Chapter 170.2 Butterfly effect (2)
Editor: Jodi
The sudden sound of a door slamming caused everyone’s head to turn, only for them to see Yan Hao standing in the doorway with three energy blocks in his arms, his face looking very pale.
“Xiao Hao, what’s wrong?” Sheng Heng, seeing that the expression on his face wasn’t very good, went over to take the items.
“You just said it was that zerg raid plan from a year ago that caused the zerg tide to come early? Why?” Yan Hao asked.
“These are still just speculations.” Sheng Heng told him.
“But there should be some basis for these speculations, right?”
“After the success of our zerg raid plan, we reclaimed eight planets, and in that month, the number of zergs we hunted was more than the past two years combined. Then afterwards, in order to clear the battlefield, apart from some zerg corpses that were left behind for research purposes, the rest were thrown into a black hole.” Sheng Heng told him slowly.
“A black hole?!” Yan Hao had seen the black holes created by the zergs on Z Star Planet before. Actually, calling them black holes wasn’t quite accurate, as they were more like wormholes hidden within black holes, and the mutated zergs that had suddenly appeared in the Federation this time had also come through these black holes, making it so that Yan Hao couldn’t help but think of the zergs when he mentioned black holes.
“That’s right. At that time the federation had just won a great victory, so no one made the connection between that black hole and the zergs, but thinking about it now, that black hole was most probably opened by the Zerg Emperor.” Sheng Heng said.
“You just said that the zergs outside provide nutrients for those that are evolving. Then could it be that the dead zergs can also provide nutrients for the Zerg Emperor?” Xin Changwei couldn’t help but shout, shocked by his own speculation.
“The zergs can devour all living things, and aren’t they themselves living things?” Sheng Heng said calmly, “The intelligence level of low level zergs isn’t that high, so the only instinct they have is to devour and fight, and so consuming each other, their own kind, has originally always been their method of evolution and reproduction.”
“That’s to say, because of the zerg raid plan, we inadvertently sent more food to the Zerg Emperor in advance, hence accelerating the zerg tide that was supposed to have happened years later.” Uncle Yang finally understood.
“Exactly.” Sheng Heng nodded.
“It’s all my fault.” Yan Hao clenched his fists tightly, his face filled with regret.
“What does this have to do with you?” Sheng Heng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “If it wasn’t because of you, the Federation would have suffered far more casualties than it has during this zerg tide.”
“But if it wasn’t because of me, the zerg tide wouldn’t have come early.”
Yes, it was all his fault.
Just two days ago he had been telling Master Di Ya confidently that the Zerg Emperor wouldn’t appear, that the crisis would pass soon, and he had even encouraged himself secretly to use the next five years to build a level 9 mimetic mech so that Sheng Heng wouldn’t have to be afraid even if he faced the Zerg Emperor, because the real crisis was five years away. But it wasn’t until just now that he realized, what five years later? The crisis was already here, and the Federation facing the zerg tide five years early was all because of him.
If it wasn’t because he had discovered the phantom spirit stone and made Haoyue, the Federation wouldn’t have launched that raid.
It turns out he was the main culprit, he was the one who had caused the deaths of so many people.
His face becoming even more pale, he felt a chill all over as he wished he had never been reborn.
“Xiao Hao, Xiao Hao, look at me.” Sheng Heng had never seen Yan Hao like this before. He threw the energy blocks he was holding away then held his shoulders, squeezing them tightly.
And his brain buzzing, Yan Hao only lifted his head instinctively, however his eyes were already lifeless, only filled with tears of regret.
And Sheng Heng, looking into his tear-filled eyes, only felt as if his heart had been punched viciously, so painful that it was unbearable.
“This isn’t your fault, it has nothing to do with you.” Sheng Heng said loudly.
“It’s me who accelerated the zerg tide, by five years in advance.”
“No, it has nothing to do with you. If there were no phantom spirit stones, no Haoyue, no mimetic mechs, let alone five years, even in ten or twenty years, the Federation’s military might not even reach the level it is at now, and by that time, if the zerg tide occurred, the Federation’s casualties would definitely be even worse than it is now.” Sheng Heng was so full of worry because of Yan Hao’s condition that he didn’t even bother to think about how he had come up with the number five.
“Really?” Yan Hao wavered slightly.
“Of course it’s true. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to step onto the battlefield at all.” Sheng Heng continued, “In this battle, I killed several level 9 zergs and even killed a mutated zerg, and it’s all thanks to you.”
“Yes, Sheng Heng is right.”
“Little Master Yan Hao, this has nothing to do with you.”
The two Major General uncles also joined in to persuade him.
And having heard what they had been saying, Di Ya, who was repairing the mech in the distance couldn’t help but run over as well: “Yan Hao, what nonsense are you thinking? The contributions you’ve made to mech building these past few years have advanced the Federation’s research in mech building by at least fifty years.”
And under everyone’s persuasion, Yan Hao finally began to calm down slowly, however he still clutched Sheng Heng’s arm, his heart still fluttering with fear.
“It’s not my fault?”
“It’s not!” Sheng Heng’s eyes were filled with heartache.
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Thanks for the chapter! Poor baby, blaming himself for the greed of soldiers who accelerated their hunting
Now that Yan Hao learned of his indirect involvement with the advancement of the zergs’ development, and regrets his rebirth because of it, I really hope he’ll tell Sheng Heng of his rebirth so that the latter can truly understand his fears and appease him.
This reveal would also help to explain to Sheng Heng some of Yan Hao’s excessive behavioral traits, such as his social insecurities and fear/hatred of Sima Mingxuan, that may seem too extreme based on his current life’s experiences. In general, I would love for there to be truly no secrets between them, lol
Thanks for the chapter! 😀