Chapter 25, "The Female Insect's Guide to Raising Offspring," is truly terrifying!
Hillland was instantly charmed. His ears turned red and hot. While being charmed, he couldn't help but rub his hot ears and silently typed a reply.
Hillland: Yes, I am a kitten, meow meow meow.
Hillland: Alright, let's leave this cute thing to the insects who are good at it.
Hillan: You mean Sersia?
Hillan: After all, the truly adorable ones are the bugs.
The Zerg don't have emojis, and the system emojis they come with aren't cute either. After thinking for a moment, Hillan's romantic side kicked in, and he decided to spend half an hour drawing a set of adorable emojis to send to Sersia, hoping to get the silly little female Zerg to fawn over her.
Anyway, they like each other, and when he acts cute, Sersia just blushes and acts adorable.
The other person typed for a long time, seemingly unsure how to reply. Hillland especially liked his Sersia's shy and speechless demeanor, so he drew several adorable kitten emojis for him.
Hillan: [Ruffling a kitten's head.JPG]
Hillan: [Kitten showing its belly.JPG]
Hillan: [A cute kitten wagging its tail.JPG]
Sersia was behind the quantum computer, his ear tips were so red they were almost transparent. He was completely wrapped up, with only half of his face showing through the large hood.
He looked at the message on the screen, pursed his lips slightly, and because his ears were too hot, Sersia raised her hand and pinched her reddened ears, as if trying to cool them down.
Hillland is always like this.
Sersia's breath was hot, her ears were red, and after thinking for a long time, she replied to Hillan seriously, even collecting all of his emojis before replying in a very formal manner.
Baby: You're cute too.
Baby: [Cute kitten wagging its tail.JPG]
Hillland was immediately overjoyed upon seeing this reply, his lips curving into a wide smile.
Sersia was completely unaware that she was speaking in a very well-behaved, cautious, and adorable manner. It was so cute!
Hillland clutched his chest, patted his wildly beating heart, and sent a message to his wife.
Hillan: It seems that a certain cute female insect is quite self-aware.
Hillan rubbed his flushed cheeks, blinked, and continued chatting with him. He thought that if Sersia had something to do, he wouldn't bother him anymore, so he asked what he was doing.
Hillland: Baby, what are you doing? I was just studying all the bugs and then I thought of you so I sent you a message.
When Sersia saw this reply, she had just arrived in the dungeon. He was dealing with Hillan's identity matters. The research institute wasn't urgent, and Sersia thought she should ask his opinion before choosing a location.
He needs to build up his timeline to finish his tasks, and the matter of restoring his general's position needs to be put on hold. Sersia's power is still dormant, and he must remain calm. Now is the time to reshuffle the deck. If he makes the wrong choice, the current stability will be lost.
Sersia would never let her hard work go to waste.
Sersia didn't hide anything from Hillan's inquiry and sent him a message.
Baby: I'm making you a fake identity.
Thanks to his status as a female ruler, he wasn't targeted by as many insects, but there were still quite a few lurking in the shadows, eager to cause trouble.
Sersia was in disguise; the person handling the paperwork had a sensitive identity, so he had to contact them offline himself.
Hillland saw the reply and was really surprised that Sersia acted so quickly. It would take him three months to get out of the correctional facility. To do it now was taking his affairs too seriously.
Hillan was about to burst into tears.
Hillland: Baby, you're already so sensitive. What if you get targeted if you go out? I don't want you to get yourself into trouble.
Sersia had passed through the heavy metal doors and entered the core domain, where the insects he was looking for were gathered.
Baby: No.
Sersia knew exactly what she was doing. She looked down at the screen, her icy blue eyes shimmering with a soft luster.
Baby: I looked into it with people in the field, and the information about these things on the StarNet is only half there. In addition to meeting the academic requirements, applicants also need to have a training certificate from a research institute at level A or above to take the certificate exam.
Baby: I've already prepared this certificate for you. The exam dates are 45 days and 3 months from now. If you miss these two exams, you'll have to wait another six months for the next round.
Baby: And most importantly, if you pass the exam, ten days after the results are released, you'll have a basic surgery opportunity to practice. The patients are usually C-level scum. This information is generally not released or announced; it's an open secret, because this way they can select female scum with money and connections to open research institutes.
Baby: Doing these things won't take much effort, my lord. If there's not enough time, we can postpone it, it's okay. You can also choose not to do it, I support you either way.
Baby: So you don't have to keep doing what I've done. Just do what you can.
As a general, Sersia possessed extensive medical knowledge, but he didn't need to take any exams or learn about it. When Hillan expressed his desire to do this, Sersia took it to heart and consulted with relevant professionals within his network.
Hillland read through each word carefully. He didn't feel any pressure from the short study period of only a few dozen days. The most important thing was that Sersia was taking his matter very seriously and diligently! Hillland could even imagine Sersia considering his feelings and gently telling him that it was okay if he chose to give up even though he had already made arrangements.
Waaaaah, baby Sersia.
With tears in her eyes, Hillan replied quickly: I won't give up. I must do this. Although it's difficult, I believe I can do it!
It's just a matter of memorizing various professional knowledge in 45-90 days, he can do it!
Hillland is very motivated.
When he first started learning about the exam, he had already summarized the exam syllabus for the past five years and listed several core knowledge points. He planned to spend a month thoroughly studying them before starting to prepare for the less frequently tested knowledge.
During his free time, Hillland pretended to be studying by reading novels. The others could see his location through his identification code and swarmed around him like flies, curious about what novels he was reading.
The chat boxes for the insects and the female were all dead, but they didn't know how to chat, so they decided to come to Hillan.
Miao Che plopped down in front of him, saw him reading on the electronic screen, and pouted disapprovingly, "Hillland, what are you so engrossed in? What's a male insect doing reading?! Male insects are virtuous when they're ignorant!!!"
For a moment, Hillland thought he had misheard, and found it inexplicably funny. He pretended to be very smug and said, "Are the books in the library for male insects? I'm looking at a female insect's parenting manual."
Haibi paused for a moment, genuinely puzzled, "You're not a female insect, why are you looking at the parenting manual?"
Hillland began his brainwashing, sending them e-books and saying in a serious tone, "You don't understand. Male insects are either beaten or subjected to punishment rooms and electric shocks, leaving them bloody and mangled. It's completely uninteresting to me."
Muche wholeheartedly agreed. He didn't really want to hit the female insects either; he felt like they would tear him to pieces the next second if he actually hit them with the whip.
But his queen is rock hard, no matter how much you hit her, she won't soften! Just like his face, she has such a handsome face!! But she always smells like a rock!
I don't like it!
Hillland said slowly, "Female insects understand female insects best. They value carrying eggs more than anyone else. I'm watching how they raise their offspring right now."
Seemingly worried that her act might not be convincing enough, Hillland rested her chin on her hand thoughtfully and asked a question at the opportune moment, "What do you think would happen if we treated the insect cubs the same way we treat them?"
These words were like a hammer blow to their heads, instantly making their minds clear.
Wouldn't that make it easy to see a different side of the female insect?
Female insects are very strong-willed and independent creatures; perhaps treating them this way will bring some pleasant surprises?
So the three male insects began to observe how the female insect raised her young.
This book begins by describing the process of the male insect carrying an egg. After successful fertilization by the male insect's tail hook, the female insect's body accepts the sperm and selects the most suitable and healthy sperm to combine with. The egg first develops inside the female insect's body and takes about six months to mature. The egg's diameter ranges from ten to twenty centimeters.
Once the eggs are fully hatched, they need to be incubated in a nursery for about two months. The healthier the larvae, the earlier they hatch, which is related to the male father's pheromones.
Studies have shown that if the female insect receives enough pheromones during pregnancy, the eggs will develop more healthily. Conversely, the female insect will suffer from severe intolerance, specifically, the eggs will absorb the nutrients from her body, she will be extremely prone to mental breakdown, and if the mother's body is insufficient to supply the eggs for hatching, the eggs will desperately seek energy from the mother in order to have a chance to hatch.
At this point, the life or death of the mother is no longer relevant; everything is for the sake of the eggs.
Furthermore, the book also states that everything is for the sake of reproduction, that patience is normal, that sacrifice is normal, and that it is normal for the male insect not to react in any way.
Mouch was terrified when he saw the illustration, Hayby was even more frightened, and Lippers was also pale.
"Who said the insect egg just slides down? That's terrifying! What's the difference between this and a parasite? And the egg is ten to twenty centimeters long, in such a small and narrow space, twenty centimeters? By the God of Insects, I'm scared to death."
When Miao Qie thought about how terrifying the little female insect his queen had given birth to was, his legs went weak and he almost fell off.
Even if his female ruler is very strong, it's still terrifying!
His vision went black, and he trembled. "I didn't hit him when he was pregnant, but he didn't get much pheromone. Oh no, no wonder my bug cub's health is so bad."
The sky has fallen! These are things no female insect would ever tell you!
Hillland, still shaken, nodded in agreement. Then, as if remembering something, she looked at Muche and asked, "Oh right, you have insect offspring. What's the situation at your house?"
The male insect, named Muche, was short and small, with a youthful and beautiful appearance, and it was impossible to tell that it had offspring.
Miao Qie nodded. His views, which had been refusing to be insulted by female insects, began to change. Unconsciously, he really felt that female insects had a hard life. He changed his previous habit of insulting female insects and honestly said, "Yes, she just hatched and is a thin female insect offspring."
Hillland truly hadn't expected this.
Haibi was also terrified. He couldn't imagine what it would be like for his female lord to be so indifferent to an insect carrying eggs. It was too scary. He couldn't imagine that something ten times larger would be born from his body.
Wouldn't it be torn in two?!
Lippers rubbed his head in exasperation. He had originally wanted to have a baby with Sangli, but given the current situation, he was afraid that Sangli would die in bed and he wouldn't get a single penny.
The three insects each had their own thoughts.
Hillland shrugged. "Yeah, I think it's terrifying too, so it's perfectly fine to treat the females well. Giving them pheromones will keep them safe, but I think it's best not to have any offspring."
It's not about being terrified or afraid. Childbirth, from any perspective, will cause damage to the mother's body, so whether or not to choose to have children should be entirely left to the mother's body to decide.
Hillland's father was worried about his mother, Ms. Bai, and also because she was too young, so he advised her to have an abortion.
If these male Zerglings didn't find them disgusting or nauseating, they would be considered among the better ones.
Hillland sighed, and then he saw Haibi tremblingly take out his personal terminal and send a message to his queen.
Because Haibi was sitting right next to him, Hillan saw him immediately.
Hibi: Do you want to get pregnant?
The other person seemed to be online and sent a message quickly.
[？]
Haibi blushed instantly, and he gritted his teeth in nervousness, quickly typing the next sentence.
[Your hole is too small; I'm afraid you'll burst if you lay eggs there.]
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