Chapter 187: Admiration

She listened to many battle reports in the conference hall and had a fairly good understanding of the situation inside Beihe.

The current state of the Northern River system is as fragile as a sheet of paper; it breaks with the slightest touch.

However, what caused the Northern River system to collapse so quickly was not the Zerg, but their own people.

The Northern River Federation has been gradually declining, and the current situation is the result of their own actions.

In the days that followed, Anno went out to fight with them.

However, she could not appear on the front lines at the same time as her mother, because they were both kings of the Zerg, and if they appeared together, there was no guarantee that some unexpected situations would not occur.

The Northern River Alliance is now specifically targeting the Zerg's high-ranking members, trying every possible means to capture the Queen.

Therefore, if Sevier goes to the battlefield, Anno can only stay at the front-line base.

However, she could go to a planet outside the Northern River as a place of exile.

Most of these exile sites have now been occupied by their Zerg allies. She went to the exile sites to find her adoptive parents and her older brothers and sisters.

So much time has passed, and she still hasn't heard from them.

In Baroque's memory, she saw that Tao Tao Le and Ota Bai Zhou had both become corrupted beings.

She went back to check on Baroque. Baroque had already transformed and was now a member of the Zerg, having established a consciousness network and begun to adapt to the Zerg's social model.

Baroque remained the same as before, obedient, somewhat timid, and shy. He was very curious about the Zerg's consciousness network, often sneaking around it, whispering to other Zerg, and then immediately fleeing as if escaping after receiving a response.

Even though he had adapted to the Zerg, his personality remained unchanged.

Now, Baroque, like other corrupted species, has formed a new branch of the Zerg, all of which were arranged by his parents.

The future of the North River will definitely belong to the Zerg, and this new branch will remain in the North River to continue its presence.

Sevier quickly marked and converted the corrupted beings in the exile zone, and now only a few asteroids in the exile zone remain unvisited.

Because these asteroids are located in very remote areas, they are not among the frontline outposts of the Northern River.

These corrupted species, transformed into new branches of the Zerg, formed a very large army.

It's no exaggeration to say that with this new branch army, the Zerg's original legions don't need to send out a single person.

The Northern River system has been exiling genetically degenerated and corrupted species for many eons, and the number of these corrupted species is almost one-third of the current Northern River inhabitants.

Because these corrupted species can reproduce naturally, their numbers have been increasing over the years.

This is also why the Northern River System periodically cleans up the corrupted species.

The army composed of these corrupted beings is a massive force filled with hatred, and they will gradually devour the Northern River System.

Once the rest period was over, the Zerg and their allies from several other star systems advanced toward the North River.

In less than a month, they pushed the battle line completely into the inner perimeter of the North River system and captured two system systems, including the Canghai Star.

That's the most important line of defense for the Beihe system. If we take Canghai Star, we won't be far from taking over the entire Beihe system.

Beihe probably knew that the battle was about to be decided, so he mobilized almost his entire army.

The remaining legions were missing the Third Legion, the Seventh Legion, and the Tenth Legion.

These three legions were all led by Logan, his father, and his father's students.

After Lockin was dismissed by Dennis, the Seventh Legion was unwilling to obey the new commander, and without Lockin's leadership, they were unwilling to continue serving.

Following the chaos in the Northern River system, the Third and Tenth Legions withdrew, and the Seventh Legion disappeared without a trace.

Meanwhile, the First Legion, led by Hailier, faced Caesar's legion with a near-death mentality when Caesar conquered Canghai Star.

After hearing this, Anuo remained silent for a long time.

She remembered Hailier from three hundred years ago; he was the only one who stood up to stop the other high-ranking officials of Beihe from stealing her.

He was a true soldier with guts, and his choice was to shield Beihe from that final blow.

Even though he knew that with their current strength, fighting the Zerg would be like throwing an egg against a rock, this was the last thing he, as a North River person, could do for North River.

It also fulfilled his own wishes.

He had already thought it through when Caesar came to persuade him to surrender.

His destiny has always been on the battlefield; he cannot retreat, even if he is destined to lose.

He will burn out the last fire in his heart, and that fire will consume him.

They no longer have any embers left, and this time Hailier can fight the Zerg in a fair and square battle.

Caesar also gave him the highest respect as a warrior by offering him a fair duel.

They did not rely on the Firefly Clan for assistance, and instead engaged in a fair battle with Hailier's First Legion, once the strongest legion in the Northern River.

The First Legion was defeated, but it is the most respected legion by the Zerg.

Even though Hailier lost, he held onto the name that was a source of honor for him.

In Caesar's memory, Anno saw Helier's fleet explode in space like fireworks.

She also saw Helier's last conversation with Caesar.

His only wish was to see Huo Yin again and hear him call him "father".

Since adopting Huo Yin, Huo Yin has never called him father even once.

Throughout his life, he upheld his beliefs and honor as a soldier and never imagined he would have children.

Even knowing that Huo Yin had genetic problems, he still adopted him. Even after learning that Huo Yin was just an alter ego of Caesar, he still treated him as his child.

Caesar did not return his consciousness to Huo Yin, but instead bowed to Hailier.

This was the first time he taught Huo Yin the manners of a human being, telling him that he was no longer a beast.

"Don't be afraid, brat. Even if you become a degenerate one day, I won't let those people from the Inspection Department take you away!"

In order to get him to talk, Hailier had tried many ways to coax him.

He was raising him as if he were his own son.

Unfortunately, they are enemies.

Caesar had many incarnations in the past, and these incarnations experienced the vicissitudes of life. Even though the only mission of these incarnations was to find the little prince, when his consciousness returned to the main body, he could still experience the various emotions of the incarnations.

Compared to the straightforward and single-minded nature of other Zerg, he is the one who understands people's hearts and human nature the most.

Therefore, he also possesses a compassion for outsiders that other Zerg do not have.

This is the same as Anno's.

Hailier was an enemy, but he was also a good person; he and Hailier simply had different stances.

He admired Hailier because he was a true warrior.

But beyond that, he wouldn't have any more emotions.

He didn't think dying in battle was a sad thing. Given Hailier's character, it would be cruel to make him watch the Northern River decline and die while he himself survived.

Hailier laughed loudly when he saw the bow he gave, "Good, good..."

Then he turned around gracefully, never looking back, and walked into the flames.

When the battle ended and he returned, Caesar brought a black dog back to the base.

The mountain-sized black dog excitedly ran around everywhere upon returning to the base. It immediately followed the scent to the canteen, which was during mealtime. The black dog stuck out its tongue and frantically swept across the table, devouring everyone's food in the blink of an eye.

After it had swept through a dozen tables, it felt that the people's plates were too small, so it rushed to the kitchen.

If it weren't for the cafeteria chef's quick reaction and the large bowl of food it received, it would have turned the kitchen upside down.

Anno looked at the big dog that was eating voraciously while hugging a bowl, and it took him a long time to recognize that it was Tao Tao Le.

She was originally a black and white husky, but her white fur was stained with black ash, turning her into a completely black dog.

But those silver-blue eyes haven't changed at all; they're quite recognizable from the eyes alone.

Anuo squatted in front of her and watched as she quickly finished a bowl of food, licked the bowl clean, and then started gnawing on it. In just a few bites, she had broken the iron bowl.

She slapped her head, sending up a thick cloud of dust.

Tao Tao Le became obedient after being patted like that. She lay on the ground and kept pawing at the bowl with her paws, making a pitiful whimpering sound, and kept glancing at it with her eyes, indicating that she was not full.

Caesar and his men brought it two large bowls of food from the mess hall.

Looking at the large dog in front of her that only knew how to eat and had no ferocity whatsoever, Anuo couldn't help but wonder if Tao Tao Le had really become a Fallen.

If not, then she doesn't need to convert her.

But the truth is, she did become a fallen species, transforming from a human with the body of a husky into a purebred husky.

This genetic degeneration silenced both her and Anaya, who had come to watch.

Sure enough, some genes are exceptionally strong.