Chapter 4 - 4. Baojuan, my voice

The underground city was originally one of the prosperous areas of the capital star. However, several years ago, the rebels invaded the capital star from the edge star. Most of the rebel troops were stationed here, facing the imperial palace. In order to eliminate the rebels and save their precarious rule, the royal family made a desperate order to release weapons of mass destruction to this area. The weapons not only annihilated the rebels and their leaders, but also killed hundreds of thousands of civilians. Many insects were instantly evaporated by the energy wave before they could transform into insects. Even the insects that survived far away from the center of the explosion often ended up with mutilated limbs and frequent sequelae. The explosion also left a huge pit deep underground in the center of the city, which is the origin of the name of the underground city. 

The underground city is the shadow cast by the glorious empire in the corner. It is like a cancer entrenched in the capital star. Due to political reasons, it is difficult to manage here, and the rulers of the empire are unwilling to take over the mess, resulting in a lack of discipline and order in the underground city. This place is crowded with stowaways from marginal and medium-sized stars, fugitives being hunted by the empire, and wandering unemployed people. Under the psychedelic neon lights on the streets, dirt, pollution, darkness and danger are everywhere in the city.

A tall and straight figure wandered in front of the dim fork in the road. He raised his foot and walked towards the alley on the left, then stepped back and walked to the right.

This is the lost Jiang Ling and the system.

[Left... No, right. ]

[According to my memory, it should be left. However, according to the map, it should be right. ] The system couldn't make up its mind.

Jiang Ling had been wandering around in the alleys for an hour. He said, "Don't worry about it, system, let's find a bug to ask."

A female bug turned out from the shadow of the right fork in the road. The female bug walked unsteadily, with heavy dark circles under her eyes, and looked very tired.

Jiang Ling walked towards him and asked, "Brother, do you know..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Ling suddenly felt a sticky and disgusting mental thread quietly crawling towards the back of his neck.

The female insect in front of him showed a strange smile on her face.

[Host, he is using mental power to probe you. You can try how to use mental power in actual combat. ]

The thread was cut off by Jiang Ling's sharp mental power before it got close. Jiang Ling locked his eyes on the daring and blind female insect in front of him, and suddenly released mental power to hit the prober.

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Kong Qi is a home insect who does not seek to make progress, but he was lucky enough to differentiate into a B-level female insect. When he was living a life of eating and waiting to die in the underground city, no insect dared to provoke him.

The night before, he stayed up late to read an online novel. This book is about having a love affair with a male insect. Since the ratio of female to male insects in the empire has reached 40:1, many female insects have no chance to come into contact with male insects in their lifetime, so this kind of book is very popular.

The name of this book is "After Disguising as a Female Insect, I Became a Fan of Insects in the Underground City". It tells the story of a cool and handsome male insect who disguised himself as a female insect to enter the underground city in order to avoid his enemies. As a result, he became a fan of all insects with his unique temperament. Wherever he went, all insects bowed down to him. He fell in love with several powerful female insects, and finally successfully took revenge with the help of their power. Several insects lived happily together.

One day he went out to buy wine, and thought of the plot of this book while walking on the road.

[It was difficult to squeeze through a group of tall and strong female insects. Guan Miao's handsome and pale face turned slightly red due to the effort, and the cool pheromones spread. His sweaty appearance made the female insects who passed by him sway. ]

[A strand of spiritual thread stretched to the back of Guan Miao's neck. Guan Miao's body shook, and he heard Yu Qi's voice: "You don't want your identity as a male insect to be known, right?" ]

[Hesitating in front of the alley, the delicate male insect Guan Miao was lost. His pure temperament made him look like he obviously did not belong to the underground city. Guan Miao asked the passing female insect: "Brother, do you know how to get to Bailan Avenue?"

...

Kong Qi turned the corner and saw a tall figure slowly walking from a distance. His black hair was attached to his cold white skin. His handsome face was expressionless, and his brown eyes were casual and calm. His cold and refreshing temperament was incompatible with this land.

"Brother, you know..." The figure walked against the starlight, and the air was filled with the smell of ice and snow.

The plot of the novel he read last night involuntarily appeared in Kong Qi's mind, and he couldn't help but release his mental power to test the figure.

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When the mental power was drawn on Kong Qi, he almost fainted from the pain.

Not only was it painful, but also cold. The skin that was drawn seemed to be numb as if it had touched liquid nitrogen, and it was so cold that it lost consciousness. The effect of S mental power on Kong Qi was overwhelming and crushing. He felt his temples throbbing and his glands swollen to the point of exploding.

Tens of millions of years of glaciers pressed down on him at the bottom of the sea, and the shadows fell. He was like a mayfly, powerless to fight back. His mouth and nose were filled with cold and heavy snow, and Kong Qi was almost suffocated. He had never felt such an oppressive pheromone, as if this female insect was born to be the king of the world, and all insects could only bow down in front of him.

He didn't know how long it took, maybe ten thousand years, or maybe just a second, before this feeling finally subsided.

Kong Qi knelt on the ground somehow, breathing in the precious air, his face flushed from suffocation. He raised his head with difficulty and saw the teasing and madness in the eyes of the powerful female insect.

His eyes were like a cold knife against his throat, and he opened his thin lips and said:

"This will not happen again."

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Seeing the terrified and awed eyes of the female insect kneeling on the ground, Jiang Ling secretly felt happy, "System, how about my mental attack?"

The system clapped like a seal patting its belly, [Very good, very good, defeated the provocative cannon fodder, reputation value +10. ]

[Ding Dong, your reputation value has reached 250, successfully upgraded to level 1, please check your rewards. ]

Three items and a star card appeared in Jiang Ling's hand.

[Your rewards are three special items and 25,000 star coins.

The special items are as follows:

"Walk Erxian Bridge to Chenghua Avenue": No matter how you talk to the old man, the old man can always get back to Chenghua Avenue. Similarly, when the user holds this item, no matter how lost, he will eventually find his destination.

"Baojuan, my voice": Bird Princess lost her voice, so she jealously made all the devices around her that could make sounds fail, especially the alarm devices.

"Eros's eyes": This is a pair of fluffy Barbie pink glasses. Wear it, and within a diameter of 100 meters, everyone's eyes will be attracted to you. ]

Jiang Ling's fingers trembled, tears in his eyes, and he was moved: "Tongbao, I didn't expect you to be such a generous and good system. I misunderstood you before."

The system tried to restrain the corners of its mouth that were raised because of pride, and said shyly: [Well, it's okay. ]

After receiving this star card rewarded by the system, Jiang Ling finally got rid of his poverty and became rich. When

he was reborn here, he had nothing but a residence on the edge of the underground city. He didn't even have money to buy a terminal. He had to rely on the light screen called up by the system to browse the official website of the Imperial Supreme Academy. After receiving the 25,000 star coins, Jiang Ling decided to go to the mall to buy a terminal after the test. Life without the star network was really hard.

With the special item "Walk the Erxian Bridge to Chenghua Avenue", one person and one unified person successfully returned to their residence. Immersed in the joy of upgrading and becoming rich, they completely forgot to explore the further use of mental power.