StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

The Cerberus industrial area, where there are many control towers, is gradually occupied by cold blue symmetrical box-shaped buildings and roaring turbofans along with the extension of the highway. The towering gray-blue frame structure is filled with bronze and brown reinforcements. synthetic glass.Imposing multi-story complex megastructures, reactor power stations, a network of rail tracks and roaring trains dominate the skyline of the Maguro Islands.

There is no neon color of Tarsonis on Taurus, only industrial row buildings with cold lines and bright orange holographic screens.There is not even a little bit of greenery for embellishment here, and every inch of land is poured with gray concrete.

The special car that Augustus took went through many barriers before entering the core of the Cerberus Industrial Park. According to Dr. Sabsorian, compared with the foundry factory here, the Zerg bugs that were tagged just now It's just pediatrics.

This place doesn't look like a large-scale farm for breeding zerg, but more like a complex industrial city built near the crystal mine.In those factories that were working day and night, the newly mined crystal ore would be thrown into a furnace to be cast into alloy steel plates, which would then be precisely cut to build vehicles, buildings, and even warships.

"We raise the Zerg in captivity, train the Zerg, and transform the Zerg. They will become the war dogs of the Tyrannian Empire. The army of the Cerberus Swarm is invincible and omnipotent."

When the car stopped in front of a high-rise building like a monument, Sabsolian was still bragging about the Cerberus swarm to Augustus.

Dr. Subsolian, like many on the project, has few hairs left at a young age.He presided over one of the most dangerous projects in the Tyrann Empire, but he seemed calm and reserved.

People who are flamboyant are rare in this industry. Sabsolian is exactly the style of the Tarsonis elite.

"Then let me see where the Cerberus Project spent its funds." Augustus got out of the car surrounded by the royal guards, and ordered someone to bring Cerebral Worm α out.

After all, the cerebrate is still the undisputed master of the swarm, and it took no effort at all to control the Cerberus Zerg prepared for it.That also shows that those zerg still retain the mind of the main hive.

"I dare to assure you, Your Majesty, as long as you see the real Cerberus, you will believe that all the investment of the empire is worthwhile."

"Take your head as a guarantee?" Emperor Augustus looked at the building whose exterior walls were tightly pasted with galvanized sheets, and made a frightening joke.

Dr. Subsolian's face fell, indicating that this was not funny.

The Cerberus Project was not very popular in the Tyrannian Empire. Conservative imperial officials believed that this project was too dangerous, and it was tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. The radicals could not wait to see a swarm army in just one day.

Funds allocated to the Cerberus Project have always played a part in the Tyranid Empire's military expenditures, but the military has never been able to figure out which service they should be counted as.

All in all, Sabsolian has been under quite a bit of pressure.

"." Sabsolian hesitated for a while, but finally dared not say anything if he didn't come to see him.

Fortunately, Augustus just smiled, left Sabsolian and walked straight to the monumental building.Unlike the elaborate, stone-polished buildings of August Grad, Cerberus Engineering's was standard utilitarian industrial style.

When the huge black door opened with the hiss of the hydraulic device, under the towering dome, a factory consisting of titanium forging workshop, stamping workshop, welding workshop, assembly workshop, etc. appeared in Augustus in front of.Numerous conveyor belts, robotic arms, and hanging towers cast shadows under the lights.

Apparently, the eerie mechanical grafts on the Cerberus zerg don't grow back on their own.

The Cerberus security forces with live ammunition can be seen at a certain distance, and the three-headed dog logo on the armor is very conspicuous.In addition to eating and sleeping, these resocialized soldiers can guard the factory 23 hours a day.They don't need entertainment, have no desires, and are much easier to use than expensive smart machines.

Here, instead of mechanical parts, there are countless zerg on the conveyor belt.Trembling with excessive adrenaline, the springtails are being bound to the conveyor platform by steel cables, making uncontrollable whining noises during the transmission process, and there are hundreds of them on each conveyor belt.

Augustus stood and watched for a while, watching the giant fangs and claws of the zigzags being cut off by laser scissors, and welded with sharp titanium alloy blades while still bleeding.The carapace and flesh on their spines were replaced by hot alloy steel plates and nano-carapace frames, while the exposed circuits, neural interfaces and pipelines combined all the implanted prosthetics.

Judging from the painful appearance of those springtails, they hadn't even been anesthetized before.The entire production line is highly automated, and operators can control the overall situation with the push of a button.

Such an exaggerated process of prosthetic transformation is simply not something humans can bear, or in other words, only Zerg survived such crazy transformation.

The Cerberus Project was originally designed to transform and control humans. Unfortunately, there are not enough experimental products to survive them to perfect the technology.Emperor Augustus didn't need mind-manipulating technology to control his people, and the Zerg Project Cerberus became the new choice.

"Would this be cruel from the Zerg's point of view?" Augustus asked the cerebrate beside him.

"Cruel? For the swarm, pain is not important at all." The brain worm said: "Individuals don't matter, the group is everything."

"Very well, if you give me an eye that can shoot lasers, I can teach old Duke a lesson."

The cerebrate's mouth full of fangs and sharp teeth split into a terrifying arc, which was an extremely evil smile.Anyone who knows enough about it will immediately understand that this guy is about to go bad.

"It's too dangerous. If I give you a pair of wings, you will go to heaven." Augustus rejected its request.

"I can't tell." The brain worm said.

"I've never seen Zerg like this, they look so strange." Queen Zagara also followed, and in order to deal with the situation where she might lose control, she was always followed by several royal guards.

"We can also modify this queen to make her stronger. Maybe an external brain can increase her wisdom?" Sabsolian walked over.

"But I'm already very smart." Zagara spread his paws.

"It's far worse than the brain worm? You can't even do a set of test papers from Keha University, and you can't understand the financial statements. What use do I want you?" The brain worm shook his head: "Besides, even a fool The smartest one in the world."

".?" Zagara blinked, confused.

"Don't go too far." Augustus had no objection to this.

"Let me introduce you to the masterpiece of Cerberus Engineering, a flawless art treasure: Zerg servants, Cerberus war dogs." On this side, Dr. Subsolian knew that the time for his performance had come, he After clapping their hands, a modified Cerberus Zergling walked towards Augustus.

In addition to replacing its claws with titanium blades, the springtail also carries steel plates, microturbine motors, capacitors and tubing embedded in muscle tissue on its back.A helmet-like metal exoskeleton is deeply embedded in its entire head, and its eyes have been completely replaced with headlights emitting cold light.

It must be noted that there are two trembling tentacles on the back of this springtail, which are prepared for the remote control of the Cerberus master control center.

"This springtail is stronger than before the modification. It runs faster and has an amazing speed. Through remote control technology, Cerberus Engineering can control them like a drone." Subsolian Pause here: "The most important thing is that we can also install self-destruct devices to allow them to undertake more dangerous infiltration tasks."

"But it's too inhumane." Cerebral Worm commented.

"The cost of transforming Zerg is much lower than that of making machinery, and the efficiency is also higher." He said to the emperor confidently:

"Instead of just enslaving zerg, we are using industry to create war machines that can be controlled by AI. Cerberus Engineering transformed the Hive Lord into a space carrier that can release drones, transformed Mutalisks and Swarm Guardians into a heavy bomber, and transform the Ultralisk into a land train that tramples on enemy lines."

"If the situation allows, we can even add a fusion reactor and a laser cannon to the Leviathan's body."

"If you do, it's really a good investment," Augustus asked Sabusorian. "How far can Cerberus' mechanical nerve implant technology go?"

"It can completely replace the Zerg's brain." Sabsolian said: "In addition to human control, we can also simply program the microcomputers in the Zerg's brain, allowing them to execute simple instructions, such as patrolling or It's an attack."

As he said that, Subsolian took out a bouncy ball from his pocket and threw it high. The springtail immediately rushed out like lightning and quickly picked up the ball.

"Very good." Augustus nodded: "I know you have transformed other varieties."

"Not only the ones before the Brood War, but also the new breeds are involved." Sabsolian led Augustus to other workshops.

Not only springtails, but also a large number of hydralisks and cockroaches on the production line. The transformation process is extremely bloody. It is not only as simple as cutting limbs, but also supporting craniotomy.

This is a relatively common species. Augustus also saw many Cerberus allosaurus, and their bodies were also implanted with a large number of mechanical prosthetics, and even a pair of membrane wings were reinforced.Smaller species, including worker bees and larvae, are also present, but the significance is less clear.

Cerberus zerg are immune to the hive mind, so they can carry out the most dangerous tasks when the Empire deploys psi-shredders.

Anyone who saw this would feel horrified, and Augustus, who supported the plan, knew the risks.But relatively, the value of the Cerberus swarm is immeasurable.

Eventually, Sabthorian brought Augustus to a Ultralisk that was being imprisoned in a shield field.

This Thunder Beast is even bigger than ordinary Thunder Beasts, almost like a mountain.Its mighty and domineering giant blade has been completely replaced with a titanium alloy blade, which is covered with blue flame-like patterns, thousands of reinforced alloy armor plates, electronic implants, and interlaced coiled pipelines are all over it. On a mountain-like body.

Augustus even saw the missile launching unit on Ultralisk's giant crown, and there was even a miniature missile assembly factory behind it.From the looks of it, the people from Project Cerberus simply transformed it into a land-type fortress, with even a landing pad on it, which he guessed was prepared for the take-off and landing of Banshee bombers.

"A king beast?" The brain worm said:
"Where did you get this thing from?"

"It was sent by General Stukov from Char." Sabsolian explained, "We are going to make it into a real doomsday behemoth!"

"Not only that, but we also prepared a few remodeled unclean scorpions for it. Combined with the poisonous mist ability of the scorpion, its charge will be devastating!"

When Sabsolian was speaking, five red scorpions like long snakes were protruding from the back of Cerberus King Beast, making hissing sounds like five-headed dragons.The tails of these scorpions are connected to the body of the king beast, as if they are a symbiosis.

"Cool! Why didn't Abathur come up with this trick?" Cerebral Worm couldn't take his eyes off it.

"The king blades of Cerberus King Beast have been burnt blue and have beautiful casting patterns like Damascus knives. When it charges, these giant blades will make a sound like a burning flame." Sabuso Ryan was as excited as a child introducing a toy to others, and he said to Augustus with great interest:

"Your Majesty, I really hope to see the day when it charges into battle."

"Yes, just enough for Stukov's troops," said Augustus.

"What about maintenance costs? If the blade wears out, you have to make new ones."

"We can recycle Cerberus Zerg that died on the battlefield, and the equipment is much more valuable than the Zerg. As for wear and tear, we have nano repair kits that can be used." Subsolian said:
"Besides, once thrown into the battlefield, it is almost impossible for the Cerberus Zerg to survive to the next battle."

"Once upon a time, our warriors had to face such a fate. On the most brutal battlefields, it is still the same today." Augustus said.

Relatively speaking, the modified Cerberus swarm is much easier to use than intelligent combat robots.

"You've done a good job," Augustus said to Subsolian. "Whenever the blueprints for the construction of the Cerberus factory can be submitted, Swan's engineering team will be able to produce them on the front line immediately."

"We don't even have to hatch the zerg ourselves, we just need to recover the dying zerg on the battlefield." He ordered:
"I can't wait to see the Cerberus swarm on the battlefield, they are a thirsty weapon!"