Umo Yang Primary Star, A056 Polar Research Station.
Belongs to the Cerberus Project.
The screaming monster is being restrained by a cage and suspended in an artificial gravity-free force field.
The cage's skeleton is made of high-strength titanium alloy, and the outer layer is covered with a light blue plasma field. Augustus can see every detail in the cage through this thin blue light curtain, so clear that he is
Captive scales covered with enamel cuticle.
"The new scientific name is Hydra Hydralisk, a zerg life form that is more advanced than springtails. They have higher brain capacity and their brutality is also greatly increased." said the alien researcher at the a056 polar research station:
"Victor Sample No. 5, number 012, comes from eggs waiting to be hatched underground in Loxton, adult individuals."
"For God's sake, this is a complete monster, a mutated snake." Jim Raynor could not stop shaking his head behind Augustus.
"If all we encountered in the early colonial era were monsters like this, humanity would have been doomed long ago."
"This is exactly what I said when I first saw the Hydra Hydralisk... Major General Raynor, maybe we have something in common." Arcturus Mengsk said.
"If we can make these monsters really become our weapons, then the high price spent on this plan will be worth it."
The monster that Renault mentioned - the Hydra Hydralisk physically brings more fear to humans than the meaning of its name itself. It is like a monster that has been filled with horror and horror in all fantasies since human beings had imagination. A monster that should only exist
of imaginary evil creatures.
As Renaud and Augustus saw, the Hydra Hydralisk had a snake-like body and a pointed tail with spines. Behind its long and round head was a huge bone crown like a cobra, and the crown was
The volume occupies almost half of its arched upper body. Perhaps due to incomplete evolution, the dark brown head crown still retains the bright colors on the surface of the larvae of Lepidoptera, an insect class, to alert predators.
The Hydra Hydralisk's wide and long mandibles and gaping mouth are equivalent to two-thirds of its head. The upper and lower mandibles are covered with rows of fangs and some kind of huge canine teeth. Each fang is
It was equivalent to a military dagger, as sharp as a boning knife. The terrifying huge mouth that could swallow a four or five-year-old child alive was filled with transparent saliva and dark green acid in the poison sac.
Anyone who has seen a pair of arms with long bone scythe blades at the end will never doubt that this hydralisk can easily use these bone scythes to split a jeep.
The ten-foot long tail is covered with jagged spikes covered in chitin carapace, and there are venomous spines standing upright on the back.
The skin of this monster named after the Hydra in Greek mythology is unimaginably smooth, as if it were really a prehistoric giant snake with scaly armor and huge horny scales of an archosaur-like monitor.
These smooth scales are why the Hydra Hydralisk makes a hissing sound as it swims across the sandy ground.
The Hydra Hydralisk is much larger than the canine-like zerg Augustus has seen. It is equivalent to the size of two marines wearing CMC-300 power armor, even if it is far away from Augustus.
Even though Sidu was more than twenty meters away, he still looked like a giant.
The Hydra Hydralisk's chest is extremely ugly, like a chest whose skin has been torn open. The bloody muscles and tendons are everted, and the ribs supporting the ventricles are exposed. You can clearly see the blood vessels and surface coverings.
A final layer of horny crust.
This is a terrifying monster that works extremely hard at killing. Its uncoordinated body proportions and a body that is completely composed of thousands of muscles without even a trace of fat are so terrifying and terrifying, as if every tissue and organ in the body is
They are all designed to kill. It is as if the Hydra Hydralisk is not a naturally evolved creature, but a nightmare hybrid that forcibly combines the most terrifying weapons of other creatures.
The caged Hydra Hydralisk roared manically in the helpless weightless state, roaring with all its strength and waving its terrifying bone scythe in an attempt to break free.
When Augustus looked at the Hydra Hydralisk, its lantern-like dark red eyes also looked at him. There seemed to be some kind of intelligent cunning shining in its eyes, but it was already out of control.
beast.
"Boss." While Augustus and others were observing the living Hydra Hydralisk, a short, fat man wearing a white coat and gloves came over. He had a thick double chin and a smart little head.
Eye.
Augustus had met him about two years ago, when Augustus was still a federal officer on the Turasis 2 front. They had a transaction and cutting-edge technology in the town of Oran near Fortress Howe.
chat.
At that time, Augustus was about to sell a batch of trophies snatched from the Free Revolutionary Army, and this man who purchased weapons for Cerberus Company was eager to purchase a batch of high-quality and low-priced restricted list weapons.
Later, Augustus learned that this company was the founder of the future Cerberus cyborg zerg.
"Mr. Brois Langdon is the administrator and one of the main persons in charge of this scientific research station." An accompanying small project manager introduced Augustus: "He is from Cerberus Company.
..."
Cerberus was originally a small biotechnology company that was on the verge of bankruptcy several times during the Galian War. If it hadn't been for the Tyranids' federal government's eagerness to use biomodification methods to strengthen federal soldiers and defrauded them of a batch of funds, they might not have survived.
When I met Augustus.
Thanks to Augustus's discernment, he bought this salary and paid off all its debts a year ago. Today, at least twenty of the researchers at this scientific research station will be imprisoned in New Folsom.
prison.
Now all of these people are working for Augustus' alien laboratory in Umoyan. Their experimental subjects include zerg, protoss and all non-human creatures. Currently, a project named Cerberus by Augustus
Scientific research projects will replace the lives of these people in the next few years or even longer.
This project is funded and run by the Mengsk family represented by Augustus. Hundreds of biological and alien researchers from Cerberus Corporation and Korhal 4 are working towards the same goal.
To realize the idea of weaponizing the Augustus Zerg.
"Thank you for your hard work. No introduction is needed. Mr. Blois and I have known each other for a long time." Augustus smiled and shook hands with Blois, who was immediately flattered.
"I still remember what happened in Oran Town. It was really a pleasant cooperation." Augustus's commendable advantage is that he can always remember the names and corresponding faces of the people he met. And these recognized people
People always have the illusion that they have a lot of status in Augustus' heart. Only Sarah Kerrigan would say that Augustus's method of manipulating people's hearts was as superb as his skill in playing with women.
And if a person who does not understand the cause and effect hears what Augustus said and thinks of his identity, he will definitely think of that "pleasant cooperation" as bombing a federal government building or annihilating
Such a thing as an entire federal army.
For example, the young but enthusiastic and energetic researchers next to him immediately aroused admiration for Brois Langdon.
"I never would have thought at the time that you were Augustus Mengsk, the largest rebel leader and the most prestigious and influential fighter for justice in the Koprulu sector in the 25th century." Bulova, who has been in the workplace for many years, is indispensable.
A few words of praise for Augustus. Of course, these are basically words from the heart.
From the perspective of the Tyranid Federation, these words become a crazed rebel leader and a man-eating demon.
"After all, I was just an unknown person at that time." Augustus did not waste time on pleasantries, but went straight to the point: "How is the progress? After all, I am not a biologist. No matter how good your report is,
There are so many pictures and texts, I can’t get a glimpse of what stage the entire Cerberus project is at just from a few words.”
"My people report that the Cerberus program has spent enough money to arm a heavy armored division without making any real progress...I want to know who is telling the truth."
"All this is malicious slander." The fat on Bulova's face shook, but he was obviously prepared.
"Please look here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Augustus and the people next to him could see an experimental platform holding another Hydra Hydralisk rising from the ground. Compared with the previous Hydralisk, this one was
The whole body has been subjected to a tough transformation with the introduction of machinery.
"You will definitely be surprised." Brois confidently wanted to see the surprised expression on Augustus's face, but the other party just blinked his eyes from beginning to end.
The scaly armor of this Hydra Hydralisk and the chitin carapace on its back were cut open and equipped with fine steel armor and sharp steel spikes. The pair of bone scythes were also used by a pair of
The boost system is replaced by a titanium alloy three-edged blade that bounces off as quickly as a bullet.
The roots of these titanium alloy blades are deeply embedded between bones and muscles. The cruelty of the transformation process is almost equivalent to rolling steel plates inside a person's body, enough to make the scalp of any true human warrior numb.
The mandible of this Hydra Hydralisk uses a titanium alloy support bracket to add more and sharper blades. The pair of dark red eyes that impressed Augustus are now equipped with triangulation instruments and are more sensitive.
The sensor is replaced by an orange mechanical prosthetic eye.
If the person who had undergone the transformation had not been a Zerg that could quickly heal itself with the help of its powerful cell regeneration ability, it would have been very difficult for any human being who had undergone such transformation to survive.
"The alpha amino acids of the zerg have unique R-group properties, which can combine the materials of dead cells with ordinary proteins to produce new cells. Under normal circumstances, the zerg can regenerate indefinitely. As long as the time is long enough, even a seriously injured zerg can
Even the insect can be fully recovered," Brois said to Augustus.
"After testing, the zerg's pain tolerance is far beyond our imagination. They are completely able to withstand our modifications, while any previously modified organisms could not even withstand the welding of steel plates to their tissues."
Cerberus's business before joining Augustus also included performing prosthetic transplant surgeries on some "volunteers" and people who voluntarily underwent modification due to physical disabilities, including but not limited to implanting some new auxiliary organs.
.
Among the blood-drinking professions in the Tyrannic Federation, especially those killers who do dirty work, they are very willing to accept this kind of transformation. Once they replace their flesh and blood legs and arms or even some organs with mechanical prostheses, then the original
Mortal damage is no longer an issue, and their weaknesses become fewer and fewer.
Recently, the Terran federal government and the military have been the biggest supporters of machinery, drugs and even genetically modified people, because they have a large number of resocialized soldiers who can accept these modifications that are contrary to human ethics and morality, and there will never be any
of complaints.
The federal army is accelerating the process of comprehensively resocializing soldiers. Marines wearing power armor are no longer a glorious profession, but a humanoid weapon that can be quickly mass-produced and even labeled with a product barcode.
It would be great if resocialized soldiers could be put back into service just like machinery by simply replacing parts and refurbishing them, as it would save the Federal Parliament a lot of money.
"So, after undergoing mechanical transformation, they are much stronger than before, right?" Augustus did not make any comments about the Hydra Hydralisk that had undergone semi-mechanical transformation.
"Of course, their blades can easily cut through the front armor baffle of an arc tank." Bulova said proudly.
"Then, who will replace the curled blades of these modified Hydra Hydralisks?" Augustus asked.
"This problem must be solved. At the same time, small-yield nuclear bombs should be installed on them from time to time. Some species of Zerg can burrow and sneak deep into the enemy's rear through tunnels." He said: "In any case, your task is not to kill them.
Made into an instrument to please me, but a swarm of zerg that I will watch over forever."
"I care more about how you control these zerg, making them obey your every command without reservation."
"We use mechanical nerves to replace the connection between their temporal lobes of the brain and the body. By simulating the electrical signals of neurons, our operators can remotely control these zerg through the control terminal through the panel - just like controlling a drone.
"Brois said to Augustus.
"Show me." Augustus said briefly but clearly.
Bulova immediately walked to the nearby console and operated it himself. The modified Hydra Hydralisk came out of the plasma isolation field and quickly moved on the smooth ground of the scientific research station with great flexibility as he operated.
It moved upstream, and then began to dance an alien version of belly dance under the evil influence of the director of the scientific research station.
Augustus nodded frequently, feeling very satisfied.
"A beautiful toy." At this time, Arcturus, who had been listening carefully, said.
"I and my brother are more concerned about whether this zerg can be mass-produced."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Hydralisk suddenly roared and rushed towards Augustus and the others, seemingly out of control.