Zerg in the crystal wall world

Dragant World Cluster, World 373.

Akmele Hive.

Nest.

Today is the twentieth year since humans joined the Zerg.

Most of the human race in the Empire has moved into very large building units called Hive Cities.

Like Imperial cities, Hive Cities have stacked giant steel structures and dense pipelines.

However, from the scar tissue and muscle fibers exposed in many damaged areas of the streets, it can be seen that it is still organic organisms that keep the entire city running.

This block has a large square that is quite rare in the whole Xiachao. There is also an artificial dome above the square, which creates a blue sky and white clouds through meteorological illusions.

At this time, the square was already crowded with people, all calling out to the Divine Emperor and kneeling towards the north. Many of the devout were even so fanatical that they were shirtless and constantly whipped themselves with whips.

At the other end of the square.

You can see a huge, independent palace with a luxurious roof that does not rely on any other buildings.

The towering spires, dense carvings, and dazzling gold color scheme are all in the same style as the original empire, or even more sacred.

However, from the building's huge compound eyes, layered carapaces, and huge limbs retracted at the base, it can still be seen that this is a living building.

This is the Holy Frog, a low-level node unit of the Empire faction, a structuralized King Frog.

The Empire faction has different units than all other factions.

The units produced by other factions are more ferocious due to efficiency and cost issues.

This is because the Swarm does not need to consider appearance, and does not apply nutrition to unnecessary pigments, skin appendages, and fat. Therefore, most units have obvious muscle texture and flesh color.

But the biological units of the Empire faction do not follow this principle.

Imperial units must have shiny shells with various colors and patterns, and will even actively develop carvings and emblems on their shells.

The reason is very simple - witchcraft.

All the colors, carvings, and geometric shapes have ritual significance and are part of an enormous witchcraft.

Yes, after joining the Zerg, the Emperor simply abandoned the Imperial Truth and dragged the entire Imperial faction into the arms of evil spirits.

Even the Hall of Truth was reorganized into the Mechanicus. They chanted binary prayers all day long and praised the Machine Spirits whenever they had nothing to do. The level of abstraction was so high that even Erin, an omnic, felt her blood pressure soar every time she saw it.

This is because from the perspective of efficiency, human classes, morals, art, philosophy, culture... these things derived from society are all meaningless to the Zerg.

All superstructures, all the essence of civilization, can be replaced and discarded through the will of the hive and biochemical transformation.

But from the perspective of witchcraft, it is different. All deliberate inefficiency can be regarded as part of the ritual and can be a reasonable price for power.

when--

The holy raincoat insect suddenly hissed.

It was as if the chaotic square had been paused. Those who were chanting the Divine Emperor or whipping themselves all stopped and bowed their heads.

Inside the Holy Raincoat.

There were probably more than a hundred sturdy men wearing symbiotic insects, kneeling solemnly in front of the golden platform.

After the holy worm hissed, the gates decorated like flower petals opened up layer by layer under the platform, revealing a tunnel supported by a golden frame.

Three tall Blood Code monks stepped out.

On the walls of the temple, a group of choir symbiotes, with only their chests and heads left, were awakened and began to chant hymns.

When——the holy raincoat insect once again made a sacred hissing sound.

Red mist burst out from around the platform and spread into everyone's respiratory tract along with tiny spores.

The sacred psionic energy connects everyone's heart.

All humans inside and outside the Holy Shroud Worm began to chant together: "In this endless darkness, we climb over the sea of ​​​​worms, looking for the only light, that is you, the great God-Emperor, our guide and protector. Your eyes penetrate the void and see through every loyal soul. Your will is like a hammer, forging our determination and courage..."

The three Blood Code monks held up their sacred staffs.

A mark shines on each person: loyalty, perseverance, courage, obedience, patience...that is the common mark that every candidate has.

The same stamp, the same obsession, and the connection of thoughts through psychic energy...all the souls began to sublimate, and connections began to be established between souls. The shared twisted power formed a huge super-individual connection.

A majestic and solemn golden figure appeared on the platform.

He was covered in golden armor, holding a flaming holy sword, and had a golden halo on his head.

This is the supreme God-Emperor.

It is also a "witch god", a distorted power entity formed by the aggregation of collective wills, and the soul state that the master has always pursued.

It's just a pity that the "Witch God" is incompatible with the current mainstream soul cycle within the Zerg. Or rather, this incompatibility is exactly the effect that the Emperor actively pursues.

Because as a "god" in the sense of witchcraft, the foundation of its order lies in sacrifice and worship, in "faith".

Only individuals with their own will can have faith. And only the imperial faction that retains a large number of humans can control the "Witch God".

It is precisely because of the existence of the Witch God that the Hive Will has reason to allow a group of weak, inefficient, and worthless free individuals to continue living as vassals of the emperor.

This is very important.

If pure-blooded humans cannot find their own ecological niche in the hive mind, they will inevitably be replaced. Not to mention the emperor, even the overlord cannot completely stop the swarm from evolving towards a more efficient and perfect direction.

A hymn was finished.

when--

The holy raincoat insect hissed for the third time.

The shadow of the Divine Emperor disappeared.

Almost everyone was awakened from their state of unity.

Only five people still maintain a deep link status.

The Blood Code monk tapped the ground with his staff, and the five people stood up simultaneously and walked towards the Blood Code warrior.

Being able to maintain a state of unity at all times means that their souls and wills have a high degree of resonance with the chapter's precepts, and they are qualified to become candidates for the chapter's Blood Code Warriors.

The tunnel under the platform was reopened.

The three Blood Code warriors and five candidates walked into the tunnel without saying a word.

At this moment, if we cut open this nest.

You can find that at all levels, hundreds of tunnels connected to the holy raincoat insects are wriggling rapidly.

They eventually converged into a path that went deep into the ground and ultimately connected to the earth elemental realm, inside the body of a twenty-kilometer-long golden-armored Leviathan.

The Shadohunter is the capital ship and core hive of the Chapter of the same name.

Chapter Master Kairon is a Blood Code warrior whose left arm has undergone spinal needle modification. He is the twisted power node of all Blood Code monks in the chapter and is also a living saint.

At this moment, he was holding a chain aromatherapy ball, half-kneeling in the bridge above Leviathan's brain, with nerve tentacles directly connected to the nerve cords at the back of his head.

In his vision, new recruits entered Leviathan one by one and were sent to the splitting pool to begin pupation and transformation.

The reflection of the hive will of these recruits was also transferred from the hive city mastermind to Leviathan.

The population of the regiment slowly grew to its maximum value.

The captain nodded, and the recruitment mission was successfully completed.

At this moment, the captain's eyes suddenly ignited with golden flames.

Elders, children, women, men... thousands of voices rang in his ears at the same time: "Go immediately and confirm the source of the 12th level pollution fluctuation!"

The golden flame dissipated, but the Chapter Master still stood up: "Follow the will of the God-Emperor and set off immediately!"

The words fell.

The Golden Armored Leviathan opened up a void shield and proactively disconnected the wormhole connection.

Boom—the warp disappears.

When he appeared again, it was already a desolate world.

"Ah——" The golden-armored Leviathan wailed. In just a moment, many lesions appeared on its body, and even an extra organ appeared in its abdominal cavity.

Meanwhile, inside Leviathan's belly sac.

The fungal blanket began to twist and stretch out human heads, which represented that the units that were originally unable to carry souls suddenly gained the ability to carry souls and began to transform into monsters.

Various distortions also occurred in the combat units. Red reflections appeared above the heads of some Zerg units, which were reflections of the will of the hive materialized into the real dimension.

Even in the church prayer room of the Blood Code monks, a group of phantoms of long-dead monks suddenly appeared. Just like in the past, they knelt in the hall and prayed devoutly...

All these phenomena indicate that this place was once watched by the Ancient God of Chaos.

The Golden Armored Leviathan cannot get close to the ground anymore, otherwise the entire battleship will turn into a monster.

The Blood Code monks are gathering at high speed, preparing to airdrop to the pollution core...

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