Chapter 192 He is currently the only male insect in the entire royal family.
He pondered for a moment, then waved for them to sit down.
"I really like the plant you gave me. Let's eat first."
The Insect King has recently been able to eat natural food for a period of time thanks to the mechanical insects in the palace.
He had previously worried that if this kind of construction continued, the royal family's finances would become unsustainable.
It wasn't until he saw the accounts Eli gave him that he realized that even as the Insect King, he could afford to eat well.
In addition, the cooking program that Tan Chi inputted into the mechanical insects made the already delicious natural food even more delicious.
Then what more do you need?
Upon hearing this, Kano relaxed considerably and sat down next to Eli.
Letekar naturally heard the Insect King's words, and he realized that his relationship with Tan Chi had been quite sudden.
Although he had met the Insect King before, he had not given the Insect King anything at that time.
Seeing that Letekar was sitting to the side without any reaction, Tan Chi gently squeezed Letekar's palm under the table and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Letekar shook his head slightly. "It's nothing. I just heard the Insect King say he really likes green plants, and I wanted to give him some too..."
He knew how rare green plants were, and he also knew how incredibly expensive they were.
But when he thought of the green plants in his garden, Letekar fell silent again.
He had previously thought that when he saw the mechanical insects sending him flowers, Tan Chi had ordered them from the plant shop in advance.
But later, the mechanical insect said that all those green plants were cultivated by Tan Chi himself, and that there was even a greenhouse specially built for him at home.
Every day, the mechanical insect would go to the flower shop and select the best-blooming flower to deliver to him.
Although somewhat surprised, Letekar followed the mechanical insect to the greenhouse, where he saw an overwhelming number of greenhouses.
It's less like a greenhouse and more like... a flower factory?
Because at first glance, it's completely filled with green plants.
Moreover, he had never even seen many flowering green plants before.
Those were all greenhouses built by the male lord for his single insect.
As Lutekar thought of this, his gaze toward Tan Chi was filled with love.
He thought that since the Insect King also liked green plants, he could have the Mechanical Insect pick out a few nice ones and give them to the Insect King.
Tan Chi met Letekar's gaze and couldn't help but chuckle. He raised his hand and kissed it, then said, "You can send whatever you want, as long as you don't send your lord away. Everything else is up to you."
The Insect King glanced at Tan Chi, then pursed his lips in exasperation. The interaction between the two insects reminded him of their father. If it weren't for that accident, perhaps their father would still be alive...
Thinking of this, the Insect King's eyes dimmed even more.
Fortunately, he concealed it well and didn't let the other insects present notice anything amiss.
He cleared his throat and said, "I've heard that asteroids outside the Empire aren't very safe lately. If you don't have anything else to do, try to avoid going to other asteroids, understand?"
He could no longer bear losing any more of his parent insects.
Eli nodded knowingly, then followed up by asking, "What's happened to the other asteroids lately? Why are they so turbulent?"
He has been busy dealing with vegetables and fruits lately. Due to the joint operation of the three armed forces, he had accumulated a lot of things to deal with some time ago.
So after the three armies surrounded and suppressed him, he had to deal with the remaining business of vegetables and fruits while also helping Tan Chi control the comments on the Star Network.
They were so busy that they naturally had no time to pay attention to what was happening outside.
He knew that if things were serious, the legion would have already informed him.
Since there's no news, it means the situation isn't serious.
He ate the natural food on the table, and didn't forget to put some food further away for the little male insect.
Although he hadn't spent much time with the little male insect, he had already figured out most of its favorite foods.
His male insect's preferences are very simple, just like his life; a little investigation will make it clear.
It was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.
He loved to leave his own mark on this blank sheet of paper.
The Insect King looked at the two insects on his left who were being affectionate, and the two insects on his right who were sticky and slimy, and inexplicably felt that he was already a little full before he had even eaten.
He pursed his lips speechlessly before saying, "I heard that the Roronoa Pirate Gang has swindled a lot of money from other pirate groups, and now they're being hunted down by various pirate groups. They're roaming around everywhere, and we might just run into them."
Upon hearing the words "Roronoa," Tan Chi felt inexplicably guilty.
He recalled the state of the mechanical insects, leaving nothing behind, and knew that the Roronoa Pirates were in dire straits.
But then he thought about it again, as if he realized something, and looked up at Eli beside him and said, "Big brother, before... wasn't the Roronoa Pirates getting closer to the Second Legion?"
"It's more than just being close. Last time you and Kano were almost kidnapped, it was the work of the Second Legion and the Roronoa Pirates!"
When Eli thought about this, he felt really unlucky about that old man Simon!
This time, just crippling him is too lenient on him!
With the level of medical technology in their interstellar space, once his prosthetic limb was fitted, it was practically invisible under normal circumstances.
They just couldn't continue fighting on the front lines.
Tan Chi nodded, then casually asked, "Do you think that if the Roronoa Pirates are driven to a dead end, they might turn to the Second Legion again?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire restaurant fell silent.
The Insect King had to admit that none of them had considered this possibility.
Eli and the Insect King's gazes toward Tan Chi burned intensely once more.
Tan Chi: "..."
Did he say something outrageous?
"As expected of my brother, you actually thought of this! You're a genius!" Eli praised him without holding back.
The Insect King nodded in agreement, "Hmm, as expected of the smartest male insect in our royal family, he really thinks of everything!"
Tan Chi: "..."
Is it possible that he is currently the only male insect in the entire royal family?
Tan Chi blushed as he listened to their praise.
But seeing the expressions of agreement on Letecar and Cano's faces, Tan Chi felt even more ashamed.
Good heavens, he's a big shot from the apocalypse, and now he's being praised like a little bug by a bunch of bugs. He's so embarrassed his face is burning red!
Tan Chi couldn't stand the intense gazes and decisively changed the subject, "Shouldn't we do something in advance? After all, neither the Second Legion nor the Roronoa Pirates are easy to deal with..."
As he said this, he could only feign worry and frown, afraid that he might not have attracted the attention of the Insect King and Eli.
Fortunately, both insects fell silent after hearing this.
"The Roronoa pirate group is not a major concern; the real worry is that the Second Legion's insects might absorb the Roronoa pirate group into their legion..."
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