“His Highness Luo has already been unconscious for three days. The entire Zerg race is watching the live broadcast on StarNet while waiting for updates on his condition.”
“I understand that you personally did nothing wrong but General, His Highness Luo did collapse suddenly inside your residence and right outside your study at that. Regardless of the outcome, according to Zerg law…”
Who was that?
So noisy.
Inside the darkness, Luo’s consciousness gradually returned, though the unfamiliar voices around him still made him frown.
The sharp scent of disinfectant filled his nose. Faint traces of unfamiliar female zerg pheromones drifted nearby, making the nausea already rising within his chest even worse while he still had not completely escaped the lingering dizziness.
“Yes, I understand. There’s no need for you to be troubled. Once Luo wakes up, I will personally apply to the Male Protection Association for punishment, leave Luo’s side and return to the border.”
Gu Yuan’s low voice sounded as well but the contents of his words instantly jolted Luo awake.
Ignoring his still spinning head, Luo forced himself upright at once.
“I don’t agree!”
He had risen far too quickly. Darkness flooded his vision in waves and his body swayed violently, nearly losing balance altogether.
The two zergs who had been speaking beside the hospital bed were frightened badly by the sudden movement.
“Your Highness Luo! Please be careful! Don’t sit up so quickly, the IV needle will come out!”
The female zerg who had spoken earlier rushed forward in several quick steps to steady Luo.
Carefully, he raised the hospital bed and slowly helped Luo lean back against it before finally letting out a relieved breath and wiping away the cold sweat that had formed on his forehead from fright.
“My apologies. Please allow me to check whether the IV needle in your hand has shifted.”
Luo allowed the doctor to lift his hand without resistance. He did not even spare the physician a glance. Instead, he stubbornly raised his head to look at Gu Yuan, who stood silently beside the bed.
“I won’t let Yuanyuan leave!”
He had worked so hard to help Gu Yuan resolve the crisis at the border because he wanted to stay by Gu Yuan’s side for a little longer.
If Gu Yuan left now, then what meaning was there in everything he had done before?
But this time, the familiar indulgent expression did not appear on Gu Yuan’s face.
Instead, he stepped closer and explained helplessly,
“Luo, this isn’t something I can decide alone.”
Just as the doctor had said earlier, regardless of whether he was truly responsible or not, the fact remained that Luo had inexplicably collapsed outside his study and stayed unconscious for three entire days.
Those were undeniable facts.
There was no possibility that no one would hold him accountable.
Click.
As though to prove his words, the moment Gu Yuan finished speaking, the hospital room door was pushed open.
Tan Geng walked in carrying a thick stack of documents. Behind him followed an expert team of more than ten zergs.
When Luo had abruptly sat up earlier, the doctor had already reacted quickly enough to hit the emergency notification button.
The entire hospital learned of Luo’s awakening immediately.
Furthermore, the hospital had long since established a special emergency expert team specifically for Luo, so naturally their response speed was astonishingly fast.
“Good day, Your Highness Luo. It is truly wonderful that you are safe and unharmed.”
Tan Geng spoke with perfect courtesy.
Luo turned his head away impatiently and continued staring at Gu Yuan instead.
Compared to Bai Langdi, who had been both stupid and malicious from the beginning, Luo disliked zergs like Tan Geng even more.
He looked smiling and polite, impeccably mannered, making it impossible for Luo to find any proper excuse to simply throw him out with his tentacles.
But Tan Geng did not care about Luo’s attitude at all. He merely continued speaking calmly.
“These past few days, the entire Zerg race has been deeply worried about Your Highness Luo’s safety. His Majesty the Zerg Emperor has also expressed great concern regarding this matter. Therefore, I have brought live broadcast equipment for Your Highness Luo. We hope Your Highness can briefly reassure everyone in the livestream that you are safe.”
“At the same time, regarding General Gu Yuan’s failure in protection duties, the Male Protection Association has already conducted internal discussions. However, due to the lack of Your Highness Luo’s personal opinion, we are temporarily unable to determine the appropriate accountability measures. If possible, we hope to fairly determine the responsibility General Gu Yuan should bear under the witness of the entire Zerg race. Would that be acceptable to you?”
Luo thought it was completely unacceptable.
But after a brief silence, he still nodded.
“Okay.”
Of course he understood that if the Male Protection Association had voluntarily proposed a livestream, then everything must have already been arranged in advance.
But at this moment, he had no other choice.
At the end of the day, he was merely a seemingly noble male zerg. Compared to the deeply entrenched powers behind the Male Protection Association and the Zerg Emperor whom he had not yet even seen, his own individual strength was practically negligible.
Seeing Luo agree, Tan Geng wasted no time. He immediately began adjusting the equipment and opening the livestream. At the same time, the expert team behind him stepped forward and started conducting physical examinations on Luo.
The livestream opened very quickly.
The anxious viewers waiting outside flooded in almost instantly.
“I’m here, I’m here! Has my Luo baby really woken up?!”
“Sweetheart, were your studies too exhausting? Let’s stop going to school, okay? Just go home and rest properly, wuwuwu!”
“I heard General Gu Yuan usually only drinks nutrient solution. Did the General not cook for you and starve our baby?!”
“Luoluo, are you still uncomfortable? Why exactly did you faint? I’ve been so worried I haven’t slept properly for three days!”
Luo quietly watched the comments flying endlessly across the livestream along with the flood of gifts pouring in nonstop.
Only after Tan Geng walked to his bedside did Luo finally speak.
“Luo is fine. My spiritual tentacles went berserk, so I got too tired and fell asleep.”
That explanation was not exactly false.
After all, the entire Zerg race already knew that on his very first day of school, his spiritual tentacles had gone berserk and directly destroyed the classroom.
Watching the livestream fill with “hahaha” comments, the corners of Luo’s lips lifted slightly.
Then, with a pitifully aggrieved expression, he added softly,
“But the Male Protection Association is bad. They want to take Yuanyuan away. Luo feels so sad.”
Tan Geng, who had just prepared to speak: ?
Hadn’t they agreed to peacefully discuss Gu Yuan’s punishment plan in front of the livestream audience?
Why did it suddenly sound like they were about to throw Gu Yuan directly into prison?!
How could this zerg twist words so shamelessly?!
At first, the livestream filled with question marks.
But the moment viewers saw Luo looking so wronged he seemed on the verge of tears, the entire livestream exploded.
“Wait, how can they steal Luo baby’s Yuanyuan?!”
“You know, Luo baby has been separated from his mama since childhood. He finally met Yuanyuan… wipes tears”
“Baby, don’t cry and don’t feel wronged!! The Male Protection Association, huh?! I’ve hated you people for a long time! Bullying a little male zerg, what kind of ability is that?! If you’ve got guts, come fight us instead!!”
“Exactly! The Male Protection Association has done so many terrible things in the name of protecting male zergs and now they’re even trying to steal baby’s mama!!”
Tan Geng: ?
Who said they were stealing Luo’s mother?!
This was peaceful negotiation!!
Negotiation!!
Gu Yuan: ??
Why were there still zergs after all this time who thought he was Luo’s mama?!
They had already said it was a rumor!!
A rumor!!
“No… that is not the Male Protection Association’s intention.”
When had Tan Geng ever encountered a situation like this before? Facing condemnation from over a billion viewers in the livestream, even he inevitably lost some composure. Pushing up his glasses, he explained,
“According to the Empire Criminal Code, General Gu Yuan, as Your Highness Luo’s temporary guardian zerg, failed to fulfill the responsibilities expected of a guardian, resulting in Your Highness Luo falling unconscious without cause. For the sake of Your Highness Luo’s healthy development, the Male Protection Association therefore decided to discuss General Gu Yuan’s disciplinary measures together with Your Highness Luo during the livestream.”
“This is completely legal and compliant. Perhaps I simply failed to explain things clearly enough to Your Highness Luo earlier, which caused him to misund, ”
“You are a bad zerg. Luo doesn’t want to hear your explanation.”
Luo interrupted Tan Geng completely unreasonably and immediately prepared to use his tentacles to throw the other party out.
According to Luo’s original plan, he would first act pitiful to gain sympathy.
Then, the moment Tan Geng tried speaking, he would directly toss him away so the Male Protection Association would have no opportunity to explain themselves in the livestream.
If he could simply force the entire issue to be forgotten like this, then everything would be solved.
Luo had originally assumed that the livestream comments would already be tightly controlled by the Male Protection Association and that he would need to fight a difficult battle to sway public opinion.
But unexpectedly, directing the flow of opinion turned out to be absurdly easy, almost as though the other side had never even considered controlling the comments in the first place.
No matter the process, the plan was still a success.
As expected of Luo!
However, in the very next second, Luo froze.
Behind him, where countless tentacles should have appeared, there was only empty air.
Forget controlling his tentacles to throw Tan Geng out, he could not even summon them anymore.
His tentacles were gone.
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ChaptersChapter 1 · It’s Hatching!Chapter 2 · Mealtime!Chapter 3 · Angry!Chapter 4 · F.. Found Out!Chapter 5 · SpeakingChapter 6 · RiceChapter 7 · Live BroadcastChapter 8 · XiongbaohuiChapter 9 · Bullet CommentsChapter 10 · I’m sleepyChapter 11 · WrongedChapter 12 · Going to SchoolChapter 13 · ChoiceChapter 14 · Knock KnockChapter 15 · NoisyChapter 16 · AccidentChapter 17 · WingsChapter 18 · CrowChapter 19 · General is blushingChapter 20 · RiotChapter 21 · The Insect EmperorChapter 22 · Good BoyChapter 23 · UnconsciousChapter 24 · DisappearanceChapter 25 · Tail HookChapter 26 · ReturningChapter 27 · DepartureChapter 28 · ReunionChapter 29 · Played with by tentaclesChapter 30 · Moist, Damp EyesChapter 31 Part 1 · Gu Yuan, do you like me?Chapter 31 Part 2 · Gu Yuan, do you like me?Chapter 32 · Don’t cry, sweetieChapter 33 · Reproductive tentaclesChapter 34 · Even if you kill me, I won’t grow backChapter 35 · Lord Evil GodChapter 36 · Why not refuse?Chapter 37 · He can cry; he’s not a monster.Chapter 38 · Some alternative ways of boiling waterChapter 39 · Why aren’t you kissing me?Chapter 40 · Here, my command is the highest orderChapter 41 · The Evil God’s Disguise Makes its Grand DebutChapter 42 · Be the breeding ground for my eggs.Chapter 43 · Carrying EggsChapter 44 · MasterChapter 45 · CryingChapter 46 · InterrogationChapter 47 · LikeChapter 48 · The TruthChapter 49 · ConfessionChapter 50 · Identity ExposedChapter 51 · BackgroundChapter 52 · SuspicionChapter 53 · The Feeling of HungerChapter 54 · SleepingChapter 55 · The NameChapter 56 · Memories (1)Chapter 57 · Memories (2)Chapter 58 · Memories (3)Chapter 59 · Gu YuanChapter 60 · A Falling KissChapter 61 · MonsterChapter 62 · RabitChapter 63 · Bathroom