For Falena, there was nothing more intuitive than becoming a member of the Bug Swarm to understand the process of being "Infected."
It was completely different from what she had imagined.
She had assumed her consciousness would fall into chaos or vanish completely, becoming a walking corpse dominated by the Queen's Nest, but after the assimilation process was complete, she found that her memory and consciousness remained intact. She still possessed the ability to think independently, the only difference was the appearance of a device similar to a communicator in her mind.
She could hear voices from the Queen's Nest and between different individuals.
At the moment, the voice in her mind was summoning her, urging her to return to the Queen's Nest.
This piqued Falena's curiosity; as a researcher, she was also eager to see the true face of the Queen's Nest.
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"The Shadow Guards have grown stronger."