A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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"Where did we go compared to Brother Shen?" Gao Tian put the spoon back into the cream bowl. "I'm starting to feel a little uneasy that he hasn't bothered me for so long."

Lan felt a little guilty again. "I was sent by the Xiongbao Association to fight pirates."

Gao Tian raised his eyebrows.

Hmm? Pirates?

I can roughly understand what the Xiongbao Association is; it's an association for the protection of male insects.

The current state of the Zerg Empire is that male Zerg are scarce and strictly protected.

The royal family, the noble council, and the Xiongbao Association form a three-way balance of power.

Male insects become a reproductive resource due to their special pheromones, and nobles rely on male insects to maintain their bloodlines.

The Parliament and the Male Protection Association control the nobles by manipulating the marriages of male insects, wielding immense power and opposing the royal family.

Fortunately, their Crown Prince Army faction has developed well and is now able to rival the Xiongbao Association.

But what are pirate forces? Given the strength of the Zerg Empire, would there be pirate forces around it?

The Crown Prince's gaze shifted: "My father's generation were rebels from the Zerg Empire..."

He looked away, feeling guilty and unwilling to say anything more.

Wow, if we keep going, it will involve the desolate planet, how Orion got to that planet, and how Orion kidnapped Gao Tian's people... How could such bad luck happen?

Good heavens. What a rising jinx!

Gao Tian pinched his cheek, finding it amusing. "Your Highness, what are you feeling guilty about?"

Lan's cheeks were pinched and twisted into a duck's beak as he pinched her cheeks. She angrily hit him, saying, "I'm not guilty! I'm not!"

"Yaoyao." Gao Tian suddenly pouted at him.

Lan's temper vanished instantly, her eyes sparkled, and she pouted, "Yaoyao."

Sigh, this human is really cool.

Gao Tian sensed that his mind was a little tense, so he touched the back of his neck with one hand and tentatively shared a little alpha pheromone to touch his forehead.

Do you need some soothing pheromones?

S-rank alphas have excellent control over pheromones, which they can gather into bundles and, with the help of their mental power, even manipulate externally like tentacles.

In the ABO world, by combining pheromones, one can use mental energy to enter the other's mental space. I wonder if this works for the Zerg.

Gao Tian is afraid of Lan because he has never been exposed to alpha pheromones and might be allergic, so he has never had any released pheromones on him before.

Lan touched her forehead and felt something unseen and cold on it.

He didn't seem to be in any discomfort. Gao Tian kissed him.

Lan was completely unguarded and offered no resistance whatsoever.

Gao Tian's stable mental energy, mixed with a small amount of soothing pheromones, flowed like a cool stream through his forehead and into his mental landscape.

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I had assumed the visions in the Zerg Crown Prince's mind would be some grand spectacle, a starry sea or an empire, but it turned out to be nothing like that.

The spiritual image of blue is a green flowerbed and meadow full of pure white flowers.

It's incredibly beautiful, a pure white and green. Even Gao Tian doesn't know where to step, feeling that stepping anywhere would be a desecration.

This place is very, very small; it feels like just a small garden in some unknown place.

I never imagined that the mental landscape of the mighty Zerg Crown Prince would be such a small place, no bigger than the palm of my hand, with nothing at all, feeling like a closed little world.

But where is the blue?

This place is really small; you can see the whole area just by looking around. The tallest bushes here aren't even as tall as his legs, so it would be quite difficult to hide someone as tall as 1.9 meters like Lan.

A pure white butterfly suddenly flew through the air.

Ah, it's hard to say, I can't tell if it's a butterfly or a moth. Its body is covered in pure white down, but its wings are divided into four parts like a butterfly's. The tips of its wings have a grayish-blue halo.

No way?

Could it be...?

In their own mental constructs, would the Zerg be represented by insectoid forms?

Gao Tian tentatively called out to the little butterfly, "Baby?"

The little butterfly ignored him, completely ignoring him, and flew away.

"?" Is this what's bothering him?

Gao Tian was puzzled and was about to give chase when, as soon as he took a step, a soft object covered the side of his leg that was left in place.

"?" What could be so close to him without him noticing?

Gao Tian looked down and met a pair of big, round, bright blue eyes.

!!!

The short, tiny boy, barely taller than his knees, wore pure white pajamas, had a round, silver head, a round face, and a pair of large, round, azure eyes. He was holding onto his legs, looking up at him blankly, asking, "Who are you?"

Good heavens, it's a little baby!

The characteristics are so obvious that there's no chance for anyone to admit their mistake.

So cute! It's no exaggeration to say that Gao Tian's hands trembled the moment he lowered his head.

My goodness, he's still a real baby in his heart.

Gao Tian crouched down to look him in the eye and gently coaxed him in a soft voice, "Who are you?"

If a grown-up crown prince were asked this question, he would definitely turn around and yell at the person: "Didn't your father ask you first? Why are you asking your father instead?"

But little Blue, being a bit silly, earnestly told him, "My name is Blue."

So cute, baby.

"Oh." Gao Tian couldn't help but laugh. "My name is Gao Tian."

His little pajamas even have a bow on them, so cute!

"Oh." Baby Xiaolan nodded blankly, mimicking his expression. "High Sky."

His little brain couldn't process too much information yet, and he seemed unable to figure out many things, so he could only ask the most important question again: "Who are you?"

Gao Tian couldn't help but smile when he saw him, and whispered to him, "I'm your future family."

Oh my god, our baby is still a tiny baby.

Family? Baby Blue's brain is overloaded: "But my only family is my female father. My female father is a butterfly, and you're not."

There was only the queen insect, so the emperor insect was always a dead insect to him. Gao Tian couldn't stop laughing, and stretched out a finger to pull his little hand: "There's more to a family than just a female father. Don't believe me? Touch my hand, do you like it?"

Baby Xiaolan's short, soft fingers grasped one of his fingers, felt it for a moment, and nodded: "I like it."

Gao Tian shook his hand with the finger he was holding, laughing and coaxing him, "Then I'll be your future family."

Baby Xiaolan grabbed both of his hands.

Gao Tian let him grab his hand, gently shaking it as he asked, "How old are you?"

"I don't remember." Baby Xiaolan tilted her head and thought for a moment. "I think I was four years old."

Gao Tian is probably four years old, because after Lan was five, the Queen of Insects died, and his best memories would only appear before he was five.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm playing with my female father," baby Blue said to him.

Gao Tian: "...Female...Father...?"

The baby pointed to the little white butterfly fluttering around: "There it is."

"?!" Gao Tian jumped to his feet. "But wasn't that just an ordinary little white butterfly?"

"I already told you my female father is a butterfly," Baby Blue looked up at him. "Didn't you just hear that?"

A small white butterfly flew through the air, forming an "X".