The premise of eliminating the Queen Insect is naturally to destroy her by force, but Emperor Xiu's goal is to capture the Queen Insect and bring her back.
Even when we are strong and our enemy is weak, there are more effective ways than direct confrontation.
"Mark, let's negotiate."
Mark was taken aback, but quickly realized what he meant. His brow furrowed, and he shouted, "Yes!"
"The rest of you, defend."
"yes."
Wood asked, "And me?"
"The rest of you, defend."
"……yes."
This planet, originally called Aodong Star but now known as the Zerg Breeding Star, looks like a donkey dung ball from above. Even Earth, which suffered severe ecological damage in its final days, didn't end up in this desolate state, demonstrating the immense destructive power of the Zerg.
Under extreme conditions, the insectoids will eat smaller insects and stronger insects will eat weaker insects. So even if there is no artificial feeding on the breeding planet, these insectoids are still so tenacious that they are both loved and hated.
Originally, there were still creatures in the ocean, but one of the most terrifying characteristics of the insectoids is their ability to evolve. Once they began to enter the water, marine life went extinct one after another. Even the lizard-eating ichthyosaur, known as the overlord of the ocean, could not escape its fate.
However, this unruly race attracted the nemesis of foodies because of the delicious taste of their flesh.
Fortunately, they haven't evolved to have unpalatable meat.
The enormous starship blotted out the sky, and mechs flew out from it, appearing tiny in comparison to the insectoids below.
Mark's mecha is platinum-gold, but it's actually the same style as everyone else's. It's just that after becoming the crown prince, he didn't want to replace his old partner and wanted to highlight his status, so he painted it and even blatantly branded it with the imperial crown.
His voice, amplified by his mech, emanated from the advanced Zerg. Soon, a steady stream of advanced Zerg emerged, rapidly increasing from a few hundred to over ten thousand, confronting them from afar.
"All Zerg, we are aware of the Queen's premature birth. Hand over the Queen, or you will face the roar of star missiles."
Even when faced with a planet full of Zerg, Mark still arrogantly demanded that they hand over their queen, a confidence born of his strength.
Normally, it's impossible for all of a leader's subordinates to be completely loyal; there will always be those willing to betray their master. But the Zerg are different.
Once the Queen is born, even the higher Zerg must submit to the collective consciousness that has the Queen as its leader. They will fight each other to obtain the nutrients to survive, but they will never betray the Queen.
As expected, Mark's proposal and threat only provoked the anger of all the Zerg. Some of the higher-ranking Zerg, who knew a little human language, shouted into the air: "Humans...coveting the Queen...die."
Inside the starship, 001 asked Di Xiu, "The Zerg will never hand over the Queen, so why did you still make Mark do it?"
Di Xiu stood with his hands behind his back, looking ahead. Everything outside was projected onto the sand table in front of him, but upon closer inspection, the sand table was actually a projection.
Before he could answer, 001 retorted to himself, "You made him do it, so you must be confident of success. Okay, then why Mark? I thought you preferred Moore."
“Mark has a high status and his words carry weight, but Moore does not.”
001 thought for a moment, then his face fell silent: "But you didn't expect Mark to come, so you called him Wood because he used to be a marshal? Little Xiu Xiu, you've changed. You used to do everything yourself."
Di Xiu's eyebrows curved slightly: "You flatter me."
The divine consciousness transformed into a cage, enveloping the queen insect and locking her mental field tightly. An invisible blade severed her control over the race.
"You've already locked it in, why don't you just bring out the queen?"
What would I need such a great achievement for?
"???"
Is there any merit that's too great? There's no such thing as merit that overshadows the master in this world.
Di Xiu flicked his forehead with his finger and sighed, "Why rob when you can win without bloodshed?"
"Hmm... Fine, whatever you say."
Outside, Mark didn't really think the Zerg would be willing to hand over the Queen. They would almost certainly choose to stick together and withstand the interstellar missiles, even if they hid in the Earth's core, they still couldn't withstand them.
But he had a mysterious faith in Di Xiu, and no one knew where it came from. As a newly appointed male protagonist, it should be others who had a mysterious faith in him.
Mark tried to guide the advanced Zerg to think independently: "You cannot protect your queen, but by handing her over, you can have a way to survive and have the opportunity to wait for the birth of the next queen."
Suddenly, all the Zerg became restless. The previously orderly lower-level Zerg began to move erratically. Some climbed onto the heads of other Zerg, some began to kill each other to obtain energy for survival, and some began to burrow underground.
Even though the advanced Zerg are still Zerg, no matter how intelligent they are, the humans cannot read their emotions through the windows of their souls. However, each of them is an expert in mental strength and can sense that the once seamless iron barrel has suddenly crumbled. The advanced Zerg's confidence in their opposition is not so strong anymore.
The mission of protecting the queen insect is already written into their genes, but with intelligence comes the ability to think for themselves and they will no longer be content to be controlled.
Faced with a life-or-death situation, they instinctively knew they should persist in their opposition or launch a desperate attack to leave these humans behind and protect the queen. But without the queen's control, they began to waver.
"Let's discuss it."
Mark, who was prepared to push his limits and rack his brains to persuade them, had a big question mark on his head.
Could the queen be dead? They surrendered so easily.
Inside the massive underground nest, millions of advanced Zerg swarmed together, with an egg glowing with a vibrant green light in the center, contracting and expanding like a heart.
The eggshell seemed very thin and soft, and you could see a shadow inside. It was hard to tell what color it was, but it was vaguely green. It seemed to sense danger and was struggling inside, but the seemingly fragile shell showed no signs of cracking.
The egg is already the size of a fist. Once it grows to the size of a five or six-year-old human child, it can be hatched. Zerg grow very quickly. The queen only needs three months from birth to maturity before she can start reproducing. The soldier insects she produces are at least equivalent to level five enhanced beings.
In today's world where the Zerg are being suppressed, this egg is the hope of all Zerg. However, they could never have imagined that the queen's egg would be discovered by humans using unknown means only a month after its appearance.
The Zerg have their own way of communicating, and suddenly all sorts of buzzing sounds arose, some sharp, some high-pitched, and the noise was quite arrhythmic. Emperor Xiu's divine sense dutifully transmitted what he saw and heard, but it was blocked halfway through.
Among them, there seemed to be some loyal supporters of the queen, who started arguing and fighting with the surrender faction. The queen eggs absorbed the energy from the dead insectoid fluids and began to throb even more joyfully.
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