From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 676 is nothing more than a toy castle built by a child with sand.
On November 15th, 0050 of the Imperial Calendar, the final siege of the desolate planet's surface took place.

The distorted images in the holographic projection plunged the entire bridge into silence.

Alarak's once elegant Protoss body had now swelled into a deformed monster seven meters tall, with hundreds of screaming faces sprouting from its bone armor surface, and mechanical tentacles extending from its spine, each wrapped with black and red chaotic energy.

Its psionic blades have completely transformed into living organs that constantly drip corrosive liquid, leaving a lingering purple afterimage in the air with each swing.

"Energy reading has exceeded the threshold!" the ship's intelligent AI hurriedly reported. "The target has developed psionic energy fluctuations at the Great Demon level!"

In the footage, Tiberius's Terminator shield is shattered, the armor surface is covered with corrosive dents, and there is a noticeable crack in the left shoulder armor, revealing the nanosuit underneath.

However, his chainsaw lightning claws continued to roar, each collision with the chaotic psionic blades producing a sickeningly metallic, twisting sound.

A tentacle suddenly wrapped around his right leg, slamming the shark company commander heavily onto the metallic ground, where spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread more than twenty meters away.

"Company Commander Gao Zan has arrived in the combat zone!"

The observer suddenly shouted.

The moment the holographic image switched, a "dark green" meteor was breaking through the barrier of the ionosphere.

The Terminator armor of the Flame Lizard Company's Third Company commander shone brightly during the dive, and the energy storage ring of the plasma cannon on his shoulder had turned a blinding white.

Three hundred meters above the ground, his power backpack suddenly emitted an overloaded plasma stream, and he crashed into the center of the battlefield like a meteorite.

boom----! !

The shockwave from the landing of the high-pitched object vaporized all the metal gravel within a radius of tens of meters.

His power gauntlets slammed directly into Alarak's chest, causing the plasma field to overload and erupting in white flames that instantly engulfed the upper half of the Chaos Archdeacon.

The screaming faces twisted and melted in the intense heat, emitting a chilling collective wail.

As Alarak staggered backward, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the sky.

The Wailers' company commander, Forros, unfurled his metal wings in his exclusive power armor and swooped down from the plasma storm.

His speed was so fast that he left a trail of afterimages behind him, and the arc of light drawn by his precision-engineered power sword was as bright as a crescent moon.

The sword precisely severed three regenerating chaotic tentacles, and blackish-red corrupted blood splattered onto the sand, instantly corroding a deep pit that emitted blue smoke.

"Triangle formation!" The voices of praise resounded.

The company commander, clad in his exclusive Terminator armor, held a firm position in the front, his shoulder cannons continuously spewing out extremely high-energy, extremely high-temperature plasma cannons.

Tiberius, like a wounded beast, scurried left and right, his chainsaw claws always aiming at the joints.

Fross's metallic wings allow him to perform three-dimensional maneuvers, sometimes diving from high altitudes, sometimes gliding close to the ground, with each attack targeting the nerve cord nodes.
Alarak's body began to spasm unnaturally.

It suddenly opened its head, which had turned into a round mouth, and sprayed out a waterfall of black mucus.

Tiberius was unable to dodge in time, and his left arm armor was corroded again, leaving honeycomb-like holes.

But the shark-like company commander instead burst into maniacal laughter, seizing the opportunity to tear open his opponent's abdominal armor with a single claw, revealing the pulsating chaotic core within—

The organ, which should have been a crystal similar to Kadarin, has now become a black tumor that is constantly shrinking and expanding.

"For the Emperor!"

The battle cries of the three company commanders echoed across the wasteland.

Gao Zan's powerful punch slammed directly above the chaotic core, and the overloaded plasma field ionized all the surrounding matter.

Tiberius's chainsaw claws seized the opportunity to cut into the crack, and the rotating teeth shredded the tumor into pieces.

Frost then fell vertically from the sky, his power sword piercing through Alarak's skull, the tip of the sword leaving a distorted afterimage of a spirit as it emerged from his jaw.

Ha ha ha ha----!!!
But the seemingly "dying" Chaos Demon suddenly burst into maniacal laughter.

Its tattered body began to expand rapidly, and thousands of psionic runes emerged from beneath its skin, forming a giant eight-pointed star pattern in the air.

The entire surface of the planet began to tremble, and the rivers of molten metal boiled and rose, condensing in mid-air into the rudiments of some kind of portal.

"It is sacrificing itself in preparation to open a portal linking the physical universe and the warp."

Inside the bridge, a war maid gave a reminder.

Athena's Spear of Victory suddenly floated into the air on its own, its tip pointing towards the planet's surface.

Inside the bridge, the figure of the Goddess of War was instantly engulfed by golden flames. When she reappeared, she was already a thousand meters above the battlefield.

Her golden armor gleamed under the onslaught of chaotic energy, and her long hair danced in the air as if it were alive.

"Back off."

Her voice resonated directly in the minds of the three company commanders.

The three company commanders immediately activated the maximum thrust of the powered backpacks.

Just as they were leaving, Athena raised the Spear of Victory above her head.

Countless golden lightning bolts erupted from the spear tip. These lightning bolts did not strike blindly, but rather wove together as if they were alive, forming a three-dimensional network that enveloped the emerging warp portal layer by layer.

"In the name of the Emperor, cleanse all filth!"

With Athena's declaration, the golden network suddenly contracted.

Alarak's swollen body was like a clay pot crushed by an invisible giant hand. The boiling molten metal instantly solidified into an ugly sculpture. The entire eight-pointed star pattern began to collapse from the edges, and the shattered psionic runes melted into the void like snowflakes.

As the last trace of dark red energy was purified, the barren planet suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

The metal particles floating in the air slowly settled, and the ground that had melted due to the battle gradually returned to solid.

The three company commanders stood on the edge of the crater, their power armor battered and bruised, but their fighting spirit remained undiminished.

Athena slowly descended into the center of the battlefield.

Her spear tip lightly touched the last remnants of Alarak—the rapidly weathering pile of black bone armor. With a gentle breeze, this once-mighty figure in the StarCraft universe was reduced to dust. "Mission complete," the Goddess of War's voice echoed across the fleet via the communications network. "All units, prepare for evacuation."

On synchronous orbit, the main gun array of the Nerva began to slowly retract.

On the holographic tactical map, the red area representing chaotic contamination is fading away at a visible rate.

This barren planet may never have life, but at least for now, it is no longer a breeding ground for warp demons.

Due to their stubborn and reckless actions, the Tal'darim faction was directly targeted by the chaos of the warp and was essentially annihilated by the human empire.

However, Archbishop Artanis of the Protoss remains a serious threat.

Therefore, the three fleets led by Athena will continue to pursue the "Golden" fleet led by the Protoss Archbishop.

Moreover, the Archbishop possesses numerous Xel'Naga weapons and vehicles, posing a significant threat. However, Athena also possesses the complete Xel'Naga artifacts. After all, Athena did not use the artifacts to purify Sarah Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades, when she conquered Char, so the artifacts are still usable.

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On November 20th, Imperial Calendar 0050, in Universe 11, which is the solar system side of the StarCraft universe;
This presents a picture of a prosperous yet "fragile" human civilization.

The azure Earth slowly rotates under the sun's rays, like an elegant dancer displaying her graceful figure on the cosmic stage.

In low Earth orbit, thousands of space stations and defense platforms form a seemingly indestructible Great Wall of Steel.

These structures are arranged in an ingenious geometric array, forming a complex defensive network, the most prominent of which is the orbital fortress complex—

Each fortress is equipped with a 24-cell missile launcher, whose devastating firepower is enough to turn an entire continent into scorched earth in an instant.

Like busy worker bees, the shuttle swarm weaves a dense transportation network between the various platforms.

Their streamlined fuselages swept across the dark space, their ion thrusters spewing out eerie blue tail flames, outlining countless fleeting silver-white trails in the void.

These spacecraft, carrying rare minerals harvested from lunar bases or delivering the latest equipment to Martian colonies, form the "capillaries" of the solar system's economic lifeline.

The sunlit side of the moon has been transformed into a gleaming metallic wonder.

The hemispherical dome city, like pearls scattered on the silvery-gray lunar surface, has a transparent dome made of nanocrystals that can autonomously adjust its light transmittance, protecting residents from cosmic radiation while ensuring that the indoors always maintain the most suitable sunlight intensity.

Three 12-kilometer-high orbital elevators, like the towering pillars of Greek mythology, continuously transport the mined helium-3 resources through "ladders" woven from carbon nanotubes to a large transport hall, and then to Earth.

In a weightless environment, these nuclear fusion fuels form a dazzling blue band of light, which, from a distance, resembles a galaxy suspended between heaven and earth.

On the dark side of the moon, which is always facing away from Earth, the scene is quite different.

Instead of spectacular domed cities, there are countless automated factories resembling black pyramids.

These buildings are covered with a special coating that has a light absorption rate of up to 99.9%, making the entire area almost invisible in space.

Inside the factory, hundreds of millions of machines work tirelessly in an absolutely silent environment, transforming raw minerals into sophisticated warship parts.

Occasionally, transport ships pass through the factory, and their specially treated engine nozzles do not leak any infrared signals.

The terraforming project on Mars is considered a pinnacle of engineering.

The twelve atmospheric processors suspended above the equator resemble a mythical sky city.

Each of these colossal structures, exceeding five kilometers in diameter, maintains its altitude through quantum confinement fields, with tens of thousands of "tentacles" extending from its base, continuously injecting genetically modified algae and synthetic oxygen into the thin Martian atmosphere.

These processors cast enormous shadows on the terminator, and when sunlight passes through their filtering system at a specific angle, the entire Martian sky briefly takes on a dreamy emerald green hue.

The once barren red land is now covered in green, with genetically enhanced lichens forming an endless tundra.

These plants can withstand extreme temperature differences and release the small amounts of stored moisture at night, creating a unique Martian morning fog.

In the crisscrossing network of canals, unmanned transport fleets navigate along routes planned by the navigation system, their silver hulls gleaming like flowing mercury in the sunlight.

The glass dome, named after the new Chicago, is 60 kilometers in diameter and is constructed using self-healing nanocomposite materials. When a sandstorm hits, the surface of the dome secretes a special cleaning liquid to ensure a clear and transparent view at all times.

The giant planet belt at the outer edge of the solar system is also extremely busy.

In Jupiter's orbit, over a hundred jellyfish-shaped resource-gathering ships spread out electromagnetic nets several kilometers in diameter, drawing helium and hydrogen from the turbulent atmosphere.

These ships are equipped with quantum "fractionation" devices that can synthesize fusion fuel directly in orbit. The blue glow they emit when in operation forms a dazzling sea of ​​light above Jupiter's clouds.

The research station within Saturn's rings is shrouded in mystery, with eerie blue lights flashing intermittently on its outer shell, hinting at forbidden experiments being conducted inside.

Rumors suggest that research is underway here on how to fuse alien genes with human DNA.

However, behind this seemingly magnificent civilization lies a fatal flaw in the eyes of human empires.

While the orbital defense platform boasts formidable firepower, its fire control system appears to suffer from a reaction delay.

This could be enough to determine the outcome of the entire battle in a chaotic assault.

The space station's armor seams lack a crucial anti-psychic coating, making them as fragile as paper when faced with chaos corrosion.

Mars' seemingly perfect ecological transformation is actually built on a fragile balance. Once the constraint field in the atmospheric processor fails, the habitable environment of the entire planet will collapse within ninety-six hours.

Most worryingly, the entire solar system lacks any form of subspace protection.

There was no psionic barrier, no energy shield covering the entire planet, and the inhabitants were completely unaware that countless demons were coveting this unsuspecting civilization in the cracks of the real universe.

Of course, not every human being in every universe, Earth, or solar system has a human emperor sitting on a golden throne, constantly releasing spiritual energy to protect the entire human race.

Not every human being in every universe is aware of the threat of the warp, or the monsters and demons hiding within it.
Meanwhile, in the eternal shadows of the far side of the moon, a stealth-class reconnaissance ship belonging to the Human Empire's Investigation Department was silently observing all of this.

Its quantum invisibility field perfectly warps all detection beams, and the adaptive camouflage material on the ship's surface allows it to blend perfectly with the surrounding cosmic microwave background radiation.

The reconnaissance ship, codenamed "Shadow Eye," has been lying in wait here for seventeen standard hours, and its quantum scanner has recorded every weak point in the UED defense system.

This data is being transmitted to Ma Sara via encrypted channels, providing crucial intelligence for potential military operations.

The sun still shines on humanity's home planet every day, but observers in the shadows know that in the vast multiverse, not every Earth can enjoy the protection of the Golden Throne.

The inhabitants here will never understand that what they consider an impregnable steel defense is nothing more than a toy castle built by children out of sand in the face of a real warp storm.
(End of this chapter)