The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 404: A lot of work needs to be done! The Temple of Urna! Transforming the Zerg!
The current state of this Zerg nest is in ruins. Apart from the worker bees responsible for the work, there are only some basic Zerg units such as springtails and hydralisks.

Of course, this was also for the sake of safety, so Paul and others did not choose other insect nests. Qiansi Fox did not expect that this operation would be so smooth.

Through the collective memory information of the Zerg, Paul quickly learned how to control the Zerg and manage the construction of the hive.

The first thing to do is to produce more queen insects, whose role is to transmit commands and manage more grassroots units.

It is somewhat equivalent to a signal repeater, which can help Paul share more of the pressure of psychic control.

This is an essential part of growing the Zerg army.

After confirming that the collective nervous system version 2.0 was effective in controlling the Zerg, Qiansihu immediately used the superluminal communicator to report the situation here to the headquarters.

To completely take over the Zerg on Char, they will not be able to rely on just the number of people they have, and they will have to send more psykers.

At that time, I will find a way to upgrade the system to make it more convenient and quicker to control the Zerg.

[I understand. I will try to arrange for more psychics to go to Char to assist you in completing your mission.]

David Martinez said after listening.

"Now is the critical period for the expansion of the hive. Send as many psykers as possible. If we don't have enough manpower, we can rob people from the Terran Federation, or ask Tosh to give us more ghost agents."

Qiansihu's voice was both excited and thrilled.

The upgraded collective nervous system is good in every way, except that it needs to be driven by psychic energy.

Before the psychic theory of the Megacorp was further developed, they could only rely on a large number of psychics to control the Zerg.

The number of Zerg on Char is at least hundreds of billions, and may even reach trillions, which means that the Universe Giant Company needs to train more psychic warriors.

However, in a short period of time, the world's giant companies even worked overtime to use terrazine to manufacture psychics, and built a one-stop industry from manufacturing to training.

It is still difficult to keep up with the manpower needed by Qiansihu.

Since there are not enough psychics, they can only be snatched from the Terran Federation. Next, David Martinez will have to unite with the Protoss to continue attacking Amon.

He also has to find time to deal with the Terran Federation and capture the opponent's psychics, which is a great test of David's planning and handling capabilities.

Qiansihu seemed to have thought of the pressure David was facing, so he told him another piece of good news: "Because the Blade Queen has transferred a large number of elite troops, and the Zerg has lost control of the main brain."

"The insect nest here has fallen into a state of division and each is fighting on its own. I propose to send more scientific research teams to stay here for a long time to study these alien insects nearby."

"This is much more convenient than studying biological samples."

The Zerg and Protoss are the two species that the Xel'Naga are proud of, but the Protoss nowadays certainly don't want to be studied by giant companies, so they can only start with the Zerg.

If the alien insects can be studied more thoroughly, with the current technological strength of the Universal Corporation, the insect nest controlled by Paul will inevitably move towards a stronger development path.

In the upcoming battle for dominance, the Zerg forces under the giant enterprise will definitely be able to seize the initiative and take over the Zerg here more quickly.

David nodded. This method was more labor-saving than sending psychics to take over the hive, and the effect was also good.

"Okay, I will report this to the Science Hub and ask them to send a professional research team to assist you as soon as possible."

From now on, the Universal Corporation will officially take over the Zerg Hive on Char, intervene in the Zerg civil war, and support the Zerg overlord belonging to the Corporation.

After the Universal Corporation sent more psychics and other scientific research team members, Paul no longer had to worry about the situation here.

After being busy for more than a year, it's time to give myself a good vacation.

The rest of the action plan can be handed over to colleagues from other departments to complete.

In this way, under the management of the Universal Corporation, the development of the Zerg gradually got on the right track, while building more hatcheries to produce larvae.

Zerg structures such as evolution chambers, baneling nests, and hydralisk nests were also produced one by one.

Now, in addition to Zerglings and ordinary Drones, the Hives controlled by the CosmoCorp can also produce Banelings and Hydralisks on their own.

But if you want to produce advanced insects, such as dragons, thunder beasts, hive lords and other units, you will need more alien insect technology points.

On the other hand, the investigation team of the Universal Corporation is also actively surveying other places on Char Star, taking over the unowned land that has not been occupied by the Zerg Queen.

Perhaps because other insect queens are busy developing their own forces, Char is still in the period of "enclosure movement" at this stage.

All Zerg forces are playing the game of "build high walls, store up food, and slowly become king". Development is the only way.

Obviously, the Zerg has reached the pinnacle in the calculation of development costs, and every Zerg Queen is well versed in this highly efficient style of play.

Now all the Zerg lords are competing to see who can operate without making mistakes and accumulate a more powerful army within the limited development time.

This just gave the world's giants the opportunity to enter the market.

Thanks to the advance preparation of the world's giant companies, they did not lose the initiative in this vigorous land enclosure movement.

The giant corporations of the universe easily occupied a large territory on Char, laying a good foundation for the subsequent Zerg separatist fighting.

More than half of the insect nests have become the territory of giant companies.

It is foreseeable that if the Zerg Queen here is unwilling to accept the control and jurisdiction of the global giant enterprise, a fierce Zerg civil war will be inevitable.

To this end, the Universal Corporation will also be prepared to challenge all Zerg forces alone in order to completely unify the Zerg on Char.

……

half year later.

An Infinity-class aircraft carrier, protected by many frigates, gradually approached the Char galaxy. That was the patrol fleet that Leon was on.

After the efforts of various departments of the giant enterprises during this period, the two human forces, the Terran Federation and the Earth Union, have been completely wiped out.

The process was very simple: assassinating high-ranking officials, winning over people's hearts, and crushing them with absolute strength on the front battlefield. The forces of the Terran Federation and the Earth Union were basically defeated at the first touch.

Mengsk, the head of the Terran Federation, chose to surrender, but Leon still sentenced him to death for crimes against humanity.

As for the situation in the Earth Union, it is not much different from that of the Terran Federation. They kill some and keep some. Besides, they are all human beings, so their identity recognition is more acceptable than being colonized by aliens.

At this moment, accompanied by David, Lucy and other executives of giant companies, Leon took a shuttle and gradually descended to the planet Charles, preparing to inspect the integration situation here.

"Boss, we have connected to Kerrigan through the matrix. Marshal Reed and Artanis have led their troops to the Temple of Urna."

"I believe it won't be long before they make new progress." David turned to Leon and briefly reported the situation during this period. The Artanis David mentioned was actually a key figure in the Protoss camp. He was a high-level Templar, the Archbishop of the Protoss, and the supreme leader.

Some time ago, David and Artanis reached an alliance. The two sides joined forces to fight against Amon, preparing to completely eliminate the big villain Amon.

Although Artanis did not trust the World Corporation very much, after seeing what Leon did, his vigilance was lowered a lot.

No matter what, the world's giant companies will not be like that madman Aamon, who blew up the entire universe in order to seek the illusory mystery.

For this reason alone, there is still the possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

Listening to David's report, Leon just nodded calmly. He already knew most of the information, and asking David to report the situation was just a formality.

According to the subsequent plot development, Kerrigan will meet the surviving Xel'Naga - Aurus in the Temple of Urna.

In order to stop Amon's evil plan, Aurus will choose to sacrifice himself and give his essence to Kerrigan to help her ascend to become a Xel'Naga.

With the assistance of the Cosmic Corporation and the Protoss, plus Kerrigan's divine power, it is only a matter of time before Amon is destroyed.

The void plane is there, Amon can run away, but the temple cannot.

Of course, Leon will also give Amon a chance to survive by connecting it to the matrix and allowing it to reside in the matrix server with a stream of data energy.

This is the only realm other than the void plane where this high-dimensional creature can live.

After listening to David's work report, Leon turned his attention to Charles Star.

On the ground, the Zerg nests occupied by the giant corporations have become new human colonies, with a large number of buildings built on the fungal carpet.

If it were a year ago, this would never have happened.

But now, the Zerg worker bees and AI robots are collecting resources together, and the springtails are treated as military dogs and follow the giant corporate warriors.

The harmonious coexistence of humans and Zerg has left many high-ranking officials of the Terran Federation who have surrendered dumbfounded.

Before this, they dared not imagine that the Zerg could coexist with humans. This was simply a fantasy.

Thanks to the control of the large collective nervous system, the scientific research team of the global giant company has also gained a deeper understanding of the research on alien insects.

More advanced Zerg combat units, including Ultralisk, Mutalisk, Brood Lord, and even Leviathan, have entered the unlocking stage.

When Leon led his men to the headquarters laboratory here, Dr. Ariel Hansen was leading the scientific researchers of the giant company to carefully study the genetic sequence of the springtails and try to find ways to make them evolve.

Every research team of a giant enterprise has its own ideas about the evolutionary direction of the Zerg, and some place more emphasis on strengthening the physical strength of the Zerglings.

Some people pay more attention to how to integrate the characteristics of alien insects with the AI ​​automated weapons of giant companies.

For example, Ariel's idea is to degenerate the claws on the back of the Zergling to leave space for it to carry the giant company's AI automatic artillery device.

In this way, the Zerglings can take advantage of their agility, move around the battlefield with artillery, and launch rapid strikes on the enemy.

In addition, the giant enterprise's Veronica system can replenish ammunition for the Zerglings on its own, which can greatly enhance the threat of the Zerglings.

So far, Ariel's idea is the improvement option with the lowest cost but the greatest benefit.

Soon, under the guidance of Ariel, Leon came to a laboratory.

I saw a Zergling wearing a powered exoskeleton armor and running quickly with a small hard light cannon on its back. The appendages on the back of this Zergling had completely degenerated.

Instead, the back muscles are more developed.

As the Zerglings ran, the hard light cannons fired continuously, but they were able to hit the targets around them accurately.

In this simulated battlefield with complex terrain, the running ability of the Zerglings makes the hard light cannon like a ghost that appears and disappears suddenly, and it can cross multiple areas from time to time to achieve strikes in different directions.

Although the AI ​​drones of giant companies can also do this, the production cost of the Zerg is low enough!
You should know that the production parts of an AI drone need to include the fuselage, built-in AI system, weapon system, and engine system.

Among them, the AI ​​system needs to be cultivated from the matrix.

The productivity of the world's giant companies is not only reflected in the manufacture of various warships and megastructures. These invisible AI models are also key and valuable resources.

In other words, the Matrix has Pandora, various biomass power generation, and other engine energy supplies to continuously produce a large number of controllable AIs.

Otherwise, the operating efficiency of various departments of the world's giant companies will definitely be greatly reduced.

Now that we have cheaper Zerglings, at least for land combat units, we can free up a group of AI combat devices and replace them with Zerglings equipped with hard light cannons.

The agile springtail can easily climb up walls, drill into ventilation ducts, and traverse various complex terrains. Its powerful mobility is coupled with a powered exoskeleton and AI hard light cannon.

This makes springtails quite cost-effective.

"Very good, this method is very interesting."

Leon nodded with a smile. He was very satisfied with Ariel's idea. Doing so could indeed maximize the effect of the jumping worms while controlling costs.

Especially in the subsequent Zerg civil war, this improved Zergling can use the guns on its back to carry out long-range attacks on other Zerglings.

Use the advantage of long arms to pull back the enemy's Zerg units.

In the Zerg's conventional tactics, both sides basically send out Zergs to fight and bite each other, just like the charge of knights in the Middle Ages.

The two sides fight each other in a bloody and cruel manner, and the winner is often the one with more numbers.

Under such a rigid war model, even the winner often has to pay a heavy price for the war.

Only by improving new alien insects and upgrading new fighting methods can the Zerg's combat mode be changed.

In order to test the applicability of this improved Zergling on the battlefield, Leon specially observed a small-scale Zerg battle.

On the battlefield, this type of armed Zergling will not charge head-on or engage in face-to-face combat, but will instead rely on outflanking maneuvers, trying to form a circle to surround the enemy Zerglings.

At this time, the enemy Zerglings will try every means to pounce on you, bite you with their sharp claws and teeth, and try to kill you with melee combat capabilities.

However, this time they faced an improved and strengthened armed springtail.

Although it no longer has the claws on its back and has the burden of an AI hard laser cannon, the improved armed Zergling has more developed back muscles and limb strength.

With the help of exoskeleton power armor, the movement speed of these armed Zerglings is even faster than ordinary Zerglings!

(End of this chapter)