Chapter 92
It gets dark quickly in winter. In just a short while, the world outside the window has sunk into the night. Lights are lit everywhere in the palace, and the warm orange light illuminates every corner of the corridor.
An Zhi followed Aiden Eslan's back all the way. The slender figure was moving quickly in front of her, and she could not catch up with him with her small steps.
As she passed the stairs to the second floor, she caught a glimpse of something hanging deep in the corridor.
An Zhi had never been to this building, but the deep red interior looked familiar for a moment, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Just as she hesitated for a moment, the footsteps coming from upstairs had become very faint.
An Zhi shook his head and quickly chased after him.
As expected, an accident happened.
An Zhi ran to the corner of the third floor and looked at the large and small forks in the road in front of him, feeling like crying but unable to do so.
She had thought that the route to the palace would be traceable, but she had not expected the design here to be so complicated, with every place looking almost exactly the same.
How can it be so complicated!
An Zhi stood at a fork in the road, swaying back and forth in a state of great confusion.
On the left wall hangs a huge decorative painting in oil painting style.
An Zhi stood on tiptoe and studied it for a long time, vaguely confirming that it was a work from a few years ago. The paintings were all tiny people and huge fleets, as if telling a grand maritime epic.
On the right wall was a carved mirror, tilted slightly downward, allowing for a clear reflection of the person. Two little angels lay on the top of the mirror, one on the left and one on the right, looking at An Zhi with a cheerful expression.
Anyway, everything was magnificent and the lights were bright, so she couldn't tell whether she was spinning in place or heading in the right direction.
If only... if only there was a navigation system.
While thinking about navigation, An Zhi lowered his head and stared at Gugu in his arms.
There was no time to think about whether the mushrooms tasted like cream puffs or horn spiral baguettes. An Zhi just wanted to see a map with many connections from the soft white caps of the mushrooms.
Preferably one that comes with around-the-clock tracking of the elusive Aiden Esserland.
When Mushroom heard An Zhi's psychological activities, it became anxious. It struggled in An Zhi's arms, making a small "rustling" sound.
Although it has grown a little bit fatter by absorbing the spiritual energy of the sun, moon, heaven and earth these days, how can it be confused with a mushroom and a group of food?
Mushroom wants to prove himself!
Gugu struggled hard to free himself from the cub's arms, and landed lightly on the ground with the open soft umbrella.
The mushroom fell to the ground, making a small noise.
If you say it was a light noise... a little louder than an umbrella being blown to the ground by the wind. If you say it was a loud noise... An Zhi looked at the mushroom that was almost stretching out his umbrella like a parachute frame and said softly, "You... why did you jump down?"
[I'll help you find the way! Hurry up and thank me.]
Gugu's voice rang clearly in An Zhi's mind, with a hint of pride and anger.
"Eh?" An Zhi seemed a little puzzled: "Didn't you say a few days ago that jumping when walking was tiring..."
An Zhi's worried eyes moved around Gugu, who was almost half her height. "Are you okay now? Or should I hold you so you don't get bumped?"
There was a suspicious pink tint on the mushroom's cap, and the sound seemed muffled.
[Mushroom, mushroom has recovered! I was just exhausted from using up all my abilities... I just wanted to stay with you a little longer.]
Having said that, An Zhi actually stayed with Gugu in the room for three days.
Because Gugu always felt that there was a vague sense of oppression outside the room, as if some large ferocious beast was watching this place for a long time.
I couldn't say anything more specific, I just told An Zhi to be careful in the palace.
An Zhi secretly thought in her heart that Gugu was just like her, and had just arrived here and was not yet used to it.
As a big friend with a mental age of 12, An Zhi was very considerate and tolerant of Gugu, who was just two months old.
After all, even Americus was away these days, and she didn't know who to go and play with.
"Okay, okay, then do you know which side His Majesty is on?"
Mushroom hesitated for a while:
[The Majesty you are talking about is the one with whom you have a spiritual connection.]
"Hmm..." An Zhi thought for a moment. The textbook said that there is usually a spiritual connection between immediate family members.
Immediate family, doesn’t that mean a family?
Ameris was out, so now only Aiden Esseran was her relative.
The cub quickly figured out this relationship, so An Zhi nodded.
Gugugu sensed the situation and quickly found the direction.
【Come this way.】
Its canopy pointed toward the corridor on the right.
An Zhi looked at Gugu's determined direction, and the anxiety caused by getting lost in his heart instantly dissipated.
She believed in Gugu as much as she believed in herself, because they were one.
**
In the reception room, the soft light illuminated Aiden Eslan's stern profile.
He sat on the large sofa, tapping his fingertips rhythmically on the armrest.
Sitting opposite him was the old man who had just gotten off the car with him, Councillor Yang Jingyu.
"Your Majesty, this is a briefing on this year's defense against the insect swarm."
Yang Jingyu pushed the tablet next to him over.
"According to the calendar, next year will be the fifth year. This outbreak is expected to occur around March and end within two to three months."
The insect tide is now divided into small five-year and large ten-year periods.
Generally, large-scale outbreaks occur at intervals of ten years, and halfway through the decade, that is, about five years, there will be an attack, but there will be no Zerg Queen leading the charge, and no subsequent steady stream of Zerg reinforcements.
The Zerg tide in the fifth year of the tsunami only began to appear in the last five hundred years. Experts speculate that this is because humans have changed their strategy. They mainly rely on defense and resistance against the Zerg instead of directly annihilating them on a large scale. This has led to the Zerg's expansion speed becoming faster. Their survival resources are not enough to support so many Zergs, so they will gather together in the fifth year of the tsunami to fight humans first.
To put it nicely, it is the survival of the fittest within the Zerg, commonly known as seeking death.
The Zerg tide in the next five years also helped the Zerg understand the progress index of human technological weapons.
A trace of fatigue appeared on Yang Jingyu's face. These were all old sayings, but as a reporter, he had to present them in full.
"In recent years, the Zerg have shown a new evolutionary trend, with their carapaces becoming harder. The carapace of the latest Overlord we received has a harder surface than the current 105-series rifle bullets."
Thousands of years have passed, and the Zerg has been constantly evolving. From the initial retreat under heavy weapons, they have gradually reached the point where they can fight the federal army back and forth.
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