Daily News: Insect Girls' Heavy Dependence

[The Time Worm reminds you: Glolo has created cocoons: a fourth-tier Shadow Worm, a fourth-tier Blade Worm, and a fourth-tier Malevolent Sensing Worm.]

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The first floor of the alchemist's shop.

Richard did not choose to go to the second floor to check on the cocoon production process.

Yekaterin stayed by his side...

Yekalin had just experienced the blow of losing a loved one two weeks prior. She naturally understood Richard's feelings.

Yekaterin didn't say anything more; her mind was also in turmoil. She wasn't unaware of Astelle's last words.

What time travel? What time worms? What souls? These terms are absurd in themselves and are challenging her understanding.

Now it was her turn to try her best to comfort the big boy in her arms...

Richard didn't cry; things were too dramatic for tears to even come out!

Or perhaps this dramatic fate is being orchestrated by the system that has come to call itself the Time Worm.

Asdale was originally a tool arranged by the Time Worm to enhance Richard's combat power...

When Govi ​​came downstairs, she didn't know how to comfort Richard.

In the mind of this Papal knight, no one is immune to death.

Just like her two acts of sacrificing herself to attract insects, the value of a knight doesn't require any audience or mourning... nor does it matter whether her death is spectacular.

"If you have any ambition left, show some fighting spirit. If you want to be a useless coward, give me these three fourth-tier cocoons, and I'll avenge you..."

Goldie was clearly unaware of the truth and could only try to persuade Richard in her own way.

This guy is completely unresponsive and won't listen to me.

Govi could only entrust the cocoon to Yekaterin, leaving behind a single instruction:

"Remember to have Richard activate and implant them one by one later. Otherwise, they'll be drained of blood like when we activated the Fourteen-Winged Devouring Knight Insects last time!"

Govi still needs to help Gololo deal with that Thousand Refined Transformation Insect... The nerves of a fourth-tier queen-level insect are not so easy to remove!

Yekalin looked at the three exquisite cocoons.

Just by holding it in her palm, she could feel its unparalleled power!

The malevolent thought sensed the cocoon, and through its translucent outer layer, one could clearly see a miniature mask bearing the maniacal laughter of a demon…

The Blade Insect Cocoon is actually a fusion of weapon-type insects, including those wielding knives, guns, and swords. Within its transparent cocoon, it constantly transforms into different weapon forms…

The Shadow Cocoon manifests as a ghostly cloak, as black as an abyss. It emits a dim yet dazzling light while remaining partially hidden…

These three fourth-tier cocoons are absolutely terrifying weapons that are even more powerful than the Fourteen-Winged Devouring Knight Insect in terms of individual abilities!

Unfortunately, Richard has no interest in these strange and bizarre powers at the moment.

He closed his eyes, refusing to look at the cocoon Yekalin had handed him, and unwilling to think about anything.

But my mind just wouldn't stop!

The scene of Astelle's death was completely recorded by the Dreamworm. It would unconsciously play before his eyes again and again.

My sister clearly knew she was caught in the Time Worm's trap, or perhaps a goddess's scheme! Why did she still show herself and find me? Wasn't she orchestrating my life? How could she herself be just a pawn?

Why was she implanted with the Flame-Emerging Heart-Destroying Worm? Did someone force her? She's the First Holy See Knight! Who dared to be so bold?! And who has the ability to do this?

Who exactly is the enemy? Does that enemy even exist? Is it the Charlemagne family? Or the royal family? The system? The Time Worm? A goddess? Destiny?

But why did she become a victim of this messed-up fate? Why was she dragged into this drama?

No! Those aren't the point!

My sister never had any pain-relieving bugs or anything like that implanted...? How did she endure the excruciating pain? Didn't she feel any pain?

It ended before I even called her "sister" once or twice?

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"Master...I..."

The little girl with the dream bug didn't know how to comfort Richard.

She now understood what Richard had meant earlier: her master felt a greater sense of belonging to this world than Earth… she had found a home. Then, the female demon died inexplicably…

As insects with a spiritual form, dream insects clearly have a deeper understanding of death.

It's a state, a state both after death and before birth. It's all "nothingness." It's complete disappearance, a state of utter darkness where nothing can be perceived...

It means there's nothing left at the level of consciousness!

However, the master's yandere older sister left him some gentle gifts... The little dream bug loli thought that death was not "nothingness".

If they could leave behind the gift of the cocoon... then where did their souls go?

What is the soul?

Consciousness? Memory? Electrical signals?

Anyway!

Since souls truly exist in the world!

There exist dream worms, which are soul-like insects!

So Richard and Dreamworm both agreed!

The soul must also have a place to go!

If the Goddess of Life can orchestrate and plan for five hundred years, how could a human body possibly live for five hundred years?! What if she is a spirit?

Even if it's just fooling myself!

Richard refused to believe that Asdale was dead!

He needs a goal, even if the theoretical basis of that goal is utterly absurd!

This was something he, someone who had received 20 years of scientific education on Earth, simply couldn't believe!

But he is now!

I just want to find a reason to take action!

Why should a person die?

Why must a person die? Why can't a soul still exist?

Why can't people stay with their families forever? Why can't they experience illness and aging? Why can't they live forever? Why can't they be immortal? Why is there a cycle of birth and death?

Just because of scientific rationality? Just because we've never seen a soul? Just because it's unknown?!

Are you kidding me!

Does that mean I can't think about it? Can't I research it?

Why is it impossible?!

Okay, if I can't even convince myself, if I don't even believe it myself!

Then let me go crazy...

Then let me become a madman!

If I become possessed, then I will become a demon!

Richard suddenly opened his eyes! He stared at the three large cocoons…

He ripped open the flesh of the back of his neck. He didn't use the pain-relieving effects of the Fourteen-Winged Devouring Knight Insect. He needed to experience real pain!

He snatched the cocoon from Yekalin's hand and slammed it into his own neck!

Snap!

Richard activates three fourth-order cocoons simultaneously!

That's absolutely outrageous!

"idiot!"

Ge Luoluo was so frightened that she blurted out a curse!

She saw the whole thing clearly through a transparent ceiling!

The genius little girl was terrified! This idiot! Activating a fourth-tier insect cocoon like this, he's really going to die!?

Richard was almost drained dry when he activated a fourteen-winged Devouring Knight Cocoon.

He's now activating three Tier 4 units simultaneously!?

Wait a moment……!

Richard wasn't drained dry!?

Ge Luoluo, watching from the second floor, could hardly believe her eyes! The cocoon was being implanted into a human body for the first time; it should be frantically absorbing flesh and blood... to grow itself!

But why doesn't Richard feel any discomfort?

Could it be that the cocoon wasn't activated?

Do not!

No!

The cocoon has been activated!

As if protected by some kind of mechanism? They grow slowly inside Richard's body?

But Glolo was certain that she had completely removed the insect's neural network! How could the cocoon possibly have such a reaction!?

Ignore the genius loli's shock!

Richard's own feelings:

It was as abrupt as when Astarte first found him. As natural as when she called him Little Chad. As comforting as resting his head on her lap. As warm as entering a dreamlike ocean.

The three cocoons truly seemed to retain a remnant of Asdale's will. They did not frantically devour Richard's flesh and blood, nor did they compete with the weaker Thunder Demon Worm for the position of the master worm.

Their tentacles grew gently, until they coiled around Richard's entire nervous system...

Then the cocoon conveys a sense of being frightened?

Just like the will of Asdale, it is still suppressing them!