Feeling incredibly frustrated at being used as a substitute by his partner, Li Qing racked his brains for a long time but couldn't figure out why. Finally, he couldn't help but ask:
"Whom do you think I am? Your first love?"
Li Qing had lost count of how many times he had entered Mingzhe's dreams.
In the dream, the two of them would not only do some interesting things, but also chat in their spare time.
But Mingzhe never mentioned that he had an unforgettable first love.
Mingzhe was clearly not good at lying. As a newly born member of the Butterfly Clan, Mingzhe had not yet been exposed to society and had always simply engaged in repetitive labor on the prison planet. He explained sincerely:
“During the larval stage, Mingzhi, Mingli, and I kidnapped a male insect.”
He was the one who sent us to prison. He was the only male we had ever seen, so we seemed to have a different feeling towards him.
Mingzhe, Mingli, and Mingzhi—these three names were the nicknames he gave us as children.
In memory of him, we have preserved this name.
Hearing this, Li Qing felt a mix of emotions. His spiritual tendrils trembled restlessly, and he sighed:
"What's wrong with you guys? He's already sent you all to prison, and you still like him?"
Did it also inherit the name of the juvenile?
I remember you said that after the Butterfly Clan completes their metamorphosis, they forget their previous memories.
Because the larvae will turn into a pool of liquid, becoming primordial nutrients, which will be absorbed by the newborn butterfly race.
Only fragments of memory remain within the nutrients.
How could you possibly still have feelings for him?
At this moment, Li Qing wished she could transform into an emotional therapist and cure Mingzhe's strange mind.
The wise man who had been educated did not argue, but instead asked with a puzzled look:
"But not long after that male insect left, the three of us started having dreams."
We both dreamed of male insects with black hair and black eyes. How do you interpret this?
They say what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. Dreaming of you, isn't that because I miss him so much?
Upon hearing this, Li Qing's mental energy tendrils began to writhe wildly, and he explained with a wry smile:
"Of course not! You dreamed of me because I found you."
We are the partners who can truly resonate with each other on a spiritual level!
I am real, not him, nor anyone's substitute.
When your heart began to flutter with romantic feelings, I found you!
After saying that, Li Qing forcefully moved his mental energy tendrils, completely enveloping Mingzhe's mental energy tendrils.
Actually, there's one more thing he didn't mention.
Those were Mingzhe and his two companions. Perhaps it was truly because of that male insect that they had the idea of mating.
It should be noted that interstellar females have always relied on biological instincts to reproduce, and their mental energy fluctuations are too weak and they are not very active.
The female insect's spiritual tendrils can only be awakened after undergoing a large amount of stimulation.
Currently, most of the Yao Clan's partners are female soldiers from the Eight Legions.
In recent months, the female soldiers have been forced to read imperial books and play with erotic games.
Under sensory stimulation, the female soldiers are no longer solely controlled by glandular pheromones.
In ordinary environments, they also want males.
Only when they break free from the shackles of biological instincts will their spiritual tendrils begin to activate.
Li Qing thought that perhaps it was because they had seen that male insect that Mingzhe and the other two became one of the few female insects on the prison planet to awaken the Yao Clan.
Mingzhe felt surrounded, in a completely airtight space, but this didn't frighten him. He simply nodded blankly and said:
"Perhaps you're right, but don't worry. Although I don't understand love very well yet, as long as you're with me, I'll treat you well."
Finding a male Zergling in StarCraft these days isn't easy. If you follow me, you'll suffer.
"As soon as I get out of prison, I'll work hard to earn money to support you."
Mingzhe could sense that his male insect was a little unhappy, so he awkwardly tried to comfort him.
Hearing this, Li Qing was both amused and exasperated, but her mind also cleared up a bit, allowing her to completely pull her mind away from her romance.
Li Qing smiled and said:
"Let's return to the Zerg star system first, and then we can talk about what to do next."
As you can probably tell, we're in an unfamiliar place.
The entire insectoid race on the prison planet has been kidnapped by silicon-based life.
They took the female insect to a very far place, and the First Exploration Legion couldn't get there in time to provide support, so we had to save ourselves.
Silicon-based life forms are currently holding an auction, offering 6.78 million female insects for sale.
Because of the large number of people, this auction may last a long time. We must race against time and return to the Zerg star system alive before the auction ends.
Li Qing himself didn't know much, and he was unclear about many details. He could only quickly give Mingzhe a general overview of the situation.
After finishing his brief explanation, Mingzhe asked a question out of curiosity:
"So what is your current status?"
Li Qing said slowly:
"I'm pretending to be a human from Earth. This is part of our rescue plan."
At this moment, escaping this asteroid is extremely difficult, as 2 billion silicon-based life forms are waiting inside the auction venue.
There are countless silicon-based life forms' warships docked around the asteroid.
This is not the Zerg's home turf; they have absolutely no advantage here.
In such a situation, leaving is the best course of action.
But Han Ling presented a different script.
Li Qing explained:
"Our plan is for me to pretend to be a human from Earth, open a space teleportation channel, and use huge profits as bait to lure all the silicon-based life forms to the Zerg star system, to the Zerg's imperial planet, so that they will never return!"
Mingzhe nodded upon hearing this, clicking his tongue in amazement.
Although he was born not long ago, his genes already contained an extremely strong fighting spirit and a sense of community.
With 6.78 million female insects, without clear leadership, it is impossible to provide rapid response and support.
The female insects, in a state of disarray, are no longer suited to do anything; they are too passive.
The silicon-based life forms, because they are gathered together in large numbers, have become less wary. Coupled with their excessive greed, it might be easier to lure them with huge profits.
Li Qing laid out the entire plan, and then carefully gave instructions:
"After I go out in a while, I might buy some more female insects, but I hope you don't misunderstand, you are my only mate."
And I hope you can protect my safety; actually, my body is very fragile.
As the most crucial link in the entire process, Li Qing's life safety has not been guaranteed so far.
Li Qing's acting skills were the only reason she made it to this stage.
Only after reuniting with the female insect did Li Qing's tense heart truly relax.
With his female insect by his side, and its formidable fighting power, Li Qing felt reassured.
However, after hearing Li Qing's words, Mingzhe frowned:
"My whole body is stiff right now. I don't know what method they used to restrict my muscle strength. I don't know when I'll be able to recover."
Li Qing comforted him:
"Don't be afraid. We've studied this kind of thing. The prison planets all had problems. They must have used some kind of gas or liquid to cause this result."
Considering that liquid flow requires time and environmental factors, it can be directly excluded.
Therefore, we can conclude that they used a gas to control all the Zerg.
Once the gas dissipates or the body expels the gas, there will be no problem.
You must trust the Zerg's bodies, trust their self-cleaning abilities.
Each interstellar race has unique characteristics.
The gas released by silicon-based life forms may be a means of controlling other organisms.
The two whispered among themselves and discussed everything.
Afterwards, Li Qing led Mingzhe out of the mental dimension and back into reality.
Inside the black iron cage, all light was blocked out.
Li Qing propped herself up on her arms, leaning over Ming Zhe, her fingers resting on the soft, firm white lace fabric.
He whispered in Mingzhe's ear:
"To make the acting more realistic, perhaps I need to capture some traces."
After kneading for a while, Li Qing stood up and lifted the black gilded velvet cloth.
Mingzhe looked utterly ravaged, covered in red welts, slumped in the cage, still stiff and motionless.
Li Qing stared blankly at the appalling scene, swallowing hard.
After a while, he covered Mingzhe with a black velvet cloth with gold trim.
Then, he picked up the call button on the private room and shouted loudly:
"Hey! Where's your boss, Aura? Get him up here and give him three minutes to come see me. I need to buy more goods!"
In an instant, the arrogant voice and impolite tone spread throughout the venue via the pager.
The silicon-based life forms, who were engrossed in the bidding at the auction, snapped out of their daze, turned their heads, and looked up at the top-floor private room of the auction house.
Is that the same distinguished guest of Aura again?
To dare address Cardinal Aura by his name, is he someone on par with Her Majesty the Queen?
Does he still want to buy goods?
Is he going to use a spaceship to buy goods? He's really rich! And incredibly wasteful!
Many people marveled at the immense power of the mysterious figure upstairs, so much so that he could casually sell off even a cosmic-class warship.
Meanwhile, Aura, who was in the lounge on the first floor, had originally hoped that Lee Sin would come to him in person to regain some of the face he had lost.
However, he was furious when Li Qing called him by name and gave him a time limit.
But when he heard that Li Qing wanted to buy more goods, Aura smiled again.
Merchants are driven by profit; with profit in mind, what's the point of having any shame?
Moreover, what Li Qing gave him wasn't some junk.
If he could trick Li Qing into handing over his entire fleet, the other cardinals would have to behave like grandsons in front of him!
From then on, wherever silicon-based life forms appeared, as long as Aura pointed east, the other cardinals would not dare to go west!
Aura stood up and rushed to the top floor as fast as she could.
Finally, at the last second, he opened the door to the private room.
The moment the door opened, a curse came out.
"Are you a bastard? Why are you walking so slowly? You're only arriving now?"
Looking at Li Qing's nonchalant attitude, Aura kept reassuring herself: He is a young master of the Blue Star human race, who is loved by all. It is normal for him to have a temper. I can't get angry, I can't get angry.
After mentally preparing herself, Aura bent down and picked up the antique artifacts from the silicon-based life-bearing homeworld that had been smashed to the ground, and said with a forced smile:
"I was just in the bathroom, I'm just pulling up my pants and catching up now. Mr. Li, is there anything else you want to buy? Is it this item that you're not satisfied with?"
At this moment, Li Qing and the Zerg were sitting together on the sofa.
The Zerg creature had its eyes closed, with half of its body nestled in Li Qing's arms.
A black, gold-embroidered velvet cloth was draped over the two of them, concealing the sordid scene.
Li Qing smiled crookedly:
"No, I'm satisfied, but one isn't enough. Bring me the screen again; I want to take a few more pictures."
Aura smiled obsequiously:
“Okay, Mr. Li, we’ve only reached the 12th spot in the auction so far, there are still many options to choose from.”
As she spoke, Aura handed a light screen to Li Qing.
Li Qing pulled his hand out from under the black, gilded velvet cloth, looked at the screen, and his eyes revealed a greedy and lewd glint.
"Let me take a good look..."
Aura looked at Li Qing with inward contempt, but said aloud:
"Mr. Li, how many are you planning to bid on this time? The bidding below is quite fierce. I'm afraid we'll need another warship to secure the next item!"
Aura had intended to fool Li Qing, but in reality, apart from the first female insect, the average price of the remaining female insects was around 2.2 million energy points.
He thought that Li Qing was blinded by lust and had lost his mind.
But to everyone's surprise, Li Qing grabbed the light screen and smashed it across Aura's face.
"Bullshit! Do you think I'm stupid? One of my Lord-class warships could buy all the goods in your entire venue!"
The high price we paid for the first item was just to give you face, don't push your luck! Bring me the bidding screen!
Upon hearing this, Aura felt as if she had been slapped in the face; her face burned red and steamed.
He picked up the screen from the ground, handed it to Li Qing, and said in a low voice:
"I was overthinking it, Mr. Li, please forgive me."
"snort."
Li Qing didn't reply and started looking at the screen again.
Three minutes later.
Li Qing handed the screen to Aura and said in an unfriendly tone:
"Now, I'm giving you a choice. I'm very satisfied with all of these goods."
I want to buy them all. How much are you willing to sell them for?
Aura was somewhat shocked upon hearing this. They were selling all their goods to Li Qing? How would their silicon-based life forms reproduce then?
These 6.78 million female insects could give birth to at least 30 million silicon-based life forms.
Although he was greedy and insatiable, he only wanted to take advantage of any bargains.
If this batch of goods were sold to Li Qing at a normal price, it would be better to keep it for Silicon-based Life.
This is a really difficult question to answer.
Li Qing impatiently cursed:
"Speak! Are you deaf?"
Aura had a number in his mind, and he whispered:
"If you want to buy all of this shipment, I need four spaceships."
After saying this, Aura raised her head slightly and glanced at Li Qing.
Li Qing's fleet currently consists of only one Lord-class warship and a few dozen war fortresses.
There's definitely not enough money to buy all the female insects.
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