Special effects: Saving the world starting from becoming a Zergling

"No! How could I be an alien insect?!"

"Have I already died? Did I die again when I came into this world?!"

Yuzhen clutched the head of her alien insect, wailing incessantly.

"Heavenly Dao, can you tell me the answer?!"

With her pale face meeting the red figure, Yuuma couldn't read any meaning from Kabuto's gaze.

He was in immense pain. After glancing at Kagami, he went berserk and rushed past Kabuto, crashing through the wall and disappearing from their sight.

"You idiot, how could you let that alien insect escape!"

Kagami, who had been slammed against the wall by the blast of air, struggled to his feet, glaring angrily at Tendo, his knight's belt still hanging from his waist.

"..."

The Heavenly Dao did not answer him, but instead turned its gaze to the ant soldiers who had rushed over.

Upon seeing Kabuto, all the ant soldiers nervously raised their guns and aimed them at Kabuto, who was standing still in place.

"Kagami!"

When Shuichi Tadokoro and Yuzuki Misaki arrived and called out Kagami's name, a gust of wind suddenly blew by, stirring up the dust on the ground. When the dust settled, the red figure had disappeared, leaving only Kagami lying on the ground.

"That guy wasn't transformed from Kagami."

Tadokoro looked sternly at Kagami lying on the ground: "Someone outside of our ZECT!"

............

"How could I be an alien insect?!"

Yuzhen stumbled back to her rented room and curled up on the bed, her mind filled with this question.

His snow-white body represented his identity; he was a complete alien insect, and these memories were nothing more than remnants of a human he had devoured.

"Am I Yuuma, or a Zerg?!"

Thinking about his sudden coma, Yuuma felt an overwhelming fear overwhelm him.

"My unconsciousness... what did I do?! Or was it the Zerg's instincts that drove me to do something?"

He slammed his head against the wall of the rented room with a loud thud, drawing blood from his forehead.

The intense pain calmed him down, and the crimson blood flowing down his forehead helped him regain some composure.

"I still have my own memories, I still have memories of being with everyone, I haven't completely become a real insect, I still have the abilities of a human being."

As he thought this, an even greater worry welled up in his heart: "Will I eventually become a completely different insect? Is there any good way to protect my consciousness?"

Throughout the history of knights, he is not alone in becoming an outcast. But thinking about their final fate, Yuuma felt even more panicked.

"I want to live..."

"If I could, I would also like to help those who have been relegated to being outcasts, and to help them survive!"

After confirming that her will had not been completely assimilated by the alien insects, Yuzhen got out of bed, hastily bandaged her forehead, walked to the table, and took out a notebook.

"Write down all the questions you want to ask yourself in a notebook, and review them every day. If the answers differ from the actual answers, it means your consciousness is becoming unstable."

Yuuma, buried in his work at his desk, was also thinking about how to maintain his consciousness from being altered. This reminded him of the Desire Competition in the anime "Extreme Fox," but that era was still too far removed from his present reality...

"No matter what, I must survive, and find a way to solve the problem while I'm alive." Yuzhen bit her nail and wrote down her core question—stay strong and survive!

Now that we've come to this magical world, how can we not participate in and witness the history of knights?

Only by surviving can we participate in more of the history of the knights and witness their history!

This is likely the ultimate dream for every knight enthusiast.

"Ring ring ring".

The phone rang, and Yuzhen quickly pulled it out of her pocket and answered the call.

"Xiao Zhen, why didn't you come to work today? Are you feeling unwell?"

The gentle voice made Yuzhen exhale, and then a smile appeared on her face.

The person who called was Yu-ma's boss, Takahashi Tadashi, a very gentle middle-aged man.

In the period immediately after he arrived, he was able to get through the most difficult time thanks to this person who took him in.

The rental apartment he's currently living in was rented through an agency arranged by Takahashi.

"Mr. Takahashi, I'm so sorry. I caught a bad cold today and only just woke up in a daze."

Takahashi Masashi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yuma's voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Since you have a cold, take a good rest. I'll come see you after I'm done with my work here."

Takahashi runs a small teppanyaki restaurant, and at this moment he is making teppanyaki while making a phone call to Yuma.

"Uh... thank you, Mr. Takahashi. My bad cold is almost gone, and I'll come to work tomorrow. You don't need to trouble yourself, Mr. Takahashi."

Yuma interrupted for a few moments to distract Takahashi Masashi before quickly hanging up the phone.

"Why is this child behaving so strangely today?"

Takahashi touched his head, shook his head, and decided to visit Yuma later.

He didn't know much about Yuma, only that the child had no parents and had come to Tokyo alone.

Seeing that Yuzhen was handsome, eloquent, and quick-witted, he accepted the young man who had offered himself up.

However, as they spent more time together, Takahashi Masashi grew to like the boy even more.

He originally ran the shop alone, but after meeting Yuzhen, his life became more interesting.

Meanwhile, Yuuma is unaware that he will be facing Takahashi Tadashi later. Right now, in this small rented room, he is testing his abilities.

With a thought, Youzhen's body surface was instantly dissolved and changed back to its previous snow-white appearance.

"I feel more like a snow-white leopard."

Yuma looked at her reflection in the mirror and touched her smooth body.

"Since I am an alien insect, I also have my previous memories."

"So, does that mean I killed myself?"

Staring at herself in the mirror, Yuma had this absurd idea.

At this moment, he began to understand Shindai Ken's heart.

Even more terrifying than what he experienced was the fate of the Divine Sword.

The Zerg killed him and his sister without his knowledge, and he spent his life taking it upon himself to exterminate all the Zerg.

After learning that he was an alien insect, the terror and guilt of killing his sister, coupled with the heavy responsibility he carried—the complete annihilation of the arrogant boy named Kamishiro Ken—led him to resolutely entrust his life to Tendou, who was also his partner.

"But... have you ever tried to understand Misaki's feelings... Kamishiro-san?"

The almost identical feelings made Yuuma vaguely see the flustered girl from today, the real Kusakabe Hiru, who was even more adorable than Yuuma had imagined.