Loneliness, darkness.
This is the only scene in front of Ilu. She seems to be locked in a container similar to a culture chamber, surrounded by a slippery unknown liquid.
"This..."
Pinching her cheeks and realizing that this might not be a dream, the girl couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
She only remembered picking up her phone at around two o'clock in the morning and playing a simulated universe. After that, she couldn't remember clearly.
Could it be that I have transmigrated?
No, no, no, that's a bit too far-fetched...
"It must be because I stayed up too late last night that I had such a dream."
She comforted herself in her heart: "In this case, I usually just continue to sleep."
Just as Ilu was about to close her eyes and continue to sleep, the darkness around her suddenly faded, and a real-life CG picture, similar to a movie trailer, appeared in front of her eyes, accompanied by a strange female narration that sounded in her ears.
"Glamoth, the Sky Empire, our home."
As her voice fell, a silver-white planet came into view. People shuttled through the steel-cast city, talking and laughing, while countless steel fleets were displayed in the orbit of this planet. It was a huge empire in its heyday.
"Glamoth?"
The girl blinked in confusion.
This name seemed a little familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
"Bringing the fruits of civilization to all the wild borders is the wish of Her Majesty the Queen."
"However, the dark Swarm Disaster that came from nowhere destroyed everything—"
The narration continued, and the scene in front of Ilu changed.
From the other side of the sky, the swarm of insects came in an endless stream.
Although the army of the Iron Empire fought bravely, they fell one after another. Since then, all the colonies of the empire have been lost, and the proud iron fleet has fallen as well. Under the siege of the swarm of insects with compound eyes and elytra, the cries of the people of Glamoth were drowned in despair, and the sky shattered from then on.
"Isn't this... the Swarm Disaster of the Simulated universe?"
Seeing the scene in front of her, Ilu's eyes widened.
What the hell?
It was not until this moment that she realized where she had traveled to.
No, let me go back, I don't want to fight insects!
The girl couldn't help but cry out in her heart. At the same time, the narration in her mind continued—
"Hehe, does it look familiar?"
"At this moment, such a scene is happening throughout the Glamoth galaxy."
"And you may be the next one."
"Unless you make the most important decision in your life and prove to yourself that you have the strength and courage to face the Sting—"
"Warriors born for the Queen, pick up the elytra shapeshifter and become a member of the Glamoth Iron Cavalry. Under the command of the supreme Majesty Titania, all the swarms that invade the empire will be wiped out."
As the narration concluded, the picture that Ilu saw changed again. Just when the Glamoth Empire was in a life-and-death situation, countless silver-white knights wearing mechanical armor fell from the sky and wiped out the Sting that covered the sky.
The images complemented each other, and the tragic and cruel scenes, coupled with the ethereal narration, made her feel immersed in it and unable to extricate herself.
Until the nutrient solution in the culture chamber was completely drained and the hatch slowly opened, Ilu came back to her senses.
Wait a minute...
Why do others either start their game in the Astral Express, wait in the Xianzhou or Herta Space Station behind, or at least in Belobog, but I have become part of Glamoth during the Swarm Disaster period?
Let alone which scenario is more dangerous, this damn timeline is wrong!
"Woo!"
The girl was about to get up and leave the incubator, but she was unfamiliar with this new body.
As soon as she stepped out of the incubator, she lost her balance and fell to the ground. This fall made her see stars, and it took her a long time to get up.
Through the reflective ground, Ilu could clearly see her current appearance.
The girl reflected in the surface had a pair of eyes as gorgeous as fireflies. The silver-gray long hair that fell down while she was bending her head swayed gently beside her face. The delicate face under the shadow was slightly pale. She looked very similar to Firefly, as if they were carved from the same mold.
But this is normal. After all, the pilots of the Glamoth Iron Cavalry are cloned from Queen Titania. If their appearance is not similar, that would be a problem.
The only flaw is her current height. If Firefly is 1.7 meters tall and can look down on other women, then she is only 1.5 meters tall. For some reason, her height has severely shrunk, as if the Empire cut corners when making her.
"Tsk."
Thinking of this, Ilu's face grew darker.
Damn, I am still a half-finished product?!
"New warrior, please come here—"
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded in her mind again. It was the narration that had told her the history of the Glamoth Empire before, and it was also the supreme existence suspected to be Queen Titania of Glamoth.
In order not to show any abnormality in front of the Queen, and to avoid being discarded as a defective product, Ilu pretended that nothing had happened and walked naked to the position indicated by the Queen.
On the table was a two-meter-long azure sniper rifle and a blue elytra transformer that could just fit in her palm.
"This is the cavalry transformation sheath of the Snow Fyrefly-V Strategic Stealth Mech (S·S·M) newly developed by the Empire. Unlike the Strategic Assault Mech (S·A·M) of the Firefly model that focuses on firepower output, it can release pheromones similar to those of the Swarm, allowing you to hide from the Sting below the level of the Emanator and go deep into the back of The Swarm nest."
Ilu: "?"
Hey, why do you emphasize that I have to go deep into the back of The Swarm nest?
Aren't Glamoth's cavalry good at fighting the Swarm head-on?
"As for this sniper rifle named [Severance], the bullets it fires are enough to freeze a star system. This is a secret weapon specially built by the Empire for the Snow Fyrefly Armor. We hope you can use this bullet to freeze a newborn Swarm King, which is now dormant inside a star system..."
"Ah?"
Ilu stood there with a dull look on her face.
As for what Queen Glamoth said in front of her, "The Empire will not forget your contribution, and the Empire will always remember you," she could no longer hear it.
There was only one thing in her mind—ah? I fight the Propagation Emanator, is it true
No, sister, I was just born!
The outrageousness of this matter is no less than that of a level 1 hero receiving a task to defeat a level 100 demon king in the tutorial village. The main point is an abstraction.
People who don't know her would think she is the Emanator of some Aeon...
The Sting that can be called the Swarm King can basically be determined to be the Emanator of the Propagation Aeon Tayzzyronth.
If an unknown person like her goes, isn't it a gift of a high-quality seedling bed for free?
"Killing The Propagation, this is our mission; you... don't you want to go?"
Seeing that Ilu had no intention of picking up the Iron Cavalry Transformation Sheath, the Queen's tone gradually became cold, and she turned into a ruthless repeater, constantly urging her to transform quickly.
"Okay, okay, I really admire you; can't I go?
Irritated by the Queen's voice, Ilu was impatient and picked up the Iron Cavalry Transformation Sheath on the table, starting her first mecha combination neatly.
I will burn the sea...
Oh no, she seems to be an ice type.
Then—freeze the sea!
"Henshin~"
As Ilu's voice fell, the translucent elytra in her hand emerged with an ice-blue glow and quickly enveloped her whole body.
The originally fragile silver-haired girl transformed into a silver-white mecha knight in the next second.
Except for the visor and chest, which were azure blue, emitting icy cold air and causing the water molecules in the surrounding air to condense together and turn into white snowflakes that fell to the ground.