A weapon unique to the Zerg Queen
Alyssa quickly adapted to campus life and lived a wonderful and comfortable life.
Every day before and after school, Alyssa would meet with students of the same race and different grades at the fountain gate of Rugong Xingyuan, greeting them briefly and exchanging pleasantries with a smile.
As for why the same species always appeared, it was because students fought so many times for the best central position to meet the Zerg Queen that the student union was forced to implement a rotation schedule. For example, Monday mornings were for the Cicada species, while Monday afternoons were for the Bee species. This not only controlled the number of Zerg swarms, but also ensured that the flightless, wingless, or slow-moving Zerg would be preempted by the more agile Zerg.
During cultural classes and lunch time, the school security department and the Tiger Armor Guards would firmly guard every checkpoint leading to the lower grades to ensure that no idle upper-grade students would come and disturb the Insect Mother's classes and meals.
Alyssa still brought her own lunch box every day. When she mentioned to the Garden Dew Palace's housekeeper, who was in charge of the meals, that she could eat in the cafeteria, the housekeeper and the head chef were so upset that their faces turned green, as if the Worm Queen had denied their entire worth. To appease them, Alyssa had to let Ryan carry the large five-layer lunch box every day and share it with the cubs.
The cubs were delighted. After all, the taste of the food cooked in the garden's small kitchen was far superior to the big pot meals in the cafeteria. The head chef was also delighted to see the empty lunch boxes every day, and he worked even harder to prepare the meals.
Influenced by the young cubs, who ate with astonishing appetites and relished everything they ate, Alyssa's appetite also improved. This delighted the housekeepers, who were always worried about the worm mother not eating enough.
After lunch, Alyssa would take a stroll in the garden with her 1.8-meter-long brood of little tails to digest her food, and she would occasionally encounter a large number of pups from other classes squatting in the garden, trying to encounter the insect mother. The little tails would quickly grow and become an activity for all the pups in the lower grade.
During afternoon gym class, simply looking for the heaviest insect swarms on the playground revealed the area where the Worm Queen was active. Alyssa could already run 50 meters, and whenever she worked up a sweat, she would uncontrollably emit a warm, sweet fragrance. This fragrance acted as a natural insect attractant, and Ryan and the Tiger Guards maintained a vigilant presence to prevent the Worm Queen from being bumped into by overly enthusiastic students. It was rumored that many senior instructors had already submitted reports to the principal, requesting transfers to Miaomiao's Class 6.
After doing what exercises she could, Alyssa would sit in the shade of a tree with the snail cubs, smiling and cheering on the other cubs in her class.
Music class is the most anticipated course for all the Zerg in the school.
Ever since Alyssa's stunning guqin performance in music class, all music classes, regardless of grade level, have been moved to the auditorium. The teachers discovered that the resonance created by Her Majesty Alyssa's guqin playing seems to be very beneficial for expanding one's spiritual world!
The larger the spiritual world, the more stable the insect—this is common knowledge for every insect. The snail hatchling, guided by the insect mother to return to mimicry, never again lost control of its mimicry due to emotional excitement. Returning home for the weekend, he hadn't even had time to open the small apology gift from the insect mother before his father captured him and conducted a mental power test. The conclusion was that his spiritual world had expanded more than three times! It was even larger than that of the most promising adult in the family! And because he was still young, he still had room to grow!
As the news spread, the brains of the leaders of the Rugong Xingyuan were nearly blown away by the heads of the high-ranking families. They all had the same request: transfer their pups to Her Majesty Alyssa's class! Whether it was skipping a grade or repeating a grade, the closer they were to the Insect Queen, the better!
Principal: ...Will it be of any use to ask him? We have to ask Master Gabriel! If he dares to disregard Master Gabriel's wishes and make arbitrary arrangements, will Rugong Xingyuan still want the financial allocation for next year?
Fortunately, Her Majesty the Insect Queen is much easier to talk to than Lord Gabriel.
"With so many bugs wanting to be my classmates, there won't be enough space in the classroom." Her Majesty Alyssa said to the principal with a hint of apology, "If there's a bigger classroom, maybe we can give it a try?"
So the principal waved his hand and said, since music is the most effective way to create a harmonious resonance, then all students in the school should take music lessons together! Teachers too!
All teachers and students in the school: !!! Principal!!! You will become the insect we respect the most besides Her Majesty the Insect Mother!
Having taken several music lessons, Alyssa was already familiar with the routine. However, today, instead of a guqin, she was on stage holding a pipa.
This was naturally another new item purchased by the Knox family at a high price.
Alyssa smiled shyly under the eager gazes of tens of thousands of Zergs, and the floating microphone transmitted her gentle voice to every corner of the auditorium.
"Today we're introducing a new instrument, the pipa. It's quite different from the guqin. The guqin's timbre is characterized by clarity, harmony, subtlety, and elegance, emphasizing tranquility. The pipa's timbre is bright, crisp, and granular, with a greater narrative quality. I haven't played the pipa in a while, so my hands are a little unfamiliar. Please don't laugh at me..."
She gathered her skirt and sat down, her legs naturally drawn together and sideways. The seated Worm Queen looked tiny on the podium, but fortunately, high-definition floating cameras captured close-ups of her from several vantage points in the auditorium.
Alyssa first sang a song called "Flying Flowers and Dotted Green Jade", which started with a dense group of sounds. The insects present immediately became excited: This, this is similar to the frequency of their flapping wings/rubbing sound generators/rubbing eardrums!
Woohoo, who said the Zerg Queen doesn’t understand the music of the Zerg!
Alyssa played with utter concentration, strands of spiritual energy wrapped around her fingers, plucked at the strings, and rippled into sound waves by the steel, echoing throughout the auditorium. The vocal insects could no longer suppress their itchy wings. From the moment the first chirp resounded in the auditorium, the fluttering of wings joined in. Their voices resonated in unison, yet they could never surpass the melody of the Insect Mother.
When the music stopped, the insects were still unable to break free from their state of synchronized rhythm. Alyssa's golden eyes hadn't yet faded. She pressed the strings and praised with a smile, "You're all amazing! I played this piece for the first time, and everyone already knows it."
Insects: ...
No, Your Majesty Alyssa, didn't you feel it? The Zerg in the auditorium just now were on the same wavelength! If this were to happen in real combat, with tens of thousands of insects thinking and working in unison, how terrifying would that be?
Then Alyssa sang "Ten Sides of Ambush" again.
As a famous war song that could be played with a pipa, "Ten Sides of Ambush" easily galvanized the Zerg's fighting spirit. Sewell's vest throbbed, and amidst the murderous intent of tens of thousands of Zerg, he desperately gestured to the Zerg Queen to stop.
Although he wanted to drive the warship to fight the monsters for three hundred rounds at this moment, this was in the auditorium of Rugong Xingyuan, not the front line facing the monsters in the universe!
He finally figured it out. If His Majesty played the guqin, it would calm the mind and soothe the restlessness of the Zerg; if he played something called the pipa, it would mobilize the hearts of the entire Zerg to sync with the scenes presented by His Majesty's music!
Alyssa also noticed the abnormally enthusiastic atmosphere among the Zerg, and was startled. She quickly turned on the song "Dragonfly Skimming the Water". The lively tune finally brought back the excited emotions of the Zerg with grinding mouths and open claws.
After the music class, Seville directed the network security engineers to work at full speed to set keywords for all the audio and video of the Worm Queen playing "House of Flying Daggers", striving to prevent any of it from being leaked.
Although the effect of the piano music transmitted through video and audio is much less than the intuitive feeling of the sound waves carrying the insect mother's spiritual power, the restless insects that have lost the insect mother for three years should not be stimulated for the time being.
Under the guidance of the Ministry of Cybersecurity, the forum discussed this matter with awe and restraint:
[Her Majesty Alyssa's second piano piece today...]
[Shh, our homeroom teacher has already told us not to discuss this too much.]
Who would say Her Majesty Alyssa is weak and would just walk around? She plays a tune and tens of thousands of insects are in unison, full of fighting spirit. It's because Her Majesty has a good temper and doesn't bother with these stupid haters. Back when the previous Insect Queen was in office, anyone who dared to criticize her would have had their mouthparts ripped out.
Her Majesty Alyssa is truly good-tempered, gentle, and always smiles. She always speaks softly and lovingly, and is incredibly kind. Are all insect queens this gentle yet powerful? I love it.
"I heard from my mother that Her Majesty Amelia is rather reserved and cold, surrounded by guards, and rarely interacts with other students. Unlike Her Majesty Alyssa, who plays games with a large group of cubs every noon."
[Damn it, another day where I hate myself for turning into a chrysalis.]
[Hate +1]
[I have to say that humans are quite capable. The musical instruments they create have such a profound influence on the Zerg.]
[Is the person above idiot? Is that the function of a human-made instrument? That's the function of the Zerg Queen holding the instrument! Before we Zerg severed ties with humans, it's not like we hadn't heard human music before. Didn't we mock humans for being useless and needing instruments to produce pleasant sounds?]
[Just a compliment to Her Majesty Alyssa, and that's it. Human artifacts in her hands have unprecedented influence. Fan club, add me! I've been applying for this for a long time!]
[Her Majesty Alyssa's Fan Club Groups 1 to 7 are full. Please refer to Group 8 for the link.]
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Returning to the Garden Palace, Alyssa reflected with lingering fear: "I didn't think too much about it at the time... Because that piece really showcases the pipa's technique, I won't play it again next time."
"It's okay, Her Majesty Alyssa," Sewell said. "It didn't cause any serious consequences. It was just a momentary rush of enthusiasm. Just think of it as a collective surge of adrenaline for all the teachers and students in the auditorium. This was only a small-scale offline spread, and we quickly contained it."
"Sevier, thank goodness you were there," Alyssa said. "I'll never play the pipa again."
"Your Highness, the instrument and the music are correct. Your other two pieces have also received excellent responses. Discovering today that this piece can inspire the Zerg's fighting spirit is a great blessing for you. This is a weapon uniquely yours."
"A knife is a sharp weapon. You can use it to cut a cake, or you can use it to hurt other insects. But whether you want to cut a cake or hurt other insects, you must have a knife in your hand. With a knife, you have more initiative."
Alyssa was thoughtful.
Seville had finished a full day of tutoring, and he wasn't allowed to stay in the garden at night. Seeing that it was getting dark, Seville was about to leave when Alyssa stopped him.
"Sevier, wait a minute." She looked back and saw that Gabriel was gone. Only Ryan and Miranda were following her. She waved Ryan and Miranda away and pulled Sevier to the garden corridor, pulling a small object from her pocket.
It is a purse embroidered with colorful butterflies.
Alyssa blushed and whispered, "I, I'm at school. I know that all trade between the Zerg and humans is now prohibited. It must be very difficult for you to buy those things from the humans of Ancient Blue Star. This is the purse I embroidered for you. Thank you for the zither, pipa, and those beautiful clothes you gave me."
When Alyssa said this, she didn't dare to look up at Seville, so she didn't see that his lavender eyes deepened in color and his pupils became vertical needle-shaped.
Seville's eyes automatically blocked out all the mottled light and shadows around him, and only allowed the insect queen in front of him to be seen, who was so cute that he wanted to swallow her in one bite.
Alyssa’s heart was pounding with nervousness, and she didn’t notice that the sweet pheromones overflowing from her body had betrayed her: “It’s just to express my gratitude. You, you must keep it well and don’t let anyone else see it.”
"……good."
After handing over the purse, Alyssa trotted away with a red face.
Seville stood there, looking at the palm-sized purse with fine stitching and distinct patterns on the butterfly wings for a long time.
He raised the small pouch to his nose and took a deep, deep sniff.
Full of the sweet fragrance of the insect mother.
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