StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 118 Return to Ancestors

“Yes, I just lack a sense of responsibility,” Michelle laughed.

"So what does the glory of the Zerg have to do with you? Even if the entire territory of the Zerg is devoured by other races, your position as the Zerg Queen will not be shaken in the slightest. Those poor Zerglings will still fight to the death to protect you, cherish you, and respect you... So none of this has anything to do with you."

"You don't need to worry about these little things."

Michelle spoke without any qualms, making Shen Qingqing almost think he had no heart.

"But aren't you an insect too? Don't you have any sense of dignity towards the insect race, not even a little bit?" Shen Qingqing asked unwillingly.

“No,” Michelle replied, “not even a little bit, and there couldn’t be any.”

"Personally, I tend to believe in the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest. It is only natural for weaker races to be devoured by stronger races, so I am not moved by the Zerg's act of showing weakness."

Michelle was curious about why she felt this way. "Besides, the elders and Gatana don't care, so why do you care?"

Sensing Michelle's approach, Shen Qingqing moved back a little.

She didn't want to come into contact with an insect whose emotions were extremely unstable and who could go crazy at any moment.

"Besides, the Zerg are not as united as you imagine; they are inherently cold-hearted."

Michelle tried to make further contact, but was stopped by Andorra's cold, mechanical arm.

"The Queen Insect does not wish to have any contact with you, so please keep your distance."

Andor was cold and aloof, showing no fear even when facing Michel, one of the thirteen clans whose fighting prowess was unknown and who had once worked with Saenster.

"Oh, it's Andorra. I only just noticed you now."

With a mocking expression, Michelle didn't care that he was also a representative of one of the thirteen clans, and directly said sarcastically, "Why aren't you staying by the Fourth Elder's side to take care of him in his old age? What are you doing here?"

Bin Laden is the only one left in his family. How could he possibly cause any trouble?

Andor didn't take Michel's sarcastic remarks to heart, but simply followed the Fourth Elder's teachings and kept his emotions hidden.

"It seems that Lord Michel's perspective is too limited, which is why he cannot see his surroundings."

“Say what you will, Andorra,” Michel didn’t care whose descendant he was; all he knew was that Bin Laden was dead, so he could provoke him without restraint. “You little bug who’s never seen gunfire, don’t cry when the time comes.”

Klein didn't come. It wasn't until Shen Qingqing boarded the accompanying starship that she noticed there were so many Zerg warriors on the front lines.

Has Gatana deployed every Zerg unit that is available in the entire Zerg race?

Andor and Michelle stood on either side of Shen Qingqing, while Shen Qingqing released pheromones from the highest point of the platform. The pheromones were then compressed by airflow and sent to every corner, ensuring that every corner was enveloped by the insect queen's pheromones.

In the past few days, she has become more and more adept at releasing pheromones, and even the rest time in between has become shorter and shorter. She can even continue releasing them in her dreams.

But filling the vast starship with scent is no easy task.

Often, she has to work overtime to complete even 10% of the workload.

So much so that she almost never slept after that, because the smell would be much fainter when she slept.

"Since the Zerg have chosen to show weakness, why should we remain on the front lines?"

When she had a moment to spare, Shen Qingqing rubbed her sore shoulders and asked.

Andor pondered for a moment. He had not received any instructions from the Fourth Elder recently, and there was no news about the subsequent negotiations with Gatana, so he did not know what to do next.

“Gatana has not given any further instructions, only telling us to continue holding the front line,” Andorra said truthfully.

Unexpectedly, Michelle, who was resting nearby, laughed and said, "You really thought he didn't release the news? Don't be so naive. Gatana is very cunning."

"So you know what to do next?"

“I don’t know,” Michelle said honestly, “but I think it might just be a conspiracy.”

"Heh, you know everything now." Andor sneered, returning his mockery to Michel.

"Maybe Gatana just wants to give the wolf clan some money, so why resort to conspiracy theories?"

“Don’t be so impatient, young man,” Michelle said with a forced smile. “We’ll see in time, won’t we?”

Just as they were exchanging pleasant and friendly greetings, some insects started a disturbance.

Andor was the first to notice the riot, leaving behind the words "Take good care of the insect queen" before departing.

Only Shen Qingqing and Michelle remained at the small palace.

Before they could investigate what had happened, Shen Qingqing suddenly received a call from an inside contact in Andorra.

[Queen Insect, you should come and take a look. The situation here... is a bit unusual.]

Soon they arrived at the place where the riot had occurred, a storage room, which was surrounded by many Zerg.

"Ah, it's the Insect Queen!"

"Make way, everyone, let the two gentlemen pass."

The insects made way for them to enter the inner circle, and when Shen Qingqing saw what was happening in front of her, she was also startled by the scene before her.

The insects lying on the ground can no longer be considered true 'Zerg,' but rather true 'insects.'

The exposed skin is covered with a hard black armor, like some kind of crustacean insect. Fingers, neck, face... all visible skin is completely covered by the armor.

"What's going on?" Shen Qingqing asked, looking at the insects in front of her that could not be called normal Zerg.

One of the insects stepped forward; she was the first to discover Noel.

Trembling, he squeezed through the swarm of insects and stood before Shen Qingqing, tears still streaming down his face. "I... I suddenly found Noel here this morning. He was hiding in the storage room, I don't know what he was doing... until just now, suddenly, suddenly his body started growing shells, and the whole insect was wailing incessantly, until it turned into this..."

From the female, they learned that the insectoid creature named Noel seemed to be infected with some unknown disease, and that this condition had been going on for two days.

Moreover, it seems that the black armor suddenly emerged from the body in an instant.

Shen Qingqing felt it was necessary to tell Alex and the others about this, and that the most important thing now was to find a solution and... how to appease the Zerg.

He ordered all the insects who knew about it to keep it a secret, but the news still leaked out.

Now, rumors are circulating on this starship about a virus that could cover the Zerg with black armor.

In this situation, they could no longer keep it a secret and could only choose to guard the news as closely as possible. Even the entire starship, except for the necessary control room communication facilities, had all other signals under strict surveillance.

"Judging from the pictures, his symptoms seem a bit like atavism."

After reviewing the images, the medical team on the main starship reached the following conclusion.

"This is not good news for us Zerg."