Dress-up Worm Mother and Guqin

How to help Drake rebuild a clean spiritual world?

Alyssa had no idea.

Ryan almost deteriorated because the barrier of his spiritual world was broken. She found a way to sew the barrier back together with her mental power.

But Drake's mental world was primarily blood and fire, a bloody purgatory. Beyond the blood and fire, in the air above Drake's mental world, vast clumps of blood-red syrup formed. Melted by the raging fire below, the syrup, unable to withstand gravity, fell in strands into the fiery magma below, stirring up a cloud of fishy, ​​sweet, warm mist.

This should be the first honey.

Delving into Drake's spiritual world, Alyssa understood why Chu Mi could bring comfort to the Zerg, and also understood why her mother had banned this kind of thing.

Because the blood-red syrup could not put out the fire, it only wrapped it up. Through a layer of honey shell like a candied haws, Alyssa could clearly see the magma smoldering underneath.

Drake's spiritual world was filled with the smell of blood and sulfur. Chu Mi had taken up so much space in Drake's spiritual world that Alyssa could barely find a place to rest.

No wonder Drake felt like he was about to explode. All his emotions and feelings had been squeezed tight by Chu Mi, leaving him like a powder keg at breaking point.

Because she didn’t know how to help Drake repair his spiritual world, Alyssa had been depressed for the past two days.

Gabriel, who felt sorry for Alyssa but didn't know how to comfort the Worm Queen, raised his eyelids when he saw the attire of Seville, who was about to meet the Worm Queen today.

Seville was wearing a set of ancient human armor.

In fact, the ancient human armor design bears some resemblance to the Zerg's chitinous carapace. This armor, with its hard metal plates wrapped around the body in sections to protect against weak points, bears a strong resemblance to the original Zerg.

Gabriel immediately understood Seville's intention. He had to admit that Seville was truly exceptional at making Her Majesty Alyssa happy.

She cooperated well and did not inform anyone, but let Sewell walk into the reception room to give Alyssa a surprise.

Sure enough, when Alyssa saw Seville, her eyes lit up.

"Sevier, what is this...?"

Seville was inspired by the human costume idol dramas and sent a message back to ask his father to help him purchase a lot of costumes for human costume dramas.

He shook his armor and bowed to Alyssa, imitating the ancient costume drama: "Miss, I am honored to meet you!"

Alyssa covered her mouth and laughed: "Sevier, why are you wearing the armor of a general, but performing the etiquette of a scholar?"

"Uh..." Sewell scratched his head, feeling a bronze helmet. "My understanding of ancient human etiquette comes from that mindless costume drama... How about Your Majesty Alyssa, could you explain human etiquette to me?"

Alyssa shook her head: "I have never met a military commander. This armor is so exquisite, with such a big dragon head on the chest. This is armor that only the emperor can wear. The emperor does not need to salute anyone."

"Then suppose I am the emperor of humanity, and I am paying my respects to the Zerg Queen."

As expected, Alyssa was amused by Sewell. Her eyes curved into two crescents, and her heart, which had been heavy since the Thanksgiving dinner, felt much lighter.

Ryan, the captain of the guards who had been following the Worm Queen closely for the past few days, was stunned. Is this even possible? He wears armor every day, so why isn't Her Majesty Alyssa so happy to see him?

"I have some gifts for Her Majesty Alyssa." Sewell bowed, and the housekeeper came in with a rack of clothes. They were all women's costumes from ancient idol dramas.

The costumes produced by interstellar humanity's industrial productivity were undoubtedly superior to the textile industry of Alyssa's own era. Alyssa's eyes widened. Such light fabrics, such vibrant dyes, such bold designs, such exquisite embroidery, such intricate accessories... she had never seen such a thing before!

Of course, the clothing provided by the Zerg for the Zerg Queen was also quite exquisite and luxurious. But aesthetic taste is something that is cultivated from childhood. Alyssa grew up wearing the coats, shirts, skirts, and jackets of the Ancient Blue Star people, and from a young age, she learned how to dress the way the Ancient Blue Star people do. She was able to adapt to local customs and was not opposed to the Zerg Queen's elegant and light dresses, but to her, they were just clothes.

These hanging on the hangers are the real beauty to her!

There is no young girl who doesn't love beauty, and the insect mother is no exception.

Alyssa was like a light bird, shuttling between the clothes racks, tugging at the hem of this dress and the sleeve of that dress, her face flushed with excitement: "Are you giving all these to me? Really? Will they be very expensive?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, I have already received a better reward." Sewell smiled sincerely.

The favorability of the Insect Mother was indeed a better reward. Gabriel rolled his eight eyes in unison.

"I'd like to give it a try, is that okay?" Alyssa's expectant gaze shone upon Gabriel, who instantly adopted an expression of encouragement and doting. Sewell sent instructional videos on how to wear ancient Blue Star human clothing and how to style a bun to the internal affairs officers' computers. Having opened the door to a new world, the internal affairs officers immediately gathered with the Worm Queen and engaged in a lively chattering discussion. The six spiders and the Worm Queen filled the audience room with the bustle of eight hundred ducks.

After finalizing the look, the housekeepers immediately carried the Worm Queen to the inner chambers to dress her up, leaving only Gabriel, Ryan, and Savior in the audience room.

Ryan couldn't understand why he had racked his brains to tell jokes these days, but all he got was an awkward but polite smile from Her Majesty Alyssa; Sewell just gave Her Majesty Alyssa some weird clothes, and Her Majesty Alyssa was so happy?

The insect queen's pheromones in the air have become sweet!

The situation was clearly one of superiority and inferiority. Gabriel looked at Ryan with disdain. Selfishly, she hoped Her Majesty Alyssa would lean more towards an established, aristocratic family when choosing a consort. After all, the accumulated political heritage and military strength, combined with the Worm Mother, meant a powerful alliance, overwhelming strength, and stability. The Warlock family was indeed a good choice.

But this guy Ryan has become the close bodyguard of the Insect Queen, facing Her Majesty Alyssa day and night, and is the first insect that Her Majesty Alyssa has spiritual anchored into her spiritual world. With such unique conditions, Ryan is no different from an internal affairs officer in Her Majesty Alyssa's eyes.

"You're just a muscle-bound guy..." Gabrielle turned on her venomous tongue again, "Stop telling Her Majesty Alyssa your outdated jokes! Do you know that your jokes are almost like mental pollution to Her Majesty Alyssa?"

Ryan: “…Huh?”

When Alyssa finished dressing up and came out of the inner room, all the insects were shocked.

Although aesthetics is subjective, true beauty is universal and unconditional. For example, someone who doesn't understand art might not understand the subtle techniques, but the color matching, composition, light and shadow... there are always things that make them feel comfortable.

The worm queen, who is already particularly fresh and juicy among a pile of insects, is wrapped in idol drama costumes that maximize the beauty of the characters. She is so beautiful that it is almost unreasonable.

Alyssa was incredibly excited. Just now, when she looked in the mirror, the housekeepers had already praised her profusely, but she still felt it wasn't enough. With her skirt swaying, the hairpins on her head jingling, and a light, fragrant scent, she came towards Gabriel like a lithe butterfly. Naturally, she received tons of praise from Gabriel.

The slender waist of the insect queen will surely conquer the ants and bees; the light and flowing skirt like wings will accurately hit the XP of every butterfly, moth and dragonfly; the exquisite and beautiful hairpins on her head will attract the attention of every beetle; the clear blue-gold eyes will make every compound-eyed insect indulge; the tender and smooth skin will make even the soft-bodied insects be captured by the insect queen.

Gabriel couldn't think of any Zerg who wouldn't like Her Majesty Alyssa.

Those Zerg who don't like Her Majesty Alyssa must be blind and stupid! They are the public enemy of the Zerg!

Seville and Ryan's wing sacs were ready to move, and the male insects' instinct made them unconsciously want to secrete courtship pheromones. Fortunately, every male insect who came to the insect queen was required to wear a pheromone inhibitor to prevent them from being rude to the insect queen in public.

After getting a lot of praise, Alyssa finally swam in front of the two male insects. She smiled with a slightly embarrassed look on her face, "Is it pretty?"

Ryan: "Ha!" (Your Highness, you're so beautiful! You look sweeter than the sap of a golden eucalyptus tree!)

Sewell smiled confidently and recited a passage from "The Goddess of Luo River": "It is as if a light cloud obscures the moon, and it drifts like snowflakes blown by the wind."

Haha! He had looked it up long ago. This was a famous phrase used by ancient people to praise beautiful women!

Sure enough, when Alyssa, who had learned all these elegant poems and essays in Shou Ma's literature and art education, heard Sewell compare her to the Goddess of Luo River, her heart blossomed, and her eyes were filled with honey-like joy. For a moment, it seemed as if there were pink bubbles floating between Alyssa and Sewell.

Ryan: “…”

He felt that Lord Gabriel was looking at him as if he were an idiot.

Alyssa didn’t dare to look at Seville anymore, her eyes slid to the side, and she immediately said in surprise: “Oh! There’s Qin!”

A mahogany lyre lay quietly among a pile of gifts sent by Seville.

Alyssa gently picked up Qin and stroked her body lovingly.

This was a guqin owned by an interstellar human collector. It was called a guqin, but it had likely been restored using modern technology during subsequent maintenance. The original silk strings had been replaced with steel strings. Alyssa tried it, and the tone was a little off, but it was more powerful than the silk strings.

She twisted the pegs to tune the instrument, then held the zither and reminisced for a while.

She loves playing the piano. When she is in Siyizhai, playing the piano is what she does most often to gain inner peace.

Alyssa raised her face, like a child who had received praise and couldn’t wait to show off more and better talents to ask for praise: “I’ll play the piano for you, okay?”

Of course the insects agreed.

The Zerg, a species known for their ruggedness and efficiency, even practiced pair-bonding, omitting all romantic entanglements. They rarely used musical instruments. Initially, they emulated the interstellar humans in developing instruments, but later realized that such delicate gadgets were ill-suited to their more expansive and dynamic style. It was common for them to break a piano while playing a single tune. Instead of learning the piano, they would be better off figuring out how to polish the sound-producing mechanism with their wings—that was the music of the Zerg.

But when they saw the Insect Queen kneeling there in the clothes of humans from the ancient Blue Star, with the zither placed horizontally on her legs, pressing the strings with her left hand and plucking them with her right hand, her face full of seriousness and concentration, they felt that art really does not distinguish between star regions.

Alyssa lowered her upper body, fitting it against the piano, and plucked the first note. The sound of the zither echoed in the room.

The insects only felt that they were hit by the sound waves.

Alyssa played a piece of "Three Variations on Plum Blossoms".

This was the piece she loved to play most when she felt upset. She concentrated all her confusion and anxiety into her fingering, overcoming the initial sluggishness of not practicing the piano for a long time. As the music gradually improved, her heart gradually calmed down.

The days ahead will be filled with difficulties and challenges. She can't always hide under the umbrella of Gabriel and the others. The plum blossom can stand tall in the snow and frost, blooming in winter, and so can she.

The more she played, the more focused she became. Her eyes had turned into pure golden compound eyes without her noticing. Her mental power was wrapped around her fingertips like silk strings, and every note she plucked was filled with her mental power.

When the song ended, Alyssa broke out in a thin sweat. She took a long breath to come out of her immersion, and then she realized that the insects around her, who were so supportive, hadn't reacted at all.

The insects stared at her in amazement. After a long moment, Seville broke the silence.

"Ai, Your Majesty Alyssa, that's amazing, that's wonderful, the piano music you just played..."

He organized his words, "The music you just played was like a profound cleansing of our souls... That, that sound wave carried your spiritual power. I, I just felt like my entire spiritual world was impacted by you."

Alyssa didn’t expect such an effect. She frowned and asked worriedly, “Will it be uncomfortable?”

"No, it's not that I feel uncomfortable, but... it's like all distracting thoughts have been washed away by your music. My spiritual world is now... very pure."

Alyssa turned to look at the other bugs again. They were not good at speaking and could only nod their heads desperately to show their affirmation.

She looked at the piano in her hand and pondered for a moment. Then she said, "...I think I know how to help Drake."