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Chapter 589 Poison in the Gourd
The flying insects that had been swallowed into the Abyss of the Dead were reappearing from the Gate of the Dead.

Since living Zerg can only obey the orders of the Hive Queen, I, Lin Yi, will take a different approach and kill the Zerg before using them. What impact will that have?
After the space beside Lin Yi distorted, two little girls dressed in pure black dresses appeared side by side.

"Brother Lin Yi, you're really brave. You went into a one-way spatial passage all by yourself, leading to a star system full of insects. I admire you."

The two little girls, dressed in matching outfits, were incredibly cute. In this desolate insect hive planet, having these two sisters by one's side was a comfort.

Lin Qianqian, who also stayed in the Necromancer Space with Lin You, witnessed Lin Yi's growth all the way.

I witnessed firsthand how Lin Yi risked everything to fight the divine messenger to the death in order to uphold his promise.

Even if she looked down on humans, Lin Qianqian now understood that Lin Yi was no ordinary person. Therefore, she no longer resisted Lin You's decision to treat Lin Yi as her master, and her own attitude towards Lin Yi changed drastically.

Lin Yi didn't take Lin Qianqian's praise too seriously.

The arrival of the Lin sisters was perfectly timed.

"By the way, you've come at the right time. I need you to do something for me."

As the Necromancer Lord, Lin You had a much easier time controlling undead creatures than Lin Yi.

Sending Lin You to fight the Zerg on the Nest Insect Star with the undead creatures to ensure that the detection crystals can successfully obtain data would be a very wise choice.

As for Lin Qianqian, conducting exploration with the subdued Zerg was not a difficult task for her.

Working together as a group of three greatly improves efficiency.

The two men accepted the task assigned by Lin Yi without complaint and immediately got to work, while Lin Yi continued onward.

The words of the Queen of the Insect Hive lingered in Lin Yi's mind.

In terms of one-on-one combat ability, Lin Yi is not afraid of the Queen of the Hive at all. Even without ever having faced her face-to-face, Lin Yi is quite certain that a battle between the two would result in a crushing defeat for Lin Yi.

The Hive Queen, whose intelligence rivals that of a human, has no reason not to know this.

To ensure everything went smoothly, Lin Yi planned to surprise the Queen of the Insect Nest.

Lin Yi, having summoned the Wings of Gale, sped through the skies above the Nest Insect Star.

The All-Seeing Eye maintains maximum power in order to find the most powerful Zerg to use for its own purposes.

Lin Yi's attack speed remained as swift as ever.

Even the Zerg, creatures with such keen senses, couldn't defend against Lin Yi's sneak attack.

But as he kept collecting them, Lin Yi discovered something strange.

Logically, Lin Yi, who had crossed galaxies to reach the Nest Insect Star, should have been subjected to a frenzied hunt by the Insect Race.

Despite all this trouble Lin Yi has caused, no insectoid creatures have approached him or launched an attack.

Given the pride of the Hive Queen, how could she allow Lin Yi to run amok on her territory?
Unfortunately, the memory-reading effect of the Touch of Reincarnation is completely ineffective against these low-intelligence creatures.

Aside from being able to store the insects he had dealt with into his necromantic space, Lin Yi was unable to perform any other effective actions.

As they moved on, the All-Seeing Eye spotted a nest of bone ants.

These ants are enormous; even ordinary worker ants are over three meters long.

They exude a nauseating stench, and their grotesque appearance gives them an extremely evil aura.

They are completely different from the ants on Earth. Here, they are loyal only to the Queen of the Hive. Queens are never born in the colony. Their entire lives are dedicated to carrying resources for the Queen of the Hive, making them a nightmare for mammals on the Hive Planet. But the moment they met Lin Yi's gaze, they seemed to have seen the most terrifying thing in the world, and instantly fled in a frenzy, their massive bodies kicking up clouds of dust on the rugged ground.

Lin Yi looked bewildered: Am I that ugly?
Watching the corpse ants scatter and flee, Lin Yi did not choose to pursue them.

In his view, although these guys were domineering, their strength was ultimately limited, and it was not worth wasting energy to deliberately turn them into undead creatures.

Just as Lin Yi was preparing to continue deeper into the heart of the Nest Insect Star, his gaze was suddenly drawn to the starting point of the Corpse Bone Ants' escape.

There, scattered haphazardly were many mangled animal carcasses, their blood long since dried, congealing into dark red patches on the gray earth.

These animals had clearly suffered extremely cruel torture; their limbs were twisted, their internal organs were exposed, and some were even eaten beyond recognition.

Lin Yi frowned and slowly descended, approaching the wreckage.

He crouched down and carefully examined the wound, a question inevitably forming in his mind.

Were the animal carcasses left here really meant for eating?

As the ruler of the Hive Star, it's perfectly reasonable for all Zerg to regard the Hive Queen as the center of attention and serve her.

Upon closer observation, Lin Yi discovered that the animals died at different intervals. Some wounds had begun to rot and emitted a foul stench, while others were still relatively fresh, as if they had just died.

What's even stranger is that there were no obvious signs of a fight on the surrounding land. Apart from the footprints left by the corpse ants in their panicked flight, there were no other suspicious signs.

The Hive Queen, with such a lofty position, can't possibly eat rotten stuff, can she?

But why are some animal carcasses, which are already completely decomposed, still not being disposed of?

Just as Lin Yi was wondering, a strange feeling suddenly came from his body.

When Lin Yi looked into his body with his All-Seeing Eye, a chilling scene unfolded before him.

Under the gaze of the All-Seeing Eye and with the aid of the Fiery Eyes of Truth, Lin Yi could see with unparalleled clarity that his skin was covered with countless tiny insect eggs.

These insect eggs can hatch in a short time and then begin to viciously gnaw on their own skin.

Some even penetrated the body through the five senses.

It began to gnaw on Lin Yi's internal organs.

At that moment, Lin Yi suddenly realized and admired the Queen of the Insect Nest's abilities and imagination.

Genetic modification of the Zerg should be a skill that every Zerg Queen should possess.

However, the Zerg Queen that Lin Yi encountered earlier was on a completely different level from the Hive Queen.

With an intelligence similar to that of humans, the Hive Queen is indeed no pushover.

The Hive Queen had mastered the art of using indirect methods, and even Lin Yi genuinely considered her a formidable opponent.

Unable to defeat Lin Yi head-on, she resorted to despicable tactics. If it weren't for the abnormality in her body, Lin Yi wouldn't have even noticed the Queen of the Insect Nest's methods.

No, it should be said that the Hive Queen had long anticipated that one day the Hive would encounter an opponent it could not confront head-on, which is why she came up with such a despicable tactic.

Lin Yi couldn't help but feel expectant and fortunate.

(End of this chapter)