One Bug At A Time

Although he was only 27 years old, Lan Ze knew that his life had come to an end. As an extreme sports enthusiast, he had lived a wonderful life in this short life.

He had been to the mysterious and lush tropical rainforest; climbed the frozen Alps; crossed the boundless Sahara Desert with fine sand like gold; climbed the eaves and walls of Santorini; did fixed-point parachuting from the towering skyscrapers; and challenged wing suit gliding in Zhangjiajie…

The once vigorous life gradually withered because of a disease. His heart that always yearned for nature and challenged the limit gradually stopped beating.

Lan Ze closed his eyes and suddenly remembered the huge waves at the seaside. He had laughed freely and happily while shuttling through the blue waves, always thinking that such days would last longer.

He was full of infinite regrets. There were so many beautiful corners in the world waiting for him to explore, and there were so many mysteries and dangers that he had not experienced.

 There was lightning and thunder outside the hospital window. A blue lightning suddenly rushed out from the dark clouds and split the glass on the window in an instant. The dazzling blue-purple lightning enveloped Lan Ze on the bed, and boundless darkness spread in Lan Ze’s vision…

“Ding!”

“There is a fluctuation of life energy in the direction of 250 degrees southwest. Do you want to enable precise positioning?”

A cold electronic sound sounded in the interstellar battleship. Chu Ran, who was looking at the galaxy in the observation room, slightly raised his black and sharp eyebrows. He slightly turned his gray eyeballs, which were like a cold abyss full of fog, and reminded people of the words darkness and coldness.

 He said to the major general standing beside him: “If I remember correctly, this planet was razed to the ground by my warship three years ago.”

Major general Meng Chi standing beside him said seriously: “Yes, Admiral, I detected it half a month ago, and there is no life fluctuation on this planet.”

The interstellar battleship continued to move, and the cold electronic sound continued to prompt: “There is life fluctuation in the southwest 115 direction, do you want to turn on precise positioning.”

Chu Ran: “Turn on.”

The detector started to operate, and a scan of the planet began to appear on the light screen display. A dilapidated ruin appeared on the light screen. The scan kept expanding, and the red light wave kept shrinking. Finally, it was located in a corner of the ruins and turned into a constantly flashing red dot.

A cold electronic sound sounded: “Do you want to make a direct landing?”

Chu Ran said in the same cold voice: “Make a direct landing, adjust the warship’s trajectory, and turn on the defense mode.”

There is no chance for survival in such a ruin, unless the life form is a highly mutated zerg.

 The interstellar battleship landed quickly. On the light screen display, the red mark was continuously enlarged, and finally a rough outline was shown. The outline was continuously enlarged, and finally it was fixed into an extremely clear image.

In the image, a thin zerg was lying in a ruin and sleeping. The zerg had slender limbs and a beautiful face different from that of a female zerg. His hair and eyelashes were as black as night, and his skin was white and almost transparent. On the light screen display, the purple blood vessels on the back of the zerg’s hand could be clearly seen.

All the zergs in the observation room held their breath, and they quietly looked at the zerg sleeping in the ruins on the display.

 The silence lasted for a while. Meng Chi, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but cover his mouth and exclaimed in a low voice: “Oh my God, he looks like a male zerg, but how can there be precious male zergs on this waste planet? This is not common sense!”

Major general Meng Yu, who was standing behind the light screen, wiped his eyes twice. He stared at the light screen without blinking and said carefully: “It is also possible that it is an underage female zerg.”

Meng Chi gestured and retorted: “But his body is weaker than some adult male zergs. Look at his health fluctuations!”

When the warship was 200 meters away from the ground, the female zergs with good eyesight saw the dazzling blue and white dot in the black ruins.

As the warship landed, the blue and white dot became larger and larger. The female zergs in the observation room were excited one by one. Chu Ran, who was standing in the front, never spoke. He calmly commanded the warship to land, and then slowly walked out of the hatch.

Under his feet was a black ruin. 30 meters ahead, the zerg wearing blue and white striped clothes was lying there quietly.

In the blink of an eye, the three zergs turned into three black shadows and moved in front of the zerg.

Only when the female zergs saw this mysterious zerg with their own eyes did they realize that he was even younger than what was shown on the monitor. His wrists and ankles were very slender, and his pale skin seemed like a thin layer of smoke, and would break if touched slightly.

They squatted carefully in front of the unconscious zerg. Meng Chi and Meng Yu did not even dare to speak loudly. Meng Chi opened his blue eyes wide and said to Meng Yu in a whisper: “What should we do? This is really a male zerg! My God, he looks so fragile, like sound waves can easily break him!”

Meng Yu, who was squatting aside, looked at the male zerg in front of him helplessly, and then glanced at the silent admiral. He saw a thin layer of sweat faintly appearing on the admiral’s forehead.

 The knowledge learned on the first day of school suddenly appeared in the minds of the female zergs-

Male zergs, especially underage male zergs, are very fragile creatures. Their skin is extremely thin. Any object in the interstellar space can easily cut their fragile skin. The skin on their necks is particularly fragile since their arteries are hidden there. Any sharp object may cause permanent damage to them.

In addition to the extremely thin skin, the bones of male zergs are also very fragile. Their vulnerable internal organs are protected by these fragile bones. A slight blow will cause the male zerg’s bones to deform and their internal organs to shift, thus causing fatal danger. In addition, the healing ability of male zergs is not as good as one percent of the standard value of female zergs. Even the slightest abrasion will take more than seven days for the male zerg to heal.

This knowledge flashed in the minds of the female zergs one after another, and none of the three zergs dared to act rashly.

It is a very cruel thing to let such a fragile male zerg lie on the cold ruins with extremely poor living conditions. According to their knowledge, too low a temperature will also cause the fragile male zerg to be hurt.

 Meng Chi and Meng Yu looked at their wise and calm admiral. Chu Ran took a deep breath and whispered, “Bring the thermal blanket from the battleship.”

The two major generals quickly jumped into the rest cabin, grabbed the thermal blanket from the thermostatic bed and rushed out. The Zerg has a good thermal insulation system in its body, and the thermostatic function of the interstellar battleship is very stable. Originally, this thermal blanket was just put aside to collect dust, but they didn’t expect that it would be useful one day.

Chu Ran, who was squatting beside the male zerg, took the thermal blanket, carefully shook it open, and gently covered the male zerg’s body. After the thermal blanket wrapped the male zerg’s thin body, Chu Ran cautiously reached out and touched the male zerg’s waist and shoulders gently.

The spine and neck of the male zerg are very fragile. Chu Ran dared not reach out to touch these parts.

 It was indeed a very fragile life form. Chu Ran did not feel any substantial weight when he lifted the male zerg’s shoulder. This male zerg was as light as a cloud. After finding the right strength, Chu Ran carefully lifted the upper body of the male zerg and let his upper body lean against his arms.

Then he dared to slowly put his hand under the male zerg’s legs and slowly applied force to lift this seemingly weightless male zerg horizontally.

There was a very strange weight in his arms. This male zerg lay quietly in his arms, with his pale face pressed against his chest. There was some dust on his hair and long eyelashes.

This was undoubtedly a very beautiful male zerg. Even though Chu Ran had come into contact with many male zergs, he had to admit that this young male zerg was very cute.

But this male zerg was too fragile, more fragile than all the male zergs Chu Ran had seen. This was a malnourished young male zerg. He had to control the strength very carefully so as not to hurt the male zerg’s fragile bones and skin.

 A drop of sweat fell from Chu Ran’s temples. His tall and powerful body was tense. Several female zergs stood outside the cockpit and stared at them nervously.

A medical soldier found all the thermal blankets in the warship and laid them thickly on the constant temperature bed in the medical room. Chu Ran gently placed the little male zerg on the constant temperature bed.

Medical soldier Hull carefully operated the instrument to scan the body of the little male zerg, and various values ​​soon appeared on the light blue screen.

The female zergs looked at the values ​​on the light screen and exclaimed: “So small!!!”

Hull was also stunned. Although he had known that this male zerg must be in its infancy, he never expected that the value showed that this male zerg was only 16 years old!

From the perspective of the average lifespan of the Zerg race of more than 400 years, this little male zerg is so pitifully young. This should be the age of drinking milk and playing at home.

 Hull checked the data, and then said with a very ugly face: “This little male zerg is seriously malnourished and suspected of being abused by non-zergs.”

According to the nature of the Zerg, unless the race is extinct, they will never let any weak male zerg go hungry, especially a weak young male zerg.

For a moment, all the female zergs on the battleship were furious. They surrounded the bed of the larvae and were reluctant to leave. Male zergs are very rare, let alone such a cute young male zerg.

Hull had to drive the female zergs in the battleship out of the medical room, leaving only Admiral Chu Ran. According to interstellar regulations, in medical settings, adult female zergs cannot be alone with underage male zergs, and need to be accompanied by a third party.

Hull adjusted the concentration of the nutrient shot and said angrily: “This poor little male zerg is severely malnourished, and it may be illegally traded. It’s better not to let me find out which gang did it, otherwise I will drive all the warships to blow those damn zergs into pieces!”

When injecting the nutrient into the little male zerg, the angry Hull quickly held his breath like a deflated balloon. He held the injection needle and said in panic: “Admiral, we don’t have a special syringe for male zergs here!”

Chu Ran, who was sitting next to him, took the syringe calmly and said lightly: “Let me do it.”

Although he looked calm, his cautious movements and straight back betrayed him. After injecting the nutrient into the little male zerg, his combat uniform was soaked with sweat.

Medical soldier Hull also breathed a sigh of relief. He turned on the instrument and began to detect the various values ​​of the little male zerg. Then he and Admiral Chu Ran sat beside the constant temperature bed, quietly waiting for the young male zerg to wake up.