Chapter 16 What if I were a bad guy? The middle-aged female insect is gone…
As soon as the middle-aged female insect left, Loxis's eyes gradually turned cold. Although there was still a faint smile on his lips, it was hard to tell that he was actually smiling.
He hummed a tuneless little tune, thinking that the next time he saw his dear brother, it might be in a coffin...
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Chaotic Star Sea.
"Boss? Boss? May I come in?"
The tall, strong crew member knocked cautiously on the door, pressing his ear against it to try and hear what was happening inside. It was quiet inside, with only heavy breathing. It took him a while to hear a reply.
"……Enter."
The green-eyed female insect lay supine on the ground, her forehead covered in cold sweat, her antennae standing straight up, and she couldn't retract her eyelids for a while. The surrounding walls were pitted and full of marks left by sharp objects.
The tall, burly crew member's voice was muffled, as if he was holding his breath, "Boss, it's still no use. The negotiations with them have fallen apart. They refuse to sell us pheromones no matter what."
The green-eyed female insect rubbed her temples. "Then let's talk to another company."
“Okay.” The tall, strong crew member looked a little grim. “There are only two companies left that we haven’t negotiated with yet. Those two companies are asking for high prices and their quality is not consistent.”
"Let's make contact first. My situation is alright, but Xiao Er can't delay any longer."
"..." The tall, strong crew member felt a surge of anger rising within him as he thought about their second mate lying in the nutrient tank, barely clinging to life. "The Scarlet Ones are a bunch of shameless beasts. They've monopolized all our pheromone suppliers and are just trying to wear us down."
The green-eyed female insect snorted coldly, a fierce glint flashing in her eerie green pupils. "Their appetites are too big; they'll burst their bellies sooner or later."
The Crimson Pirates have expanded rapidly in recent years, and now their appetite is so big that they want to swallow most of the pirate ships in the Chaos Star Sea. They have monopolized almost all pheromone channels, and will cut off the pheromone supply to anyone who refuses to join.
Their Pure White Pirate Gang still has some foundation to sustain itself, while those smaller pirate ships have long since joined the Crimson Pirate Gang.
If it were a slightly more normal pirate group, joining would be fine, but unfortunately, the Crimson Pirates don't belong to that category.
They are notorious for their arson, murder, looting, and all sorts of evil deeds. They especially enjoy torture and killing, and even publicly execute insects in their group who do not agree with their ideology. They do not consider themselves to be any righteous insects, but they cannot condone this practice.
If all else fails, then we'll fight to the death.
The tall, strong crew member suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, boss, the system shows that the batch of medicine we got for free last time has already been shipped."
"Can the source be traced?"
The tall, burly crew member said with a pained expression, "It's not possible for now, but we're doing our best to track it down."
The green-eyed female insect frowned. "We can put this matter aside for now. You should go and contact those two suppliers first."
"yes!"
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Federal Central Star, Inner District.
In the evening, when Murphy returned with the groceries, Rupert and Palmer realized they had been lingering for quite some time.
They hurriedly stood up and prepared to leave.
Murphy waved to them and said, "It's alright, don't worry about me, you can chat a little longer."
Murphy expertly tied on his apron. "Why don't you stay for lunch later?"
This is my wife's good friend; we'll have to treat him well as the groomsmen from now on.
Rupert had been very nervous ever since Murphy returned, and this nervousness continued until Murphy brought the groceries to prepare a meal, at which point Rupert's expression was downright horrified.
What did he just see? A male insect wearing an apron went into the kitchen? He must have seen wrong, he must have seen wrong.
Rupert shook his head violently, looking quite horrified. "No, no, no, Your Excellency, we'll be going now."
Palmer said, "It's getting late, you don't need to worry about us."
Murphy poked his head out of the kitchen. "Stay here. It's just a little extra. I can handle it."
Rupert's mind went blank, and without thinking, he gave a rather unbelievable reason, "No, no, we have an urgent mission, so we won't bother you any longer."
Although Murphy was a little disappointed, he could tell they were still quite reserved, so he didn't press them. "...Alright, then be careful on your way."
Rupert nodded haphazardly and hurriedly followed Palmer out the door, looking dazed.
His tone was somewhat nonchalant, "Is it really okay to let male insects cook?" After saying that, he muttered, "If I were to tell anyone about this, they would all just think I've lost my mind."
He thought, if everything were true, the Legion Commander would have a very good future, and maybe he could even return to the Legion and make everything go back to how it was before.
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Murphy sensed that Attia was acting strangely tonight, constantly glancing in his direction with a hint of hesitation.
Murphy checked himself over. He was still handsome, with nothing strange about him, and he didn't smell anything odd. So what happened today?
When Murphy brought the food to the table, Atia had already returned to her original form, but her eyes were slightly lowered, and she looked a little nervous.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me today?" Murphy asked.
Attiyah shook his head.
Seemingly sensing his presence, Atia hesitated for a moment before handing a card to Morpheus.
"What is this? Is it for me?"
Murphy was flattered; the autistic beauty had actually given him a gift.
Attiyah nodded.
When Mofiel took it in his hand, he looked at it closely and realized that something was wrong. It seemed to be an anonymous star crystal card. As for how he knew, it was because the computer had automatically scanned it and found that there were 100,000 star coins inside.
Atiyah lowered her eyes slightly, her voice lacking confidence, "I'm sorry, it's rare."
Most of his property was given to the A-grade male insect as compensation for that incident, and the rest he entrusted Palmer to distribute to the families of the fallen soldiers. This was the last little bit left after the distribution.
He didn't know why Murphy had suddenly appeared beside him, nor did he know his purpose or reason for staying, but he knew that Murphy had saved him, more than once, and perhaps he should do something in return.
Murphy was taken aback. How did Atia know about the family's dire financial situation? Did 001 tip him off? Murphy turned to 001, only to receive a blank, silly grin.
That stupid son of mine is hopeless.
Murphy looked away, staring at the card in his hand, his heart filled with mixed feelings. On one hand, he was happy that his beautiful wife, who had always been hiding in her shell, seemed to be starting to try to come out of her shell and was willing to trust him. On the other hand, he was also a little worried.
What is his stupid wife thinking? They've only known each other for less than half a month, and he just did some things that ordinary insects would do, and Atia took out all the family property she had secretly hidden? And after giving it to her, she even looked guilty. Huh? What if he were a bad insect?
Murphy didn't speak for a while, feeling a little numb, a mix of joy and sorrow. His only thought was to cuddle and hug. Why was his wife so attractive to insects?
An eerie silence fell over the air, and Atia's expression slowly turned to one of disappointment.
After a while, Atia felt a finger poke her forehead, very lightly, and a helpless voice sounded, "What if I'm a bad bug?"
"Once you hand over the last bit of money, I'll reveal my true colors, arrest you, and sell you off."
Murphy raised his voice to scare him.
The silver-haired beauty tilted her head and said without hesitation, "You won't."
Murphy choked for a moment, then realized he wanted to kiss her even more.
He restrained himself and insisted, "You're just too trusting of other insects. There are plenty of bad insects in the world, and they're especially good at deceiving insects."
If Rupert had heard him say this, he would have been horrified. You mean that the strategist who strategized on the battlefield, won battles from afar, and tricked the enemy into leaving them with nothing but their underwear, was too easily trusting of other worms? Who exactly is it that is so easily trusting of other worms!
Atia's eyebrows twitched slightly, somewhat puzzled. The image of him in Morpheus's eyes might be somewhat different from that of the insect himself.
But he felt a strange feeling spreading through his heart, which was odd but not unpleasant.
“I believe you,” Attiyah said.
He believed in what he had seen, heard, and felt these past few days; he believed in Murphy.
The air seemed to freeze for a few seconds, then Murphy stepped forward and hugged Attia tightly.
He couldn't hold back any longer. He couldn't bear it anymore. His wife, he could hug her whenever he wanted.
"Waaaaah, I'm so touched."
"..." The sudden embrace startled Atia. Along with the warm embrace came a powerful yet gentle force, just like the Mephiel worm itself.
However, Atia felt one of Mephiel's hands gently caressing his antennae, making him tremble slightly. He tried to move, but Mephiel's other hand held him tightly around the waist, rendering him immobile. He was completely enveloped in this embrace.
Are male insects really that strong?
Atia ultimately didn't send out his card, because if he did, he would receive a tearful message: "In Atia's eyes, am I just such a useless male? Waaaaaah..."
Attiyah also had no way to deal with Murphy today.
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A few days later, Rupert received good news: Bird Company told him early in the morning that a package had arrived.
"Palmer, the pheromone potion has arrived." Rupert's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement.
This is the highest-grade pheromone potion he has been able to collect so far, a B-level potion, which should be effective against the mental domain chaos of the Legion Commander's worm.
Palmer said, "Okay, give it to me. I'll disguise it before giving it to the Legion Commander. If that male finds out we're secretly collecting pheromones for the Legion Commander, he might take his anger out on him."
Rupert scratched his head, finding it quite reasonable; no male insect would want its female to use another insect's pheromones. "Okay, you're smart."
Palmer held the pheromone bottle in his hand, his eyes flickered for a moment, then turned firm again.
Meanwhile, Murphy also received a belated court hearing notice.
A note from the author:
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