Kerrigan maintained "stealth mode" and headed deeper into the blocked area, while recalling the old acquaintance she met before.
Alex Ream.
Kerrigan's ghost partner, training instructor, target clearance, training instructor, researcher, renegade accomplice...
After being "memory indoctrinated" by the Federation at least twice, and being brutally broken by Emile Mengsk, Kerrigan herself couldn't tell which "acquaintance" was the real first meeting.
However, since the failed assassination of Kohal, her memory has become clearer. First, her original memory was awakened by Emile, and then the memories of other "ghosts" were awakened one by one according to the method she provided. If it weren't for Nova Tai
The strange thing is that the memory has not been tampered with at all. A group of well-trained and angry "ghosts", taking advantage of the chaos that broke out in the Kohal incident, might be able to directly take down the entire federal parliament. In that case, there would be no
There will be a situation where the parties are divided at this time.
Well, if you think about it carefully, Nova's father seems to be on the list of federal congressmen that the ghosts planned to eliminate, so it's not surprising that she would directly betray him.
After a failed rebellion, most of the "Ghosts" successfully escaped from Tarsonis. However, their partners were not so lucky. They had no psychic powers, could not become invisible, and could not escape the pursuit of the Federation. Although they were valuable personnel
He won't be executed, but the end should not be good either.
The reason why I went to Marsala not long ago was because some former ghosts provided information: after the Federation switched to training "ghosts", the personnel of the original ghost system were basically forcibly recruited and became the subjects of psychic experiments. These experimenters
When conducting experiments, the narrow "egg shells" were used.
She carefully learned about these projects through the channels of her former colleagues, and roughly determined that Reim would be sent to Marsala by the "Psychic Leap" project, so she prepared to rescue him.
But after arriving in Marsala, she discovered that not only were there bugs there, but the person inside the eggshell did not match the intelligence. The black bear-like Tosh made her want to kill him with a single shot.
However, although the main purpose of this trip was not achieved, another matter that had been worrying me was solved, which is not bad.
Yes, the little princess who saved Kehal.
When she first met Emile, Kerrigan thought she would die there due to her powerful psychic abilities such as psychic flight, psychic lightsaber, and psychic object movement. But in the end, not only did she let herself go,
He also left some kind of spiritual imprint to help him escape from the control of the Federation.
For such a powerful psychic, if she hadn't done something as exaggerated as "protecting a planet from being bombed by 10,000 nuclear bombs", no one would be able to defeat her.
After rescuing Emil, Kerrigan avoided Arcturus and Angela and asked her if there was anything she needed to do, but the girl seemed confused and replied, "Just do what you want."
Yeah, why are you asking me?".
In other words, she had no intention of recruiting her for the "Children of Korhal". She had just "wanted to do it" by using the spiritual brand to remove all the "ghosts" brainwashing. If she was like some of her ghost colleagues, she stayed away from the battlefield.
, she wouldn’t have any objections to finding a remote planet to live a peaceful life.
Hmph... Emile can give favors without repaying them, but Kerrigan is not the kind of character who can accept favors with peace of mind. She just sets a small goal and helps them overthrow the Tyranid Federation.
As for now... let's find Reem first and ask him what happened to him.
Brush - boom.
Kerrigan grabbed the grappling hook and landed on the top of a building, looking around.
The entire sheltered area was filled with "bugs" and "plants" that were fighting each other, and what was reflected on her goggles were only dazzling red and deep black.
The plant-based monsters use parks and green belts as their bases, and expand their sphere of influence by "embracing" some high-rise buildings and turning them into "nodes". Excluding "Alex Reem", their only
Troops are those strange vines.
The bug faction has occupied chemical plants, food factories, and human cloning production lines, expanding their territory through "mud" and "tumors", and there are various types of soldiers, the most common ones being small ferocious beasts that look like calves and spiking uprights.
The bugs that attacked Alex before were called "thunder beasts" were rarely seen. Apparently because it consumed too many resources, not a few hatched in total.
The combat units on both sides fought and devoured each other like sworn enemies. Although they had their own victories and defeats in different locations, the overall balance of power was still maintained.
No, generally speaking, the plant side should be at a disadvantage. After all, Alex has been running around on the battlefield and taking action personally, while the insect side's powerful psychic reactions have been hiding underground and have not taken action personally.
It is worth noting that although there are no ordinary people in the sheltered area, there are still human forces. The secret bases placed by the Federation in this area, originally disguised as warehouses, old apartments or garbage dumps, have taken off their disguises.
Defense lines and heavy firepower are deployed to prevent insects and plants from approaching. Not surprisingly, these places are the frontline sites for federal research on insects and plants.
As for Alex's psychic waveform... Kerrigan looked at the feedback results on the goggles and frowned slightly. The position of the waveform response was moving at a high speed within the entire sheltered area, and she couldn't catch up with it at her speed.
However, if his main purpose at this time is found out, he may be stopped at his next destination.
Kerrigan confirmed Alex's route of action again and launched his hook toward another building.
His most recent extended stay was...
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In the corner of the sheltered area, there is a temporary federal base.
"Fire! Fire! Don't let them get close!"
"Molotov cocktails!"
Ta-ta-ta-boom-boom-boom!
The hole-ridden bunker spewed tongues of fire at the incoming bugs, and occasionally threw a few grenades. Several SCVs were desperately repairing them.
After the insects suffered a large number of casualties, they reluctantly changed their route and bypassed the base.
Obviously, neither insects nor plants have any idea about these temporary stations of the Federation. When they hinder the transportation of troops, they will try to attack them. If they cannot be captured temporarily, forget it.
"Damn it, this is the third time we've been attacked today," the base commander complained as he looked at the bugs taking a detour: "I have to apply to transfer the location of the base."
"Can we still transfer?" a soldier behind him answered.
"New here?" The commander turned around and glanced at him: "After collecting the nearby intelligence, we can move. If we are lucky, the intelligence we collected is very valuable and we can leave this ghost place directly."
"What does it mean to be valuable?" The soldier seemed to be a curious baby.
"Of course it's about these damn bugs and plants -" the commander paused, then suddenly drew his gun and turned to aim at the soldier: "Which section are you in?"
"[What a pity, I thought you would say more.]" The "soldier"'s voice became hoarse and tearing, and his originally seemingly normal powered armor, weapons and even limbs began to melt.
Almost instantly, he transformed into a man wearing a black hooded windbreaker.
"You——" Obviously, the commander who thought the other party was a spy from other forces did not expect this development and was stunned on the spot.
Whoosh!
The hooded man suddenly grabbed the commander's neck, and then lifted him up with a force that was not suitable for his size: "[I don't really want to do this, because the 'pulled out' memory is too confusing and I can't find anything."
Useful stuff.】"
The next second, some kind of ink-black liquid spurted out from the hooded man's sleeves, covering the commander's face in astonishment.
Bang! Bang!
At the same moment, a bright trajectory flashed past, and the bullet that created this trajectory directly broke the arm of the hooded man holding the commander.
"Oh, my God!" The commander who escaped the injury rolled away and crawled away. He raised his gun at the hooded man but did not dare to fire.
"[...]" The hooded man stared at his severed arm for a few seconds. His eyes were more curious than surprised or painful.
Huhuhu——
A few seconds later, the hooded man's severed arm and the black water that had failed to hit the target merged with each other on the ground, turning into a group of dark plants that looked like seaweed, rolling close to his legs, and then got in.
At the same moment, the hooded man's severed arm also "grew" out again along with the rolling black water, together with the sleeves of the windbreaker.
Waving his hand, the hooded man looked up at the top of a building outside the federal base. There stood a slender figure wearing silver armor and long fiery red hair, and she was holding a pole in her hand.
Heavy sniper rifle.
"Follow me, [Alex Ream]." She said, then turned and left.
"[...hiss.]" The hooded man seemed to have a great reaction to the name. He swayed slightly and covered his forehead. Then he squatted slightly and jumped dozens of meters, stepping on the building's roof.
The outer wall follows.
"Uh, boss? Are you okay?" Several federal soldiers approached their commander tremblingly.
"Everyone get out of here!"
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After a while, there was a square where neither insects nor plants had set foot.
"[I felt your psychic energy before, it seems you really know something.]" The hooded man descended from the sky, straightened his collar, and walked towards Kerrigan, who was waiting in the center of the square.
"'Alex Ream' your name," Kerrigan turned and threw him a data pad: "This is your documented life record."
"[Oh...]" The hooded man, or rather, Alex took the data pad and slid it a few times: "[The trainers and partners of the 'Ghost' later defected?]"
"Of course you didn't defect, otherwise you wouldn't be here," Kerrigan continued: "Obviously, you were forced to participate in a very dangerous experiment, and that's why you became... like this."
"[Alex Ream...]" Alex muttered the name without responding to Kerrigan's words.
"I checked several federal bases you attacked and found that you seemed to be looking for the list of participants in biochemical experiments," Kerrigan continued: "So I guess you have forgotten who you are."
"[Indeed, thank you, Sarah.]" Alex finally responded.
"You remember..."
"[No, I just found some memories based on this name and related records, but I don't have a real sense of those things belonging to me, and the order of their occurrence seems to be incorrect.]" Alex shook the record board.
"That's because you have been brainwashed by the Federation's 'memory indoctrination' three times as far as I know." Kerrigan looked at him: "What are your... plans now?"
"[These...are not enough,]" Alex threw the record board aside: "[I also want to find out what happened to me and what the research that produced these monsters is about.]"
"Where did your most recent memory begin?" Kerrigan frowned slightly.
"[I woke up from a 'psychic jump capsule',]" Alex looked gloomy: "[The surroundings were full of those bugs, and the federal emergency alarm sounded, and then, that place
There was an explosion at the base.】"
"What about your body?"
"[This is why I want to find their test data.]" Alex shook his arm, and it instantly melted and turned into a huge and sharp claw.
"This..." Although she had expected it before, Kerrigan was still shocked when she transformed in person.
Alex did not stop there, and continued to transform his arms into black machetes, giant hammers, and large vines similar to those of plants, as if his entire body was an arsenal.
"[Although the base was blown up, their research results can never be destroyed like this. We all know the style of the Federation,]" Alex sneered: "[As long as the plants and insects give them a
If they have the illusion that they can control the situation, they will definitely restart research again, no matter how heavy the casualties caused by maintaining the base here.】"
"Then you..." Kerrigan originally planned to ask Alex if he had found it, but then he thought, he must have been searching everywhere because he had not found it, so he temporarily changed his words: "Then how did you fight those bugs?
Got up?"
"[Unclear, I was defending myself,]," Alex replied: "[After I woke up, those bugs have been strongly hostile to me, while the plants are very kind. After some battles,
I found that I have similar abilities to plants, so naturally I have to side with them.】"
"Okay, I understand. Next, I will help you find these records." Kerrigan nodded.
Although he made a bold statement to Arcturus, "Leave the spiritual energy sources of plants to me," he said, but if Alex can be developed into a companion, it can also be said to be "done."
