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The matter Mother Insect had personally requested a thorough investigation, so progress was naturally rapid. Within three days, the investigative report on the Third Legion's military-insecurities mutation during the Insect War was published online by the official account of the Saint Joseph Palace.

The physical examination reports of sixteen army bugs, including Flora, were arranged in a row in the report. It can be seen that although their mental stability is comparable, the primary honey content in the bodies of fifteen army bugs except Flora all exceeded the standard.

Furthermore, all fifteen military insects admitted to having illegally used the primordial honey.

The report also mentioned the incident that occurred half a month ago at Tsugumi Hoshiin, where a student of the insect tribe degenerated into an alien species. In the autopsy of the bug-tribe student named Meyer, the content of primary honey was also found to be excessive.

For a time, the Star Network was in a panic:

What does this report mean? Is it saying that virgin honey can cause deterioration?

[Isn't Hatsumi a soothing agent that calms down insects?]

[Do you really believe that first honey is a soothing agent? His Majesty Aimi has a reason for forbidding first honey.]

[But the Meteorite Stone hasn't lit up in three years! If I don't use the First Honey, what will happen if the insects in those remote star regions become restless?]

[Why hasn't Her Majesty Alyssa gone to light up the meteorite stone yet? ]

An anonymous post titled "I confess, I have used virgin honey" was forwarded crazily in a very short period of time, with many people discussing it, and its popularity was almost comparable to the investigation report disclosed by the Palace of San Jose del Monte.

[I confess, I have used Chumi.]

[Forgive me for posting anonymously despite saying I need to be honest. I'm a miner on a remote planet. My daily job is to operate a robotic arm to blast through hard rock. I know our methods are still primitive. I've heard that on high-quality mineral planets owned by high-ranking families, fully automated mining has long been achieved. Workers sip tea, sitting in isolation, watching as mechanical conveyors carry mined, cleaned, and even de-radiated ore into storage.]

But we can't. We're just a small mining company on a remote planet with meager profits. We still rely on worker insects for much of our blasting, cleaning, radiation removal, and transportation. Every day is spent surrounded by the sounds of blasting and drilling, to the point where I'm no longer particularly sensitive to sound. Our work environment is a melting pot of dust and mud. We don't have the equipment to detect highly radioactive energy stones. If you find them in your ore veins, you're on your own. I've seen many of my colleagues affected by radiation, losing tentacles and appendages, blinding their compound eyes, or losing their mouthparts to bite...

Our circumstances make it difficult for us to find peace of mind. When Her Majesty Aimi was in office, I would take the public airship to Meteorite Square every Tuesday to connect with the Meteorite, seeking peace. I know that Her Majesty Aimi banned the use of First Honey during her reign, but now that the Meteorite is gone, we...

"In short, Hatsumi allows insects like us to retain a basic level of decency and maintain the mimicry of an intelligent insect race. If Hatsumi really causes insect degeneration as this report suggests, then I don't know what to do."

The post resonated with many mid- and low-level Zerg. Among them were Star Path clearers, Star Core Furnace operators, Xenomorph carcass dismantlers, and interstellar waste sorters. These individuals risked their lives and health to support the Zerg's energy and equipment needs in dangerous occupations. They weren't concerned about whether the First Honey would increase their chances of degradation; they simply knew that without it, and the Meteorite Stones didn't shine, they would degrade even faster than without it.

While the Star Network was arguing over the report disclosed by the Palace of San Jose, Alfonso Rooney's son, George Rooney, was quietly directing servants to carry two long objects wrapped tightly in cloth into the secret basement of their family's manor.

As the alloy hydraulic door, requiring numerous passwords and voiceprint recognition to open, slid open, a sweet, cold breeze blew in. The basement was cold, damp, and barely lit. The servants dared not look up, their eyes lowered, trying to focus only on their toes as they followed the master. They descended a long flight of stairs before reaching the flat ground. Seeing the master signal it was all right, the servants set down the two items and withdrew.

George took a knife and cut the cloth, and found that there were two Zergs wrapped in the cloth!

They were now in mimicry, already in a deep coma. George called out to his father from the depths of the basement. First there was the sound of rushing water, then a rustling sound, and the sound of friction with the crackling shells came from the dark shadows.

Two red lights lit up in the darkness, and long, ring-like antennae emerged. A assassin bug, dragging its heavy body, gradually revealed its full form. Alfonso remained in his insect form, but he was no longer the frail, shrunken figure he had been at the VIP booth a few days prior. His flesh had swelled again, and his carapace was no longer curled and dried. The red lights were his now-crimson eyes, and a sticky, bright red substance, like syrup, still clung to his body.

That is the first honey.

He had climbed out of a pool of virgin honey.

A small bottle of this priceless primordial honey, capable of calming a lowly worker insect for a week, had now been generously filled by the Rune family, filling a pool 10 meters long and 5 meters deep, perfectly accommodating the insect-like Alfonso. The primordial honey revitalized his cells, and his carapace no longer dried up.

"Father, you look much better..."

Alfonso ignored his son and ran straight towards the two Zerg lying on the ground.

What followed was a cruel scene that even George couldn't bear to watch.

The giant assassin bug exposed its piercing-sucking mouthparts to the mimic insects on the ground. Its front legs firmly grasped an unconscious insect and stabbed its mouthparts into its soft abdomen.

He injected his poisonous digestive fluid into the body of his prey. The unconscious Zerg bounced abnormally twice, its abdomen bulged, and then the entire mimicked skin collapsed.

George knew that the assassin bug's digestive juices were corroding the prey's internal organs, flesh, and bones.

Alfonso sucked the prey's interior, which had been corroded into liquid, dry, leaving only a thin layer of skin, and then moved on to the next prey.

Killing intelligent Zerg is a serious crime among the Zerg in the interstellar age. The consensus among the Zerg is that any intelligent Zerg that has evolved mimicry, regardless of race, is a member of the same species. Cannibalism is a practice reserved for primitive Zergs, who survived solely on instinct in the barbaric era. It is an extremely cruel and barbaric act. In the interstellar age, where agriculture, animal husbandry, and food processing are incredibly advanced, the nutritional needs for growth and reproduction are readily available to both carnivorous and herbivorous Zerg, and they no longer need to rely on their own kind to sustain life.

Who could have imagined that Alfonso, the chief of the Decision Court, the Zerg who had met three Zerg Queens, the Zerg who was supposed to be the maintainer of the order of interstellar civilization, would devour two intelligent Zergs in front of his son!

Alfonso didn't care about George's expression of trying hard not to vomit. He shook his body and finally changed back to his mimicry.

He was that kind old man again, who didn't look so old.

No… the expression on his face at this moment was definitely not kind.

Alfonso's eyes were bloodshot, his entire face was pale, and the muscles at the corners of his mouth were drooping ferociously, causing the shells on both sides of his cheeks to stand upright. He looked very much like a murderous ghost in a human horror movie.

"Unforgivable...unforgivable!" Alfonso, who hadn't used his vocal cords properly for several days, had a sharp, high-pitched voice, like someone scratching glass with fingernails. "Gabriel! And that... cunning insect queen who pretended to be weak! How dare they subject me to such a humiliation!"

At this point, if Alfonso still can't see that he has been tricked by the Worm Queen and Gabriel, all these years of his life will have been in vain.

As a civilized, respectable, and intelligent Zerg, revealing one's Zerg form unless absolutely necessary was considered extremely rude. Yet, thanks to the schemes of Gabriel and the Zerg Queen, he was carried off like a pile of rotten meat by the Tiger Guards, his subordinates in the Court of Decision, in front of the 60,000 Zerg spectators, and even the billions of netizens watching the live broadcast!

"Father...why did you suddenly turn back into insect form?" George, who was finally able to communicate normally with his father, asked bravely.

Alfonso turned around and stared at him. "You don't know? You didn't feel anything when that damn insect mother played that strange instrument?"

"I, I felt a little bit, as if something in my spiritual world was shaken. Afterwards, I felt that my mind was much more open and my mood was a little better."

Alfonso narrowed his eyes and looked at George, his son who was good for nothing except being obedient. He was watching the live broadcast at home and was not present at the scene. Because of his peaceful personality, he rarely needed the comfort of Chumi, so there were not many Chumi in his spiritual world.

He didn't know that his father Alfonso's spiritual world was basically made up of primordial honey!

Alfonso's spiritual world resembled a red crystal ball filled with virgin honey, even the crystalline shell itself formed from virgin honey. Elisa's playing cracked the outer shell, allowing the syrup inside to ooze out. With great effort, he managed to stop the leaking, but he no longer had the strength to maintain his mimicry.

It was not until he ate two of his own kind that he repaired his spiritual world.

This is Alfonso's ability. After his spiritual world was replaced by Chu Mi, he found that he could expand his spiritual world by eating his own kind.

He touched the door to a new world.

Yes, the Zerg, a race that preys on the weak and adheres to the laws of the jungle... With the First Honey, why does the Zerg Mother need to provide spiritual comfort? When the Zerg's spiritual world is completely replaced by the First Honey, they no longer need to rely on the Zerg Mother's will. They can hunt for food on their own, feeding on their own kind, and continuously expanding their spiritual world!

It is wrong for all insects to rely on the mother insect!

Those insects that cannot survive the erosion of the primary honey on their spiritual world and degenerate into alien species are defective products that should be eliminated by the times!

He is a pioneer of new world change!

"Father?" George felt uneasy when he saw Alfonso staring at him without saying a word.

"Tell me exactly what you felt when you heard the Worm Queen playing the instrument."

"Father, do you really want to go against the Worm Queen? Her mental power seems to be very powerful. The Warlock and Thorne families now support her almost unconditionally..."

"She may be stronger than she looks. But she... is disobedient and not the insect queen I want." Alfonso has calmed down at this moment. His expression is no longer ferocious, but with a strange and dark calmness.

George hesitated for a long time, and finally asked, "Father, what about...what about Fike? Her mother and I haven't seen her for a long time. I miss her very much..."

George was stopped by Alfonso's cold eyes before he could finish his words.

Alfonso turned his back and said, "Fico is doing well. She has been studying to become an excellent insect queen. When she returns after completing her studies, you will be able to see her."

George's heart was pounding. He didn't understand why his father always thought he could train an obedient Worm Mother. The Kairos family had inherited the family for so many years, and Worm Mothers had never been replaced by Worms from other families! Besides Rugong Xingyuan and those few established families, who else could provide systematic Worm Mother training? But Fike wasn't in any of those places!

He didn't dare question his father and walked out of the basement with his head down.

After confirming that George was far away, Alfonso went deeper into the basement, to a secret room that even George didn't know about.

Only Alfonso could open the door here. He walked in leisurely. There was a large space inside, and in the middle was a pool that was three times larger than the first honey pool where Alfonso was lying.

A strange creature hung in the center of the pond. Its upper body mimicked that of a female, while its lower body resembled that of a stink bug. However, for a stink bug, its abdomen was abnormally large, dozens of times larger than its mimic upper body. In poor lighting, one could mistake it for a queen ant, a primitive insect species responsible only for laying eggs.

From the dozens of holes in her abdomen, red virgin honey continuously flowed out. The virgin honey nearly filled the pool beneath her, submerging her heavy body. To prevent her from drowning, her upper limbs were hoisted up, and her camouflaged upper body was pulled out of the pool.

"Fiko, my good child..." Alfonso flew to the side of Feiko's upper body in a hovercraft, and held Feiko's lifeless face with his long nails. "Look at you now, how much you look like the original insect mother... The original insect mother is like this, turning its own nutrients into honey, nourishing countless insects. You are the honey insect I carefully nurtured, the insect that provides spiritual nourishment to billions of insects. You are the only qualified insect mother..."