Insectoids: The Job of the Males

There is a terrible sense of foreboding at the back of Meng Yuele’s mind, and he quickly comes up to say, “fuck me! Calm down, keep your cool! Don’t do anything rash on a whim! As long as you obey orders during the monitoring period and get a few merits, you’ll get your rank back! Everything’s lost if you act rashly now!”

“… I know that,” Wei Zhuo says, his tone still rather sour. Meng Yuele, terrified, circles over to Wei Zhuo’s front, “bro, ok, listen… uh…”

His voice trails off, seeing Wei Zhuo with a stiff face and terribly unhappy. Imposing as always, but his eyes are red – and wet.

Meng Yuele falls silent. It is notable that this Wei Zhuo is actually even more impactful on him than Wei Zhuo going off to do something he’ll regret later.

“Hah,” Wei Zhuo is now making a derisive grin, “I’m impressed, grandpa. He knows me so well.”

If it really is that painful to bear, he should really just drop the front and the tough words like he’s got everything under control. It only sounds all the more pitiful to Meng Yuele.

Calmly, coldly, Wei Zhuo lifts his hand – to rub his eyes. If he delays any longer, tears might start falling.

He only spent so little time together with his male… so little. He’s gone now. They were close together for three days. Three short days, and he went in confinement and out afterwards, when his xiongzhu is gone. His xiongzhu, is gone.

Who could possibly stay sane?

Why can he do this? He hasn’t shown his xiongzhu his reflection yet. He hasn’t even said goodbye, but his granddad has taken his xiongzhu away. How could he?!

He’s so frustrated. He has never felt so wronged and ashamed ever since he Awakened as grade S. Not even when he left his family, when he was more angry than shameful.

The feeling of being slighted is quite unbecoming of an orderly shemale soldier, especially not Wei Zhuo.

Meng Yuele seems really terrified of the never-before-seen Wei Zhuo, though. The contrast is too great, like he’s a completely different insectoid to the powerful soldier he’s always known. His mouth is open, but he fails to produce any word of consolation, because Wei Zhuo is speaking.

“I’m not crying,” he said, as calmly as he could, but the tone betrays how suppressed he is being.

Meng Yuele is shrinking a little at this point, “no, bro, I wasn’t going to tell…”

“Alright. Report. Let’s go,” Wei Zhuo cuts him off and just walks forward. As for that long, long reflection he has saved in his holodeck, he’ll be reading it out loud to his xiongzhu as soon as he sees him again!

He’ll work hard, get his job back… or maybe even get a promotion or two.

The online world is in an uproar no less dramatic in scope than Wei Zhuo’s mind. News of BombIn’s appearance in the meet-and-greet isn’t even out yet, but the news of the grade S male, and also, how he piloted a mecha into space, have already taken the Federation by storm.

The Federation itself announced the grade S male’s discovery officially, while his appearance was actually leaked from the frontline – right before the male returned to the Capital planet, they say.

The most striking aspect of the male captured in the photograph is his sheer dominating aura. The feel! It is actually rather not friendly or lovable. In fact, the cold, almost hostile expression could kill with the eyes alone!

And the few that are actually looking into the camera? The apathy, indolence, and the slight hint of irritation! Thanks to his handsome appearance, though, rather than becoming off-putting, it makes other insectoids… feel a sort of alluring tension, and also, blush and turn meek.

It is unimaginable they’re sensing the danger from a male in a mere photograph! Really, grade S’s are out of this world.

Now Cheng Zhaoci has become the most discussed male on the Internet by far, gaining a whole load of nicknames, like ‘Mr Beauty Freeze,’ ‘Strongest Male,’ ‘His Cold, Bossy Highness the Mister’… which, if one has trouble telling, comes from the fans of Zhou Xiaobao’s comic.

Unfortunately, photographs of males are completely off-limits to downloading. Not even screenshots. This is also to protect the privacy of the newlyweds Cheng Zhaoci and Wei Zhuo. The Federation’s goal has never been to elevate Cheng Zhaoci as the ‘boyfriend of the nation.’

Interestingly, Cheng Zhaoci’s rather unique formidability has been surprisingly effective at stopping him from becoming a target of affection for most.

Still, Cheng Zhaoci is not too happy reading the praises of the insectoids yelling about how handsome he is. He is grumpy, and only grumpier seeing his own comic’s fans among those happily expressing their newfound adoration for their new idol.