The Zerg Monarch’s Path to Godhood - Chapter 10.3

Wen Qi was a bit frustrated. He thought that no matter how confident the Tasker was, anyone who had read the original work would know how much he favored Gu Nan. Was it possible to send such a lethal weapon like Gu Nan to a remote planet without subordinates following? It was impossible. The Tasker would not be that bold. In this Blue Sequence, even the Zerg Emperor or the other fifteen Domain Lords would have no authority. This place worshipped the strong and was home to various interstellar wanderers, pirates, and wanted criminals.

In the original work, this chaotic planet in the Blue Sequence was saved by Gu Nan after a Beast attack, and the Zerg here were moved by him. As long as it was not a life-or-death crisis, even the strongest power here was willing to give Gu Nan some respect. After Gu Nan took control of the Wantian Domain, this area was completely cleared by him and merged into the nearby Lin Domain and Wantian Domain. Logically, this was one of the powers behind Gu Nan. Why would the Tasker banish Gu Nan to this place? Would that not allow Gu Nan to regain his power? Or did he want to use Gu Nan to temper himself and steal Gu Nan’s role as the protagonist?

For a moment, Wen Qi was lost in thought. He remembered the transmigration novels he often read. In those novels, the protagonist transmigrates, and the original protagonist becomes a foil. Under the protagonist’s various maneuvers, the original protagonist is compared unfavorably and eventually dies a tragic death. Had Gu Nan been turned into a foil by the Tasker? Wen Qi could not help but look down at his hands. Those hands had typed out such a story word by word. Now, even he could not fully understand the direction of the story.

Logically, a Tasker here for retirement should not interfere in the world’s affairs, yet this Tasker had. What benefit was there for the Tasker’s retirement if something happened to Gu Nan? And the expulsion mentioned by the System, was it truly enough just to expel the Tasker? Then what about the Tasker’s actions? Would the System show the plot to a retiring Tasker? That seemed unlikely. But if that were the case, another question arose: how did the Tasker know the original plot? Did he have a system? Thinking of this, Wen Qi frustratedly pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Take things as they come,” he thought. Thinking further was useless and only gave him a headache. At least Gu Nan was still alive, and his rank had not dropped. Once he helped Gu Nan heal his injuries and clear his name after some time, he could start preparing to deal with the Tasker. Regarding clearing his name, Wen Qi thought of Gu Nan’s current situation. Gu Nan’s matter was neither too large nor too small, and clearing his name required an opportunity. The best opportunity would be a battle. But how would they come into contact with a battle? And they would need to take control of it. Wen Qi tapped his forehead, pushing the thoughts away. “The most important thing now is to heal the injuries,” he told himself. “Gu Nan is not without strength.” Having nothing, thinking more was useless.

Wen Qi intentionally cleared his head and stared ahead. After about half an hour, a Zerg approached with several papers. “Mr. Lu Li, this is Mr. Gu Nan’s physical condition. Please take a look.” The one delivering the report was a Sub-female whom Wen Qi did not know. Once he took the report, the Zerg turned and left. Wen Qi took the report and scanned it. His attention was immediately drawn to the words on the second line: “Rank: C-rank.” Seeing these words, Wen Qi’s pupils contracted. He looked down and carefully read the medical report in his hand from the beginning. Before he finished, Gu Nan and Yi You walked over. He looked up at Gu Nan. Seeing the rank “S-rank” appear before him, he felt slightly relieved, and his grip on the report loosened.

“Gu Nan.” Seeing Gu Nan had already returned to S-rank, Wen Qi stepped forward, grabbed Gu Nan’s hand firmly, and said, “We are going back.” Gu Nan looked down at Wen Qi’s hand for a second and replied, “Yes, sir.” Yi You showed a look of concern. His striking features, combined with the worry in his brow, made him appear somewhat compassionate. He said to Wen Qi, “Mr. Lu Li, I am sorry, but I do not currently have the medicine Mr. Gu Nan needs. If you need it, you can check Blue Star 2. Most of the medicine is available there.” He glanced at Gu Nan and shook his head slightly. “Those medicines require a large amount of Starcoins, at least one million. Mr. Lu Li, please be prepared if you wish to treat the General.”

“Thank you for the reminder, Director Yi You,” Wen Qi said. He then looked at Gu Nan behind him, who was looking down, and his voice softened significantly. “Let us go.” After paying, the two Zerg left the hospital. Again, there was silence all the way. Inside the shuttle, Wen Qi carefully finished reading the report in his hand. Gu Nan had his head down, seemingly lost in thought. The report showed that the injuries on Gu Nan’s body were not actually a problem; only those two bone wings were noted as being unable to fly. This was within Wen Qi’s expectations. After reading, he pondered for a moment and handed the report to Gu Nan. “Take a look.”

Gu Nan took the report and scanned it. This report was no different from the results of his own previous checkup. He looked at the report with his head down and remained silent. He was waiting for the male to ask about what had just happened. By rule, he now belonged to this male as private property. Having left with Yi You for nearly an hour, the male would surely ask a few questions. He thought this in his heart and thus did nothing. But after waiting for a long time, he still did not receive any inquiry from the male.

Wen Qi initially did not notice Gu Nan’s downcast gaze flickering toward him, but he noticed it later and assumed there was a problem with the report. He asked, “What are you thinking about?” “Are you not going to ask?” “Ask what?” Wen Qi frowned. He looked at Gu Nan but found Gu Nan’s head was down quite low, and he could not see his expression. He disliked this. He frowned and asked again, “Ask what?”

“I am currently your private property. As private property who left with another Zerg for so long, are you not going to ask?” Gu Nan said. Hearing this question, Wen Qi was a bit surprised. He then remembered this Zerg’s nature. His head ached; he still had not adapted to Gu Nan being like this. “Ask what?” Wen Qi asked. “Ask about your relationship with Yi You? Or ask what you two just talked about? Are these things that must be asked?”

Thinking that this Zerg always used his status as an excuse, Wen Qi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to solve it once and for all. He cleared his throat. “A female slave indeed needs to report everything to his Male Lord. But Gu Nan, I also told you that you are different. If you must have a status by my side, it is not as a female slave, but as a Female Monarch. I am sorry that for certain reasons, I am not yet willing to expose my identity as a male. The only thing I can tell you is that I have no ill will toward you and that I was not lying to you earlier, you really are my idol.” His eyes were filled with a smile as he looked at Gu Nan. At the end, he even winked at Gu Nan, looking slightly playful. “I am not lying to you.”

Seeing Wen Qi’s small gesture, Gu Nan fell silent. This male’s disguised appearance before him was not stunning and could even be called ugly. Yet, at the moment the male smiled, he seemed to see how good-looking the male beneath this shell was when he smiled. Gu Nan thought from the male’s perspective. Objectively speaking, this male’s personality was already very good, better than a large portion of males. Even having lived so long, it was the first time he had met a male who respected Zerg so much. The appearance of such a male in this chaotic land was enough to drive all female Zerg crazy. Even if the male had power behind him, once exposed, it would be over.

At this moment, Gu Nan knew why the male was unwilling to expose his identity. Inadvertently meeting the male’s smiling eyes, Gu Nan felt a rare sense of relaxation. He thought this male’s personality was simply too good.

He was not like those males who were pampered and grew up sheltered; his upbringing was very good. If such a male ever exposed his identity, he would be the only one to suffer. But he frowned.

Why was he thinking like this? Gu Nan looked down, stared at his hand, and blinked. He seemed to be affected.

What ability did this male have to change his thoughts? He had always been guarded against males. Was it because of those few sentences earlier?

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