"Hahahaha, Fei'er, so this is how you treat me," Yi laughed heartily, watching his body regenerate slower than it was being destroyed.
He then looked down at the sky filled with fire.
"Are you truly unwilling to leave anything for me, not even a replica?"
"You even told him the secret I confided in you out of kindness back then. You truly love him."
"Since you've chosen to treat her this way,"
"Then don't be sad when she does something wrong later."
Yi endured the pain of his body shattering and sent out vines towards Lin Hao's direction.
"I'll kill the one you hold dearest, and then revive you with technology."
"She refused to believe that you would still remember this person."
Chong, who had been guarding Lin Hao, saw the movement of the vines and immediately moved to Lin Hao's side to protect him.
Even with so many of them, they still couldn't withstand the person's attack.
They fell one after another.
But even as they fell, they still shielded Lin Hao's eyes.
Xieer, seeing the vines approaching Zai Zai, disregarded Michelle's warning and once again used her psychic power, positioning herself in front of Lin Hao, attempting to block the attack.
Lin Hao, having regained his senses, immediately unleashed his psychic power, healing the insectoids' injuries.
Lin Hao walked to Xieer's front and said, "Rest well."
He then stood before the entire insectoid race. His face was pale from the overuse of psychic power, his eyes fixed firmly on the vines.
Since he had sworn to protect the entire insectoid race, he couldn't hide behind them as he had before.
Fortunately, these vines were just like before; a simple bit of psychic power could eliminate them.
Perhaps this was the cheat the previous Insect King had left him.
"As expected of an experimental subject recognized by her. Even as she is about to disappear, she still suppresses me like this."
Yi watched the cracks on his body deepen, showing no fear, but rather smiling and praising Lin Hao's prowess.
With a wave of his hand, Yi took Zhao Jianye and the others and left the area.
As that presence vanished, Lin Hao gradually let down his guard.
He then sat on the ground and wept uncontrollably.
Even the insectoids beside him, trying to comfort him, couldn't stop his tears.
His treasure was gone.
The treasure he had always cherished was gone.
His life had lost its meaning.
"Can't you look at others? Why are you so fixated on that person? Have you forgotten the harm she caused you?"
As Lin Hao continued to weep, Xie Shuwens suddenly appeared before him, grabbed his collar forcefully, and shouted.
"Back at the orphanage, your eyes were only on me. Why, after I left, did you never look at me again?"
"Didn't we promise to protect each other forever back then?"
"Why, in less than two years, has everything changed?"
"Even after being reborn, why are you still not looking at me?"
Lin Hao was pulled by Xie Shuwens's collar, forced to look up at the child with bloodshot eyes. He then pulled Xie Shuwens into his embrace and cried out loudly, "But, she's my only family! Everything I have is for her! Why won't she even leave me a thought to cherish?"
Feeling the comfort of another, Lin Hao cried even harder.
"Why are you so heartless?"
His tears soaked Xie Shuwens's shirt.
"Am I not your family? Are your generals, are the insectoids, not your family? Lin Hao, has your brain been eaten by dogs?"
Xie Shuwens, nestled in Lin Hao's arms, said with a choked voice.
"You heartless person, can't you look at anyone else? Why do you keep missing the person who hurt you?"
Lin Hao, hearing this, gradually stopped crying.
Because the child was right. He was no longer the person he was in his past life. He had many family members now.
He couldn't be as decadent as before.
Not just for himself, but for all the insectoids who cared about him.
"I'm sorry for making you worry."
Lin Hao adjusted his emotions and apologized to their concerned gazes.
"It's done."
Since he had decided to protect them, his primary task now was to re-seal that 'god.' Other matters could wait.
After that person left, this planet became their military base.
All the powerful individuals were here.
"Are your people listening to you properly, destroying the statues there?"
Lin Hao looked down at the child still snuggling in his arms and asked with a hint of indulgence in his voice.
He hadn't expected this child to grow so much.
But he still liked to act spoiled towards him just like before.
He wondered if the playmates he had left him back then were still around.
"They should be working diligently. Unlike a certain person's minister, who openly sided with that thing. But I won't say whose minister it is."
Is it really okay for you to openly taunt Qin Mohan like this?
Hey, hey, hey, aren't you afraid of getting hit saying that?
Lin Hao heard this voice, suppressed a chuckle, and glanced in Qin Mohan's direction.
However, when he looked at Qin Mohan, their eyes immediately met.
It was as if they were at the freshman orientation speech.
But Qin Mohan's gaze wasn't as indifferent as before; instead, it was filled with gentle indulgence towards him?
What? Indulgence?
What kind of look is that?
Lin Hao, seeing that gaze, averted his eyes in a panic, but Fei'er's words from back then flashed through his mind.
A lifelong disability in his legs.
And the forbidden sacrifice of psychic energy.
Each was a debt he could never repay. But why was Qin Mohan treating him like this?
Didn't he find him annoying?
Why did he save him back then? There was no chance of survival then.
Cough, cough.
"Alright, take some good rest. We don't know when the next war will be."
Lin Hao coughed a few times, pushed those thoughts out of his head, stood up from the ground, and changed the subject, saying to them.
The insectoids naturally obeyed Zai Zai's words and went to rest obediently. Humans, however, always had some troublemakers.
Of course, these troublemakers wouldn't be from Qin Mohan or Xie Shuwens's group.
Anyone with eyes could see that their Crown Prince (President) had an unusual attitude towards this Insect King.
They wouldn't dare to step forward.
So the troublemakers came from the pirate ranks.
"Why should I obey the command of an alien?"
"Yeah, yeah, I absolutely refuse to obey."
Shi Tian looked at the two troublemakers with a smile.
Bai Chen and Li Huan, seeing their boss's smile, exchanged a brief glance and then silently took a step back.
Then, in their hearts, they silently made a gesture to the two of them.
Amen.
"What kind of brains do those two have? Didn't they see their boss looking at the Insect King with a doting smile? Why are they still provoking him?"
Li Huan, who had retreated five hundred meters, took out sunflower seeds from his space and complained while cracking them.
He also thoughtfully offered a handful of seeds to his childhood friend.
Bai Chen glanced at his childhood friend, who was devouring them like a hamster, and didn't take the seeds. He replied to his question, "Perhaps they didn't see their boss's expression."
"Their observation skills are too poor. No wonder they haven't gained the boss's attention for so long."