Dear Mr. Qi Yu:
The Imperial Central Brain informs you that your mental power has been successfully matched with Imperial General Mo Yan. The Empire officially issues the matching notice, and within the next ten days, you are required to complete partner registration with General Mo Yan. At the same time, according to Imperial regulations, you will spend these ten days with your spouse. Wishing you a pleasant marital leave.– Imperial Central Brain System
8:00 AM, March 22nd, 4568.
On the third day after crossing over, how did it feel to be assigned an object by the Empire?
Moving his gaze away from the terminal, Qi Yu stared at the distant white wall, blinking a few times in bewilderment. Then, unable to resist, he shifted his gaze back to the terminal and reread the message he had just received.
The four big characters of the matching notice still appeared at the top of the terminal projection, and the message remained unchanged, word for word.
Qi Yu opened his mouth, his expression a mix of confusion and bewilderment, but more like he had been rendered speechless by this sudden news.
After a long time, a voice filled with disbelief finally escaped his lips, low and murmuring.
“They… are they afraid I won’t find a wife?”
No one answered. The standalone exquisite small building remained quiet, devoid of any sound.
In the simply decorated room, the youth gripped the blanket with one hand, his eyes fixed on the terminal. His wine-red curly hair, not very obediently, lay on his head, slightly messy yet with a strand standing up high, much like his current chaotic state of mind.
Staring at the terminal for a long time, the confusion and shock in Qi Yu’s eyes gradually receded.
After calming down his excited emotions, he carefully examined the newly received notification. The message was clear; he had been successfully matched with a General Mo Yan, and they were to have a ten-day marital leave, during which they needed to be together.
The notice was concise and efficient, clearly specifying the time for marriage and honeymoon.
Qi Yu remained silent. After staring at the message for a long time, his expression gradually turned ugly. After a while, he closed his eyes, and when he opened them, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
This match was not what he wanted.
Qi Yu didn’t know who Mo Yan was, and he had never thought about getting married in his life. However, considering the system of this world, he felt somewhat troubled.
Putting away the terminal projection, he slipped on his slippers, his messy curly hair on top of his head, and descended the stairs. Passing by the table downstairs, he casually picked up the kettle and poured himself a glass of cold water.
After taking a few sips, he sat down on the sofa in the middle of the living room, placing the cup on the table in front of him.
After doing all this, he leaned back on the sofa and spoke with a slightly hoarse voice, as if just waking up, lazily asking, “Roly-Poly, can the spousal match be canceled?”
[Not possible.]
A mechanical electronic voice sounded, coming from under the table. Qi Yu’s gaze shifted towards it, unable to see clearly what was under the tablecloth. He didn’t say anything more, just stared at that spot. After a while, the tablecloth shook, and a round, silver-white object rolled out from underneath.
Yes, it rolled.
Roly-Poly was as round as its name suggested, its whole body round and smooth, about the size of a human head. Its exterior was a cold metallic silver-white, unlike a giant steel egg; Roly-Poly’s spherical form had distinct facial features.
Like a giant egg with a human face.
In the end, it was still an egg.
Qi Yu thought to himself.
Roly-Poly was a mechanical intelligence and also the steward of this small building. Speaking of which, Qi Yu was a transmigrator. Although he wasn’t quite sure why he transmigrated, he ended up taking over this intelligence after transmigrating.
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Living alone was a bit boring, so he casually activated the humanized mode of the mechanical intelligence. With a vast reservoir of knowledge, the intelligence’s wisdom far surpassed that of humans, although it still retained a hint of mechanical stiffness. Nevertheless, its thinking and wisdom were not much inferior to that of normal people.
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But was that possible?
Obviously not, Qi Yu had the answer in his mind. But it was also understandable. After all, which race would completely obey the dictates of a mechanical intelligence?
Especially one as high and mighty as the zerg race.
Qi Yu had transmigrated into a race called the zerg race. The technology of this race had already reached a mature stage, with most planets achieving mechanized intelligence. It had been three days since Qi Yu transmigrated, and he had roughly figured out this world.
The appearance of the zerg race in this world was no different from that of humans, except for the addition of a pair of wings. The zerg race was divided into males and females. Females were naturally strong and responsible for fighting, supporting their families, and laying eggs, while males were naturally weak. They were responsible for assisting the females in laying eggs and possessed mental power, which could alleviate the pain caused by excessive use of mental power during battles.
The division of labor between males and females was clear, and in such a world, there should be minimal internal strife. However, the advancement of technology could not change the reproduction rate of the zerg race. From an unknown time, male zergs began to gradually decrease in number, becoming fewer with each passing year. Now, the ratio of males to females had reached a terrifying 100:1.
In order to increase the reproductive rate of male zergs, the Empire tried many methods, but the reproductive rate of male zergs remained unchanged. In the end, it was the grand steward of the zerg race—the mechanical program central brain—that proposed matching, done through data analysis by the central brain.
The data also indicated that the probability of male zerg eggs being produced was higher when there was a mental power match.
Of course, it was just a probability.
However, in this world where there were more females than males, even probabilities were treated as the creed of the zerg race.
Today was the third day since Qi Yu transmigrated here. He thought he had understood everything he needed to, but he had never expected to encounter a match.
Qi Yu didn’t like this kind of arranged marriage. He was against marriage and, coupled with his relatively indifferent personality, he didn’t like being close to people. In his previous life, he was a loner, and even though he transmigrated here, he didn’t want to change much.
So, for him, it would be better to live a happy, carefree life than to deal with the troubles of marriage. Yet, before his dream of living a carefree life could be realized, the central brain system gave him a sudden blow, leaving him still a bit dazed.
Apart from being dazed, Qi Yu really didn’t know what to do. The imperial steward saw that you were single and sent you a formidable wife. It wouldn’t be appropriate for him to overthrow the Empire over this matter, nor did it fit his style of living a carefree life.
[Unfortunately, no zerg has ever resisted.]
Roly-Poly compiled the data from the StarNet and reported it to its master.
It really didn’t understand what its master was thinking and said rather arrogantly, [For our species with one male and many females, having one more female companion is no big deal. If you really don’t like it, just give him a zerg egg to raise himself.]
Afraid that its master wouldn’t accept it, the mechanical steward added, [He would be happy to do so.]
Qi Yu: “…”
…Did he really seem like zerg scum?
“Absolutely not.”
Seeing that the fellow in front of him was unreliable, Qi Yu clicked open the terminal and searched for the information he needed on StarNet. Roly-Poly was somewhat puzzled, and a bewildered expression appeared on its zerg-like face.
[Master, I don’t understand. Why do you need to find other solutions for something that can be solved with a zerg egg? Are you unable to reproduce? That’s truly regrettable…]
Qi Yu: “…”
He looked expressionlessly at Roly-Poly, pondering the possibility of this thing being sent back for repairs. It seemed that Roly-Poly also sensed the gaze of its master and secretly hid its body back under the table.
Qi Yu withdrew his gaze. At this moment, the search on the StarNet also yielded results. Looking at the level results he had just searched for, Qi Yu pursed his lips, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes. His voice suddenly rose significantly, “Roly-Poly, perhaps… you’re not wrong. No, I mean, my level is insufficient.”
It was fine to say that he couldn’t reproduce zerg eggs. The gap in levels between him and the other party didn’t support him in doing such a thing. Qi Yu looked at the information on the terminal interface.
Name: Mo Yan.
Position: Left Legion General.
Level: S-class.
Title: Female zerg Template.
Introduction: A bug who adheres to the rules of female zergs, with both dignity and gentleness…
Seeing this level, Qi Yu knew there was a problem. Logically speaking, such a bug shouldn’t be matched with him, a C-class bug. Solely based on Mo Yan’s S-class level, he wouldn’t be able to enter Mo Yan’s mental sea, let alone the significant level difference. Even if the match was very high, it would be almost impossible for him to obtain a zerg egg.
As the main steward of the zerg race, the central brain shouldn’t make such a low-level mistake, right?
The corners of Qi Yu’s mouth slightly lifted, and his gray-white eyes revealed a gleam of joy, “According to my level, allocating Mo Yan to me is definitely disadvantageous for Mo Yan. First, I can’t enter his mental sea, and second, I can’t give him a zerg egg. The central brain probably just had a temporary glitch… made a mistake.”
As Qi Yu spoke, his expression relaxed a lot. As long as he wasn’t truly matched, he was fine. He let out a long breath, and the spirit he had forcibly summoned quickly relaxed.
He hadn’t slept enough yet. It was all because of that central brain’s careless mistake that had startled him awake with a single message.
Muttering to himself in his mind, Qi Yu yawned, a hint of weariness appearing between his brows. As if comforting himself, he murmured, “It shouldn’t be long before this match is revoked. Maybe I can even get compensation for it. Hmm… it would be best if it’s in Star Coins.”
Roly-Poly fell silent for a moment, seemingly pondering its master’s words. However, as a mechanical intelligence, it had never encountered such a situation before, and there had been no similar occurrences on the StarNet. Therefore, it could only earnestly summarize and give its own suggestion.
[Master, you can go for another mental level assessment. As the highest-level intelligence of our race, the central brain’s error rate is 0.0000001%.]
“But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t made a mistake. My mental level was tested three years ago,” Qi Yu retorted, rubbing his head.
However, it wasn’t him who was tested at that time, just the original host. He didn’t know how strong his mental power was in this world, but as long as it wasn’t input into the matching system, it was no problem for him.
However, he had been using his mental power to log into the StarNet these past two days… Qi Yu thought carefully for a moment and shook his head.
There shouldn’t be any problems. The zerg race’s technology probably hadn’t developed to the point where even scattered mental power could be detected. After all, his level was there, and no zerg should spend so much effort on him.
Yes, that’s it.
After figuring this out, Qi Yu quickly pushed aside this hidden worry. With trivial matters aside, a strong sense of tiredness suddenly surged over him. He yawned again, tears welling up in his eyes due to the physiological response.
Qi Yu was used to being lazy, whether in his previous life or these three days here. As a night owl, he usually stayed up all night and slept until noon.
Early in the morning, Qi Yu was awakened by the noise, and now he was still very sleepy. At this moment, his voice weakened, and the whole zerg looked listless, devoid of any spirit.
Rubbing his eyes, Qi Yu, with his still sleepy voice, said, “Roly-Poly, keep an eye on the StarNet. I’m going back to sleep. Don’t disturb me unless it’s urgent.”
Just now, he was awakened by this thing’s electronic noise. Its horn-like sound seemed afraid he wouldn’t hear, disrespecting him like a future queen, scaring away half of his sleepiness.
Qi Yu, lacking sleep, was filled with resentment. He thought to himself: If Roly-Poly were his employee, he could dock its pay, but now it had no salary, which was troublesome! It would be nice if there were a salary… No, if there were a salary, he would have to pay it, so it was better without one.
With great effort, Qi Yu opened his eyelids. Feeling somewhat resentful, he glanced at Roly-Poly, realizing he couldn’t do anything with the mechanical intelligence. After a moment of silence, he could only reach out and grab the white porcelain cup on the table, drinking all the water in it in one gulp.
By now, he was so tired that he could barely keep his eyes open. He could only vaguely look at the blurry scene in front of him, squinting as he walked upstairs in his slippers to catch up on sleep.
Roly-Poly watched its master disappear at the end of the stairs, trying to think through its mechanical mind about what its master had said. It still felt something was off, but it couldn’t pinpoint what it was. Since its master had left, it could only continue working with the household machinery until an hour later, when the doorbell rang.
Roly-Poly had many permissions in this building, including video access. While working, it noticed a bug ringing the doorbell. It quickly connected to the monitoring system of the small villa, but when it saw the bug outside, even with its mechanical brain, it was a bit confused.
Qi Yu was awakened by Roly-Poly, and its voice came from the nearby speakers, making it hard for Qi Yu to ignore. Being awakened again made Qi Yu very irritable. He reached up and grabbed his curly hair, his face showing undisguised displeasure.
“Roly-Poly, you better have a good reason.”
Grumbling, Qi Yu forcefully grabbed his curly hair, feeling annoyed as he put on his pajamas and slippers, walking out of the room.
Only he and Roly-Poly were at home. Roly-Poly was the mechanical intelligence of the original host, and it was absolutely obedient to its commands. Qi Yu wasn’t afraid of being exposed, as he had been quite casual these past few days.
He lived in a detached villa with two rooms upstairs and a living room and kitchen downstairs. He valued his privacy greatly and had reset Roly-Poly’s program on the first day after crossing over, one of which was that Roly-Poly couldn’t go upstairs without his permission.
Not being able to go upstairs didn’t mean Roly-Poly could wake him up twice. Squinting, Qi Yu glanced at the time on the terminal. Less than an hour had passed since he was awakened again. Seeing this, his irritation increased a lot.
Lack of sleep made his mood extremely bad. He secretly thought: It seems he needs to change Roly-Poly’s program. Being woken up twice…
Qi Yu squinted irritably, wearing his slippers, and walked out the door. With his familiarity from the past few days, he quickly reached the staircase and stood at the top, looking down. His voice carried its usual coldness and annoyance from waking up early, “Roly-Poly, you better have a good reason.”
If there’s nothing important, daring to play tricks on him, sooner or later, he will make this round thing know his power.
Thinking this, Qi Yu hadn’t even taken action yet when he heard Roly-Poly’s electronic voice.
[Master, your queen General Mo Yan is here.]
Qi Yu’s hand grabbing his hair paused. Who? Who’s here?
His mind wasn’t clear yet, and Qi Yu didn’t have time to ponder the meaning of Roly-Poly’s words. He just opened his half-closed eyes with a puzzled expression.
“What did you say?”
After saying this, Qi Yu became a little more awake and his mind started working again. After figuring out what Roly-Poly’s words meant, he widened his eyes.
His queen was here? Where did his queen come from… No, there was one… He had a… queen… It seemed he had a bug wife…
But…
Didn’t the matching have a bug? So where did his wife come from?
Qi Yu looked down at the living room on the first floor following Roly-Poly’s voice, only to see a bug sitting upright on the sofa. The bug’s posture was calm and composed, emitting a special charm. Just by appearance alone, it made one feel safe and reliable.
A bug that would make one’s heart skip a beat—Qi Yu made a conclusion.
However, at this moment, the bug that could make one’s heart skip a beat was looking upstairs, meeting Qi Yu’s gaze.
Realizing this was his own wife, Qi Yu stood frozen on the spot.
This… was his… queen?
His queen had come?
No, didn’t the matching have a bug? So what was going on now? Where did his wife come from? C-class and S-class, who gave the central brain the courage to match them like this?
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Thank you for the chapter 😍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Will they mate like bugs ??? Lolol
I think the correct word is zerg, but im not the translator so i wouldn’t know.
Sorry didnt mean to reply to you.
This Laozi isn’t dissatisfied with you.. 😜
I like your words funny man
MC is so relatable in here 🙂
I wouldn’t use bug and zerg interchangeably, it’s a bit confusing…