Chapter 14 I Become a Zerg 14 [End of Book]
Zhang Xiaojia gritted her teeth and asked, "Do I really want to see you die in front of me?"
He Fei hugged her and said, "Jia Jia, if I take you there, your personality will force you to go to the mother nest. I can't refuse you. Do you know what will happen? The three of us will die together. Don't say it won't happen."
"You're blaming me for nothing?"
"Yes, your fighting ability is too poor now."
Zhang Xiaojia felt that she could abandon this boyfriend.
"My fighting ability is poor?"
"Tang Han and I can cooperate because we are not afraid of death."
"And you, Zhang Xiaojia, you're afraid we'll die."
Zhang Xiaojia's bone blade froze in mid-air.
He Fei took a step forward and grabbed her wrist with such force that her shell hurt.
"If you were there, what would you have done?" He stared at her. "You would have rushed to the front and used your bone blade to withstand the acid from the hive. Even if your carapace was corroded to the bone, you would have made sure that Tang Han and I could get out alive."
"And then you die in it yourself."
Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes suddenly contracted.
He Fei's voice lowered, with a kind of almost tired certainty:
"You asked me why I hid it from you? Because I knew you would rather die than let us take risks."
"But Zhang Xiaojia, have you ever thought about—"
"Me too. I love you with my whole life and soul. Every time you get hurt, my heart breaks. Jiajia, I'm in pain."
He Fei's words were like a blunt knife, slowly and heavily piercing into the cracks in Zhang Xiaojia's shell.
She froze in place, the bone blade hanging in mid-air, and her compound eyes were filled with emotions more complicated than anger.
He Fei's hand was still holding her wrist, his palm was red from the residual heat of the bone blade, but he refused to let go.
"You..." Zhang Xiaojia's voice suddenly became hoarse. "Are you in pain?"
He Fei's golden pupils darkened, and he rubbed the unhealed scars on her shell with his fingertips: "This is to simulate the wound on my chest, right?"
Her antennae twitched violently.
Zhang Xiaojia suddenly pulled back his hand, and the bone blade snapped back into its shell.
"He Fei." She called him by his full name, the crimson in her compound eyes fading to a deep blue. "You're such a jerk."
There was no anger in these words, only fatigue.
He Fei took a step forward and pulled her into his arms. This time she did not struggle.
"I know." He rested his chin against her burning shell. "But I'm your bastard."
"In the last ten seconds of the hive, I imagined you rushing down from the fleet, using your body to block the breach in the hive."
Zhang Xiaojia's shell trembled slightly.
"So yes, I hid it from you." He Fei tightened his arms, "I'd rather you hate me than take that 'what if' gamble."
Zhang Xiaojia suddenly bit his shoulder, his canine teeth piercing through his military uniform and blood seeping out.
He Fei groaned, but then smiled: "Are you calming down?"
"No." She opened her mouth, her compound eyes glittering with surprise. "I want you to promise three things."
"explain."
"First, write a suicide note before you die next time."
"Second, don't write nonsense like 'take good care of her for me' in your suicide note."
"three……"
She grabbed his collar and forced him to lower his head:
"Don't leave me alone in this world, He Fei, I love you too."
He Fei's black pupils shrank slightly in the dim cabin, as if burned by her last words.
"……good."
His voice was soft, yet it carried a weight like some kind of oath.
Zhang Xiaojia's bone blade finally retracted completely into its shell. She raised her hand and her fingertips touched the bite mark on He Fei's shoulder. Fluorescent blue blood stained her fingertips, glowing in the dim light.
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
He Fei held her hand and placed her palm against his heart.
"It doesn't hurt as much as it does here."
His heartbeat could be heard through his military uniform, firm and powerful, like some silent promise.
Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly lowered her head, gently licking the wound he had been bitten with the tip of her tongue. He Fei froze, and his breathing instantly became disordered.
"...Jia Jia?"
"Zerg saliva has healing properties." Her voice was muffled over his shoulder, and her antennae twitched unnaturally. "...Don't overthink it."
He Fei chuckled softly, put his fingers through the gap of the shell on the back of her neck, and gently pinched her most sensitive soft scale.
"It's too late. I've already overthought it."
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Before dawn, He Fei stood in front of the observation window, looking at the figure who was training alone in the training ground.
Zhang Xiaojia's bone blade drew a brilliant trajectory in the morning light, and each strike accurately replicated the fatal angle of the battle in the hive.
The lights in the training ground had been turned down to the lowest level. Zhang Xiaojia's bone blade was still stained with coolant. He Fei sat opposite her, playing with a fragment of the mother nest crystal in his hand.
"Jia Jia." He Fei suddenly spoke, his voice was very soft, but it made her antennae instantly straighten up, "Have you forgotten that you were once human?"
Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes shrank slightly.
"You once destroyed the Zerg's hive with a bottle of insecticide." He Fei's golden pupils were like burning sparks in the dim light. "And now, you have become the Zerg's top mimic—"
He flicked his fingertips, and the fragment of the mother nest floated between the two of them, and the faint blue light reflected on Zhang Xiaojia's shell.
"Why are you still using 'fighting' to solve problems?"
"You were once able to disintegrate the Zerg with a bottle of medicine." He Fei's fingers traced the unhealed scars on her shell. "Now, you are fully capable of developing a potion to render the hive 'harmless'."
Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes froze completely.
He Fei lowered his voice and said, "You are so used to solving problems with bone blades...that you have forgotten that your strongest weapon has never been fighting."
He tapped her temples: "It's here."
Oh shit!
After she became a Zerg, force was paramount.
Her strength is indeed her medical skills.
She blinked at He Fei and turned the tables: "Why? Why didn't you remind me earlier? Why did you make me go on such a long and futile journey?"
He Fei smiled and said, "It's my fault. I'll arrange a lab for you as compensation, okay?"
Zhang Xiaojia said proudly: "Okay, I forgive you."
He Fei smiled and rubbed Zhang Xiaojia's tentacles, but she slapped them away with her claws.
"The lab will be ready tomorrow." He dropped his joking expression. "The hive sample and all research access will be given to you."
Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes suddenly lit up with a dangerous light: "Wait—you were already prepared?"
He Fei's black pupils flickered.
"Ever since you first dissected a Zerg corpse with your bone blade," he confessed, "I've been wondering if I could combine your medical talents with Zerg mimicry..."
Zhang Xiaojia's bone blade popped out with a "swish".
"So you're deliberately provoking me?" Her voice rose dangerously. "You're saying I'm 'poor fighting ability'?"
He Fei advanced instead of retreating, letting the bone blade press against his throat: "How about just saying, 'Honey, stop fighting and do some research'?"
"......"
The bone blade slowly retracted.
Zhang Xiaojia suddenly smiled, his compound eyes flashing with a cunning blue light: "Marshal He, you're finished."
She turned and left, her shell gleaming with a cold metallic sheen under the light.
"Jia Jia?"
"Go write the experimental plan." She swung the bone blade without looking back. "And think about how to explain to Tang Han that his daughter, the strongest and most powerful mimic of the Zerg, is not fighting to do an experiment."
He Fei froze in place.
Before the automatic door of the training ground closed, he heard Zhang Xiaojia's smiling voice:
"By the way, please copy the will to me."
Zhang Xiaojia spent ten years and finally made the Zerg hive's sensory evolution agent.
For her, the past ten years have been long and fulfilling. The laboratory has become her second home, where the familiar medical instruments and Zerg specimens intertwine and form the main theme of her life. The fully equipped laboratory He Fei prepared for her, along with the hive specimens and research access, has provided her with endless possibilities for research.
Over the past decade, Zhang Xiaojia has failed countless times, and started over countless times. Her bone blade is no longer just a weapon in battle; more often, it serves as a valuable aid in the delicate manipulation of experimental tools. Her compound eyes no longer glow only with the scarlet glow of battle; more often, they gleam with a thirst for knowledge and an exploration of the unknown.
When the bottle of sentient evolutionary agent finally emerged from her hands, Zhang Xiaojia's compound eyes lit up with an unprecedented light. In that light, there was joy, pride, and an infinite longing for the future. She gently stroked the bottle of evolutionary agent, as if it were her most precious child.
He Fei rushed over upon hearing the news. When he saw the bottle of evolution agent, a glint of disbelief flashed in his dark pupils. He hugged Zhang Xiaojia tightly, his voice trembling slightly, "Jiajia, you did it! You really did it!"
Zhang Xiaojia smiled and pushed him away, a cunning blue light flashing in her eyes: "Of course, who am I, Zhang Xiaojia? If I say I will do it, I will definitely do it!"
He Fei smiled and rubbed her tentacles. This time, Zhang Xiaojia didn't slap his hand away, but let him rub it. She knew that in the past ten years, He Fei had been silently supporting her, both mentally and materially. Without him, she might not have been able to hold on until now.
"What should we do next?" He Fei asked, his voice full of anticipation.
Zhang Xiaojia thought for a moment, a glint of determination flashing in his compound eyes. "We need to do an experiment first to see the effect of this evolutionary agent on the Zerg hive. If successful, perhaps we can find a peaceful solution to the Zerg problem."
He Fei nodded in agreement. He knew that Zhang Xiaojia's move was not only a breakthrough in Zerg research, but also a contribution to the future of mankind.
So, they began preparing for the experiment. Zhang Xiaojia carefully selected several samples of Zerg hives, while He Fei coordinated the experimental site and personnel. They all knew this step was crucial, bearing on the future of countless lives.
The experiment began. Zhang Xiaojia carefully injected the evolution agent into the Zerg hive sample. As time passed, the hive sample began to undergo subtle changes. Its outer shell gradually became transparent, and the biological structure within began to reorganize.
Zhang Xiaojia and He Fei watched all this nervously, their heartbeats accelerating as the experiment progressed. Finally, when the mother nest sample was fully evolved, it emitted a soft light, a light filled with the breath of life and peace.
Zhang Xiaojia and He Fei smiled at each other. They knew they had succeeded. They had found a peaceful solution to the Zerg problem, opening a new path for humanity's future. And all of this was thanks to Zhang Xiaojia's ten years of perseverance and hard work.
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[I've been writing for ten months. Thank you all for your company. I'm going to take a few days off. My next step is to have He Fei slice my soul into pieces.]
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The First Detention Center of Sijiu City.
Zhang Xiaojia cannot see He Fei. He is not allowed to visit him in prison while he is in detention, and can only meet with his lawyer.
Zhang Xiaojia had no choice but to go to the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
Zhang Xiaojia tried to find the police officer who was in charge of He Fei.
Officer Wu asked, "You want to see He Fei? Who are you?"
Zhang Xiaojia said calmly, "My name is Zhang Xiaojia. Maybe I can be a breakthrough point and force He Fei to produce evidence to prove his innocence."
In fact, Officer Wu also tends to think that He Fei was not the one who poisoned. He Fei is too smart and paranoid. If he really poisoned, there would not be such an obvious loophole pointing to He Fei. However, the matter is too serious, the evidence is insufficient, and the social impact is too great.
Officer Wu thought for a moment and agreed to let them meet: "But I want to monitor it."
What could Zhang Xiaojia do? There was no other way. This was her only way to see He Fei.
Zhang Xiaojia stood in front of the glass window of the meeting room, looking at He Fei who was sitting opposite him.
He was wearing a gray prison uniform, his face was a little pale, and he wore a pair of glasses. He looked gentle and elegant.
He Fei looked at the girl in front of him, put his left hand on his chest to feel her heart beating, wondering if it was beating a little too fast.
Zhang Xiaojia touched the glass lightly with her fingertips, and said in a sweet voice: "He Fei, are you planning to destroy the world? After destroying the world, I will also die. Can you bear it?"
When he heard her say death, He Fei's eyes were filled with madness, and his voice was hoarse: "What's your name?"
Zhang Xiaojia raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you good? If you are good, I will tell you my name."
He Fei suppressed the madness in his eyes, smiled gently and said, "Be good, tell me your name."
Zhang Xiaojia couldn't help laughing when she saw He Fei's gentle yet somewhat crazy look.
She knocked lightly on the glass window and drew a little heart on it, her tone teasing: "He Fei, remember, my name is Zhang Xiaojia, your Jiajia."
He Fei's eyes instantly became more fiery, as if he wanted to carve her name into his bones. He repeated in a low voice: "Zhang Xiaojia... my Jiajia..."
Zhang Xiaojia nodded with satisfaction and continued, "He Fei, listen carefully. I won't allow you to destroy the world, nor will I allow you to do anything extreme."
He Fei's pupils suddenly constricted, and the shackles tightened suddenly. He leaned closer to the glass, his breath misting between them. "If I'm good, you'll stay by my side and won't leave me."
Zhang Xiaojia also moved closer to the glass and said lightly, "Yes, if you are good, I will be by your side. If you are not good, I will not want you."
When He Fei heard this, his originally gentle and elegant temperament became sinister and vicious, which made people shudder, and his eyes revealed a sinister coldness.
Zhang Xiaojia's eyes instantly turned red, and he accused: "You are mean to me~"
He Fei's expression froze instantly. The gloom and resentment in his eyes seemed to be doused by a bucket of cold water, replaced by a trace of panic and helplessness. He opened his mouth, his voice a little hoarse: "I... I didn't mean to you."
Zhang Xiaojia's eyes were still red, with a hint of grievance and accusation: "The look in your eyes just now was so scary, as if you wanted to eat me."
He Fei's heart suddenly tightened, and his fingers unconsciously clenched the edge of the table, his knuckles turning slightly white.
He took a deep breath and tried to make his voice sound gentler: "I'm sorry, Jiajia, I didn't mean it. I just... I was just afraid that you would leave me."
Zhang Xiaojia's heart softened at the sight of his panic, but she still maintained a look of grievance on her face. "Then you're not allowed to look at me like that again, and you're not allowed to do anything dangerous again. Otherwise, what will happen if you're not by my side? What will I do if I'm left alone in this world?"
He Fei nodded quickly, his voice low and eager: "Okay, I promise you, I won't do anything to scare you again. As long as you are by my side, I will listen to you in everything. Jiajia, don't worry, I will be released from prison as soon as possible and stay by your side."
Zhang Xiaojia's heart skipped a beat. She had gone too far. She didn't want He Fei to be released from prison yet. The Zhang family's affairs were not settled yet.
He Fei also immediately felt that Jia Jia didn't want him to be released from prison, so he hid the madness in his eyes and didn't want to scare Jia Jia. He wanted to protect her, and she would only be safe with him.
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