Chapter 1: Her Name Is Chi Mo, Guan Yizhou's Girlfriend

"Lord Husband, you may punish me however you wish."

"But I beg for your mercy. Please grant me a little male pheromone to soothe the bug egg."

When Lin Yan opened his eyes, he found his foot viciously grinding into someone's stomach.

He could even hear the crisp *crack* of bones rubbing together.

Sounded painful as hell.

Lin Yan's gaze shifted toward the source of the sound.

Looking down, the young man pinned beneath his foot seemed to have been imprisoned in this sunless basement for a long time—

Two metal chains extending from the ceiling pierced through his collarbones, forcing him into a half-kneeling position on the ground. The blood flowing from the puncture wounds had turned dark red, crusting over clothes that barely covered his body.

As Lin Yan pressed down on his waist and abdomen, the already-healed wounds at the chain holes split open again, bleeding freely.

But the young man acted like he felt no pain, stubbornly pleading: "No matter what, the bug egg is innocent. It is your child too. I beg you, grant me some male pheromone."

"Just a tiny bit."

Lin Yan was so shocked by the young man's words that he yanked his foot back. He nervously put distance between them, his gaze wandering over the other's stomach.

"?"

Holy shit, wasn't this guy a dude? What kid? Where the hell did this drop him?

Was this still China?

What was going on? Before he closed his eyes, hadn't he been confiscating his little cousin's phone, seriously researching what kind of novels girls her age were reading these days, getting caught red-handed by the Dean of Discipline during morning self-study, then getting so absorbed he got pissed off enough to black out?

Even if he fainted, he should be in a hospital. Why was he hearing such anti-science, anti-intuition nonsense here?

Had technology outside advanced to the point where men could get pregnant?

Wait.

Pregnant, kid, Lord Husband, bug egg?

In a flash, Lin Yan suddenly remembered his niece's Zerg novel. He cautiously tested the waters: "...Kaspa?"

Hearing Lin Yan's voice, the young man dragged his heavy chains. Amidst the clanking of metal, he crawled forward two steps on his knees until he was right in front of Lin Yan.

"Yes, Lord Husband." Kaspa knelt properly at Lin Yan's feet again, waiting for the final verdict for himself and the bug egg.

Buzz—

Lin Yan instantly felt dizzy. His brain felt like it had been struck by a sledgehammer, a deafening roar echoing inside his skull.

Lin Yan: "..."

Fuck, it really was him.

He took a deep breath.

Confirmed.

He actually transmigrated into a book.

And into the Zerg novel he'd just read, becoming the vicious Lord Husband of the villain, Kaspa.

The Zerg revered males. Males were extremely rare and always spoiled rotten, allowed to do whatever they pleased.

But even among the Zerg, where males generally behaved terribly, the original owner's personality was exceptionally rebellious.

He hated stiff military females and looked down on Admiral Kaspa, the female consort matched to him by the Male Protection Bureau. But the Zerg had no concept of divorce, only widowhood, so he used every method imaginable to torture Kaspa.

As a military female, ordinary torture was nothing more than a light scratch to Kaspa.

So the original owner came up with something more vicious. Taking advantage of Kaspa being pregnant with a bug egg, he deliberately withheld all male pheromones, wanting him to die in difficult labor.

Later, after delivering a dead egg through agonizing labor, Kaspa completely snapped.

After killing the original owner, Kaspa went on the run from the Male Protection Bureau's bounty and eventually walked the path of a villain opposing the entire Zerg race.

Reading that plot back then made Lin Yan sympathize with Kaspa. He'd furiously typed an eight-hundred-word review in the comments section, hoping Kaspa's Lord Husband would get his box lunch early.

And now, Lin Yan had transmigrated into the guy with the exact same name—the vicious Lord Husband who ended up chopped to pieces and fed to star beasts by Kaspa.

Lin Yan: "..."

Kinda wanted to die.

He hugged his head and squatted down in distress, taking another deep breath to untangle the ball of yarn in his mind.

No matter what, female bugs could only accept their Lord Husband's pheromones. So at this stage, for Kaspa to give birth to the bug egg, he had to rely on Lin Yan's male pheromones.

As long as the bug egg lived, he wouldn't get diced into pieces.

Besides, according to the original plot, although the original owner deliberately nitpicked—claiming Kaspa didn't smile while serving him, suspecting he harbored resentment toward males, and locking him in the punishment room—to Kaspa, that was also just a light scratch.

Lin Yan could totally turn over a new leaf and reform.

But.

But.

But.

Didn't he just step on Kaspa's stomach? And there was a cracking sound, right? Was his life-saving talisman, the bug egg, okay?! Aaaaaaaaah!

If Kaspa could hear Lin Yan's inner thoughts, he'd find a marmot screaming inside his brain.

Lin Yan was internally collapsing and wanting to die, but outwardly remained perfectly calm, leaning closer to observe Kaspa and the bug egg's physical condition.

But he couldn't tell anything.

Kaspa knelt straight, like a sharp sword that would break before bending.

As a military female, his muscle lines were solid and smooth. He looked like he could punch seven Lin Yans to death with one fist.

There were absolutely no signs of a miscarriage.

Lin Yan spent a long time choosing his words before asking: "So, do you need me to find a hospital for you now?"

The moment he finished speaking, Kaspa abruptly raised his face and looked at him.

Only then did Lin Yan clearly see his face.

Completely different from his earlier downcast look, Kaspa's brows and eyes were sharp, his features rugged. He was like a wolf retracting its claws, waiting for an opportunity.

As if putting everything he had into it, he spoke word by word: "Lord Husband, that is your child too. It carries your bloodline."

"So?" Lin Yan was clueless.

Kaspa said nothing else. "..."

It was just that when he looked at Lin Yan, it was like a butcher sizing up a lamb's throat under his knife. That cold, scrutinizing gaze fell on Lin Yan's neck, as if wanting to slice him open and hack him into ten thousand pieces.

In an instant, a bone-chilling cold crawled up Lin Yan's spine.

Startled, Lin Yan carefully asked: "You don't like hospitals?"

Did he just say something to trigger the big villain? Why was he reacting like this?

Do the Zerg not go to hospitals to register files for prenatal checkups?

But only for a moment.

Kaspa retracted his gaze. The abyss-like atmosphere dissipated in a flash, so clean and swift it was as if what just happened was merely Lin Yan's illusion.

Kaspa lowered his eyes. The dim light of the punishment room hid his gloomy expression as he replied: "I will follow your arrangements."

The Kaspa before him was very docile, like a rose with its thorns plucked out.

So was his vision playing tricks on him just now?

Lin Yan snapped out of his shock and suspicion, letting out a huge sigh of relief. Then he picked up his optical computer to search for the ambulance short code.

When he tried using the optical computer to contact the hospital and ambulance, he focused like an elderly person learning to use a smartphone for the first time.

So he completely failed to notice that behind him, the warmth in Kaspa's eyes cooled down inch by inch.

Dropping to absolute zero.

Extremely cold.

Radiating chilling light.

In his previous life, he fought against the Zerg for killing a male bug and ultimately died by firing squad, but he never regretted it.

His only regret was his bug egg.

He had never hoped for a male bug's pity or a happy marriage. He just really wanted a small, soft child connected to him by blood.

Unfortunately, he was too incompetent in his last life and failed to protect it.

Who knew.

After a bullet pierced his heart, he opened his eyes again to find he had returned to the time when he first conceived the bug egg.

He fully believed that as long as he humbled himself enough and pleased his Lord Husband, his bug cub would survive.

Unexpectedly, the situation was far worse than his previous life: Lin Yan not only avoided the bug egg like a plague, unwilling to provide it with male pheromones.

He even contacted a hospital.

As everyone knew, military females had incredibly strong recovery abilities. Even shot by a particle cannon, they could survive relying on their excellent regeneration.

For most military females, it was either live or die from a spiritual sea rampage. There was simply no place where a doctor was needed.

Lin Yan's purpose in contacting the hospital required no further explanation.

Given how much he hated him, it was obviously guilt by association—he was preparing to remove his pregnancy sac and abort the child.

Kaspa closed his eyes in despair. His body felt like all its strength was being drained by an invisible syringe. Only the support of the chains forced him to remain kneeling in place.

But he had no way to stop any of this from happening.

Unless.

Unless—he imprisoned the male bug, forced him to provide male pheromones until the bug egg was born, and then, without anyone knowing... killed him.