Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 12/14/2024
Edited Date: 06/21/2025
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Chu Ci sat on the hospital bed, using his smart brain to tick off Nuo Wei’s medical examination items.
In this damned Zerg society, the female zergs had to have all the medical items checked by the male master. If the male zergs refused the examination, the female zergs couldn’t even qualify for a personal checkup.
Following the doctor’s recommendations, he checked off wound cleaning, applying medication, and routine blood and nutritional tests for Nuo Wei. These checks were to avoid severe punishment in the correctional facility and prevent bodily harm.
Typically, female zergs didn’t require these checks due to their strong constitutions, but Chu Ci figured it was better to be safe than sorry. After all, Nuo Wei’s salary could cover these necessary items, so he simply ticked off all the relevant options without hesitation.
Once he had completed the list, Chu Ci double-checked the examination form and suddenly asked, “The wing pouches are on the back, right?”
The wing pouches were where the wings were stored. When not fighting, the wings would be retracted into the body there, a place densely packed with nerves, extremely sensitive, and a zerg’s sharpest weapon as well as its most vulnerable spot.
The doctor replied, “Yes.”
Chu Ci nodded. “Then add the wing pouches and wings to the examination as well.”
It didn’t matter now that he’d already selected so many tests; adding one more wasn’t a big deal. With the many injuries on the female zerg’s back, it was safer to check for any damage to the wing pouches as well.
After ticking off all the items, Chu Ci handed the tablet back to the doctor. “Go and perform the check quickly.”
In the other room, Nuo Wei changed into a sterile hospital gown.
He couldn’t understand why the male zerg was being unusually merciful tonight, but he silently prayed that this inexplicable kindness would last a little longer. The damage inflicted by the correctional facility went beyond physical injuries; there was also mental exhaustion. The female zerg hadn’t closed his eyes for nearly three days now, and he desperately needed a deep sleep.
But even if he were granted some reprieve, the female zerg couldn’t just sleep whenever he wanted. His primary duty was to care for the male master. Only when the male master fell asleep could he rest beside the bed, taking short naps.
Nuo Wei closed his eyes, praying that the newly recovering male wouldn’t be too full of energy, hoping he might fall asleep soon so Nuo Wei could get a bit of rest himself.
The examination room lights flickered on, but Nuo Wei had no clearance to know which checks the male master had selected. He didn’t ask any questions, quietly tidying himself up and following the medical staff as they pushed open the examination room door.
As soon as he stepped inside, Nuo Wei froze.
He looked at the center of the examination room, where a massive cross-shaped frame stood. The blood drained from his face as he stepped back, his back pressing against the cold door of the examination room. His voice trembled as he asked, “Is this the male master’s doing?”
He had seen a similar frame in the correctional facility—a structure used to restrain the body in the center, with the cross extensions designed to fix the wings. If a female zerg committed a serious crime, this was where the punishment of having their wings removed was carried out.
Back then, Nuo Wei’s expression had been blank, the light in his eyes gone. He didn’t show any emotion, but now, under the bright, glaring lights of the examination room, staring at the iron-gray frame, he realized that his calm had only been a facade, a thin veil to maintain some dignity, as fragile as a soap bubble in the air—one touch and it would shatter.
Removing the wings is the deepest fear of the female zergs. They have an incredible regenerative ability; even if their limbs are shattered and soaked in regenerative fluid, they can regenerate. But those two bone wings, hidden within the soft wing pouches of their bodies, once destroyed, can never be regrown.
‘In the hospital, having wings removed might be somewhat better than in the correctional facility. In the correctional facility, having wings removed is a punishment, without anesthesia. The executioners would use a metal rod to pry open the wing pouches, forcefully extract the wings, and then strip them off along the bones.’
‘In the hospital, wing removal is mostly for medical reasons, such as a soldier’s wings becoming necrotic due to injury. To prevent the infection from spreading to other parts of the body, the wings would be removed, but this procedure is done under anesthesia, pain-free throughout.’
‘…Calm down, Nuo Wei.’ Nuo Wei bit his tongue, reminding himself, ‘Be grateful. Getting anesthetized first before having them removed is already a good thing, right?’
Unfortunately, no matter how much he tried to numb himself, he couldn’t control the cold sweat running down his back.
If there was no hope from the start, it would have been bearable. During his time in the correctional facility, Nuo Wei had already resigned himself to his fate. He wore a perfect mask of indifference, hiding his fear from everyone, so no one could pierce his pride.
But now, having been granted clemency, with the male master speaking gently throughout, not even sending him back to the correctional facility despite the smell of blood, why could he not escape his fate of having his wings removed?
Going from hell back to the human world, only to be cast back into hell again, was more painful than simply falling into hell in the first place.
“Of course, it’s the male master’s doing. Only he has the right to issue your medical orders,” the medical staff replied with a strange look at the female zerg’s question, pushing various medications into the syringe. “Come on, General, the examination begins now.”
…The correctional facility was just an appetizer; having the wings removed was the punishment the male zerg handed to a female zerg who had defied him.
Nuo Wei’s pale blue eyes moved slightly. He couldn’t tell which vials contained the anesthetic, or if the male zerg had even selected it for him.
The doctor performing the examination was unfamiliar, middle-aged, with a slightly receding hairline, and a serious expression.
The doctor from Chu Ci’s side was responsible for neurology and had no connection to Nuo Wei—he didn’t know any of the medical staff here and hadn’t spoken to them before.
Seeing him frozen in place, the leading doctor picked up a syringe and tested it, then motioned to Nuo Wei, “General, don’t stand by the door. Come over here.”
Nuo Wei’s palms were already soaked with cold sweat, his nails digging into his palm, leaving crescent-shaped cuts, stinging with the sweat. The bright light of the examination room overhead made his vision start to blur.
He bit his tongue. “I want to see the male master.”
The doctor was taken aback. “What?”
Nuo Wei was always adept at hiding his emotions. His indifferent expression was his armor and shield. Even though he was drenched in cold sweat, his face remained calm, and his voice steady.
Nuo Wei repeated, “I want to see the male master.”
Even if this was the inevitable outcome, he needed to know there was no room for negotiation before he could accept the punishment.
The medical staff exchanged a glance and tried to reassure him. “General, your male master is still in bed. Please don’t disturb him; if the male zerg gets angry, you’ll also be in trouble, won’t you?”
Nuo Wei remained tense, repeating the same words, “I want to see the male master.”
He was a military female, a general in the empire, with formidable combat strength. Yet, the medical staff here were all medical zergs—none of them were physically fit, and there were a few petite secondary females among them. If Nuo Wei refused to cooperate, no one could forcefully bind him to the examination frame.
The medical staff exchanged bewildered glances, not understanding what had triggered the female zerg to insist on seeing the male master. Even the most impudent female zergs in the empire wouldn’t dare behave this arrogantly.
“Fine,” the doctor said, pulling out a communicator. “I’ll send a message to your male master, but whether he comes or not is beyond our control.”
He shrugged. “After all, no one can force a male zerg.”
Saying that, he opened Chu Ci’s communication interface in front of Nuo Wei, typing a message: “Esteemed Chu Ci, your female zerg is refusing cooperation for the examination. He insists on seeing you. Could you come over?”
Refusing cooperation, insisting.
No male zerg would appreciate these coercive terms. Everyone knew that the male zerg wouldn’t come.
The doctor placed the communicator on the table, turning on the speaker mode so that if the male zerg did decide to respond, they would all be able to hear the male zerg’s scolding of the unruly female.
Nuo Wei bit his lip, bitterness filling his mouth.
Meanwhile, Chu Ci was lounging on the bed, playing a game.
His female monarch had gone for the examination, leaving behind mostly single female zergs—their interactions were distant, not conducive to casual conversation. Chu Ci was bored out of his mind, so he turned to his smart brain to play games.
In this life, Chu Ci didn’t play games as a zerg, but as a human, he was a master. He eagerly opened his game library, scrolling through it from start to finish, his expression gradually shifting from excitement to disdain.
Unlike the diverse entertainment industry on Earth, the Zergs had all their skill points focused on combat. The gaming industry was desolate; no sandbox games, RPGs, or MMOs existed. Chu Ci scrolled through the offerings, only to find that the most popular game on the current star network was 《Space Wars.》
He hadn’t played this since elementary school—just flying a pixelated little plane, shooting missiles at others, then dodging enemy missiles.
Just as he was about to swipe away, he noticed a note underneath the game.
——— Mental Power Test Special Edition.
Rumor had it that the Zerg’s ancestral male once possessed mental power. Back then, their combat strength was just as terrifying as that of females. Whenever an S-rank male stepped onto the battlefield, it became a one-sided massacre. Their overwhelming mental pressure would come crashing down like an upside-down bowl; everything alive inside the “bowl,” regardless of species or allegiance, had to bow before the male.
Chu Ci thought of the brainless male Zergs he knew—each dumber than the last. They couldn’t even manage basic addition and subtraction under twenty. Solving a system of equations would basically make one of them a prodigy. If these bugs lived on Earth, people would be amazed if they weren’t diagnosed as mentally impaired—let alone claiming to have mental power.
Thinking of this, Chu Ci’s face darkened.
…Before he’d bashed his head in, he himself couldn’t do arithmetic under twenty, and a system of equations looked like ancient scripture to him.
After completing graduate studies among humans, though his higher mathematics wasn’t exceptional, Chu Ci could still handle Leibniz’s notations and Lagrange’s principles without trouble: “…”
———Damn, not only a worthless zerg, but also an idiot.
He thought this as he disdainfully clicked into the game.
———Let’s see how a mental power test game for a bunch of idiots works.
To his surprise, the Zerg version of 《Space Wars》 was quite challenging. Sometimes, enemy spaceships filled the screen, making it impossible to dodge. Instead, he needed to use artillery fire to clear them away and create an escape route.
This required coordinating both sending out artillery fire and dodging at the same time, planning paths for evasion while calculating which ships to shoot down. It was a task that required multitasking.
Chu Ci played three rounds. In the first, he struggled but managed a score of one hundred fifty. In the second, he got familiar with the controls, doubling his score to three hundred. In the third round, he identified some patterns and climbed to a thousand points.
As he was eagerly about to start another round, a message popped up on his smart brain.
【———Esteemed Chu Ci, your female monarch is refusing cooperation for the examination. He insists on seeing you. Could you come?】
His female suddenly wanted to see him? What was going on?
Not something urgent, Nuo Wei wouldn’t easily disturb the male zerg. He was described as indifferent, but in harsh terms, he was someone who could endure; no matter how much guilt was heaped upon him, he could bear it with an unchanging face.
Chu Ci didn’t hesitate at all and pressed the voice button.
Inside the examination room, a beep sounded on the smart brain, and the clear, melodic voice of the male zerg came through.
“Alright. I’ll be there shortly. Please wait a moment.”
Chu Ci had a beautiful voice—just like his face. It carried a refined, bookish grace, evoking images of a mountain stream or wind echoing through a valley
In the quiet examination room, the voice slowly filled the space, as gently as ripples on water.
Nuo Wei raised his face, his indifferent expression frozen on his features.
The medical staff also wore looks of astonishment.
The female zerg had given no explanation, inexplicably disturbing the recuperating male zerg, and yet the male zerg not only wasn’t angry but agreed to come over?
Was there such a thing as this kind of male zerg in the world?
