The insect swarm without its command was just a group of insects that could only move blindly. All six thousand insects were quickly wiped out. Of course, after being reminded, Old Chen did not forget to leave a few alive for Kel'Thuzad and the others.
Finally, during the process of cleaning the battlefield, the shaman accompanying the army, Rebolt Earthshatter, suddenly stood like a statue with his eyes closed, which attracted the attention of Chen Stormstout.
"Earthbreaker, what are you doing?"
Old Chen waved to Earthbreaker and was about to walk over, but Ashkandi held him back.
"Wait a minute, the Earthbreaker Shaman may have discovered something, so don't disturb him yet."
At this moment, Rebrat suddenly opened his eyes, and then the ground suddenly began to rise twenty meters away in front of him.
"boom!"
A big hand made of soil emerged from the ground, and it grabbed a 10-meter-long crazily twisting sandworm! The giant pink worm twisted so powerfully that everyone present felt their scalps numb.
Seeing that Reibrat couldn't control the thing, Lao Chen suddenly threw the sword in his hand, and the meteor penetrated the worm's head like a moon. The sticky slurry flowed out from the hole, and the worm lowered its head feebly.
tail.
Rebrat let go of the big hand of the soil and threw the worm carcass on the ground, and said to Lao Chen who came over.
"Thank you. I have always felt that something was peeping at us before, and now it seems that it is this thing. In fact, I have been curious since the beginning of the battle. How troublesome would it be for the enemy to travel between the two sides of the Falaki Mountains at the flying speed of the Alien Bee?
How do you obtain battlefield information in real time?
Now that we have caught this guy, I think the answer has been revealed. There are many ways for the enemy to obtain our intelligence, and we should also learn from this lesson. If we think that the rear area is absolutely safe, we can rest easy and relax about the security of the rear area.
Be careful, the tragedy at the trading center was caused by our negligence."
Rebrat said this, and Chen Stormstout and Ashkandi also had sad faces. At this time, Martin Lei walked past them with a gloomy face, and stopped when he heard the conversation of several people.
He said after calming down his mood.
"No, I don't blame you for this. Someone is committing a crime!"
"Crime?! Please speak more clearly!"
Rebrat, Lao Chen and Ashkandi were confused, while Madin Lei shook his head.
"Sorry, the matter is still under investigation. I can't say too much to you. You will know the results soon."
After saying that, Madin Lei nodded to several people and turned to leave. After he left, the keen old Chen stared at Madin Lei's back for a long time.
"Master Chen, what are you looking at?"
Ashkandi asked curiously, and Chen Stormstout said without turning his head.
"You probably didn't pay attention just now, but there was someone following behind Madin Lei."
What Lao Chen said shocked the two of them. It meant that there was a stalker standing in front of them just now, but they were completely ignorant!
"who is it?!"
Old Chen pursed his lips and showed his canine teeth in a smile.
"Hey, I didn't see who it was clearly. I think Van Cleef is the only one who has such superb stealth skills."
Reibrat looked at a loss. He only knew that Van Cleef was the architect of Hanhai Protector and an official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he had never heard that he was a great stalker.
Ashkandi had heard about Van Cleef. Before, Ravenholdt accompanied Lothar to the Vast Sea Protectorate, and had an exchange with Van Cleef in the shadows. When he talked about it on the way back, Ravenholdt acted like
Very scared.
"What is he going to do with Madinley at this time?"
Chen Stormstout recalled what Martin Lei said just now and couldn't help but sneer.
"The Protector plans to ask Van Cleef to investigate this matter, haha, let's just wait and see the good show."
…
After returning to Gadgetzan from the Shining Plains, Li De did not go directly to the headquarters for a meeting, but went to the headquarters first.
But before he could wait for the person he was waiting for, Li De waited for Kel'Thuzad.
"Guardian, we successfully captured six live bugs this time. What do you think of these bugs?"
Li De looked at Kel'Thuzad with a half-smile but not a smile. This guy's whole night was not just for this trivial matter. He was a drunkard who didn't care about drinking.
"You don't need to come here specifically to ask for instructions on this kind of matter. Didn't we agree before that it will be left to you and Priest Shiloma? I see that you are very close to her. Don't you have any ideas? This priest is indeed
Very good and beautiful person.”
Kel'Thuzad shook his head. Li De was issuing an eviction order in disguise, but he could not be dismissed so easily.
"Ha, I have no plans to follow your footsteps in this matter yet. I do think that studying living insects is very important. After all, what all of us should be paying most attention to right now is this war."
Li De sighed.
"Thank you for your reminder. I know this matter well and I will not amplify it."
Kel'Thuzad let out a sigh of relief.
"I also thank you for your honesty. It's very late. You should go to bed early and I won't disturb you."
As he turned to leave, Kel'Thuzad met Martin Ray and Van Cleef at the door, but at this time Kel'Thuzad was no longer so nervous.
As he passed the two men, a smile appeared on Kel'Thuzad's lips.
'As one of the most powerful leaders in the alliance, and yet willing to reveal your true thoughts to others, it seems you still consider me a friend.'
After entering the office, Madin Lei consciously closed the door.
"Protector, the magician came here just now..."
"It has nothing to do with this matter. What are the results of your investigation?"
Van Cleef took a step forward and bowed slightly to report.
"The specific details are still under investigation, but there is a general direction. The disaster in the logistics trading center resulted in nearly a thousand people being killed and property losses exceeding 200,000 gold coins... An important reason for this disaster was logistics
There are serious problems with the management of the trading center.
According to the report from the Shining Plains Garrison, the security work at the trading center has been very lazy in recent times, with a serious lack of enthusiasm. The insect swarm attacked the trading center, and there was no warning message from there. It was the garrison that realized something was wrong, so they
Report to Gadgetzan.
Also, during the process of counting the victims, we found that two important managers of the trading center were completely missing, and no clues could be found about them. One of these two people was the director of the Shilin Highlands Special Line Transshipment Department, and the other was a trading officer.
Chief of Central Police.”
At this time, Li De no longer wanted to hear any more and waved his hand to signal Van Cleef to stop.
"I'll give you three days to sort out the clues that need to be sorted out, find the people who need to be found, and give me a clear result. I don't want to hear this kind of vague and confusing report."
Fan Cleef and Madin Lei looked at each other. This was the first time they saw Li De getting so angry.
The two made eye contact without saying anything else. They stood at attention to accept the order and left the office silently.
Li De sat on the chair and lit up a cigarette silently. In fact, after listening to what Van Cleef reported, he could probably know where the problem was, but he didn't understand where he had put the most effort.
, why does this problem still occur?
…
After Kel'Thuzad left Li De's office, he walked to the underground laboratory in the college area. After opening the iron gate, he saw Hiloma walking around three bugs in iron cages. While observing, he also
He was scribbling on the notebook in his hand.
"I thought you had gone to bed and would come back tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect you to be so impatient."
Shilomar raised his head and glanced at Kel'Thuzad.
"Didn't you come here overnight? Protector Li De asked us to unravel all the secrets of the bugs. This determines the outcome of a war. I won't waste a single moment of time."
Kel'Thuzad smiled, walked down the stairs, took off a white coat on the wall and put it on, wearing gloves as he walked to Shilomar.
"I think it's just for your own curiosity, right?"
Hiloma turned back to look at Kel'Thuzad. The two looked at each other for three seconds. Hiloma smiled. She suddenly felt like she had found someone of the same kind.
"You are also curious, right? A kind of life that is extremely excellent in terms of physical structure, but has no self at the spiritual level. How are they born? What is the meaning of existence? I want to solve these questions myself."
Kel'Thuzad pressed his face to the edge of the iron cage, and the bug inside suddenly bumped forward, scaring Kel'Thuzad into hiding quickly.
"How do you want to solve these problems? They don't look like they are easy to deal with."
Hiloma is confident.
"I plan to communicate with them through language."
"You said before that you can understand their language. How did you do it?"
Kel'Thuzad was very curious about this, and Shilomar told him without any hesitation.
"The first time I heard their language was spoken by the insect general who killed Valstann. Now that I think about it, that guy might be pronouncing his own name. It seemed to be called Rajax? That should be it.
name……
After realizing that they mastered language, I began to study the Zerg after the War of Quicksand. During the most intensive period, I dissected a Zerg corpse every three days. After the war, I froze a large number of Zerg corpses for my study.
.
I classified the dissected Zerg into categories, recorded their organs, and restored their body structures. I made head models of all types of Zerg, looked for materials similar to their mouths, tried to restore their voices, and organized them according to their heads.
every syllable that can be produced by the partial structure.
Then I use the syllables I recorded to communicate with every bug I find, and understand the meaning of these syllables based on their reactions. Over the years, I can’t remember how many times I have traveled between Mount Hyjal and Silithus, but the hard work pays off.
A thoughtful person finally allowed me to translate a Zerg language.
But language is not enough. Because of the seal of the Beetle Wall, I was unable to find real Qiraji to communicate with me in the past. Even in Silithus, I could only see the lowest insects.
I'm really happy that Zerg with obvious social organization suddenly appeared here...I'm sorry that it's a bit inappropriate to say this, but that's how I really feel."
Kel'Thuzad was dumbfounded because Siromar was using the clumsiest and most laborious method. How much of the work was ineffective because it was impossible for every syllable that could be pronounced to have meaning. And Siromar was
Using this blind man's method of touching an elephant, he mastered a language that no one before him had mastered! You can imagine how many years it took Hiloma to correctly translate the first few syllables.
"How many years are you going to spend doing this? Is it really worth it?"
Hiloma smiled brightly.
"As you can see, it took me a thousand years. Is it worth it? We have to find something to waste our time, otherwise eternal life will be a curse to us."
Kel'Thuzad was filled with shock. It took him a thousand years to do something! When he heard that Zandalari spent two hundred years compiling a history book, he already thought it was very grand. Now looking at Shilomar, he was amazed.
Darla is nothing more than a witch.
However, this is not the most shocking thing to Kel'Thuzad, but the eternal life of Shiloma, who has seen countless years, but still has such a strong desire for knowledge! This spirit of never stopping exploration as long as life does not stop makes Ke
Er'Thuzad is impressed!
He walked up to Hiloma and got very close, grabbing her shoulders with both hands.