Chapter 119 Chapter 119 (Supplement)
The two of them talked about the news and said a few random words. However, no one was paying attention to the news. Instead, their legs pressed together and the body temperature of each other was constantly transmitted. At first, it was just a little strange, but later it became a little hot and a little sweaty.
Even the air around me seemed to be tinged with heat and became sticky.
No one spoke, and they kept silent. Rong Heng stared at the smart computer, pretending to read the news, but in fact he kept glancing at Ruan Shiqing out of the corner of his eye.
The young man sitting next to him straightened his back, and as if influenced by him, he also lowered his head to look at the intelligent computer. However, from Rongheng's perspective, he had no idea what he was looking at.
He felt he should say something to break this weird atmosphere.
The heat from his legs was constantly making its presence felt, making him feel dry-mouthed and at a loss. But people in the same situation as him didn't notice anything wrong, as if they were completely unaware of the ambiguity at the moment.
Or maybe, he noticed it... but tolerated it in silence.
The second guess made Rong Heng's heart beat out of control again. If he were connected to a monitor at this time, he would find that his heart rate was like that of a seriously ill person, with great ups and downs and no calming moment.
Rong Heng glanced at his beautiful profile with his peripheral vision, his Adam's apple twitching a few times, before he finally mustered up the courage and moved a little closer.
This time, the thighs that were originally only partially touching were now tightly pressed together.
It's impossible that he didn't notice such a deliberate action, right?
Rong Heng stared at him nervously, waiting for his next move to verify his guess.
In the silent atmosphere, time seemed to stretch out very long. In just a few seconds, Rong Heng felt like he had been waiting for a long time. The person who was quietly watching the intelligent computer seemed to finally notice something unusual, raised his head and looked at him, with light in his black eyes, revealing emotions that he could not clearly see.
He opened his mouth, as if preparing to say something——
However, the next moment, 09 who was sitting next to him made an excited sound, tearing apart the thick and ambiguous atmosphere.
He said, "Sally and Jason have made their move!"
Ruan Shiqing was stunned, swallowed his previous words, stood up and walked to 09's side: "Is there any movement?"
——09’s network is connected to the spaceship network and can receive information from the spaceship as quickly as possible.
"Well, they stole a shuttle and left the rescue ship." After saying that, he played the video that was transmitted back to him.
The spaceship several light years away from them was still moving forward normally, but at the inconspicuous stern behind the spaceship, there was a small shuttle moving in the opposite direction.
After waiting for such a long time, the other party finally took action. Ruan Shiqing was cheered up, immediately notified others, and strode to the operations room.
09 immediately followed him.
The Crown Prince, who was left behind, looked unhappy and could only catch up with him. At the same time, he pushed the little robot away and made a vicious look at him.
09: ???
How did Snowball become so fierce?
Those who received the notice gathered in the operations room.
Ruan Shiqing set the shuttle driven by Sally and the others as the key tracking target, and then displayed the virtual screen to the public so that everyone could see the current situation.
The shuttle was heading quickly towards the uninhabited star region, much earlier than they had expected - according to their original guess, they should have arrived at the uninhabited star region in two hours before leaving.
At this time, they didn't know that a battleship had already caught up with them.
Inside the shuttle, Sally's body was paralyzed in the co-pilot seat, with several pairs of limbs extending from her back, and she could hardly maintain her human form.
"Faster, I can't stand it any longer."
Before the eggs hatch, they must be fed with a large amount of nutrients. In the past, these nutrients were provided by lower-level insects, and they had already cultivated a group of lower-level insects on the Driftwood Planet to feed these queens, but they didn't expect that the arrangement was destroyed, so she could only hurriedly hide the eggs that were about to hatch in her abdomen and escape with them.
But this batch of insect eggs was obviously of a higher level than hers, and was estimated to be close to the real queen insect. They actually regarded her as a low-level insect species to feed themselves, and wanted to absorb her as nutrients to hatch their eggs.
Otherwise, she and Jason would not have brought forward their escape plan.
Now they had to contact their fellow tribesmen who were waiting for them in the uninhabited star region, and ask them to change their destination and come to join them as soon as possible.
The shuttle moved forward at high speed in the dark universe, while the cyan battleship behind it followed at a safe distance, neither too fast nor too slow.
After traveling for about half an hour, when approaching the uninhabited star area, the shuttle, which was moving at high speed, suddenly slowed down and stopped. Then, a black hole appeared on the side of the shuttle without warning, and then a black battleship slowly drove out.
Everyone in the operations room was shocked by this scene.
The black hole that appeared without warning meant something that everyone present knew clearly. Not to mention this strange-looking black battleship - no wonder the Zerg could wreak havoc in the Imperial Star Region silently, the technology mastered by the Zerg was far more advanced than they had imagined.
Everyone's expressions became more solemn than ever before.
Rong Heng narrowed his eyes, leaned forward slightly, and stared at the black battleship: "We must not let them leave today."
Everyone understood what he meant. Meler immediately contacted the other warships on standby at the rear. Hector and Garland took the cubs to the bottom engine room to prepare for battle. Everyone took their positions, and in a blink of an eye, only Ruan Shiqing and Rong Heng were left in the operations room.
Ruan Shiqing pointed at the black battleship projected on the virtual screen and said, "This battleship is not one of the battleships manufactured in the Empire. It must have been secretly manufactured by the Zerg. Logically, the Zerg do not have the technology to manufacture battleships. There must have been a traitor in the Empire who had dealings with those anthropomorphic Zerg."
At the same time, he zoomed in and analyzed the image. After repeatedly watching the image of the moment the black hole appeared, he paused and pointed to a certain place and said, "The appearance of this black hole is also very strange. If I am not mistaken, this place should be the arthropod of the Zerg."
——That was the moment when the black hole appeared. Countless pairs of arthropod-like objects slowly tore apart the dark space, forming a black hole that warships could enter and exit.
If Ruan Shiqing's judgment is correct, this black hole was probably formed by the Zerg forcibly tearing apart space.
He and Rong Heng looked at each other and asked hesitantly, "How is the front line doing recently?"
If the Zerg can tear apart the black hole and move freely in the Imperial Star Territory, then the front-line defenses may be useless.
"Everything is fine."
But the more normal everything is, the more abnormal it appears.
According to the news from Yengeis, the Zerg that used to attack fiercely have now restrained their attacks. Although there are still battles, the situation has obviously eased a lot.
These Zergs not only infiltrated the Empire's star field, but also learned to create a sleight of hand on the front lines. If their flaws had not been discovered by accident, we would probably still be kept in the dark.
Rong Heng looked gloomy.
Ruan Shiqing sighed, focused his attention on the battlefield in front of him, and tried his best not to think about what was happening on the front line.
He pointed at the battleship and said, "This battleship seems to be a little different from the ones currently in the Empire. I want to study it."
Rong Heng said "hmm", gathered all his thoughts, turned on the communication channel, and began to deploy for battle.
At this moment, the black battleship's hatch has slowly opened, waiting for the shuttle to land.
Just as the shuttle approached the hangar, two ion cannons fired one after another. One accurately entered the bottom cabin of the black battleship from the hangar and exploded, while the other hit the stern of the shuttle.
The other side was caught off guard.
The shuttle tumbled several times before it stabilized. Jason realized the danger and was about to speed up to leave, but the shuttle suddenly shook violently again, as if something extremely hard was nailed to the outside of the shuttle.
The system had already started to sound the alarm, but before he could react, he felt the shuttle moving backwards uncontrollably, getting farther and farther away from the supporting battleship.
Sally in the passenger seat had transformed into a complete insect form. Her originally slightly bulging abdomen kept shrinking and expanding. The intense pain made her wave her limbs constantly, making sharp and piercing whooshing sounds.
Seeing this, Jason gritted his teeth and simply abandoned the shuttle, changing into insect form, preparing to take Sally away directly.
However, as soon as he left the shuttle, his way was blocked by two fighter planes.
The little fox was the first to aim the turret at him and fired without hesitation, and the ion cannon hit the insect's abdomen accurately.
"Watch me!" Not willing to be outdone, the little dragon aimed at its chest and fired a shot.
The close-range bombardment left Jason no time to defend himself, and his body exploded instantly, leaving only his massive head and a pair of limbs extending from his neck, still struggling to move.
"I'll drag him back." The little dragon operated the fighter plane to eject the mechanical arm and fixed the dying Zerg.
"Then I'll drag the other one." Seeing this, the little fox immediately operated the robotic arm to drag Sally in the shuttle.
Sally's abdomen was now swollen, and the eggs stored in her abdomen were constantly sucking her nutrients. She had no power to resist.
The two cubs dragged their spoils and could not wait to report the battle situation on the communication channel.
"There are still ten insect eggs in Sally's body. Let's go and take a look." Rong Heng also received the message and took the elevator down with Ruan Shiqing.
bottom cabin.
The auxiliary robot had already injected muscle relaxants into the two Zergs. The Zergs, having completely lost their ability to resist, lay paralyzed on the ground and could only allow the robots to put them into a sturdy transparent isolation cage.
Ruan Shiqing stared at Sally's abnormally swollen belly with a surprised look.
Rong Heng had mentioned Sally's situation before. He knew that Sally had swallowed ten important insect eggs, but when Sally returned to the space station later, her stomach was not that big at all.
Thinking of the other party's hasty departure, Ruan Shiqing guessed that there must be changes in these insect eggs.
He thought for a while, then had the robot transport it to the laboratory for temporary isolation and observation.
After the little dragon and the little fox returned the spoils, they immediately prepared to go out and continue fighting. However, Ruan Jiao, who had been following the little fox, waved his tentacles to think for a while and then stayed.
He held onto the corner of Ruan Shiqing's clothes and followed closely behind the robot that was transporting the Zerg, his brows furrowed tightly.
Following him to the laboratory, he watched Ruan Shiqing put on a white coat and order the robot to move the two Zergs out for inspection. He followed his father nervously.
For some reason, Sally made him feel a little uneasy at this moment.
His tentacles moved restlessly, but he couldn't tell where this uneasy feeling came from.
I could only follow my father nervously, staring at Sally's belly which was swollen like a balloon and seemed like it would burst at any time.