86: Chapter 86 The Formation of the Psionic Forces and the Approach of the Dark Alliance
Deep within the Divine Realm, there was another forbidden land: the Psionic Spire.
This was the exclusive hatchery and resting place of the Psionic Queen, Kerrigan.
Purple arcs of psionic energy slithered and hissed through the air, corroding the hard alloy floor into spiderweb-like scorch marks.
Every breath taken was accompanied by a needle-like mental pain, as if invisible steel needles were scraping against one's soul.
Kerrigan hovered in the center of the spire, her six sharp bone wings silently opening and closing behind her, stirring the viscous psionic energy mist.
Her body was more refined than it had been eight years ago, and destructive power surged beneath every inch of her skin.
"Overmind, according to your will, the 'Enlightenment Surgery' has been completed."
Her voice did not vibrate through the air but instead resonated directly within Su Chen's consciousness, carrying a cold, metallic sense of reverence.
She raised a pale hand and pointed to the hatchery pool below, which was strictly guarded by a psionic energy field.
There, it was no longer wriggling Larvae and slimy biomass, but five hundred individual incubation sacs arranged neatly.
Inside each incubation sac stood a Hydralisk whose body had been forcibly modified.
Their heads had become unusually large, occupying nearly a third of their body's proportion.
Beneath their translucent purple craniums, one could clearly see the deeply furrowed brain tissue pulsating violently, and each pulsation caused the surrounding psionic energy arcs to dance wildly.
Their original muscle ducts and firing chambers, once used for shooting bone spines, had been completely removed.
In their place were countless complex nerve bundles extending directly from the brain and spreading across their entire bodies.
The tips of these nerve bundles converged on the surface of their bodies, forming tiny, glowing energy nodes.
"Awaken, my children."
Kerrigan's will transformed into a silent psionic shriek that instantly pierced through the entire hatchery.
The command was law.
"Hiss—!!"
Five hundred special Hydralisks opened their eyes at the same instant.
These were not biological eyes, but two glowing blue flames made purely of mental energy, burning fiercely within hollow eye sockets.
They did not open their mouths, nor did they emit any physical sound.
An invisible yet tangible mental shockwave, centered on them, swept across the entire field in unison!
In the distance, a hundred-ton boulder used as a target disintegrated in an instant without making a sound, turning into the finest dust and being blown away by the psionic energy current.
In Su Chen's consciousness, the cold system prompt sounded.
[Congratulations, Overmind! Obtained special advanced unit: Psionic Hydralisk (Tier 6)]
[Traits: Mind Spike (penetrating energy attack, ignores most physical defenses), Psychic Lash (continuous mental assault on a single target, causing severe pain and confusion), Psionic Shield (passively generates a shield that absorbs energy damage)!]
Behind these five hundred Psionic Hydralisks floated dozens of even larger creatures.
Their appearance was bloated and unsightly, resembling flying brains magnified countless times, covered in wrinkles and furrows, with countless thick nerve tentacles drifting unconsciously beneath their bodies.
[Obtained special support unit: Brain Worm Warlock (Tier 7)]
[Traits: Mass Bloodlust (significantly increases the attack speed and aggression of friendly units within a specified range), Psionic Link (links the wills of multiple psionic units to form an amplification matrix), Chaos Field (interferes with the mental state of enemy units in a specified area, causing them to fall into sluggishness and panic)!]
"Very good."
Su Chen's will descended here to inspect this brand-new troop, and a feeling of satisfaction was transmitted through the psionic link.
For the pinnacle of physical power, there was Baghdad's Titan body.
For long-range firepower coverage, there was Andra's plasma cannon array.
Now, even the last shortcoming on the mental level had been completely filled.
The Zerg Swarm's fangs had become increasingly lethal.
Just then.
A sharp, urgent mental fluctuation, almost tearing, suddenly pierced into the Divine Realm's communication network.
It was the highest-level alert from the Void reconnaissance units.
In the shadows of the spire, space distorted.
A vague silhouette was forcibly "squeezed" out of the void. The leader of the [Void Stalker] unit responsible for void reconnaissance knelt on one knee, its entire body's shadow energy fluctuating violently, clearly having performed a super long-distance forced teleportation.
Its voice was hoarse, mixed with the static of psionic overload, and it exploded directly in Su Chen and Kerrigan's minds.
"Overmind! Alert!"
"In the southeast direction of the Divine Realm, three thousand kilometers away, large-scale, high-intensity energy reactions have been detected!"
"The quantity... cannot be estimated!"
Su Chen's pupils constricted abruptly.
His will instantly crossed the sky, and his perspective synchronized with the reconnaissance unit far at the border of the Divine Realm.
In an instant, a breathtaking scene slammed into his field of vision.
In the boundless dark void, a fleet, vast beyond imagination, was tearing through the veil of space and approaching menacingly.
These were not technological warships.
It was a living army composed of countless dark creatures, exuding the aura of death and decay!
Leading the charge were thousands of [Undead Knights] riding ghastly white bone horses, their hooves treading on ghostly green soul fire, and the knight lances in their hands exuding a chill that froze the soul.
In the center of the army were countless black-armored units hidden in the shadows, their forms shifting between reality and illusion; they were the [Dark Elf] assassins known for their cunning and lethal backstabbing.
And at the very rear of the army, responsible for long-range suppression, were thousands of scalp-numbing monsters.
Their lower bodies were hideous spider limbs, supporting their massive bodies as they crawled at high speed through the void; their upper bodies were [Dark Elf] archers wielding huge bone bows, each bow shimmering with poisonous, dark green light.
[Drider Archers]!
In the center of that dark army that blotted out the sky, a huge war banner fluttered in the wind.
The fabric of the banner seemed to be stitched together from the skin of countless creatures, and on it was drawn a twisted, evil, rotting spider pattern in divine blood.
A nauseating, eerie fluctuation, mixed with rot and divinity, radiated from the war banner, distorting the surrounding light and polluting the void itself.
"Corrupt Matriarch Spider..."
Su Chen's mouth slowly curled into an extremely cold arc.
"So it really was you who came."
His gaze swept across the army, and he also saw many emblems belonging to the Dark Elves and the undead.
God of Proliferation... that old lecher who considers copulation and proliferation as his divine portfolio. His followers were actually mixed in among them.
Heh, perfect.
I'll settle everything at once.
"Eight years, my Zerg Swarm..."
Su Chen's cold will spread throughout the entire Divine Realm.
"Has long been hungry."