Chapter 93
"What is the current situation?"
Xi Ze looked at Yael lying on the hospital bed with a serious and worried expression.
The doctor being questioned also had a serious look on his face. He kept comparing the complex data in front of him, then looked at other colleagues who were at a loss, and finally sighed.
"It's very strange. I can't find a precedent for your prototype. But it's impossible for the prototype of a bug to be unique in the universe, but it's also a stretch to say it's a mutation..."
Since there is no precedent, there is no way to treat it in the same way as those insects, and allow the prototype of Your Majesty to develop and grow healthily, although it is actually very abnormal to appear so late.
Yael took off the X-ray machine on his back, turned over to face them, and coughed softly, "Don't worry, it should be fine."
"Do you feel any discomfort? Do you usually feel itchy or painful around the elytra?"
The doctor was still worried, but there was nothing he could do and he could only emphasize the issue again.
"The growth of the prototype is usually completed in childhood, and the body is very fragile during the growth period. If you have similar symptoms again, you must speak up as soon as possible to avoid missing the best time for treatment."
The messed quilt was tucked in carefully by Caesar. Yael looked at him and saw the undisguised worry in his eyes, so he cooperated very well.
"I know. If there is any abnormality, I will contact the hospital immediately."
Knock knock.
Rhythmic knocks on the door sounded, attracting everyone's attention in the ward. A spirited bug with an unusually iconic stinky face was seen standing at the door.
"Teacher, why are you here?"
Yael was a little surprised, but he still said quickly, "Come in!"
"I just got back from a business trip today. I heard from your senior that you were sick and asked for leave, so I came by for a visit."
Maude glanced at the male insect's face, which was still healthy and rosy with no signs of serious illness. He secretly relaxed, but then frowned.
"Without a healthy body, you can't support long-term research. You should exercise more when you are not busy with projects. Otherwise, it will be easy to lose your focus when you are busy!"
I remembered that after work, I would either go to the study to continue reading after dinner, or I would do some random things with the female insects. I really didn't get much exercise.
Yael coughed guiltily and said, "You are right."
Sensing the help-seeking gaze, Xi Ze looked at Director Mod and said seriously, "I will help you exercise more in the future, don't worry."
Seeing their very good attitude, Maud could not blame them for a moment, so he turned around and asked the doctor beside him, "What is the cause of the disease? Please diagnose it carefully and cure him as soon as possible."
The incident started this morning when the male insect suddenly felt an itchy crack on his back, as if something was about to come out.
"What's in it?"
In the clear and bright mirror, the two cracks were bulging outwards, showing signs of opening up, and it seemed as if something inside was ready to break through the soft membrane.
The pain and itching became more and more severe, and Yael broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately told Xize about the situation.
After all, the equipment at home is not as complete as the hospital. If the doctor misses something, multiple trips back and forth will waste time, so they rush directly to the top hospital in the second district for examination.
Maud looked at him strangely. "Why did you grow wings only now? You should have grown them when you were three years old. Are you growing backwards?"
Yael pursed his lips to hide his embarrassment.
His antennae only grew a few months ago, and there have been no other changes to his body parts since then. It was only now that he grew wings. Rather than saying it is reverse growth, it is more like super-slow growth.
They stared at each other for a moment, and suddenly a strong itch came over them——
"Varied......!"
Yael's pupils shrank slightly, and he clutched the bed sheet in pain. He subconsciously reached out to grab it, but Cize grabbed his wrist in time.
"Are the wings about to spread? They might itch a little, but you must not touch them."
He was wearing special clothes on his upper body, with an opening corresponding to the gap between his shoulder blades. If he spread his wings now, there would be no hindrance at all.
The doctor was already standing by, on guard, fearing that something unexpected might happen during the process. Maude also stood up suddenly, with a hint of nervousness in his tense expression.
“Shh…Shh…”
Unlike the movement of a female insect spreading its bony wings, there was a noticeable bulge on Yael's back, but there was no crackling sound, but a softer and subtler sound.
"It seems like it's almost time... hmmm!"
He closed his eyes tightly, feeling the thing being pulled out of his body. His scalp was numbed by the strange touch, and he could only hold the female insect's hand tightly.
"Almost there! Lord, hold on a little longer!"
Cizek held Yael's upper body in his arms, controlling the strength of his hands so as not to hurt him, but his eyes were fixed on the constantly rising and falling shadow.
The membrane in the gap was punctured and torn, but there was no bleeding. The things inside were drilling out little by little.
A light wing emerged from the right first, starting with the slightly pointed tail wing and then the wider and softer main wing, which soon broke through the membrane and fully unfolded.
The base color of the wings was a dense and fine black, and it looked extremely high quality, even better than the highest quality materials in the empire.
The dark blue block patterns are extremely gorgeous, and are distributed on it in a regular and beautiful manner. The fine phosphorus powder refracts the sunlight from all angles, shining like stars in the night sky.
This thin piece looks extremely fragile, but when it flutters gently with your breath, it carries with it a vigorous and active vitality that cannot be ignored.
“…”
The insect in the ward gasped and was shocked so much that he couldn't speak for a moment.
The female insect's bony wings are made up of countless fine bones, exuding a dull, metallic luster. There are countless vicious bone spurs growing on the edges, making it look extremely terrifying.
Male insects rarely have wings, and even if they do, their wings are basically small and thin, which is completely different from the scene in front of you. S-level male insects are really very different from ordinary male insects.
...One piece left.
Yael took a deep breath and was about to clumsily manipulate the other side to unfold, but he suddenly felt a strange pain, which made him frown.
I can't stretch it out, what's going on...try again...hiss!
A sudden and severe pain hit Yael, and his breathing stagnated. Cold sweat instantly broke out on the corners of his forehead, and he subconsciously bit the buttons on the female insect's military jacket.
"One piece came out, and there's still one piece left. Is it stuck?"
They observed the wings with bated breath, but Xi Ze's expression sank as he looked at the other side that was halfway unfolded, and spoke in a hurried tone.
He placed Yael's hand on his waist and enlarged the hole in his clothes to better observe the situation. Then he heard the muffled sound of the male insect in his arms.
"That layer of membrane is too hard, and it caused a wound... Just tear it open for me."
It is definitely not possible to tear it open directly, which might cause a bigger wound, but struggling hard might also cause further damage to the wings.
"Doctor!"
Caesar immediately looked up at the doctor opposite him, held Yael's shoulders tighter, and stroked the male's hair back and forth to signal him to relax.
"Here we are! Don't worry, we are professionals, and getting stuck is no big deal!"
The doctor's expression froze, and he immediately recognized the situation. He quickly turned on the precise laser pointer and lightly scratched the thin film -
The remaining wings also stretched out smoothly.
The pain and stuffiness disappeared in an instant, and Yell breathed a sigh of relief.
He wanted to stand up and check his wings, but when he opened his wings, he saw the military jacket in front of him. The shiny button was now covered with a tooth mark. He immediately let go of the female insect with a guilty conscience.
The moment he saw the wings, Yer was stunned for a moment, looking a little confused.
"It feels like a butterfly's wing. As for the species, it's a bit like the Goddess of Light or the Blue Morpho Butterfly on Earth, but there are still slight differences..."
He guessed silently, and at the doctor's nervous whisper, he flapped his newborn wings vigorously, feeling the unfamiliar but flesh-and-blood intimacy.
Very...amazing.
Before Yael was about to take a closer look, a warm towel was placed on his forehead. He slightly widened his eyes and looked at the female insect, whose expression was still solemn.
"Are you okay?"
While helping him wipe the sweat off his face, Xi Ze whispered, "Don't move your wings yet. There seems to be a wound on them. Let the doctor take a look."
The injury was on his left wing, and he retracted it slightly to allow the doctor to check the wound more easily.
"It's very thin and soft, and easy to tear. There's a small scratch on the surface, but no blood is flowing out... But there are nerves and blood vessels inside. Your Majesty, please..."
The doctor's gloved hand carefully touched the wing, and the expression on his face was almost fanatical. After a preliminary observation, he waved his hand, indicating that the equipment should be brought over.
Yael's face was being rubbed and his wings were being held up. He was unable to move for a moment, and he did not notice the slight change in Maud's expression. He stared at the two wings without blinking.
Maud came closer to look at the patterns on the wings, his expression became more and more suspicious, and he kept muttering something.
"This color and pattern... is weird, it shouldn't be like this..."
The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Yael's wings were extremely similar to a description in an ancient book. If that was true, he might really make an amazing discovery!
Perhaps even the stagnant research progress will benefit from this discovery.
The towel was finally removed, and Yael immediately noticed the female insect's abnormality. He leaned back in fear, "...Teacher, what's wrong?"
Maud suddenly raised her head to look at him, a wild green light flashing in her narrow eyes. It was the same strong desire to explore as Adelaide and the other insects did back then, or even stronger.
"Can I have some of your wing powder?"
powder?
Yael was stunned for a moment, then reached out and touched the wing. His fingertips felt soft like real skin, covered with a layer of gold phosphorus powder.
He could feel that the phosphorus powder was renewable, so it would be okay to take a little, so he nodded and said, "Okay, take it."
After asking the doctor for the tools, Maude pushed aside Caesar who was standing on the right, and gently brushed the powder off with a soft brush, muttering something to herself.
"You need to get well soon, the research can't wait... there will definitely be progress this time!"
Yael hummed and groaned in response, while winking at Caesar, who had a gloomy face, to signal him not to be sulking.
…
After collecting the powder on the wings, Maud rushed out of the ward quickly, looking very anxious to return to the research institute. The doctor also left after examining and treating the broken skin.
The vast space returned to silence, leaving only the sound of two intertwined breathing.
"How do I take this back?"
Finally having the chance to observe the wings carefully, Yael turned his head curiously to look at them, struggling to manipulate this suddenly appeared organ to flap left and right.
It was as if he had an extra tail. He lost control for a moment and knocked over the vase next to him with a bang, and was also a little painful from the recoil.
These wings are too sensitive, I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
Xi Ze picked up the vase that had rolled out, sat down on the bed, and gently taught Yael, "It's very simple. First, concentrate your mind to sense its existence, and then slowly get familiar with it."
He slowly raised his hands and guided the wings to rise. "Come, follow the movements of my hands, slowly rise up, straighten up..."
"Yes, that's it. Then try to open it to the sides. Don't rush it to avoid tearing it."
Yael stared at the bony hand, and his consciousness under the wings followed the movement closely, and soon folded up gently and drilled into the two gaps again.
There was no foreign body sensation, as if he had just closed his eyes. He couldn't help but smile, his eyes bright, "Okay, I'll try again!"
The gorgeous and soft pair of wings spread and folded, fluttering up and down, left and right, and soon they went from being clumsy to being skilled, and they were even able to tremble precisely in small amplitudes, which was quite amazing.
"Have you mastered it?"
Xi Ze did not interfere from beginning to end. He watched Yael try again and again with a gentle look, and reached out to cover the male insect's hand on the quilt.
"Almost. But can these wings take me flying? They feel very thin and soft, like they are made of paper. I feel like they will break if the wind blows..."
Yael was having some fun, but then he remembered that the real purpose of wings was to fly, and his expression gradually became hesitant.
"There should be cartilage inside, but it doesn't seem to be enough to support my weight. Compared to your bony wings, it feels like the difference between drawing paper and a weapon."
Xi Ze also paused for a moment, but did not jump to conclusions. "How about I help you take a look?"
This pair of wings is extremely sensitive. He felt a little uncomfortable when the doctor examined it normally through gloves just now, but now he stretched them in front of the female insect with confidence.
"Look, you can touch it. I've touched your wing bones before."
This sentence is inexplicably intimate and private. After all, apart from doctors, only couples who trust each other will touch each other's backs and wings.
The expression on Xi Ze's face became serious. He carefully stroked the surface of the wing, gently massaging along the outer cartilage, as if measuring something.
So...soft.
This was his first feeling. As his fingertips stroked the undulating lines, he seemed to be able to sense the blood flowing underneath, as if he was touching some beautiful yet fragile life.
After a moment of distraction, he remembered his original intention, which was to help the male insect measure whether the wings had the ability to fly. He quickly focused his mind and pressed the bones inside.
The touch of the fingertips was too obvious. After touching here and pressing there, an unbearable itching soon arose, spreading along the blood vessels, making half of the body numb.
"Hmm...wait a minute, hahahaha...it's too itchy..."
Yael tried to hold back his laughter but still couldn't help laughing out loud. He fluttered his wings to try to shake off the itch, but it didn't work.
"No, I really need to scratch it this time. It's too itchy."
He forced a smile and tried to move his wings closer, but he was temporarily restrained from doing so.
The broad and soft wings flapped over the female insect's head and face, almost completely covering him. Because the impact was quite strong, the phosphorus powder on it was shaken off and scattered all over the ground.
"!"
Suddenly, everything in front of him went dark. Xize was startled for a moment, and then he realized that he was slapped in the face. He felt helpless, "My Lord."
Yael quickly moved his wings away, only to see that the female insect's head and face were covered with gold powder, which sparkled with fine and colorful light under the sunlight.
"Ahem, sorry, I lost control of myself for a moment."
Yael took a towel from the side and wiped his face, but the powder was very fine and difficult to wipe off with just the wiping hand. Instead, it stuck to the female insect's face due to the moisture.
"It's okay, I'll go back and take a shower, you first..."
Before Xi Ze finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him, blowing away the phosphorus powder floating on the surface. He opened his eyes and found that it was Yael flapping his wings.
His expression was focused as he fanned again and again, making the whole scene somehow strange and cute.
This pair of wings...really suits the lord.
Xi Ze couldn't help laughing and sighed sincerely.
But it didn't take long for Yael to declare defeat. "I can't do it anymore. I'm so tired. My wings are cramping."
After a little farce, they both fell on the hospital bed.
The super deluxe VIP ward is very spacious, with more than enough space for two bugs to lie on the bed. Yael pulled Caesar to lie down with him, enjoying the rare moment of leisure in the busy schedule.
Fallen.
Yael turned over to face Caesar and suddenly sighed.
A year ago, he could not have imagined that he would be happy about growing wings. Instead, he would feel more like a bug than a human and become even more devastated.
All changes are invisible, but there are traces to follow.
Anyway, it's all related to Xi Ze.
He stared at the face of the female insect beside him, his expression softened unconsciously, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips again and again.
Then, Caesar came close and kissed her eyes. The distance between them disappeared instantly, and soon she heard the female insect's deep voice, "What are you thinking about?"
Yael said lazily, "No, let's lie down for a while. We finally have some free time together."
They all worked overtime last night and got up early this morning to get ready, but were interrupted by something strange behind them, so they all took half a day off. Now it's just right for them to rest and restore their energy.
"good."
*
What Yael didn't expect was that the phosphorus powder on the wings taken away by Teacher Maud really made great progress in research.
"It's amazing! These powders contain a trace of vitality. They are not dead inorganic matter. Moreover, the cell arrays inside are not from this era at all..."
While he was doing the experiment, Mod walked quickly into the central laboratory and displayed the results of his research over the past few days, attracting the attention of all the insects.
"It's so ancient that we might even suspect it's a creature from thousands of years ago!"
There was a burst of noise.
Yael was stunned for a moment, looking at the complex image on the clear projection screen, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
As a scientific researcher himself, he knew what this data meant to them.
Research projects that have been stuck in a bottleneck for decades or even gradually despair will inevitably be revitalized and may even solve many unsolved mysteries in one fell swoop.
"Don't get too close! The powder is very light and air movement may blow it away."
Watching Mod holding the vessel carefully, Yer suddenly remembered how he had sprinkled phosphorus powder all over the female insect's face, and he coughed guiltily.
...I didn't expect it to be so precious. Fortunately, the phosphorus powder on the wings is completely renewable. Otherwise, if Maude knew that he was wasting such a gift, he would be in a bad mood for a month.
After distributing the information, Mod called Yael to the director's office alone during a heated discussion.
"Have you regressed?"
"Sure enough, the S-rank male insects are completely different from the male insects commonly seen in the Empire! They are like living fossils!"
The female insect in front of him seemed extremely excited, even pacing back and forth in excitement, muttering to herself.
"Atavism?"
I remembered that I came from a place far away, almost on the other side of the universe, so it was normal to have such anomalies. If I could accidentally break through the research bottleneck, it would be a pleasant surprise.
But his origins must not be revealed.
Yael said vaguely, "Maybe, after all, I grow very slowly, and anything can happen."
His tentacles had already grown out, but when I checked his physical data with Echo before, I didn't find any abnormalities like the wings.
What are these wings?
"As long as we seize the opportunity and continue to explore with this breakthrough, the genetic medicine we have been working hard on for all these years may be successfully developed!"
Even through the office door, I could hear all kinds of discussions going on outside, and there was a science fanatic in front of me who was extremely excited.
Yael couldn't help but smile. He felt as if a fire had been ignited in his chest, burning hot and sparkling with a glimmer of hope.
The road of scientific research is by no means an easy one, and it may even be a dead end from the beginning. However, only by walking on it yourself and working hard to explore it will you have the possibility of touching upon the truth.
…
After a day of intense research, everyone left work at ten o'clock in the evening, still reluctant to leave.
The days of working hard and diligently but not making any progress were really hard to endure. Suddenly, the insect god blessed them and a miracle happened, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of all scientific research insects.
If Mod hadn't forced them to go back and rest, they could really have relied on high-concentration energy drugs to survive for days and nights, and then studied to their heart's content in one go.
“Beep beep.”
The computer flashed red. Even though Yael didn't open it to read it, he knew who had sent the message.
As expected, as soon as I walked out of the door, I saw a figure waiting there. He was wearing a neat military uniform, tall and straight, and was looking in this direction intently.
The weather is already very warm, and the night wind at ten o'clock in the evening also carries a hot and dry breath.
Yael walked down the stairs step by step, and couldn't help but quicken his pace as he headed towards Xize in front of him.
The scene before him seemed strangely familiar, and it reminded him of his past self.
[My biggest wish is to continue my research, have my own house, have a partner to accompany me, and then raise a pet together, so that our future life can be stable and happy.]
A year ago he had achieved half of his wish, but he was so desperate that he nearly took his own life.
It was not until he went to the edge star and met the female insect by chance. After spending a long and difficult time together, he finally realized all his dreams.
This time, he truly felt fulfilled happiness, rather than empty emptiness.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Yael naturally took Caesar's hand, pulled him down and kissed him, "Thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect to work overtime tonight."
"No, just a few minutes."
Xi Ze's eyes were full of smiles. Hearing this, he squeezed his hand and walked out with Yael. "Let's go. The suspension car is one kilometer away."
"Director Mod said you need to exercise. It will be late when you get home, so you might as well take a slow walk now."
After protesting to no avail, Yael resigned himself to embarking on a one-kilometer night walk with the female insect. But it felt good to walk slowly and talk while walking.
He raised his eyes and saw a vast night sky dotted with stars and a gentle breeze.
He turned his head and saw Caesar's profile. They were holding hands and shaking each other childishly, walking slowly.
Behind you is the place where you can realize your dreams, and in front of you is the direction of home.
At this moment, everything is the best.
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