StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The brainworm with blood flowing from its forehead jumped back and forth on the black-lined palace floor like a landed fish, constantly making sounds like killing pigs. The great lord of the swarm was completely disgraced, and the emperor and the imperial marshal covered their faces at the sight.

Although they control hundreds of millions of insect swarms, the combat effectiveness of the brain worms themselves is really negligible. The insect swarm has a strict hierarchy and a clear division of labor. Cerebrates do not have to shoulder the responsibility of charging into battle. Their duty is to help the Overlord operate the huge lair, collect resources and incubate the population, not to charge into battle.

"Stop howling, you are embarrassing His Majesty." Queen Sarah Kerrigan glanced at the Cerebrate and walked towards the cage where the queen was.

The conservative design of the silk gown still could not hide the queen's proud figure. Her steps were elegant and her fluttering skirt was due to the blue-rimmed clouds in the sky. All the ladies in Tarsonis should feel ashamed in front of those toned long legs.

No one would have thought that Sarah Kerrigan was just an ordinary girl born in an unknown town in Tacosian, and they all thought that she must come from a famous family.

"She was the one who moved first!" Hearing what Kerrigan said, Cerebrate might have felt embarrassed, so he could only whimper aggrievedly until the kind-hearted Augustus asked someone to bring a nano medical kit to treat the wound.

Although this brainworm has not been beaten, its vitality is quite tenacious, and its recovery speed is much faster than that of a cockroach with extremely strong self-healing ability.

"Your Majesty, the Queen." As the queen and the insect queen got closer and closer, Faraday couldn't help but become nervous. Many Royal Guards soldiers around him were already waiting seriously.

The metal cage holding the insect queen was wide open, and there was even a guardrail between her and Kerrigan. Although the queen is still weak under the influence of the nanomedicine, and the intoxicant syringe built into the cage can stop the queen before she hurts anyone, there are still many risks.

Judging from α's embarrassing performance, the insect queen is indeed designed to make up for the lack of self-defense ability of the brainworm. Her sharp claws can easily tear open human skin, and can also spray an extremely lethal weapon. Acid sting. The range of this acidic stinger is so far that it can even threaten low-flying fighter jets.

Before the Brood War, as long as a Protoss Dark Templar infiltrated the Cerebrate's lair, they would surely die. As soon as the brain worm dies, the huge swarm will collapse immediately. Under such circumstances, designing a higher-level zerg that is lower than the Cerebrate can prevent the colony from quickly disintegrating under such circumstances.

Another idea is that the current master may no longer be able to create a large number of brain worms, and can only settle for the next best thing.

"If the situation goes wrong, kill her." Augustus ordered.

Augustus wanted to see if Kerrigan could tame the zerg with his powerful psychic power, but the queen could still be captured, but he only had one queen, even though he thought Kerrigan could not be captured at all. hurt.

Kerrigan hasn't taken action for a long time, but it's certain that her powerful psychic power is still growing.

No matter what, Kerrigan went straight to the insect queen. She had always been so confident and calm.

Seeing the queen walking only a dozen yards away from the cage, not only the royal guards present were waiting with bated breath, but even the insect queen herself was terrified.

The insect queen was originally in an attacking posture with her claws bared, but when Kerrigan got closer and closer, her posture turned into a block. But even this didn't last long. In the end, she seemed to suddenly lose her strength, and she squatted down and raised her paws to hold her head.

Augustus actually saw the aura of the Queen of Blades in Kerrigan.

"This is really amazing!" Raynor also saw it: "There are so many telepaths in the empire, but only Kerrigan can communicate with the zerg."

"This is her talent." Augustus said: "For this, she has suffered too much."

At this moment, Kerrigan's tall figure was standing in front of the Insect Queen, and the latter did not even dare to look directly into her emerald eyes. The Insect Queen has powerful psychic powers, but it doesn't seem to be enough to compete with them.

"I can feel the connection between you and me." Kerrigan looked very relaxed, as if in front of her she was not a terrifying insect queen but just a newborn child:

"I am no stranger to the psychic link of the zerg, and if I want to, I can command a carpet to extend forward, transform a larva into an egg to be hatched, or even dominate a main hive. This talent can change with time. As I grew older, it gradually became apparent, but it was not until after the death of the master that my lover trusted me to use this power."

"Now I know that the person the Lord has been looking for in the past is not Gabriel Tosh, but me."

Kerrigan was viewed as a monster from a young age, but those working on the Federation's Ghost Project underestimated just how monstrous she was. She is still human without a doubt, but transcends all humans.

"There is a certain ability that you are born with, but it disgusts you so much that you try to get rid of it. I gradually understand that I don't need to be afraid of this ability." Kerrigan's eyes were filled with brassy light. That is the manifestation of psychic creatures.

The insect queen tried her best to resist the invisible pressure from her heart and spirit, but she screamed and wailed because of it, as if she was suffering from great pain. This sudden spiritual scream was so terrifying that the emotions of nervousness and fear could not help but surge up in the hearts of the people present.

Only one brain worm was delighted. Upon seeing this, he immediately waved his flag and shouted: "Okay! Let her scream, let her wail! Let her suffer!"

This situation did not calm down until a few minutes later. The insect queen, who was originally showing a fierce look, stopped her activities and opened her mouth to beg for mercy:

"Spare me, spare me!"

The insect queen has considerable intelligence and can understand human language. Moreover, she can also directly communicate with people through spiritual language.

Logically speaking, a zerg connected to the hive's mind would never surrender to humans, but Kerrigan's psychic powers were able to connect with the zerg, and this connection prompted the queen to succumb to her will.

"Huh?" The wound on the head of the brainworm is no longer bleeding, and the appearance of a dog fighting for power is vivid: "Can't forgive! Can't forgive!"

"Damn this filthy zerg!"

It's impossible to beat him, but he still has the ability to fake the power of a fox.

"Shut up," Kerrigan said.

"Shut up!" Brainworm yelled.

"Shut up!" Kerrigan said.

"Oh." The brainworm immediately shrank back.

At this time, Augustus ignored Faraday's objection and walked to Kerrigan's side: "It doesn't look like it took much effort?"

Augustus thought that when he first met Kerrigan, she might not have been sixteen years old, but she was already the deadliest killer in history. Everyone told Augustus that Kerrigan was dangerous, but he ignored it.

In ten years, Kerrigan has become the true ghost queen.

"The psychic disruptor has helped a lot. If the Overlord is nearby, I can't make this insect queen surrender no matter what." Kerrigan stretched out her hand to tuck the ends of her fiery red hair:

"She is the second highly intelligent zerg we have captured. Maybe we can get some information from her. I hope it will be useful."

"Where are you from?" Augustus asked her directly.

Seeing Augustus, the insect queen's attitude was not so friendly. She immediately showed her horrifying sharp teeth, as if she wanted to tear him to pieces. It wasn't until Kerrigan glared that she reluctantly answered:

"I don't know where I came from. Ever since I can remember, I, I have been living in the sewers. At first, I just absorbed the essence of rats and cockroaches, and the little things accumulated until I transformed into a queen of insects."

"Do you still remember who created you?" Augustus was a little disappointed.

"I remember this." The insect queen was happy that she knew the answer to this question: "It's Carlos, the brain worm, who is giving me orders."

"What a ghost, Carlos?" Augustus snorted.

Kalos can be said to be the number one enemy of the Tyranid Empire. Its sneaky tribe has been spreading plagues and terrible diseases in the territory of the Tyranid Empire, making people in the fringe world panic.

Secretly, Carlos was still secretly conducting various crazy genetic experiments on humans, creating horrific aberrations and infected bugs. At the same time, Carlos is also keen on infecting humans with telepathic potential into various twisted monsters, such as transforming beautiful women into half-human, half-snake creatures.

It has destroyed many worlds with its own hands, turning them into a human hell full of infected people. And even the most daring human adventurers are reluctant to mention the names of those worlds.

The Worm Queen was probably created by Carlos, because among the many Cerebrates below the Dominator, there is no other Cerebrate that hates humans like Carlos and understands humans as well as it does.

Cerebrates certainly have no human ethics, and Carlos is much more cruel than a real demon.

Both the Tyranid Empire and the Daraam Protoss have tried to assassinate Carlos the Cerebrate, but have always failed. Carlos is very cunning and suspicious. Since the death of the master, his true form has never appeared again, and even the most powerful dark masters have been unable to find traces of him.

"What does it command you to do, and what is its true purpose?" Augustus asked. "Does it command you to destroy Tarsonis?"

"No, Carlos asked me to secretly spread fear instead of destroying Tarsonis. My mission is to make humanity lose trust in the emperor and disintegrate the empire from within." The insect queen has no concept of keeping secrets.

"Carlos is really smart." Renault was deeply uneasy when he heard this:

"I suspect that it will even use the same method to spread a large number of parasites to control our people and officials. Many people are good people loyal to the Empire, but if they are controlled by the bugs in their brains, they will be hopeless. .”

"You are right. Even though there are thousands of zerg on the frontal battlefield, they are still visible and tangible after all." Augustus nodded: "This is why we insist on zerg spies." The reason why it doesn’t work is that with the presence of brain worms and worm queens, we can respond early to the swarm’s offensive strategies and implement countermeasures.”

Only the zerg can better understand the way the zerg fight. Since the zerg groups exchange new genes and new variants through spores that can travel across the galaxy, the zerg on the Tyranids side can also learn about the master worms from this. The latest evolutionary direction of the group. Moreover, with the help of Cerebrates, the scientists of the Tyranid Empire can produce the Zerg virus faster. The master still doesn't know that there is a traitor in his family.

"So that's why you caught me." Brainworm already knew this was the case.

"Is it because Augustus thinks you can be of great use?" Since giving birth to the child, Kerrigan's body has gained a lot of maternal glory, but her poisonous tongue has not changed much.

"I am self-aware." The brainworm did not dare to refute Kerrigan. It was a bully and fearful of the strong. If it had been Augustus, he would have jumped up and protested loudly.

"What else do you know about the true purpose of the current master's invasion of the Koprulu Star? Has the current master been influenced by Eamon? Or, in other words, the current insect swarm has simply been controlled by him." Augustus They all nodded and then asked.

"I really don't know." The tips of the insect queen's dexterous front paws moved back and forth relative to each other. Her head was lowered, not daring to look directly into Kerrigan's eyes. This is not because she has anthropomorphic emotions such as shame, but simply because she is afraid of Kerrigan's majesty.

She spread her paws and said, "I'm just an insect queen after all."

"Keep her, the Cerberus swarm needs a mother." Augustus said.

"I'm enough," Brainworm protested.

"You need one of the Cerberus zerg to be your naysayer," Raynor said.

"Say your name," Kerrigan said, "We need to know how you are addressed.

"Name." The insect queen seemed to be very confused about this question, and she tilted her head in a humane manner. She may not understand what it means to keep her.

"I don't have a name."

"She doesn't have a name?" Brainworm became more energetic and exclaimed: "Listen up, my name is α, and this is my name. If you are lucky enough, you may be given a name like β."

Except for the veteran and powerful Cerebrate, the other Zerg have no names. This brainworm seems to be implying that it is also very powerful.

Although its name was only given by the people of the Tyran Empire, and it was originally planned to be marked with a numerical number, in the end it was just marked with the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and it did not even have a decent name. Put some thought into it.

After all, you can't call it a nameless brainworm. Maybe for brainworms, it's actually quite shameless to always emphasize that you are a nameless guy.

"Isn't it too hasty to use Greek letters to express it?" Renault did not give face.

"You scumbag, you go too far!" Brainworm was furious and immediately cursed: "You are a primitive creature full of lust and random impulses, what do you know!"

"Zagara, Nafash, Naktul, Niadra." Kerrigan announced a bunch of names. She often named the cats and dogs in the palace. name.

"Zagara," the insect queen replied.

"Why that name?" Kerrigan asked.

"Very powerful." The insect queen's answer was somewhat unclear: "But what should I call you?"

"I am your queen," Kerrigan said.

"Yes, Queen." Zagara bowed and walked out with an elegant posture like a princess holding a skirt, which was probably learned from the advertisements shown on the streets of Tarsonis.

"What do you think of this brain worm? Logically speaking, you should be unable to disobey the brain worm's orders. Why would you attack it?" Augustus pointed at the brain worm.

"A stray brain worm, it betrayed the swarm." The worm queen told the truth:

"Not worthy of respect."

"But now, you must obey its orders." Kerrigan pressed the button on the Cerebrate who was fighting with Raynor.

"Okay." Zagara said.

"Humph." The brainworm was very satisfied with this, and pointed to his forehead: "But this is not the end of the matter."

The insect queen looked at it and spat there in disgust. It was a red viscous fluid.

"How dare you-" The brainworm felt that it was insulted, but then it hummed like a happy and well-fed pig:

"Comfortable~comfortable~comfortable~" It was very satisfied with the service provided by the Queen of Insects:

"I want you to spit again."