Chapter 25 Evolution (4) Jinjiang exclusively authorized the first release, protecting the original...
How long will the first metamorphosis last? There is no exact data on the number of species on the verge of extinction, and Annie can only estimate based on her own feelings.
She just knew it wouldn't last long.
Her tentacles increase in number during metamorphosis, with more densely packed receptors at the tips. Annie perfectly simulated the two races - humans and mermaids. She was able to simulate the theoretical peak values, and the rapid self-healing of Zero One Three did not seem to have any special side effects for her.
She put away the bottle of hard candy.
Two days later, she met with the person in charge of Nirvana in a restaurant.
The heavy industry and military industry of S108 are quite developed. The temperature is cold, but the living buildings here are very retro. The restaurant was deserted, with only a few old models of life service robots, which were struggling to slide on the wheels under their feet, their chubby bodies holding menus and waiting by the side.
Mo Wan didn't want to leave her, he could barely survive on his own. Even though he is actually a strong and violent Zerg, he cannot leave the woman he depends on because of his habit.
When Annie was closing the door, he gently grabbed the corner of her clothes. The little spider lowered his head in shame, saying something like "Let me take care of you closely"... but in fact he just couldn't leave her. He felt guilty for his cowardice and incompetence. When he was about to let go with red eyes in the middle of his words, Annie held his hand.
"Okay." Annie agreed easily, "But it's very cold outside?"
"It's okay." He answered quickly, fearing that the other party would change his mind. "I can hold on and won't cause you any trouble."
So Ani took him with her.
Mo Wan, wearing a veil, disinfected and cleaned the tableware provided by the restaurant again. He had a slight obsession with cleanliness, but this habit was fully brought out on Ani. He cleaned everything around Ani very cleanly as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Are you cold?" Ani tilted her head and asked him.
Mo Wan shook his head and said he wasn't cold, but through the translucent veil, Ani could vaguely see the tip of his nose that was red from the cold. She held Mo Wan's hand and said generously, "If you can't stand it, just take a nap. We'll probably have to talk for a while."
Mo Wan looked at the back of her hand and blushed: "I'm not sleepy."
One minute before the agreed time, another person entered the restaurant.
It was a tall human woman with long curly hair, wearing analytical lenses that streamed electronic data, and a monocular lens resting lightly on the bridge of her nose. The woman glanced over, walked straight over and sat down opposite Annie.
Ani opened her mouth to greet people, but before she could even finish the word "hello", someone on the other side suddenly raised their arms and clapped their hands. With the crisp sound, the glass wall of this cool and retro restaurant reflected a dazzling halo of light, and a strange membrane rose outside the entire building, covering the interior.
The inside was completely invisible from the street, but Ani could clearly see a line of patrol cameras slowly flying by outside.
She turned her head and met a pair of bright eyes. The other party said: "Hello, my name is Wu Bai."
Uber is a code name. She glanced at the spider man sitting next to Ani, then returned her gaze to Ani and smiled, "I'm glad to actually meet you. Right now, the Star Internet is abuzz with discussions about you, and there are mixed opinions and endless debates. I thought that with such high popularity, you would be more inclined to cooperate with the live broadcast platform on the Star Internet and go the route of a celebrity player, rather than choosing us."
"What debate?" Ani seldom reads online comments. She doesn't know how people react after she reveals her Zerg mimicry. "About my identity?"
"Your identity is of course the focus of discussion." Wubber said, "I am also very curious, are you a mutant human with a special mutation direction, or... an orphan left by the Zerg on the human planet?"
"……ah?"
Ubbe's analytical lens projected a screen.
The hot topics in the star sea were scrolling on the screen, and the hot posts about Ani were among them.
"You don't meet the various standards of a Zerg warrior." Wubbe said, "But we have never heard of such a mutant warrior."
Annie quickly scanned the comments on the Star Network, among which there were many hateful criticisms of her by the interstellar Zerg. Some people classified her as human and felt that her existence was an insult to the queen; while others deeply believed that Annie belonged to the Zerg race, and that she was just a minor and very weak due to malnutrition, so they insisted on taking Annie back and taking good care of her.
It's more than just care, it's love. Many Zerg angrily left comments such as "She was bullied so pitifully by humans, and she had to live on the edge of a knife at such a young age. Can't you see?"
"So—" Ubbe switched pages, leaning forward, his eyes fixed on hers, "What are you, anyway? My warrior."
The other person had a pair of dark green pupils, and her slightly narrowed expression made her look like a cat. Ani looked at her, folded her hands, and answered seriously: "I am a monster."
Wubber burst out laughing. She raised her finger and poked Annie's soft cheek, as if to verify her authenticity as a human being. Then she raised her eyebrows and cut the page on the screen. On it was a video clip of Annie's body losing control that day.
The video was zoomed in and slowed down, making the sudden and amazing changes in her arms seem even more shocking.
"Monster," Ubbe said, "For the sake of your human identity and our cooperation, I need to get your blood for genetic testing."
Ani stretched out her hand and said cooperatively, "Come on!"
She is different from other races that only change their appearance. The horror of the mimic beast lies in the fact that it can completely change its own genes. She is completely familiar with humans in the universe and her mimicry is quite mature. She is not afraid of any detection in this regard.
Wu Bo took out a portable detector, pierced Ani's fingertip with the needle, and took blood. The instrument immediately began to analyze the vibration, and various data flowed across the virtual screen, with green lines appearing on it.
She is human.
Ubbe breathed a sigh of relief. This time she was more active in trying to pinch the other person, but Ani raised her hand and grabbed her wrist. The girl was very strong. She held her hands and pressed them against the table. She said with a smile, "Since I am so cooperative, shouldn't you tell me how much money I can make in Nirvana?"
"Money? That's easy," said Ubbe. "We've got plenty of it."
She slid the screen with her other hand and transferred the task book to Annie's communicator. Annie's communicator was re-simulated into a pair of white gloves. She rubbed her palms and flipped through the task book.
Ani loosened her fingers slightly, and the other party took the opportunity to break free. She rubbed her wrist and explained:
"The above is the mission Nirvana has opened for you, as well as the assassination targets with bounties. We have arranged to meet here this time because we have a difficult matter to ask of you... We have a member codenamed 'Queen' who has applied to send an assassin to help him kill his rival. But the location is Mon'en, the home planet of the Zerg, where many large and dangerous families are at war, and the internal struggles are very bloody."
"It's not easy for the Zerg families to live on Moon Star."
Wu Bo nodded slightly and continued, "The Queen spent a large sum of money. He was willing to give up part of his property and share the assassin's income for hundreds of years. ... Come to think of it, the person next to you also lives on the planet Mon'en, right?"
Mo Wan lowered his head, unwilling to talk to a stranger of the opposite sex. He looked at Ani helplessly.
Ani held his hand and talked to Wu Bai: "The men of the Spider Clan do not participate in the distribution of inheritance, and they will not go into politics."
"Of course." Wubber smiled. "So the female warrior who was qualified to influence the decision of the Spider Queen was seriously injured and missing, and he was just thrown into the hunting ground like a toy in an attempt to cause some public opinion war... Okay, I'm getting off topic."
His mother was a consul and wanted to marry her son to Planet A2 to pave the way for his sister, but unfortunately she was unsuccessful.
"I can accept this mission," Ani said, "but I need you to prepare something for me."
"What?"
"A blank identity," she said, "an identity with a clean resume that can be checked, and the content needs to be determined by me."
"You are defying the alliance regulations..."
"Can't you do it?" Ani asked directly, "Is it legal for me to do things for you?"
Wu Bai was speechless for a moment. She thought for a moment and said, "Okay, it will probably take a few days..."
"The race should be insect race, female spider race."
She was instantly interrupted by Ani's words and her eyes suddenly stared at her face. Wubber lowered his head to check the detector beside her, his mind racing through many possibilities, his eyes fixed: "The direction of your mutation looks very tempting."
"Really?" Ani picked up the juice from the service robot's plate, bit the straw, and curved her eyes slightly. "Did it tempt you?"
Wu Bo was silent for a moment, then said, "I know that you have been involved in many scandals since your debut. Even the ancient civilization infected area was completely out of control because of your departure. Those deformed people went crazy and were purged by the authorities. Even now, there are still escaped residents who want to follow you. However, the trick of seducing people doesn't work on me."
Ani bit the straw to make a round dent. She said, "You are a girl, why do you think I am seducing you? I was just kidding. You just pinched me."
Wubber was silent for a few seconds, raised her hand and pushed the scanning lens. She forgot that she was deeply hidden, and Ani couldn't see her true race, so she slowed down her speech, "I will prepare it for you. Don't worry, I am your person in charge, and of course I will manage your logistics. The temporary code name given to you by the organization this time is White Knight."
A knight guarding a queen, that sounds quite harmonious.
She stood up and paid the restaurant bill. "I will communicate with you about the rest on Starnet. We can start encrypted communication at any time."
"By the way," after paying the bill, Wubber suddenly remembered something, "If you are really short of money, there is a target with a huge bounty that is very suitable for you. He seems to trust you very much and is willing to back you up. Your assassination will easily succeed. Ani, turn to the last page of the mission book and take a look?"
Ani flipped through the pages. The second half of the mission booklet was a wanted bounty list for Nirvana. It listed big shots from various forces who had hired someone to kill someone. The last page was…
Zero one three.
Under the warm winter sun of this planet, the slightly warm starlight fell on her cheeks. Ani lowered her eyes and gently stroked the three words with her fingertips.
She looked at the reward amount for a while and said, "Since you know me in advance, you know that this is my teammate. I call him brother. We have a friendship that has been through life and death together. This person is my beloved relative."
"My dearest friends?" Ubbe chuckled. "So you're rejecting this easy deal? I see you still have a conscience. I'm starting to like you a little bit..."
"No." Ani raised her head. Her snow-white eyelashes held a pool of winter morning light, reflecting her clear and transparent pupils, which were almost emotionless. "You have to pay more."
Ubbe was speechless.
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On the third day after the submarine was put into operation, Mo Wan sewed a new combat uniform for Lady Ani as instructed.
This was an area where the Spiders excelled, but the sizes Ani offered were not her own. Although he was full of doubts, he did not ask. He just curled up on the small sofa outside the cab, looking at the pattern embroidered on the hem of his combat uniform.
"... Entering the asteroid belt, pay attention to re-orbiting..."
A clear and gentle voice sounded in the submarine, and Mo Wan's embroidering hands suddenly paused. He raised his head and looked at the broadcasting hole inside the starship - this was the voice of the mermaid teacher.
The starship had no name and was simply referred to as "01". Lin's voice was everywhere. Even when the two of them were eating, the intelligent AI would gently say to Lady Annie, "Don't be picky about food. Eat carrots too."
She doesn't really listen to other people's opinions.
After hearing this hint, Mo Wan inexplicably became concerned about the glass of carrot juice. He quietly looked at Annie's expression and tried to take the glass of vegetable juice away, but Annie murmured to herself: "Give me a straw..."
He was stunned for a moment, not knowing what kind of struggle was going on in his mind, but he finally handed the straw to her.
"Oh, thank you." Ani finally started to deal with the glass of vegetable juice.
Mo Wan couldn't help but ask her, "But aren't you not picky about food?"
"Because the carrots cooked by the teacher are not tasty." Ani was reading the information sent by Wu Bo at the time, and answered casually, "He is better at making soup and seafood..."
Mo Wan unconsciously tightened the fabric of the servant's skirt. He couldn't help but have wild thoughts: Could it be that the mermaid's cooking skills are better than mine? Was Lady Ani not satisfied with the soup I made last time? Or maybe she actually doesn't like the food I cook...but is just too polite to say it out loud.
He clenched his fingers anxiously, his palms slightly sweaty, and stared at the glass of carrot juice for a long time.
In short, this voice did not leave him with any good impression. Mo Wan even got a little nervous when he heard Lin talking, even though he knew it was just an AI... He was afraid that he wasn't taking good enough care of him.
That's a mermaid. The male mermaids are so fierce, how can they be better at taking care of women than him? Mo Wan took a breath and locked the last bit of the edge tightly. He stood up, holding his combat uniform, and knocked on the door of the cab.
"Come in."
The door was only half-open. In front of Annie was a huge star map and track. She didn't stare at it all the time, but only glanced at it occasionally. Most of the time she was actually studying the abilities of the Creation Beasts.
She couldn't devote her full energy to the simulation, but after a few days of trying, she was able to "create something out of nothing" to a small extent and fabricate non-existent matter.
These substances disappear five minutes after leaving her.
Mo Wan took her hand, stuffed the combat uniform into her arms, lowered his head and asked softly: "Lady Ani, remember to come out to eat later."
Ani nodded, but her attention was focused on the combat uniform. It was a set of clothes mainly black with some dark pink mixed in. The material was flexible silk thread specially provided by the spider clan. This kind of thread was impervious to water and fire and difficult to pierce with cold weapons.
She stood up and unbuttoned her coat, not caring at all that Mo Wan was watching beside her. She reached out and lifted up her white inner layer and took it off.
The little spider quickly turned his back, his white ears turned red, and he stammered, "Sir, the size of the clothes is not yours. It is designed according to the requirements of one meter...nine..."
His voice faded away.
There was the sound of bones growing, flesh growing, and tentacles sliding past. Mo Wan turned his head and took a look, and saw that her body was changing rapidly, her bones were recast, and her muscles were quickly simulated, forming an explosive back and a narrow waist with clear lines.
His breathing stopped for a moment.
A bright red eyeliner spread out from the corner of Annie's eye. It was the spider clan's degenerated secondary eye. She twisted her wrists, and the bones all over her body crackled, simulating the human form of a Zerg female warrior.
Her light pink pupils looked over.
Mo Wan stared at her blankly until she put on her clothes, then he heard her heartbeat like thunder a few times.
"My hair has grown longer." Ani pulled at the ends of her hair. Her white hair fell down and the ends were a little pink. "Forget it... It seems that there is still something wrong, but I should be able to fool it."
Mo Wan hadn't come back to his senses yet. He raised his eyes and stared at her in a daze. A familiar feminine scent surged over, representing strength, danger, and terror, but also representing a certain sense of safety and shelter.
Ani thanked him in a relaxed tone, and took out the new identity that Wu Bo arranged for her. On the ID was written the name Lin Jiang. She said to Mo Wan, "If I enter Moon Star as a human hunter, the Zerg will be very wary of me, and it will be difficult for me to get any information. This new identity has been queried through the Star Network database. Now let's check the statements... oh no, the lines."
Seeing that Mo Wan didn't respond, she blinked and further explained: "Of course I can make 'Ani' an orphan of the Zerg left behind in the human star field, but this will affect my communication and cooperation with other races. You can understand, right? Mo Wan... Hey, Mo Wan?"
Ani raised her voice a little.
Mo Wan reacted suddenly. He responded with a confused mind and tried hard to make up his story with Lady Ani, trying his best to address her by a new name.
After teaching for a while, Annie realized that the other party didn't remember it at all. She reached out and twisted Mo Wan's chin. She wasn't angry, but just stared at him in confusion: "What are you thinking about?"
Mo Wan was stunned for a moment. He avoided her gaze, trying to hide his strangeness: "Lady Ani..."
"You have to call her Lin Jiang." She reminded in a light tone.
His lips moved, and he was unable to change his words. After a moment of hesitation, Annie raised her hands and hugged him in her arms.
Mo Wan sat on her legs again, and the soft tentacle lifted up and stopped at his lips. The man opened his mouth in a trance and took the small tentacle in its agitated state.
This is not the first time this has been resolved.
Ani's scent gradually faded, indicating that the transformation period was nearing its end. Every time he had a need, he had to face the dilemma of chastity and debauchery. Once, twice... After several compromises, Mo Wan actually became very skilled.
As he served her more and more often, he was gradually able to use the tip of his tongue to determine which tentacle it was. Although Annie's tentacles can change at any time, each one has a secondary brain that can do simple thinking, giving them their own characteristics. For example, one of the feelers is very gentle and will roll slowly and softly over the tongue.
But it was always sent to the throat by Lady Ani, blocking her throat. Mo Wan was always choking on the sweet pink slime and swallowing some of it inadvertently.
Fortunately it is sweet. He wasn't that resistant.
There is also a tentacle that is fickle and will fill the mouth roughly. Mo Wan could only hold it reluctantly, to make it happier and let Lady Ani spit out the nectar faster, faster.
After inserting her tentacles into the other's mouth, she did not rub them randomly in the narrow space. Instead, she grabbed Mo Wan's hand and took off his gloves.
He looked over with tears in his eyes, whimpering softly, his knuckles curling subconsciously.
Annie raised her hand and held his fingers, and their fingers were intertwined. She held Mo Wan's palm, and with her other hand, she wrote the words "Lin Jiang" on his palm, and asked, "Do you remember it?"
Mo Wan wanted to answer, but couldn't speak, so he could only nod quickly.
"Repeat on your tongue what I told you," she said.
He suddenly grasped Ani's fingers, breathing softly with tears in his eyes, and pitifully wanted the adults to let him go, but Ani's attitude was extremely firm. This was related to whether the two could gain the trust of the Zerg, and it almost meant whether Mo Wan would be tried and executed.
Mo Wan could not get any forgiveness, so he could only stretch out his tongue with great effort and re-draw the word "Lin Jiang" that represented his name on the tentacle.
"It's the common language..." Ani laughed, "What about the Zerg language?"
The Zerg language is very complicated, and only an excellent student with a talent for languages like Annie can learn it so quickly. Mo Wan took a breath and carefully licked the tip of the tentacle, imprinting the word on her nascent receptors.
The tentacles trembled slightly, as if they were very happy.
Annie nodded and moved closer, their noses almost touching. The aggressive female breath swept over, making Mo Wan tense all over.
"We met on Planet S108. The human hunter wanted to get rid of you, but I bought you. You belong to me now. You are mine." She whispered softly, "Baby, do you understand?"
Mo Wan nodded with difficulty.
He could hardly breathe because of the female's strong arms blocking his back. He had seen too many female spiders who would eat their mates over a disagreement. Her fangs - in this position, her fangs could definitely kill him in an instant.
Mo Wan tried to hold back her tears, but they immediately came out. His fingertips were trembling slightly, and were tightly held in Annie's palm. He repeated her words bit by bit under her gaze.
The sensor picked up the word he had drawn.
"I am yours." It's Zerg language. "I was bought by you."
Ani nodded and placed her palm on Mo Wan's lower back. His long black hair fell on his arms, delicate and smooth like silk.
"Do you want me to set a price?" she asked. "How much do you think you are worth?"
Mo Wan shook his head aggrievedly.
Annie thought for a moment, then stretched the tentacles into his mouth and hooked Mo Wan softly, teasing him to react. The dense sensors could convey the slightest contraction and expansion to her. Annie tested the growth of the sensors and asked, "Then... two hundred thousand?"
Mo Wan opened her eyes wide.
"Many rich people hate Zerg to their core. If there's a lone little spider, they might be interested in buying you and torturing you." Ani deliberately frightened him. "Luckily your master found you in time, otherwise you would have been sold to a pervert."
Well, she is the most perverted one. Annie thought in her heart with great satisfaction.
She just threatened him casually, but Mo Wan believed him blindly. There were still traces of tears on his face and he shook his head again in fear.
The word "Don't" was written on the sensor by something soft.
Ani slowly pulled back her tentacles.
The corners of his lips were slightly red, and he looked at Annie with tears in his eyes. Even after the tentacles were pulled away, he did not coax her. After both of them remained still for two seconds, a slender and thin body suddenly appeared in Annie's arms.
He buried his head between her collarbones, raised his hands to wipe away his tears, and made choking sobbing sounds. Ani let Mo Wan snuggle in her arms, and her sight reflected his narrow waist wrapped in a servant's outfit.
Flexible as a piece of willow.
She heard the young man's hoarse whisper mixed with crying: "Don't... don't sell me."
"It depends on how much the other party offers." Ani joked leisurely, opening the virtual screen and reading a few Zerg words. "If the price is as high as that of Kill Zero One Three, I will definitely sell you."
The fabric on her shoulders was gently rubbed by him for a while, and Mo Wan cried even harder. After a long while, she sobbed and said, "Master, I will die."
Ani glanced at him and saw Mo Wan's wet eyelashes, trembling frequently like a small fan, and the tears made his long eyelashes stick to clumps.
"If I die, can I marry someone else?" She knew a lot about Zerg customs, and continued the conversation without conscience. "Monogamy is too backward. I saw anonymous forums on Starnet often discussing the polyandry policy promoted by one of the bee archons. The reason is that without the nutritional support of their queen, the drone warriors will become listless even if they are strong."
The little spider hesitated for a moment, and insisted: "No. Just...just no. If a female cheats, she will eat her ex first. You..."
"I eat you?"
"Woo." Mo Wan was too scared to continue. After a few seconds, she protested a little, "Even if you eat me, you can't."
"I understand." Annie understood the customs of the Spider Tribe. Although they were unequal, the concept was indeed strange that a couple should be together for life. Divorce was particularly damaging to "face" and was more terrible than letting a man die.
She raised her hand and pinched the back of his neck, then suddenly said, "After arriving at Moon Star, you must pretend to be my partner during all the inspections, including after entering the Zerg Central Star Orbit. You must remember what I just said. The protection clause in the Zerg law is that all judgments for infidelity cannot override the wife's rights. As long as I issue a pardon, you will not die."
Mo Wan nodded and said gratefully: "Thank you..."
Ani looked at him, then suddenly looked away. She pressed her forehead and pinched it, muttering to herself, "...Oh my God, I'm such a pervert."
Before he finished speaking, Mo Wan retorted: "No, you did it all for me."
"I did all this for you?" Annie almost believed her own lies.
"Yeah." Mo Wan nodded softly again, and then buried herself in the other's arms contentedly. After leaning on him for a while, a thought suddenly emerged in her mind -
What did Mistress Annie just say? Pretending to be a partner.
Wait a moment……
Is it just a disguise?
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