NOVPUBChapter 295: Chapter 293: Shocking News of the Insect Emperor
Chapter 295: Chapter 293: Shocking News of the Insect Emperor
Sally piloted the White Angel, soaring into the high skies.
At a certain altitude, she looked down at the surface of the planet to see a place where a dark mass was moving, leaving ruin in its wake… There was even something flying in the air.
The direction of movement was exactly that of their military academy’s location.
“Laxia, what’s going on?”
“I don’t know. I only know that the chance to make a fortune is gone.”
“Yeah, jobs aren’t easy to find nowadays.”
“Forget about me. What kind of job would you, a female Variant Human, look for? Prince Nine came to you himself, what he’s after is you. The Imperial Royal Family is the most traditional with monogamous marriages, much better than those wealthy nobles, absolutely loyal. If you marry Prince Nine, glory, wealth, and a meteoric rise are all within reach.”
“Leaving the rest aside, absolutely loyal? Do you believe that?” Sally never believed it. When men and women are together, they stay; when not, they leave. It was natural for passion to fade with time.
“Of course, the royal family can be chaotic at times. Like His Majesty today seems a bit of a womanizer, officially only having one Empress as his spouse, but he has countless mistresses outside. Even Prince Nine, I heard from my brother, was actually born to one of His Majesty’s mistresses. Because of his exceptional talent, he was raised by the childless Empress, earning him the status of legitimate descent.”
“There’s that relation, huh.” Sally truly hadn’t expected that the pale-faced youth had such a complicated background.
However, probably the most uncontrollable factor in this world is one’s birth.
“By the way, I’m actually older than you.”
“Ah?”
“For the sake of a living, I lied about my age.”
“… Should I call you Sister Sally?”
“That’s fine.” Sally said with a smile.
“Sister Sally.” Laxia called out, holding Xiaoba.
Sally suddenly remembered Bai Kaixin. In the future, she would still have to find him and open a Wanfang Inn.
In the sky, many Mechas were flying toward the ‘dark cloud’.
Sally gazed at the Mechas, “How come there are so many Insect Beasts and they went undetected? Isn’t it said that every planet has those Insect Nest sensors?”
Laxia suddenly spoke with a grave expression, “There’s a theory that an Insect Emperor has appeared among the Insect Beasts.”
“Insect Emperor?” 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
“Yeah, an Insect Emperor can mimic humans, and if it doesn’t reveal itself, human Insect Beast receptors can’t detect it at all.”
Sally was astonished, “It’s that powerful!”
Laxia nodded, “At first, I also took it as a mere myth. But now, it seems possible.”
“Do you think the Insect Emperor is here?”
When the Mechas met with the ‘dark cloud’, they became fiercely tangled in battle.
Occasionally, Mechas would explode, and pilots would eject, but they were quickly attacked by Insect Beasts and became their prey.
Sally deeply loathed the Insect Beasts. If it wasn’t for these damned creatures, she wouldn’t have ended up wandering with the children.
Just as anger was rising in her heart and she was about to go kill the Insect Beasts—
“Sister Sally, let’s hurry to the second port. There should be starships there that can leave Belman Star.”
“… Alright.”
Sally suppressed her fury, opened the positioning system, found the second port, activated the White Angel’s automatic piloting mode, and flew towards the second port.
…
At the second port, people were everywhere. One after another, starships filled with the people of Belman Star were leaving the port, escaping to other planets.
Laxia said, “Sister Sally, let’s retract the White Angel and go.”
Sally found a place to land her Mecha and was about to retract the White Angel when a woman threw herself at the Mecha, crying and pleading, “Save my daughter, please save my child.”
Laxia, holding Xiaoba, said to Sally, “Don’t mind her, this happens too often, let’s go.”
Sally furrowed her brows, hesitated for a moment, but finally opened the communication, and told the woman, “Where’s your child? I’ll go pick her up right now.”
The woman, hearing this, was overjoyed and immediately told her the location of her child.
Sally had the White Angel take note of the address.
However, Laxia said, “Sister Sally, that area is probably swarming with Insect Beasts now, don’t go.”
“Picking up a child is no big deal,” Sally said as she prepared to leave immediately.
“Wait, Sister Sally, how about Xiaoba and I wait for you at the port? If we see other people, your Mecha’s cockpit can save a few more,” Laxia said before unbuckling the automatic safety belt.
“That works,” Sally replied, pressing the button to detach the Mecha’s cockpit.
However, just as Laxia was about to leave the cockpit, Sally suddenly reached out and snatched Xiaoba back from him.
“Laxia, my son can be a bit disobedient, I’d feel more at ease if I took him with me.” This little guy, if she wasn’t watching him, might breathe fire at any moment.
Without waiting for Laxia to say anything more, she closed the door of the Mecha’s cockpit.
Sally drove the White Angel away, heading for the address the woman had given, to save the child.
Meanwhile, Laxia, who had been left behind, suddenly changed his facial expression to something dark and ferocious, and his eyes turned into a strange yellow vertical slit.
But everyone around was in chaos, desperately trying to board the starship, and no one noticed his sinister transformation.
Sally glanced at the little golden dragon joyfully swimming on the shell, smiling and saying, “You’re happy again. Good, from now on, I won’t let anyone hold you easily.”
Since Laxia had held him, Xiaoba hardly moved and kept staring at Laxia, trying to breathe fire several times.
Later, when Laxia was about to leave the Mecha with him, she instinctively reached out and took Xiaoba back.
This child, since birth, was always by Zi Qi’s side or hers. Just yesterday, she placed him on the bed, forgot about him for a while, and left him there for some time.
“Xiaomei?” Sally called out to Xiaomei.
There was no response from Xiaomei.
Sally’s consciousness immediately entered the Offspring System, only to find the System updating.
Sally frowned, feeling an alarm going off in her mind.
Xiaomei had told her before that if she went into updates without saying a word to her, it was very likely due to an abnormal event that affected the normal operation of the System. During such times, she needed to be careful and avoid taking any risks.
Xiaomei’s silence began after Laxia entered the Mecha cockpit; she had asked Xiaomei to help pilot the White Angel, but after she took over, Xiaomei never spoke again.
Xiaoba also displayed clear hostility towards Laxia…
Could Laxia be the problem?
Sally immediately wanted to drive the White Angel back, but the Mecha’s map showed that she was about to reach the woman’s address.
She’d better pick up the child first.
Sally entered a villa and immediately heard a child crying for her mother.
She instantly Teleported out of the Mecha’s cockpit.
She had gotten so used to pretending to be an ordinary person that she had forgotten she wasn’t one.
A two or three-year-old girl, covered in red jelly all over her face and body, was crying loudly.
Sally was startled, then quickly cleaned her up.
Then she found a large backpack and stuffed it with the child’s formula, supplementary food, favorite toys, a family photo from the wall, a few changes of clothes, and various cards, credentials, and a light computer.
Finally, she picked up the little girl, ready to leave, when an Insect Beast broke into the villa.
