The Males Were Reborn After The Female Ruler Was Scumbed [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 1
Inside the dilapidated recycling station, a tall, handsome male bug leaned lazily against a desk. “Old Luo, although I don’t know why you changed your mind—”
“But I said from the start, once the transaction is completed, no matter what happens, the money is non-refundable, okay?”
“Didn’t intend to ask for a refund.” The old male bug, known as Old Luo, wiped his face and said helplessly, “Who doesn’t know that money with you, Boss Lu, is always a one-way street, in but never out.”
“That’s excellent then.” Boss Lu… that is, Lu Qing, smiled genuinely upon hearing that Old Luo wasn’t there to ask for money back.
He cheerfully took the boat ticket the old man handed him and put it in his coat pocket. No refund and he could even resell it—a huge profit.
Thinking of something, Lu Qing asked with considerable interest, “But Old Luo, I remember you always wanted to take your good grandson to school on the secondary planet of Sita in the Third Star System. Why the change of heart now?”
Old Luo shook his head: “Richie is going to enter the military academy in the future. If it’s discovered during the background check that he came through illegal entry, his future will be ruined…”
“Boss Lu, that’s exactly why I’m here.”
Old Luo took out a card and handed it to Lu Qing: “There are two thousand star coins here, though it’s not much…”
The old bug, with a face full of hardship, pleaded sincerely, “I hope you can keep the fact that we bought tickets here for illegal passage a secret, for the sake of our relationship.”
Although it was only the intent to commit a crime, not the actual crime, it would still be bad if other bugs found out.
Lu Qing was confused. “You gave the ticket to me, so how are you going to take him to the military academy?”
“You don’t know?” Old Luo was surprised when he heard this, glancing at him. Then, upon realizing something, he showed an expression of understanding.
“Right, you’ve been sick for over a month, you probably don’t know much about what’s happening outside.”
Old Luo continued, “About a month ago, the Capital Star released a series of measures to improve the lives of the residents on the fringe planets. They said they would send bugs to renovate all mechanical planets and fully integrate them into the Empire’s political, economic, and cultural management.”
Lu Qing twitched his mouth: “You believe that? Isn’t that sort of nonsense rumored every year, with nothing ever coming of it?”
“Of course I didn’t believe it at first, but I didn’t expect a construction team actually arrived, and the Central Plaza has already been fixed up.”
Old Luo’s eyes were filled with excitement. “This is just the advance team. The Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Data, and others will follow. I heard that the newly appointed Speaker will also come!!”
If it weren’t for this, he wouldn’t have backed out of these two tickets, which represented half of his life savings.
Illegal passage was a last resort; if there was a legitimate way, who would choose this route?
Lu Qing suddenly had an ominous premonition, his voice trembling: “Who… who is the newly appointed Speaker?”
Old Luo looked at him as if he were an idiot: “Of course, it’s His Excellency Lan Xi · Eidri.”
Lu Qing: “…”
Great, that tiny fantasy of his shattered with a smash.
It made sense; with Lan Xi’s ability, becoming the new Speaker was only a matter of time, but he hadn’t expected it to be so soon.
Old Luo was still chattering away, “Besides Speaker Lan Xi, who else would care about the lives of us lower-class bug races?”
“Not only is he helping us build the planet, but he’s also sending bugs to register the bug population, enter us into the Star Network, and allow us to have legal identities… It’s truly a blessing for us.”
Lu Qing twitched his lips. Just saying, is there a possibility that your Speaker Lan Xi is doing this census to capture a certain deadbeat ex-husband, a black household who dumped him and ran for five whole years?
“Once the identity registration is complete, the route to the secondary planet of Sita should be almost built in another two months, and Richie and I can leave…”
Old Luo came back to his senses and pushed the card into Lu Qing’s hand. “Boss Lu, you must agree to this.”
Lu Qing nodded distractedly, struggling to pull himself together, and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t say anything.”
Old Luo, relieved of a burden, cheerfully patted Lu Qing’s shoulder. “A new screen was put up on Central Avenue. I heard the Speaker is giving an address to the entire network today. Want to go watch it together?”
Lu Qing: “…”
Mom, he was terrified.
Lu Qing pushed Old Luo outside. “No, you go. I have a bit of a headache.”
Then, he slammed the door shut.
Old Luo, who almost got a face full of door, scratched his head in confusion. Why did Boss Lu seem so strange today?
The male bug’s footsteps faded, and Lu Qing collapsed weakly onto the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
He hadn’t expected that even hiding here, he still couldn’t escape.
Five years ago, Lu Qing came to this planet located on the fringe of the Bug Race’s territory.
It was a planet with no resources, no technology, a terribly poor geographical location, and so lacking in presence that it didn’t even have a name.
The Bug Race’s frontier garrison scorned to be stationed there, and Star Beasts would rather starve to death than take a bite to fill their stomachs.
Poor, broken, and so backward that every bug wanted to escape.
But for Lu Qing, there was no better place.
Far from the intrigue of the Capital Star, no need to worry about his male consort’s revenge, no worries about food and clothing—life was incredibly comfortable.
Lu Qing originally thought he would stay here until he died, but he seemed to have underestimated Lan Xi’s hatred.
Lu Qing let out a long sigh, and very contradictorily, picked up his keys, preparing to head to Central Avenue.
Central Avenue was actually very far from Lu Qing’s home, but Lu Qing went almost every day.
The reason was simple: this planet couldn’t afford equipment, and only a few places could connect to the Star Network; Central Plaza was one of them. To get certain information, Lu Qing went to mooch off the network every day.
However, the network was very unstable; you might stay a whole day and not load a few pages, so usually no bug other than Lu Qing would do this.
For the bug citizens on this planet, tuning in to the Empire’s news on the plaza at 8 o’clock sharp every day was already their greatest respect and concern for the Empire.
Yet at this moment, Central Avenue, usually deserted until eight, was unusually lively.
As soon as Lu Qing parked his flyer, he saw bugs walking in twos and threes toward the Central Avenue plaza.
“Bug God above, I’ve never seen Central Avenue this clean.”
“And this equipment, they’re all high-grade stuff.”
One male bug was touching this and looking at that, much like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.
“Before, the planet reported so many times for basic facility maintenance, and none of those bugs in the maintenance department paid us any mind. The new Speaker is so generous…”
“Yeah.” His companion looked at the brand new street, also filled with emotion and relief. “It’s a good thing His Excellency Lan Xi became the Speaker.”
“With him, our lives will definitely get better and better, right…”
Lu Qing, mixed in the crowd, silently pulled his hat brim lower. He didn’t know about the other bugs, but he certainly was not going to be better off.
Lu Qing couldn’t help but inwardly criticize: if they knew he had dumped their most revered Speaker, he wouldn’t even need Lan Xi to act; this group of fanatic solo-fans would tear him to shreds directly.
Before coming, Lu Qing still held a glimmer of hope, until he stood in Central Plaza and personally saw the silver-haired, blue-eyed, noble-looking, handsome sub-male on the screen.
Lu Qing clutched his chest, struggling to breathe, My life is over!!
The sub-male on the screen adjusted his glasses, concealing the seductive eyes behind the lenses. [In the years since my male host went missing, the buglet and I have missed him terribly. May the Bug God bless him, and I hope he can return to my side soon…]
Lu Qing: “…………”
What happened to the promised speech? You’re actually abusing public resources to post a missing bug report here??
Lu Qing was indignant, but there was a bug even more so than him.
“The Speaker is overly devoted. It’s just a male bug. So what if he went missing, even if he died.”
This clearly sounded like one of Lan Xi’s fanatic solo-fans.
“The Bug Race is least lacking in male bugs. With His Excellency the Speaker’s status, what kind of high-quality male bug couldn’t he find? Why is he so obsessed with a piece of trash male bug…”
[I know my ability is weak, and I haven’t been able to find him after searching for many years. I still hope everyone can help me…]
Lan Xi brought up a photo. The male bug on the screen was wearing a sharp, pure white suit, his chestnut short hair neatly combed. His facial features were defined and deep, and his phoenix eyes slightly upturned, making him look charming and flirtatious.
It was exactly what Lu Qing looked like five years ago.
Lan Xi smiled apologetically, [If there are any leads, the Eidri family will definitely offer a generous reward…]
Lu Qing: “…”
Damn it, he’s using the masses route.
However… Lu Qing looked at the bug in the photo, somewhat lost in thought.
Lan Xi actually used their wedding photo.
He thought it had been destroyed long ago…
“To make the Speaker so obsessed, I thought he’d be some kind of celestial being.”
It was him again. That Lan Xi fanatic solo-fan tsked with a sour tone, “He turns out to be one who looks so ugly.”
Lu Qing: “…………”
Nonsense! Lan Xi himself praised him as the Bug Race’s most handsome male bug, okay?
“Wait… folks, why does he look a little familiar?”
Lu Qing felt an unwarranted cold sweat upon hearing this. When he learned Lan Xi was released from prison, Lu Qing immediately put on a simulated mask.
This mask was very realistic, but its flaw was also obvious: it was adjusted based on the wearer’s original appearance. That is to say, he still bore at least three-tenths of a resemblance to his appearance five years ago.
He had lived in seclusion these years, but he still had to live, so it was impossible not to show his face at all. Many bugs had seen him.
Given Lan Xi’s personality of ‘better to kill a thousand innocent than let one guilty go’, once reported, he could be directly sent to the big prison.
Lu Qing thought of what he had done and walked out of the crowd with an expressionless face.
If he was really caught and brought back to the Capital Star, he would surely die a more miserable death than Wu Dalang.
No returning, not even death.
Lu Qing clenched the boat ticket in his hand and headed straight for the Interstellar Port.
On this planet, the external shipping routes were held by private bugs, and few civilian starships came throughout the year.
However, cargo ships arrived almost every month under normal circumstances, and there happened to be one today. This was the one Lu Qing had originally prepared for Old Luo and his grandson.
Lu Qing sat in the cargo hold, looking through the palm-sized porthole as the planet where he had lived for five years grew smaller and smaller in his view, until it was completely gone.
In the magnificent universe, the stars flowed, telling of ancient, unchanging eternity and beauty.
A firework burst out suddenly, so dazzling, yet so insignificant in the vast universe.
Not far from the lost starship, a multicolored prickly ball was silently observing everything.
“So… this guy is the host we need to bind this time?”
Beside the prickly ball, a golden humanoid creature nodded. “It’s him.”
“Abandoned his male consort and buglet, shows no remorse, and even tries to escape—”
The prickly ball’s beady eyes were full of contempt. “Lord Main System, is there really a need to reform this kind of trash?”
“And he’s been blown to bits,” the ball fluttered twice. “How about just scattering him?”
The little golden man: “………… Don’t forget what you promised me.”
The prickly ball pouted—if it had a mouth—looking quite unwilling.
The little golden man patted its head, not feeling the prickles at all. “Go now, it will be too late once his soul dissipates.”
So it flew towards the unextinguished spark. Its multi-colored figure left a long, vibrant tail in the dark and silent universe.
Within the wreckage of the destroyed starship, scattered soul fragments rose, then coalesced into a complete soul under the light of the prickly ball.
“Identity verification in progress—Verification confirmed—”
“Starting calculation of Scumbag Value—”
“Calculation complete—”
【Name: Lu Qing Gender: Human Male/Male Bug Scumbag Value: 61% System Judgment: Grade A Big Scumbag】
The prickly ball looked at the big scumbag in front of it, took a deep breath, and then violently crashed into the soul.
“A01 Space Station Scum Reform Department System 250, binding initiated—”
“Ding!! Binding successful”