Chapter 6 I Became a Zerg
That night, Zhang Xiaojia lay in the dormitory, happily counting the credit coins in his account.
"Spicy snacks, antidote, 5S tactical guidance..." She calculated, flexing her forelimbs. "If this keeps up, I'll be able to buy an asteroid soon!"
She turned over, a cunning glint in her eyes.
"But... the real business has just begun."
"When they discover that my antidote to mood disruptors is truly broken..." she grinned, "then military orders will be big business!"
She stretched out her arms and wings, "It's not bad to make money."
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Zhang Xiaojia made a lot of money from his spicy snack business and was in a very happy mood.
After all, eating spicy strips is addictive.
After six hours, Zhang Xiaojia crawled out of the thirty times gravity training room.
Her feet could no longer walk, so she had to use her wings to carry her to the restaurant.
Zhang Xiaojia buried his head in his food, wolfing down the third serving of "dark matter pudding" before licking the corner of his mouth in satisfaction.
"Strange..." She looked around, "Why is no one grabbing the pudding today?"
In the past, the "Dark Matter Pudding" at the Royal Restaurant was in limited supply. In order to have more bites, the little bugs in Class S7 even used pheromones to interfere with each other.
But today, the entire restaurant was eerily quiet. The pudding area was piled high with unclaimed desserts, while the other students sat far away in a corner, staring at her with complicated and resentful eyes.
Zhang Xiaojia's tentacles twitched in confusion, and she turned to look at Luo Li: "Miss, Your Highnesses, why aren't you eating pudding?"
Lori's purple-gold carapace glowed an angry red, and her tentacles stretched straight. "How dare you ask?!"
Zhang Xiaojia: "???"
Tang Li slammed the table and stood up, pointing his forelimbs at her: "It's you! You secretly released 'Zerg Mood Interferon' during combat class, causing our pheromones to become disordered!"
Zhang Xiaojia's wings froze: "...Huh?"
Tang Ying gritted her teeth. "And then you took the opportunity to sell the antidote. One bottle costs 100,000 credits! We don't even have money for food now!"
Zhang Xiaojia: "...Do you need credits to pay for meals?"
He Shishi said resentfully: "In the whole academy, you are the only one who is free, a commoner"
She blinked her compound eyes and suddenly thought, Oh yes, it seems that is the case.
She released Zerg mood disruptors every day, and the royal family members of their S7 class transferred money with tears in their eyes every day, and their wallets were emptied in an instant.
But now, they are so poor that they can't even afford "dark matter pudding".
Facing the angry gazes of the insects, Zhang Xiaojia coughed lightly and folded his wings innocently: "Well... actually, I'm doing this for your own good."
"Bullshit!" Tang Li's carapace turned red with anger. "You're deliberately trying to trick us!"
Zhang Xiaojia spread his hands and said, "How can you call it a trap? This is called a real combat exercise! Think about it, if humans really used mood disruptors on the battlefield, would you cry your eyes out?"
He Shishi sneered: "So you're just going to let us cry first, and then you'll charge us to heal us?"
Zhang Xiaojia: "..."
It seems impossible to refute it.
She sighed and said, "Okay, for the sake of our friendship, I'll refund you half of the money."
Insects: "Only half?!"
Zhang Xiaojia said confidently: "Of course! The antidote is really effective, right? Doesn't it cost money to make the antidote?"
Tang Li was so angry that his tentacles were knotted: "You profiteer!"
Zhang Xiaojia smiled and took out another spicy noodle: "I'll give you a free bag of spicy noodle, to calm you down?"
Insects: "..."
They stared at the bag of red snacks, and their tentacles trembled uncontrollably.
Damn, it smells so good!
In the monitoring room, Tang Han looked at Zhang Xiaojia's tricks on the screen, and a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
The adjutant hesitated, "Commander, should we stop her? Does this count as... defrauding a classmate?"
Tang Han's tentacles trembled slightly, and he defended her, "No, she's right—on the battlefield, humans really do use mood disruptors, and her antidote is real, but it also costs money."
He stood up, his elytra gleaming coldly. "But this little bastard really does need a lesson."
Adjutant: "How do you teach him a lesson?"
Tang Han's lips curled up dangerously: "Let her also have a taste of the 'business routine'."
The next day, Zhang Xiaojia went to the Royal Restaurant for dinner as usual, but found that his permissions were locked.
The mechanical guard coldly warned: "Your account is suspected of illegal transactions and has been temporarily frozen."
Zhang Xiaojia: "???"
She immediately checked the light brain and found
Dear student Zhang Xiaojia:
After investigation, you are suspected of illegally selling unapproved drugs (mood disruptor antidote). Your credit account is now frozen pending investigation.
Imperial Military Academy Disciplinary Committee
Zhang Xiaojia's wings froze instantly: "... Damn, I've been tricked!"
She turned her head suddenly and saw Commander Tang Han standing not far away, with a half-smile in his eyes.
Zhang Xiaojia: "...Commander, you did this?"
Tang Han said calmly, "Business competition depends on one's own ability. I'll tell you a solution. Sell this antidote to the college."
Zhang Xiaojia: "..."
It’s over, I’m in trouble!
On the first day his account was frozen, Zhang Xiaojia stood in the empty dormitory, touched his rumbling stomach, and a cunning gleam flashed in his eyes.
She took out a rice ball from the space and started to eat it.
"Since you won't let me use my privileges to eat..." she grinned, "Then I'll just use other people's!"
So, the next morning, Commander Tang Han had just stepped into the senior officers' mess in the teaching building when he felt a breeze blowing behind him.
"Commander! What a coincidence!" Zhang Xiaojia had stood behind him without him noticing, wings folded obediently, compound eyes gleaming innocently. "Are you coming to dinner too?"
Tang Han's tentacles tensed slightly: "...This is the officers' area."
Zhang Xiaojia blinked. "But I'm a student in Class S7. Technically, I'm a reserve officer, right?"
Tang Han: "..."
He ignored her and walked straight to the food area. Zhang Xiaojia immediately followed him like a little tail, and even took one while he was picking up the food tray.
Tang Han looked at her coldly: "What are you doing?"
Zhang Xiaojia confidently said: "Learn dining etiquette from the commander!"
Tang Han: "..."
Five minutes later, Tang Han sat at the dining table, looking across at him expressionlessly - Zhang Xiaojia had already brought a full plate of special meals for senior officers and was happily gnawing on a piece of interstellar giant turtle meat.
He softened his heart and saw the little bug crying and saying he was hungry. He paid the credit coins.
"Commander, this is delicious!" Her cheeks puffed out, and her wings trembled lightly with joy. "Your meals are always really good!"
Tang Han's tentacles twitched: "...eat and get out."
Zhang Xiaojia pretended not to hear and continued to eat.
The next day, Tang Han just walked into the cafeteria and found that something was wrong——
All the little bugs in Class S7 stood neatly at the door, looking at him in unison.
Lori coughed lightly and said, "Commander, we...are also here to learn dining etiquette."
Tang Li added: "Yes! Zhang Xiaojia said this is part of 'tactical literacy'!"
Tang Han: "..."
He slowly turned his head and looked at Zhang Xiaojia, who was hiding at the end of the line and pretending to study the menu.
Zhang Xiaojia felt the death stare and immediately looked up at the sky: "Ah, what a beautiful day today!"
Tang Han's six wings spread out dangerously: "Zhang Xiaojia."
Zhang Xiaojia: "Here!"
Tang Han: "Explain."
Zhang Xiaojia laughed dryly. "Well... the students heard that the officers' mess has unlimited 'dark matter pudding,' so... everyone wants to try it?"
The S7 class members nodded frantically.
Tang Han: "..."
Three minutes later, a roar echoed from the cafeteria: "Everyone! Assemble in the thirty-fold gravity training room!"
Little Chongchong from Class S7 looked at the food on the plate, took out the lunch box and packed it up immediately.
Inside the thirty times gravity cabin, the little bugs from Class S7 were stuck to the ground like flattened biscuits, unable to even lift their wings or hands.
Zhang Xiaojia stubbornly squirmed, edging closer to Tang Han's feet. "Commander... want to discuss something?"
Tang Han looked down at her and said, "Speak."
Zhang Xiaojia struggled to pull out a bottle of green liquid. "Look... This is my latest 'anti-gravity fatigue antidote.' Just one sip and you'll be able to withstand forty times gravity with ease! One bottle only costs 20,000 credits..."
Tang Han: "..."
He slowly squatted down, his compound eyes narrowed dangerously: "Zhang Xiaojia."
Zhang Xiaojia: "Here!"
Tang Han: "Do you think I can't cure you?"
Zhang Xiaojia's wings trembled: "...I dare not."
Tang Han suddenly reached out and took out three bags of spicy strips, five bottles of antidote and a note with "business plan" written on it from under her wings.
Zhang Xiaojia: "..."
Tang Han looked at the note, which read:
S7 Class Wool-picking Plan
1. Free use of Commander's meal card√
2. Sell the antidote to the punished students
3. Monopoly Officers' Canteen Dark Matter Pudding
4. …
Tang Han's tentacles completely froze.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Xiaojia was left alone in the gravity cabin.
Tang Han stood in front of the console and said calmly, "Since you enjoy doing business so much, then do it to your heart's content."
He pressed the button, and the gravity value began to soar—
Forty times.
Zhang Xiaojia: "Wait, wait! Commander, I was wrong!"
Tang Han remained unmoved: "Fifty times."
Zhang Xiaojia's shell crackled under the weight: "It's about to break!"
Tang Han then stopped and walked up to her: "Are you still selling the antidote?"
Zhang Xiaojia's eyes filled with tears: "I won't sell it anymore!"
"Are you still going to take the lead in eating for free?"
"No! I'll eat by myself."
Tang Han nodded with satisfaction and was about to shut down the gravity system when he heard Zhang Xiaojia muttering quietly: "...Unless you buy shares."
Tang Han: "..."
The gravity value suddenly jumped to sixty times.
Zhang Xiaojia burst into tears: "I'm hungry... You blocked my meal card. I'm hungry, I can't eat enough. I want to eat, I want to buy asteroids, I want money..."
Tang Han sighed, this little bastard!
Ask the robot to take her to the medical cabin.
That night, Zhang Xiaojia collapsed in the medical cabin like a salted fish, with his shell covered with cracks caused by gravity overload.
Suddenly, the hatch slid open and Tang Han walked in.
Zhang Xiaojia immediately played dead: "I'm already a useless person..."
Tang Han threw her a card: "Your account has been unfrozen."
Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes lit up: "Really?!"
Tang Han handed over another document: "Official military procurement contract. We're buying your formula and will give you 20% profit for every bottle you produce."
Zhang Xiaojia's wings instantly spread out: "Commander! You are truly the best in the universe—"
"Conditions." Tang Han interrupted her, "I will adopt you and you will be my daughter."
Zhang Xiaojia's smile froze: "...Ah? Why?"
Tang Han's compound eyes were deep: "Why, you don't want to?"
Zhang Xiaojia's tentacles twisted together in a tangle: "Well..."
Tang Han seemed to see through her hesitation and said calmly, "Your pocket money is twice as much as Tang Li's, and there's an unlimited supply of dark matter pudding."
Zhang Xiaojia's wings stood up straight: "Deal!"
Morality? What is that? Is it edible?
Zhang Xiaojia: Is it too late for me to retire now?
Zhang Xiaojia's moment of disillusionment...
When Tang Han's adoption agreement officially came into effect, Zhang Xiaojia thought happily:
Double your pocket money!
Unlimited supply of dark matter pudding!
No need to worry about being stopped by the guards of the Noble Restaurant anymore!
Maybe even... royal privileges?
For her, world peace is just around the corner...
However, reality soon gave her a blow.
She didn't know if she could complete the mission. If she continued like this, her life might be over.
"From today on, I will be personally responsible for your training." Tang Han's six wings spread slightly behind him, and his tone left no room for doubt.
Zhang Xiaojia's tentacles stiffened instantly: "...Wait, Commander, what do you mean?"
Tang Han raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "It means your vacation is cancelled."
Zhang Xiaojia: “???”
Family training, start!
Morning Exercise: Breakfast in the Gravity Chamber
When he was in the military academy, Zhang Xiaojia could still stay in bed until the last second. Now
At 5 a.m., Tang Han's pheromones exploded directly into her room.
"Wake up, bug boy, the 30x gravity cabin is waiting for you."
Zhang Xiaojia was dragged into the training room like a dead insect, with a piece of unfinished dark matter pudding in his mouth.
"Eating and training should be done simultaneously." Tang Han pressed the gravity button, "Can't swallow? Then starve."
Zhang Xiaojia: “…” (Inner thoughts: Is this adoption or military control??)
Cultural Course: Tactical Review
I used to be able to secretly copy and paste when writing self-criticisms, but now...
Tang Han sat directly next to her and stared at her coldly as she wrote.
"Rewrite this nonsense of 'I was wrong, I'll do it again next time'."
Zhang Xiaojia burst into tears: "Commander... No, Dad, can you be a little... more tolerant?"
Tang Han: “Okay.”
Zhang Xiaojia's eyes lit up.
Tang Han: "After finishing this article, I'll add another one titled 'On How to Maintain Tactical Thinking When Affected by Human Emotional Interference'."
Zhang Xiaojia: “…”
“I want to retire!!!”
When he was in the military academy, Tang Han would at least take his identity as the "commander" into consideration and show some mercy when he took action.
Now?
"Will the enemy on the battlefield stop just because you call 'Dad'?" Tang Han slapped her into the wall with his wings.
Zhang Xiaojia struggled to get out: "But you really are my dad!!"
Tang Han: "That's why we have to train even harder."
Zhang Xiaojia: “…”
She's running away from home
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