Although she had already joined the faction, it was a rational, carefully weighed choice—the best option for the surviving Milta people.
But speaking from the heart, Master Tonilo would rather have relied on the Milta people's own strength to drive out the Insect Queen.
She had run countless calculations and reached the conclusion that, to accomplish this, the only winning point lay in deeply modifying the Book of Symbiotic Evolution.
At present, this was the only means capable of countering insectification.
But that was impossible. Neither the Milta Grand Councilor nor those conglomerate leaders would allow her to do so.
In professional jargon, this was a standard "vested-interest group."
This cosmic relic was a key pillar sustaining Milta's upper echelons.
Besides, she could tell the same lie to the Psionic Emperor of that era, but if she tried it again, no one would believe her.
In fact, Master Tonilo had reviewed the matter as well. Even if everything had proceeded exactly as she had calculated, the success rate would have been only ten percent.
The reason was simple. Who could have expected that the Insect Queens appearing at the end would number not one or two, but a full five?!
What the hell—
Every time Master Tonilo thought of that, she felt an urge to swear.
And after seeing this "holy book" of the Milta people once again, her feelings had become extremely complicated.
"...Fortunately, Lady Bajen seemed uninterested in this 'book.' We searched for a long time before finding it inside the wreckage of a Star Armor in the battlefield ruins."
It was only afterward that High Engineer understood why Lady Bajen had not wanted this relic. One reason was that the Zerg's own evolutionary ability was already at the "relic" level.
But there was another crucial point: this