Chapter 88
Chu Xiu stared blankly at the direction where Qi Heng disappeared, with a look of emptiness and confusion on his face.
There was only one thought in his mind, which was, 'The Lord has left again', just like in the past... disappeared.
Thinking of this, Chu Xiu denied his idea without even thinking about it the next second.
No, it's different from the past.
"Now is different from the past," he repeated in his mind, as if to affirm this point. The spiritual imprint of His Excellency the Lord was clearly engraved in his heart, and he could sense it if he carefully sensed it.
Since being awakened by the mental brand, Chu Xiu felt this very clearly for the first time. It was not an illusion or a dream - the Lord was really back.
Chu Xiu fell into memories.
He knew that there was something wrong with his memory. He should have known the answer to the question asked by the Lord just now, but he could not remember anything.
The memories in his mind were a little confused. He remembered the scene when he had just taken over as the Chief Chancellor of the Empire, and what happened when His Excellency the Lord had just disappeared, but he could not remember what he did after signing the war mobilization order... Now the clearest memory seemed to be from when he was awakened by the mental imprint.
Not long ago, after being awakened by the spiritual imprint, Chu Xiu sensed the appearance of the Lord and immediately looked for the Lord's location. During this time, he did not even bother to think about his obviously abnormal shape and weak body.
After that, he spent some time looking for the spaceship and locating the direction. When he hurriedly drove the spaceship to Tianyun Star, the spaceship had problems during landing and had to make an emergency landing.
...The huge impact of the forced landing made me faint. When I woke up, I saw the Lord Dominate appear beside me. My brain, which was not very clear after waking up, was obviously a beat slower than my body's reaction. By the time I reacted, I couldn't control my excitement and threw myself on the Lord Dominate.
Fortunately, Your Excellency the Lord is not angry.
Chu Xiu felt relieved when thinking about the Lord's attitude just now. He remembered that the Lord did not like insects to get close to him. In the past, very few insects could get close to him.
The memories that emerged from deep within his mind suddenly made his ears feel hot. To be honest, he was probably, perhaps, the insect closest to the Lord Overlord. He had even done such intimate things with him... and was lucky enough to have a bug egg with the Lord Overlord.
Insect eggs...
Chu Xiu, who had been focusing all his attention on His Excellency the Lord, finally remembered what he had forgotten. His pupils dilated slightly as he suddenly remembered the insect egg he had given to the reincarnated commander, wondering if it would ever have a chance to hatch.
It was not easy to keep the insect egg that was born with defects. Even he was not sure that the insect egg could survive until it successfully hatched. So he took a risk and handed the insect egg to the commander, hoping to get his protection and let the insect egg live longer.
"Ah." The insect cub, who had been ignored for a long time, made a sound and grabbed Chu Xiu's clothes with his little hands in an attempt to attract attention.
Chu Xiu lowered his head and met a pair of clean, dark, round eyes.
Their eyes met and the insect cub grinned.
As one of the insects who witnessed the hatching of the egg, Chu Xiu suddenly had a bold idea. He held the insect hatchling in one hand and tentatively touched its soft cheek with his fingers.
"Is that you?"
In response to his words, the little bug tilted its head back and rubbed his neck, its innocent and cute face full of innocence.
Chu Xiu was speechless. How could a newborn cub possibly understand what he was asking? But it didn't matter if the insect cub didn't understand. There was another insect present who could answer his questions.
He looked at the insect feasting on the obsidian crystal. Unlike the commander in his memory, the long and fat commander was much smaller now. He didn't look too oppressive and even looked a little cute.
Fat Bug Qi Lan noticed Chu Xiu's gaze and said, "Ah?"
"Commander-in-Chief, it's been a long time since we last met. Do you still remember me?"
In the past, they were on the same level in terms of position. Chu Xiu didn't think there was anything wrong with using the old title. After all, he didn't know that the Lord had given the commander a name.
Qi Lan, who hadn't been addressed like that for a long time, said: "...Ah."
Thinking of what Xiong's father had said, Qi Lan, who knew Chu Xiu's identity, took the initiative to connect with Chu Xiu's spiritual power. "I just remembered that you gave me a bug egg when you came last time, right?"
"Yes."
Qi Lan slept for too long and couldn't remember many things, but he still had some impression of Chu Xiu who gave him the insect eggs.
"What do you want?" it asked, biting off a piece of crystal with a snap.
It was a pleasant surprise that the commander still remembered him. Chu Xiu had been worried that the commander might not remember him.
"I wonder if the insect egg is okay." He said anxiously.
Qi Lan tilted his head, looked at the baby insect in his arms that was twisting like a caterpillar, and said curiously: "Aren't you holding him now? Doesn't he look unwell?"
Chu Xiu was stunned.
It's not that he hasn't thought about this possibility, but he didn't dare to think about it. A bug egg... It's normal for it to transform into a stone in ten thousand years. How can he expect it to come out of the egg alive and well and appear in front of him?
"No wonder..." He called the Lord "Father". Did the insect cub recognize him?
"I took good care of him and shared life energy with him." Qi Lan's voice entered Chu Xiu's mind through the spiritual connection.
"But even so, because he was different from me, he became a little weak and almost died in the egg. Fortunately, the male father used his own blood to nourish the egg, which saved him."
"My father has lost a lot of blood. He needs to be released every few days..." Qi Lan muttered to himself, obviously still feeling a little upset about it.
"Since I've been with my father, this is the first time I've seen him bleed so much."
Chu Xiu listened to Qi Lan's every word. When he heard the word 'bleeding', his grip tightened. Allowing the Lord, who was supposed to be protected, to injure himself was a failure for the entire civilization, even if it was to save insect eggs.
But I was also very glad that the insect eggs survived.
Two emotions tore at each other in his heart, causing Chu Xiu to subconsciously hug the insect cub tightly. He should be happy. The most important things in his life had been lost and then found again... two of them at that. Even though many questions remained unanswered, this was enough to comfort him.
"When will His Excellency the Lord come back?" Chu Xiu unconsciously asked what he was thinking.
Qi Lan changed his posture of eating crystals and said with a flick of his tail, "It's hard to say. Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it's slow. This time, it depends on whether the female insects are obedient."
Chu Xiu, who had just arrived at Tianyun Star and knew nothing about the situation there, was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
“Click, click, click.”
"That is to say, the situation of the Tianjia Zerg is not very good now. Well, it seems that Father Xiong didn't say that he couldn't tell you..." Qi Lan thought about it and felt that it was okay to tell it out. It could also give Father Xiong an extra helper.
Compared to Chu Xiu, who used to be his equal and served as the Imperial Chancellor, the current Zerg couldn't even bear the name "Tianjia." They wanted Xiong's father to do everything themselves, and Xiong's father had no time to play with him. They were simply useless, which annoyed the Zerg.
——If Chu Xiu could help share some of the burden, Xiong's father could spend more time with him.
After Qi Lan realized this, he began to look at Chu Xiu with more favor.
He remembered that before he fell into a deep sleep, he had seen on Skynet that 'Chu Xiu' was a workaholic. If he had managed the entire empire with ease, then he would surely be able to handle small tasks with ease now.
Hehe, I am so smart.
"Commander-in-chief, can you tell me everything you know?" Chu Xiu waited for a long time but there was no next sentence. This matter concerned the Lord, which made him a little anxious.
The insect cub lying in Chu Xiu's arms had passed the freshness period of just hatching. It clenched its little fists and looked drowsy.
"Don't call me Commander-in-Chief anymore, I have a name now." Qi Lan boasted proudly and said, "You can call me Qi Lan, with my father's surname~~"
"Okay, Qi Lan." Chu Xiu changed his words readily.
"Can you tell me about the current situation of the Tianjia Zerg?"
His Excellency the Lord is the same as the heroic father that Commander Qi Lan mentioned. Chu Xiu was a little surprised at first when he heard Qi Lan call him that, but as long as he thought that the Commander was raised by His Excellency the Lord since he was a child, it seemed like no big deal.
Although this information is not known to everyone, it is nothing new to Chu Xiu, who has authority second only to the Overlord in the empire.
"Of course you can." Qi Lan said with a smile, his clear voice sounding like a little boy of about six or seven years old.
'Let me tell you.'
Chu Xiu: "Thank you."
"Hey, you're welcome. We're all in the same boat, so we should help each other," Qi Lan said in a mature manner.
The other side.
Inside a cave hollowed out by mining worms underground in the mining area.
Yan Ning leaned aside, the worry in her heart had never disappeared since the mine disaster.
He didn't know how much time had passed since they were rescued and placed here by a group of bugs after the mining accident, and he was very worried about his little bug cubs outside.
"The temperature has dropped." Yun Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long ago, he had just given Xie Xingyue the last pill left by the "doctor". If the fever didn't go away, there was nothing he could do.
"Hmm..." Yan Ning's voice was a little low.
Yun Jiu knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. He sighed and said, "Don't worry too much. Qi Heng didn't come with us. He's out there taking care of Lele, so nothing will happen."
"I'm more worried about ourselves now."
"The 'doctor' told us to stay here for two days. It would be great if we can leave after two days. If not, I'm afraid Xingyue and the other seriously injured insects won't be able to hold on."
Yun Jiu is not much better off than Yan Ning. He has a grandfather to take care of outside.
"water……"
Xie Xingyue's voice, as soft as a mosquito's hum, was heard, extremely clear in the quiet and silent environment. It was an unconscious thirst for water caused by excessive blood loss.
Yan Ning nervously checked Xie Xingyue's condition, and after finding that she was fine, she put her worries to rest: "It's okay for us to not eat for a short time, but without water..."
The physical fitness of the Tianjia Zerg has always been strong. Although the physical fitness of these Zergs has declined and they are more or less injured, they can still survive without food for one or two days.
Yun Jiu knew what Yan Ning hadn't finished saying, but there was no other way. He looked at the insects guarding the cave entrance and said helplessly, "They can't communicate... and even without them guarding it, there's no water underground."
It’s not that no female insects tried to communicate with these dwarf insects, but unfortunately, even though these insects behaved differently from ordinary insects, they were still insects, and their communication was unsurprisingly useless.
——Obviously, although the word "Zerg" also contains the word "insect", it is still different from real insects.
When Qi Heng appeared at the entrance of the cave, the first to discover him were the Zerg closest to the entrance, and soon the news of his appearance spread throughout the entire cave.
He came to solve the problem of placing these Zergs. Two days ago, they were allowed to stay here temporarily, but now they need to be taken to the location of the dungeon.
On the way here, Qi Heng stopped by to take a look at the underground city. The space built in the first phase can easily accommodate hundreds of adult Zergs.
The water source was directly connected to the underground water supply, and for food, the Primordial Zerg's skilled hunters could be dispatched at night to hunt the animals in the wasteland. The nighttime low temperatures, which were unbearable for the Tianjia Zerg, were nothing to the Primordial Zerg, and there was no need to worry about the other Tianjia Zerg in Area 49 encountering the Primordial Zerg.
"Everyone, I have some new news to announce."
"Because the plan has changed, I can't let you go back for the time being. I will arrange for everyone to go to a new place so that you can live there temporarily." He walked to the middle of the cave and used some star power to amplify his voice.
At the same time, Qi Heng spread his mental power throughout the entire cave, ensuring that every female insect was within the range of his mental power perception.
Qi Heng spoke in a calm tone, but the Zerg listening to him were not so calm.
Even though they knew they were saved by the 'doctor', they still found it hard to accept the 'doctor's' explicit statement that they could not leave.
However, they only felt uncomfortable in their hearts. Even the female insect with the hottest temper did not show too much anger - this was caused by the mental power network that Qi Heng opened.
The Overmind possessed the ability to command and control all Zerg, and his mental power naturally soothed the Zerg's emotions. Because he was a male, his effect on female Zerg was even greater.
"I know you will be angry when you hear this news, but please believe that I have no ill will towards you."
"Don't worry about your domestic insects outside. There will be insects to take care of them for you." At this point, Qi Heng's voice became softer. He said this specifically to comfort the hearts of the female insects who were left behind.
This part of the work can be handed over to Yan, and with Yan's ability, there should be no problem.
Most of the female insects that come to the mining area to mine rely on this "job" to support their families, and the previous two days of forcible detention of them was already the limit.
...Life in Area 49 is already difficult, and the requirement that adult female insects lay eggs makes it so that every Tianjia insect has to raise a few young insects. Once they disappear, the situation at home will become even worse.
Qi Heng also didn't want them to resent him, so he had to make things clear. This would at least give them some peace of mind for a while.
"Once we get to the new place, not only will we have food and water, but the injured bugs among you will also receive better treatment..." he said calmly.
In terms of emotion, I am their savior, and in terms of reason, I have said that their home will be taken care of. So if they can't resist me, they will know what to do with a little brain, which is the best thing for them.
Therefore, the whole persuasion process went quite smoothly.
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