The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2106: The Swarm Released

2107: Release the Swarm

"The so-called essence is just a term used by Abathur and his fellow insects." Shirley Birkin said calmly as she looked at Tang Xiao in the holographic projection, "From the perspective of us humans, the essence is the unique gene pool, genetic information, evolutionary direction, etc. of the insect swarm."

"The way the Zerg develop is completely different from ours. To develop, humans need more factories, more agriculture, more research institutes, and upstream and downstream industries to match them. But the Zerg only need food. However, there is one thing that both sides need, and that is information. The information that humans need is how to build more sophisticated and larger factories, while the information that the Zerg need is how to evolve into stronger individuals."

"Therefore, the completely different development needs of both sides make it impossible for the Zerg to coexist with humans. Because for humans, those bugs are useless, but for the Zerg, all living things are their food - including humans." Shirley Birkin continued.

She pulled up another star map and said, "So, what you just said about 'keeping things in captivity' is not feasible for the Zerg. Abathur is right about one thing. Those who stay at home and build food nests, grow food, and then try to survive for a long time are not Zerg. At best, they are just smarter insects, such as leaf-cutter ants. The Zerg are always in a contradiction between 'useful' and 'harmless'."

"So what's your conclusion?" Tang Xiao said gloomily.

"You can't lock up the Zerg. The Kilik Swarm was the super overlord that dominated the Milky Way 100,000 years ago. I believe that their power at that time was even much stronger than the current Galactic Empire. Don't think that the Kilik Swarm has degenerated to the point where it is not much different from ordinary insects, but the power engraved deep in their genes may be far beyond our imagination. And you even sent evolution experts like Abathur over there." Shirley Birkin said, "Therefore, the key to your coming to me now is not whether the Toget Swarm can be used now, but how the future will end when you use them."

Tang Xiao was silent for a while, then slowly said: "After the Toget mother nest gradually grew stronger, it also began to learn some information. There is a kind of induction between the Killik insect swarms that we cannot understand... This thing may be the Force, but it is completely different from the Force we usually come into contact with. It may be the Killik insect swarm's unique way of using the Force. The induction between their tribes transcends the boundaries of time and space, and the place I am most worried about is the Killik Colony Worlds."

He raised his hand and tapped on the star map, marking out an approximate range. This was not a large star region, and the planet Cobb, which the Toget tribe had just conquered, was on the edge of this star region.

"The Toget tribe doesn't know what's inside the Kilik core nest, nor does it know how many galaxies are inside. It just told us that it can sense more powerful tribes and more and richer essences inside. And Abathur also believes that as long as the Toget tribe can conquer the Kilik core nest, the Toget tribe will grow into a powerful existence that is no less powerful than the Geth even at this stage." Tang Xiao said.

"I don't think you'll satisfy them, will you?" Shirley Birkin smiled.

"I don't want to wait any longer... The Protoss have already found several galaxies controlled by the Grisk Hegemony. I will start sending Zerg swarms into these galaxies. I will command this process personally." Tang Xiao's tone was extremely cold. With these words, he directly sentenced tens of billions of people to death!

Shirley Birkin nodded and said slowly, "My Lord, you should know that even the most advanced BOW biological weapon of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, or even the ultimate biological weapon that remains in the imagination, is just a poor imitation of the Zerg. Biotechnology is an existence that can be completely comparable to our current mechanical technology in every aspect... and releasing the Killik swarm may bring serious consequences. Compared to the Zerg, the Holy Advent sect you arranged may be the best answer to unify those controlled planets."

"You don't need to remind me like this!" Tang Xiao waved his hand impatiently. "The Holy Advent Cult can just let them slowly deal with the Kingdom of Light Kilgi! Their current strength is not enough to fight against the Grisk Hegemony. I don't want to wait for the Toget Swarm to grow! As long as the Swarm starts to attack, the Grisk Hegemony will soon realize that their original ruling system that relies on mind control is simply vulnerable to the Swarm! At that time, they will naturally send out more powerful forces to fight."

Shirley Birkin looked at Tang Xiao, nodded, and said, "Here, I wish you good luck in military affairs, Your Excellency."

After turning off the communication, Tang Xiao stood there with a gloomy expression and cold eyes.

He sent some samples of the Toget colony to Shirley Birkin for research, hoping to find another way to control the Kilik swarm, but the feedback he got from Shirley Birkin was rather negative.

It seems unlikely to find the best solution in a short period of time. Or maybe there is no best of both worlds in this world.

Just like the Force, you want the quick development and strength of the dark side of the Force, and you also want the stability and peace of the light side of the Force. This is a paradox in itself, an unrealistic fantasy.

However, even though there were still some doubts about putting the Toget swarm into use immediately, Tang Xiao could not wait any longer.

He must immediately launch an attack on the core star region of the Grisk Hegemony. Although there is no way to find where their core star region is now, the two Dark Templars, Aura-Khan and Sora-A, gave a rough direction before losing contact.

The attack must be as soon as possible! In his recent meditation, Tang Xiao also understood that his recent nightmare and the moment of trance when he killed Jixtus were the result of an extremely powerful existence establishing a connection with him through Jixtus.

This problem must be solved thoroughly! Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!

If this being can establish a connection with him in this way, then there is no guarantee that it will not establish a connection with others. Maybe he himself is not afraid because of his powerful strength, but others may have been controlled!

Currently, the Principality of Dawn has caused two major troubles in the unknown star field. Mnggal-Mnggal is mainly more harmful to civilians, but for Tang Xiao, the top priority is always the Grisk hegemony with weird mind control.

Moreover, the loss of contact with the two Dark Templars is also a very dangerous signal, which is why Tang Xiao must act immediately.

He walked out of the office and went to the research facility on the spacecraft, where Rosales, a high-ranking Templar of the Xilak tribe, was conducting his research. Sensing Tang Xiao's arrival, Rosales put down his work and spoke softly in Tang Xiao's mind, "Sir, I have some new insights into the research on the Agabu people."

Tang Xiao nodded and let him continue.

"These are the captured Agabu people from a planet captured by High Templar Lasdian two weeks ago. There were a total of five Grisks on that planet, and just as we learned before, there were many Agabu people serving these Grisks. A total of 70 Agabu captives or corpses were found on that planet," said Rosales.

Rosales pointed to the Agabu people imprisoned in cages on the other side. There were more than a dozen of them. They were short in stature with very long fingers, and they were chattering in an unknown language.

"They are begging for mercy and hope that we can let them go," Rosales added.

"So, the Grisk people carried out mind control with the assistance of the Agbu people. How did they do it?" Tang Xiao asked.

“We used to think of it as a spiritual force where we came together as one and strengthened each other, but now I’m finding that it’s more of a social process,” Rosales said.

"Social process?" Tang Xiao frowned.

Rosales nodded and said, "The Agabu have telepathic powers, but strictly speaking, their powers are not strong. Compared with the telepathy of the Protoss, they are completely two levels. But at the same time, the Agabu are also a very sensitive race. This sensitivity means that they are very sensitive to emotions. They may be chatting and laughing in the last second, and they will be extremely angry in the next second because of a small emotion."

"That's why the Agabu people are so dependent on telepathy. When they communicate with others, if they don't use telepathy, it's like a drug addict not taking spice." Rosales gave a very appropriate example, "And the Grisk people took advantage of this after discovering the Agabu people."

"They first use their power to forcibly control some target races, allowing them to quietly enter the society of this race. Then they let the Agbu people start to contact some individuals of this race. The Agbu people are very eager for telepathy, and they will continue to dig deeper. This process is similar to the spread of a virus. Because although the Agbu people's telepathy can only be carried out by contacting the target, they can understand the mind of the target's social relationship through contact with the target."

"Because of this characteristic, the Agbu people can often grasp a large amount of information within a few months to a year. Then the Grisk people will use their spiritual power to extract the information obtained by the Agbu people and conduct extensive analysis. Eventually, the Grisk people will obtain the weaknesses of the target race. The so-called weaknesses are the things that this race is most anxious about. For example, general anxieties such as population expansion, civil war, resource scarcity, and large-scale unemployment. Then, they will start with this anxiety and use their own power to strengthen this anxiety on a large scale."

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "In other words, the Grisks are expanding the scope of their mind control power by reducing the power input to a single entity. They are not seeking control, but are only further deepening the anxiety of this race?"

Rosales said, "That's it. Such a result will cause widespread anxiety and even mania on the planet where this race lives. Eventually, the psychological defenses of this race will collapse...such as widespread anxiety, depression, mania, pessimism, and even riots. The specific manifestations are doomsday theories, suicide trends, civil wars, etc. Then, the Grisks can take advantage of the situation and complete their control through these collapsed minds. It takes about two to three years for them to completely control a planet..."

Tang Xiao sneered, "So this is completely different from the so-called legendary race and demigods they boast about. It's just an effective use of mind control."

"But as we said before, if a large number of Grisk people get together and can establish a telepathic network similar to the Way of Khala that our Protoss once had, then some very terrifying beings may be born. Perhaps such a being is the one who wants to influence you." Rosales said.

"Well, in that case, I think we have a goal." Tang Xiao said.

"The home planet of the Agabu people? Unfortunately, the Agabu people themselves don't know where their home planet is. The coordinates of the Agabu people's home planet is still one of the top secrets of the Grisk Hegemony. I think it may be because their home planet is not far from the home planet of the Grisk Hegemony." Rosales said.

"It doesn't matter. We need to set off now and start attacking in the direction pointed out by the Dark Templar!" Tang Xiao looked at the imprisoned Agabu people, grinned and said, "Tell them that no matter what method they use, they must find their home planet. Before finding their home planet, I will seal them up with clothes made of insulating materials so that they will never be able to use telepathy."

"Have you finally decided to use the Zerg?" Rosales was very worried. "This will mean that there will be no living people left on those planets."

"When a planet needs to be purified, what choice will the star spirit make?" Tang Xiao asked back coldly.

"..." Rosales was silent for a long time before he said, "I hope your decision will not bring disaster to this galaxy."

"Go tell Lasdian to come and join us. The decisive battle to resolve Grisk's hegemony begins now!" Tang Xiao said viciously.

Rosales looked out the porthole at the starry sky and saw that hundreds of cargo ships had already arrived at this place and were gathering, and the number was still increasing. These cargo ships had some living biological matter growing on them to a greater or lesser extent, and they kept wriggling, which was terrifying to watch.

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