Chapter 186: Sharing
Anno grabbed two ice creams from the cafeteria, looked at Secris and Poponia standing behind him, and handed them the ice creams.
She knew they didn't usually eat these things and always relied on energy to survive, but the Zerg had such long lifespans, and she wanted them to have some hobbies, even if those hobbies were still related to her. That would be better than them being like machines on standby after completing their tasks.
She couldn't change the genetic levels of the other Zerg, nor did she intend to. But Caesar and Cyrus were the ones who would accompany her throughout her life and were kindred spirits with her. She hoped that they would have other happy things besides her.
If not, then she shares the things she likes with them, so that they can be happy together.
Both Cyrus and Poponia were stunned when they saw the ice cream that His Highness handed them.
"This is for you. You've worked hard on the battlefield these past few days."
Anno's words made Secris feel even more guilty.
They had been advancing northward towards Hanoi for so many days on the front lines, without returning to the main base, which was something he and Caesar had agreed upon together.
They knew that the Queen and His Highness must have given them orders, although the order was most likely to summon Caesar back to open the portal. However, if he went back, he could also receive orders to notify Caesar.
By deliberately evading the Overlord's orders, they have crossed the Zerg's bottom line.
But His Highness only punished Caesar, not him.
Looking at the ice cream offered by His Highness, he felt unworthy of it.
Poponia immediately took the ice cream from His Highness's hand, her face beaming with joy. "Your Highness, this is what we should do; it's nothing to be ashamed of."
He didn't care what the ice cream tasted like; what mattered was that His Highness had given it to him.
Even if His Highness handed him a stone to eat, he would happily accept it and eat it.
Looking into the bright eyes of the princess before him, Secris suddenly knelt down in front of her.
"Your Highness, please punish me."
Anno stared blankly as he saw Secris kneel down. Why was he kneeling again?
She sensed Cyrus's emotions and reached out to place her hand on his head.
Secris hung his head, awaiting her punishment.
Compared to Caesar's ease in dealing with mistakes, Secris carries a heavier burden.
He never considered going against His Highness's wishes.
But seeing the suffering His Highness had endured in the past, his thoughts were the same as Caesar's.
I don't want her to come into contact with the things that hurt her, and I don't want her to be sad again.
Anno patted him gently on the head. "Then you're punished by eating this ice cream."
Secris looked up abruptly, meeting Anno's smiling, pale blue eyes.
His heart ached, and he reached out to take Anno's ice cream.
"Get up quickly. If you have made a mistake, I will punish you."
Anno took her share and sat down in front of Anaiya. Secris immediately stood up and followed behind her.
Anno sat in a chair and ate, while Cyrus and Poponia stood behind her and ate.
As Anno ate his ice cream, he couldn't ignore the fact that in his consciousness network, the other members of his family were envious of the consciousness of Secris and his companion.
As soon as she turned her head, she saw Tanville, Mingxiao, and Obsidian staring at her expectantly.
At that moment, the same feeling she had the previous night, with several people standing in front of her holding hair dryers, flashed through her mind again.
She couldn't help but scratch her head, looking at their eyes. She felt that it was a bit unfair to only give ice cream to Secris and Poponia, but not to the others.
She always treats her closest people with great care, keeping their every word and action in mind, and wanting to be good to them.
Although she knew they were her family and that everything they did was as it should be, she didn't need to do anything for them.
But everything in their lives is tied to her, so she has to reciprocate with some emotions and daily interactions.
Just like yesterday, when Caesar only touched her lightly, he was overjoyed, as if he had obtained some rare treasure.
In the hearts of these high-ranking family members, she was everything to them.
She couldn't ignore any of their emotions.
Seeing Anno's condition, Anaiya, who was sitting opposite her, sat down next to her, gently nudged her with her elbow, and whispered in her ear, "Next time you should separate them all, don't let them all stay together, otherwise you'll have a headache."
As someone who has been through it all, Anya has a lot of experience to share. During the days she spent with An, she basically learned about the Zerg's hierarchical system.
She also knew that these relatives might be Nono's future husbands, if no male insect king was born in the future.
Anno didn't think that much about it, because the Zerg's kinship system is different from the mate system between other races. Their Zerg system has transcended this kind of emotion.
However, there is one thing that Anaiya is right about: they are always secretly competing with each other when they are together.
She glanced at Karna sitting opposite her, but unlike Anaya, she didn't seem to have the same worries.
Even if Caesar and his men were competing privately, they wouldn't bring it up in front of her.
However, she felt it was normal for things to escalate; the Zerg were inherently belligerent and short-tempered, and she would have found it strange if they hadn't started fighting.
She often saw her father and mother's relatives fighting, and the fighting was so fierce that it shattered all the newly grown ore piles on the mining plain.
The mother let them hit her, and after they finished, she would continue to assign them tasks.
She did want to give them some things to do, but these two days were a temporary rest period.
In the end, Anno bought each of them an ice cream.
Tanville and the others were overjoyed with their ice cream, especially Mingxiao, who even shared it with Caesar in the consciousness network.
They have now captured the outer frontline base of Beihe. Although there are still some signal problems, their consciousness network can now transmit.
Tanville "saw" Mingxiao and Caesar showing off in the consciousness network, and also opened up his own consciousness.
The others also circled around in front of Caesar.
The next day, battle reports came from the front lines that Caesar's Zerg army had broken through the blockade of the North River and several allied forces, including North River and Romira.
It was clear that he was very angry.
This was all thanks to Tanville and the others constantly hovering in front of him in the consciousness network yesterday, telling him one by one what the ice cream His Highness had given them tasted like.
I wonder if His Highness will buy him one too when he goes back.
Caesar, who had just finished a battle, was sitting on his damaged mech, wiping his longsword. The Zerg horde looked at the Vanguard with a somber expression and dared not approach him, but he was thinking about ice cream.
Upon returning, Caesar received the ice cream he desired.
As soon as he returned, Anno took him to the cafeteria and got him an ice cream.
Even before he returned, she sensed his strong desire for ice cream, without him even saying a word.
Sometimes she felt that these relatives were like children, and they were easy to coax.
She never thought that as the Queen Insect, she didn't actually need to coax them. She just wanted to do it this way, and seeing how happy they were when they received even a little bit of attention from her made her happy too.
That evening, Anno took a bottle of wine and sat on the base's watchtower.
She looked up at the starry sky above, where warships stretched endlessly, filling the entire sky.
Tomorrow is the rest period, which will be the start of a major push by the Zerg Allied forces towards the Northern River Allied forces.
They will capture Canghaixing, the most important defensive line in the northern Hebei region.
I heard that Canghai Star has been occupied by the rebels and is now a base for the rebels and various gangs.
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