A group of cubs roamed the plaza until evening before Kelly took them to bed. During this time, many adult Zerg came to watch, their gazes—like assessing which cargo was more valuable—displeased Lian Han greatly.
Especially after she learned that she had to go to the square for activities the next day, Lian Han's face almost turned dark. Luckily, she was lying on the bed at the time, so no one saw her expression.
On this particular day, Kelly, who was taking care of them, was replaced by two other female Zerg, and Lian Han finally had the chance to experience the "joy" of crawling.
Yi Jun, on the other hand, cast a gloating glance at her, letting her gloat yesterday.
Lian Han frowned, ignored him, and then lay down on the square to chat with Xiao Ya. However, she would move her body from time to time so as not to make the two female insectoids realize that she had fallen asleep and go over to wake her up.
After crawling around the square all morning, the two were finally freed in the afternoon because "Matt" and "Greta" arrived. Apparently, the adoption procedures had been completed, and they were here to take them home. However, the former was radiating a low-pressure aura and rather roughly lifted Yi Jun up; while the latter, with red eyes, gave Lian Han a kind smile.
In Kelly's eyes, after the two argued, poor Greta was treated violently, but Matt eventually compromised and decided to adopt the siblings.
Regardless of the process, they have two fewer workloads this year, which is a win-win situation.
Matt's house was large, and it was one of the few places in this settlement with a yard. After Lian Han and the other man were taken back inside, Casper immediately put Yi Jun on the ground and said, "Sorry about what happened earlier."
Unexpectedly, this Zerg player from 3S was so friendly. Yi Jun smiled and said, "It's nothing."
"Xiao Han, do you want to get down, or stay in your sister's arms?" Liz asked with a smile.
"Put me down."
"That's a real shame." Liz put the girl down with some regret.
"Alright, according to the Zerg custom, from now on we will be your guardians. You can call us brothers and sisters, or father and mother, whatever you like, there are no strict requirements. If you are not used to crawling, don't leave home for a while. The infancy period of the cubs is very short, only one month. After one month, they will be able to walk and talk."
“Yes, that’s right,” Liz said. “You should all stay here and wait until you’re past infancy before going out without arousing suspicion.”
"Understood." Lian Han nodded in agreement, then asked, "Are those Zerg larvae moving around in the plaza so that the adult Zerg can choose to raise them?"
“Yes,” Casper replied affirmatively. “Do you feel like you’re treating them like merchandise?”
"A little."
The adult female Zerg gave a sarcastic smile. "Because most of them are just merchandise. Very few adult Zerg are actually willing to raise offspring, so after the three-day observation period, they are usually forcibly assigned to a family to raise, and they are given certain material subsidies and privileges. So adult Zerg will take the time during the observation period to choose an offspring that suits their taste, so that if they are forcibly assigned, they can pick one that looks good to them."
Lian Han: ...
Is it really that direct?
"Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel that my strict dad isn't so bad after all," Yi Jun said.
“Yes. I didn’t realize it before, but after coming to the Federation, I discovered how good you humans are to your children,” Kasper said with a smile.
“Because it was born from a live birth. Every child is the fruit of their parents’ love.” As she said this, Lian Han’s eyes suddenly dimmed slightly. This “fruit of their love” had never experienced her mother’s love—that woman left the Federation to save her younger sister right after giving birth to her. Even her father left her after she was four years old.
Although she knew Ling Xuanyu had his reasons, and although Lian Han kept telling her not to care about these things, if she really didn't care, her relationship with Ling Xuanyu wouldn't be so awkward. They were like father and daughter, but like superior and subordinate, not even half as close as Ling Ze and Ling Xin.
“However, there are also many children in the Federation who are spoiled by their parents.” Yi Jun didn’t notice Lian Han’s expression and said, “The Zerg raised by you would not be overly pampered, no wonder they are all so brave.”
“Being fearless is a concept we’ve been instilled with since childhood. If you’re really just kids, your first lesson right now is that you can’t be captured, even if it means death.”
"So it's better if it's not the Zerg, right?" Lian Han laughed. "Liz, tell us about your time with the Zerg! Why did you follow His Majesty? And how did you fall in love with humans?"
"Falling in love with humans?"
"You actually told her?"
Yi Jun and Casper reacted very differently; the former was shocked that it was true, while the latter was surprised that Liz would tell others about James's existence.
“I didn’t say anything. It was Xiaohan who saw him.”
So it was discovered. Kasper nodded to indicate that he understood. Given Liz's brain capacity—not even checking whether the person she was impersonating had a spouse or whether it would be exposed—it would be really difficult for her to hide her relationship.
"So it's true? Tell me. How did you two meet?" Yi Jun ignited his gossip-loving fire.
"That's how we met."
“Tell us. We won’t tell anyone,” Casper said. He knew about Liz and Janchi’s relationship, but he didn’t know how it started.
Seeing the gazes cast upon her by the three, Liz reluctantly conceded, "Back when I was fighting on the front lines, I was tricked by a guy and crashed on a nearby desolate planet. He happened to be on a mission there. At that time, humans still thought the Zerg were real insects. He mistook me for an alien and took care of me for a while."
"Wow! You're repaying a life-saving debt with your body?" Yi Jun teased.
"No. After I recovered from my injuries, I left the insect crystals on my body as a token of gratitude, and then went back to the insectoid race to seek revenge." Perhaps because she had left without saying goodbye, Liz sounded somewhat uneasy as she said this.
Kasper smiled and said, "The two races were enemies. You were already quite generous not to rip out his heart back then. And what happened later?"
"Later, my master intruded into the Zerg territory and was unfortunately captured by the Zerg planet 079. I come from Zerg planet 078, and we have always been enemies with 079."
Remembering the old man's instructions not to let Liz go to Insect Planet 079, and his talk of revenge, Lian Han raised an eyebrow and took the opportunity to ask, "Why is that?"
“The numbering of the insect planets is not fixed. Every twenty years, a competition is held to re-rank them according to their strength, but the order of the insect planets within the top one hundred is basically unchanged. Insect planets 078 and 079 are exceptions.” Kasper explained, “The strength of these two insect planets is too close. 078 and 079 often switch planets, and over time, the conflict between the two insect planets has reached an irreconcilable point.”
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