Recaps

Carlos tried to bargain with Medises for Su Lin, but Medises refused and declared Su Lin his. Carlos returned to his command room shaken by Su Lin’s scent on Medises, while Hill warned that the Blood Wings’ addiction to Dew Nest honey put Su Lin in grave danger.

• Carlos offered Medises three kilograms of benzoin spice for ownership of Su Lin, but Medises refused and reminded him that Dew Nest belonged to Blood Wing.
• Medises told Carlos that Su Lin was his and warned that Carlos should focus on surviving the coming selection of a new lord.
• Carlos struggled to control his mental power after detecting Su Lin’s scent mingled with Medises’s pheromones.
• Hill confronted Carlos for failing to get Su Lin back, then revealed that Blood Wings were addicted to Dew Nest honey and that Medises might drain Su Lin dry.
• After leaving Carlos, Hill felt increasingly annoyed and found his own mental power becoming unstable.

Carlos asked Ariel to help retrieve a low-ranking Dew Nest larva from Medises Blood Wing, and Ariel agreed. After losing consciousness, Su Lin dreamed of his school days with He Zisen, who discovered a pink confession letter in his schoolbag.

• Carlos felt disturbed by Hill’s words about the Blood Wings and contacted Ariel through a private channel.
• Carlos asked Ariel to get a Dew Nest larva back from Medises Blood Wing and offered his life as payment.
• Ariel agreed to help Carlos and asked him to go easy on his first attack if he was ever sent to hunt Ariel.
• Su Lin dreamed of being back at Border High School with He Zisen after Medises had bitten him before he passed out.
• He Zisen found a pink envelope in Su Lin’s schoolbag, called it foul-smelling, and Su Lin awkwardly agreed.

He Zisen opened a holographic letter containing an explicit message, and Su Lin fell into his arms as He Zisen destroyed it. Years later, Su Lin woke in a Zerg cabin wearing shackles and found He Zisen entering, so he called him “Master.”

• He Zisen opened the envelope, revealing an explicit holographic recording from an unknown boy.
• Su Lin laughed at the recording, then fell into He Zisen's arms as he reached for the letter.
• He Zisen crumbled the letter and called it disgusting, a memory that stayed with Su Lin for years.
• Su Lin woke in a cold biological cabin with healed bite marks, lingering weakness, and shackles on his wrists and ankles.
• He Zisen entered the room, and Su Lin caught himself calling him “Senior” and addressed him as “Master” instead.

Su Lin tried to appease Medises by acting like a servant, but Medises took his clumsy advances as seduction and pinned him down. When Medises crushed Su Lin’s sensitive wings, Su Lin realized the Zerg before him no longer looked at him like the senior he remembered.

• Medises questioned whether Su Lin had been as obedient to Carlos and demanded that he act like a servant Zerg.
• Su Lin awkwardly tried to remove Medises’s coat and offered to massage his shoulders and back.
• Medises pinned Su Lin to the floor and accused him of doing anything for personal gain.
• Su Lin’s wings were crushed beneath him, causing him intense pain.
• Su Lin looked into Medises’s eyes and realized they were unlike the clear, detached eyes of the Senior He he remembered.

Su Lin tried to calm the hostile Medises by apologizing and calling him Senior He, his former classmate. Medises accepted that Su Lin recognized him, but after Su Lin mentioned his sensitive fledgling wings, Medises picked him up and tore open his clothes to inspect them.

• Su Lin recognized the intense look in Medises's eyes and feared he was in danger.
• Su Lin apologized to Medises and insisted he had always known him as Senior He.
• Medises told Su Lin it was too late to apologize, though he acknowledged the apology.
• Su Lin stroked Medises's insect limb and complained that the fledgling wings on his back were painfully sensitive.
• Medises changed the limb into a human arm, picked Su Lin up, and tore open his clothes to examine his wings.

Medises explained that he was an S-rank Zerg sent to infiltrate human territory, then demanded to know why Su Lin had entered the empire in such a vulnerable form. He revealed that Su Lin would have had almost no chance of surviving discovery, and that he had rushed to the screening room after sensing a strange fragrance.

• Su Lin thanked Medises for helping with his wings and avoided asking why he had become a Zerg.
• Medises introduced himself as Medises Blood Wing, a senior inspector and candidate for the next Blood Wing lord.
• Medises said the empire had sent him to infiltrate the human world because his strength gave him a strong chance of escaping if discovered.
• Medises asked why Su Lin had infiltrated the empire in a form so weak that he had less than a one percent chance of escaping the Zerg.
• Medises recalled that he had gone to the bloodline screening room after sensing a faint fragrance and realized Su Lin might have been tortured if he had not arrived.

Medises confronted Su Lin over his transformation, while Su Lin tried to hide that he carried Zerg mother genes. Medises blamed Professor Xue Yao for making Su Lin half human and half Zerg, and recalled seeing Xue Yao question Su Lin during a past mission.

• Medises admitted that he had considered killing Su Lin, then kept his thoughts about consuming him to himself.
• Su Lin gave Medises a vague answer and tried to conceal his Zerg mother genes.
• Medises accused Xue Yao of turning Su Lin into a half-human, half-Zerg experimental subject for a dangerous mission.
• Su Lin wondered how Medises knew about Professor Xue Yao and his connection to Xingchuan University.
• Medises recalled watching Xue Yao ask Su Lin why he worked so hard at research he did not like.

Su Lin asked Medises to help him return to the human world after learning that Xue Yao had modified his Zerg genes with unknown species. Medises promised to find a solution and placed Su Lin in a healing pod, leaving Su Lin to wonder whether his senior was still watching him.

• Su Lin told Medises that he had never intended to infiltrate the Zerg and asked whether his Dew Nest genes made him safe.
• Medises revealed that Xue Yao had likely used modified genes from unknown Zerg species and said Xue Yao had not considered Su Lin's safety.
• Su Lin asked Medises to send him back to the human world, and Medises promised to find a way to solve his situation.
• Medises placed Su Lin in an A-grade healing pod to treat the strain from his modified genes and protect his newly formed wings.

Xue Yao told a senior adviser that the Zerg attack on Research Institute No. 37 was unlikely to have been caused by its Queen-clone fragments, while the adviser sought to learn whether war would resume. Xue Yao made a small mistake in his work as the adviser pressed him about the attack.

• A senior adviser asked Xue Yao whether the Zerg had attacked Research Institute No. 37 because it held fragments of a Zerg Queen's remains.
• Xue Yao said the institute had only possessed fragments of a clone.
• Xue Yao's assistant explained that the Zerg had created many flawed Queen clones and treated them as valuable scrap.
• The adviser noted that the Royal Court Guard had destroyed the institute and asked whether the incident meant war with the Zerg would resume.
• Xue Yao made a small mistake in his work as the adviser continued discussing the institute's destruction.

Xue Yao kept working after hearing about Research Institute No. 37’s destruction and left a daily cake offering beside a keepsake. Aboard the Security Committee’s spaceship, Su Lin craved barbecue and beer while struggling with a strange sweet scent in Medises’s cabin.

• Xue Yao’s quiet snort frightened his assistant, who hurriedly led a panicked adviser out of the lab.
• The assistant recalled that Xue Yao had asked how to pay tribute to someone without a gravestone, and the assistant had suggested leaving favorite things by a keepsake.
• The assistant saw a fresh cake offering placed before a cheap star-shaped stone on Xue Yao’s desk.
• Su Lin drank tasteless nutrients aboard the Security Committee’s spaceship and longed for barbecue and beer.
• Su Lin wondered about the sweet fragrance in Medises’s cabin, which made him dizzy and brought back memories of working with Professor Xue Yao at university.

Su Lin struggled to stomach nutrient solution aboard the Security Committee’s ship until Medises explained it would help disguise his scent from high-ranking Zerg. Su Lin cooperated and hoped Medises would send him back to the human world, where he could ask Professor Xue Yao to separate him from the Zerg Queen.

• Su Lin remembered how Xue Yao had fed him cake and then made him eat cake throughout the following semester.
• Su Lin complained that the nutrient solution tasted awful and asked Medises whether the Zerg had more normal food.
• Medises explained that the nutrient solution would make Su Lin smell more like a Zerg and help hide his human-Zerg nature from high-ranking Zerg aboard the ship.
• Su Lin drank the nutrient solution in large gulps and decided to rely on Medises until he could return to the human world.

Medises examined Su Lin’s wings after making him drink an unmarked nutrient solution, and found no signs of rejection or damage. Su Lin was relieved that his condition remained stable and hoped his body would not develop further Zerg traits.

• Medises took Su Lin’s empty nutrient solution pouch and reached for his wings.
• Su Lin resisted until Medises explained that underdeveloped wings could become necrotic and that standard treatment could involve removing them, then offered to expose his wings himself.
• Su Lin spread the tips of his wings while Medises examined them without touching him.
• Medises said Su Lin’s wings showed no rejection and had developed normally despite the previous day’s impact.
• Su Lin pulled on his shirt and buttoned it, relieved that his body seemed stable.

Su Lin worried about the changes to his wings, then tried to evade Medises's questions by praising his gentleness. When Medises asked whether Su Lin liked him, Su Lin gave an earnest answer, and Medises handed him a chip to use with his wristband so he could move safely around the spaceship.

• Su Lin noticed that his wings had become stronger, more supple, and more sensitive, and wondered whether the change came from a mutation or special modifications to the Zerg queen specimen.
• Su Lin told Medises that he had become gentler, and Medises asked whether Su Lin liked him that way.
• Su Lin said he liked Medises both as he had been in high school and as he was now, despite Medises being a Zerg.
• Medises gave Su Lin a chip and instructed him to insert it into his wristband, which marked him as a slave Zerg and protected him from the spaceship's defenses.
• Su Lin accepted the wristband after Medises explained that it was necessary for his safety aboard the ship.

Su Lin learned that Medises had assigned him the job of librarian instead of making him Medises’s personal source of honey. As Medises escorted him to the library, Su Lin grew anxious about other Zerg watching him, and Medises leaned close to his neck.

• Su Lin saw his bracelet display his assigned position as librarian.
• The narration revealed that Medises had considered assigning Su Lin as his exclusive source of honey before choosing the librarian job instead.
• Medises escorted Su Lin to the ship’s library, where other Zerg watched them as they passed.
• Su Lin worried that the Zerg had detected something unusual about his scent and called Medises “master” in public.
• Medises told Su Lin to ignore the watching Zerg, then hooked a finger into his collar and leaned close to his neck.

Medises realized Su Lin’s Dew Nest scent was attracting Blood Wings and injected him with pheromone fluid to mask it with his own scent. Su Lin recovered from the dizzying injection in Medises’s arms, now carrying Medises’s distinctive scent.

• Medises explained that Su Lin’s nutrient solution reproduced the Dew Nest scent, which strongly enticed Blood Wings.
• Medises told Su Lin he would inject him with pheromone fluid so other Blood Wings would recognize him as already claimed.
• Su Lin asked Medises to be gentle, and Medises carefully injected pheromone fluid into his neck.
• Su Lin smelled Medises’s distinctive scent and felt dizzy and overwhelmed by the pheromones.
• Su Lin gradually recovered in Medises’s arms and touched the numb puncture on his neck.

Carlos confronted Medises after following him and Su Lin, struggling to explain his anger over Medises taking Su Lin as a servant. Su Lin began work in the neglected library aboard the spaceship and discovered it was filled mostly with human books about Zerg.

• Carlos admitted to himself that he had followed Medises and Su Lin because he was upset, and he noticed Su Lin's pheromones and servant bands.
• Carlos told Medises he had only come out for air, while Medises explained that he had delayed the meeting to escort his timid new servant.
• Carlos resolved that Su Lin would return to him and vowed not to force or humiliate him as Medises had.
• Su Lin sneezed in the dusty library and found its crooked shelves held mostly human books, including sensational stories about Zerg.
• Su Lin found himself starting work in the library without realizing it.

While organizing the library, Su Lin discovered an illustrated Zerg history about the Primordial Mother and became absorbed in its account of the Zerg’s origins. A gentle-looking young woman appeared and said Carlos had told her about Su Lin, asking to speak with him about humans.

• Su Lin sorted the books and accidentally opened a Zerg tome that told the story of the Primordial Mother and her seven males.
• He learned that the Primordial Mother had brought different Zerg colonies together by allowing males from seven colonies into her nest during one breeding cycle.
• Su Lin studied the illustrations of the seven males until he noticed a young woman standing nearby.
• Su Lin greeted the woman, who apologized for startling him and said Carlos had mentioned him.
• The woman told Su Lin she had come to ask him about humans because he had once lived in the human world.

Su Lin awkwardly answered a curious Zerg girl’s questions about human life and corrected her misconceptions, then asked whether she liked humans. Her unsettling answer left him wary as she approached him.

• Su Lin became flustered when the Zerg girl asked him what she could ask about the human world.
• The girl questioned Su Lin about human customs, reproduction, and schools, drawing on wildly inaccurate human-Zerg stories.
• Su Lin stammered through corrections, explaining that humans did not want Zerg to lay eggs inside them or interact with them in their original forms.
• Su Lin tried to ask the girl’s name but instead asked whether she liked humans.
• The girl said she did not like humans as a species and walked toward Su Lin, making him shiver.

Su Lin discovered that the Zerg girl he had briefly admired loved an unseen human and planned to marry him, despite knowing nothing about his identity. Medises rushed into the library and addressed the girl as Saint Ariel, revealing her high status.

• The Zerg girl told Su Lin she loved a human lover and intended to marry him, leaving Su Lin heartbroken.
• She explained that her lover had vanished after she told him about a flaw, and Su Lin suspected the human was deceiving her.
• Su Lin questioned whether she had ever met her lover or knew his real identity, but she insisted that his love was genuine.
• Medises burst into the library and became tense when he saw the girl with Su Lin.
• Medises bowed to Saint Ariel and apologized for failing to welcome her, explaining that Su Lin had recently been rescued and lacked etiquette training.

Medises rushed to the library after sensing Ariel had blocked his connection to it and found Ariel standing before Su Lin. When Ariel asked to take Su Lin as his nectar source, Medises refused, revealing how important Su Lin was to him.

• Medises sensed that an entity had blocked his access to the library and hurried there, where he found Ariel facing Su Lin.
• Medises called Su Lin over, but Ariel stepped into his path and asked Medises to give Su Lin to him.
• Ariel clarified that he wanted Su Lin as his nectar source, not as a servant Zerg.
• Medises resisted the urge to reveal his original Zerg form and refused to give Su Lin to Ariel.
• Medises straightened as his antennae and mouthparts emerged, while Ariel wondered why Medises was so possessive of Su Lin.

Ariel confessed his feelings to Su Lin but left when Su Lin rushed to Medises, then revealed that Ariel was a male Zerg and the next king insect. Medises held Su Lin tightly, appearing shaken, while Su Lin put his arms around him and stroked his back.

• Ariel felt hungry when he sensed Blood Wing but decided not to attack, thinking about how Su Lin might dislike a fat partner.
• Ariel told Su Lin that he liked him, but left after seeing Su Lin's fear and watching him rush to Medises.
• Su Lin learned from Medises that Ariel was male, and that he was the next king insect.
• Medises pulled Su Lin into a tight embrace and whispered that perhaps he should still do something, then fell silent.
• Su Lin sensed Medises's unusual tension, put his arms around him, and stroked his cold, hard back.

After Ariel threatened Su Lin, Medises reassured him and promised to protect him. Sensing danger from Ariel, Medises ordered the Security Committee ship to abandon negotiations with the Pale Calamity and flee by an indirect warp route, while Ariel stirred deep beneath the Empire’s central planet.

• Medises released Su Lin and said he would keep him away from Ariel after their encounter.
• Medises explained Ariel’s danger, and Su Lin thanked him and pleaded for his protection.
• Medises ordered the Security Committee ship to end negotiations with the Pale Calamity and leave its tractor range.
• Medises cut communications and led the ship away, suspecting Ariel would return and cause danger.
• Deep beneath the Zerg Empire’s central planet, Ariel stirred.

Ariel separated part of his body to pursue Su Lin without eating Blood Wing, while Su Lin woke from a nightmare and discovered that his wing sacs had begun secreting honey. Medises entered the bathroom as Su Lin tried to hide it, and the honey’s scent triggered a sharp reaction in both of them.

• Ariel realized he could avoid gaining weight by killing Blood Wing without eating him, then sent a lighter mass of his body into space.
• Su Lin awoke from a nightmare of yellow lights and writhing flesh after the Security Committee ship broke from the fleet’s force field.
• Su Lin discovered sweet, milky liquid on his pajamas and realized it was honey secreted from the roots of his wings.
• Medises entered the bathroom and caught Su Lin amid the steam and honeyed scent.
• Su Lin’s wings began trembling as the scent of Medises intensified his reaction, and more honey trickled down his back.

Su Lin’s wings began secreting honey, and he feared the change would expose him as a prematurely matured Zerg Queen. Medises examined him and concluded that he was fusing.

• Medises rushed to Su Lin’s bathroom after his wristband detected an elevated heart rate.
• Su Lin saw honey leaking from his wings and begged Medises to help him hide or stop it.
• Su Lin worried that the Zerg would keep him from returning to the human world if they discovered he was a Zerg Queen.
• Medises entered the cramped bathroom and examined Su Lin’s swollen, hot wings.
• Medises caught Su Lin when the touch made him nearly fall and said that he was fusing.

Su Lin learned that Zerg genes were beginning to fuse with his own and asked Medises to help reverse the process. Medises restrained his hunger for Su Lin’s honey, but after Su Lin washed, the scent still left him struggling with his desire.

• Medises explained that the stronger Zerg genes in Su Lin’s body could transform him through fusion, frightening Su Lin.
• Su Lin begged Medises for help, and Medises withdrew his exposed mouthparts and promised to take care of it.
• Su Lin secretly watched Medises’s distorted reflection return to a human outline and pretended he had noticed nothing.
• As Su Lin showered to wash off the honey, Medises licked a trace from his fingertip and savored its sweetness.
• Su Lin came out of the bathroom, and Medises found the lingering honey scent difficult to endure; Su Lin felt uneasy at his pale, inorganic gaze.