Him and their stars.

Chapter 1938: Duality of Grandeur and Thriller

Xia Li was also standing there with her head down, not even breathing, and she seemed to have turned into a statue. It was not until Yu Lian's scrutinizing eyes swept over her, scanning her from head to toe, from top to bottom, inside and out several times, that she finally regained some vitality.

She stretched her body and let out a full sigh, very much like an uncle, before slowly regaining focus.

She glanced at Yu Lian, held her head high, put one hand on her waist, and pointed the other hand at the ceiling covered with pink fungus blankets above the crypt. She stood still and shouted proudly, "I am the swarm!"

Yu Lian felt the nerves in his forehead start to twitch again, but at the same time, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

Although Xia Li has learned emotional intelligence, her mental structure seems to be quite unstable. However, it turns out that only this type of Xia Li is in line with the character setting.

Of course, Xia Li, who had already mastered the skill of emotional intelligence, retracted her pride and said to Yu Lian seriously: "Hey, I wanted to say this kind of words a long time ago, and I want to say it openly and honestly."

"Then congratulations." Yu Lian said calmly.

Then again, you're only 1.5 meters tall, and if rounded up, you could even be considered a loli. No matter how you style yourself, you'll still look a bit non-mainstream.

"So, are you upright now?" Yu Lian said.

The “girl” actually showed a look of distress on her face, and then she said seriously, “Rounding off should also count.”

Is such an ambiguous and foolproof ruler really the unified will of the swarm race?
Facing Yu Lian's scrutinizing gaze, Xia Li remained calm. She smiled frankly and honestly, pointed to her heart and said, "The mother nest is right there." Then she pointed to the sky and said, "It's right there, too."

Yu Lian placed one hand on Xing Zhi who was hiding behind his back, and gave Xia Li a thumbs up with the other hand: "I like the way you talk now, I hope you can keep it up."

Charlie quickly explained, "No, what I mean is that the Hive Mother Core is actually a carrier. Most of its pheromones have been absorbed by me, and the rest have been scattered throughout the universe."

"Dispersed? Oh, don't put all your eggs in one basket?" Yu Lian looked at Xia Li meaningfully: "Could it be that in some corner of the universe, a new nest mother core is being nurtured?"

"This is the endless cycle of life, withering and flourishing every year." Xia Li said solemnly. Of course, she seemed to be following Yu Lian's words and did not directly answer Yu Lian's question.

"Now, the historical mission of the Nest Mother as a physical carrier has been completed," she added.

"So it just disappeared directly? Disappeared into the void? Or did it decompose into atoms to nourish the earth?" Yu Lian raised his eyebrows.

Xia Li said, "No, it is now an important part of the battleship. Uh, it is now merging with my flagship, and the visual effect may be a bit strange, so I also need your subordinates to remain calm. There is no need to keep pointing that scary cannon at us. Didn't we agree to reconcile?"

Yu Lian quickly understood what the other party meant, and looked up at the ceiling of the cave to make sure that there was no big hole that went straight to the sky.

However, having said that, he could actually feel the residual spatial fluctuations at the scene, but they were very subtle. If he had not been reminded, he might have really ignored this slight gravitational disturbance.

This should also be the remnant of a force field flickering, but Yu Lian still couldn't help but marvel at it. However, even such a behemoth, after completing the dimensional jump, the spatial fluctuations left behind were only equivalent to those of an ordinary psychic.

Is this a unique spatial approach?

In other words, although the carrier of the mother nest's core looks like a huge golden egg that is as big as a mountain, its mass is about the same as that of a human?

But no matter which one it is, it is an amazing scene.

Yu Lian took out his personal terminal and scanned it, and found that more than five hours had passed since he entered the underground palace. "It feels like I haven't done much, but it's already this time? Where did the time go?"

"It must be because we are very careful." Charlie answered solemnly.

This also means that I have been disconnected from the Silence for such a long time, so it is understandable that everyone is a little nervous. At this time, any sudden changes are likely to cause everyone to overreact.

Yu Lian estimated that if Feifei and Xiaohui had not been there, the arc cannon would have already hit him.

As for Yu Lian, although he was not very used to the upgraded Xia Li, he couldn't just sit back and watch her get hit by the arc cannon, so he still planned to contact her.

However, the personal terminal strengthened by Xiao Hui showed that there was no signal.

Yu Lian had no expression on his face, and squinted his eyes at Xia Li. The other party laughed dryly, glanced at the pink fungal blanket around him, and his will was silently transmitted to the fungal blanket.

The signal was immediately restored seamlessly, as smooth as if the flight mode had just been released.

What made Yu Lian happy was that his terminal did not have a lot of missed calls and text messages. This might mean that the comrades on the Silence were really stable.

However, before he could dial the bridge of the Silence, the first voice he heard was Xiao Hui's.

“Wahahahahaha, the invincible Grey Wind Queen is back!”

Then, the robot ghost appeared without any warning.

What a pity, she jumped out directly. If she crawled out slowly from the terminal screen wearing a white dress and disheveled hair, it would be more appropriate.

Charlie looked around in confusion, her expression slightly solemn. She still felt something, but it was still limited.

However, Xiao Hui was very satisfied with the master's mental state at this time, and even said with approval: "Not bad, not bad, a lot of stupidity from the Forbidden Matters School, but unfortunately it is not yet mature. However, this is a good start. The revival of the results of the Forbidden Matters School means that my civilization guidance work has also completed a big step. In the future, I can unlock more permissions, right?"

Is this also considered your work? Also, I seem to be happy to see the growth of the Zerg! I always thought you and the "School of Forbidden Matters" were enemies.

Yu Lian felt that he had too many complaints to make, but before he could say anything, the other party said, "But even for me, this is the first time I've seen such a scene. Your subordinates are all stunned. Brother Yu Lian, this kind of scene is rare to come across in your lifetime. If you miss it, you'll never have such an opportunity again."

……

When Yu Lian, led by Xia Li, and his companion Xiao Hui, returned to the surface through the passage, what he witnessed was an amazing and shocking scene.

The huge core of the hive mother glided silently in low-Earth orbit, quickly approaching the huge Leviathan battleship over there. Fine cracks appeared on its surface, and the planet's magnetic field seemed to vibrate like a buzzing sound.

The Zerg Hive flagship not far away also began to twitch violently.

Although it was very impolite, Yu Lian felt like a giant bug that was sprayed with medicine and started to roll. However, to be honest, even if it was rolling, it was the most rhythmic rolling, and even if it was a bug, it was the most spectacular bug in the universe. Then, the scales of the outer shell of the nest ship rolled up layer by layer, ejecting scarlet biological cables - the surface of these cables was covered with suction cups, which were accurately attached to the surface of the nest mother core.

Of course, even with such a embarrassing scene, Yu Lian remained fearless and was even a little moved.

This is probably because what flows on the surface of those biological cables is not mucus, but a soothing aura.

Therefore, the subsequent fusion process presents a duality of grandeur and horror.

Energy circuits emerged on the surface of the dome like flowing blood light, entwined with the biological cables spewed by the hive battleships, echoing with a vibrant resonance.

It was soundless and colorless, but it seemed to resonate deep in the soul.

Yu Lian now understood why Xiao Hui thought he should not miss this scene.

"This is the rhythm of life. Life is so glorious. Life is so wonderful. If you forget it later, you can figure it out on your own," said Xiao Hui.

I hope everyone on board will never forget this.

"They are very obsessed, but they didn't forget to record the video. The new one even distributed the remaining Sky Survey Eyes, saying that he wanted to record at the maximum magnification and make sure it was accurate to the cell," said Xiao Hui.

The new guy? A lot has happened in the past five hours.

Yu Lian had roughly guessed something, but it was too late to confirm with the Silence.

At this time, the grand resonance rippling in the soul finally reached its final moment. As the purple-gold "giant egg" sank into the body of the nest ship, the lattice structure that originally belonged to the surface of the mother nest core flowed directly to the surface of the warship, forming an energy matrix on the shell-like armor.

Afterwards, each armor plate was undulating at high speed, as if it was breathing rapidly. A substance similar to biological mucus oozed out from the gaps in the carapace, but it was actually more like fluorescent purple plasma energy.

When the fluorescence penetrated into the armor of the nest ship, it was like completing a magical alchemical process.

After a few minutes, the new hive mothership finally completed the fusion and revealed its full appearance under the light of the stars.

The outline of Leviathan suspended in the sky was like a colossus that crushed all the clouds. Just by hovering in the sky, the light of the entire continent began to distort.

Compared to the nest ship Yu Yulian had seen before, her size had not expanded significantly, but her shape had grown more clearly and flexibly. The hull still retained the segmented structure of arthropods, but rotating bone turbines grew at the seams of each armor segment; the compound eye array on the bow flashed a few times before turning under the clear cold light of the carapace.

Yes, under the thin air and the reflection of light, the mother ship appeared a solemn, dignified and even somewhat sacred blue-gray color, as if it was a steel planet hanging upside down in the sky.

However, the holes in the honeycomb structure at the bottom were surging with flickering fluorescent light, as if it was breathing.

Even though it was thousands of miles away, Yu Lian could feel that a swarm of insects of astonishing scale was growing in its belly.

The sharp sunlight easily passed through the thin atmosphere of this planet, but when it landed on the surface of the ship, it had a hard time flowing. The ridges covered with biological armor were like undulating mountains, refracting the original golden light under the color of steel.

This was a form of hive battleship that Yu Lian had never seen before. It was also the most divinely oppressive form he had ever seen in his two lifetimes.

However, in another timeline, Yu Lian actually came into contact with another type of hive mothership.

Compared with the cold steel killing weapons created by human civilization, the biological warships of the Zerg appear more hideous and terrifying, more like a group of ferocious beasts that choose their prey, and can also more intuitively demonstrate their malice.

They hover within the atmosphere like predators, overlooking the entire planet below.

Birds and animals, flowers and plants, people, cities, and even the energy and rocks of the entire planet, everything, all the elements that make up a prosperous civilization, are their prey.

The scales on the belly of the nest ship began to expand, as if opening the gates of hell, revealing the flesh and blood tissue boiling like magma below. Countless translucent vesicles were filled with mimic spore bombs that could raze the surface of the planet to the ground.

At a certain moment, the entire sky suddenly darkened, and three-hundred-kilometer-long flagellum-like tentacles extended from the edge of the mother nest, piercing the ionosphere and causing thunderstorms, plowing burning furrows on the earth.

Compared to these cruel scenes in his memory, Yu Lian really felt that Xia Li's mother nest was actually quite cute.

Once you accept this overly majestic appearance, you can actually experience a strange sense of harmony.

...Or rather, rather than saying it was harmonious, it was more like the huge thing had merged into the void. Once you closed your eyes, you could hardly feel its presence, and even the stirring of gravity was barely audible.

What a magical ability! It's really suitable for stealth and sneak attacks.

As expected, the appearance and abilities of biological weapons are truly in perfect harmony with their owner’s values!

However, this turned out to be too mysterious and did not fit in with Yu Lian's basic physical understanding of himself.

Yu Lian really wanted to ask Xiao Hui again, but considering that he would definitely get an answer like "prohibited matters", he decided to hold back.

However, Xiao Hui explained in detail in the tone of a university professor: "This is the research content of the forbidden matters school. Based on the special energy state derived from the theory of biological topological eighteen-string quantum mimicry, a biological pheromone with a specific structure can be formed. When it is coupled with dark matter particles, it will form a degeneration ripple of energy level transition. This ripple will form string vibrations in three-dimensional and four-dimensional space, causing the weak interaction force between the atomic nuclei of the target organism to deflect the phase, resulting in the diffusion and weakening of gravity. Subjectively, it will bring about the effect of mass reduction."

Yu Lian could not help but be dumbfounded.

"So, do you understand? All biological problems are ultimately physics problems. All physical problems are ultimately mathematical problems.

Although this "biotopological eighteen-string quantum mimicry theory" sounds like the robot is fooling around, the key lies in the explanation that follows!

Although he didn’t understand the content, the key is attitude!
"This, isn't this a prohibited matter?" Yu Lian was so shocked that he almost spoke out.

Fortunately, Xia Li was so absorbed in the majestic sight of the warship in the sky that she did not even notice Yu Lian's gaffe.

Miss Robot also looked surprised: "Now that you said it, it seems to be true! Has the authority really been upgraded? Ahahaha, as expected, if you do your job of guiding civilization well, you will definitely be rewarded."

So what kind of job did you do? Wasn't it all thanks to me?