Chapter 72 Rules
Ashley froze, not knowing how to respond to Lins.
Lins was already standing in front of the tree and fell backwards.
The soft spider silk surrounded him like a cloud.
More supportive than Simmons mattress.
Lins happily rolled a few times in the middle.
There's nothing you can do about it, it's the nature of the spider. They love surfing the Internet!
Unfortunately, Lins himself could not weave such a fine web, mainly because the spinning machine could not withstand such use.
"Senior Ashley, let's go together."
He lay on it and invited.
Ashley stood still.
Spider silk shot out from Lins's hand and wrapped around Ashley's arm in circles.
"Come on, it's spacious here."
They all had to find a place to sleep tonight anyway, so wasn't this net the best place?
Does Ashley have to weave a new web himself? That's such a waste.
Even if you have money, you can't waste it like this! The spinning machine is about to smoke!
Ashley's body was stiff, and he was pulled to the web by the thin spider silk.
They lay side by side on the soft big net.
Because the weave is fine enough, it won't be constricting at all.
And because it was made of mesh, it was extremely breathable. A slight night breeze blew, allowing Lins to close his eyes comfortably.
He lay on his back and could see the stars high in the sky through the branches.
Scattered, providing a faint light.
He let out a long breath.
"Thank you for your hospitality, senior." He said while turning his head to the side.
Ashley was also lying on her back.
His profile is very handsome, with a straight nose like a sharp mountain.
Three red marks slanted across the cheeks, like ancient pictures and text.
Lins was simply passionate about Ashley's other six eyes.
He asked again: "Senior, what exactly are these eyes used for?"
Ashley tilted her head.
The two could hear each other's breathing.
Ashley smelled an inexplicable fragrance, a bit like white-eyed flower, but more dazzling than it.
He closed his eyes and frowned.
"Respirator."
Lins then remembered and quickly put the respirator on Ashley's face.
Ashley's chest heaved, and that inexplicable fragrance seemed to still linger at the tip of his nose.
His throat burned, his heart scalded.
"Controller."
Ashley's somewhat dry voice came from behind the mask.
The smile on Lins's face gradually disappeared: "Are you feeling unwell again?"
Ashley didn't answer.
Fortunately, the special fragrance soon dissipated and Ashley's breathing gradually calmed down.
He opened his scarlet eyes.
What is that aroma that makes your blood rush?
Lins was not affected. The spider silk was wrapped around his fingertips, ready to deal with Ashley's sudden attack at any time.
When he saw Ashley's eyes, Lins lay back down again. His scarlet eyes were still clear.
"alright?"
"Um."
Ashley replied, not taking off his respirator, letting it stick tightly to his face.
He could no longer smell the fragrance in the air, nor could he feel the freshness of the cool breeze on his face.
The beauty of looking up at the starry sky with Lins just now seemed as if it had never happened before.
Ashley closed her eyes.
He had the same encumbrance on his neck.
Shackles, confinement.
It's always that kind of thing.
If he runs towards freedom, he will have to face loss.
If he wants to stay, he will be killed.
But the wind that night strengthened his choice.
He was unwilling to be exiled alone in the vast interstellar space.
Spiders need to stay on their webs.
——
The morning sun shone on Lins' face, and he woke up from a sweet dream.
Ashley was no longer on the web, but was wrapped in a thin layer of spider silk.
Although the temperature difference between day and night here is not as large as in the desert, it is still a bit cool at night.
This layer of spider silk balances the temperature to the most comfortable point.
Ashley, that's surprisingly thoughtful.
Lins jumped off the net and, as usual, began to secretly collect the silk threads.
When Ashley came back, he saw Lins standing in front of the big tree, his fingers moving flexibly, and a beautiful white ball appeared at his fingertips again, and it grew bigger and bigger with his movements.
"Hi~" The thief had no idea that he was caught. He hung the ball behind his ear.
And he flicked it in front of Ashley, smiled and winked at him.
Given their relationship, stealing some spider silk wouldn't be too much, right? No, between good friends, how could it be called stealing?
Ashley was attracted by the small white ball dangling behind Lins' ear. His scarlet eyes stayed there for a moment, and then fell on Lins' ear.
He averted his gaze suddenly, as if he had been burned.
Lins didn't notice that Ashley was as quiet as ever.
"Let's eat something later, and then we'll go score some points." Scoring points naturally means snatching up male insects and cutting some leeks at the same time.
Lins came to the stream and scooped up some water to wash his face.
He tucked his hair behind his ears, and the little white ball fell down again.
Ashley stood aside with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Why did Lins take his spider silk...
Carry it with you?
——
Ashley caught a gray rabbit, and the rabbit kicked its legs twice.
"How can we eat rabbits when they are so cute?" Lins continued.
Ashley paused and looked at him questioningly.
Of course, he didn't know the source of Lins's words, he just thought that he didn't want to eat rabbit.
"bird?"
If you don't want to eat rabbit, eat bird.
Ashley let go of the rabbit neatly.
Lins flicked the spider silk to stick to it, and also rolled up a few dry branches.
"Let's roast it."
He fiddled with his bracelet and found chili and salt in the points mall.
"Wow, it really exists." He said as he ordered expedited delivery.
He built a fire and skewered the cleaned rabbits on stripped branches.
The roasted rabbit gave off an enticing aroma, causing the female insect that came to deliver it to twitch its mouth.
"It's you." After thinking for a long time, he concluded that the only female insect who could exchange points for peppers and salt on the training ground was Lins.
He tossed the seasoning packet to Lins, who reached out to catch it and quickly sprinkled it on the roasted rabbit.
He didn't come closer, as if he was afraid of something.
"Senior is so slow, it won't taste good later." Lins complained.
Sari Winkle clenched his fist, remembering his mission besides delivery: "Mr. Lightan wants to see you."
"Oh." Lins nodded and wanted to tear off the rabbit leg and pass it to Ashley beside him, but the freshly roasted rabbit was very hot. Lins switched hands back and forth, afraid that it would fall to the ground. "Is the pepper enough?"
Ashley, still wearing a respirator on his face, silently took the rabbit, tore it into small pieces, and then handed it back to Lins.
Sari Winkle's face sank. He couldn't believe that for the two female insects in front of him, the roasted rabbit was more important than the male insects. "The male insect wants to see you, and this is your attitude?"
"I'm doing this to hone my skills," Lins said perfunctorily, "so that His Excellency the Male Insect can enjoy a more delicious roast rabbit."
Sally's expression remained gloomy. "Mr. Male Insect cannot be fooled by your little tricks."
Lins thought, these female insects are really hard to deal with.
If he shows that he doesn't like male insects, these female insects will be upset: male insects are our treasures, how can you have such an attitude!
But if he shows that he likes the male insects, the group of female insects will be enraged: You actually want to seduce Mr. Male Insect.
It's difficult.
Thinking about it this way, Ashley is actually the most normal person among them.
There is no male insect in your heart, and you will naturally become a god when you draw your sword.
"Ten o'clock." Sally said, turned around and disappeared into the woods.
"Is your injury healed?" Lins turned to ask Ashley.
Ashley blinked her eyelashes slowly, her scarlet eyes falling on Lins' face.
"Um."
"That's good." After confirming Ashley's physical condition, Lins began to think of ways to increase his score. "I'm afraid yesterday's method won't work."
Firstly, the other freshmen were on guard, and secondly, it was Lightan's wish.
Yesterday was the first time, and Lightan naturally cooperated very well out of novelty, but he might not be willing to let the noble male insect do the same work again.
"In fact, our points are high enough that we can survive to the end without working." Lins slid his bracelet to check the points and time values of the two people.
Lins currently has 240 hours of life value. After deducting the points he spent, he still has 138 points in his account. Adding the points Ashley transferred to him yesterday, he has a total of 212 points.
Ashley reaped even greater rewards when he fought against the group of crazy female insects yesterday afternoon.
"363 hours, how did you get it?" Lins remembered that Ashley had transferred all his belongings to him before.
363 hours, he sent away 43 female insects yesterday and only gained 160 hours.
So how many did Ashley eliminate?
It is now nine o'clock in the morning of the third day, and there are still 303 hours until the end of the training.
It seems like they can find a place to set up shop.
"Huh? How come your points are so high? You can't get points if you're eliminated," Lins asked. Those female insects in false estrus yesterday didn't seem to be able to communicate. He had originally thought Ashley wouldn't get any points.
"A third grader," Ashley said simply. "A 20."
Lins calculated that Ashley sent away 15 third-year players.
Ashley shook his head and said, "The upper limit."
Lins understood. It seemed like they wouldn't be giving extra points anymore. No wonder only freshmen came after him yesterday. It seemed Ashley had intercepted all the third-year students.
Tsk, with so many “examiners” eliminated, they won’t be targeted, right?
Lins's feelings have always been very accurate.
His bracelet vibrated, and when he looked up, he saw that it was a new announcement.
The bulletin board listed the top ten teams in terms of points, and their team was ranked first by a large margin, with a total score of 538, which was higher than the total score of the remaining nine teams.
There is also a small note below that kills the top ten teams and you can get half of their points.
“…”
Lins raised an eyebrow, were these third graders too much to handle?
At the same time, the bracelet also opened a channel chat section that does not require points, but this section only allows "dead" people to send messages.
But everyone can watch.
"These bugs have sinister intentions," Lins sighed. "Once they're eliminated, their 'death' coordinates can be sent immediately."
"We're being targeted, Senior Ashley."
But it’s not surprising. He and Ashley together sent away nearly 200 freshmen, which has already disrupted the balance.
Lins smiled, his amber eyes sparkling: "Looks like we can't lie flat."
"Then let's make the water more muddy."
Lins is actually quite interested in the combat power of female insects in this world. How many different tricks do female insects of different dominant species have?
"Let's go find Lightan first!"
——
On the way back to town, Ashley dealt with seven female insects that were lying in ambush nearby.
But the elimination button was not pressed.
"Senior Ashley, please stay here."
Lins pointed at the freshmen who were cocooned by Ashley and hung from the tree.
"I'll be back in a minute."
Ashley didn't understand what Lins was going to do, but he didn't argue.
Lins jumped a few times and disappeared behind the wall.
"Good morning, Lord Lightan."
Lightan was yawning, but he perked up when he saw Lins: "Where are we going to play today?"
Several unfriendly glances fell on Lins, but because of the male insect's request, these female insect guards did not attack Lins.
"I'm being hunted, sir." Lins smiled and spoke calmly, as if he had just eaten.
"Ah? Do you need me to ask them to stop this unfair rule?" Lightan's blue eyes were full of concern, so Lins felt that the gaze behind him was even more piercing.
In the Zerg, the most enviable thing is a female Zerg being protected by a male Zerg.
"Of course not." Lins narrowed his eyes. "Running away without a fight is a cowardly act."
"But I do need your help."
He leaned close to Lightan's ear and whispered a few words.
Lightan's eyes lit up. "I never thought this was possible. Dianlin Military Academy doesn't seem to have this tradition."
Lins just smiled and said nothing.
When Lins and Lightan found Ashley, they saw a row of female insects hanging on the tree, many more than when he left.
But they all looked listless and had no intention of shouting at all.
Ashley deserves her notoriety.
Lins paused when passing by a female insect.
Isn't that the female insect hanging from the tree Rex?
His mouth was tightly wrapped in spider silk, and he was winking at Lins frantically.
Lins pretended not to see it.
Ashley chose a good location. There were no white-eyed flowers nearby, and the female insects did not enter a state of false estrus.
Lins stopped under the tree and said, "Want to know how we got such a high score?"
"A third-year senior student gets 20 points."
"Please post this message in the channel."
It's a shame these messages can only be sent by the eliminated player. Otherwise, why would Lins go to all this trouble? He could just grab the eliminated player and send it himself.
However, the reactions of these female insects were not strong. Everyone knew that only eliminated insects could post messages in the channel. There was no benefit for them to listen to Lins, and they could also tell their competitors a way to score points.
The higher the scores of other bugs, the weaker they appear.
Lins continued, "If you eliminate us, you'll get 269 points, which is equivalent to 13.5 third-year students."
"But with 269 points, you'll become the new number one. Guess if you can hold onto those points."
"And the eliminated freshmen were all placed in the station and did not leave the planet."
"Why can't we occupy this planet and rewrite the rules?"
"The eliminated freshmen can also be 'resurrected'." Linston paused, "Don't forget, our theme this time is unity."
After Lin Si finished speaking, he stopped and observed everyone's reactions.
"Why should we trust you?"
"That's outrageous! Although the third graders are fewer in number than the freshmen, they all have weapons! And our fighting abilities are vastly different!"
"And there's no precedent for this in the military academy! Who knows if we'll all be expelled for disrupting discipline?"
"You think you make the rules?"
"Huh? Why are there male insect pheromones?"
"You must have smelled the white-eye flower and become stupid!"
"Fuck, that's Mr. Male Insect standing next to him!"
"Greetings, Your Excellency the Male Insect!"
The noisy sound made Wright frown, and the sounds around him suddenly stopped.
Lightan cleared his throat and said, "I really want to see what you are capable of. Let's end this training session early."
"At your service!"
"yes!"
Lins felt helpless for a moment as he listened to the female insects' responses one after another.
Sure enough, no matter how much he flapped his lips, it could not outweigh the male insect's request.
"But the instructors and third-year students have light screens. They can see our actions in real time, including this conversation." A female insect who still had some sanity questioned.
"Only the instructors and a few third-year students." Lins replied.
"For the school, testing two groups of students in one training session is like killing two birds with one stone, isn't it?"
He suddenly waved his hand towards the sky: "Instructor, I know you are watching."
After all, the male insect was taken away by him, and he believed that all the instructors were paying attention to the situation here.
"If you disagree, come and stop us."
"Otherwise I'll take it as your consent."
Lins waited there for ten minutes, and everything was calm.
The bracelet vibrated again.
A new announcement has been updated.
[Currently, the chat channel is only available to first-year students, and the screen is only visible to instructors.]
This sentence tacitly agreed to Lins's proposal.
Next comes the new task.
[Large-Scale Mission 2: His Excellency the Male Insect’s Wish]
The kind-hearted Male Insect cannot bear to see the rescue team members arrested by the pirates because of him, nor can he bear to see the civilians of this planet continue to live under the rule of the pirates. Please fulfill His Excellency's long-cherished wish and rescue Planet C-267 from the pirates.
Followed by the option to accept or reject.
It seems that this is not a task for all members, and freshmen can choose whether to join or not.
Lins nodded to accept.
His bracelet turned a conspicuous green and updated with more content.
[Killing a Star Pirate (yellow armband) +20 points. Killed by a Star Pirate, you cannot be resurrected (red bracelet).]
[You can rescue members who were eliminated before this mission started (gray bracelet 0/329). The rescued members will automatically join the rescue team (green bracelet). Students who did not accept this mission can continue to complete other missions (blue bracelet).]
[Star Pirates can actively attack rescue team members (green bracelets), but not non-rescue team members (blue bracelets). Non-rescue team members cannot attack Star Pirates. After killing a Star Pirate, no points are awarded and the Pirates will automatically join the rescue team. Subsequent kills of Star Pirates will award points.]
[The rescue team continues to recruit members, but members cannot defect, please choose carefully]
[The scores of rescue team members (including those killed in action, those with red wristbands) are affected by mission completion]
"My bracelet turned green."
"Mine too!"
"I haven't chosen yet!"
"Nonsense, if you didn't choose the rescue team, they would have eliminated you now."
The female insects hanging on the tree started talking in unison, and they all turned into green bracelets.
"Holy crap! He actually changed the training rules! I'm impressed!"
"Shouldn't we die?"
Lins glanced at the excited female insects and suddenly said, "Fight for His Excellency the Male Insect!"
The noisy sound stopped instantly.
"Strive for His Excellency the Male Insect!"
They said loudly.
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