Chapter 1 Proving Innocence

Regarding the matter of proving he hadn't intentionally "crippled a teammate," Waldo was the first to stop talking, while Lu Xiaoyao stopped at Mingmei's bright reminder.

Because she recognized Mingmei's voice, Lu Xiaoyao ignored Waldo and scurried over to Mingmei's side in a flash, saying, "Meimei, you look so small~"

Mingmei: =。=？

Was there a problem with that?

They were different kinds of bugs; to a Zerg that ate stars, wouldn't every other Zerg look small?

"If the Black Armored Beetle were as big as the Starfire Bug, humanity would be doomed," Waldo said matter-of-factly from the side. "Among the Zerg, excluding freaks like the Starfire Bug, the Black Armored Beetle is the hardest to fight, especially when a group of them gathers together! It's deadly!"

As he spoke, he reached out a tentacle and poked Mingmei's wing carapace, hearing a "bang, bang, bang" sound, almost like metal. He couldn't help but click his tongue. "It's my first time touching a Black Armored Beetle's wing carapace at such close range!

You know, when those wing carapaces spin at high speed, they can shred a mecha to pieces!"

"Yeah," Mingmei naturally knew this, but once the Black Armored Beetle's wing carapace was unfolded, another weakness besides its abdomen would be exposed—the base of the wing carapace.

They had often talked about this in school. Regarding the base of the wing carapace, if a cannon shell calculated its trajectory well at this time, avoiding the wing carapace, it could even directly kill the Black Armored Beetle.

However, the Black Armored Beetle's mission was defense. If the Black Armored Beetle had to take action, the Zerg force in that team was probably already at the end of its rope.

Under normal circumstances, the entire Zerg army wouldn't easily let the Black Armored Beetle take action.

"You two aren't planning to take your companions and fight back, are you?"

Suddenly, Waldo looked at Mingmei and Mu Chen. One was a commander providing a full field of vision, and the other was defense, protecting the commander. All that was missing was an attack-type Zerg. Now that they had found one here, it wasn't hard for him to guess their intentions.

"What, you want to stop us?" Mingmei expressed suspicion at Waldo's sudden question.

Was this guy going to inform the enemy because they were his comrades?

However, to Mingmei's surprise, Waldo suddenly said excitedly, "Take me with you!"

"Aren't you disgusted with turning into a Zerg? Aren't you unwilling?" Mingmei didn't understand Waldo's reaction and even suspected he was a spy who would sabotage them.

"Yeah, who wants to be a Zerg? I was ecstatic when I found out I was a Zerg, okay?

If you do well, they'll say you've abandoned your humanity when they leave the game. If you perform poorly, they'll say your attitude isn't right. Who can stand that for long?"

As he spoke, Mingmei saw the pair of tentacles on top of the huge Starfire Bug's head roll its eyes.

Right?

It had just rolled its eyes.

While marveling, Mingmei also realized how she had been able to see the other party's expression from her perspective, and she consciously used her claws to hook Mu Chen beside her.

Mu Chen obediently coiled his extremely long body directly around Mingmei's current Zerg body, giving Lu Xiaoyao and Waldo a taste of dog food.

However, the taste of this dog food was a bit strange.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Although Lu Xiaoyao liked shipping couples, she couldn't ship such an alien romance between Zerg!

Help!

It looked so scary!

"Have you guys played this game before?" Realizing that her and Mu Chen's closeness had made the others uncomfortable, Mingmei decided to change the subject back to the previous topic.

"Yeah, our legion has been playing this game for several days," Waldo said, no longer hiding anything from them. "It's because I've played this several times that I know everyone's true colors."

Speaking of this, Waldo bluntly said that Mingmei and the others entering this game today was just a small case.

From Humans to Zerg, the ratio was only 1:1, and the total number was only two to three thousand.

When they usually rested in the army, they would play games with tens of thousands or even tens of thousands in a single round.

The proportions were also uneven, with Humans usually outnumbering Zerg by several times.

At the beginning, everyone was still restrained, saying things like, "Good brother, I'll be a Zerg and give you a kill, and in return, you'll be a Zerg and give me a kill."

The result was that the other party accepted your kill with tears in their eyes, whether you were Human or Zerg (*￣︶￣).

The trust between people instantly shattered.

When you become a Zerg, your comrades will talk to you about camaraderie and brotherhood, calling on your conscience and love to let them take your kill.

Then, when you become a Human, you will find that the comrades who became Zerg are all ferocious, saying, "I'm doing this for your future on the battlefield! It's better to die in my hands than in the hands of real Zerg!"

That face, that reason, Waldo's heart itched watching them use any means to get a kill.

And listening to Waldo's description, Mingmei suddenly had a feeling of uncertainty about the future.

In the future, they would become members of this group of kill-hungry dogs?

On the starship…

"Kid, I'll give you a chance. Tell us if there are any particularly powerful students in this batch?"

A group of burly men squatted around Qi Hai葵, who was tied up and thrown in a corner. Looking at his terrified expression, they tried to make their smiles look less perverted.

"Since we're all Humans, we're all one family, and we all have to strive for Zerg kills, right?" The burly men patiently coaxed, trying to soften their tone as much as possible.

"You just said that you came in to beat up the freshmen."

Qi Hai葵 looked at everyone warily. The reason he was caught was that he was ambushed while trying to escape and was knocked down in the dark with a punch.

The spot on his back where he was hit still ached terribly.

"Hey~ Wasn't that just a joke? Beating up one of you freshmen isn't enough~~ Oh~~ How could we beat you up, right!!"

One of them probably let something slip and was punched by a teammate next to him. A high-pitched change of tone in the middle of the sentence was used to turn the topic around.

In short, they still wanted to beat up the freshmen~

Qi Hai葵: "..."

He really didn't know what to say to these people in front of him.

"Kid, as long as you tell us how to beat up more freshmen, we won't beat you up~"

In the end, seeing that Qi Hai葵 remained silent, they simply threatened him outright.

But Qi Hai葵 suddenly raised his head and asked seriously, "Weren't we chasing them just now? Why are you asking me how to chase them now?"

"Wasn't it because we thought we caught you and lost track of the others while driving the unmanned vehicle?"

Qi Hai葵: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Qi Hai葵 looked at the fast-talking guy, speechless for a moment.

He wondered, even if he told them, would it really be okay with these people's intelligence?

Qi Hai葵 sighed, "I can tell you."

Everyone thought that after such an incident, Qi Hai葵 would probably not speak, but he suddenly relented and proposed a condition.

"Okay, tell us."

"Where is the escape pod on this starship? Can I use it?"

Everyone: ??

What do you mean, kid?