Chapter 12 Chapter 12 I woke up to find my best friend had become...
Under a grayish-purple sky.
All the insects were so busy that they left afterimages, as they wanted to offer their best to their king.
"Gem gem gem——"
"Kalochite Kalochite Kalochite—"
“Nest nest nest nest——”
"Eat, eat, eat—"
"Baby, baby, baby—"
In a short while, dozens of insects, still bearing wounds, wove together a huge insect nest.
Then he took out countless gems he had accumulated and built a jewel-encrusted, sparkling bed.
On one side of the nest, all the insects placed what they considered the most precious and nutritious food on a large rock that had been polished without any sharp edges.
At the very center of the nest, their king slept peacefully, surrounded by countless nutrient solutions, repair solutions, and healing solutions.
Seeing this scene, all the insects' vertical pupils shrank to a thin line. Their once empty insect cores were now filled with countless unfamiliar emotions.
At that moment, they suddenly felt as if it were real:
It's not a fantasy!
It's not a dream!
They really have a king!
They are no longer pitiful creatures without a king!
All the insects knelt carefully at the edge of the nest, their antennae clinging happily to their brains.
No insect dared to make a sound, no insect dared to blink, and no insect dared to make the slightest noise.
They felt a peace they had never experienced before in the insect's brain. Overjoyed, they suddenly and inexplicably grasped the unfamiliar emotion of gain and loss:
They actually managed to injure the king!
They're so useless!!
Thinking of this, many insects' antennae drooped limply.
Does the king not even want to see them?
They were just lowly insectoids, foolish insects who didn't even know a king was born.
They're also so ugly!
There was no dark, rough hair.
There were no thin, white insect legs.
There wasn't even a pair of black insect eyes!
Having adopted the king's appearance as the standard of beauty, the burly Keo disgustedly curled himself into a ball of insects:
Hiss—he's so ugly.
Villa, who was standing in front of Keo, also felt that he was ugly.
But what he cares about more is:
"Hiss—not enough!"
How could the king's nest be so small and so simple?!
The gems in the nest aren't shiny enough!
The food offered to the king was not rare or delicious enough!
Villa looked at the empty folded space he had left, and guilt and self-blame seemed to overwhelm him:
How could these things be worthy of their king?
Just as all the insects were feeling inferior and condemning themselves for not being good enough, Ai Ying's fingertip twitched slightly on the bed nest.
In that instant, the kneeling insects forgot everything else.
In their vertical pupils, they could only see the figure of the king, and all the thoughts in the insect brains were occupied by the king.
"king."
On the bed, Ai Ying slowly opened her eyes.
Her memory is still stuck on the moment the cave collapsed.
She survived such a dangerous situation?!
Before she could even feel grateful that she was still alive, she saw the pincers and antennae peeking out from around her.
……!
Zerg!!
Ai Ying felt a jolt, and her dizzy mind instantly cleared:
What are the Zerg doing here?!
These insectoids are far more dangerous than the collapsed cave!
what to do?
Can she survive so many Zerg pincers?
At this moment, upon seeing Ai Ying awaken, the cores of all the insects trembled with excitement.
They couldn't bear to look away from the king, their chirping so devout it sounded like weeping:
"king."
king?
Hearing the synchronized sounds of the surrounding Zerg, Ai Ying's mind raced:
What king?
The Zerg have found their king?!
But Charlotte clearly said that it was impossible for the Zerg to have a king!
Just as Ai Ying thought she was probably a human sacrificed to the Insect King and was about to be killed—
She suddenly felt something was wrong:
Why do all these Zerg seem to be looking at... her?!
Shouldn't they be looking at their king?!
She suppressed her fear and tentatively sat up little by little.
All the insects' gazes followed her as she rose and looked up.
Each insect's brain also lifted up, its antennae darting out briefly, trembling excitedly, before it quickly and respectfully lay back down.
The normally ferocious and savage insectoids knelt obediently before Ai Ying at this moment, their vertical pupils filled with instinctive submission.
They looked at her, and could only see her.
It was as if she was their whole world.
She clearly heard them shouting at her:
"king."
Ai Ying finally realized that the king they were talking about... seemed to be her!
Have these Zerg gone mad?!
How could she, a human who has lived on a desolate planet since childhood, possibly be their queen?
That can only be—
These insects have mistaken the king for someone else!
Looking at the dozens of vertical pupils staring intently at her, she suddenly remembered her conversation with Charlotte.
If you don't want to die, whatever the Zerg say—
Do not resist, and even more so, do not refute.
If she dared to say that she wasn't the queen of the Zerg, she might be torn to shreds by this horde of crazed insects in the next second.
Ai Ying slowly exhaled; she didn't want to die.
She also wants to go with Charlotte to her planet to see that patch of grass.
Charlotte!
Ai Ying suddenly remembered the person who had been buried in the cave with her.
She's still alive, but what about Charlotte?
She suddenly looked up and finally saw Charlotte lying unconscious in the corner of the bed.
Seeing her chest barely rising and falling, Ai Ying clenched her hands.
She remembered that the Zerg would not defy any of the King's orders.
Even if she is a fake king.
At that moment, she had no other choice.
"I command you." Ai Ying felt her heart pounding wildly in her throat, but she tried to maintain a calm facade, pointing a finger at Charlotte.
"Save that human."
Upon hearing her words, all the insects' vertical pupils contracted sharply:
The king is giving them orders!
The king did not despise them!
The feeling of being commanded by the king and needed by the king gave them an unprecedented sense of fulfillment and happiness.
If Wang Neng continues to command them—
How happy they must be!
Villa, who was the first to react, dashed toward Charlotte, his insect-like limbs moving with a hint of joy.
His commotion finally alerted the other insects, who rushed to rescue the human.
When they saw the injured king's pet, their minds went through an unprecedentedly complex process of thought.
Ultimately, since it was uncertain whether Wang preferred a tattered pet or a whole pet, they only gave the pet some repair fluid so that she could live in her tattered state.
Now they know.
It turns out that Wang likes fully functional, living pets!
They must cure the king's pet!
Villa, who was the fastest runner, splashed a bottle of repair fluid all over Charlotte's injured area.
The other insects were not to be outdone, and they poured the medicine meant to cure humans onto Charlotte's body and into her mouth.
Charlotte wasn't woken up by being rescued, but rather by being choked awake.
The moment she regained consciousness, she didn't have time to think about anything; the instinct to survive made her cough a few times.
Then, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw dozens of Zerglings grinning and revealing their sharp fangs.
!!
If nightmares had levels, this would probably be a top-tier nightmare, almost off the charts.
What's even more terrifying is that this doesn't seem like a dream.
That's reality.
At that moment, Charlotte wished she had never woken up.
She looked at the insect whose mouthparts were now even more terrifying after she woke up, and was instantly terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat.
It’s over!
She's definitely going to die this time!
Just when she thought she was about to be cruelly dismembered by the swarm of insects, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice suddenly came from not far away:
"You may all step back."
Charlotte instinctively looked in the direction from which the sound came.
A slender figure knelt on a bed piled with jewels.
Her back was ramrod straight, her long, jet-black hair cascading loosely down her back, overshadowing the brilliance of all the gems around her.
Her lips were pressed tightly together, and her long eyelashes cast a shadow under her eyes, making her look beautiful and dignified.
She calmly observed the insectoid race that terrified humans, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.
It inspires awe and fear.
But--
Charlotte's gaze was blank:
Isn't that Ai Ying?!
Isn't this her best friend, with whom she shared life and death, and weathered countless hardships together?!
What shocked Charlotte even more was that the moment they heard Ai Ying's voice, all the surrounding insectoids responded in unison with their insect-like chirps:
"Yes, sir!"
"king."
Then all the insects obediently retreated without wasting a second, rustling as they went.
Charlotte blinked blankly, her mind a complete mess:
I woke up to find that my best friend had become the king of the Zerg.
The Zerg's...King!
Just as she was lost in thought, the last insect also went out.
Charlotte sat up, looking at Ai Ying in a daze, feeling light and airy, as if she were floating on a cloud, or as if she were in a dream.
Her best friend was actually the king of the Zerg!
The Zerg King, who holds absolute power, controlling life and death, and whose authority is so great that even the emperor of the empire must treat him with utmost respect!
She opened her mouth, but after a long pause, she managed to utter a single word:
"king?"
It's hard to say whether the tone was more one of shock or excitement.
Ai Ying looked at Charlotte's wide-eyed, shocked expression and silently spoke:
"Fake."
"They've mistaken the king for someone else."
Charlotte's heart, which had been floating on clouds, suddenly plummeted.
"ah??!!"
A note from the author:
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Good news: My best friend has become the Zerg queen.
Bad news: It's fake.
Charlotte: It's over, I'm really doomed this time.
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