The Zerg Queen, who is assigned to me, wants to kill me!

Chapter 36 Expanding...Public Opinion

Qi Min kept telling himself not to rush, that he could take it slow, and that they had only spent a few days together. But when the reality was right in front of him, he realized that he might not be able to take it slow at all.

Qi Min closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, looked up at the sky, and sighed. He longed to find a place to belong in this world.

Qi Min felt like a rootless duckweed in this world. It was only after meeting Ling Yi and falling in love, and then being pleasantly surprised by their compatibility, that Qi Min felt a sense of belonging here.

In reality, Ling Yi was simply following the rules of marriage matching, which is understandable, since they had only spent a few days together and there was no real affection between them.

Qi Min lay on the chair, his mind a jumble of thoughts. It was quiet all around him, with only the sound of the wind lingering around him.

As time passed, the sky gradually darkened, like a colorful oil painting slowly merging into the night.

"Ding... Ding ding!"

The ringing of the personal terminal startled Qi Min awake. He didn't know when he had fallen asleep. He got up, frowning uncomfortably, and realized that the sky had already turned dark.

He turned on his personal terminal and saw a message from Chen Yu. Qi Min squinted and clicked on it.

【Your Excellency Qi Min, I am about to leave the capital planet to take up a post in the Third Star System. My spaceship departs tomorrow morning. Before I leave, I would like to invite you to a meal. I hope you will not refuse. Didn't you say that we are friends...?】

After reading the message, Qi Min thought for a moment but still didn't agree. Since things had already been made clear, there was no need to keep tempting others.

[Is it a transfer? Congratulations! No need for a meal, my girlfriend and I have already eaten. I have things to do tomorrow, so I won't be able to come see you off. I hope your trip tomorrow goes smoothly.]

After replying to Chen Xuan, Qi Min checked his message reception again but didn't find the message he wanted to see.

Ling Yi didn't send any messages. I wonder if Ling Yi hasn't gone home from get off work yet. Maybe... he just doesn't care.

After sitting for a while, Qi Min used his personal terminal to call a hovercar and went home alone...

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After Qi Min left, Ling Yi pondered for a while without finding a solution, so he put it aside for the time being and stopped thinking about it.

While processing the files, I suddenly received a message saying that the bodies of male insects that had been killed had been found again in area D.

Ling Yi temporarily put the matter aside and, along with Chen Xuan and Lin Simiao, rushed to the scene to check the situation.

The body was found in an abandoned garbage dump; it was an elderly sub-female.

According to him, he was rummaging through the trash when he touched an arm. He dug away the trash covering it and discovered that it was a male insect belonging to the deceased.

He immediately dialed the security forces' number to report the incident. Upon receiving the news, the security forces immediately mobilized, cordoned off the scene, and the news was quickly relayed to their superiors.

When Ling Yi arrived after receiving the news, the female insects in the prosecutor's office were examining suspicious clues nearby.

"General!" A female officer who appeared to be the leader came over and saluted Ling Yi.

"What's the situation on the ground?" Ling Yi asked, frowning.

"Nothing has been found yet. Like the previous times, the body seems to have appeared suddenly, and the person who disposed of the body left no clues," the female soldier reported with a grave expression.

"Did you discover his sub-female?" Ling Yi asked, his tone serious.

"We asked him several times, and he's just an ordinary sub-female who lives nearby and lives on government old-age subsidies."

"The identity is not a problem. When the male was found, it wasn't moved much before the police were notified," the female responded.

"Didn't the surveillance scan find anything?" Ling Yi continued to ask, his brows furrowing slightly.

"No... the surveillance cameras here have been abandoned, and the scanning equipment found no clues."

The female soldier frowned, her tone full of helplessness, and her eyes revealed a hint of anxiety. This result, like the previous ones, made her feel extremely troubled.

"Check everything carefully again, organize all the information, and then report it," Ling Yi instructed.

"Yes!" The female soldier accepted the order and went to make the arrangements.

"Commander, do you think it could really be a male insect predator?" Chen Xuan guessed, frowning.

"I don't know, but it's unlikely," Ling Yi said calmly, frowning as he pondered.

"Why do you say that? There are many anti-male predators among the male insect predators. It's not impossible that they kill male insects out of disgust." Chen Xuan asked with a puzzled look.

"Most male insect predators are motivated by profit, and only a small minority will harm male insects. Even so, I've never seen such a clean and decisive kill."

Ling Yi carefully analyzed for Chen Xuan that, generally speaking, the male insects rescued by the male insect predators captured earlier...

Apart from signs of abuse on their bodies and signs of mental trauma, no male insects were found to have been abused to death.

As mentioned before, whether it is a sub-female or a female insect, its instinctive genes are closer to those of the male.

Under extreme pressure, there is a possibility that the male insect might be harmed, but the possibility of harming it to death is not high.

Furthermore, the male insect carcasses that were discovered did not show any obvious signs of abuse and their bodies were relatively intact.

However, his expression of pain and panic suggested that he had died from extreme mental anguish.

Simply put, it seemed more like it was scared to death than killed, which is why Ling Yi didn't believe it was the work of the male insect predator.

"We need to continue following up on this matter. Just then, another male insect died, so we should try to amplify public opinion on the issue."

The bigger the commotion, the better for us. We must not let them seize the opportunity to settle this matter hastily…

Ling Yi lowered his voice and gave instructions to Chen Xuan.

"Okay, I understand. I'll go there and find out more details."

Chen Xuan said she understood and then walked towards the female soldier she had just met.

Ling Yi took Lin Simiao to handle other matters, and was busy until very late before remembering that he had forgotten to send Qi Min a message to tell him that he had official business to attend to.

After checking the time, I guessed that Qi Min was probably already resting, and since I didn't want to disturb him, I decided to finish what I was doing before going back.

Back home, Qi Min stood looking at the dark house, a strange sense of loneliness welling up inside him.

The silent space seemed to speak of the desolation of being deserted. Qi Min sighed softly and walked into the room with somewhat heavy steps.

In the darkness, Qi Min's figure appeared somewhat forlorn, as if he had been forgotten by the world in this corner, ignored by everyone.

Qi Min didn't turn on the lights. In the dark space, Qi Min lay on the sofa on the first floor and closed his eyes wearily.