Kerrigan in the form of the Queen of Blades stood in front of Leviathan's "biological porthole", looking at the densely packed mutalisks, kingworms, eyeworms, brood lords and corruptors in the outer space. For a moment, she was very doubtful that this scene was going to happen.
How to connect it with Xia Lei, the little girl who just became the Queen of Blades.
Could it be that after a desperate fight with some alien monster that invaded the earth from space, she chose to leave the earth with her family directly because she did not want to be jealous and wary of humans?
Kerrigan looked at the starry sky, but without the corresponding database and computing power, she was completely unable to determine which star field she was in.
No, maybe it's not in the Milky Way at all.
"Hiss!" A springtail with one side of its fangs missing ran in from outside the cabin and started rubbing against Kerrigan's calf.
Although she had commanded many bugs, she was still not used to such close contact, especially since she had been a helpless girl for a while. Kerrigan subconsciously shook her leg to kill the broken-tooth springtail.
Kicked away.
"[The Great Lord of the Swarm,]"
Following the springtail into the biological cabin was a giant black-gray body with half of its body standing upright...silkworm?
It turned a blind eye to the kicked springtail and continued to speak to Kerrigan in that strange, chest-resonating voice:
"[Thorin's 'Insect Saint' was not discovered, his concealment was efficient, and he could not be traced.]"
What? Insect Saint? How long was the interval between these two illusions?
"Oh, then keep looking." Kerrigan, who kept her expression unchanged, originally considered how to speak to it, but then she thought about it. As the "Queen of Blades" and "Lord of the Swarm", she is moody.
Isn’t this normal? So I casually said that I didn’t pay much attention to this.
"[Huge in size, full of psychic energy, invisible and incredible.]" The bug rubbed its "hands" and returned the same way, while the springtail with a broken tooth lay in the corner of the cabin and refused.
Oh? Kerrigan looked at the insect who left without saying a word, and was slightly surprised.
Obviously, this second-in-command creature does not actually have much authority. Even if the original target disappears, it does not make any suggestions or opinions about the movements of the insect swarm.
The Queen of Blades who covers the sky with one hand... So Xia Lei, what exactly have you been through?
Since there is no montage between the two illusions, Kerrigan has no way of knowing how the current situation happened, and the mission... wait.
She rolled her eyes, shook her head, and even turned around in a circle, but she still couldn't find the "task" that was supposed to appear.
No clues at all this time? Except for the "Insect Saint" mentioned by the big bug just now, there are no clues at all.
If you think at the best, this mission is very free and you can do anything. But at the worst, it means that there is no chance to repeat this mission.
However, if you can still lose with such a huge insect fleet, then you really have no right to call yourself the Queen of Blades.
After Kerrigan thought for a moment, she closed her eyes slightly and began to sense the current status of the insect swarm.
——???——
Hmm...it's really strange.
When Kerrigan opened her eyes, she found that the toothless springtail sneaked over again, so she raised her foot to step on it and continued her previous thinking.
The scale of this own insect swarm army is unprecedented. If it is copied to Tarsonis, it can probably directly turn the Tyranid Federation into history, but at this time, the location of the star sector is completely uncertain.
The insect swarm is currently in a state of inertial movement that has lost its target. In other words, it was indeed tracking that "Insect Saint" before, but it is now waiting for its own orders to decide its next move.
Although some king insects and queens have some sense of autonomy, they do not question the current state, which once again proves that the Queen of Blades has extremely powerful control over the insect swarm.
However, they can fish and wait for the queen of the swarm to give the next order, but Kerrigan can't be lazy. If he doesn't continue to track that insect saint, he has to arrange a place for these bugs. It's not a good idea to always float in space.
Good thing, after a while, several unlucky guys have been hit by meteors - oh, it should be called asteroids and died.
Just like the previous two times, Kerrigan, who has obtained a new identity, has no relevant memory and intelligence at all, and can only make decisions through his own analysis. This decision is particularly important under the current circumstances where it is suspected that he cannot "go back".
Kerrigan "scanned" the planets currently within the insect swarm's reconnaissance range. There was no strange psychic reaction. It seemed that the "Insect Saint" had indeed been chased away. So, now he can only find a person who possesses it.
The galaxy in the ecological circle temporarily settled the insect swarm and then slowly charted it.
As for the choice of galaxy...it is enough to have a preliminary biological chain, especially to avoid planets with intelligent creatures. Even as the Queen of Blades, Kerrigan cannot lie to herself that the zerg are very environmentally friendly and friendly.
So...that's it.
Kerrigan briefly selected among several candidate planets, and quickly found a planet full of tropical rainforests. In addition to the fact that it had obviously sufficient food, it was also because the planet Zeru where the "primordial zerg" were located
This is also the climate. There may be some special reasons, such as the humidity and temperature being particularly suitable for the growth of insects.
Although the size of the insect swarm under control at this time was countless times larger than in the "real world", Kerrigan was still able to command it at this time. The insect swarm suspended in the universe began to adjust its formation towards the planet almost at the same time.
, ready to log in.
Although this preparation looks like a big fight.
Then, without waiting for Kerrigan to give detailed instructions, a large number of strange and tattered strange spaceships suddenly rushed out from the swarm of insects. They made a sound of "WAAAGH!" and rushed towards it desperately.
planet.
What is that? Why didn't you notice it at all before?
They seemed to be hanging on the large zerg to save effort... Could they be a vassal race?
Kerrigan saw clearly the passengers in these strange spaceships through a few eyeworms with good eyesight - a strange, green-covered humanoid creature with a ferocious appearance.
Xia Lei, what exactly have you been through?!
——???——
Leviathan, throne room.
Kerrigan was holding her chin with one hand, looking at the two messengers in front of her.
"[We strongly protest the barbaric actions committed by your men and will resort to the last resort if you refuse to withdraw them.]"
"[You want to fight! Then fight! WAAAGH!]"
"Shut up!" Kerrigan kicked the springtail away from her feet, and it whirled into the head of the greenskin who was roaring in war, successfully stopping his roar.
"[It seems that you are very sincere in negotiating, Queen of Blades.]"
"This is a misunderstanding," Kerrigan pinched her forehead: "But your appearance is indeed easy for people to misunderstand."
Floating in front of Kerrigan was a huge ice-blue triangle ruler. No, an ordinary triangle ruler did not have so many hollow patterns, not to mention that there were more triangle rulers constantly rotating inside.
Its tone was straightforward, and its pronunciation and intonation were like a beautiful song. Although she couldn't understand every word, just like the roar of those greenskins, Kerrigan could easily understand the meaning of the entire sentence.
This is a strange race that calls itself "Zera". If Kerrigan is not mistaken, their bodies are composed of pure energy, but they can somehow maintain geometric shapes and physical collisions.
Previously, those militant greenskins who called themselves "Green Light" thought that the movement of the insect swarm was the discovery of the "Insect Saint", so they took the lead and landed on the target planet.
As a result, after they rushed to the beach and landed, not only did they not find the Insect Saint, but they also crashed all the spaceships. They had to mine and cut trees on the spot to try to build a base for repairs.
Thinking about it all at once, without thinking about protecting herself at all, Kerrigan was very suspicious of how these guys survived until now.
Then, there is the conflict between "Green Light" and "Zera".
Although there is no sign of civilization on the entire planet, there are a large number of crystals. The green lights did not know what they wanted to do and went to mine these crystals. As a result, they encountered Zela who was trying to protect those crystals.
With the jigsaw puzzle shape of Ezera, anyone who saw them for the first time would not think that they were intelligent creatures, so the green lights naturally treated them as derivatives of crystal and beat them up.
In this kind of collision between different civilizations, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, but the strange thing is that when a "Zera" is killed, it will "collapse" from its original bright and flashing form to a pitch-black form.
They are in a heavy form, and in this form, their attack power will be increased several times, directly killing the greenskins.
According to Zera who came to negotiate at this time, it was no longer one of their tribesmen, but something called an "entropy demon", which would attack and absorb the life energy of living things indiscriminately, including other Zera.
If you subdue it and reverse-indoctrinate it instead of absorbing it, it can turn back into Zera, but the greenskins obviously regarded it as some strange physical phenomenon, regrouped their forces and killed them back, trying to kill Zella.
The parrying Zera and the entropy demons were all served in one fell swoop.
The Entropy Demons are very powerful in combat. With the help of "foreign aid", they naturally took down the Zera who fought with them. Those Zera then collapsed into the Entropy Demons. After gaining the advantage in combat power, they successfully counterattacked the Green Light again.
.
Eventually, the intensifying battle attracted the belated arrival of diplomats from Leviathan, Kerrigan, and Xera.
In this way, the diplomat has found the reason for daring to break into the enemy camp alone. If he dares to harm him, he will directly transform into an entropy demon for you every minute. And as expected, the entropy demon he has transformed into may still be there.
Unprecedentedly powerful.
If the difficulty of this "mission" lies in handling this diplomatic incident, then it has indeed stumped itself.
If the Queen of Blades had a violent temper, she might directly wipe out the entire Zera clan, but in that case, not to mention how many "entropy demons" would be born, just the "final resort" they mentioned would be a problem.
Kerrigan changed her sitting position and stared at the "head" of the jigsaw puzzle: "I have withdrawn all troops, you can make your demands."
——???——
"[The soul of the planet, incomprehensible, incomprehensible, incredible.]" The big bug named Abathur stood in front of the porthole, looking outside and rubbing his hands.
"Hmm..." Kerrigan looked at the greenskins and some ground units of the insect swarm that were working hard, and nodded in agreement.
Since the Zera had the technology to recharge their vitality, Kerrigan was originally a little worried that they would ask the green photosynthetic zerg to provide their vitality. In that case, they would have to fight even if they didn't.
But the diplomat's request was that Green Light and Zerg provide manpower to help them mine something called "Star Soul".
According to him, this kind of thing can replenish vitality in large quantities. Ordinary entropy demons can be restored to their original state with just a small piece. However, once the Zera get close to the origin of the star soul, they will turn into light and dissipate, and they can only wait for it to erupt naturally.
OK to use.
This creature that jumps repeatedly between light and shadow is simply bizarre.
Moreover, why does the canyon where the Star Soul is produced look so like it was cut out? Naturally, this kind of strange canyon with smooth walls, extremely deep in the middle, and extremely shallow at both ends would not form.
Hmm... Emile couldn't have cut this, right? Kerrigan guessed irresponsibly.
Ever since I went to Keha, the whole world has changed.
Because she can easily sense each bug, Kerrigan can clearly know what the "star soul" is.
When it is first dug out, it looks like colorful jelly. If it is exposed to the air for too long, it will turn into colorful plasticine that is similar in texture to stone but is still relatively soft.
As for the ingredients... Kerrigan's many years of experience as a ghost can clearly determine that it contains a certain substance that can stimulate human spiritual energy, and the unit content is more than fifty times that of terrazine.
In this way, the strange ecology of the Zera can be explained, which is the psychic mutation.
Since the zerg itself is in an extremely unstable state, it will not mutate again even if it is affected by terrazine, so its adaptability to "Star Soul" is pretty good.
As for that strange green light coming out of nowhere...
Kerrigan had just thought of this, but found that she had lost control of her body, and the scenery outside the window suddenly began to "fast forward" at an extremely high speed.
Wait? This is it? Who else do I want to hit?
Kerrigan's slander had no effect. In the chaotic scenery outside due to the constant changes, one of the green light figures gradually became obvious and clear.
Every time he appears, he carries a star soul, and every time, his appearance changes.
His skin color gradually changed from green to blue-gray, his body gradually became thin and powerful, and his facial features gradually developed in a slender direction. Even his mouth disappeared, and instead there were several tentacles on the back of his head. Finally, he suddenly put on
Wearing a golden armor with blue gems, he flicked his hands and each revealed a pair of psychic lightsabers.
"[We are the 'Star Spirits'.]" he said.
As these words came out, the "fast forward" ended abruptly, and the originally chaotic scenery suddenly became clear.
Leviathan and the swarm of insects have long since disappeared, replaced by magnificent buildings spread across the entire planet, dominated by gold and white, and decorated with large and small crystals everywhere.
