StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 245 Mine

After listening, Shen Qingqing was deeply moved. Here, female represents not only reproduction and childbirth, but also the radiance of motherhood and the hope of nurturing new life.

They should, like the men, do their utmost for their careers.

Thinking of this, Shen Qingqing couldn't help but recall the countless larvae in the Zerg base, "Ge Yuan, the newly hatched Zerg larvae..."

Ge Yuan knew what she wanted to ask, and smiled as she spoke, "What Qingqing wants to ask is, since the females work just like the males in the mining area, and while the females represent the hope of new life, what about the larvae, right?"

“Mmm!” Shen Qingqing nodded. “Actually, no Zerg would want to turn themselves into breeding machines. At least the Zerg I’ve seen seem to prefer fighting to breeding.”

"That's because the Zerg are inherently a bloodthirsty race. The birth of those larvae and eggs is actually the extraction of sperm and eggs from male and female Zerg, which are then used to cultivate new eggs outside the body. Of course, this is all done with the consent of both parties. In this respect, we Zerg are quite humane."

Ge Yuan spoke up, "For the future development of the Zerg, we don't mind using this method to breed offspring."

Two insects strolled down the street and got their mouths full of ash.

In a panic, they returned to the church again. Since taking Bishop Ryan away, thanks to the Zerg's faith, several large cathedrals were quickly built on the planet for prayer and distribution of supplies.

"Ge Yuan, I feel like we're just freeloaders here," Shen Qingqing said, standing by the church entrance and watching the insects coming and going.

"Don't talk nonsense, we are not."

"By the way, where is Desk? I remember he was the one who took me to Baricta, but I haven't seen him anywhere."

She hadn't seen Deske since she woke up, and Shen Qingqing, who was wondering why Deske didn't have to go to work now, heard Ge Yuan's mocking laughter the next second.

"You mean Desk? He got captured by Leah with her bugs. She said she was going back to teach the larvae. We even chatted for a while, haha."

Ge Yuan mercilessly mocked Deske, who had been caught skipping work, and couldn't wait to appear in front of him and give him a good laugh.

Sure enough, Shen Qingqing silently mourned for Descartes for a second in her heart.

"When I first heard the news about you, I didn't believe it until I saw you and Desk in a bar. Then I knew you must have sneaked out."

Hearing what Ge Yuan said, Shen Qingqing seemed to remember something about the bar.

I remember she had drunk some alcohol and then lost consciousness.

However, after that, I vaguely remember insects talking in my ear.

"Information bought from a broker." Ge Yuan waved her hand, and a small note appeared at her fingertips.

Shen Qingqing took the note and looked at it. It read, "Insect Mother Location: Baricta Tavern".

"These days, informants are smarter. They know they can't reveal the location directly, so they even give me a few wrong locations, which makes it really hard for me to find them."

Ge Yuan was so angry about this that she wanted to tear her hair out and beat up the dealer who sold her the information that morning.

"That male only gave us a general location, but demanded a high price, which forced Nordlin and me to run all over Barrick Tower on foot... That male had better pray that I don't run into him, or he'll regret being born."

Ge Yuan clenched her fist and slammed it hard into the palm of her other hand, producing a dull thud from the impact of flesh.

"Qingqing, you didn't tell Andorr that you snuck out this time, did you?"

“No,” Shen Qingqing said, “I haven’t left the temple gates for the past three months. Andor has been in charge of everything. I just need to be a mascot.”

"That makes things much easier."

Ge Yuan led Shen Qingqing back to the church. "Let's have dinner first, and I'll take you to explore the mine tonight. We can't let this trip be in vain. Since we're already here, let's take a look around before Andorra and the others get the news."

Sure enough, Ge Yuan has forgotten the pain of her past wounds.

Last time, he was exiled to the frontier to mine because he secretly took the insect queen away from Wangxing. Now he has forgotten why he came here in the first place.

After Shen Qingqing and Ge Yuan finished their meal, they were also pulled to change their clothes.

“No one wears skirts in the mining area. I’ll find you a suitable set of work clothes.”

Ge Yuan, with her exceptional hands-on skills, measured the smallest size of the fluorescent green work clothes above Shen Qingqing's head and modified them to fit her perfectly.

He handed it to her and said, "Want to try it?"

Although Ge Yuan had altered the size of the work uniform, it still looked a bit too big on Shen Qingqing.

The thick fabric clung to the skin; its rough texture made it less than comfortable against the skin, but it was exceptionally durable.

"Do we really have to wear this?" Shen Qingqing asked uncertainly. "Aren't there any other clothes we can wear?"

Ge Yuan raised an eyebrow, crossed her arms, and said matter-of-factly, "You have to wear them. The mining area isn't some 4A-level scenic spot. It's dusty, noisy, and some passages are even extremely narrow. It's hard to endure going in without wearing some durable clothing."

Shen Qingqing sighed, thinking that although these fabrics were durable and dirt-resistant, they were extremely crudely made and of poor quality, and wearing them close to the skin for a long time would be bad for the skin.

He quickly edited a message and saved it on the terminal, thinking about how to improve the basic resources in the mining area after returning to the temple.

After changing her clothes, Shen Qingqing stood in front of Ge Yuan, tugging at her clothes somewhat awkwardly, and looked up at Ge Yuan, "How is it?"

Ge Yuan looked her up and down, then nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, your clothes are quite decent, but..."

He casually picked up a safety helmet from the shelf next to him and put it on Shen Qingqing's head.

"You have to wear this too. There might be falling rocks in the mine. If you don't want to get your head smashed by a rock, you should wear a safety helmet. After all, safety comes first."

The distance from the church to the mining area was not far, and the two insects walked slowly along the newly opened gravel road.

One after another, dump trucks loaded with energy ore roared up from the mine shafts hundreds of meters deep, climbing along the winding mining roads, announcing the progress of the mining operation.

Occasionally, fragments of ore fall as the large dump truck tires undulate, landing on the ground worn smooth by the tires, where they are then crushed into dust by the massive tires and scattered in the gusts of wind.

The air quality here is indeed not very good.

Shen Qingqing thought to herself, covering her nose.

Mining areas have always been among the most severely polluted regions.

Air pollution caused by dust and debris, and blasting can also damage the surrounding rock mass and topography.

Some minerals, such as coal, need to be washed after mining before they can be loaded onto trucks. The water used for coal washing is difficult to reuse, and the discharge of wastewater can cause a lot of problems.