StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 144 Emergency Landing

The members on the node list are in place, and Andorra connects all the nodes into an information network, making secondary connections through his own brain.

Next, the starship will be activated to land them safely.

"Mother Insect, you don't seem very happy."

Andor noticed that Shen Qingqing looked a little pale.

"It's alright, but I just feel a little reluctant to part with it," Shen Qingqing said.

"Reluctant to part with it? What kind of emotion is that?"

"They are what I miss in my heart, what I think about in my mind, and what fills my heart."

Shen Qingqing sighed, "I can't bear to part with them. We just met and now we have to separate."

“Since such an emotion can be described as ‘reluctance,’ then I feel the same way about the Queen Insect.” Andor smiled.

His prosthetic eye still hasn't been fitted.

The Zerg's current technology is insufficient to help him recreate a matching prosthetic eye.

In order not to frighten the insect mother, he specially cut a piece of silver-gray metal plate into the shape of an eye patch to cover his empty left eye socket.

It looks more like a modified bug now.

“It’s different,” Shen Qingqing corrected. “Your feelings for me are based on your identification with the identity of the Insect Mother. It can’t be said that you miss her or can’t bear to part with her.”

"Perhaps, but I am your advisor, and I will always stand by your side unconditionally."

Andorra pledged his loyalty to her, saying, "Or you could say it's just wishful thinking on my part."

Shen Qingqing simply smiled after hearing this, "Then shall we set off?"

Two starships with insufficient power were left in space as the base for the Zerg who provided psychic energy. Before leaving, Andor instructed them on how to repair the ships and downloaded all the operation and maintenance manuals.

"Starship is about to pass through the atmosphere. Please be careful."

Andor observed some charring inside the starship's cabin and realized that the fire-resistant coating on the exterior of the cabin may have been affected by the previous fighting.

"It looks like we'll have to make an emergency landing." Shen Qingqing also noticed the charred area.

"However, the situation may not be so bad. Setting the starship landing point at the port was also a decision made to prevent the starship from crashing due to a sudden malfunction."

Andorra set his destination as the waters near the port and urgently notified all Zerg ships to make an emergency landing.

"Queen Insect, can you swim?"

Shen Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, then replied, "I know a little bit."

They were practically swimming in the egg fluid of the sacred cocoon before.

Upon hearing this, Andor realized that his insect queen probably couldn't swim at all.

"That would be difficult, but there are still some isolation pods left on the starship. You can lie inside them and I will escort you out."

Hearing him say that, Shen Qingqing suddenly thought of something, "That's right, Andorra."

"Ok?"

"Aren't you a modified bug? Can you come into contact with water?"

He pointed to his prosthetic eye as he spoke, "And you're also injured now."

"It's nothing serious, just some minor injuries."

"Hehe, a minor injury?" Lia appeared out of nowhere.

Looking at Andorr's eyes, which were now sealed with metal plates, he said, "I'm afraid you're just deceiving yourself, Andorr's assistant."

"Lia, do you know anything?"

“Of course,” Leah turned and tossed her a basic operating manual for the modified insects. “I found it while cleaning out the ship’s inventory; I didn’t steal it.”

Turning to the first page, one finds information on how to care for and maintain the modified insects.

"Then your eyes..."

After learning that the prosthetic eyes of the modified insects could only be maintained with native metal and specific energy fluids, and that the body needed to be kept away from water, Shen Qingqing felt that Andorra's eyes might be difficult to repair.

"It's out of the way."

Andor looked at her with his blue prosthetic eye. "To be precise, my body still retains part of the insect body, so there's no need to worry too much about water seepage. It's just that there might be a temporary short circuit in the body."

"But it usually gets better after a while."

Shen Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, but at her request, Andor still lay down in the cabin just like her.

"This is for your own good," Shen Qingqing said earnestly. "You are our current intelligence guide; the Zerg cannot do without you."

With a loud thud, the starship crashed heavily onto the water, creating towering waves that shattered the water's tranquility as if an explosion had occurred.

The massive starship broke in half the moment it touched the water, carrying countless facilities and supplies as it sank into the sea.

The Zerg, who were well prepared, spread their wings the instant the starship crashed, and tens of thousands of Zerg soldiers lined up in an orderly fashion in the sky.

With flapping wings, it slowly flew towards the port, like a dark cloud pressing down, giving people a sense of awe and fear.

The oppressive feeling exploded and spread out instantly.

Shen Qingqing and Andor were pushed along the surface of the hull by the swarming Zerg on the water, gradually moving closer to the shore.

Andor's body had been modified, and he had long lost his wings, while Shen Qingqing was the insect queen and had no wings.

While they were all on their way, Shen Qingqing opened the cabin door and sat up inside. The sudden bright light made it difficult for her to open her eyes for a moment.

Only after recovering did we begin to truly appreciate this land.

Desolation, solitude, ruin, and the ubiquitous, enormous white cocoons and spider webs.

I stood up, trembling, and saw the port gradually coming into focus.

That once vibrant land has gradually fallen into silence.

After they landed, Klein's cabin was also brought over.

"Let's leave him here for the time being."

At this point, Klein inside was no longer recognizable. The cabin was completely shrouded in pure white cocoon silk, making it impossible to see anything inside.

"Commander is just being degenerated by being encased in a cocoon. He may be able to recover after his development period."

But no one can say for sure whether the Klein who has undergone regrowth will still be the same Klein, or whether his memories will remain.

"If we choose to move forward, taking Klein's hull with us could cause unnecessary trouble."

After assessing the situation, Shen Qingqing decided to find a place to settle the cabin before setting off.

"Mother Insect, this place was originally a small underground warehouse, and few people ever visited it."

“Then put it here,” Shen Qingqing released her pheromones into the space, making sure the entire warehouse was covered by pheromones before she felt at ease. “With these pheromones, even if the Zerg awakens, they will not harm him because of their instincts.”

After they underwent a blood exchange, their lives were linked together.

Andor proposed this idea on the starship for Shen Qingqing's safety.

Once the Insect Queen has successfully merged with the bloodline and her entire body has been replaced, she will have her own way of eliminating this bloodline bond.

Currently, only the two of them know about this place, so there is absolutely no possibility of a third party intruding.

Andorra extended his mechanical arm, slammed the heavy iron door shut, and added two locks on the outside.

Just in case Klein temporarily awakens and escapes, only to be eaten by other, more advanced Zerg.