The Strange Male Insect Cub

“Yes, this male cub is so well-behaved!” Yun Lai thought as he tiptoed behind the others, watching the male cub in the incubation box.

The male lord had nearly twenty females and female servants combined. Why are there so many tall female zergs surrounding the brooding box with excited faces? If it were a newly hatched female cub, it would scare and cry, but this little male cub is not afraid at all. He slowly moves his little head as if he is looking for something.

The female servants were too excited when they heard the news of the male cub and couldn’t help but crowd around. Realizing their mistake, they quickly retreated, carefully observing Alhandra’s expression.

Alhandra glanced at the impulsive female zergs but, being in a good mood due to the male cub, didn’t bother reprimanding them.

He stepped forward to open the incubation box, intending to pick up the little male cub. But when his hand touched the cub’s soft skin, he froze entirely.

Although he had once been a little male cub himself, facing a soft, delicate, and incredibly fragile cub after many years as an adult made him feel unsure.

This is too soft!

He didn’t dare to use any force—how was he supposed to pick him up?

The little male cub lying in his hand wasn’t afraid at all, kicking his tender little legs and waving his small hands in the air.

Feeling somewhat panicked, Alhandra looked at the female lord beside him.

Quan Chu, rarely seeing the male lord’s plea for help, was momentarily stunned before bending down to take the male cub from his hands. However, as soon as he touched the soft little body, he also froze.

He was a military female, stronger than most female zergs. If the male lord didn’t dare to use force, he certainly wouldn’t dare either.

The cub’s arms and legs were held by two zergs with no experience in handling cubs. They stayed in this awkward position, unable to hold or let go, until the zerg care worker from the Male Cub Care Association, who had been specially invited, received permission and gently took the cub from their hands.

Just as Alhandra and Quan Chu were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the little male cub, who had been curiously turning his head in their hands, suddenly burst into tears with a loud “Waaa~”

The little male cub, who had felt secure because he found his parent zerg, became uneasy when he was taken from their familiar scent.

His deep blue eyes filled with tears, and large droplets fell from his reddened eyes. His tiny hands grasped at the air with weak cries, looking utterly pitiful.

Quan Chu’s face darkened immediately. Not just him, even the female servants nearby were heartbroken, craning their necks to watch.

When a male cub cries, it really tugs at the heartstrings.

As for Alhandra, his face turned so dark it was frightening. The thin cries pierced his heart like needles, and he instinctively kicked out in anger.

But midway through the kick, he remembered that the female zerg was still holding the male cub, so he redirected his kick to the leg of a nearby female servant named Aishi.

The female servant staggered back a step from the force of his angry kick.

Alhandra shot him a glance before turning his gaze back to the crying male cub, his expression grim. “You need to give me an explanation.”

Zhao Yan, the care worker, broke out in a cold sweat. He had been a care worker for ten years and would never make such a basic mistake as hurting a male cub. But he knew Alhandra, who was known for his unpredictable temper, would never believe such an explanation.

This was the male cub Alhandra had longed for over many years, and the only male cub of the Alhandra family in this generation. If something went wrong under his care, he couldn’t imagine what would happen to him.

Despite all his efforts, Zhao Yan couldn’t calm the crying cub. He tried to keep his emotions in check and carefully observed the little male cub to find the cause of his sudden distress.

When he noticed that the cub’s grasping hands were reaching toward Alhandra and Quan Chu, he made a bold move and placed the cub in Alhandra’s arms.

Alhandra instinctively caught the soft little cub, and then he froze, even holding his breath to avoid disturbing him.

The crying cub miraculously stopped once he was back in his male father’s arms.

Feeling the familiar blood connection, the cub calmed down. His tiny hand clutched at Alhandra’s chest, his teary blue eyes looking up. Though he couldn’t see clearly yet, he accurately met Alhandra’s gaze.

He opened his small mouth and said “Ah~ Ah~” as if complaining.

Alhandra couldn’t understand what he was saying, but as soon as their eyes met, his heart melted. Thinking of how the little one had stopped crying as soon as he was in his arms, Alhandra felt deeply satisfied. He instinctively began to gently pat the male cub’s back and softly comforted him, “Male father is here, don’t cry, don’t cry.”

The little male cub responded with a smile. Seeing this, Quan Chu’s stern face softened considerably. It was hard to imagine that this soft little cub had hatched from the egg he had produced.

Alhandra, holding the male cub, left the incubation room and walked toward the main building, carefully watching the cub in his arms, even his walking posture becoming awkward.

Of course, no one noticed his walking style at such a time. All the zergs, including the robot butler, had their eyes focused on the male cub in his arms.

The sunlight in the corridor spilled onto the cub’s fair skin, reflecting a faint glow. The warm sunlight seemed drawn to him, and for a moment, Alhandra felt as if he were holding a bundle of light.

The male cub nestled against Alhandra’s chest, the rhythm of his tiny heartbeat syncing with Alhandra’s own. Never before had Alhandra felt the presence of his own heart so vividly, each beat resonating with the profound miracle of life, reminding him of his purpose in existence.

Male zergs are the most beloved by the gods, not just within their own species, but throughout the entire universe. A thousand years ago, a catastrophic event left a curse that affected countless species across the cosmos, manifesting as various diseases. It was as if no intelligent life could escape this fate.

However, male zergs were an exception. They were free from the shadow of this life-long affliction and had the ability to suppress the source of the zerg’s violent tendencies. For female zergs, the stronger and more powerful they were, the more difficult it was to control these tendencies.

Only through the union of a male and female could high-ranking female zergs be born, inheriting the protective bloodline from their male father that allowed them to survive the universal curse.

Female zergs born from female-female unions were generally of lower rank and had a higher risk of source outbreaks. Without a male father, these females had to find a male lord after reaching adulthood to calm their restless sources.

This substance, known as EY, constantly erodes their neurons. Throughout their lives, female zergs endure countless zerg source surges, each one causing immense pain and damage, until the source fully erupts, transforming them into mindless beasts driven by instinct alone—reduced to mere weapons on the battlefield.

Dying in battle is the last honor the zerg race grants them.

Male zergs have the power to suppress the EY substance. In their presence, this substance diminishes significantly, and they can use their mental strength to pull a female zerg back from the edge of riot.

Moreover, every zerg egg needs the mental baptism of a male zerg to hatch, otherwise, it will remain a lifeless egg.

Since their inception, male zergs have always been the treasures of the zerg race. But after that catastrophe, they became the ‘treasures’ of the entire universe, leading to other species attempting to steal them.

The sudden raids resulted in the loss of thousands of male zergs, with many more perishing during the abductions. Enraged, the zerg race massacred dozens of planets, with the bloodshed staining the lives of the surviving females.

This led to an even more extreme level of protection for male zergs, so much so that it made the rest of the universe shudder.

Perhaps due to that ancient sin, male zergs born afterward only lived half as long as female zergs, with a mortality rate of fifty percent before reaching full maturity. It was as if male zergs were sacrificing half of their lifespan and lives to atone for the blood debt of the females to the zerg god.

In the zerg race, males are placed above all else.

This sentence isn’t just a slogan, but a law that runs through the entire Zerg, it’s a truth that permeates the very genes of the zerg race.

As Alhandra gazed at the little male cub clutching his clothes, he thought about how, like himself, this cub would only live half as long as the females. His heart ached, as if pricked by a needle.

Suddenly, he knew what name he wanted to give him.

“Wei’an, your name shall be Alhandra Wei’an,” he declared, his deep blue eyes, identical to the cub’s, flickering with emotion.

In the culture of the zerg race, a name is synonymous with life. Hence, he named his first male cub Wei’an, while the surname Alhandra signified strength within their species.

 

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