Helemis had never been willing to be a puppet. Whether it was when he was controlled by the Insect King or when he was almost deprived of control of his body just now, it had touched upon the most violent emotions in his heart.
Lin Kong's soothing voice rang in his ears again and again, helping him regain a bit of clarity. His broken consciousness somehow found the strength to fight against the King Insect's last bit of consciousness.
If the mental power in Helemis' brain could be turned into substance now, it would probably be like a pile of shattered glass. Whenever he was exhausted, Lin Kong's sweet blood could replenish his vitality. In the end, he was in a trance and didn't even remember how he fell asleep.
Outside the cave, a cold wind howled, blowing down a lot of grass and trees. Snowflakes fell all over the sky, and there was no trace of color in the entire forest.
Helemis had spent countless winters in the dense forest and was no longer afraid of the cold, but perhaps because Lin Kong's blood was too warm, he actually felt a little cold at this moment. When he opened his eyes in a daze, all he saw was Lin Kong's pale and tired sleeping face.
[…]
Helemis closed his eyes, and the memories of last night came back to him. He felt a sharp pain like a needle stabbing in his brain. He hugged his head in pain, and his body curled up uncontrollably, waking Lin Kong up from his sleep.
"Heremis? How are you?!"
When Lin Kong saw Helemis waking up, he quickly lowered his head to check on his condition, fearing that he had been possessed by the queen insect's last bit of consciousness.
Helemis endured the severe pain in his mind and uttered three words with difficulty: [I'm fine...]
Lin Kong: "Is that trace of the King Bug's consciousness still in your brain?"
Lin Kong knew that he was just trying too hard. "Your chest wound hasn't healed yet, how can you be fine? Are you cold? Wait, I'll light a fire for you."
Lin Kong's answer remained the same: "I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here."
Hearing this, Helemis opened his eyes and looked at him. His red pupils were no longer as bloodshot as they were yesterday, but he was still alert and uneasy, fearing that Lin Kong would disappear before his eyes. He frowned and grabbed his wrist: [Where are you going? ]
Helemis lost all his sanity yesterday, and only had the instinct to suck blood, and only now did he see the wound on Lin Kong's wrist. He tilted his head to watch this scene, thinking that this prey has always been very delicate, afraid of pain and suffering, and would groan for a long time after falling down, but yesterday when he bit it like that, it didn't even cry out.
After he finished speaking, he moved his numb limbs, staggered up from the ground holding Helemis, and leaned over to place her on the stone bed.
After doing all this, he was completely exhausted. His wrist hung limply on the side of the bed, with a deep scar on it that could be seen to the bone.
Lin Kong's wrist was bitten by Helemis yesterday and was bloody, but because the temperature was too low, the blood solidified after a short time. He endured the pain and picked up the firewood in the cave, started a new fire, and then used eggshells to get two full bowls of frozen stream water and burned them on the fire.
He was pale and so weak that he could not speak for a while. His black robe was soaked in blood and frozen stiff in the extremely low temperature.
Helemis closed his eyes and nodded silently, being unexpectedly obedient at this moment.
Seeing this, Helemis instinctively leaned into his arms. It was only at this moment that her tense nerves finally relaxed and she found a sense of security.
Helemis: [Why?]
After he finished speaking, he stood up and cleaned up the cave briefly, blocking the wind-leaking stone door with animal skins, and then squatted beside the fire to wash the blood scabs on the wound.
Helemis closed his eyes and shook his head: [I suppressed it temporarily, but that trace of consciousness coexists with my mental power and cannot be completely strangled.]
Lin Kong had very few replacement clothes left. After washing and wearing them over and over again, the letters and patterns on them had faded. He gently untied the robe on Helemis's body and saw several hideous bloodstains on the left side of his chest, which had now formed a thick layer of scabs.
Lin Kong was a spoiled child, but he was unexpectedly strong at critical moments. After cleaning the wound, he saw Helemis staring at him, so he simply took off his dirty clothes, lifted the quilt, got on the bed and hugged him gently.
Lin Kong heated the water in the eggshell, then tore a piece of his rags into pieces and wet them, walked to the bed and wiped Helemis' face, whispering: "Bear with it, I'll help you change into clean clothes."
Lin Kong couldn't help but feel a little worried when he heard this, but then he thought that at least he and Helemis were still alive, which was a blessing in disguise. He muttered, "Please don't turn into another insect."
Helemis lay on the stone bed, watching the other person's busy figure, and moved his fingertips with difficulty to close the wide-open stone door outside, blocking the cold wind and leaving a gap that was just big enough for Lin Kong to enter and exit sideways.
Lin Kong used a cloth soaked in hot water to carefully clean Helemis' body, changed him into clean and fresh clothes, and finally covered him with a fur blanket, covering him tightly: "Okay, close your eyes and have a good sleep. Call me if you need anything."
In other words, Helemis got the vast spiritual power of the Overlord, but in exchange, a "time bomb" was buried in his mind. Fortunately, Helemis has suppressed that consciousness, and it is unlikely to relapse in the short term.
Lin Kong carefully avoided his wounds and hugged him tighter: "I still like you the way you are now."
It was Helemis who hunted for him every day, it was also Helemis who found animal skins to keep him warm, and it was him who did all the eating, sleeping, kissing and sex for him without exception.
Lin Kong didn't want this body to be occupied by some unknown creature, he didn't like it at all.
When Helemis heard the word "like", he was stunned for a rare moment. He had asked Lin Kong what this word meant before, but the other party couldn't explain it clearly. At this moment, their skin was touching, the flames were beating, and the heart in his chest was burning hot.
like
Helemis thought, is this the feeling of love? It was so hot that it made him feel uncomfortable.
[Lin Kong…]
Helemis suddenly asked without any emotion: [Why didn't you run away yesterday? ]
At the critical moment of life and death, survival is an instinct, why did the other party insist on staying? This action violated the law of survival of animals, and Helemis couldn't understand it.
Lin Kong told the truth: "I have nowhere to go."
He held Hermes in his arms, like two wild animals licking each other's wounds, and whispered to himself: "My home is very far away, I can't go back. If you don't kill me for one day, I will accompany you for one day. When you want to kill me, I will let you kill me..."
Lin Kong said, touching his neck subconsciously: "As long as you don't hurt me too much."
Hearing this, Helemis frowned and said in a low and serious voice: [I said I won’t kill you.]
Lin Kong didn't doubt it. Yesterday, Helemis was afraid of losing control and strangling himself to death, and almost bit off his wrist. How could this insect be so cruel
But Lin Kong was still very happy. When he smiled, a smile appeared in his eyes: "Okay, let's live well together."
Helemis thought Lin Kong's smiling face was very handsome. He stared at him for a long time. Finally, he felt sleepy and could not help but slowly closed his eyes and fell into a chaotic dream.
Helemis slept for three whole days, during which he was sorting out the chaotic mental power in his body. Lin Kong did not dare to wake him up, but only checked his breathing every day to confirm that Helemis was still alive. At night, the red moon rose as usual every day, and the scarlet color became darker than before, and I don't know what it foreshadowed.
The Insect King hibernates by curling up in the temple. As time goes by, its skin becomes more and more wrinkled and yellow, like a ball of crumpled rubber that can be peeled off with a slight pull.
In order to conserve its energy, it temporarily closed off a portion of its mental perception. However, that night, its huge body suddenly trembled as if startled. It suddenly raised its head and looked towards the west of the dense forest, and its voice could not conceal its shock:
[What a powerful mental power! ]
If the insect king had hair, it would have exploded by now. It seemed to be trying to confirm something, and it sensed it again, and this time it was even more frightened:
[How is this possible?! Who is it?!]
In the dense forest, there is only one king, and the appearance of any strong person may pose a threat to the superior. The Insect King suddenly discovered a strong mental pressure from the west of the dense forest. Even the busy worker insects in the temple were frightened and dared not move. No wonder the Insect King was so panicked.
The sleepiness from hibernation disappeared in an instant. The Insect King squirmed violently in the temple, shattering many floor tiles as he swung his tail wildly. He muttered to himself anxiously: [Who is it?! Could it be that the golden egg has hatched?!]
It quickly rejected the idea: [No, it's impossible. Without my incubation, how could the egg come out?]
The Insect King was really at a loss. It controlled its huge body to clumsily crawl to the entrance of the temple. Looking at the vast snow outside, it directly sent a call signal to the servants of the gods, and quickly spread outward with the temple as the center.
[Hermes!]
[Jia Yan!]
[Snow amber!]
[Hurry up and come to the temple! Quick!]
The Insect King was like a mad old man, shouting hysterically. Jia Yan was originally meditating in the snowy mountains, and he rushed over immediately after hearing his spiritual call. Xue Bo was hiding in a cave to avoid the cold, and he also heard the call of the Insect King, but he hesitated for a moment and went out to find Helemis.
[Hermes!]
[Are you there, Helemis? ! ]
Xuepo folded his wings and landed outside the cave, then hurried into the cave, only to see a man sitting on the stone bed in the middle, meditating with his eyes closed. Who else could it be but Helemis
At that time, Helemis had finally sorted out the chaotic mental power in his body. When he heard Xue Amber's voice, he suddenly opened his eyes. A dark light flashed in his red pupils, and the aftermath of the mental power around him suddenly overflowed uncontrollably, directly knocking Xue Amber several meters away.
"boom!"
Xuebo was unable to dodge and flew out of the cave, crashing heavily into a pine tree. He coughed, and before he could stand up, he was soaked by the snow falling from the treetops.
Xue Amber: […]
Helemis, that damn, worm-eating bastard!
Xuepo raised her hand to wipe off the ice and snow on her face, then stood up shakily from the ground, her face livid with anger: [Hermes, did you do this on purpose?!]
Helemis really didn't mean it, he had just finished training and his mental power leaked out accidentally when he was finishing his training, and he didn't expect that Xuebei would hit the muzzle of the gun.
Helemis flew out of the cave and appeared in front of Xuebei in the next second. He was so fast that only his afterimage could be seen. His scarlet eyes stared at Xuebei, looking like two bottomless whirlpools, and his voice was low and cold:
[What are you doing here?]
Xuebo was silent for a moment, but he was keenly aware of something wrong. He stared at Helemis's face, which was even colder than before, and stammered, "Helemis, you...how come your mental power has suddenly become so strong? !]
Although Helemis had tried her best to restrain herself, the mental pressure around her still made Xuepo tremble and feel fear, just like a rabbit seeing a large carnivore, so frightened that its soul almost left its body.
Of course, Helemis couldn't say that he had absorbed the King Insect's spiritual power. He closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, then suddenly asked: [Is the King Insect calling us?]
When this was mentioned, Xuepo immediately forgot the question and said anxiously: [Hermes, the Insect King suddenly summoned us to the temple just now. There must be something fishy here. We must not go there! ]
Helemis seemed to have guessed something, and narrowed his eyes coldly: [But it has once placed a mental imprint on us. If we don't obey orders, we will be strangled immediately. ]
This is what Xuebo was worried about. She said with a pale face: [I would rather be strangled than eaten. It is so ugly to be chewed up. The insect king is in the critical period of the second molting period. It can't find prey in winter. What if it swallows us as food? ]
[Hermes, are you going to the temple? ]
Helemis put his hands in his robe, stroking his fingertips expressionlessly, and finally looked up at the sun that was about to set, and said in an ambiguous way: "Go, but not now. I will wait until the blood moon rises before going to the temple."
Xuebo's expression changed: [Blood Moon? What do you want to do? ! ]
Hearing this, Helemis turned and looked at him. Her long silver hair fluttered in the wind, and her scarlet eyes made her look like a god of death. Every word that came out of her thin lips was like a huge hammer, smashing Shepard into a daze.
[Xuebo, why not kill it? ]
Xuebei, wouldn't it be better to kill it
This rebellious statement overturned Xuebo's worldview. His ears were buzzing and he even suspected that he was hallucinating.
Seeing this, Helemis' eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty light, but his voice was bewitching: [Kill it, and we won't have to be puppets anymore. ]
[The night of the blood moon is when the insect king is at its weakest. We should strike at this time. If we lose, we will die, but if we win, we can regain our freedom.]
[Don’t you want freedom?]
Helemis likes the word "high and mighty". He doesn't need anyone to be his ruler. He was born to be his own king.
Lin Kong was washing dishes by the stream. He was carrying two eggshells and walking towards the cave in the snow, one step deep and one step shallow. Unexpectedly, he saw two familiar figures standing outside and heard some secret conversation. He immediately stood behind the tree in a daze.
Helemis wants to kill the Insect King? How is that possible
Lin Kong's first reaction was disbelief. After all, in his mind, Helemis was just a killing machine that had been severely brainwashed by the Insect King. He couldn't even resist, so how could he think of killing the other party
(End of this chapter)