Chapter 456

"Excellent, Agatha begins hatching the Leviathan!" Blade Queen Kerrigan didn't want to get involved in too many matters; she now wanted to see just how powerful this stellar energy refining device was, and who exactly invented it.

Blade Queen had never imagined a broodmother would betray her, for these broodmothers were her own creations.

During the Overlord's reign over the Zerg, he created the Cerebrates to serve as commanders ruling all Zerg; after the Overlord's death, all Cerebrates died as well, so Blade Empress inherited the Overlord's will and created a new Zerg leadership unit, the Queen Brood, also called Broodmother or Queen of Blades. (Here's a note: the author previously messed up the timeline; it has actually been four years since the end of the Brood War, not ten.) "Understood, Your Majesty, I'll activate the stellar extraction device now and begin hatching the Leviathan." The Queen nodded at Agatha, then immediately began operating the precision Titan furnace before her, drawing stellar beams from within the star system.

Hatching Master Abathur also began transmitting the Leviathan warship's genetic blueprint through the Zerg network, and a selected robust larva began transforming into a massive cocoon, gradually enveloping the entire creep carpet.

The Zerg legion covering the entire planet seemed to come alive, then at visible speed began turning into a gigantic flesh cocoon.

Once the entire planet was enveloped, stellar energy began to be transmitted, consumed at a terrifying rate, then supplied for the Leviathan's hatching.

Zerg unit hatching times don't need to be long—some razor snakes, flying dragons, and cockroaches only need a few minutes to hatch.

Even the strongest ground unit, the Ultralisk, doesn't need ten minutes to hatch and emerge from its shell.

Even a Leviathan of such colossal size only needs twenty-four hours to mature; the Zerg truly lack only energy—if energy is sufficient, the Zerg can arm a brand-new army in an instant.

"Energy consumption is enormous; stellar energy is sufficient to support Leviathan hatching, but a Leviathan of this size is something we've never hatched before." Genetic Engineering Master Abathur spoke up.

Normally, when the Zerg hatch a Leviathan warship, they select a suitable asteroid or comet-like celestial body, not a small planet—know this planet's size is not even much smaller than Mars among the nine major planets.

Even the Queen's flagship Leviathan is only twice the size of a regular Leviathan!

But this Leviathan, just the planet it's hatching on, is over ten times larger than the Queen's flagship; if it truly hatches successfully, Abathur can't even imagine what kind of colossal beast it will be.

The Zerg had never before considered using a small planet to hatch a Leviathan, for it's utterly unrealistic—the energy it would consume would be an astronomical figure.

If it were just for hatching, the combined resources of the entire Zerg could still manage it, but for subsequent travel or even serving as a space-based supply base, the scattered energies in the universe would obviously be insufficient to satisfy this colossal beast's appetite.

If this Leviathan hatches successfully, its size will be over ten times that of the Queen's flagship, and its energy consumption will be terrifying beyond compare.

Therefore, this stellar refining device should remain on it, used for energy extraction, to provide ample power for the entire Leviathan warship.

Besides transporting Zerg units, the Leviathan warship is also a large Zerg production base, capable of producing various Zerg unit types.

It can also be deployed as a strategic-level weapon.

With the infusion of stellar energy, the massive planet has been completely enveloped by the Zerg legion; internal rocks have begun to fracture, turning into Zerg flesh and exoskeletal armor.

"Your Majesty, this Leviathan's hatching time may not be 24 hours; according to my estimate, 72 hours should be sufficient for it to mature."

"This Leviathan's data is very important; I hope to get close enough to contact this Leviathan ship and extract its genetic blueprint." Abathur spoke, face full of excitement.

Such a colossal beast can be said to be the largest creature the Zerg have ever created since their inception—its size rivals that of a planet, so vast it may have surpassed the Leviathan category altogether; perhaps it deserves a new name.

When the Leviathan warship began hatching, Luode had a sudden inspiration and injected some of his own dark divine power into it, helping it grow further as a Leviathan warship.

Its appearance somewhat resembles an eldritch god from the Cthulhu mythos; my dark divine power should make it even stronger.

After Luode injected his dark divine power, this Leviathan warship clearly underwent a different change, beginning to devour stellar energy even more voraciously.

Within the massive flesh mass, a violent heartbeat echoed; time slowly passed, and the Leviathan began hatching.

One day passed, two days passed, three days passed; at this point, the massive flesh mass no longer looked like a planet but a gigantic meat egg.

Inside, the colossal beast is now visible to the naked eye.

"Strange gene sequence—stellar energy hatching the Leviathan has caused a mutation; the Leviathan's data has undergone a fundamental change." At this moment, the Zerg's genetic master Abathur also noticed this Leviathan's anomaly.

According to his calculations, three days should have been enough for this hulk to break free of its cocoon, but in fact he had underestimated it; this hulk continues to draw stellar energy without cease,

"This Leviathan is incredibly powerful—excellent. Agatha, once it hatches successfully, you immediately take it and fold-jump to Char, I want it to become my new flagship.

As for you, Agatha, as a reward, I will grant you the use of the flagship I once used, the Vengeance Rug." Blade Empress gazed at the colossal beast before her, excitement flickering in her expression.

"How wonderful—simply perfect! This is exactly the weapon I've longed for; how many Zerg can this hulk carry? Tens of billions, even hundreds of billions—effortlessly it could contribute a human planet, or even launch successive strikes across an entire star sector."

"Yes, Your Majesty, and I will also bring the stellar energy extractor to you—such a divine artifact is only worthy of your use, Blade Empress." Agatha lowered her head, bowed to Kerrigan, and spoke.

"Hahaha! I can hardly wait to see this Leviathan born; it must have many new functions, and I can't wait to climb aboard and take a look." Blade Queen Kerrigan spoke.

Another four days passed—seven days of hatching in total, after absorbing vast amounts of stellar energy, this Leviathan finally broke free of its cocoon, a colossal beast appearing in the void of space.

This Leviathan warship—Luode did not channel too much dark divine power into it, but even just a portion has caused significant change, even causing its entire body to emit a black glow.

It has over ten eyes and a hard exoskeletal armor; its body bears no need for long tendrils, and it has a massive mouth, within which stellar or void energy can gather, then be fired as its main cannon, with power sufficient to shatter a planet's landmass.

Even at full power, it can blast apart a planet's core.

Because it was given dark divine power, in a sense Luode is truly its master; this Leviathan has smoothly entered the Zerg network, and the Zerg network has opened its gates to Luode.

"What a magnificent behemoth—its size is at least thirty times that of an ordinary Leviathan!

We had previously underestimated it, and its aura is also immensely powerful—it is a monster capable of destroying planets." Blade Queen Kerrigan spoke, face full of admiration.

"Your Majesty, I need to extract its flesh for genetic research—it's highly valuable and will greatly aid the Zerg swarm."

"I understand, Abathur; once this Leviathan reaches Char, I'll let you conduct thorough research—by then you'll also be stationed here, time to move house." Kerrigan spoke.

"Your Majesty! Do you need me to perform a spatial fold now and go find you?" Agatha asked.

This Leviathan possesses immense energy, and it seems capable of absorbing cosmic radiation, dark matter energy, stellar energy, and the like.

Now she has ample energy to cultivate a powerful Zerg army.

"Immediately proceed to Char; the upcoming battle at New Char is critical—I hope this Leviathan warship can join the fight, so our enemies will know the power of the Zerg swarm." Blade Queen Kerrigan spoke.

"Your Majesty, I will now perform a spatial fold." Agatha bowed to Blade Queen Kerrigan and spoke.

"I'll be waiting for you on Char." Blade Queen Kerrigan said, then cut off the mutual communication video. After severing contact with Blade Queen Kerrigan, Luode and the Sundial Star Official also revealed their forms.

"Your spatial fold—can it send us to Char in an instant?" Luode asked.

The movement speed in StarCraft is astonishing; these warships cannot fly faster than light, but instead use a folding method for long-distance travel.

"Correct, Luode—we must go to Char, the Zerg's homeworld, which requires a spatial fold.

It takes only an instant to reach the target planet, but for us, though it feels instantaneous, in reality at least 24 hours pass, possibly even longer.

This is a spatial jump technology; during the jump, we cannot perceive the passage of time.

Yet external time has already passed several days; this technology is mastered by humans, protoss, and Zerg alike.

Since it was first transmitted by the protoss, this technology may well have been developed by ancient protoss." Agatha spoke.

Spatial fold technology was first used by the protoss, and where the protoss obtained this spatial folding technique, no one knows.

But this spatial fold technology has indeed transformed the entire cosmos' ecology; without its emergence, whether Zerg, protoss, or even humans—none would be as they are.

They haven't even left their own star system yet! With the flight speed of a spaceship, interstellar travel is simply impossible.

Luode nodded. This kind of space-folding jump technology was not developed by the Protoss, but came from the Dark Xel'naga Amon.

The Protoss civilization calls itself the Children of the Gods precisely because the fallen Dark Xel'naga Amon once lived on their homeworld, Aiur.

The Protoss civilization worships the Xel'naga Amon as a divine being, but in order to maintain their avatar in the real universe,

the Dark Xel'naga Amon secretly devours his own followers—Protoss with powerful psionic energy. Only by consuming these psionically rich beings can the Dark Xel'naga Amon sustain his physical form in the real universe.

In the view of the Dark Xel'naga Amon, since these Protoss regard him as a god and worship him, selecting certain individuals for him to consume is entirely justified.

But later, the Protoss civilization discovered this, so a portion of the Protoss drove away their god, the Dark Xel'naga Amon.

As a result, the Protoss race split into several factions: the Dark Templar, the Templar, and the Tal'darim.

In the game's official background introduction, this is an extremely brutal and twisted chapter of Protoss history.

"Lord Luode, have you decided what to do next? I must remind you first: the Blade Queen is extremely powerful, and the Zerg numbers on Char are probably in the tens of billions.

This is just under normal conditions. If war were to break out, the Blade Queen could hatch a Zerg army of staggering size at any time and anywhere." Agatha said.

Although she followed the new boss, she still had to properly remind the new boss, lest the new boss be defeated by the Blade Queen, in which case her fate as a traitor would not be much better.

The military strength of the Zerg homeworld Char is still very strong.

"Hmph! Just a bunch of insect demons—no matter how numerous, what can they do? They're nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs, not worth mentioning." The Officer of Mao Ri Star said.

Just relying on these fellows to act arrogantly before the Ancestor of the No-Heaven Law? Just by him alone, shouting twice would be enough to wipe them all out.

How much do you know about the strength of the Ancestor of the No-Heaven Law? This is the one who defeated the Supreme Dao Ancestor and the Tathagata Buddha, and either of those two alone could instantly slaughter all living beings under heaven.

These fellows don't even need the Ancestor of the No-Heaven Law to act—just a slight move from him would be enough to settle them.

"Hahaha! This time I came not to fight, but because I'm quite interested in your Blade Queen." Luode said.

Luode is very much looking forward to meeting the famous Blade Queen, Sarah Kerrigan.

"Then! Great master, let's set out now—how do you plan to deal with the Blade Queen?" Agatha asked.

"That's none of your concern. Now get on your new warship, and we'll head to Char!" Luode said, then led the way into the newly hatched Leviathan warship.

The interior space of this warship equals the size of an entire planet, with plenty of room for the Zerg to spread creep, build structures, and produce units.

Perhaps the Zerg of the StarCraft world could undergo some optimization and transformation—then these endless numbers of Zerg would be the perfect raw material for refining pills! After all, they have no intelligence whatsoever.

Before the transmigration, a meme circulated online: among the myriad heavens and worlds, there are three armies that are the most formidable.

One is the Insect Sea army, two is the Undead Sea army, three is the Demon Sea army. Now these three top-tier human-sea tactic armies, Luode can say he has collected them all.

However, Luode wants to correct one point: even if it were an entire universe's Zerg army, or demon army, or low-level undead army, facing this Primordial God—even one weaker than himself—they would have no power to resist.

After entering the Leviathan warship, the Leviathan warship began spatial folding. A layer of energy directly enveloped the entire hull, then the entire Leviathan warship turned into a red beam of light, beginning the jump.

On the other side of Char, large numbers of human troops were also arriving. For unknown reasons, Jim Raynor's Rangers and the Imperial Prince's army had gathered together, and a large force of Imperial troops attacked Char.

"Damn it, of all times!" Upon learning the Imperial army was attacking Char, the Blade Queen spoke angrily.

Just as the stellar refining artifact was about to arrive, these bastards came to cause trouble—damn humans.

At this moment, although Kerrigan was furious, she also began arranging the Zerg forces to launch a counterattack to protect her homeworld.

Just then, a video connection signal came through.

"Long time no see, Sarah. This time I will definitely rescue you—rest assured! Everything is left to me." The image showed a man about forty years old, a middle-aged uncle—none other than Sarah Kerrigan's former lover, Jim Raynor.

"You actually brought the alien artifact here? Really good—saves me the trouble of looking for it. Today is a good day for me, because I will obtain two artifacts at once." Kerrigan looked at the virtual screen showing Jim Raynor, gave a cold snort, and spoke.

"That Sarah! We only brought one artifact—something I painstakingly collected to save you." Jim Raynor said.

To save his former lover, he was willing to stake everything, but after all his effort he only found one alien artifact—how could there be two? "Heh heh! This is none of your business! You came at just the right time—soon, a new Zerg mother ship will arrive at Char Gold Planet, and then you and all the Imperial fleets will be wiped out to ashes." The Blade Queen gave a cold snort and cut off the communication directly.

A bunch of idiots—soon a planet-class Leviathan warship will arrive, and then you'll see what happens. (End of chapter)