EROS [Zerg]

"You're here too?!"

Eros's ears were hurting from the sound above him, and before he could recover, a pair of claws pressed heavily onto his shoulder.

Eros looked up and saw a familiar, clumsy fellow sitting next to him.

“Lim.” Eros chuckled through his nose after recognizing the insect. “It’s you? Even the female insects from the Celestial Star Class are doing internships?”

"Hmph, I'm not going there as an intern." Lim glanced at Eros and smiled. "I'm the instructor for you interns. Didn't you notice that this transport ship isn't full of female insects from the star class?"

Eros then looked around and indeed found a dozen female insects dressed in the uniforms of the Celestial Star Class sitting together on the ship.

The Star Class is divided into three grades and more than twenty classes, with nearly a thousand students. It's impossible for Eros to know all the female insects in the Star Class.

"Are you coming with us to Gemini Alpha?" Eros asked Lim.

"No, that's not it. Although I'm also in the Sixth Star System, I'm on Beru Shining Star, which is very close to Gemini Alpha Star. If there's a major military operation, we might meet again."

Since Eros skipped a class from Comet Class to Star Class, Rim's attitude towards him has changed, from initial disdain to current recognition. Eros's efforts have finally yielded results in the attitudes of the surrounding insects.

“I would prefer that our next meeting be at the academy,” Eros said.

"You're not afraid of war, are you?" Lim raised an eyebrow at Eros.

Eros showed no fear and met Lim's eyes in the face: "Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't have signed up to come here."

"It is a disgrace to the Imperial Army to be invaded on Imperial territory to the point that a large-scale military operation is necessary."

"So what do you hope for?"

"Of course, it's to avenge our defeat."

Lim couldn't help but glance at Eros a few more times. At this moment, another female insect wearing the Tianxing Class uniform came over upon hearing the noise. She walked up to Lim and looked at Eros, "You are Eros?"

"I'm."

Eros stood up and looked at the female insect in front of him, thinking that this female insect was likely his instructor on Gemini Alpha.

"I am Eugene von Lurik, the instructor of the field trainees on Gemini Alpha." After introducing herself, the female insect's gaze settled on the obsidian blackness behind Eros.

"The mechanical wings are beautiful. Can you operate them smoothly now?"

"Of course, I won't hold anyone back."

“You said it yourself.” Eugene patted Eros on the shoulder, his voice carrying a cool, indifferent laugh. “If you dare to hold us back, I’ll give you a good scolding!”

"Yes!"

Eros lowered his voice.

After Eugene left, Lim approached Eros and asked, "What did you do to offend him?"

"?"

Eros looked at Lim with a puzzled expression. "I've never seen him before."

“That’s strange,” Lim said, finding the matter perplexing. “Do you know Pared?”

“Parid?” Eros vaguely recognized the name: “Parid von Mai?”

“Yes, that’s him. Eugene is his cousin, and he’s a total brother-obsessed brother,” Lim said. “You haven’t had any conflicts with Pared, have you?”

Eros's eyes lit up: "I know, he stole."

Lim was somewhat surprised: "Eugene dotes on his younger brother Pared. Pared was beaten up on the head by some bug before, and he refused to say who hit him or why. Eugene has been looking for the bug thief."

"..." Eros lowered his head and looked at his claws.

Lim noticed his movement, looked at him in surprise, and whispered, "You didn't do this, did you?"

Eros felt helpless listening to Lim's low voice, which sounded almost normal. He lowered his voice as well and said, "Of course not. I just heard that he was caught stealing by the bugs and that's why he got beaten up."

“It’s good that it’s not you.” Lim was completely unaware that Eros was lying. “Otherwise, when you get to the battlefield for your internship, you’ll be assigned all sorts of dangerous and difficult tasks.”

Eros smiled silently, his eyes crinkling.

He thought to himself that since Eugene had just contacted him, he must have found out something, so he must be one of the people Lim mentioned who was doing difficult jobs.

But Eros wasn't worried. Since they were going to the battlefield for an internship, he was more eager to learn the more difficult the work.

Eros and the other female insects boarded transport ships that transported core resources to various star systems to the transit station. At the final destination, these star-class female insects were divided into several batches and boarded different transport ships to their respective planets.

There were three female insects traveling with Eros to Gemini Alpha this time.

Eugene arrived at a small transport ship with four female insects.

Despite being described as a small transport ship, Eros discovered that the ship they were on was much larger than the transport ships used by female insects traveling to other star systems.

"Together we will move the supplies destined for Gemini Alpha from the main transport ship to the smaller transport ships."

Eugene opened the warehouse for consumer-grade equipment and led the last four interns to the warehouse of the main transport ship to line up and collect supplies.

Eros astutely noticed that the transport ships heading to the sixth star system carried more supplies than those in other star systems.

"What's in this?"

A female insect next to him was carrying supplies for them. He shook the box in his hand with great curiosity, "What's inside this?"

Eugene warned, "You'd better behave yourself. The supplies in here are all restricted items. If you break them, even selling yourself won't make up for it."

Hearing Eugene's words, the female insect that had been shaking the box softened its movements considerably. "What exactly is inside?"

"Hmph, a mental soothing drug that money can't buy." Eugene could tell from the sound that these little female insects were inexperienced.

"Isn't that a banned substance? How come it's being issued to the military?"

“Only drugs circulating on the black market without official approval are prohibited drugs; those with official approval are not,” Eugene explained. “After all, there are plenty of female insects in the army who won’t be home for ten or more years. They can’t possibly carry their male insects with them. A female insect’s mental power surge is no joke. If they don’t use drugs, what do they use?”

Hearing Eugene's explanation, the female insects hugged the boxes in their hands even tighter. These were things that couldn't be bought even with star coins. "Will we be able to divide them up?"

"Of course, we should prioritize issuing those that are needed."

"Why did the Sixth Galaxy receive more potions than other galaxies?" Eros wondered. "Could it be that the Sixth Galaxy has more female warriors than other galaxies?"

“That’s not it.” Eugene shook his head: “The reason why the Six Star System received so many resources is because… His Majesty the Insect Emperor specially approved them as a birthday gift for Lieutenant General Evanson Eastland.”

Eugene looked at Eros's face and asked, "Doesn't it seem ridiculous?"