Chapter 65: The Queen Beneath the Laser, or: A Surprise So Hard It Needed a Teleporter

Chapter 65: The Queen Beneath the Laser, or: A Surprise So Hard It Needed a Teleporter

The void swimmer landed with its signature silence—that paradoxical hush that only Hive-grown vessels could achieve. As its rear blossom unfurled, I instinctively placed myself between Kimchi and the open world beyond, a reflex I didn't question. She could annihilate armies with a sneeze, yes, but instinct isn't logic—it's protection. And right now, we stood beside four god-fucking-murdering towers that had just caught a planet-scale psionic laser to the groin.

Kimchi had sworn it was fine.

I trusted Kimchi.

But fuck me sideways—that was a lot of energy.