Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Colin was eventually imprisoned in Blackrock Prison, which was specially built by the Murihela family.

This prison is specifically used to hold death row inmates. The black rocks inside have been piled up for hundreds or even thousands of years. Despite years of wind and frost, they remain as hard as ever and have not cracked.

The largest flat area of ​​the prison contains a gallows, the ropes of which are stained with blood, and beneath them lie several piles of unidentified Zerg skeletons.

The late emperor's concubines were all eventually hanged, and their bodies were buried around the rack, forming a path of worm bones. Now, more than a decade later, Colin has also been thrown into that place.

He will be the next female insect to be hanged.

All news about Kolin was cut off by the Insect Emperor within the palace. The position of commander of the Tenth Army Corps was vacant and was replaced by another female soldier two or three days later.

The outside media remained silent on the matter, with only civilian Zerg occasionally whispering among themselves, unaware of the situation.

Morris, well-informed within the military, used some means to easily obtain information that Colin was imprisoned in Blackrock Prison.

The Insect Emperor issued a secret order, commanding the female soldiers to strangle Colin on the fifteenth of March.

Morris remained silent after hearing this. He leaned against the military headquarters corridor and smoked a few cigarettes at the stairwell. The smoke swirled and rose, eventually dissipating quietly into the air.

Morris lowered his purple eyes, the inside of his eyes a deep, dark purple, and when he frowned, he revealed an inscrutable emotion.

He was only in the hallway for a few minutes. Afterwards, Maurice threw his cigarette butt into the trash can and put on a new military jacket.

It was nearly midnight when they got back. The military had been working overtime frequently lately. Adrian asked a few questions at first, but after learning the situation, he didn't ask Maurice any more.

After returning home, Morris went to the bathroom to take a shower first. Adrian, with his keen sense of smell, rubbed himself all over with shower gel several times before going out.

"My lord, what are you looking at?" Morris opened the door.

It was unusual for Adrian to still be awake at this hour. He was sitting at his desk, reading a book and taking notes.

Morris saw Adrian flip through books very few times at home. Adrian spent most of his time either playing games or using his personal terminal. Even when he did read, he would only read for a few minutes before putting the book aside.

This kind of serious studying late at night... it looks like someone's going crazy.

Upon hearing the noise, Adrian quickly closed his books and notebooks, then, to cover it up, placed his science textbook on top.

Morris slowly frowned as he approached.

“I didn’t see anything.” The round chair spun around, and Adrian turned around, looking up at Maurice. He asked, “Why are you so late today? It’s almost midnight.”

Morris crouched down, placing his hand on Adrian's knee, his gaze flashing over the books behind him: "Something's happened at the military."

Adrian had pressed the book down very tightly, and Maurice could only vaguely see a corner of the cover. There were no words on it, the cover was folded at the corners, and it was even a little yellowed.

Adrian leaned back slightly, blocking Morris's view: "Is it Commander Colin? I watched the live stream today, I wonder how the Insect Emperor will handle it."

Morris lowered his eyes, and said absentmindedly, "The son of the late emperor, the Insect Emperor will not let him live."

Adrian took in his expression. Maurice rarely showed his emotions; when he was suppressing them, he was often like a cold, hard ice sculpture, impossible for others to fathom, and they always simply ignored him.

Adrian couldn't see it clearly before. Now, after calming down and observing closely, he discovered that the female insect's emotions were not completely buried; they would always reveal themselves in his expression.

"You care about him?"

Morris's eyelashes fluttered, and he looked at Adrian, who was also looking at him with a half-smile.

“I don’t care about him.” Maurice scoffed. “He has nothing to do with me, he deserves to die.”

Adrian leaned back in his chair, nodded, and said, "Then I'll tell Aran that the torture instruments are ready."

As he spoke, he turned on the personal terminal next to him.

"No!" Morris saw Adrian's fingers tapping incessantly on the computer screen and instinctively gripped Adrian's thigh.

Adrian stopped what he was doing, and he lifted his eyelids. Morris's body stiffened for a few seconds, and after hesitating for a moment, he still held onto Adrian's thigh.

“My lord, General Colin… he and I have some connection.” Morris’s voice trailed off.

Now that Colin's identity has been exposed and he is imprisoned, the Insect Emperor, being inherently suspicious, is particularly wary of Colin's situation and has already secretly reopened the investigation into the prince's case from years ago.

Morris might be exposed later.

What will happen to Adrian then?

He is a male insect, and as long as he severs ties with Maurice, the Insect Emperor won't pursue the matter further, just like Sean did. After Maurice dies, Adrian can marry other female insects as queens, while Maurice, this dead insect, will be forgotten by him over time.

Morris harbored resentment for no reason.

Why should he be a female? If he and Adrian switched genders, Adrian wouldn't be able to escape after being deeply marked.

If he dies, Adrian will die with him unless his glands are removed. And even if the glands are removed, no other insect can mark him afterward.

But Maurice was a female insect. She couldn't mark Adrian, nor could she leave any other mark on him.

The veins on the back of Morris's hand bulged. He controlled his strength and slowed down. After a long while, he suddenly spoke: "My lord, you asked me about my brother before. I did have an older brother when I was young."

He secretly observed Adrian's expression. Adrian easily grasped the meaning behind his words, and his eyes widened in surprise as he exclaimed, "Colin?"

Morris hummed in agreement.

“Then you wouldn’t be…” Adrian frowned, and as he spoke, he shrank back a little.

Morris sensed Adrian's movement; his left hand trembled as his fingers slowly curled.

So scared. A sense of unease rose in Morris's heart. He grabbed Adrian's thigh with one hand and pulled him back to his side, clothes and all.

Adrian pressed down on the desk next to him: "What are you doing?"

“My lord, do you know why I’m telling you this? I’ve never told any of these things to the other insects.” Morris remained half-squatting, looking up at Adrian, his arm around his waist. “But I’ll tell you everything today.”

Adrian was trapped between the tables and chairs. When he saw that Maurice was about to get up and press down on him, he stepped on Maurice's abdomen.

"Why?" Adrian pondered for only a few seconds before stepping on Morris's abdominal muscles through the thin fabric of his clothes.

He narrowed his eyes: "What, you want me to save Colin?"

Morris's forward movement faltered; Adrian's answer was too abrupt and too unexpected.

"My lord...you don't care?"

Adrian glanced at him: "What do you care? The Insect Emperor is almost dead. Do you think he still has time to capture you while he's still alive? At most, he'll kill Colin."

As he spoke, he increased the pressure on his feet: "What were you trying to do just now?"