't respond to Yael's question. He could only hug the male insect in his arms, deeply burying his out-of-control expression and humming hoarsely.
"There were bugs that attempted to attack you. They should have been dealt with by the military by now."
"Is that so? But I don't sense any other insects..."
Yael hugged the female insect back doubtfully, but he couldn't ignore the strange feeling rising in his heart.
For the first time, Caesar avoided his doubts, half-pulled and half-carried Yael away from the window, and said in a low voice.
"You may have missed it. Let's go in first and don't stand here."
…
This is just a small thing, and even all the actions of the female insect are reasonable——
Because he was almost ambushed and scared, and because he was eager to protect him, he was emotional and felt very uneasy. And then he went to work as usual and didn't stick to him too closely.
But Yael just couldn't ignore this strange thing, and even tossed and turned at one o'clock in the middle of the night, too irritable to sleep.
“…”
He took a deep breath, covered his head with the quilt, and decided to clear his mind and stop thinking about it.
An hour later.
Yael suddenly opened his eyes.
The door of the villa slid open to both sides, and the female insect returned with a body covered in cold dew.
He used hand gestures to stop the AI from turning on the lights, and almost silently shook off the snow on his uniform.
After waiting for a long time, the footsteps completely disappeared in the living room, as if someone had just sat on the sofa and would not move.
It's not like before when he would go directly to the guest bedroom to wash up and then sneak into bed quietly.
Haven't finished your work yet?
He looked at the dim ceiling above his head and slowly realized that something was wrong.
…
Swish swish——
The sound of the pen tip sliding across the paper was light, with a hint of haste and tension. The pen kept practicing, and the originally crooked characters gradually became neat and upright.
Like...like.
The next one is to wait...wait.
Xi Ze rested his forehead against the paper, lowered his eyes to look at the strange yet familiar characters under his pen, and silently recited the pronunciation and meaning of the characters.
The fatigue from working all day long permeated the body, but was simply ignored. The female insect seemed to be a machine that was unaware of pain and sleepiness, and continued to study and work without stopping.
The intense anxiety and tension never ceased, as if a sharp blade was hanging over my head. In a trance, I seemed to be able to sense the cold light on the blade.
...home, go home.
When he wrote this word, Xi Ze's hand suddenly stopped. The fingers holding the pen exerted so much force that they almost twisted the metal shell, and a slight tremor appeared.
The hand that was against his head slid down and pressed hard against one of his eyes, trying to suppress the fear and anxiety that was rising with the dull pain.
…It’s no use.
The female insect's breathing became increasingly rapid. She closed her eyes tightly. Her Adam's apple rolled for a moment, and the tip of her tongue tasted the blood that was spreading towards her.
"What are you doing?"
Yael leaned against the entrance of the living room corridor, looking at the corner illuminated by the dim light, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The female insect, who was concentrating, was obviously startled and was about to close the notebook subconsciously, but Yael came over quickly and took the thing away directly.
"……?"
Yael saw what was in his hand and raised an eyebrow in surprise, feeling a little angry and a little amused.
"Why are you up so late reading this?"
That was the textbook he had written. The pages on it were several pages more than what he had taught during the day. It was obvious that the female insect had secretly learned from it.
However, it was still hard for him to believe that Xi Ze would not come back until midnight after handling official business, and instead of taking time to rest after coming back, he was learning this thing.
"Go to bed now, or I'll be mad."
Yael emphasized his tone, rolled the book into a tube, and tapped it against his palm a few times.
As if awakened from a nightmare, Xi Ze was obviously stunned for a moment, but he did not move or speak. His glass-like eyes were empty, reflecting only the shadow of the male insect in front of him.
He was silent for a long while before he whispered, "...Master, can you give it to me?"
The female insect's face was hidden in the dim light, so her expression was hard to see, but it was clear that she was not happy or showing any other emotions.
It was like a thin layer of snow covering my body, making me look somewhat lonely in this cold night.
"What's wrong?"
Yael was stunned for a moment, then reached out and pressed down on Caesar's shoulder, hoping that the female insect would raise her head to see what was going on, but she was unable to move.
Nishize said nothing, but the stiff fingers of his right hand moved slightly, and the pen fell on the tea table with a click.
He wiped his face vigorously, and said in a muffled voice, "...Nothing."
The living room fell into silence.
Xi Ze did not dare to look up at the male insect. He was silent for a while, and felt the hand on his shoulder leave.
When that warmth left, his heart was empty. A huge panic and shame came over him. The word "I'm sorry" instantly came out of his mouth. He subconsciously avoided Yael's words and raised his head in panic.
He was caught off guard and looked at Yael.
With just one glance, those hard-earned defenses collapsed in an instant, leaving only a shaky illusion.
"What's wrong?"
Yael tilted his head and lowered his voice a little.
——How could I bear to let go?
Xi Ze stared at him intently, and subconsciously tightened his palms. He was pricked by a cold hard piece of paper, which hurt a little, and he was barely awakened.
He couldn't face Yael, and couldn't think of a way to make the male insect stay. He could only make some futile efforts and struggles, choosing this roundabout way to avoid the wolf, but...
At least find an excuse.
"You haven't made love to me in a long time."
The voice was so fast and low that Yael was caught off guard and froze. "What?"
He gradually came to his senses, feeling a little amused but also a little confused. He stared at the female insect's face doubtfully.
"So that's why you're unhappy?"
Xi Ze lowered his head, avoiding the male insect's sight, his lips were pursed into a line, and he said stiffly, "...Nothing, I won't write anymore, let's go back to sleep now."
Seeing that the female insect was about to flee in a hurry, Yael reached out and grabbed Caesar's arm, not allowing him to avoid such a problem.
"Why do you feel so guilty? I'm asking you, is this what makes you unhappy?"
The female insect had her back to him, and even her breathing became lighter. Her Adam's apple moved for a moment, but she still didn't say a word.
Yael's voice softened. "You need to tell me what you want. If you don't tell me, how can I know what you are thinking?"
Xi Ze felt a sudden pain in his nose and blinked quickly to suppress the approaching sour tears.
"Look back at me."
The male insect's order was gentle but unquestionable. He took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and turned around.
He saw Yael standing in the dim light, his pajamas loose, a pair of warm dark eyes staring at him intently, emitting an incomparable fresh and close warmth.
Xize stared at him in a daze, with a sudden surge of unreasonable grievances in his heart, as if he had trudged through the wind and snow, overcoming numerous difficulties and dangers, and finally saw the light of home.
But I found that the warm light could not last long. No matter how hard I tried to hold on to it, I could foresee the signs that it would go out soon.
…But that is light.
His lips trembled for a moment, and he couldn't help but walk towards Yael step by step.
It was like pulling myself out of the mud, walking into the light again, and then embracing that familiar warmth.
"What's going on?"
Yael leaned close to the female insect's ear, a trace of solemnity flashed across his eyes, and he asked again in a soft voice, "What happened to you tonight? Did something go wrong with the plan?"
The female insect was silent for a while, her voice seemed very hesitant, "Nothing went wrong... nothing happened."
He refused to say.
Yael sighed.
…
Caesar's attitude tonight was a little strange and tough. He directly grabbed Yael's wrist and fell into the soft sofa with him.
The female insect holding him pursed her lips tightly, her expression gentle but with a hint of sadness, but she quickly adjusted her expression and bent her head to kiss Yael.
"...Heroic Lord...Heroic Lord..."
He murmured again and again, his voice a little tired, unconsciously emitting intimacy and stickiness.
It was like a sick snow leopard with its belly exposed. It was obviously very tired, but it couldn't help but rub against the keeper.
Yael reached out and touched the neck of the female insect in his arms, releasing soothing pheromones, and the unnaturally tense body gradually relaxed.
Xi Ze closed his eyes slightly and buried his face in the male insect's neck, feeling the sweet and slightly bitter scent surrounding him.
It's like a warm current flowing through every nerve ending and blood vessel, bringing a sense of comfort that cannot be matched by energy supplements.
"headache?"
Yael paused in fiddling with his hair. The female insect said nothing, but the feedback from her mental terminals showed that he was suffering from discomfort, which was why he looked so tired.
"What's wrong...?"
Sensing something was wrong, Yael gathered strength from his waist and with some difficulty brought Caesar to his feet, wanting to take a look at the female insect's expression in the warm yellow light.
However, she didn't realize that she used too much force, and the female insect's body suddenly tilted to the side, and the back of her head hit the armrest beside her with a dull bang.
He quickly reached out and rubbed Caesar's head to make sure there was no sharp spot. "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. It doesn't hurt."
Xi Ze curled up subconsciously, stretched out his hand to pinch his eyebrows to come back to his senses, and kept muttering softly.
After a while, he recovered, reached out and picked up Yael into his arms, and continued to roll into the sofa with the male insect in his arms. He reached out and picked up the quilt piled at the end of the sofa and covered the two insects with it.
But it was clearly Caesar who wanted to hold him to prevent him from moving. After a few minutes, the female insect couldn't help but rub against his cheeks and behind his ears, making them sticky.
It reminded Yer of the fact that in that world, he often saw people sucking cats tirelessly, wishing they could bury themselves in the soft belly all day long, while the cat had been sucked so hard that it had no desire to live anymore.
But now, on the contrary, it was the big cat that was constantly sniffing him, sniffing the ends of his hair and the sides of his neck, and even messing up the collar of his pajamas.
"What are you doing?" Yael couldn't help but ask even though he knew the answer, he was a little curious about what the female insect would say.
Xi Ze thought for a moment and whispered in his ear, "Charge."
Just like 015, it uses the most primitive but most direct and effective way to restore vitality. It will lose power due to various things, so you need to replenish it anytime and anywhere. If conditions do not allow, just be patient and recharge it vigorously when you find an opportunity.
Yael felt a little hot in his ears and coughed softly.
A little childish...but really intimate and cute.
But the female insect said nice things, but the fluctuations in her mind were still low, just a little calmer. Yael reached out and touched the female insect's head, "Is this enough?"
“…Not enough.”
Xi Ze was silent for a moment, his expression hidden in the darkness and unclear. After a long silence, he said in a hoarse voice, "Not enough."
…
After a long while, Yael lifted the hot blanket a little, reached out and touched the back of the female insect's head to feel if there was a bump. "It seems to be a little swollen. Does it still hurt?"
Xize closed his eyes, shook his head vigorously, and added in a low voice, "It doesn't hurt, it will be healed soon, but you can press it harder, it feels quite..."
He didn't tell the male insect that he actually liked pain. It allowed him to stay rational and sober even in torture that could almost knock him out of his mind, and he gritted his teeth and continued to endure and live.
He hated the torture that brought him shame and scars, but he was almost addicted to all the feelings that Yael brought him, whether it was pain or other things, he enjoyed it.
As long as Yael gives it, anything is fine... the male insect can do anything to him.
He chuckled intermittently, and in between catching his breath, he insisted on telling Yael, "You can do... anything to me, including bullying me or playing some mean jokes on me."
I don't know how much time had passed, but the night outside the balcony grew darker and darker, and the moonlight poured in like flowing water, dispelling some of the thick darkness that was lingering in the living room.
Xi Ze's hands were originally tightly grasping the edge of the sofa. When his consciousness was hazy, he subconsciously put his arms around Yael's shoulders, eager to absorb the familiar breath.
The chip slipped from the female insect's palm and fell silently to the ground without being noticed by any insect.
Xi Ze reached out and hugged Yeer tightly, burying his face completely in his neck, suppressing the trembling in his voice, and whispered suddenly, "My lord, I will lay an egg for you... ok..."
Yael's pupils shrank slightly, and an indescribable throbbing spread through his nerves, making him shudder all over.
The moonlight outside the window shook for a moment, and then turned into a lazy haze, and because of hugging and rubbing for too long, the quilt was sticky and stuffy.
But Yael didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and all his attention was focused on what the female insect had just said.
There was something really wrong with the female insect tonight. Even though she had been trying hard to hide it, she couldn't conceal her uneasiness and fatigue. And it was not until this moment that her high defenses finally collapsed, revealing her embarrassing true feelings.
Although he was very worried, Yael couldn't help but feel his ears slightly hot. He wasn't sure if it was just a momentary distraction and he shouldn't take it seriously, or if it was the female insect's true thoughts.
"Xize?"
The female's arms were still around his waist, and she even held him tighter when she sensed the struggle.
With his ears pressed against the female insect's chest, his breathing resonating with the powerful heartbeat, Yael could sense how much anxiety and uneasiness there was. He reached out and hugged the female insect back, soothingly stroking his tense back up and down, trying to make him relax a little.
After an unknown amount of time, Caesar finally let go of Yael, gently brushed away the messy hair on the male insect's forehead with his fingers, and mustered up the courage to look into those warm, dark eyes.
His voice was hoarse and almost inaudible. "I'll lay an egg for you, okay?"
"good."
Yael was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing and nodded without hesitation.
The author has something to say:
Suddenly I thought of the Pokeball. Yayeh once said that he had to use a Pokeball to catch him. Now the general really has no choice but to create this to keep him (wiping tears)
This article will lay eggs, but it is in the extra chapter. First, defeat the villain and then happily lay eggs ouo
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