Zerg Predator

The night fell softly over the Mechanical City like silk. The moonlight faintly penetrated the clouds and shone on the rusty metal surface of the city.

Although the city is old, it still maintains a tenacious and orderly beauty.

Lin Bai walked through the winding alley with familiarity. Accompanied by the slight hum of machines, a small robot insect was slowly cleaning the rust stains on the wall. Its metal arms moved intermittently, and looking at its chest, the energy liquid inside was almost exhausted.

Lin Bai walked to a huge pool of energy liquid in the center of the city, which is the source of the city's power.

The black energy liquid in the pool has already run dry, with a few remaining pools of energy liquid lying on the floor of the pool. It is thick and sticky, like an abyss, and does not reflect any light.

The night wind suddenly brought air currents of different frequencies, and a huge dragonfly covered in black mecha flew towards him. It had been transformed by various mecha parts into a well-equipped armed helicopter.

The dragonfly landed in front of Lin Bai with a strong airflow, and its mechanical joints made a sharp metal friction sound when they lightly touched the ground.

It prostrated itself on the ground, paying homage to Lin Bai with a higher etiquette than it used to pay homage to the Insect King.

"Greetings, Lord Bug. Perun thanks you for your gift." Its voice came through the built-in speaker, with a hint of mechanical tremor in it.

Lin Bai's expression was cold, but he did not refuse. His body slowly emanated black spiritual threads with a strange smell. These threads danced in the air and gradually condensed into a sticky and thick energy liquid.

After injecting about a quarter of the amount, Lin Bai suddenly stopped the conversion and said in a deep voice: "This should be enough for you to complete the task."

Dragonfly stared at the energy pool in a daze, then turned to Lin Bai, his voice even more pleading: "Master Insect, I have been carrying out your orders recently and have used tough measures to coerce too many guards. The energy loss is too great, please give me some more energy liquid."

"Do you think you are worthy?!" Lin Bai waved his fingers lightly, and the black spiritual thread around him lifted up the dragonfly. The sharp spikes drilled into the gap of the dragonfly's mecha and pierced through its body.

The dragonfly cried out in a heart-wrenching voice: "Lord Insect, please forgive me! I tried my best, but many of the guards are loyal followers of the Insect King. Controlling them really requires..."

"That's enough!" Lin Bai interrupted Qingting coldly, "How long have I asked you to poison the male of the Insect King? Now that little insect can still attend public events in a sick state. Your inefficiency really makes me sick!"

The dragonfly's voice rang out through the distorted electronic sound: "Master Insect, His Majesty the Insect King is very concerned about His Highness Bu Tan's condition. I can only use a small dose of chronic poison. A larger dose will expose you."

A hideous smile appeared on Lin Bai's face, and he responded coldly: "I told you a long time ago that if you are exposed, his chief guard will take the blame for you."

"But he's my brother, he once saved me..." Dragonfly's voice was filled with hesitation and fear.

"Bitch!" Lin Bai fiercely pulled off several legs of the dragonfly, and the metal and circuits made a harsh cracking sound.

He asked sternly, "Are you going to refuse my order?"

The dragonfly's body trembled violently, and it let out a shrill scream: "I dare not! Master, I just... can't bear to implicate my brothers."

Lin Bai approached, and his cold voice rang in Qingting's ears: "From the moment you recognized me as your master, you no longer have any brothers in this world.

If I extract all your energy fluid in the Insect King's office... guess how many of your brothers you will kill with your own hands when you are dying and transforming into an insect? After I expose your crimes, will anyone in your family survive?"

Dragonfly's fear reached its peak. It had been transformed so much that it could no longer shed tears, but its voice was full of tears: "I was wrong, Master! Please forgive my hesitation this time. I will increase the dosage immediately."

Lin Bai's thread reappeared, and this time it repaired Qingting's limbs. His voice was gentle and low, with temptation: "Be good and obedient. Serving me is the greatest honor of your life. Sooner or later, the military of the empire will belong to you."

"Yes." Dragonfly responded in a trembling voice.

Lin Bai's figure slowly disappeared in the endless shadows, and Dragonfly fell to the ground in despair.

The Royal Guard is the only department in the palace composed of female insects. When Perron first came to the palace, his heart was filled with a sense of honor.

As a believer of the Insect Emperor, he was loyal to him and risked his life many times for him. Only then was he fortunate enough to join the Royal Guard and gain the honor of serving the Insect Emperor himself.

At first, Archbishop Lin Bai smiled brightly and said that he felt sorry for him for being so loyal and wanted to help him sort out his spiritual sea. He thought that this was the savior given to him by the insect god because of his piety...

Now, with Lin Bai's support, he has become the commander of the Royal Guards. However, his spiritual sea, which was originally full of sunshine, has been eroded by darkness, and his spiritual body has been torn into pieces by Archbishop Lin Bai. He relies entirely on the mecha solidified by the energy liquid given by Lin Bai to connect.

Perron looked up at the round bright moon in the sky - no one could tell that it was actually the sun contaminated by Archbishop Linber's venom.

*

In the Holy Court of District 17 of the Central Star, a grand blessing ceremony officially began.

This is an ancient tradition. Whenever a member of the royal family falls ill, the high-ranking priests of the Holy Court in each district of the Central Star perform a solemn ceremony to pray for the protection and healing of the Insect God.

Inside the Holy Court, the air was filled with the scent of fragrant woods and herbs, mixed with the slight rustling of insect wings.

A huge black gold stone is placed in the center of the hall, symbolizing the disease that attacked the Insect Emperor Xiongzi.

It is said that Black Gold Stone comes from the distant Beta Belt and is believed to be able to absorb and seal the negative energy of disease.

The high priest led all the priests from District 17 to the stage in turn. Each of them struck the black gold stone once to express their piety to the insect god and their wish to ask the god to purify the disease.

Luo Tiantian was only an honorary priest, so of course he was the last one in line. However, this was Luo Tiantian's first time to participate in a formal ceremony of the Holy See, so he still took it very seriously.

He was wearing a sacred white vestment specially made for him by Suan, and holding a jewel-studded priest's scepter.

Following the actions of the priests before him, Luo Tiantian closed his eyes, whispered the ancient spell he had just learned, and then gently tapped the black gold stone.

However, at the moment when Luo Tiantian's scepter touched the black gold stone, a loud bang echoed throughout the hall. The black gold stone shattered, and countless fragments flew everywhere. Countless tiny white light spots emerged from them, and they flew in the air like released spirits.

These white lights gradually gathered behind Luo Tiantian, forming a huge totem - the symbol of the insect god.

The whole scene suddenly became silent, and all the priests and nobles watching the ceremony looked at this scene in shock.

The totem of white light emitted a soft and warm glow, and gradually, the entire hall was shrouded in this solemn light.

"This is a miracle!" an old priest said in a trembling voice, and the female insects watching also knelt down one after another to pay respect to Luo Tiantian and the totem of the insect god.

Oops, I’ve been tricked!

Luo Tiantian immediately became aware of it.

Vermillion's warning echoed in his ears,

"You rejected Lin Bai's request to let you pretend to be the Holy Son. If he is the rebel, will he let it go or will he pretend to obey but secretly disobey?"

...He would pretend to obey but actually disobey, then create miracles and portray himself as the legendary Son of God.