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The next morning, Wei Shao opened his eyes and felt his biological clock fighting with his heavy eyelids.
I didn't fall asleep until after two o'clock last night, and now I yawned three times when I sat up.
He glanced at the light screen on the wall: 6:20 Imperial Star time.
Guessing that Philo should be awake by now, Wei Shao changed his clothes and prepared to find someone to explain things.
The living room was quiet. Wei Shao thought for a moment that Fei Luo was still asleep, so he moved very quietly. When he walked to the dining table, he was stunned.
A breakfast was being warmed in the constant temperature light cover on the dining table.
A cup of dairy product, a plate of beautiful pastries, and a few bowls of soup whose ingredients are hard to tell.
Wei Shao walked over and saw a note on the table with a neat and concise message on it.
[Breakfast is on the table. You can go to Canteen B for lunch and dinner. The terminal payment account is universal throughout the Imperial Star, but try not to leave the military headquarters before getting your ID card. I went to the training ground. 】
Philo may have discovered that he was semi-illiterate, as the sentences on the notes were all made up of the most basic Zerg words, and he had no difficulty reading them.
Wei Shao picked up the terminal packaging box next to the note and opened it with a little effort.
“…”
There was actually a ring-shaped terminal in the box.
If he remembered correctly, Philo's own wristband was a metal one, so why did his wristband become...
Although he knew that the ring might not have any special meaning in the eyes of the Zerg, after last night's conversation, Wei Shao really couldn't take it normal.
He slowly took the terminal out of the box, gestured with his hand, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
It's a pinky ring, judging by the size.
Wei Shao put it on his little finger and was surprised to find that the opening of this thing could actually automatically adjust with the thickness of the knuckles.
That’s right, after all, it’s the interstellar age, so we need to be more high-tech.
But he had no intention of moving the ring.
The terminal was in the correct position, and an operable light screen instantly appeared in front of Wei Shao's eyes, prompting him to select the visible range.
After selecting "visible only to myself", he immediately opened the payment account that Philo mentioned.
The moment the balance number popped up, Wei Shao's eyelids twitched heavily.
one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, hundred...
Even his own father had never been so generous to him.
An unprecedented sense of crisis crept into Wei Shao's heart - could it be that Philo had already treated him as a wife, bah, as a husband?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Wei Shao's ears suddenly felt hot. He paced back and forth restlessly, and at the same time found Philo's account in the terminal's address book and began to enter it.
Wei Shao: [General, are you there? 】
He continued typing: I have thought about what happened yesterday.
Philo: Is breakfast okay? 】
Wei Shao had no choice but to delete the half-typed words.
Wei Shao: [I haven’t eaten yet. 】
Philo: [Not to your liking? 】
Wei Shao: [No, I haven’t had time to wash up. 】
He typed again: Admiral, I already had the answer to your question yesterday, but I still don't think it's correct.
Philo: [Don’t worry, I have set up ‘special attention’ for your account, so you can receive messages at any time. 】
Wei Shao was stunned.
The avatar over there is black.
Wei Shao was even more stunned. He looked at the last sentence that Fei Luo sent and inexplicably... felt like he was being tricked and teased.
Thinking of Philo's cold and reserved face, Wei Shao shook his head, suspecting that he had washed his brain with water while taking a shower yesterday.
He walked into the bathroom with empty eyes, brushed his teeth and washed his face, then sat down at the dining table like a zombie and scooped a spoonful of soup made of unknown ingredients into his mouth.
His originally lifeless eyes suddenly widened, and he came back to life on the spot.
Good, very delicious.
Wei Shao had eaten in the university cafeteria for two years and thought he had become completely numb to the idea of eating, but now he found out that he was totally wrong.
In just ten minutes, he had devoured most of the food on the table.
He stared at the two small cakes left on the table, hesitated for two seconds, and finally reached out his hand.
His stomach, which was once eight-tenths full, instantly became nine-tenths full, and Wei Shao put down his knife and fork with restraint and regret.
He has stomach problems. Although his condition has improved a lot in the past two years, it is better not to commit suicide.
——You can eat the remaining piece later.
Wei Shao thought happily that it was the first time he discovered that the Zerg world was not that bad.
At least the food is good.
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The terminal that Philo gave him had high permissions, allowing him to view a map of the entire living area. The Canteen B mentioned on the note was not far away.
However, Wei Shao did not come out to find a place to eat in advance. He looked at the line displayed on the terminal and went straight to the gate of the living area.
The terminal on the little finger flashed spontaneously when it approached the access control panel, and with a "beep", the door opened.
The guard on duty today was replaced. He stood straight at his post without looking around.
Until the access control lock sent Wei Shao off with a sweet voice: "Have a safe journey, respected Philo family~"
The guard didn't move his head, but his eyes moved quietly. He met Wei Shao's eyes, unable to hide the shock in his eyes.
Wei Shao: "Ahem, bye."
The guard said solemnly, "Goodbye, Admiral's family."
“…”
Wei Shao fled in panic.
On the public magnetic car, Wei Shao's pinky ring was glowing faintly, and the search engine visible only to him was displaying information about the Zerg society.
Zerg laws stipulate that local governments must provide local underage male insects with a complete set of sophisticated breeding services, including but not limited to material supply, compulsory education, and the provision of pheromone purification equipment.
But these services will end one month before the male insect reaches adulthood, that is, when he is nineteen years and eleven months old.
Wei Shao also found out now that the Zerg become adults at the age of 20 - Philo really didn't wrongly accuse George of being that disgusting Zerg.
To get back to the point, due to the timeliness of the voluntary breeding service, almost all male insects will find one or more female insects before they reach adulthood to provide security for their adult lives.
As for why no male insects chose to fend for themselves, Wei Shao was also confused at first.
After learning about the employment environment of the Zerg, he understood.
The welfare policy of the Zerg is only for the male Zerg, which accounts for a very small proportion. The female Zerg, which accounts for the majority, have to study hard from birth to enter higher education institutions, or join the army to accumulate military merits, in order to gain their own place in society.
The territory ruled by the Satyad Empire covers two star systems and sixteen planets, but there are only twenty higher education colleges in the entire empire, and seven of them are on the Imperial Star.
To put it bluntly, everyone who can get into the college is a master of examination papers.
Male insects who have been pampered since childhood have neither the ability nor the need to compete with female insects.
They are born with everything the females want, so naturally they look down on the females' efforts.
The station announcement of the public magnetic car sounded crisply: "Dear passengers, the Imperial Star Business District is about to arrive. Passengers who want to get off, please wait at the secondary door~
Being tall also has its advantages. From the public magnetic car to the street, no insect recognized his real gender. There was even a delicate and petite male insect who came up to him to exchange terminal accounts.
Although this male insect was not as bad as George who harassed him that day, Wei Shao still found it difficult to have a good impression of them.
After he politely refused, the male insect showed an expression of disbelief and shame on his face: "You actually rejected me? How dare you, an elephant like you, reject me?"
"Elephant" is an insulting name used by male insects to refer to ordinary female insects, because they feel that ordinary female insects are just sturdy elephants compared to the delicate and lovely female sub-females!
If it weren't for the fact that the elephant's face looked really good, he would never have said this!
He still feels wronged!
Wei Shao's patience ran out, and he said coldly, "Sir, I am very busy, please don't waste my time."
He was in a hurry to finish his work and go back to eat the cake. Time is really precious.
The male insect who had approached her was completely dumbfounded. He stood there in a daze, his eyes red. "You, you bastard, what's your name! I'm going to the Male Insect Protection Association to sue you, this unreasonable female elephant!"
"I will keep my name wherever I go and my surname wherever I sit—Wei Shao." Wei Shao said these two words lightly and walked away.
He thought, go ahead and sue me, I’m an illegal resident.
"Just wait for me!!! Ugly elephant!" The male insect roared behind him.
Twenty minutes later, a tall young man came to Dixing Securities.
When the salesperson saw Wei Shao, he stopped yawning and immediately went forward to entertain him attentively.
The market economy of the Satyad Empire developed relatively slowly, and the stock market was not as standardized as the world where Wei Shao lived. Most exchanges were essentially betting houses, and anyone with a payment account could operate them.
Wei Shao smiled and rejected the salesperson's enthusiastic recommendation, and chose the one that didn't look very eye-catching among a bunch of stocks.
In order not to attract attention, he finally bought only 35 shares, and like all customers who came to try their luck, he prayed to the insect god before leaving.
Afterwards, Wei Shao took a walk around the commercial district and collected some recruitment information.
Just as he learned when he arrived, diplomas and skills are quite important in interviews.
Wei Shao began to calculate that if he started learning the Zerg culture from now on and then returned to his old profession - being admitted to the Finance Department of the School of Economics of the highly prestigious Imperial Star University, it would take at least four years for him to enter the workplace.
Four years of rent and food expenses, even if he worked part-time, would still be short of at least 100,000 SART in cash... This money could perhaps be obtained through stock trading.
One hundred thousand satres is not a small sum. The securities firms in the empire are all run by nobles and local tyrants. Even if we ignore the risks of stock speculation itself, he will get into trouble if he makes too much money.
Maybe I could borrow it from Philo?
This idea was quickly rejected by Wei Shao. Although Philo gave him a large amount of disposable funds, this was because Philo regarded him as his future partner, and this relationship itself was not valid.
If he had to settle for studying on a planet other than the Imperial Star, his future salary would inevitably be greatly reduced.
The taxes levied on male insects by the Satyad Empire were shockingly high, and a tiered tax system was implemented. The more partners a male insect had, the lower the tax rate he had to pay.
Wei Shao thought that as he had been a bachelor forever, he would probably have to sleep on the street after paying taxes.
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