Chapter 7: Born deformed and ordinary, unable to choose his own destiny...
Lenk's brows were furrowed, and his smiling face turned serious, with a murderous air in it.
"Todd, what do you mean?"
Todd, the store manager, climbed to his feet and leaned weakly against the competition cabin. "Lunk, I just sensed an extremely terrifying aura from that male insect. I mistakenly thought he was using his mental power to suppress me."
"How could that promising insect be such a complete loser?" Lunk said sternly, "Todd, you should change this habit. Not all male insects are useless."
"They may be cruel, cruel, and extravagant at heart, but they are not stupid. If you continue like this, you will die in your own stupidity and anger sooner or later."
"I get it, I get it." Todd smiled bitterly. "I'll behave myself this time, but I still don't understand why that person is so interested in a male insect."
Lunk rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you had known, you wouldn't have been turned into a weakling by a male insect today."
"Why are you making such dirty jokes?" Todd calmed down and put his arms around Lenk's neck. "Let's report the results to that person first."
Lunke looked at Todd helplessly, raised his hand and pulled Todd's hand off his shoulder: "Go and have a rest for a while, and tell the manager not to reveal our identities."
Todd: "I know, I know. Go ahead. My legs are still weak. Go do your thing first."
Lenk shook his head helplessly again and walked out.
Central Star, White Smellide Mansion.
"Okay, okay, I get it. I've received the information. Thank you for your hard work." Melon hung up the holographic call and looked at his friend. "Are you satisfied now? I don't understand. You obviously have his friends, why did you let Lunk do this?"
Bai shifted his gaze from the information to look at Mellon. His deep eyebrows, fair skin, sharp eyes and temperament were enough to stop a child from crying at night, even though he was handsome enough.
Mellon was no child, so he wouldn't be frightened by his friend's aura. He rubbed against Bai and sat down, smiling flatteringly: "Just tell me."
Bai's eyes flashed, avoiding Mellon's gaze, and gave an answer: "I'm curious, and it's time for you all to practice."
"Us? Practice?" Mellon pointed at himself and realized belatedly, "You don't want us to be sparring partners with that male insect?! Shouldn't it be you?"
Bai glanced at Mellon with disdain. "It's you. Starting tonight, you and Peggy will take turns training with him. Remember, every match must be recorded in full."
Mellon: “…………”
Bai Qing raised his eyebrows: "Any comments?"
Mellon was frustrated for a second, then decisively admitted his mistake: "Yes, I understand. I will make arrangements right away and will not let the Admiral down."
"Why don't you get ready?" Bai gently tapped the training schedule on the document in front of him. "You don't have much time left."
Mellon: “…”
Flip the table, I can’t keep this friend anymore!!
Melon left angrily, and Bai's attention returned to the information.
He gently tapped his finger on Nanqi Aide's name and the letter F in the mental power column, and his eyes fell on the photo of the male insect with his eyes lowered and smiling.
After a while, he whispered, "Let me see if you can be the key to breaking the deadlock. I hope you can bring me surprises. I look forward to meeting you."
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Nan Qi got what he wanted and walked out of the Brave Fighting game store with ease. The brothers Arnold and Carter followed him all the way to the door of Nan Qi's house. The two brothers stopped and looked like they wanted to say something but hesitated.
Nan Qi was not surprised at the two brothers' behavior. The two brothers knew his competition ID, and he came out much later than other contestants. They must have guessed that the abnormality in the store was related to him.
I wanted to ask, but was afraid of offending him. If I didn't ask, I was also worried. So I followed him all the way without even thinking of how to start the conversation.
Nan Qi felt warm in his heart. He quite liked this kind of simple concern.
He opened the door and invited the two brothers in, poured them some water, and then Nan Qi sat on the bed with his long legs crossed. Through his tight clothes, one could see his strong lines underneath, as well as the terrifying power contained in those lines.
Looking at the two brothers sitting stiffly on their chairs, Nan Qi smiled and said, "Ask whatever you want to ask."
Neither of the two brothers expected Nan Qi to be so direct. They looked at each other, not knowing how to start.
Nan Qi was not in a hurry. He looked at the two brothers with a smile. After a long while, Carter said in a low voice, "I now believe what you said about the high-level black crystal being on the top of the mountain."
Nan Qi had very sharp ears, but he pretended not to hear Carter's awkward apology. He tilted his ear slightly to make a listening gesture: "Was it Carter who was speaking just now? I didn't hear it clearly. Can you say it again?"
Carter: "..." Does this bug just like to go against me?
"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore." Nan Qi looked at Carter's flushed face, his desire to tease the little animal satisfied, and returned to the topic, "Thank you for your concern. Don't worry, I just made a deal with the Brave Fighting Shop on Potter Star."
Arnold was older, more composed and cautious. Seeing Nan Qi willing to speak, he let go of his reserve and carefully advised, "You've always had your own ideas. I know you won't let yourself get hurt when it comes to trading, but I suggest you don't let too many people know your entry ID."
"Thank you, I will remember it." Nan Qi understood that Arnold did this for his own good.
Whether it is the original world or this bizarre world, the principle that the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind applies, especially since his current identity is still an F-level male insect.
Although the system of this country is that men are superior and women are inferior, there are still royal families, nobles, and various privileged classes on this basis. Only male insects with high levels of mental strength can be truly noble.
Male insects with high mental power and noble status are even more powerful than insects.
As for those with low mental power levels, especially F-level male insects like them, it would not be particularly difficult for those female insects with some ability to do something to them or make them "disappear" accidentally.
After all, although the male insects have bad personalities, according to Nan Qi's observations over the past few days, none of the male insects are ugly in appearance.
It cannot be used to soothe the spirit or reproduce offspring, but it is good to use it as a forbidden delicacy.
Although his good performance in the competition attracted the attention of those who could benefit from him, he only advanced to the semi-finals from the preliminary round and his influence was not great.
If you really become high-profile, you may not necessarily gain any benefits, and may even bring disaster.
Nan Qi still has a limited understanding of this world. Even if Arnold doesn't say it, he will not easily reveal his competition ID.
If he had known that there were so few male insect contestants in this competition and that his winning streak might cause a sensation, he would not even tell Arnold and Carter, nor would he have won the competition and advanced.
Fortunately, he was not the only male insect who advanced. This was his only consolation after checking the list of advancers.
Ultimately, it was because he was not cautious enough. He could not break away from the concepts brought by his original world and was skeptical about the fact that male insects are generally useless.
It won’t happen again in the future. He will be more cautious and prevent such mistakes from happening again.
Arnold and Carter are easy to fool, and Chong is not a bad person. Manager Lenk needs his help. If he meets someone with bad intentions towards him, I am afraid that today's matter will not end well.
After thanking Arnold again, Nan Qi looked at the time and saw that it was already noon, so he asked the two brothers to stay for dinner.
Arnold originally refused, but seeing that Carter seemed to have something to say and Nan Qi's attitude was firm enough, he agreed.
What Arnold didn't expect was that when Nan Qi said he would stay for dinner, he meant really eating, not taking nutritional supplements.
Looking at the delicious three dishes and one soup in front of him and his brother Carter's saliva about to fall, Arnold swallowed unconsciously: "Um, Nan Qi, can you cook?"
Nan Qi brought the snow rice to the table and asked the two brothers to help themselves: "Is there anything strange?"
Arnold blinked. "Are you really not someone's young master? These ingredients are very expensive. We don't dare to buy them normally, and we don't know how to cook them. We can only..."
I only go to a small restaurant and order two dishes to improve my diet after receiving my monthly salary.
Nan Qi ordered three dishes and a soup, and he didn't seem to feel bad about spending money when buying vegetables. Arnold felt that Nan Qi was really different from the insects he knew.
Nan Qi smiled: "Have you ever seen a young master who can cook for himself? I'm just greedy. Isn't the purpose of working hard to make money to live a comfortable life?"
"Yeah, that's right, but..." Arnold wanted to say something, but Nan Qi patted his shoulder and said, "Don't say buts, let's eat. Don't forget, I just got a lot of money."
Arnold thought so too. In order to allow Nan Qi to participate in the competition under their store name, the Brave Fighting Potter Star Store gave Nan Qi a lot of benefits.
But Arnold still felt the store had profited. If Nan Qi really became famous, they could use "the most powerful male insect" as a publicity stunt, perhaps attracting more male insects to play the game.
The purchasing power of those high-level male insects is very substantial, and it is estimated that they can bring a lot of profits to the game.
As if he could read Arnold's mind, Nan Qi took a sip of his soup and said leisurely, "We are mutually beneficial. They also have to bear the risk of me being eliminated in the first round of the rematch."
"You won't." Before Arnold could say anything, Carter, who had a mouth full of food, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at Nan Qi with sparkling eyes, and repeated, "You won't."
"Oh?" Nan Qi smiled, "You don't think highly of me, do you?"
"Can you please stop talking about this?" Carter glared at Nan Qi and said angrily, "I'm a loyal player of this game. My rank is not high due to my mental and physical limitations, but my vision is still there. You are amazing."
"If you can really make it to the end, maybe, maybe..." Carter's voice became smaller and smaller, and the sound of chopsticks poking the bottom of the bowl almost drowned out Carter's voice, but Nan Qi heard it.
Carter said: Maybe in the end, the country will reconsider the value of the F male insects because of their performance in this competition.
In this world, the strong prey on the weak. Male insects that lack physical and mental strength, and who are not outstanding in other aspects, will most likely be sent to mining planets. This is their only value.
Geniuses are miracles, and ordinary people are the majority. Just because they are born ordinary, does that mean they have no choice at all?
Carter didn't understand, but he was powerless to resist.
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