Chapter 410 Infecting the Abyss
"Crack, click..." One piece of external armor cracked, the background of the pressure indicator turned flashing red, and the red spot was rapidly eroding the armor module on the Raytheon structure diagram displayed by the damage control management system.
At this moment, the distance between "One-eyed Tai Sui" and Thor has been shortened to more than 10 meters, and the two arms are wrapped around Thor's body like stretched rubber bands, and as time goes by, they continue to close. Tight, squeeze.
"10,9,8,7..."
The quadruple Punisher artillery on Thor's back is raised upwards and moved to the shoulder position. The retractable barrel stretches forward and turns into cannon mode, aiming at the "One-eyed Tai Sui" in front at the smallest angle.
The distance between the two is getting closer and closer, and "One-eyed Tai Sui" is a head taller than Thor. The weapon originally used for air defense and long-range bombing is now used by Tang Fang to fight hand-to-hand.
"5,4,3,2,1" When the last "1" on the indicator disappeared, Tang Fang shouted: "Fire!".
The system accepts the voice command, and the ring-shaped identifier on the display of the locking system shrinks suddenly.
At the same time, the Punisher cannons on Thor's shoulders, the Thor's Hammer particle accelerators on both arms, and the gavlin launchers on both sides of the cockpit flashed dazzling fires at the same time.
This ground fortress finally revealed its majesty, the weapon system was fully activated, and with the "rumbling" sound, the quadruple Punisher artillery shot out balls of fire one after another. The hard stones made the "flesh and blood" on the upper part of "One-eyed Tai Sui" splash.
Each batch of 8 iff fragment warheads, like a flurry of demons, exploded on the body of "One-eyed Tai Sui" more than 30 meters away, and the fragments filled with high-energy electrons penetrated deeply into its body, causing extensive tissue necrosis.
Punisher cannons and fragmentation warheads contain limited high-energy electrons and are not considered lethal weapons. Tang Fang tried his best to compress the massive high-energy electrons to the limit, and then inject them into spherical particle clusters formed by the accelerated electric field of the Thor's Hammer Particle Accelerator, which is the real killer.
Emma once forked a thread to calculate the energy contained in spherical particle clusters. After modeling calculus, the conclusion is. If the distance is not too far, and the Thor's Hammer Particle Accelerator can hit the same point twice in a row, even the "Aurora" shield of the Morningstar will be broken by it.
What is the concept of being able to break through the "Aurora" shield in zero element mode? Emma once said that more than 200 Corruptors can break through "Aurora". When it comes to him, it only needs 2 shots, 2 shots!
certainly. These 2 cannons must hit a point accurately, using the attack method of breaking the surface,
But even so, it was shocking enough.
"One-eyed Tai Sui" is indeed powerful, but after all, the time is still young, and there is still a big gap compared to "Aurora". Of course, its strength is reflected in its tenacious vitality, but the high-energy electrons stimulated by Tang Fang can destroy the activity of its tissue cells.
"Bah... Boom! Boom!"
The annular resonant chambers of the four Thor's Hammer particle accelerators at the end of both arms flickered four circles of dazzling flames, and suddenly, Thor's arms shook. Amidst the roar, four streams of high-energy particles carrying fire and lightning spewed out at an instantaneous speed far exceeding the speed of light.
A dazzling flash of light instantly illuminates the entire hangar, and the impact point is like the source of thunder. The high-energy electron beam pierces the air, and the high heat causes a large-scale expansion of the gas, producing an unusually sharp serial sonic boom.
After Tang Fang’s extreme compression, the energy contained in the particle balls fired by Thor’s Hammer Particle Accelerator far exceeds that of nuclear bombs. Under the impact of high-energy electron beams, the atoms that make up the material are smashed, protons and neutrons are separated from the nucleus, and kinetic energy is generated. Passing, high-speed nuclei collide with other nuclei on the way. A series of energy level transition reactions are produced, and a large number of high-energy ray streams such as γ, α, and β are scattered outward. It even forms black holes at the quantum level.
It is conceivable that a ray storm that is tens or hundreds of times stronger than a nuclear explosion raged in the body of "One-eyed Tai Sui". What effect will it have.
"Rumbling..." The flames flooded the hangar, and the entire industrial park was shaking.
Under the dazzling brilliance, "One-eyed Tai Sui"'s wriggling body seemed to be slowly petrified. The blood pupils turned rapidly at first, then slowed down, darkened, and his spirit disappeared until they stopped.
"Ka...Ka..." There was a slight crisp sound, and the cracks spread outward from the center of the blood pupil, like tree branches, intertwined into an irregular network of cracks, and finally there was a "wow", broken into countless pieces Spots of light, dissipated.
"Hoo, hoo..." After the bright light receded, Tang Fang fell to the ground all of a sudden, panting heavily.
More than half of Raytheon's electronic equipment was damaged, and "" flashed on the only two remaining indicators, and the cockpit illuminated by the warning light was all red.
He himself was stunned by this scene. The Thor's Hammer that had been replaced with "ammunition" was so powerful. It is directly torn into pieces from the quantum level, turned into the most basic particles, and disappears into the macroscopic world. Even Thor's body was fatally injured in the scattered high-energy particle rain, and the body was almost scrapped.
Raising his hands tremblingly, Tang Fang stared at the palms in a daze, feeling that Emma's description of him before was biased. What kind of human-shaped wormhole is clearly a source of human-shaped high-energy particles.
Being hit by the particle ball just now, I am afraid that large battleships such as cruisers and battleships will not be able to withstand it. Of course, Tang Fang is very clear about one thing, strong destructive power is one thing, and being able to hit it is another.
Moreover, Emma said that his body is like a particle accelerator. Once high-energy electrons leave his body, or rush out of the electromagnetic conductor in contact with his body, lose the restraint of the field force and accelerate, they will be subject to the laws of the real universe. impact, the movement speed will drop sharply.
For example, just now, the distance between Thor and "One-eyed Taisui" was only a dozen meters, and the energy attenuation was limited, but if it was tens or hundreds of kilometers, the high-energy electrons might have been weakened to the sub-light speed level.
"Commander, the system has detected that the phagocytic gene aggregate still has a thermal reaction."
"What!" Hearing Emma's reminder, Tang Fang shuddered violently, won't it be killed like this? Then simply put oil on the soles of your feet and slip away. The temptation to unlock Zerg technology is indeed great. Whether it's the scorpion or the queen, they will all bring him a boost in combat effectiveness. But... as the old saying goes, life is the capital of revolution. If you can't keep your life, how can you talk about development?
"Commander, you are wrong." When he was about to retreat, Emma explained in detail: "The thermal reaction of the phagosome polymer is very weak, less than one-thousandth of that of a complete body. Presumably it should It is the remaining tissue cells under the particle storm."
"Say it earlier!" Tang Fang let out a sigh of relief, got up and walked to the console. Press the cockpit unlock button, grab the lifting cable, and slowly descend to the hangar floor.
After landing on the ground with both feet, looking around, the main body of "One-eyed Tai Sui" has disappeared, only some necrotic flesh remains, scattered around the moderately deformed Thor of the main structure.
Turn on the thermal vision function of the helmet, and under Emma's guidance, turn over and jump into the hole blasted by the railgun earlier, and scan the area in front of you. It was found that a necrotic sarcoma with a diameter of about 2 meters emitted extremely weak heat radiation.
Tang Fang raised his right hand, watched the high-energy electron beam bounce arcs in his palm, and then plunged into the necrotic sarcoma. With the infrared image drawn by the thermal vision module of the helmet, the radiation source in the center of the necrotic sarcoma can be grasped at once.
"Unknown DNA sequence detected, diagnostic program started..."
"Diagnosis is complete, confirm the adaptability of the Zerg."
"Recombine the genetic structure, gene level b, unlock the research tree, technology level 2, unlock the building 'infected abyss'."
"Life energy has been collected, the quantity is 80. Rare elements have been collected, the quantity is 25."
"Huh?" Tang Fang was stunned. Isn't it a unit of StarCraft 1? "One-eyed Tai Sui" is absolutely inseparable from specimen ts-001, logically speaking. The Zerg technology of the StarCraft 1 era should be unlocked. The previous unlocking of the Explosive Mosquito also confirmed this rule, but why is the infection abyss of StarCraft 2 unlocked now.
Also, what about the amount of resource collection that is tasteless and a pity to discard, 80 crystals and 25 gas? What about sending beggars? I risked my life to fight with it for more than half an hour, and tmd finally gave 80 crystals and 25 gas, isn't it funny?
"Emma, I need an explanation." Tang Fang tried hard to suppress the resentment in his heart.
This battle consumed 22 Goliath armed robots, 25 Viking fighters, 2 siege tanks, 5 stalkers, 1 high-ranking templar, 12 zealots, 2 mechanical sentries, 1 A total of several thousand gas resources are consumed. In the end, such a behemoth only gave 80 crystals and 25 gas, so how can he not be angry?
"Commander, according to the experience of the Rector North Suburb Research Institute, the phagocytosis gene aggregate parasitized by the ts-001 specimen does not have a high amount of resources, and most of the energy value extracted by the system comes from the parasite."
"Huh?" After listening to Emma's explanation, Tang Fang recalled the experience of the Beijiao Research Institute. The ts-001 specimen was parasitized with slugs and unlocked the ground thorns in Interstellar 1. At that time, the system only collected 180 after the parasite died. life energy. According to Emma's explanation, the source of these 180 life energy should be slugs.
Doesn't this mean that after the death of "One-eyed Tai Sui", the 80 crystals and 25 gas collected by the system did not come from the big guy, but its parasitic mother body.
Creatures that can provide gas resources are rare!
After finding that there was no danger inside the necrotic sarcoma, Tang Fang grabbed the radiation source and pulled it out, and a group of small creatures resembling the original form of "Tai Sui" appeared in his field of vision.
He looked up and down the strange jellyfish-like creature, thought for a while, and summoned a nurse mm to use the special storage equipment used by the human race in StarCraft to store the biological samples of the Zerg, and keep it dying under the impact of the particle flow. He believed that Valentine must be interested in these two things.
Next, check the surrounding area to make sure that all the tissues and organs with the phagocytic property of "One-eyed Taisui" are dead, Tang Fang shifts his attention to the system space, selects a worker bee, presses the "advanced hatch" hotkey, and then selects the infection Abyss, command the worker bees to stab the creep.
The huge hatching sac squirmed for a moment, and the capsule ruptured with a "squeak". Looking at the completion of the Infection Abyss, which looks a bit like a crab, Tang Fang felt that he was a bit hypocritical.
A new unit "Explosive Mosquito" and a new building "Infected Abyss" can be purchased with resources. Not to mention the cost of thousands of gas, even tens of thousands, he would not frown.
After the Abyss of Infection is completed. Two new units will be unlocked, the Infector and the Swarm Host!
The Infected are stealthy and cunning creatures. These aliens derived from bob females are no longer like single life forms-they are more like crawling nests. Unlike most zerg creatures. Infected are able to move while burrowed. These fearsome giants spray vicious blight infestation at their targets, causing severe debuffs. They can also swallow mutant creatures, enter the battlefield, and then spit out these corrupted humans to fight for the swarm. Nervous parasitism is perhaps the most dangerous ability of the infected. There is a parasite symbiotic in the infected body. Once these parasites invade the enemy's nervous tissue, they can control the enemy's thoughts for a short time.
The body tissues of an infected person differ by function. It can be subdivided into 5 major components:
One, the parasitic stinger, a flexible appendage whose sole purpose is to pierce a natural or man-made shell to inject a neuroparasite directly into the victim's nervous system. Although this parasite with no fixed form and multiple mouthparts can't survive in other organisms for too long, it can still be regarded as the signature magic skill of the infected.
Two, the fungal carapace, a fortified carapace composed of assimilated moss and fungal matter can resist enemy fire and potential predators. This strange "armor" is also a weapon. Infestors can transform the inner layers of their carapace into a caustic fluid, instantly disintegrating other substances or rendering incapacitated anything they come in contact with.
Three, tap your feet. Through evolution and adaptation, bob females have developed powerful functions. Their tough feet contain a corrosive substance that softens the soil, allowing them to burrow into the ground in a split second. And it can walk through the ground like a cockroach that has upgraded its "digging claw".
Four, the reservoirs, these monsters have been known to swallow "infected human marines" for a terrifying weapon. Infected marines are stored in thick organic cavities until the Infestors expel them and use them against their brethren, or any target that poses a threat to the swarm.
Five, sensory tentacles. Although these twisting sensors are only the second perception system. But the function is more powerful. Thousands of microscopic organisms cling to these tentacles, making these biological "receivers" the eyes and ears of the infected.
The Infested play a role in the Swarm similar to Terrans. Protoss Mechanical Sentinel, a combat support magic unit, possesses three active attack skills of "Nerve Parasite", "Mold Growth", and "Alienated Body Combat", as well as an auxiliary skill "Submerged Movement", and the ability to increase the initial energy value Passive skill "Pathogen Gland". Among them, the two skills of "Nerve Parasite" and "Pathogen Gland" must be upgraded in the Abyss of Infection, and the resource consumption is ten times that of the game, 1500 crystals and 1500 gas.
After recalling the information of the infected, Tang Fang selected a larva and pressed the hotkey. In the production menu, the two Zerg units, Infected and Swarm Host, were highlighted and unlocked. The cost was the same as in the game. The former cost 100 crystals and 150 gas , occupying population 2, the latter 200 crystals and 100 gas, occupying population 3.
Although the Infected is a ground unit and not suitable for naval battles, it is a special insect talent that Tang Fang urgently needs. "Mold Growth" and "Alienated Body Combat" are combat skills, needless to say their usefulness. "Neural parasitism" is truly a god-defying skill.
In the past experience, the "mimetic chick" of Euglena is his trump card that has been tried and tested. Now, with the existence of infected people, "Neural Parasitism" is a skill that is even weirder than "mimetic larvae".
What does it mean to be able to parasitize into the nervous tissue of an organism to control its thinking and actions? It's like when Clement did not confess his conspiracy with Fukui Junichi in Jakartapur at the beginning, it was Zhou Ai who killed the Japanese with a single knife, but then frightened the chief executive and confessed his evil deeds.
If there were infected people at that time, did they still use threats? Just a "nervous parasite" in the past, the chief executive is afraid that there are no mistresses outside, Bao Xiaosan, how often do they come to the aunt, whether to use leak-proof Shu Bao or Sophie elastic body, what position do you like, love makes Oka, Ben or Du , Leisi, all the brains are given out.
Not to mention that Tang Fang can also remotely control humans parasitized by neural parasites, controlling them to do some shady things. It is conceivable how high the value of the infected is.
"Well, using this thing to do bad things is definitely a divine weapon." Tang Fang suddenly had a dirty thought, if he had the StarCraft 2 system before crossing, who would compete with the infected? No matter what Bai Fumei, strong woman, older sister, little lolita, young, mature woman, even celebrity model, high-ranking official ban, don't they just do whatever they want.
"Now is not the time for sex." Grinning foolishly for a long time, Tang Fang shook his head vigorously, and moved the cursor to "Swarm Host".
The Swarm Host itself has no weapons, but can spawn an army of its own. Born from the Infested Abyss, the Swarm Host hatches parasitic symbionts called "Locusts" that attack nearby enemies with acidic saliva. This crawling monster is capable of escaping to the surface to spawn a seemingly endless supply of ferocious cyborgs, often used as a defensive unit. However, the shortcoming of being unable to move after burrowing makes the Swarm Host not conducive to dealing with fast units with area attacks. (to be continued)