Chapter 1 A Bang

*Bang!*

With a deafening roar, the Queen of Thousand Insects’ “Mount Tai Press” landed squarely on Dr. D’s body.

Superficially, the Queen of Thousand Insects resembled a small elephant, appearing to weigh at most two or three tons.

But in reality, she weighed… two hundred and ninety-seven tons.

Her weight alone exceeded the combined weight of the Tin Foil, and all the other passengers. If it weren't for the ship’s gravity-adjustment system (gravity control was a fundamental technology in the interstellar colonization era; moreover, most technologically advanced races had systems to support balancing survival issues, such as gravity, pressure, and oxygen, for different species in their ships. The Ultra-Union, with Froggy and the Tin Foil in charge, naturally had all the technologies and were proficient in them, so it wasn't an issue), the ship wouldn't even be able to take off with her on board.

Now, with the Queen of Thousand Insects' nearly three hundred tons plummeting down, the resulting damage was unimaginable…

Instantly, another earthquake-like tremor erupted, shaking the ground for several kilometers. The debris and dust around the point of impact were scattered by a "shockwave" and flew everywhere.

"Cough… cough…" A few seconds later, Lucky coughed a few times, dusted himself off, and reminded her, "Careful, Queen of Thousand Insects, he won't die from just that."

Although Lucky had been standing in a dangerous spot, he was lucky… he wasn't hit by any flying debris. As for the shockwave, he could withstand it; after all, he was born on a high-bouncing planet, making him at least eight times stronger than an Earthling. So, after the impact, he was only thrown back a dozen meters, covered in dust, and otherwise unharmed.

"I know." The Queen of Thousand Insects responded quickly. She was now in the center of a huge crater, slowly moving her body. "I'm just trying to restrain him, so he doesn't escape."

"Don't worry, I won't run…" Unexpectedly, before the Queen of Thousand Insects could finish speaking, Dr. D's cold reply came.

Even the Queen of Thousand Insects was surprised, because… even Toxin himself couldn't recover so quickly after such an attack.

"I'll give you one more chance…" However, the Queen of Thousand Insects wasn't intimidated. She continued, "If you help us cure Toxin, I can…"

"I don't need you to spare me." Dr. D interrupted, and at the same moment, his body reassembled itself at the edge of the crater, transforming from liquid back into human form.

"Then… I have nothing more to say to you." Hearing this, the Queen of Thousand Insects' tone turned cold.

With that, a vortex-like opening appeared on her massive body, and two mosquito-like creatures rapidly flew out of it.

Although they looked like mosquitoes, they were larger than an adult human, and some details of their bodies differed from mosquitoes. For example… their antennae and mouthparts were all constructed like weapons.

"Only sending out two… is that enough?" Dr. D looked at the two "soldier bugs," still composed.

However, the soldier bugs gave him a satisfactory answer in the next second…

*Whoosh—*

*Whoosh—*

Only two soft sounds, like a gentle breeze, were heard.

Dr. D's body had been easily cut apart like tofu, divided into several sections in mid-air.

Because the two soldier bugs both used "slashing" attacks, Dr. D wasn't turned into juice this time but was instead reduced to chunks…

"To think there'd be such spee—" Dr. D's severed head began to comment.

As a result, the two bugs hacked and slashed again, turning his head into dozens of mahjong-tile-sized fragments.

It seemed that sending out these two bugs to deal with Dr. D… was indeed enough.

Of course, this didn't mean that the Queen of Thousand Insects was underestimating Dr. D. In fact, she sent out these two "super soldier bugs" precisely because she valued her opponent.

…………

Here, let's explain the Queen of Thousand Insects' abilities.

First of all, understanding her as a "person" is not entirely accurate.

Strictly speaking, rather than calling the Queen of Thousand Insects a living being, it would be more accurate to describe her as a "complete ecosystem."

The Queen of Thousand Insects has an alternate dimension within her body. Its exact size is unknown, but what is certain is… this space is home to approximately several billion bugs.

The types, numbers, and abilities of these bugs are all controlled by the Queen of Thousand Insects. When needed, she can make them reproduce rapidly or create new, specialized breeds with specific purposes.

The bugs themselves don't have the ability to think independently; they act primarily through a collective consciousness. The one individual who controls all the bugs and serves as the "brain" is the Queen of Thousand Insects.

To the creatures inside her, she is like a god. She exists on a higher dimension but can also communicate directly with those lower-dimensional beings in some way.

The Queen of Thousand Insects' primary ability is to mobilize the bugs within her body for combat.

There are bugs that are impervious to blades and spears, bugs that can withstand temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees, bugs that can move freely at two hundred degrees below zero, bugs that feed on radioactive materials, bugs that can secrete corrosive liquids, bugs that can generate magnetic forces, and so on.

The two "super soldier bugs" that the Queen of Thousand Insects sent out at this moment were extremely mutated species. She only had two of these bugs in her body. They were prepared for truly powerful enemies, similar to "hyper-bugs." The combat capabilities of these two soldier bugs were even stronger than those of the Ultra-Union's "Green Meteor" several years later, reaching the level of a galaxy-class hero.

In addition, the Queen of Thousand Insects has another characteristic: super durability.

Ordinary punches and kicks are useless, and even the Terrible Mister with all his strength couldn't pose a fatal threat to her with physical attacks.

As for cold weapons… see the previous point. The density of that three-hundred-ton body is so high that it almost surpasses all known metallic substances. Even if a substance capable of cutting through the Queen of Thousand Insects did exist and someone made it into a weapon, probably no one could lift it… even if they could, the force required to complete the cut would be even greater.

As for firearms… from handguns and cannons to lasers and nuclear weapons, they either couldn't penetrate her outer skin at all, or the energy would be absorbed by the alternate dimension inside her body and vanish into nothingness after penetrating her outer skin.

In summary, the Queen of Thousand Insects is undoubtedly a hero with a lot of "villainous" potential. Like Toxin, she is fully capable of bringing great disaster to the entire universe.

If she wanted to, the endless "army" within her could easily help her conquer any inhabited planet and destroy the civilization on it.

Faced with such an existence… Froggy and the Tin Foil have certainly been secretly researching and preparing for her. Unfortunately, just like they couldn't figure out a way to deal with Toxin… they also couldn't find a way to deal with the Queen of Thousand Insects.

…………

"This won't work, Queen of Thousand Insects." Lucky, who had been watching, said again, "No matter how many times you destroy him like this, he'll still recover, and… look…"

As he spoke, Lucky pointed to the two super soldier bugs.

At this moment, the front limbs of the two bugs began to rot at a visible rate, and the shells on their bodies gradually changed color and fell off. Many strangely colored liquids oozed from the surface of the shells, turning into white smoke upon contact with the air.

"Ah… I understand all this." The Queen of Thousand Insects' response was relatively calm. "When I learned that he had abilities similar to Toxin, I was already mentally prepared for this…"

As she spoke, the two bugs began to use their mouthparts to collect Dr. D's body fragments… and sucked them into their bodies.

In that instant, Lucky suddenly guessed what the Queen of Thousand Insects was trying to do. His expression changed drastically, and he asked, "Wait… are you sure this is okay?"

"This is the only way I can think of." The Queen of Thousand Insects replied, "Even if foreign organisms are swallowed by me, they will only enter my 'stomach,' which exists in this dimension, and will not enter the alternate dimension inside my body. But… if I grind him into small fragments or liquid and let my soldier bugs suck them into their bodies, I can successfully bring him in…"

"But… if you lock him up inside, aren't you in danger?" Lucky asked worriedly.

"I don't know…" The Queen of Thousand Insects replied, "However, I've speculated that if Toxin himself were swallowed by me like this… he should die inside." She paused for half a second, then said, "Because… the rate at which he poisons the swarm of bugs can't keep up with the rate at which I control their reproduction. In the end, he will exhaust himself and die under the constant attack of the bugs."

As she said this, the two soldier bugs had already sucked up all of Dr. D's body fragments without leaving a single piece behind and were flying towards the opening on top of the Queen of Thousand Insects' head.

"To take it a step further…" The Queen of Thousand Insects was still talking to Lucky, "Even if he kills all the bugs in my body, it won't work… As I said just now, 'foreign organisms' cannot travel back and forth between the alternate dimension inside my body and this world. Whether they enter or exit, they must rely on the soldier bugs' bodies, but the soldier bugs are controlled by me… I won't let him out. If the soldier bugs die, he will lose the carrier to come out. Even if I die, it will only sever the connection between the two spaces. He still can't leave the alternate dimension."

At this point, the two super soldier bugs had flown back and entered the Queen of Thousand Insects' body. Although their bodies had been corroded by poison and were on the verge of collapsing when they flew to the entrance… they still managed to fly in.

"Okay… that should be a relief." A few seconds later, the Queen of Thousand Insects continued, "Next, it's up to me."

Lucky murmured, "Well… then… should we go back to the ship first?"

"You can." The Queen of Thousand Insects replied calmly, "Go back first, then we'll…"

However, her words stopped abruptly halfway through.

"Something's not right…" Suddenly, the Queen of Thousand Insects' tone changed, and she muttered to herself, "How could he… this is… Damn it! Get away from me!"

"What? What's wrong?" Lucky didn't leave but instead took a few steps forward, wanting to help the Queen of Thousand Insects.

His reaction was normal because he had never considered the possibility of something "unexpected" happening to himself.

However, in the next second, something astonishing happened…

*Chi—*

A beam of light suddenly shot out from the Queen of Thousand Insects' body, breaking through the outer skin and striking Lucky directly in the face.

The unsuspecting Lucky was hit head-on…

Then, one beam, then another, and another… until hundreds and thousands of beams shot out from the Queen of Thousand Insects' body.

The Queen of Thousand Insects immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream, and her body was gradually engulfed by the beams of light that erupted from within…

And Lucky, who was standing next to her… had actually died when the first beam hit his head. After that… his still-standing body was pierced by countless beams and turned to ashes along with the Queen of Thousand Insects.

That wasn't the end of it… the scattered beams of light destroyed almost everything around them, which obviously included the Tin Foil ship in the air.

Because the beams came without warning, the ship's protective shield hadn't had time to activate, and the hull had already been damaged… Fortunately, the Tin Foil reacted quickly, immediately manually opened the shield, and controlled the ship to make an emergency landing.

Saying it was an emergency landing… was almost the same as "falling down." Fortunately, it was only a hundred meters or so, and the engine's levitation power still helped a little, so the ship's body didn't break apart. As for the heroes in the ship… even the weakest of the group were unharmed, and the others were naturally fine.

"Tch… that guy can indeed copy other people's abilities…" Froggy muttered in a low voice as he got up from the ground, "That beam just now was Thousand-Eye's energy wave…"

As someone who was efficient in his speech and actions, he didn't waste time asking, "Is everyone okay?" but instead directly stated a very bad conclusion.

However, compared to the news that everyone was about to hear, his statement wasn't the worst…

"Everyone…" Dr. Eternity's voice soon sounded, "I think I must let you know… just now, the Queen of Thousand Insects and Lucky have both died. Also… the crash just now damaged the 'chamber' containing Toxin…"

"I'm going!" Before the Doctor could finish speaking, Captain Crap jumped up from the ground and stumbled towards the rear cabin to save people.

"No need…" But Dr. Eternity stopped the Captain, "The damaged 'chamber'… only has a few remaining life energy left. Toxin has also…"