StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 233 Dangerous Signal

With an order from Augustus, a whole company of Revolutionary Army special tactical units equipped with heavy firepower immediately smashed the uncontrolled Hydra Hydralisk with C-10 shotguns, rifle grenades and rocket launchers.

In an instant, black-red blood, shattered molten steel carapace and limbs were scattered all over the place, and the anatomy table and experiment table nearby were all blown into pieces at the same time.

"Master. What is that?" After seeing the out-of-control Hydra Hydralisk turned into a pool of rotten meat, Arcturus asked the question that everyone present wanted to know.They were all hearing this word for the first time, and it was obvious that this coined phrase had its own special meaning.

"Master, the supreme leader of the Zerg." Augustus did not explain where he learned the word, and the subordinates in the revolutionary army believed that anything Augustus did—even if it was just a single action There are implications, and even if there is no explanation, they will seek other answers from other sources.

"It sounds more like the head wolf of a pack of wolves or the queen bee of a bee pack. Primitive beasts follow the principle of supremacy of strength, and there should be a leader." Arcturus agrees with this statement, but like many people , he still believes that the Zerg is just a special one among the primitive creatures encountered by human beings in the universe, and how can beasts have the same status as intelligent and human beings.

In contrast, savage, cruel and unreasonable creatures like Protoss are alien races worthy of human vigilance.

"If I understand correctly, it means that an insect with psychic powers just now controlled this sad Hydralisk from an unknown distance." At this time, Lei Nuo looked at the prisoner in the scientific research station. Plasma cage holding another Hydralisk.

"Then why is this guy okay?" Renault only thought about the Hydra Hydralisk that was just as quiet as a chicken after being injected with a strong sedative.

"That cage has psychic blocking," Kerrigan said. "The Zerg Overlord can't sense it."

Kerrigan straightened her long red hair, still terrified.The Overlord that Augustus spoke of possessed far more psychic power than she had imagined, and that was just the tip of the iceberg of what it had shown.

"What else did you sense?" Augustus looked at Kerrigan at this moment, with a serious expression on her face that she had never seen before: "Did it notice you?"

"How are you feeling? Do you feel unwell?" He sent out a series of questions.

"Probably not." Kerrigan hesitated. "At that moment, I just felt a stronger psyker push my consciousness out of the Hydralisk's mind."

"I feel good now."

"That matter should not have reached the worst point." Augustus was silent for a while and said, "Don't try to control the Zerg again, unless I order you to do so."

Had the Overmind not been able to successfully read Kerrigan's mind, it would not have known Umoyan's coordinates.But the lessons of history reminded Augustus that Kerrigan was of extraordinary significance to the Overmind, and he had to worry that the arrival of the Swarm in the Koprulu Sector would be brought forward.

It's just that the Zerg will arrive in the Koprulu sector sooner or later. If they arrive a few years earlier because of this incident, the already chaotic Koprulu is likely to become even more chaotic.It's not just the Zerg that will come, but the El Protoss, who is obsessed with burning and purifying all the Zerg, will also come as expected.

For the Revolutionary Army, it is hard to say that it must be a bad thing.To this day, although Augustus has achieved exciting victories on several planets, it is still impossible for the Revolutionary Army's fleet to defeat the huge Federation Navy.

Even in the original Arcturus Mengsk, it was a guerrilla warfare that stayed at the small stage for more than ten years, and the Tyrannian Federation has never been injured.

"Director Bulova, I need you to explain this matter." Augustus felt annoyed for a while when he thought of the sight of the swarm coming to kill people.But the arrival of the Zerg is the trend of the times, they will definitely come, and it is impossible for Augustus to stop it all.

Now Augustus still has to focus on the imminent problem. The accident just now shows that the transformation of the Cerberus swarm is still quite unstable. Whether this problem can be solved will determine whether the project is worth the investment.

Even tens of millions of light-years away, the Overmind can take control of any Zerg in an instant, gaining their senses and sentience, as if the other Zerg were an extension of its will.If this problem cannot be solved, no matter how many Zergs Cerberus plans to transform, he will only make wedding dresses for the Master in the end.

"It was an accident." As early as a few minutes ago, the slick former Cerberus executive manager Brova had already thought up his rhetoric.He is also an excellent biologist himself.

"The Zerg is a race in which a small number of high-level consciousness controls many other low-level members of the race. The high-level Zerg uses psionic power to control a large number of low-intelligence Zerg groups like Zerglings and Hydralisks." He said. .

"We have imagined this possibility, but we did not expect that the high-level consciousness of the Zerg can control the hydralisk at such a long distance. You must know that even light particles have loss and speed when flying in space. But psionic energy Can span great distances and arrive in an instant.”

"Psionics is really a mysterious power. The leader of the zerg controls his pack with psionic power, just like we remotely control drones and missiles."

"Have you thought about how to solve this problem?" Augustus asked with a frown.

"As long as a psionic shielding device is implanted in the mechanical nerve that controls the Zerg, this kind of control can be blocked." Browa said firmly: "I can assure you that there will never be any problems next time."

"I can tolerate your failure in a field that has never been involved, but that does not mean that I can tolerate incompetence." Augustus asked: "How much do you know about the psionic creatures of the Zerg now?"

"The currently known species of zerg psionics is a huge floating creature that uses helium gas bladders to suspend in the air and can reach a maximum length of more than 130 feet (about 40 meters)." Burova temporarily loosened in one breath.

"We found such a description in the investigation report of the Alien researchers of the Tyrann Federation: The creatures that brought nightmares were just like mighty nightmares, they appeared without warning and attacked one after another immigrants in Rhine NO.12 villages and towns. The omens of every attack are eerily similar. Giant floating creatures emerge from the clouds, and alien creatures swarm human settlements from all directions."

"The post-mortem dissection of the captured zerg floating creature proved that its unique brain structure is quite complex, with nerve veins intertwined all over its body. This unique brain structure gives it an incomparable ability to spread or communicate spiritual energy The creature is currently the only known psionic zerg life form, and researchers believe there must be higher levels of psychic life in the zerg population," he explained.

"Our study of some samples of this floating creature also points to another unheard of line of thought, which is that they may not have been a member of the zerg long ago."

"You mean this thing and other Zergs are two different creatures that cannot be compared with each other?" Renault interjected.

"Yes, the Hydra Hydralisk and the Springtail are also completely different creatures. The gene sequences of the Zerg are messy and disorderly. The Hydra Hydralisk alone has the organs and gene sequences of seven or eight different species. There are even genes from organisms in the Koprulu sector in the lineage and subspecies, while the DNA in springtails comes from more different organisms." Brois said.

"That is to say, the Zerg has been absorbing and assimilating other species, absorbing what they consider to be excellent genes. For example, they can attach membranous wings and solid scaly claws to a Koprulu horned lizard, and construct a vicious dragon."

"Then, do the zerg have human genes? After all, they have also been in contact with humans." Arcturus's curiosity that had been dormant for many years was aroused again.

"This has not happened to the zerg samples we have come into contact with now." Brovar replied.

"Maybe they simply don't like human genes, because we are so good." Renault shrugged, not realizing that what he said casually might be closer to the truth.

"What a monster. I can't believe how the people of the fringe colonies can handle this creature," he lamented.

"We are still in the initial stage of research on Zerg. Be careful of these monsters, their intelligence may be far beyond our imagination." Augustus suddenly waved his hand, summoned Corporal Faraday who was dealing with the mess, and told him I was about to leave here.

Everyone else could sense that Augustus wasn't very satisfied, and of course, no one would be happy after a Hydralisk smashed expensive experimental equipment to pieces.

"By the way. I heard that you also captured a Protoss." Arcturus wasn't about to leave just yet.He just sees the Protoss as a beast in a cage, and has a terrific aversion to other alien races.

"Yes, that's the Tadarin protoss we captured in Baishere. I remember he was placed here." Augustus was about to leave, but he stopped when he heard Arcturus's words.

"Are you going to see him?"

"This is one of the reasons why I returned to Umoyan." Arcturus's cold gray eyes flickered with a gloomy look: "A mining team under me disappeared in a distant world, and several The rescue team that went to look for them has never heard from them."

"I suspect the Tal'darin protoss did it," he said.

"I don't have an army in my hands, so I dare not go deep alone."

"It may not be that the Tadarin Protoss did it." Augustus shook his head: "As far as I know, the Tadarin Protoss is just a branch of the Protoss race."

"What's the name of that lost world?" Augustus asked Arcturus on the way to other areas of the scientific research station.

"The original number is N-212, which is the 212th galaxy we have arrived at since we departed from Umoyan. It is located in the Sigma Quadrant." Arcturus replied.

"Maybe the Tadarin protoss will know the name of that planet." Augustus had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart when he heard the word Sigma Quadrant.But even so, he quickened his pace and Arcturus walked through the corridors of the scientific research station to find the Tal'darin protoss, leaving Brova and his men to clean up the mess.

On the way, Arcturus talked about some of his encounters in exploring the world outside the Koprulu sector.

Most of them are adventures looking for rare Ardion crystal veins and high-energy gas resources. Some of the refreshing things encountered are just encountering a few groups of pirates, and occasionally digging up a certain planet on a certain planet. An extinct prehistoric fossil.

"I brought back some gifts for Valerian. He likes aliens and digging fossils." Arcturus rarely showed gentle emotions, but in the eyes of outsiders, he always had a hard time educating himself son.

Mentioning his son, Arcturus looked at Jim Raynor next to him, because he heard that his wife had just given birth to a child with spiritual potential not long ago.

"Jim, what's the result of John's psychic test?"

"The preliminary test is level 8, and it may be even higher." Renault was taken aback: "To be honest, I would rather John is just an ordinary person."

"John is just a baby after all. Valerian is just like you before, yearning for the stars and the unknown." Augustus nodded and said: "When you grow up, Arcturus, you don't care These things. Maybe Valerian is more suitable to be an archaeologist."

"Impossible." Arcturus suddenly became unhappy: "How can people from the Mengsk family become archaeologists?"

"No. I will grow old one day, and I must have an heir to take over my career." The tone of his refusal was exactly the same as when Angus refused him to join the army.

In the end, Arcturus gradually became the man he had hated in his youth—a man who, with the authority of the patriarch, charted the course of his children's future.

"It seems that you don't understand anything, my brother." Augustus shook his head and said.

"Archaeology is the most promising profession in Interstellar." He said with a smile.As far as humanity is concerned, the greatest legacy has always been in the solar system.

"." Arcturus was stunned and speechless: "The cultural relics have no value unless they can be used in shells and battleships."

"You did not teach Valerian that you wanted him to become an archaeologist. Thanks to you, with Julianna's gentle education, Valerian will only become a romantic poet instead of an archaeologist." A Mengsk."

"I just taught him to be strong," Augustus said.

"Valerian is already ten years old." At this moment, Augustus suddenly wanted to say something nice for his poor little nephew: "We can't let him wear skirts anymore."

"I almost forgot about it," Arcturus said. "But you were still wearing skirts until you were 16, and you often dressed like a girl."

"Don't mention it." Augustus shrugged, not escaping from reality: "I just feel comfortable wearing a skirt. For this matter, you who have been encouraging me are at least one third of the responsibility... At that time you Always laughing, never stopping."

(End of this chapter)