World Four
On the seventh day on the starship, Arisa finished reading all the books on the bookshelf in Wilson's room, and circled the parts she found boring with a borrowed pen and made notes.
Including but not limited to emerging StarNet vocabulary that he does not recognize.
On the eighth day on the starship, Arisa, who was planning to go out to return the pen, ran into Wilson who had finally returned.
The opponent still looked like a ferocious beast, and this time there was more blood on his body than before, as if he had just crawled out of a pool of blood, but this was not the main reason that attracted Arisa's attention.
Arisa paused, looking at Wilson's neck. The black mechanical lock was fastened around his neck like a collar.
——It seems I have to wait until later to return the pen. I hope the other party doesn’t mind.
Arisa thought so as Wilson carried her directly back to her room.
This time, Wilson didn't hold Arisa's legs like last time, but hugged him directly.
Arisa didn't realize that he was just a pillow. He touched the black collar on Wilson's neck with great interest.
This thing primarily targets male insects, and because it can restrict the use of their mental power, it is only circulated on the black market. Although she knew that this thing had no effect on Wilson's neck, Arisa was still very interested in it.
So he kept picking up the mechanical lock with his fingertips, then letting go, letting the collar hit Wilson's neck, leaving red marks that would disappear due to the female insect's powerful self-healing ability.
The female played with him for a while before she held down Arisa's hand and placed it on her back.
Arisa's hand lingered on the other's back for a moment before she asked, "What did you do?"
"I brought back some resources from other planets," Wilson replied. After a moment, the female insect suddenly asked, "Are you interested in the plants on Planet β397?"
Arisa wondered if the plants on this planet were rare, and after a moment he shook his head: "The plants there are quite common. I'm not interested."
The only thing worth collecting is probably the starry sky flower, which can grow in a vacuum with just one seed, but every planet starting with β has a starry sky flower, so it doesn’t really matter whether he collects it or not.
"It won't be common anymore," Wilson replied, resting his head on Arisa's shoulder. "I brought back some seeds, if you're interested."
Arisa understood the hidden meaning in Wilson's words and suddenly raised her head: But... is it really possible?
He knew that when the first Zerg were born on the planet, the females were even more destructive than they are now. This was something they had learned in military school.
...But now, just one female insect destroyed several β planets?
"It's not just me," Wilson reminded Arisa, knowing what she was thinking, "there are twenty more Zerg."
Arisa looked into those golden eyes and raised his eyebrows.
After confirming that the other party had not lied to her, Arisa almost laughed out loud at the ridiculous guess she had just made: "——So that's how it is."
Yes, if Wilson really possessed such powerful strength, why would he waste his life among the pirates?
Wilson felt the male insect's body relax again, and he felt relieved.
He wasn't good at lying, especially when it came to Arisa. So he didn't lie, he just omitted some important information on purpose.
For example, he did not say that he was the real main force of this operation, and the other pirates who followed him were only responsible for moving the spoils from those planets.
If Arisa had not been attracted by the blood-soaked man when she was walking in the aisle, she would have noticed that the pirates involved in this operation were avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally.
Fortunately, Arisa only noticed herself at that time.
"So you guys went out together and destroyed a few planets?" Arisa asked.
When he mentioned 'destroying a few planets', his tone was different from his usual conversations, with a coldness that was unique to the Zerg - that was the Zerg's predatory nature engraved in their bones.
"Yes," Wilson replied.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Then he said, "You can ask me anything."
"Really?" Arisa asked. Before Wilson realized something was wrong, he asked the question that Wilson had been avoiding. "So why did you kidnap me on the battlefield?"
Wilson looked at him, a hint of hesitation on his face: "...Except for this question."
Arisa didn't change his expression at Wilson's words. He asked the next question without hesitation: "What exactly are you and Gayel planning to do?"
Wilson frowned for once, pulling out a terminal from his pocket while emphasizing to Arisa, "I don't know him well."
If it weren't for the fact that Gayel was still useful, he would have beaten him up and thrown him out long ago.
Arisa didn't respond to Wilson's words. He took the terminal and was not surprised to find that its communication function was restricted.
He tried to log into the Federation Star Network, but after clicking on it, he found that the terminal had been logged in automatically. It seemed that this terminal originally belonged to a certain federation's Zerg.
But now it was in Wilson's hands—perhaps the owner was dead?
Arisa didn't pay too much attention to this matter. Unlike what she had originally expected to see, the first thing that caught Arisa's eyes was the news of the mysterious disappearance of low-level female insects, followed by a string of shocking numbers.
But the female insect... Arisa frowned. Disappear?
Even low-level female insects have certain combat capabilities. What happened to their disappearance in such numbers?
Is it an alien invasion?
"That's what they're planning to do," Wilson explained. "They're planning to start a rebellion among the Zerg."
Arisa put down the terminal.
"You don't need it anymore?"
After receiving Arisa's affirmative answer, Wilson crushed the terminal directly.
…
"What do you mean by the riot you just mentioned?" Arisa ignored the wreckage of the terminal and turned to look at Wilson.
Wilson had said he would answer any question except that one, so he didn't hesitate: "Because you were kidnapped."
Arisa didn't say anything. He didn't think this answer had anything to do with the question he asked, but he also didn't think Wilson would play tricks on him at this time.
"You were a male insect, with the potential to rise to a high-ranking male insect," Wilson reminded, "but you were abducted on the battlefield."
Arisa didn't ask any further questions, as he already understood what Wilson meant.
The Zerg are the most primitive race in the universe, and their nature is to plunder and seek mates.
The male's destiny is to seduce and comfort. The female's destiny is to win the male's favor and thereby prolong her life. She sacrifices for the male, then plunders for her own species.
But now, a male insect that had the potential to rise to a high level was abducted on the battlefield.
Even if a low-level female insect knew that she would never meet such a male insect in her lifetime, the male insect would not be able to soothe her spiritual sea. Under the influence of public opinion, there was no guarantee that they would have different thoughts.
"Wilson," Arisa's voice suddenly softened at the thought, becoming unimaginably sweet. "I seem to have accidentally attacked your spiritual sea before. I'm sorry."
Wilson wasn't used to Arisa speaking to him in that tone, so he pointed out, "That wasn't an accident, because I still have a slight headache."
Arisa's smile faded a little.
Wilson realized belatedly that something was wrong. He looked at Arisa and said tentatively, "What do you want me to do by saying that? You can just tell me directly."
"Nothing." Arisa put away the smile on his face. He felt that it was a bit stupid of him to use his identity as a male insect to seduce the other party.
He's just not cut out for it.
——Also, Wilson should just die.
Even if Wilson knew nothing about relationships, he could still see the discontent in Arisa's eyes. Thinking that a male insect like this looked more normal, he picked Arisa up again and said, "I can stay aboard for a long time this time. Is there anything you'd like to do?"
I want you to die right now.
"I want to go back," Arisa asked casually, "Can you take me back to the Federation?"
"Except this," Wilson added.
Arisa laughed softly: He knew it.
"Never promise anything you can't keep, Wilson," Arisa said. "You said those females were planning a riot? Do you know the details?"
"Is it because the male insects are treated well?" Wilson looked at him and didn't answer the question. "...You seem to care about this matter?"
The second after Wilson said this, the mechanical lock on Arisa's neck issued a shrill alarm sound, and then tightened inch by inch - this was the result of his forceful use of mental power.
Wilson's actions were faster than his thoughts. By the time he reacted, the mechanical lock that was tightening inch by inch had been torn in two.
At this moment, his hands and even his arms were completely covered by the insect armor, which is the behavior of the female insect when it is extremely frightened and angry.
"You're crazy!" Wilson, who had finally come to his senses, roared at Arisa. "Do you know what the consequences are of forcibly exerting your mental power while restrained by a mechanical lock? You might very well be strangled to death!"
Arisa didn't answer. He just made a dry heave, but nothing came out.
He felt dizzy from having the mechanical lock forcibly tightened around his neck, but when he heard Wilson's accusation, he just found it funny: "Did I put this thing around my own neck?"
Wilson's breath caught.
"You're the one who got me into this situation, so stop pretending to care about me. It's disgusting." Arisa held her throat. "Wilson, what exactly do you want to do? Don't you know what these female insects who are planning to cause a riot will do?"
"What will they do!?" Wilson looked at Arisa, feeling unfamiliar. "What can they do!"
"I've had enough of this damned Zerg system!" He roared in a rare fit of rage. "Why can't they use this as an excuse to protest? Don't they have the right to protest?"
"And then they died because of the riot in their spiritual sea?" Arisa also roared at him, "Do you think there will be any male insects willing to calm their spiritual sea after they riot?"
Wilson was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly realized something from Arisa's words - was it what he thought it meant?
"Wait..." His frown slowly relaxed, "Arisa, you..."
"What do you want to say next?" Arisa looked at him. "...Okay, stop talking, Wilson."
"Don't make me regret ever wanting to take you in as my queen."
Wilson did not say anything else, because the male insect stepped directly into his sea of consciousness in the next second.
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