When Li Chonghe saw the report, the astonishment on his face seemed genuine.

He subconsciously touched his glands, not understanding why he had suddenly turned into an insectoid.

After observing for a while, Huo Shen turned his gaze away and said, "Arrange a separate place for His Highness."

He couldn't be bothered to figure out if Li Chonghe was acting or what; anyway, the other party was now half an insect, so locking him up would suffice.

The adjutant hesitated, probably because of the other party's identity.

Although Li Chonghe was shocked, he still accepted Huo Shen's suggestion, after all, his identity was now in doubt... His cooperation made the adjutant take a few more glances at Huo Shen.

"Then why don't you take His Highness to his room?" Huo Shen said to his adjutant.

adjutant:"……"

"Never mind," the adjutant thought, "if we're going to be in trouble, we'll all die together anyway."

With that thought in mind, he led Li Chonghe to a specially designed room on the starship—the room was originally intended to house the Zerg corpses collected on the battlefield.

Walking with his adjutant through the starship's passageway, Wen Xihe glanced at his clothes. His original combat uniform had been replaced with something resembling a hospital gown. His movements and gaze were too obvious, and his adjutant clearly noticed.

He explained briefly that the starship's medic helped him change his clothes so that he could better observe the healing of his wounds. Also, his combat suit was tattered and covered in dirt and bloodstains, and had been thrown into the trash can before he entered the starship.

After listening to the adjutant's explanation, Li Chonghe nodded.

"Are there other people on the starship?" he asked.

Perhaps it was the pain from the healed wound on the gland, or perhaps it was a chain reaction caused by the removal of the gland, but Li Chonghe's complexion was not good, and he walked slowly, causing his adjutant to slow down as well.

"Yes, they're all on the starship now."

"Any news about Cen Yu?"

Upon hearing Cen Yu's name, the adjutant shook his head. "...Nothing has been found yet."

Li Chonghe's gaze lingered on the metal walls of the passageway, but he remained silent. Soon, he followed his adjutant to the special room—

There was nothing in the room.

It was originally intended as a place to store Zerg corpses.

The adjutant looked somewhat embarrassed. "We will install the other facilities immediately."

He looked at Li Chonghe's expression and thought for a moment, "If you need anything else...?"

Li Chonghe looked at the empty room and one side of the room was a one-way glass for observation. "Nothing."

Under the adjutant's watchful eye, he walked into the place that resembled a cage. "Do I need to hand over the communicator to you?" He subconsciously reached into his pocket, then remembered that he had already changed his clothes.

“No need,” the adjutant said, then added after a moment’s thought, “His Highness’s communicator is not with him.”

When Huo Shen brought Li Chonghe onto the spaceship, they didn't see his communicator. They guessed that it had probably been dropped somewhere on a garbage planet when Li was attacked by Chi Jiazhen.

Upon hearing this, Li Chonghe simply nodded, "Then can I have a book?"

He said, "Otherwise it'll be a bit boring." He looked around at the empty surroundings.

The adjutant said that was certainly possible, and that essential supplies such as beds would be delivered later.

Li Chonghe stood in the middle of the empty room, still wearing his hospital gown. His adjutant looked at him for a moment before finally speaking, "Your Highness... if possible, I hope..."

“This matter has nothing to do with the Major General.” Li Chonghe saw through his adjutant’s thoughts. He stood there and said to his adjutant, “I underestimated Chi Jiazhen. I didn’t expect him to be a Zerg.”

His words also served to absolve Huo Shen of responsibility.

The adjutant looked at Li Chonghe, but his mind was filled with thoughts of the connection between Cen Shen, Chi Jiazhen, and Li Chonghe.

Including the replaced medicine...

He had a vague suspicion that the other person's transformation into a half-human, half-insect was not due to Chi Jiazhen, but that the drug extracted from "Adam" to change the second sex might also have a big problem.

However, the number of samples remaining at Cen Shen's place was too small, and the amount that could be extracted could not prove that the drug would simultaneously turn a person into a Zerg while changing their secondary gender.

Furthermore, both Huo Shen and the others in the team witnessed Chi Jiazhen transform into an insectoid and begin attacking the others...

The explanation that Li Chonghe was attacked by Chi Jiazhen and had his glands destroyed, turning him into a Zerg, seems to be more acceptable.

Even though he, Huo Shen, and Li Chonghe all understood that this deduction was untenable.

Finally, the adjutant only asked what kind of books the other party wanted and said he would bring them to them as soon as possible before leaving the room.

Li Chonghe did not sit down.

He stood there, looking at the one-way glass.

He had already slipped his own communicator into Cen Yu's work uniform pocket the moment Chi Jiazhen transformed into a Zerg.

After learning that Chi Jiazhen was a Zergling, while waiting for Huo Shen to arrive, he decided to make Chi Jiazhen the scapegoat.

It would be extremely difficult for him to completely conceal his half-human, half-insect identity.

Since that's the case, why not just expose it directly?

An unfortunate prince whose fate was altered by the despicable Zerg, who later killed the Zerg.

What a great script.

Moreover, he can now understand the Zerg language, which is an even greater advantage.

Until this moment, Li Chonghe vaguely realized what the laboratory was trying to do.

The goal is to enable ordinary humans to acquire the power of the Zerg, so that powerful mental strength is no longer the exclusive domain of a few Alphas or Omegas. Unlike the "failures" on Planet Aquamarine, the laboratory aims to create monsters with human rationality and emotions, as well as the mental strength and physique of the Zerg.

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