Lin Muci nodded slowly, then turned to look at the little rabbit, asking it in the most natural tone, "What's in it for me then?"
The little rabbit was stunned by Lin Muci's question. "B-benefits?"
"Host, you helped us, isn't that the greatest benefit?"
To the little rabbit's surprise, Lin Muci stretched and told it with a serious expression, "If that's all there is, it's not enough."
"I need more money."
The little rabbit still wore a confused expression, clearly unable to comprehend what Lin Muci meant by "benefits."
"Host... but you can save the world, save all of humanity!"
"Such great merit, such supreme glory..."
Lin Muci wiggled her finger and told the little rabbit with utmost seriousness, "Are you meeting me for the first time? If that's all there is, it's far from enough. If I save others, what about myself?"
The little rabbit rolled around on her body, looking aggrieved. "Host, this makes it very difficult for me! I already promised the main system that the host would help us out of our shared history! Sob sob sob, do you really value our connection so little?"
Lin Muci glanced at the little rabbit. "Without the main system, you'd have no one to answer to, right?"
"And I wouldn't have to do missions anymore?"
The little rabbit's eyes turned red with urgency. "That's not it at all!"
"If there were no main system, I would disappear too... I wouldn't gain freedom. And because the main system exists, those worlds can maintain balance. If the Zerg Mother Nest finds those worlds, she will parasitize them and turn them into hell."
"Once humanity is defeated, it's a complete rout, with no... no Eden left for survival!"
Lin Muci's expression finally turned serious. "Really?"
The little system's voice was so wronged it was about to cry. "Really!"
"Otherwise... why would I suddenly drag the host from your wedding night? It's because the situation is extremely, extremely urgent!"
The little system sighed and waved its hand, as if gritting its teeth, it told Lin Muci, "This is a war!"
"A war! It's life or death!"
Lin Muci also became serious. Faced with such a grave matter, she stopped teasing the little system and asked it, "What do the Zerg look like? You've been telling me how terrifying the Zerg are, but I don't seem to have seen their terrifying appearance yet."
The little system perked up. "I'll show you. This medical mech is the latest model, equipped with a full holographic sensory system – it can make you feel the terror of the Zerg firsthand."
Lin Muci nodded. She was curious how terrifying these so-called Zerg could be.
The holographic sensory system activated. Lin Muci saw terrifying giant Zerg, covered in black metal, dive towards the ground like a swarm of locusts. Wherever they went, nothing grew. She furrowed her brows. And this was just the terrifying beginning! The horrifying Zerg continued to charge towards the ground, one after another. Everything visible on the planet was completely devoured by these terrible Zerg. The Zerg showed no signs of stopping, surging forward madly, followed by blood-red Zerg that laid blood-red cocoons, from which more terrifying Zerg crawled out!
Lin Muci took a deep breath. "Where is the Mother Nest?"
The little system's voice came to her ears. "In the sky."
"You can see it, host."
Lin Muci looked up. In the sky, black and gold light surged back and forth. Beneath the strange light of the horizon, there seemed to be a massive structure, like a giant cocoon – with a scarlet vertical eye on it! That scarlet vertical eye was currently tightly closed, but it fluttered slightly, as if it could open at any moment.
The little system's voice was panicked. "Host, don't look directly at it!"
"Even though it's dormant, it can still sense being spied upon!"
"And it can invade people's consciousness from afar and parasitize humans. It is an extremely terrifying existence!"
Hearing the little system's words, Lin Muci immediately withdrew her gaze. She took a deep breath and said in a low, hoarse voice, "They just... keep expanding infinitely?"
The little system sighed. "They are truly difficult to deal with! I can't think of any way to deal with these Zerg. They are endless, with no end in sight, and they can reproduce continuously."
"Humanity's war with the Zerg was a bitter struggle. Countless top human powerhouses self-destructed to buy humanity a chance to breathe."
"The Mother Nest would temporarily fall into a slumber after being injured."
"But later, humanity sadly discovered that the Mother Nest's slumber was for self-renewal, self-repair, and strengthening. By the time it completed its repairs, the Zerg warriors it created would only be even more despairingly powerful!"
"This enemy grows stronger the more we fight."
"And it has absorbed the power of too many powerful star systems. Initially, humanity didn't take these small bugs seriously; they were still scheming against each other, even allowing these small bugs to ravage their own star systems in order to gain council support."
"At that time, humanity looked down on these humble little bugs."
"Nurturing a tiger to become a disaster... By the time they realized these small bugs were truly difficult to deal with, it was already too late."
"These humble little bugs have already begun to devour everything."
The little system sighed, its ears drooping. "There's no way."
"Humanity's selfishness from the very beginning doomed them to be no match for the Zerg. They are insidious and cunning, and they obey the Mother Nest's commands absolutely."
Lin Muci listened intently but then asked, "Then how did the main system succeed back then?"
"Didn't it successfully seal the Zerg Mother Nest and restore peace to the human world?"
The little system hesitated and said, "The Zerg Mother Nest controlled many small worlds. Because of this, it left its imprint in each world. The main system found a way to make the Mother Nest fight it in the consciousness sea – although the Mother Nest's mental power is strong, the imprints it left in those small worlds would, in turn, affect it."
"As long as each small world won."
"The main system won."
"Sealing it also exhausted the main system's power."
"The process back then must have been extremely perilous. I've only heard a little bit about it from the main system. It said it almost ended up being consumed by the Mother Nest back then, and then the one controlling countless small worlds wouldn't be it, but the Mother Nest."
"Humanity would have been enslaved by the Zerg."
"This is something it did not wish to see!"
The little system sighed. "The main system could contend with the Zerg Mother Nest on a mental level, and the main system had no flaws."
"But the humans the main system protected were full of greed and desire. They simply didn't feel the crisis was imminent; they only wanted the main system to fail. They didn't want the main system to protect them, thinking it was a lack of freedom. What they wanted was to control this power themselves!"
"Fighting for power and profit, even sacrificing the future of their own race... this is simply..."
The little system muttered. "This is simply foolish!"