EROS [Zerg]

"Insect larvae?" Eros asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Don’t you have any insect offspring? Male insect offspring.” Long Xiongzi frowned. “I can smell the scent of male insect offspring on you.”

"Male offspring leave a scent mark on the females they get close to. If you don't have any offspring, how could you possibly have the scent of male offspring on you?"

"The smell of insect offspring? Why can't I smell it?" Eros raised his arm and sniffed his sleeve, but found nothing wrong.

Looking at Eros's clueless attitude, Long couldn't help but roll her eyes: "It's a scent that only male insects can smell. Don't you female insects learn about reproduction? It's a special scent that male insects use to mark females and drive away other male insects."

“When a female insect has this scent, we male insects will know that she has offspring and won’t be fooled by those female insects who claim to be single, unmarried, and childless but are lying.”

"So that's how it is." Eros couldn't help but chuckle as he recalled Camus's subtle possessiveness.

"what are you laughing at?"

"I've discovered something to be happy about."

"Is being marked by an insect cub really something to be happy about?" Long looked at Eros with suspicion.

Eros's smile faded: "Being marked may not be, but being liked is certainly something to be happy about."

Long said, "You female insect are really strange... So, do you have any offspring or not?"

"What do you think, sir?" Eros smiled, stood up from his seat, and walked over to the female insects gathered around the pool table with his cup.

Long turned his head away disdainfully, "It's just a C-grade male insect cub, what's there to be so happy about!"

Male insects can identify the level of another insect by scent markings. Long can tell that Kam is a C-level male insect offspring that is lower in level than himself.

Longsuan thought bitterly, "This female insect is indeed a foolish female insect from the other seven star systems. She can even show such a happy expression when she is liked by a C-level male insect. She is really...unreserved."

Having gained some understanding of the relationship between the female and male insects in the sixth star system, Eros easily integrated into the group of female soldiers.

The females in the sixth galaxy have very distinct characteristics; they are more self-loving than females in other galaxies. Some females even exhibit a preference for males based solely on their own developmental needs.

This is a rather self-centered group of guys.

Eros enjoyed the relatively relaxed atmosphere within these female insect groups, but he couldn't fully immerse himself in it. Whenever Eros had the thought of wanting to stay here forever, another voice would resonate within him, telling him from the bottom of his heart that this wasn't the life he wanted.

This voice, along with those bizarre dreams and fleeting chaotic memories from the past, began to recur frequently, causing Eros great distress. He didn't get a good rest for several days, and his work efficiency dropped significantly.

Eros took leave to see a doctor, but the examination results showed that his worm core was normal, with no signs of mental disturbance. The doctor's initial diagnosis was that his hallucinations were caused by a long-term lack of pheromone reassurance and excessive exertion.

His current condition is very likely a precursor to a mental breakdown. Given Eros's current state, the only way to slow down the mental breakdown is to stop everything he's doing right now.

Although this means losing your job, it will save your life.

Eros numbly turned the screw in front of him with a wrench; the doctor's advice was simply terrible to him.

Without a job, Eros didn't even dare to think about how he could support himself. He wasn't a male insect; for female insects, not working was practically the same as being dead.

There must be a way to cure this disease. He finally got a new life, how could he be willing to die when he saw hope and a future?

There must be a way.

"Eros, come with me to a place."

After finishing his work, Bro realized that he was running low on some spare parts and fuel, so he called Eros to go with him to "buy more".

Eros snapped out of his daze and looked at Blo with a puzzled expression: "Go somewhere? Where?"

"The Macallan Star Underground City, I told you I'd take you there, have you forgotten?"

Eros tightened the last nut: "I haven't forgotten. Shall we set off now?"

Brock nodded. "If we go now, we can get in before the underground city gates close."

“Okay.” Eros took the aircraft’s start-up key from the drawer and walked to the hangar with Blo.

Blow sent Eros the planet's location, and the two insects piloted their spacecraft through the optical transmission belt, traveling at the speed of light to Macallan.

As the spacecraft traversed through space, Eros looked out through the spacecraft's window and saw the sixth "gem" of the "Aphrodite's Necklace," the "Polanka System." The light emanating from this enormous, white mechanical star was like the sun shining on the earth, illuminating the entire cockpit as if it were daytime.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Blo and Eros looked out of the spaceship's window at [Polanca]. "The Sixth Star System is still in a state of war preparedness. If that state of war is lifted one day, we won't be able to see such a beautiful scene."

Eros nodded: "It's beautiful. It would be a real shame if we couldn't see it again, but no one would live a life of constant anxiety and preparation just to see this beautiful scenery, right?"

"So you're a peace lover after all." Bro leaned back in the driver's seat, looking at Eros with a mocking expression.

"If the world is at peace, the female soldiers will be out of a job."

"No, besides fighting, we females can also build our planets." Eros looked at the display screen in front of the pilot's seat: "It's just that there are so many undeveloped wastelands in the Sixth Star System. Our Zerg have now occupied eight star systems. There are countless planets worth developing. We can't let all of us lose our jobs."

Blo listened to Eros's words and smiled slightly: "You seem to have a good outlook."

"Those who know me say I'm quite optimistic." Eros chuckled softly, focusing all his attention on piloting the vehicle and following the route on the coordinates toward Macallan.

McCarran is an undeveloped planet located on the edge of the sixth star system.

Only a small number of troops are stationed on Macallan, so in some hard-to-find, hidden corners, many other races of bandits and some Zerg for other purposes will trade.

As these transactions continued to expand, Macallan became a well-known private trading center in the Sixth Star System, and the trading locations transformed from simple caves into a massive underground city.

"It's called an underground city, but it's really just a well-known black market."

Bro had Eros park the aircraft on a secluded lowland and handed him a cloak-like garment that looked exactly like a raincoat so he could put it on.