N-no... It wasn't my imagination. I really felt that enormous insect egg watching me.
Was it some kind of electromagnetic ability? Or telepathy? Whatever it was, I could feel its gaze.
At the same time, that enormous swarm of insects suddenly froze in place. Every single one of them turned its head toward me.
Clearly, it was threatening me. If I fired this electromagnetic cannon, then next, they would absolutely do everything in their power to
wipe out the remaining survivors.
Was it highly intelligent!?
This insect, which hadn't even crawled out of its egg yet, was already this intelligent?
I hesitated for a long time... Weighing the survivors against this unknown creature, I considered a great many things. In the end... I slowly
lowered my arm and simply looked at the egg in silence,
no longer releasing electricity.
The swarm inside the XZ Military Region slowly stopped moving. Even the insects that had still been attacking the northern wall froze
in place, one after another. Then, the
soldiers who were still alive froze, too.
The insects had suddenly stopped moving, and they couldn't react. Some even forgot to keep firing their cannons, staring blankly at their surroundings.
Those who had still wanted to fire slowly gave up their attacks, caught between their instinct to survive and their astonishment.
The entire XZ Military Region sank into a deathly silence.
The egg... No matter how it had turned its attention toward me, I could feel its
fear. It was afraid of me, but at the same time,
it was threatening me.
I glanced at the survivors behind me. At that moment, every survivor, whether outside the city or inside it, was completely
stunned, because the insects had all
stopped in their tracks.
Was it... waiting for my decision?
Perhaps it understood