Chapter 41: Mysterious Bad Luck
Su Xiao walked forward slowly. The interior of the spaceship was quite spacious, and it looked like it hadn't been started in many years. Some electronic devices were damaged, occasionally emitting sparks.
Void Insect Race originated from the Void, so it was perfectly normal for a mother nest to contain a spaceship.
Based on Su Xiao's understanding, the Void was a vast place inhabited by all kinds of races, some with advanced technology, others with powerful physiques.
...
Walking inside the spaceship, there were no insectoids here. After advancing several hundred meters, Su Xiao arrived at the main cabin.
"Get out. This is my home."
An electronic voice came through. Su Xiao looked up; the sound originated from a screen full of static.
"Are you the spaceship's AI system?"
"No, I am the Insect Race Queen."
The voice sounded somewhat angry, seemingly very displeased with Su Xiao entering the spaceship.
"Those two natives are your companions, right? The regeneration eggs are very important to me; I can't provide them to you. And stop this foolish, meaningless war. I can annihilate you at any time. If it weren't for my piloting error when I first arrived, I wouldn't have landed on this planet at all."
The 'female driver' Insect Race Queen's voice was very confident, as if she didn't consider the Yasenman Tribe an opponent, and didn't know who had been fighting them for centuries.
"Oh? If you're so strong, why don't you just destroy the Yasenman Tribe?"
The Insect Race Queen was momentarily at a loss for words.
"The war has lasted for centuries. As an Insect Race, you can't even annihilate the Yasenman Tribe. What are you afraid of?"
"You don't need to know."
Hearing the Insect Race Queen's answer, Su Xiao shook his head.
"You're afraid of a woman covered in golden flames, aren't you?"
At these words, the Insect Race Queen's voice noticeably became more urgent.
"Where is that bitch..."
"Huh?"
Su Xiao was stunned, many thoughts racing through his mind.
The Insect Race Queen had just said 'bitch,' a word that a Void Insect Race member couldn't possibly utter. It seemed she had come into contact with Contractors.
"More and more interesting. I've suddenly become very interested in you."
Su Xiao's ordinary statement instantly enraged the Insect Race Queen.
"You despicable male humans! Why does that damn line sound so similar to what that crazy Sword Demon said? Is it my fault for being born with natural charm? Why did he bring an army to attack my home for no reason? That damned Sword Demon, saying something like 'The woman I've set my eyes on can't escape,' haven't I been running for centuries? Madman, pervert, a pervert who killed billions of living beings without changing his expression!"
This series of roars made Su Xiao even more puzzled, but he picked up some information. This Insect Race Queen had probably been targeted by some powerful being in the Void, who then tried to forcefully take her. The Insect Race Queen escaped, and during her escape, her 'female driver' soul kicked in, causing a spaceship accident, eventually forcing her to crash-land on this planet, trembling in fear.
One thing Su Xiao couldn't understand before was how the Void Insect Race couldn't destroy the Yasenman Tribe. Now it seemed the Void Insect Race was here to hide from disaster, not daring to make too much noise, not even daring to expand on a large scale.
"You're dead. I'm going to annihilate you..."
Zzzz.
The screen's sound disappeared, turning into static. Su Xiao had already found the spaceship's core energy source and removed it.
[Hunter has obtained Core Energy Source. Yes/No to sell.]
Su Xiao examined the Core Energy Source in his hand. This thing was useless to him, so he decisively sold it.
[Core Energy Source sold. Obtained 12% World Source.]
Seeing the amount of World Source, Su Xiao raised an eyebrow. This item was quite valuable; just this 12% World Source alone was worth the trip to the Insect Nest.
...
At the core of the mother nest, a 'young girl' with purple patterns on her neck was panting heavily.
Contrary to expectations, the Insect Race Queen's appearance was very much in line with human aesthetics. She had no carapace, only slightly pointed ears and two antennae on her head.
The Insect Race Queen calmed her breathing, her amber eyes full of helplessness.
Her name was Ya, 806 years old. For an Insect Race, she was around the equivalent of a human in their twenties.
"Besides Ada, humans are no good."
As if remembering something, Ya suddenly hugged her shoulders, memories flashing through her mind.
Lightning that pierced through space, a legion laughing wantonly like bandits, a home planet cleaved open by a single sword strike, hundreds of billions of intelligent Insect Race members cowering on the ground, not daring to move.
Resist, and they would be slaughtered to the last. Don't resist, and more than half would still be massacred. What kind of dogshit rule was this?
"Madman."
Ya's eyes were full of hatred, the words of her enemy echoing in her ears.
"You're too weak. So weak that you're useless except for being toyed with. The strong live, the weak die. No matter where, that's the rule. By the way, tell your Queen, her claws have stretched too far."
The strong live, the weak die. This was originally the Insect Race's creed, but Ya had never imagined it could be so brutal, to the point of slaughtering tens of billions of living beings.
"I heard that bastard disappeared. Good. I hope he died in the Black Abyss."
The Insect Race Queen looked up.
"That damn rat called Lord Mouse is on this planet. Once that rat leaves, I need to migrate immediately. I've accumulated enough energy."
...
Mid-section of the mother nest, inside the spaceship.
Just after Su Xiao sold the Core Energy Source, 'guests' arrived inside the spaceship—two Elite Stinger Scorpions. He was currently fighting them, and the battle had already lasted several minutes.
Blood dripped from Su Xiao's chin, but the two Elite Stinger Scorpions were only lightly injured.
Logically, Su Xiao should have been able to easily deal with two Elite Stinger Scorpions, but that wasn't the case.
It wasn't that the Elite Stinger Scorpions were too strong, but that after the battle started, Su Xiao began experiencing mysterious bad luck.
Thirty seconds into the battle, just as Su Xiao was about to kill one Elite Stinger Scorpion, a metal plate fell from the spaceship's ceiling. He had to dodge, missing the opportunity.
One minute into the battle, the spaceship's control console near him exploded. This thing hadn't exploded in two or three hundred years, but it chose to explode just as he was about to stomp an Elite Stinger Scorpion's head.
One minute and twenty seconds into the battle, the spaceship began to slightly disintegrate. Su Xiao happened to be near the gap of the disintegration and tripped.
Two minutes and six seconds into the battle, the spaceship's emergency repair program activated. A wrench flew out and happened to hit Su Xiao on the head.
Most importantly, Su Xiao had already sensed the wrench coming and made a dodge, but the wrench started flying in an arc at extremely high speed.
It seemed the entire spaceship was targeting Su Xiao. No, it was the whole world targeting him.
Once or twice might be an accident, but over thirty times in a row couldn't be.
Su Xiao stood still, holding his blade, scanning his surroundings.
One Elite Stinger Scorpion charged forward, its tail's large pincer striking at Su Xiao.
Su Xiao blocked with Dragon-Slaying Flash in front of him.
Ding.
The scorpion tail slammed into Dragon-Slaying Flash. A force transmitted through the blade, pressing his body down, but he maintained his center of gravity.
While blocking the scorpion, he kicked at its armored leg.
Crack. Green fluid splattered as one of the scorpion's armored legs was broken off.
The other scorpion pounced. Su Xiao sidestepped, dodging it while grabbing its tail with his left hand.
Using all his strength, he swung the Elite Stinger Scorpion, throwing it. It crashed into the spaceship wall with a bang, creating a huge dent in the metal.
A whistling wind came from behind. Su Xiao's mouth twitched, and he immediately jumped aside.
Clang!
A several-ton iron bar fell from above. If he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been crushed underneath it.