Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 75 Heart of the Swarm
Gao Yi looked at the insect eggs, and through the transparent film he could even see something wriggling inside.

"My power is called Heart of the Swarm!"

"Can these eggs hatch?"

"Of course!"

Then Kerrigan closed her eyes, and the life inside the cocoon began to wriggle rapidly. After a while, a worker bee as big as a machine gunner broke out of the cocoon.

Pus from the exploded cocoon sprayed everywhere, and the worker bee came in front of Kerrigan and even rubbed her affectionately. Kerrigan also stroked the worker bee's head as if she was stroking her pet.

The people around, including Gao Yi, didn't know what to say for a moment. The Kerrigan in front of them was the embodiment of the interstellar Zerg in this world.

It perfectly embodies what it means to "I am the Swarm!"

Gao Yi knew he had found a treasure. He happily picked up Kerrigan and said to her, "Kerrigan, you must remember, never use this ability in front of others. You must get my permission first, okay?"

"Okay, I'll listen to my father!"

Gao Yi touched Kerrigan's head with satisfaction, and Kerrigan seemed to like the feeling of having her head touched.

"Sir, what should we do with this worker bee?" Damon looked at the worker bee.

"Burn it! There's no place in Agassus for these insect swarms to farm and grow!"

Damon nodded, and then the Fire Bat burned the worker bee to ashes with plasma flames.

In Gao Yi's eyes, the Tyranids may be considered a species, but not a civilization. The only hive will is everything to the Tyranids, and all node creatures are the division and extension of the hive will.

He can arbitrarily bring these extensions back to his body and control the actions and will of the node creatures. The Tyranid swarm has one and only one purpose, which is to plunder all biomass. Biomass is above all else. Any planet plundered by them will only be left with a wasteland and only inorganic matter.

But the interstellar Zerg are different. They also have a will connection similar to a honeycomb network. The Overlord is also the highest will in the Zerg swarm, but some special units hatched by the interstellar Zerg swarm do have their own thoughts and will.

They are independent individuals, and even if they lose their master, the swarm can still develop on its own.

Although they also pursue biomass, interstellar alien insects can survive and grow even in a world full of inorganic matter.

If the Tyranids play the looting style, then the Zerg in StarCraft plays the farming style.

Gao Yi, holding Kerrigan, was ready to take Kerrigan away from the bottom nest. After all, there were still many cunning people around and the war was not completely over.

At this time, Kerrigan, who was lying on Gao Yi's shoulder, said to Gao Yi.

"Father, I can still feel that there are many living beings nearby who are connected to me. They are helpless now. What should I do with these people?"

"Are they connected to you?! Can you control them?!"

"Of course, I am the Swarm. However, some of these people are very resistant to my existence! They are using psychic energy to oppose my will."

"Really?! Then quickly control them and stop resisting! Do you have a way to deal with those guys who are fighting against you?"

You have to know that the number of remaining chicken thieves is definitely more than one million, and it is not an easy task to clean up so many chicken thieves in the complex bottom nest. Moreover, if you can control this group of chicken thieves believers, they will be a rare labor force!
These people don't want any wages, and they even consider being 007 as a blessing.

Think about it, there are many model planets in the empire, where the workers are hardworking and only need the basic survival supplies to maintain their body functions.

But in fact, these early people have been corrupted by their cunningness. These hardworking cunning people can even exceed the tithe. When the empire is still using force to collect tithes from some planets, these planets can still deliver on time and on demand, with guaranteed quality and quantity. What kind of loyalty is this?

The Empire would even form guidance teams from them and send them to other planets to carry out propaganda and guide local production.

This allowed corruption to spread rapidly.

"Of course! I'm full and have plenty of energy!" Kerrigan patted her stomach. Then she closed her eyes, and Gao Yi could feel the psychic energy in her body begin to activate again.

And this psychic energy spread along the devoured and occupied insect nest network to every cunning individual.

A large number of bewitched followers began to lay down their weapons, and they all waited in place according to Kerrigan's will.

And deep in the bottom nest, Vianna, the cunning bishop, has long been on the brink of collapse, and the day of ascension has no possibility of coming.

He felt the disappearance of the cunning chief, and the top of the hive network was replaced by a being that was not the Great Devourer. She didn't know what the other party was, but it was definitely not the person she wanted to follow. Everything she had belonged only to the Great Devourer.

However, a large number of thieves do not have the spiritual power to resist this force.

As one by one the cunning ones began to obey Kerrigan, Kerrigan also devoted more and more strength to deal with beings like Vianna who possessed psychic powers.

Viana felt like her head was going to explode, literally.

The blood vessels in her head began to bulge in large numbers, and the influx of so much spiritual energy made her body completely unable to bear it.

In desperation, the heads of the cunning psychics exploded all over the bottom nest.

The cunning people around who had originally vowed to fight the dynasty to the death stood there as if they didn't see anything.

"Father! It's over!"

Kerrigan smiled and took credit from Gao Yi, but she was also becoming dispirited. It was not easy for her to control so many cunning people.

Gao Yi immediately turned on the communicator.

"Vir! What's the battle situation like now?!"

"Sir! Those aliens have given up resistance?! What is going on?!" Will also received the report from the soldiers.

The fierce battle suddenly stopped. The thieves who had thrown their lives into disregard actually all laid down their weapons on their own initiative?!

The gap is too big.

"Let the soldiers retreat from the bottom nest! The battle is over, their leader has been killed by us!"

"Really?! But what about those who gave up resistance?!"

"Retreat and seal off the bottom nest first. I have already made arrangements for these people!"

"Follow your orders!"

Soon the soldiers began to carry away the bodies of the dead and began to leave in an orderly manner.

Gao Yi and the team also left along the same route they came from.

Weir was already waiting for Gao Yi at the exit, but he found that there was a little girl in Gao Yi's arms whom he had never seen before.

"Sir! She is?!"

"Her? She's the child I rescued from the Underhive. From now on, her name will be Kerrigan Mongault. From now on, she'll be my daughter."

"Ah?! Your daughter?!"

Weil didn't expect that Gao Yi could bring out a daughter after entering the bottom nest once.

(End of this chapter)