StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 291 Beast Tide

"So you just let her get away like that? Is that it?"

"Ah, my lord, we are so sorry, we really did not expect the Queen Insect to..."

"Shut up!"

Inside the Wang Xing Data Processing Center, Saenster, dressed in a black border protection suit, walked slowly in. Beneath his seemingly calm surface, his slightly trembling fingers revealed his inner anxiety and unease.

You can tell from the fact that the Imperial Medal he almost always carries with him has now been officially renamed the Federation Creation Medal. It is his pride, the only thing he cares about, which he received from the Queen of Insects.

"You came in such a hurry, you didn't even wear your medals?"

The sensor door to the processing center opened, revealing Saenster's flustered appearance. Andor raised an eyebrow, seemingly teasing him.

"Don't act all nonchalant. With the Queen Insect gone, you are an accomplice."

Clearly, Saenster wasn't buying it, and instead glared at him fiercely, saying, "You were the only one who saw Qingqing one last time."

The approaching pressure exerted itself on the air, and Andor frowned unhappily. He then mobilized his mental energy to build a mental wall, isolating himself from the pressure that was enough to kill him instantly, and said:

"Don't look at me like that. The Queen Insect must have her reasons for doing this. Besides, the task left to us is to manage Wang Xing well, don't you remember?"

Andor... Saenster narrowed his eyes, calculating how much chance the other party could survive if he made a move now.

The answer is half.

He had previously thought that Andor's identity as a modified insect had led to an increase in physical strength but a significant weakening of mental power. However, after such a long period of probing, Saenster had come to realize that Andor was probably deliberately hiding his strength.

In addition, he had never truly witnessed the full extent of the other's mental power. According to the Federation's mental power rating system, someone who could fight him to a draw would be at least SS-level.

“I remember,” Sarnster finally refrained from making a move, replying sullenly before asking, “Even the chip was useless?”

As expected, I received a positive answer.

Andor smiled and smiled, “Our Queen is really smart. She knows how to avoid all dangers in advance, and even removed the chip installed in her body beforehand.”

"In addition, two odor blockers, some fabric, and some outdoor adventure equipment are missing from the warehouse."

Upon hearing this, Saenster's face darkened even more.

Everyone knows that the scent blocker was provided by Ge Yuan, and that female is now on the same side as Nordlin. Moreover, no one knows how much stuff she has secretly given Qingqing. With her around, finding Qingqing is almost hopeless.

It's impossible to turn the entire interstellar space upside down.

"Where are you going?" Andor asked casually when he saw Saenster about to leave with a gloomy face.

"Mind yourself."

He left a message, and the automatic door closed.

……

It was nighttime on Anubis.

Besides the unbearable heat in the desert, the most extreme thing is the temperature difference between day and night.

Anubis is located in a remote area and is rarely visited, which has resulted in the planet being almost devoid of extraterrestrial life, making it a completely pristine planet.

Shen Qingqing walked for a long time before finding a rock to shelter from the wind. She also picked up some firewood along the way, and now the flames rose up in the darkness, dispelling the chill brought on by the low temperature.

Wrapping her long robe tighter around herself, Shen Qingqing pressed a mechanical watch-like device on her arm. Although the temperature was already set, it had no effect whatsoever.

The desert here is like a magical attack; almost all the devices she brought that could regulate body temperature and keep warm would malfunction.

"It was perfectly fine during the day, how did it break down now?"

He patted his watch while muttering something; it was currently displaying only the time and no other information.

This multi-functional portable outdoor adventure watch is Ge Yuan's graduation project. Well, it's the little gadget she invented when she applied to become a Zerg advanced mechanic. After being refurbished and upgraded, it has become one of the best-selling outdoor adventure devices in the interstellar world.

Before leaving, Ge Yuan gave her this, saying that it was an upgraded version that could send a message to the nearest satellite for help even without a signal, with a word limit of fifty characters.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Ge Yuan, but this place was just too eerie.

From the moment she set foot on this desert, it seemed as if a gaze was fixed upon her.

I had been looking down at my watch by the firelight, completely forgetting that I was in the wild and could be touched by wild animals at any moment.

Startled awake, Shen Qingqing quickly grabbed a dry twig from beside her and threw it in, reigniting the nearly extinguished flame.

"Ouch——"

The sudden howl of wolves startled Shen Qingqing from her light sleep, only to find that the campfire had gone out sometime earlier, leaving only a pile of ashes with white smoke rising upwards.

How did she fall asleep again...? Rubbing her eyes, the wolf howl just now seemed to be a signal. Now, with the help of the bright moonlight, she could see the scenery in the distance.

Occasionally, a few withered grasses appear on the endless desert, along with the shadows of a few wolves. They look rather thin, and they are huddled together, doing something that seems a mystery. Surely they aren't plotting how to capture me.

Shen Qingqing was amused by her own thoughts.

However, judging from the distance, it's unlikely we'll reach here anytime soon.

Even before setting off, she had already begun purposefully training the powers she had acquired from the Insect Mother, such as compound eyes, time-space freeze, and... short-distance travel.

Wanting to test the results, Shen Qingqing activated the Zerg compound eye function, making all creatures in the desert nowhere to hide.

She saw dust and pale yellow powder floating in the air, lizards hiding in the sand, flying insects, and a horde of beasts spreading from afar.

Realizing that the beast tide was heading in her direction, Shen Qingqing immediately used both hands and feet to bury the ashes in the sand and used her teleportation ability to buy herself a chance to escape.

A green light flashed, and only a little ash remained on the surface of the sand.

The startled wolves soon arrived at the spot where Shen Qingqing had been. The alpha wolf lowered its head, sniffed the ground, and looked around with its green eyes. Seeing that no one was there, it howled and led the pack away.

Shen Qingqing left early and didn't notice that all the wolves were emaciated, especially the alpha wolf, whose body was almost just a skin attached to a skeleton, making a teeth-grinding squeaking sound as it ran.

Most remarkably, the wolves' bellies, which should have been soft, were now completely empty, with only a vibrant yet eerie deep red flower bud about to bloom.