Although Zhang Fan had punished Nexis for experimenting on humans, he did not hate her. He simply did not want her recklessness to set an example for Hu Baili and the others.
Zhang Fan arrived on Pluto alone. The moment Nexis saw him, she hurried over to greet him.
She dropped to her knees before saying a word. Seeing her kneel, Zhang Fan knew this could not be good. He asked coldly, "What have you done?"
Nexis lowered her head. "I have defied your wishes, Overlord. Please punish me."
That startled Zhang Fan. Although every warrior of the Insect Race possessed an individual consciousness, the Overlord's authority, embedded deep in their genes, did not permit betrayal.
To the Insect Race, defying Zhang Fan's wishes already amounted to betrayal. He studied Nexis as she knelt trembling on the ground, convinced she was hiding something important from him.
"Nexis, if you don't want to die, tell me exactly what you've done. Now."
Nexis clapped her hands, and a human boy emerged from a concealed cave behind her. Shocked, Zhang Fan looked around. This was Pluto, where temperatures approached absolute zero. Even Zhang Fan could feel the bone-piercing cold, let alone a human.
Yet the human boy slowly approaching Zhang Fan wore only two pieces of insect carapace. Though the blood on them had frozen, its crimson color stood out starkly.
Looking closely at Nexis, Zhang Fan noticed two wounds on her body. Clearly, she had torn those pieces of carapace from herself.
Anger crept into Zhang Fan's voice. "What's going on?"
"He is..."
Zhang Fan roared, "I wasn't asking about him! I'm asking about you! Why did you hurt yourself?"
Only then did Nexis glance at her wounds. "Because I didn't want my son to die here."
"Son?" Zhang Fan felt his