Chapter 227: Fracture
Caesar stared at her blankly, opened his mouth, but felt his throat was extremely dry, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.
Anno breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was awake.
How are you feeling?
Seeing that Caesar did not react, Anno let out a puzzled sound.
"Your Highness..."
Caesar spoke in a hoarse voice, propping himself up and kneeling in front of her.
Anno paused, then shook her head at him: "I am not your prince, you are not looking for me."
Caesar was stunned again. "How could that be? You are my prince, you are the king of the insectoid race."
"It can't be wrong, it can't be wrong!"
Caesar's voice became urgent. He propped himself up and leaned forward. Because he was still injured, and the most painful part was his severed spinal whip, he couldn't help but groan. He lost his balance and fell towards Anno.
Anno was knocked to the ground by his tackle.
Caesar, with one hand supporting him above Anno, saw her being pressed down and a flicker of panic crossed his eyes. "I'm sorry, Your Highness..."
No sooner had he finished speaking than another consciousness took over his mind.
Anno saw a familiar look on Caesar's face.
“Anunu…”
Caesar reached out a hand and gently placed it on her face.
At this moment, he is Mingxi.
It's Mingxi who only remembers Anunu.
Anno felt that something was wrong with him; his mind was so disordered that she could sense it without even probing him.
Like a raging blizzard, or a suppressed volcano.
His chest wound reopened, and blood dripped onto her.
She nudged her shoulder, "Get up first."
A spatial portal opened behind her, and Mingxi's eyes instantly sharpened. As soon as the person came out, he used his spatial abilities to shatter his portal.
As soon as Caesar emerged from the portal, he saw Anno pinned beneath him. His expression darkened, and he immediately revealed his original form, drawing his longsword and attacking him.
"How dare you be so disrespectful to His Highness!"
Mingxi stood up, drew the long sword from her chest, and met Caesar's attack head-on.
In a short while, all the vegetation around them was destroyed.
Both men were burning with rage, each move filled with murderous intent, wanting to take the other's life.
Caesar delivered a powerful kick, sending Mingxi flying and crashing into a large rock.
Mingxi was still injured, and he had just pulled out his knife again, causing secondary damage. He was no match for Caesar, who was now at his peak.
Mingxi got up from the ground, absorbed the last energy stone on her body, gripped the knife in her hand, and continued to fly towards Caesar.
Caesar's mind was filled with the image of him pinning Anno down, and the image of Anno kissing him on the sea.
He truly harbored murderous intent.
Kill him! He was so insolent to His Highness, he must be killed!
"Stop it, all of you!"
A petite figure entered the area where they were fighting, carrying the innate suppressive power of the King Insect.
Anno, wielding his longsword, deflected Caesar's blade and stood between them.
Caesar abruptly stopped his attack. Mingxi, holding a long sword, pierced straight through Anuo's head and slashed a gash on Caesar's neck.
Seeing that Mingxi had not stopped her attack, Caesar instinctively pulled Anuo into his arms to protect her.
When Mingxi saw Anuo blocking her way, she quickly took two steps back.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
Caesar asked in a flustered manner, trying to check if she was injured.
Anno looked at the two irritable servants, took a deep breath, and roared, "Kneel down, both of you!"
This is outrageous!
She's still here, and they still dare to fight in front of her!
After she finished yelling, the two of them knelt down.
This was the first time she had used the Queen's power since returning to the Zerg.
As soon as Mingxi knelt down, she fell straight down.
Anno glared at Caesar, then slapped him hard on the forehead. "I'll settle this score with you when we get back!"
Caesar felt a little aggrieved when he saw Anno turn around to check on Mingxi.
Your Highness, she has never taken the initiative to do this to him.
Caesar in this timeline is truly fortunate. During this period, he was also severely injured while searching for His Highness in the universe. Due to having too many clones, his consciousness became extremely chaotic, almost costing him his life.
But at this time, only the beatings from Tanwell and his gang gradually calmed him down.
Unlike Caesar in this timeline, who still has His Highness's concern.
Caesar was driven almost mad with envy and jealousy.
But he could only kneel; he had fought in front of His Highness and done something wrong.
He's accumulated quite a few mistakes during this trip to the parallel universe. When he gets back, he'll not only be punished by the Queen, but also by His Highness.
Anno checked Mingxi's consciousness. He had lost too much energy from his wounds, and the spinal whip had been completely severed by him when he pulled out his sword. Now his body couldn't retain energy.
She turned Mingxi over to check the condition of his back whip.
The central spine line had broken off, and the light of the whip had dissipated, turning into a dull gray color, with only the tail end still glowing.
If left unattended, all the light will dissipate, and Mingxi will die.
She sighed, reverted to a partial form, extended her spinal whip, and held it in her hand.
Seeing Anno's actions, Caesar's eyes widened immediately: "Your Highness, what are you doing?!"
"Save him."
Anno placed the spinal whip in the middle of Mingxi's broken spine, so that he could transfer his purest energy to him and use his own spinal whip to help mend the broken spine.
However, his injury is different from normal injuries. It will consume her original energy. The spine whip is the most important lifeline of the insect race. If it is broken, it will almost certainly result in immediate death. If it is just a broken arm or leg, even without her, the insect race's strong vitality will allow it to slowly heal on its own. But the spine whip is different. If it is broken, it will lead to death.
Fortunately, Caesar, as a high-ranking member of the family, was physically strong and could hold on for a while; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to save him.
It won't consume too much of her original energy; she can just replenish it when she gets back, and it will recover in time.
Caesar was so anxious his veins were bulging. "Your Highness, this will deplete your primal energy! Don't worry about it!"
Anno said, "How can I ignore him? How can I ignore you?"
Caesar was stunned upon hearing this.
Anno adjusted his position so that he was facing Caesar.
She sat cross-legged on the ground, the whip emitting a soft glow, as she continued to cut Mingxi's spine.
She said to Caesar, "He is you."
Caesar's eyes stung with tears. "Your Highness, he is not me."
I am different from him.
Seeing Caesar's drooping head, looking like a wronged little dog, she sighed and said, "I'm not just doing this for him. Have you thought about me in this timeline?"
Caesar paused, looked up at her, then lowered his head again, like a deflated balloon.
Feeling wronged, guilty, and a touch of unspeakable heartache—a mix of emotions swirled within him.
Anno looked at him like this, raised his hand and then lowered it, finally clenching it into a fist and placing it back on his knee.
This time, I can't be soft-hearted anymore.
It will harm him.
She thought that perhaps a male king insect would be born in the future.
At this stage where the possibility exists, she cannot indulge Caesar too much, otherwise he will suffer later.
She had only spent two days with Mingxi, and he was already about to break through the innate hierarchical barrier between them.
Although Caesar's mental state was chaotic at this time due to having too many clones, he still couldn't get past the Ohmu.
She also discovered that Caesar was indeed different from those familiars who were dominated by the Zerg genes.
Even if she could accept it, her mother and father could not tolerate Caesar, who disrupted the Zerg's social structure.
She said to him, "You were the first to find me. If the you in this timeline had died, then the me in this timeline might not have been able to return to the Zerg so quickly."
"If possible, I hope he can find me in this time and space as soon as possible so that I can go home quickly."
Anno stroked his messy long hair and said softly, "I will seal away the memories of the two days we spent together. He belongs to Anunu in this time and space."
Her spine whip is connected to Mingxi's; as a queen insect, she can erase this part of Mingxi's memory through the spine whip.
After she left, Mingxi didn't know how long she would have to wait for her. She didn't belong to this time and space, and she shouldn't have left Mingxi with this memory.
Caesar was right about one thing: even in parallel universes, the same people will have different traits.
The Anunu in this timeline is her, yet not her.
Mingxi is determined to follow his princess without any distractions.
Caesar felt waves of pain in his chest, and his breathing became much heavier.
Her Highness considered far more than he did. She thought about the integrity of this spacetime. Although parallel universes do not interfere with each other, she did not want to disrupt the order that this spacetime should have because of herself.
Anuo closed her eyes and entered Mingxi's consciousness.
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