Chapter 1 I Swear, It's a Trap!

Whether it was the launch of a new game or a sudden interruption of the live broadcast, Mingmei and her group were only surprised for a moment, as there were more serious matters awaiting them.

"Damn it! What a bunch of dogs!"

Commander Senior was staring at the route map, originally thinking he had shaken off the Second Legion, but instead, they had directly blocked all routes to Hua Lan Star.

"Do they already know what we're up to?"

Wang Wenfei stepped forward, looking at everything before her, finding it all surreal. It was blatantly obvious that they were trying to stop them, refusing to provide support to Hua Lan Star?

"After this battle, I don't know what others will think, but at least I won't be going on StarNet for a long time."

Someone had already complained:

"We'll be laughed at by the Federation. During the initial preparations, everyone was acting like they could take on ten Zerg each. Now, when the Zerg actually come, we're cowering and refusing to offer assistance. At least the Federation knows to pay lip service, but the Empire..."

Mingmei overheard a disgruntled complaint, filled with anger and helplessness.

Duolun and Rui'an also wore expressions of indignation.

"Yeah, they won't even save their own people, let alone Hua Lan Star?" Duolun recalled the Sixth Legion's experience, finding himself speechless and even reckless. "Is His Majesty even human?"

He questioned this on a physiological level, even suspecting that the one in the palace was no longer human. How else could things have gotten to this point?

In response, Mingmei and Mu Chen exchanged a look. Mingmei said, "Achen and I are from Hua Lan Star. If necessary, we'll just take our mecha and go back, taking that Zerg with us."

Mingmei's mecha had been undergoing repairs in the maintenance bay since boarding the starship. Only one of the Fifth Legion's mecha mechanics had survived the previous ambush, with the rest being supplemented by the Sixth Legion.

Having seen Mingmei pull out a large sum of money for expensive repair materials for the second time in a short period, the mechanics who had already repaired Mingmei's mecha could only say that she truly lived up to her reputation of owning an S-class mecha—a real tycoon!

"You two can't."

Before Wang Wenfei and the others could speak, Duolun and Rui'an were the first to object. Hu Mingli had arranged for them to cooperate with the two in catching Firefly, but in reality, they knew they were there to ensure the safety of these two little ones.

They were strong enough, but also conspicuous enough to attract the Zerg.

They deserved a better future and shouldn't die young like this.

"We can. Once we reach Hua Lan Star, it's our territory," Mu Chen said confidently, his smile filled with assurance. Mingmei took another look at Mu Chen. Before starting school, he had been a shut-in to the extreme; she didn't know the extent of his family's business or influence. Mingmei wasn't very clear about the Mu family's power, and Mu Chen's response made her wonder if he was trying to convince Rui'an and Duolun, or if it was true that once they returned, they would be like dragons returning to the sea, free to do as they pleased in their own territory.

"There's no need. If it was just to get you two back, we wouldn't have brought this entire starship," Rui'an refused Mingmei and Mu Chen's proposal, instead looking at Wang Wenfei and the Fifth Legion, asking, "What do you think?"

"Ah… what else can we think? If Plan A doesn't work, we go to Plan B." Under Wang Wenfei's surprised gaze, the Commander Senior rubbed his nose and said, "Since being reasonable doesn't work, we'll have to resort to force."

Hearing this, Rui'an and Duolun couldn't help but look at each other, saying, "Zhao Zhixian, you said that!"

They had been ready to fight directly before, but he had been making excuses. Now, he was double-dealing?

"Hey, it wasn't me who said it. Wasn't it the big brother in your team earlier? I think it's a good idea. Reason first, then force, hahaha…"

Sure enough, Zhao Zhixian's words caused everyone present to twitch!

You're the commander!

And you're listening to some big guy blather on?

Mingmei caught a glimpse of the soldiers who had been chatting together earlier. They had also heard Zhao Zhixian's words, and it wasn't just their mouths twitching; their eyes were twitching too. Mingmei saw the veins bulging on their foreheads—they really wanted to punch him.

"Before we have a big fight with the Zerg, let's teach our disobedient brothers a lesson first~"

…

Without the live broadcast, Mei Shi and Ming Yi also clashed with the Feng Yan. When they fought, Mei Shi suddenly realized that she and Ming Yi couldn't seem to harm the other party.

What kind of strange power was this?

"Husband, something's not right," Mei Shi said, looking at her palm. She felt that the sensation of hitting the other party was strange.

"Mm."

Ming Yi felt it too. The lightning that condensed in his palm seemed to have no effect on the other party when it struck, instead being absorbed by their body.

This strange situation made Ming Yi and Mei Shi serious.

"Good thing the two of us are here," Mei Shi muttered softly. "Those reckless kids would suffer a great loss."

As if she wasn't reckless herself, rushing into the Zerg center as soon as she arrived. Who was really the reckless one?

Just as Mei Shi and Ming Yi were planning how to stall the other party, Feng Yan smiled and said, "You are indeed very powerful. At least, among all the humans I've seen, you possess unique powers."

"You're also very powerful. You're one of the few Zerg I've seen with unique powers."

Mei Shi wasn't afraid of the other party's probing, directly retorting with their words.

The Queen Zerg was indeed very powerful. At least, what Mei Shi knew was that she could transform into any Zerg and replicate their abilities.

Although it wasn't 100%, 80% was still a terrifying limit.

Compared to the Queen Zerg's special abilities, Mei Shi even felt that she and Ming Yi, cultivators from another world, were nothing special. After all, they were still constrained by the Heavenly Dao laws and couldn't really do as they pleased here, running rampant as they wished.

Mei Shi even felt that, in full view of everyone, they might not be able to defeat the Queen Zerg.

"You've also seen it, right? In your current state, you can't defeat me."

The Queen Zerg ignored Mei Shi's words, instead smiling slightly and saying, "What I want is very simple. I just want to retrieve my mother's core. Is there a problem with that?"

"No problem. After all, it's only right for a daughter to want her mother's keepsake!"

Mei Shi smiled awkwardly, thinking, "Too bad the main brain used that thing back then. Where can we reason with them?"

It was already used, and now they were being asked for it. It was quite embarrassing.

"But judging from your actions, it seems you don't want to give it to me."

If Feng Yan couldn't see that they were stalling for time, she would be a fool.

She just couldn't understand. Zerg cores, including the Queen Zerg's core, were mostly just used as energy sources by humans.

But the Queen Zerg's core was special, containing a massive amount of energy. Under normal circumstances, even if someone wanted to activate the Queen Zerg's core, they would have to consider the energy explosion that would occur in that instant.

Even if they withstood the energy explosion, she would definitely sense it.

In Feng Yan's understanding, this core had never been used. So, she couldn't understand what they were up to?

Could it be that they also knew the true use of the Queen Zerg's core, so they were unwilling to give it to her?

"Can I ask out of curiosity, is your mother's core very useful to you?"

As soon as Feng Yan had her suspicions, Mei Shi said these words again. Feng Yan's expression instantly became profound.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't worry. We're not even the same species. That function might be important to you, but it might be useless to us humans. So, I'm just curious~"

Seeing that the other party was about to turn hostile, Mei Shi explained, but her explanation seemed to make things worse.

"What after you are curious? You will still not return it?"

Feng Yan didn't want to waste any more words with Mei Shi and Ming Yi. If she couldn't move here, could it be that she couldn't move the Sixth Legion?

…

The reckless fear those who are not afraid of death.

The Fifth Legion's starship relied on this kind of reckless attitude to startle the Second Legion, watching them break through the encirclement and run away.

"Something seems to be happening…"

The last time, Mingmei wasn't sure, but this time, as soon as she entered the Hua Lan Starfield, Mingmei felt like she was in a very powerful mental field. This familiar feeling…

"That Queen Zerg seems to be trying to contact the Zerg we caught!"

The Zerg they caught was locked in a special prison capsule. The material was a special molecule that isolated mental energy. On the one hand, this directly cut off the possibility of it informing the Queen Zerg. But on the other hand, once the Queen Zerg realized that she couldn't contact it, she would immediately realize that something was wrong with it.

Clearly, Mingmei had already felt the Queen Zerg's strong mental signal…