Chapter 5: Alert
At Anlang's strong request, the doctor arrived with the sub-female who was responsible for reviewing the qualifications of the call girls.
"You dare to bring the female insects offered by the Orchid Clan into the palace? I think you don't want to live anymore!" Zhong Tao scolded harshly.
The chubby, obviously older sub-female fell to her knees with a thud: "It's unfair!"
"You mean you don't know he's a female insect offered by the Orchid Clan?"
The fat female's eyes, which were squeezed narrow by the fat on her face, glanced at An Lang, as if she wanted to say something but didn't dare to.
An Lang frowned: "If you have something to say, say it quickly!"
"A year ago, your subordinate, your subordinate, once asked His Highness about his preferences..." Fatty Ya was determined, "Your Highness said that he likes young and good-looking girls!"
"You said at the time: 'Military females are ugly and stupid, but unawakened females are more appealing. It would be nice to have females that never grow up.'"
As soon as he finished speaking, An Lang felt that all eyes in the audience were focused on him.
But the fat Asian female was completely unaware. He squeezed out two tears and began to express his sincerity, "I have been searching for a long time before I found this beautiful female insect who cannot awaken! I knew at the time that he was offered by the Orchid Clan and didn't want to let him in, but I really couldn't find him!"
"The more powerful female insects awaken earlier, and they can revert to their ancestral form even when they are still insect pups. Female insects with congenital defects are mostly deformed, so he is the only one who is suitable!"
"And the Lan tribe said that he was born with glandular dysplasia and would never harm Your Highness."
"I couldn't make up my mind and asked Your Highness. At that time, Your Highness said he liked it, and then I allowed him to serve in the palace. Otherwise, even if I had a hundred courages, I would not dare to look for the insects offered by the Orchid Clan!" The fat female said with tears and snot.
"Okay, stop talking." An Lang covered his face in pain.
Fat Asian woman was asked to leave, and Zhong Tao looked at him with a hesitant look.
An Lang hadn't expected the original owner to be so perverted, actually refining copper! Furthermore, he truly didn't value the lives of female insects. Finding a female insect that never grew up was like finding a puppy that never grew up.
"Hurry up and treat Lan Xiu." An Lang rubbed his face, then put it down helplessly. He had to take the blame for this shiny black pot on his back.
The doctor stepped forward and prepared to pick up Lan Xiu, but Lan Xiu leaned back with great force.
“No…don’t!”
An inarticulate cry came out of his throat, and Anlang could even hear the gurgling sound of blood blocking his throat.
No one expected that Lan Xiu would want to escape even though he was so injured. He squatted in the corner vigilantly like a stressed cat.
Is it the original shadow?
The doctor couldn't help, which made him even more scared, but he... uh, no matter how he looked at it, Lan Xiu wouldn't let him hold him.
"Lan Xiu, don't be afraid. We won't hurt you anymore, but your injuries are serious and you need treatment. Please don't move, okay?"
An Lang squatted down and spoke to him in a low voice.
But before he could stretch out his hand, the color on Lan Xiu's face faded visibly. He covered his face with his arms in fear and wanted to get up and retreat, but there was no way to retreat, so he could only stand stiffly in place.
"Come, don't be afraid, brother will hold you."
An Lang sighed, reached out and held Xiao Chong in his arms, and touched the child's soft black hair. The guilt in his heart became more and more serious. "It's okay, it's okay."
The thin boy lay stiffly in his arms, feeling hot and scalding. His hands, stained with blood, dared neither wrap around his neck nor push away his shoulders, so they could only hang stiffly in the air.
Zhong Tao suddenly stepped forward and gave him an injection of anesthetic, and the next second, Lan Xiu collapsed completely.
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When he got the examination report, the doctor couldn't help but sigh.
"How is it? Is the situation not good?" An Lang looked at the boy with his eyes closed and asked the doctor in a low voice.
The doctor frowned. As an elderly female, he always felt a bit of pity for such a young child. "This female has been malnourished for a long time and has almost no glands."
"If he's taken good care of, he might have a chance to grow up. But if he continues to be tortured like this, his glands will completely dry up, and he'll only have three or four years to live."
The Zerg have a long lifespan, with an average lifespan of up to 200 years. Lan Xiu is only 15 years old, which is completely considered a minor.
An Lang's face changed slightly. He didn't expect that the boy's body was so badly injured.
"Then how can we treat him? He's still young...it's such a pity."
"Your Highness, there is not much research on the secondary awakening of female insects at present. If..." The doctor paused. He looked at An Lang and found that his personality was not similar to the rumored prince.
He weighed the matter for a moment before continuing, "I see that His Highness doesn't have many insects serving him. If possible, you might as well keep him by your side. Regarding secondary awakening, I once read a paper in which the author suggested that male insect pheromones can induce secondary awakening in female insects."
"But he only has a couple of cases, so the accuracy remains to be verified."
An Lang nodded. Lan Xiu was so pitiful. It would be great if he could help him awaken a second time and become a healthy insect.
After the doctor left, An Lang asked Zhong Tao, who had been following him the whole time, "Why did you hit Lan Xiu? Is it because he's from the Lan clan?"
Zhong Tao pursed his lips and knelt in front of An Lang. He held his back straight and raised both hands, revealing a black whip. "Your Highness, please punish me."
"Why should I hit you?" An Lang laughed angrily. He was really annoyed by the people around him who would kneel down and kowtow at every turn.
"I'm asking you if there's something wrong with the Lan Clan? Why are you reacting so strongly?"
Zhong Tao sighed.
I remember that the Orchid Clan was once very prosperous. They were not only beautiful, but also very strong. Although they were as gorgeous as delicate flowers, they were ruthless when killing star beasts, which was very consistent with the aesthetic taste of Zerg males.
Several successive princes were accompanied by members of the Orchid Clan, who were called the "Queen of the Mantis Clan".
The incident happened ninety years ago, when the previous lord also married a member of the Lan tribe as a female servant.
"That Fast Gilbert may be handsome, but he is more terrifying than snakes and scorpions!"
"Scorpions will never harm young males! But he..."
An Lang asked curiously, "What did he do?"
"He was extremely jealous. Unsatisfied with the Male Lord's favor towards him, he actually killed the children conceived by the Male Lord and the previous Mantis Lord, including a male insect cub!"
"They even cut slices of the male's flesh and ate them... uh..." Zhong Tao realized that he couldn't continue to deepen His Highness's fear of female insects, so he quickly swallowed his words. "If the previous previous Mantis Lord hadn't arrived in time, their only female cub—the previous Mantis Lord—would have been killed as well."
The Mantis Clan had already changed.
An Lang tilted his head and thought about it, and realized that this Fast Gilberg was his female servant from the previous generation.
An Lang has also roughly understood the inheritance method of the mantis tribe during this period. Both female and male insects have the right of inheritance, but the position of mantis leader is more inclined to female insects.
The reason is very simple. The Mantis Clan is warlike, and it is difficult for them to hold on to this position without absolute military power.
Regardless of whether the mantis owner is from the same family or from another family, the next generation of descendants will all be named "Kefeilin".
However, due to the extremely disparate gender ratio, even if he is a mantis lord, it does not hinder his male lord's right to take a concubine.
"However, what's even worse is that he did these things when the male master was still alive..." In other words, the male insect watched himself being eaten, and his female insect cubs also watched the whole process from the side.
"That's why the previous Mantis Lord hated the Orchid Clan so much. After so many bloodbaths, the Orchid Clan hasn't produced any outstanding insect creatures in generations! Fast Gilberg's branch was even more devastated and scattered. If the Insect Emperor hadn't ordered the extermination of the species, the Orchid Clan would have surely died out."
An Lang once again realized the brutality of the Zerg.
"Oh, right..." Zhong Tao suddenly remembered something and continued, "Didn't Your Highness ask me about the mantis with white hair and pink eyes this morning?"
"Pure-blooded Orchids are indeed more likely to have white hair and pink eyes. Those with white hair and pink eyes are all exceptionally beautiful insects. It was with this beauty that Fast Gilberg impressed the then Mantis Lord, who insisted on taking him as his female servant."
“!”
Seeing An Lang's shocked expression, Zhong Tao thought his persuasion had worked, so he continued, "So, Your Highness, don't take beautiful female insects lightly. The more beautiful a female insect is, the more likely she is to deceive!"
White hair and pink eyes!
Brutal force!
There is a blood feud between him and me!
An Lang is already ninety-nine percent certain that the female insect that killed him in the original world line is from the Lan tribe!
If you think about it this way, Lan Xiu is a very dangerous candidate!!!
He is from the Lan tribe, is weak, and can lurk beside him.
And it is very likely that the glands were lost due to the original body's bad habits.
I qiao!
"Zhong Tao, help me contact a doctor!"
The video call was connected quickly. The old female sitting in the aircraft obviously didn't know why His Highness interrupted him.
"Doctor, I have a question. Is Lan Xiu's appearance disguised? I mean, are his hair and eye color natural?"
The old female nodded. When they examined Lan Xiu just now, they had already scanned the physiological characteristics of the female insect and found no problems, so he dared to plead for him.
"OK, thanks!"
After hanging up the phone, An Lang breathed a sigh of relief. Lan Xiu had black hair and red eyes, while the bug in the card had white hair and pink eyes. He believed that the system would not be so cruel as to make the only clue it gave be a false one.
He must have read too many novels, and every one he saw was the hero who endured humiliation and finally fought back.
The alarm is lifted.
I feel so sorry for Lan Xiu. He was chosen to be the bamboo thrower because of his own reasons, and suffered unexpected disaster because of it. It’s such a sin.
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Later, when Ome was reporting to the Lord God why the host fell in love with the culprit of the turmoil in the small world, he came across this paragraph.
It was wondering, if Anlang had been more vigilant, or if it had deciphered the source code of this world earlier, would this world be destroyed or continue to function?
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