Chapter 130
Chapter 130: A Pretty Neck Suits a Knife, Not a Bullet
Chong Ming leaned back, his cold voice full of open disgust: “Bugs are bugs. Even if they have a human form, they are still bugs.”
“You want me to join hands with a bug and let a bug that has dozens of secondary husbands lay dragon eggs for me. Asais, Your Highness, you really know how to disgust me.”
Asais lifted her head and smiled, showing her long, pale neck. Her red lips parted slightly, full of charm and temptation: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming, you are as humorous as always. You really make my heart race. The more I think about it, the more I feel my idea is a good idea. We really can work together.”
Chong Ming did not even change expression: “Making your heart race is not any kind of honor. But your neck really is beautiful.”
Asais’s disguised golden eyes lit up and turned into excited compound eyes. Her voice was full of delight: “You think my neck is beautiful, I also think my neck is beautiful. I do not mind if you touch it…”
Chong Ming’s thin lips lifted a little: “No need. I just think that a neck as pretty as yours would look bad if a bullet from a hot weapon blew through it. It would look much better cut off by a cold weapon. Only then would it be truly beautiful.”
Asais’s proud head and excited compound eyes froze for a second: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming, you really can joke. Our two nations have signed a peace treaty. You cannot cut off my pretty neck.”
He wants to cut off her neck, and she wants to cut off his, then chew his flesh.
The flesh and blood of the Golden Dragon Imperial Clan are like the tenderest leaves, making bugs drool, longing to swallow it down.
Chong Ming said with a cold, meaningful tone: “Compared to Your Highness Asais’s jokes, my little joke is not even worth putting on the table.”
“Besides, that so-called peace treaty between our two nations was torn up long ago by your imperial elder brother, was it not?”
Asais refused to give up: “Every word I said came from the bottom of my heart. It was not a joke, Commander in Chief Chong Ming. Will you really not think about me?”
“Your Golden Dragon Clan has trouble reproducing. Everyone in interstellar space knows that. But our royal bugs are different. We lay at least a dozen or twenty eggs in one go.”
Chong Ming opened his mouth, his words like they were dipped in poison: “You know I already have a partner and a youngling, and you still throw yourself at me, recommending yourself. What kind of good thing could you be?”
Asais, angry, stood up straight and pulled her clothes together to cover her heaving chest: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming, your words are really something to hear.”
Chong Ming spread his hands: “I also think I sound quite good. If Your Highness Asais likes to listen, I do not mind repeating myself many times.”
Asais forced down a breath, gave Chong Ming a fierce glare, then went back to her seat. She straightened and put on the proud air a Crown Princess Heir of the insectoid race should have: “When will you release my imperial elder brother Aceras?”
Chong Ming pointed to the live broadcast giant screen in front of him: “Watch the live broadcast first. No business.”
In the live broadcast room, they were streaming the prison van carrying Jiang Yi Cheng and Jiang Yi Zhu as it drove along a wide road. Many beastmen, half-beastmen and pure humans stood along the sides watching.
The camera switched between close shots and long shots. Sometimes it zoomed in on Jiang Yi Cheng and Jiang Yi Zhu’s ashen faces and terrified eyes.
After half an hour, the escort vehicle reached the execution ground. The live broadcast showed the scene from every angle, 360 degrees with no blind spots. Even the dried bloodstains on the execution ground were lit up clearly in the live broadcast room.
Hundreds of billions of people were watching in the live broadcast room. All the academies of Zhenlin the Empire were using their lunch break to watch this execution of traitors.
Of course, there were also people from other nations who had climbed over the net into the live broadcast room. They sent barrage comments, trying to stir things up: “Are Zhenlin the Empire’s imperial authorities crazy? Letting preschool and lower-grade students watch such a bloody execution ground scene. Are they not afraid it will traumatize them?”
“Commander in Chief Chong Ming is too domineering. Everything is his word alone. He does not listen to anyone else. I really feel sorry for the people of Zhenlin the Empire.”
“Feel sorry, my foot. Your IP shows your IQ. You are the pathetic one.”
“Yeah. These days your IP follows you closely. You say anything at all and people can see your IP.”
“You are here sowing discord because you are scared others will not know you are from the insectoid race. You are only here to disgust us.”
“For traitors we have zero tolerance. Commander in Chief Chong Ming is letting us see the fate of traitors. What is wrong with that?”
“Bugs are the most disgusting and cruel things of all. For something that disgusting and cruel to turn around and accuse others, that is really something new.”
“Forget ‘something new’. The fact that Commander in Chief Chong Ming lets the live broadcast room send barrage comments freely already shows he does not fear any insectoid race, and does not fear any nation that dares covet our nation.”
“Stop arguing, stop arguing, look, the bullets are already loaded.”
In the live broadcast room, the three executioners loaded their guns with bullets in front of Jiang Yi Cheng and Jiang Yi Zhu.
Jiang Yi Cheng and Jiang Yi Zhu’s legs were so weak they could not stand. The guards had to hold them up so they would not collapse to the ground.
They both had gags in their mouths and could not make a sound. The terror and fear in their eyes, their bodies shaking and even losing control, showed that as they faced their fast-approaching deaths, their panic had reached its peak.
The loaded guns were aimed at their heads. In their panicked eyes, the three shooters pulled the trigger at the same time.
“Bang, bang, bang!” Three shots.
Three bullets flew toward them at the same time.
Two went into Jiang Yi Cheng. One went into Jiang Yi Zhu.
The bullets hit right between their brows, pierced through their heads, and blood and brain matter burst out, clearly visible.
Their eyes widened, then went still. The guards let go, and their bodies collapsed onto the ground.
The live screen stayed on their limp corpses and their wide, dead eyes for ten seconds. Then the video cut to Chong Ming’s office.
He was wearing full military uniform, sitting in his office chair, calm, powerful and cold as he stared straight into the camera: “Common citizens of Zhenlin the Empire, hello. I am Chong Ming. When it comes to finding traitors and executing traitors, every common citizen of the empire has a duty.”
“Some say this is too bloody. Some say it is cruel. Some say it will frighten our young children of Zhenlin the Empire. I want to say this: mercy to the enemy is cruelty to our own people.”
“In my Zhenlin Empire, whether it is a five-hundred-year-old elder or a five-year-old child, everyone is strong, everyone has blood in their veins. They will not be frightened or knocked down just because they see traitors executed and see traitors’ blood.”
“As common citizens of Zhenlin the Empire, we must always remember the ancestors who died to win us peace. We will never forgive traitors or our enemies!”
Because of Chong Ming’s words, many common citizens in the live broadcast room had tears in their eyes. The empire’s peace and power today had been bought with the blood of countless ancestors.
“Even if a traitor is shot, he should still be nailed to the pillar of shame, let the birds eat his corpse, and never let his bones enter the earth.”
“Commander in Chief Chong Ming is right. Hatred cannot be erased. We cannot forget our enemies just because we have peace and strength now.”
“We must remember our enemies all the time and remind ourselves that blood debt can only be paid with blood. Only by killing all the insectoid race can the hatred between us be washed away.”
“Pa pa pa!”
Asais clapped at Chong Ming, the corners of her mouth lifted in a smile, but her eyes on him were full of the wish to cut him to pieces: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming giving a lesson to his common citizens really opened my eyes.”
The last part of the live broadcast was a pre-recorded video that Chong Ming had made for the people of the empire, but the way it was cut in made it feel like a live face-to-face stream.
Chong Ming ignored Asais’s look, stood up, and straightened his sharp uniform: “Asais, you are really easy to shock. After you go back to the insectoid race, surf the net more when you have free time. Be sure to visit our Zhenlin Empire’s StarNet often.”
Asais snorted: “What is so interesting about climbing over the net to watch? I prefer to stand on your planet and watch.”
Chong Ming raised a brow: “So you mean you want to stay longer in my Zhenlin Empire? Great. I will have someone tell the insectoid queen that Her Crown Princess Heir wants to stay in my Zhenlin Empire for three to five months, or three to five years.”
Asais pushed off the table and stood up: “Thank you for your kind offer, but there is no need to tell my empress mother.”
Chong Ming said regretfully: “It is a pity you will not accept my kindness. I still have other business to handle, so I will not entertain you. Secretary Wen, please escort Her Highness Asais back to her hotel…”
“Wait.” Asais cut him off and reminded him: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming, have you forgotten something important?”
Chong Ming tilted his head as if he were thinking: “I have not forgotten anything important. But thank you for the reminder. I will have my deputy officer check my memo and see if there is anything important missing, then I will tell you.”
“Chong Ming.” Asais was so angry she called him by name: “Do not push your luck. I have already cut off half a star system for you, 380 mining planets and tens of thousands of tons of rare ore. How long do you plan to keep my imperial elder brother locked up?”
Chong Ming’s lips curled a little: “If I remember right, the 380 mining planets you gave me are inside that half star system you claim you cut off for me. Those tens of thousands of tons of rare ore also came from those 380 mining planets.”
“This is like you owe me money. When you repay, you pull out a wad of my own money and tell me it is interest. Do you think that makes sense?”
Asais answered with full confidence: “It makes sense. Why would it not? I saved you from having to send people to mine it.”
“I think of you so much, yet you do not appreciate it and even question me. You really are a male who does not understand romance.”
Chong Ming clicked his tongue: “Before, I only heard that your empress mother was not satisfied with you. Now I am sure. Your empress mother really is not satisfied with you. You do not look like a qualified Crown Princess Heir at all, Your Highness Asais.”
Asais’s pupils shrank: “You…”
Chong Ming’s voice swept over her like a cold gale: “If you want Imperial Prince Aceras to go back, then show your sincerity.”
“Without sincerity, Imperial Prince Aceras will keep staying as a guest in Zhenlin the Empire, and his fiancée, High General Atuya, will not be working for you.”
“Your Highness Asais, among the insectoid race’s top ten high generals, the ones who are willing to serve you are very few. If you still cannot win High General Atuya, tsk, I can hardly imagine whether the other royal female bugs will tear you apart alive when you go back to the insectoid race.”