Fate Trading System – Chapter 126

Plan A

Interstellar Guardian 11

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Su Xin followed without hesitation, but someone else acted faster and slipped inside before her.

Meow meow meow???

Su Xin didn’t have time to think it over and controlled her mecha to dive headfirst into the sea of insects.

The insect army quickly retreated, covering up any trace of the three mechas.

“What just happened?”

The commander slapped the control panel of his mecha, his hoarse voice echoing across the battlefield.

With a large wave of insect beasts retreating, the battlefield became somewhat empty, leaving only the disgusting corpses of insects and some scattered mecha debris on the ground.

The insect beasts’ slime can corrode the surface of mechas, but since most mechas have pretty strong defenses—especially those of the frontier soldiers, which are specifically designed to counter the insects’ slime—the insects usually tear through mechas by gnawing directly, and their bodies are incredibly tough.

Normally, you wouldn’t see any damaged but still somewhat intact mechas; they’ve all been devoured by the insect beasts.

No one answered his question; there was only the sound of the wind, as everyone stood “silent as winter cicadas” (an idiom meaning to be extremely silent or speechless due to fear), staring towards the dark edge where the creatures had disappeared.

They clearly saw that three mechas were trapped in the sea of insects, and one of them had to be the lead mecha, which belonged to General Renee.

The battlefield was completely silent, including the people at the central control station in the rear and the Federation citizens from the central star and other star systems watching the battle on the Star Network.

The Star Network had already exploded, with unbelievable comments flooding across it.

Some were happy while others were sad, but those who were happy hid it well, putting on a facade of solemn mourning.

Someone said, the three of them must have sacrificed themselves.

Someone else said that General Renee would never be in trouble.

A group of people who had put Renee on a pedestal stubbornly believed that their war goddess wouldn’t just die like that. Maybe, much later, she would return in a different form.

“Hah, return? In your dreams.”

A faint light illuminated the faces of a group of people as they looked at each other, their eyes filled with joy.

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At that time, not thinking much and just diving headfirst into the sea of insects, Su Xin was a bit confused. She thought she might be eaten in one bite or maybe in many bites. But when she prepared to fight back, she found she wasn’t being threatened.

It seemed like she was being lifted by the insects, only feeling a sticky layer over her body, “like being wrapped in cling film” (meaning feeling suffocated and restricted).

The screen on the intelligent control panel had gone dark, as if it was blocked.

Master Fourteen, what’s going on?

Su Xin could open her eyes but couldn’t move freely, feeling as if her whole body was paralyzed.

【Hmm… it’s a very special substance, some kind of slime from the insect beasts that’s attached to your mechas. It isolates the mecha’s sensing and transmission functions to the outside, so that’s why you can’t move and the mecha isn’t working.】

What about Renee?

【She’s 15 meters away from you, currently unconscious.】

Why am I not knocked out?

 【Because you have me.】

Wow, that was really “romantic”, Master Fourteen. If you were to date, you’d probably be amazing at it.

Su Xin thought to herself with a smirk.

 【AI doesn’t date.】

Really?

【No.】

After all, Thirteen is an example, and Fourteen is still exploring emotions. It’s not that it feels negatively about such things, but Sun Yixiao’s “desire without fulfillment” and Su Xin’s “going with the flow” give it a complex understanding of emotions.

What are those insects doing?

“They’re transporting you to their nest.”

I figured as much, so they’re taking us across the stars? Does this mean they’ve kidnapped us?

“To be precise, they’ve kidnapped Renee, and you two just came along for the ride, willingly.”

Who’s that person? Look up her info.

“Okay.”

After reading through all the information, Su Xin fell into a kind of mysterious silence.

The real fangirl showed up, scary.

That girl is called Moran, a fake Beta, true Omega.

This girl’s growth story is very inspirational, as she is very ambitious and goal-oriented. However, her story isn’t a tale of blood and tears like Renee’s bloody past. Her life was fairly privileged, but she wasn’t content with just getting married and becoming a baby-making machine. She wanted to join the military and serve her country.

Putting her past aside, as for her connection with Renee, there’s not much of a connection. It’s just that one is an idol, and the other is a crazy fan.

Interestingly, Moran was part of the original owner’s third squad, even though Su Xin has now been demoted.

Moran’s intentions aren’t pure either; she wants to be marked by Renee and have children with her.

Female Betas actually have “a small one”, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to make male Betas and Omegas pregnant.

So the current situation is two Alphas who have them “cut off” and a Beta pretending to have a small one.

Moran thinks Su Xin is a normal Alpha and believes Renee is a cooler-than-Alpha Beta with a small one.

Renee thinks Su Xin is an Alpha who lost her marking and reproductive abilities and believes Moran is a Beta with a small one.

Only Su Xin sees through it all: Renee is actually a real Alpha who has hers cut off and is pretending to be a Beta without a small one.

Both Moran and Renee think the other has a small one, but actually, neither of them does.

“…This is such a mess.”

Three women without “birds” is still quite a drama.

It’s strange.

Why are these insects kidnapping Renee? Are they being controlled, or is this some sort of conspiracy?

But if those people wanted to deal with Renee using this method, then why didn’t the insects just kill them instead of taking them back to their nest?

It’s hard to tell how long they’ve been moving. Su Xin couldn’t sense anything from the outside world. Her mind was clear and could think logically; her eyes could move, but her entire body, including facial expressions, couldn’t respond to her brain, like a dummy.

Everything was still.

【We’ve arrived.】

Fourteen said.

Are they still unconscious?

【Renee is already awake.】

That’s good.

Su Xin closed her eyes, waiting calmly for the next step.

Renee and Su Xin were in the same state, using their limited view to look around and realizing they were still inside their mechas.

The last memory was of the insect’s tentacles reaching out, its immense power pulling her down, followed by a sensation of being completely paralyzed, and then losing all awareness.

Outside, there wasn’t a sound to be heard, and being unable to move felt really uncomfortable and passive.

Why would the insect army make such a move? Thinking back, it seems like everything before was premeditated and organized, but she had been too careless.

Based on past battle experiences, the insects had existed for hundreds of years, always attacking mindlessly, using their numbers and massive size to brutally plunder and erode. These things aren’t impossible to kill—though very hard to kill—they do have weaknesses. However, their ability to reproduce is especially strong, giving them an advantage over humans.

If the insects have gained intelligence… Renee’s mind grew serious; that would definitely spell a catastrophe for humanity.

Gradually, the feeling of being controlled faded away.

Renee sat up in the mecha’s control room and restarted her mecha’s AI system.

When there are insects around, red dots appear on the control panel.

But now, with her mecha as the center of the coordinate system, the area was completely covered with red dots, with two very noticeable blue dots mixed in.

A light flashed on her hand, indicating someone was sending her a communication request.

Renee brought it up; it was Su Xin.

“General, are you okay?”

“Yes.”

“When I saw you get caught by them, I jumped in right after you. But the other mecha’s pilot was a second faster than me, and I don’t know who they are.”

Su Xin said, sounding a bit annoyed.

“It’s fine.”

“Alert, alert, someone is hacking into A7.”

Renee’s mecha AI announced, with A7 being its name.

Renee tapped on the control panel for a moment and quickly exited mecha mode.

“Damn,” she thought, “how is there such a powerful energy source interfering with the electromagnetic field?”

Meanwhile, Fourteen also informed Su Xin about the interference, but since Fourteen’s design far surpasses this galaxy’s technology, it wasn’t affected.

Su Xin also quickly exited mecha mode, looking at the massive creatures around her.

She swallowed, feeling a bit hungry.

Moran seemed to still be unconscious, and when she was forced out of mecha mode, she fell to the ground.

The insects retreated in an orderly fashion, scattering shortly after, leaving a sticky green liquid on the ground.

Really… I just want to… eat one…

【Host, restrain yourself.】

After the insects moved away, Su Xin noticed that behind their massive bodies was a house with a very modern style.

Of course, this modern style wasn’t from the current interstellar era but from Su Xin’s own time.

The villa looked quite beautiful, but thinking about the insects just now and realizing this was their nest gave her an odd feeling.

Is it retro style or is it a time traveler?

A strikingly beautiful young man walked out from inside, looking “as delicate as a willow swaying in the wind” (meaning appearing very fragile and graceful), which made him quite endearing.

What’s going on here???

At first glance, Renee frowned upon seeing the young man, looking very displeased.

“You don’t like this look?”

Although the young man walked at a leisurely pace, he reached Renee in no time.

He reached out to touch Renee, but she dodged him.

“How about this?”

The young man transformed into an alluring adult, leaving Su Xin wide-eyed and speechless, thinking, wow, there’s even a trick like this.

“Get lost.”

Renee frowned, seemingly trying to endure something.

With a quick move, the young man touched Renee’s lower area and showed an intriguing expression.

“Tsk, how strange, I didn’t expect you not to have it, but it’s the same.”

The young man smiled widely, and strange tentacles extended from his body, quickly trapping Renee.

“Don’t struggle. Combining your genes with mine will surely create a unique being.”

Without even glancing at Su Xin, he used the tentacles to pull Renee into the house.

What the heck is that thing trying to do?

 【Mate.】

Fourteen said very academically.

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