What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

"How much?" Cecil didn't mind giving her some extra star coins because she was injured.

Riva was still angrily cursing the damned head of the Sheffield family, but when she heard Cecil agree to the price she casually mentioned, her cursing subsided a bit.

Riva's eyes darted around, deciding to leave them some room to haggle. "One hundred million star coins."

Neither Noah nor Cecil were short of money, so they agreed to her exorbitant demands.

Riva felt a pang of heartache seeing how readily they agreed. These damned aristocratic families were truly wealthy. She should have asked for more. Damn it, just how rich were they? They agreed to a hundred million star coins without even blinking an eye.

Riva was only responsible for opening the space, so she didn't know how many treasures they had taken from their respective families' spaces. The star coins Riva wanted did not even account for one ten-thousandth of their assets.

Just the twenty grams of black crystal they each received is already beyond what can be simply measured in monetary terms; they took all the black crystals that the Insect Emperor had allocated to the family.

This was earned through their ten years of hard work; why should it benefit other insects?

Even so, Cecil was still indignant. "Damn it, if it weren't for the kindness of the family in raising me, I would have made them return all the supplies we sent back over the past ten years."

All the supplies they sent back over the past ten years have been divided up. Even if the family has been kind to them in raising them, they have already repaid that debt.

If they had been willing to share these black crystals with them beforehand, they wouldn't have gone so far as to take them all without leaving a single one.

The moment the black crystal was lost, Noah and the head of Cecil's family immediately realized it, and after a moment of shock, they were immediately enraged.

Noah and Cecil left no evidence, so even if they wanted to confront each other, they would have no way to find the right culprit. Moreover, the three of them had already boarded a starship and were heading to the original planet that they had named M34-4602151-B by their serial number code.

The group that traveled with them included not only the Zerg, but also the other three major interstellar races: the Feathered Serpents, the Parasitic Silverflowers, and the Water Elves.

The four major races of the Federation wield the most power, suppressing other smaller races that also want a share of the spoils. Creatures from other planets can only cooperate and serve as assistants to the four major races.

Along with some weaker but more powerful races, they were brought to planet M34-4602151-B. The Federation personnel designated this operation as Project M34.

Even using their latest technologically advanced spaceships, it would still take ten days to traverse such a vast distance.

The Zerg expedition was led by Hilde. Noah and the other Zerg were younger and weaker than Hilde, and there were also frictions between their families. However, they would not bring their conflicts to the surface at this time and create unnecessary trouble.

The Parasitic Silver Flower Clan is known for its beautiful and delicate appearance. After staying on the spaceship for three whole days, one of the younger members shook her branches, looking dissatisfied, "This planet is too remote. We've been flying for so long and we still haven't arrived."

If she were a flower, she would never come to such a remote place. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was about to be sent to a garbage planet.

After saying that, she glanced at the Zerg beside her and sneered with disgust, "You Zerg are really capable of finding such a remote planet. You must have obtained quite a bit of supplies over the past long period of time, right?"

After saying that, she glanced mockingly at the leader of the Zerg, "Hilde, I heard that your good-for-nothing brother died at the hands of those lowly creatures? You should feel relieved now, finally you don't have to clean up the mess he made."

Hilde, who had initially disregarded her, stared coldly at the seemingly insignificant flower.

The parasitic silver flower clan member, who was fanning herself with a branch, suddenly changed her expression. Her powerful mental strength prevented her from raising her head, and her knees were forced to bend. If she hadn't been using her special ability to hold on, she would have already knelt on the ground.

Hilde knew her brother had many flaws, but their family didn't have many offspring, and her brother was only fifty years old, so it was understandable that he was a bit of a spoiled brat.

The average lifespan of the Zerg is five hundred years. They only reach adulthood at eighty. A fifty-year-old Zergling is indeed still considered young, and dying at fifty can be considered premature death.

Sheldr's trip to M34 was not only to accept the Insect King's mission, but also to find his brother's spirit, to see if he could resurrect him, and incidentally... kill those who killed his brother.

Hilde was lost in thought, her powers and mental energy out of control. The parasitic silver flower that had been provoking her was now kneeling on the ground, its branches trembling.

The leader of the Parasitic Silver Flower Clan, who had remained silent during her unreasonable provocations, frowned and spoke up, "Sheld, she's just a straightforward child, why are you arguing with her?"

Riva rolled her eyes and scoffed, "A child? A child over two hundred years old? Even if your parasitic Silver Flower race are all immortal old people, two hundred years old is an adult in any race, right?"

However, despite saying that, Sheld didn't give the other party too much face. He withdrew his superpowers and mental strength, and the other party was supported by his clansmen when he was exhausted, his eyes filled with venom.

Hilde only glanced at the fool who mentioned her brother, memorized his appearance, and, being the vengeful Hilde, had no intention of letting him off so easily.

Noah shut down his constantly flashing power ring, which was filled with questions and insults from his family, yet also with an uncontrollable anger.

Looking at the scheming among the different races around him, and at the ugly faces of the families within the ability ring, he suddenly felt that his life on that primitive planet for the past ten years hadn't been so bad.

After Hilder re-entered the spaceship, Cecil pulled out his incessantly beeping power ring and started yelling at the family patriarch, "Black Crystal? How would I know? Who showed it to me? What does it have to do with me if it's lost!"

"Don't frame me so easily. I'm not so easily wronged."

"Noah? How would I know if he has black crystals? Instead of questioning me like this, you should strengthen the defenses so that the family's resources are not taken without us even knowing."

Noah, holding his power ring, watched them get furious. He grumbled and cursed, but actually, the corners of his mouth turned up to his ears, his good mood was beyond words.

Noah opened his eyes. "Cecil, I'm about to advance. You hold off the others for me."

On Insect Star, Noah was worried about the people in his family. If they found out that he had a black crystal that could help him advance in rank, it would probably cause him a lot of trouble.

However, on this spaceship, with multiple checks and balances in place, there is still at least a week to advance. Hilde is far more upright than ordinary insects, and knowing that his advancement is for the sake of the insect race's strength, she will not allow other races to come and disturb him.