Chapter 4 Subspecies
This point is the same whether it is drawn or not!
Killed the last pure-blooded mantis male...
Damn! No matter how I think about it, it's him!
Why is it that other people's systems provide beginner's guides and props experience, but his system not only speaks in a slow and sluggish manner, but also has a poor signal and often gets stuck and disconnected?
White hair and pink eyes. White hair and pink eyes.
An Lang silently recited this feature. It is said that the pinker the color, the more vicious the evil will be. The original owner in the original world must have been killed by this pink pupil.
horrible.
From now on, if he sees someone with white hair and pink eyes, he will definitely stay away from them.
The next morning, An Lang grabbed Zhong Tao and said, "Zhong Tao, help me check if there are any bugs with white hair and pink pupils."
"Hmm? Your Highness, do you like this one?" Zhong Tao tilted his head, touched his flaxen hair with great sorrow, then took out the terminal and started searching.
An Lang leaned forward and asked, "Do you have all the files on the Mantis Clan?"
The sub-female shook her head and said, "Not all of them, but all insects in the palace that come close to His Highness need to be registered. Only those that pass the selection process can be summoned into the palace."
The last time the locusts kidnapped His Highness, it caused a huge uproar in Yifeng. The Mantis Lord ordered a check on all the insects in the palace and uncovered many rebels from the locust tribe.
"Your Highness, there are no bugs that meet your standards." Zhong Tao handed the terminal to An Lang, "There are two with white hair, but no pink pupils."
"This color is very rare among the Mantis Clan, but it's more common among the Butterfly Clan." Zhong Tao looked at An Lang with tears in his eyes, "Your Highness, you are the hope of the Mantis Clan. Your female monarch must be a Mantis Clan member!!! The Butterfly Clan is fickle, how can we Mantis Clan members be better!!! We Mantis Clan members are the epitome of loyalty—"
An Lang reached out and pushed Zhong Tao away: "Come on."
You Mantis are the epitome of cannibalism!!!
"Just keep an eye on it for me."
"Your Highness, what is your purpose in looking for this bug?" Zhong Tao had been with An Lang for a while and found that this prince was much easier to get along with than the rumors said.
An Lang couldn't possibly tell Zhong Tao that this white-haired, pink-eyed bug would bite him in the future, so he could only vaguely say, "I dreamt about it."
That's the dream love bug TT
Zhong Tao wailed in his heart, and suddenly something occurred to him: "Your Highness, which bamboo thrower would you like to choose to serve at dinner today?"
"Hmm..." An Lang didn't want to be stared at by the mantis while eating. "Let's call Lan Xiu first. I want to talk to him."
Zhong Tao led the red-eyed female insect through the archway and reminded her, "You are fortunate to become a bamboo thrower. This is a grace bestowed upon you by His Highness, but don't think of anything else."
A slave passed through many noble families who came to answer the call and became the one to throw the bamboo slips given by His Highness himself, which was to humiliate the unsuccessful female insects.
They didn't dare to complain to His Highness, but they might not complain to a slave.
"Your Highness may be kind, but you must not break the rules."
The thin female insect followed Zhong Tao silently into the bedroom.
An Lang was sitting at the table. When he saw Lan Xiu, he waved and said hello: "See you again!"
The little bug shrank back, stammering and unable to speak. Zhong Tao frowned and whispered a reminder, "Greet your greetings when you see His Highness."
However, the thin female insect still did not move, lowering her head and drooping her eyelashes, covering her blood-red pupils.
Seeing Lan Xiu being so rude, Zhong Tao was a little angry. He grabbed the female insect's right hand and exerted force secretly: "Where are your manners?"
The thin female insect finally came to her senses. She knelt on the ground, her body trembling constantly, and her voice trembling: "Your Highness... is well."
"Don't kneel, don't kneel. Sit down quickly. The food is getting cold." An Lang said.
Lan Xiu raised his head, but he didn't dare to look him in the eye. He said softly, "Thank you, Your Highness."
He knelt beside the table, slightly bent his waist, lifted his buttocks off his calves, and carefully observed the young male insect so that he could pick up some food for him.
"You don't have to pick up food for me, just eat it yourself." An Lang said quickly when he saw Lan Xiu didn't eat a single bite.
Before he finished speaking, Lan Xiu's hand, which was holding a piece of cake, shook, and the loose cake was broken in half. It fell on the table with a thud and scatter into crumbs.
"Your Highness, please forgive me!"
The thin female insect was obviously frightened by this sudden change. She quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Hey! Don't!"
An Lang was also frightened by Lan Xiu's actions. He quickly reached out to help him and gently comforted him, "Don't be afraid, it's just a piece of cake, relax a little..."
When Lan Xiu looked up, An Lang was startled again.
I saw that Lan Xiu's forehead was swollen, and his thick bangs could not cover the bluish color.
"Hey, Zhong Tao, bring some ice. This needs a cold compress."
An Lang wrapped an ice cube in a towel and carefully placed it on the forehead of the red-eyed female insect. He shivered violently, not knowing whether it was because of the cold or fear.
"Thank you, Your Highness..."
Seeing Lan Xiu's uncomfortable look, An Lang didn't force her and let the female insect take the towel herself.
In order to divert Lan Xiu's attention, An Lang started chatting: "How old are you this year?"
"I am fifteen this year."
An Lang was a little surprised. He originally thought that Lan Xiu was only about twelve or thirteen years old, but he didn't expect that he was only two years younger than him.
Seeing An Lang's surprise, Lan Xiu lowered himself again and said, "I am not qualified. I am not worthy of being your Highness's bamboo thrower..."
"Uh." An Lang scratched his face awkwardly. "Look, I came here to ask you for a favor!"
"I was injured some time ago and have forgotten a lot of things. I also developed a phobia of female insects." An Lang gestured for Lan Xiu to get up. "Look, there aren't any female insects around me. If they get close to me, I get so nervous I can't breathe."
In order to verify his statement, An Lang called the female insect guard guarding the door, and the guard stopped three meters away.
An Lang pulled open his sleeves, and the goose bumps on his skin popped out one by one. His breathing became much faster. He panted and waved his hand, and the guards quickly disappeared.
The goose bumps on his arms also disappeared.
"That's it."
"But if it's a sub-female or an immature female like you, I won't get sick."
The red-eyed female insect knelt in front of An Lang in a daze. An Lang clasped his hands together and placed them on his chest. "This matter cannot be made public, but the other sub-females all have noble families behind them, so I'd like to ask you to stay by my side and be my concubine. Don't worry, I will never force you to do anything!"
This was the most reasonable excuse An Lang thought about all night yesterday.
He also said this to Zhong Tao. An Lang didn't want to marry a mantis wife, but he also knew that he was weak and had to have a legitimate reason to refuse.
"You can ask for anything, as long as I can help!"
"Slave...slave obeys." The red-eyed female insect leaned forward in fear. "It is my blessing to be able to stay by your side, Your Highness."
"But, but I have something to ask..."
"Hmm? What's up?"
"Slave...Slave was offered by the Lan Clan."
As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his eyes tightly, looking as if he was ready to be killed.
An Lang was stunned, not knowing what Lan Xiu meant.
"The Orchid Clan?!" Before An Lang could say anything, Zhong Tao immediately stood in front of An Lang, protecting him behind him, and shouted angrily, "The Orchid Clan and the Mantis Clan have been banned from entering the palace for generations. How did you get in?"
His Highness's selection of a concubine is a major event. In addition to the many female insects and sub-female insects who are summoned to participate in the selection, many families will also provide beautiful and young slaves to serve as attendants and maids in the palace.
Zhong Tao suddenly stepped forward and clamped Lan Xiu's head, pressing him hard to the ground. At the same time, he tore open the back of his collar and saw a shriveled and collapsed piece of skin on his slender neck.
It turned out to be a female insect whose glands were damaged and failed to awaken!
Failed awakening, failing to atavistically transform, meaning unable to manifest subspecies characteristics. The subspecies column for such female insects would simply be filled in with "None," thus skipping the "Orchid Clan" column.
This allowed the Orchid Clan to take advantage of this loophole!
Zhong Tao was furious. He thought that the Mantis tribe who took over the call must have accepted bribes to bring Lan Xiu into the palace. The Lan tribe did not even have the qualifications to enter the palace!
No one expected that this guy would be so lucky as to be chosen by His Highness to be the bamboo thrower!
The angry Zhong Tao grabbed Lan Xiu and threw him out the door.
"well!"
A series of unexpected events made An Lang unable to react. Zhong Tao usually spoke softly and had a tall and slender figure, but he didn't expect that he could throw a 1.5-meter-tall child away with just a flick of his hand.
It even has the effect of staying in the air!
Could this be what the Zerg were referring to as... a sub-female with weak combat power?!
In fact, An Lang was overthinking this. Zhong Tao was carefully selected for him by Lindbergh after he got into trouble. His fighting power was much higher than that of ordinary sub-females, and sometimes he could fight with ordinary female insects.
When An Lang came to his senses, he saw that the child had bumped into the door and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He huddled on the ground, his thin hands hurriedly wiping up the blood he had spat out, afraid that they would stain the expensive carpet.
"Zhong Tao! Stop it!" An Lang rushed forward and stopped Zhong Tao who was about to move forward, "He's still a child!"
"Your Highness, such a suspicious insect must not be allowed to stay with you!" Zhong Tao explained, "The Orchid Clan is the best at disguise. Your Highness must not be fooled by it!"
"No matter how good he is at disguising himself, he can't dig out his own glands!" An Lang said, "And if he had bad intentions, would he tell you he was from the Orchid Clan?"
Zhong Tao remained silent, his expression still showing disapproval.
He had just tested it and found that Lan Xiu was indeed unable to revert to his ancestral form. Such a female insect posed very little threat. Moreover, he called himself a slave and his glands had been dug out, so he should not be a direct descendant of the Lan clan.
The glands are extremely important to female insects. Without them, they cannot awaken, cannot revert to their ancestral form, and are no different from waste.
It’s just that his stereotype of the Lan tribe is so bad that no matter how he looks at it, he still feels that there is something fishy about Lan Xiu.
"Call a doctor!" An Lang shouted.
Zhong Tao, however, changed his usual submissive demeanor. He knelt stiffly and said, "Your Highness, I have summoned the female insect who will take over the call. If this insect is harmless, I will apologize to you."
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