Moreover, how could Lele be such a meaningless name? The ‘Le’ in Lele should represent joyful happiness.
Lele’s mother, despite sounding somewhat neurotic according to Lele’s description, must have loved Lele very much at the moment of naming him.
“Why are you keeping Lele? What are you going to do with him?”
“He is the Zerg king of our ancient tribe, and the only male Zerg king. He is to stay and share the responsibility of reproduction with the Zerg queen.”
The little child: “?”
The little child shook his head to confirm if he had misheard.
He focused on the key point and asked, “You’re keeping Lele to reproduce?”
Having watched documentaries about the animal world, the term ‘reproduce’ was frequently used there.
He also knew that reproducing meant mating.
After seeing the thin and tall Zerg nodding affirmatively, the already dizzy little child was scared and sat down abruptly.
“You, you’re perverts.”
His childish voice trembled, “Lele is only three years old, and you want him, you want him...”
He couldn’t bring himself to say the rest of the words.
The thin and tall Zerg didn’t think of himself as a pervert. He calmly said, “We will wait until he reaches the appropriate age before assigning him responsibilities.”
“You said he’s the male Zerg king, right? Then why don’t you respect him at all?”
The little child had seen many princes and heirs. His uncle was the emperor of the Empire, and his aunt was also the king of the Sixth Planet. His brother was the prince of the Empire, and his good friend was even the son of a federal marshal.
Even the little child himself was from the royal family.
Counting them, the little child’s circle of friends was quite terrifying.
Having lived in the palace, he was well aware that both emperors and princes held high status.
Lele turned out to be a royal Zerg, so the other Zergs should listen to Lele and treat him well!
“He’s guilty.”
When the tall and thin Zerg said this, he cleared the others away and then continued, “He has half-human blood. He’s not a pure male Zerg.”
According to regulations, a mixed-blood male Zerg must be tracked down and killed.
But their tribe had been dormant here for too long. Now that they had awakened, they were in great need of reproduction, requiring the cooperation of male Zergs and the presence of that mixed-blood young male Zerg.
After understanding the situation, the little child knew that Lele would be safe.
The only one in danger now was him.
The tall and thin Zerg talked to him, not because he valued him much, but simply to pass the time.
“Your question-and-answer time is over.”
The thin Zerg approached, and the cocoon it secreted had already revealed its head.
The little child was familiar with cocoons; he knew that if he were wrapped in one, he would be immobilized. Some cocoons were meant for corrosion or parasitic hatching, but the cocoon secreted by the tall and thin Zerg seemed only to want to trap him.
The little child kept backing away; he didn’t want to be wrapped in the cocoon.
“Lele, Lele!”
The little child was anxious, sweat forming on his forehead. He couldn’t retreat any further; if he did, he would fall off the stone.
Just as the cocoon was about to envelop him, a small figure squeezed into the Zerg pile.
“Daddy!”
Lele, who ran over, called out to his father. The Lele underneath passed through the Zerg pile, and the Zergs inside automatically divided into two paths.
It seemed that although the tall and thin Zerg didn’t show much respect for this hybrid young male Zerg, the other Zergs seemed to have some reverence for him.
Without the obstruction of the Zerg pile, Lele quickly ran to the bottom of the stone.
Looking up at his father with a frightened expression, he reported, “Daddy, the bad bugs want to take Lele’s clothes off!”
Although Lele hadn’t been to kindergarten, he had watched TV in his small room and knew that others should not take his clothes off. If someone tried to undress him, it meant they intended to do something bad to Lele.
The tall and thin Zerg standing aside frowned at the still dirty hybrid young male Zerg.
If the young male Zerg didn’t take off his dirty clothes, how could he be cleaned?
Terrified by the bug urging him to take off his clothes, Lele, upon seeing Ningning, hurriedly climbed onto a large stone to find Dad Ningning. “Daddy, Lele is really scared.”
Lele clung tightly to his father, burying his tear-streaked face in the arms of his Dad Ningning.
The tall and thin Zerg looked at the two little children embracing on the stone, falling into silence once again.
The mixed-blood little Zerg indeed showed a significant difference compared to their Zerg tribe.
But for some unknown reason, their royal Zergs were all gone when they woke up. He made quite a few discoveries from the few adult humans they captured—
He knew there was another Zerg tribe outside, different from their tribe that emerged from the ancient Earth era. The other tribe differed in many aspects, from behavior to lifestyle.
The tall and thin Zerg had no interest in the other tribe. He only wished for their tribe to stabilize and reproduce quickly.
Their ancient Earth royal Zergs were gone, and coincidentally, this mixed-blood little Zerg carried the aura of their royalty.
This indicated that the mixed-blood Zerg should stay and shoulder the responsibility of their reproduction.
The mixed-blood Zerg was crucial to them. The tall and thin Zerg gazed at the mixed-blood Zerg on the stone for a while. He temporarily abandoned the decision to cocoon the human child behind the mixed-blood Zerg.
They had sealed off this place, and the humans who arrived here, whether adults or children, were wrapped in cocoons and placed in the food area.
No one would leak information about this place. They had plenty of time to educate the mixed-blood with the missing royal education and gradually separate the mixed-blood Zerg from the human child behind him.
The tall and thin Zerg emitted a low humming sound. Following that, the Zergs that were originally gathered here began to disperse rapidly. In no time, there were no Zergs left in this place.
“Para.”
The tall and thin Zerg stared at Lele and suddenly said, “This is your name. You are our royal Zerg, our future Zerg king. I hope you can grow up quickly.”
Lele had already woken up before Dad Ningning did and had seen the tall and thin Zerg. Moreover, he had already heard a lot from the tall and thin Zerg.
Now, seeing the tall and thin Zerg speak to him again, Lele nestled his head tighter in Dad Ningning’s arms. He didn’t want to be the Zerg king, nor did he want to stay as a Zerg.
He wanted to go home with Dad Ningning, meet Grandpa Zhan Xi, and many uncles and aunts.
He wanted to go to kindergarten.
The tall and thin Zerg looked at Lele in the arms of the little child, and the entire Zerg exuded a low pressure. But no matter how urgent it was, they only had this one royal Zerg left in their tribe! This seemingly useless Zerg happened to be the only one.
