Harlans, who returned to the colony with the remaining fleet, was hit hard. He couldn't believe that the powerful protoss fleet could become so "weak" in this universe.
At this time, his deputy, Dark Templar Duren, made a timely proposal to contact the swarm to request assistance.
However, this proposal was resolutely rejected at first by senior executives who were obsessed with saving face.
However, the water resources on the Sapphire Planet contain an energy substance that is very beneficial to the Keldarin crystal of the protoss. They urgently need this substance to speed up the construction of the colony.
Moreover, according to the gaps in the seawater samples brought back from the Sapphire Planet by the phase technicians, they found that this substance in the seawater also has a very special effect, that is, it has excellent protection for the protoss women who have entered the "spiritual pregnancy" state.
and accelerate the growth of newborns.
This is a strategic resource that cannot be let go for the protoss. In any case, even if it is just to speed up the population reproduction of their colony, they must obtain the seawater resources on that planet.
But if you want to get the sea water on Sapphire, you can't get around the hostile fish-man natives there.
The protoss have no idea why the murlocs are so hostile to them. They have captured one or two living murlocs, but they are unable to read any meaningful information from their mental activities.
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Under the temptation of such powerful resources, the high-ranking executive of the Protoss finally gave in. He instructed Keles to contact Xue Hua, hoping that the insect swarm could help them seize the water resources on the Sapphire Planet.
This is one of the purposes of Keles meeting with Xue Hua as an ambassador...well...
In fact, in addition to this official purpose, Keles himself also very much hopes that Xue Hua can help them with this favor, because his partner seems to have begun to enter the "depletion period" recently.
This period is one of the most dangerous periods for female stars in the "spiritual pregnancy" process. The growing "spiritual pregnancy tree" will begin to increase its absorption of spiritual energy from the mother's body to prepare for its final formation.
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Most female protoss die after passing through the period of exhaustion, and only a handful of female protoss with abundant natural reserves of psychic energy can forcefully survive this dangerous period.
Keles's partner Mana is also a phase technician like him. The psychic power in her body is no more or less, but it is equivalent to that of most of the tribe.
With such a total amount of spiritual energy facing the depletion period, the chance of death from being sucked out of the newborn's spiritual energy will be as high as 80%.
This is a very, very scary number.
For a long time, Keles had been worried about this moment. He didn't want to lose his partner or his children.
However, in the face of this fertility curse that has been plaguing the protoss population, even though he is a knowledgeable phase technician, there is nothing he can do. The insect swarm has tried its best to help him, but even if the creatures prepared by Abathur are
Substances can only replenish the large amount of spiritual energy consumed by Mana during the depletion period.
This is simply a drop in the bucket.
Now, after finally hearing such good news, Keles would not let it go no matter what he said, so whether it was public or private, he hoped that Xue Hua could help him with this favor.
After hearing Keles' request, Xue Hua was of course willing to help. After all, he had already helped himself and the insect swarm a lot since meeting this protoss phase technician.
So even from the perspective of a friend, Xue Hua has no choice but to shoulder the responsibility.
However, at this time, the swarm of insects no longer had the energy to help others, and the first fleet had already pulled anchor and set sail to prepare for the expedition to Felin.
The flagship of the Second Fleet took half of the fleet to "Colony 1" to help the local insect mother suppress the possible rebellion.
The remaining half of the fleet must not be moved. It is the last barrier to protect the swarm's nest.
Even the Third Logistics Fleet is several galaxies away due to its mission and cannot come back for a while, so Xue Hua is now unable to do anything...
However, when he asked Keles euphemistically and somewhat guiltily if he could push back the time of this military cooperation by two months, what he didn't expect was that Keles actually agreed.
"Yes, we were originally planning to take action at least three months later. Our fleet suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle, and it will take some time to recover before we can repeat the old attitude.
Moreover, my fellow phase technicians also need time to try to crack the ship defense systems of those Sapphire Stars. Even if they cannot be cracked, we still need to design a new class of non-energy weapon ships to make up for the shortcomings of the fleet.
Although we failed in this battle, it also made our compatriots put away their arrogance and see our weaknesses. We have begun to learn and make progress again, but all this will take time."
"I seem to have heard you say such a proverb before, which is called: Sharpening the sword will not waste time chopping wood. I think it makes sense, so we are now preparing to put it into practice."
There was a strange joy in Keles's words. Although they had tasted the bitter fruit of defeat in this battle with the Sapphire Stars, this bitter fruit now seemed to be brewing with a different kind of sweetness.
People often say that a victorious general who stays where he is is not scary, but an army that keeps losing but keeps moving forward is scary.
Because the former is destined to be left behind by time, while the latter has been changing despite repeated defeats.
As long as it changes, it's a good thing.
Harlans's colonial fleet found the motivation for progress in the defeat, and they will surely become stronger bit by bit as a result.
This is the role of enemies and targets. Only with them can you have the will to fight!
Seeing the joy in Keles's eyes, Xue Hua laughed softly. He was happy for his friend and at the same time happy for the progress of the protoss.
A powerful protoss is what he wants to see now. In order to face the huge challenges that will come soon, he now needs to unite all the forces that can be united.
Xel'Naga, Chaos Purgatory and even High Heaven, as well as the "source" hidden behind the scenes.
These powerful names may become enemies of the insect swarm, so he needs an ally, an ally who can at least help him block the sharp knife stabbing him in the back at a critical moment.
He doesn't believe in higher heavens, nor does he believe in that "cosmic entity", so he doesn't really have many choices.
As for whether the powerful protoss will challenge the insect swarm?
He is not afraid of this, because he believes that the progress of the insect swarm will only get faster and faster!
As opponents and rivals become stronger, the insect swarm will become stronger at a faster rate!
They are not afraid of challenges, and any opponent will only become a stepping stone on the evolutionary path of the insect swarm!
