The Males Were Reborn After The Female Ruler Was Scumbed [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 2
On the Capital Star, in a dilapidated and cramped rental room, a young male bug was curled up on the bed.
He seemed to be trapped in a terrifying nightmare, his breathing was rapid, his face pale, his whole body trembling slightly, and cold sweat dripped non-stop.
After who knows how long, the setting sun shone stingily through the narrow vent, casting a sliver of light. The next second, the male bug finally broke free from the nightmare and suddenly sat up.
“Hoo—hoo…”
Lu Qing was breathing violently, like a fish about to die of thirst. His pair of beautiful amber eyes were unfocused and lifeless. It took him a while to gradually regain his clarity.
Lu Qing felt as if his head had been hit by something, throbbing with pain, and his thoughts were a mess.
…What happened?
Right, he… seemed to have died.
To escape his powerful ex-Wife (Cijun), he packed his small bag and fled overnight, only for the starship he was on to crash halfway and explode into pieces.
Lu Qing clearly remembered the feeling of life being swallowed.
But now…
Lu Qing checked his own breath. Very good, he was still breathing.
He placed his hand on his chest and felt around.
Very good, his heart was beating very strongly.
Lu Qing touched his arms and legs. Very good, his limbs were intact, with no missing parts.
Lu Qing: “…”
So… he seemed to be alive.
It is said that a man doesn’t easily shed tears, only when his heart is truly broken.
At this moment, the joy of surviving almost made this 1.8-meter-tall strong man (bushi) shed two lines of hot tears. He just knew it must have been a dream…
“It’s not a dream, my dear Host—”
In the silent room, a mechanical voice sounded faintly.
With a look of seeing a ghost on Lu Qing’s face, a flashing light ball appeared out of thin air, almost blinding his titanium alloy eyes.
“You just reincarnated~”
Lu Qing: “…………”
“Wtf is this thing?!”
The system’s descending posture stiffened. Upon hearing this, it got angry and turned into a spiky ball, ramming straight into Lu Qing like a flaming wheel, making him cry out in pain, “You are the wtf! You big scumbag!!”
Ten minutes later—
Lu Qing was blowing on his hand, holding his arm with a pained look, “Can’t we just talk things out properly? We are all civilized beings…”
The system corrected him grumpily, “I am a civilized system, you are a big scumbag.”
“Alright, civilized system.”
Lu Qing automatically ignored the second half of the sentence and smoothly said, “…May I ask your name? Do you have other family members? Have you attended school… ah, no, do you have any special abilities?”
Before Lu Qing crossed over, he was a loyal fan of a certain online literature platform (Qidian), having read too many system-themed novels.
This ball looks so shiny, it must be an extraordinary system. Lu Qing guessed it must be a very powerful cheat, for example, something that could make a person rich overnight…
The system glanced at him, as if seeing through his little thoughts, “None of those, Host.”
Something shattered. Oh, that was Lu Qing’s heart.
“So, what are you…?”
“The Scumbag Rehabilitation System, Host,” the system said. “This system belongs to the Scum Reform Department of Space Station A01, code name 250.”
“The meaning of our existence is to make scumbags like you turn over a new leaf and become a better person, you see.”
Lu Qing: “.”
Has he been so much of a scumbag that even the heavens couldn’t stand it and sent a 250 (a Chinese slang term for an idiot/simpleton) to reform him?
Then he received another beating from the system. “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking, you smelly Host.”
Lu Qing showed a complicated expression that was hard to describe, “There are so many scumbags in the world, why did you have to bind me?”
“Host, you should be庆 fortunate that it’s me you’re facing, because your Scumbag Value is only 61%, which meets the criteria for rehabilitation, and that’s why you have a chance at rebirth.”
The system floated in front of Lu Qing, “For those scumbags who are not worthy of reform, would you like to know how our colleagues in the Annihilation Department handle them?”
Lu Qing: “…Thank you, but no.”
The system pretended not to hear and its small body flashed with multicolored electric lights, “—Humane Annihilation!!”
“So, you must cherish this chance at rebirth.” The system contained its light and said very kindly, “Reform well~”
Lu Qing: “…”
I am truly speechless (literally, “I am really bound to Q”, a modern Chinese online phrase for “I am speechless/thank you but no”).
Easily accepting his fate was not Lu Qing’s style. He tried to struggle a bit and tried to persuade it to leave: “But we are really not compatible. How about you just leave…”
The system happily hovered around, “Sure, but the reform hasn’t succeeded yet. If the system leaves, the Host will die right on the spot. Would you like to try it~”
Lu Qing: “…………”
How could such cold words come out of a 37-degree mouth?
Just as Lu Qing was about to say something, his wrist suddenly vibrated. It was his terminal ringing.
“Hello—”
“Your Excellency Lu Qing, good day, this is the Male Bug Rescue Association.”
The person on the other end was very polite, but the words they spoke were extremely cold, “We regret to inform you that after re-verification, your mental strength level and physical fitness level are still E-grade. Therefore, the order for your destruction remains valid.”
“However, out of insect humanitarianism, and considering that you have lived your whole life in the association and have never seen the outside world, this order will be delayed for one year. Please enjoy your limited life during this limited time.”
Then, the terminal was hung up with a snap.
System: “…”
This seems a little difficult.
Lu Qing held the terminal, speechless for a long time, “…”
He knew when he had been reborn.
It was the third day since he crossed into the Insect Race, the very day the results of the mental strength level test came out.
Lu Qing was an extremely unlucky transmigrator. He was originally from Earth, just walking along the road when an advertisement sign fell and killed him. After his death, he transmigrated to the Insect Race.
When others transmigrate, they are at least born into a normal shell, if not rich or noble.
But he was unlucky enough to have a mental strength and physical fitness level that were both E, and he was also a burden.
This meant that in this society where female bugs are dominant, besides being unable to bring any benefit to the species and only being a futile social burden;
If he produced offspring, it would even drag down the evolution of the entire race.
Therefore, the result awaiting such male bugs was —destruction.
As for why he wasn’t destroyed at birth, it’s because the Insect Race undergoes a secondary awakening upon reaching adulthood. The lucky bugs will see a qualitative leap in their mental strength and physical fitness.
Before that, these creatures judged as “useless male bugs,” if they were not cared for or willing to be supported by a family bug, would be sent to live in the Male Bug Rescue Association;
If the secondary awakening is successful, they can return to normal society; if it fails, the only path awaiting them is destruction.
The crucial thing is that Lu Qing’s original body didn’t awaken anything during the secondary awakening; both his physical fitness and mental strength remained E.
This indicated that this male bug would be like this for the rest of his life.
So the association carried out the destruction order against him.
However, the second before he was put into the incinerator, Lu Qing transmigrated over. Who could understand the feeling of an “incinerator opening” right at the start?
Lu Qing didn’t want to die, but he was tied up like a pig about to be slaughtered and couldn’t move. He had no choice but to keep chatting with the executing bug, trying to awaken their “insect humanity”;
The bugs at the rescue center were also curious about why he suddenly regained his sanity, suspecting it might be due to a secondary awakening;
To avoid losing a high-level male bug, they took a bl00d sample from him for re-verification. The fastest result would take three days, which is why Lu Qing barely managed to save his life.
But he only had three days.
Three days later, which was this very day in his previous life, Lu Qing also received the call from the Rescue Association to commute his death sentence to a one-year delay.
To save his life, Lu Qing used a little trick and quickly tricked a beautiful sub-female into becoming his Wife (Cijun), which was Lanxi.
Originally, he just wanted to find someone rich, hoping to use money to bribe the association’s bugs. But unexpectedly, the one he tricked was Lanxi, a sub-female from the most powerful family on the entire Capital Star, the Adri Family.
His life was saved, but living with a knife constantly hanging over his head was really not easy.
As a partner, Lanxi was impeccably good.
Did Lu Qing like him? Maybe he did.
But that little bit of liking was insignificant compared to his own self.
So later, when Lanxi was caught up in a power struggle, Lu Qing ruthlessly divorced him and took away most of the property; even after Lanxi was imprisoned, Lu Qing continued his carefree life and never went to see him even once.
Lu Qing didn’t think he was a scumbag. Sharing hardships is commendable, but self-interest doesn’t necessarily have to be trampled into the dust. It’s just a different choice.
Some people have love in their hearts, but Lu Qing was simply born with a rotten heart, incapable of holding anything but himself, and that was all.
In his previous life, Lu Qing got his life back from the association by relying on Lanxi, and in this life…
Lu Qing looked at the system that seemed ready to electrocute him the next second; clearly, that path was no longer feasible.
“You see, if I hadn’t done that, I would have died a long time ago.”
Lu Qing was truly numb and said with a wooden face, “Even if you let me live again, there’s no other way.”
“No, no.” The system shook its head, “Host, maybe the path you chose was right, but you used the wrong method.”
“You need to know that if you didn’t start that relationship with deceit, the system would have no right to interfere with your actions.”
Lu Qing curled his lips a little mockingly, “Then I’d like to ask you, in this era where female bugs are dominant, without using a little trick, how can you make those arrogant female bugs devoted to you in just one year?”
If he were to pursue them like other male bugs, he wouldn’t succeed even in a hundred years.
System: “…………”
What he said seemed to make sense.
Lu Qing felt a little satisfied seeing it stumped, “See, you have no solution either…”
“Who says I don’t.” The whole ball of the system turned red with effort, “I’ve studied it carefully. There is one more way to escape the association.”
Lu Qing raised an eyebrow, “If you’re going to suggest dismantling the identity chip, don’t bother—”
The identity chip is a chip implanted in every bug when they hatch. For normal bugs, it’s just like a personal ID card, serving no other purpose.
But for them, the bugs who are to be destroyed, there is also a self-destruct program. If Lu Qing doesn’t report to the association after a year, he will directly explode into a firework.
Of course, forcibly dismantling it would have the same result.
“Of course not.”
All interactions in the world are for profit. Besides power, money works just as well, the system said. “Host, as long as you can earn ten million Star Coins within a year, won’t all these problems be solved?”
Lu Qing: “…”
Are you sick??
Yes, buying his life with money is very feasible; the association even has a clear price. But if he could get that much money, would he have needed to seduce a female bug in his previous life?
Lu Qing wiped his face, just about to ask if it was okay, when he noticed that the 250 system was actually showing an expression that seemed to say, “I’m so smart, hurry up and praise me.”
Lu Qing’s mouth twitched wildly, “Then please tell me, how am I supposed to earn this ten million?”
The system proudly raised its head, “I’ve already thought of it for you~”
The system brought up a panel for him to see, and on it was a recruitment advertisement, with the title highlighted in red and bold, very conspicuous:
【Chou Tuan Takeout: Say Goodbye to Mediocrity, Monthly Income in the Tens of Millions.】
The first stroke of the character for ‘thousand’ was green, just like Lu Qing’s absurd life, a miserable green.
Lu Qing: “…………”