Mo Qiong never would have imagined that Bolo had brought the corpse not to negotiate terms.
There was no reasoning with the Empress. They could only appeal to her emotions.
Bolo had asked the Empress to give up destroying the universe by offering the Corpse of Infinite Energy as a bride price and proposing to her.
"How is that possible? Wasn't the Empress cold-blooded and utterly devoid of emotion?" Mo Qiong asked, baffled.
Bolo smiled. "Who said that?"
"...Chimu, Kelon, and the others all say so," Mo Qiong replied.
Bolo shook his head. "They're wrong. The Empress possesses advanced intelligence. As the Insectoid Empress, she can possess every ability of every living creature. She is a perfect life-form. She can only have richer traits than other species, never fewer."
"If she had no emotions, that would mean she was flawed."
"The reason Kelon and the others think that way is because the Empress was too indifferent to life during her battles back then. In truth, Haili can perfectly balance reason and emotion. When necessary, she can even directly degenerate her emotions... Yet at other times, she can suddenly evolve emotions, even emotions richer than those of humans. She can get angry, annoyed, sad, excited, and even give herself a sense of anticipation..."
"Don't assume these things will affect her rationality. She can reconcile the two to exactly the right degree and bring out the positive side of emotion."
"She devours all things because of the desire to eat. Eating is the most basic form of pleasure. If she were emotionless, she wouldn't even be able to feel the joy of eating. So when she encounters food that delights her, she develops very rich emotions. These past years, she has been lying on the corpse and absorbing infinite energy, and she