Chapter 71 Hammock
There is a small town in the oasis near the lake.
Calling it a town is a stretch. It's not very large, with only a few buildings, all of which are wooden.
The tallest is just a four-story tower in the center.
Before Lightan was "rescued", he temporarily lived in the tower.
"Lins, are you really going to go into town with me?" Lightan rubbed the dust off his fingers. "Actually, you don't have to go back to shower."
He looked a little worried, after all, there were quite a few senior female insects walking around in the city.
If Lins sends him in, will he be eliminated? And he hasn't had enough fun yet.
Lins laughed, a dimple faintly visible on the right side of his cheek. "The conditions in the wild are harsh. If you didn't get enough rest because of me, it's my fault."
"And I have a backup plan."
He blinked, tilted his head to the right, and looked at Ashley. "If my plan doesn't work, I'll have to trouble Senior Ashley to come into town and rescue me."
Ashley had already jumped onto the treetop. He leaned against the branch, legs crossed, and looked relaxed. He nodded when he heard this.
He didn't care at all about the fully armed senior female insects in the city.
For Ashley, these female insects are not good enough.
He is arrogant, and he has the capital to do so.
After getting Ashley's promise, Lins brought Lightan to the city gate.
The moment Lightan appeared, Lins was surrounded by female insects.
They were all wearing the same breathing apparatus, so their faces couldn't be seen clearly. To avoid scaring the distinguished male insect, the "kidnappers" didn't dare point their guns at Lins.
Lins continued walking towards the city with Lightan, saying, "Your Excellency, Male Insect, your hands are covered in dust. Please boil some water quickly. You need to rest."
He waved his hands, as naturally as if he were the master returning to his own house.
However, no female insect dared to neglect the male insect. Some of them actually retreated to prepare hot water for the male insect.
After Lightan was invited to the tower by the servants he brought with him, the leading female insect stood in front of him. Lins looked up and found that it was still a familiar old face.
Sari Winkle was looking at Lins unkindly: "How dare you come here alone?"
He had seen a lot of Lins's tricks and really didn't know what this female insect wanted to do here.
"I'm here to give the seniors a small suggestion."
"Bribing the examiner is prohibited."
"It's not a bribe." Lins shrugged. "It's a win-win situation."
Sari Winkle frowned and listened to Lins continue.
"The third-year seniors must also want to spend more time with Mr. Male Insect." Male insects release pheromones, and even if they do not have close contact with female insects, the surrounding female insects can benefit from it.
These female insects participating in the training are still military academy students. Their mental problems are not serious, and this level of contact can be regarded as a chronic treatment.
"As for me, I'm not strong enough to provide the male insect with a better quality of life in the dense forest. In order to prevent His Excellency the Male Insect from suffering any injustice, I have no choice but to invite His Excellency the Male Insect to come into the city."
"I'll come back to 'rescue' you during the day, and at night, the seniors will guard you." Lins raised the corner of his mouth, and one of his dimples was deeply sunken. "You can do both."
Sari Winkle frowned: "You are really weird."
The possessiveness inherent in female insects determines that they will never do this.
The pheromones of male insects are the rarest resource. Since Lins has successfully rescued the male insect, he should work hard to improve his favorability. Even if he cannot become a female monarch, he may be able to get a female servant to be his.
At this time, Instructor Yang Li came over from the side.
He looked at Lins and asked, "Are you afraid of being intercepted?"
"Or do you just want to intercept it at the last minute? So why not just send you back to the city?" Yang Li continued, "Skip the process, just focus on the result."
Well, Lins did think so, but he couldn't say it that way.
He coughed lightly and said, "I'm afraid that His Excellency the Male Insect isn't living comfortably enough."
Yang Li said with a cold expression, "I think you want to attract another batch of female insects and catch them all in one fell swoop."
"Instructor Yang made me sound like a bitch."
"Aren't you?"
"cough."
Lins wasn't really like that; he only scored to be in the same class as Ashley. He simply wanted to see the extent of the male insect's influence on the female insect.
Today, a female insect was willing to exchange all her points for a position closer to the male insect, which shocked him.
While all Sentinels yearn for a Guide, they are certainly not as fanatical as the Zerg.
Ultimately, the ratio of Sentinels to Guides is far less unbalanced than the male-female ratio of the Zerg.
He is not a dog, he is just an ordinary fun-loving person.
Moreover, once he had Wright settled in town, he and Ashley could find a place to get a full night's sleep instead of having to prepare for battle all night to prevent being attacked by other female insects.
"You're a perfect candidate for a military female." Instructor Yang sighed. "I don't think you'll even need to do pheromone countermeasure training."
If even male insects can't seduce him, what else can?
Lins couldn't tell whether Instructor Yang was praising him or mocking him, so he simply asked, "Instructor, do you agree to my proposal?"
Unexpectedly, Instructor Yang Li nodded decisively: "Do you really think we would let the distinguished male insect spend the night in the wild?"
"If you don't take the initiative to send Mr. Male Insect back, there will be another tough battle tonight." Yang Li was still worried about what to do with Ashley. If the fight started later, his frenzy value would sound the alarm again.
But no one is willing to waste such a good S+ seedling.
Lins raised an eyebrow and glanced at the stunned Sari Winkle. "No way, even the seniors don't know. Did the instructors do it themselves?"
The protection of male Zerg in the Zerg world is truly amazing.
Yang Li said no more, waved his hand and let Lins go.
Who knew that Lightan's servant told Lins to go to the tower and wait, and he wanted to have dinner with him.
"Good boy." Yang Li patted Lins' shoulder. It is not easy to get the favor of a male insect.
Sari Winkle also looked at Lins with a complicated expression.
How lucky was this guy that he actually got the chance to have dinner with a male insect.
The male insect's words are orders, and no one cares about Lins's thoughts.
Lins actually wanted to find Ashley.
He sighed.
Ashley shouldn't take action so quickly after just a meal.
——
Lins still underestimated the male insect's pomp.
Even in this small place that is not even a town, in this tower where you can't even tell if the wood is rotten.
The floor was covered with soft velvet carpets and the furniture in the house was urgently replaced.
Lins was dragged into the bathroom by the sub-females to wash up again, and was even asked to change into new clothes before being allowed in.
The sub-female's original words were: "What if the dust on your body accidentally chokes Lord Lightan?"
When Lins stepped into the room, flowers and candlesticks were already arranged on the long table. Lins waited for more than ten minutes before Lightan finally arrived.
He changed into softer home clothes, and his freshly washed, fluffy curly hair was tied back with a ribbon.
"Lins, sit down quickly." Lightan invited. When Lins sat down, he found that there was an extra set of tableware in front of him.
As the delicacies were served one after another, a servant quickly walked behind Lins, leaned over and whispered, "Lord Lightan is a mysophobe and prefers sweet food to spicy food. Please don't make any mistakes."
The attendant quickly withdrew, and they were alone in the room.
Lightan looked at Lins with a blushing face.
Lins was a little hungry. He hadn't had a proper meal for several meals in a row and had been relying on nutritional supplements and bread.
After the Zerg, his taste buds were liberated, no longer having to eat bland sentinel meals. Seeing this feast, he was actually a little hungry.
He handed the cutlery on the table to Lightan.
Lightan was stunned: "Have you never eaten with a male insect?"
"What?"
Lightan propped his face up with his hands. “It’s just the dining etiquette required by the Xiongbao Association.”
Even though Lightan has just reached adulthood, he has already had blind dates with many female insects.
According to the etiquette of the Zerg, when female and male insects have dinner together, the female insects need to serve the dishes. They need to understand the tastes and preferences of the male insects in advance. They also need to pay attention to the movements of the male insects at all times during the meal and pay attention to where their eyes are fixed so that they can pick up the dishes in time.
If a female insect fails to do this, it means she is not sincere and considerate enough, and the male insect will refuse to date her next time.
Just now, Lightan specifically asked his servant to remind Lins of his dietary preferences!
Only then did Lins realize that the extra set of cutlery was for him to serve food to Lightan.
He sighed, thinking in his heart that there is really no free lunch in the world.
Lightan's cheeks were already puffed up.
He didn't think Lins didn't know this etiquette, he felt that Lins didn't pay enough attention to him.
Lins expressed his confusion about this etiquette and continued to hand the cutlery to Lightan.
Lightan glared at him angrily: "What?"
"Sir Lightan." Lins smiled. "Wouldn't it feel better to control your own food rather than handing it over to the female insects?"
"For me, eating the food I want with every bite is much more important than seeing if a female insect can guess what I want."
Lightan snorted, but his brows gradually relaxed.
He muttered, "You don't know, it's so annoying every time I see those female insects can't understand my expressions."
“So I don’t want to go to dinner with them…”
Lins always eats very seriously. To be honest, this is the first time he has had such a good meal since he came to the Zerg.
The chefs who serve the male insects are all star-rated and the dishes they cook are very delicious.
His movements were quick, but not crude, and rather pleasing to the eye. Looking at him, Lightan unconsciously ate an extra bowl.
The atmosphere between the two was harmonious for a while until Lins heard a crash outside.
"Are we going to have anything else to do next?" Lightan pricked up his ears upon hearing the voice. He took out a towel and nodded reservedly, his sky-blue eyes sparkling. "I've finished my meal."
It seems that this little male insect is also a person who is eager to create chaos in the world.
Lins's eyelids jumped. Could this movement be Ashley? No way, it's only been three hours.
He picked up the last piece of sweet and sour pork ribs with chopsticks and chewed it quickly twice.
The attendant poked his head out of the door and said, "Don't worry, sir. There will be many freshmen coming to visit tonight, but our guards will not let you spend the night in the wild."
He cursed softly, "These guys really don't know etiquette."
Lightan realized that this was not what Lins had arranged, and he felt rather bored. He yawned and said, "These female insects are really useless. They're still making so much noise at this hour of night."
Lins stood up and bowed to Lightan. "Sir Lightan, please allow me to go out and check the situation."
He was going back to find Ashley.
"Then I'll go rest first." Lightan shook his head gently, his sky-blue eyes filled with sleepiness, "I'm so tired today."
In most cases, noble male insects do not worry about their own safety, as they are well aware of their own preciousness.
All the female insects here will risk their lives to protect his safety.
The sub-female who had been guarding the door stepped forward immediately upon hearing this, and couldn't help but glare at Lins when she passed by.
If it weren't for this female insect messing around, taking the male insect to stay in the dense forest for a whole afternoon, and even setting traps with her own hands, would Lord Lightan be so tired!
When they went out, Lins did not go out, but turned over and jumped to the top of the tower.
In the Zerg world, although he could no longer merge with his spiritual body, many of the characteristics of the interspotted spider were still retained.
His fangs can secrete toxins and produce spider silk, and his fingers can produce countless barbs invisible to the naked eye when necessary to increase friction.
He stood silently on the top of the tower.
The night wind is clear, there is no moon here, and there are only a few lights in the small town.
The darkness swallowed everything.
In fact, the eyesight of the spotted spider was not very good. Last night in the desert, the moon-like satellite provided enough light for him to not feel it clearly. But tonight, in the dark, he could see clearly.
Lins discovered that his night vision was now even better than when he was a Sentinel. Could this be a physical characteristic of the Zerg?
Then Ashley's six extra eyes are not used to fill in the light.
Lins was amused by his own thoughts. He stood on the roof, his tall figure like a bamboo shadow, as if he wanted to merge into the boundless night.
The night wind blew coolly on his face. He simply closed his eyes and amplified his other senses - a habit he acquired during his time as a sentinel.
Tremor.
wind.
sound.
And the smell of blood.
Lins frowned. This training session shouldn't have such a strong smell of blood.
After all, the students on the training march are freshmen, and the trials conducted by the seniors are full of teasing - for example, the umbrella wrapped like a gun, but they will not kill the freshmen.
Apparently, he was not the only one who noticed this. Lins saw several figures coming out of the tower.
One of them commanded, "Protect His Excellency."
Then he led four or five figures to the place where the bloody smell came from.
Lins followed them into the night.
——
"You can actually come back!" a voice sneered.
"Does the suppression ring feel good?" He sneered and spat out the blood in his mouth. "What do you think they think of you? You're just a dog of the Empire."
"Ashley."
"Go back to your garbage."
He was answered by a sweeping kick, but he failed to dodge it and was kicked in the abdomen by Ashley's sweeping leg.
He fell heavily to the ground, and Ashley in front of him still maintained his human form.
He stepped on the female insect on the ground with his long legs in combat boots. He applied force slowly, and after a teeth-grinding sound, he could see the protruding sternum of the female insect cave in.
However, the female insect lying on the ground remained fearless, with maliciousness in her deep yellow eyes: "Do you dare to step on me again, Ashley?"
He was spitting blood but still defiant.
"Stomp on it, keep stomping on it, just like you killed your other comrades—"
I don't know which word stimulated Ashley, and the red marks on his face began to tremble.
His calm expression changed.
The yellow-eyed female took the opportunity to push him away. He sat up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Don't come near the students again, bug."
"Garbage should not be in the military, let alone on campus."
"Experimental garbage like you should have been destroyed long ago—"
"Arthur!" The leader was Instructor Yang Li, who called out Arthur's name.
The light spots of the laser guns in the hands of the other female soldiers appeared on Ashley's chest at the same time.
"Ashley, I'm so disappointed in you!"
Instructor Yang Li said in a deep voice, and the other female soldiers hurriedly went up to help the yellow-eyed female insect lying on the ground.
Ashley said nothing.
He stood silently under the tree, like a shadow that was about to merge into the darkness.
Only the faintly glowing suppression ring around his neck revealed his presence.
So sharp, so unruly.
Yang Li felt sad about this, but he had to be responsible for the rest of the students.
He took out the controller, and a strong blue-purple light lit up from Ashley's neck, illuminating his entire face from bottom to top.
Ashley's scarlet gaze was fixed on nowhere, and the other six red marks on his face looked like hideous scars.
The pain from the electric shock made his veins bulge and he twitched involuntarily but made no sound.
The other female insects were ready to arrest Ashley, who was unconscious due to the electric shock.
However, the next moment, Yang Li felt his hand lighten.
The blue-purple light dimmed instantly.
The light went from bright to dark, and when Ashley's sight fixed again, a figure appeared in front of him.
He fiddled with the powered-off controller, legs apart, weight on his right leg, looking particularly relaxed. "Oh, I almost lost my teammates."
"Lin Si." Instructor Yang's voice was cold. He looked at Lin Si, not expecting a freshman to be able to snatch the controller from him. "You are disrupting official business."
"I just think it's unfair," Lins said. He stood in the shadows, Ashley's crimson eyes visible behind him. His own amber eyes shone captivatingly in the darkness. "The instructors don't even know why they're clashing. Senior Ashley should be waiting for me in the woods by now."
Their eyes are not similar in shape, but the sparkling light is exactly the same.
Before Yang Li could say anything, the female soldier next to Arthur spoke first: "Ashley has injured Instructor Arthur so badly! His mental state is so frantic that he shouldn't be allowed into the school!"
"This lunatic!"
Lins glanced at Arthur, who was still spitting blood: "So it's the instructor."
He didn't say anything else, but it made people feel unnecessarily sarcastic.
A female soldier who has been to the battlefield is no more than this.
"Instructor Yang Li, I'm requesting access to the surveillance footage," Lins said sternly. "How did Senior Ashley's respirator disappear?"
The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Yang Li looked at Ashley, and he indeed did not have a special respirator on his face.
Fortunately, the white-eyed flowers don't bloom at night, and the fragrance has dissipated a lot. If it were daytime, the false estrus caused by the fragrance would drive all the female insects crazy.
Not to mention Ashley, whose spiritual sea is extremely unstable.
But the lingering scent of flowers at night still posed a risk, and when the teaching officials came out, no one forgot to wear a respirator.
"Senior Ashley has been keeping the suppression ring on, which is why he hasn't gone completely berserk." Lins was very sensitive to light, and he had just noticed the abnormal light around Ashley's neck.
He continued, "Last time I heard, the suppression ring is connected to the Internet in real time. Could you please check it out?"
"He relied on electric shocks to maintain his consciousness, so I don't think Ashley had any intention of harming Instructor Arthur."
"Otherwise, Instructor Arthur wouldn't be able to sit here now."
Since Ashley didn't want to kill Arthur, he wouldn't take the initiative to take off the respirator.
Continuous low-energy electric shocks are not comfortable, and no one would seek to inflict them.
Instructor Yang Li raised his hand and lowered the laser gun aimed at Ashley.
"I will investigate this matter." He said in a deep voice. He glanced at the controller in Lins's hand and did not ask for it back.
"Thank you, Instructor Yang." Lins stepped forward and returned the controller to Yang Li. He had an innocent expression, and there was no trace of his sharp look just now.
"Instructor, can you give me a new respirator?"
Yang Li glared at him, took back the controller, removed the highest-level chip, and then threw the controller and the spare respirator to him.
"Hold it well."
After all, Lins is the freshman closest to Ashley. If Ashley is in a bad condition, he can handle it in time with the controller.
Moreover, he has removed the highest-level chip, so there is no need to worry about Ashley's life safety.
"Instructor, can you give me your contact information?" Linston paused. "The respirator filter needs to be replaced."
"212830."
They quickly returned to town with Arthur.
Arthur was seriously injured, but fortunately, since this was a male insect trip, they had all the equipment and supplies, even two advanced repair cabins.
The wind gently swayed the shadows of the trees, and the moon-like satellite that had been hiding behind the dark clouds also peeked out.
The moonlight was cold, slanting down from the shadows of the trees, illuminating Ashley's face.
"Senior, put it on first. Let's go to an open area." Lins said as he handed the respirator to Ashley.
Ashley's scarlet eyes were fixed on Lins.
Lins took two steps forward, confused.
Just then, he smelled a strong smell of blood.
"Are you hurt?"
Relying on the moonlight, Lins found a wet mark on Ashley's black combat uniform.
There was a scar on his shoulder.
"Let's go to the repair bay. It should be free today."
"No need." Ashley refused. He put his backhand on his shoulder blade, and several white threads flowed out from the wound.
After a while, the wound stopped cracking and turned into a centipede that looked somewhat hideous.
"Tsk." Lins sighed at the female insect's healing ability.
"Why?" Ashley suddenly asked.
Lins was stunned for a moment, then shrugged: "Senior Ashley, you are my golden thigh."
"They eliminated you. What will I do as a weak insect that can't take care of itself?"
He smiled, a dimple deep in his right cheek.
Ashley's gaze inexplicably lingered on it for a moment.
Want to poke.
"Senior Ashley, humans, no, insects have mouths. Besides eating, they can also talk." Lins continued, "Your respirator was damaged by that Arthur, right?"
"Why not?"
Ashley didn't answer.
He remained silent, like a saw-mouthed gourd.
Lins didn't care, he already knew what kind of person Ashley was.
He can't explain anything, yet he has extremely high fighting power and looks so fierce.
No wonder Ashley in the original world was misunderstood, blamed, and betrayed by everyone. No one believed that he really wanted to return to normal life.
"Why don't you hire me as your spokesperson?" Lins said, "I'm pretty good with my mouth."
He joked casually, not expecting Ashley to respond.
Who knew that Ashley, who had been silent just now, suddenly said: "Yeah."
Lins raised an eyebrow: "Then...what do you do when I say something?"
"Um."
Lins became interested, and he raised his voice, "I want to make a super soft hammock for my friend Lins so he can have a good sleep."
Ashley didn't answer him.
Lins walked forward and heard no movement for a long time. He turned back with amusement and saw that Ashley's lower body had transformed into its original form, moving very agilely between the tree trunks.
He stood under three trees.
Then a huge soft net gradually took shape.
After a moment, Ashley stopped.
He stood beside Lins, still silent.
"Senior Ashley." Lins held up his hand to hide his uncontrollable smile, "You're a little too cute."
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