Chapter 155 Meeting with the Insect King
"Mom, where is mom, woo woo woo..."
"Wife, wife, hold on tight. The expeditionary force will be here to rescue us soon. Just hold on tight."
"Son, run! Don't worry about me! Run! I have a shotgun! I'm going to kill these bugs! You and your sister need to live well! Daddy loves you! Run! Don't look back!"
"Help, someone please save me, wuwuwu..."
"Ah! Help, it hurts, help!"
The ugly bugs rushed into the city swiftly. They swept through human settlements like a tide, with their tail hooks raised high, and quickly pierced into human chests.
The little girl who had been separated from her mother sat on the ground, holding the little yellow duck in her arms, terrified and dazed, sobbing, "Mom, Mom..."
An old man with gray hair rushed over, holding a hunting rifle in his hand, and stood by the little girl, shouting at her, "Girl, get out of here!"
But the little girl was frightened. She collapsed on the ground, trembling all over and crying, "Mom, Mom..."
A giant bug spotted them, flapped its wings, and rushed towards the little girl.
The old man shot at it, but not only did he fail to hit it, but it attracted more insects and angered them. They raised their tail hooks and stabbed the old man.
After running out of bullets, the old man collapsed to the ground, but he still did not forget to protect the little girl behind him.
"You stinky bugs, I'm going to fight you."
He pulled out the kitchen knife from his waist and tried to fight off the insects that were surrounding him.
The insects swarmed over and were about to devour him when a black tentacle appeared and quickly pierced through the insects' brains. The crystal cores in the insects' brains were sucked away by the tentacle. The insects sighed in satisfaction and began to look for their targets again.
As the tentacles absorbed more and more insect cores, another tentacle grew in Jiang He's palm.
The two tentacles seemed to be competing with each other, quickly catching the insects and sucking the crystal cores in their brains.
These Zerg chase ordinary people as if they were in a no-man's land, but when they sense danger, they try to avoid the tentacles like sheep being chased by wolves.
The insects multiplied rapidly, and the dense insects were like locusts passing through. The tentacles devoured the insect cores effortlessly. Jiang He's third tentacle, fourth tentacle, fifth tentacle...
Soon, countless tentacles appeared from her body and moved in all directions.
People were terrified at first, thinking it was another form of Zerg.
Until they discovered that wherever these tentacles went, the insects were frightened and fled.
This is a friendly force, and must be a capable person in the expeditionary force.
Everyone cheered in surprise, hugged their loved ones and cried together.
At the top of the building, Lan Xianghe was broadcasting live the tragic scene of the human world on Blue Wolf Star being ravaged by the Zerg.
"We're in the eleventh star system. Thousands of Zerg suddenly rained down from the sky, without any warning. Ordinary people were devoured by the bugs like food, powerless to resist. Although the mutants and deformed people organized a resistance, the roar of the Zerg paralyzed their brains, making it impossible to react. It's so tragic. Everyone can see. Perhaps today, Blue Wolf Star will become the third planet to be destroyed by the Zerg. My signal is unstable and may be disconnected soon. Please spread the word and save Blue Wolf Star. Those Zerg are too strong. Only the royal family can take action."
Behind him, a bug quickly climbed towards him. Vines with sharp thorns grew on his body, piercing into the bug's brain and taking out its core.
His vines wrapped around the bloody Zerg core, and he spoke to the camera, "To kill the Zerg, we have to remove the core from its brain. But getting close to the Zerg is difficult. It's extremely difficult to avoid their tail hooks and claws, and removing their core is as difficult as climbing to the sky..."
As soon as he finished speaking, five more Zergs climbed up the building and pounced on him.
Vines sprouted out from all around him. This time the Zerg were of a higher level, and the roaring sound they made made his vines stop as if they were paralyzed.
Several insects' tail hooks immediately stabbed him from all directions.
On the Star Network, Blue Elephant was the child of the Governor of Blue Wolf Star, so his live broadcast quickly attracted the attention of the entire Star Network.
#Even the planets in the eleventh galaxy have been invaded by the Zerg? Oh my god, these Zerg are so densely packed, so many, so many, they far outnumber humans.#
#It's much easier for Zerg to reproduce than humans. Nowadays, it's harder for people to have a child than to have a god. Zerg can easily give birth to a bunch of them. It's normal for them to outnumber humans.#
#The Zerg focus on quantity over quality. We humans are high-quality life forms and are naturally scarce.#
#Those people on the street, they're being bitten by the Zerg, it's so miserable. Oh my god, only the royal family, only the royal family can compete with the roar of the Zerg. How many royal family members are left now? Has Rose Star expressed its stance? Have they seen the plight of Blue Wolf Star? #
#At this moment, I'm so glad I was born in the Sixth Star System. I can't even imagine how painful it would be if I were bitten like this. I heard there are a lot of Zerg hybrids in the Eleventh and Twelfth Star Systems. Although being cleaned out by the Zerg this time was miserable, it can be considered as helping humanity clean out these lowly hybrids.#
#Is that what you're saying? Don't you understand the principle of "lips and teeth are cold"? Yesterday it was twelve star systems, today it's eleven, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow it's six. You idiot, humanity is not united because of idiots like you who are worse than pigs and dogs.#
#The Zerg are terrifying. Do we humans really have the strength to fight them? How did Queen Shenguang and Emperor Shengwu force the Zerg out of the twelve star systems? Why, after hundreds of years, are we humans being overwhelmed by the Zerg? #
#Back to the previous post, for thousands of years, humans have been oppressed by the Zerg. At the worst time, the Zerg occupied all three star systems. If it weren't for the appearance of Queen Shenguang and Emperor Shengwu, if they hadn't formed an expeditionary force to fight the Zerg, humans would have been wiped out by the Zerg hundreds of years ago.#
#The royal family on Rose Planet, why haven't they appeared yet? They enjoy the offerings of humans, but when humanity's survival is at stake, why are the royal family still hiding like turtles? #
#The above poster is too naive. The royal family does not live on Rose Planet. They are imprisoned on Rose Planet by the Federation in disguise. The Federation is afraid of the emergence of a second Queen of Divine Light who dominates the world, so they have long since spoiled the royal family. Didn't you hear that several royal children who went to the front line some time ago all died, and even the expeditionary force that followed them was wiped out#
#The blogger is surrounded by bugs, run away!#
#Oh my god, run, run, the blogger has the attribute of alienated plants, and is no match for these insects#
#My heart is in my throat. I wonder if the blogger will be torn to pieces by these bugs too? Ahhhhhh, who can save him?#
#Why save him? He still has the energy to live broadcast to cheat traffic. This kind of person is too vain. He deserves to die#
Lan Xianghe is the only son of the Governor of Blue Wolf Star, one of the eleven galaxies. His psychic power has reached level five. This autumn, he won first place in the Phantom Sea Insect Killing competition, surpassing the second place by 92 points. I heard that the Federal Military Academy sent him a special recruitment invitation, but he declined. Even a prodigy with level five psychic power can't defeat the Zerg. We ordinary people will only be the civilians on the street being torn apart by the Zerg. I don't know where you get your superiority from, but you actually treat these tragedies that will happen to us as entertainment. How sad!
This was a live broadcast comparable to hell on earth. People who had nothing to do with it talked about it with relish in the barrage, or made disdainful comments, thinking that the people of these eleven star systems were too fragile, and that the blogger was really good at making money from traffic. The income from this live broadcast could probably buy two Blue Wolf Stars.
#Look, black tentacles, oh shit, oh shit, there are black tentacles flying all over the sky#
#Have these Zerg evolved again? Why do they have black tentacles? #
#The Zerg without tentacles is already terrifying. If they evolve such terrifying and ferocious tentacles, how can humans survive?#
#No, no, no, are you blind? Look, those tentacles are chasing the Zerg. They are not afraid of the Zerg's roar. They are digging out the Zerg's cores. They are destroying the Zerg.#
#Blogger, blogger was saved by these black tentacles, damn, I almost thought he was going to die, so thrilling, just scared me to death#
Lan Xianghe had just fought a desperate battle with several insects and was covered with scars. He covered the wound on his chest that was pierced by the Zerg's tail hook. If the black tentacle had not appeared in time, his chest would have been pierced by the Zerg's tail hook, leaving a bloody hole. Fortunately, now it was only a minor flesh wound.
He raised his head and stared at the tentacles flying all over the sky.
Wherever the tentacles reached, Zerg corpses with their cores devoured fell down.
In the live broadcast barrage, countless people stared at the camera and talked in disbelief. They all wanted to know who was driving these tentacles.
Lan Xianghe didn't pay attention to the barrage anymore. When he saw these tentacles for the first time, he was surprised and excited, and his heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his chest.
This is the tentacle that grandpa mentioned.
Who is the owner of the tentacles?
He raised his eyes and followed the tentacle, and saw a woman in a black battle suit walking on the wide street.
Wherever she went, there were densely packed Zerg corpses.
The people who were fleeing in panic looked blankly at the Zerg corpses on the ground and the black tentacles in the sky.
Until the woman in black appeared in their sight.
Someone shouted, "Expeditionary Force, this is the Expeditionary Force uniform. It was the Expeditionary Force that killed the Zerg and saved us."
"The expeditionary force has arrived. Great! The Federation has saved us."
People on both sides of the street knelt down and kowtowed towards Jiang He.
But in front of the live broadcast screen, some sharp-eyed netizens discovered that although the woman was wearing the expeditionary force's uniform, the dragon and phoenix patterns on the uniform and the rose badge on the shoulder were uniforms that could only be worn by royal family members.
#She's from the royal family. It turns out that people from the royal family can really suppress the roar of the Zerg. Oh my god, she's so powerful! How can she have so many tentacles? Killing those Zergs is like crushing ants for her.#
#Fuck, I still don't believe it. I just searched it, and it's really a Royal Warsuit. Who is she? Who is she? Within a minute, I want to get all her information. Woohoo! I know that our Royal Wars are super powerful and will never let these Zergs destroy humans.#
#I declare that from now on, I am a fan of the Royal Family. I will follow her. If anyone dares to say anything bad about the Royal Family, I will crawl over along the Internet cable and tear that guy to pieces.#
#Wait, why do these tentacles look so familiar? Oh my god, have you ever seen the live broadcast of the Abyss? That female prisoner, the one with the number 0112, has these tentacles as her mutant ability, right? Although hers are pink, they are exactly the same as these black tentacles#
#After the above reminder, I finally understand why these tentacles look familiar. They are exactly the same as the tentacles of the female prisoner, except for the color and size. I remember her tentacles were not so thick and long.#
#Hey, hey, when you say that, it makes me think about it. Did that female prisoner escape from A62 a while ago and still haven't been found? Damn, I have a super scary idea.#
#I also have the same bold idea as you above...#
#Forgive my silliness, I don't quite understand what kind of supernatural power these tentacles are. I specifically searched on Baidu on Starnet, and I don't think ocean-attributed abilities have these kinds of tentacles, right? Could someone please help me out?#
#Is it possible that only the royal family members have this kind of black touch as their supernatural attribute? #
#My dad works at the Supernatural Research Institute. I just asked him, guess what he said? He said only the Holy Martial Emperor's tentacles have these black tentacles. While they're effective against Zerg, they also inflict eight hundred casualties on themselves. The more Zerg cores the tentacles devour, the more backlash they suffer.
#Fuck, I thought of the legend that the older generation often talked about#
#Legend has it that the person on the throne was afraid of the Holy Martial Emperor's spiritual touch, so he left the Holy Martial Emperor and the warriors who followed her through thick and thin on the Tianlong in the turbulent redstone galaxy... Will I be banned for saying this? Will I be □□?#
#Legends are all just imaginary things, don't take them seriously. The burning of the Tianlong in the turbulent flow of the Red Stone Galaxy was a natural disaster. Some people should stop their conspiracy theories.#
#I'm not concerned about anything else. I just want to ask, what's this woman's name and surname? What's her royal status? Is she the female prisoner who escaped from Planet A62? #
…
"My name is Lan Xianghe. Hello, are you from the royal family? I am the son of the Governor of Blue Wolf Star. Thank you for saving everyone on Blue Wolf Star. My father led his men to attack the Zerg's mother ship. Are you injured..."
Jiang He interrupted him, "Take me wherever you want."
"Oh, that's great."
The blue elephant transformed into a little blue tiger in the next moment. He turned his head, looked at Jiang He with his round eyes and howled, as if saying, "Ride on my back."
Jiang He pointed at himself and said, "Do you want me to ride on your back?"
Lan Xianghe nodded and roared again.
Jiang He: ...
She was really afraid that she would collapse if she sat on such a small alien blue tiger.
Jiang He hesitated for a moment, and then the small, mutated blue tiger sitting on his back ran very fast.
Jiang He leaned down, no longer worried about the little tiger falling apart. She grabbed his blue-striped tiger fur. For some reason, an inexplicable emotion surged in her heart, as if to fill her chest.
It seems that there has been such a scene before.
There was also a big blue tiger that carried her on its back and ran at full speed...
The little blue tiger carried Jiang He through the city and came to the foot of a mountain. At the top of the mountain, a giant silver-white ship was coiled on the top like a giant dragon.
The little tiger looked up at the silver ship, growled, and climbed up quickly.
This mountain is called Sirius Mountain. It is very famous on Blue Wolf Star and is known for its steepness. Many people from other planets come to Blue Wolf Star to travel just to challenge themselves by climbing this legendary Sirius Mountain.
Mount Sirius is over 5,000 meters above sea level. The mountain is mainly composed of huge rocks. It is difficult to climb without wings or professional tools. The Zerg's mother ship landed on the top of the mountain, probably to avoid being disturbed by humans.
One after another, Zergs jumped out of the ship's mother nest and bit the mutants and deformed people who were climbing to the top of the mountain.
Jiang He released her tentacles and chased after the Zerg. She jumped off the little blue tiger and used the tentacles to climb up. Without even turning her head, she said to the little blue tiger, "Just take me here. Go back."
The little blue tiger raised its head and looked at Jiang He as the distance between them gradually widened. Its deep blue eyes were filled with admiration and envy.
Climbing Tianlang Mountain was difficult, and there were Zerg interceptions. Jiang He met many mutants along the way. Some of them were beheaded, and some were seriously injured. The injured ones would continue to climb up with all their might, or they would exchange their lives for the lives of the Zerg to protect their companions as they climbed up.
Jiang He's tentacles wrapped around the deformed man who was about to fall, protecting the seriously injured alien, and she climbed even faster.
There were more and more Zergs around, and their levels were getting higher and higher. After the tentacles escorted everyone down the mountain, they all gathered around Jiang He, protecting her all the way.
Soon, the Zerg stopped trying to attack. They all retreated and kept a distance from Jiang He. The roaring sound was like an invisible barrier, covering Jiang He.
The roars were so loud that they gave Jiang He a headache, but there seemed to be another voice mixed in with the roars. The voice was sometimes far away from her and sometimes near, as if it was nagging something to her, or arguing with her loudly.
Jiang He braved the noisy roar and continued to approach the Zerg's ship mother nest step by step.
More and more Zergs gathered around, forming a dense mass that almost covered the entire Tianlang Mountain. It seemed as if they had received an order and did not dare to attack Jiang He, perhaps because they were afraid of Jiang He's tentacles.
Jiang He successfully approached the mother ship's nest. The originally closed mother ship's nest opened its door and lowered the steps.
Jiang He raised his head and looked up the stairs.
The new Zerg King stood there, also staring at her.
It was a face with facial features that were extremely similar to hers.
Jiang He had seen the portrait of Emperor Shengwu and had carefully examined his own appearance before looking at the portrait, so that when he first saw the facial features of the new Zerg Emperor, he had the illusion that he was seeing himself with makeup on.
The new Zerg Queen was a woman who looked no different from a human. She was tall and thin, with the Zerg Queen's crown on her head. Her eyes were cold and indifferent as she stared at Jiang He across the stairs.
In fact, if you look closely, you can see that she is different from Jiang He. Her facial features are more delicate and charming, but the cold and hard silver-gray armor makes her look extremely cold and indifferent.
Seeing Jiang He remained silent, the Insect King raised his chin and asked, "Who are you?"
"Jiang He." Jiang He looked at the Insect King above him, and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his chest.
She took a step forward, trying to get closer.
"Don't come near me." The Insect Queen took a step back and stared at Jiang He murderously. "You are not her, and this name is not something that anyone can impersonate. You are courting death!"
As she finished her words, a huge tail hook stabbed towards Jiang He's eyebrows.
Black Touch appeared in time, intercepted Jiang He, and confronted Wei Gou ferociously with bared teeth.
Seeing the black tentacles, the tail hook quickly retreated. The Insect King stared at Jiang He, the coldness in his eyes faded, leaving only shock. He murmured, "I thought you, I thought you were dead."
Jiang He stretched out his hand and covered his forehead. The roaring sounds around him disappeared, as did the whispers and arguments.
But instead of her mind calming down, it became more and more confused.
The Insect Queen's expression was distorted for only a moment. After a moment, her face calmed down and she said to Jiang He, "Come up."
Jiang He didn't hesitate, stepped onto the stairs, and followed her into the insect ship's nest.
The ship's door slowly closed behind her. The Insect King in front of her asked her without turning around, "Aren't you afraid that I'll trap you and kill you?"
Jiang He, "You won't."
Although the Insect King was surprised when he saw her face, his surprise was too calm, as if he knew her face and her identity.
How come the new Zerg King has similar facial features to her?
His head still felt uncomfortable, but at the same time, countless images popped up in Jiang He's mind.
The images went from blurry to clear, and from scattered fragments to complete pieces.
It’s not enough, it’s still not enough, it’s still very messy, there’s no line missing to piece together these messy pictures.
The Insect Queen had a cold personality. She said nothing more and led Jiang He towards the center of the nest.
When passing by a cage, Jiang He saw two blue tigers locked inside.
It is exactly the same as the blue elephant and the mutated little blue tiger, but it is a little bigger.
She paused and stared at the two blue tigers.
The Insect King followed her gaze towards the cage. "They're quite cute, aren't they? I've seen countless humans along the way, but these two are the only ones I find pleasing to the eye. They could become my mounts in the future."
To be honest, Jiang He also thought the little blue tiger was very cute.
But she never thought of using the little blue tiger as a mount.
Jiang He: "Humans don't know how to be mounts. I'm afraid they wouldn't be willing to do that."
"It doesn't matter." The Insect King didn't care at all. "The insect race has a long lifespan. I have plenty of time to tame them."
"Let's go." She reminded Jiang He, "Don't worry, they will live well here. After all, not everyone is qualified to be my pet."
Jiang He: ...
I have no relationship with the Insect King, so it is impossible to ask her to release the person. The only way is to find a way to rob him.
Jiang He calmed himself down and stopped talking. He followed the Insect King all the way to the center of the insect nest.
To enter here, you have to go through layers of verification. Although there are no Zerg guarding it, it will only be opened after the Zerg King scans the Zerg Queen. Presumably, only the Zerg King can enter.
What's in here?
"This is called Sea Cloud Crystal. Entering it is like walking into a sea of clouds, isn't it?" The Insect King said slowly, "In the beginning, there were as many Sea Cloud Crystals as there were on Tianlang Mountain, but over time, only this much remains."
After the door on the last floor was opened, there was a cloud of fog inside, and it was pitch dark when you walked in. Jiang He had sharp senses, and he followed the Insect King in front of him and walked forward.
She felt it and found that this so-called sea cloud crystal was very strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange about it.
My breathing slowed down, my steps slowed down, and even my heartbeat seemed to slow down. I don’t know if it was an illusion.
"Seacloud crystal can slow down time, keep life alive, and even prevent death from invading."
The Insect King stopped and said, "Come here and stand next to me."
The sea cloud crystal in front of her was even richer.
Jiang He noticed that there was a bed in front of the Insect King. The sea cloud crystals around the bed were so dense that they were almost like an impenetrable iron wall.
She stood beside the Insect King. This position was very strange, and she could see everything on the bed.
A man was lying on the bed surrounded by sea crystals.
His facial features, his facial features...
Jiang He blurted out, "Yi!"
The moment this word was spoken, the chaotic images in my mind were finally connected into one.
"Yi was the previous Insect King and my uncle. To reach the inner world, he would always enter the Sea Cloud Crystal, just to slow down time and allow his consciousness to travel to the inner world. He told me that his lover was in the inner world. But he entered the Sea Cloud Crystal too frequently. The last time, he slept here and never woke up. His consciousness was trapped in the inner world. If his consciousness still couldn't return to his body before the Sea Cloud Crystal dissipated, he would die completely."
The Insect King looked at Yi lying on the bed with admiration in his eyes. "My ability is insufficient to open the passage to the inner world, but if I had countless Jun stones, it might be possible to open the passage to the inner world."
Jiang He's fingers trembled as she touched Yi's eyebrows. She had asked Xiao A before the Tianlong entered the time tunnel.
"Xiao A, can you take Xiao Sen away too? And, there are also those in the archives..."
"Your Majesty, no. The Tianlong can only take away those consciousnesses that have been brought in by the Tianlong. You tried it last time, and as soon as he entered the Tianlong, the Tianlong would be shattered immediately before it entered the time tunnel."
"Yeah, I tried it last time." Jiang He murmured, "Forget it."
At that time, she thought that even she would be shattered in the time corridor. Xiao Sen was in A62, at least he could survive. As long as he was alive, he would definitely find the secret in the archives. If he found it, he would live a better life.
But she didn't expect that her body had been kept intact by Li En. She should have died, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The consciousness-collecting machine created by Li En recovered the fragmented consciousness like a magnet, allowing her to wake up from her body again.
But Xiaosen, Xiaosen is still in A62.
"Jifeng, can the Jun Stone really open the passage to the other world?"
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