156: Chapter 156 This Time, the Queen Became a Human

Seeing Olivia pounce on Li Yuan like a koala, clinging tightly to his neck and rubbing against him while shouting that "Mother" which made everyone's scalp tingle, Laya's first reaction was to pull her away.

The angel girl reached out almost without thinking, her slender but powerful fingers gripping Olivia's shoulders, attempting to tear this suddenly intruding unknown creature off her master. She used a considerable amount of strength, enough to lift and throw an ordinary Rank 4 Awakened.

Then Laya froze.

She didn't budge.

Olivia remained motionless, as if welded to Li Yuan. Within her seemingly slender and petite body, there seemed to be a terrifying power that was completely disproportionate to her size.

Laya could even feel that the section of shoulder she was holding felt soft and warm to the touch, with skin so delicate it was incredible, yet the interior was as solid and stable as if cast from Star-core Alloy.

Refusing to give up, Laya increased her strength, and the Wings of Light behind her back faintly revealed themselves due to the exertion, flowing with a dim holy light.

But Olivia was only shaken slightly by the pull; instead, her arms wrapped around Li Yuan even tighter, and she let out a dissatisfied soft hum, burying her face deeper into Li Yuan's chest.

Now even Li Yuan himself felt embarrassed.

The body in his arms was warm, soft, and carried a peculiar fragrance; every inch of her pressed against him showcased amazing elasticity and youthful vitality.

Any normal male would inevitably have certain physiological reactions and psychological fluctuations when pounced upon by such a beautiful girl with a hot body in such an intimate posture.

But at this moment, Li Yuan only felt his scalp tingle.

Because of the gazes from around him.

Laya's eyes were clearly churning with jealousy and suspicion, while a flash of bewilderment and alertness crossed Elia's ice-blue eyes.

"Um... get up first..." Li Yuan tried to push Olivia away, his voice carrying obvious embarrassment.

He pressed his hands against Olivia's shoulders—the sensation upon contact made him startle slightly; just as Laya had felt, the exterior was soft, but the interior was incredibly tough—and then he pushed outward with force.

He couldn't push her.

Li Yuan's current physical condition, having been strengthened by energy multiple times and nourished by life essence, had long since far surpassed that of an ordinary Awakened. Although his primary class was a long-range output type, because the bei ming core continuously optimized his physical abilities, his raw physical strength alone was far beyond that of a Rank 4 Pure Strength-type Talent User.

But now, despite using a significant portion of his strength, he actually couldn't push Olivia off him.

Although it was mainly because he was facing a girl of unknown allegiance who appeared to be human, and Li Yuan didn't want to hurt her.

But this girl's strength was indeed ridiculously high.

Olivia seemed to sense Li Yuan's resistance and hugged him even tighter instead, letting out kitten-like "wuwu" sounds of acting spoiled, which gave Li Yuan a massive headache.

However, from the current situation, at least one thing was certain: Olivia seemed to have no hostility toward humans—or at least, toward Li Yuan.

This was very strange.

A being suspected to be the former Zerg Queen, someone who theoretically should view all non-Zerg life as enemies, was now clinging to a human like a puppy that had found its master, refusing to let go and even shouting the absurd title of "Mother."

This could no longer be described as "abnormal"; it practically overturned all known common sense in biology, sociology, and warfare.

Just as Li Yuan was held immobile by Olivia, his mind a mess, not knowing how to handle this bizarre situation—

A voice he never expected suddenly rang out deep within his consciousness.

"Eh?"

It was System Customer Service Miss 1518.

Her voice carried a rare, almost astonished emotional fluctuation, which was very unusual. This former divine customer service representative, who spent most of her time maintaining a programmed liveliness or a spoiled attitude, now sounded more like a scientist who had witnessed an incredible phenomenon.

"This kid... isn't she that Zerg Queen from last time?" Miss 1518's voice echoed in Li Yuan's consciousness, filled with obvious confusion. "Strange... why has the aura of the Zerg Origin on her disappeared? I can't feel it at all... no, it's not gone, it's 'purified'?"

Li Yuan complained wildly in his mind: You only noticed now? She's been hanging on me for ages! And what do you mean by "purified"?

Miss 1518 seemed to sense Li Yuan's thoughts and continued her analysis on her own: "I remember very clearly that when you killed her last time, the Zerg Origin held absolute dominance in her life structure."

"But now..." Her voice paused, as if she were performing some deep-level scan. "The Zerg Origin has disappeared. I don't know if it was purged or... 'converted'? The life energy and genetic foundation supporting this body are now actually based on human genes! And they are very pure and stable!"

"This shouldn't be possible..." Miss 1518 muttered to herself. "A Zerg Queen's origin is carved into the deepest parts of her soul and bloodline; that's a Divine Authority Mark from Xel'Naga... bah, from my body. Never mind killing her once; even if you ground her to ashes and scattered her soul, as long as a sliver of origin remained, she would still be Zerg after being reborn."

"Unless..." Her voice suddenly became excited. "Unless a higher-tier power forcibly reshaped her life architecture during the interval between her death and rebirth! The genetic serum those people from the Holy Alliance made? No, they don't have the capability. That's an operation involving the most fundamental rules of life; it would take at least a True God-level existence to pull it off..."

Her words suddenly cut off.

After a few seconds, an exclamation filled with ecstasy exploded in Li Yuan's consciousness: "I get it!! I get it!!!"

Li Yuan's brain throbbed from the sound: "What do you get? Keep it down!"

"Her talent! There's something wrong with her talent! No, and your talent, there's something wrong with your talent too!"

Miss 1518's voice was exceptionally excited. "I just performed a deep scan of her soul structure... Her life origin is completely reconstructed. Her original Zerg Origin is completely gone; it must have been entirely absorbed by your talent."

"Then, her talent isn't any standard Zerg Queen 'Heart of the Swarm' or 'Psionic Dominance'! It's a... a type of energy channel connected to my former body. It can directly obtain divine power from my previous body! You know the Zerg were born from my body, so it's normal for some strange talents to appear."

"This talent allowed Life Divine Power to keep nourishing her even after death, which would have normally left her in a state between life and death. But the Holy Alliance injected her with an Active Genetic Serum. This serum used human genes, and the human genes reshaped her life origin based on the Life Divine Power."

Miss 1518 spoke faster and faster, as if piecing together a startling puzzle.

"In other words..." Her voice carried a sense of absurdity and excitement. "She is now, from bloodline to soul, a complete 'human' through and through! But her physical capabilities are still those of a Zerg Queen!"

Li Yuan was dumbfounded.

This was too much information to process.

The Zerg Queen has become human?