EROS [Zerg]

Eros wanted to become powerful.

He had thought very seriously about what kind of power he wanted and why he wanted to become powerful.

In the dead of night, he wondered if he had possessed great strength and a distinguished reputation from the very beginning, would he have been forced to kneel at the feet of those male insects, constantly weeping and begging for mercy?

Would that prevent him from being forced to do things that he himself finds utterly disgusting?

"My dream is that one day I will be able to stop doing things I don't want to do and stop saying things I don't want to say."

"Without absolute strength, you will pay a price for doing anything."

“If you’re going to retaliate against me for hitting Pared, I’ll accept it.” Eros looked at Eugene. “So he should have been prepared to get caught when he went to Professor Brandt to steal the blueprints.”

Eugene gave the blonde, purple-eyed female insect beside him a long look, and a slow smile crept onto his lips: "I will."

"Hmm." Eros nodded and said nothing more.

It wasn't that Eros was inflexible; it was just that if he didn't even have the courage to tell Eugene the truth after all his hard work over the past two years, then all his self-destructive efforts would have been in vain.

The transport ships travel into those silvery-white optical transmission belts, which can accelerate the spaceships and aircraft traveling within them to the speed of light, and then take them to their destination via the shortest path.

After passing through the optical transmission belt, the transport ship arrived outside Gemini Alpha.

"Gemini Alpha is currently a battlefield planet, and all spacecraft must pass through the official military's inspection before entering." Eugene piloted the transport ship into the orbit of Gemini Alpha.

Soon, Eros saw two cruisers following them through the transport ship's window.

Escorted by two patrol aircraft, Eugene slowly brought the transport ship to a stop at the military landing site on Gemini Alpha.

"Colonel Eugene!"

Eugene stepped off the transport ship, where a group of female soldiers in military uniforms were already waiting for them outside.

Eugene originally belonged to the military headquarters of the Sixth Star System. In addition to taking Eros and the other three field trainees back, another reason for his return was that his study vacation had ended and it was time for him to return to his post.

"Let me introduce you. This is the intern who came to Gemini Alpha for battlefield training this year." Eugene first pulled Eros in front of a group of female soldiers and introduced him, "His name is Eros, and he's a real gem. He was the runner-up in this year's Imperial Insect Planet Military Machinery Competition. The first time I saw him, I felt that he was a perfect fit for our Sixth Star System."

The female soldiers who were initially standing still were extremely excited when they heard that Eros was a military mechanic. They knew that on a battlefield planet like theirs, where small-scale military operations broke out from time to time, what they needed most was a military mechanic who could repair military weapons.

But when the female soldiers saw the face of the female insect standing in front of them, their initial excitement turned into surprise.

"Lieutenant General?" Some of the female soldiers couldn't help but blurt out, staring blankly at Eros: "How come he looks so much like Lieutenant General Evanson? They're practically identical!"

"Don't get me wrong, he is Eros, an A-level female insect."

Eugene had anticipated the reactions of the female soldiers. "Because of some reasons, Eros has some physical disabilities, so please help him out in his daily life. Don't scare away our military mechanics."

"How could that be?" At this moment, the officer in charge of the female soldiers stepped forward, looked at Eros curiously, and laughed loudly, saying to Eugene, "When I first saw him, I also felt that he was suitable for our Sixth Star System, and everyone would like him."

"These three are Shalibai, Mogen, and Baibalu. They are all outstanding female insects who graduated from the star class."

Eugene formally introduced the three female insects behind him, and then handed over the mental soothing agent to Freya, the commander of the female soldiers.

"All 110,000 doses of mental calming agent are here. Let's move them in and count them."

Then Eugene had Eros and Charlene help the female soldiers move the medicine to the special medicine warehouse.

The warehouse where the potions were stored was very cold. Eros followed the group of female soldiers inside, and soon he could feel a layer of frost forming on his body.

He watched as the group of female soldiers cut open boxes of medicine, checking each vial of mental calming agent to see if it was intact.

This was the first time Eros had seen this military-grade psychological tonic; one vial only contained 0.1 mg.

This tiny item was carefully passed around by the female soldiers of the entire planet, who regarded it as a life-saving treasure.

If the military cherishes this drug so much, one can only imagine how much more so the civilian female insects would value it.

"All 110,000 are intact!"

"Colonel Eugene is truly remarkable; he managed to ensure that not a single dose of the medicine spoiled during interstellar transport!"

The excitement in the female soldiers' voices was unconsciously overflowing.

Eros and the other female insects, who had never experienced a mental power surge, could not comprehend the excitement of these female soldiers.

Freya looked at the four young female insects with expressions they couldn't understand as they watched the group of happy female soldiers, and explained, "Mental turmoil can be fatal to insects. Even with 110,000 doses of the drug, we can't last half a year. If there are a few more space pirate attacks, we can only last four months at most."

"If the potion runs out, the only option is for the female insect to go back to her male master for spiritual comfort. If she is an unmarried female insect or the male master refuses to provide pheromones, she will suffer spiritual damage or even lose her life if she does not receive spiritual comfort."

"Since the medicine is so scarce, why not produce more?" Shalibai asked, puzzled.

Freya said, "The Male Insect Protection Association strictly controls the production of the drug, and if there are no restrictions on the drug, overuse will also damage the female insects' bodies."

Eros looked at the potion that had been sealed in the cold storage and agreed with Freya's words.

In fact, in terms of dosage, the mental tranquilizers supplied by the military are not even as large as the doses given to female slaves in underground auctions to calm them down.

Eros truly hoped that he would never experience a mental breakdown in his life, because these potions couldn't save him, and neither could the male insects.

His body has developed a resistance to the mental stimulant, and he can't usually sense the male insect's pheromones at all.

Eros watched as the female soldiers treated the potion like a precious jewel, his face remaining completely unmoved, as if none of this concerned him.

But his inner world was far from as calm as he appeared.

Although he had long since accepted this fact, Eros still felt a surge of resentment when he saw the hope on the other insect's face.