Gabriel Tosh, a former follower of Haiji Voodoo Cult, the new Lord of the Swarm, used his weird twisted palms to tear the tough and elastic skin of the cocoon, and kicked the hardened outer surface of the cocoon with his strong legs.
skeleton.
"The human organism, primitive in mind, weeds out the dross and puts it to good use."
Without much effort, Tosh used the sharp claws extending from the ends of his fingers to tear open the outer skin of the cocoon, just like sharp scissors cutting through white paper. He tore open the cocoon, and found himself in the soft and warm space of Char's nest.
The first breath of reborn air was breathed in the evolution chamber cabin.
"Independent thinking, the will of the swarm. Both."
The cocoon shattered like a cracked skateboard or an eggshell, breaking into several petals. In a wild roar, Tosh shook off the thick green slime on his body, revealing that he was covered in a chitinous carapace.
His gray-green skin and back. Additional pairs of spikes extend from his back, shaped like a giant spider. The end of each spike on his back is secreting thick yellow venom, like the venom glands of a poisonous snake.
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"The lack of wings is unexpected. I can't understand it, so continue studying."
"Greener, doubtful."
"Get away." Tosh felt unprecedented power, as if he could tear apart the Goliath armed robots of the Tyranid Federation at will, and tear all those arrogant soldiers into pieces. And this power was by no means what he once was when he was thin.
What a weak body can achieve.
When Tosh opened his eyes with a mixed yellow light, he saw for the first time the green monster with his body buried in the evolution tunnel. This monster was the same as the Hydra thorns that appeared on Haji.
It was as huge as a snake, and its swollen head was covered with glowing blisters, which squirmed and emitted green fluorescence.
Although its huge head is almost disproportionate to its body, its face is almost flat, with an ugly and twisted face and at least four frightening insect eyes.
It has many short arms, some of which even look too short, and a pair of them are a bit thicker, with fingers as flexible as humans, capable of completing various complex movements such as grasping.
"Get away, you monster." Tosh emphasized again. He was surprised to find that he did not speak, but directly showed what he wanted to say to the monster in front of him through his spiritual energy.
Tosh knew the name of this monster. It was one of the earliest creatures created by the Overlord, Abathur, the evolution master who was in charge of the evolution of the swarm. In the swarm, having a name represented the strength and strength of the zerg.
Qualifications.
"Swarm, supreme." Abathur clasped his hands together, like a patient steward. Its mental prophecy contained undisguised contempt in response to Tosh's contempt for the zerg.
"Ahem." Tosh spit out a ball of viscous green liquid from his swollen throat. As soon as the ball of liquid fell on the squirming flesh-colored wall, it made a burning sizzling sound, causing the flesh and blood under his feet to tremble in pain.
Contraction and spasm.
When Tosh took a closer look, he realized that he was in the body of a huge zerg creature or in the main hive underground. The dim chamber was squirming, and huge insect intestines were hanging around the chamber.
The air inside is moist and thick, filled with the fragrance of decay.
Tosh spit out the last puddle of phlegm in his throat, and his yellow eyes scanned everything around him. After a period of silence, Tosh stopped roaring and focused on his reborn body.
Each of his fingers and the ends of the elbow joints were covered with sharp bone spikes, each of which was a long knife that could cut hair instantly. Tosh felt that he could tear open the flaming thing in front of him at will.
The creature of green light wanted to bite his throat with its teeth.
"Did you do it?" Tosh looked at the evolution master Abathur, stretching out his arms and sharp fingers, as if he wanted to strangle the insect in front of him.
"Abathur, the organism, completes all processes, creation, evolution, until perfection." Abathur crawled in front of Tosh and stretched out his pair of forelimbs to touch Tosh, but was immediately and roughly separated.
"Don't touch me, you slimy slug." Tosh took a few steps back and found that not only did he not feel disgusted by the slimy inner walls of this chamber, he even felt that the air here was intoxicating and warm.
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Suddenly, Tosh grabbed his neck so hard that even his long claws were deeply embedded in his flesh and blood. He was pleasantly surprised to find that he had grabbed the pendant left to him by his grandmother, which came from Manan, the goddess of death.
A sacred object, a doll said to bring a curse to enemies.
A flash of sadness filled Tosh's heart, reminding him that his grandmother had left him. The senior witch who believed in the goddess of death died in the psychic storm released by Tosh due to losing control, and was then killed by the Zerg.
Torn into pieces.
The Terran Federation is the chief culprit. Not only did they fail to lend a helping hand to the people they were sworn to protect, but they also prevented the people in the Haiji slums from escaping, leaving them to the zerg.
"Tosh, Lord of the Swarm, is not perfect." Abathur gave his own response.
"I'm going to kill you. I'll crush you like a quacking duck." Tosh stretched out the multiple pairs of sharp appendages on his back, and the new bone blades clicked, as if they were being sharpened.
sharp knife.
"The organic Abathur is the strongest." The green zerg Abathur raised his upper body like a cobra and waved his multiple pairs of forelimbs to show his power. Anyway, Tosh may still be there.
Basser saw in him the physical skills of an underground boxer in the Haiji slum.
"Abathur, unique."
"I'm going to tear you apart." Tosh was immersed in hatred for the Tyranid Federation, and his heart could no longer tolerate anything more.
"Stop, new-born brainworm."
At this time, a new voice appeared in Tosh's mind, a strange, sharp voice.
"Why? Why do you obey your orders?" Tosh instantly knew who the voice came from - the brainworm of the Jörmungandr swarm, the swarm lord Sass.
After learning that the revolutionary army named its tribe, Sass readily accepted the name, which it regarded as a manifestation of human beings' fear and respect for itself.
The brainworm Sass is in the wriggling corner of this chamber. Its worm-like body exudes a silvery white luster, which makes this fleshy creature as clear as crystal. There are people around it.
There are two brainworms that are almost identical to it, but one of them obviously has more tender skin.
"You have won the favor of the Lord. This favor belongs to every brainworm, but you are just a servant." Sass taught Tosh unceremoniously.
"You are right." Tosh put down his extended claws and the appendages on his back, and no longer stared at Abathur maliciously: "But you are not the master, you are just a brainworm.
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"Anger, it's not important." Seeing that Tosh was no longer attacking, Abathur also lowered its many pairs of appendages with claws and teeth.
During the few months that he was brought to Char by the Zerg for transformation, Tosh had been sealed in an airtight cocoon, relying on the nutrient solution medium filling the cocoon to survive. As his body was constantly being broken and reorganized,
During the transformation, Tosh's thoughts were also distorted and changed by the swarm.
From the moment he emerged from his cocoon and let out his first scream of rebirth, Tosh had accepted his new identity, knowing that the supreme ruler of the swarm, the Juggernaut, was his creator. He was the creator of Juggernaut.
A new perfect creature, he will rule the insect swarm until he completes a supreme mission - the meaning of Tosh's birth is to make the insect swarm exist forever.
As a creature that the master has high hopes for, Tosh has the same status as the cerebrates in the swarm, and has his own tribe. Not only that, Tosh is also a highly favored individual, which makes his status vaguely superior to other cerebrates.
On top of insects.
But a veteran cerebrate like Sass will not obey Tosh's orders. It is also a zerg individual with a unique personality.
"I'm just a cerebrate." Sass acknowledged Tosh's words and then stopped talking. Its purpose was just to stop the dispute between Tosh and Abathur. Cerebrates are thoughtful zerg, and they also
They have feelings, but they don't fight or fight with each other - at least not yet.
"Where's the Master?" Tosh walked around in the squirming chamber at this moment, stretching his limbs and feeling the terrifying power contained in his new body.
"The great zerg who created me, the undisputed master of the swarm, a father and a mother, my noble heavenly father."
In the past, Tosh, who was born in the slums of Haiji, would not be able to say such words, but in the process of being transformed, the vocabulary in Tosh's brain has also been expanded, which is likely to come from those who were absorbed by the zerg.
of human brain tissue - but it's also possible that a certain brainworm heard it while watching the human UNN channel, munching on larvae while paying attention to the latest reports from the news program host on the war between humans and zerg.
The Tyranid Federation army never thought that the enemy was listening to human broadcasts, so in order to motivate the people, they reported in detail the battle plan against the zerg main nest on the small planet Mephisius, which then turned into a terrible war.
disaster.
"The Overlord has arrived at Aiur, the home planet of the protoss." Another cerebrate raised its head with sharp mouthparts and said in a proud tone. Tosh knew his name clearly, cerebrate Carlos
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"The swarm army will destroy the home of the protoss, shattering their pride and everything." Carlos the Cerebrate is a Cerebrate who is good at driving infected alien creatures to fight. What he is best at is transforming the most powerful among the enemies.
Soldiers and even generals use it for their own purposes. Carlos is one of the brainworms who understands humans best, and this understanding is by no means as simple as staying on the surface.
"The swarm is about to enter eternity, and our great immortal mission is about to be completed. Once the protoss are conquered, humans will be vulnerable, and they will perish like all the races we encounter."
"That is to say, the master is not here." Tosh used his vocal organs to spit out strange bytes for the first time. He stood up straight and realized that he had become as burly as a grown man. He was so strong,
The power of psychic energy is also far greater than before.
Tosh is always thirsty for revenge, and he can't wait to tear the Terran Confederacy's army into pieces.
"The Overmind is not here." A young and immature cerebrate responded through the unique psychic link between zerg. It was a nameless new cerebrate that existed almost as long as Tosh had been a member of the zerg pack.
Young, and still a brainworm created by the master after coming to Char.
In Char's insect nest, it can be said that any Cerebrate pulled out has a higher status than this new nameless Cerebrate. It is the latest batch of Cerebrates to be born, and it is also the youngest one.
This low-status and inexperienced Cerebrate spoke softly. It even only learned how to command its own tribe before the Overlord left Char.
"The Master gave Char to us - our task is to protect your cocoon until you break out." The new nameless brain worm said so.
"Thank you." Tosh said: "The first thing I learned while crawling around in the Haiji slum is that if others respect me, I will give them a fight."
"I have received my gratitude." Abathur, who had been silent for a long time, also believed that he was also the one being thanked.
"The organism Tosh is defective and must be improved. Throw it into the splitting pool."
"Let me be healthy."
"Stay away from me." Tosh took a few steps back, but did not choose to use force to force Abathur to surrender.
The emboldened Abathur finally caught Tosh, pointing at his body parts with his thickest pair of forelimbs, reaching into his hair that resembled insect limbs and stroking something, until Tosh became impatient.
And let out a roar of dissatisfaction.
"Easy, you bastard," Tosh complained, "I'm not your guinea pig."
Abathur's movements could not be called gentle at all, and he was even cutting Tosh's skin with his sharp claws. The cut skin on Tosh's body healed quickly, but he still felt real pain.
Just when Tosh was becoming more and more impatient with Abathur, a surprising wave of psychic energy suddenly came from the brainworm.
"Intruder!" Sass the Cerebrate screamed.
"Templars, and humans." The new brainworm added.
"I suggest adopting a diversion tactic." Carlos firmly pointed out this point, and then looked left and right to find a way out.
It then spit out an astonishing fact: "There are too many brainworms here. Once we are killed by the enemy, the Charworm swarm will collapse."
"They are there, how far away from us." The spikes on Tosh's back stood up.
"On the planet." Sass's mental language was sharp and high-pitched: "But my tribe has discovered them."
"The Human Revolutionary Army! I will never forget their smell. They are coming, and Augustus Mengsk must be coming too." it screamed.
A large number of springtails and Hydra Hydralisks rushed here from a wriggling passage outside the chamber. Each one was extremely huge and had bright red skin.
"I'm here." Tosh realized that this was a powerful enemy, and immediately said to the brainworms: "I will come to the rear."
Tosh is different from the cerebrates. He has the powerful body of a warrior and the wisdom of commanding a group of worms. However, the cerebrates who control hundreds of millions of swarms lack the ability to protect themselves.
"Altruism is admirable." Abathur drew something with a pair of appendages on its chest.