Chapter 1: Traveling Through the Zerg World
"Nan Qi, you have a good harvest today."
"Nan Qi, you are so amazing. We can only earn basic salary, but you can get rewards from Xisifei." The man who spoke looked at the bag in Nan Qi's hand with envy, as if he wanted to reach out and touch the things inside.
"It's okay. I'm lucky today." Nan Qi dodged the man's hand calmly and responded with a smile.
The man seemed dissatisfied with Nan Qi's answer and pestered him again: "Tell us, how did you do it? How did you find such a high-level black crystal? Hey, Arnold, why did you hit me?"
Arnold glared at him. "Carter, why are you asking? This is Nanqi's secret. Are you willing to tell other bugs about your mining method? Don't think that Nanqi is new here and doesn't know anything, so you can bully him."
"Who bullied him? I haven't even told you that he came and took away our food. If you hadn't picked him up and provided him with food for a week, he would have died long ago." Carter curled his lips.
"Carter, stop talking. Nan Qi has already returned all my things to me." Arnold frowned and his voice became a little harsher.
"You yelled at me, are you still my brother?" Carter felt very aggrieved, and his eyes, which looked too big due to malnutrition and thinness, were filled with tears.
Seeing Carter like this, Arnold felt a little distressed, and didn't know what to say. He could only give Nan Qi an apologetic smile.
Nan Qi shook his head nonchalantly and pointed to the highest peak in the western mines: "That's where I found the high-grade black crystal. If you have the ability, you can go there yourself."
After saying that, Nan Qi ignored the group of people, picked up a bag of black crystal stones, turned around and walked towards the small house where he was staying, not caring at all about Carter who was cursing him for lying behind his back, asking how a bug could climb such a high mountain with bare hands.
On Porter Star, no one would easily tell other insects about their mining methods, as that would mean handing over their life-saving resources to other insects. Of course, no insect would ask about this.
The reason why Carter was so fearless was that his family had taken Nan Qi in for seven days before. He probably felt that Nan Qi should repay them for saving his life, so he was fearless.
Nan Qi doesn't care about this. What he can do, others may not be able to do. Even if they can do it, he is not afraid.
After all, no matter how horrible it was, it wasn't more horrible than him dying and coming back to life as a different race.
Nan Qi took out the key, opened the door, placed the crystal on the table, and walked into the bathroom.
He wanted to take a shower first. After working all day and being covered in dust, anyone would want to take a comfortable hot shower before resting.
Warm water flowed down his hair. Nan Qi looked at himself in the mirror and began to sort out the clues of this strange world.
This world is a world where multiple galaxies and multiple races live together. The galaxy he is in is called the Tro Galaxy, which is dominated by the Zerg, and is also called the Zerg Galaxy.
In terms of appearance, Nan Qi has not yet found any difference between Zerg and humans, but he has heard that high-level female Zerg can show their complete wings.
The composition of the insect race is somewhat similar to the social form of bees in biology that Nan Qi knows about. They are all composed of male insects (drones), female insects (queens), and sub-females (worker bees).
Unlike honeybees, females are not as rare as queen bees; they are quite numerous. They have female markings that reveal their wings. They are physically strong and very capable, and it is the females who do the defending of the homeland.
But they have a weakness. The higher the level of their mental power, the more violent it will become after frequent use. If it is not appeased, they will die of violence. This is somewhat similar to the sentinels in Nan Qi's original world.
There were quite a few male insects, but not many of them were high-ranking. High-ranking male insects were the most noble. However, their bodies were weaker than those of female insects and sub-female insects, and the higher their rank, the weaker their bodies were.
The higher the level of mental power of a male insect, the more it can calm the violent mental power of the male insect, just like a guide.
Sub-females are the most numerous and are considered females, possessing female markings but lacking wings. Sub-females are found in all walks of life, including the military, police, and government.
Their physical bodies and abilities are between those of female and male insects, except that their mental power levels are generally not high. However, because they suffer less mental distress than female insects, there are quite a few elites among them.
The mental power levels here are the same as the mental power levels of the sentinels and guides in Nan Qi's original world. From high to low, there are eight levels: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, and F.
In addition, what makes Nan Qi feel strange is that in this world, female insects are the best in terms of mental strength, physical strength and endurance, and are absolutely strong, but they are inferior to the weak male insects.
This kind of submission does not mean the inclination of some laws and regulations under relative equality, but absolute submission.
The laws of this world seemed to be specially made for male insects. Nan Qi found all the unfair laws so outrageous that he just heard about them.
What about male insects, which can have three wives and four concubines? When a female insect marries a male insect, all her property belongs to the male insect. The male insect can abuse, abuse, and even buy and sell any concubines other than his wife.
Female insects and sub-female insects are not allowed to disrespect male insects, otherwise they will be punished by the Male Insect Protection Association, which includes but is not limited to fines, flogging, imprisonment, and death penalty.
If the male insect deliberately provokes, the punishment is only verbal education, and there is no other punishment except a fine at most.
Nan Qi could not have imagined or understood that there was such a huge difference and a way of survival that violated the law of the jungle, but the female insect could still not resist.
If this were in his original world, these arrogant male insects would have long been imprisoned by the female insects as an antidote to relieve their mental strength.
Of course, not every male insect can experience the incredible treatment mentioned above.
There are quite a few male insects, but not many of them are of high level. Most of the male insects have a mental power level of F.
Male insects with this level of mental power are neither able to make female insects or sub-female insects give birth to high-level insect offspring, nor can they properly appease female insects.
Therefore, when F-level male insects reach adulthood, if they have no talent in other fields, they will be sent to various mining planets to collect high-level energy ores for the country.
When they reach a certain age, they will marry through the main brain. If they are lucky, they will have a baby and continue to stay on the mining planet to mine. If they are unlucky, many of them will be killed by the ores.
In addition to the Zerg, there are many other races in this world, one of which is hostile to the Zerg - the Star Beasts.
According to Arnold, the number of the Star Beastmen is not as large as that of the Zerg, but they are an extremely brutal and warlike race. They often go to war with them and even abduct and eat them.
The planet where Nan Qi is now is a mining planet where the Star Beast Clan may appear, because this mining planet produces an energy ore called black crystal stone, which is the main power source for starships and mechas.
The technology in this world is even more advanced than that in Nanqi. It has already reached the level of space travel and space jumping. Starships and mechas traveling through space are naturally nothing new.
Because of the popularity of these things, black crystal, as the main power source, has become particularly important, and their mining planet that can produce black crystal has become the target of various races.
At that time, Nan Qi suddenly appeared on the Potter Star. Everyone thought he was a star beast and almost killed him. It was only after Arnold came and confirmed that he was not a star beast that he saved his life.
After lying in bed for seven days, Nan Qi got a mining job and an ID card with his mental power level F and the name Nan Qi Ed printed on it.
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After wiping the mist off the mirror, Nan Qi looked at the nine furry tails and cat ears on top of the head that appeared after the spirit possessed the mirror, and fell into deep thought.
Can male insects also grow cat tails and cat ears? Or did he underestimate this world? The lowest level of spiritual power in this world is actually the highest level in his original world?
It doesn't seem like it, that means there is some information that I don't have.
Nan Qi touched his chin and smiled with interest: "Interesting."
Pulling a towel from the shelf next to him, Nan Qi retracted his spiritual body, wiped his body roughly with the towel, put on clean clothes and walked out of the bathroom.
The house he was allocated was not big, it was an apartment-style house, about 20 square meters including the bathroom and kitchen.
The furnishings were also very simple. A narrow bed, a table, two chairs and a wardrobe were all the furnishings in the bedroom, and there was nothing in the kitchen.
Nan Qi poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one gulp, stuffed the bag of black crystals on the table into his black backpack and went out.
The black crystal in the bag was a reward from the mine manager Sifis. The miners have a task every day to dig out 10 low-level black crystals the size of bricks.
There will be corresponding wages for completing tasks, wages will be deducted if they are not completed, and there will be rewards for exceeding the target.
Due to the special nature of black crystal, mechanized excavation and in-depth exploration will cause the energy of the crystal to dissipate. It can only be dug manually, oh no, by insect workers with their bare hands, so the output is not high.
Without the help of tools, it is very difficult to climb up and explore, and the probability of high-level energy stones appearing at high altitudes is also very small.
Nan Qi was a top SSS-level sentinel in his original world, and his spiritual form was a flexible nine-tailed cat. Climbing a mountain with bare hands was child's play for him.
He had just arrived and didn't have his own mine, so he had to find another way to look for it elsewhere. The high-grade black crystal was discovered during the search.
The energy in a high-grade black crystal stone is a hundred times that of a medium-grade one, and a thousand times that of a low-grade one. The two high-grade black crystal stones that Nan Qi brought back were enough to cover his 200 days of work.
The mine manager was so happy that he gave Nan Qi a 10-day vacation, transferred the bonus to Nan Qi's personal account, and gave Nan Qi 3 low-level black crystals as a reward.
Don't underestimate these three low-level black crystals. They are the hard currency of this world. What star coins can't buy, black crystals can. If it weren't for the lack of star coins, Nan Qi wouldn't have taken out this bag of crystals.
Turning left and right, Nan Qi arrived at the most prosperous commercial street on Porter Star.
Tomorrow is a holiday, and the commercial streets are full of people enjoying themselves. After responding to several people who greeted him, Nan Qi stopped in front of a large storefront, a smile flashing in his eyes.
Xueaisi Star Brain Chain - Porter Star Store.
Star Brain, one of the specialties of this world, is similar to a combination of a computer and a mobile phone in Nan Qi's original world.
The Star Brain is very small in size, and it is said that the advanced Star Brain can change its form at will according to the owner's wishes.
In addition to the common functions of communication, payment, Internet access, and health monitoring, the Star Brain can also be bound to the owner's genes, serving as another form of ID card. Even if it is accidentally lost, other insects cannot use it.
The various functions of the Star Brain are very useful to Nan Qi, who currently has only a vague understanding of all information but cannot reveal it publicly.
Nan Qi walked up the stairs and entered the store. The well-trained clerk came up to greet him and did not show any neglect because of Nan Qi's ordinary clothes.
After the clerk's careful explanation, Nan Qi chose an ordinary star brain that looked like a watch and paid with a black crystal stone.
It was an ordinary star brain, not particularly expensive. One piece of black crystal stone was not enough, so the clerk converted the remaining money into star coins and transferred them to Nan Qi’s account.
Afterwards, he asked the clerk to help him activate it, picked up the remaining spirit stones and left, not noticing that after he left, a figure in the store was looking at the direction he left with a greedy expression.
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