At this moment, in the villa where Lin Hao was.
Lin Hao, waking up in the darkness, looked somewhat listlessly at the bugs surrounding him.
His eyes slowly focused, and he noticed that their wounds had not been properly bandaged, or perhaps only crudely wrapped with cloth strips still stained with blood. Their clothes were still the ones they wore during battle, scuffed and torn. A closer inspection revealed the exhaustion on their faces.
Yet, despite all this, they still cared for him, quietly watching over him. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Should he say that during his unconsciousness, he met your former Bug King?
But how could he possibly utter such words.
Thinking this, Lin Hao, trying to evade, retreated back into the bed and quickly wrapped his head tightly with the quilt.
As if this could briefly help him escape the reality that had already unfolded.
Inside the quilt, Lin Hao fell back into his own doubts.
If, at that time, they hadn't chosen to attack the bug race, if they had chosen to communicate properly, wouldn't things be different?
The bug race still had its king, and they would surely be living happily together.
And humanity, by letting go of centuries of grudges, would have entered a new era of development.
The more Lin Hao thought about it, the more beautiful this imagined world seemed.
But all of this, he had shattered.
Alpha and the others saw that Zai Zai had woken up, and their hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled. Even though they knew Zai Zai's unconsciousness was due to excessive use of mental power, they couldn't help but wait by his side for him to wake up.
"Let's go out," Xi Er said to the bugs in the room through mental power after Zai Zai had woken up for a minute.
Since Zai Zai had awakened, their presence was no longer necessary.
After all, Zai Zai needed rest now, and so many bugs here were not conducive to his recovery, so they should leave.
Upon hearing this, the bugs glanced at Zai Zai, who was wrapped up like a ball, and slowly retreated.
Although they liked being by Zai Zai's side, the thought of Zai Zai being very tired made them put aside their own little wishes and quietly withdraw.
Lin Hao, still lost in his thoughts, naturally saw the messages they had exchanged in their group chat.
He slowly emerged from his quilt, looking at the quiet surroundings, and felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
Perhaps, he really needed to have a serious talk with them sometime.
"You cannot tell them that you met me," Zero's voice suddenly entered Lin Hao's ears.
Lin Hao quickly looked up, searching intently, but could not find the girl's figure. Had the voice in his mind been an auditory hallucination?
Or was he not fully awake?
"Where are you?" Although Lin Hao asked with a question, he still spoke towards the empty air.
Less than a minute after Lin Hao finished speaking, the dreamlike maiden appeared before him. She floated gently in front of Lin Hao, scrutinizing the young man before her.
Then she spoke, "You weren't like this before, were you?"
Zero circled Lin Hao for several rounds before saying this.
She clearly remembered that the person crouching by the cave entrance back then was a very strong boy, with a healthy wheat-colored complexion, not at all like the current fair skin.
He was originally struggling with why this girl was looking at him so intently, wondering if he should blush or if he was already blushing, but her words brought him back to reality.
If you hadn't mentioned my appearance, we'd still be good friends.
"Ahem, my physique was better before. Perhaps something went wrong during reincarnation, and I became this 'weak chicken' appearance." Lin Hao intended to play ostrich and avoid the question, but looking up, he saw the Bug King looking at him with an expression that screamed 'I want to know, tell me quickly, or I'll cry and show you.'
Seeing that expression, he felt helpless and sighed inwardly, "Why is this Bug King acting like a child?" He then carefully explained to her.
After hearing Lin Hao's answer, Zero floated back slightly, and the expression on her face vanished completely.
"Why don't you want to tell them that you are actually alive?"
And alive inside his body.
If this fact were revealed, they would search the entire world to find the technology for resurrection.
And by then, he would have met his true death.
However, even then, he wouldn't be afraid, for his life had been complete. He had gone through mental training courses, high school courses, and even made a few friends in high school before enlisting.
Even the missing emotions and the things no one had ever done for him had been given to him by the bugs in these past few months.
Now, he truly had no regrets.
After all, these past few months were also stolen from him, and it was time to return them to the rightful owner.
"Huh? What are you thinking about? I am dead. The Bug King is you now. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be you for the next few hundred years. Why are you shirking responsibility now?"
Zero had naturally heard Lin Hao's inner thoughts. Hearing him want to return his body to her, she immediately flew before Lin Hao, lifted his chin, made him look directly into her eyes, and said firmly.
She truly couldn't understand what the person in front of her was thinking. Why would anyone not want to be the Bug King?
Her little buglings shouldn't be so disliked, should they?
At this moment, the five or six or seven or eight little buglings resting in the room all sneezed in unison.
Mini Theater:
Recently, my studying has been giving me a headache. I need my darlings to give me some comfort to feel better.
Also, the education bureau said that our exams might be postponed. The postponed time will be announced later.
I'm so done.
There's a metaphor that accurately describes my current mood.
It's like Meijia's "Rulai Divine Palm," where someone tells you they'll hit you at a certain time. You finally wait anxiously for that time, only for the person to say, "I'll hit you in a couple of days."
Isn't this just messing with me?
Also, after I finish writing this book, I plan to write a light novel on a certain platform and will no longer touch this genre.
The readership is pitifully small, and on top of that, files keep coming from above. Even my iron heart can't handle these few times.
Meeting adjourned.
Love you all (ɔˆ³(ˆ⌣ˆc).