StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 34 Laboratory Riot

In fact, Shen Qingqing didn't help much; on the contrary, Ge Yuan was busy organizing various data.

"I need a little bit of red-tailed carp gills, and some deep-sea squid eyes... Oh, and I need to bring the pale blue potion over there too..."

This place doesn't feel like a laboratory; instead, it's like a magical cabin filled with all sorts of fantastical elements.

Ge Yuan is an ageless witch with pink hair who stands in front of a vessel stirring raw materials.

The reason she said this was because Ge Yuan had told her personally that she was actually over three hundred years old.

"The Zerg are a rare long-lived race in the universe. Living for thousands or hundreds of years is not unusual for them."

She added, "Although the Zerg have a long lifespan, we grow quickly and are born with wings that allow us to fly briefly, so we don't have to worry about our survival rate in the wild."

And "Furthermore, it only takes eighteen years to reach adulthood, it is born with the ability to kill, and it has a long lifespan, so there is no need to worry about being eaten... By all accounts, it is a born cosmic overlord."

He took the medicine over and then sat down next to her to watch her do the experiment.

He's good-looking, rich, long-lived, and at the peak of his martial arts skills, he's a heartthrob. He seems like the darling of the Creator.

"but……"

Ge Yuan turned around, her tone filled with disappointment, "Even if they are fierce and powerful, they cannot escape the fate of extinction."

"why?"

"Because of the mother insect."

Ge Yuan put down the reagent in her hand and casually found a table to sit down.

"The Zerg have not had a Zerg Queen for over two hundred years, and their system is on the verge of collapse. In recent years, as the number of their people fighting has been decreasing, I believe that in another seven or eight hundred years, when the last of their people die out, the Zerg may be completely extinct."

"Both female and male Zerg need the pheromones of the Zerg queen to stimulate the production of eggs or sperm in order to enter the mating season and reproduce. As you know, without the Zerg queen, they cannot reproduce, and it seems like the Zerg are doomed to extinction."

Then he began to introduce her to the contents of the petri dishes that were more than two meters high on both sides of the laboratory.

"Those are all spare parts for the Queen Insect, used to calm the pheromone disturbances of the Insectoids; they are disposable items."

"Is this why the research institute is dedicated to mass-producing insect queens?"

Shen Qingqing couldn't believe it; she had seen something similar in Count Selit's laboratory—a disposable "mother insect"?

“It’s just a disposable item,” Ge Yuan said, taking a bottle of wine from the freezer and waving it at her. “Want some?”

Shen Qingqing quickly waved her hand in refusal, "I don't drink."

"I didn't intend to get you drunk." Ge Yuan took a big gulp of red wine, her expression dazed.

“You look so young, and your bone age test showed you're only sixteen or seventeen. Minors shouldn't drink this.”

Then he poured himself another glass, but Shen Qingqing stopped him.

Looking at the little girl who barely reached his chest, Ge Yuan affectionately ruffled her hair, making it even messier.

“I’ve been here for over 150 years, and you’re the first person who’s dared to stop me like this.”

He then ignored the attempts to stop him and blew straight from the bottle.

"Anima Star's specialty red wine, it's really invigorating!"

Having drunk a bit too much, Ge Yuan abandoned her usual cold and aloof demeanor and leaned against the display table, drinking one sip after another without any regard for her image.

He poured three bottles in a row before putting down the empty one. Shen Qingqing quickly took it from him, preventing the lab floor from becoming a mess.

"Ge Yuan, are you really a nobleman?"

"what?"

Ge Yuan didn't hear clearly, so Shen Qingqing asked again.

“Oh, you mean I’m ill-mannered?” Ge Yuan grinned. “Please, what era are we living in? Why are you still doing that kind of thing?”

“No, I mean, you look completely different from Earl Selit,” Shen Qingqing thought for a moment, “He pays more attention to his image.”

"?"

"When he hugged me just now, he had a lot of hair gel on his head, I could see it clearly," Shen Qingqing stated the facts expressionlessly.

"Hahaha, you really have a sharp tongue, hahaha..." After figuring out the reason, Ge Yuan laughed out loud in a very unkind way.

"If that old guy hears this, he'll definitely order invisible hairspray on his personal terminal right now!"

"Actually, I wasn't originally a nobleman. Later, due to some twist of fate, my status changed, so you can't see any of those so-called upbringings in me." Ge Yuan shrugged indifferently.

"I'm not one of those females who're just trying to curry favor or climb into some big shot's bed. I'm here to pursue my dream!"

"Your dream?" Shen Qingqing asked in confusion. Shouldn't it be to get a promotion and a raise, and then enjoy a comfortable retirement?

Ge Yuan declared with boundless ambition, "Of course! I'm going to become the number one female biologist in the universe! I won't stay in the royal family just to become a wealthy noblewoman!"

Speaking of which, Ge Yuan is also an insect with a story.

"Forget it, it's all in the past, there's no point in bringing it up."

But Ge Yuan clearly didn't want to recall the days when the elders lectured her.

"It would be more practical to conduct more experiments instead of spending that time on that."

"Speaking of which, 002 seems quite unhappy with you, but she can't do anything too outrageous here. At most, she'll call someone over to teach you a lesson. Remember to be careful when you sleep," Ge Yuan reminded her.

Shen Qingqing asked in confusion, "002, who is that?"

"Tsk, I forgot you just arrived and don't know the situation." Ge Yuan casually grabbed a data tablet and handed it to her.

“Each test subject has its own number. Look, that one named Leah is 002…”

After swiping around a few times, the profiles of more than a dozen people appeared, and each name had a number below it.

002 is the pink-haired beauty I saw this morning, with the same pink hair as Ge Yuan, but she is much shorter and smaller than Ge Yuan.

Turning to the last page, sure enough, her name was at the very end.

It's number 033.

On the blue touchscreen, there are thirty-three test samples listed, numbered from 001 to 033.

however……

She noticed that only the number 001 in the upper left corner had no photo or data; it was just a cold, silent number lying there.

He handed the touchscreen back to her. "Who is 001? Why isn't there any information about her?"

Ge Yuan stared blankly at 001 on the screen, whose image was missing. "She... she's the most outstanding creation in the history of the research institute, and also Celit's..."

"drop--"

"Alarm, alarm! High pheromone levels detected in the lab. Isolation mode activated..."

"Alarm, isolation shield has failed..."

Ge Yuan stood up abruptly, instantly sobering up. "You stay here first, remember not to wander off, and this too..."

A lightsaber was shoved into her hand, and Ge Yuan told her to find a place to hide it.

"Remember not to open the door for anyone, wait for me to come back."

"A riot in the laboratory would have very serious consequences. You... protect yourself."

Before leaving, I turned off the lab power and turned on the emergency blue light. The eerie blue light shone down, illuminating the pale white face on the petri dish glass.