Zerg: After being rescued by the Major General, I pledged myself to him.

Yan Mo glanced at Lan Ze, afraid that he would foolishly admit it directly, and quickly answered, "There was no threat. Pete whipped my hand and broke it. Lan Ze just reminded him to apologize. What kind of threat is that? Speaking of which, I haven't even asked Pete for medical expenses yet."

"..."

Seldon's words were succinct.

Upon hearing this, Xin Feng seemed to have suddenly grasped some kind of leverage, and he smiled sinisterly.

He suddenly shouted, "Lanze! How dare you threaten the male insect and say you're not the murderer? Such a bold female insect must be the one who had the insects kidnap Pete!"

Yan Mo was absolutely fed up with Xin Feng. He angrily yelled at Xin Feng, "Are you brainless? You speak without evidence, judging others and insects based entirely on your own assumptions?"

After saying that, ignoring Xin Feng who was fuming with rage, he turned to Seldon and said coldly, "I've said what I needed to say. Can we leave now?"

Seldon was startled and quickly said, "Y-yes...please take care!"

Yan Mo pulled Lan Ze up and started walking away.

Enraged, Xin Feng snapped out of his daze and yelled, "No! Lan Ze can't leave! Arrest him! He verbally threatened a male insect; according to the Male Insect Protection Law, he should be locked up in the disciplinary room for at least three days!"

Upon hearing that this so-called punishment room was no good place, Yan Mo ignored Xin Feng's nonsense and left with Lan Ze in his hand.

Xin Feng couldn't stop them and glared angrily at Seldon: "Seldon! Why didn't you stop them? You're protecting the female insects! I'll report this to headquarters. You no longer deserve to stay in the Male Insect Protection Association!"

Seldon rolled his eyes inwardly, but on the surface remained respectful and timid, cautiously saying, "Lord Xinfeng, this isn't my fault! Without Lord Pete's personal identification and appeal, we couldn't arbitrarily convict Major General Lanze!"

Xin Feng: "You..."

Back at the villa in Lanze.

As soon as the door opened, the smart home assistant, Xiao Yuan, slid over to greet me.

"Welcome home, Your Excellency! Welcome home, Major General!"

Yan Mo smiled and patted Xiao Yuan's head. He hadn't seen Xiao Yuan for a few days and he really missed him!

Yan Mo looked around the villa and sighed, "I never thought he would be able to come back."

Before going to Star 1347, Yan Mo planned that he might be able to travel back through the interstellar rift, but he didn't expect that he would stay in this world while Bai Ye would travel back.

Thinking of Bai Ye, Yan Mo wondered if he might have traveled to Earth.

Yan Mo turned his head, preparing to tell Lan Ze his guess, but saw Lan Ze standing behind him, looking at him with a warm gaze.

"What's wrong?"

Yan Mo asked, puzzled.

Lan Ze smiled, his curved eyes like the gentle breeze blowing across the sea, rippling with blue waves.

"It feels so good to be protected!"

Lanze never imagined that one day, he, who had always been the protector, would be protected by the male insect, who shielded him with his thin and frail body.

Although he had prepared himself to face the male insect protection association’s difficulties alone before returning, he even casually told Sainz that it was just a matter of being locked in the disciplinary room for a few days and getting a few lashes.

It's nothing serious.

He is a female insect, and an S-class female insect at that.

He has a strong body and powerful self-healing ability; what's so scary about a few lashes?

But aren't you really scared?

Those punishments were developed specifically for female insects. Although they might not cause serious injury, they could inflict excruciating pain on the female insects, making them wish they were dead.

Lan Ze had witnessed his father being whipped by Lu Min many times since he was a child. Even Lan Hechen probably didn't realize that those things from his childhood had left a lot of shadows on Lan Ze.

Although he never showed it, Lanze was terrified of the whip.

Since joining the military, Lanze has been on countless battlefields, fighting against various powerful interstellar beasts and suffering many serious injuries.

He felt that he should be immune to pain.

The whip in the disciplinary room can never hurt as much as the wounds.

However, when Yan Mo took the pain to heart, he didn't want Lan Ze to be locked in the punishment room. He protected him at all times at the Male Insect Protection Association, not giving those malicious insects any chance to take Lan Ze away.

Lan Ze then realized that even those injuries that wouldn't break bones could be so unbearable.

Yan Mo felt a pang of heartache at Lan Ze's gaze.

He pulled Lanze into his arms and gently stroked his hair.

The platinum blonde hair was not only dazzling, but also warm and soft to the touch.

Yan Mo sighed.

I once heard a saying that people who are not loved never know how to act cute.

General Lan Hechen's imposing aura didn't seem like that of a female insect who could comfort her own offspring.

That's why Lan Ze is so easily satisfied; he was just a little nice to him, and he was so moved!

Yan Mo thought to himself that he should treat Lan Ze even better in the future and spoil him like a little prince.

He was already so dazzling, and he deserved the best of everything.

After being held and comforted by Yan Mo for a while, Lan Ze became embarrassed, his cheeks turning bright red.

He gently pushed Yan Mo away a little and lowered his head shyly.

Yan Mo looked at Lan Ze's fair cheeks flushed pink and couldn't help but feel a flutter in his heart. He reached out and lifted Lan Ze's chin, pressing his hand against her rosy lips.

The surrounding air warms up.

Yan Mo held Lan Ze's soft lips in his mouth, his tongue flicking slightly as he pried open Lan Ze's teeth and kissed him deeply.

The pheromones he unconsciously released surrounded Lan Ze, eroding every inch of his skin.

Lan Ze groaned, took a few breaths with his hands slightly apart, and was pulled back by Yan Mo, who held the back of his neck tightly and kissed him until he could hardly breathe, his azure eyes misting over.

Xiao Yuan, who was following behind them, activated the villa's pheromone blocker upon seeing this. A shy, face-covering emoji appeared on the screen, and she quietly swiped away.

The disappearance of Pitt has caused a huge uproar on StarNet.

The police on Cangnan Star searched the entire planet but couldn't find Pete.

Pete's female servants are still imprisoned in the Male Insect Protection Association on Cangnan Star. They are not doing a good job in protecting male insects, and many insectoids on the Star Network are demanding that they be exiled to a garbage planet.

On Epha Star, the Male Insect Protection Association has a member named Xin Feng who keeps harping on Lan Ze. However, the military provided spaceship footage and computer usage records from when Lan Ze went to Star 1347 and Pete went missing, ruling out the possibility that Lan Ze was retaliating against Pete or sending other female insects to retaliate against Pete. Xin Feng had no evidence and could only let the matter drop.

This matter has now reached a stalemate.

Not long after Lan Ze returned, he went back to work at the military headquarters. However, Major General Lan Ze, who used to rarely take leave, now takes a day or two off every now and then.

Yan Mo stayed at home as before, waiting for Lan Ze to come back so they could have dinner together. Occasionally, he would go out on dates with Lan Ze when he was on vacation.

However, he now has one more thing to do.

I spend most of my time training my pheromones every day.

He now also knows that the level of pheromones he differentiates is of great significance to Lanze.

Although Lanze didn't care about his pheromone level, Yanmo didn't want Lanze to suffer from mental pollution every day because his pheromone level was too low and he couldn't purify Lanze's mental domain.

There are no specific tutorials on how to train pheromone levels on the StarNet. It is generally said that the pheromone level of male insects will gradually increase with proficiency and time.

However, based on current records, the pheromone levels of male insects after differentiation are generally not significantly increased.

Since the Great Radiation, there has never been a record of a male insect being promoted from one level to another.

For example, if the differentiation is at level C, it can only be upgraded to level C+ at most.

Yan Mo studied for several days and found that training in pheromone control before differentiation was crucial.

The sudden surge of emotion that came after he returned that day caused Yan Mo to enter his second heat cycle.

Guided by Lan Ze's spiritual power, Yan Mo successfully passed through his second heat cycle.

He felt that his ability to control and utilize pheromones had reached a new level.

Previously, he could only control his pheromone tentacles to grow a small bud, but now that bud has grown into a small tree.

Yan Mo had a premonition that his pheromone level should not be low. According to his understanding on the Star Network, many A-level male insects after secondary differentiation did not have pheromone antennae as strong as his.

But Yan Mo did not stop training his pheromones because of this.

He wanted to be stronger. In this world, as a "male insect," only by having a higher pheromone level could he protect Lanze using the rules here.