Chapter 4. Do not resist, and even more so, do not refute...
Charlotte stood there, stunned, letting the blood flow freely from the wound on her arm.
The fear of almost dying at the hands of the Zerg left her reeling for a long time.
Just then, the clanging sound of chiseling behind her finally brought her to her senses.
She covered her wound with one hand, turned to look at Ai Ying, who was nearly fainting from exhaustion but still diligently chiseling stone, her voice trembling with the pain of escaping death:
"Stop."
"The Zerg will not return to the place where the uprising took place for a short period of time after the uprising."
"We are safe."
Hearing Charlotte's words, Ai Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her hands stopped moving smoothly.
Thank goodness, she's still alive.
Although she was prepared to perish together with the Zerg, who would want to die?
It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death!
She leaned against the rock, looked up, and smiled gratefully at the person in front of her.
Charlotte Ai Ying's face, made even paler by the bloodstains covering her body, twitched slightly as her hand hung at her sides.
If it weren't for Ai Ying's reminder at the beginning, she probably wouldn't have had the chance to persevere to the end.
Her voice carried a hint of advice:
“The damage caused by overexertion of mental energy is irreversible. You can take a break when the time is right in the future.”
Ai Ying was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. Realizing that she was being taught to be lazy, she didn't say anything, but simply nodded obediently.
Although she looked exhausted, only she knew that she hadn't used her full strength at all.
When the Zerg completely revolted, she had already begun to slack off without anyone noticing.
After all, this is one of the things she excels at...
This will not only allow her mental strength to develop healthily, but also preserve her power so that she can deliver a fatal blow to the enemy at the most opportune moment.
Her malnourished face, devoid of any rosy glow, is the perfect testament to her 'hard work'.
As for why she was still foolishly working even after all the Zerg had left—
Of course, it's because she's cautious and has a deep understanding of human (Zerg) psychology.
No matter what type of boss they are, none of them dislike a surprise attack.
She guessed right!
As if she had just remembered something, Ai Ying quickly squatted down and picked up the repair fluid that the Zerg had thrown at her.
As for the envious and jealous looks from the crowd not far away... she completely ignored them.
Having been in interstellar space for so long, she has come to a profound and insightful conclusion:
The Virgin Mary died the fastest.
Our ancestors said: "When you are poor, you should cultivate your own virtue!"
She was so poor! Extremely poor!!
Ai Ying stuffed the repair fluid into her pocket, then pulled Charlotte aside and returned to their cave dwelling without looking back.
After the two of them sat down against the rock wall.
By the faint light of the luminous stone, she finally saw Charlotte's right hand, which was still bleeding.
She reached into her pocket and then handed over a bottle of repair fluid:
"Your wound needs to heal quickly, or you'll lose too much blood."
This is the only person she can talk to these past few days; she can't afford to have anything happen to him.
Charlotte glanced at the bottle of top-grade repair fluid, then looked up at the person in front of her.
In the dimly lit cave, Ai Ying's worried eyes shone so brightly they seemed to burn.
As if she had made up her mind, she took the repair fluid in front of her and said softly:
"I am Charlotte."
Ai Ying also poured herself a bottle of repair fluid.
Repair fluid is something you only truly own once you've used it.
If you keep it and don't use it, you might never need it again, and someone else will benefit from it.
She felt her mental strength had become much stronger, and smiled at the person in front of her, her eyes crinkling:
"My name is Ai Ying."
Charlotte also drank the repair fluid, and immediately, her wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her depleted mental energy gradually recovered.
She finally had the energy to observe her surroundings.
Seeing Ai Ying's clothes, which were covered in blood and dirt and so dirty that their original color was no longer visible, she returned the favor by taking a bottle of cleaning spray from the clothes' storage space.
Seeing the person opposite tilting their head curiously, Charlotte seemed to have thought of something. She sprayed herself twice as a demonstration before handing the spray over.
Ai Ying looked at Charlotte's spotless clothes in amazement.
On the abandoned planet, she couldn't even fill her stomach, and had no chance to see the various technologies of interstellar space.
After arriving on Carlo, the Zerg only gave them occasional repair fluids and nutrient solutions, nothing else.
Therefore, she didn't know much about the interstellar world.
Ai Ying took the cleaning spray and, imitating Charlotte, sprayed it on her clothes twice.
The black and red stains faded, revealing the original appearance of the clothes.
It's called clothing, but it's actually just a piece of fabric pieced together from several pieces of the lowest-grade technical cloth, with several tattered patches on it. It doesn't offer much warmth at all, and you can still vaguely see the inferior adhesive used to bond the technical cloth together.
The only pocket was a very small folded space, which was bulging out of place with just a few bottles of repair fluid and nutrient solution.
Compared to Ai Ying's body, the dress was too small and couldn't cover her thin arms and legs at all.
It's obvious to anyone that she has had a very, very bad past and present.
Charlotte watched as Ai Ying curiously observed the stains fading from her body, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Ai Ying didn't see the stunned and hesitant look in the eyes of the person in front of her; she only sighed inwardly:
This handheld washing machine is so convenient!
She handed the cleaning spray back to Charlotte:
"The clothes are so clean now."
"Thank you, Charlotte!"
Charlotte didn't accept it; she simply pushed Ai Ying's hand back.
"I have another bottle here. Consider this a return gift for the repair fluid."
"Oh, can this only be a return gift?" Ai Ying looked at her pitifully. "Can't it be a gift for the first day we became friends?"
Upon arriving on Carlo, Charlotte smiled for the first time:
"sure."
Upon hearing her answer, Ai Ying treated it like a precious treasure, placing the cleaning spray into the folded pocket she had painstakingly obtained on the abandoned planet.
It's a bit cramped, but you can still squeeze in.
After she finished tidying up, she seemed to remember something and carefully pointed in the direction of the cave entrance:
Will they hear what we say?
Charlotte realized what she was worried about and gently shook her head:
No, it won't.
"The Zerg will not waste their energy on humans, who are of no use to them."
She paused here, a hint of sarcasm in her voice:
“They care about nothing but their king.”
"Including themselves."
"The King?" Ai Ying leaned closer to her and asked in a low voice, "So what they're doing now is all being ordered by their King?"
Charlotte looked up in confusion when she heard her question.
Upon seeing Ai Ying's tattered clothes, she pursed her lips:
The fact that she doesn't even know this basic common sense only shows that the place she once lived on wasn't even the most primitive planet.
Only on abandoned planets where even survival is difficult would one be completely unable to access any knowledge.
Charlotte suppressed the unease that was rising in her heart and explained carefully:
"What the Zerg are doing now is all in preparation for the appearance of their king."
"Because their king has been gone for three hundred years."
"Why?" Ai Ying asked, her curiosity growing. "Can a king disappear?"
"So what if the king is gone? Don't they have a crown prince?"
Charlotte, hearing her questions, wasn't surprised, but simply explained in a low voice:
"This all started with the third generation..."
Ai Ying's stomach rumbled along with her voice.
Seeing Charlotte reach into the folded space of her clothes, she quickly reached into her pocket and pulled out a bottle of nutrient solution first.
"I have nutrient solution here!"
On Carlo Star, nutrient solution and repair solution are the foundation of everyone's survival.
She could accept other material possessions as appropriate, but she would never accept nutrient solutions or repair solutions unless it was an extremely urgent matter.
Charlotte was holding a bottle of nutrient solution and didn't have time to hand it over.
She watched Ai Ying sip the nutrient solution with a satisfied expression, and a complex feeling welled up inside her.
That was clearly just the lowest-grade nutrient solution in interstellar space, and it had practically no taste.
But Ai Ying somehow perceived it as a delicacy. What kind of life did she lead before?
Charlotte lowered her head; she rarely interfered in other people's lives.
But this time, her imagination ran wild:
If she had met Ai Ying before she was betrayed, if she were still that wealthy duke's daughter...
She quickly put away all her useless imagination, and when she looked up again, her expression had returned to its usual calm.
She continued the conversation about the history of the Zerg, following the previous topic.
The Queen is the foundation for the continuation of the Zerg race.
To consolidate her rule, the third-generation Zerg Queen wiped out all Zerg bloodlines that could potentially become Zerg Queens, and strengthened her control over the bloodlines of other Zerg.
From then on, the Queen became queen, and the Zerg had no choice but to do everything in their power to serve the one and only queen.
The seventh queen died, but the eighth queen never appeared.
For three hundred years, the Zerg have gone mad time and time again, but to no avail.
Although they were unwilling to believe it, other species knew it.
The Zerg have been abandoned by their king.
They can only wait for their inevitable demise.
...
"Hiss—wind." An insect waved its half-broken pincers, shaking its antennae violently, its voice both frantic and devout, "Hiss—I need to find the wind."
His carapace was covered in wounds, and his insect tail was completely broken off, barely maintaining a humanoid form.
But he seemed oblivious to the pain, and just kept walking forward.
The insects around him were also badly injured, but their vertical pupils revealed the same madness.
No insect cares about its injuries. Unlike fragile humans, they can live as long as their core remains intact.
The pain from the wounds and the anxiety that had existed since birth were nothing compared to the riots.
"Hiss—the wind."
"Hiss, it's not a fantasy, it's real wind—"
"Hiss—I need to find the wind."
Even if they were to die, they would want to die in that gust of wind; it was the happiest thing they could imagine in the life of an insect.
...
"So that's how it is." After listening to Charlotte's explanation, Ai Ying finally understood what kind of beings the Zerg were. She concluded with lingering fear,
"So now, the Zerg without their king are just a bunch of uncontrollable madmen."
At this point, she raised her head and said solemnly to the person in front of her:
"Once we leave Carlo, we must take a detour if we see any Zerg!"
"The further away the better. If we can't afford to mess with them, we can at least avoid them."
Charlotte stared blankly at Ai Ying upon hearing this.
She was covered in dust and grime, the only bright spot being her bright, clear eyes that were full of hope for the future.
Even knowing the dangers of the Zerg and the constant threat of death, she remained optimistic and resolute.
It seems that nothing can defeat her.
Charlotte's gaze softened unconsciously, but her voice was more serious than ever before:
"We, who are bound by shackles, or rather, the vast majority of humans, are simply unable to fight against the Zerg."
"Most of the time, the Zerg can retain a certain level of consciousness."
"So, before they completely revolt—"
"Don't resist them."
"And we must not refute any of their words."
Seeing Charlotte's serious expression, Ai Ying quickly sat up straight, nodded vigorously, and earnestly promised like a good student:
"good!"
"I promise, from now on, whatever the Zerg say goes!"
"No matter how outrageous it is, I'll just nod!"
A note from the author:
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Ai Ying: I guarantee that whatever the Zerg says goes!
Zerg: Overlord.
Ai Ying: ? ? ! !
Ai Ying: ...You guys have such good taste!
That's right, I am your... King
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