Just when Xue Hua had arrived at the terminal point of this ancient tomb adventure, in the outside world, his high-ranking Zerg commanders were feeling a little distressed because they could not contact him.
"According to the latest intelligence sent by our supervisory king insect, the enemies of mankind have assembled a large number of troops and are preparing to cross the ocean to attack their city... and the master did not have any warning about the upcoming insect swarm before losing contact.
We have given clear instructions on our role in the war, so I think we should stay put and not participate in this battle for the time being."
In the main hive mind, Zagara made his position clear to other senior commanders.
Although Xue Hua repeatedly told it to treat humans as allies of the swarm in this world, Zha, who had fought countless brutal battles with General Sheffield of the Tyranids on the planet Char,
Gala still doesn't like "human" creatures very much.
Therefore, it advocates that the insect swarm should first conserve its strength and sit on the mountain to watch the fight between tigers and tigers. When the war enters the final stage, the insect swarm will decide whether to join the final decisive battle based on the situation.
However, Zagara's idea was opposed by the swarm fleet commander Stukov.
After temporarily suspending its mission to explore the protoss beacon, the swarm fleet has been wandering in the space near the Sanctuary world, developing the zerg base on the asteroid belt while looking for new resources nearby that can allow the swarm to gain a foothold.
point.
"The Master once made it very clear that the humans in this world are our allies. Do you understand what allies mean? Zagara!
We cannot just sit idly by and let our allies be attacked. Don't forget, our two mistresses are also members of the human race in this world.
If the Overlord returns and finds that human cities have been reduced to ruins due to the inaction of the insect swarm, I think he will not be very happy."
"I didn't say to sit back and do nothing! Stukov! Don't misunderstand me! I just think that the swarm should not intervene in this battle too early, but should appear at the critical moment of the war, at least until we
After the enemy of the 'allies' invested all their troops, the insect swarm could destroy the enemy army in one go!"
Zagara insisted on its position in a sharp tone, but it also knew that the master's will could not be violated, so it did not mean to sit on the sidelines completely.
"What's more, the swarm has its own troubles now. The ability of that primitive zerg is simply the greatest insult to the power of the swarm!
The Overlord gave it so much support, but it was driven out of the core exploration area by a group of lower creatures!
And we even lost two Thunder Beasts!
When the master returns, I must let the master know how incompetent and weak that guy is!"
There was a hint of annoyance in Zagara's tone, as the incident he was talking about happened a day ago.
At that time, Dehaka was continuing to operate the insect nest network located on the periphery of the mysterious sand dune according to Xue Hua's order. As a result, something unexpected happened in the core area of the mysterious sand dune. A large number of alien creatures suddenly poured out from that area in all directions.
, the unprepared insect nest was suddenly attacked by thousands of monsters.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, and the really strange abilities of those monsters, in a hurry, the original zerg leader Dehaka tried his best to defend the line, but in the end he could only lead the swarm in the tunnel worms.
Under the cover of Zagara, who came to support the network, it retreated to the desert outside the mysterious sand dunes. Even the two thunder beasts sent to it by Xue Hua were trapped in the offensive of the alien creatures.
Fortunately, the main intention of those creatures was not to attack the insect swarm, but rather to escape from the central area, so Dehaka was able to successfully evacuate with the insect mothers.
However, when Dehaka was about to reorganize his troops and enter the mysterious sand dunes again, he found that the peripheral area there had become an extremely dangerous area comparable to the previous core area. Even with the power of the insect swarm, it was impossible to move in without mobilizing the main force.
The troops launched a general offensive and went deep into it.
And Xue Hua had given them clear instructions that the offensive against the mysterious sand dunes would have to wait until he returned before deciding whether to launch it depending on the situation. Therefore, Dehaka's insect nest could only be moved to the desert wasteland near the mysterious sand dunes.
Hidden for now.
For the swarm, no matter what the reason is, when you fail to complete the tasks assigned to you by the master, your performance falls into the category of "incompetent" and "weak".
The swarm would not accept this result, which is why Zagara criticized Dehaka so fiercely in the hive mind.
"Watch your words, Mother Insect. It's not up to you to judge Dehaka's performance."
A calm voice intervened in the discussion. Abathur participated in the meeting underground in the Catman Oasis about whether to support the human battlefield.
"The results of the sampling analysis of the liquid samples taken from the underground passages of human cities that the Master collected through infected insects have come out. It is composed of a mixture of three special materials with completely different properties and effects.
Among them, some are flammable and volatile solutions that can be used to prepare explosives. One is a highly corrosive solution that can corrode the circulation channels of the psychic matrix and render it ineffective.
The last one is a kind of volatile psychic bait preparation. Just like insect pheromones, they will attract a large number of creatures corresponding to this bait to the vicinity of the volatilization point and cause them to enter a frenzied state.
Based on the above test results and the amount of preparation of this liquid discovered by the master at that time, it can be concluded that there are betrayers among humans.
They want to use this solution to destroy the psychic matrix nodes distributed in the underground pipes of human cities, thereby releasing all the energy projections enclosed in the psychic matrix.
And due to the characteristics of the last mixture of this solution, other energy projections outside the human-controlled area may also be attracted by this solution and come to attack the human-controlled area.
If the insect swarm cannot directly support humans for the time being, we should at least disclose this information to them, otherwise humans may cause the defense line to collapse due to the interference of the traitors, which is detrimental to our plan."
Abathur's tone had no fluctuation, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
The test samples it mentioned were the samples Xue Hua collected from the "goods" they transported when he was monitoring the Evil Contractors of the Protection Front in the dark alley area.
Since Abathur was not in Leviathan at that time, Xue Hua could only hand over this copy to the insect mother Krisa and let her find a way to deliver it to Abathur.
Due to this delay, Abathur did not obtain the sample and complete the test until two days ago, but by this time Xue Hua had already entered the mysterious shelter and could not be contacted by the main hive mind.
"What you said makes sense. We can't join the battle so early, but we can't let the human defense line collapse at the first touch... But the matrons are no longer in the human city. Who should we tell about this?
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After listening to Abathur's words, Zagara also nodded. As an outstanding war commander, it certainly understands the serious consequences of internal problems in the defense line, so it also agrees with Abathur's proposition.
"There is a human named 'Dekar Cain' who has a very good relationship with the Master. He also has a strong prestige among humans. It would be a good choice to tell him about this."
Stukov interjected.
"Very good, let's do it like this! I will give this task to the insect mother Krisha. She has an underground passage leading directly to the city."
Zagara nodded, decided on the swarm's action plan, then exited the main hive mind and began to implement the plan.
Under its instruction, the insect mother Krisha, who was in a secret insect nest outside the city of Lugoin, quickly passed the news to Kane's ears through secret channels.
Out of his trust in Xue Hua, Kane quickly paid attention to this information and told it to the three Lugoin guardians who were organizing defense in the harbor area.
