books44 Chapter 124 Turned into carbon
Chapter 124 Turned into carbon
"Damn it!"
Michelle's clothes were corroded beyond recognition; her upper body was almost entirely covered in shredded fabric, revealing the wounds on her body that were still emitting white smoke.
Shen Qingqing was so close to it; given the corrosive power of this thing, it's estimated that she's already...
Although she had prepared for the worst, Michelle still dutifully endured the pain and searched, trying to find Shen Qingqing or her remains.
Please, even finding only remains is fine.
The charred charcoal layer was peeled away, revealing Shen Qingqing, whose condition was not much better.
Or rather, it should be called... coke green.
Shen Qingqing turned into carbon.
She's already turned to charcoal.
……
After being carbonized, Shen Qingqing looked like a curled-up, emaciated skeleton, giving Michelle ample reason to suspect that she had been switched.
It was switched! It was switched! It was switched...
Michelle offered futile prayers.
Even if it gets swapped out, it's still much better than turning into carbon directly!
Judging from the pieces of clothing on her body, it was indeed Shen Qingqing.
No miracle even occurred, because without a doubt, without any surprise or reason, it was the insect queen who had just been fighting alongside him.
Michelle felt like she was finished.
This insect has lost all will to live.
He thought he could take all the credit, but the mother insect turned to charcoal.
There was no credit to be gained, only torment.
Michelle even began to pessimistically consider whether to buy her a nicer urn, since the Queen Mother of the Insects was quite beautiful when she was alive and might prefer one with carvings.
Hmm, they might also like diamonds.
Clutching a small piece of charcoal, Michelle wandered aimlessly, already planning how she would argue her way out of it.
Then, without batting an eye, he would push the piece of charcoal forward and whisper, "This is the Queen Insect!"
then……
There's no after that.
As he walked, small pieces of ash fell from the carbon block, tracing the path and becoming a unique marker.
It's like the road you take back on the seventh day after someone's death.
Michelle, who was trying to find a way to defend herself, obviously didn't care too much about these details and still decided to find a place to give their great insect queen a final 'maintenance'.
Even if it's carbon, the mother insect should be the best-looking one.
With the idea of seeing the insect mother one last time, Michelle chose not to carry her up to show her to them for the time being.
We can't exactly show them a lump of charcoal and say, "Look, this is your insect queen!" Surprised? Unexpected?
If he does that, he'll be the one who gets into trouble.
With heavy steps, Michelle randomly found a room, emptied the parts inside, and prepared to pick up the tweezers next to her to give her a beauty treatment.
"What a pity, Your Majesty the Queen Insect, you've now turned into a lump of charcoal. But it's alright, I'll use all my knowledge to make you look beautiful..."
Michelle muttered to herself as she picked up tweezers and pinched off the top layer of charred, peeling carbon.
He no longer cares about things like germaphobia; he's already thankful that he was able to bring the insect queen's remains out intact.
How dare you even dream of anything else?
"May the Queen of Insects rest in peace."
Michelle has given up on herself.
Originally, telling Shen Qingqing that the Zerg should not exist in the world was just empty talk, but now his words have truly come true.
That foul mouth of his, that dead mouth, that jinx!
Pooh!
I utterly despise my past self for being so pretentious.
However, everything is now set in stone. The Queen is gone, and the Zerg are doomed.
He needed to ask for leave before the other insects discovered him, pack his valuables, and leave the Milky Way, the solar system, and this universe where he might encounter humanoid creatures before Klein, Alex, or Andor came after him!
As the tweezers removed a small piece of carbon sheet, Michelle stared in disbelief at the exposed snow-white skin beneath.
Is it... an illusion?
Or has he lost his mind?
That small patch of snow-white skin stood out starkly against the dark carbon, deeply piercing Michelle's already shattered heart.
Then, carefully following the grain of the charcoal, he peeled away the dirt from the surface bit by bit, revealing that familiar fair body and that little face that would become the nightmare of the rest of his life.
Great, the queen insect isn't dead, she's still alive...
Michelle ignored her own injuries and dropped the tweezers to start using her hands.
However, perhaps due to excessive excitement and force, the carbon flakes that hadn't yet detached from the skin tore at the flesh, causing Shen Qingqing to whimper and try to escape the pain.
Who's skinning her?!
It hurts!
My slightly cool skin broke out in goosebumps after coming into contact with the cold air, and it trembled and shivered outside, wanting to shrink back.
Michelle, who never expected a miracle to happen, saw that the Queen Insect was still moving. She was about to notify her servants to pack her valuables, but before she could send the message, she was drawn to Shen Qingqing's actions.
He only regained his senses after hearing the voice of his adjutant on the starship through his personal terminal.
"Lord Michel, what are your orders?"
The adjutant's voice brought him back to reality.
He doesn't need to become the next Sarnster.
The insect queen did not die because of him.
He'll still have the face to live in the universe!
Michelle, who was almost moved to tears, hadn't replied to the message, making his adjutant wonder if something had happened to his master. "Sir, you've encountered something..."
“It’s nothing.” Michelle sighed, looking up at the sky.
Then the adjutant heard him say that he had doubted insect life all his life.
His superior officer said, "Take care of yourself."
"???"
Is this some new lame joke?
The adjutant couldn't believe his ears.
His superior actually cares about insects?
real or fake! ?
It must be fake, it must be!
Only after the adjutant blocked all of Michelle's contact information did he recover from the shock and fright.
The ID I just used was correct.
Or... should we remove him from the blacklist?
Michelle held the piece of charcoal, its back now half-exposed, its eyes filled with the excitement and joy of having it back.
Now he couldn't wait to kiss her to express his joy.
When Shen Qingqing struggled to crawl out of the carbon shell, she found a guy hugging her... hugging her 'shell' and crying bitterly.
Shen Qingqing silently shrank back, slowly and resolutely retreating from Michelle's arms into her shell.
Are you kidding me?! Where are her clothes?!
Sensing the movement of the shell, Michelle immediately lowered her head, coming face to face with Shen Qingqing, who was only peeking out from under the shell.
"..."
Just then, a small crow flew overhead.
"Thank goodness, you're not dead..."
Shen Qingqing was still wondering, what, was she really going to die?
Old Eight wiped away a bead of sweat. Luckily, it had exchanged for the molting ointment in time; otherwise, given its host's body, it would probably have turned to charcoal long ago.