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Chapter 73
The planet Herdik, which is located in an alien field, is covered by yellow sand all the year round. It is said that there were mountains, water and thick green here a long time ago, but as time passed, all the green plants on the planet that symbolized vitality gradually disappearedAfter death, all that is left is the yellow sand that cannot be blown away, and the danger hidden in the quicksand.
Campbell and their starship chose to dock in a very remote place. They were not sure about the exact location of the Rose Alliance, and in order to expose their whereabouts on duty, they chose the landing point of the starship behind a canyon on the planet.
"Puff, cough, cough!" As soon as he stepped off the starship, Gu Ting was choked by the blowing dust and coughed non-stop.
"Put on the scarf." Campbell frowned and pulled up the scarf tucked under the chin of the young male, and then raised his hand to wipe the gravel that had stained Gu Ting's eyebrows and temples due to the wind.
"Hmm... okay." Gu Ting let Campbell take care of him, and when he looked around again, his entire head was almost covered by a scarf.
The planet Herdik is indeed barren, except for the yellow sand, there are jagged stones and stones, one side is a complete desert, and the other side is a bare Gobi, the whistling wind rang from ears, and had to raise voice even when spokeShout loudly.
Engrie squinted his eyes. He was still holding X whose hands were bound by shackles. Suo Xun and Crystal also jumped down one after the other, and immediately rushed to Gu Ting's side.
Crystal: "Mom, it's so windy here, do you need me to protect you from the wind?"
"Mom, do you want to drink water? I brought a lot of water and nutrients. You can find me anytime you need it!" Suo Xun was not to be outdone.
"No, no, no, I don't need anything now." Gu Ting held down the two "big guys" who were bored every day, and turned to look at Campbell, "Then how do we go now? I'm still at a loss, not even a specific directiondo not know."
Campbell looked at the crystal, "Try to see if you can contact that bug again..."
Crystal scratched her hair, "Then let me try."
He closed his eyes, trying to find the strange feeling that suddenly appeared that day.
Suddenly, Crystal's whole body trembled, and when he spoke again, it was the voice of other insects, "Have you arrived yet?"
Gu Ting replied: "We have arrived."
Arnold, who had brought Liu Li back to his lair on the planet Herdik, looked up at the sky outside. It was just afternoon, and there were still two hours before nightfall. He had to meet Gu Ting and the others within two hours.And, otherwise the night planet Herdik will be full of dangers.
He waved his hand at Liu Li and said, "Describe your location, I'll go find you."
Gu Ting looked around, "Well... here is a bit like a dividing line, one side is the desert and the other is the Gobi, and..." His eyes fell on the cliff not far away, "There is also a very bald manHill."
Arnold thought for a while, he was so proficient in the earth and sand on the planet Herdik that he could find a home with his eyes closed, not to mention that he still has a shallow sense of connection with this rare junior of the same blood, this alone is enoughHe found each other.However, just to be on the safe side, he confirmed again and again: "Is there a dead tree with a crooked neck on the mountain?"
"right."
"Okay, stand there and wait for me, I'll be there soon."
After a pause, Arnold reminded again: "Don't run around."
After saying that, Crystal, who was originally blank, immediately returned to his original state. He rubbed his head and said, "I seem to be able to feel the distance between him and us, but it's not very clear, and it's intermittent."
Gu Ting circled around the crystal, "So what is the connection between you?"
"Mom, I don't know, but I felt him very suddenly that day." Crystal blinked, his eyes fell on the landscape on planet Herdik, and hesitantly said: "Mom..."
Gu Ting: "What's wrong?"
"I feel like there's a sense of familiarity here, as if it's been lived before."
"Tch," Suo Xun snorted dissatisfiedly, "What are you daydreaming about? Before that, you grew on me, okay? A piece of meat, please don't be so emotional?"
Crystal turned over Byakugan. In the past, he might still be afraid of Suo Xun. After all, as the half body of the opponent, he was easily restrained most of the time, but now if the two of them fight, Crystal will definitely win.He became more and more unscrupulous in front of Suo Xun, "You know what a fart!"
Gu Ting was taken aback for a moment, staring at the crystal in a daze, "You..." When did that obedient and soft crystal turn into a gunfighting youth?
Crystal immediately changed his face, "Mom, Suo Xun always targets me."
"I aimed at you? Don't use my face when you deformed back then, should I target you?"
"Then who do I use..."
The two females fell into a quarrel again, and Gu Ting, who was caught in the middle, looked helpless—could it be because the children had all reached the stage of rebellion?Why don't you listen to your mother now?
Engley, who was sitting on a rock not far away, was taciturn. Perhaps since he knew that Gu Ting and Campbell were together, his originally seldom-talking personality had become more restrained, and he would not speak unless necessary.
Campbell squinted his eyes. He knew what Engrie was struggling with, but if the other party didn't take the initiative to ask, he wouldn't take the initiative to ask questions. It's better to think about some things on your own.
So on one side is the noisy mother and child group of three insects, on the other side is the silent group of female insects who have entered middle age, and on the other side is X, which is a group of one insect and locked next to the starship.
Suddenly, there was a "buzzing" sound in the distance. Campbell and Engley stood up first, and a cloud of dust was raised from the direction of the sound, which almost blocked the things behind them from being seen clearly, butThis scene was unprecedentedly familiar to Gu Ting, and he suddenly remembered the scene in his dream—the same was true for the group of flesh-red long insects coming from a distance.
Under the scarf, the black-haired male insect bit his lower lip unconsciously, and he stared closely at the billowing dust in the distance. The scene almost restored everything in his dream, but its scale was relatively much smaller.
Finally, when the distance continued to shrink, the few insects present saw the appearance behind Huangsha——
It was a huge flesh-red long worm, rolled among the gravel, and the rolling sand was like another protective film, perfectly blocking his whereabouts under the shade.
This worm is almost exactly the same as the eye of the curtain star that has completely turned into a worm. It has no worm limbs, but only a fat and bloated body that looks like layers of flesh.Possesses extremely fast speed; he has flesh with a darker color all over his body.There are orange eyes staring inside, so many that they look like stars in the sky, it is impossible to count them.
Suo Xun was already stunned, but as the worm approached, his expression gradually became painful, as if he was severely suppressed by some invisible substance, his brows were wrinkled, his hands and feet were convulsed, and finally he heard a cry from Gu Ting.Exclaiming in surprise, he fell sideways, but fortunately, the quick-sighted Crystal caught him by the collar.
"Suo Xun, what's the matter with you?" Gu Ting ran over quickly, and at this moment the flesh-red worm had already stopped in front of Campbell and Englie, who were in a defensive posture.
"——It's me." The familiar voice came out from the giant red worm's mouth, and the movement was so penetrating that for a moment Gu Ting even felt that the other party's voice went from his left ear to his right ear, and then followedNerves run through the heart and soul.
He raised his hand and tapped his temple, and together with Crystal, he supported Suo Xun who was not in good condition.
Campbell said: "Arnold?"
"Yeah." The red long worm looked down at the worm not far away, but when his whole body's eyes were fixed on Gu Ting, the cold aura softened instantly, and the next moment the long worm turned into a worm in a light halo.In human form, the cloth of special material wrapped Arnold's body the moment he exposed his limbs.
X's pupils constricted, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he felt as if he had returned to many years ago, and the sense of near-death fear lingered around him, especially when he looked into Arnold's orange-yellow eyeballs for a breathDuring that time, even the clothes on his back were drenched with sweat.
——Yes, it is that terrifying male insect...
Engley and Campbell were taken aback at the same time. They didn't expect that the person they had talked to before was actually a female insect.
After seeing Arnold's face, Gu Ting lost his mind and said: "Bug, bug mother..."
"I'm not a worm mother." Arnold walked straight up to Gu Ting, he glanced at Suo Xun with some distaste, and just raised his hand slightly to pull Gu Ting to the other side.
"——What do you want to do?" Suo Xun supported Crystal's arm, his face full of vigilance.
Campbell and Engley also stepped forward, and the scene seemed tense again.
"Relax, I have no malice towards him." Arnold pinched Gu Ting's wrist with his fingers, and frowned, "Why is the breath so weak?"
"What breath?" Gu Ting was not used to seeing Arnold's face exactly like that of the worm mother. In his memory, the worm mother was always soft and gentle.Compared.
Arnold glanced at Gu Ting, the temperature in his eyes rose, and even his voice softened a little, "Forget it, this is not the place to go into details, come with me first."
"Where are you going to take us?"
"—my home."
"Wait, Suo Xun..."
"He's fine." Arnold interrupted Gu Ting's inquiry, as if he was particularly impatient with the curtain star's eye, "You'll get used to it after a while."
He looked at the faintly rising dark sky, and whispered: "We should go."
There is not much time left until the sky turns completely dark. It seems that even the wind knows that there will be no light.Sand, little by little, expanded its scope.
Just as Arnold brought Gu Ting and the others back to the "home" he called, the next moment planet Herdik was engulfed in the night, and the howling wind was filled with creepy wailing, as if some large beast was about to haunt this place.
This is a cave that sinks into the ground. The outside is perfectly covered by yellow sand and stones, but the inside is full of space. It is a very complete house structure. The place is not particularly large, but there should be quite a few.
"I'm home!"
Just as he was patting the dust off his body, a clear voice sounded, familiar and unexpected to Gu Ting—"Boss!"
"Hey! Zero Eight!" Liu Li, who was wearing a dark blanket, waved generously, his eyes fell on Arnold, and he immediately leaned over and grabbed the other party's collar and exchanged a deep "tsk tsk tsk" kiss.
——It turns out that the relationship between the boss and Arnold turned out to be like this.
A little embarrassed, Gu Ting tilted his head, and the next moment Campbell pinched the back of his neck.
"What are you doing?" Gu Ting whispered.
Campbell didn't speak, just shook his head, but his fingers still landed on the back of the male's neck and stroked gently, this action was like a little preference for their interaction with each other.
Engley looked over in silence, while X, who was shackled and followed behind him, sneered silently, and turned his attention to Arnold again.
More years have passed since that incident. As the vicious dog of the Eye of the Curtain family, coupled with the bonus of the blood of the snake and dragonfly, X is definitely a very ferocious type in the pile of female insects, but it has always been able toAfter completing the task perfectly, he never expected that one day he would almost fall into the hands of a male, and that was the closest he was to death.
"Hey, hey, why do you always stare at my Arnold?" Liu Li suddenly raised his hand and waved in front of X, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Some bugs are beyond your imagination."
X choked, he looked at Arnold with a hoarse voice and asked, "Do you remember me?"
Gu Ting also looked over, looking like gossip.
Liu Li immediately stared, "Arnold, are there any bugs outside?"
"No." Arnold shook his head, he stared at X for a while, and suddenly frowned, "The...intruder?"
He sneered, "From so far away, I can smell the stench of the curtain star's eyes, you should be their servant species?"
Gu Ting: "Uh, did you know each other before?"
Arnold waved his hand, he pushed Liu Li to sit down, and said, "I don't really know each other. Back then, this guy worked for the curtain star eye and almost entered the place I was guarding, so I taught him a little lesson."
As soon as the "guarded place" was mentioned, Gu Ting immediately said: "You said before that you would tell us when we came, so can you tell us now?"
"Of course." Arnold nodded, he pointed to the chair across the table, "Sit down, I'll tell you slowly."
After several worms sat down, Arnold looked at Gu Ting, as if recalling a certain worm through a young male worm. After a moment of almost suffocating silence, he slowly said: "First come fromLet me introduce you, you know my name, it's Arnold, but my worm species is Jacques."
"Jacques!" Several insects on the table exclaimed at the same time. After all, in the historical materials of the Zerg society, Jacques is completely a legendary race. Who would have thought that there would be a day when they would see the original insect species.
Campbell remained expressionless, "How do you prove it?"
Arnold was unhurried, "I don't need proof, you will know."
"I didn't expect that Jacques really existed..." Suo Xun, who had recovered, murmured. He thought of the obsession of his female father, Gray Curtain Eye, to evolve their worm species—multi-order worms into Jacques. He evenCan't imagine how crazy Gray would become after knowing Arnold's existence.
"Oh, there are so many things you don't know."
Arnold snorted coldly, he was full of disgust for the blood of the curtain star eye, he just took a look and then turned to Gu Ting, "The Jacques recorded in the Zerg history is a legendary species, a primitive species, a myth that does not exist, but in factMany years ago, our family was the first worm species to follow the worm mother, and it can also be said that among all the worm species, we are the only ones who believe in, protect, and obey the worm mother from beginning to end."
"However, I need to explain here that the history of the Zerg that you have seen so far is missing. When the Zerg was first born, it was not male and female, but the truly honorable ones should be the unique Zerg mothers, who enjoy the blessings of the gods.", have the ability to give birth to offspring, their number is extremely rare, often there is only one on a planet."
"The gods always know what the Zergs lack and what they need. He overlooks all living beings from above, so he is also stingy in giving 'gifts' to the Zergs. However, the Zergs struggling to survive are not so easy to finish. After a period of scarcity, the strongest in history, The most talented worm mother was born."
Gu Ting's heart trembled, and he met Arnold's orange pupils.
The face of the male opposite was cold, and there was no emotion in his narration. Those epic stories were like garbage on the ground in his eyes, which could not attract attention, but only hatred.
On such Arnold, Gu Ting saw the shadow of the insect mother in a trance.
Arnold: "For the zerg, the worm mother is a 'gift', and for the gods, the worm mother is a 'reward' left behind by him, but for the worm mother itself, this is a kind of imprisonment from which there is nowhere to escape. AlmostEvery worm mother is painful, and this stronger and more talented worm mother will also bear more torture."
Gu Ting suddenly asked: "The worm...does it have a name?" He thought of the worm in his dream, he never seemed to ask her name.
"name?"
Arnold chuckled, his voice pierced through the annihilated history, even his eyes became a bit blank, but the words he said sent chills down Gu Ting's spine——
"Where do worm mothers need a name? Their existence is noble, but they are also born for reproduction. For crazy worms, the word 'worm mother' is enough to represent everything..."
A long time ago, insect mothers were a rare "resource" of the entire race. Being able to own insect mothers not only proved the ability of a certain insect species, but also showed that they had the right to reproduce.
But the number of insect mothers is too scarce. In order for the Zerg to continue, many insect species have to cooperate with each other, so in the gradual integration, the term "servant" appeared among the insect species-that is, the strong dominate the weakAs servants, the weak continue to survive under the protection of the strong, and the strong can drive the weak to do things for themselves.
When the worm species are fused to a certain extent, they will occupy a single worm mother in greater numbers, and the "stronger and more talented" worm mother in Arnold's mouth was born under such circumstances.
Arnold: "The worm mother I served was born in an abandoned nest. At that time, I was just an adult. I smelled the sweetness of the worm mother on planet Herdik, so the worm species led by Jacques found the newly broken eggs.The juvenile worm mother. We took on the responsibility of feeding the worm mother, and as the worm mother grew up day by day, other worm species that lived with us began to covet the body of the worm mother..."
"The worm mother knows what her mission is by nature, and he accepts it calmly, even if it is not what he wants. So I can only watch helplessly as the worm mother I took care of was dragged into the deep by other worms.In their nests, they are forced to give birth to those eggs that consume the energy of the worm mother."
"The Zerg should be grateful to the Zerg Mother, but those selfish and sinful guys are insatiable. They think that the Jacques family should not take too much care of the Zerg Mother, so when it was our group's turn to go out hunting, they unitedWe got up and secretly took the worm mother away, and hid it in an underground lair, and we also lost contact with the worm mother because of the interference of other worms."
"Since that time, we have been searching for the worm mother non-stop. During this period, other worms merged with another worm species called 'Blue Blood Emperor Scorpion', and the worm mother that was taken away was the first timeKnow what 'love' is."
Arnold's expression became a little dull when he mentioned the word "love", and he even laughed at himself, "The worm that was patronized by luck is called Yutan, he is the strongest among the blue-blooded emperor scorpions, not only the wormThe mother treated him special, and he was gradually attracted by the worm mother, so without the other worms knowing, they started a passionate love hidden in the dark."
There is almost no word "love" in the life of the protozoa. Their life is scarce, only hunting and friendship.They mate and reproduce, but an accident happens between the worm mother and Yutan. They are attracted to each other, and more greed emerges in the breeding process that has nothing to do with love, so the danger of being discovered is also gradually increasing.
"There is no impenetrable wall in the world. The swarms can accept the result of sharing the worm mother, but they can't accept the worm mother treating a certain object specially. So when this matter was discovered, Yutan became the target of public criticism."
Arnold twitched the corner of his mouth, he looked at Gu Ting, "Yutan is dead, he was dismembered by those crazy insects, those blue blood seeped into the ground of Heldik, and melted with the sand hereas one."
"They even took Yutan's stump back to show off to the worm mother, but they didn't know that the worm mother had already conceived Yutan's child."
Gu Ting's pupils shrank, his heart beat almost out of his chest, the emotion of being about to touch the secret made his fingertips tingle, and the hairs on his whole body counted backwards, which even brought back the memory in his dream, those blue blood, severed limbs, round eggs with weak vitality...all of them tested his endurance.
"That child is you."
——How could it be him?
——Why him?
The young male felt his throat was dry, and those turbulent emotions were like tidal waves, hitting his stomach one after another, nauseated and helpless, at that moment his mind was blank.
In fact, Gu Ting had similar guesses not long ago, but those cloudy guesses were far inferior to the shock and bewilderment when he actually heard the answer.
Hearing his own voice, Gu Ting asked dryly, "But, but I'm not a bug of that era..."
He obviously still remembered that he should have lived on the earth and grew up as a normal human being, but it was only because of an accident that day that he crossed over to the Zerg race.
Arnold paused word by word: "Because the worm mother broke the rules and let you grow up in another world."
——Another peaceful and stable world, no crazy bugs, no obligation to reproduce, some gentle mothers, loving fathers, and some complete families.
At the beginning, the worm mother, who had lost all hope, could still live on, but he chose to send his child away, and since then his body has disappeared, until the annual ring has turned hundreds or thousands of times, until his child returns to the world.In this era, the worm mother who had been hiding in the darkness for a long time was able to see the dawn again.