Chapter 51 Dormitory
After Major General Enoch left, life seemed to have changed nothing, yet everything seemed to have changed.
Xia Yi moved to the dormitory. He didn't want to go back and face the empty room alone. Thinking it was too pitiful for 02 to stay in the room alone, he took 02 to the dormitory as well.
The big hole on 02's head that was smashed by Major General Enoch in anger has been repaired, leaving only a shallow mark. The beauty-loving 02 is very sad, but is determined not to have it completely repaired.
"Scars are the robots' medals." 02 sobbed.
Xia Yi had to put a cartoon band-aid on it, and 02 was very satisfied with it.
The male insects here are treated very well. Although the dormitory is nominally shared by two male insects, it is actually a two-in-one suite, with each insect having a room and a small living room.
"Are you going to the library again?" Shang Jingrong said vaguely with potato chips in his mouth. He put his hands on the handle and stared at the screen intently.
It was not until the star beast in the picture was knocked to the ground that he turned his gaze to Xia Yi who was standing at the door.
"Yes." Shay nodded. The professor needed an assistant, and he was drafted by Professor Payne.
But his knowledge of Zerg was indeed insufficient, so he spent every day in the library to avoid the professor's glare and calling him a "ladybug that can only lie on roses."
Xia Yi felt that this sentence should be no different from the "embroidered pillow and a bag of straw" on Earth.
This is something Shay cannot accept.
When he was ill and unable to move, the only thing that could keep him company was books. In the end, he couldn't even turn the page...
Shang Jingrong showed sympathy. Professor Pine's personality was really weird. He didn't look like a male insect at all.
Poor Shay.
Xia Yi didn't feel sorry for himself. In fact, this kind of life was something he had never dared to imagine before.
He is busy but also fulfilled. He spends his weekdays in the library and on the training ground, and works on sunny days on weekends.
only……
Shay put the lemon into the shaker and smashed it a few times with an ice hammer. His attention was drawn to the news on the screen.
Due to the influence of the magnetic storm around the planet Houston, the images sent back to the main planet by reporters on the front line were intermittent and accompanied by noise.
——"Due to the magnetic storm, large starships are unable to dock with the docking port. The military female can only control the mecha to land alone."
In the camera, the reporter's expression is serious. Under the influence of the magnetic storm, the automatic protection function of the military starship has become ineffective. The dark blue transparent barrier continues to ripple, representing instability. The starship pilot needs to manually adjust the direction to avoid obstacles, and continuously send mechas and spacecraft to clean up the meteorite fragments speeding around.
Behind him, wounded soldiers were constantly being transported to military starships. The well-trained female soldiers could suffer such heavy losses. One can imagine how fierce the battle on the planet Houston was.
"According to the latest news, a new warp wormhole has been discovered in the southern part of the planet Houston. Furthermore, fragments of a giant worm exuvia have been found less than 500 kilometers from the wormhole, indicating the birth of a new mother worm."
"A military spokesperson stated that the Second Military Region has dispatched elite troops to the south to investigate, and urged the public not to panic."
Xia Yi gripped the ice hammer harder and harder. Zhao Xiuran whispered to her, "Although it's called hand-beaten lemon tea, just give it a couple of times. Otherwise, how long will it take you to finish so many cups?"
After hearing this, Xia Yi finally reacted and quickly poured the lemon juice in the shaker into a glass, added ice cubes and green tea, and placed it on a tray beside him.
Seeing his uneasy look, Zhao Xiuran sighed and said, "Don't worry too much. Major General Webster will be back safely."
But the war had gone on longer than they had expected.
I don’t know if it’s the influence of the newly formed wormhole, but the originally regular periodic magnetic storms on the planet Houston have become quite unstable, making it impossible for large weapons to be transported to the planet by warships.
The planet Houston itself is a D-class planet. It is not habitable due to frequent magnetic storms and has no rare energy sources. It only has relatively developed agriculture, vast land and sparse insects, so the planet's weapons reserves are seriously insufficient.
I think this is also the reason why the star beast chose this planet as the hatching place for the mother beast.
And... as far as he knew, the magnetic storm was getting more and more severe. At first, small spaceships could still dock at the harbor by manual piloting, but later on, only a single soldier could operate a mecha to land. Since the day before yesterday, there were periods when even the mecha would go out of control.
The situation is not optimistic.
He even had a premonition that this magnetic storm would only get worse until the mother insect devoured all the female insects on the planet Houston.
Maybe this was Xingzhi's trap?!
Thinking of this, Zhao Xiu Ran was shocked.
He pursed his lips, but didn't dare tell Xia Yi about this guess.
This was just his guess, and Xia Yi could only worry when he knew it.
Looking at the bright side, Major General Enoch's spiritual sea is in very good condition. He has made great achievements in battle, and this time he will definitely be able to kill Zhimu and return safely!
——
However, bad news came back from the front one after another.
The scope of the magnetic storm further expanded, and the warships were forced to retreat. The specially designed communication equipment to prevent magnetic storm interference had become ineffective, and the planet Houston was completely cut off from the outside world.
Because the warship berthing area is too far from the Houston planet, military females below level A cannot drive mechas across the magnetic storm layer, so after the Second Military Region, the Sixth and Seventh Military Regions also sent elites to the war zone.
The main planet also entered a state of war readiness. All major civilian jump stations have ceased use and been converted to military use. Alien residents need to undergo very strict review to travel to the main planet; the insect traffic on Cruze Avenue has dropped sharply, and even Qingtian was forced to post a notice of suspension of business on its official website; many professors in the Slane Military Academy have replaced them with senior students, and many A-level female insects have received special training notices sent by the school.
Most of the male insects studying in the military academy were taken back by their families, and the class that originally had more than 20 people suddenly became empty.
Xia Yi became more and more silent in such an atmosphere. Shang Jingrong wanted to stay with him, but his family had sent insects to take him home several times.
This time, four tall female insects came, and it looked like they were determined to tie me up and take me back.
"It's okay, go home and don't let your father worry." Xia Yi comforted him, "I will stay in the dormitory and not go anywhere. Are you still worried about the security in the military academy?"
"But……"
"Okay, go back! Haven't you been home for a long time?"
Shang Jingrong was reluctantly taken back to his family. He wanted Xia Yi to go back with him, but Xia Yi shook her head and refused.
"I haven't finished the project Professor Pine assigned to me."
After finally sending Shang Jingrong away, the originally bustling dormitory suddenly became very quiet.
Xia Yi leaned against the door and let his mind go blank for a few seconds.
In the living room, Shang Jingrong's unpacked potato chips were still placed on the coffee table, the energy light in the game cabin was still on, his door was wide open, the bedding was piled messily on the bed, and there were a few loose jellies at the foot of the bed.
It wasn't until 02 gently nudged Shay's calf that Shay came back to his senses. He bent down and patted 02's head, rolled up his sleeves, and began to clean up the mess in the room.
He hung the scattered clothes one by one in the closet, turned off the power of the game cabin, and put the snacks into the storage box.
02Followed him closely like a puppy.
After finishing everything, Xia Yi sat down on the floor mat against the sofa.
The chubby robot kindly brought a cup of hot tea.
"I have a home too." 02 heard the male insect say softly. Its sophisticated program keenly captured the male insect's depressed mood.
“My family just didn’t come back.”
"He will be back."
02 Raise your own temperature and gently stick close to the male insect.
Like a puppy.
Xia Yi noticed 02's action. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted its round head.
In the evening, Xia Yi had just finished taking a shower when he saw the terminal he had taken off vibrating wildly.
There were four or five missed calls and a string of messages.
Xia Yi looked carefully and saw that it was a message from Shang Jingrong.
——"Shay, are you in school? Get out of here!"
——"Hurry up and find a place to hide! Don't bring the terminal! Or go to Major General Webster's home!"
——"No, you'd better find a place to hide first!"
What happened? Before Xia Yi could think about it, Shang Jingrong called again.
Xia Yi quickly answered the call, and heard Shang Jingrong's usually cheerful voice become rapid and heavy.
"Shay! You finally answered the phone!"
"Hide somewhere quickly!"
"The magnetic storm on the planet Houston is already so severe that even A-class female insects piloting mechas can't successfully cross it. However, this morning, a team successfully crossed the magnetic storm zone!"
"This team doesn't have an S-rank female Zerg leader, and its strength isn't particularly impressive! But it does have a male Zerg medic!"
Hearing this, Xia Yi looked solemn.
He had seen a theory in the library: the Star Beasts and the Zerg had the same origin, but were separated from the Zerg due to a catastrophe in ancient times. Over time, they became two species.
For the Star Beast, their favorite prey is not female insects, but high-level male insects.
The pheromones emitted by high-level male insects are not only fatally attractive to female insects, but also to star beasts. Their pheromones can also awaken the spiritual sea of star beasts and give them wisdom.
Shang Jingrong then said, "This is an A-level male insect. The military suspects that the mother insect can control magnetic storms and deliberately allowed the male insect to enter."
"After testing," Shang Jingrong paused, "the military discovered that A-level male insects can enter magnetic storm zones."
"The aircraft cannot be used. There are not many high-level male insects who can pilot mechas and are also of civilian origin."
A male insect whose mental power level has not been officially registered.
A male insect that can drive a mecha.
A male insect of humble origin with no family support.
More than just not many?
The only suitable one is Shay.
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