Chapter 592 Suspicious

Alma moved her legs mechanically, and followed Aros step by step. Today she has seen too many incredible things, from stealth fighters, amoebas, corpse beasts, to golden armored warriors, pyros, and earth-digging beetles. Everything she experienced was like acting in a fantasy movie, not the facts, but everything was so real, she could feel her breathing, the weight of the c-14 piercing hand assault rifle in her hand, and hear the communicator transmission. Here comes the veteran to teach her how to manipulate the voice of the power armor.

She has forgotten to be afraid, forgetting to be surprised, and chooses to accept everything that has happened or will happen, which can also be called numbness.

Tang Fang did not explain to her, thinking that it would not be too late to rescue Philip and old Benny.

He first led a few people into a dilapidated building in the distance to take off the power armor, then pretended to be the entourage of the fugitive nobles and ran towards the prison area, and took the opportunity to turn his attention to the Zerg base to check the new elements that had just been unlocked.

First select a worker bee, press the advanced building hotkey, and find that the "polluter's lair" for polluters has not been built, and the "Thunder Beast Cave" is also locked.

There are no new units to unlock for Zerg heroes, but Abathur's unlock progress reaches 72%, an increase of 4.

If Corpse doesn't unlock buildings, or heroes, what will it be?

He selected a larva, and suddenly found that there was a right arrow icon in the production menu bar, subconsciously pressed the hotkey, and finally saw two new units on the second page --- distortion and hunger By.

Mutants and Hunger? Recall carefully, two types of units have appeared in the battle of Worm Heart.

The shape of the deformed body is a bit like the centaur in Western mythology, with 4 legs and a humanoid upper body --- or it is more appropriate to describe it as a humanoid. They are humans with a higher level of psionic energy that have been genetically modified by the Zerg. Of course, compared to humans, they have become aberrations and have completely turned into terrifying and hideous harvesting machines.

Aberrations have 5 major components, which can also be said to be characteristic.

One: Z-shaped legs and feet, the deformed body has slender legs and feet that are two-thirds of its height, but it generally maintains a folded posture. Once straightened, it can leap over units like roaches and hydralisks. Their legs are not deliberately modified like the queen to limit the ability to move and prevent the queen from leaving the core of the nest. The aberrants are agile and have a running ability that exceeds most of the Zerg units.

Two: flexible claws. After being fused with Zerg genes, the fragile human arms are strengthened and become harder, and the fingers that used to be turned into sharp claws that can easily pierce hard steel.

Three: mutant cysts, mutants are formed by recombination of human and Zerg genes with psionic energy.

There is a thick layer of constantly wriggling cysts on their backs, in which countless sources of biomass, complex fungi, and split enzymes are bred, which endows the mutants with strong vitality.

Four: Transformation glands, there are hundreds of transformation glands growing in the digestive system of the aberrant body. By secreting a regulatory hormone and invertase, the aberrant body digests food very quickly and can transform food into own energy. It can even digest a human skeleton in just a few seconds.

Five: steel skin, the distortion body has a very hard shell. They are similar to the chitin armor of the Zerg Queen Kerrigan. They have strong defense and can even deflect some small gun bullets.

Aberrations cost 150 crystals and 100 gas to craft. Occupies population 2.

Next is the Hunger. Tang Fang can't remember which battle he saw this kind of unit. It looks like a big meat ball with thick and short legs, and 3 huge mouths, distributed in the belly. There is also a circle of mouthparts on the head that resembles the ferocious mouthparts of a tunnel worm.

Through the introduction of the system to the hungry, I learned that it has 4 major components.

One: Multiple mouthparts. The belly of a hungry person has three sets of huge mouthparts, which are directly connected to the stomach, which occupies almost half of the entire body. Capable of swallowing objects the size of puppies or marines in one gulp.

Two: Huge stomach cavity, the stomach cavity of the hungry is very huge, it can hold up to half a row of puppies or marines, and can spit it out at critical moments to attack the target. There is a special gland distributed in the gastric cavity, which can release an inhibitory hormone according to the judgment of the hungry person, so as to prevent the gastric cavity from secreting digestive juice and harm the insects carried in it. Of course, the hungry can also swallow the living marines and absorb them as food.

Three: Digging claws, the hungry can vomit out the digestive juice with strong corrosive power in the stomach cavity to soften the soil layer, and then use the lower limbs that can vibrate at supersonic speed to quickly dig burrows, and can move in the ground like cockroaches. They can even survive for a long time deep in the ground, and supply various substances needed by the body by absorbing organic matter and mineral elements in the soil.

Four: spine head organ, the mouthparts of the worm at the top of the hungry person is actually its fourth mouth, but most of the hungry people use it to ambush, the spine head is a structure similar to the rectum that can be stretched freely Compare it to a huge worm parasitic in the body of a hungry person. When the hungry person moves in the shallow soil layer, it can sense the subtle vibrations of the ground through the tentacles on the body surface to capture the target's location. After that, the top worm will be like a tunnel worm Like that, it suddenly protruded from the ground, crushed and devoured the target, and sent it to the stomach cavity.

The Hunger costs 200 crystals, 125 gas, and takes 2 population.

Tang Fang fell into deep thought after browsing through the system's brief introduction to mutants and hungry people.

He used the aberrant in the Heart of the Swarm campaign before. It was a very fleshy unit with a good attack. However, because of the version upgrade, the aberrant’s ability to attack and suck blood was canceled. However, the interstellar system in his mind It can be seen from the brief introduction that the aberrations produced in the system space should have blood-sucking effects, but it is different from the blood-sucking in the game. It should be similar to the "corpse-eating" skill of the undead ghouls in Warcraft. Benefit yourself.

Its vitality is strong, its defense is also good, and it has blood-sucking attributes. The only flaw should be its weak attack power --- to be precise, its attack method is relatively simple, but as a combat unit that is mainly responsible for attracting firepower , which is not a major flaw.

The cost of the hungry is not low, and the consumption of 125 gas makes it go straight to the infected.

In fact, the Hunger is not a magical unit. Its battlefield positioning overlaps with Nydus Worm. Nydus worms are an extension of the worm tunnel network. As long as the nutrients in the creep are sufficient, they can be stretched to an infinite length. Zerg combat units inside are like riding a high-speed train. When the tunnel worms rush out of the ground, they will be spit out one by one.

The Hunger, on the other hand, swallows a certain number of small Zerg units ahead of time. Just like an infected person swallows infected humans, they store them in the stomach cavity. They can reach the designated place by running on the ground or sneaking underground, and then drill out from the ground to quickly spit out the Zerg units in the stomach cavity.

If the Nydus Worm is an underground train, the Hunger is a stealthy bio-armored vehicle, accordingly. It has more attack capabilities than the tunnel worm. Whether it is the triple mouthparts or the spine-headed viscera at the top, it is a powerful weapon.

He sighed softly, he didn't expect that the life energy detected by the detector earlier came from the blood-colored parasite. It's not that Congreve is still alive. I originally wanted to save him with good intentions, but I didn't expect to be self-defeating. Instead, the bones of the old Duke were left behind, but this unlocked two new Zerg combat units, the Mutant and the Hunger.

Why was the old duke infected with the bloody parasite? Did he die because of this, or was he infected afterwards? Is it artificial? Or was it an accident?

It occurred to him again, where on earth had Congreve acquired the parasite, if by accident? He didn't think that this kind of blood-colored bug with a genetic structure similar to the epic creature's dna was naturally generated. It must have come from somewhere, and it may even come from a Ypsilon relic. The old duke who has a hobby of collecting may have a bad year. Accidental death. If this is the case, Philips and old Benny are also a pair of unlucky people, and they just happened to encounter such a disaster.

But where did the parasite come from, if not accidental but man-made? And who is going to kill Congreve?

"Wait..." He suddenly thought of an abnormality. When the primordial queen checked Congreve's body, the bloody parasite was in a dormant state, awakened only by sensing the threat of psionic energy. Congreve was thus devoured and turned into a corpse beast. If it wasn't for him to discover that there was a life energy reaction in the old Duke's body and let the queen try it out. What will happen in the next few days? Will it stay dormant forever? What if the parasites suddenly broke out after the great nobles who had made friends with Congreve and the seventh prince who came to condolence instead of His Majesty the King arrived on Kandal Island. What are the consequences?

Thinking of this, a layer of cold sweat overflowed his forehead. Those aristocratic gentlemen who are usually high above do not have his ability. I am afraid that a massacre will break out in the palace, and the flesh and blood of many people will be turned into nutrients for the growth of corpses. If the defense force of Kandal Island is together at this time Attacking it without knowing it, one can imagine what kind of situation it will be.

Once those pathogenic bacteria cross the ocean with the wind and arrive at the continent of "Edia", the human beings on the entire planet may become extinct. Not only that, but it will also trigger a political earthquake in the United Kingdom of Turanx. You can know what will happen to the Kenar family with your ass.

Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?

He hoped it was a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. But whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the existence of the blood-colored parasite was a huge headache. Since Congreve could touch it, it meant that other people might also come into contact with it.

This parasitic germ, which can survive in the air and cold environment, and can be infected by human beings through breathing behavior, is more terrifying than any known infectious disease in human history. Once it breaks out, it will be a catastrophe that will spread to the entire planet.

He hesitated, as an outsider, should he take care of this matter?

While thinking about it, several people had come to the western prison area of ​​Denger Palace, because there are not many important buildings in this area, and there is not a large number of security forces like the east and north. Seeing the four people in a panic, the surrounding Two soldiers walked out of the bunker facility, surrounded them with guns in their hands, and asked who they were.

Tang Fang raised his hands and stammered that he was the entourage of Earl Oval, who had been separated from the earl in the terrorist attack just now, and came here because he was not familiar with the terrain of Dengle Palace.

The two soldiers looked at the few people carefully for a moment, and reported the situation to the superior commander.

After a few breaths, there was a reply from above that two soldiers were required to escort several people from the underground passage to the refuge facility in the east.

So, amidst the yelling of the two soldiers. A group of four people safely passed through the fire blockade and entered the hinterland of the West District.

When passing by the building complex where the prison area is located, two soldiers, one in front and one behind, groaned at the same time and fell to the ground together.

Aros and Roy moved them to a more secluded place, and followed Tang Fang to the gate of the prison area.

Said it was a prison area. In fact, it is just a warehouse for storing miscellaneous goods, divided into several small rooms, usually used to punish servants and soldiers who made mistakes, Philip, old Benny, and the drinking buddies of the old duke were imprisoned separately in those cells.

After Emma hacked the monitoring system of the building complex where the prison area is located, she quickly knocked out the two guards at the door and opened the security door.

There are several other guard soldiers in the hall. Seeing that the safety door opened automatically, but there was no one outside, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and at this moment, a burst of fire burst out. Several garrison soldiers collapsed to the ground one after another.

A silver light flowed through the door, and a ghost appeared from the invisible state. He walked to the front of the console and pressed a few buttons. The security door leading to the prison room in the hall opened, and several people from Tang Fang entered the corridor, all the way to the prison where Philip and old Benny were held. Go to the cell.

Walked straight forward for more than 30 meters, and stopped outside the door of a cell numbered 013. At the same time. The ghost in front of the console performs the unlocking operation.

When the security door opened to both sides, Philip and Benny, who looked sad, saw the four people in the corridor, and the wrinkles on their faces seemed to be ironed. The mouth is slightly opened, and the eyes are round.

Old Benny squeezed Philip's thigh hard, and the leader of the business group finally let out the breath that was stuck in his throat as a painful gasp, and jumped up from the bed.

Old Benny said with a blank face, "So it wasn't a dream."

Philips was speechless, and wanted to ask him why he didn't test it on himself, but thought about it carefully. I don't think it's good to do so, and it's more reliable to be more stable in front of the juniors.

"Uncle, Captain. Are you alright?" Alma walked into the room quickly, took old Benny's arm and looked ahead. He looked at his back, for fear that the two of them would be abused in prison. Old people like them could not stand those tormenting tortures.

Old Benny shook his head: "Don't worry, I'm fine." After he finished speaking, he sighed and said, "At any rate, Philips and I can be regarded as people with some status and status. Those soldiers won't do anything to us. There is still respect, the only trouble is that the food is not good, you see, I am a little skinny."

Alma chuckled, and since Uncle Benny was still in the mood to joke, it meant there was nothing serious about it.

On the other hand, Philip walked up to Don, wondering why he came to the United Kingdom of Turanx so quickly, why he appeared on Candal Island, and what happened to the outside world, whether Congreve was really like Sur Dead as Baggio said?

There are a lot of questions, which cannot be answered in one or two sentences. Moreover, the two Banshee fighter jets in the north of Denger Palace, which are responsible for attracting the attention of the military, have also sent urgent messages. More and more air forces and sophisticated reconnaissance equipment have been put into the battlefield. , Compressing their scope of activities again and again, I am afraid that they will be exposed to the military's sight soon.

"Let's go out first, this is not a place to talk."

Only then did Philips react, realized a problem, and stammered, "Could it be... isn't this an order from Surbacho?"

He mistakenly thought that Tang Fang put pressure on Sulbacho through Henrietta, which saved the two lives.

Alma stopped the conversation with old Benny, shook her head, and told them very solemnly and seriously that this matter had nothing to do with Henrietta, nor did it have anything to do with Surbaccio. Tang Fang was... robbing prison!

"Rob... Prison robbery?"

Philips and old Benny are going crazy. As successful businessmen who can talk to the old duke and have a superficial friendship, when have they experienced such a thing, they never thought that one day they would be in "Aitiya" On the site, he was rescued by robbing a prison.

"Tang Fang, this is not good, maybe it will irritate Sulbacho even more." Old Benny said: "We are not afraid of the shadow, we are all friends of the Duke of Congreve, and we have no motive to harm him. Surbacho must have made a mistake."

Philips was silent.

Tang Fang said: "Under the power, if you say you are guilty, you are guilty, and if you are not guilty, you are guilty."

Philips patted old Benny's hand, shook his head, sighed heavily, and said, "Surbacho needs political victims."

When Old Benny heard this, his footsteps stopped, and Alma couldn't catch up behind him, and stepped on his ankle.

"Uncle, what's the matter with you?"

"No, nothing, just some emotion."

He remembered a sentence, "One emperor, one courtier". Ordinary people are used to sighing, and seldom smell the cruelty inside.

"Tang Fang, have you ever thought that doing this will offend Surbacho, just in case..."

"There is no chance. If Surbagio can't accept such a thing, then I will fight until he accepts it."

Old Benny didn't talk anymore, he knew that the kid in front of him could say better.

Philips uttered two words in a low voice: "Thank you." There was gratitude to Tang Fang in it, but it was more of helplessness and disdain for the unspoken rules of this society.

Several people walked out of the prison area. Philip and old Benny, who had seen the blue sky again, did not show joyful expressions like those who had just walked out of the high wall. The flames rising from time to time made them realize that in order to save the lives of the two, Tang Fang had come to the opposite side with Sulbagio, and such a confrontation would very likely destroy the entire "Aitia" and even the entire duchy. (to be continued)