Chapter 48 The Zerg are about to attack Furi Star...
Ai Ying looked on with surprise when she saw the Queen Insect beside Fidelock.
After the initial surprise came pure joy.
As a Gu master, she has always had a fondness for insects.
She liked every level of Zerg.
Moreover, she had seen lower insects, higher insects, and lord insects, but this was the first time she had seen a subordinate insect.
In insects of the lower genus, the energy in their nuclei appears to be more concentrated than that in higher insects.
They resemble higher insects in appearance, but their bodies carry a faint energy belonging to the lord insects.
This jutsu insect clearly hasn't taken good care of itself.
His gray-black hair was covered with a layer of dust, and his face looked ashen.
The skin exposed outside the clothes was covered with a dense layer of newly healed scars.
Even on the shoulder blades, which were covered with a layer of dark energy, there were three or five wound marks.
His core and brain, like those of other insects, suffered considerable damage.
Ai Ying sighed and reached out her hand, placing her fingertips on the forehead of the subordinate insect. The Gu technique 'Healing' gently enveloped the insect.
Archie knelt on the spot, and only when he felt the King's presence moving within his insect body did he finally realize:
He really saw the king!
The king also healed the wounds on the insect's body.
Archie stared at the long black hair that fell in front of him, not even daring to blink.
He was afraid that if he moved even slightly, he would wake up from this beautiful illusion.
If only I could die right now.
He will die happily under the king's watchful eye.
However, as his injuries healed, Archie seemed to notice something, and his eyes suddenly widened:
The king... is real!
Such a gentle king truly exists!
Wang would actually waste his energy treating such a useless worm!
Ai Ying, unaware of what the insect in front of her was thinking, healed its wounds and then turned to look at Fedlock standing to the side, a hint of approval in her eyes:
As a lord insect, it can bring injured insects to her.
This shows that he is a qualified lord.
They wouldn't stand idly by while the insects under their care were severely injured and died.
Seeing this, Savile's deep blue pupils seemed to deepen for a moment.
Isaiah, on the other hand, looked completely at ease. He maintained a calm and composed demeanor, concealing his wariness of Fedrock deep in his eyes.
Before the appearance of the vassal insects, Horace had been 'inadvertently' observing the king's preferences.
Since being recognized by the king, he finally realized belatedly that there were three other lord insects around the king.
Seeing that the three insects knew more about the king than he did, his competitive spirit was immediately aroused.
However, he has always been confident in himself:
With his brilliant insect brain, as long as he pays more attention to the king's habits, he will definitely be able to easily surpass them!
After noticing that the king seemed to have a slight preference for the insect Fidelock, he became even more disdainful.
Once he mastered the king's preferences, coupled with his face, which the king greatly admired—
He'll definitely become the king's favorite bug!
At that time, all those like Fidelock, Savile, and Isaiah will be left watching as the king favors him!
Just as Horace was proudly contemplating in the insect brain, he suddenly saw Fidelock leading his vassal insects to the king's presence.
He accidentally crushed the water glass in his hand.
He quickly hid the broken water glass in the folding compartment.
Then, I saw the scene of Wang healing that subordinate insect.
He exerted force again, and this time, a gemstone shattered.
Horace took a deep breath, trying to appear indifferent, but his eyes were fixed on the wretched serpent.
Only one thought remained in his mind:
He absolutely, absolutely, absolutely must not allow his subordinate insects to appear before the king and capture the king's attention!
After realizing this, for some reason, his worm core suddenly twitched:
Has he forgotten something?
Just then, all the insects sensed the presence of five subordinate insects that had suddenly appeared outside the nest.
Each vassal insect carries the energy of Horace.
Every lord insect looked at Horace in disbelief.
Even Fidelock, who brought a vassal insect to the king, was astonished, thinking Horace must have gone mad.
How could there be insects? Why would anyone allow all five subordinate insects to come to the king's side, diverting the king's already limited attention from them?!
Horace, of course, also sensed the arrival of his insect kin.
He finally remembered what he had forgotten.
He forgot to keep his subordinate insects as far away from Noah's Star as possible!
Especially that subordinate insect already on Noah's Planet!!
Isaiah saw Horace covering his face, looking utterly frustrated, and couldn't help but distort his own expression for a moment.
He glared at him through gritted teeth, his inner core constantly spitting out curses:
What is he pretending for?!
Does he really think that if he shows even a little bit of annoyance, they won't see through his dirty thoughts of vying for favor?
You have time to cover your face, but no time to chase away those swarms of insects outside?!
And every single genus insect looks so healthy—
He's far more cunning than Fedorock!
Isaiah gritted his teeth and looked away from Horace:
Pooh!
These insects are disgusting!
Ai Ying also sensed the presence outside the insect nest.
She sensed the powerful aura emanating from each of the insects and looked at Horace with a smile in her eyes.
She had always thought that all insects living on planets with harsh environments had a very difficult time.
The insects outside were much stronger than she had expected.
Because of Horace's actions, she initially felt he wasn't very reliable.
But now...
She raised the corners of her lips, her gaze towards Horace filled with undisguised admiration.
The insects in his territory should be doing much better than she guessed.
Horace finally snapped out of his anger at the appearance of the five insects when the king looked at him.
He sensed the king's approving gaze, and in an instant, the insect core forgot everything that had just happened, leaving only joy:
As expected, he was the king's favorite insect!
He flicked the invisible insect tail behind him, maintaining an arrogant expression that said it was perfectly normal for the king to like him.
After a brief moment of joy, he suddenly remembered those five wretched subordinate insects, and foolishly blurted out:
"Your Majesty, I will immediately send the servants away so that they will not disturb you."
Hearing Horace's words, Ai Ying chuckled and shook her head, her expression carrying a hint of indulgence:
"Since they're already here, let them in."
“Perfect timing, I’d also like to see the current state of your subordinate insects.”
Horace, upon hearing the king's words, dared not disobey the king's command, yet his insect core was filled with resistance.
He hated any other insects that appeared before the king!
He hated Fiedlock, hated Savile, hated Isaiah—
I hate those five clueless subordinate insects outside the nest even more!
Horace proudly displayed the beautiful scales on his profile to the king, then carefully applied smears of ointment to his subordinate insects:
"Your Majesty, they are too ugly, and they are all very weak. They have many wounds on their bodies and are not good-looking."
Even if their wounds heal, they still can't be as good-looking as him!
"Your Majesty, look at me!"
"I'm beautiful!!"
Isaiah almost sneered when he heard this:
hehe.
Weak? Wounded?
Do you really think they can't sense the strong presence of the insects outside?
Even now, Horace is still able to restrain himself from letting the subordinate insects, who have been dressed up for so long, in, subtly praising them while openly criticizing them.
That's really amazing!
Ai Ying looked at Horace's beautiful and dazzling scales, chuckled, and shook her head:
"I know you're the most beautiful."
"Let them in quickly."
Upon hearing the king's words, Horace had no choice but to obey and reluctantly let the five subordinate insects outside in.
As soon as the five insects entered the hive, all the lord insects could clearly sense the difference between Horace's subordinate insects and Fidelock's subordinate insects.
Horace's five subordinate insects, each of them had a clean and shiny appearance.
The exposed skin shone with a powerful luster, and although there were still injuries in the insect core and brain, it was filled with abundant energy that other insects did not have.
Their hair, whether short or long, was smooth and flowing.
And the scales that were visible on their bodies, each one shimmering with a beautiful pale light.
Horace's face darkened instantly when he saw how his insect subjects had all so cleverly dressed themselves up.
Damn Merlin!
He should have banished him from Noah's Planet when he saw him outside the insect hive, so he would never have the chance to appear before the king!
Meanwhile, Fidelock, seeing the stark contrast between his subordinate insect and Horace's subordinate insect, felt a suppressed rage in his dark purple pupils.
At this moment, his and Isaiah's brainwaves were eerily in sync:
Horace is such a disgusting scheming worm!
If it weren't for the king's orders, he would have loved to smash his insect core with a single punch!
Ai Ying did not notice the emotional fluctuations of the Lord Insects.
All her attention was focused on the insects.
She beckoned to Horace's five minions, gesturing for them to come to her.
She chuckled softly as she watched them walk towards her, one after the other.
From the insect, Merlin heard the king's laughter, and the entire insect stopped walking, its three scales on its neck bursting open.
Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!
He actually managed to get so close to the king!
He could even hear the king's laughter!
Waaaaaah, how can he be so happy?!
The other four subordinate insects shared the same idea as Merlin.
For them, being able to see the king even once in their lives, even if they were to die now, they would have no regrets.
Ai Ying comforted the five subordinate insects and helped them heal their hidden injuries.
But she didn't forget Horace, who had taken such good care of her servant, and would occasionally turn to him and smile.
Horace's face alternated between black, white, and then flushed red.
However, none of the lord insects wanted to even look at him anymore.
So they didn't notice the change in his expression.
Of course, even if they saw it, at most they would just curse him a few more times in the insect's brain, pretending to be serious.
After calming the six vassal insects and talking with them for a while, Wang returned to his bedroom to rest.
After the king left, the smile in Isaiah's eyes instantly turned into a chilling coldness.
He watched Horace walk out of the study with a frustrated look on his face, and turned his head away to avoid seeing him.
Isaiah looked out the window at the raging storm, his aura heavy and oppressive.
This time, he truly understood just how unfathomable Horace was.
He actually managed to suppress his desire to be a monopolistic king.
He also witnessed firsthand how the five subordinate insects received the king's favor.
Isaiah took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
Even though he knew that the king would be happy to see his subordinate insects and would show him a little more favor, he was still unwilling to let even one of his subordinate insects come to the king's side.
Fiedlock only sent one subordinate insect over, which he could understand even if he gritted his teeth.
But Horace—
Isaiah suddenly closed his eyes.
More importantly, he observed in the past few days that Wang seemed to be considering leaving Noah Star.
If the king leaves Noah's Planet, the next planet he wants to go to will only be one of the territories of his few lords.
Horace may have discovered this even earlier than him.
As the last lord insect to arrive at the king's side, Horace could only use underhanded methods like subservient insects to influence the king's thoughts.
Isaiah opened his eyes, his amber eyes filled with unwavering determination:
He absolutely cannot admit defeat!
Isn't it just a genus of insects?!
He has it too.
Isaiah's insect-like body trembled slightly:
He just made one... no, two—
No, three!!
He immediately ordered his three subordinates to come to Noah Star!
As Isaiah turned around, he saw Saviel, whose long silver hair seemed to be frozen solid.
The two insects, who had not allowed their subordinates to come here, exchanged a glance and both saw the determination in each other's eyes.
*
The next day, as soon as Ai Ying woke up, she noticed that there seemed to be a lot more insect scents in the insect nest.
Not just yesterday's vassals of Fidelock and Horace.
It also seems to have the scent of Savile and Isaiah's subordinate insects.
Is today a day for a meeting of insect-related creatures?
Ai Ying sat up in bed, her face still showing the sleepiness of just waking up, but her eyes were filled with uncontrollable joy.
She roughly assessed the situation:
One, two... ten, eleven, twelve!!
So many insects!
They all appear in the insect nest and surround her!
Ai Ying's steps after getting out of bed were much more cheerful than before.
As soon as she stepped out of the room, she saw the twelve subordinate insects standing in order.
Horace's vassal insects, five in number.
Savile's vassal insects, three in number.
Isaiah's vassal insects, three in number.
And there was that Fiedlock serpent from yesterday, standing all alone to the side.
Ai Ying could feel the rapid, excited pulsation of the core of each insect upon seeing her.
You can also see their eyes light up instantly upon seeing him, filled with happiness and hope.
As subordinate insects, they retain more insect nature than their lords, and the concept of 'restraint' simply doesn't exist in their insect brains.
Each of them eagerly showed its best side.
Looking at these insects whose eyes were full of love for her, Ai Ying's heart softened unconsciously.
Ai Ying sat at the table, and after helping a subordinate heal its hidden injury, she didn't forget to rub Horace's subordinate insect, which she had already healed yesterday.
She discovered that each of the vassal insects under the rule of a lord had its own endearing characteristics.
When Fidelock's vassal insects are particularly happy, a pair of delicate black antennae will sprout from the top of their heads.
Her antennae would shyly retract at the slightest touch.
When Savile's vassal insects are excited, their ears turn into pointed elf ears, which turn bright red when touched.
She looks pretty and cute.
When Isaiah's kinsman insects have their heads rubbed by her, they will unconsciously squint their eyes, and a gentle breeze will rise around them.
Horace's vassal insects, like him, looked rather foolish.
When you're happy, you don't even realize that the fire within your body is being exposed.
Upon discovering this, they all blushed and quickly put away the energy.
Surrounded by this group of subordinate insects, Ai Ying suddenly felt the happiness of a Gu Master who could attract Gu insects and be loved by all of them.
Although she was constantly surrounded by Lord Bugs.
However, the Lord Bug has very few insect-like characteristics and is more similar to humans.
At the same time, they became more reserved, showing her great respect but not daring to get too close to her.
They didn't look at her with the same reverence and devotion as the vassal insects, who would occasionally offer their heads, hair, antennae, and ears to her.
Some insects, she only glanced at them, and they happily burst open their scales.
So well-behaved and cute!
Not far away, four lord insects nearly crushed their fangs together.
Especially Horace.
He was so angry that his body trembled uncontrollably, and flames spewed out, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply.
The other three insects sensed the energy he was releasing and turned their heads in unison, glaring at him with hatred.
How could Horace possibly be angry!
How dare he get angry?!
If he hadn't sent five subordinates at once, would they have gotten into this mess?!
Why would they endure the excruciating pain of their insect cores to summon their subjects before the king?!
The three insects had gloomy faces as they turned to look at their subordinates surrounding the king.
They'd better be of some use, so that the king will choose to go to his territory.
otherwise……
Horace, aside from being so angry that he wanted to kill all the subordinate insects, had no other thoughts.
Horace blinked his dark red eyes with a wronged expression.
But after giving the group of subordinate insects a disdainful look, he quickly regained his confidence:
These ugly insects, how can they compare to him in looks?!
These weaklings are nowhere near as powerful as him!
snort!
The king must have only been temporarily misled by them!
Once the king comes to his senses, it will definitely still be the king's favorite insect!
Ai Ying had no interest in paying attention to what her lord insects were thinking.
She was immersed in the pleasure of masturbating when a thought flashed through her mind:
It seems there are still three Lord Insects she hasn't seen.
I don't know what they look like or what their personalities are like.
I wonder what their vassal insects look like.
*
On the frigid planet Nash.
Cold, icy crystals fell from the sky.
They are lighter than snowflakes, yet dozens of times colder.
When other species come into contact with crystals, the surrounding skin freezes.
This is a planet where no species other than the Zerg can survive.
Under a sky full of ice crystals.
An insect walked step by step toward a cold cave.
This insect looks very different from the insects on other planets.
His entire body was covered in light gray, fluffy fur, and his short, light gray hair did not completely cover the soft, downy insect ears.
His eyes were very round, and his pupils were also light gray and round, making him look much softer and harmless than other insects with vertical pupils.
The expression on his face also looked innocent and cute.
Arriving at the cave entrance, he shook off the ice crystals from his short hair, patted his furry insect claws, and carefully entered the cave.
The temperature inside the cave was much lower than outside.
This place can hardly be considered a nest; at most, it can only be described as a tomb prepared by the insects to hold their cores.
As Benny entered the cave, he silently twitched his hairy ears.
At the end of the cave, there is an ice bed formed from frozen ice crystals.
The cave was surrounded by a thick layer of frost.
A figure sat on an ice bed.
As if he had heard Benny's movement, he turned his head slightly, his lake-green pupils sweeping lightly over his subordinate, his light blue hair swaying slightly with his movement.
He didn't possess the murderous aura of other lord insects; instead, he exuded a rare tranquility.
His demeanor was icy yet carried an inexplicable sense of compassion.
Benny knelt on one knee, and upon seeing the lord, his eyes still held a hint of uncontrollable shock.
From the time he could remember, the lord had been in a deep sleep, only waking up once every few decades, and each time he would only be awake for a few hours before falling back into a deep sleep.
However, more than a month ago, the lord suddenly woke up for some unknown reason, and there has been no sign of him falling asleep again.
Feeling the cold air around him, he dared not think any further and quickly reported:
"My lord, while searching for treasure, the higher insects discovered what appears to be the aura of an Eye of Life on Planet Fuli."
Fuli Star is the planet where the Fuzhi people have lived for a long time.
The Eye of Life, on the other hand, is a treasure born from the core fusion of a planet; there might not be one Eye of Life among hundreds of planets.
At the same time, taking away the Eye of Life is tantamount to destroying that planet.
Norman's light-colored eyelashes fluttered slightly as he got out of bed. The cold air made his eyes seem to carry an emotion similar to sadness.
He didn't ask Benny if the information was accurate enough.
They didn't even ask about the combat strength of the species on Benevelli.
He spoke softly, his voice like ice melting in lukewarm water, clear yet strangely warm:
"Let all levels of insects in the territory gather at the edge of Fuli Star."
He lowered his eyes, his lake-green pupils devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
"If they refuse to hand over the Eye of Life, then destroy the planet."
"Directly extract the Eye of Life from the depths of the planet."
Upon hearing the lord's command, the downy hairs on Benny's ears stood on end with excitement:
He loves fighting!
Whether it's an injury from another species or his own, it makes him even more excited.
He didn't find anything wrong with the lord's orders at all.
All the treasures belong to the king.
This also includes the Eye of Life on Planet Fuli.
If those species are unwilling to return what belongs to the king, then they will have to take it themselves.
Benny couldn't help but wave his furry paws:
"If the king could see the Eye of Life, he would be overjoyed!"
At that time, perhaps the king will even glance at him!
Thinking of the king, a sense of unease and confusion welled up uncontrollably in Benny's eyes.
Then, he stretched out his claw and viciously slammed it into his own insect brain:
hey-hey.
Sure enough, all that remained was pain; I no longer felt uneasy or panicked!
Upon hearing Benny's words, Norman lowered his eyes, concealing all his emotions.
He reached out and caught an ice crystal that drifted into the cave.
The ice crystal vanished from his palm the instant it landed on his hand.
He is the only one among all the Zerg Lords who has witnessed the Zerg's behavior while the King was still alive.
The dying king loathed all insects whose nuclei could pulsate.
He was newly born and had no way of leaving the wormhole where the eggs were conceived.
Every day he would see the bloodied worms that had been punished by the king and thrown into the cave.
He watched as their insect blood was drained away little by little, and as their insect cores gradually stopped pulsating.
But that's not enough.
No insect could appease the king's anger.
The insect blood soaked the entire cave, and countless insect cores were scattered all over the ground.
Each insect core represents an insect that died in agony.
Until the king... died.
The Norman worm's nucleus contracted for a moment.
Even though the king was cruel and tyrannical, the moment they learned of his demise, all the insects were driven to a desperate madness.
Including him.
He feared the king, yet he also deeply longed for him.
Later, in his endless despair at not being comforted by Wang Anfu, he chose to fall into a deep sleep.
Norman watched as his subordinate insects happily reveled in the thought that the king might glance at them, their light blue hair swaying silently in the breeze.
Getting close to the king is every insect's instinct.
Sometimes, he even felt that if he could have died at the hands of the king three hundred years ago, it would have been a very happy thing.
He could feel his life slipping away.
He might... not live to see the king.
Let him offer the king the Eye of Life as a gift in his final moments.
No matter what the king looks like, he will always be loyal to the king.
Until death.
Even death.
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Author's Note: Norman: A 'compassionate' lord-type insect~~
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