Chapter 980: I Crave Your Body

Xilin's small face turned slightly red, and for a moment, she was at a loss.

To be honest, she wasn't young anymore, she was over thirty. If she were back in her hometown, the Senhai World, she would already be a grandmother at this age, so she shouldn't be so green as to blush and have a racing heart from a compliment.

And she wasn't the type of silly, sweet girl. On the contrary, she was actually the type of knowledgeable and intellectual older sister. Although she was self-taught, her knowledge was enough to obtain a doctoral degree from the ape-man neighbors, and it was a multi-degree one at that.

Therefore, her mutated brain should have identified in the first instance that this kind of guy who likes to praise people for being beautiful must be a treacherous or thieving person, and oily-tongued people are the least trustworthy.

But there was no way, she understood all the principles, but she was just happy. The joy in her heart was about to erupt with full force like a volcano, completely unstoppable.

After all, such a sentence "you are very beautiful

Especially since this wasn't just some polite remark, but a compliment from the other party's heart.

Oh no, I can't handle this at all; my lovesick brain is about to flare up.

Xilin's heart was somewhat uncontrollable at this moment.

As a member of the Crown Prince tribe, she was naturally prone to being lovesick; this is a clan trait, as being lovesick makes it easier to find a mate, which facilitates breeding.

Xilin's past coldness and self-reliance were all forced out of her; it wasn't that she wanted to remain single, but simply that even when she offered herself, others would reject her for being ugly. After being rejected so many times, even the strongest lovesick brain would gradually cool into a block of ice.

Renouncing love and sealing one's heart—why bother with romance? It's better to study hard for the ascension of the tribe.

The insectoid girl... well, okay, she can't really be called a girl anymore; she is an insectoid mature woman who thought she would remain single and rational for the rest of her life, but at this moment, her heart was almost broken open by a single sentence.

Hehe, what a super easy woman to handle.

Fortunately, Xilin had just sacrificed the whole world, so her lovesick brain ultimately didn't manage to flare up; the insectoid mature woman forcibly used her rationality to suppress the genetic instinct craving a partner, allowing herself to regain composure.

"Thank you for the compliment, Master Dorothy."

She also responded with twelve thousand thanks to the witch lady before her, but after thanking her, her gaze still drifted toward the fleet route map floating in mid-air.

As mentioned, although Xilin is an insectoid, she is different from those foolish insectoid kin; she is a rare high-level intellectual among insectoids, and having long understood technology, she had some guesses about her current predicament.

She seems to be inside a warship right now.

It's just that this type of warship would be a sci-fi product in the Forest Sea World; the technological level of the Forest Sea apes is currently insufficient to build a fleet capable of space travel, otherwise, they wouldn't have fought with the insectoids for so many years and would have long since shouted "Our goal is the sea of stars" and begun exploring outer space.

The apes' highest combat technology is nothing more than various mechanical power armors, mechanical prosthetics, and genetic enhancement modifications.

Of course, in Xilin's view, the most precious thing among the technological knowledge learned from the apes was never the knowledge of those technological levels, but the mindset known as science.

It was an enlightenment and evolution at the level of cognition; science allowed her to cast off the ignorance of the insectoid clan and embrace civilization.

In any case, the technology she learned from the apes is obviously not presentable before these witches, but the scientific mindset allowed her to see high-tech products like warships—which previously only existed in sci-fi novels and movies—without worshipping them as if they were divine simply because they were hard to understand.

Hmm, they are just higher-level technological products; I don't understand them now, but one day in the future, I will master their manufacturing techniques.

Xilin thought to herself.

She felt this wasn't arrogance, just confidence in her own brain; she would sooner or later learn the knowledge of a higher civilization like the witches, just as she had mastered the apes' technology.

Therefore, regarding the things within the warship that temporarily transcended her cognition, she was merely curious and maintained awe, but it couldn't be called worship.

And looking at those kin who were bought in the same cage as her, these foolish insectoids had long since knelt down in the cage to piously worship; they seemed to regard the witches as gods who had come to save them.

Hehe, gods.

Xilin wanted to laugh when she saw the ignorance of these kin; how could there be gods in this world? If there really were gods, then why didn't any god come to save them when the Forest Sea World was destroyed by that terrifying demon?

In the insectoid mature woman's view, so-called gods are merely a spiritual comfort for cowardly people; their fragile hearts cannot support their failures and anxieties, so they can only fabricate an omniscient and omnipotent god to entrust their hearts to, just to gain some false sense of security.

There shouldn't be any gods in the world; that kind of omniscient and omnipotent thing wouldn't exist if you think about it.

The gods people often speak of are actually just powerful beings that exceed their understanding; for example, if Xilin herself could return to the Forest Sea World, relying on her research results that can change genes at will, she would probably also be worshipped as a god by those foolish kin.

Therefore, so-called gods are merely powerful beings waiting to be studied.

You need to respect the strong, but you cannot worship or even believe in them because of their power.

This is Xilin's view on so-called gods.

The insectoid mature woman never believes in gods.

After all, when she was fragile and powerless in her childhood, she prayed countless times, but no god ever came to save her; and now, she has passed that pure age where she believes whatever others say, and has become difficult to fool.

In short, although she respects the witch before her, she will not blindly believe in witches, or rather, she will not believe in any existence; she only believes in her own research.

Therefore, ever since she woke up and learned the truth of the matter from the witches' mouths, Xilin began trying to use her own wisdom to deduce and guess the movements and goals of this group of witches.

She felt that these witches seemed to be going to wage a war, and probably soon another unfortunate world would become the next Forest Sea World; they would be destroyed and conquered by these powerful witches.

And regarding this, Xilin actually didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

After all, foolish insectoids might not understand what science is, but they understand what the law of the jungle is.

Even Xilin herself didn't actually feel that the destruction of the Forest Sea World by demons was something unacceptable; the reason she was withdrawn just now was actually just that she couldn't accept the fact that she had been a collaborator.

And now, after calming down a little, she actually gradually came to terms with it.

After all, what else could she do if she couldn't come to terms with it? What has happened cannot be changed; this is a fact, and there is no other way but to accept it.

As for revenge?

Tsk, that demon had already been blasted into ashes by the witches right in front of her, not even a scrap left, so there was no revenge to be had.

As for the nonsense about gathering the surviving insectoids, resisting the witches, taking back the Forest Sea World from the witches' hands, and making the insectoids great again—let's not even mention that; not to mention that she actually didn't have much affection for the insectoids to begin with, having been bullied while growing up, and secondly, Xilin is not the kind of fool who has a heart full of passion but fails to recognize reality.

That mere demon was enough to destroy the entire Forest Sea World, and a few random witches easily killed such a powerful demon, so it is obvious that the witches' strength exceeds her imagination.

Although she didn't abandon thinking and treat the witches as gods like other insectoids because she couldn't understand them, she was actually in awe of the witches' power from the bottom of her heart.

Even if she proudly felt that her brain was very good and that as long as there was an opportunity, she would sooner or later become more powerful than the witches, but a promising future is still just the future, and she lives in the present.

Currently, she is an ant before the witches; this is an indisputable fact.

And after recognizing reality, the next thing to do is very clear.

She needs to first ensure that she can live well; only by living does everything have hope.

However, fortunately, she has already easily achieved this step.

She is now a servant of a witch, and that witch master named Dorothy seems to be a kind-hearted person; although she almost misunderstood that this master was also a research fanatic who liked dissection like her when she first woke up, after the misunderstanding was cleared, she realized that this master really seems to be a very kind person.

In short, living is no longer a problem for the time being, so it is time to think about the next question, which is how to live from now on?

If she only wanted to live, then she could just abandon thinking like those foolish insectoid kin, treat her master as a god, and blindly obey orders.

But Xilin is not a person who is easily satisfied; what she wants is not just to live, but to live well.

Even if the master is a kind person, as a servant, if she really puts everything she has in the hands of others, that would be too terrifying.

Insectoids are too weak for witches; Master Dorothy might have bought them just out of temporary curiosity, and once her novelty wears off, she might be forgotten by her, and their fate then probably wouldn't be very good; even if their lives were secure, they would probably just be pets forgotten and neglected by their master for the rest of their lives.

Xilin doesn't want to be abandoned in a corner to gather dust; she is too eager for progress.

Therefore, she must demonstrate her value before the master gets tired of their group of new toys and gain the master's appreciation; only in this way can she be remembered by the master, possibly gain further trust, and have hope of coming into contact with witch technology, thereby allowing herself to grow.

Now, the insectoid mature woman is already taking action for this.

The reason she took the initiative to transform from an insect form to a human form just now was to please this witch master, but she didn't expect that her ugly self would actually be praised for her beauty by the master; this sudden development really made her brain chaotic.

However, for the sake of the future, she must overcome this damn little joy in her heart; now it is more important to demonstrate her value than to be lovesick and infatuated.

Xilin refocused her gaze on the virtual route map.

Thanks again to ape science; although virtual projection also belongs to sci-fi in ape technology, even sci-fi is enough for Xilin to understand the function of this thing, rather than treating it as a miracle like those foolish kin.

The insectoid mature woman felt that compared to her weak insect body, it was indeed more likely to be appreciated by this witch master if she showed the intelligence of her brain.

It's just that...

Xilin hadn't even had time to pretend to be curious about these "miracles" as she had planned, and then little by little show her intelligence that distinguished her from other insectoids to gain the master's appreciation.

The master before her had already spoken first.

"Miss Xilin, you actually don't need to work so hard to attract my attention; in fact, you have already gained my attention. Otherwise, why do you think I would buy your cage of insectoids? I couldn't possibly have taken a fancy to your brainless kin, right?"

Dorothy said this with a smile.

She saw through all the thoughts of the insectoid mature woman before her at a glance.

This wasn't using mind-reading; it was simply that the gap in both strength and status between the two was too large; in her eyes, the other party was truly a blank sheet of paper, with everything written clearly.

Besides, she is the sister of the Sage of Lies, so no one would think she is really easy to fool, right?

Hmm, at this moment, she could actually understand the feeling of her good sister or other big shots looking at her in the past; she also always felt that the big shots were reading her mind back then, but now it seems that the big shots don't need to engage in such small tricks at all.

"Hehe, this feeling of being a big shot is really great."

Dorothy maintained a mysterious smile that saw through everything on the surface, but in reality, she was already dancing with joy inside.

Of course, Xilin before her naturally didn't understand what this witch master was thinking; after her intentions were directly pointed out, she was somewhat flustered again.

She didn't understand how she had been exposed when she hadn't done anything yet, but then she thought of mind-reading.

Hmm, brain bugs have the ability to read minds, so it is not strange that powerful witches can also read minds; after all, so-called thinking is just bio-electrical signals in the brain, and if you understand the principle, you can easily read it.

However, she had also long thought of the possibility of this plan failing, so after a brief panic, she regained her composure and started the passive plan.

"Since Master Dorothy can directly read my mind, I won't say any nonsense. Master, I really want to progress; I pray that you can give me a chance. For this, I am willing to do anything. I am indeed quite confident in my brain; I will work hard to become stronger and then better help you."

Hmm, if the scheme doesn't work, then she can only show her cards and pray.

What else? Facing an existence that can read minds, playing any tricks is simply looking for death; stating one's demands openly is the only correct choice.

As for whether it will succeed?

That naturally depends on fate.

Anyway, trying doesn't cost anything; what if it succeeds?

That is what Xilin thought.

Then, then she heard the witch master before her laughing out loud, as if she had just told some incredible joke.

In fact, she did indeed tell a big joke.

After all, this was the first time Miss Forest Witch had heard someone boast of being smart in front of her.

Please, Miss Xilin, you are a future Insectoid Queen; don't focus on breeding ability, why are you focusing on your brain?

You are already not smart for doing that.

And after the Home Witch finally stopped laughing, she wiped the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes and spoke.

"Miss Xilin, although your brain is indeed okay, I don't need your brain. What I actually took a fancy to is your body; to put it colloquially, I crave your body."

Dorothy also simply stopped beating around the bush and said this.

Hmm, although she saw through the insectoid mature woman's thoughts at a glance, she actually didn't dislike it; on the contrary, she quite appreciated it, as this insectoid lady's personality really suited her taste.

Equally arrogant, and equally eager to learn.

Hmm, she originally only craved her body, but now she really appreciates Xilin's heart a bit.

Xilin: "..."

Ah???

The insectoid mature woman is in a daze.

Qian Bao, you don't even spare bugs; you are despicable.

(End of chapter)