Chapter 1641 - 628: The Mother Empress’s Cry for Help

Chapter 1641: Chapter 628: The Mother Empress’s Cry for Help

But when Ren Zhong finally met Shi Lin, he couldn’t bring himself to scold him.

In the past, although Shi Lin could use the ability of Mistletoe to morph into completely non-human forms, he usually preferred to maintain a human appearance, albeit taller and more imposing than ordinary people. This made him feel comfortable and reminded him that he was still human.

But now Shi Lin was carried over in a large box, reduced to a lump of rotten flesh, completely unrecognizable as human. Occasionally, he would twitch, appearing to struggle.

"Shi Lin, you..." For a moment, Ren Zhong didn’t know what to say.

"I’m sorry, Mr. Ren, for the trouble I’ve caused you."

The lump of rotten flesh in the box trembled, emitting a muffled voice, like the resonance of a drum being struck. It sounded nothing like Shi Lin’s usual tone, yet the manner of speaking was his, though who knew what organ he was using.

Ren Zhong shook his head, "You don’t have to apologize. I had given you the authority to act at your discretion, so you naturally have the right to decide your fate. A clone of a giant reproductive cell isn’t considered a particularly valuable resource, so it’s okay to consume it. But you should have prepared more before absorbing the giant reproductive cell, at least allow the Biological Institute to make a contingency plan for you. Now look, aren’t you suffering a big loss?"

Shi Lin seemed a bit embarrassed, as a faint red glow appeared on the surface of the pile of rotten flesh.

Ren Zhong was secretly astonished. This fellow can actually be "blushing" from embarrassment. Do you still have that function now? Or are human emotions so powerful?

"I was afraid the Biological Institute would refuse, so I thought I’d act first and apologize later. I figured with modern medicine being so advanced, even if something went wrong, it would be salvageable," Shi Lin said again, sullenly.

Ren Zhong waved his hand, "That’s the case for a normal person, but you can’t judge it by common standards. Luckily, the best medical facilities in the entire race are right here on this third planet. Your timing couldn’t be better. I’ll have someone send you to the sanatorium first, stabilize your genetic sequence, and then we’ll talk."

As he spoke, Ren Zhong also kept an eye on the readings on the life monitoring instruments next to Shi Lin’s box.

This guy’s body cell genetic chain is collapsing every moment, even worse than when Sun Ai was a cancer patient, and yet he’s still alive. It’s nothing short of a miracle.

Shi Lin didn’t argue, he obediently accepted Ren Zhong’s arrangements and was admitted to the Red Blade First Central Hospital not far from the Dome Prison.

After finishing up with Shi Lin, Ren Zhong returned to the Dome Prison and discovered a change.

All the new Velvet Whisker people, including Hmm Wei Woo, were in a peculiar state.

The chorus of curse words was gone. Almost all the Velvet Whisker people were prostrate on the ground, cautiously adjusting the barrel-like structures used for focusing within their compound eye arrays, aiming towards the direction of the First Hospital outside the Dome Prison.

Hmm Wei Woo’s behavior was slightly better than the rest of its kind, though it was also tense and anxious.

Ren Zhong once again grabbed it out.

"What’s going on?" Ren Zhong asked.

Hmm Wei Woo hesitated a bit before speaking, "We perceive that the great Mother Empress has already lurked on this planet. It is about to rescue us and it will execute you."

Ren Zhong was briefly startled, then suddenly understood, smiling, "Is that so? Then where is your Mother Empress?"

Ren Zhong thought Hmm Wei Woo might hide it a bit, but unexpectedly it decisively raised its forelimb, pointing towards the location of the First Hospital, "The great Mother Empress should be in that tall white building."

Ren Zhong: "You’re quite the traitor!"

Hmm Wei Woo seemed a bit confused, "Huh?"

"If your Mother Empress is really hidden there, aren’t you betraying it? It’s not a difficult task for me to kill the Mother Empress now."

Hmm Wei Woo was shocked, "Oh... I didn’t mean to! That’s impossible! According to our hereditary instinct, we believe the Mother Empress is invincible, and no one can harm it in the slightest."

Ren Zhong laughed, "So, you didn’t believe me earlier when I told you I’d once killed a first-class Mother Empress?"

Hmm Wei Woo: "I believe."

Ren Zhong observed its expression.

Well, as an insectoid, roach-like creature, it had no expression.

It was just that Ren Zhong instinctively felt this guy’s current behavior was somewhat sinister.

Ren Zhong decided to expose it, "So the fear you and your kind showed earlier wasn’t just species suppression, but because you also didn’t know to what extent your betrayal would be considered and how you’d be dealt with, right? Your swift betrayal of your Mother Empress seems like blind faith at first glance, but actually you hope I can kill it to prevent it from interrupting the Velvet Whisker people’s evolution, right? Alright, no need to argue. I’ll take you to meet your Mother Empress."

"No! Absolutely not! Demon! You demon..."

Hmm Wei Woo’s struggle was futile; ten minutes later, Ren Zhong took it to the room where Shi Lin was receiving genetic stabilization treatment.

Seeing Shi Lin in the square box, Hmm Wei Woo’s already limited brain went blank.

Hereditary instinct told it that what lay before it should be a first-class Mother Empress of the highest rank and honor among all.

But the appearance and energy reaction intensity of this Mother Empress was just...

Ren Zhong did not let Hmm Wei Woo communicate with Shi Lin, who was now acting as a first-class Mother Empress, only letting it take a look before taking Hmm Wei Woo away again.

Back in the lab outside the Dome Prison, Hmm Wei Woo made some squawking noises.

"Demon, do me a favor and get me a basin of Holy Liquid."

The Holy Liquid it mentioned was actually that gel substance.

Clearly, it was shaken.

After witnessing the captive Mother Empress and recognizing the vague distress signal it was sending, the last layer of Hmm Wei Woo’s logical dilemma broke.

The great Mother Empress asking for its help! The situation must be dire beyond belief.

No reproductive subunits of the Ascendant can refuse the Mother Empress Ship’s distress signal, which overrides all other constraints, akin to one of the three laws of robotics in the Ascendant system.

As long as it can help the Mother Empress, anything can be justified.

To rescue the Mother Empress, to better serve the Founder, to fight against the wicked Empire humans, I must make my kind stronger!

Therefore, Hmm Wei Woo finally mustered up the courage to stand by the edge of the gel basin, then buried its proboscis into it.

The unprecedented intense shock made Hmm Wei Woo wail for seven days and seven nights.

The monitoring data provided by Ren Zhong’s lab showed that after consuming the so-called Holy Liquid, Hmm Wei Woo’s brain underwent an evolutionary process in about seven days akin to evolving from Australopithecus to Yuanmou Man.

Its originally smooth brain organ began developing convolutions, its other organs started to become more complex, and its genes iterated rapidly within the same individual, repeatedly putting it through life-and-death ordeals.

But ultimately, it pulled through.

The gel was indeed a divine artifact for the Velvet Whisker people.