Chapter 200: A Warning from the Swarm
Just when Xue Hua had already arrived at the end of this tomb expedition, in the outside world, his Zerg high-level commanders were feeling a little distressed because they couldn't contact him.
"According to the latest information from our Watchdog Worm, the enemies of humanity have amassed a large number of forces and are preparing to cross the ocean to attack their city... Juggernaut didn't give clear instructions on the role of the Swarm in the coming war before losing contact, so I think we should stay on hold and stay out of this battle for now. ”
In the Hive's mind, Zagala made his stance clear to the other high-ranking commanders.
Although Xue Hua has repeatedly told it to treat humans as allies of the swarm in this world, Zagara, who has fought countless tragic battles with General Sheffield of the Tyranid Empire on the planet Char, still doesn't like "humans" very much.
Therefore, it advocates that the swarm first conserve its strength, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when the war enters the final stage, the swarm will decide whether to join the final decisive battle according to the situation.
However, Zagara's claim was opposed by Stokov, the commander of the swarm fleet.
After temporarily terminating the mission of exploring the Star Spirit Beacon, the Swarm Fleet has been roaming in the space near the Sanctuary World, developing the Zerg base in the asteroid belt while looking for new resource points nearby where the Swarm can settle.
"The Juggernaut has made it very clear that the humans of this world are our allies, do you understand what allies mean? Zagara!
We can't just sit idly by and let our allies be attacked, and don't forget, our two Mistresses are also members of this world.
I don't think he would be happy if the Juggernaut returned to find that the human city had been reduced to ruins due to the inaction of the swarms. ”
"I didn't say I'm going to sit idly by! Stokoff! Don't misinterpret me! I just think that the swarm should not intervene in this battle too early, but should appear at a critical moment in the war, at least until the enemy of our 'ally' has committed all its forces, and the swarm can destroy the enemy army in one fell swoop! ”
Zagala insisted on his position sharply, but he also knew that the will of the Lord could not be violated, so he did not mean to completely sit on the sidelines.
"What's more, the swarm still has its own troubles now, and the ability of that primordial insect is simply the greatest insult to the power of the swarm!
Juggernaut gave it so much support, but it was driven out of the core by a group of low-level creatures!
And even lost two thunder beasts!
When the Juggernaut returns, I must let the Juggernaut know how incompetent and weak that guy really is! ”
There was a hint of annoyance in Zagara's tone, the incident it was talking about had happened a day earlier.
At that time, Dehaka was continuing to operate the network of insect swarm nests located on the periphery of the mysterious sand dunes according to Xue Hua's orders, but the core area of the mysterious sand dunes suddenly did not know what had happened, and a large number of xenomorph creatures suddenly poured out of that area in all directions, and the unprepared insect hives were suddenly attacked by thousands of monsters.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, coupled with the fact that the abilities of those monsters are really strange, so in a hurry, the primordial insect leader Dehaka tried his best but failed to hold the defensive line, and finally could only retreat to the desert outside the mysterious sand dunes under the cover of Zagara, who was supported by the pit insect network, and even the two thunder beasts sent to it by Xue Hua before were also lost in the attack of the xenomorph creatures.
Fortunately, the main intention of the creatures was not to attack the swarm, but more like to escape from the central area, so Dehaka was able to evacuate with the mother worms.
However, when Dhaka prepares to regroup his troops and enter the mysterious sand dunes again, he finds that the outer area there has become an extremely dangerous area comparable to the previous core, and even with the strength of the swarm, he cannot penetrate into it without mobilizing the main force to launch a general attack.
And Xue Hua had clearly instructed them that the attack on the mysterious sand dunes area must wait until he returned to decide whether to launch it according to the situation, so Dhaka's hive could only be transferred to the desert wasteland near the mysterious sand dunes to temporarily lurk.
For the biter, whatever the reason, when you don't complete the tasks assigned to you by the Juggernaut, you are in the category of "incompetent" and "weak".
The swarm would not accept such an outcome, which is why Zagara lashed out at Dhaka so fiercely in the mind of the main hive.
"Watch your words, Mother Worm, Dehaka's performance is not up to you."
A calm voice interjected into the discussion, and Abbathhar participated in the meeting in the underground of the Cat-Man Oasis about whether or not to support the human battlefield.
"The results of sampling and analysis of the liquid samples taken from the underground passages of human cities that Juggernaut had previously collected through infected insects have come out, and they are made up of a mixture of three special materials with completely different properties and functions.
Some of them are flammable and volatile solutions, which can be used to prepare explosives. A strong psionic corrosive solution that can be used to erode and disable the flow channels of the psionic matrix.
The last type is a volatile psionic bait preparation, which, like insect pheromones, attracts a large number of organisms corresponding to the lure to the point of evaporation and causes it to go into a frenzy.
Based on the above test results, as well as the amount of liquid prepared by the Juggernaut at the time, it can be concluded that there are betrayers among humans.
With this solution, they wanted to destroy the psionic matrix nodes distributed on the underground pipes of the human city, thus releasing all the energy projections that were enclosed in the psionic matrix.
And due to the characteristics of the last mixture of this solution, other energy projections outside of the human-controlled zone may also be attracted to this solution and attack the human-controlled zone.
If the biters are unable to directly support humanity for the time being, at least this information should be disclosed to them, otherwise humanity may collapse due to the interference of the betrayers, which is not good for our plans. ”
Abasser's tone was unwavering, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him.
The test sample it was talking about was the sample that Xue Hua had collected from the "goods" they had transported when he was monitoring the Protector in the Dark Alley area.
At that time, since Abbather was not in the Leviathan, Xue Hua could only transfer this book to the worm mother Chrissa and let it find a way to hand it over to Abasser.
With such a delay, Abbather did not get the sample and complete the test until two days ago, but at this time, Xue Hua had already entered the mysterious shelter and could not be contacted by the mind of the main nest.
"You have a point, we can't join the fight so early, but we can't let humanity's defenses collapse at the touch of a button... But the Mistresses are no longer in that human city, so who are we to tell about this? ”
After listening to Abbather's words, Zagala also nodded, as an outstanding war commander, of course, it understood how serious the consequences would be if something went wrong within the defensive line, so it also agreed with Abbather's proposition.
"There's a human named 'Dika Kane' who has a good relationship with the Juggernaut, and he also has a strong prestige among humans, so it would be a good choice to tell him about it."
Stokoff interjected.
"Very well, so be it! I'll give this task to Chrissa, the worm mother, which has an underground passage that leads directly into the city. ”
Zagala nodded, made a plan of action for the swarm, and then exited the main nest mind and began to carry out the plan.
At its behest, Chrissa, the mother of worms, who was in a secret hive outside the city of Lugoin, quickly passed the news to Kane's ears through secret channels.
Out of trust in Xue Hua, Kane quickly took this message seriously and told it to the three Rugoin Guardians who were organizing the defense in the harbor area.