Yu Lian was about to say something when Xia Li let out a deeply satisfied sigh behind him. "Ah! Yes! I finally did it!"
What exactly did you do? Yu Lian felt his DNA stirring. But at this point, it was already too late to use his fan-sized iron palm to correct her smugness.
The girl who was now the Overmind pointed one hand at the Mother Nest flagship, its divine grandeur on full display in the sky, and planted the other on her hip. Once again, she struck a pose that proclaimed her the one and only ruler of heaven and earth.
She declared loudly, "The civilization of the galaxy has long since rotted away. Now it's time for righteous larvae to tear open your ugly parasites! The crown of arrogance you forged across 120,000 light-years will become the swarm's first stepping stone on the path of evolution! I swear by my 360 billion compound eyes: when the false imperial crown goes dark beneath our jaws, the whole universe will sing! This is the funeral song I have composed for the Empire! This is the song of the future I have composed for the galaxy!"
At that moment, she was positively overflowing with domineering presence, as if she had already stamped the broad road to the future beneath her feet.
She seemed to have become the unquestionable heart of the universe.
"Why can't this kid take a compliment?" Little Gray covered her face and backed away, looking as if she couldn't bear to watch.
Yu Lian, however, couldn't help applauding.
Xia Li might no longer be so unruly, but she was still chuunibyou enough to feel wonderfully down-to-earth.
But Xia Li's smugness lasted less than two seconds before she suddenly shuddered. As if she had sensed Yu Lian's gaze,