Being Frank with Each Other

Chu Sui didn't know the difference between the structure of a Zerg brain and a human brain, but it was clear that the former's thinking was too rigid and absolute, unable to establish a suitable social system even after so many years.

Now, the Female Zergs were clamoring to abolish the Male Zerg Protection Law, while the Male Zergs were unwilling to give up their lofty status. Chu Sui could only, based on his own views, revise the original law into a version that was a relatively more peaceful way for them to coexist.

Female Zergs wouldn't have to suffer endless abuse, and Male Zergs could also receive appropriate protection.

Of course, Chu Sui didn't know if that revised version of the law would be adopted. Anyway, he would let fate decide. The number of replies on the official thread was already piled higher than the sky. At the beginning, some Zergs were seriously offering suggestions, but later it completely turned into a thread of accusations. When a bunch of what could only be described as useless Male Zerg teammates flooded in, it directly became a flame war.

In this world, he was classified as a Male Zerg, so strictly speaking, he was one of them. Now that disaster was imminent, sitting and waiting for death wasn't an option. Doing something to pass the time was better, at least it was better than sitting around waiting to die.

Chu Sui wasn't sure if the Female Zergs, after overthrowing the system, could establish a correct era. He only knew that if the law was still extremely biased towards one side, then it still wouldn't last long.

Without realizing it, the sun was about to set. When Arno returned in the Flyer, he didn't push open the door and go in as usual. He stood at the entrance, his hand raising, then falling, raising, and falling again, but he just couldn't bring himself to push open that door.

The Military Female, who was fearless even in the face of life and death, was now afraid to step through that door.

After an unknown amount of time, when the sky had completely darkened, Arno still hadn't gone in. He leaned against the wall, a strand of his meticulously styled hair drooping down, looking somewhat wretched. His figure slowly slid down, and he finally sat powerlessly on the cold stone steps.

Today, the Imperial Federation Council held a vote, and StarNet broadcasted the entire event live. Arno knew that Chu Sui would definitely see it, and even if he didn't, it couldn't be hidden for long.

His Male Monarch, was bit by bit overthrowing this world where Male Zergs were supreme...

This could be considered a betrayal in another sense.

Arno had wanted to tell him everything many times, but he didn't. He was afraid to face any of Chu Sui's negative emotions, be it hatred or disgust. He also coveted Chu Sui's kindness towards him, so the words reached his lips time and time again, only to be swallowed back down, until today when it could no longer be hidden...

A cold wind blew through the garden, making the evergreen branches rustle and casting dancing shadows of the trees on the ground. The corner of Arno's clothes was lifted by the wind, then gently fell back down, yet he kept his eyes lowered, not moving at all.

'Will Chu Sui be angry...'

'Will Chu Sui hate me...'

Arno closed his eyes, unable to imagine such a scene. If possible, he would even rather have Chu Sui beat him to vent his anger, even though the Male Zerg hadn't used the whip in a long time, nor had he made his knees touch the ground again.

Chu Sui had been in the study revising the rest of the content. Only when his hands were stiff and numb did he sit up straight. He glanced down at the time and found that it was already nine o'clock at night, so he couldn't help but pull out his chair and get up.

Arno was usually back by this time. Why wasn't he home yet today?

Chu Sui rubbed the back of his neck and slowly walked downstairs. He was about to use his Light Computer to send a message to Arno when he saw the Housekeeping Robot standing motionless by the door. Compared to its usual scene of spinning all over the living room, this was truly strange.

Chu Sui stuck one hand in his pocket and walked over: "Why are you hiding in the corner?"

The Housekeeping Robot turned around upon hearing him, then looked outside the door. The light on its body flickered: "Trash."

Chu Sui: "..."

He was silent for a second, not understanding what it was trying to express: "Is there trash outside the door?"

Housekeeping Robot: "I love trash."

Chu Sui: "..."

'Forget it, why get serious with a little moron,' Chu Sui kicked it away from the door, then pulled the door open. He looked around outside, not a single person in sight. Just as he was about to retract his gaze, a glance from the corner of his eye caught a familiar figure sitting on the stone steps to the left.

Arno was so lost in thought that he didn't even hear Chu Sui open the door. He sat motionless on the stone steps by the entrance, his gaze vacant as he stared at some spot. The tall and slender back that looked so upright during the day was now inexplicably curled into a ball, hugging his knees, lost in some unknown thought.

Chu Sui's first reaction was, 'Which family's poor kid is this miserable?' Then, a beat later, he finally realized, 'Oh, it seems he's mine.'

Chu Sui walked out the door, slowly slid his hands into his trouser pockets, and stood on the steps, looking down at Arno. After a moment, he finally asked in bewilderment, "What are you doing sitting here?"

Anyone who didn't know would think he was abusing his Male Monarch, kicking a Zerg out on such a cold day and not letting him in.

When Arno heard his voice, he subconsciously looked up. Only then did Chu Sui realize his face was unbelievably pale, revealing a hint of wretchedness. His gaze swept over the Admiral's insignia on his shoulder, thinking that a promotion should be a happy event, so why didn't he look happy at all.

"Male Master..."

Arno's expression was dazed as he slowly got up from the ground. He seemed to want to say something, but couldn't open his mouth. His lips were pale, all color drained from them. For the first time, Chu Sui saw panic in his eyes.

How strange.

Only after walking out did Chu Sui realize how bone-chillingly cold it was. He glanced at Arno, "Come inside first."

After speaking, he turned and entered the house. The cold wind was blocked outside, and the chill around his body finally eased. Chu Sui heard the soft click of the door closing behind him. He looked back and saw Arno's knees suddenly bend, kneeling on the floor with a dull thud. His head was bowed low, his expression unclear, and most of his slender figure was cast in shadow, giving off an inexplicable sense of powerless dejection.

Chu Sui froze: "What are you doing?"

It's not the Qingming Festival yet, and you're already kneeling.

He walked over and reached out to pull Arno up, but the other seemed dead set on kneeling. His muscles were so tense he couldn't be moved. Chu Sui's brows furrowed tightly. He simply pinched Arno's chin, forcing him to look up, and said in an annoyed voice, "What on earth are you trying to..."

Before he could finish, he was caught off guard by Arno's bloodshot eyes. His voice came to an abrupt halt, and he unconsciously loosened his grip.

His eyes were bloodshot, and there was even a faint glint of tears, forming a sharp contrast with his extremely pale face. Veins bulged on his temples as if he were desperately holding something back. His blue eyes, filled with tears, looked at Chu Sui as his lips trembled, "I'm so sorry..."

'I'm so sorry, for overthrowing the stable life you once had...'

Having lived together for so many years, Chu Sui didn't understand Arno completely, but he could guess a few things. Hearing his words, he slowly withdrew his hand, paused, and then simply lowered himself to sit on the floor. "Why are you apologizing? Is it because you didn't tell me about abolishing the protection law?"

Chu Sui's attitude wasn't angry; it could even be called calm and collected. After all, he had experienced this once before. All the anger he should have felt had already been spent in his previous life. He thought he would be very scared, but in fact, as the events gradually unfolded, he became calmer and calmer.

How to put it? It was all pretty messed up. Chu Sui wanted to feel anxious, but he just couldn't.

This abnormal attitude made Arno's heart sink. He didn't know what to say. Meeting Chu Sui's gaze, he slowly nodded, his jaw clenched unconsciously, and the taste of blood began to spread between his lips and teeth.

Perhaps sensing the unusual atmosphere, even the Housekeeping Robot stopped wandering around. It stayed quietly in the corner, polishing the patch of floor beneath it until it shone, occasionally lifting its head to glance at them, only to be glared back at by Chu Sui.

Having died once before, Chu Sui was no longer as muddle-headed as he used to be. He bent his knees, rested his chin on them, and after a long while, he suddenly asked, "Then do you think abolishing the protection law was wrong?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a silent stillness fell over the air, so quiet that even soft breaths could be heard.

Arno closed his eyes, hiding the flash of pain in their depths. His hands, hanging by his sides, tightened unconsciously. His gaze slowly fell on the Blue Star Necklace around his neck, and he asked in a low voice, "Male Master, do you love your hometown..."

A person's life, whether long or short, some people never leave their homeland their entire lives.

Chu Sui had been away from Blue Star for a long time. Although he didn't think about it often, he thought, he still loved that land, as inseparable as the blood flowing in his veins.

But he could no longer go back.

Chu Sui struggled to form the words: "My hometown... is very good."

Arno looked at Chu Sui: "I also love my hometown very much..."

He also deeply loved the land beneath his feet...

But he knew that the existing system was wrong and couldn't go on like this anymore.

Arno had not betrayed the beliefs of the Freedom Alliance, nor was he a born rebel. It was just that he had too many principles in his heart that he couldn't transgress in the slightest. From birth until now, he had seen countless Female Zergs being traded like goods by their Male Masters, abused like animals, and ending up covered in wounds, in a state where life was worse than death.

He simply didn't want this deformed system to continue, but in overthrowing it, he shattered Chu Sui's originally stable life.

Chu Sui had done nothing wrong...

Arno felt a hot liquid uncontrollably fall from his eyes, only to be brushed away by a hand. At the same time, Chu Sui's familiar voice sounded from above his head, "What are you crying for."

Chu Sui couldn't quite remember the last time Arno had cried his eyes red. He applied a little force, not very gently, and wiped away the tear tracks from the corner of his eye with the pad of his finger. If this had happened before, Chu Sui might have gotten angry, but now that he had thought it through, there was nothing to be angry about.

Some things were inevitable. If Arno didn't do it, another Zerg would. It was like a monarch who oppressed his people; when overthrown, it could never be the work of just one person.

Arno lowered his eyes and held Chu Sui's hand. His eyes were faintly moist, and his fingertips were ice-cold as if all warmth had been drained from them. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Don't hate me, okay..."

This was all he was afraid of...

Chu Sui watched him quietly. He paused at his words but didn't speak. He had never looked at Arno so seriously before. His features were so familiar they were etched into his bones; he could picture them even with his eyes closed.

They had lived together for countless days and nights, becoming each other's bond in this other world. The time Arno had spent with him, adding up both lifetimes, was even longer than the time Chu Sui had spent with his parents.

The Female Zerg had always done very well. In contrast, there was Chu Sui.

He had never been able to do anything for him in his entire life...

'Do you hate me?' This was a question Chu Sui should have been asking.

The man lowered his eyes, lost in thought. Then, with a slight pull, he drew Arno into his embrace, holding him just like before. He casually ran a hand through his hair and said in an unconcerned tone, "What's the big deal."

'Was it necessary to be like this?'

Not really, because Chu Sui had already prepared for the worst. The worst that could happen was death, and how much worse could it get? So he was learning to face everything calmly.

But now, the one who wasn't calm was Arno.

In a daze, it seemed a hot liquid had soaked through his clothes. Chu Sui held the back of Arno's head and, a little awkwardly, patted his tense back intermittently, answering his earlier question: "Why would I hate you."

'You are my Male Monarch...'

The System had said that in the human world, it meant the same as husband and wife. Chu Sui no longer remembered his parents' faces, only that they were very busy, but had a very good relationship.

His mother, like Arno, would occasionally cook, bake cakes, and brew coffee. His father would lie on the sofa reading the newspaper, lazily not moving at all. They had a precious Ragdoll cat at home that darted all over the place.

'Actually, come to think of it, it's very much like them.'

Arno didn't expect Chu Sui not to be angry at all. He looked at him with red-rimmed eyes, and his stiff, cold fingertips finally regained some warmth. His voice, suppressed for so long, came out broken and hoarse, "I'm sorry, for hiding it from you..."

Through his eyes, Chu Sui could clearly see an extremely apologetic emotion. He raised his hand and smoothed Arno's messy silver hair. "...Did you know, my country is different from here. There, every Zerg is equal. No matter who makes a mistake, they will be punished. If preferential treatment is given because of gender, allowing Male Zergs to break the law unscrupulously, a country like that will soon collapse."

The law protects every weak person, but it won't let a single criminal go.

It's just that no one knew whether the Female Zergs wanted equality after the system was overthrown, or if they wanted to place themselves above the Male Zergs. The former wouldn't matter, but the latter was what he feared.

Chu Sui was just a hedonistic young master, with no particular skills. His grades had been terrible since he was a child, and all he knew was how to cause trouble and fight. He didn't show much improvement after becoming an adult either. There were many principles he hadn't had time to understand and many things he hadn't had time to learn. The only useful thing he brought from Earth was probably his sense of right and wrong.

Chu Sui muttered to himself, "Male Zergs who have done wrong should be punished..."

But it seemed he hadn't done anything heinous in this life. Hopefully, the ancestors of the Chu Family would work a miracle and bless him with a stroke of incredible luck to escape this disaster.

After speaking, Chu Sui felt his butt was cold and belatedly realized he had been sitting on the floor for a long time. He got up a beat late, but just as he stood firm, a pulling force came from his wrist, and Arno hugged him from behind.

As if he knew what Chu Sui was worried about, Arno buried his face in Chu Sui's shoulder. Just like before, with every word simple and sincere, he said in a low voice, "Arno will protect you..."

He would protect him, and their lives would be bound together. This vow was no longer made to the supreme god of the Zerg Race, but to his own heart.

Chu Sui had lamented more than once how foolish Female Zergs were. Hearing this, that thought inexplicably rose again. He tugged at the corner of his mouth, wanting to laugh, but for some reason, he couldn't. He silently turned and pulled Arno into his arms.

"..."

For a moment, a few words nearly escaped his throat, but because he had never said them before, after some hesitation, he swallowed them back down.

Chu Sui was the type who was naturally unreasonable. Even if he bumped into someone on the street, he would never say sorry. Instead, he would make a false counter-accusation, blaming the other person for being blind and saying they deserved to be bumped into.

He didn't want to admit it, but in fact, at a certain moment, the emotion of "I'm sorry" had suddenly risen in his heart. It was like a gust of wind, coming and going quickly, leaving no trace after it passed.

Chu Sui asked, "You're not hiding anything else from me, are you?"

Arno shook his head seriously, "I will never hide anything from you again. If you want to know something, you can ask me directly."

Chu Sui was actually more concerned about one thing: "I heard The Empire has developed a drug that can suppress a Military Female's Bloodline Riot?"

Arno paused, "...It's true, but it's still in the experimental stage."

Since he said so, it was most likely true. But no matter how Chu Sui thought about it, the matter felt incredible. There was no other reason; he simply felt it defied common sense.

Nature, like the way of heaven, emphasizes balanced coexistence. For everything created, there is a purpose. It's like how men and women reproduce; neither can be dispensed with. The creator gave Female Zergs powerful martial strength but made them constrained by the Pheromones of Male Zergs. This was also a form of balance.

But now The Empire claimed to have developed a Suppressant Drug, making the Pheromones of Male Zergs dispensable. In that case, Male Zergs, who had neither martial strength nor the ability to care for themselves, would strictly speaking no longer have any purpose. And as technology developed further, when cloning for reproduction became possible, they would likely be eliminated from the food chain.

Ah, to put it bluntly, extinction.

But that wasn't certain. After all, when one is well-fed and warm, one thinks of... other things. Although there were cases of Female Zergs getting together, it was actually difficult to achieve pleasure in bed, completely incomparable to being with a Male Zerg. Some Female Zergs could accept a life without sex, but some couldn't.

Chu Sui suddenly felt that things were getting complicated. If he thought about it this way, wouldn't Male Zergs only have the function of a human-shaped pleasure tool left?

'Please no...'

His kidneys weren't up to it.

Chu Sui looked at Arno, "What are your plans going forward?"

Arno shook his head, "It hasn't been decided yet. The Imperial Federation Council is now divided into two factions. One side demands equal rights, while the other demands that Female Zergs be supreme and that Male Zergs be held accountable for their past crimes. The situation is at a stalemate."

On this matter, Arno and Alvin had a rare disagreement. Arno felt that equal rights were for the best, but Alvin insisted on holding the Male Zergs accountable for their crimes. The few Male Zergs who had uploaded videos of themselves abusing their Female Attendants to StarNet had been locked in the Punishment Chamber by him and still hadn't been released.

After Arno finished speaking, he tightened his grip on Chu Sui's hand, "I will stay at home to protect you these next few days, until this matter subsides."

Chu Sui asked, "How many are demanding equal rights?"

Arno paused, "...Very few."

'I guessed as much,' Chu Sui thought. "What about you?"

Arno buried his face in his shoulder again and said in a low voice, "Perhaps as you said, every Zerg is different. Some Male Zergs are brutal and greedy, but there are also some who have done nothing wrong. I just want Female Zergs to no longer be abused. That is enough. If we demand that Female Zergs be supreme, then what's the difference between that and how the Male Zergs were before?"

Chu Sui might not be an outstanding person, but that didn't stop him from thinking others were. His fingertips slowly combed through Arno's hair as he thought, 'If this were back on Earth, Arno probably wouldn't have given a second glance to a hedonistic son like him.'

But fate is a miraculous thing. It just so happened that Chu Sui came to this world, it just so happened that Arno rescued him, and it just so happened that the two of them met here.

Chu Sui: "Which side is Alvin on?"

Arno said, "You don't need to worry. He has no intention of making Female Zergs supreme. He just wants those Male Zergs who have made mistakes to receive their deserved punishment."

Some things weren't reported on StarNet. In fact, the Military Department was already secretly checking the past criminal records of Male Zergs. As long as the circumstances were serious, they were all taken away by the military without exception.

And most of the Male Zergs were kept in the dark. Just as they were jumping up and down in anger over equal rights, little did they know that this was already the best possible outcome for them. If Female Zergs really became supreme, then they could only pray for their own good fortune.

Chu Sui remembered his manuscript and pulled Arno upstairs. The Empire's official thread on revising the law hadn't closed yet, but if anyone posted an opinion now, basically no one would read it seriously.

It was no longer a suggestion thread, it was a flame war thread.