“Regarding that Zerg, it has been confirmed as the Imperial Guard of the Tyranid Swarm, A996.”
During the meeting, Orphina projected the information about the Zerg that Qianxia encountered last night to the front.
All participants were Great Witches, each one bleary-eyed and yawning.
Even Great Witches had immense resentment about early morning meetings.
Orphina completely ignored them and continued speaking.
“A996, molted three times, equivalent to a Great Witch. Hive talent is [Blood Escape].”
A coin flipped deftly between her fingers.
As the person involved, Qianxia’s expression toward Orphina changed.
This was too detailed.
It was as if Orphina had complete intelligence on all Imperial Guards of the Tyranid Swarm.
“Now she is likely severely injured. We cannot let our guard down.”
“Moreover, to prevent the Zerg from mimicking the academy’s teachers, I suggest conducting genetic testing once a week. Of course, the cost will be fully covered by the academy. What do you all think?”
Orphina looked around.
These Great Witches had no idea what they’d been doing all night; they all looked exhausted.
A few were even dozing off, with transparent snot bubbles at their noses.
“Bu Yao!”
Veins bulged on Orphina’s forehead, and the pen in her hand shot out like an arrow from a bow.
“Ouch!”
A big bump immediately appeared on Bu Yao’s smooth, white forehead.
“I have no objections! No objections!”
Bu Yao rubbed her forehead and smiled sheepishly.
Last night, she went into seclusion…
Well, she used seclusion as an excuse to binge-watch short videos all night again.
Hehe, gotta say, the young people nowadays are really wild, that tiny waist…
Orphina glared at this woman.
She knew exactly what kind of person Bu Yao was.
Cold on the outside, lewd on the inside.
Extremely secretly perverted.
This small incident woke up the other dozing Great Witches, and they all expressed agreement.
“Alright, time is about up. Let’s adjourn.”
“Please fulfill your duties and ensure the safety of the teachers and students under you.”
The meeting ended.
Qianxia glanced at Bu Yao.
That woman was lying on the table, seemingly not intending to leave.
She averted her gaze.
Presumably, Bu Yao had something to say to the Dean.
But it wasn’t any of her business.
Hehe, she needed to dress up nicely.
The image of Su Ling’s pink, moist lips appeared in her mind, and the corner of her mouth curled up.
Thank heavens, this time the lucky winner wasn’t that damned little loli.
“Something?”
Finally, only Orphina and Bu Yao remained in the conference room.
Orphina rolled her eyes.
This woman clearly had nothing good in mind.
“I just think my Yunhai Peak is still too short. How about swapping it for another one? Twenty thousand meters will do.”
An anger mark appeared on Orphina’s forehead.
“Twenty thousand meters! What the meow do you need twenty thousand meters for! You’re a Great Witch, you can tear through space. What about your disciples? Have you thought about how they’d feel?”
Orphina roared.
Imagine the scene: a group of disciples flying on swords to reach the summit for morning assembly, flying for half a day and still not seeing the peak.
The thought alone was despairing.
Bu Yao covered her ears.
Why are you shouting?
She pouted in dissatisfaction.
“Fine, if you won’t give it, then you have to tell me where you got this information about the Zerg.”
She stared intently at Orphina.
She accurately recited the Imperial Guard’s serial number and talent.
One might think Orphina was the missing Zerg Empress.
Upon hearing this, Orphina’s face immediately darkened.
“This is none of your business. You are not yet authorized to know.”
“Is that so?”
This only piqued Bu Yao’s curiosity.
She paced in the conference room.
“Then let me guess. Is there a traitor among the Zerg?”
“No, no, no. Impossible.”
However, she quickly denied it.
Among the Zerg, only the Royal Family and Imperial Guard possess intelligence.
The Royal Family is impossible; this does them no good.
The Imperial Guard is even more impossible; they are controlled by the Hive Mind and are completely loyal to the Empress.
Then it was quite intriguing.
“Perhaps it’s other Zerg? Like the Miusong Zerg? The Ruila Zerg? Or the Psychic Zerg?”
The Fourth Universe has more than just the Tyranid Swarm.
The Tyranid Swarm is merely the most powerful Zerg, the main force resisting the Witches in the Fourth Universe.
But the attitudes of the other Zerg toward the Witches were ambiguous.
As far as Bu Yao knew, some Zerg were very close to certain important figures among the Witches.
She had even heard rumors that the head of the Ji Family, one of the Three Great Families of Witches, recently married the Empress of the Miusong Zerg.
The Miusong Zerg were considered a relatively weak Zerg race in the Fourth Universe.
Unlike the Tyranid Zerg, who wield the conceptual weapon of [Breeding], they used song for psychic attacks.
Of course, that psychic attack was almost negligible, and in fact had some mental healing effects on Witches.
This led to the Witches treating the Miusong Zerg much more kindly than other Zerg.
Of course, if this gossip hadn’t been exposed by those damned Fictional Historians, it would have caused an uproar long ago.
These things should be known only in private.
Publicly, the Zerg are the enemies of the Witches, no matter which Zerg.
Orphina watched Bu Yao putting on an act in front of her and immediately felt a headache.
“Stop acting. Tell me, how did you find out?”
“Sigh, is my acting really that bad?”
Bu Yao scratched her head and stuck out her tongue.
Orphina wanted to strangle this woman, but held back.
“Hehe, actually, an old friend of mine told me. She said that you are cooperating with certain Zerg to completely annex the Tyranid Swarm.”
What the Witches want is not the Fourth Universe, but the conceptual weapon of [Breeding].
Perhaps [Breeding] could become a brand new Sequence for the Witches?
And once [Breeding] becomes a new Sequence, things start to get delicate.
Sequence Witch.
For a Great Witch to take that final step and become a Sequence Witch, they either create a brand new Sequence or choose a Sequence that has no Sequence Witch and walk it to the end.
But those Sequences without a Sequence Witch have not produced one in billions of years, which is enough to show that those paths are dead ends.
Of course, some scholars have proposed trying to kill a Sequence Witch and then replace them.
A Great Witch killing a Sequence Witch…
Well, even the scholar couldn’t continue after saying that.
Therefore, to become a Sequence Witch, it seems the only option is to create a brand new Sequence.
[Breeding] became the goal of some Witches.
Some old fossils, some tens of thousands of years old, had long been salivating over becoming Sequence Witches.
Now that an opportunity presents itself, how could they not be frantic?
So, the Tyranid Swarm became a thorn in the Witches’ side.
And the other Zerg in the Fourth Universe also sensed an opportunity and secretly cooperated with the Witches.
The Tyranid Swarm had long become a target of everyone.
“A friend?”
Orphina stared at Bu Yao.
Bu Yao stared back at her.
“My friend is not important. I just want to ask you: is what she said true?”
“Yes.”
Since she already knew, there was no need to hide it.
“Was it your idea or…”
“Teacher Bu Yao, you should leave now.”
Orphina’s voice turned cold.
Bu Yao gave her a deep look.
“Alright, alright. I’m just a teacher. I shouldn’t interfere.”
“Maybe I should go teach language arts?”
“How does that saying go? ‘Those not of our kind are bound to think differently’?”
Bu Yao muttered many things to herself, but Orphina just looked at her coldly.
Seeing this, Bu Yao also let out a light sigh.
“Orphina, do you know what you are doing?”
Orphina was silent.
Bu Yao raised her hand.
Surrender.
She shouldn’t have meddled.
Bu Yao left.
The vast conference room now only had Orphina alone.
She sat wearily in the chair, her golden hair shimmering under the sunlight.
She took out a mirror, looked at her own hair roots in the reflection, which were starting to turn black, and her eyes dimmed.
“Teacher… I will not give up…”