World Four
Fed believes that the current mentality of the Empire and the Federation is like watching a farce staged by the Zerglings, but is this really the case?
:no.
In the tens of thousands of years of Zerg history, the Federation and the Empire have never seen such a large number of low-level female Zerg riots.
Sending high-level and mid-level female insects to suppress a group of low-level female insects who were clearly instigated and had become emotionally agitated? This was easy to say, but difficult to execute.
Those Zergs were not pirates who had betrayed their country. These low-level female Zergs were still their kind and one of the groups that had made great sacrifices for their country.
So, if possible, the top leaders of the Federation and the Empire would rather find the mastermind behind this and tear him apart, rather than just sitting in the conference room and watching the screen constantly playing images of low-level female insects from their two countries smashing things.
Aljan was now so annoyed that he had changed his sitting position twice, and the high-level female insects from the empire around him had changed three times.
As someone who had become a high-level female insect very early on and had gained the status of a female monarch of high-level male insects by his merits, he actually did not understand why these low-level female insects were angry.
Is it really for that male insect whom they have never met?
As a high-ranking female insect, Arjan knew this was merely a superficial excuse. The real reason lay hidden beneath the surface, waiting to be discovered.
So what is the real reason?
Argen turned his head and looked at the screen again. At the same time, a blue-eyed female insect also raised her head.
Their eyes met.
One party is completely unaware of this, while the other party is full of questions: What exactly do you want to gain from this venting?
"—What are you thinking about!" The female insect with deep blue eyes shouted at the dazed Iffy. In a situation where everyone was smashing everything in sight as background music, she had to shout to be heard. "It's already this late, and you're still standing here in a daze?!"
"I..." Iffy, having regained his composure, paused for a moment. He subconsciously glanced at his hands, then at his surroundings. The ground was a mess, while the low-level female insects around him seemed excited. "I just suddenly wondered, is this really the right thing for us to do?"
For a book that didn't seem to describe the Zerg at all, and under the pretext of seeking justice for the male Zerg abducted by space pirates, they wantonly destroyed things belonging to their country?
Why did he feel that something was wrong the more he thought about it? Besides, would smashing these things really bring about any change?
If it can really bring about change, is that change necessarily good?
His voice was so low that his companion only heard the word "correct" and grinned: "Of course this is correct!"
Such a confident tone made Iffy, who was just mired in self-doubt, unable to help but look over at him, and she happened to meet those dark blue eyes that looked a little dirty.
The low-level female insect that met his gaze clearly understood his confusion. She uttered a "hmm," raised her hand to wipe the debris from her face, and then said in a nonchalant tone, "...My brother died on the battlefield."
"He was torn to pieces by the Zerg of the Empire. I couldn't even piece together his body in the end." The low-level female Zerg shrugged. "But on the battlefield, life and death are normal. I don't think it's a big deal."
Iffy blinked, wanting to ask what this had to do with his question. But then the female insect suddenly raised her voice: "If I hadn't seen the male's body, if I hadn't heard those damn reports!"
"I will definitely not participate in this riot."
"The male's body was even intact!" the female with deep blue eyes asked Iffy. "Do you know how the sub-female reported him and the dead females?"
Iffy shook her head.
"...Thirteen females died, and we regretfully discovered that there was also the body of a male." Perhaps outraged, the blue-eyed female actually smiled as she spoke, though her smile wasn't particularly friendly. "The sub-female spent at least five hundred words praising the male's dedication, saying he must have mustered immense courage to go into battle. Such a spirit is truly worth learning from."
"The bodies of the thirteen deceased female insects couldn't even be pieced together, and their names weren't even worthy of being included in the report."
"I don't care what happens to that missing male insect. After all, even a low-level male insect is an inviolable existence for a guy like me." He said, "I just want to vent now, do you understand?"
As for who he should vent his anger on, or who was secretly stirring up their anger, he didn't care at all. Just like no Zerg had cared about how his brother died, he didn't care about these things either.
In any case, he would either die from the mental riot or be killed by his own people after the riot.
He's going to die anyway, so why can't he choose a way to die happily?
Iffy didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to say.
Comfort? Even comfort seemed too superficial for suffering of this nature.
He actually couldn't understand the other person's feelings. He asked that question only because he suddenly felt confused, and now he felt confused too.
Because deep down in his heart, there was a voice saying: It's too shallow.
The comfort is too shallow, and what they are doing now is too shallow.
The Zergling's act of smashing things only threatens his male and female fathers. As for the other Zerg that have nothing to do with him? They will just watch coldly.
Similar conversations were constantly being played out on other screens. The original large screen became a dozen small screens, and gradually became dozens of screens.
The high-level female insects in the conference room transformed into insects one after another after getting the permission of the male insects, but the most they had after transformation was two more pupils than before, and they could not see the conversations that were constantly happening between the female insects in the two countries.
"Let me be frank," Argen finally raised his hand, "leaving them like this will do nothing to resolve the situation."
The imperial female insect sitting next to him stared at him for a long time, as if hesitating. After a long while, she finally stopped struggling and nodded: "...I agree too."
High-level female insects, especially those who have won many merits like them, are also very clear about the details of enemies in the same positions in the hostile country.
And Argen remembered that the other party's background records clearly stated that he also had a brother.
He felt strangely embarrassed and crossed his arms.
"What should we do? Sending female soldiers to suppress them will only backfire." The blond male insect Ravi frowned and turned off the sound on the screen. "We all know that their excuse of 'being angry that the male insect with the potential to rise to a higher rank hasn't been rescued' is a false excuse."
"They also know we would never allow a male Zerg to be taken aboard a pirate ship by the very female Zerg they requested protection from," Ravi said. "They simply want to use this as an excuse to vent their anger."
The most disgusting thing about this matter is that they all know what the guy in the dark is thinking, but they have no choice but to act according to what the other person wants.
"Speaking of which, regarding the coordinates of the pirate starship..." Ravi cleared his throat and asked, "Any results?"
"Just like before, their starships are still flying around in the universe and cannot be accurately positioned." The black-haired male insect next to him had already slid off his seat when he answered this.
"But seriously," the black-haired male insect from the Empire supported himself on both sides of the chair and sat up. When he sat back on the chair, the cynical smile on his face disappeared. "What on earth do you think of the Federation?"
"What do you mean?" Ravi looked at him.
"As you can see, the situation has reached a critical point, and we still have no way to accurately track the pirates' starship," Dietri said. "So I want to know, are you ready to give up on that male insect now?"
The atmosphere in the meeting room changed, and the original cooperative atmosphere disappeared.
The high-level female insects all looked at the enemy female insects closest to them. They had all entered the insect state, so it didn't matter if they started fighting right away.
"As a high-ranking male Zerg, you know how important male Zergs are to the Zerg, don't you?" How could Ravi not know this guy's temper? He rubbed his temples and said, "What do you want me to do? Announce to them that we've given up on that male Zerg at this stage? They're already trying to exploit this issue, do you want to escalate the situation?"
"I didn't mean that. I just wanted to know what you were going to do next...Okay, I was just joking with you." Dietri made a begging gesture, "I actually already have an idea in mind."
"Then tell me!" Ravi was inconsolable. "It's such a time and you're still joking! How on earth do your female insects tolerate your bad temper?"
"Don't attack me!" Dietri pointed at him immediately. "You're violating the Imperial Law against attacking male insects, you know that!"
"I'm also a high-level male insect! What law have I violated?" Ravi rudely slapped his hand away. "Take your stinky claws away! Hurry and speak!"
The tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and those female insects who hated each other put on awkward smiles again - so annoying, they still felt that the previous state of disliking each other was better.
"I'm telling you, I don't know how you can say my female insect can't stand me..." Dietri explained immediately, "We can release the news of the Federation and the Empire's cooperation at this time to prove our determination to take that male insect back from the pirates."
"Next, we'll send high-ranking female and male Zerglings to investigate the real cause of their unrest and express our willingness to accept their reasonable demands," Dietrich continued. "Although the pirates are still flying around in space, based on how often they stop at certain planets, we can roughly tell what they're looking for."
"It's obvious they're responsible for this situation," Dietrich said. "You know, our Empire also considers space pirates wanted. That's why alien races in the universe, knowing of the Zerg's existence, don't dare to provide them with supplies. They have to find them themselves."
"You mean they're flying around in space, maybe looking for some kind of resources?" Ravi understood immediately. "But even if we wanted to make weapons with the same technology as ours, it would take no less time to acquire the resources—"
"Did you know that an alien planet has already been destroyed by them?" Dietri looked at him, "And it only took less than ten days!"
"So?" Ravi didn't think this matter was particularly concerning. "Given the pirates' destructive power, and knowing they've already offended us, what's the big deal about speeding up and destroying a few planets?"
"What if I say this was done by a high-ranking female insect?" Dietri asked. "What if I say this female insect just graduated from military school?"
"How many planets?" Ravi thought of a possibility, his heart sinking. "How long did it take?"
"In less than seven days, not counting those planets where no trace of their original existence can be found, a total of sixty-two planets," Dietri replied. "Haven't you noticed that more and more alien races have been making emergency landings on our planet recently? Haven't you asked them?"
"No." Ravi thought of the terrified aliens and took a deep breath. "I thought they were simply afraid of the Zerg."
Bad things happened one after another during this period, so he had no interest in finding out why these aliens made an emergency landing. Anyway, these guys couldn't beat them.
Ravi's mood suddenly became worse when he thought that if he was not cooperating with the Empire, he might not have discovered this matter.
"By the way, I also discovered something interesting." In this situation, Dietri's voice did not sound dull at all, but as cheerful as when he greeted Ravi on the battlefield.
Ravi resisted the urge to punch the other man to make him confess. He repeated to himself several times, "We are cooperating now," and finally calmed down: "Can you please stop keeping me in suspense?"
"But this news will definitely make you happy." Dietri put two fingers against Ravi's face and said, "Smile. Aren't there any female insects like you among them? Aren't you afraid that they will hate you?"
Ravi gritted his teeth and said, "There are at least five female insects in this place that belong to me. I soothe their spiritual seas regularly. Do you think they will hate me just because I don't smile?"
"Who knows!" Dietri said, looking at the federal female insects present, "I'm not a female insect! What do you think?"
The female insects that do not belong to Ravi: What should I do? I seem to have suddenly become deaf and blind. This is a very serious matter.
The female Zergs belonging to Ravi: We want to die, but we feel that the Zerg that should be killed are not us.
Ravi's female insects wanted to see and didn't want to see the current state of their male master, but now Dietri had already stood Ravi up and made their male master turn that terrifying smiling face towards them.
As Ravi's queen, Arjan had to set an example: "No!"
His tone was extremely firm and his expression was serious, but the imperial female insect closest to him saw him pinching his thigh.
Imperial Female Insect: Life is not easy.
Seeing that the male lord's female monarch had spoken, Ravi's female insects also expressed their opinions one by one.
Ravi closed his eyes. Even though he knew that Dietri did this to make the atmosphere less depressing, it did not change his desire to strangle this guy.
"Alright, alright, just kidding." Dietri released his hand. "Although that high-level female insect destroyed so many planets, she specifically brought back the Star Flower. Do you know what that means?"
Under his glittering gaze, Ravi had to swallow the words "I know": "I don't know."
"He wants the male insect he kidnapped to be happy!" Dietri said loudly, "Do you know what this means?"
This time, Ravi didn't want to cooperate with him, he just turned around and snorted coldly.
"The abducted male's classmates also said that no one, male or female, dared to approach him." Deteri ignored his reluctance and continued, "Because this female was truly fierce."
This means they can use that male insect as a breakthrough point!
Although they can't even locate the pirates' starship now, it doesn't matter.
"That's great news." Ravi smiled, and this time his smile was very sincere. "Thank you so much, Deteri."
Even on the battlefield, Ravi had never laughed like this, so much so that Dietri was frightened by his laugh and took half a step back.
He thought about it and still felt that this was unsafe. This time he ran directly to his female insect, picked her up, and blocked her in front of him: "Don't laugh like that, I'm scared."
To show their importance to this cooperation, both sides sat according to their military ranks.
So the female insect that Dietri mentioned happened to be the imperial female insect next to Aljean, and Aljean suddenly hesitated whether to stand up.
...But it seems that the hero hasn't come yet?
"Then Dietri..." Ravi walked over and held down Argen, who subconsciously wanted to stand up. "Please tell me, how did you know what happened in our military academy?"
As soon as these words came out, Dietrich immediately understood what the other party was laughing about. He sternly said, "Hey! We are in the cooperation period now!"
"And can you guarantee that there are absolutely no spies of yours in our military academy?" he said loudly.
Ravi's face froze. He turned his head and coughed, "Okay, I was just joking."
"What do you mean by looking away? Why doesn't your expression look like you're joking?" Dietrich was a little suspicious. He lowered his head and looked at Argen. "...You didn't plant spies in our military academy, right?"
Ravi immediately put his hand on Arjan's shoulder and said, "Arjan, can you calculate what resources would be needed to create a weapon that can compete with the existing weapons of the Federation and the Empire?"
"A rough range is enough," Ravi added.
"Of course." Argen felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He decisively turned to look at his lord, "...if you need anything."
"By the way, that male insect prince just now said that he might send out high-level male insects as well," he continued. "I request the right to accompany you."
"Okay." Ravi said briefly, and sincerely hoped that his female insect would say more.
The blushing high-ranking female insect in front of him certainly lived up to his expectations. Arjean tried very hard: "...Ahem, right. I think it's best not to send out high-ranking female insects in military uniforms. Casual clothes might make these excited low-ranking female insects more receptive to what they say."
"You didn't place spies in our military academy, did you?" But Dietri's voice continued to ring out beside him. "...Your Federation isn't as perverted as our Empire, right?"
"Don't ask any more questions, Lord." The black-haired female insect next to him finally mustered up the courage to cover his mouth. "Isn't their reaction obvious enough?"
Stop embarrassing yourself!
Dietri pointed at the two male and female insects who were looking at the screen, then at each other, then at the floor, but didn't dare to look at him, and questioned his female monarch with his eyes: How could he have imagined that the Federation was as shameless as their Empire!
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