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 "木本未末", but his pen suddenly changed its mind and wrote the two characters "喜" and "欢".
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 expressionlessly, 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.
而耶爾被那動作晃得潑了一領口的水，回過神後才發現自己是被西澤給攬在了懷裏。
手腕上傳來讓他吃痛的力度，耶爾瞬間清醒過來，蹙着眉想掙開，卻察覺到了雌蟲的異樣。
“西澤？”
他定了定神，從喘息未定的雌蟲懷裏擡起頭，卻沒有貿然離開。
“怎麽了，突然拉我……剛才有狙擊手要槍殺我？”
不明所以的015在旁邊吱哇亂叫，“什麽！狙擊手？！”
“在哪裏在哪裏？快開啓警戒模式嗚嗚嗚……”
西澤用力閉了閉眼，喉結滾動半晌，松開拉着耶爾手腕的手。
下一秒，卻猛地将雄蟲整個按在了懷裏，低頭用力蹭了蹭他的頭發，像是在确認懷中溫度的存在。
“我……”
他聲音嘶啞，不知道該怎麽說。
剛才耶爾倚靠在陽臺窗前喝水，被耀眼的陽光落了一身，将那毛絨絨的毛衣也照得幹燥松軟，好像一個溫暖的巢。
明明是無比溫馨的畫面，他恍惚間卻感覺耶爾的臉虛化了幾分，仿佛下一秒就會像泡沫一般，悄無聲息地消失在空中。
在反應過來前，他的身體就已經沖了上去，甚至力氣都已經控制不住，将雄蟲的手腕捏得有些泛青。
“西澤？”
等耳邊尖銳的嗡鳴消散，西澤才聽到耶爾疑惑的詢問，猛地放松了下來，後知後覺自己正細微地顫抖。
那股震恐仍然沒有消散，他沒辦法回應耶爾的疑問，只能将錯就錯将雄蟲抱在了懷裏，把失控的表情深深掩埋住，沙啞地嗯了一聲。
“是有妄圖襲擊您的蟲，現在應該已經被軍隊解決掉了。”
“這樣嗎，但是我沒有感知到有別的蟲存在……？”
耶爾将信将疑地回抱住雌蟲，卻沒辦法忽略心底升騰起的怪異感。
西澤第一次回避了他的疑惑，半拉半抱着耶爾離開了那扇窗，低低地道。
“您可能疏漏了，我們先進去吧，不要站在這裏了。”
……
這只是一件很小的事，甚至雌蟲的一切行為都很合理——
因為他差點被偷襲而害怕，因為保護心切所以情緒激動，感到非常不安，而且後面也正常上班去了，沒有強硬緊貼在身邊。
但耶爾就是沒辦法忽略這一點怪異，甚至半夜一點還在輾轉反側，煩躁得睡不着覺。
“……”
他深吸了一口氣，将被子蒙過了頭，決定清空一切不再去想了。
一個小時後。
耶爾突然睜開眼。
別墅大門向兩邊滑開，雌蟲帶着一身寒露歸來。
他用手勢制止了智腦開燈的指令，近乎無聲地抖落軍裝上的細雪。
等了許久，那腳步聲卻在客廳徹底消失，仿佛直接坐在沙發上不走了。
不像是以往直接去客卧洗漱完後，再悄無聲息地摸進被窩。
還沒處理完公務嗎？
他看着頭頂昏暗的天花板，慢半拍地感覺到了不對勁。
……
唰唰唰——
筆尖劃過紙頁的聲響輕微，帶着一些急促和緊繃，那筆一刻不停地練習着，原本歪歪扭扭的字逐漸變得清秀挺拔起來。
喜……喜歡。
下一個是等……等候。
西澤抵着額頭，垂眸去看筆下陌生又熟悉的字形，無聲默念着字音和含義。
連軸轉了一天的疲憊彌漫身體，卻直接被忽略掉了，雌蟲仿佛不知道疼痛和困倦的機器一般，一刻不停地學習和工作。
強烈的焦灼和緊繃一刻不停，好似利刃懸于頭頂，恍惚間仿佛能感知到刀鋒上冰冷的寒芒。
……家，回家。
寫到這個字，西澤的手猛地頓住，握筆的手指用力到幾乎扭曲了那金屬外殼，泛起細微的顫抖。
他抵着頭的手往下滑了一下，用力按住了一邊眼睛，努力用鈍痛壓抑泛起的恐懼和焦慮。
……沒有用。
雌蟲的呼吸逐漸急促，用力閉上了眼睛，喉結滾動一瞬，舌尖嘗到了蔓延而上的血腥味。
“你在做什麽？”
耶爾倚靠在客廳走廊口，看着那被昏黃燈光照亮的一隅，微眯起了眼睛。
正專注的雌蟲顯然驚了一下，下意識就要合上那個本子，卻被快步走來的耶爾将那東西直接抽走。
“……？”
耶爾看清了手裏的東西，有些詫異地挑起一邊眉，有點生氣又覺得有點好笑。
“你這麽晚不睡覺就在看這個？”
那正是他攥寫的教材本，上面的頁碼比他白天的教學多了好幾頁，顯然是雌蟲偷偷往後學了。
但是一想到西澤處理公務到半夜才回來，回來後不抓緊時間休息反而在學這東西，還是讓他有些難以置信。
“快去睡覺，不然我生氣了。”
耶爾加重了語氣，将那本子卷成筒狀，在手心敲了幾下。
像是被從噩夢中喚醒，西澤顯然愣了一下，卻沒動也沒說話，那雙玻璃珠似的眼睛裏空茫，只倒映着面前雄蟲的影子。
他沉默了好半晌，才低聲道，“……雄主，給我好不好？”
雌蟲的臉隐藏在昏暗的燈光中，看不太清神情，但顯然不是開心或者其他情緒。
像是渾身落了一層薄雪，在這寒涼夜色中顯得有些孤寂。
“怎麽了？”
耶爾愣了一下，伸手按住西澤的肩膀，想讓雌蟲擡起頭來看看情況，卻沒能推動。
西澤沒有說話，右手僵硬的手指微動，那只筆便啪嗒掉落在茶幾上。
他用力抹了一把臉，聲音有些悶悶的，“……沒什麽。”
客廳陷入一片安靜中。
西澤沒敢擡頭看雄蟲，沉默了半晌，感覺到肩膀上的手離開了。
那溫度離去的時候他心裏一空，巨大的惶恐和羞愧襲上心頭，一句對不起瞬間脫口而出，下意識遁循耶爾的話倉皇地擡起頭。
他猝不及防和耶爾對視了一眼。
只一眼，那些艱難豎起來的防備就瞬間土崩瓦解，只剩下搖搖欲墜維持着的假象。
“怎麽了？”
耶爾偏了偏頭，放輕了一點聲音。
——怎麽可能舍得放手？
西澤一錯不錯地凝視着他，下意識收緊了手心，被一塊冰冷的硬片硌得有些疼，勉強被喚醒了神思。
他沒辦法面對耶爾，也想不出讓雄蟲留下的辦法，只能做一些無謂的努力和掙紮，選擇這樣迂回的方式去狼狽回避，卻也……
至少找個什麽借口。
“您已經很久沒和我做愛了。”
那道聲音又快又低，耶爾猝不及防愣住，“什麽？”
他逐漸回過神，有些哭笑不得，但又覺得不是那麽回事，将信将疑地凝視着雌蟲的臉。
“所以你是因為這個不開心？”
西澤低了低頭，避開雄蟲的視線，唇角已經緊抿成線，有些僵硬道，“……沒什麽，我不寫了，現在就回去睡覺吧。”
眼見雌蟲就要匆忙逃開，耶爾連忙伸手拉住西澤的小臂，不準他就這麽回避掉這麽問題。
“你幹嘛這麽心虛？我在問你呢，是因為這個不開心嗎？”
雌蟲背對着他，連呼吸都放輕了，喉結滾動片刻，卻還是沒說話。
耶爾的聲音放輕了些，“是什麽想要什麽，你要和我說呀，你不說我怎麽會知道你在想什麽呢？”
西澤鼻腔驟然一酸，快速眨了眨眼，将那股逼近的酸澀淚意壓下去。
“回頭來看着我。”
雄蟲的命令溫和卻不容置喙，他深呼吸了一口氣，調整好表情後回過頭。
就見到耶爾正站在一片昏黃的光中，睡衣松散，一雙漆黑眼眸溫潤，正專注地凝視着他，散發着無比鮮活的、近在咫尺的暖意。
西澤怔怔地看着他，心頭驀地湧上毫無理由的委屈，仿佛在風雪中艱難跋涉，越過千難萬險，終于見到家的燈光。
卻發現那溫暖的光卻也不能長久，再怎麽挽留不舍，也能預見不久後熄滅的征兆。
……但那可是光啊。
他雙唇顫動了片刻，情不自禁地向着耶爾一步步走去。
像是從泥濘中抽身，再次走進了光明中，然後擁住了那一抹熟悉的溫熱。
“到底怎麽回事？”
耶爾緊貼着雌蟲的耳邊，眸底閃過一絲凝重，輕聲再次追問道，“你今晚怎麽了，計劃出現了差錯？”
雌蟲沉默半晌，聲音顯得很猶豫，“沒有出差錯……沒什麽事。”
他不肯說。
耶爾輕嘆了口氣。
……
今晚的西澤态度有些奇怪，還有些強硬，直接握住耶爾的手腕，和他一起摔進了柔軟的沙發裏。
抱着他的雌蟲緊抿着唇，神色柔和中隐含着一絲悲哀，卻很快就調整好了神情，低頭親了耶爾一下。
“……雄主……雄主……”
他一聲又一聲地喃喃道，聲音有些疲憊，無意識散發着親昵和黏糊。
像是一只病恹恹的雪豹敞開了肚皮，明明已經很累很累了，卻還是忍不住要蹭蹭貼貼飼養員.
耶爾伸手撫上懷裏雌蟲的後頸，釋放出安撫的信息素，那不自然緊繃的身體才逐漸放松了下來。
西澤微阖着眼，将臉埋在雄蟲的側頸，感受着被甜中帶着微苦的氣息包圍的感覺。
像是暖流湧過每一根神經末梢和血管，帶來能量劑無法比拟的舒适感。
“頭痛？”
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.
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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