Attacks from humans
Drake had previously believed that the soothing effects of primordial honey and worm mother were identical. The only difference was that one was a commodity readily available for purchase, while the other was a free but indefinitely awaited item.
But only after Alyssa had truly cleared his spiritual world did he realize how wrong he was.
While using Chumi to soothe him did calm him down, he still felt a lingering sense of anxiety, as if something was constantly chasing him, forcing him to make quick decisions. He often acted on instinct, without time to think. Later, when he reviewed his experiences, he would become angry because his hasty actions hadn't yielded the expected results.
Only after receiving the spiritual comfort of the Worm Mother could one truly find peace. The road ahead seemed to offer many possibilities. Broad and smooth roads crisscrossed beneath his feet, and everywhere he looked seemed to be an unknown path with unobstructed views.
He was finally able to calm down and enjoy the walking process and the scenery, instead of being obsessed with achieving a certain goal.
He had successfully returned to the Third Legion's base, but the selection of the next commander was not so smooth.
He favored a female insect named Flora Gambi, a wasp who had served in the Third Legion for many years. She had followed his uncle since his uncle was in command and had made great military achievements and high prestige.
What’s even more rare is that she has never used virgin honey.
But Drake's process of announcing her as the next leader has encountered unprecedented resistance.
The Third Legion's senior leadership had already split into two distinct factions: those who had used Chumi and those who hadn't. Because Drake himself had used it, those who had used Chumi were closer to the core circle.
Those senior officials who had used the primordial honey could not understand why the Bug Mother suddenly dismissed Drake, and they could not understand why Drake and the military bugs who had accompanied Drake to the Saint Joseph Palace had suddenly changed their attitude. Why did they suddenly exclude their good comrades who had enjoyed the primordial honey together in the past?
If it were Drake in the past, his way of solving the problem would probably be to beat the opponent until he surrendered.
But now, there are many paths and many possibilities under his feet.
He said, "How about this? I'll file a report with the Palace of Saint Joseph and request a three-month delay in the transfer of military power. I'll temporarily take command of the front line. Those of you who refuse to obey, led by Flora, will go to the Palace of Saint Joseph and meet Her Majesty the Worm Mother. She will personally appoint you. How do you do that?"
He just happened to send a message to Alyssa, asking her to help purify the high-ranking officials who had used the primordial honey. By then, Flora would face much less resistance in commanding the Third Legion.
She didn't respond to any of the greetings he sent to Alyssa, any of the warm and straightforward expressions of emotion, but she should at least respond to the official business, right?
He never expected that after watching the courtship dance in the military AI he had secretly given him, Sewell would report the AI to Gabriel. Gabriel then politely replaced the AI Drake had given him with a more advanced one, one that was more suitable for Alyssa in size and style.
Gabriel ignored Drake's nonsense, setting the AI to only display information when a keyword was triggered. She frowned at Drake's request. This impolite fellow was really rude when he ordered the Worm Queen around!
She wanted to ignore it, but after thinking about Her Majesty Alyssa's possible reaction, she reported it.
So with the approval of the Worm Queen, Drake will continue to serve as acting commander for three months, and another fleet is heading towards the Palace of Saint Joseph.
At the same time, Sewell's second brother, Caspar Knox, who served in the Second Legion, discovered something unusual while on a border patrol mission.
Two Second Legion mobile ships crashed on a resource-free, barren planet where the Zerg and humans had agreed not to interfere with each other. Judging from the extent of the damage, it was clear that the Zerg on the ships were in great danger.
Caspar immediately took his subordinates to search and rescue, and the traces on the ship shocked him.
Such obvious signs of damage from optical and magnetic weapons! Was this... an attack by humans?
This is the star field that his brigade patrols. How come he didn't notice that humans have invaded this area?
And why were these two motor ships, which did not belong to his brigade, here? He had not received any instructions from the corps to assist other brigades in locating their navigation marks!
However, before Caspar could figure it out, his subordinates reported that a soldier bug was found alive in one of the mobile ships.
Casper immediately approached the soldier bug, his head covered in viscous green blood. He grabbed Casper's subordinate with a shimmering righteousness, repeating, "It's humans... Humans violated the agreement and attacked us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crashed mobile ship exploded with a loud bang. At the critical moment, Casper's wings popped out, tightly wrapping himself and the seriously injured soldier bug, blocking the blast.
Fortunately, Casper's subordinates reacted quickly and equipped themselves with safety gear as required when landing on the desolate planet, so they only suffered minor injuries. Casper shook his faded wings and looked down at the soldier bug in his arms.
He is dead.
The two motor ships that bore traces of human atrocities were also reduced to dust.
Caspar's pupils constricted; he could smell the coming of a storm.
In Gabriel's office in the Garden Palace, Vio is reporting to Gabriel.
"...I analyzed and compared Her Majesty Alyssa's blood sample for drug residues that could affect her gonadal development. There were dozens of components, and no matching results were found. This has created a bottleneck for our medical team in addressing Her Majesty Alyssa's gonadal development."
"How is this possible?" Gabriel's eight eyes were almost squeezed together with wrinkles. "That's the medicinal ingredient from Ancient Blue Star! Even with the advanced level of interstellar medicine, how can they not decipher it?"
"We can only confirm the presence of a large number of purely natural plant ingredients. If it's a synthetic drug, perhaps I have a solution. As you know, the Zerg ecosystem is very different from that of humans, let alone this ancient Blue Planet plant from thousands of years ago."
"...So what suggestions do you have for solving this problem?"
"I think... we need to cooperate with humans."
"That's impossible." Gabriel's first reaction was denial. The previous rescue of the Worm Mother was a collaboration with the interstellar humans, who had opened up their controlled star field to allow the rescue ship in. According to diplomatic protocol, after the successful rescue of the Worm Mother, the Palace of Saint Joseph-Bello should have issued an official letter of thanks to humanity and privately sent a more official account of the rescue process to the relevant interstellar human departments, proving that they had indeed operated within a reasonable area and had not exceeded the scope of their previously reported operations.
But after discovering that Alyssa had been physically and mentally ravaged by the skinny-horse education of the ancient Blue Star humans, Gabriel was furious. She summoned her lifelong political training to suppress the urge to bring the interstellar humans to justice. However, she had not yet sent out those diplomatic thanks or those private explanations.
According to feedback from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, interstellar humans are also quite dissatisfied with this.
The relationship between the two sides had become strained once again. This time, the interstellar humans were bound to be less accommodating when asked to cooperate. Gabriel didn't even know what justification to use to craft this diplomatic message.
"Then what should I do?" Vio's compound eyes clenched in worry. "The damage to Her Majesty Alyssa's gonads has indeed affected Her Majesty Alyssa's development. She's been in constant pain in her wing sacs because her wings are growing, but the medication has suppressed them, causing them to develop abnormally. I used some inhibitors to halt the growth of Her Majesty Alyssa's wing sacs. But Her Majesty Alyssa has returned to the Zerg. She's in an environment full of Zerg pheromones. Once her body's stored nutrients are ready, her second pupation will be unstoppable."
"By then, Her Majesty Alyssa will have to molt and grow wings again after her second pupation. If the drug residue isn't completely removed, I'm afraid she'll be disabled." Vio lowered his voice. "It could be... a physical disability, or perhaps a reproductive disability."
Oh my god. Gabriel rubbed his hands and appendages. Giving birth to a disabled insect queen, wouldn't that mean the insect queen generation is extinct?
Just as Gabrielle was mentally prepared to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draft a thank-you letter to restore relations with humanity as a pretext, her intelligence brain started ringing.
After skimming through the information, she looked up at Vio.
"An urgent military report from the Second Legion: Humans have attacked our mobile ships on a deserted planet bordering humanity, resulting in the complete destruction of two ships and the tragic death of six soldier bugs," Gabriel said, citing the AI. "Luke Tren has led his troops forward and is confronting the human army in the border star region."
Vio: “…Fuck.”
In October of Stardate 2776, six Zerg soldiers tragically perished in an interstellar attack on a Zerg mobile ship. The Palace of San Jose de la San José sent a strongly worded diplomatic missive, strongly condemning humanity's disregard for the ceasefire stipulated in the Areda System Treaty, calling this a serious violation of peace between the two sides.
Interstellar humans quickly responded, accusing the Zerg of going back on their word and acting out their own drama, and that the Zerg were the ones destroying peace.
The relationship between the two sides reached a stalemate, war was imminent, and public opinion was in an uproar. There was also a lot of discussion about this matter on the forum of Rugong Xingyuan.
[Why is music class over?! I want to listen to Her Majesty Alyssa's music! If you don't let me see Her Majesty Alyssa again, I'm going to make a scene.]
[There's nothing we can do. These are extraordinary times.]
[Hmm...I understand.]
[What kind of riddle is this? What extraordinary period?]
"Are you truly stupid or just pretending to be? You still don't know whether you want to go to war with humans. It would be inappropriate for Her Majesty Alyssa to play a human instrument at this time."
So what if the musical instrument is made by humans? As long as we Zerg like to listen to it, that's fine. So, our ancestors didn't use swords. Swords are also a human invention, so that doesn't stop the current Zerg from making single-sword combat an important practical training course.
"Her Majesty Alyssa is the Worm Queen. How can your influence compare to hers? Her Majesty Alyssa has already faced a wave of public criticism due to her human appearance. It's a good idea to be more careful now."
[What the hell, just because Her Majesty Alyssa has a human appearance and I have a little affection for humans, so this happened to me...]
[Her Majesty Alyssa was truly pitiful, having fallen into a star field controlled by humans and growing up there... The mark of humanity on her body will never be erased.]
[The above comments have been reported to the anti-black station.]
Are you sick? What I said is not true?
There are countless remarks like this.
When Gabriel approached Vio privately again, the question was, "...Do you think there are any planets with ecosystems similar to Ancient Blue Stars in the human frontier star regions? Is it possible that humans have transplanted the Ancient Blue Star plants used in the medicine there?"
"Is it possible for us to obtain the necessary plant samples by conquering this planet?"
"How confident are you that after obtaining the sample, the Zerg can develop an antidote entirely on their own, without relying on humans?"
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