StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 563 Primordial Mother
"Enter the combat distance. Norad is about to contact the enemy ship." Lieutenant Colonel Scott didn't care whether a super monster as big as a battleship should be commensurate with an enemy ship, but just scanned the data sent back by the sensor with the rigor of a soldier.

The bridge was brightly lit, and the marshal's staff officers in blue and black thick woolen coats were running around, and every crew member in front of the console was staring at the information on the screen.At this time, no one should be distracted in the slightest.

Outside the porthole shaped by nanomaterials is the rising energy shield force field, and the bloody remains of the original swarm are scattered in the sky full of artillery fire.There was silence on the bridge, only the trampling and knocking of military boots, and the sound of a single person could immediately attract enough attention.

"Bearing angle 140, speed 170 knots. This guy is 3/4 mile long, with a head covered in heavy bone plates and armor." He reported to Marshal Duke:

"The tactical analysis shows that it has a very high probability of choosing to attack our ship with a hammer-shaped bony shield on its head."

The original Zerg was shaped like a Tyrador narwhal with a slender body, but it was much larger in size, and it also had multiple pairs of huge paddle-shaped fins and strong claws, similar to of some sort of monstrous lizard.

This group of original zerg that devoured the space genes that dominate the swarm is very different from their past form on the land of Zerus, and transformed into the top predators in space at an extremely astonishing evolutionary speed.

Survive, adapt, evolve.

Essentially, the original Zerg that stepped into space still retains the characteristics of the original Zerg, such as the ancient fangs that have been passed down to this day.

The original zerg were originally a group of wonderful little dinosaurs who spent their days running around in the hot and humid tropical jungles between the volcanoes of Zerus. Now they have become some kind of space dinosaurs.

"It's very similar to the attack method that Jim's wild dog would choose. He is as brainless as the current bastard." Duke squinted his triangular eyes, like a snake spitting out a letter.

"Fire, whatever method you use, to kill it. It's not worth your fuss, the real main force of the zerg is still behind." He said: "The whole fleet is free to fire."

Duke's order was quickly passed on to the commander of the squadron, the captains of the warships, the naval gun commander and the fire control system. The Swordfish, the King Power and the Korha Monarch in the same direction as the Norad III all turned their bows. Each gun group pointed at the original Zerg that was rushing towards its flagship.

After a staggering broadside salvo, bright orange light pierced through the dark space, blasting deep and visible bone wounds on the primitive zerg.But how ferocious a monster can grow to such a size, such pain is not enough to frustrate it.

The ferocious monster had never seen the iron giants of Tyranid humans, and it might still wonder how such a weak, fragile creature could have evolved into what it is now.

But it will figure it out soon, just wait until it devours those iron-gray steel giant ships, and it will grow eyes that can shoot laser light like the other party.

perhaps.

The main gun of the King Power fired, and then the bow of another battlecruiser also burst into extremely bright flames. Even standing on the bridge of the Norad III, one can see this shocking scene. scene.

The primordial zerg suffered a fatal blow to the head from the Yamato cannon, nearly ripping off the skull, and another laser-compressed nuke beam knocked off its skull.

"It's dead." When Scott said, more primordial zergs followed closely behind him, and they devoured the flesh and blood of the giant beast hungrily regardless of the dense rows of fire from the Imperial Fleet's muzzle.

It can be seen that these little monsters, which may not be much bigger than a glider, just swallowed the flesh and blood of a similar one, and their bodies swelled in a circle.Primal zerg have no aversion to eating their own kind, which is what they have been doing since their inception.

A number of Valkyrie frigates fired immediately, each missile pod rotated to lock on to the target, and rows of rockets roared out, causing a lot of damage to the dense primitive swarm, so that they moved forward with each other Had to keep enough distance.

Thousands of Ice Dragon fighters and Viking fighters lifted off from the cabin of the Mammoth-class transport carrier. These powerful fighters are still insignificant in front of real battlecruisers, but they are fully capable of serving as battleships for capital ships. Provide adequate support.

As more and more primordial zerg were blasted to pieces by the firepower of the Imperial fleet, a vast area of ​​the Bracken system was covered with flesh and blood.

But the range advantage of the Imperial battlecruisers went so far, and the Primal Zerg didn't just have fangs and claws, they were quick to strike back.Primal Corruption flies can breathe highly caustic acid, while other Primal Zerg breathe strong acid spores, concentrated bile, specialized bony bristles and even ionized red flames, like the breath of a dragon.

With only pressurized nozzles and amazing muscles, the acid and spikes they spray can be accelerated to unimaginable speeds, which are enough to compete with human laser artillery in terms of power and speed.

Despite heavy casualties before, the primordial zerg's counterattack caused trouble for the Imperial fleet.

The battlecruisers at the forefront of the fleet had to raise their shields to resist the long-range attacks of the original Zerg, but the attached small and medium ships were difficult to parry.Many small boats performing reconnaissance missions were unfortunately hit, and immediately turned into a bright flame.Some pilots did not have time to eject out of the cabin, and they became the first victims of the Bracken naval battle.

Duke immediately ordered the fleet to adjust its formation and expand the shield field, which was quickly carried out.

During the guild war, capital ships only relied on solid armor to resist attacks, but now the well-developed shield force field can give the Minotaur-class warships an advantage.

"Vulnerable." Duke stood on the bridge and looked out of the porthole, but his gaze seemed to be farther away.He is ruthless and will never be swayed by the destruction of a few ships.

Duke is well aware of the significance of this battle. If even a person like him cannot lead the fleet to repel the swarm, then he believes that there will be no second one in this great empire.

This was indeed the case. The Imperial fleet only used six rounds of salvo to severely damage the invaders who broke into the Bracken galaxy, and gave the arrogant swarm a blow.

But from the beginning to the end, the original Zerg did not back down. Although they had independent consciousness, they were not very intelligent, and they attacked entirely by fighting instinct.

The original zerg were indeed not united enough, even on the battlefield, they would fight the leader of the tribe every chance they had.

"A new wormhole appeared on 484, and its diameter is enough for forty Minotaur-class battlecruisers to pass side by side." Scott said:
"This is the biggest wormhole, and the visitors are not good."

The original swarm learned the ability to open wormholes from the master swarm, but unless they knew the clear coordinates, they couldn't jump directly to the hinterland of the empire.Therefore, the original Zerg could only move forward like a torrent, which gave the imperial fleet a chance to stop it.

"I'd like to see what that is," Duke said. "Upload the radar scan to the main screen."

"Uploading," Scott said.

On the main screen of Norad III, an incomparable monster is emerging from the wormhole.It was a primitive zerg with an unusually large body. In the green image reconstructed by the three-dimensional holographic projection, it was shaped like a giant tree with a mushroom-like umbrella-like empowerment.

For some reason, Scott thought of a giant, green broccoli with legs, and gave his sense of humor a small nod.

"Slivan, the mother of the swarm, we got the name of this original swarm leader from the mouth of the dark patriarch Azma." Scott said to Duke:
"When Azma was walking through the jungle of Zerus, he noticed this terrifying creature. In the beginning, Slivan, the mother of the swarm, was far from being as huge as she is now, and she did not have the ability to open wormholes. .But at that time, Slifan already possessed considerable wisdom and was able to strengthen the strength of his own group by constantly incubating primitive diggers."

"Until Slivan met Sas, the lord of the Gam swarm under Juggernaut, Slifan fought with Sas's swarm in the Eternal Scar of Zerus for four years. During the period, it even ate Cerebrate Sass once, until the Jormungandr swarm joins the fray and is crushed back."

"Cerebrate Sass? It's still alive." Duke is also a general who has experienced previous wars and knows the reputation of Cerebral Sass.

This cunning and murderous cerebrate is very famous. It was the first cerebrate killed by Emperor Augustus and resurrected from the dead.

"It's still alive, and it can be constantly resurrected by the new master." Scott said: "According to the Ian crystal record given to us by the head of Azma, only the brain worm Sass was eaten by the original Zerg, But it was eaten four times."

"The headmaster speculates that this brain worm may have liked the feeling of being eaten, so he chose to be caught on purpose."

"." Duke didn't let out a single laugh at this weird Nerazim joke, he didn't care about it.

Cerebral worms can be resurrected by the Overmind, and they are almost immortal.

"Is there any other useful information?" Marshal asked.

"Nearly all the powerful primordial Zerg chiefs are able to hatch their own packs, but they all add up to nothing compared to Slivan," Scott said:
"Slivan can spit deadly acid. Because of its huge size, it looks like a moving mountain. When the acid falls, it becomes a deadly rainstorm. The most terrifying thing is the ovipositor in its body, which can produce several With tens of millions of eggs, these eggs can instantly become terrifying primordial zerg."

"Do you want to overwhelm us with numbers?" Duke smiled. "There is only one way to deal with bugs, which is to burn them with fire, or to flood them with water. Of course, this has to be counted as two ways."

"Marshal, Slivan is using psychic energy to send us a message."

"Everything changes and everything perishes. Nothing in the world is eternal. Everything is flowing. All things change with the changes of nature. The times are constantly changing."

In the translation device of the Norad III, this became a line of the ancient Earth poet Ovid.

It's a slightly shrill male voice.

"What is it talking about?" Duke is not illiterate, he just doesn't like to write.

"Can it understand what I'm talking about?"

"Of course." Scott is aware of his old chief's temper. No matter what, Duke has never lost: "But scolding him won't help."

"Tell it, this is the Tyranid Empire." Duke said, "Either get out now, or we'll just kick its ass like this."

"When you are strong, you are strong, children, for Zerus!" Slivan responded with a loud and clear spiritual scream, and anyone who heard it could not help but feel lingering fear.

Slivan's original swarm quickly attacked through multiple wormholes that were gradually forming, and their number exceeded 500 million in an instant.At the same time, tens of thousands of ferocious monsters appeared from Slifan's back every second.

Among them, the largest number of primitive Zerg is similar to some kind of giant locust, with a large amount of acid accumulated in its bloated abdomen, and there are also a large number of primitive flying snakes.

These primitive flying snakes are mainly evolved from the primitive allosaurus that absorbed the genes of scorpions. Their role on the battlefield is similar to that of scorpions, and they can control the battlefield with poisonous clouds that confuse their vision.

Primitive flying snakes can also use a nasal tube made of soft ruminant intestines to drag enemies toward them, like a frog that ingests insects with its tongue.

A large number of primitive zerg flew over the edge of the Bracken galaxy and attacked the Imperial fleet, using all the attack methods available to attack.

The situation was immediately reversed, and the newly emerged primitive zerg was not only more numerous, but also stronger and faster, even able to avoid the high-speed shooting of the battle cruiser artillery fire, and advance in the gorgeous flames.

A battlecruiser named Empire Glory was attacked intensively. A large number of primitive locusts penetrated the energy shield of the battleship, and the violent explosion shook the huge sampan of the battleship.

The explosion in the middle of the ship was the most violent, almost tearing the battleship apart. Painful screams and flames filled the entire cabin, and a large number of fragments scattered in the universe.Primal zerg swarmed into the battleship and began devouring human remains.Even primordial flying snakes scoured the wreckage of battleships with their nose tubes.

It was the feast of the primordial zerg, the desperate end of the human warriors.

The Imperial Glory's sister ship attempted to come to the rescue, but was immediately and violently attacked.An Augustegler's Pride-class battlecruiser, the Red Queen, jumped around the Glory of the Empire, using a scorching electromagnetic force field to burn up the primordial zerg attached to the battleship.

The fate of the Imperial Glory only caused Duke to divert his gaze, and he immediately pointed to Slivan on the radar scan map.

"Course 340 degrees, the entire fleet follows the flagship Norad III and maneuvers." Duke had already had a plan in mind:
"All warships warm up their main guns, follow my instructions and prepare to fire."

It was obvious that even Duke could figure out that in the primitive swarm of the tribal system, the leader was the brains and heart.Just kill the boss and the Primal Zerg will instantly fall apart.

(End of this chapter)