World Four
For the Zerg, whose main means of survival are reproduction and invasion, Arisa was taught from childhood that sex is an activity that makes them feel pleasurable, but he doesn't feel very happy now.
Even though Wilson only shed one tear at the beginning that made him at a loss as to what to do, and even though Wilson later became so proactive that Arisa felt that it would be fine for her to just lie there.
He put his clothes back on and turned to look at Wilson, who was sitting on the other side of the bed.
"Why did you say you loved me before?" he asked.
The naked female insect looked at him. Her golden eyes reminded Arisa of the crystal stone she held in her hand when she was recommended by the alien race. But it was the kind without any impurities. She wondered if there was such a thing in another corner of the universe.
Wilson sensed the doubt in Arisa's words, and he knew he shouldn't say something like, "I just think if anything really affected me, I hope it's the love mentioned in that book." So he didn't answer the question right away.
"Because I'm a male insect?" Arisa didn't take the female insect's lack of response seriously. In fact, after what they'd done, his tolerance for female insects had reached a new level.
This time Wilson shook his head, then he denied it: "No."
"...So, because I have black hair, I have a chance to reach a higher level?" Arisa asked again.
Wilson continued to shake his head: "Of course not."
"Then why?" Arisa held her chin. "Is it because I'm the male insect who might let you go to the battlefield? Or is it because I look different from other male insects?"
The tone he used when he said this was different from usual. The feeling of provocation and sarcasm was gone. He was just chatting in a very peaceful manner.
If it was Gayel in front of him, Gayel would just feel strange at most, but now the person in front of Arisa is Wilson.
Wilson knows better than anyone what this change could mean.
"Because you have a strong vitality." So Wilson interrupted Arisa eagerly.
Arisa turned to look at him with an unfriendly expression: Strong vitality, what kind of weird reason is this?
"You're different from other male insects. No matter what happens, you're always able to adjust yourself and cheer up quickly." Wilson shook Arisa's hand. As he spoke these words, he realized something, "...I'm sorry."
It was strange that before Wilson said these four words, he hadn't really realized anything. But after he said these four words, he finally realized that something was different.
"...What?" Arisa didn't notice the change in the female insect's expression. He frowned at his hand, which was held by Wilson, and tried to pull his hand back. But the female insect was too strong, and since Wilson didn't want him to break free, he couldn't get rid of it at all. "What crazy talk are you talking about all of a sudden!"
"I said I'm sorry." Wilson continued softly, undeterred by his sudden rise in voice. "...I'm truly sorry for taking you abducted onto the pirates' starship without your permission."
"I'm also sorry that I finally realized your fear now." Wilson hugged Arisa, "I'm also sorry for not telling you these words earlier."
After a deep connection, he was able to read Arisa's thoughts and many of her emotions. It was precisely because of this that Wilson suddenly realized that he had missed so many things.
If he had always been afraid that he would not be forgiven by Arisa, then Arisa had always been afraid of being trapped in a small space.
Male Zergs who go to the battlefield without permission should be arrested and brought to military court, female Zerg warriors who are killed should be given the right to have their own names in reports, pirates who have the lives of other Zergs on their hands should be arrested, and Zerg children who have been indoctrinated with those ideas since childhood should have the right to choose their own path.
But Arisa should never have been trapped in this place by herself.
He hoped that his feelings for Arisa were the 'love' mentioned in the book, because he hoped that under the Zerg social structure that forced male Zergs to have multiple female Zergs, Arisa would only have him as a female Zerg.
But "love" should not be a shackle forced on the other party, nor should it be a reasonable reason to hurt the other party.
Although Wilson still didn't understand what 'love' was, it should be a more sacred emotion.
"You just guessed what I was thinking." Arisa looked at the wound on Wilson's body that was slowly healing after being scratched by her. This time he did not try to struggle. He just said in a muffled voice, "You just want me to stay for you."
These words are just one of Wilson's tactics.
This female insect had previously pretended to be calm to deceive his trust, so of course she would not suddenly realize that she had done anything wrong now.
"—Then read it." Wilson tilted his head and whispered in Arisa's ear, "If you don't believe me."
You can read my heart, as if you were in the spiritual ocean, and read whether it hopes you can be free or whether I will trap you in a cage again.
As a male insect who has been training his mental strength for a long time, Arisa didn't even need Wilson to say this, she had already read his thoughts. This time, the male insect just opened his mouth and said: "If I..."
He wanted to say something to the female insect who had already discovered the clue, but in the end he didn't say it.
The female insect didn't ask what he wanted to say to her. She simply reached out her hand and gently patted Arisa's back. It seemed to comfort her, but also to say, "It's okay not to say it."
Arisa closed her eyes.
The pirates could all notice that the atmosphere on the starship was gradually changing, or rather, it was not the atmosphere on their starship, but the behavior of the few Zerg who joined them in the middle that had changed.
Arisa began to try to chat with them, starting with the most basic chats with sub-females, and then to the male insects who occasionally came out of their rooms.
Some pirates suspected he was trying to relax them, but Arisa remained in the mechanical lock, and her conversations with the sub-female and male insects were limited to casual conversations, not prying into their details. Gradually, their suspicions faded.
Wilson looked the same as usual, following Fed's instructions to go to those planets to search for important resources, and then bring those seemingly novel gadgets to Arisa with injuries.
Although he still liked to spend a lot of time with Arisa after he came back, his attitude towards the pirates was gradually softening. He no longer looked at every Zerg who tried to chat with Arisa with a vigilant look.
As for Gayel, he began to behave himself. Although he still chatted with the female insects who approached him, he no longer felt that all this was his due as a male insect, as he did at the beginning.
These changes did make the pirates feel more comfortable than before, but they inevitably began to doubt: Is this a smokescreen deliberately released by the three Zergs?
They're not saying that this change is bad, but... but they just feel like something is weird.
...Well...normal changes should be gradual, right?
The pirate leader persuaded several pirates who were asking whether the changes in the Zerg were abnormal to leave. He leaned back in his chair and looked down at the pink-haired male Zerg curled up under the table.
"Aren't you going to find some more Zerg to keep an eye on them?" As he lowered his head, the pink-haired male Zerg raised his head and asked him, "That way, at least your men will relax a little and stop knocking on your door."
"That would only make Wilson wary of me. I worked so hard to turn him into the effective weapon he is now. Might as well keep it as it is. After all, the Zerg who suspect they've transformed will help me keep an eye on them." As Fedd spoke, he reached out and touched the ends of the pink-haired male's hair. The color, which was different from the overall hair color, made his eyes darken. "Looks like you need to dye your hair again."
"It seems that the plants on the planet Laer Roland are not very suitable for hair dyeing?" The male insect licked the white foam on his lips and put his hands on Fed's knees. He laughed, as if he didn't hear the dissatisfaction in Fed's tone at all.
"-Yes." Fide reached out his hand, held the other's face, and then he asked softly, "My Lord, is there anything you want?"
Perhaps it was because the atmosphere was right, or perhaps it was because he had seen Wilson giving Arisa so many gifts recently. Even Fide, who never paid attention to such trivial matters, suddenly seemed to have a sudden realization and said this.
But he was really not good at this, so the tone of his words sounded like almsgiving.
Leslie did indeed smile as Fide had expected. "...Let me think about it. Could you give me something else to dye my hair?"
"Okay." Fed nodded, "I'll have the Zerg bring it back to you."
If Fed had looked more closely at Leslie's expression, or if he had simply pulled her out from under the table and brought her to eye level with him.
Then he would find that Leslie's smile did not even reach his eyes.
But he was now completely focused on being happy that the three Zergs seemed to be submitting to him, so he didn't notice anything.
On the other side, after arriving at Wilson's location half a beat late for the fifth time, the Federation and the Empire finally succeeded in catching up with the pirates' starship on the sixth time.
Wilson, fully transformed into an insect, rushed into the starship before the anti-aircraft guns.
The iron door behind him closed immediately with a loud bang. The red warning lights in the starship filled every corner, and there was an ominous atmosphere everywhere.
Arisa was still waiting at the starship gate, as if she hadn't felt the vibration after the starship was hit. The expression on her face was unspeakably calm.
"Let's talk about the greetings later." Fide frowned as he looked at Wilson, who had completely transformed into a bug and whose first reaction was to hug Arisa. "How did they catch up with us?"
It had to be said that Wilson's 'sense of the times' had relaxed his nerves during this period, and he no longer placed the monitoring device on the enemy's small spacecraft as he had before. Furthermore, Wilson had already outmaneuvered the Federation and the Empire several times before, so it was normal for him to start to relax.
"—I don't know what motivated them," Wilson replied, "but after they discovered me this time, they kept biting my spaceship and refused to let go. I had no choice but to abandon it."
The fact that his bony wings were growing back was proof of this, so Fidd didn't dwell on the subject any further.
The pirate leader simply glanced at Arisa, who was blocked behind Wilson, and then said to the pirates waiting for his orders, "Activate the things we prepared before."
The corners of Arisa's mouth curled up, then quickly fell flat.
He just thought it was really funny that Fide didn't let down his guard against them even at this moment. But Fide obviously interpreted his laughter as something else.
Because Fed then looked at Arisa and gave her an ambiguous smile: "Perhaps you would like to meet them?"
The pirates naturally understood what the boss meant by his tone. They all looked at Fed with surprise, not quite understanding why Fed did this.
Arisa didn't really want to talk to him, so she just said "Hmm?"
Wilson stretched out his hand and stood in front of Arisa. At this moment, the female insect's arm began to transform into an insect - black crystals slowly grew from his arms, like the vines of some plant.
"Don't worry." Fide said, looking at the female insect's arm, "...I believe they won't do anything to you."
So that's why Arisa and Wilson are standing on the starship.
The inexplicable development of the situation made Arisa couldn't help laughing even when she was standing on top of the starship. He really didn't understand what Fed was thinking. Did he think that just "taming" Wilson was not enough, and he wanted to "tame" him as well?
"--Is he crazy?" Even though Wilson knew that Fed had probably thought of a way out for them, he couldn't hide the impatience in his tone. He simply couldn't protect Arisa in this situation. "What's wrong with him?!"
"I can hear you." Fed's voice came from the intercom worn on Wilson's chest, with his usual nonchalant voice, "Don't worry, Arisa is an important male insect. The Federation and the Empire still rely on him to restore their image among those low-level female insects. It's impossible—"
As if in response to his words, a beam of deep purple light shot straight towards Arisa from the Empire's starship.
Arisa heard a roar, and when he came to his senses, he was already in the arms of the fully transformed female insect. The female insect faced away from the beam, her bony wings spread out, more than ever, like a battle machine, beautiful and powerful.
"This is..." Wilson asked word by word, "What you said is impossible?"
Fed in Pirates frowned: What's going on?
According to the news sent back by the pirates still in the Federation and the Empire, the Federation and the Empire have resolved the anger of most of the low-level female insects, so now they need to rescue Arisa to ease the anger of the remaining low-level female insects.
He could see clearly that the beam was indeed directed towards Arisa's location, and there was no possibility that it was intended to hit Wilson but missed.
...So why on earth would they suddenly choose to attack Arisa?
Could it be that the Empire had no intention of cooperating properly with the Federation from the beginning?
On the Federation starship farther away, Arno, who shared the same eye color as the male insect who was nearly shot, looked at Ravi again. The latter took a deep breath and emphasized for the umpteenth time, "It's just one part of the plan."
"—Your buggers are very smart." Because the invisible rage of the male bug behind him, who had previously claimed to 'not care about his buggers', was almost drowning him, Ravi couldn't help but remind him, "Remember? It was his help that enabled us to catch those pirates hiding in the Federation and the Empire."
They successfully captured the secret code between the pirates that was written on the transparent bag of nutrient solution, which is why they are now able to track down the starship based on the signal.
"So the reward you gave him was to give him a bang at a time like this." Arno said with a forced smile, "and put his face on the big screens of the Empire and the Federation, just for those low-level female insects to see. And then you thought you could definitely bring him back."
"That's why I refused the invitation to participate in political work after I failed the military academy entrance exam," Arno continued. "...The tactics you're using now are really dirty."
There were no curse words in this sentence, but for Ravi, who would see a bunch of curse words when searching his name on the Federation Star Network, he had never found this sentence so harsh.
Perhaps it was because the insults he received had never come from such a close distance, nor had they come from his former friend, nor from a father who was worried about his own son, and certainly not because they had actually happened.
"-We have no better way." This is all Ravi could say in the end.
Arno stopped talking. He knew better than anyone what Ravi meant by this.
Just like what he heard when he rushed to the male insect in charge sent by the military academy and asked the other party why he was unwilling to accept him into the military academy again.
"I should have had enough caresses, why can't I go in?" The young male insect grabbed the clothes of the male insect in charge and said, "Please, after entering the military academy, I promise to obey all orders."
"You are a low-level male insect," the male insect in charge looked at him with pity, "You haven't broken through yet."
- If that's the case, why didn't you reject me from the beginning?
Arno looked at the other person and suddenly felt that he looked ridiculous.
- Why do you let me feel hopeful and then reject me?
"The number of female insects you have soothed is indeed sufficient, but you will consume more mental energy than a mid-level male insect soothing the same number of female insects." The responsible male insect continued to explain, "We cannot put you in danger under such circumstances."
"I'm sorry, but we don't have any better options," said the male insect.
A female insect's hand stretched out in front of Arno. Arno did not move. He just looked at the big screen that was broadcasting live.
Then the hand gently wiped away the tears from his face.
"It's just a physiological reaction." He turned his head and smiled at the female monarch who was hugging him, spreading his hands. "You don't really think there's something wrong with me, do you?"
The other party just looked at him silently with an indescribable look and did not answer.
After realizing that the situation might not be what he thought, Fed asked Wilson and Arisa to return to the starship over the intercom.
- He knew very well what was more important now.
Wilson's fighting prowess had long been recognized by him; this female insect's powerful fighting ability was something he longed for. Arisa's presence was the key to Wilson's continued service.
As he said this, the pirates' starship fired a beam that was even more threatening than the one fired by the Empire, because the starship was hit by the attack and a big hole was made.
The best time to retreat was when the pirates launched their attack, but Wilson, who was asked by Fed to "go back", did not move.
He remained in that position, like a deaf statue.
The screens on the Federation Star Network and the Imperial Star Network are now broadcasting the scenes on the pirate starship in 360 degrees. The Zerg's technology is superior to that of many planets.
In order to achieve a better viewing experience, they specially sent Zerg researchers who specialized in this research to work tirelessly for several days to create a device that could clearly record sound and images.
"—Okay, Wilson." So now they heard an unfamiliar voice, "You can move away."
They saw a pair of silver wings emerging from under the black bone wings, the same size, but transparent.
Those were undoubtedly the newly grown wings of the male insect, so beautiful and so eye-catching.
——Those are wings that even high-level male insects find difficult to possess.
During these tens of thousands of years, the wings of high-level male insects gradually disappeared, until one day even the bulge on their backs disappeared.
They never thought that they would one day see the wings of a male insect again.
"Oh my god, am I blind?" A sub-female watching the screen exclaimed in amazement, her hand almost bursting with the screenshot button, "A high-level male insect with wings?!"
Almost at the same time, such sounds were heard in every Zerg house - even on the Federation and Empire starships.
"Damn... this is so beautiful."
"What a powerful spiritual force a male insect with wings would have!!"
"Has the Federation gone crazy? That's why he was kidnapped by space pirates before!"
"If he hadn't been abducted by that female insect and had successfully grown up in the Federation's military academy..." A mid-level female insect aboard the Federation's starship couldn't help but sigh, "He would definitely be even better..."
"--He won't be able to grow wings." A sudden voice interrupted his sigh.
The mid-level female insect frowned, about to retort, but when he turned around, he saw that it was Arisa's father who had said that, so he had to shut up.
"--Ravi." Arno turned his head. He felt the female insect's hands unconsciously tightening around him, his face devoid of joy. "Remember the promise you made to me before. You swore not to stop him from doing anything he wanted to do."
"But... that was before." Ravi looked a little embarrassed, "He has now awakened and become a high-level male insect." And a high-level male insect with wings.
And it happened right under the noses of these Zerg from the Federation and the Empire.
Even if he could push away the low-level and mid-level female insects that tried to entangle Arisa, he would not be able to push away the powerful high-level female insects that might appear for Arisa.
During this short conversation, a high-ranking female insect was probably already arranging a meeting with Arisa.
"I don't care what they think!" Arno stood up, pushed away the female insects who tried to stop him, and then grabbed Ravi's clothes tightly. "But if you dare to deprive him of his right to choose under the pretext of protection, and finally let him go the same way as me, I will..."
Feder's voice was also heavy.
"Wilson," the pirate leader, staring intently at the screen, asked, "Didn't you put a mechanical lock on him?!"
Why did the male insect break through at this time? He clearly remembered that he had carefully checked the mechanical lock before!
He didn't mind Wilson bringing a mid-level male insect on board the starship, because he was confident that the pirates who dared to attack this male insect would not dare to take action.
But a high-level male Zerg with wings? He probably couldn't guarantee that he could control the emotions of these space pirates. The Zerg were creatures driven by instinct.
These female insects have only ever tied up the male insects and comforted them secretly.
As for the Federation and the Empire, they will definitely not give up after knowing this.
"You're talking about this?" Wilson didn't seem to be under any scrutiny. The female insect reached out and touched Arisa's neck, easily removing the mechanical locks. "...because my male master doesn't like being restrained."
At the same time, Arisa also untied the lock on the female insect's neck.
"That's why I disabled the mechanical lock that inhibited the male insect's mental power. That's why he was able to successfully break through just now." Wilson laughed. "It's that simple."
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