Declaration

Guard Captain Ryan had already made plans for the defeated's counterattack. The moment the army bugs launched their attack, a shielding polymer shield quickly rose from the inner ring of the stands to protect the spectators. The shield, like a translucent oval pot lid, enclosed the entire duel arena.

The laser fence surrounding the duel arena, which had originally only made a noise if someone crossed its boundary, suddenly transformed from a sensing laser into a burning laser that sliced ​​through metal like mud. A beetle with long mandibles had its tip neatly cut off almost as it touched the laser fence. The electric sparks and acrid gray smoke finally made the beetle, red-eyed, even more agitated. It retreated a few steps and circled, trying to find a way out.

The doors beneath the stands opened, and out rushed the heavily armed Zerg Queen's guards—the Tiger Guards. Each wearing a gas mask, they quickly formed a circular formation at the edge of the field, unsheathed their strapped cannons, and unleashed a barrage of tranquilizer rounds on the Zerg army.

The colorless and transparent water molecule-shaped tranquilizer bombs were so dense that they actually blasted out clouds of white mist in the duel arena.

The white mist obscured the silhouettes of the military insects within the arena, and only a faint glimpse of some struggling insects could be seen. Before the audience could even marvel at the Tiger Guards' arrogance, several insects flew out from above the white mist!

Ordinary tranquilizers have limited effectiveness against insects that have been treated with primary honey. The water molecules in tranquilizers are heavier than air, so the space above them is where they can escape!

The laser fence of the duel arena lowered its height when the power was adjusted to the burning type. Now the height is only eighty meters. As long as they fly over the laser fence, they can tear apart Flora, who has caused them such humiliation!

The second group of Tiger Guards that entered the arena spread their elytra and took off. Their gauntlets ejected high-strength binding steel cables, tightly wrapping up all the taking-off military insects.

The audience exclaimed in surprise, and the live broadcast was still going on. The comments on Starnet were just as explosive as those on the scene:

[Fuck, this is insane! What a deep hatred and grudge! Killing a colleague just because he lost a bug fight? And in front of the bug queen, in front of the cameras? Are they just using this military tribunal for nothing?]

[So many tranquilizer grenades are ineffective, what the hell is this! ]

"Just now, they moved so fast I couldn't see clearly. Are they degenerating? Ever since the insect fight started, I've felt like these insects aren't in their right mental state."

Absolutely! I'm a dragonfly, and my compound eyesight is so good I've been pre-admitted to Scout School. I just saw the spinous processes forming at the seams of that beetle's carapace!

[Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! They say the Third Legion's deterioration rate is quite high from fighting alien species all the time! Turns out it's true!]

[Is Her Majesty Alyssa safe?! Is Her Majesty Alyssa safe?! Is Her Majesty Alyssa safe?!]

As if in response to the calls of the Worm Mother's die-hard fans on the barrage, several live broadcast cameras flew to the Worm Mother, and the live broadcast screen was suddenly split into two. The larger side was still faithfully recording the chaos on the scene, while the smaller screen on the other side was a close-up of the Worm Mother.

It was different from the gentle and sweet smile of the Insect Mother that they had seen on StarNet in the past, and it was also different from the compassionate and regretful look of the Insect Mother during the live broadcast of the memorial service. At this moment, the Insect Mother had her brows slightly furrowed, the corners of her mouth lowered at a slight angle, and the gentleness in her golden eyes was no longer there, and one seemed to read a hint of disgust in them.

The insect mother was angry.

This is the consensus of all insects who have seen the close-up of the insect queen.

In the audience stands, many spectators were fleeing for their lives, fearing that the military insects would degenerate into alien species. In the VIP stands, several insects from high-ranking families were also unable to sit still, but since the insect mother did not move, they did not dare to move either.

Alyssa raised her hand slightly, and Gabriel respectfully presented her guqin.

The guqin lay horizontally on the table in front of Alyssa. Many of the bugs online had seen the photos posted online by students at Rugong Xingyuan of the insect mother playing the guqin in music class, and they knew it was an instrument only the insect mother could play. But they were confused as to what the insect mother was doing with the instrument. Was this the time to play the guqin? With the scene so chaotic, how could any bug hear the insect mother playing the guqin?

But when the insect queen plays an instrument, what she wants is not listening, but resonance.

In the live broadcast, the insects clearly saw the Worm Mother's azure-gold eyes gradually lose focus and begin to fragment into delicate, multi-faceted pyramidal crystals. Each facet of the crystals seemed to reflect the targeted insect. Strands of golden mental energy rose from the Worm Mother's head, arms, shoulders, and back, leaping and entwining behind her, finally converging into the phantom of a giant insect's abdomen!

The shadow of the insect lowered the front end of its body, and its forelimbs gradually merged with the insect mother's right hand. Then Alyssa's right hand swept across the guqin with force!

The golden sound waves were like exploding fireworks, sweeping across the entire venue with the Insect Mother as the center. The insects in the audience stopped all movements as if they were hit by a gun, and looked at the Insect Mother in shock. Even the insects watching the live broadcast straightened up involuntarily.

All the hurried departures, angry shouts, and timid cries were frightened by the sound waves of the Insect Queen. Even the insects in the duel arena whose eyes were red and on the verge of deterioration stopped struggling.

After successfully quieting the place, Alyssa took a deep breath and calmed herself down. She gathered the golden mental power at her fingertips and played the song "Flowing Water".

This piece of music moves from stillness to movement, from slow to fast, from springs to streams, then to waterfalls, and finally to rivers and seas. There are both passionate passages and quiet moments. The quiet part in the early stage is to soothe the already agitated Zerg in the scene and live broadcast, while the passionate part——

Alyssa strummed the strings fiercely, the notes rising higher and higher, the frequency increasing. Like striking a sloping roof with a long pole, shaking off layers of accumulated snow, the thick, accumulated virgin honey in the spiritual world of the soldier insects, smothered by the sound waves, swirled with the insect mother's spiritual power, was shaken off, transforming into thin water that was absorbed by the earth.

The frenzied army bugs returned to their mimic forms, soothed by the tranquilizing bullets and the mother bug's piano, and fell into unconsciousness. Flora in the field was not spared either.

After the piano music ended, you could still hear a pin drop, and the live broadcast screen seemed to be cleared, without a single comment.

The Tiger Guards put restraints on the General Bug's hands and feet and dragged them away. Flora was treated better, as she was carried away by two Tiger Guards.

Sewell, who knew very well what the insects really wanted to see at the moment, suppressed his excitement and asked the director to focus all the cameras on the insect queen.

Alyssa pressed the string to stop the resonance and was about to speak when suddenly, a tentacle thicker than a pen rose from the lower left corner of the insect mother on the live broadcast screen.

Guard Captain Ryan immediately extended his right arm, draped Alyssa over his shoulders, and displayed the laser weapon on his left gauntlet. Alyssa, holding onto Ryan's claws, turned back to see a six-meter-long assassin bug to the left of her seat.

But this assassin bug was unlike the robust and powerful army bugs of the time. Anyone could see it was nearing its end. Each piece of its carapace resembled a sun-baked, withered chrysalis shell, as if it could be peeled off with a single prick. The faded, curled edges of its shell revealed the shrunken flesh beneath, and raising its antennae seemed to have taken all its strength.

"Master Alfonso," Gabriel stepped forward and blocked the Insect Queen behind him, "What are you doing? Showing your Insect form without participating in the Insect Battle seems a bit rude."

Alfonso raised his antennae but said nothing. Of course, in his insect form, he lacked the vocal cords to mimic, relying on pheromones to communicate. His pheromones were also quite weak, preventing the insects from sensing what he was trying to say.

Gabriel: "Her Majesty Alyssa is about to make an important speech. It's not very elegant for you to be like this. If you are uncomfortable, I will ask the Tiger Guard to ask you to leave."

The other insects in the Court of Resolutions looked at each other in bewilderment at Gabriel's words. The Chief of the Court of Resolutions had been absent from the Mother's crucial political moment, a development that had been picked up by the insect spirits of the higher families. They wondered how much effort would be needed to restore the Chief's political influence. But they didn't know how to proceed. Gabriel was telling the truth. Why, why didn't Master Alfonso revert to his mimic form? And, Master Alfonso, the mimic form didn't look that old, so why was he in such a bug-like form?

To put it bluntly, Lord Alfonso's insect form looks even more terrifying than some alien creatures.

The bugs of the Court of Resolution, who had been standing behind Alfonso, inconspicuously moved away from him. Twelve sturdy Tiger Guards arrived and carried the insect-like Alfonso down. The assassin bug seemed to have lost all strength, slumping against the Tiger Guards' broad shoulders, rising and falling as they moved, looking like a lifeless pile of rotting flesh.

Ryan wanted to put Alyssa down from his shoulders, but Alyssa signaled that it was not necessary.

She was now sitting on Ryan's right shoulder, the highest point of the viewing platform, and no insect could pass over her.

She was enjoying the feeling of all the insects looking up at her.

The miniature microphone and camera floated in front of and below her face, and the insects watching the live broadcast were also looked down upon by the insect mother through the projection.

Alyssa's eyes had returned to their lovely emerald-gold color, her pupils now oval, and her voice was still soft and gentle. But none of the insects present or online dared to underestimate this insect queen:

"I, Alyssa Kairos, hereby declare: The winner of the insect battle is Flora Gambi, and she will become the new commander of the Third Legion."

"I'm sure everyone has witnessed the unusual nature of today's insect fighting. There's clear clique-building and unusual agitation in the Third Legion. The Palace of Saint Joseph will thoroughly investigate this matter and provide the public with an explanation."

"The insect battle ends here."

The Worm Mother turned and left without a second thought. The Star Network livestream suddenly went black. The netizens were about to scold the Star Network Group for cutting the signal so quickly, not even leaving them time to exchange comments, when they saw a few more lines of subtitles appear on the already black screen:

"Today's Throne, a smart brain application developed with Her Majesty Alyssa Kairos's personal authorization to broadcast Her Majesty's daily life, will be launched on the Star Core Cocoon News App Store next week! Do you want to see Her Majesty learn, grow, and interact with her cubs every day? Do you want to see Her Majesty's daily attire? Do you want to take music lessons with Her Majesty and listen to Her Majesty play the piano?"

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Insects: ...

StarNet Group, are you crazy about making money? Advertising at this time!

And, and! Do you want to check what you're talking about? Her Majesty Alyssa's personal authorization? Live broadcast? Did that tranquilizer just now hit the brains of your group's top brass? Did they all go crazy?

At this moment, the Star Network really exploded.