Chapter 455

It's a joke—if she had the resources to hatch a Leviathan warship, she'd have done it already, wouldn't she? Do you still need to say that?

The genetic blueprints for the Zerg battleships are all etched into the cores of these queens.

Once they obtain permission from the Blade Queen of the hive, they can use their own resources to hatch a Leviathan battleship.

Normally, as long as resources are sufficient, a simple greeting to the Blade Empress will grant hatching permission from her side.

Abathur will transmit the Leviathan warship's detailed data, usage, and operating procedures via the Zerg network, but hatching one requires resources.

It requires a large planet or even an entire week's worth of rare resources, consuming countless crystal ores and high-energy gas.

"Oh! You can't hatch this Leviathan warship, can you?" Luode asked.

"If this lord wishes to hatch a Leviathan warship, it's not as simple as you think. I'd be happy to help, but I truly cannot do this," the queen said from Abagatha.

"Then, what conditions do you need to hatch a Leviathan?" Luode asked.

??? A question mark flashed across Abagatha's forehead—what conditions are needed to hatch a Leviathan battleship? Well! Is this guy trying to help me find resources? "We need large amounts of high-energy gas, crystal ores, and a suitably sized asteroid. With these, hatching can proceed," the queen said from Abagatha.

"Hmm! I roughly know what materials are needed. I'll provide the nutrients required for hatching. Is this small planet beneath your feet sufficient to hatch a Leviathan?" Luode asked.

It's a joke! Energy? I'm never lacking in that. Not to mention my own divine powers—if I wanted to, Luode could fully mobilize stellar energy from the universe right now.

"Use this small planet beneath my feet? This, this isn't some asteroid—if used to hatch a Leviathan, it would be far larger than a normal one!

The resources consumed would be over ten times those of a standard Leviathan battleship.

Are you, are you sure you want to use it for hatching?" The queen's voice from Abagatha trembled, her face filled with disbelief as she looked at Luode.

"No problem. Just use this planet beneath my feet for hatching. As for energy, I'll provide it—rest assured," Luode said.

"This, this lord! May I ask your name? How should I address you?" Abagatha, the Zerg queen, asked cautiously.

"My name? Just call me Wutian Fazhu! Or you can call me Luode," Luode said.

After all, there's a Sidereal Star Official from the Black Myth World beside me, so I should still report this title.

"Then, Lord Luode! If you wish to hatch a Green Leviathan, I must report to the Dao Wind Queen. I'd like to ask—what is your attitude toward the Blade Empress?" Abagatha asked cautiously.

"Tch! You didn't say earlier to look at my eyes." Luode's eyes suddenly emitted a red glow, and the eyes of the queen named Abagatha also glowed red, then her face went blank.

Dode is skilled in many pupil techniques for altering memories, directly controlling a life— for Luode, this is effortless. Even with his current strength, even a god-level existence would be instantly pierced by his spiritual power and then controlled.

After controlling Abagatha, Luode began rapidly searching her memories. Indeed, as Abagatha said, to hatch a Leviathan battleship, one must report to the Blade Empress.

Normally, a Zerg queen from a remote planet like hers would never in a lifetime have the qualifications to hatch a Leviathan battleship.

But now things are different. Luode first used his own life essence to help this queen, strengthening her life energy, making her more vigorous, her body larger, and her physique stronger.

Just now, the Sidereal Star Official acted promptly, shouting directly and renaming this Zerg queen as severely wounded, preventing her from connecting to the Zerg network to report events to the Zerg headquarters.

Otherwise, Luode and the others' information would have been exposed. Now this Zerg queen is fully under Luode's control—this risk is gone.

Controlling Abagatha, Luode successfully contacted the Zerg hive, where countless Zerg queens are stationed on various planets, preparing for war. The highest will here is the Blade Queen.

"Great Blade Queen, I am Abagatha, administrator of the xxx New District. I now apply to hatch a Leviathan warship fleet," Luode said, controlling Abagatha's speech.

"Abagatha? I don't recall hearing of you! But I remember your New District has very scarce resources. Are you sure your resources are sufficient to hatch a Leviathan battleship?" the Blade Empress asked.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. My resources are sufficient. I found a truly special artifact here, containing immense power.

I can use this artifact to absorb stellar energy, then convert it into resources for hatching the Leviathan warship," Abagatha said.

"What? You're sure? You found an artifact that can compress stellar energy—you're not lying to me, are you?" The Blade Empress Kerrigan, who had been calmly seated in the Zerg hive, suddenly stood up, her face solemn as she asked.

The Zerg usually mine only high-energy gas and crystal ores from planets—no different from humans.

Star Spirits are the Divine Race. (Star Spirits are the correct translation, but calling them Divine Race has become habitual!) In ancient times, they once built a warship called the Spear of Adun, whose core was an artificial sun providing power.

Everyone knows a huge star contains unimaginable energy, but truly tapping into it is rare. Rather than exhausting resources to harvest stellar energy, it's better to mine high-energy gas and crystal ores.

Even at the peak of Divine Race civilization, they only produced a miniature star! Even so, this miniature star allowed the Spear of Adun to sail for tens of millions of years, with its energy more than sufficient.

Now, one of my subordinates, a subordinate from a remote planet, claims to have found an artifact that can extract stellar energy—could this be a mistake?

"Great Blade Empress, how dare I deceive you? I assure you, I have indeed found an artifact capable of converting stellar energy. If you don't believe me,

I can demonstrate it. If I hatch a Leviathan warship, you should be able to sense the energy transfer. This time, I will use pure stellar energy for hatching," Luode said, controlling Abagatha's speech.

This time he plans to trick the Blade Empress Kerrigan—pretend to deliver the stellar artifact, then strike and subdue her.

This person, originally destined to defeat the Dark Sarnaga, once he subdues the Blade Empress, the Zerg ruler, will effectively rule the Zerg indirectly.

The current plot should be during the Era of Freedom's Will. I must seize the moment—cannot let Jim Raynor activate the Divine Race artifact first and turn the Blade Empress back into a human.

"I understand. Abagatha, right? Listen—I'm now transmitting the Leviathan warship's detailed data to you. You may begin hatching. Keep the Zerg network open at all times.

Then activate the video link function—I want to watch your Leviathan hatching throughout. If you truly found an artifact that can mobilize stellar energy, you'll be a great hero of the Zerg swarm, and I will promote you to supreme commander, second only to me, the Zerg Mother," the Blade Empress Kerrigan said.

If stellar energy can be mobilized, destroying a planet is effortless—no need to dispatch the Zerg swarm to attack.

I hope you don't disappoint me, Abagatha. I hope it's true as you say—that an artifact capable of mobilizing stellar energy exists.

"Yes, Your Majesty. In half an hour, I'll initiate video communication. Then you can watch the Leviathan hatching throughout," Abagatha said.

"Prepare to receive the Leviathan genetic blueprint! I'm starting transmission now." The Blade Empress Kerrigan said. "Your Majesty, I'm now preparing the video link—please allow me to temporarily disconnect from the Zerg network," Abagatha said.

"I understand. Go prepare! I hope you don't disappoint me," the Blade Empress said.

Abagatha nodded, then ended her call with the Blade Queen, turned to look at Luode, and spoke.

"Lord Luode, following your order, I've contacted the Blade Empress. As for the artifact, I'll trouble you with it," Abagatha said.

Now Abagatha is like a Heaven-Deaf God—retaining her own clear will, yet wholly devoted to serving Luode wholeheartedly.

"I understand. Prepare yourself—begin receiving the Leviathan warship's genetic blueprint. I'll now start forging the artifact," Luode said.

Luode also immediately retrieved the Titan Forge method given by Sargaras earlier, took out some Titan God Iron, and directly forged a Titan Forge on the spot. Then he used his divine power to reinforce it, enabling it to extract stellar energy.

This massive forge—back in the day, Sargaras built one on the dwarf planet Vidanis.

It cannot directly extract the power of multiple stars like Luode can, but it can slowly draw some stellar energy—enough to hatch a Leviathan or similar should suffice.

This is a giant stellar energy extraction furnace. Abagatha's planet has a huge yellow dwarf star, slightly more massive than the Sun—just right for this stellar furnace to extract energy.

"Abagatha, come here—I'll teach you this miraculous operation. From now on, you'll operate this artifact. We'll hide aside.

Your task is to hatch a Leviathan warship, then tell the Blade Empress you're going to his side to deliver the artifact," Luode said.

"I understand, great Lord Luode." Agatha spoke.

Luode nodded in satisfaction, then began teaching Agatha how to use this massive Titan Furnace; once he confirmed she had learned, he cast an invisibility spell, hiding himself and the Sun Star Official.

On the other side, in the Zerg hive, the Blade Empress also brought her genetic engineering deputy Abaseth before the Zerg network, beginning to establish communication with Agatha.

"Are you sure? Your Majesty? An ancient miraculous device capable of extracting stellar energy! Does such a thing really exist?" The Zerg genetic engineer Abaseth spoke.

As a researcher, although he specializes in genetic engineering, he also understands some other physical science engineering. Extracting stellar energy is extremely difficult—even the peak-era Star Spirits could not achieve it.

"A little insect queen would not dare deceive me; if what he says is true, then a weapon capable of extracting stellar energy would be too important for me—I could use it to conquer the entire universe." The Blade Queen spoke.

The current Blade Empress is still in a state where her mind is completely dominated and transformed by the Zerg; although free, Kerrigan's personality and consciousness have been suppressed, and she is merely a ruthless, cold killing machine.

"Indeed, as you said, Your Majesty, if this artifact can truly extract stellar energy, then we will have inexhaustible and endless energy.

Countless Zerg armies will be created by you, and perhaps we can improve the Leviathan warships, enabling them to fire even more powerful main guns, like human battlecruisers." The genetic engineer Abaseth spoke.

"Hahaha! Come on! Let's conduct the video link—I want to see exactly how this so-called artifact extracts stellar energy!" Blade Queen Kerrigan spoke confidently.

She had no doubt whatsoever that the insect queen from that remote planet would betray her or say anything false, for no Zerg would dare defy the will of this Blade Empress.

Soon the Zerg network established the link, and a colossal insect queen appeared before the Blade Queen.

"Honored Blade Empress! Agatha greets you." Agatha spoke.

At this moment, Agatha, having been infused with Luode's life energy, is larger than ordinary insect queens, appearing immensely formidable.

"Are you Agatha? On a remote planet, to grow to such immense size and strength—indeed, that is not easy." The Blade Empress nodded and said.

On such a remote planet, to grow to such immense size—this insect queen is indeed not easy.

"Her physique is very robust, possessing strong life energy; she must have encountered some miracle? Previously, Agatha did not have such a strong physique." The genetic engineer Abaseth standing nearby spoke.

As the Zerg's genetic master, he knows every detail of each insect queen; this Agatha, surviving on a remote planet, is unknown to the Blade Empress.

But Abaseth knows: before this Agatha, among all insect queens, she was relatively frail.

"Abaseth Master! You should see that my physique changed not long ago—precisely because of that powerful artifact, which caused my physique to undergo tremendous change, making my strength greater." Agatha hurriedly found a suitable excuse for her strengthened body.

"What's with your insect swarm? I sensed in the hive network that 99% of the insect swarm on your planet has died, leaving only you and some hatchery structures." The Blade Empress frowned and asked.

What's going on? Why did the entire planet's insect swarm die like this?

"Your Majesty, they are Zerg warriors. To seize this artifact capable of refining stellar energy, I battled a mysterious opponent—fortunately.

Under the Empress's blessing, I successfully defeated my enemy, though casualties were heavy, but I also seized this stellar weapon.

Now I wish to hatch a Leviathan warship, then hurry back to your side, present this artifact to you, and also evade the enemy." Agatha spoke.

"Enemy? Humans? Or Star Spirits? What kind of opponent did you face?" Blade Queen Kerrigan frowned and asked.

"Great Your Majesty, they are strange-looking beings who wield a most miraculous power; most Zerg facing this power have no ability to retaliate.

I, relying on mighty Zerg sea tactics, used my children's lives to successfully kill the enemy and seize the stellar artifact from their hands.

Perhaps after I meet you in person, I can report to you in detail." Agatha spoke.

"I understand—then show me your stellar artifact!" Blade Queen Kerrigan nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Agatha guided the information-relaying queen insect, then brought Blade Queen Kerrigan's gaze to the Titan Furnace Luode had just completed.

Before the Blade Queen stood a furnace several hundred meters high, forged from an unknown metal, with stellar energy from the star system being absorbed by it in some inexplicable way.

Stellar energy, condensed into visible density, shot as a beam toward the furnace, continuously extracted by it.

"This device—the metal on it is unknown, capable of resisting stellar temperatures, extremely hard, and indeed absorbing stellar energy." The genetic engineer Abaseth nodded to the Blade Queen and said.

This metal, for now he can only preliminarily judge; only upon seeing the genuine article can he determine its properties. (End of chapter)