The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 384 The Second Keystone Fragment! Monopoly on Terrazine! Cooperation Achieved!
"Someone is coming!"

Luke, who was guarding the weather system, suddenly swung his lightsaber towards a corner. With a crisp "pop" sound, the lightsaber went straight through a transparent figure.

That person was the blood hunter who was sneaking in!

Then, with the help of Luke's lightsaber and Tosh's ghost agent, the remaining blood hunters were all killed.

After going through many trials and tribulations, Luke is no longer the country youth with no combat experience. He calmly dealt with the Blood Hunter's Death Scythe throughout the whole process, constantly taking advantage of the flaws and stabbing the opponent.

In less than half a minute, the battle here was over.

Seeing this, Tosh on the side could not help but exclaim in admiration: "You are quite skilled. I have fought with them several times, but this is the first time I have seen anyone do it so neatly like you did."

Tosh could see that Luke also mastered some kind of psychic power, which was why he was able to perform such a smooth killing move.

Even ghost agents like them didn't dare to engage in close combat with blood hunters easily, after all, doing so could easily lead to heavy losses.

In the "StarCraft" universe, the real strength of the human camp lies in the collection of resources, farming, development and growth to win. Fighting with more people against fewer is the real magic weapon for victory.

There are very few people like Luke who can go head-on with the Protoss' psychic warriors.

Here, after Luke eliminated the Blood Hunters who tried to destroy the weather system, the lightning storm over the Tal'darim troops began to subside.

The Tal'darim warriors in the area were either killed or injured, and only a very few lucky ones were not affected by the thunder and the disintegrating fragments of the Colossus.

But the world's giants will not give them a chance to breathe. Both sides are well aware of the principle of kicking a drowning dog.

"Begin the attack--!"

Renault seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and immediately ordered everyone to take advantage of the opportunity to charge forward. Now it was their turn!
The Chimera chariot of the global giant took the lead, leading the rangers and AI sentinel robots behind it and rushed into the rainforest.

The lightning storm here had not yet completely disappeared, and heavy rain was beating down on the panicked Tal'darim warriors, making it completely impossible for them to tell the direction of the enemy's attack.

Until the huge Chimera chariots arrived at the battlefield and trampled them in the wet mud with their mechanical limbs, crushing them together with the soil and flesh.

The injured and immobile Tal'darim warriors could only watch in despair as the Chimera chariots crushed them to pieces. The AI ​​Scorpion Drones flying in the air assisted them and helped the corporate coalition to accurately locate the enemy.

Even lightly armored units like the Killers were useless in front of the Chimera Chariots. They were either blown to pieces by a single shot or crushed into scattered parts.

The counterattack forces of the giant corporate coalition advanced unhindered.

After being swept by the lightning storm, most of the Tal'darim troops, even those who managed to survive, were seriously injured and completely unable to move on their own to escape from the highland rainforest.

Faced with the ravages of the Chimera Chariots and the follow-up shooting of the Rangers, they had no choice but to accept it.

The Killer's particle fragmentation cannon hit the Chimera's armored plate like a tickle, and was completely ineffective in stopping the giant company's counterattack.

Relying on the Chimera chariots' unstoppable advance, the coalition forces in the rear followed closely, constantly firing and killing the Tal'darim warriors buried in the mud.

Two shots in the torso and one shot in the head, even a god would shake his head.

Seeing that his main force was defeated by humans in one fell swoop, Naion was furious. The anger had overwhelmed his reason, and he issued a wrong order regardless of everything:
"Keep gathering the troops and concentrate all your forces here. I want to wipe out these damned human bastards!"

Naion's mood was close to insanity. Long-term use of diazinon had already caused his mental state to be very unstable. Coupled with the defeat, it became even more furious.

Terazine is very similar to spices and can enhance psychic powers, but long-term use can also cause great damage to the body and mind, and it is also addictive.

Even the Protoss chosen by the Xel'Naga could not escape.

Just when Naion ignored everyone's dissuasion and insisted on fighting a decisive battle with the troops of the Universal Corporation, it suddenly received even worse news.

"Reporting to the Executor, the Hyperion attacked our altar, and the Xel'Naga artifact has been taken away by them!"

As soon as the soldier who reported the news finished speaking, Naion felt like he was struck by lightning. It realized belatedly that it had fallen into a trap.

Since a large number of Tal'darim troops gathered at the human front-line base, the garrison at the altar responsible for defending the Xel'Naga artifacts would naturally be short of manpower.

When the Hyperion launched an attack on the sanctuary, the remaining Tal'darim forces could only rely on their ineffective defenses to fight against the Rangers.

However, faced with the continued bombardment of the battleships and the attack of the commandos led by Tychus, the Tal'darim were ultimately helpless and watched the Hyperion steal the artifact fragments.

At this moment, the Hyperion bombed other shrines on its way back!
Even if the Tal'darim stopped the Death Fleet from catching up and tried to take back the artifact, there were still the Giant Enterprise's dreadnoughts waiting above the low-Earth orbit of the planet Baysher.

The successive bad news forced Naion to suppress his inner anger. He thought calmly for a moment, since the Xel'Naga artifact had been taken away by humans.

Even if they could repel the coalition of giant companies on the ground, they would never be able to forcibly take back the artifact fragments from the Sojourner Dreadnought.

Nowadays, it is meaningless to fight to the end with the Universal Corporation. It is better to retreat first, reorganize the troops, assemble the fleet, and then find a way to regain the holy relics and avenge the previous humiliation.

Thinking of this, Naion finally gritted his teeth and gave an order: "The entire army retreats and leaves the planet of Baysher first. One day we will take back everything we have lost!"

After receiving the order from the executive officer, a large number of Tal'darim troops began to retreat in an orderly manner. The high-level warriors activated the warp and took Naion away from the highland battlefield first.

Soon, the Tal'darim on the planet Baysher quickly moved away from the front-line base positions of the Corporate Alliance like the receding tide. These Protoss are different from the Zerg.

Although the individual abilities of the Protoss are outstanding, their reproductive capacity is not even comparable to that of humans. It is difficult to replace the original number in a short period of time if one is sacrificed.

Therefore, no matter how angry Naion was, facing the high ground that could not be captured, he had to order a withdrawal and preserve as many manpower as possible.

In this regard, the attitude of the Universal Corporation is to allow Naion to lead his troops to leave the planet of Baysher. After all, the Corporation only wants the key stone fragments, resources and territory here.

Just leave the things behind and let the people go.

There is no deep hatred between the Megacorp and the Tal'darim that cannot be resolved, so there is no need to hunt down each other and kill all the Tal'darim.

In the absence of follow-up support, the remaining Tal'darim soldiers on the front battlefield were basically captured one by one by the giant enterprises, and the Tal'darim warriors who had lost their morale could only accept the current situation honestly.

This offensive and defensive battle lasted for nearly a week and ended with the corporate coalition driving out the Tal'darim, successfully capturing the second keystone fragment, and occupying the planet of Bysher.

When everything was settled, Tosh looked at the Temple Robot cleaning the battlefield with mixed feelings and couldn't help but say to Paul:
"Your AI army is too terrifying. It can actually produce so many robot soldiers and defeat the Protoss army head-on. Even the Terran Federation can't do this."

After witnessing the powerful productivity of the world's giant companies, Tosh increasingly believes that agricultural development is the best way for mankind.

When it comes to reproduction and winning by the number of combat units, humans are no match for the Zerg, who can produce millions of soldiers in a matter of minutes.

In terms of being stronger as individuals and winning by relying on elite troops, humans are no match for the Protoss who have received rigorous training since childhood. In the Protoss' social environment, becoming strong is the only way.

Obviously, since these two development paths have been taken to the extreme by the Zerg and Protoss, humans can only find another way.

Farming and developing, using scientific and technological productivity to win, is the only feasible answer at present!
The world's largest companies have done just that.

Galen Erso, one of the scientific research directors at the headquarters of the All Worlds Base, had the same idea as Tosh.

Since joining the Universal Corporation, he has become the top executive of the mega-weapon research and development project by improving the Starkiller Base.

He watched the entire war process that just took place on the planet Bysher. The Tal'darim Protoss have indeed reached the pinnacle in the use of psychic power and physical training.

The power of each psychic warrior is comparable to that of a Jedi Knight, but they are still defeated by the attack of the giant enterprise.

The fundamental reason is that the technological gap between the two sides is too large. Knowledge and truth are the most powerful forces in the world. Only by understanding the laws and rules can we use everything to our advantage!
"Boss, I think we can confront the Protoss and force them to form an alliance with us to speed up the process of unifying the 008 universe!"

Morgan Blackhand suggested.

Paul only used meteorological weapons to kill all the Tal'darim warriors. Judging from the Protoss' technological points, they are no match for the giant corporations.

The strong are meant to ruthlessly trample and stomp on the weak!
It might not be a bad idea to take advantage of the current momentum of the giant corporate coalition and force other Protoss to serve them as dogs.

But Leon shook his head at Morgan Blackhand's suggestion: "The Tal'darim are just a branch of the Protoss race. There is nothing to be proud of in defeating them."

"Let's proceed as planned and collect all the keystone fragments as quickly as possible."

Although it was satisfying to win the war and humiliate the weak, Leon knew very well that this group of Tal'darim held another keystone fragment.

The fragment was on an abandoned Xel'Naga worldship, the last stronghold of the Tal'darim.

The giant corporations of the world will arrive there sooner or later, so before that, the coalition of giant corporations must keep a low profile as much as possible to prevent other forces from appearing in the middle and affecting the plan.

"Yes."

Morgan Blackhand calmed down and nodded. Perhaps it was because the Universal Corporation had been developing too smoothly, and even he, a usually cautious marshal, could not help but want to fight against many enemies at once.

But when he thought about the fact that the ultimate opponent of the world giant was Xel'Naga Amon of High-Dimensional Technology, Morgan felt that his plan was indeed too risky.

"Have David deploy a defense system on the planet Beisher as soon as possible and seize the time to develop the local terrazine resources. Paul and other coalition forces will stay on standby and await new instructions."

Li Ang gave orders again.

"Yes!"

...Here, Tosh and Paul, who had just returned from patrolling the front battlefield, began to negotiate about the next business cooperation.

Tosh had always been thinking about the deal with the giant company, so he took the initiative to mention it: "Congratulations, Mr. Paul, now you have got the key stone fragment and the planet Baysher as you wished."

"Then are you interested in learning about the cooperation we discussed earlier?"

What Baysher lacks the least is the terrazine vents. After successfully occupying this treasure trove of resources, the giant corporations of the universe will be able to unscrupulously mine this precious gas that can stimulate spiritual energy.

If this planet were placed in the fantasy continent, it would definitely be the supreme training ground of a famous immortal sect, and the rich "spiritual energy" was exclusively for the male lead Xiao Yan to refine and absorb.

Tosh can't wait to get close to the rich man like Juchang, and his ghost agents need to use terazine for training to consolidate their psychic strength.

During the training process, a lot of diazine is needed, and this huge expense is not something he can easily afford.

If Tosh couldn't afford it, he wouldn't have risked his life and come here to steal the diazine.

Now that the planet Baysher has been incorporated into the Universal Corporation, they no longer have to be sneaky. All they need to do is get Paul's consent to obtain an inexhaustible supply of terrazine.

Paul didn't rush to agree to Tosh's request. He turned his head and stared at him, then asked, "Tell me your terms."

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Logically speaking, Paul has no right to deal with the resources of the planet Baysher, but Tosh's ghost agent can indeed play a significant role.

Before the giant company trains the first batch of psychic warriors, this ghost team still has value, so if the conditions are right, Paul also hopes to keep this team.

Of course, Paul would never accept Tosh taking the opportunity to ask for a huge amount of money.

Seeing that this deal was promising, Tosh responded hastily:
"First, allow me to build a training base on the planet Beisher. The atmosphere of this planet already contains a lot of terazine. For us, this is the best training ground."

"Second, give me the mining rights to five terazine vents. I can guarantee that these terazine will never be circulated on the black market."

“You don’t have to worry about your business being affected.”

Tosh still feels that the Universal Corporation spent manpower and material resources to snatch the planet of Bysher from the Tal'darim just to facilitate the monopoly of the terrazine resources in the trading market.

"As long as you can agree to these two requests, you can command my ghost agents at your will."

"If it's a military strike against the Terran Federation, I can also provide you with additional troops. How about that?"

Tosh hated the Terran Federation to the core and would rather suffer a loss in business than not disgust old Biden Mengsk.

The conditions proposed by Tosh were actually nothing. There were plenty of terazine vents on the planet Baysher, so it wouldn't matter if they were given three or five gas springs.

In addition, building the Ghost Agent training base here can also prevent Naion from sending a small number of troops to harass.

This saves Paul from having to send someone to ask headquarters for Jedi Knights to guard against the Blood Hunters.

Paul nodded thoughtfully, and he further put forward his additional request: "I can agree to your conditions, but you have to assist us in studying psychic energy."

In order to allow the giant company to train psychic warriors on its own as soon as possible, Paul was too lazy to bargain with Tosh so as not to upset the other party.

"Are you also interested in the Ghost Project?" Tosh's expression showed surprise. He didn't understand why the world's giant companies had so many technological weapons and AI robots.

Why bother with the tricky psychic warriors? They are so expensive to train. Even the Terran Federation can barely train that many.

"I have to tell you in advance that ghosts are not so easy to control. This is not a matter of how much money you have. There will be no good results if you rush for success."

As a human soldier who relies on terrazine to stimulate his psychic energy, Ghost Agents are constantly subject to the negative effects of terrazine corroding their minds.

The changes brought about by this influence include but are not limited to gluttony, bloodlust, cruelty, lust and other quirks. Only Tosh can control the ghost agents under his command by other means.

This is also his unique skill, an intellectual property that cannot be bought with any amount of money.

"Don't worry, we know that diazine has defects, but it is precisely because of these defects that there is a need for improvement."

Paul smiled. The global giant company has accumulated a professional scientific research team by improving spices. The side effects of diazinon are not completely unsolvable.

Paul's mother, Mrs. Jessica, is the director in charge of this field. Big companies always find a way to improve diazinon without side effects.

Although Tosh did not believe that the giant company would have any way to improve diazine, he still agreed to the business. After all, it was not one of his own who died during the training.

The reason why Tosh can make a living and money as a ghost agent is because of the "secret" of how to control ghosts. Otherwise, even if a ghost agent is trained, he will be nothing more than an out-of-control psychic monster.

The failure of the Terran Federation's Ghost Plan was due to this point.

It is precisely because of this that Tosh does not have to worry that Paul will betray him after training the psychic warriors.

"Okay then, the deal is done. I'll tell you how to train ghost agents." Tosh's smile was particularly bright.

As long as he has a steady supply of terrazine, he can have as many ghost troops as he wants. Maybe in the future he will be able to form a huge ghost army and overthrow the entire Terran Federation!

"Thank you for your cooperation."

Paul successfully reached an agreement with Tosh. He certainly knew what Tosh was thinking, but he didn't care.

The research team of the giant enterprise is a gathering of top scientists from all over the universe, and they are fully capable of quickly developing a perfect terazine.

At this moment, the transport vehicles of the Cosmic Giant Enterprise are moving back and forth the wreckage of Protoss machinery left behind by the Tal'darim.

Tosh was puzzled. "Why are you picking up these junk? The Protoss' technology is based on their powerful psionic talents."

"Their stuff doesn't apply to us humans."

It’s not that the Terran Federation has never dealt with the Protoss before, and even wanted to get their technological points for free, but in the end it got nothing.

The technological points of both sides are completely intertwined. In addition, the Protoss have a unique advantage in the field of psychic power, so it is impossible for humans to catch up.

"That's not necessarily the case."

Paul looked at the wreckage of the Killer and the Big Bang that were brought back, and the Pioneer Mecha smiled mysteriously. You know, what the giant companies in the world are best at is "getting something for free".

From Pandora all the way to the Star Wars universe, he has mastered the technological points of countless civilizations. Theoretically speaking, as long as he gets enough free stuff, there will be no technological points that cannot be added!
In Tosh's eyes, these things are worthless scraps of metal, but in the eyes of the scientific research team of the giant company, they are new research and development projects.

In the following period of time, the expeditionary force of the Universal Corporation completely took over the planet Baysher.

In order to urge the local Tal'darim to "move away" as soon as possible, Pani also used AI bombers to burn down several large Tal'darim sites.

The Tal'darim were so frightened that they rushed straight to the warships with their families, and even a lot of supplies were given away to the giant enterprise for free.

Paul and Jim Raynor returned to the Hyperion to examine the second keystone fragment taken from the Tal'darim.

As the two passed by the tavern in the Hyperion's leisure area, they could hear Tychus boasting to other warriors about how he bombed the Tal'darim Protoss.

In Tychus's description, he had become an invincible human hero, tearing apart Colossus siege machines with his bare hands and stepping on Blood Hunters with his feet. He was simply omnipotent.

Seeing this, Raynor stepped forward and interrupted him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Come on, Tychus, your boasting is almost floating into outer space. Are you sure you got the thing?"

"Of course, the thing is in the lab, Dr. Hansen has checked it, there's no problem." Tychus didn't care about his boasting being interrupted.

He also enthusiastically invited Renault and Paul to have a drink with him.

The Rangers, who had just won a battle and received their rewards from the global giant, were all very excited.

Due to financial constraints, these soldiers have not received their salaries for almost half a year.

Even if you want to rebel, you still have to eat.

Now they have received salaries from the global giants that are enough to last for several years, and everyone feels particularly friendly when they see Paul, the generous boss.

After declining these enthusiastic Ranger warriors, Paul and Renault went straight to the laboratory of the Hyperion.

Just as Tychus had said, the second keystone fragment was floating in a vessel in the center of the laboratory.

At this moment, Dr. Ariel Hansen from Haven was standing in front of this Xel'Naga artifact, recording relevant data and information.

Seeing Paul and Reno coming, she turned around and greeted them with a smile: "Welcome back, two human heroes."

Ariel Hansen is a genius girl with top talent in bioengineering. She has devoted her life to developing an antidote for Zerg infection and saving ordinary people who have been infected.

Top biological scientists like this should have stayed in the upper echelons of the Terran Federation, earning high salaries and enjoying generous treatment.

But Ariel was attracted by Renault's heroic deeds and unique personal charm, so with love in her heart, she firmly chose to join Renault's revolutionary cause.

Today, Ariel has become one of the few cutting-edge technological talents in the Ranger camp.

(End of this chapter)