The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 393 March Preparation! Psionic Power! The Key to Controlling the Zerg!
The sightseeing trip did not last long. Led by Paul, the Rangers soon arrived at the scientific hub of the world's largest company.

At this moment, surrounded by a group of scientific research directors from giant companies, keystone fragments from all over the StarCraft universe are being placed in the center of the laboratory.

The five key stone fragments floated in the air, as if attracted by some kind of attraction, and the five key stones were arranged in a suitable combination position.

But they seemed to be subject to some mysterious repulsion, causing them to fight against each other and unable to be combined into a complete key stone artifact.

Dr. Halsey came up to greet Paul and others. She already had a detailed analysis report on the key stone in her hand.

"Everyone, welcome to the Science Hub."

Halsey greeted everyone and then got straight to the point: "We have figured out the specific function and activation conditions of the key stone."

Seeing this, Raynor hurried forward and asked: "What's the result? Can the keystone really turn Kerrigan back into a human?"

Since collecting all the keystone fragments, Jim Raynor has been waiting for the latest experimental results every day, hoping to restore Kerrigan to human form as soon as possible and reunite with his lover.

"According to intelligence and experiments from all sides, the Keystone will release a kind of psychic power that can reverse Kerrigan's transformation into the Queen of Blades. Theoretically, it is possible to save Kerrigan."

Halsey nodded, which made the expectant Renault finally breathe a sigh of relief. He was afraid that he had worked so hard for so long but still got nothing.

He has suffered too much like this.

"What other practical use does the key stone have for us?" Paul asked curiously.

Now that the problem with Renault can be solved, it will be the turn of Universal Corporation next. Paul doesn't want to spend half a day working hard to get the key stone, only to be used to help others.

"Of course, the key stone contains an extremely large energy source. If this energy can be injected into the weapon structure, it will be enough to charge it and serve as a psychic core."

"In addition, the Keystone can interfere with Amon's psychic control over the three-dimensional universe and cut off its connection with the Zerg and Protoss. In a sense, the Keystone can also be regarded as a kind of 'exorcism stone'."

Halsey half-jokingly said that in fact, most of the practical uses of the key stone were told to them by Leon, and the experiments and observations of the Science Hub only obtained a small part of the results.

Now that the full-scale Zerg invasion has begun, there is simply not enough time for the staff of the Science Hub to slowly study the keystone.

"I heard that the Zerg have begun to invade our front-line base. If we leave the keystone in the main universe, the Zerg won't be able to find it."

Paul thought thoughtfully.

Since the Zerg will follow the signal released by the key stone fragment, if the key stone is placed here in the scientific hub, no matter how hard the Zerg look for it, they will never be able to find this artifact.

However, Dr. Halsey's next words puzzled Paul: "No, we have to put the key stone in the front-line base to attract those bugs."

After the words fell, Paul, Renault and others subconsciously frowned: "Why, that place will soon become a bug-infested area. If we leave the key stone there, what if it is snatched away by the Zerg!"

Halsey patiently explained with a smile: "When the key stone is charging, it will release a small range of psychic energy shock."

"This power will distinguish between humans and Zerg, and only carry out extermination strikes against Zerg. Once the keystone is fully charged, it will be able to release a large-scale psychic shock."

"By then, all the bugs in the entire star system will be wiped out, and we just need to defend ourselves."

"Also, we have to find a way to wait for the arrival of the Queen of Blades and purify her into a human. If we use the Manticore virus, we might accidentally injure her."

With tens of billions of Zerg invading, using the Keystone to lure the Blade Queen to come and destroy the main force of the Zerg is the next key task for the Universal Corporation.

This was a big trick specially prepared for Kerrigan to fall into a trap.

"Do the other development department directors, marshals and generals know about this?"

Paul couldn't help but ask, if this is the case, the Universal Corporation will definitely have a fierce battle with the bugs, whether it is using sentinel robots or Astartes warriors.

It is bound to be the case that there will be casualties in giant companies, and the cost of casualties will most likely be considerable.

"Of course, they have already built a defense system at the front-line base. In order to attract the Zerg to continue to penetrate our front, the outermost defense force is not strong."

"It is not until the third layer of the core circle's defense line that some heavyweight strategic weapons will appear, including the Scorpion Tailed Lion virus."

Dr. Halsey said matter-of-factly.

Since we are luring the enemy deep into our territory, we must have a backup plan. If the Zerg has become so rampant that it is out of control, we can only activate the Scorpion Tailed Lion virus spores and eliminate the Zerg with one click.

Even if it meant killing Kerrigan by mistake, there was nothing else he could do.

Paul nodded. Everything had been arranged, so they just had to follow it.

"We have about three months to build the front-line defense system. When everything is ready, the main force of the Zerg will be here soon."

This mission is considered the last difficult operation of the global giant in the "StarCraft" universe.

As long as we can capture Kerrigan and connect her consciousness to the matrix, we can then feed her various planetary essences and the essence inheritance of the Xel'Naga according to the subsequent upgrading process.

Then the "God" created by the world's giant enterprise is almost complete!
The integration of the "StarCraft" universe will also be officially declared complete, and the only thing left is to deal with the Protoss, the Terran Federation and the Terran Federation.

With the capabilities of the world's giant companies, it will take at most a year or two to clean up the political structure of the human camp and send the stupid human leaders to hell.

"Kerrigan...will she really come?"

At this time, Raynor said with a little worry. At this moment, he obviously did not realize that the world giant wanted to turn Kerrigan into a "Xel'Naga".

In fact, even Paul didn't know about this. The only people who knew about this plan were a few senior executives at the top of the giant company.

Once Kerrigan ascends to become a god, it means that she will have endless life, while Raynor is just a mortal and can only live for two or three hundred years at most.

Kerrigan works in the void plane, while Raynor can only stay in the three-dimensional universe. The couple will be forced to have a long-distance relationship and be separated for a long time.

Perhaps the only way for the two to communicate is to talk on the phone for long periods of time relying on psychic connection.

Dr. Halsey looked at Raynor deeply, wondering whether she should prepare a body for Kerrigan that could move in the three-dimensional universe, so that the two would not suffer from lovesickness.

After all, even a cyborg like Adam Hammer, whose prosthetic transformation rate reaches 97.9%, can upload his consciousness to another physical body and fall in love with the third lady of the Arasaka family.

It is not impossible to create a body for Kerrigan so that the couple can work during the day and continue to be sweet at night.

"The Queen of Blades is the main force of the Zerg. Amon will definitely send his capable subordinates to take back the key stone." Paul said with certainty.

After discussing some other scientific research projects with Dr. Halsey, Paul and others temporarily left the Science Hub and officially went to Night City to register.

Over the next three months, various divisions of the world's largest companies built frontline bases and constructed defense systems in the StarCraft universe.

Paul took Renault and his Ranger soldiers to participate in daily training sessions to familiarize themselves with the working procedures of the giant company.

In the subsequent war against the Zerg, most of the combat units were sentinel robots or other AI robots, and there were very few places where Paul and others were really useful.

After all, using real soldiers would not only waste human resources, but would also lead to more and more Zerg troops, and the dead humans would be ready-made nutrients.

Taking this into consideration, Paul and his team just watched the show from the rear, and waited until the critical moment to go into battle and capture the Queen of Blade in one fell swoop.

While the staff of various departments of the global giant company were actively preparing for battle, Li Ang, who had been stationed in the Wanjie Base for a long time, suddenly went to the Science Hub.

He didn't feel much psychological pressure at all about the Zerg War three months later. It was just a natural thing.

Even if the fight against the Zerg fails, he still has other ways to continue to advance the integrated operation.

At this moment, Leon was already preparing for what to do after the integrated operation was over. Although doing so might sound a bit like popping champagne at halftime, he was still following the planned route.

With the current advantages of the global giant, it is basically impossible for them to lose.

Leon just wanted to open a new instance as soon as possible after unifying the StarCraft universe and continue to advance his unification operations. Not long after, accompanied by Secretary General Lucy and Guards Supervisor Mann, Leon came to Quentinsha's biotechnology department.

In this huge laboratory, countless alien insect biological samples were placed in large and small transparent containers, floating in the air.

Basically all kinds of alien insect creatures such as springtails, hydralisks, cockroaches, flying dragons, and ultralisks can be found here.

In a sealed compartment nearby, researchers from a giant company wearing heavy chemical protective suits were carefully dissecting these Zerg creatures and collecting their various internal organs.

The steaming deadly green fluid and the squirming flesh and blood organs were divided in an orderly manner under the precise cutting by the employees of the giant company. They were already accustomed to this kind of scene and seemed calm throughout the whole process.

His mentality was not affected at all by this disgusting scene.

In some specific containment rooms, there are even a number of thunder beasts, flying dragons and other alien insects. They roar angrily, spray corrosive liquid at the inner walls of the containment rooms, and secrete fungal mats.

Trying to breed Zerg troops here.

It’s a pity that there is no basic biological material here for them to reproduce. Even if there is a fungal blanket, they will die soon due to lack of nutrients.

This scientific hub is a giant structure dedicated to biological experiments by a large company, and every employee here has rich experience in dealing with emergencies.

Even if something unexpected happens, they can quickly contain it.

Not to mention that Quentinsha, the "God", is still here.

At this moment, the biologists of the giant enterprise are concentrating on analyzing the various data indicators of the Zerg, hoping to use this biological weapon with powerful reproductive capacity for their own benefit.

If the Universal Corporation can control the two major insect armies, the Flood and the Zerg, at the same time, then in the future the Corporation will be able to turn the tables when facing the Zerg civilization.

Defeat the Zerg civilization the way the Zerg are best at!
The war costs of giant companies can be further reduced, which is great for speed experts like Li Ang.

When seeing Leon suddenly coming to inspect, Quentinsha took the initiative to greet him, with a slightly resentful look on her face: "How come the executive has time to come to my place?"

Ever since Quentinsha joined the global giant, every time she wanted to get to know Leon more deeply, she was forcibly suppressed by the other party.

But the more Leon was like this, the more curious Quentinsha became about this mysterious human being Leon. The torment from the heart forced him to stay in the scientific hub.

At this time, Quentinsha was working at the Science Hub, and was learning all the information about Leon and the secrets among the top executives of the giant company from her colleagues and other employees.

For a creature that is almost godlike, worldly emotions are meaningless and the only fun is uncovering the secrets.

Obviously, looking at the entire world giant, Leon is the mystery itself, which is why Quentin Sha is chasing him relentlessly.

"It's just routine. I'm here to check on your work progress." Li Ang replied casually.

Quentinsha smiled disapprovingly: "If the executive officer wants to know about the transformation of the Zerg, just tell him directly. It's not like we don't report our work to you."

"Have you come up with any results?" Seeing that Quentinsha was still so straightforward, Li Ang simply asked directly.

"There are some."

After she finished speaking, Quentinsha took Leon to visit various departments of the laboratory and shared her research results. She was quite passionate about the research on life genes.

After all, having dealt with genetic engineering for billions of years, life species from other universes have also given Quentinsha a lot of inspiration.

In a sense, staying to work for a global giant can also help it improve its business capabilities.

"We have tried to find the genetic defects of the Zerg and use them to create a virus weapon against the Zerg. This will also save us from wasting the Manticore virus."

"But the current research progress is not very smooth. The genes of the Zerg have been optimized to a very perfect level, and it is not easy to find their flaws."

As Quentinsha spoke, she presented the specific analysis results to Leon through the hard light screen.

Looking at these data, Li Ang nodded slightly. He could totally accept this.

The Zerg species is the pure physical essence that has been carefully selected by the Xel'Naga. As one of the candidates for the Xel'Naga, the Zerg's physical strength is almost unbeatable.

Ever since the Protoss entered their rebellious period and refused to obey discipline, the disappointed Xel'Naga have turned their attention to the Zerg.

Under the guidance of the Xel'Naga, the Zerg are just one step away from ultimate evolution and completing their ascension.

It’s a pity that the Xel’naga were stabbed in the back by Amon, causing the Zerg to fall into a period of stagnation.

But even so, the alien insects still have the potential to ascend half a step, and their genes are close to perfection in the biological field.

In order to find the genetic defects of the Zerg in a short period of time and create an effective and lethal virus to target the defects, this process will take at least several years.

It is simply impossible to accomplish this in just three months.

"But the good news is that the biological structure of the Zerg has given us some inspiration. Perhaps we can use their genetic characteristics to develop a symbiote weapon technology."

Quentinsha changed the subject and put forward her own ideas.

The so-called symbiotic weapon can be simply and roughly understood as putting insects into the human body and making them coexist with humans.

When humans need to use insects, the insects can respond immediately and generate weapons such as sternum armor, bone blades, shields, etc.

This is similar to the effect of venom.

It just so happens that the Zerg have unique talents in this area. If this can be utilized well, it will be of great help to the execution of future missions by the giant corporate warriors.

"In addition, we also tried to use the Zerg's hive consciousness to control these bugs, but unexpectedly, our collective nervous system did not have a strong effect on them."

"Low-level bugs can be controlled, but high-level bugs like thunder beasts and flying dragons are difficult for us to control."

Quentinsha presented another research result to Leon.

Although most of the alien insects are biological weapons without self-awareness, the abilities required to control them also include powerful mind control energy.

For example, the Overmind that controls the Zerg swarm possesses powerful psychic powers, and in the StarCraft universe, psychic powers are basically equivalent to psionic powers.

If the Cosmic Corporation can use the psychic power of the Keystone to create a new version 2.0 of the Collective Nervous System (Zerg version), perhaps the Corporation will be able to take over this huge Zerg army!
"Control the Zerg with the Keystone..."

Le Ang had to admit that Quentinsha gave him a big surprise this time. If he could really rely on the psychic power of the key stone, he could control the entire Zerg army.

Then in the future, the world's giant enterprises will integrate the universe and stabilize the world's business circle system, and their efficiency will be doubled!
But before Leon could ask how long it would take, Quentinsha continued, "It's a pity that we still know nothing about psychic energy."

"The only people who can currently complete our psychic technology system are Kerrigan, the Xel'Naga, or the Darram Protoss."

If Kerrigan ascends to become a god, all the mysteries of psychic power will be the most basic formulas and theorems in her eyes.

By letting God impart knowledge step by step and with the understanding of scientific researchers in giant companies, we can quickly make up for this shortcoming and flexibly use psychic technology.

"I see."

Leon nodded. Psionics is indeed crucial in the StarCraft universe.

In the original story, Mengsk, the head of the Terran Federation, once used a psionic generator to lure the Zerg to attack human colonies.

Even after the Queen of Blades turns back into the human Kerrigan, she can still rely on her powerful psychic power to control some Zerg and act as the source of command signals for the Zerg.

All these signs indicate that psionic power is the key to controlling the Zerg.

Otherwise, the Overmind would not have chosen Kerrigan, who has psychic powers, as the Zerg's Queen of Blades.

(End of this chapter)