StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 166 Grape-Flavored Candy

"That was incredibly impressive." Afterwards, Leah gave Andor a high score for his ability to carry a beauty in one arm while simultaneously supporting the weight of the armored vehicle with the other.

"He got away with it again."

In fact, after pushing the road for about half an hour, they finally saw a gas station.

Leah immediately knelt on the ground, buried her face in her hands, and wept bitterly.

"Is this the manifestation of the Insect God, or has Lady Cecilia been resurrected!"

"Look, it's gasoline!"

"It's gasoline!!"

Lia wailed like Fan Jin after passing the imperial examination, crying and laughing as she hugged Shen Qingqing and kept talking.

Immediately afterwards, they ran over excitedly to cheer him on.

Although they were penniless, although their sweat-soaked clothes made them look somewhat disheveled, and although there were no waiters here.

But Leah still staggered to the gas station counter, her slender fingers slapping the counter and kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Hey! Fill up the tank with 98-octane gasoline!"

No insects came out to greet her at the front desk, but Lia knew that Wang Xing was no longer the same as before, so after staging a show of being a tycoon, she fell asleep on a chair in the reception hall.

They were all tired.

The probability of finding a gas station in the middle of nowhere is about the same as the probability of catching a wild spicy chicken leg in Andorra.

Although the probability approaches zero infinitely, it can never equal zero.

"Qingqing, you guys go and rest first, I'll take care of the rest."

Andorra took the tools from her and began refueling the car.

Watching Andorra's busy figure, Shen Qingqing felt a pang of sadness.

Actually, you could clearly tell when they were pushing the cart that he was the one who put in the most effort among the four insects.

Although Xiaowei is also a modified insect, she is still young and her body control is not as strong as his. As for Lia, one of them has a defect due to pheromone issues, and the other has congenital developmental deficiencies. Compared with Andor, their efforts are pitifully small.

Then Shen Qingqing and Xiao Wei helped Liya inside.

While refueling, he continued to operate the computers here, trying to use the equipment to contact the capital.

Clearly, the communication facilities in this small place were inadequate, so the main control computer was of little use; it could only soothe his uneasy heart.

It was late at night, and a few small insects were flying around under the dim streetlights. A thin mist had already formed near the ground.

When his seventh attempt to contact the capital failed, Andor had already given up hope for the survivors of the Zerg on Planet King.

If there are enough Zerg survivors, it's impossible that they wouldn't receive his emergency distress message and location sent from here.

"You've been working so hard, aren't you going to take a break?"

Shen Qingqing appeared silently beside him, which was truly unexpected for Andor.

"Mother Insect..." Realizing he had misspoke, he quickly corrected himself, "Qingqing, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Can't sleep."

Shen Qingqing lifted her aching arm and leaned against the front desk; she had dragged her heavy legs all the way here with great difficulty.

She had originally planned to just lie down on the bed and rest, but the thought of Andorra still being outside made her lose her sleepiness.

"Insomnia? I can give you a massage to relieve it."

Upon hearing this, Andor frowned. It was truly rare for the Queen of Insomnia. Even with millions of records in his brain database, there were few accounts of the Queen of Insomnia in the history of the Insect Race.

"No need, Andorra. Aren't you tired? You've been working at such a high intensity for so long and haven't had a chance to sleep."

Shen Qingqing always felt that Andor, who had hardly slept at all, or even hadn't closed his eyes since waking up in the underground laboratory, was not normal.

Even machines need maintenance; you'll wear yourself out by overworking yourself like this.

She reached out to tug at his sleeve, saying, "Let's go back and rest first. You need to sleep and take care of yourself too."

"I'm fine, Qingqing. I'm a modified insect. I don't need to rest or even stop moving. I was born to exist for the insect race and for the insect queen."

Andor refused to rest, even stating that he only needed to replace parts, as opposed to the rest that is typically considered a Zerg rest.

Oh, it doesn't exist.

Seeing how persistent he was, Shen Qingqing knew that no amount of persuasion would work, so she could only find a seat and sit down.

"Andorra, could you tell me about your past?"

"Qingqing, what kind of past do you want to hear about? Which period of time? Is it an interesting experience or a realization?"

When asked questions, Andorra maintained a rigorous approach.

"Well, anything is fine, just tell me anything you think is funny."

Does he find it fun?

Andorra only thought for a moment before blurting it out.

"...For example, the mermaids among the sea creatures have beautiful songs and often use their melodious voices to seduce travelers... There is also Candy City, which is known as the interstellar candy world. Judging from the name, it is easy to mistake it for a city, but it is not. Candy City is a planet, famous for producing candies of all kinds of flavors. Almost 70% of the candies in the entire galaxy are imported from there..."

When talking about the unique foods and scenery of each star system, Andor spoke eloquently, even using humorous language, which made Shen Qingqing laugh non-stop.

Have you ever tried the candy from Candy City?

Facing Shen Qingqing's bright eyes, Andor smiled slightly, "I've eaten."

"Is it sweet? How sweet? Is it fruity or milky?"

Hearing that he had eaten the candy there, Shen Qingqing became curious about what flavor of candy he had eaten.

"It's very sweet, sweeter than honey. No artificial sweetener can match its sweetness by even a tenth. It's not just sweet, but also incredibly fragrant..."

Andor described to her how sweet it was, based on the information compiled in the document.

"What flavor did you taste?"

"A sweet and sour taste."

"...Is it grape flavored?"

Andorra nodded.

"You like grape-flavored candy too? I thought you'd prefer milk candy, given your personality!" Shen Qingqing exclaimed as if she had discovered something amazing.

Sure enough, she said that insects that appear serious and aloof prefer sweet and sour flavors.

"Since you like grape flavor, this is for you."

Andorra had a purple candy in a transparent wrapper stuffed into his palm.

"Lia gave it to me when she woke up. She said it was from the tasting area at the mall's front desk..."

He could no longer hear what Shen Qingqing was saying.

Strangely enough, one day his ears stopped being able to hear the sounds coming from outside.

All he knew was that his heart trembled when he touched her soft fingers.

The moment the candy appeared in my hand, my mind went blank.

"She said she didn't steal anything this time; the tag on this candy says that every bug that enters the mall gets a share..."

Andor could no longer hear what her lips were saying as they moved.

All I know is that the candy was grape flavored.