A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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With nothing else to do outside and no place to fight, the nine legions would often have competitions with each other.

A few months ago, around that time, it seemed to be during a joint exercise.

Oh, speaking of that joint exercise, he had a vivid memory of it.

The Third Legion of Kelley are incredibly fierce dragonflies, arguably the fiercest among flying insectoids.

It's true that the Mantis species don't have much of an advantage in the air, but their superior firepower is undeniable. Despite his injuries, Kyle managed to defeat the Ninth Legion's air formation.

Those dragonflies are really fierce.

They charge headlong into things, charging straight at you without ever showing fear.

However, when Kelly exited the cabin, one of her arms was in a sling, and it didn't look like a fresh injury.

He said it was a pressure chamber malfunction, and he also criticized the Third Army Corps for its poor equipment maintenance, calling it a garbage dump.

Kelley's uniform was always buttoned up to the top, so no one could see if he had any marks on his body from the abuse he suffered at the hands of Corwin.

It's probably impossible to do without so many medical records.

These litterbugs should all be blown away.

angry.

"How's the voting going?"

The adjutant pulled up the data: "Hmm, it seems that some insects might be causing trouble, or it could be those noble male insects putting up a fight. In any case, the situation is not optimistic."

Bishen ripped off his tactical gloves, which were stained with coffee: "Receive the fleet broadcast."

The adjutant handled it well and brought the microphone to his face.

Bishen pressed down on the command microphone.

Simultaneously, an electrical hum sounded across all ships in the Blade Fleet.

"Hey, can you hear me? Mantises, get up and vote!" His voice echoed across every warship.

"Open the homepage on the quantum computer now; something big has happened in the Empire."

The warship was traveling at a speed that was faster than the signal connection speed.

The starship runs ahead, and the signal chases behind.

The StarNet isn't exactly stable, and given that it's currently working hours, not many Zerg have discovered this vote in the Blade Fleet.

Now that the patriarch had spoken, the soldiers of the Blade Fleet all started fumbling with their personal computer screens.

In an instant, shouts of "Holy crap!" echoed throughout the Blade Fleet.

What is this?

Witness the history of the empire.

Bishen held down the microphone and said in the fleet-wide channel:

"See those wounds? General Kelly came from the Legion and was one of our best flight commanders. Now he has been crippled by domestic violence from the male insect of the Alt family and can no longer go to the battlefield. This is a trampling on General Kelly and a trampling on our Legion. Our entire Legion should never forget this blood feud."

"If you have any dignity or brains left, cast your vote for General Kelly. Of course, voting is free, but if any of us in the Mantis family insist on voting against it, I can't say anything. I wish you find a good lord in the future, and after you've cast your vote, come here and sign your retirement papers."

This is not just abuse of Kelley.

Behind Kelly are countless female insects who have suffered the same fate but dared not speak out.

However, Kelly has the most guts.

When the law becomes a weapon of the perpetrators, he rebels; the first insect to rebel is the one with the highest loyalty to the empire.

The messages in the mantis group were flying by.

[Does the patriarch even need to say that?]

Anyone who votes against it will be truly looked down upon.

These male insects are really becoming less and less like insects.

[What kind of insects are they? They're worse than animals. Even insects without intelligence know not to kill their own kind.]

I will die with regrets if I don't cast this vote today.

"Stop talking. My right to vote is more important than my life. No one can stop me from casting my vote in favor."

General Kelly is awesome!

[His Highness the Crown Prince is awesome!]

[This opportunity has finally come along!]

If General Kelly doesn't get a divorce today, I'll hang myself in front of the Supreme Court!

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Bi Shen turned on the microphone and saw Lu Jianan standing there blankly.

He looked as if his nerves had snapped, staring blankly at the injury reports on the screen.

Oh, this reaction isn't quite right. Bi Shen asked Lu Jianan, "How do you feel?"

Lu Jianan is practically a male Zergling.

Most of the male insects in the empire are cowardly and cruel, and torturing female insects is fashionable.

So, Lu Jianan, do you like these things?

Bishen looked at him.

Lu Jianan didn't reply, still staring blankly at the big screen, clearly a little terrified.

What does it feel like? What else could it feel like? Sometimes, seeing these things suddenly makes me really want to call the police.

Good or bad. Why? Why would anyone treat their spouse like this?

He had only ever seen such gruesome scenes before, on military and police personnel captured by drug traffickers.

That was drug traffickers torturing anti-narcotics officers; it was the cruelest torture inflicted by the most ruthless people in the world.

But what does this mean in the Zerg society? Domestic violence? A domestic violence case where a spouse is hung up for 48 hours, resulting in fractured hands? A domestic violence case where a spouse is beaten until they are covered in bruises and have broken ribs?

What kind of domestic violence case is this?

What? Even among their Zerg, this violence is legal?

If it weren't for the fact that General Kelly was crippled, he wouldn't even have been able to sue the male insect.

Is there something wrong with your Zerg society?

How can this be legal? No violence should be legal.

How can such a horrific case be legal?

Bi Shen called him, "Lu Jianan."

"Huh? Huh?" Lu Jianan finally snapped out of her daze, looking at him and Shen Ge, "Big Brother..."

He was really uncomfortable seeing all this; his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

He was just an ordinary researcher, raised in a society governed by the rule of law, and had never even seen blood.

I was originally excited to come and see what was going on, but then I suddenly saw this.

How can this be called a domestic violence case? This is too perverted and too cruel. The extreme malice towards one's fellow countrymen is the most chilling. It feels like facing a bottomless abyss, and it scares one's soul away.

He looked so bewildered and terrified. Bishen reached out and touched his forehead.

Lu Jianan obediently allowed herself to be touched.

Bi Shen's hands were not warm; the Zerg's body temperature was cool.

But it was very powerful. Miraculously, after Bishen's hand touched his forehead, he really wasn't so afraid anymore.

Because with Brother Shen, he probably symbolizes reliability.

Contact with a reliable older brother means that he is by your side, which means you are safe.

"What's wrong?" Bi Shen asked him.

Lu Jianan, her forehead pressed down by Bi Shen, kept her head still while her mouth rattled off like a machine gun: "Brother, how can your place have laws like this? Who made this law? How can this be called a law? Laws are meant to protect everyone, not to protect violence. Isn't what they're doing a crime? How can it not be a crime? This is intentional assault! If this isn't a crime, then what is? Is murder the only crime? How can there be such a law? How was this law even enacted? With them acting like this, doesn't anyone in your area care?"

"Hmm. I don't know." Bishen hummed in agreement, then told him quietly, "It's even more serious. Where I'm from, nobody cares when the female insects die."

"How could this happen!"

"This is the patriarchal system in our area. The patriarch has the power of life and death over his or her spouse."

Lu Jianan couldn't imagine what kind of perverted social situation this was. She originally wanted to say that their feudal system had continued into interstellar space, but then she thought that even in the most feudal times of humankind, they couldn't just kill their partners at will.

In feudal society, killing one's partner was punishable by death if caught by officials and soldiers.

Lu Jianan stood motionless like a log as Bi Shen pressed her forehead, pleading, "Big brother, can I vote?"

He looked genuinely pitiful, with a naive innocence that suggested he'd never seen the darker side of the world. Bishen didn't say no, but simply stated, "You can vote once you join the Zerg's household registration."

"Then I'd better not." Lu Jianan muttered, "Although the Zerg brothers are all very nice to me, I still prefer my human identity."

There was a fleeting moment, a brief instant, a moment too short to think, when Bi Shen almost blurted out:

If you marry me, you can vote too.

Fortunately, he managed to stop himself in time.

Marriage is the grave of the female insect.

He would never willingly jump into this grave.

Although the little idiot is quite cute, emmm, he doesn't need a powerful ruler like Shenmantis.

So in the end, Bi Shen simply patted Lu Jianan's head and said to him, "Good boy."

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Even the longest road eventually comes to an end.

After more than a month of travel, on September 26th of the Zerg calendar 4299.

They finally arrived at the highest court in the far north star region.

Two days later, on September 28, was the day the trial would begin for the case against the Beauty Bee for colluding with space pirates to traffic in people and for the premeditated murder of the Zerg commander.