EROS [Zerg]

“You mean I look like him now?” Eros looked at Alai in surprise.

Alai nodded: "You really look like a bug who couldn't sleep all night because of a breakup. Did your little male make you angry?"

Eros choked and told Alai about his worries.

“You’re really strange. If it were any other female insect, they would have already gone up and expressed their determination.” Alai expressed his incomprehension of Eros’s idea. Being invited by a male insect to become a guide is something that most female insects can only dream of. If they really encountered it, why would they refuse?

“Kam is too young, he’s only three years old, I don’t want to.”

“Well, it seems that little male is going to be heartbroken. Who told him to fall for such an unromantic female like you?” Alai shrugged. “It’s a pity that little male isn’t from a noble family, otherwise I would really like to spend some time with him.”

"Alai!"

Eros was surprised and furious at Alai's idea of ​​"poaching" him.

"Alright, alright, I was just thinking." Alai couldn't help but find Eros's anxious look amusing. Just as the smile appeared on his face, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Senior En'er was an outstanding female soldier who graduated from the Shining Star Class back then, and she entered the Fourth Star Central Subordinate Legion as a second lieutenant right after graduation. Why would she choose to marry an E-level male insect that can't threaten her?"

Eros was stumped by Alai's question. To be honest, he had never seen Commander Enel's male lord, and even Kam had only seen his biological father a few times.

However, Alai didn't seem to want to hear Eros's answer; the smile on his face already told Eros that he had gotten the answer he wanted.

Eros's eyes widened: "Alai, you don't mean to follow suit too..."

Before he could finish speaking, Eros's mouth was covered.

The way Alai held a claw to his lips and the upward curve of his mouth sent a chill down Eros's spine.

"Don't try to guess what I'm thinking, or I'll really get angry."

Alai returned to his seat, the bad mood from yesterday's bad news almost completely dissipated.

Eros had absolutely no idea what caused Alai's thoughts to jump so drastically.

He was quite worried that Alai might impulsively run off into the street and find any male insect of grade E or even F to marry.

While most noble males have temperamental and character flaws, this is absolutely no reason to consider commoner males and lower-ranking males as adorable angels.

Zerg society values ​​strength. Females are ranked according to their mental power, while males are ranked according to their pheromones.

The higher the rank of the insect, the greater the social responsibility it bears and the better the social treatment it receives. This characteristic is most evident in female insects that mainly undertake social work, but in male insects that do not need to undertake social work, the difference in responsibility is negligible, while the difference in treatment is still vast.

If you are born as an insect, and you are a male insect of grade D or above, you may live a very comfortable life.

Becoming a sub-female means you don't have to suffer from the same mental torment as female insects. You can stay away from the battlefield and create a happy and fulfilling life through hard work. If you're lucky enough to become a good-looking sub-female, life is even simpler.

Becoming a female insect isn't so bad. Even if your innate mental strength isn't high, you can change your initial situation through hard work and effort. With the help of luck and strength, you might even win the favor of a male insect.

The most unfortunate thing is to become a low-ranking male insect. The benefits that the male insect protection association fights for for male insects are almost irrelevant to these low-ranking male insects. Although they do not have to undertake social work, they do not receive any special treatment.

This might not seem like a problem, but male insects have an even harder time finding work than disabled females, or rather, because male insect protection associations protect male insects, any hiring of a male insect is considered an act of harming a male insect.

Besides receiving a small allowance similar to relief funds, the only ways for lower-level male insects to earn extra income are to marry a female insect that can earn money or to donate their genes at a breeding center.

But this reality makes their situation even more tragic.

In this society where female insects are worthless, very few E-grade and F-grade female insects survive their first differentiation. Therefore, for lower-grade male insects, finding a female insect that can generate income is an extremely difficult task.

Because those female insects would rather be slaves to higher-ranking male insects than be queens to them.

As for the second way of making money by donating genes, there are very strict standards for the pheromone level of male insects. A D-level male insect can get 60,000 to 100,000 star coins for donating genes once, an E-level male insect can only get a maximum of 2,000 star coins for donating genes once, and the sparse genes of F-level male insects do not meet the standard for gene donation at all.

Regarding male insect gene donation, in order to ensure the health of the male insects, the Male Insect Protection Association limits the number of times each male insect can donate genes per year. Grade A and B male insects can donate genes ten times a year, Grade C male insects can donate seven times a year, Grade D male insects three times a year, and Grade E male insects one time a year.

Lower-ranking male insects living in poverty and discrimination are prone to developing distorted psychology.

Marrying this type of male insect is more dangerous for the female insect than marrying those more aggressive, higher-ranking male insects.

After all, high-level male insects usually have many female servants to share the firepower, while low-level male insects are already very fortunate to have even one female insect to provide for them. Therefore, when being abused by low-level male insects, female insects are often more severely injured.

As Eros worried about Alai's mental state, the instructor came in and saw Desail slumped over his desk, tears almost soaking the table, and couldn't help but frown.

“Desail, if you keep crying like this, please go cry in the hallway now.”

With dark circles under her eyes, Desail lifted her head from the table. When she saw the fierce expression on the instructor's face, the sobs she had been suppressing finally broke free and burst forth with her tears.

"Okay, now get out."

"Waaah...waaah..." Desail tried her best to cover her mouth, trying to swallow her sobs, but she couldn't stop them.

Looking at the pitiful female insect, Eros felt a chill run down his spine, remembering that A had just said he was in the same situation as Desel.

He doesn't want to look like this, all pathetic.

The instructor ruthlessly kicked Desail out of the classroom. "You don't need to cover your mouth anymore. Now stand in the hallway. Your crying is disturbing the other insects."

After expelling the mentally weakened Desail from the class, the instructor returned and addressed the female insect students still sitting in the classroom: "Did you see him? I hope you all have some self-awareness. Don't easily believe any insect that shows you kindness. What normal insect would like someone like you who is missing limbs and might even have mental damage like Desail?"