The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 400: Mutation and Evolution! Miniature Falling Star Sky Spear Tower! The Queen Arrives!
After the light of the metal hydrogen bomb gradually dissipated, countless huge cocoons suddenly appeared in the dust filled with radioactive substances.

Without exception, these cocoons grew from the original corpses of thunder beasts.

At this moment, this pile of cocoons covered with dense pores are desperately sucking in the radioactive substances around them. This disgusting and wriggling scene makes people's scalp tingle.

The Zerg seemed to be using this special nutrient to breed some unknown and terrifying creature.

"What's going on? I've never seen a bug with this ability!"

Even Jim Raynor, who had been through hundreds of battles and had fought against the Zerg countless times, felt at a loss at this moment. He had never seen such a scene.

Soon, Dr. Ariel Hansen, who was in charge of studying the Zerg, thought of something. She immediately used the communication device of the Science Hub to remind the commander of the front-line base:
"Be careful! This is the enhanced immune system of the Thunder Beasts. They can absorb radioactive substances and convert them into nutrients for themselves!"

After hearing Ariel's explanation, everyone was immediately stunned. The Zerg actually had such ability. This was completely beyond their normal understanding of living creatures.

It is unbelievable that normal organisms would avoid radioactive substances, let alone absorb them!
In this regard, Leon remained calm. He remembered that in the plot line of "StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm", there was a branch of the Thunder Beast.

They are created by absorbing radioactive substances from humans, causing their own genetic mutations.

The biggest feature of this mutated thunder beast is that it can turn into a cocoon after death and quickly revive by absorbing radioactive substances, which leads to the current scene.

The original intention of dropping the metal hydrogen bomb was to ensure that the Thunder Beast could be killed, but unexpectedly, the radioactive substance produced actually caused the Thunder Beast to mutate and evolve, allowing it to be reborn in the explosion.

At this moment, a mutated thunder beast with a purple body broke out of its cocoon in the thick dust.

The size of the Thunder Beast that absorbed the radioactive material became even larger, as if it had received some kind of enhanced buff.

Seeing that the dead thunder beast was resurrected on the spot, the giant enterprise soldiers were dumbfounded. A dead insect can even start the second stage. Those who don’t know would think it was fighting a BOSS!
The Queen of Blades calmly watched everything that was happening before her eyes. It was obvious that this was already within her expectations.

The Zerg are not invincible from the beginning. They will continue to evolve and improve their own shortcomings in battle.

Theoretically, as long as the fight lasts long enough, the Zerg can learn any skill from the opponent. This innate ability is quite terrifying!

The Protoss rely on spiritual cultivation and the pursuit of pure spiritual power to ascend to sainthood, while the Zerg rely on the "excitement of combat" to fight their way to the sky!

At this moment, a large number of airdrop capsules fell from space again, and the fungal blanket that had been cleaned once instantly regained new vitality.

As long as the Blade Queen's Zerg Hive Fleet is still there, no matter how many Zergs below are killed or injured, they can still regroup and continue to attack.

David Martinez suddenly realized that he had underestimated the Zerg's ability to adapt and evolve. This might be the most difficult Zerg civilization that the world's giant companies had ever seen.

More powerful mutant thunder beasts are about to join the battlefield, and the next battle will undoubtedly be more difficult!

At this time, good news came from other orbital war zones:
[Reporting to headquarters, the alien insects on our side have been basically cleared out, and the energy transmission of the miniature Falling Star Sky Spear Tower is ready.]

David finally waited for this moment. Although the Zerg has evolved in this war, the well-prepared giant corporations also have ways to deal with it.

The Universal Corporation is not only equipped with AI hard light turrets, but also the Falling Star Spear Tower that mixes multiple forms of energy, which is also a powerful weapon prepared by the Corporation for the Zerg!
Now is the time to put it to use.

"Okay, get ready for launch." David Martinez quickly learned about the situation in other orbital war zones through the holographic screen in front of him.

Since the Zerg's main attack direction was the giant company's front-line base headquarters, the colonial war zones in other orbits did not encounter any decent invasions at all.

They are all insignificant minions. You can easily block most of the ordinary insect units by using AI turret arrays.

Now these war zones have been released from the most intense combat state, and can free up excess engine energy to activate the Falling Star Spear Tower and clear out a wave of rampant Zerg troops.

Soon, as David's orders were given, the Falling Star Spear Tower officially started storing energy, and a large amount of energy gathered from the engines in various war zones.

In the core area of ​​the front-line base, a giant turret towering into the sky rose from deep underground, and energy beams from various war zones were projected here.

Dazzling beams of light were transmitted one after another, and finally reached the front-line base. Thousands of energy beams condensed at one point and turned into the starting energy for the Falling Star Sky Spear.

At this moment, the towering miniature Falling Star Skyspear Tower is turning towards the Zerg, because the shield force field of the front-line base needs to be charged and maintained by planetary-level engines.

So under normal circumstances, the Miniature Falling Star Sky Spear Tower is used as one of the trump cards.

After all, firing a shot requires draining all of the engine's energy.

But now with the extra energy supply from other war zones, the front base headquarters can be extravagant and deliver a powerful blow to these bugs without shutting down the shield field!
Immediately, a huge amount of energy filled the energy storage device of the Falling Star Spear Tower.

After being transformed by a giant corporation, the energy stored in this turret includes dark matter, the fifth element, and even some psychic powers!
Although it is not as destructive as the real Falling Star Spear, this mini version of the Falling Star Spear is more convenient, charges faster, and is more suitable for a variety of battlefield environments.

Relying on the energy transmitted from various battle zones, the top of the Falling Star Spear Tower was like a shining blue sun rising, illuminating the surrounding night sky as bright as day.

Fortunately, there were no human soldiers active on the battlefield outside, otherwise they would be blinded in minutes.

Faced with the counterattack of the world giant enterprise, the Zerg showed no fear. Led by the Thunder Beast, they once again launched an attack on the headquarters of the giant enterprise.

This attack is more fierce than any previous one!
At this moment, even the AI ​​hard light turret array seemed a little weak and powerless, unable to contain the surging tide of insects.

Fortunately, the Falling Star Spear Tower has been fully charged. Under the calibration of the AI ​​Red Queen, the turret is aimed at the Zerg, waiting for David's order.

"fire--!"

In an instant, a huge beam of energy poured down from the top of the Falling Star Sky Spear Tower like a surging waterfall, and the powerful glare overshadowed everything around it.

It seemed as if the entire universe was about to be melted by this light, and the entire wild and bloody world was left with only this dazzling blue and white color.

Accompanied by bursts of violent roars, the roars and howls of the Zerg on the battlefield became as faint as the hum of mosquitoes. The entire front-line base fell completely silent, and time stopped at this moment.

Through the holographic screen of the headquarters, David saw a dazzling beam of light sweeping across the entire insect swarm, and all living things disappeared in this pure white light in the blink of an eye.

It's like the winter snow melting in the spring breeze.

Immediately afterwards, the earth-shaking tremor spread throughout the headquarters base, and countless fungal blankets and the earth's crust were overturned by the Falling Star Sky Spear Tower. The raised crust squeezed out a small hill, which looked like a giant awakening, revealing its bony back.

In a short while, the protruding mountain had risen to a height of more than 3,000 meters, and hundreds of millions of tons of soil and rocks were thrown into the atmosphere, turning into meteors and splashing in all directions.

Under the full power output of the miniature Falling Star Skyspear Tower, the Zerg were almost wiped out in an instant and completely ceased to exist.

Even the mutated thunder beasts that had achieved secondary evolution by absorbing radioactive substances were all vaporized the moment the light beam swept over them.

The only trace that proved they had been there was a vague black shadow left on the ground.

In the face of the absolute outpouring of energy, any defensive shell is useless.

In front of a destructive megastructure that embodies the wisdom of countless civilizations, any powerful individual organism appears so small and powerless.

In every area swept by the Falling Star Sky Spear's beam, flames rose up into the sky and the earth's crust flew up and down, as if countless volcanoes were erupting collectively.

Under the dark night sky, this scene is particularly tragic and elegant.

The "volcano" that reached the sky lasted for nearly ten minutes before gradually weakening. During this period, the rock layers that turned into obsidian fell to the ground like a meteor.

The black rain made crisp crackling sounds.

When the thick, smelly smoke gradually dissipated, only a gully wider and deeper than the Great Rift Valley of East Africa remained on the ground, like a hideous scar on the surface of the earth.

At the bottom of the ravine, there was still a raging flame. At first glance, it looked like the open gate of hell, with a boiling fire burning forever.

The swarm of insects that had been swept by the Falling Star Spear turret had long since disappeared. Under such an attack intensity, it would be difficult for any living creature to survive.

Not to mention broken limbs and debris, even finding a tiny bit of fur or tissue fragments is a fantasy.

At this moment, the fissure in the ground burning with flames was like a moat, blocking the Zerg tide that was landing from behind. The cracks extending to deep underground made it difficult for the Zerg troops behind to pass.

Endless ravines forcibly divide the earth. This is the technological strength of the world's giant companies. There are so many ways to achieve star-level results that it is difficult to make a choice.

As more war zones achieved phased victories, more engine energy began to gather towards the front-line base headquarters, and the next round of Falling Star Sky Spear bombardment was brewing.

Immediately afterwards, the energy-focusing device on the tower burst out with a stronger beam of light again, sweeping over the Zerg troops that had just landed and had not yet gained a foothold.

Faced with weapons of such incredible destructive power, the Zerg had no chance of getting close to the base headquarters.

Before their troops could charge forward, they were shot and evaporated by the beams of the Falling Star Spear. No matter how many alien insects there were, they seemed meaningless at this moment.

After witnessing all this, the Queen of Blades suddenly realized her serious mistake.

From the very beginning, she fell into a trap carefully designed by a giant corporation. Since humans dared to put the key stone here, there must be a backup plan.

Originally, the Queen of Blade thought that she could force the giant company to use its ultimate move, but she never imagined that every seemingly correct decision she made was part of the opponent's calculations.

Facts have proven that the world's giant companies have plenty of countermeasures, and this force is clearly playing the pig to eat the tiger!

Watching more and more Zerg troops being annihilated one by one, it was pure waste. More and more planetary engine energy gathered here, and other orbital war zones had been counterattacked by giant enterprises.

The Queen of Blade finally realized that this was an unprecedented super human civilization, and their existence had exceeded the existing dimension of the universe!

From technology to war wisdom and strategic determination, it is enough to show the strength of this human force, which is by no means comparable to the Terran Federation.

After receiving engine energy support from other war zones, the Falling Star Spear Tower has become the guardian artifact of the giant enterprise base.

Every attack and strafing could instantly kill a large number of alien insects. The invincible feeling of mowing the grass made many officers of giant companies completely addicted.

From the clenched toes to the numb scalp, every blood vessel in the body is rushing with hot blood.

They just wished they could go forward and control the Falling Star Spear Tower themselves and shoot at these damn bugs.

At this moment, the charging progress of the key stone has reached 95%. The situation is now decided. Even if the Queen of Blades leads the team to retreat now, it is too late.

After the fully charged keystone releases the psychic shock, it will spread the energy to every corner of the galaxy in an instant. The Queen of Blades will have no way to escape!
Now, the Queen of Blades has been forced by the giant enterprise to the point where she has to make a desperate attempt. Retreating would not only mean wasting all her previous efforts, but also certain death.

Since the number of Zerg and tactical strategies can no longer solve the problem, we can only throw out the last trump card and fight a decisive battle with the global giant enterprise!

【Alert! Blade Queen is entering the atmosphere. 】

At this time, a warning sounded at the base headquarters. The Zerg fleet in low-Earth orbit was seen moving. The Queen of Blade could no longer hold back and decided to take action herself.

"finally come!"

David Martinez had been waiting for a long time. He and the Queen of Blade had been fighting in the air for so long, just for this moment, to force the Queen of Blade to take action.

However, for the Universal Corporation, no matter whether the Queen of Blade escapes or fights to the end, it will not affect the final outcome. As long as the Zerg is delayed and time is won, the Corporation will be the ultimate winner!
"Do we need to release some psychic energy first to intimidate the Queen of Blades?"

Paul asked out loud.

Since the Queen of Blades has taken action personally, the next ones to appear will definitely be the Zerg's ace elite troops. Using the Xel'Naga artifact to destroy them is of course the best option.

Without the core elite troops, the remaining Zerg remnants were unable to do anything to the giant enterprise's Falling Star Spear Tower.

"No, hold on a little longer."

David shook his head. There was only a tiny bit of progress left before the key stone was fully charged. There was no need for them to rush to activate the key stone's psychic impact in advance.

Wouldn't it be better to wait a little longer and then go straight to the point where the Key Stone is fully charged and purify the Queen of Blades together?

(End of this chapter)