Lin Hao watched the crowd kneeling before him, his head aching.
Especially Erfa, the strongest combat force of the Zerg, commander of the air force, humanity's greatest enemy in the past, undefeated, known as the 'God of Slaughter.' Putting aside everything else, just looking at his face, he was actually quite handsome. If he had debuted, he probably would have become a superstar.
And the bugs next to him, each five stories high, of various colors. Wouldn't so many bugs together get hot? Oh, he forgot bugs are cold-blooded. Looking at it this way, this cave was quite large.
"You all may rise," Lin Hao said, emerging from the egg and walking in front of Erfa, his eyes looking at the bugs beside him.
Erfa looked up at Lin Hao standing before him against the light. Soft light fell on her black hair. Unlike the blue eyes of the higher Zerg, her black eyes were captivating, making one feel so gentle. Her slender limbs and neck seemed as if they could snap with a slight grip. Erfa stood up and walked to Lin Hao's side.
Looking at the soft hair, she really wanted to ruffle it.
Lin Hao was a little hungry now. He remembered that when Zerg were born, they were at their most vulnerable, making them perfect for elimination.
Pah, pah, he was a bug now, not suitable for elimination.
Lin Hao sat down next to the egg, his mind churning through the knowledge he had learned before. The more he thought, the bigger his head felt. He couldn't remember anything. He had returned all the knowledge he had learned to his teachers. His body had also changed. His once proud abs and biceps were gone.
He raised his arm and looked at this weak body, not having an ounce of flesh on him. His mind slowed down even further, and as his mind slowed, his stomach grew hungrier.
Erfa watched the King sitting on the ground, standing silently beside Lin Hao without speaking. Seeing Lin Hao's brow furrowing more and more, she asked, "King, what troubles you?"
Lin Hao heard the concern in Erfa's voice and gently shook his head, saying, "I'm fine, just a little hungry and don't know what to eat."
Erfa walked to the side of the eggshell, reached out, picked up a piece, and placed it in front of Lin Hao, saying, "You can eat this."
The King probably hadn't received the inheritance, which is why he was hungry and didn't know what to eat.
Exactly, anything a cub does is correct.
Correct.
Lin Hao looked at the eggshell in front of him and suddenly remembered that Sister Ditou had said that some higher Zerg could temporarily sustain themselves on their eggshells. This seemed like common knowledge. Sigh, if only he had paid attention in class instead of skipping and going to clubs.
He picked up the eggshell Erfa held and put it in his mouth. Besides a faint sweetness, there was no other taste. At the moment the eggshell entered his mouth, his spiritual power also began to recover, and the hunger disappeared. It was truly a good thing.
After eating the eggshell in his hand, Lin Hao smiled and said to Erfa, "Thank you."
The other party shook her head, indicating there was no need to thank her. Then, she no longer looked at Lin Hao, her gaze fixed on the cave entrance. If Lin Hao looked at her, he would have noticed that the ears of this cold and aloof young boy had already turned red.
So cute.
So cute.
The King's smile was so gentle, she really wanted to ruffle it.
Wanted to ruffle it.
Lin Hao got up and walked to a large bug. It had a pair of long antennae on its head, three pairs of legs. The front pair was thin and short, the middle pair was slightly thicker and longer, and the last pair was not only thick and long but also covered with many small thorns, along with a pair of huge mandibles. Its overall color was black.
As he looked, he reached out. These mandibles looked so powerful. Flipping through the inheritance from yesterday, he learned that this type of bug was called a earwig, one of the most powerful combat forces among the Zerg. Its body was covered in armor, possessing decent speed and explosiveness, but its intelligence was not very good, only knowing how to destroy things.
The earwig looked at the King before it, its antennae forgetting to twitch. It slowly retracted its mandibles to avoid harming the person in front of it. It had no defenses at all; the King was so fragile.
"I want to go up," Lin Hao said in his mind, his tone laced with a hint of pleading, because no Zerg wanted someone to sit on their head.
Due to just being born, his voice was a bit childish, making those who heard it unable to resist softening.
Understanding the King's meaning, the earwig immediately squatted down and extended its mandibles. Lin Hao stood on its mandibles and watched himself slowly rise. As the field of vision before him became more open, Lin Hao's mouth slowly formed a circle.
Wow, what a peculiar feeling.
It placed Lin Hao on its head, the softest part of its body. Its antennae were tied around Lin Hao to prevent him from falling.
The other bugs were envious of the bug beneath the King. Why wasn't it me? Was I not as handsome as that bug? King, my belly is the warmest, don't you want to come to me? What's so great about that big dark bug? Look at me, I'm colorful, how handsome am I? Don't look down on black, I'm telling you, black never goes out of style.
Lin Hao didn't realize that a sentence he uttered had caused all the submerged bugs to emerge. After all, yesterday, after receiving the King's message, all the bugs had set Lin Hao as a priority concern.
"Damn, is this the King?"
"The King is back."
"Where does the King want to go?"
"Who is beside the King? Let the King go up!"
"King, you go up. Whoever stops you, Xi'er will feed them all to the bugs." Xi'er, who was resting on the battleship, sat up immediately upon receiving the King's message again. This time the King wanted something, and in a pleading tone? Which bug was so audacious to be tired of living?
Xi'er went to the command center, sat in a chair, and asked the adjutants beside him expressionlessly, "Not there yet?" He slammed his hand on the command center table, and the table broke.
The table, made of the most durable and expensive Sunstone in the entire galaxy, was shattered with a single blow. If others knew, they could only say, "Rich people's thoughts are beyond me." Such a precious material was used to make a table. Others would have wanted to worship it and pass it down as an heirloom.
The powerful aura made everyone breathless. Some, unable to bear it, knelt directly on the ground, blood flowing from their lips.
"One last time." After speaking, he withdrew his oppressive aura and turned to leave.
King, your subject will arrive immediately. Xi'er guaranteed that you would never have to speak in such a tone again.
The appearance of the administrator caused the group chat to quiet down for a moment, and then it became lively again.
"Go, the entire house, you can go up."
"The universe, your subject will take you up."
"Go up."
"Go up +1"
"Go up +2"
Lin Hao, who was having a great time playing with the earwig, was suddenly stunned by the 999+ messages bombarding his mind. In an instant, he was like, "Who am I? Where am I?" Lin Hao read the messages one by one and found that every message was so cute, completely unlike the Zerg in his memory. However, what was that "go up the house" nonsense? He didn't want to tear down the roof. And that administrator who threatened to feed people to the bugs was too violent!
Erfa did not participate in the group chat because the matter being discussed in the group chat was happening right before her eyes. Looking at the radiant young boy, the void left by more than ten years was filled again, completely and warmly.
Lin Hao gently stroked the earwig's antennae. The earwig felt the touch on its head, opened its compound eyes on its head, and looked at Lin Hao, as if asking, "Is there something, King?"
Looking at the compound eyes on its head, it was worthy of being a Zerg. It had a full 360-degree field of vision, with eyes even on its head.
Lin Hao pointed outside, indicating he wanted to go for a walk.
The earwig understood the King's intention. It wanted to take the King out, but it thought of the King being a cub and that it was a bit dangerous outside. It subconsciously sought help from Erfa. Seeing Erfa nod, it joyfully took Lin Hao outside.
As they walked to the cave entrance, the strong sunlight forced Lin Hao to squint his eyes. Once his eyes adjusted, he saw a primitive forest and a vast expanse of white flowers.
These flowers looked a bit familiar.
In a luxurious room, a person suddenly sat up. It happened again. That strange spiritual power. Why wouldn't it come to see me? And it used spiritual power to plead with me.
The person got out of bed and, wearing pajamas, slowly walked to the table. He couldn't see his reflection in the mirror clearly, as his head was wrapped in bandages.
The man knew without looking how hideous he looked at the moment.
His head hurt.
He swept everything on the table to the ground. Exquisite ornaments scattered everywhere. Any one of them was priceless.
The man came back to his senses and saw a glass jar on the table. He picked it up, intending to throw it on the ground. However, at the moment he let go, he quickly caught it again. He hugged the simple glass jar tightly, kneeling on the ground, holding it close. If one looked down at the man's face, they would see that the cold and aloof man was now in tears.
Fortunately, he didn't let go.
Why won't you come to see me?
Am I not worth seeing?
Who are you?
Why do I want to see you so much?
Wouldn't it be nice if you came to see me?
The man gradually enclosed himself in his own small world, replaying those questions endlessly. He didn't even look up when the maids came in to clean.
"Your Highness, why do you keep holding that broken glass jar?" a maid said in the living room.
"I don't know either. The glass jar is nothing special. I saw it once before, and it contained an ordinary white flower," a maid replied.
"Is it a very precious flower?"
"Based on my memory, I searched it online. It's just an ordinary balloon flower."
"Then..." the maid wanted to ask something else.
"Are you all too idle?" a voice sounded from behind.
The two maids bowed to the butler who suddenly appeared and quickly retreated.