Chapter 265: Transplantation Progress

One by one, the petri dishes lit up with red lights, and the enhanced individuals gradually woke up.

Anno's gaze fell on a petri dish in the middle, where Xinghuo was curled up and about to wake up.

She had to take Starfire away, but Dennis's consciousness had already been implanted in the minds of these enhanced humans, and Starfire's consciousness was probably also under his control. Taking her away wouldn't be so easy.

Although Xinghuo is only five years old, he is a genetically enhanced human whose abilities should not be underestimated.

Dennis saw that the enhanced humans had all woken up, their emotions and energy remained calm, and he could not hide his excitement.

He succeeded!

This is the evolutionary direction of the Pollux Galaxy, a milestone for its further development!

Those weak genes will only drag down the Northern River System; let them fend for themselves!

"Aloo, well done!"

Dennis praised Anno, then turned to check on Sital and Brightman's transplant progress at the researchers' urging.

Only 10% left.

He walked up to the two of them, watching the progress bar closely, afraid that something might go wrong, and temporarily ignored Anno.

Anno looked at Xinghuo, whose eyes were still closed, and walked towards her.

Xinghuo has a core fragment inside her body, so perhaps Dennis's mind control is ineffective against her.

She was worried that the consciousness Dennis had placed in her mind beforehand would still have an impact on her, after all, she was still just a child.

She placed her hand on the petri dish, looked at Xinghuo's face, and probed her body with energy, sensing the core fragments within her.

Almost all the enhanced humans had woken up, but Xinghuo was still asleep.

A few seconds after Anno probed the core fragment of Starfire with energy, he saw Starfire slowly open its eyes.

Those were pure, scarlet eyes, very similar to Karina's, devoid of emotion, like cold snowflakes.

After staring at each other for a while, Xinghuo stretched out her body, moved closer to the edge of the petri dish, and looked at Anno face to face.

A hint of doubt flashed in Xinghuo's eyes. He looked at Anuo's palm, which was placed on the petri dish, and placed his own hand on it. Then he tilted his head slightly, as if asking Anuo if he wanted to do this.

Anno was stunned for a moment by her actions; she could feel the consciousness transmitted by Xinghuo.

Xinghuo tapped the petri dish with her hand, calling out to Anuo in her mind, "Mom..."

Anno was immediately dumbfounded.

She quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly explained, "I'm not your mother."

Xinghuo's eyes showed even more confusion, but more than that, she was unhappy. She felt that her mother didn't recognize her and didn't want her anymore.

Even though her mother's aura was the same as hers, and she often dreamed of her mother, why didn't her mother recognize her?

Just as Anno was about to explain further, a loud bang came from behind him.

Her expression hardened, and she turned around to see that Sital and Brightman's petri dishes had been shattered. Dennis looked terrible as he held the still unconscious Brightman.

He turned his head and gave Anno a sharp look.

"You are not controlled by my power at all!"

His gaze grew colder: "Very well, very well. Since that's the case, there's no need to keep you here!"

Anno took a step back, his back pressed against the cold rim of the petri dish, and touched the switch to turn it on.

"Take them both down!"

At Dennis's command, the guards drew their weapons and attacked Sitar, attempting to capture him.

Sitar moved swiftly and appeared in front of Anno.

He wore shackles that emitted a blue light. These were specially made by Dennis to deal with Anno and the other Queen Insects. They were made of special materials that could suppress the Queen Insects' energy. Dennis and his team had put a lot of effort and resources into making them, and there were only two sets available.

He figured Anno was just a firefly and not aggressive, so he didn't let her wear it, and Brightman wouldn't agree to that either.

"stop!"

When Brightman awoke from his coma, he saw the guards pointing their weapons at Anno and shouted at them to stop.

Dennis said with a stern face, "Brightman, she's been lying to you all along!"

Brightman jumped down from Dennis's arms, staring expressionlessly at Sitar and Anno. "Let me handle this."

He slowly raised his hand, about to use his ability, when the scene in front of him suddenly changed to blue sky and green grass, and a sudden gust of wind, lightning and dark clouds pressed down overhead.

The surrounding scenery kept changing, disturbing their thoughts.

Dennis said coldly, "This is an illusion!"

He closed his eyes, trying to use his abilities to break through the illusion.

The scene before me distorted for a moment, shifting between real and illusory scenes, but I was unable to completely break free from the illusion.

The person who created the illusion must have at least an SS-level ability.

Unable to see anyone else, Dennis immediately manipulated the other enhanced humans in his mind, giving them orders to capture the two little queen worms.

The moment the illusion appeared, Brightman closed his eyes and followed the scent to find Anno.

His ability is replication, but each ability can only be replicated once. His spacetime ability was a replication of Secris's ability that he had previously replicated on the battlefield. Now that Secris is not around, he can only use other replicated abilities.

The cold air spread rapidly throughout the petri dish factory, determined to freeze the entire facility.

Just as Brightman activated his ability, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him. He quickly drew his long sword from his waist, but Mingxiao was even faster.

With a crisp "click!" sound, Mingxiao put the shackles that had been stolen from Dennis to suppress his abilities on his hands.

"This is a treasure made by your dear uncle, so you should experience it for yourself!"

Mingxiao grinned at him and flashed to Anuo's side.

"Your Highness!"

Mingxiao hadn't seen Anuo for a long time and wanted to have a proper talk with her, but when he glanced at Sitar standing next to Anuo, he immediately obediently stood aside and stood with Tanwell.

Anno grabbed Sitar's hand, trying to remove the device from his wrist. He was wearing a blue halo on each wrist, and the device had to be removed at the same time, otherwise Sitar would be blown to smithereens by the energy suppressor.

Sitar said, "Let's leave here first and contact the Queen and the others."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind swept towards them, carrying with it sharp blades formed from flames and frost.

Mingxiao reacted quickly, grabbing Anno and Sitar and pulling them away from the attack.

At this moment, all the enhanced humans in the petri dish factory awoke, their eyes devoid of any light, staring at them lifelessly.

Many enhanced humans modified from beasts have already transformed into beast forms, and these mutant enhanced humans are ready to use their powers to attack them at any time.

Seeing this, Anno mobilized the energy in her body. When she had awakened them earlier, she had covered them with a layer of energy, which could temporarily suppress them.

"I can't control so many enhanced humans, let's go!"

Anuo looked at Xinghuo's petri dish and was about to ask Mingxiao to bring her over when she found that her petri dish was empty and she had disappeared at some point.

Her heart sank, and she anxiously searched for Xinghuo's figure around her.

Several enhanced humans that Anno couldn't suppress attacked them using their superpowers.

A huge torrent of water swept towards them, but before it reached them, a small figure floated in mid-air, blocking their way.

Upon seeing this figure, Anno exclaimed in surprise, "Spark!"

As soon as Xinghuo raised his hand, his finger touched the water, and the water immediately froze into ice, shattering on the ground.

Anno was slightly taken aback. Xinghuo's special ability was ice-based?

With a flick of his wrist, Xinghuo froze the surrounding area, forming an ice wall.

Then, she flew to Anuo, stared at Anuo's face for two seconds, then hugged her neck tightly, using her hands and feet to cling to her, "Mommy!"

She was terrified that her mother would abandon her, so she clung to her like an octopus.

When Mingxiao and Tantawell heard the word "Mom," their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in shock.

Sitar's eyes darkened, and he reached out to pull Starfire off Anno.

Xinghuo frowned and raised her hand to attack Sitar, only to find that Sitar also had a familiar aura about him.

"Who... are you?" she asked in broken Zerg language.

Sitar's gaze swept between her and Anno before he spoke, "Your father."