StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

"They forced us to do this."

Arcturus Mengsk said amidst the flashing sparks and hissing electricity at the bridge console of the Hyperion: "These bugs will feast on the enemy, and the people of Earth must pay the price for their aggression. .”

"Tear the flesh off their bodies! Bite them hard!"

At this time, Augustus, the amiable brother, hammered the star chart table with one hand, his dark gray eyes shining brightly.

Arcturus is not the direct person in charge of the Revolutionary Army's Cerberus plan, but he has always been an advocate and participant in the plan. Controlling zerg to replace human soldiers is great, but the mere fact that it can significantly reduce the casualties of revolutionary soldiers is enough for Augustus to let go of his prejudices.

"α, I hope your ability to dominate the insect swarm has not deteriorated." Augustus said to the brainworm whose whole body was glowing with dazzling light due to its display of spiritual power.

As a brainworm domesticated by the Revolutionary Army, apart from clocking in at work and cooperating with alien biologists to conduct experiments related to the main hive mind, Alphaworm spends every day after get off work lying on the fungus blanket, watching TV, drinking Coke and eating potato chips.

This is a young brainworm that was born less than a year ago. In terms of qualifications and experience, it is certainly not comparable to the overlord of the insect swarm like Dagos. It's obviously easier to control, but by no means powerful in Cerebrates.

"This will not be more difficult than when I open two thousand trumpets at the same time in the Federal Battle Flag community to fight against those humans (Battle Flag, a derivative online community of magazines published by the Federal Marine Corps)." Brainworm α demonstrates its role as a The confidence of the Lord of the Insect Swarm.

Like the Overmind, Cerebrates are able to multi-task when commanding millions of Zerg, controlling different swarms at the same time. The reason why the queens, who are also high-level zerg, do not have an entire clan like the cerebral worms, is because their duties have been specialized in guarding the nest and breeding the colony.

Each Revolutionary Army spaceship contains the Kedarin crystal communicator that Augustus borrowed from Artanis, so the captains immediately carried out the marshal's order - of course these devices are only on loan, Protoss Empire also does not support Forex trading.

Outside the porthole of the Hyperion, as soon as the fleet crewmen manually pried open the ship's hatch, a large number of lined-up alien dragons spread their wings and took off from more than a hundred transport ships (flying dragons fly by exhaust holes, and flapping their wings is instinctive. ), approaching the UED fleet from all directions like a swarm of bats, followed by blasting mosquitoes and larger insect devourers.

Some of the Zerg's bodies also have mechanical exoskeleton modifications, including mechanical eyes as big as car lights and rocket boosters, which obviously come from the scientific research results of the Cerberus Project. However, these are mostly flashy designs with little effect.

In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of Zerg took off from the cargo bay of the Revolutionary Fleet. Even though this is just as tiny as stardust compared to the real insect swarm, it still covers the sky and closes the sun.

"The swarm is thirsty for blood." Strictly speaking, the brainworm α is a cold-blooded monster. It will not show any mercy or hesitation before killing. Under the control of the Cerebrates, thousands of Zerg warriors advanced under the gunfire of the UED fleet, tearing apart every ship and enemy they encountered.

"The swarm is boiling and we are taking over the world."

The UED fleet that was attacking the Revolutionary Army was obviously caught off guard. Neither the captain nor the crew were ready to fight the Zerg, but that didn't mean they would back down.

The UED fleet is equipped with cluster rocket hives and powerful laser weapons that far exceed those of Tyranid battleships, and its firepower is generally stronger than that of the Federation fleet. In the bright flashes, dense rockets and orange-red laser beams swept across the dark deep space in a thrilling blazing arc, displaying the power of the protoss fleet's energy beams that pierced space and opened up a battlefield.

Swarms of mutalisks were smashed into pieces by laser cannons and cluster missiles, and large chunks of debris and blood were scattered in the vacuum.

Augustus stood on the bridge, his face constantly illuminated by the light of gunfire. Since the Hyperion's sensors were either damaged or frequently disconnected under the image of electromagnetic pulse waves, it was difficult to see the entire battlefield with the naked eye.

The distance and coverage from the Revolutionary Army Fleet to the UED Fleet alone exceeds 10 astronomical units. At the same time, there are still battleships and ships from both sides jumping into the battlefield. Countless ships and ships are shining in the light of artillery fire and stars. .

"Release more zerg." Augustus said coldly: "Throw out all the cabins carrying zerg and throw them all to the UED."

"Launch them all," Major General Arcturus added.

It was like throwing out thousands of restless hives, and the exploding insect swarms multiplied exponentially. The numbers on the Hyperion's life signal detection platform, which was still running smoothly, were beating crazily. On the bridge The flashing red light became more dazzling.

In less than ten minutes, about 200,000 zerg flew towards the UED fleet. Most of these zerg come from eggs captured by the revolutionary army, and the rest are feral individuals captured by Cerebrate Alpha. This number may not be able to immediately overwhelm the enemy fleet, but it is enough to make the people on the opposite side of the earth burst into tears.

In those worlds under the rule of the Revolutionary Army that had suffered from zerg invasions and finally escaped death, Augustus City, at the request of local residents, dispatched an exterminator force composed of elite soldiers to eradicate zerg nests hiding in the mountains or underground caves. The eggs will be brought back for study.

The lessons learned from the Tyranid Federation led Augustus to set up alien laboratories in remote worlds far away from human civilization, and only set up Cerberus branches in Antiga and Umoyan to recruit talents. It was also because of a brainworm that Augustus decided to do this.

It turns out that brainworms are indeed priceless.

In comparison, it is much more cost-effective to directly drive a brain worm, but this brain worm is not completely obedient.

"Although I am far less kind-hearted than before, I feel uncomfortable fighting with insects." Tychus Finley has become much more honest recently:

"Many of our brothers have died at the hands of the Zerg. What will this make those who are still burdened with pain and remain in this world think?"

"But if there were no Zerg, then Stukov would have wiped out the entire Revolutionary Fleet here." Kerrigan was surprised by the gold-like humanity in Tychus. This was probably because this old rogue had not degenerated into a giant. The reason for the devil.

It has to be said that if Augustus hadn't brought the Zerg, this would be his burial place. Stukov laid a trap in the Tarsonis system, but Augustus had already deduced the opponent's plan countless times.

"The electromagnetic force field covering the Tarsonis system makes all our warships and ships easy targets, and the zerg are the key to victory."

The swarms of mutalisks suffered a devastating blow from intensive firepower as they approached the UED warships. The wreckage floating in the deep space was layered like ashes rising in the air currents. But when the first alien dragon passed through the barrage and hooked the ship with its claws, the situation immediately reversed.

Bright fireballs and thunder-like electric currents constantly appeared in the darkness in the distance. It was swarms of blasting mosquitoes that hit the battleship. Their bodies underwent earth-shaking chemical changes at the moment of impact, and each wing... The twenty-foot monster is no less than a large space torpedo.

The Swarm Devourer, which looks like a giant hornet, ejects large clusters of corrosive acid spores at high speed from an extremely long distance, etching ugly scars on the shiny armor coating of the UED fleet.

UED warships and escort ships continued to explode in the dazzling light of fire. The towering alloy steel sides and discharged cannons were enough to make them defy any human force in the Koprulu sector.

But the Zerg fight like crazy swarms, and those deadly mosquitoes can't even tell the difference between friend and foe. As long as the time is right, a few blast mosquitoes can pass through a scarred Val'kyr guided missile frigate, destroying the warship and the mutalisks that have entered it.

Augustus and others seemed to be enjoying a spectacular fireworks show. These beautiful fireworks were extremely far away from here, and the nearest distance was equivalent to the distance from the earth to the moon. The fireworks were as gorgeous as summer flowers at the cost of burning down the UED warship.

"This is a necessary price. It is better to die a few bugs than dead people." Arcturus sighed: "It's either them or us who will die."

"In this case, I don't think anyone will have any hesitation about how to choose. Moreover, I don't think you have a better way to deal with UED's electromagnetic interference weapons. They are disruptive in modern warfare."

"There is a brainworm in the alien laboratory at the rear that eats and is lazy. This is no secret among the revolutionary army. It was the first brainworm we captured. This was really exciting at the time." Augustus said :

“We’re not looking to the devil for power, we’re harnessing the devil.”

The fact that he was about to fight with the Zerg had a greater impact on the Revolutionary Army soldiers, making those soldiers who had painful memories of the Zerg deeply uneasy. This did not affect Augustus' reputation or shake him. his status.

Since the purpose of using zerg is to reduce the casualties of soldiers, the soldiers can barely accept it. After all, they had fought with the protoss before, so dealing with bugs was no big deal.

And if you want to drive a swarm of insects, then catching a brainworm is undoubtedly the best choice.

Only under the will of the brainworm can the insect nest operate efficiently. Controlling the zerg is by no means as simple as creating resocialized soldiers by implanting brain control chips or chemical agents. It has been four years since the Cerberus project was launched, but it still has achieved little success. This is not because of the incompetence of the scientists working on the project.

The most critical point is that the higher zerg control other zerg directly through psychic energy based on the main hive mind. This means that unless the brain nerves of individual zerg are completely replaced with mechanical nerve reconstruction technology, the brain worm can easily to gain control of the Cerberus zerg.

But for now, doing so is simply throwing money into a bottomless pit, which is really costly. If the Cerberus Executive Council cannot reduce the cost of the cyborg zerg, it will always be an expensive luxury product that cannot be mass-produced and put into the battlefield.

In the uncomfortable silence, Augustus could only watch the sparkling fireworks exploding from time to time in the deep sky in the distance.

At this time, the engineers of the Hyperion were extinguishing the burning cables and repairing the damaged equipment. At the very least, basic communications should be restored to normal. Such work is being carried out on all Revolutionary Army battleships. Before trying to make these city-like behemoths move again, they will only be steel tombs floating in space.

Frigate-class battleships and smaller ships take greater damage from electromagnetic pulse waves than larger battleships. Thanks to the modular design of Tyron Federal Heavy Industries, the equipment components and circuits of various ships can now be reproduced, produced and replaced on a large scale. This allows most damaged systems to be repaired without worrying about finding parts.

Augustus just hoped that there would be as few casualties as possible from line fires and explosions.

But as long as UED's electromagnetic force field production equipment in Tarsonis is still working, it will be difficult for the Revolutionary Army fleet to escape.

"The enemy was about to retreat, and they retreated." Cerebral Worm α said at this time: "I need more zerg to chase these humans, and it is difficult for the Overlord to fight without troops."

"Give them to me!"

At this time, this brainworm seemed like the true master of the insect swarm, cruel and cold. For Brain Worm α, who has extensive research on human games, controlling the insect swarm is nothing more than an exquisite micro-management, and he is like a master of real-time strategy games.

"That's enough." Augustus would not really let this brain worm control the zerg that could destroy everyone: "Ignore the retreating enemies. I need you to bring me some prisoners. The higher the military rank, the better. , preferably technical soldiers and commanders."

"You know the military ranks of the UED. I don't think a brainworm who can understand human university courses would know nothing about this."

Augustus needed some senior UED officers to know where the electromagnetic field generators were deployed so that they could destroy them before they could continue their advance on Tarsonis.

"You are forcing the brainworm to lay eggs. You can't do it." Brainworm α's neckless head tilted, as if he was confused.

"Humans do not surrender to the zerg unless they are driven mad with fear."

"This is the precious thing about humans." Kerrigan snorted.

"You know what to do." Augustus said to the brainworm: "My scientists tell me that your intelligence is very high, that of a human child."

"Roar, if you are begging a great swarm lord." Brainworm interrupted what Augustus said: "Of course, I will satisfy you."

"Then, you have to order all the zerg to return to the original ship - each one has been marked, and you have no chance of sneaking around." Augustus said.

"Well, humans are always suspicious and greedy by nature." Brainworm said.

Later, in a newly repaired camera footage, the UED fleet was fleeing and returning to the main star of Tarsonis. Part of the warship was left riddled with holes, with flames everywhere on it, and the empty areas were covered with zerg.

This must have been a nightmare for the enemy. Augustus could almost smell the blood on the wounded and the burnt smell of the charred corpses, but that only made his heart colder and made his determination to defeat Stukov and the UED expeditionary force even stronger.

"Stukov, the two of us don't have much good chess left to play." Augustus said:

"Let me see what your next move is."