Chapter 2 This Shell's Decor

Lin Mo followed Hei Tuotuo. The environment under this shell was truly subpar, as if it had just been set up. It really lacked presence.

It looked perfect enough, but in reality, the inside was truly indescribable.

Yu Li Decorations? Was that a giant fish? Using such a small coral, was that really appropriate? Speaking of which, it would be better to have a mermaid. This blue-gray, hideous thing, it wasn't aesthetically pleasing no matter how you looked at it.

That's right, after all, this was the destination of the Dawn's attack. Speaking of which, was this Hei Tuotuo actually injured?

"Should I just kill it now? Hmm, would that be too fast? I wonder if those sleeping fellows might suddenly wake up."

Cupping her chin, Lin Mo still felt it wasn't safe enough. She should wait a couple of days. The Leviathan cub would appear in a few days. By then, wouldn't she have the final say here?

Anyone who disagreed would be dragged out and executed by firing squad!

Hmph.

"Ahem, after experiencing such a great disaster, it's rather simple. Please forgive us."

"Hmm, it's fine. By the way, you should have many more mermaids, right? Like this one." She pointed to the little mermaid who was looking down, seemingly lost in thought. "Like her. You should have more, right?"

"Yes, yes, if you like them, you can take some back with you later."

Creak—the sound of back teeth grinding.

Lin Mo was secretly enjoying herself. This Hei Tuotuo didn't seem very smart. He didn't even notice that his granddaughter was about to explode with anger.

"Oh, really? Little mermaid, do you think I should take some back with me? Hmm?"

"Ah! M-me?" Her masseter muscle was constantly tense, and she wasn't used to suddenly speaking. "Whatever pleases the Empress. If you're happy, then this subordinate is happy."

Lin Mo frowned. This was why she didn't like those infected with the Zerg virus. They were boring. They didn't have their own thoughts, and they were especially restrained in front of her.

Ka Ka was the only friend she could communicate with, which was really too tedious.

"Then forget it."

Hei Tuotuo didn't know why Lin Mo suddenly got angry. He could only target his granddaughter. Anyway, it couldn't be unrelated to this girl.

"By the way, those humans... did you bring them over?"

"! Ah! Those people are definitely all volunteers! They only work two hours a day now! Really! Three meals a day, plus afternoon tea and midnight snacks!"

Hei Tuotuo was organizing his words, trying to express how good he was to those people.

"Hmm, I saw them, but how did their strength increase so quickly? It seems a bit different."

"Hmm?"

Good heavens, upon closer inspection, several of them really did have the aura of that stone. It was too familiar, that aura.

Hei Tuotuo immediately panicked. This secret absolutely couldn't be known by Lin Mo. Fortunately... oh crap!

It's over!

He glanced at his granddaughter, whose eyes were filled with Lin Mo. It was over. Her loyalties were clearly not on his side. The secret of the stone couldn't be kept any longer, but he absolutely couldn't let go of it.

What to do!

Might as well come clean!

"Human! Let's not beat around the bush. Tell me what you want. Anything but that stone, I can give it to you."

"Huh?" Lin Mo was taken aback for a moment, then realized that this guy just had low EQ. However, Lin Mo didn't really want anything, except for the little mermaid, but she already said she didn't want her. Wouldn't it be bad to ask again?

Didn't the Empress have any pride?

"Hmm, then give me your granddaughter. I'm not interested in anything else."

Hei Tuotuo gritted his teeth, remaining silent for a moment, a hint of struggle flashing in his crimson eyes.

"Okay! All of them are yours!"

"?" All of them? Did you have more than one granddaughter?

Never mind, she'd ignore that for now and just treat them as ornamental fish.

They sat down. The food here at the Sea Clan was actually pretty good. She didn't know if it was because of Lin Mo, but only her bowl had meat. It was a strange taste that she couldn't quite describe. It must be some kind of mutated fish.

Of course, Ka Ka had to sample it in advance. Anyway, Ka Ka's body was just an accessory. The real Ka Ka's main consciousness was in the Hive, so it didn't matter if this little chubby body kicked the bucket.

Mainly, as the workload increased, Ka Ka's body had to grow larger, but the Empress didn't like it so big, so Ka Ka had no choice but to create this thing that was like a sub-brain.

Anyway, with the Zerg network coverage, there was zero latency.

"Oh, Empress, they're here again. This time, there are especially many, six of them."

"Hmm? So many? Did they come to deliver energy to us again?" Lin Mo couldn't help but worry. At this rate, she was going to become lazy. There was so much energy that she couldn't even use it all. The Leviathan cub could even start on the construction of the next one.

"I've already had the Overseer (eye bug) cubs watching. The Hydralisk cubs are already on their way to meet them."

Hydralisk cub anti-aircraft guns, everyone who's used them says they're good.

"However, their destination doesn't seem to be here. They seem to be looking for No. 13. In his memories, his girlfriend is a senior researcher at Dawn."

"Uh, is that so?" She seemed to have inadvertently done something quite immoral.

Your husband is very good, and now he's mine!

Ew—

…

"Is the Empress down below?"

"Hmm, should we go down?"

"Forget it. The Empress didn't even let us make a move during the battle against Hei Tuotuo just now, so let's just obediently listen. Maybe she's treating us as hidden strength."

Five humanoid life forms stood quietly on the newly built Mutalisk Spire, looking at the calm sea surface.

Ka Ka's transformation of these people didn't replace their consciousness, because a large part of these people's strength came from the combat instinct stored in their consciousness. Once that was gone, their strength would definitely decline.

Therefore, they just had a few more red lines of absolute loyalty to the Empress.

"Hmm? That's not right! Something's coming down. Are they our former colleagues?"

"It seems so. What do you say?"

"I don't think these people are here to cause trouble for the Empress. After all, Dr. Yang is a bit outrageous."

"...Indeed."

"The Chief Supervisor gave the order to attack. It's to find you, 13. It seems your girlfriend sent them."

"Hmm, whatever. Now I only recognize the Empress. Nothing else is important."

"...How quickly you fell in love."

"Shut up! This is loyalty."

"Okay, okay, okay."

Even after the transformation, Number 13 was still the strongest among them.

So, it was better to be honest.