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

Hilde initially didn't take these ants seriously, and even shared the same confusion as that fool from the Parasitic Flower Mother Clan: why could these low-level creatures make Cecil and his group suffer?

However, when faced with Lu Yize's mental power, Hilde's brow twitched. It was quite interesting that this backward and impoverished interstellar space could actually produce an S-level mental power.

Hmm... no, it seems there's more than just S-rank?

The people at the central base may not have noticed anything yet, but Hilde and the people of several other races on the starship have clearly sensed something amiss.

"Impossible! How could the mental power of a low-level creature on this garbage planet be so strong!"

The younger member of the parasitic flower's mother clan spoke out in a daze, his face turning ashen.

On this planet she looked down upon, there were actually people with stronger mental power than her? It was one thing for Hilde, a noble insectoid, to have stronger mental power than her, but what made this lowly creature from a garbage planet stronger than her?

Seeing this, Riva sneered, "Otherwise, why do you think these humans can survive under our thumb? Is it because they are kind-hearted? Or because we are stupid? Don't you use your brain?"

After pausing, Riva went a step further with her sarcasm, "Oh, I forgot, why make things difficult for a flower? What kind of brain do you have?"

Although Riva is sharp-tongued, ruthless, and not very bright, that doesn't mean she's stupid. She knows what she can and cannot say.

It's fine to mock her peers, since they don't get along anyway, but she can't make racial attacks, so she only mocks individuals.

"You!" The other person's face turned even uglier from Riva's words, but Riva didn't have time to pay any attention to her.

However, Riva finally realized something was wrong and turned to Cecil, "Where's Noah? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

Riva's eyes were suspicious and wary, not out of concern, but because she had finally vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Cecil smiled at Riva, "I'll be right there."

He had just received Noah's message, and when he saw his smile, Riva's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition began to spread.

“What a coincidence, Noah, whom you’ve been concerned about, has arrived.” Cecil looked behind Riva and gestured to her with a slight lift of his chin.

Riva turned to look at Noah, who had undergone a second evolution and become even taller and more slender. She was so angry that her eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Noah had actually advanced to the eighth rank!

"Where did you get ten grams of black crystal?!" Upon hearing this, Riva's mind raced. She wasn't stupid; it would be strange if she still hadn't figured out what was going on.

"You used me to steal the Black Crystal!"

Instead of asking, Riva spoke through gritted teeth, asking why Noah and Cecil gave hundreds of millions of star coins so readily.

She was so smug before, thinking she had made a profit. No wonder Noah and Cecil's family ordered a strict screening of space-type ability users. She actually used a mere few hundred million star coins to exchange for so many resources for them!

Riva was so angry at her own stupid behavior that she almost vomited blood. What was even more stupid was that she only realized these things when the other party advanced and appeared in front of her. If she had realized it earlier, she would never have let Noah successfully advance.

Riva was secretly pleased when the Insect King distributed the Black Crystals, knowing that neither Noah nor Cecil would get all of them.

She was not burdened by her family, and all the black crystals she was given were for her, an insect. She originally wanted to surpass Noah and Cecil with these black crystals.

She even fantasized that once her superpower level surpassed theirs, she would thoroughly humiliate these two aristocratic scions whose talents were superior to hers.

As it turns out, because of her help, they actually obtained the Black Crystal. With the Black Crystal, their absorption efficiency is much higher than hers!

Riva was furious! She was absolutely furious that Noah had managed to advance right under her nose. She glared angrily at Noah, Cecil, and Hilde.

These aristocratic insects are all the same; they only help each other. She didn't believe that someone like Noah, with her exceptional mental strength and supernatural abilities, wouldn't have noticed her advancement to Hilde.

"Riva, don't be angry. We're on the same side now," Cecil offered a half-hearted attempt at comfort.

Riva knew exactly what she was talking about. Assisting in the theft of the Black Crystal was not a good thing, and Riva must not tell anyone.

Otherwise, the two families might not be willing to kill two outstanding offspring, but they would certainly be willing to harm an ordinary insect that is still in its growth stage.

"Despicable, shameless."

Riva was furious but had no choice but to swallow her anger. She stared at Cecil, her rage lingering.

Cecil shook his head and sighed, then said to Noah, "Next time I advance, you'll have to watch over me too. I reckon Riva won't let me advance in peace."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it for you."

Noah's voice changed as he advanced to the eighth level. Generally speaking, only when you reach the eighth level is your physical form completely fixed, and it will not change or age after that.

Lifespan has also been extended to eight hundred years. From entering the eighth rank until death, it will maintain its peak and most vigorous state. At the moment of death, all its superpowers will dissipate, and now they dissipate in the form of superpowers.

Noah and Hilde are both at the eighth rank, but the difference is that Hilde is close to the ninth rank, while Noah has just entered the eighth rank.

After reaching the eighth rank, the difficulty of advancing to the next rank increases dramatically. There is a nine-level difference between the eighth and ninth ranks, and some people may not be able to advance even one level in ten years.

Hilde is still very young even by Zerg standards, and is one of the most talented and powerful Zerg among the new generation.

Noah and Cecil are among the most talented of the new batch, but because of the age difference between them and Hilde, they are not yet a match for Hilde in terms of strength.

Noah and Cecil were members of the same family that grew up with Hilde's brother.

Hilde had thought their talents were already top-notch, until she saw the human below who was directly clashing with her mental power.

"What's this human's name?" Hilde asked Noah, who was standing beside her.

Noah's gaze fell on Lu Yize, whose expression remained unchanged, recalling his several battles with him. "Lu Yize, the name of this human."

Hilde repeated the language of this planet twice, from initially being difficult to pronounce, to gradually becoming standard after two repetitions, to the point that no accent could be detected.

Noah's gaze remained unchanged, but he could sense from her that Hilde possessed powerful mental strength, and the stronger one's mental strength, the stronger one's learning ability would be.

Hilder was able to replicate the language after hearing it recited only once. If he wanted to, learning the language of this planet in a short time would be no problem at all.

What concerned Noah even more was that, regardless of whether Hilde used her full mental power, Lu Yize's mental power was able to contend with her without being at a disadvantage.