Zerg: The female warrior's male master is acting strangely!

Lin Zhuoran pushed open the door to the next room, and sunlight streamed in through the crack, illuminating the little figure rolling around on the floor.

The room was larger than the previous one, with thick, soft mats on the floor. A dozen or so little female insects were playing house together. Some were pretending to feed their plush toys, some were crawling on the floor digging at building blocks with their tiny claws, and two were pushing and shoving each other, fighting over a plush ball.

Two caregivers sat on the edge of the mat, each holding a baby bottle, occasionally offering it to the little one's mouth as they approached.

Startled by the scene, Xiao Bei immediately buried her head in Wen Shu's shoulder, even softening her breathing, like a frightened little animal.

"They've been hatched for three months now," Lin Zhuoran explained from the side. "They usually like to gather in this room and roll around."

"Lin Xiongzi!" The two caregivers stood up and greeted him when they saw him come in.

Hearing the sound, the little insects nestled on the ground turned their heads to look. More than twenty pairs of round eyes fell on the doorway, then on Lin Zhuoran and Wenshu, full of curiosity.

"Brother Abi, Brother Ace," Lin Zhuoran waved to them, "Let me introduce you, this is the new caregiver, and also my good friend."

While gently patting Xiao Bei's back, Wen Shu introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Wen Shu."

Of all the caretakers, only Abby and Ace are sub-females. They have a gentler appearance and a milder temperament. They take care of most of the newly hatched female insects in the yard, and they also often bring in insect eggs that other caretakers collect from outside to be cared for by them.

When Abby and Ace saw the new "male insect" keeper greeting them, they panicked and blurted out in unison, "Hello, hello, my name is Abby."

"Hello, my name is Ace."

"They are brothers and get along very well," Lin Zhuoran added from the side.

No sooner had the words been spoken than the little female insects on the ground could no longer contain themselves and began crawling toward them on all fours.

When Manjushri looked down, he saw several furry little heads rubbing against his feet. Two of them even started tugging at his trouser legs, tilting their heads back and barking at him.

Little Bei in his arms was trembling with fear, her whole body tense, as if she was about to cry at any moment.

Upon seeing this, Ace immediately reached out: "Wenxiongzi, you can leave Xiaobei to me, I'll coax him."

"Ah? Ah, okay," Manjushri had no choice but to hand over the trembling little Bei to him, because the little female insects on his legs were climbing higher and higher, and if he didn't bend down, those wobbly little creatures would probably fall down.

Lin Zhuoran skillfully and simply sat down on the ground, pulled the three little cubs that had climbed onto him into his arms, and had two more hanging on his back, clinging to his shoulders and giggling.

Manjushri sat down directly, and soon the little female insects became even bolder and swarmed towards him. Some tugged at his fingers, some pulled at his clothes, and one even climbed onto his knee...

"Please don't be offended," Ace said, holding Xiao Bei and coaxing her. "They weren't like this before. Ever since Lin Xiongzi came, these little female insects have become very clingy."

Abby nodded in agreement: "I guess it's because you're male insects. The little females often feel uncomfortable and cry, but they feel much better when Lin Xiongzi comes over and hugs them, which saves us a lot of trouble."

"Really?" Manjushri turned to look at Lin Zhuoran, his eyes seeming to ask: Is it that amazing?

Lin Zhuoran shook his head and hesitated, saying, "I don't think so. Sometimes when they cry, they look terrible, but they feel much better after I hold them for a short time."

Abby chimed in, "It's probably related to the male insect's mental strength. Insect offspring that frequently get close to their male fathers tend to have more stable mental states as they grow up."

"What do you mean?" Manjushri asked, stroking the two small female insects in his arms. "They're so small, yet they can be affected by spiritual power?"

"Probably," Ace said, putting Xiao Bei down to let him crawl away on his own and squatting down to look after the other insects. "But we're not sure. Anyway, they've been crying much less since Lin Xiongzi came."

Abby added, "And those little bugs that didn't want to drink milk or nutrient solution were unusually eager to drink after Lin Xiongzi held them."

Manjushri and Lin Zhuoran turned and looked at each other in tacit agreement.

Then, Manjushri subconsciously thought of Yi Yi, and another thought suddenly popped into his mind: Could the reason why Yi Yi was thin in the past, apart from Yulis not feeding him, also be related to his mental strength?

He frowned and asked, "Is there any scientific basis for this?"

Little Bei, who was standing nearby, hit himself on the head with a building block and immediately burst into tears. Ace quickly went to hug him, comforting him while replying, "No, even if it were possible, it couldn't be tested. How could a male insect cooperate for such a test?"

"And if that's true, since they don't like female insects, they might treat them even worse."

Manjushri paused for a moment, thinking that it made sense... Just as he was lost in thought, the little female insect in his arms suddenly stretched out her tiny claws, the sharp, bristle-like scales already slightly protruding, and touched his face.

Abi and Ace, who were standing nearby, were startled and quickly picked him up, whispering, "You can't do that. Put your little hands back."

The little female insect in her arms couldn't understand, she just giggled and stretched out her little claws to reach for Abby's face, finding it extremely amusing.

Manjushri smiled and shook his head: "It's alright, my little insect is often like that too, much more mischievous than him."

Upon hearing this, they found it unbelievable. They never expected that these two males would be so eccentric, able to accept the insect-like characteristics of the female insect without any resistance or disgust.

Lin Zhuoran, however, seized on another key point, bombarding him with a series of questions in shock: "What? You have bug offspring? When did this happen? How come I didn't know? Didn't you just arrive recently?"

Manjushri gave him a speechless look: "Why would I be at the school gate if I don't have any insect cubs? Am I going to school?"

"Oh... right," Lin Zhuoran belatedly realized that they had met at the school gate, but he was too excited to ask anything at the time, except for asking why the other person was at the school.

"Then bring your little bug cubs over to play together!"

"By the way, what's his name? How old is he?"

"Male and female insects? What do they look like?"

Abi and Ace, who were standing nearby, were dumbfounded, thinking, "Aren't they good friends?"

How come you don't even know if your best friend has any bugs?

As Manjushri scooped the little female insect from his back into his arms, he replied, "My insect offspring is named Heroiyi. She will be two years old in three months. She is a very cute little female insect."

"That......"

"Hey, hey, hey, when we get to the school on the warship this afternoon, I'll pick him up too, okay?" Manjushri interrupted him.

"Great!" Lin Zhuoran slapped his thigh and laughed even harder.

Abby and Ace, who were stunned, exchanged a glance and couldn't help but marvel at how lucky the little female insect was to have such a wonderful male father...