memorial service
After the alien attack, classes at Rugong Xingyuan were suspended for six days. On the evening of the sixth day, all students received a notice from Xingyuan on their computers: classes would resume the next morning, and all insects should gather in the auditorium first.
The first reaction on the campus forum was: Will Her Majesty Alyssa come?
Does anyone know if we still need to arrange for a reception for Her Majesty Alyssa tomorrow morning? It's our bee tribe's turn. Her Majesty Alyssa must be feeling very bad after that alien attack, so we've prepared the finest honey to cheer her up.
[The above should not call this an "alien attack incident." Her Majesty Alyssa has already determined that the student died as a bug.]
[Sigh, how come there was no warning at school...]
[I heard that the photos Her Majesty Alyssa leaked were taken secretly by him. He caused Her Majesty trouble, and he must have suffered a mental breakdown from blaming himself too much.]
[Admin 077: Discussion of this incident is prohibited on the campus forum. This will be recorded as a serious violation and 1,000 points will be deducted. If your points are less than 5,000, your student account will be unable to post on the forum. Please comply with the rules.]
Is he sick? How long has it been? And they're still not letting him talk about it? What's with all the conspiracy theories going on online? His father's suicide note was even on the news.
[Admin 077: Two serious violations, 2000 points will be deducted.]
[Can you please stop talking? You're trying to show off your abilities. Why are there always these idiots spouting this nonsense under every post of Her Majesty Alyssa, as if Her Majesty was the one who caused his degeneration. It was Her Majesty who restored his spiritual anchor. I was there that day, and saw with my own eyes how much he degenerated, yet he was able to sober up and apologize in the end, and his mutated spines even receded. If it weren't for Her Majesty, wouldn't he have died as a bug?]
【The administrator blocked it well. 】
[Just received a notice from the Student Union: You don't need to go to the Fountain Square to greet or see off Her Majesty Alyssa all day tomorrow. All shifts will be postponed for one day.]
The students were very disappointed. Could it be that Her Majesty Alyssa still wouldn't come to school tomorrow?
The next morning, as soon as the students entered the auditorium, they noticed something different. The auditorium was decorated with an exceptional solemnity. From the entrance to the podium, pure white chrysanthemums were placed everywhere. The podium curtains were dark black, and the curtains were all white.
After the students were seated, the long-awaited Worm Queen emerged from the backstage. She wasn't wearing her school uniform, but a black, floor-length, puffy skirt with a large hem. She wore only a small white chrysanthemum pinned to her left breast.
The large skirt accentuated the Worm Mother's slender waist, and the pure black color formed a striking contrast with her fair, delicate skin. The buzz of students discussing the auditorium's decor quieted down as they all stared at Alyssa. They felt that the Worm Mother today was different from her usual sweet and friendly demeanor. She exuded a divinity that intimidated the Worm Mothers.
At the same time, the official account of the Palace of Saint Joseph in the Starnet Free Community all announced that Her Majesty Alyssa will broadcast live to the public at 9 am this morning, and attached thoughtful viewing instructions.
live streaming!
It has been a while since the students of Rugong Star Academy last posted beautiful photos of insect mothers on the Star Network. The insects who received the pictures last time were worried that they would soon have no new photos of the insect mothers after all these photos were worn out. Then, good news came from the sky: they can now see the fresh and lively insect mothers in person!
While cursing the San Jose Bela Palace for launching a surprise attack, the crowd honestly clicked on the live broadcast.
Alyssa stood in the center of the podium, with miniature cameras and microphones flying around her, transmitting her every glance and every sound to every corner of the auditorium and to the devices of every insect in the Star Network.
"Students of Tsukumiyomiya Hoshiin, I invite you all to the auditorium today to attend the memorial service for Maye Kuhak."
The students hadn't expected this to be the topic of today's auditorium meeting. They turned their gaze towards the Worm Queen at the center of the podium, only to hear Alyssa say:
"During the years I've lived in human society, I've also learned some of their customs."
After Alyssa finished speaking, a buzz erupted in the auditorium, and the Starnet erupted in an uproar, with comments flooding in like a tsunami. This was the first time the new Worm Mother had spoken publicly about her experiences in human society. The Worm Mother's three lost star years, which had been hidden from the Saint Hobel Palace, were now revealed to all the Worms.
But Alyssa seemed oblivious to the murmurs rising from the audience. She stared ahead, a black curtain, white chrysanthemums, a swarm of gray insects in uniform school uniforms… light and shadow, sound and form, gradually formed the path she would take.
A road to kingship.
A true king, fearless of danger and criticism. All her past experiences were the precious treasures of Alyssa Kyros, the sole queen of the Zerg race.
I am not wrong.
I am the king of the Zerg, no doubt about it.
Alyssa continued speaking, her voice gentle yet powerful, gradually quieting the insects in the audience. "Humans believe that people have souls. After death, the soul does not leave immediately. Instead, it returns to the place it loved most in life to bid a final farewell to its loved ones."
"I think what Mayer Kuhak cherished most were his home and his father. But they are both dead."
There were whispers from the audience again. Students like Rumiyana Hoshiin, who had not had much contact with society, were whispering to each other about the Worm Mother revealing something that was so secretive on the forum. On the other hand, what was discussed more on Starnet was that the Worm Mother had openly exposed the demise of the Kuhak family. What was her intention...?
"I am a student of Tsumiya Seiin. The loss of a classmate always brings me grief. On Mayer Kuhak's father's behalf, I would like to bid farewell to his soul on Mayer's seventh day. Please join me."
Alyssa spread her clasped hands before her abdomen and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, they had transformed into a pair of golden compound eyes. Countless golden threads flew from her open palms, floating in the air above the high ceilings of the auditorium without a breeze.
All the students in the auditorium felt the feeling of being caressed by the warm breeze again. They unconsciously stretched out their hands or tentacles, trying their best to reach the spiritual energy lines emitted by the insect mother.
The moment they touched Alyssa's mental line, all the insects seemed to be thrust into another scene. Instead of the solemn, black-and-white auditorium, they saw a barren, endless desert. They could no longer sense their bodies, only their vision, and this instinctively caused them to panic. When they could clearly see the insect queen in a black dress, standing atop a wind-eroded rock somewhere in the desert, they fell silent.
In the live broadcast, the insects saw that all the insects that came into contact with the insect mother's mental power entered a quiet state with synchronized breathing. No matter whether their eyes were simple or compound, or what color they were, there was a golden light flashing in the bottom of their eyes.
Atop the wind-eroded rock, the insect queen clutched a small round pocket watch, her eyes closed, silently muttering something. A moment later, the sand at the base of the wind-eroded rock loosened, and the shadowy figure of a six-meter-long bug emerged from the sand. Its head was small, but its body was enormous, translucent green in color, with only a few black rings marking its antennae.
The shadow of the stink bug climbed up the wind-eroded rock, but it did not dare to let its head go higher than the mother insect. It carefully extended its tentacles towards the mother insect, and anyone could see its attachment and reluctance to leave.
"Meyer." Alyssa smiled gently, gently spread out her palm, and showed the small round pocket watch to the bug in front of her. "Look, it's here with me. In my spiritual world."
"Rest in peace, Meyer."
Then the insects saw that the shadow of the stink bug finally dared to place its antennae on the palm of the insect mother's hand. Strangely, as it came into contact with the insect mother, its emotions seemed to spread across the Gobi Desert.
It was pure, regret-free joy.
Meyer's shadow grew increasingly transparent, gradually disappearing from view. The insects felt as if they had been slapped in the face. They were freed from this shared spiritual connection and returned to the auditorium, awash in black, white, and gray.
The Worm Mother remained at the center of the podium, her extended spiritual energy lines already retracted. The livestream chatter was abuzz with questions about what was going on, why the Worm Mother's spiritual energy had been withdrawn, and what the insects in the auditorium were doing by breathing in unison.
No one had time to answer. The insects looked at the insect mother on the stage in awe. They watched the insect mother solemnly declare:
"My subjects, do not be afraid. Your Worm Queen has returned. I will work hard to ensure that every one of my subjects can find true peace. This is the promise of Alyssa Kyros."
The memorial service ended. But the discussion about it lingered on Starnet for a long time. Students from the Rugong Star Academy, fortunate enough to be seated in the auditorium, raved about the Worm Mother online: They talked about her power, her divinity, and the feeling of being spiritually connected to her... Different Worms had different feelings and ways of expressing them, but one thing remained constant: all Worms saw that Her Majesty Alyssa's spiritual world was vast and boundless.
The words of over 30,000 eyewitnesses were hard to believe. And these students, in turn, shared these feelings with their parents, relatives, and friends... The Insect Mother, who had disappeared three years earlier, was no longer a vague symbol, but a powerful leader who promised to bring peace to every Insect.
"Good boy..." Isabella Knox, the middle child of this generation of the Knox family and Sevier's older sister, paused the video, freezing it at the moment when the Worm Mother declared that all Worms would find peace. She zoomed in and out on the Worm Mother's delicate, fair, resolute, and compassionate face, adjusting the angle 360 degrees before turning back to look at her brother, Sevier.
"I still can't believe that Her Majesty Alyssa would choose you as her husband." Isabella looked at Sewell from head to toe. "Honestly, are you really not looking for an excuse to cheat your family out of money?"
Seville had returned home. From the moment he and Alyssa exchanged their feelings, Seville's mood had been up. He ignored his sister's questioning look, "Do you deserve it?" He opened the long-prepared report on his smart computer and presented it to his father, Balin. "Look, how much money we made from the live broadcast of this memorial service! Father, I'm serious. Creating a live broadcast app specifically for Her Majesty Alyssa will surely put our Knox family's wealth at the top of the Zerg wealth rankings!"
Barin Knox's breathing was heavy. He checked with Sewell again, "Are you telling the truth? Your Highness, is Alyssa really willing to broadcast her daily life live to the public, and has she granted you the exclusive rights?"
Seville said nothing, but took out the colorful butterfly purse embroidered by the insect mother from his left breast pocket. The sweet and majestic pheromones on it revealed its origin.
Balin slammed the table. "Alright! Seville, we will fully cooperate with you in terms of funding, technology, and manpower! Isabella will be your deputy! From today on, the entire Star Core Cocoon News Star Network Group will be the mouthpiece of Her Majesty Alyssa!"
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