Chapter 324: A Useless Egg
Anno watched as Mingxiao swiftly swung his sword towards Tanwell. His attack was incredibly agile, and because of his speed, he was able to withstand the attacks from Secris and the other two for a while.
Having overheard Caesar and Mingxiao's conversation, she turned to Nancy and asked, "Was Mingxiao a good-for-nothing before?"
While Caesar and the others were fighting, she didn't bother to probe their consciousness or distract them; she would just ask Nancy directly.
Nancy said, "Yes, Your Highness. His Majesty selected seven companions for you, and they all hatched one after another. However, Mingxiao has been out of the egg for over a hundred years and has not yet hatched. His life signs are also very weak. After his energy fell below the requirements for a high-ranking companion, he was abandoned and thrown into the nest of discarded eggs. His Majesty estimated that even if Mingxiao could hatch, he would at most be a second-rank companion and would not be worthy to stand by Your Highness's side."
"Later, Caesar picked him up, gave his energy share to Mingxiao, and borrowed some from Secris and the others, which allowed Mingxiao to hatch."
Anno understood: "So that's how it is. No wonder Xiaoxiao listens to Caesar so much."
The energy share Nancy mentioned refers to the pure energy extracted from the Zerg's best ore, used to enhance abilities and maintain their armor, unlike the ore readily available around them.
This type of ore is limited and not always available. Each member of the family can be allocated some, which is generally enough. However, the energy required to raise an insect egg, especially a high-level insect egg, is far from sufficient.
The higher the level of the insect egg, the more energy it requires, and the nest will not waste energy on a discarded egg.
But Caesar still picked up the still-useless Nightfall and brought it back to the nest, raising it with his own energy share.
At that time, Augsis noticed Caesar's difference. The Zerg's mindset is to always prioritize the Overlord. No matter how weak the Overlord is, once it successfully forms an egg, the Overlord effect can make the entire race prosper. Therefore, they will concentrate all resources on the Overlord. The Overlord represents the entire race. Even if only one Overlord is left in the race, they are willing to sacrifice it.
Therefore, with this mindset ingrained in their genes, they will only keep the best of any Zerg familiar and place them next to the Overlord. Useless eggs are useless eggs, and even if they are born with difficulty, they will be very weak.
Especially when Anunu was born, Augsis and Seville discovered that she was a Firefly branch, so she needed powerful familiars even more, and it was reasonable for Mingxiao to be abandoned.
Anno was puzzled: "Since Father said Mingxiao was useless, why did Caesar pick him up again and raise him?"
Nancy lowered her head slightly and looked at Anno gently: "Your Highness, Caesar felt that there were seven servants accompanying Your Highness at that time. He said that although you were still in the egg at that time, you could feel it. He did not want Your Highness to return with one less person. Otherwise, if it were for other reasons, Secris and the others would not have lent him their share."
Anno was somewhat moved after hearing this.
Mingxiao is now over a hundred years old, and back then they were still searching the entire universe for her.
Nancy sensed Anno's subtle emotional fluctuations and thought to herself that she had helped Caesar gain points. However, she was not biased and added, "So Mingxiao has been paying off his debts all along. He owes Caesar a lot of energy."
Anno looked at his remaining followers who were still locked in fierce combat. Almost everyone had sustained some kind of injury. Mingxiao and Caesar were fighting with increasing ferocity, but if the fight continued, Caesar's mind would go berserk. He also had to help Mingxiao resist Tanville's mental control.
It's not like we have any deep-seated hatred; a normal competition should be stopped once it's over.
She called out to them in her mind network, and they paused in their fighting, sheathed their weapons, and returned to her.
Anno glanced at them, noticing their injuries, and ordered, "All of you go back and treat your wounds. Don't leave them untreated. Anyone who doesn't treat their wounds shouldn't show their face in front of me again."
The group exchanged glances and agreed.
He thought to himself that this tactic of feigning weakness could only work once, or rather, it was only effective on Tanville.
The group quickly returned to their respective palaces to apply the medicine, all eager to return to His Highness's side and serve him as soon as possible.
At 7 p.m., Anno had dinner and was taking a bath in the bathroom.
Bazel added gold dust to her bath. After soaking in her original form for a while, she transformed back into human form and lay on the edge of the bath. There were various drinks and alcohol beside her. She drank some alcohol and then put it down, fiddling with a mechanical toy.
Seeing that she was in low spirits, Bazel squatted down in front of her. "Your Highness, why don't you go out for a walk to clear your head?"
Anno looked up at him. "Bazaar, I still prefer to hear you call me Nono."
Bazel smiled slightly, looking at her tenderly, "Nono, you can actually go to Prince Sitar."
Upon hearing this, Anuo immediately pouted and said, "Who wants to go find him! I'm not going!"
Bazel reached out and patted her head: "You know, it's Her Majesty the Queen who won't let him see you."
Anno: "So he really stopped seeing me and stopped talking to me!"
After saying that, Anno belatedly revealed her true feelings, while Bazel continued to look at her tenderly.
Anno sighed, took Bazel's hand and pressed it against hers. "Okay, I am a little angry."
So she simply shut down her consciousness network and didn't want to receive Sitar's consciousness; she just wanted him to come to her.
She wasn't actually a difficult person; it's just that she had never experienced such feelings and emotions before, and she didn't know how to handle them, so she just followed her heart.
After her bath, she sat in front of the fireplace with a bottle of wine. Caesar and the others had already treated her wounds, washed up, and tidied themselves up. They were now by her side.
Anno looked at the wine in his hand and gestured for them all to sit down.
She had originally planned to play drinking games with them, but back at the front-line base, she had seen soldiers from other star systems playing something like Truth or Dare.
However, this game is not suitable for their Zerg race.
They could never lie to each other; truth or dare was out of the question.
They might be okay with the "Truth or Dare" game, but she's their princess, and they wouldn't dare ask her to do anything even if they had a hundred lives.
In the end, she could only drink alone in silence.
They could all tell she wasn't in a good mood, and they all suggested taking her out to play or do something she liked.
Anno thought for a moment and decided to go for a walk.
She summoned Baobao, rode it around the mining area, and finally headed towards the snowfield, driving Caesar and the others back. She then landed alone in front of the small wooden house in the mining area.
This was prepared by Sitar for her, so that when she was unhappy or thinking about past memories, she could come here to relax.
She pushed open the wooden house and went inside. Bao Bao shrunk to the size of a puppy and followed her into the house.
The fireplace in the house was always burning, and the energy stone inside could power it for many years. Several dim lights were also always on, and she felt warm and cozy as soon as she entered, dispelling the chill that had swept through the snowfield.
She walked around the kitchen, opened the cupboard, and saw that there was a lot of food inside.
She took out a bag of snacks and a few bottles of wine, sat down in front of the fireplace, tore open the snack bag, used the horn on Boo's head to knock off the bottle caps, and ate snacks and drank wine with it.
Anuo and Baobao each drank one bottle of liquor, chugging it down one after another. In the end, Anuo got so drunk that he passed out on the sofa and fell asleep.
Mao Mao wasn't drunk at all. Afraid that its owner would catch a cold, it grew bigger and wrapped its long fur around her.
Just as Mao Mao was about to lie down with its owner, a figure appeared in front of it. It shrank its neck, immediately transformed back into a small dog, and hid to the side.
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