Chapter 66 Let's Die Together (Minor Revision) Hawthorne's eyes widened in disbelief...

Hawthorne stared blankly; the face was so similar that he had no other thought but that one.

This is his long-lost child... the brother that Loven has been longing for...

So this is what he looks like...

Faced with this face, not a single insect present would deny his identity.

This supreme confinement is precisely proof of his status as the King Insect.

“It’s you.”

Loxis looked up and immediately recognized that strange yet familiar face. His features were so obvious that even the insect felt disgusted just looking at him.

Murphy looked at him, pleased. "You seem quite surprised to see me."

In this confined setting, only Murphy was the only insect that could move freely. He slightly raised his hand and then gently pressed it down.

To the astonishment of the insects, the countless energy projectiles in the air seemed to suddenly lose their support, and they fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

Loxis could feel the black-haired male insect's gaze on him from beginning to end, yet it seemed as if it wasn't really looking at him, but rather at some intangible point on his body, until he made a sound, at which point the gaze finally fell on his face as if it were a favor.

What kind of gaze was that? It was as if he were just an unimportant vessel, and no matter what expression he made or what he said, it wasn't worth giving him a second glance.

Looking at his appearance, Loxis felt extremely disgusted and repulsed, just like when they first met. No matter what he looked like, he always looked very pathetic in stark contrast to this insect.

Loxis hated that expression of his the most.

Roxys's posture was stiff, but he still chuckled softly, "Shouldn't I be surprised after so long? Seventeen years have passed in the blink of an eye. Do you remember that night seventeen years ago when we first met, you were so weak? It was this hand that held the knife and plunged it into your heart."

Loxis moved his right hand and sighed nostalgically.

At that time, the black-haired male insect was still a child. Although he could already concentrate a little spiritual power in his body, he was far from being a match for Loxis, who possessed the system.

They can barely protect themselves, yet they're still worried about whether he'll harm their own insects and want to fight him to the death. Ha, how naive.

Without hesitation, Roxys used the item given to him by the system to stab Morpheus in the heart. Then the system used its ability to switch their identities. He could stay in the palace legitimately, while Morpheus, with his pierced heart, fell into the garbage planet where he was born.

That's why Loxis was so certain that the severely injured Morpheus couldn't possibly be alive. But he never expected that the chosen one would still be the chosen one, able to survive even after stealing his identity. It's truly... disgusting.

To everyone's surprise, after he finished speaking, the black-haired male insect did not show any anger. Instead, his face showed an excited and pleasant expression. "Wow~ really? That's amazing, it's this hand?"

The black-haired male insect tilted its head, and then Loxis's right palm fell down in response. The cut was neat and clean, with every muscle texture clearly visible. More importantly, the blood was well preserved, and not a drop of it leaked out.

If it weren't for the fact that Loxis's face instantly stiffened and twisted, looking like he was convulsing in pain but unable to make a sound, the bystanders might have thought that Loxis had just lost a prosthetic hand.

"Ugh..." Loxis's voice sounded like blood, "Morpheus!"

He just casually severed one of his hands!

Murphy ignored his contorted appearance, reached out and grabbed the still soft severed hand, fiddling with it from side to side, but quickly lost interest.

"Sigh, I thought it would be an interesting thing, but now it seems it's not even worth being my lowest-grade collectible."

He sighed and casually tossed the severed hand aside, as if it were a piece of worthless trash on the roadside.

His posture was very casual and natural. Sunlight shone into the cave from behind him, making his body seem to be plated with gold, which complemented the gold in his eyes.

Not to mention that Loxis had changed his status to a prince in this life, even when he was still on the garbage planet, he had never suffered such a serious injury. Although no blood was flowing out, the pain did not decrease at all. It was as if he had been slowly tortured to death. The pain from the cut kept coming, and he was in so much pain that he almost collapsed to the ground.

He wanted to make Murphy pay the price, immediately.

Loxis thought to himself, "System, give me an item that can counter this, and in exchange, this body will be yours from now on."

"system?"

"..."

The small orb of light, known as the system, was hidden in his mind. At this moment, it dared not utter a sound. It wasn't that he didn't have any tools, but that he simply dared not use them.

Law enforcement officers.

It's unbelievable that there are law enforcement officers in this chaotic world.

The system was initially quite puzzled.

He had actually sensed that terrifying aura from afar, just like the feeling he had when he was almost caught by law enforcement in the previous world, until this person appeared in front of him, until Loxis opened his mouth.

Facing those familiar eyes, almost everyone could guess the answer: he was the true chosen one whose identity had been stolen, the true Crown Prince of the Dawn Empire.

The system suddenly understood. No wonder he didn't die back then. No wonder he couldn't be killed even with the powerful items, the Dark Room and the Crystal Ball. He actually entered that place and even obtained the qualification of an enforcer.

Back then, he tried his best but still couldn't advance to the rank of enforcer. After dying multiple times and his soul was on the verge of collapse, he chose to concentrate all his energy to the extreme, escape from the system space, and become a stowaway who specializes in stealing luck, in order to keep himself immortal.

No, this person is very strong; he must escape to the next world immediately.

The system felt jealous, but it had no intention of fighting back. Even if it used all its strength, it might be able to barely contend with this person, but it valued its life and did not want to perish in such a place.

"system?"

"system?"

Loxis frowned slightly, but no matter how he called out, the system no longer responded to him.

Are you calling that little mouse?

The black-haired male insect, perched high above, said leisurely, "Unfortunately, he's busy running away with his tail between his legs right now, so he probably doesn't have the energy to answer you."

Loxis suddenly heard what Murphy said.

Little mouse...? What does that mean?

A thought flashed through Loxis's mind, and he suddenly remembered what Murphy had said when he first appeared, "Got you, little mouse." Was that not referring to him, but to the system?

A sense of horror finally flashed through Loxis's mind. The system was his biggest secret and his greatest reliance, and this Morpheus actually knew something about the system. What kind of existence was he now?

Hawthorne and his guards had long been released from their confinement. He stood aside, watching the unrestrained child squatting high on the pillar. He felt both gratified and somewhat saddened. The process of becoming stronger was never smooth sailing, but this child had come this far step by step, enduring countless hardships along the way.

Among them was the culprit who stabbed him through the heart, yet they unknowingly treated him as their own child.

He felt very guilty.

Meanwhile, upon hearing Mophiel's words, the insects present were somewhat surprised. They had some suspicions that Loxis was not an insect who had orchestrated these events, but they did not expect that another accomplice who helped him was actually Loxis.

Before their eyes, they saw Morpheus reach out, and the next second, a ball of light emitting a soft white glow appeared above Loxis's head.

The white light wasn't dazzling, but its presence was extremely strong. It even made one feel that the space around him was slightly distorted, as if he didn't belong to this dimension.

At the same time, Loxis's body rapidly changed. His beautiful long golden hair turned into a messy, earthy yellow, his delicate and pretty features became ordinary, his eyes became smaller, his mouth became larger, and his body became shorter and thicker.

The insects next to them were very surprised. At present, whether it is the Federation or the Empire's virtual machine, it can only simulate the face at most. This effect of changing the entire insect's body is unheard of. Is this the fake insect they see every day?

Almost instantly, Loxis sensed the change within himself; the mask of his ever-present smile finally cracked open. "No...no..."

He looked at his only remaining hand, his fingers short, rough, and cracked—clearly the hand of a lowly insect.

He looked at his unkempt, yellowish-brown hair that hung down like weeds, and at his pants that had suddenly grown longer and his clothes that were a bit tighter.

His eyes slowly widened, and his body began to tremble, little by little...

He felt gazes coming from all directions, as if they were the same gazes he had seen in his previous life—mockery, contempt, disdain, ridicule…

"No……"

"No...don't look at me...don't look at me...this isn't me! This isn't me!"

Loxis desperately covered his face with his roughened hand.

"System, change me back to normal! System! System!"

However, the system itself was in dire need of repair and could no longer respond to him.

Murphy flipped his hand over, and the ball of light appeared in his palm. He tossed it up and down, clicking his tongue, "Oh dear, it looks like it's had a good meal."

The ball of light immediately tried to escape, but found that it could not escape Morpheus's grasp no matter what it did.

He originally intended to leave the plane immediately upon Roxis's death, but he did not expect that Morpheus was more powerful than he had imagined, and could actually make him manifest directly within the plane.

The system panicked. No, it couldn't die. It had finally managed to steal such a huge amount of luck. Once it fully digested it, its strength would rise two levels, and it wanted to live longer and become even stronger.

The system, always adept at assessing situations, immediately bowed and scraped, saying, "My lord, I am willing to serve you. I will take back everything I have given him and exchange his life with the lowest female insect to appease your hatred."

"Oh?" Murphy twirled the orb between his fingertips, his tone light. "But I don't need subordinates, much less any insects to help me take revenge."

The system's voice coaxed, "I'm very useful. Think about it again. I can instantly restart time, and you can go back to your original insect life."

"Really? That sounds interesting."

"Yes, if you're willing..." the system replied immediately.

If this law enforcer is willing to help him, then it will be easier for him to acquire good fortune in the future, and once he becomes powerful, he can devour him instead...

“Unfortunately, I’m not interested,” Murphy said, changing the subject.

"However, since you are so sincere in wanting to be used by me... then become my collectible."

Murphy maintained a cheerful expression and a light tone throughout.

As he spoke, an invisible flame suddenly emerged from the palm of his hand holding the orb of light. This was a unique ability of law enforcers, capable of burning away the consciousness of stowaways and reclaiming the stolen world energy.

Almost instantly, the stowaway's consciousness was subjected to a devastating burning, nearly incinerating him completely.

At this moment, he finally realized that the insect had never intended to let him go; it had just been toying with him.

"Aaaaah!" The hoarse electronic voice seemed to be rapidly losing its strength. "You've gone too far!"

"Since that's the case, let's all perish together!"

The system's energy began to collapse and expand wildly, like an unstable miniature bomb.

"..."

At the same time, a low laugh suddenly escaped from Loxis's mouth, who had his head buried tightly in his hands, "Hehehe..."

"Hehehehe..."

Even the system was no match for him.

It's over, everything is over.

The body and the status he painstakingly obtained will ultimately never belong to him.

What is the meaning of an insect like him coming into this world? Is it merely to become a stepping stone for the success of other insects?

Haha, he seems to be starting to understand that sentence.

His life was so tragic...

Loxsis raised his face, a hint of madness appearing on his otherwise ordinary features. He completely shed his smiling facade and crushed the miniature detonator in his hand without hesitation.

"Then... let's die together."

Not only the system, but he had also planted bombs all over the place to prevent this day from coming, and of course, he had some on his person as well.

He cannot choose how he lives, but he can choose how he dies.

"boom--"

"boom--"

"boom--"

...

"So, did you get the answer?"

In one of the small houses in the central extraterrestrial district of the Federation, a female insectoid who looked like a handsome young man opened the door and asked anxiously.

The one who entered was a taller and stronger female insect. Her complexion was not good. "I found out, but her condition is very serious. She is not allowed to visit him in prison. I also heard that she was frightened and fainted, so it is impossible to collect her pheromones."

The tall, strong female insect looked at the handsome female insect, her face showing apology and helplessness. "Voen's condition is getting worse... What... should we do?"

They were originally female servants of the same male insect. That day, the male insect was whipping them for fun when he was suddenly captured, and they moved from the inner area back to the outer area.

However, although they will no longer be humiliated and whipped, another kind of problem in life will follow.

They need pheromones, but because so many male insects have been captured, the price of pheromone drugs has skyrocketed, making them unaffordable.

They had chosen to endure it all along, just for the sake of the monthly appeasement. Generally, male insect families would not allow female insects to go berserk or out of control in their mental domain. It wouldn't sound good if people said that, as it would be considered that the male insect's pheromone concentration was not high enough or that its level was not high. Therefore, male insects are not stingy when it comes to pheromone appeasement.

The handsome female insect forced herself to calm down. She looked at the tall and strong female insect and said, "I've inquired. The new government is currently distributing free pheromone drugs at the central hospital. Every adult female insect can get one. They say the effect lasts for a month, and it doesn't require the addition of male insect pheromones."

“We have no other choice now, Brown. Could you help me with that? I'll watch over Vaughn.”

Upon hearing this, Brown immediately replied, "Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible." This was their only hope now, and they should try no matter what.

Because he couldn't speak or please the male insects, he was punished by them the most. It was only through the care and comfort of Taunt and Vaughn that he was able to endure until now.

Now, he should do something for them too.

Taot tightened the restraints on Fuen. Seeing his younger brother struggling in pain, he felt only heartache. His brother had never had a good life with him; he was a useless older brother.

Tao Te sat beside the hospital bed, injecting soothing medication from time to time, but the effects of the medication were becoming shorter and shorter, and Tao Te's hand holding the syringe was gradually becoming unsteady.

Fuen...you'll pull through, right?

...

A jumble of doorbell ringing came from the doorway.

"I...I'm back."

Brown stepped into the house looking dazed. Compared to his neat appearance just now, his hair was now messy, his clothes were in disarray, and there were several red marks on his body from severe pressure.

Tao looked at him worriedly, "What happened? Did you get into a fight? Is it serious? Should we put some medicine on it?"

Brown quickly shook his head. "No, there were just too many bugs trying to get the potion, and I couldn't squeeze in. Luckily, a kind bug lent me his in time."

"How is Fu En doing? Is he alright?"

"..." Taut shook his head silently.

Vaughn is his twin brother. Unlike him, Vaughn's body is naturally weaker, and his mental domain has always been unstable.

They've been inseparable since they were little, but the male insect used this relationship to threaten him, saying he wouldn't provide emotional support to his younger brother if he didn't satisfy him. He's endured it all this time, wanting only for his brother to be healthy...

“Brother…” Fu En seemed to have regained a little bit of his spirit, or perhaps it was a final burst of energy before death.

Tao Te held his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Don't be afraid, the medicine has been brought back, you'll be fine soon."

This drug is their only option right now, but will a pheromone drug without male pheromones really work?

No one dares to say for sure.

The two insects nervously fed the medicine to Vaughn, but after a long time, there was no reaction.

Normally, after pheromone soothing treatment, one should have regained energy and at least escaped the state of weakness.

Tao Te's legs went weak, and he was about to fall backward. "As expected... it didn't work..."

Brown quickly helped him up.

So, is it really necessary to use male pheromones after all?

A heavy feeling settled over Tao Te's heart.

Perhaps he could now turn to other kind-hearted male insects who haven't been caught, and beg them to offer some emotional support to his brother...

Brown looked at him worriedly. He knew what Vaughn meant to Taud; if Vaughn were gone, Taud would probably...

Suddenly, Brown's ears twitched.

"Wait, Taut, listen."

Brown nudged Taunt's shoulder, signaling him to listen carefully.

Tao Te was a little confused, but he still went over to her.

call……

call……

It was a very steady breathing sound. Vaughn had actually fallen asleep? He fell asleep during the worst of the mental domain riot?

Taught and Brown exchanged a glance.

The two insects quickly moved Vorn onto the testing instrument, which was a home-use version. It was very simple and quick, and the results came out immediately.

Normal, normal, everything is normal. Even the consistently high fluctuations in my mental state have become normal.

Taut's eyes were filled with disbelief as he looked excitedly at Vaughn, who was equally excited.

"Great, Taught, that potion is real! We'll never be controlled by male pheromones again, we're truly free!"

"We are really... free."

The same thing was happening in many parts of the federal government. One person told ten, ten told a hundred, and everyone who had used the insect was advertising it online. The thresholds of central hospitals across the country were almost worn down. It was like a historic moment.

Upon hearing this news, the once arrogant male insects in the cell turned pale with fright.

"Impossible, how could such a thing exist? Male insects are inherently noble, and male insects are irreplaceable."

But in contrast to their panic was the frenzy of the entire Federation of female insects.

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