Chapter 198: YellowBee Bracelet

"What a long night." Jiang Xia stretched, having rarely overslept.

Anyway, the first step of infecting the Alien Insects is considered done.

He has started missing his Moon Eye; he shouldn't have placed it inside the body of the Hai Dong big tree.

If not for that, he would have simply hung the Moon Eye on the moon and then started a crazy troop‑building mode.

In just a few short days he could infect everyone on Earth, then lead the infected back to attack.

But this method has a major flaw: it would turn everyone on a planet into monsters, and they might still lose.

The Alien Insects on Earth are already strong; the closer to the Alien Insect Queen's core, the stronger the surrounding Alien Insects become.

With just one Time‑Stopping Insect, the infected legendary beasts of mixed quality would mostly become beasts anyone could slaughter.

Moreover, those are Alien Insects of an entire planet.

Speaking of troop‑building ability, the Alien Insect Queen is outstanding among them.

A single fragment can spawn a great many Alien Insects capable of controlling the flow of time.

Therefore, when we lack both top‑tier strength and numbers, using the Aurora Curtain to locate that asteroid of the Alien Insect Queen could lead to an outcome like Fengdu's.

Better to just honestly upgrade our equipment.

His Hundred Insect Sword is only a small part finished, still far from his requirements.

And when he had dressed and was ready to get up, he heard Kagami's voice shouting downstairs.

His voice held excitement, joy, and disbelief.

While Jiang Xia was dressing, Kagami was like an excited monkey, constantly pounding his chest and howling.

"Kagami, if you keep this up I can only ask you to leave."

Rixia Bu Xi frowned at Kagami in front of her and said.

"Sorry, Xiao Xi, I'm really excited—this is the first time I've received approval from the Insect Instrument. Do you know what that means?"

Before Rixia Bu Xi could speak, Kagami went on by himself:

"This means I will become a true Knight, protecting humanity so people can live freely."

Saying this, he clenched his fists, lifted his head, puffed his chest, his eyes firm, and hopped up and down in the small shop.

Rixia Bu Xi helplessly covered her forehead; who could save her? She was about to die of annoyance.

Suddenly her ears twitched; she turned toward the nearby stairs—the one who could save her had arrived.

Only one person could stop Kagami's actions; even the Heavenly Dao Chief could only control him to a degree, but this person could, though he seemed to have been woken by the noise as well.

Jiang Xia fastened his clothes while going downstairs and said to Kagami, "You're too noisy, Kagami."

"Xiao Xi, bring breakfast."

Jiang Xia pressed the forcibly calmed Kagami into a chair, then pulled out a seat for himself and sat, looking at Kagami and saying:

"Can you tell me what's going on this morning? You're not working properly, just making noise here."

Jiang Xia's voice was very cold as he said: "Or are you saying you really don't want to work here because you're not getting paid?"

"If you truly don't want to work here, just say so early—I'll have Tiandao take your shift; he's also an employee of this shop."

"Sorry, I'm just too excited."

Kagami instantly slumped, like a whole person turned into a dried‑salty fish, losing dreams and vitality.

Jiang Xia sighed and said to Kagami:

"Your excitement is good; I know you've inherited the Knight's Bracelet,

but you haven't killed a single Alien Insect yet—wouldn't it be better to save your strength for an actual mission or training?"

At that moment Rixia Bu Xi's breakfast was ready, and Jiang Xia took it in passing.

"Thanks, Xiao Xi."

Rixia Bu Xi had already seen that strange creature, the Alien Insect, and had even been attacked by it last time.

Jiang Xia gave her a quick primer on Alien Insects; she had also seen Knights, and even seen Knight belts earlier, which counts as a preview.

Her Original Insect power is steadily awakening; sooner or later she'll learn of the Alien Insects' existence, so we might as well tell her now.

Kagami opened his mouth slightly and whispered, "The Miying Squad's assembly time hasn't come yet."

"Xiao Xi, make another breakfast—this guy got so excited he forgot to eat; after he eats, he won't bother you."

Jiang Xia looked at Kagami's state and said to the back kitchen:

"Sure, I'll make another one right away."

Rixia Bu Xi poked out her little head and agreed.

"Can you tell me how you inherited it?" Jiang Xia asked, pushing food to his lips with a fork.

"Everyone in the Miying Squad went to compete for the YellowBee Insect Instrument; I was just an intern, and when I went to report, the YellowBee Insect Instrument happened to be knocking Miying Squad members flying,

then I helped the person who had been flung away and stood in front of the YellowBee Insect Instrument, and it chose me."

"Not bad luck—YellowBee appreciates people like that."

Jiang Xia glanced up and down at Kagami; although he said it was luck, the luck factor actually isn't big.

Now Kagami sits honestly in front of Jiang Xia, like a naive child who hasn't seen the world.

But compared to when Jiang Xia first met Kagami, Kagami's change is already huge.

He can see Kagami's muscles under his clothes, his training effort, and that heart wanting to protect humanity.

Kagami took the initiative as Commander, killing the Alien Insect that mimicked his brother,

while the Ant Soldiers surrounded by larvae only suffered light injuries, with a zero death rate.

Such Kagami receiving approval from the YellowBee Insect Instrument is not surprising at all.

"Since you've been recognized, why not try to do even better than Yiche?"

Jiang Xia finished speaking and then ate the last bite.

They are now very busy, already completely don't want to deal with the matter of Kagami transforming into a YellowBee to kill Alien Insects.

Especially, Kagami has a senior‑level dad in the organization, basically the Knight had already reserved Kagami's position.

This time the YellowBee's choice actually also proves that Kagami can now obtain the Knight system's approval.

Not to mention the War God Steel Bucket that has been bound together with Kagami's development all along.

Even if the Steel Bucket could knock all the ZECT personnel participating in the selection into the hospital, it still couldn't send the perfectly matched Kagami to the hospital.

Jiang Xia doesn't want to deal with this kind of Knight system succession issue at all,

although Kagami is now growing very quickly, no need to force them to become stronger,

but regarding gaining recognition from various insect instruments, Jiang Xia would rather go to plague Alien Insects again.

While Kagami was eating breakfast, Jiang Xia suddenly remembered something, then walked up to Kagami and said:

"Lend me the YellowBee Wristband."

"Ah? Sure."

Hearing Jiang Xia's words, Kagami immediately took off the YellowBee Wristband on their wrist and handed it to Jiang Xia.

The YellowBee insect instrument hovered above Kagami, seeming puzzled,

why the apt one it chose would obediently pass the wristband to a stranger.

Jiang Xia extended a hand and took the YellowBee Wristband, then snapped their fingers.

Everything around instantly fell into a stasis, those tiny sounds vanished in an instant,

the minute hand on the clock seemed to lose its power, and the water droplets falling from the kitchen faucet defied gravity, floating in the air.

Jiang Xia extended the right hand, slipped the wristband on, and the YellowBee hovering above Kagami instantly fell into Jiang Xia's hand under an invisible force.

With a crack, the YellowBee insect instrument's time stasis was individually released,

it struggled fiercely in Jiang Xia's hand, the wind from its two pairs of tiny wings flapping grew louder and louder.

Yet it never managed to fly out of Jiang Xia's palm.

They extended their hand, forcibly fixed the YellowBee, pressing it directly onto the YellowBee Wristband.

Strangely, the YellowBee that had just been struggling fiercely turned into a well‑behaved baby at the moment of transformation, no longer resisting at all.

The yellow armor rapidly covered Jiang Xia's body within the halted domain at this time.

"Not bad, if I control the YellowBee, I should be able to hoist Yiche and strike."

Jiang Xia clenched both hands, experienced the YellowBee Knight's power once, then deactivated the transformation.

They only wanted to duplicate one for research, not actually use it in combat.

With a slap, the halted time here flowed again.

The YellowBee that had just ended its transformation seemed to still feel a hint of reluctance toward Jiang Xia's body, now lingering on their shoulder.

"Mr. Jiang Xia, you have also obtained the YellowBee's approval!"

Surprised, Kagami even directly used an honorific.

"Indeed, but I'm no longer interested in the YellowBee, I'll give it back to you."

Saying that, they took off the YellowBee Wristband from their hand and tossed it to Kagami.

(End of chapter)