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“Alright, let me check your mental state first. Give me your hand.” Ryan sat on the other side of the soft leather sofa and reached out to grasp the male Zerg’s wrist.
Externally, the young male Zerg seemed mentally healthy. However, the trouble was that many male Zergs’ mental weaknesses were deeply hidden, making it difficult for Zergs and physicians to detect initially.
Unnoticed, these weaknesses would grow larger until they damaged the male Zerg’s central nervous system, leading to a series of pronounced physical reactions.
By the time these symptoms became apparent, it was often too late to reverse the male Zerg’s condition.
Countless male Zergs had died in such situations. Eventually, the Zergs discovered that male Zergs with sufficiently strong mental abili
ties could detect these issues early.
Before the symptoms worsened, male Zergs experiencing such troubles would receive treatment.
At that time, the royal family gathered a group of male Zergs with such abilities and gave them the title of “Mental Power Guides.”
After the appearance of Mental Power Guides, cases of male Zergs dying due to mental power damage indeed decreased, and this profession became one of the exclusive professions for male Zergs.
However, not every male Zerg could become a Mental Power Guide. The ability to detect ailments deep within the consciousness was something only male Zergs with bloodline levels of A or S could achieve.
Ryan was one such powerful A-level male Zerg with strong mental power.
A golden thread emerged from Ryan’s hand, floated in the air, and then tentatively touched He Qin’s forehead. Finding something interesting, the golden thread split into several strands, quickly circling around He Qin’s head.
Ryan sensed his mental power being unusually excited today. Frowning, he exerted more control over it.
The golden thread then stopped moving, obediently returning to He Qin’s forehead. When it touched his skin, a peculiar ripple appeared between them.
Rhys had never seen a male Zerg use mental power before, but seeing the golden thread penetrate He Qin’s forehead effortlessly, he realized this was the unique detection method of Mental Power Guides.
Typically, undeveloped mental power in male Zergs would form a circle deep in their consciousness.
Ryan, however, discovered that He Qin’s mental power lines had already begun to take shape. In the midst of a golden glow, several black mental power lines, thicker than Ryan’s, intertwined.
This mature state of mental power indicated that He Qin could already use his mental power proficiently and had done so multiple times.
Considering the presence of two unfamiliar female Zergs, Ryan didn’t reveal that He Qin had a natural talent for using mental power without any formal training.
“Alright, your mental state is very healthy.” Ryan withdrew his mental power line and affectionately held He Qin’s hand. “Your mental power talent is very high. If you’re interested, you can join us.”
Although the Zerg tribe had enough Mental Power Guides and was not in need, Ryan felt a strong sense of closeness to this young male Zerg since he entered.
Especially after discovering that He Qin’s mental power talent surpassed his own, Ryan selfishly wanted this male Zerg to join their team.
However, whether male Zergs chose to stay at home or pursue other careers, the entire high-ranking Zerg tribe had no control over them.
Rhys noticed that there wasn’t even a glass of water in front of the two male Zergs, so he shot a reproachful glare at the sub-female Zerg standing nearby.
Rising from the sofa, he walked towards the kitchen and naturally looked for tea sets that could be used to entertain guests in the male Zerg’s home.
“Please have some tea,” Major General Rhys, a military female who kills enemies on the battlefield, served the guest with the demeanor of a gentle female lord.
If any of the Major General’s admirers saw this, they would probably wonder if the gentle and domestic Major General in front of them had been possessed by the enemy.
Major General Rhys’s battlefield achievements, where he could fight off a thousand enemies single-handedly, were well-known throughout the entire Zerg tribe. Ryan, of course, had also heard of him.
Facing this usually ferocious female Zerg, even as a male Zerg, he felt a slight fear.
Ryan glanced at the Major General, who had returned to his seat, and was amazed to find that the Major General seemed to understand male Zergs’ tastes well. The tea he chose was the top favorite on the male Zergs’ preference list.
Drinking tea was something He Qin didn’t quite understand even on Earth. He glanced at Ryan’s elegant tea-drinking manner, pondered for a moment, then picked up the teacup and downed it in one gulp.
“Cough, cough.” He drank too quickly and choked a bit. Trying to be mindful of the guest’s presence, He Qin covered his mouth with his hand and coughed for a while.
Ryan was still amused by the young male Zerg’s straightforward way of drinking tea when the youth spoke again, “Are male Zergs only able to do this job?”
From this, it seemed the young male Zerg had something else he wanted to do.
But that was fine, as there were many other jobs male Zergs in the Empire could do, as long as they didn’t involve dangerous activities.
“Of course not. It depends on your interests. Some male Zergs like staying at home, so they can choose not to work and rely entirely on their family’s female Zergs. Some male Zergs prefer clerical work, so they can be teachers, archive managers, or data entry clerks. Others enjoy scientific work and can engage in various scientific research or engineering design,” Ryan explained while playing with the cup in his hand.
After speaking, he noticed the young male Zerg seemed even more depressed. Unsure what had struck a nerve, Ryan asked softly, “What’s wrong?”
“Aren’t there any military jobs? Even logistics would be fine,” the male Zerg unhappily tugged at his sleeve, and his pitiful tone made the older male Zerg and the two standing Zergs feel a pang of sympathy.
Over six years in the military had left He Qin knowing only training and combat. He no longer knew how to live outside the army.
Now, being asked to take on those boring, unchallenging jobs or rely on a “wife” for support felt like an insult to a soldier.
He Qin even entertained the idea that if possible, he would be willing to be a cook in Major General Rhys’s regiment.
“In the Empire, male Zergs can basically do anything except join the military, which is strictly prohibited,” Ryan said, crushing the male Zerg’s last bit of hope.
He really couldn’t understand why the young male Zerg was so obsessed with that tough and dangerous place where he could lose his life at any moment.
Major General Rhys placed his hand on He Qin’s left shoulder, as if to convey strength to the young male Zerg who had lost hope.
Even on Earth, he had felt a sense of regret for this outstanding soldier.
Compared to the technologically backward but highly inclusive Earth, the higher Zerg tribe society didn’t have such a strong sense of freedom.
What male Zergs should do, what the status of female Zergs should be—everything was fixed within a circle, and no one could escape it.
However, giving up hope so easily was not He Qin’s style.
He silently calculated in his heart, planning to first comply with the Zerg tribe’s regulations. Just like the undercover training he had done on Earth, who would know if he secretly joined the military one day?
In He Qin’s world, nothing was impossible, only that the desire to do something might not be strong enough.
“Why talk about this now? You can’t directly join the workforce yet anyway. It’s not too late to consider your options when the time comes,” Ryan said, signaling to the Zerg reception attendant standing three steps away to take over the explanation.
“You’ve just returned to the Zerg tribe. To help you better understand our society, the government has prepared a one-year education plan for you. This includes the history of the high-ranking Zerg tribe, basic modern knowledge of the Zerg tribe, physiological knowledge of males and females, and courses on male Zergs’ mental power control.”
Moreover, within the first year and a half after transformation, a male Zerg’s fertility is at its peak.
They were more focused on ensuring that male Zergs found a female they liked within a short period, hoping that within this year, the male Zergs could bring new offspring to the Empire, rather than worrying about trivial matters like joining the workforce.
For example, the sub-female He Qin first met when he disembarked from the starship and the Zerg reception attendant were all deliberately selected by several major families of the Zerg tribe to be placed in front of He Qin, creating opportunities for them to interact with him.