Zerg Predator

Under the deep night, before the first ray of morning light penetrated the thick clouds of the planet, the shrill wake-up whistle broke the silence of the Beehive Dormitory.

The sub-female resting space is in a fully enclosed dormitory building without windows. The dormitory has very high ceilings, and hundreds of honeycomb beds are densely packed together. Although there are many of them, the room is neat and simple.

Sub-females have no personal belongings. Everything they have is uniformly distributed by the planet. They wear the same clothes and have the same hairstyle. They are like the planet's production machines, and are maintained in strict accordance with regulations. Like machines, they silently and mechanically complete all tasks assigned to them by the female insects.

With the wake-up whistle, the awakened sub-females quickly crawled out of their beehive beds and rushed to the washroom.

In the corridor leading to the washroom, they formed a team that slowly moved forward. There were no female insects here, and it was a rare moment of freedom for the sub-females.

"Juli Juli, when you went up there yesterday, did you see those pirates? Were they ferocious?" a sub-female asked expectantly.

"I saw them. They are professional soldiers with excellent equipment. They are not fierce." Juli answered when he was asked. He was wearing the same grey uniform and hairstyle as everyone else, but it was still difficult to hide his unique calm temperament.

He is the best among the sub-females at communicating with female insects, and is able to communicate efficiently with female insects without violating the sub-female codes with his words.

"I heard that the pirates didn't kill any female insects?" another sub-female quickly asked Juli.

"They won't be killed. The female insects have obediently handed over all their work to the pirates," Ju Li shook his head. "The great lord hasn't given up on them either. He came in person yesterday to pay the ransom and took all the female insects away."

"What about us?" a timid sub-female asked worriedly, "Have we been abandoned by the overlord?"

There were a few low laughs around him, and immediately a knowledgeable female sub-female comforted him: "The great lord is not giving up on us, but it is useless for him to have us. Our lives are tailor-made for this resource planet. No matter who owns the rights to this planet, as long as production continues, he will continue to use us."

"Yes," another sub-female was very optimistic, "We are just like production equipment. No matter whether the new overlord of the planet is a female insect or a star pirate, they will not destroy us. At most, the quality of the nutrient solution will be lowered."

"Well, all they want is resources." Ju Li nodded slightly. His expression was calm, as if he, like the other sub-females, had long accepted the fact that he was a machine.

After washing, the sub-females lined up neatly in two teams and stood upright in the work waiting area.

This is a monitored area. The sub-females do not have the right to communicate freely and can only stand in the team silently.

The place is surrounded by cold metal walls, and there is a surveillance camera at regular intervals, covering every corner.

It was already the third day. Ever since the production was suspended, they had been like forgotten machines. Except for the occasional call of some sub-females during mating by female insects, most of the time they were waiting here silently.

Just when silence had almost become the norm, the radio suddenly sounded, breaking the cold atmosphere.

A voice came from the radio, steady and powerful: "Attention, all sub-females of Resource Star No. 6637, please pay attention. Resource Star No. 6637 has changed hands yesterday and is now owned by the Pyramid Army. The Pyramid Army has recently reached a cooperation agreement with the Grand Lord of this star to maintain the law and order of this star system and resist foreign invasion. The Pyramid Army promises to provide the necessary security for all sub-females on this planet."

The voice on the radio continued, "Please rest assured, the Prism Army is a disciplined team. We will never mistreat any sub-female without reason. Everyone will continue to perform their previous tasks. We promise that as long as everyone abides by the rules, we will ensure that the supply of materials will not drop below the previous level."

Although the sub-females cannot communicate, one can tell from their slightly relaxed shoulders that they are relieved inside - since these space pirates have been transformed into regular mercenaries, their daily lives will not be affected too much. According to the broadcast, the quality of their nutrient solution will not be reduced!

The broadcast sounded again, and a steady voice issued a new order: "As everyone knows, all the female insects on Resource Star 6637 have been evacuated, and the Prism Army plans not to participate in the production mission. Please ask the sub-female groups to elect supervisory sub-females at all levels within 18 hours to replace the supervisory female insects that left before.

In order to ensure that all the sub-females can discuss freely during the election process, all monitoring equipment in the work waiting area will be turned off during the next 18 hours of discussion.

Please use this free time to have a full discussion. Please remember that our only requirement is that after the 18 hours are up, the new supervisory sub-female elected by you will come to the control room to register and report."

As the broadcasting sound faded away, the surveillance lights in the waiting area went out one by one, and the silent sub-females suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of freedom. At first, they were a little hesitant and couldn't believe it was true, but soon, a whisper began to spread among the team, gradually turning into an excited discussion.

"How do the pirates know the free time of the sub-female?"

"What star pirates? They are the Prism Army, our new master insect!"

“Are we really free to speak?”

"18 hours of freedom. My God, I can't even think about 18 minutes of freedom!"

"Don't just be happy, choose a supervisor!"

"How do we choose? Drawing lots?!"

"Don't make a fuss. Let's choose the one with the best skills."

"It's not enough to just have good skills. Look at the female insects, they don't have any skills. Management ability is what's important!"

……

18 hours later, the broadcast sounded again, and a steady voice sounded again: "18 hours have passed. Please ask the newly selected supervisory sub-female to report to the main control center immediately. The rest of the sub-females please go back to the dormitory to rest."

As the surveillance camera lit up, the sub-females in front of the camera had already returned to the neatly lined-up and solemn and submissive expressions they had 18 hours ago. But in the eyes of Zhu Sha and others who were disguised as space pirates, the happy atmosphere emanating from the sub-females was clearly visible.

When Zhusha was preparing to assign tomorrow's work tasks to the new sub-female supervisors, he suddenly received a call from Luo Tiantian.

Zhu Sha quickly handed the work over to Bei Ji, hid in the soundproof room, took off the voice changer, and clicked on Luo Tiantian's call.

"Cinnabar, the interstellar political situation has been very chaotic recently. How are you doing recently? Have you not been affected?" Luo Tiantian said with fatigue, "Well, I'm doing fine here. The great lord of the Nine Thousand Stars has died, but there is no question of independence or not. Everyone is still living their own lives." Cinnabar asked with concern, "How are you doing over there?"

"I'm fine, but many routes have been affected recently. We've been busy transferring believers." Luo Tiantian's voice revealed some fatigue. "There's something more troublesome. I heard that some troops are dressed as alien pirates and are looting resource stars. You must be careful over there."

Zhu Sha chuckled and responded, "Don't worry, the Green Star I'm on is an agricultural star and won't be targeted by star pirates. But I will be careful."

"That's good. By the way, do you know that there is a sub-female named Susu on your Green Star?" Luo Tiantian asked.

Zhu Sha was stunned when he heard this, and replied in confusion: "How do you know him?"

Luo Tiantian explained: "He is my believer. He recently applied to leave Green Star and is willing to do any job. I also want to ask you, isn't Green Star very friendly to Asian females?"

"Susu is leaving?" Zhu Sha hesitated for a moment, "It has nothing to do with Green Star. Susu had some problems in his relationship. His lover left Green Star, and he probably felt that staying in Green Star would make him sad."

Luo Tiantian nodded on the other end of the communicator, "I understand. Then I'll ask Ling Lie to contact Green Star and buy him."

"Well, his lover is my friend. Once you've arranged for him to go, tell me."

It turns out that Susu’s recent abnormality is because she has become Tiantian’s follower, so she feels that she can’t stay with Zhong Yi to the end?

But... who can guarantee that they can stay with their lover until the end?