EROS [Zerg]

Eros remained silent.

He didn't say another word.

Male insects are always like this; they never consider the needs of female insects.

Eros shook his head, revealing a fake smile he had never shown before: "I'll go see Kamo when I have my vacation."

"The male insect academy will have many other little males, and even prettier female insects and sub-female teachers. Maybe when I go to find Kama then, Kama will get annoyed with me."

The female insect showed no negative emotions. She picked out a strawberry cake that was just the right size and covered in cream, and used it to shut the little male's mouth.

Leaving the little boy among the desserts, Eros began preparing for his first entrance exam.

After just a few months of intensive study, Eros has gained a certain understanding of the society she lives in and is no longer the clueless female insect who knew nothing.

On their way to the First Star System, Eros, carrying his large and small bags, boarded a civilian interstellar spaceship with Kam.

Ener had intended to see them off, but on his way here, he received an urgent mission from the military and had to turn back halfway.

Kamo was clearly disappointed.

To cheer Camus up, Eros added more star coins to buy the little boy a first-class ticket.

Upon boarding the spaceship, Kamo discovered that Eros was not sitting with him.

"Eros, aren't you going to sit over there with me?" Kamehameh grabbed the female insect's arm and wouldn't let go.

"Don't worry, Kam, first class is very safe. Besides, we don't have many star coins left. It would be a waste for both bugs to be in first class."

“Then I…” Kamehameha wanted to say that he could sit in the regular guest seats with Eros, but when his gaze fell on the messy, smelly female insects around him that seemed to have come from nowhere, he said instead: “Eros, I want you to sit with me, or I won’t go, and you can forget about going either.”

The female insect always accommodates the young male.

As soon as Kamo made a scene in the noisy cabin, several pairs of probing eyes fell on them.

The standard cabin is a mixed bag, and it would be too dangerous for a silly, pampered little male to stay there.

Eros's expression changed, and he immediately picked up the little boy, using his body to block the malicious gazes directed at Kam. He reluctantly nodded and agreed to the little boy's willful request to upgrade to a higher cabin.

Kamo is just an ordinary C-grade male insect. Unlike A and B-grade male insects, he doesn't enjoy any special offers. All he gets is a fruit platter specially provided for male insects.

Eros didn't have many Star Coins in his Star Card. The Empire only gave him 5,000 Star Coins as compensation, and these two first-class tickets cost him 3,000 Star Coins.

"Eros, look! There are so many stars!" Kam said, peering out the window of the first-class cabin.

Eros put his luggage down somewhere and sat down next to Kam.

Eros sat down next to the little male, watching the curiosity on Kam's face, while the female insect sat quietly beside him, watching.

Outside the porthole, the shimmering stars shone like fireworks, dazzling and beautiful, like the eyes of an insect god watching over the small spaceship navigating through the stars.

This is a long journey. Civilian interstellar spaceships do not have the capability for multiple space jumps, so it will take Eros and his crew about half a month to reach the first star system.

The environment in first class is better than that in regular cabins. Although the sleeping pods are not very spacious, at least they are separated, unlike the beds in regular cabins where several people are crammed together.

Eros was worried about Kam, a young male, living alone in the sleep pod, so he stood guard outside Kam's sleep pod. Only after Kam woke up would Eros sit in the guest seat and take a short nap.

The first-class cabin's sleep pod section contains twenty to thirty sleep pods, which, like sleep capsules, are cocoon-shaped, creating the most comfortable environment for the insects.

The little boy felt very comfortable and safe sleeping inside.

Eros leaned against the outside of the sleep pod, keeping an eye on the temperature and humidity displayed on the screen inside.

"Click."

A faint sound was heard very loudly in the sleep pod.

Eros's eyes flickered slightly, his gaze shifting to the furtive figure that pushed open the door and entered.

Perhaps not expecting that there were still insects that hadn't returned to the sleep pod at this time, the figure didn't deliberately hide itself, nor did it notice Eros, who was hidden by the sleep pod.

Eros's gaze lingered on the figure; the insect was dressed in the uniform of a spaceship crew member. But at this time, a crew member shouldn't be in the sleep pod hangar.

Eros didn't immediately retaliate; he simply stared at the spaceship crew member, and then he heard a strange language.

"I've infiltrated where these insects are sleeping. I'll send you the location right away."

"The front compartment is mostly filled with low-level genes. We just need to steal the bugs in this warehouse. I found that there are also male bugs here that make their bugs so sensitive."

Before Eros could even wonder why he could understand this language he had never encountered before, he was astonished by the information contained within it.

Eros wondered if he was hallucinating, but his body was already trembling even faster.

He realized he had encountered space pirates.

The female insect touched the sleeping pod of Kama with her claws, and hesitated for a moment. In this situation, should she immediately capture that guy who might be a space pirate, or should she immediately carry Kama away from here?

Eros had learned of the infamous reputation of space pirates on the StarNet; they never left any survivors from the ships they plundered.

We must stop that space pirate from sending his location to his accomplices!

Eros suppressed his wavering heart, and with his superior Zerg combat skills, quietly circled around to the back of the space pirate.

When Eros first encountered a space pirate, he was both nervous and curious. So, as he embedded his claws into the pirate's exoskeleton and pressed its body under his knees, Eros was surprised to find that this space pirate was much smaller than the female insects he had seen before.

The female insect subdued the struggling space pirate and crushed the device he was preparing to send a location signal with her foot.

"That wretched guy, and he's even wearing a mask."

Eros ruthlessly removed the space pirate's mask.

The moment he removed the pirate mask, his expression froze, and his body trembled uncontrollably. This pirate was actually a male insect!

Although it looks a bit ugly, this is indeed a male insect with clean, white, and tender skin, without a single insect mark!

Eros immediately released its grip, looking at the red bloodstains on its claws, then at the insect wings behind the space pirate—metal auxiliary flight devices! A true male insect!

Insect God! Why would you play such a joke on him?!

Why would a male insect become a space pirate?!

“Your Excellency, male insect…” Eros was in a very bad mood. Harming a male insect would be punished.

Even if this male insect is a space pirate, it will not be punished after being found by the Insect Planet Empire. On the contrary, Eros, who harmed the male insect, is likely to be punished by being sent to a junk planet, thrown back into the auction house, or even scrapped!

The space pirate lying on the ground had a gloomy expression, his face was purplish-red, and his cheeks were puffed up like a frog's, clearly about to get angry and lose his temper.

A fear worse than death nearly consumed Eros; he had just seen the light, and now he was about to be thrown back into that dark, desolate basement...

As soon as the pirate felt the pressure on his body disappear, he immediately snatched his oxygen mask back and put it on. He bit the oxygen tube and took a few deep breaths of oxygen before turning around and glaring warily at the panicked and helpless insect kneeling in front of him.

Having probably realized his current predicament, the space pirate chuckled to himself: "Looks like this stupid bug thinks I'm one of their males."

The Zerg are known throughout the universe for their high regard for male Zerg.

Eros was startled, stiffened, and looked up at the space pirate in front of him. What was this male insect saying?

The space pirates were unaware that Eros could understand their human language, because to them the sounds of insects were merely a few "squeaks".

The Zerg and humans speak languages ​​with different frequencies, making communication impossible.

The black muzzle of the gun was aimed at the female insect, who had almost given up resisting.

The space pirate noticed the female insect's gaze, but he remained confident that she would not resist: "What beautiful eyes. I'll dig them out later and they'll definitely fetch a high price on the black market."

Eros's eyes flickered. He now knew very well that if he gave up resisting just because the other party was a male insect... he would die.

What should I do?

Eros wanted to live; in a few days he could go to school and live the life a normal female insect could.

His dreams and his life, a normal life, a bright future...

Why should we perish at the hands of a male insect that has become a traitor!

Bang! A gunshot rang out, echoing throughout the entire sleep pod warehouse and waking all the insects in the pods.

The bullet pierced the female insect's body, splattering bright red blood all over the ground...

"You!" The space pirate was startled by the sudden gunshot and broke out in a cold sweat. This female insect dared to stand right in front of the gun and remove his silencer!

"what's the situation?!"

"An insect is injured!"

"There's a bug with a gun!"

"Those aren't bugs, they're space pirates!"

Among the insects in the sleep pods were female military personnel working in the military. When they saw Eros kneeling in a pool of blood, they immediately realized what was happening and rushed forward to subdue the armed space pirate.

"This isn't a male insect, it's a Blue Star Thief who's good at disguising itself as a male!" A female soldier held Eros, whose chest was bleeding, and pressed the wound with her insect claws.

When Eros heard that the male insect he had thought was male wasn't, he felt both regretful and angry: "He was trying to send our location to the other space pirates!"

"Sit still first, then leave it to us. The weapons these Blue Star Thieves use are different from the ones we usually use. Bleeding is not easy to stop and can be fatal!" The female soldier supporting Eros warned him sternly not to move and sprinkled the hemostatic medicine she carried with her on his wound.

Eros sat on the ground, hearing Kamehameha's anxious, tearful voice in his ear:

"Eros...?"

"Uh... Eros, where are you...?"