Chapter 390: Meeting with President Glass
"Ding, random mission triggered." "Ensure the safety of Sheryl Nome and Lanka Lee, and prevent them from falling into the hands of Earth Unified Army Headquarters; protect the 25th Fleet and resist Earth Unified Army Headquarters' attack; protect the Bug Empress from being controlled by the Earth Unified Army; sabotage the Earth Unified Army's plot against the 25th Fleet and Vajra." "Mission success: unknown reward, 80,000 Merit Points, and one designated Follower Slot." "Mission failure: all Merit Points deducted, Sheryl's follower bond severed, joint pursuit by the Earth Unified Army and Vajra for three months. The mission ends after three months, and you will return to Prometheus."
"Hah..." Xiao Ran let out a soft breath and rubbed his aching head. Just as he had expected, random missions were triggered by traveling to different regions. But this mission was truly a headache. It was practically a declaration of all-out war against the Earth Unified Army.
If the Earth Unified Army wanted to control the Bug Empress and obtain the bugs' power, then the 25th Fleet—which had already begun coexisting with the bugs—was an unavoidable obstacle. By now, quite a number of people in the 25th Fleet had passed the tests, been infected with the bugs' virus, and then cured. They had basically gained the ability to communicate with the bugs, and more and more people were joining their ranks.
Every person infected with the virus and subsequently cured had also "adopted" a larval bug as their own companion. Bound together through the V bacteria living symbiotically within their bodies, those cured V bacteria carriers could never abandon their partners, just as the bugs would never abandon them.
Even citizens who had not been infected with the V bacteria had developed a sense of