The king's coronation ceremony was successfully held amidst the expectant cheers of the Lugaoyin people.
Lei Hain's unexpected return is definitely a shot in the arm for the Lu Gaoyin Kingdom at this time.
After the new king delivered his succession speech, the atmosphere in the entire Lugoin City suddenly became active again.
Just like the first ray of light shining out of the extremely dark dust haze, this city that had just experienced heavy damage finally began the process of recovery.
The commercial district once again had some vitality, and the people who once lived in the harbor district began to rebuild their homes with the help and supervision of the soldiers.
In Xiacheng District, people worked together to repair the big holes that had been blown out before. The extremely creative Lu Gaoyin businessmen also transformed the now abandoned dark alley area and prepared to use it as a storage area.
Make use of the large ice cellar.
Some of the nobles in the upper city had already taken advantage of the chaos and fled, so these fleeing nobles were declared by the king to no longer be welcomed by Lu Gaoyin.
His remaining property and residence that could not be taken away were also confiscated and used as a place and fund for temporary resettlement of refugees.
The king also hopes that the nobles who have not escaped can lend a helping hand to other citizens in the kingdom according to their own circumstances.
On the night after the coronation ceremony, the new king held a dinner party.
The dinner was held very simply. There were no food cabinets with delicacies or gleaming gold candlesticks. Rehein just gathered all his subjects together and used the opportunity of the dinner to lay out his plan for city reconstruction and residents' appeasement.
Xue Hua did not go to this dinner. This was not because he was claiming credit or because he did not give face to the new king, but because he really had something important to do.
Just when he returned to his home, Abathur could not wait to send a message from the main hive mind.
It told Xue Hua that all the conditions required for the grand evolution of the swarm are in place, and all the swarm's swarms will immediately enter a new round of upgrade and evolution with just an order from him, the master.
Due to the extensive preparations in advance, this evolution will involve all aspects of all current units of the swarm, and there will also be several new types of units and associated basic buildings.
Even, this upgrade and evolution will affect Xue Hua himself. During the evolution process, because the main hive mind will be expanded, Xue Hua must also participate in the evolution in a spiritual form.
This also means that he will fall into a coma before the evolution is completed, and his consciousness cannot be separated from the main hive mind until the evolution is complete.
And since this evolution will include all current insect swarm units, the power of the insect swarm will be at its weakest. All high-level insect commanders will undergo genetic adjustments, and even ordinary insect units will enter a short period of time.
cocooning state.
During this period of time, the security around Xue Hua, the master, was equivalent to zero. This was the time when he was most vulnerable and vulnerable to enemy attacks.
For this reason, all high-ranking Zerg commanders suggested that Xue Hua return to the barrier mountains and complete this evolutionary upgrade surrounded by the Zerg nests.
Zagara has laid the Nydus Worm network from the barrier mountains into the desert area near the coastline, and is preparing to cross the entire Nobile Sea from underground.
Borrowing the tunnel worm network, Xue Hua could easily travel between Lugaoin and the Barrier Mountains in half a day. This was also the reason why Zagara was able to provide reinforcements so quickly at that time.
After some consideration, Xue Hua agreed to the proposal. Since Abathur told him that it would take about ten days to upgrade and evolve, he told Kane before leaving that he needed to go out to do some errands.
It will take about half a month to come back.
Kane knew that Xue Hua had quite a secret. If he wanted to leave at this time, he must have something important to do, so he readily agreed and told Xue Hua that he would explain it to him in front of the king.
In this way, on the afternoon of the day when Lu Gaoyin's new king announced his succession, Xue Hua borrowed the Nydus Worm network to return to the main insect swarm nest beneath the Barrier Mountains.
The whole trip took less than ten minutes, and he completed the distance that previously took him at least half a month to complete.
He had used Nydus Worms before, and the environment inside was not as dark and damp as he had imagined.
You feel like you are walking in an underground pipe with a slightly earthy smell. The surrounding "walls" are hard and dry, and they don't look like the throats of creatures or other disgusting things at all.
When he walked out of the tunnel worm's mouth at the exit, he realized that he had unknowingly crossed the entire Aranok Desert, from the desert on the far east coast to the center of the barrier mountains in the middle of the continent.
"Wow... this feels great~ It's faster than the high-speed rail..."
Xue Hua sighed, and then looked at the surrounding environment.
The Nydus Worm placed him near the "main nest" of the third-level hatchery in the main nest group. The surrounding area looked the same as when he arrived before, except that the surrounding area was much quieter, with only the larvae in the hatchery rustling.
The sound of crawling in and out.
Zagara walked slowly from behind him. The Mother of the Hive seemed to sense Xue Hua's doubts, so she took the initiative to explain.
"Master, our nest has hollowed out one-third of the entire mountain range. I believe that as long as we are given a little time, all the resources of this mountain range will be under our control!
The worker bees of the swarm are still digging forward, and our current main hatchery has also been moved elsewhere. Because it is relatively far back, it seems very quiet."
"Uh...Okay, I understand." Xue Hua nodded, expressing satisfaction with Zagara's progress.
The Barrier Mountains is a huge mountain range that almost divides the entire western continent into two halves. If you want to hollow out all of its underground and let humans do it, it will definitely be a super-large project of the century.
Xue Hua was very surprised that Zagara was able to lead the swarm to such an extent in such a short period of time, especially as the size of the swarm expanded and the resources that Xue Hua received every day in the resource pool also increased.
Rapidly increasing day by day.
"Are the other commanders ready?"
After learning a little about the development of the insect nest, Xue Hua asked about the progress of Abathur's nest upgrade plan.
"Fleet Commander Stukov has connected to the main hive mind, and Hive Mother Zagara has also made preparations. Abathur and Dehaka are making final mission arrangements. They need to carry out some of the tasks they are responsible for.
Summarize and organize.
In addition, the insect hive system on the asteroid belt sent a report that huge psychic energy fluctuations have been coming from the workshop of the protoss phase technician who talked to you in the past few days. The insect mothers asked you
Should we take any preventive measures, or directly regain control of the target?"
"Eh? Keles?" Xue Hua was stunned for a few seconds when he heard the news, and then he remembered that he did have such a person in his hands.
Why did this guy lock himself in the studio when he disagreed with her, and stayed there for so long without any response? He almost forgot about this guy.
But what on earth is this guy up to?
Why is there a psychic reaction that makes the insect mother alert?
After thinking about it, Xue Hua decided to continue trusting Keles. This guy's wife and unborn child were still in his hands!
Even if you want to jump back, you have to think about their life and death, right?
"Don't worry about him, let him do it. I just want to see what he can come up with..."
"Understood, Master... Abathur and Dehaka have been connected to the main hive's mental core network. Do you want to start upgrading the hive immediately?"