Chapter 52 Insect Playground - New Insect Power...
Ai Ying was unaware of the movements of the lord and subordinate insects behind her.
She watched as all the insects obediently followed her commands, their pincers twitching, and then casually shifted her gaze to the fluffy insect at the front.
This was the first time she had ever seen such a round, furry worm in interstellar space!
His pincers, in particular, looked like a fluffy, round ball.
It must feel really good to touch!
Ai Ying endured for two seconds, but couldn't hold back any longer. As if punishing someone, she tapped the empty pincers of the fluffy worm that had instigated the fight with her knuckles.
As her knuckles sank into the fuzzy pincers, she let out a silent sigh:
So soft!
So comfortable!
So cute!!
She kept a straight face, not letting her emotions show, and said to the insect in front of her in a deliberately serious tone:
"From now on, you can't fight with other insects over a single glance, understand?"
The other insects, witnessing this scene, were so envious that their antennae wouldn't even move.
Wang actually touched that insect!
Good heavens, Wang actually touched his pincers!!
Hiss—how could that bug be so lucky!
At this moment, they all forgot the disgust of being entangled with the insect pincers beside them; all that remained in their insect cores was envy and jealousy.
The velvet worm that was hit by the king's pincers has lost its ability to speak and move.
His furry ears trembled with happiness, and his insect body seemed to float lightly in mid-air.
His round eyes gazed at the king before him with a happy and focused expression:
He must be the happiest worm in the world!
Ai Ying suppressed the urge to be charmed by the insect's adorable expression again, took a deep breath, and turned to walk towards the insect nest with a blank expression:
She must endure it!
Now is their time to be punished, and she absolutely cannot masturbate during this time!
She must maintain the king's dignity!
After the king's figure disappeared from sight.
Saviel and Isaiah, kneeling on one knee, exchanged a glance, both suppressing the faint jealousy within their insect cores towards the inferior insect:
Even the king had never knocked on their heads so affectionately.
punish?
How could this be a punishment!
This is clearly a reward!!
The highest reward ever!!
Horace glared fiercely at the fighting insects, then turned and looked pitifully at the insect nest:
He had no desire to stare at these weak insects and do such disgusting things!
He just wanted to stay by Wang's side.
However, he had to obey the king's orders.
He snorted coldly, stood up, and stared intently at the lowly insects with their pincers tethered.
snort!
Even if he stays here, he will definitely be the most useful insect!
These insects, don't think you can escape his keen eyes with feints!
Only Fiedlock's gaze lingered on the velvet worm's pincers for a fleeting moment.
He was the first lord insect to appear beside the king and spent the longest time with him.
He could sense a faint hint of intimacy in the way the king punished the insect.
Is it because of the hairy pincers of that insect?
Wang seems to like those fluffy things.
Fiedlock looked down at his long, strong hands, deep in thought with a serious expression:
Should he grow some hair on his hands too?
While the lord insects were displaying various expressions, the insects punished for fighting by having their pincers pulled, enduring the disgusting sensation in their pincers, all looked with envy and jealousy at the fluffy insect whose pincers had been touched by the king:
Hiss—it's so itchy!
Hiss—I feel like touching that insect's pincers!
Their other empty pincers rose up uncontrollably.
The two insects, each holding a pincer, exchanged a glance, both suppressing their nausea, and moved in unison, rustling towards the velvety insect at the front.
All insects share the same thoughts.
They all wanted to touch the pincers that Wang had touched.
Norman's subordinate Benny was the first to notice that the lower insects were gathering in one direction.
He quickly dispersed the swarm of insects.
Only after the lower insects were forced to leave due to his superior status did he solemnly approach the velvet worm at the very front.
He watched as the velvet worm, completely absorbed in the bliss of being touched by the king, seemed utterly oblivious, and he could no longer resist the yearning within its core.
He stretched out his hairy, four-fingered claws and swiftly grabbed the pincers that the king had touched.
Benny, sensing the lingering royal aura above, excitedly narrowed his round eyes.
The velvet suddenly came to its senses.
Knowing he couldn't defeat the higher-level insect in front of him, he could only try his best to retract his pincers.
Benny pretended not to sense his resistance and said with a righteous expression:
You must keep this insect pincer safe!
He shook the pincers he was gripping tightly in his claws:
"Make sure no other insects touch this pincer!"
"Do you understand?"
Upon hearing his words, the velvet bared its fangs with all its might:
Ptooey!
Bad bugs, bad bugs, bad bugs!!
A wicked insect stealing the king's aura!!!
Benny felt the menacing stares of the insects in front of him and the other subordinate insects, and finally reluctantly let go of his claws.
He turned around and gave a dry laugh, the insect sounds stiff:
Why isn't everyone keeping an eye on the pincer-wielding insects?
Benny was so nervous that he let out a hissing sound, something he hadn't heard in decades:
Hiss—
"I'll go and supervise them right away!"
Inside the insect nest.
Ai Ying returned to the study.
Feeling the cold, empty study devoid of any insects, she shook her head somewhat uncomfortably, her expression helpless.
Over time, she had grown accustomed to being surrounded by insects.
She looked at the empty water glass and shook her head:
Indeed, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!
If Saville were here, she wouldn't even need to reach out; the perfect spot on the table would have a drink at the perfect temperature.
Ai Ying sat at her desk, glanced through the energy window at the lord insects patrolling the planet, chuckled, and turned back to continue preparing a plan to improve the living conditions of the insects on Merton.
She rested her chin on one hand, her brows slightly furrowed.
All Gu worms have their own nests.
Should she build a nest for the insects on Merton Star, according to their preferences?
Just as she was deep in thought, a loud clanging sound suddenly came from outside the insect nest.
These noises instantly made the once quiet Merton Star noisy again.
Ai Ying slowly lowered her hand from her chin, her movement as she turned to look at the energy window was slightly stiff:
No way!
She had just given them orders.
And there are so many lord insects and subordinate insects watching—
These insects... can't they start fighting again, can they?
Ai Ying used her mental power to carefully investigate the movements on the planet. Seeing that there were no insects fighting, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She is willing to respect the nature of insects.
But fighting amongst ourselves is not an option.
Without the king's reassurance, the insects, whose brains were already damaged, suffered countless deaths and injuries during the riot.
If they let their insect instincts lead them to fight, who knows how many more insects might lose their lives.
Relieved, Ai Ying finally had the mind to observe what these lower insects were doing.
After observing for a minute, she blinked thoughtfully:
Are these insects... venting their energy?
Outside the insect nest.
Because it was being watched by five lord insects and many subordinate insects.
The lower insects obediently maintained their pincer-like positions, remaining completely still.
Feeling the sensation in the pincers, each insect's antennae twisted in disgust, and its body was covered with a dense layer of bumps.
Only the velvet that the king touched remained relatively calm.
Whenever he couldn't bear it anymore, he would carefully rub his face with the hidden antler pincers.
After sensing the king's presence, he was able to endure his current 'pain' with peace of mind.
But other insects simply cannot tolerate it.
They dared not exert force, nor dared they loosen their grip.
They could only hold each other's pincers carefully, their eyes filled with a desperate, destructive urge.
A velvety worm, after enduring it for a long time, finally couldn't hold back any longer. It stretched out its round, hairy pincers and smacked the insect next to it hard—
On the nearby rock crystals.
The rock, which would normally require several attempts to break with his strength, was shattered into pieces in his anger, with the fragments clanging and clattering as they hit the ground.
"Hiss—So annoying, so annoying, so annoying!!"
"Hiss—So disgusting, so disgusting, so disgusting!!"
Caterpillars are inherently violent and like to vent their energy through fighting.
Now they can't fight, and they also have to hold onto the pincers of the insects around them.
This was a devastating blow to them.
The same applies to native insects.
Although they are taciturn and do not like to make a sound.
However, they are all just a bunch of low-level insects who are ruthless but don't talk much.
They usually fight without saying a word, and occasionally vent their energy by poking at a rock crystal.
The pain they are enduring right now is no less than that of the velvet worms.
A native insect silently raised its black, hard pincers and then silently plunged them into the rocky ground a centimeter away from the fluffy insect beside it.
Bang—crash!
His pincers pierced a large hole in the ground, sending rubble flying.
Seeing their actions, the other lower insects could not contain their urge to vent and began to attack everything except insects.
Some insects, having exhausted their strength, dared not stop.
Because if you stop, you'll feel the disgusting sensation of your pincers pulling on another insect.
So, one of the insects lay down on the spot and began to hypnotize itself:
Hiss—it's good that you're asleep.
Hiss—once you fall asleep, the day goes by so quickly!
Hiss—at that moment, they'll be able to loosen their grip on that wretched insect's disgusting pincers!
Some insects feared that their pincers would unconsciously separate while they were asleep, so they endured the resistance of their cores and carefully used energy to bind their two pincers together:
They absolutely cannot hold onto the insect pincers for even one more day!!
Then, back to back, he suddenly closed his eyes.
Although the two types of insects look very different, they both possess an inexhaustible amount of energy deep within their cores.
Even in their peaceful sleep after being comforted by Wang, they would still unconsciously swing their pincers to attack the rock crystals around them.
The insect's hind legs would occasionally kick hard, and sometimes it would accidentally kick the rock crystal, causing spiderweb-like cracks to appear on the rock crystal's outer skin.
Inside the insect nest.
Ai Ying stared in silence at the massive rock crystal that had shattered suddenly after being kicked three times by a sleeping insect.
If she remembered correctly, the rock crystal was several times harder than top-grade feather iron.
In those two seconds, a velvet twitched violently as if it were having a nightmare, its body convulsing and sparking as it rubbed against the rocky ground beneath it.
If this were living in a nest, the nest bed would probably be on fire by now.
Seeing this, Ai Ying had to admit that what she considered common sense might not work in interstellar space.
Not all insects need a nest.
On Noah's Star, the storms almost never stop, and the insects there can never get a peaceful rest.
Therefore, they need a hive of their own.
But for the native worms and fluffy worms of Merton, the nest might be more like a confinement.
Moreover, she didn't think there was any material for making a nest that could withstand their prolonged, unconscious attacks.
Thinking of this, Ai Ying turned her head and silently crossed out the four words 'Build Nest Xue' from the plan sheet.
She should adapt to local conditions and find out the most practical needs of these insects.
She leaned back in her chair, her fingertips tapping the tabletop repeatedly.
These insects live in a relatively peaceful environment.
Although I search for crystals in the rock every day, it's still not enough.
They have so much energy.
It is precisely because they have excess energy that they are so easily angered and so fond of fighting.
Ai Ying frowned slightly, and her tapping motions on the table became slower and slower.
Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her eyes lit up:
Since the insects are so energetic, why not build a structure that can help them expend their energy?
She sat up straight, holding the energy pen, and wrote the words "Insect Playground" on a blank sheet of paper.
First of all, the equipment in this amusement park must be very sturdy and able to withstand the attacks of all the insects in their excitement.
Hmm... Ideally, it should be the kind of material that gets stronger the more it's tempered.
Secondly, since it's a playground built for insects, it naturally needs to suit their preferences.
She spent the next few days observing what the native worms and fluffy worms of Merton liked, trying to find the games that best suited them.
Perfect timing! Once the velvets return to their own planet, they can replicate this equipment there.
at last……
Ai Ying gently scratched the stray hairs on her forehead with the energy pen in her hand.
Ideally, these devices should not only allow the insects to release their energy, but also convert their energy into a form of energy.
Insect energy is still energy, so we can't waste it!
Based on these requirements, Ai Ying dug out the quantum computer she had bought from the Human Empire, which she would occasionally take out to play with.
She quickly found the materials she needed;
Dumbstone and gray clay.
Dumbstone is an exceptionally hard stone that appears grayish-black and unremarkable.
However, after being tempered by thousands of powerful impacts, there is a one percent chance that it will produce a core gemstone that can help many species consolidate their energy.
Although many species are very interested in this core gem, the Dumb Stone is much harder than the Zerg's carapace and cannot be burned; it can only be hammered by the species' own strength.
It would take a whole race a month to refine a single dumb stone.
Moreover, it takes refining over a hundred dull stones to possibly produce a single core gem.
What you get is completely disproportionate to what you give.
Even technologically advanced human empires that can utilize sophisticated machines produce very few core gems.
Therefore, there is simply no species willing to do something as laborious as refining dumb stones, which doesn't necessarily yield any reward.
Upon seeing this, Ai Ying's eyes lit up:
What do you mean by putting in a lot of effort for nothing?!
This is clearly the perfect stone to help insects release their energy!
She didn't care whether she could get the core gem or not.
If they get it, it's a pleasant surprise; if they don't, the mute stone still serves to drain the insects' energy.
Either way, she's not at a disadvantage.
There is also gray clay.
This is a type of soil that becomes harder the more it is subjected to physical attack.
However, because the soil itself is too heavy and requires repeated pounding, other species rarely have the opportunity to use it.
Ai Ying looked at the characteristics of the gray clay and nodded in satisfaction:
Cheap and easy to use, buy it!
Other species are afraid of weight, but insects aren't.
Many insects live in harsh environments, and the gray clay they produce might be useful to insects on other planets!
She then found some other materials that were suitable for building the insect playground and made a list of them.
Then, she excitedly began to observe the preferences of the insects outside.
Hmm, the fluffy worm seems to really enjoy using its hairy pincers to poke at the rock crystals:
Then let's build a 'pincer force testing machine' that can test the attack power of insect pincers.
Huh? The native insect actually kicked over a small, two-meter-tall rock crystal mountain while it was sleeping?
Then let's make both the 'insect stomping machine' and the 'insect jumping machine'.
Hmm, these insects seem to really enjoy digging burrows:
Let's play 'whack-a-mole'!
Over the past two days, Ai Ying has been observing the preferences of the native insects and fluffy insects while preparing the design drawings for the 'Insect Playground'.
Since these devices are not particularly complex, the Zerg are fully capable of manufacturing them themselves.
At most, we'll just need to buy some more equipment from other species to calculate speed, gravity, and energy intensity, and that'll be about it.
After making ample preparations, she looked around at the surrounding lord insects, and finally her gaze could only settle on Isaiah.
Apart from him, there is no other lord insect capable of 'peacefully' communicating with other species.
Remembering the time Isaiah perfectly purchased Feather Iron, Ai Ying beckoned him to come to her side.
When Isaiah saw the king's actions, his amber eyes filled with surprise.
He instantly appeared before the king, gazing at him with devout concentration.
Ai Ying handed over a sheet of paper filled with the required materials.
She gave a concise and decisive command:
"Buy these materials back at a reasonable price."
The first time she sent Isaiah to buy feather iron, one of her orders to him was that the price could not be too low.
But this time, she gave him most of her autonomy.
She knew that Isaiah could understand her needs.
She doesn't like taking advantage of other species, but she dislikes being taken advantage of even more.
This is a habit ingrained in her bones even in modern times.
Now that the bugs know they need to pay with star coins to buy things, it's time for them to evolve the skill of bargaining!
She believed that Isaiah was capable of doing it.
Isaiah placed one hand over the worm core, leaned slightly forward, his eyes smiling, but his voice was solemn:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
*
"Look, is this price... okay?"
The Dark Rock Clan Chief wiped the layer of rock dust from his head and asked in a trembling voice.
Isaiah sat in the second seat, his amber eyes holding a hint of a smile as he glanced at each member of the Dark Rock Clan below the stage.
Finally, the gaze lingered on the Dark Rock Clan Chief.
The Dark Rock Clan Chieftain suddenly produced another layer of rock ash.
He recalled the price discussion earlier, where neither high nor low was acceptable, and even giving it away for free was not an option. Two more lines appeared on his face.
He forced a smile onto his mournful face and quoted a price slightly higher than the cost price.
Isaiah seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of irritation appeared in his eyes, his face turning colder.
"Fine, this price is fine."
He knew how to please the king.
As the lord insect most capable of observing the emotions of its species, Isaiah has no need to calculate what price is most appropriate.
He only needs to observe the emotions of these species and agree when they are willing but also a little heartbroken.
only……
His incredibly useful abilities were clearly created for the king!
He can observe the king's preferences and emotions, and make the king like him even more!
But now, he had to carefully observe the emotions of these ugly races:
It's all to pay them Star Coins!
That's disgusting!!
I want to see the king so badly! I want to see the king so badly! I want to see the king so badly!
Isaiah took a deep breath:
There are three more planets!
He used his energy to pick up the materials he had purchased, then threw the star coins at the Dark Rock Clan Chief with annoyance, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
A few seconds later, a planet near Dark Rock Star, but with no inhabitants, exploded into space with a bang, turning into fireworks.
Dark Rock Clan Chief: "..."
"Someone come here..."
"Quick, help me up."
*
This time, Isaiah descended upon many planets to purchase the materials the king needed.
In no time, the news that the Zerg lord actually paid for things with star coins spread throughout the entire interstellar space.
At first, all species thought it was a recently popular interstellar joke.
They only believed it after many species came forward to acknowledge it.
Then I felt:
The Zerg have gone mad!
Otherwise, how could the Zerg, who have only known how to plunder for hundreds of years, suddenly leave behind star coins after looting the treasure?!
Either the Zerg have gone mad, or they've gone mad themselves.
Only a few well-informed individuals vaguely recalled the rumors that had begun circulating several days earlier:
The queen insect was born.
After the appearance of the Zerg King, it's understandable that the Zerg might do anything unusual.
not to mention--
Since the Zerg had no intention of concealing their itinerary, they all roughly knew what the Zerg lord Isaiah had bought this time.
Look at those items.
The panic caused by the birth of the Insect King has caused many species to disappear.
So what if the Insect King appears?
So what if the Zerg don't die out?!
The things the Insect King wants today may seem ordinary, but they all require countless efforts to refine.
Take that dumb stone for example; to refine the core gemstone from it, who knows how many insects would have to work themselves to death.
This is a treasure that even the previous Insect King didn't allow the insects to retrieve.
But this king showed absolutely no regard for the lives of the Zerg.
Such a decadent and licentious new king—
The Zerg are too busy meeting her needs to have the energy to attack other planets and races!
The emperor of the human empire looked completely relaxed.
He glanced at the message handed to him by the Knights and took a leisurely sip of the premium energy tea beside him.
He had said long ago that the appearance of the Queen of Insects might not be a good thing for the Zerg.
The Creator gave the Zerg such powerful energy, so He must have given them equally great limitations.
The Zerg Queen is a limitation for the Zerg race.
Otherwise, given the Zerg's power, they should have already ruled the galaxy.
Humanity has never had the chance to develop to its current scale.
The emperor put down his energy tea, his gaze relaxed.
Hopefully, this queen will kill more Zerg and deplete their energy.
Hopefully, this greedy mother insect can live a little longer.
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Author's Note: Here's a shout-out to my friend's pre-order.
Sorry to bother you all, but this chapter is a red envelope giveaway for everyone! (bows deeply)
This is a BL (Boys' Love) pre-order. If you don't read BL, you can just stop here.
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Jiang Yu is a disease-eating beast cub who feeds on diseases.
He unexpectedly traveled to interstellar space ten thousand years in the future and became the marshal's long-lost youngest son.
Marshal Jiang Chengming was a decorated war hero who devoted his life to the Federation and is a hero in the hearts of countless people.
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Third Brother gifted Jiang Yu countless coveted rare gems.
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Jiang Yu wiped his drool: It smells so good.
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Humans in the interstellar age have evolved superpowers, but they have also developed many incurable diseases.
Technological means can only delay the onset of the disease, not cure it completely.
Until one interstellar live stream.
Someone at the scene suddenly developed a terminal illness, and the injuries and ailments were gruesome and terrifying.
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Everyone could see that his injuries had visibly healed.
At the same time, the same wounds appeared on the boy's body.
Everyone: !!!
That evening, Jiang Yu was surrounded by her older siblings, who were looking at her with concern, and she looked completely bewildered.
Huh? I just have indigestion.
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