I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Just then, the sound of the door opening startled the security personnel playing cards inside. It was like an employee slacking off suddenly seeing their boss walk in. However, the so-called boss didn't actually see them. The security personnel breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was someone coming to relieve them, saying, "Phew~ That scared me to death. I thought it was that stingy boss. Is it time to change shifts?"

The people who arrived at this moment were the staff members coming to relieve the shift. Seeing the new shift workers arrive, the existing staff in the monitoring room began to pack up and leave. Just as they were preparing to take over, one of the monitoring staff members who had been playing cards looked at the new staff members and said, "Hmm? That's strange. This time, it's not Tom and Jerry who are here to relieve us. Why are you guys here instead?"

In response to the other person's question, the staff member who came to take their place said, "Well, it seems that the two of them ate something bad and are resting in the medical department now, so we are the ones taking their place."

After hearing what the substitute staff member said, the slacking-off monitoring staff member nodded to indicate that he understood, and then left. After the monitoring staff members left, the substitute staff member took out a headscarf from his pocket and tied it on his head. The OowoO pattern on the headscarf was very eye-catching.

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At the starport of the military base, a large number of Banshee and Viking fighters were docked. A Minotaur-class battlecruiser was also docked here for maintenance. A group of engineers were walking towards them with toolboxes. Upon seeing the engineers, the Marines on guard duty looked at them with confusion and asked, "Huh? What are you doing here? Isn't this not the time for inspections?"

Regarding the Marines guarding the gate, the engineer in charge of these engineers told the Marines, "Later, the higher-ups will send people to inspect. The officers have instructed us to maintain and inspect the equipment, and if necessary, to repair any damaged items and obtain some military funds."

Upon hearing what the leading engineer said, the Marine guard understood what was going on—it was just a routine inspection. After all, this wasn't the first or second time such a thing had happened, so the Marine guards weren't surprised and let the engineers in. However, the Marine suddenly noticed the bandanas with strange OowoO patterns tied around their hands. He found this quite odd; was it some kind of latest trendy accessory?

Once inside, the engineers began working on the Banshee and Viking fighters. They skillfully approached the aircraft, removed the maintenance panels, and inspected them. While inspecting the aircraft, they also inserted a strange device into the aircraft's central control system before moving on to check other components.

While the engineers at Starport were causing trouble, back at the Minotaur-class battlecruiser, although it had encountered numerous attacks during its breakout from Char, the Minotaur-class battlecruiser was still quite sturdy and could at least still take off. However, the ship's armor needed to be replaced, as being besieged by a group of alien dragons had corroded the battlecruiser's armor plates beyond repair. The only solution was to replace the damaged armor plates.

Although the Minotaur-class battlecruiser was undergoing deck repairs, its internal facilities continued to operate, including the bar, armory, and laboratories.

Inside the armory of this Minotaur-class battlecruiser, a group of Marines were organizing their equipment. The visors on their helmets had OowoO patterns drawn on them, indicating that they were the same group of engineers who had been in the control room and starport earlier.

After they finished organizing the parts, a short girl wearing a captain's uniform and a captain's hat walked up to the pile of boxes. This girl had three arms: one pair were normal human arms, and the other was a strong arm with a hard chitinous shell and tearing claws. Behind her was a thick tail with a spiked shell, which looked like the tail of a female Rathalos.

The girl wearing a captain's hat held a pistol in one hand and a chainsaw sword made from an industrial chainsaw in the other. She also held a heavy mechanical wrench in her strong claws, which seemed to be for the staff wearing power armor, but the staff seemed not to feel any weight in their hands.

"My compatriots, our compatriots are now rushing this way. A holy war is about to begin. With the roar of cannons, we will slaughter all those unbelievers! Let the blood of those unbelievers flow on this polluted land!"

Upon hearing the girl's words, the soldiers present roared in fury. Their fanatical eyes revealed a state of near-religious fervor. Aside from those who had become gene-infiltrators, the brains of those infected with the gene-stealing virus were affected by a psionic interference effect, resulting in a state of manipulation. (Refer to the manipulated Mobius Foundation in Legacy of the Void)

These reasons have led to these soldiers becoming fanatical believers. Under the spiritual stance of the Gene Ascendants, these soldiers will also experience various physical mutations, thereby accelerating the transformation. Once the transformation is complete, a new comrade will be born.

Just as the girl awaited the sound of artillery fire, a thunderous roar and the sound of cannon fire rang out. The girl opened her eyes, raised her chainsaw sword high, and said, "The battle has begun! It is time to slaughter those who do not believe!"

"Rivers of blood flowed—!"

Accompanied by the soldiers' loud shouts, the interior of the battlecruiser seemed to fall into a frenzy. Soon, led by the girl, they also rushed out of the battlecruiser's hatches, fully equipped and ready to go. Outside the starport, there was also chaos. After all, the sudden attack caught these complacent soldiers off guard, and with communications disrupted and high command absent, all these factors caused the soldiers to be in a state of panic.

The soldiers and fighter pilots were intimidated by the menacing appearance of the soldiers disembarking from the battlecruiser. After all, in their eyes, the soldiers from the insect battlecruiser all had strange "OowoO" patterns on their masks, helmets, shoulder armor, and shields. Although they looked like some kind of expression, the extra pair of ○ made them look a little different.

Moreover, for some reason, the soldiers' imposing aura, as if they wanted to kill their enemies, instilled a sense of fear in the other soldiers present. They were afraid that the soldiers would suddenly raise their guns and open fire on them. Some of the soldiers recognized these soldiers who had come down from the battlecruiser as cowards who had fled back from the Charles. However, they knew very well that when those soldiers were assigned here, they were all demoralized and looked like wild dogs with broken spines. But now, they felt that these soldiers were like hellish demons who had walked back from hell.

Before the soldiers could react, they saw the men with terrifying presence point their weapons at them and pull the triggers. Gunfire erupted throughout the starport, and most of the soldiers were killed before they could even react. A few veterans, seeing their "own men" raise their Gauss rifles and try to aim at them, quickly took cover.

"Charge! Slaughter all the unbelievers, let their blood flow across the entire earth!"

"Kill all the non-believers!"

Accompanied by the girl's slogans, the soldiers raised their weapons and began to massacre the members inside the starport. Some of the fighter pilots tried to fight back by controlling fighters like the Viking that could transform into combat mechs. However, to their surprise, when they boarded their fighters and prepared to start them, they found that the system was locked, which prevented the Viking fighters from starting.

Not only were the Viking fighters unable to start, but other fighters were also unable to start, including the Raven drones.

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Meanwhile, at the military base, Yulis and her religious guards also stormed in.

Yulis arrived at the main gate of the military base in a super-heavy tank that was 20 meters long and 15 meters wide. The super-heavy tank that Yulis was riding in was the first super-heavy siege tank that had been newly developed - the [Star Sword]. In addition to the main gun, this tank had multiple turrets on it to attack enemies from all directions. Of course, in addition to the cannon, the tank also had anti-aircraft rocket launchers on it to deal with warplanes that tried to attack the tank. The entire tank was like a mobile artillery fortress.

From the observation port of the combat turret, Yulis raised her scepter-like spear and shouted to the gunner below, "Fire!"

As soon as Yulis gave the order, the gunner pulled the trigger without hesitation. A violent shelling sound rang out amidst thunder, and a huge flash of fire erupted from the cannon barrel. Then, the 200mm Heavenly Punishment Cannon was fired, hitting the heavy gate of the Terran Empire's military base in one shot, and the entire gate was blown open.

Seeing the gate open, Euryth ordered her guards to advance. As the Star Sword super-heavy tank beneath Euryth's feet started moving forward, and the shredder in front of the tank shoveled away the wreckage of the gate, Euryth's guards invaded the interior and began their massacre.

The Imperial army, on the other hand, looked completely bewildered, clearly not realizing what had happened. Suddenly, the gate was blown open, and then a massive-looking tank emerged from it. Following that, a group of armed forces they had never seen before stormed in. Only then did the Imperial soldiers realize that an unknown enemy force had broken in.

The Imperial soldiers, realizing what was happening, quickly sounded the alarm and prepared to defend against the enemy's attack. But before they could even get ready, their own men, who had just been chatting and laughing with them, suddenly launched an attack. This caught them completely off guard. Coupled with the sudden collapse of the communication system and the loss of contact with the commanding officers, they were left running around like headless flies.

Meanwhile, Yulis and her team's super-heavy transport tank—the War Fortress—demonstrated its formidable capabilities in such a setting. Smaller than the Star Sword, the War Fortress boasted more turrets, its overall shape resembling a battle fortress from Red Alert 2, though significantly larger. This design allowed the War Fortress to mount multiple cannons and even anti-aircraft missile launchers. This massive mobile firepower platform instilled great fear in the Imperial soldiers, as even raiders or siege tanks could penetrate its thick armor.

In less than 30 minutes, Yulis and her team had brought the entire military base under their control, and the Imperial soldiers were reduced to corpses or, to pieces, nothing.

P.S.: Let's end the Genestealers storyline here. To be honest, there's a lot I want to write, but this would make the StarCraft 2 storyline a bit bloated. I'll write about the church under Yhaka and Yhlis when a suitable world comes along.

PS2: The Moonlit Rogue has finally arrived! My Deepsea team is finally useful, although it's okay without Angela...

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1835 [Rescuing Private Stukov]

Located on the planet Skiggel, this orbital space station is where the Terran Empire organizes supplies and inspects cargo. As a research base within the entire Terran Empire, its defense level is second only to Korhal's. The inspections here are extremely rigorous, with not only a large number of soldiers guarding it, but also a large number of Drakens pulse cannons, enough to threaten Leviathan's safety.

To facilitate the inspection of objects, a space station was also established in the orbit of Skiglar to avoid potential threats.

But this time, they couldn't avoid it...

As Kerrigan and Yhwach's Leviathans warped over, alarms sounded throughout the space station. Before the ships inside could even take off, the Leviathans' tentacles reached out and pinned them down, then began sending out swarms of insects to attack.

After Yhaka and Kerrigan used the hollow tentacles of Leviathan to transport troops, they arrived inside the space station. Before them lay the corpses of soldiers slaughtered by the Zerg swarm, but neither of them felt any particular emotion at the scene. Kerrigan tried to sense with her psionic energy, attempting to locate her strange Zerg psionic signal. For some reason, Kerrigan felt that the signal seemed to have weakened considerably.

"Yoyo, we need to hurry. The other side's signal is getting weaker. Something's probably wrong." Kerrigan, sensing something was wrong, said to Yohaka. Hearing Kerrigan's words, Yohaka nodded to show he understood, and then the two headed towards their target.

Soldiers who tried to stop them along the way were simply blasted to smithereens by Kerrigan. However, for some reason, the defenses became increasingly tight as they moved further in, but this did not stop Ehaka and her companion. In no time, Kerrigan and Ehaka arrived at a place that resembled a laboratory used to imprison experimental subjects.

After Kerrigan tore open the door with her wing claws, the two entered the interior. There, Kerrigan and Yhwach saw numerous Zerg and Protoss samples. Frankly, seeing this, Kerrigan narrowed her eyes and said, "Protoss...where did they get these Protoss experimental samples from...?"

Kerrigan knew very well how powerful the Protoss were, after all, she had fought them on the cold planet before. Although she won, it was a narrow victory. If it weren't for the Protoss scientist she had captured, the Golden Fleet might have been chasing her all over the Koprulu Sector.

Aren't the Terran Empire worried about being attacked by the Golden Fleet when they capture samples of these Protoss warriors?

Although the Protoss are currently in a state of devastation, Kerrigan is well aware of the principle that "even a starved camel is bigger than a horse." Even if they cannot defeat the Terran Empire, they can still inflict a heavy blow on it.

If she weren't a Zerg, Kerrigan would really like to expose these things to the Protoss, but she'd rather not now, since the Protoss' hatred for her far exceeds their hatred for the Terran Empire.

"Found it." With the help of Yhaka and Kerrigan, Kerrigan quickly found the location of the target. In their eyes was a huge, sealed box-like technological artifact. This kind of thing was specially used to freeze those very dangerous experimental samples, and it was very solid.

But this meant nothing to Yhwach and Kerrigan. With two swift strokes, Yhwach drew the Demonbane Sword and cleaved a door through the enclosed, box-like structure. Kerrigan looked into the dark interior of the box and said, "Come out. I know you're still conscious."

As if hearing Kerrigan's words, a figure slowly emerged from the box. After the figure came out, Kerrigan and Yhaka were able to see its appearance clearly. The figure gave the impression of being a human infected by the Virus, but Kerrigan knew very well that the figure's psionic power and thinking were normal, unlike the confused consciousness of a human infected by the Virus.

Upon seeing Kerrigan and Yhaka, the other party said, "You almost didn't get to see me. Luckily, you were quick enough."

Upon hearing the other person's words, Kerrigan felt that the other person seemed to know her very well, but Kerrigan had no recollection of the other person. Meanwhile, Yhaka, standing to the side, had an "OwO?" expression, since Yhaka really didn't know the other person well.

"Who are you...?" Kerrigan asked, just as she had asked Yuhaka. Kerrigan was slightly taken aback by Kerrigan's question, clearly not expecting her to have forgotten her. He then explained to Kerrigan, "Don't you recognize me? I am Alexei Stokkov. We used to be enemies."

After hearing what the other party said, Kerrigan also found some fragments of her past memories. [Alexei Stokkov] was the former vice marshal of the UED Earth Expeditionary Force. The UED had caused great losses to the Terran Empire, Zerg, and Protoss in the Koprulu Sector. However, in the end, the three forces worked together to defeat the enemy. Moreover, it was Kerrigan who sent the Zerg swarm to hunt down the remaining UED Earth Expeditionary Force troops.

But none of that matters anymore. What's important is, why is the other person here?

“Ah, now we’re all Zerg. But why are you trapped here?” Kerrigan asked, teasing him slightly. Stukov sighed slightly at Kerrigan’s question and replied, “Yes… but that’s not important. What’s important is the lab that destroyed this place.”

Hearing Stukov's words, Kerrigan looked at him with some doubt and asked, "You mean Skigger Labs?" Stukov nodded slightly at Kerrigan's question and said, "That's right, that's where Mengsk created a powerful, deformed monster here using Zerg and Protoss DNA. They call that monster a hybrid. Although I haven't seen those things, I can tell from what those mad scientists say how powerful that monster is."

After hearing Stukov's explanation, Kerrigan turned her attention to Yhaka, who was munching on a bag of beef jerky that he had somehow pulled out from somewhere. After all, Yhaka had faced hybrids before, or rather, primitive Zergs. He had fought a hybrid in a laboratory facility, and the unfortunate hybrid had been torn in half like a chicken.

Seeing Kerrigan's gaze shift to Yhaka standing to the side, Stukov's gaze was also drawn to her. Stukov then saw Yhaka munching on beef jerky. Stukov was dumbfounded at this sight. What was going on?

"Uh... this child is... your child?" Stukov asked Kerrigan, looking at Yhaka with her primitive Zerg features. Kerrigan glanced awkwardly at the stunned Yhaka and then said to Stukov, "No, she's not my child. You seem to have something more important to tell me."

"Hmm...that's right, there's also important intelligence. Come with me." Stukov said this after glancing at Yhaka again, then addressed Kerrigan and Yhaka. Kerrigan, seeing Stukov's misunderstanding expression, didn't bother explaining. Yhaka, after a moment's thought, realized he had a mother and went back to munching on his beef jerky.

The group then arrived at the database location within the space station. Here, Stukov was also operating the computer. Although he had been transformed into an infected being, at least the knowledge and memories in Stukov's mind remained, which did not prevent him from using the computer to investigate what he wanted.

Soon, under Skotov's control, the location of the Skigger Experiment Base was displayed on the projection screen. Looking at the Draken Pulse Cannon defense system on the map, Kerrigan couldn't help but feel a headache. Of course, it wasn't just the Draken Pulse Cannon that gave Kerrigan a headache; there were also a large number of troops in that defense base, including a lot of things she had never seen before.

Looking at the technological artifacts she had never seen before, Kerrigan frowned and asked, "Are these new technologies developed by the Skigger Experiment Base?" Storkov nodded in response, "That's right. To be more precise, they were developed by a female scientist named Mebius. Her reputation surpasses even that of the deceased Portoldo, and her appearance significantly advanced the technology of the entire Terran Empire."

After hearing Stukov's words, Kerrigan thought for a moment and looked at Stukov, saying, "I've never heard of such a person. If he were really that famous, I wouldn't forget him." In response to Kerrigan's question, Stukov looked at her and said, "It's normal that you don't know, after all, he appeared when you were defeated by the Terran Empire."

Upon hearing Stukov's words, Kerrigan couldn't help but show a surprised expression and said, "How did they manage to create so many technological products in such a short time, when they were previously unknown?"

Regarding Kerrigan's question, Storkov shook his head and said, "I am also very clear about this. I spend most of my time in the laboratory, and my access to information from the outside world is very limited. However, the only thing I can be sure of is that she looks like a 13 or 4-year-old child."

Kerrigan was stunned when she heard this. How could a 13 or 4-year-old child be able to do something like this? Where did this super genius come from?

Seeing Kerrigan's shocked expression, Stukov looked at her and said, "Unbelievable, isn't it? What's even more unbelievable is what happened next. Once, a Thunder Beast somehow escaped its restraints in the lab and started causing a ruckus. But it quickly quieted down. In the following days, I heard that Mebius took care of the Thunder Beast all by himself. I also suspected that he wasn't human."

After hearing Stukov's explanation, Kerrigan looked at Stukov with a curious expression and asked, "Not human?"

In response to Kerrigan's confusion, Stukov explained, "That's right. The reason lies with the head of this laboratory—Dr. Narud. He's an ancient shapeshifter who has changed identities many times over the years, and my current appearance is thanks to him." Hearing Stukov's words, Kerrigan was slightly puzzled and asked, "So, the other party isn't human or Zerg, could it be a Protoss?"

Upon hearing Kerrigan's answer, Stukov shook his head and said, "No, neither. He is a servant of an ancient Xel'Naga named [Amon]."

Hearing this, Kerrigan interrupted Stukov, saying, "I've heard about Amon, but he's dead now." Stukov didn't seem bothered by Kerrigan's interruption and continued, "But his minions are still alive. If you want to breach this lab, you'll have to confront them directly. As for Mebius, I think he's similar to Narud. If you're facing both of them, you must be extremely careful, because they will be the most dangerous enemies you've ever faced."

After listening to Stukov's words, Kerrigan shrugged slightly and said, "I'm not worried about that. After all, I brought help." As she spoke, Kerrigan looked at Yhaka, who was munching on beef jerky to the side. At this moment, Kerrigan noticed that Yhaka seemed a little distracted, so she couldn't help but ask, "Yhaka, what are you looking at?"

Regarding Kerrigan's question, Yhaka snapped out of his reverie and looked at Kerrigan, saying, "Yhaka is watching the board OwO~"

Kerrigan, hearing Yuhaka's words, looked in the direction Yuhaka had been looking. She only saw a computer desktop display in the distance. Kerrigan clearly mistook the computer screen for the "board" Yuhaka had mentioned, and she didn't pay much attention to it. Kerrigan herself didn't care too much either. Of course, Yuhaka wasn't looking at the computer screen, but at Zelus's system panel. After all, Zelus had just said that the guy Mebius was an outsider, someone from the Honkai world.

P.S.: That's right! It's a snake! I brought the snake in! OwO

PS2: Haha... It's so painful to be broke. I won't get paid until the 17th next month.

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1836 [Genius Girl Mebius and the Zerg Swarm Drop]

After rescuing Stukov from the space station, Kerrigan ordered the Leviathans to tear the entire station apart. However, at this moment, Stukov suggested that Kerrigan smash the entire space station towards the ground to coordinate with the Zerg swarm's offensive. This way, the Dracon pulse cannon's attack would be partially drawn to the space station.

Kerrigan agreed with Stukov's suggestion and decided to use the space station as a bomb.

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Meanwhile, at the Skigger Experiment Base, the military base above the space station was in chaos after receiving a warning of a Zerg invasion. After all, the Terran Empire had been attacked by the Zerg swarm led by the Queen of Blades before, which is why the Terran soldiers were terrified at the mere mention of her name.

Despite their fear, no one wanted to desert. After all, the punishment for desertion was severe, not only for themselves but also for their families. Most Imperial soldiers wouldn't desert, except for those whose family photos only included their ID cards. They wouldn't worry about that; at most, their funds and identities would be frozen. They could then become mercenaries or pirates without any consequences.

In this situation, the Empire has no means to deal with such people, and sending Ghost Agents would be a waste of their valuable manpower.

However, there's no way to desert now, since the swarm has surrounded the entire planet, making escape virtually impossible.

The Imperial commander at Skiglar Military Base was also very nervous about this situation. To be honest, it was the first time he had ever seen so many Zerg attacking a planet. Although the number of Zerg was large, the military base had enough Dracon pulse cannons to hold them off for the time being. As long as reinforcements arrived, everything would be fine.

But at that moment, the communications officer suddenly brought bad news: the Zerg swarm was using the space station in orbit as a projectile, and now that space station was being hurled at the Skiggel military base like a giant bomb. Because the space station was relatively sturdy, even if it were blown up, the remaining fragments would still pose a significant threat to the platform.

"Oh dear, Commander, you look a little overwhelmed. What happened?" Hearing the soft, girlish voice, the Imperial Commander felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were being watched by something terrifying. When he turned around shakily, he saw eyes like snakes, and in front of him sat a petite girl in a scientist's white lab coat and a dress that looked like a gown, looking at him from a strange machine.

Upon seeing this, the Imperial commander quickly saluted the girl in front of him. In terms of rank, the girl was much higher than him, and as an important technical talent of the Empire, Führer Mengsk valued her highly.

"Dr. Mebius, how did you get here?!" The Imperial Commander was extremely nervous upon seeing Mebius appear before him. After all, there were many terrifying rumors about Mebius in the laboratory, such as using passing soldiers for experiments, scientists who spoke ill of Mebius disappearing overnight, or Mebius eating an entire Thunder Beast without leaving a trace. Some even said that Dr. Mebius was not human, but a monster in disguise.

Both the scientists and soldiers at the testing site were terrified of Möbius, but the technology he brought was truly eye-opening for the scientists, and the soldiers also benefited from the sense of security and convenience it provided. This made the scientists and soldiers both respect and fear Möbius.