The underground of the Augustgrad Royal Scientific Research Center houses the most vicious alien monsters in the universe, including insane half-mad protoss, ferocious and greedy zerg, and aberrant infected people.
If someone thinks that these frightening monsters are already the most ferocious, violent, and evil alien creatures known to mankind so far, the three most terrifying cages are enough to make them burst into tears. Even the most absurd thrillers
Writers cannot describe even one ten thousandth of such abominable things with pen, as if it were fear itself.
The cells used to imprison these monsters use a fused alloy strengthened by New Folsom Catalyst, which is harder than diamond. The walls are reinforced layer by layer and embedded with psychic isolation materials. According to the Imperial engineers who built it,
It is more than enough to imprison the swarm master.
Regardless of whether this is true, at least it does not prevent the giants of the three races who are imprisoned in different cages from communicating through spiritual language.
"These abominable humans, Augustus Mengsk, blasphemers! When the day of reckoning comes, I will cut you to death with a thousand knives!"
The spiritual language containing the anger of the Tal'darin executive echoed in hundreds of large and small cages underground, making the wall lamps rattle, but the only response to him was the roar of monsters.
"Naion, your pathetic brain has been damaged by terazine. If you had worked less, you could have lived a few more days."
Prince of Blades Gabriel Tosh, who had just been captured by the Tyranids some time ago, was hammering sandbags in his private room. Listening to Naion's mental roar as if he was having a seizure, he was really unbearable to be disturbed.
"Since humans no longer provide you with adequate amounts of terrazine, you've become even crazier."
Thousands of yards and layers of walls separate Tosh and Naion, but there is not much interference in the communication of spiritual language. This is not because the empire's psychic isolation facilities are defective, but because their psychic powers are too powerful.
Neon, who became increasingly crazy, never limited his intake of terazine, and his psychic powers increased day by day. The more sanity he lost, the more powerful he became.
Naion was a recent incarceration and was said to have been a Protoss Executor. However, apart from his fanatical worship of the gods, Tosh had never seen in him any of the noble qualities of his Aiel compatriots.
"My God! I deserve death!" Naian ignored Tosh at all.
"Xel'Naga! God! Take me away! Take me away!"
"It's so pitiful, he can't be saved, Prince. Star Spirit. These little sons of bitches are driven crazy by fanaticism, and they are driven to final destruction by their madness." On the other side, the deep spiritual language of Brainworm came from another side.
The direction came.
There is a close psychic connection between the zerg, and Tosh can clearly sense the existence of the cerebrate.
He knows it.
That was the newborn cerebrate that Tosh guarded when Char pupated and transformed into the Zerg Prince of Blades. At that time, this newborn cerebrate was still very weak, and it was extremely complimentary to the master's beloved son.
obedience.
Nowadays, the brainworm has not only become much more powerful and mature than before, but has also learned many curse words and vulgar local dialects used by humans.
In the era of the first generation of rulers, this brainworm used to obey Tosh's orders, but this is no longer the case now.
Its body had undergone changes that Tosh could not imagine. It was like a guy who was still wearing crotchless pants and holding a baby in his mouth. He learned to smoke, drink and perm his hair overnight. He wiped out all the gangsters in a block with a lollipop in his mouth. In the end, he became a
Godfather.
The cerebrate readily accepted the name given to itself by humans, Alpha. This may indicate that it is only the first cerebrate captured by humans. Accepting the name - this is tantamount to rebellion in the eyes of the zerg. Because only the master can bestow brains.
Insect name, doing so is equivalent to recognizing that humans are its own masters.
Of course, Tosh didn't feel this was a betrayal at all, nor was he angry. Tosh knew that he did not belong to the Zerg, and he believed that his sense of belonging to the Zerg was fabricated out of thin air.
"Nion's power ranks among the top among the many protoss heroes I have seen. He can even merge into a consul with his own strength." Tosh responded calmly.
"But he is still just a madman." Brainworm said: "The lifespan of a protoss is much longer than that of a human being, and he will continue to be mad until he becomes a super madman."
"And... boom! You know."
At this moment, Niang finally stopped roaring, and the spiritual communication between Tosh and the Cerebrate also stopped. Just like the previous communication, most of these communication were tests of each other. They also had many doubts about each other, not
complete trust.
After the death of the first Overlord, the tight hierarchical structure of the insect swarm collapsed. Cerebrates only obeyed the orders of the Overlord, and the new second-generation Overlord was obviously unable to gain the approval of all Cerebrates.
Coincidentally, neither Tosh nor the cerebrates take orders from any one master anymore. The cerebrates cannot disobey the master's orders and will never betray them. Therefore, internal differences will only end up in verbal conflicts at most, and there is no possibility of civil war.
But once the cerebrates lost their allegiance, the relationship between them changed subtly.
"How about some potato chips and Coke?" After a while, Brainworm asked again:
"I asked my servant to give it to you."
"No, thank you." Tosh expressed his gratitude.
"That's perfect. I have always had a question: Prince, you are extremely powerful, how can humans hurt you?" said the brain worm: "Also, after all, I am just a brain worm without the ability to defend myself, but you
It’s different. You shouldn’t be trapped here at all.”
"I was just defeated by the protoss." Tosh responded briefly, and then asked, "I almost forgot how you were captured by humans."
"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. It is not a crime other than war." The brainworm's inner voice fluctuated, and it seemed that it was always deeply ashamed:
"The protoss are endless, and my insect swarm is losing casualties every minute."
The brainworm's anger was just disguised, and it immediately changed its tone: "But that's not important at all."
"You were caught by humans on purpose just to save me." It laughed in a very humane way:
"No one here can trap you, do it quickly. When I become the master of the insect swarm, the entire universe will be in our possession, and the insect swarm will devour the world."
Tosh knew that this brainworm might really have the potential to become a master. Its psychic potential was so high that it had grown to the point where Tosh had to be careful.
God knows what the Imperial humans fed this brainworm, or whether it was just so gifted.
The Cerebral Worm actually knows how to endure hardships, and pretends to be addicted to wine and sex to paralyze the humans who control it. If you ask it if it wants Char, it definitely doesn't want to - maybe it's too much.
".I'm not here to save you." Tosh was silent for a moment:
"I thought you were dead. Besides, if I really came to save you, there would be no need to go to such trouble."
"Are you kidding me!" Brainworm was furious.
"The Tosh family doesn't joke, they only tell the truth," Tosh said.
".Is it really hopeless?" Brainworm was stunned.
"It's hopeless," Tosh said.
"It turns out you were really arrested." Brainworm said, "If you can't beat me, won't you run away?"
"I'm here to pursue the ultimate destiny." Tosh said calmly: "That is death."
"Seeking death? You are also crazy." Brainworm was stunned.
Unless killed, brainworms are almost immortal. Their cells renew quickly but do not age, and they can live for a long, long time.
"Oh, what nonsense am I talking to you about? I'm going to finish the book and we'll talk later." Brainworm cursed and withdrew his psychic connection: "If you have any good ideas for escaping, you'd better tell me."
Tosh was dumbfounded, a brainworm turned out to be more human than himself.
The zerg infection acted at the genetic level, distorting Tosh's mind and erasing all of his humanity. Many times, Tosh struggled with countless cruel and evil thoughts in his mind, and although he did not succeed every time,
Never gave up the fight.
Finally, Tosh's side became quiet again. The sharp roars of monsters were heard all the time in the underground prison, making the prison once again become eerie and terrifying.
He looked around his room and felt a little relieved.
It is more like a comfortable hotel than a prison. This single room is large and has a single bed, a holographic projection TV, a sofa and a set of tables and chairs. It can be seen that although the empire is wary of Tosh's power,
But still treat him as a human and not a zerg.
When Tosh was a child in the slums, he had dreamed of such a scene countless times, but now he could not arouse any interest. As a highly modified creature, Tosh had no need for lust that could only be a burden.
At this time, Tosh's keen psychic intuition noticed that a group of people were walking into this underground prison. There were so many of them, it seemed that high-ranking officials from the empire had arrived. - Tosh could almost smell Augustus Mengsk.
the smell.
But these people did not approach here, but talked to Tosh through the holographic projection TV.
"The noble Emperor Augustus I, His Majesty Mengsk." Tosh soon met the emperor of the empire.
The emperor in the holographic projection screen is at the best age of his life, energetic and confident. He has a handsome face and a cold expression, just like the first Augustus.
Looking at Augustus's heroic appearance, Tosh felt a little jealous, but this emotion was fleeting.
Augustus Mengsk has always been a figure who is extremely far away from Tosh. He has heard about this revolutionary hero of the Tyranids for a long time and heard about his many great achievements.
Tosh was born in a slum and was born humble, but God wanted him to turn into a nightmare. Augustus, who was born into a noble family, seemed to be born to shine.
"Hello, Gabriel Tosh." Augustus nodded to Tosh as a greeting. The emperor was surrounded by Royal Guard soldiers, and the retractable visor eyepieces of the soldiers reflected cobalt blue.
The brilliant light of color.
Augustus had a lot of grudges with Tosh. He once tried to save Tosh before he turned into a zerg, but when he knew that the matter was irreversible, he decisively ordered to prevent further trouble.
Of course Tosh hated Augustus, to be exact, he hated everyone. But Tosh hated himself even more.
"In my eyes, you are just a child." Augustus looked at Tosh and said in a sincere voice: "I have seen what you were like in the past, and I know that you are not what you want to be like now."
"I know that you have been trying your best to restrain the desire to kill, which is more difficult than saving others." He said:
"Tosh, I firmly believe that you have an honest heart."
"." Tosh felt a little touched in his heart and wanted to ask Augustus why he was so confident in himself.
"Do you know why I attack the human world?" After a long time, he suddenly said.
"I hope you can clear up my doubts." Augustus nodded.
"When I was created, the Lord gave me a great mission - to save the Zerg." Tosh said: "But I don't know how to save it."
"I don't know what kind of disaster the zerg will face. Frankly speaking, I don't want to care about it at all. However, the task of saving the swarm is still deeply rooted in my heart and controls my thinking.
, making me unbeatable." He said:
"At the same time, there is always a voice in the darkness, asking me to obey him and obey his orders."
"I'm here to die, Mengsk, I can't stand it anymore. I am Gabriel Tosh, and I don't want to be someone else's puppet."
"I believe you." Augustus said seriously: "I can understand."
Those words actually made Tosh believe that the other party really understood.
Suddenly, the conversation was interrupted by a neigh from the brainworm Alpha.
"What's going on with that brainworm?" The emperor's expression remained unchanged: "Ai Gong, what is it talking about?"
"Sorry, Your Majesty, I haven't learned the insect language yet." The young scholar wearing a white research uniform beside him shook his head and said cautiously in a tentative tone:
"I think you are either scolding your father or your mother. Your Majesty, I can't think of the second possibility." Ai Gong rolled his eyes:
"Well, I'm guessing. But that's probably the case. If Alpha loses the game, he will definitely yell."
"Okay, tell it, if it doesn't quiet down, I will have to disconnect it." Augustus ordered.
Then, Augustus looked at Tosh again.
"Tosh, I want you to believe me. I have a way to save you." His cold gray eyes stared at Tosh: "The idea of eliminating the infection has been found, but it requires a long time of preparation."
"Can you change me back to what I was before? Back to a human being." Tosh couldn't believe it.
"Yes, turn back into a human." Augustus looked at Tosh: "It can be done using Xel'Naga technology, but there may be some sequelae. For example, leaving a head of snake hair."
Tosh showed an extremely ugly smile: "How should I trust you? Or are you just trying to find an excuse for me to willingly cooperate with your scientists to torture me in inhuman ways?"
"Whether you believe it or not, this is your only chance." Augustus also smiled.
"." Tosh was silent for a while: "So, what benefits does this matter have to you?"
"You could have just killed me."
"When enemies become friends, the empire will be stronger," Augustus said.