The male insect adores it! The female general, envious, begs for a kiss.

After Heamis was released, he was able to catch his breath, his chest rising and falling gently, clearly indicating that he had just been somewhat short of oxygen.

Upon hearing the words of the powerful ruler, Heemis felt a slight tremor in her ears, which went straight to her heart.

The female insect's watery eyes caught Gu Heng's gaze, and his heart softened for a moment.

Hearing the noise outside, Gu Heng gently pecked Hermes on the lips. "General, get ready."

"We've arrived at the military headquarters."

As expected, the insect outside, perhaps not waiting for a response from the insect inside, knocked on the door again, this time quite loudly.

Gu Heng responded, and then there was silence outside the door; the footsteps slowly faded away.

As if waking from a dream, Heemis hurriedly sat up. Under Gu Heng's gaze, his ears turned red as he straightened his somewhat disheveled military uniform.

After disembarking from the starship, a blue-eyed female insect stared suspiciously at the admiral walking ahead, wondering why the admiral's face was so red.

Is it that hot today?

The blue-eyed female insect looked up in confusion, glancing at the sparse white clouds in the sky. It was clearly a cool, overcast day, and she fell into self-doubt.

Heemis's pace was noticeably faster than usual, and when Gu Heng saw this, a quick smile flashed in his eyes.

As soon as they entered the military headquarters, they ran into Rhett.

"General, Your Excellency Gu Heng?!"

When Rhett saw Gu Heng standing beside the general, his gaze lingered for a moment.

He looked slightly surprised.

A few days ago, after hearing that His Excellency Gu Heng had gone missing, the general's face was gloomy all day long, as if he wanted to eat insects.

These insects who are struggling to survive under the general's control have had a very difficult few days.

Now, the general looks radiant, a far cry from his previous gloomy demeanor.

Suddenly, Rhett's gaze froze.

"What happened to this on your ankle!"

Rett exclaimed involuntarily as he watched Gu Heng's gaze shift downwards.

Heamis's gaze was also drawn to it.

However, the next second, his gaze seemed to be glued to the spot, and he couldn't look away.

Heamis stared at the metal ring on Gu Heng's ankle, her expression suddenly turning extremely ugly.

They placed a mental energy restriction ring on the male ruler?!

It's no wonder Rhett lost his composure; the male insects of the Empire are always carefully protected, so how could something like this appear on them now?

How could Rhett not be shocked and furious?

How dare those crude female insects from the southern tribes?

Heemis, her eyes filled with self-reproach, said, "I'm sorry, my lord. I didn't even notice..."

Gu Heng shook his head. The female insect had been too shy to linger her gaze on him for long, so how could she possibly notice?

Moreover, this wouldn't cause him any real harm.

Gu Heng thought it was no big deal and that he could just take it off later.

Heamis seemed unwilling to let that damned restraining ring stay on Gu Heng for even a second longer. "My lord, let's go find Darren and have him remove it for you."

The restriction ring is something from the southern tribes. Darren traveled to the south in the past, so he should know how to deal with it.

As Heamis had expected, Darren fiddled with it for a while and then removed the restraint ring.

"I never expected to miss Your Majesty for the past few days. You were actually kidnapped by those guys from the South..."

No one expected that the southern tribes would be so bold as to kidnap the Imperial Male Insect so openly.

Kam and his group probably guessed this intention correctly, thinking that no one would suspect them.

In the afternoon, Bourne and Sith came looking for him at the same time. Gu Heng was stunned when he saw them.

The two insects looked ashamed, which was especially noticeable when they met Gu Heng's gaze.

Bourne felt guilty. "Gu Heng, I never imagined you'd be kidnapped. If I hadn't asked you for help, this might not have happened..."

Sith also spoke up, taking all the blame upon himself, "If it weren't for you gentlemen rescuing me, His Majesty Gu Heng might be alright."

"Siss, don't put all the blame on yourself, you little bug." Byrne frowned, clearly dissatisfied with Siss's words.

Gu Heng raised an eyebrow. He stared at the two insects in front of him, wishing he could take the blame for them. Why was this scene so bizarre?

Moreover, the two insects seemed to be closer than before, and their conversations were more familiar.

Gu Heng stopped them in time, "Alright, even if we don't go to rescue Sith, since Cam and his gang are determined to kidnap me, it's just a matter of choosing a time."

"What does this have to do with you?"

Gu Heng didn't seem to care much about this; he looked indifferent.

Seeing Gu Heng's generous and unconcerned demeanor, Byrne exclaimed in surprise, "You're really not angry?"

Gu Heng shook his head upon hearing this. What did he have to be angry about? This was just bad luck on his part.

Bourne's eyes grew brighter as he stared at Gu Heng, and finally he said, "I knew you were a good worm!"

Looking at Bourne's radiant appearance, Gu Heng couldn't understand why he had suddenly been given a good bug card.

Bourne then added, "I want to be your friend!"

Gu Heng looked at Bourne's face, which was flushed with joy, and slowly blinked. So... he had gained a native male insect friend after transmigrating to the insectoid race?

Bourne hadn't met such a worm that suited his taste in a long time. Even before they were familiar with each other, Gu Heng helped Bourne without saying a word.

Unlike some male insects who are full of bad intentions and only think about how to harm other insects.

The last time Sith was captured and taken to the slave auction house, it was partly their doing.

Strictly speaking, the Sith were implicated by Bourne.

Berne did not associate with these male insects.

In the eyes of the male insects, Bourne and Gu Heng were very close, and they were two strange insects.

Gu Heng and his group are not to be trifled with; Bourne is a male insect too.

After suffering a setback with Gu Heng, they turned their evil clutches to Sith.

He was nothing more than a female insect.

They never paid any attention to the female insects or the male insects.

Bourne rattled off a string of names, and Gu Heng frowned upon hearing the name of a certain insect. "Gavin?"

Why does this insect's name sound so familiar?

As it turns out, some insects just keep jumping around in front of you.

Gu Heng now deeply understood this as well.

“We won’t be seeing them for a while,” Byrne said with a smug look on his face. Under Gu Heng’s questioning gaze, he added, “The male insects involved in this have all been punished by doing community service.”

As Bourne spoke, he seemed to feel a pang of regret, "It just didn't last long."

But actually, the male insect might not have even received this punishment. Thinking this, Byrne looked at Gu Heng with some guilt, "I did use your name back then."

Gu Heng looked at Bourne, puzzled.

Byrne scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed, and said vaguely, "I just borrowed your S-class male insect title to scare the insects in the regulatory council, making them increase the punishment for those male insects."

Gu Heng: ...

OK OK.

*

In the infirmary.

With nothing much to do, Gu Heng picked up a book to read. When he was halfway through, he flipped his wrist and glanced at the time.

There's still half an hour until I get off work.

Gu Heng placed a bookmark inside the book, made a mark, and then closed it.

Unexpectedly, he didn't go directly to Heamis today, but instead left the military headquarters first.

Rett saw Gu Heng's retreating figure from afar and was momentarily surprised. Didn't His Excellency Gu Heng usually leave work with the general?

At least, that's what he sees every time.

What happened today?

So much so that when Rhett went to report to the general, he was somewhat distracted.

He wondered if His Majesty Gu Heng's unusual behavior meant he had argued with the general.

Rett's thoughtful expression did not escape Heemis's notice. He frowned and interrupted Rett's attempt to continue his report, "Lieutenant Rett, please do not bring matters outside your duties into your work."