Chapter 33 In Chapter 33, Ai Ying saw a dying insect…
Alex abruptly stopped raising his hand, repeating incredulously:
"Black...energy?"
Not only him, but all the teachers around the conference room seemed to realize something, and their expressions changed:
There happens to be one powerful being at the Joint Military Academy who uses black energy.
Alex quickly regained his composure and muttered to himself:
"How is that possible?"
"The Zerg have always despised humans, so it's impossible for them to come to a human-inhabited planet and remain so quiet, without taking any action."
He raised his head and analyzed, word by word:
"Moreover, how could the lord insectoid race possibly follow such a weak Ai Ying and obey her every word?"
"This is completely contrary to the nature of the Zerg, unless..."
As if he had thought of something, his voice trembled slightly:
"Unless Ai Ying has a status that forces the Zerg to obey her."
The only way to make even the Zerg lords obedient is...
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Alex shook his head vigorously, unsure whether he was trying to convince himself or others.
"The Insect King has been missing for three hundred years; it's impossible for it to suddenly appear without any warning."
"Moreover, the Insect King is inherently cruel and extravagant, and is extremely ruthless towards humans, and even towards the Insect race itself."
"The birth of each insect king is accompanied by bloodshed and slaughter."
"Legend has it that the Insect Queen will immediately purge the lord insect races left behind by the previous Insect Queen, eliminate all insects that pose a threat to her, and establish her own rule. And the beings around Ai Ying have lived for at least a hundred years..."
Alex slowly described the habits a queen insect should have, and the more he spoke, the more relaxed his voice became.
Based on his observations of Ai Ying over the past few days, although she possessed a certain aristocratic arrogance and aloofness, she had not done anything out of line.
No military academy students were harmed.
Her personality is completely opposite to that of the legendary insect queen.
If the Zerg Queen were even one percent as friendly as Ai Ying, why would humans and other races consider the Zerg a major threat?
At this time, Lucia, the teacher who had the most contact with Ai Ying, also talked about her observations of her during this period:
"Not only is Ai Ying's personality different from the Insect King's, but her mental strength is also very weak."
"Judging from the data left over from the simulated battlefield, she did not hide her mental strength level."
How could a species with only a C+ level of mental strength possibly be the legendary king who is powerful enough to rule the entire Zerg race?
and……
Teacher Lucia continued:
"Although Ai Ying's mental strength has some influence on the Zerg in the training battlefield, the influence is not entirely positive."
"Sometimes the Zerg will also swing their pincers at her, indicating an intention to attack."
Everyone knew that none of the Zerg would ever have the intention to harm the Zerg Queen.
Hearing this, the other teachers also relaxed.
Sitting down, Alex took a sip of the plant extract in his glass:
"Yes, if she really were the Insect Queen, the Insect race would probably have been turned upside down long ago, and it would not be as peaceful as it is now."
"Isaiah would have no intention of continuing to descend upon the human empire."
He put down his cup, having already made up his mind:
"The survivors on Marimor did not see the Zerg Overlord's appearance at all, but only vaguely remembered the color of his energy."
"It's just that some of their energies are similar. The interstellar space is vast, and there are always things with similar energies."
"We were being too paranoid."
At this point, Alex pressed his temples and concluded:
"We have plenty of time to discuss Ai Ying's identity."
"The most important thing now is Lord Isaiah."
"Although he was delayed on Qianzhi Star for a while, he should be able to arrive on Anfiso Star in a few more days."
"We must be fully prepared."
Seeing the teachers all looking on with serious expressions, Alex suppressed his thoughts:
If Ai Ying really is the Queen of Insects, then they have no reason to worry about Isaiah's arrival.
With the Queen of Insects in control, he couldn't do anything to the Joint Military Academy.
Moreover, for humans, having a newborn insect mother like Ai Ying may not necessarily be a bad thing.
A king who is friendly to humanity, has no intention of starting a war, and can control the Zerg is a good thing for the entire interstellar space.
What a pity.
Ai Ying could not be the insect mother.
*
At this time, Ai Ying also learned about Isaiah's terrifying feat of "setting off fireworks" on a planet.
Her face paled slightly.
This is a more uncontrollable lord insect.
She finally realized that when her identity was exposed, she wouldn't be the only one to die.
The entire planet Anfiso, and even the entire galaxy, will be destroyed by the three enraged Lord Bugs.
Thinking of this, Ai Ying suddenly stopped walking towards the simulation training room.
Even if she lived in the training room now, it would be impossible for her to raise her mental strength from C to S in just a few days.
What's the point of her endless practice?
She took a deep breath, turned around, and walked towards another classroom.
There were lessons on the extreme use of spacecraft and how starships operated.
Given her current status, requesting a starship from the school is not a difficult task.
At this moment, Ai Ying suddenly remembered what happened during her last period on Carlo Star.
At that time, both she and Charlotte realized the danger that her identity brought, so they wanted to leave.
yes……
All she wanted at first was to leave.
Only by leaving the Zerg can she truly be safe.
However, with the appearance of the higher insectoids and Fidelock, it was impossible for her to escape from the Lord Insects; she could only try her best to keep him at bay.
Later, after learning about the effects of Gu magic on the insectoid race, she hesitated many times.
This time, however, she had no more bargaining chips to hesitate over.
For her, Isaiah represented death and destruction.
She didn't want to, and dared not, gamble on whether the lord insect who could so simply describe the explosion of a planet as watching fireworks would discover her true identity.
Because she is likely to lose.
The price of losing wasn't just her own life.
Thinking of this, the hesitation on Ai Ying's face gradually turned into determination:
She has no other choice now.
She entered the new classroom with a blank expression.
These courses weren't too difficult for her; a few hours were enough for her to fully master the use of the aircraft and starship.
Ai Ying did not linger here for long.
It should be very soon before Isaiah arrives at the United Military Academy.
She had to make all the preparations within three days.
We also need to find a way to appease the two leader insects in the nest.
As soon as Ai Ying returned to the insect hive, she felt the most comfortable temperature, light and natural breeze for her.
Savile promptly served her a glass of the plant-based juice that she had recently shown a liking for.
His deep blue eyes saw only her.
In his worm-like mind, she was everything to him.
Ai Ying watched this scene, her long eyelashes twitching almost imperceptibly.
On the other side, Fedlock held a bottle of nutrient solution somewhat helplessly.
Although he had tried his best to observe the king's preferences, he was always a step behind Savile.
He lowered his eyes slightly, concealing all the emotions within them:
In his insect brain, making the king comfortable is something every insect should do.
He wouldn't be jealous of Savile; he would only blame himself for not being able to do as well as him.
His dark purple eyes gradually dimmed, and his self-loathing made him want to continue carving marks on the insect core.
But that won't work.
Wang... dislikes insects that can't even take care of themselves.
Everything he owns belongs to the king; he cannot overstep the king's command and punish himself without authorization.
He stood there quietly, his mind filled with twisted emotions and self-loathing.
Ai Ying easily sensed Fedorok's emotions.
All his emotions were influenced by her and related to her.
She is a worm whose mind is only focused on her, and who will unconditionally obey any of her commands no matter what.
She thought to herself with a touch of helplessness:
If Fedlock and Savile were merely Gu worms, they would probably be the Gu worms that every Gu master would most want to contract with and most admire.
pity……
Ai Ying suppressed all her emotions; now she had to balance the relationship between the two lord insects.
She beckoned to Fedorok, and seeing his cautious glance at her, she pointed to the nutrient solution in his hand and commanded matter-of-factly:
"I don't like this nutrient solution. Next time, I'll use the yellow one."
After hearing the king personally tell her which nutrient solution she liked, Fedorok nodded vigorously.
The self-loathing in his mind was easily soothed by the king's voice.
At this moment, Ai Ying glanced at Savile, whose eyes were dim, and took the plant and vegetable liquid from his hand.
Savile's mood, which had been low because the king was only paying attention to Fedorok, was instantly soothed by her actions.
What Wang liked was the food he prepared!
He glanced discreetly at the spot in front of the Fiedlock worm core.
There is no energy there.
The king did not leave the mark of the insect mother on him.
So what if Wang has some favoritism towards Fidelock because he was the first person to appear in her life?
The king still did not fully trust Fedorok, and still did not mark him as a lord recognized by the king.
Savile watched as the king drank the plant-based liquid he had personally prepared, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
During those three hundred years of endless searching, he never imagined that insect life would have such a happy and peaceful moment as it does today.
But now, he has it.
They have achieved a life they never dared to dream of before.
He stayed by the side of this... gentle king.
Feeling the two burning gazes, Ai Ying casually tried to put down the plant-based hair serum in her hand. At the same time, Saville reached out and took the cup from her.
Just as she was thinking of going back to her room to rest as soon as possible.
She suddenly remembered Isaiah, who was about to arrive...
It would seem strange to Savile if she, as queen, showed no interest in this matter.
But being too concerned is also not good.
Ideally, she could subtly remind the two insects beside her that she wasn't particularly looking forward to the new insect.
She could not remain silent about Isaiah's arrival out of fear.
She couldn't give Savile a chance to realize something was wrong before she left.
Ai Ying glanced at the plant-based hair-drying solution in his hand, and a thought struck her.
She took two lazy steps forward, then, as if remembering something, slowly stopped.
"I remember, many plant extracts come from Molin Star, right?"
She turned her head to the side, a hint of displeasure in her eyes:
"I heard that planet was blown up by an insect?"
Upon hearing the king's words, Savile's deep blue eyes flickered, and he respectfully replied:
"Isaiah has always been rather capricious."
While revealing the name of the insect that did this, he subtly tarnished Isaiah's image.
Meanwhile, Fiedlock, realizing that Isaiah's actions had displeased the king, immediately knelt on one knee before him, placing one hand on the insect core, his voice firm:
"I will kill Isaiah now to avenge you."
Hearing his murderous words, Ai Ying abruptly stopped in her tracks as she headed back to her room.
At this moment, Saville lowered his head, concealing the mockery in his eyes directed at Fiedlock:
What a fool.
Having been by the king's side for so long, haven't you realized that the king hates killing?
Ai Ying glanced indifferently at the kneeling insect and gave a faint warning:
“Fidlock, I don’t like worms that act on their own.”
Seeing Fedorok's helpless and flustered appearance, she seemed to soften a little, and her voice became slightly gentler:
"Be good."
"I like obedient insects."
Listening to Fidlock's gentle reassurances even after he had upset her, Saville endured the stinging pain in the insect core that he was already used to.
It's always like this.
Every time he felt he could get a little closer to the king, there was always a Fedoroc standing between him and the king.
It constantly reminded him that no matter how hard he tried, he could never compare to the one who was the first to appear before the king.
Saville lowered his head; the king's words of comfort to Fiedlock were now firmly etched into his insect brain.
He needs to behave.
The king likes obedient and well-behaved insects.
He couldn't reveal his disgust and jealousy towards Fedorock.
He must always be obedient, the most docile and compliant insect in the king's eyes.
Over the next two days.
Ai Ying was constantly reinforcing the idea that Fidelock and Savile must obey her within their insect brains.
Only in this way could she keep them calm after he left, obey the orders she left before she departed, and not harm the teachers and students in the joint military academy.
She also occasionally expressed dissatisfaction with the status quo, paving the way for her departure.
For example, she doesn't like being followed by any insects.
For example, she might be dissatisfied with the food and treasures the two insects prepared for her.
For example, she sometimes shows curiosity about other species on other planets.
She sometimes felt a pang of sympathy when she saw the two insects' helpless expressions.
But she had no choice.
The desire to survive is her human instinct.
She endured so long on the abandoned planet, mined for so long on Carlo Star, and disguised herself as the Lord Insect for so long. All she wanted was to survive safely.
Just like what she said to Charlotte before they parted:
'These insects are kind to her because she is the queen.'
'Not because she is Ai Ying.'
Ai Ying stopped playing the starship simulator and slowly blinked:
Moreover, she didn't want to face it.
What would happen if she didn't want to face these two insects and found out she wasn't the insect mother?
As she left the starship simulator, the hesitation and unease in her eyes vanished instantly.
Since you've already made preparations, don't give yourself a chance to regret it.
Isaiah will be at the United Military Academy in a day or two.
She had to act quickly.
Return to the insect hive.
Ai Ying saw Fedorok and Savile looking at her cautiously, unsure of what to do, and forcibly suppressed all the turmoil in her heart.
She accepted the pale yellow nutrient solution from Fedlock's hand without expression.
Upon seeing this, Savile felt no jealousy for the first time, but rather a sense of relief.
During this time, he could easily sense that the king was unhappy.
Even though Wang was unhappy and irritable, he did not wash away his irritability with their scars and blood as he remembered from his bloodline.
Not to mention harming them, Wang Shizhi never even scolded them.
The more this happened, the more Saville felt guilty and the more he wanted to cheer the king up.
But no matter what he did, the king's mood remained unchanged.
His pride in his rationality and observation was utterly useless in front of the king.
At this moment, he would rather the king enjoyed hurting and killing, so that he could exchange his insect blood for a smile from the king.
When Fiedlock saw Wang finally drink the nutrient solution he was holding, his dark purple pupils flickered slightly.
He simply couldn't accept that Wang was unhappy.
During this time, he searched for all the treasures in the interstellar space, and even wanted to capture all the members of the Thousand Plant Clan and have them rebuild the planet Morin and give it to the king.
However, because the king disliked insects that acted on their own initiative, he suppressed this idea.
Looking into Wang's eyes, which remained devoid of any smile, Fedlock felt a pain even more unbearable than the pain that had pierced his insect core.
Sensing the suppressed unease emanating from the two insects beside her, Ai Ying suppressed all her emotions, her eyes now showing a hint of curiosity:
"I heard that there is a plant whose fruit can reflect five colors in the sunlight."
"I want to see this fruit."
She was referring to a type of frost fruit found in interstellar space, growing in the galaxy farthest from this planet.
Even if Saville is incredibly fast, it would still take him at least half an hour to bring the Frostfruit to him.
After Savile left because of the Frostfruit, she looked at Fideloc standing to the side and gave the order as if it were the most natural thing in the world:
"I also want to see the Thousand Flower Tree in interstellar space."
Fiedlock knelt on one knee and then disappeared from the spot.
For Fedorok and Savile, the chance to make the king happy for even a fleeting moment was worth everything.
After confirming that both insects had left, the coldness in Ai Ying's eyes gradually turned into helplessness.
She glanced at the insect nest, which suited her tastes perfectly, and took a deep breath:
This is the best place for her to leave.
If she were to suddenly disappear from the school classroom, Fedlock and Savile might riot because of her disappearance.
But in the insect hive, her presence was everywhere, which soothed their unease caused by her departure.
Ai Ying clenched her hands, leaving behind a copy of the mental energy she had learned at the Joint Military Academy over the past few days, containing the reason for her departure and her simple, direct orders.
She certainly couldn't openly tell the two insects that she wasn't the insect mother and therefore had to run away.
She simply said that she had had enough of being in one place, had had enough of being so meticulously protected, and wanted to go see a new planet. She told them not to follow her and not to look for her.
She also ordered them not to make a fuss and not to destroy the planet and school that she still liked.
This was the best solution she could think of.
Ai Ying glanced at the insect hive one last time, lowered her eyes to conceal all her thoughts, and then left without expression.
She only has half an hour at most, so she has to be quick.
During her time studying at the joint school, she had become completely in control of her mental power and could conceal her presence.
If she walks far enough in that half hour, Fedlock and Savile will most likely not be able to find her.
Moreover, there were her orders.
Because of her orders, there's a high probability that they... won't dare to approach her.
In this way, even if Isaiah came to the United Military Academy, he would at most only see Fedlock and Saville.
Since he couldn't see her, he couldn't possibly have doubts about her identity out of thin air.
Following the plan she had devised over the past few days, Ai Ying left the Joint Military Academy in an orderly manner.
*
On the starship.
As Isaiah gazed at the endless darkness beyond the starship's energy window, something within his amber pupils began to shatter.
There is no king.
There is no king anywhere.
The gift he prepared for the king never had the chance to be presented to him.
Even his insect core might not live to see the arrival of the king before it perishes.
From birth to death, and then to eternal oblivion, he will never see the king.
Isaiah's worm-like brain was overwhelmed by endless despair and unease:
He will search forever in this boundless universe, but he will never find the king.
He has no place to rest; he can only keep searching.
Isaiah felt an eternal despair rising from the depths of the insect's core, threatening to devour all his reason and life. He reached out and covered his eyes with his hand.
It blocked out the endless darkness before my eyes.
This time, because there was no king to appease the rioters, the interval between this riot and the last one was only seven days.
Is it time to give up?
Isaiah sensed the insect brain, which could no longer withstand any more damage, and silently raised his pale lips.
By this time, his legs were already showing signs of degeneration.
This time, perhaps he won't be able to hold on.
A silent hurricane rose up around him, seemingly capable of tearing everything apart, including himself.
Isaiah lowered the hand covering his eyes, his amber pupils showing tiny cracks.
He didn't check on the lives or deaths of his subordinates on the starship, but instinctively tore open a space.
In his most anxious, chaotic, and death-closest moments, all he wanted was to go to the most familiar and reassuring place.
Is it the nest where he was born, his territory, or the frigid water of Miluo Star that he has been soaking in to alleviate his unease?
At this moment, Isaiah saw only the insectoid instincts of the insect race.
He tilted his head, and a slight breeze began to stir in his long, amber-brown hair.
This is his outward manifestation of energy.
His energy had exceeded the insect's tolerance and began to spread.
He stepped into the torn space, but instead of going to a familiar place, he went to a planet he had never been to before.
This is his most instinctive desire.
On the planet Amphiso.
Ai Ying did not leave the planet in a starship, but instead flew to the other side of the planet in a spacecraft.
This is a desolate area on the planet Anfiso, sparsely populated, surrounded by trees, with a small river behind it.
If she were piloting a starship, she might crash into Isaiah, who was on the planet Anfiso.
So she stayed on the planet.
The most dangerous place is the safest place.
Once things stabilize at the Joint Military Academy and she's certain no insects are chasing her, she can safely travel to other planets.
Just as Ai Ying disembarked from the aircraft and was looking for a place to rest and observe the current situation, a hurricane suddenly swept in from behind.
The hurricane, carrying with it endless chaos and despair, gradually filled the entire wilderness.
A few seconds later, all the wind stopped.
Ai Ying carefully turned around and saw a dying insect.
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Author's Note: Mwah to all my darlings who've read this far, love you all~~
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