Chapter 5: The Zerg – “Relying entirely on their peers for support…”
One of the girls in his team was obsessed with novels. One day, she stuffed a copy of the gay novel "I'm a Gentle Male Lord in the Zerg" into everyone's hands like a flyer, even the usually cold-faced Visen.
She herself patted her chest and guaranteed that this novel was incredibly good, and that you would regret it for the rest of your life if you missed it.
After glancing at the cover, Vincent felt that the novel was much uglier than his mechanical components, but he still found it very strange that someone would "recommend" something to him.
This rare and wonderful feeling sustained him as he continued reading the novel.
He regretted it immediately after reading it.
really.
It's much uglier than his mechanical components... No, to compare this book to his mechanical components is an insult to his machinery.
This book, "I Became a Gentle Male Lord in the Zerg," tells the story of an ordinary person who transmigrates to a Zerg world where there are more females than males and is transformed from a human into a male Zerg.
In the Zerg world, there are two genders: male and female.
Male insects are extremely rare, with a male-to-female ratio that is as high as 1:100. This means that most female insects may never see a male insect in their entire lives.
However, the mental turmoil hidden in female insects from birth will become more and more serious with age and the use of mental power. Only male insects can soothe and cure the mental turmoil of female insects. As a result, most female insects will join the army and go to the battlefield to earn military merits in exchange for the opportunity to meet male insects, which has also created a situation where males are superior to females.
Raised in an environment where everyone is equal and provocation is punishable by torture, when Lesder arrived in the Zerg, he naturally became a top-tier gentle male Zerg, standing out from the other unruly and unreasonable male Zerg. This attracted the secret affections of a group of female Zerg, and even some high-ranking officers openly declared their willingness to serve as male servants to Lord Lesder.
However, Lesder adhered to the principle of monogamy and insisted on only marrying Lieutenant General Clark as her queen, rejecting other Zerg. This caused a great uproar among the Zerg. She accompanied the self-conscious Clark from a miserable situation of being constantly suppressed to becoming the marshal of the Empire.
Of course, in Vison's eyes, these were all extremely boring and low-IQ plots, with too many flaws to mention. In his opinion, it was not worth wasting any of his brainpower to remember these things.
He succinctly summarized the book as a love story between a "fake fool who only stands out because of his peers" and a "lucky finder".
The "fake fool who only stands out because of his peers" is certainly Riddle, but why is the other one called the "King of Bargains"? And whose bargains did he pick up?
This brings us to the only character in the book who caught Vincent's attention.
Phibos Ghisrian, an Imperial general with white hair, red eyes, and dark skin, is an Imperial prince with an astonishing resume.
This supporting character was described very little, yet he unexpectedly caught Vincent's eye.
Simply put, the cause of this man's death was too bizarre in Vison's eyes.
As a noble imperial prince, he joined the battlefield after graduating from the First Military Academy, the best military academy. Just two years later, he volunteered for the largest wormhole war in the empire in nearly 500 years. He led his elite squad to become the only team to annihilate the enemy and survive in this war, thus becoming famous overnight and known as the empire's weapon of mass destruction and the empire's hope.
A man with such an impressive resume would actually throw himself into the alien beast battlefield on the empire's border to escape an arranged marriage forced upon him by the empire's marshal, who was also his stepfather. He died on the battlefield due to a mental breakdown, and his elite squad was almost completely wiped out.
The imperial prince, the hope of the empire, died just like that?
When Vison saw it, he felt completely filled with silence.
If Feibos's health is really that bad, then even out of a sense of responsibility and for the sake of the empire, the marriage should be agreed to. How could the imperial prince, who is most likely to succeed the next marshal of the empire, be so willful?
How could it be possible that Clark, a high-ranking officer, died with his own elite army, a force known as the Empire's sharpest weapon, and that Clark was the only one to survive?
After this wave of mass deaths, Lieutenant General Clark, one of the surviving members of Fipose's old subordinates, finally had a chance to rise in rank. Only the female soldiers under Fipose's command were willing to listen to Clark. Otherwise, even if Fipose were dead, there would still be Fipose's adjutant and others, and Clark would never have had a chance.
When Vincent saw this, he frowned deeply, truly feeling that Lieutenant General Clark's rise to power was entirely due to a fluke.
In his view, the plot clearly shows that the author initially made the supporting character, Phibos Gsilian, too invincible, and didn't properly develop the growth storyline of his favorite son. Later, when he realized that his favorite son couldn't defeat him no matter how hard he tried, he could only resort to an extremely stupid method to force Phibos and the other characters to their deaths.
When Vison first watched it, he only felt a pang of regret and sadness for the character "Fibros Gessilian," but now...
Looking at Fipos, who was sitting quietly in front of him, blocking the wind, Vison thought of their passionate embrace yesterday.
A stunning face, a deliberate and proactive seduction, a warm and full body, an obedient smile, and at the peak of her climax, her eyes flushed with an infinite allure, languid with satisfaction...
These were like seeds that took root in his mind, making him remember them all.
Even though he had just decided not to like him, Vison still felt a mix of emotions.
Will this person die?
This person who captivated him at first sight, whom he had just embraced tightly yesterday, is going to die?
Will this person, who is like a sharp sword, die?
Or will he die for such a foolish reason, making way for the "protagonist"?
Vincent pursed his lips, feeling rather uncomfortable.
He didn't want to die.
But recalling how Fipos had just turned cold and distanced himself from him without any room for negotiation, as if he wanted to abandon him on the spot, a stark contrast to last night, Vincent felt his anger, which had finally subsided, surge up again.
Such an infuriating and ruthless liar should be dead.
Vison, seething with resentment, sneered at himself.
Sitting in front, Fei Bosi inexplicably felt that the temperature behind him was sometimes as warm as a spring breeze, and sometimes even colder than the wind in front.
Phibos turned his head blankly and saw the obviously angry male insect.
He did nothing, so why is this male insect even more unhappy?
Previously, his adjutant Ilya would always go on dates with the male insect in high spirits and great joy, only to return looking dejected and complaining to him that the male insect was truly unpredictable, and he had no idea why he had angered the male insect.
At the time, Fipos treated him as a joke, relentlessly mocking him, and even wondered if his adjutant was too stupid. Now it seems that he really wronged Ilya; male insects are indeed too unpredictable.
"What are you looking at? The wind is blowing over here." As soon as he saw Feiposi looking over, Vincent glared back fiercely and said in a particularly bad temper.
Surprisingly, after being scolded, Fei Bosi didn't retaliate. He touched his nose, silently turned around, and even adjusted his position to ensure that not a gust of wind could reach the gentleman behind him.
Fepos felt he might be sick. Watching the male insect turn hostile, completely devoid of the gentle demeanor it had when it first woke up, and instead displaying the vicious expression he usually hated, he felt as if the male was a small, menacing beast.
Yes, very cute.
Vison's offer to shield him from the wind seemed reasonable to him, since the delicate male insects were too prone to illness, and it would be troublesome if they got sick at this time.
Seeing how good-natured he was being scolded without saying a word, Vison's surging anger turned into disappointment and frustration.
Weren't you just a moment ago tough, cold, and eloquent?
She got out of bed and immediately acted cold and aloof, saying all sorts of harsh things, yet she brought him clothes and even shielded him from the wind, acting like a paper tiger.
Was he like this when he was forcibly dragged into a marriage proposal? He refused but didn't refuse completely, so he could only hide on the battlefield?
Vison couldn't help but wonder, when Fei Pos brought him clothes and shielded him from the wind, wasn't there even a hint of affection between them?
He clearly felt very comfortable with Fei Bosi yesterday, and he clearly took good care of him. Even if it was just physical attraction, didn't he feel any attraction towards him at all?
Thinking this, Vison couldn't help but despise himself. What was the difference between this and treating people with one's looks?
But he couldn't help thinking that way.
They wanted to find evidence, even the slightest clue, that Fipose might have been attracted to him.
If you really have even the slightest attraction to him, why not reject his marriage proposal without the slightest hesitation?
Vison suddenly remembered the plot he had read in the book before.
When Clark heard that Lesder was going to marry him as his queen, he was so moved that he burst into tears.
The original text reads: "This tough female soldier, who didn't utter a sound even when the knife cut her flesh, burst into tears on the spot when she heard that Lesder was willing to give her the position of queen. Everyone else present couldn't help but look at her with overflowing envy."
He remembered this part of the story very clearly; he found it both exaggerated and embarrassing at the time, but that's exactly how it was written.
In the Zerg race, the relationship between male and female Zerg is divided into female ruler, female servant, and female slave.
There is only one female ruler, who is protected by imperial law and cannot be easily replaced. However, there are no regulations governing female servants and female slaves, and their status is much lower.
Female insects all aspire to become the queen. Some high-ranking officers are even willing to marry lower-ranking males, all for the sake of the queen's position.
So, did Phipps just think that he wanted him to be his female servant or female slave and rejected him?
This speculation rekindled a glimmer of hope in Visenben's extinguished heart.
He must have some feelings for him, right? He even shielded him from the wind...
I had just made up my mind not to like him anymore.
After struggling for a while, Vison couldn't resist the urge and called out to him, "Fipos".
"What's wrong, sir?" Fipos turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“You…” Vison stared intently into Fipos’s eyes, but his voice trailed off after just the first word. He felt the same nervousness he had when he first gave a speech. No, even more nervous than then; his heart was pounding. “Would you be my queen?”
After spending a night with you, a beautiful black-haired male, whose beauty surpasses even the insect's imagination, earnestly asks if you can be his female ruler.
Even the most outrageous writers of Zerg wouldn't dare to write such a plot, yet it actually happened right before his eyes.
For a moment, Fipos's mind went blank, and he didn't even know what expression to put on his face.
Bang, bang, bang.
My heart seems to be really going to break down.
Fipos almost nodded without thinking.
Vison thought he was going to agree, and his eyes shone with an extremely dazzling light. His black eyes became like obsidian, exceptionally bright, and the corners of his mouth turned up. Instantly, his whole being became radiant and dazzling.
Fipos was stunned by the brilliance, but then he suddenly came to his senses, shook his head, and resumed his firm indifference: "I am unwilling, and you need not mention it again."
He spoke calmly, but his pupils were frighteningly dark.
No, he couldn't. He thought to himself.
This is all a trap set by the nobility. Even if he had the power to thwart their plans, and even if he could make that gentleman realize that the lies he told him could become the truth, he couldn't. He didn't want to follow in his father's footsteps...
Thinking of this, Fei Posi's red eyes darkened, and he desperately suppressed his inexplicable impulse.
"He only had a fleeting, wrong thought and impulse because he was trying to comfort you," Fipese told himself.
He dared not look at the man's face, fearing that if he did, he would become like a sailor seduced by the siren's song and commit an irreparable mistake. He turned away and looked at the scene outside the cave.
Bang... Bang...
My heartbeat slowed down, accompanied by a slightly aching pain.
Are the side effects of soothing the male insect really that significant? Fibonacci frowned.
A note from the author:
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Feibosi: Is he a master of face-changing?
The male-to-female ratio has been changed, hopefully it's more reasonable now, but the main problem is the poor expression.
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