Honkai Impact: Star Railway: I'm really not a Star God!

Many of the Cataclysmic Vanguard-level giant insects in the swarm are so large because of the genes of this giant race.

"Be careful... Even the mantises failed here, do you want to repeat their mistake?"

Like the whispers of thousands of people, the sound came from behind Iris. It was as if Iris's shadow had come to life.

A dagger slowly emerged from the shadows. This dagger, crafted from an extremely small part of the insect king's exoskeleton, possessed a terrifying reproductive power attached to even a small portion. A single slash could cause the genes of any creature whose wound had been cut to mutate.

"Tch... You're even going to snatch this person... Do you think we can't handle this? Senior Mantis, have you already made arrangements?"

Upon seeing this, the butterfly woman, who was still strolling in the air, stopped and looked at the being in the shadows with displeasure.

"I'm capable of doing things... don't worry... I've already brought it back to the hive, but the Insect King seems... quite dissatisfied."

The giants who were still walking also looked on with displeasure; in their eyes, Iris's death was already a foregone conclusion.

No matter how powerful this woman is, once her wound is slashed by this dagger, the power of reproduction will completely infect the wound, eventually assimilating the infected and turning them into their subordinates or food.

Normally, the swarms of insects rest on various planets in the star system where Blade Star is located. As long as there is any unusual activity on Blade Star, the swarm army can come to its aid at any time.

This is thanks to the fact that the swarm obtained gene fragments from the dimensional piggy bank, creating their own space worms, which can perform long-distance space jumps in just a little time.

The two breeding envoys sighed, only able to watch regretfully as the credit slipped through their fingers.

Just as the creature in the shadows was about to succeed, a hand gripped its dagger, and it slowly raised its head to look up at the sky.

Wasn't it supposed to be hiding in another dimension, concealing itself in shadow? The dagger hadn't even fully materialized yet... how could it be caught...?

It looked up in horror and saw a man who looked about 60% like the phantom that Iris had just summoned. He had fewer of the demonic features and looked more like an elegant medieval gourmet.

However, his behavior was not elegant.

"Oh dear, why are there bugs on the ground? Iris, what's wrong with you? Why don't you step on the bugs?"

Upon seeing Iris suspended in mid-air, she burst into tears, completely disregarding the terrifying aura emanating from the three fertility envoys.

"Waaaah... Brother Lingkong... I failed so badly... I didn't protect Brother Lingkong well..."

"Oh... what's there to cry about... if you had even half the optimism of that girl on the train on March 7th, you wouldn't be like this. It was just an illusion. The energy was just drawn from the available resources. If it's gone, it's gone. Aren't I still here?"

He patted Iris's back gently, like comforting a child, until she stopped crying, and then he stopped comforting her.

The shadowy figure who had been gripping the dagger was utterly shocked. What... what's going on with this person?!

He was comforting the woman... yet he could so easily grip his dagger...

The Butterfly Girl in the air saw this and exclaimed in confusion.

"Shadow, what are you doing?! Watching them put on an act? Hurry up and finish them off, maybe we won't have to kill all the food on Planet Brad."

Upon hearing the Butterfly Woman's voice, Ling Kong smiled slightly at Iris.

"Going back to our previous topic, what should we do about the insects on the ground?"

"Stomp them to death!"

Ling Kong nodded in satisfaction.

"Yeah, what's there to cry about? It's just stepping on a bug."

Chapter 126 Why am I everywhere?

A tremendous fear surged into his heart. Shadow desperately tried to loosen his grip on the dagger, but he couldn't break free no matter what he did; it was as if his arm was bound to the dagger.

Looking at the shadow trying to break free of its restraints, Ling Kong smiled faintly.

"Oh? This dagger... does the Insect King even have toenails?"

He tentatively poked the tip of the dagger with his fingertip, then shook his head in disappointment.

"This weapon is no good either. It can't even break through my defense. I wonder how much the Insect King at full strength can do?"

The soliloquy in the shadows seemed like Death chanting a death eulogy. It went mad and frantically slashed at its own arm holding the dagger with its other hand, desperate to get away from this terrifying monster as quickly as possible.

The giant and the butterfly woman in the distance also noticed the strangeness here. Without the slightest hesitation, the giant slammed down the tree trunk, which was as big as a mountain, with such violent force that it even triggered a category 12 typhoon.

Just as the tree trunk was about to hit the ground, the entire trunk withered instantly at an astonishing speed, shrinking more than tenfold in the blink of an eye. The immense life force allowed Lingkong to comfortably twist its neck.

"Wow~ Amazing! Where did you find this world? It would be such a waste to destroy such a vast life force."

The giant stood frozen in place, his weapon suddenly destroyed, completely forgetting what he had just intended to do. Looking at the tree trunk that he could crush with a single squeeze, he felt fear for the first time.

Seeing that the giant's attack had failed, the Butterfly Woman gritted her teeth, her butterfly wings trembled slightly, and a large amount of special dust was scattered on the ground. This special dust, when gathered together, was no less powerful than a nuclear bomb, and could also cause hallucinations and other effects.

Blinded by the dust, Ling Kong involuntarily sneezed and glared at the Butterfly Woman with displeasure.

He raised his right hand slightly and gently flicked it from a distance.

A deadly crisis surged into her heart, and alarm bells rang in the Butterfly Woman's mind. In an instant, she unleashed all the energy within her body, and her figure flashed away from its original position. The next second, a hundred miles away, only half of her body remained. The dying Butterfly Woman used her last strength to keep crawling towards the direction of the insect hive.

The wounds on the mutilated body were covered with red energy, and the pain was like being gnawed at by thousands of ants.

Seeing that the butterfly woman was dealt with in an instant, the giant threw away his tree trunk and ran desperately into the distance. He could cover a thousand meters in a single step, and the earth trembled as a result.

"Iris, do you know? Sometimes, fear is a delicious ingredient. By the way, I'm talking about other people's fear of me, since I have no fear."

As the giant's size decreased in his field of vision, becoming just small enough to be covered by Ling Kong's hand, Ling Kong's lips curled into a slight smile, as if he were a child playing a fun game.

When the giant's head and feet were compared to the shape of a hound, and the gap between them was exactly the size of the hound's shape, Iris provided a fitting voiceover.

"Ow!"

Hounds, close your mouths.

The next instant, the space around the giant was distorted, and the trapped body parts disappeared into thin air as if bitten by something, without even letting out a cry.

Having done all this, Ling Kong turned his gaze back to his feet.

"Iris, did you play a game when you were little?"

"Hmm? Brother Lingkong, what game are you talking about?"

"Stepping on shadows".

......

As if receiving some kind of command, the overwhelming swarm of insects stopped launching suicidal attacks like moths to a flame. The insects in the sky began to retreat back to their hives, which were surrounded by dense defensive lines.

The signal, which had been severed for hundreds of years, was reconnected. Black Tower watched with delight as the communicator in front of her lit up again. Just as she was about to contact her main body, the projector in the center of the office suddenly lit up. A figure stood in the very center of the office, quickly checking the situation in the underground world. In the middle of the process, she seemed to see something strange, but it must have been her imagination.

Having confirmed that the underground world had not yet suffered a devastating blow, Black Tower glanced at the puppets he had placed on Blade Star and quickly collected memory fragments from the past few centuries, while the supercomputer in his lair continuously filtered out useful information.

Half a minute later, Black Tower slowly opened his eyes, looked at his doll, and nodded in praise.

"As expected of you, Black Tower."

"I should thank Black Tower for making me this powerful."

The black tower, still receiving information, spoke to its puppet.

"The host is still filtering information. Tell me what you think is important first."

"He's coming from the air."

"Hmm, Ling Kong is here. What else? What's the situation with the Insect King... Huh!? Ling Kong is here?!"

While still receiving information, the brain suddenly crashed. Black Tower hurriedly opened all permissions and observed where the strange thing was. In a standard house, a face that was all too familiar sat at the dining table and politely waved at the hidden camera.

Light-years away, the Black Tower, which was recently researching a simulated universe, was enraged.

She had finally managed to reconnect with a doll that had been out of contact for hundreds of years. That place was also an important data collection area for the Insect Emperor. Unfortunately, even a centipede cannot die easily, and the Insect Emperor's remaining will was not something that she, as an envoy, could handle. She was defeated in a single encounter.

Fortunately, her doll transmitted the information before it exploded, and she had almost forgotten about the Insect King ever since.

But how come such remote galaxies are all suspended in mid-air?!

Now things are really messed up. Originally, she hadn't even considered going to Brad Star, after all, the Insect King's influence was still there, but now... for Ling Kong's sake, she had no choice but to go.

She was determined to get revenge. The more she thought about Ling Kong drawing on her face, the angrier she became. She was determined to tear Ling Kong apart.

Immediately, Heita, through the camera, angrily cursed Ling Kong.

"You bastard Ling Kong! What are you doing everywhere? If you've got the guts, don't run away! Wait here for me! I'm coming to punish you right now! You even dared to leave the train and go it alone! Today I'll show you what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young!"

That word is so good; she can use two of them by herself.

After cursing Ling Kong, Black Tower rushed to his treasure trove of artifacts, retrieved several artifacts suitable for battle, and sent the signal to his omnic legion to launch the expedition. He also informed Estella at the same time.

Without a second thought, Aista donated one billion credits as funding for the expedition.

"Ms. Black Tower, I will support you whenever you need me! By the way...Ms. Black Tower, what is the purpose of your expedition this time...?"

"Estella, you don't understand. The waters here are very deep, and you can't handle it."

Chapter 127 The Hunter in the Mist

Piloting several top-tier star destroyers sponsored by Aista, and with the Black Tower's research fans also joining in, many researchers, in a moment of impulsiveness, followed in their own oddly shaped starships upon seeing the Black Tower set out.

In a short time, a vast fleet was formed, passed through the interstellar tunnel, and instantly arrived at the star system closest to Brad Star.

A small figure holding a giant hammer stood in the command room, watching the star map gradually close in, and she let out a soft hum.

"Lingkong, oh Lingkong... you better not let me catch you this time..."

Forget about any insect king or not, they're fighting so fiercely in mid-air, and this stinky bug still hasn't woken up. It's probably already excreted.

Even if the Insect Emperor really is here, so what? She doesn't believe the Insect Emperor would dare to touch her. If something happens to her, several supreme beings will come and gang up on the Insect Emperor.

There's one person here who probably doesn't even need to be mentioned... knowing that the Insect King has been resurrected, he might not rush to destroy the civilization, but instead eliminate the Insect King before he's fully reborn.

......

The people outside were cheering loudly, but human joy is not universal; Berg only felt that the outside world was excessively noisy.

What should I do...? Should I continue pretending to be dead? But Ling Kong seems to have noticed that I'm faking it...? Should I just get up and admit it? Or should I pretend to have just woken up?

Just as Berg was pondering how to resolve the issue of his worsening impression, Bertha nudged his back and whispered something.

"Grandpa... Brother Lingkong and Iris have both gone out... You don't need to pretend anymore..."

Upon hearing this, Berg, who was still pretending to be dead, immediately opened his eyes, quickly got up from the ground, and placed his hands on Bertha's shoulders.

“My dear granddaughter, this is the adult world. There are too many things you can’t do just because you want to. But remember one thing: be careful not to act rashly! In that situation just now, going up there would have been like being cannon fodder.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than two more figures appeared at the table. Berg, who was still earnestly instructing Bertha, suddenly blacked out and fainted on the spot.