Chapter 287: Departure
Even seven days later, Lieutenant Colonel Cross occasionally recalled the scene in the underground chamber. The feeling of toying with prey was intoxicating.
After Cleo lost consciousness, she was immediately dragged underground. Twenty kilometers beneath the villa, another hidden Riken sub-hive existed.
This laboratory sub-hive was established after it reached a certain level of development. A flying bug, carrying a fungal carpet seed, found Cross and set up a new base beneath the villa.
If the Swarm Network had not evolved, Luo Wen would never have been so aggressive. But now, he had his confidence.
After Cleo was sent to the underground base, her new body was temporarily controlled by the Hive Queen’s consciousness. Meanwhile, Cross kept putting on a sisterly act in the villa above.
However, the Cross in the underground base was not using her own body. Traveling twenty kilometers through underground tunnels risked bumps and scrapes, and being away from the villa too long could raise suspicion among the servants.
Instead, the Cross who met Cleo used a temporary body, created specifically for this purpose. Once used, it was recycled. With Luo Wen’s authorization, transferring an intelligent consciousness between multiple bodies was routine.
As Cross was lost in thought, she noticed her “sister’s” body tremble slightly. Sensing that the Hive Queen’s consciousness had departed and a new consciousness had descended, she greeted Cleo with a radiant smile and a warm hug.
“Welcome back, sister. How does it feel?” Cross asked, her expression blossoming with joy.