Chapter 39 They need to let people know that they have a master...

When the lowly insects of Noah's Star saw the figure with black hair and black eyes walking in the storm, each insect's eyes held a bewildered sense of closeness.

Before they even realized her identity, they were already unable to suppress their instinctive desire to get closer to her.

who is she?

At that moment, the insect suddenly seemed to realize something, and its vertical pupils contracted incessantly:

That's... the King?!

It is the king!

Only a king could so easily appease all the insects!

Only the king can make them uncontrollably want to get closer!

Fiedlock sensed the disordered hissing of the lower insects around him, his dark purple eyes sweeping over them expressionlessly.

But these insects, as if confirming something, became even more excited.

An existence that can be supported by such powerful insects—

It must be the king!!

Under the level suppression of the lord insects, they were unable to move.

We could only watch as the king gradually disappeared into the distance, and then—

It stopped next to an insect that was about to die.

The brains of all the insects were filled with bewilderment:

Why did Wang stop next to that insect?

The memories they have passed down tell them that a dying insect is the most useless insect.

There was simply no way to find treasures for the king or build an insect hive.

Why should Wang Ting waste his precious time on such a worm?

Ai Ying could feel the devout and reverent yet somewhat puzzled gazes of all the insects around her as they looked at her.

But she did not pretend to be the king she should be, as she had done before.

They feigned a cruel indifference to the life and death of all insects.

After acquiring powerful Gu techniques, she was finally able to do what she wanted.

She stared intently at the dying insect in front of her, its hair almost fading in color and its breathing growing weaker.

The moment it saw her, the insect opened its eyes and, disregarding its damaged brain, struggled to bring the wind crystal in its pincers to her.

There was no fear of death in his eyes, only joy and a devout desire to dedicate everything to her.

Ai Ying felt a pang of sadness in her heart:

How silly.

These insects are so stupid.

Wouldn't it be better to use the Wind Crystal on themselves so that they can continue to live?

They were willing to die to leave behind these precious treasures for 'her,' who might appear at any time.

She closed her eyes, concealing all emotions within them, and gently channeled her Gu magic, 'Healing,' towards the insects in front of her.

The Gu technique nourished the worm's shattered brain, its riddled body, and its core whose energy was dissipating.

All the insects watched this scene in disbelief.

Is Wang... saving that useless, dying insect?

Watching the wounds on Mondstadt's carapace gradually heal, its hair slowly turning back to gray-black, and its insect core throbbing powerfully once more, the other insects tilted their heads in bewilderment:

Why?

Why did the king expend energy to save that insect?

He was just an ordinary, utterly useless, low-level insect.

They were all low-ranking Zerg, and they all knew very well that even if a king was born, they would never have the chance to see him.

They would not have the chance to be comforted by the king himself.

They were happy enough simply to spend their days searching for gifts for the king, from birth to death.

But--

The king himself descended upon Noah's Star.

The king personally comforted each and every insect.

The king expended energy to save a dying lower-level insect.

Their vertical pupils gleamed with a light they themselves were unaware of:

They really like this kind of king.

I want to get closer.

The three lord insects behind Ai Ying also had a hint of confusion in their eyes.

They didn't know why the king would treat this seemingly useless insect.

They suppressed their doubts in the insect brain and tried their best to adapt to the differences between the king and the memories of their bloodline.

All they need to do is follow the king and support everything he does.

Fiedlock's energy silently repelled a wind blade that was blowing towards the king.

Only the insects who had lived on Planet Carlo were not surprised at all.

They didn't know what a king should be like.

All they knew was that a king is a king.

The figure before them was the only king acknowledged by their insect cores.

They just need to accept whatever she does.

and……

Korps, standing not far from Mondstadt, proudly held its antennae upright.

He said it long ago:

The Queen is so beautiful, so wonderful, and so gentle!

Keo stared unblinkingly at the king, his vertical pupils fixed on the insect core. Each leap of the core represented his joy and devotion.

The queen is more beautiful, more wonderful, more gentle, and more powerful than before.

very nice.

Mondl, who was being watched and envied by all the insects, was completely oblivious to everything else.

He was unaware that all the wounds on his insect body had been healed, and he was unaware that he had become stronger than when he was first born.

All he knew was that the figure in his eyes was becoming clearer and clearer.

Mondl watched as the black hair danced in the wind, and his insect core began to throb wildly and uncontrollably.

Yes... it's the King!

He blinked blankly:

It's not a fantasy.

As a lower insect, he would never have such a vivid fantasy.

He truly is a king.

The king... was right in front of him!

Mond had no way of understanding the emotions in the insect's brain, nor could he react in any way.

He could only gaze reverently at the dreamlike figure before him, murmuring:

"king……"

"king--"

"Hiss—King!"

We must present the gift to the king!

Mondstadt instinctively presented the wind crystal he held in his pincers to the king:

"Hiss—a gift."

He wanted to give the king the best of everything.

But……

He stared at a small, exquisite gemstone at the corner of Wang's robe, which possessed a hundred times, or even more, the energy of the wind crystal in his tongs, and his movements froze for a moment.

Hiss—his offering was terrible.

He's so useless, so utterly useless.

How could someone as useless as him be worthy of being near the king?

Just as Mondl was feeling inferior and wanted to retract his pincers, the King bent down and gently picked up the wind crystal from his pincers.

Ai Ying looked at the gem in her hand, which was clearly carefully selected by the insect, and her expression was gentle.

She knew that this seemingly ordinary wind crystal had taken the insect in front of her its entire life to find.

"very beautiful."

"I love so much."

Upon hearing the king's voice, Mondstadt froze on the spot, only reacting after a long while. He hissed and grinned, his vertical pupils filled with surprise:

Hiss—the king didn't dislike his gift!

Hiss hiss hiss—the king likes his gift!

To be able to hear the king's voice before death, to hear the king's praise for the gifts he presented to him:

He is such a happy and lucky insect!

Before dying...

Mondl belatedly realized something was wrong:

Why is everything in front of him so clear?

Why is the pulsation of his worm core so powerful?

Why does he feel no pain at all in his insect body?

Strange, strange, strange—

He suddenly recalled the warmth that had surged through the insect when he met the king:

It was the king... who saved him!

I saved that useless, lowly insect!

Mondl's vertical pupils contracted violently, and his insect body froze in place, bewildered.

"king……"

"king--"

Ai Ying felt a sense of helplessness as she sensed the intense emotions emanating from the insect in front of her, which seemed to be on the verge of tears.

She watched as the insect tried to jump up and continue searching for a gift for her, sighed, and commanded:

"Go and rest."

His body has just recovered and needs plenty of rest to get back to its best condition.

Upon hearing the king's command, Mondl obeyed without hesitation, lying down on the spot and closing his eyes.

He obeyed immediately!

He's going to rest now!

However, sensing the king's presence before him, he cautiously opened his closed eyes a crack. Actually, he could have rested with his eyes open...

Ai Ying looked at him lying down on the spot, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

She glanced around at the storm-filled Noah Star and realized with a start that, apart from her insect hive, there wasn't a single other hive here.

When insects are tired or even dying, they will lie down in the storm to rest or wait for death.

Her hands clenched uncontrollably.

Ai Ying felt the burning gaze of the other insect and stared in astonishment.

It was the biggest, yet the silliest, insect that foolishly offered her its pincers.

Yes, on Carlo Star, none of the insects had a place to live or rest.

She walked up to the insect and gently touched its pincers.

Feeling the insect's body trembling with joy, she forced a smile and whispered to him;

"Good girl."

Watching the king's departing figure, Keo's eyes were filled with reluctance.

But sensing the envious and jealous looks from the insects around him, he proudly puffed out his chest:

"Hiss—Wang Zuimei!"

As Mondl recovered, he nodded vigorously:

"Hiss—Yes!"

Keo: "Hiss—The king is exceptionally good!"

Mondl: "Hiss—Yes, yes!!"

Keo: "Hiss—The King is the gentlest!"

Mondl: "Hiss—Yes, yes, yes!!!"

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The decorations inside the insect nest are exquisite and magnificent.

Each gemstone carries abundant energy.

Ai Ying stood in the very center of the insect nest, with four insects standing quietly and obediently behind her.

only……

Fiedlock glanced at the higher insect, Billia, who was closest to the king, and then looked away.

Then I glanced at it again, and looked away.

When he looked at Villa for the third time, Fedorok finally couldn't resist giving him a small nudge.

Villa was knocked to the side silently a few steps, not daring to make a sound for fear of disturbing the king.

Isaiah caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, but all his attention remained focused on the King of Perception's emotions.

Why is Wang unhappy?

Squeeze it in—

Is it because those inferior insects are too much of an eyesore that you are unhappy, King?

Squeeze it in a little more—

Why did you save that inferior insect, King?

Squeeze it in a little more—

While keeping an eye on the king's emotions, Isaiah 'unconsciously' pushed Villar to the very back.

Even the most composed and cautious Saville, after realizing that the king had no intention of turning around, cautiously squeezed his way in.

The three lord insects all acted with great restraint.

It was just the right amount of pressure to keep Villa from moving silently without injuring him.

He stopped just in a position where Wang Yi could see him as soon as he turned around.

Before Villa could understand what was happening, he was suddenly pushed to the back, his entire insect completely obscured by the lord insect, Fidelock, in front of him.

He stood on tiptoe, but still couldn't see the king.

Ai Ying was lost in her memories and didn't notice the movement behind her.

She glanced at the glittering gems in the insect hive, then looked down at the rather rudimentary wind crystal in her hand. Her expression was calm, but something was gradually emerging in her eyes.

She suddenly remembered the lessons about the Zerg that she had attended at the United Military Academy.

In the Zerg race, apart from the Overlord, no other Zerg possesses a hive.

Their entire lives were spent tempering their bodies on harsh planets, making themselves strong enough to fight for the king and find better gifts for him.

Just like the dying insect she had just saved.

From birth to death, there is never a moment of rest; every moment is spent searching in the storm.

She originally thought that the fact that 'no insects other than the king have nests' was a conjecture made by humans because they didn't understand the insect race.

But now it seems that it wasn't just speculation.

It is a consensus across the entire interplanetary space, including among the Zerg themselves.

Ai Ying turned around, her voice slightly hoarse:

“Villa”.

Saville was the first to notice the king's movement, and before the king could speak, he silently retreated to a position level with Villa.

Isaiah was next.

He changed his position the instant he noticed Wang's change in mood.

Only Fiedlock stood there dumbfounded, his eyes sparkling as he watched the king turn around.

It wasn't until the king called out Villa's name that he hurriedly moved aside, making way for the insect that was blocking his way.

Villa was finally able to see the king.

He didn't care what had just happened; as long as he could see the king, his eyes were always filled with piety and reverence.

He obediently replied:

"king."

“Villa is here.”

Ai Ying looked at Bilia, who was already some distance away from her, and as if realizing something, she frowned slightly and glanced at the three Lord Insects.

After seeing the three lords cautiously bow their heads and admit their mistakes, she turned to Villa:

"Did you continue to live here afterward?"

Villa didn't understand why the king would ask such a strange question, but he still obediently nodded:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"We've been staying here ever since we left Carlo."

Ai Ying recalled the scene in her dream where he was always in the eye of the storm, searching for the wind crystal, and lowered her eyes, saying:

"So, how are you all doing here?"

Villa's eyes crinkled into a smile, and the scales on his hands seemed to burst open with joy:

"Absolutely wonderful!"

"It is an extremely happy occasion to be able to personally prepare a gift for the King!"

They already knew of the king's existence.

They had seen the king and their bodies were stained with his precious blood.

They were eager to give everything for the king, including their lives.

Each time they prepare a gift for the king, their insect cores are filled with unparalleled satisfaction.

Ai Ying was surprisingly unsurprised by his answer.

That's how they were on Carlo.

Just because of the spiritual power she accidentally released, she stubbornly waited around a mine day after day.

They never cared about themselves, whether they needed energy, or their living environment.

They would feel genuinely happy as long as they could do something for the king.

This seems to apply to all insects, whether they are low-level, high-level, or even lord insects.

When she was far away from the Zerg, she only thought about escaping and didn't care about these things at all.

Or rather, she forced herself not to care about these things.

But now...

As a Gu Master and as a queen, she needs to think carefully about what to do next.

She cannot simply enjoy the king's power without wanting to give anything in return.

Ai Ying waved her hand, signaling the insects in the nest to leave.

After they all left, she sat by the window and silently looked out.

Her spiritual power continued to extend, gradually covering most of Noah's Star.

The storms of Noah's planet raged across this land day after day.

After a brief two-hour pause, it continued to spread across the entire planet.

It will pause briefly for more than twenty hours before continuing again.

The lower insects on the planet have been living this same life ever since they arrived here.

In the absence of Wang's reassurance, their insect cores were filled with chaos and unease, and their insect brains were riddled with wounds.

But they never stopped searching for the Wind Crystal.

Hiss—

Mondl extended his pincers and pulled a piece of wind crystal from the storm, but he was still very dissatisfied with it:

How could such inferior wind crystals be worthy of their king?

They were such powerful and beautiful, such gentle and noble kings.

king--

Recalling the scene of seeing the king just now, and the gentle touch of the king's breath on his insect body, Mondstadt's antennae twitched violently.

But he was too excited at the time, and his brain overloaded, so the scene became somewhat blurry in his memory.

As he walked deeper into the storm, he carefully touched the insects beside him with his pincers.

Hiss—

"What does Your Majesty look like?"

After what had just happened, he believed that the insect beside him had indeed seen the king.

He deeply regretted not having listened carefully to what the insect had to say.

When Keo heard Mond's question, he didn't care about Mond's previous attitude.

His antennae twitched merrily:

Hiss—

"The king is the most beautiful and gentle king!"

"The king has the most beautiful, most gorgeous black hair!"

"The king has..."

He had repeated these words countless times.

But all the insects around them listened intently.

Such conversations were repeated in almost every corner of Noah's Planet.

All the insects, hearing the hissing sounds of the insects on Planet Carlo, excitedly and happily rushed towards the storm:

Hiss—

They must present the king with the finest crystals in the world!

Dedicated to the gentle, powerful, beautiful, and noble King!!

On the very edge of the planet, a higher insect also pricked up its ears and listened intently.

As an insect rejected by the king, he cautiously looked in the direction of the insect nest, but dared not approach it at all.

His once gray hair gradually lost its color and turned gray-white.

Recalling that day, when the king was covered in blood in front of him, he lowered his head, not daring to look at him again.

How could he be worthy of looking at the king?

Ai Ying's mental strength was not enough to explore every corner of Noah Star.

She could only get a general idea of ​​what the planet looked like.

But that's enough.

That was enough for her to know that there wasn't a single nest on the entire planet.

All the insects slept in the open air during the storm.

Ai Ying sat by the window, holding a small insect nest that she had taken out of the folded space at some point.

This is a simulated insect nest that she accidentally folded out of paper while attending classes at the Joint Military Academy.

She felt the jubilation of all the insects on the planet, and as she ran her hand along the texture of the insect nest, a bittersweet feeling welled up inside her.

In modern times, even the weakest Gu worms will have their own nests built by Gu masters.

They rest and grow in the nest.

No matter when, they will always have a place to live.

Ai Ying looked at the scene outside the window and gradually tightened her grip on the small insect nest in her hand.

She lowered her eyes and smiled with a helpless yet firm expression:

Nest Xue ah...

They need to let people know that they are insects with owners.

It's not a wild insect.

Ai Ying used her mental power to sense the intensity of the storm on Noah Star, and frowned slightly:

The storms here are too strong; if you want to build a nest, ordinary materials will be quickly eroded by the storm.

The gifts that all the insects prepared for her were rare gems and energy blocks.

These treasures are fine as decorations, but they are completely unusable for building nests.

Ai Ying rested her chin on her hand, gazing thoughtfully at the gloomy sky outside the window.

As if she had thought of something, her eyes widened slightly, shimmering under the glow of the insect nest gem.

The Zerg do not possess the materials to build a hive on Noah's Ark.

But where can you find other species?

She recalled what she had occasionally seen in paper books at the United Military Academy, and immediately summoned the three Lord Insects.

Ai Ying watched as the insect appeared in front of her in less than a second, its eyes sparkling as it looked at her, its gaze carrying a hint of barely perceptible helplessness.

She feigned an air of authority and said:

"You're not allowed to bully other insects anymore, understand?"

The three insects nodded in unison:

They will definitely not crowd Villa again!

Considering that the king called out to them but not to Bilia, the hostility towards Bilia among the three insect cores lessened slightly.

Seeing their well-behaved appearance, Ai Ying did not bring up the past.

She calmly explained:

"The Feathered Beast Clan is skilled at manufacturing feather iron with extremely strong defensive capabilities."

"I need a lot of feather iron next."

"Go to the Feathered Beast Clan and buy as much Feather Iron as possible, and send it to Noah Star."

She thought it was a simple matter, but to her surprise, the three insects were stunned when they heard her words.

Seeing their bewildered expressions, Ai Ying thought her request was too strange and exceeded their expectations of the king:

Too.

The king of the Zerg possesses countless defensive treasures capable of withstanding attacks, so why would he need the feather iron of the Feathered Beast Clan?

No matter how strong Yu Tie's defenses are, they can't compare to the energy blocks in her folded space.

Fortunately, she already had enough ability to withstand their suspicions.

With her Gu magic as a foundation, Ai Ying looked at them without changing her expression:

Is there a problem?

Although Fiedlock had lived in the human world with the King for a period of time, he had no concept of 'buying' at all.

At that time, he did whatever the king told him to do.

Isaiah, who was next to Fidellock, did know what buying was.

But--

Isaiah's amber eyes flickered:

"Your Majesty, Isaiah will go to the Feathered Beast Clan and fetch the Feather Iron for you!"

In his mind, countless plans had already been made:

As the king requested, the more feather iron the better!

Besides Feather Iron, what else could the Feathered Beast Clan offer their king?

When Ai Ying heard his words, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Looking at the eager expression on Isaiah's face, she took a deep breath and repeated:

"It's buying, not stealing."

Isaiah's eyes also showed a hint of confusion:

"Robbery? How can this be considered robbery?"

"Everything in the interstellar space belongs to the king."

"I'm just trying to retrieve the king's things."

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Author's Note: Isaiah: This is the King's, this is the King's, everything in the galaxy belongs to the King!

Mwah, my darlings, I love you all~~

A quick calculation suggests today's red envelopes are random!