Chapter Twenty-Three: Counting is Counting

The group of insects carried the fat female worm to the dead tree very quickly, and Zeratul and the others retreated slightly when they saw this, and they were now also curious about what the situation of this female worm was.

The mother worm was carried to the dead tree, and her strange chirp rang out again: 'Ah, you damned bitches, oh no, please spare me' The curse suddenly turned to a plea for mercy, and the dead tree actually plunged its own branch into the mother's abdomen, and in Zeratul's senses, streams of dark energy were eating away at the eggs in the mother's belly.

With the mother's screams of pain and the constant infusion of dark energy, it lays a large number of eggs, which are quickly transported by the insects to the burrow under the dead tree.

[Things seem to be unexpected, and I need to discuss this matter with Tassadar.] Seeing the scene in front of him, Zeratu had some new views on this Zerg civilization.

Tassadar was in the fog thinking about his next move, when he saw Zeratul and his party suddenly appear.

'What's going on?' How's it going? Did you find anything? Tassadar did not expect them to return so quickly, and asked Zeratul in confusion.

Zeratul told Tassadar everything he had seen, and Tassadar listened thoughtfully. 'You're saying there are other queen bugs on this planet?' Also, if the killing bee colony is really like a bee colony, then all their children should be laid by that one mother, but it is impossible for it to lay too many eggs, and these insects that are eroded by the dark power can help lay more offspring, and in this way, it is difficult for us to find that the insect colony is affected by the dark power, it seems that the Fangs King has learned a lesson from the mushroom incident and began to take this roundabout method. Tassadar thought thoughtfully.

So how do we do that?' Destroy that tree and mother worm? Or do you want to get rid of all the bugs here? A high-ranking Templar who has always hated these bugs would be a good idea to get a shot right now, 'No Maxi, I think we should keep that bug mother.' Tassadar smiled slightly, "You can't destroy that tree." ’

'Why?' Isn't this a palliative treatment for the symptoms? What if the mother worm runs to the ventilation to report the news? Maxi didn't quite understand, although this is not the hiding place of the Fanged King, but it is also an important logistics base for the dark forces, if he can destroy this place secretly, the Fanged King will definitely be furious.

It doesn't matter if it's going to ventilate or not, it's even better if it does. Tassadar pondered, "I've been thinking about how to find the Fanged King, but after hearing from Zeratul, I suddenly had a bold idea, why don't you let the Fanged King come to us?" ’

Zeratul was also stunned by Tassadar's thoughts: 'But how did the Fanged King come to us?' ’

Tassadar smiled and replied, 'Because of you. His gaze swept over all the Dark Templars, and Zeratul thought for thought.

'Even within the Star Spirit Empire, the existence of the Dark Templar is not well understood, and the Fanged King is even less likely to know. Tassadar explained, "Even if he knew, he wouldn't have known the methods practiced by the Dark Templars, or he wouldn't have discovered them as soon as you entered the planet." ’

The group was all lost in thought, "And now we know about the conspiracy here, but the Fanged King doesn't know that we know, and even if they find us, they will only think that the Star Spirit Empire has come to investigate the murderous bee colony, or go a step further, guess that we are here to assassinate the mastermind, but it doesn't matter." Tassadar smiled and said, "We don't kill the mother worm, which means that we have not discovered the secrets of the dark energy, and leaving the dead tree means that we have no idea that he is behind it." ’

And if he knows that I am among the people, with his conceit and arrogance, he will definitely want to kill me completely when he suffered a big loss at my hands last time, and maybe he will arrange for us to pass five levels and kill six generals, and then suddenly appear and kill us when we defeat the mastermind. Although Tassadar had only fought the Fanged King once, he still had enough knowledge of the Fanged King's psychology based on historical records and the feeling of the last encounter, and the Fanged King was a cunning, brutal, and at the same time extremely conceited man.

'Isn't this too risky, what if he directly sends an army of zergs to drown us?' Maxi raised his doubts.

Of course he wouldn't do that, because then we would probably call the fleet, and then he would have to flee, and if we were to follow his arrangement, we would not only break our defenses, but also lay out in advance in the last place. Zeratul also explained, "With this information gap, we can indeed catch him off guard." ’

He thought he had arranged everything in secret, waiting for us to come in, but he didn't know that we were going to do it. Tassadar smiled, "But then we'll have to keep the Dark Templar brothers hidden." ’

'No. Zeratul shook his head and said, "The Fanged King is cunning by nature, and it is easy for us to hide it all the time, it is better to half-truths, nine truths and one falsehood, properly reveal the abilities of the Dark Templars, as long as we do not expose our perception of dark energy, he will not doubt it." ’

Tassadar nodded as well; "But then, we can't go directly to the places where the dark energy is strong, and it seems that we have to ask the mother worm."

Presumably, this way, the Fanged King will be able to better arrange the adventure route. Zeratul and Tassadar looked at each other and smiled, the Fanged King had always used intrigue against them, and now it was his turn to enjoy it.

As soon as he said it, Tassadar and his party quietly surrounded the canyon, and then suddenly appeared, and under the attack of the psionic storm, almost all the insects in the entire canyon fell to the ground peacefully, except for the mother worm that was still giving birth.

The mother worm was cursing the worms, and she was frightened by the lightning that fell from the sky, and when she saw that she was the only one left, she shrank in place and waited for death.

"I'm Tassadar, the executive officer of the Star Spirit Empire, and you're the mastermind mother worm of the swarm." Tassadar and his party slowly walked in front of the female worm, the spiritual energy vibrated the surrounding air, and the words spoken could be understood by the female worm, although it didn't know what the Star Spirit Empire was and what the executive was, but the main brain worm behind it could still guess one or two.

"Hey, you're wrong, hey, I'm just a wrecked queen." The mother worm trembled, and the lightning just now made it dare not lie.

"You're not the mastermind? But we've seen these bugs protect you, and you're still giving birth to the next generation. Tassadar frowned, the lightning looming in his hand showed that he was not at peace inside.

"Hey, I'm really not, hey, the children I gave birth to don't listen to me, hiss, yes, hiss, and this tree, hiss, there is something wrong with this tree, hiss, it is it that made me give birth to disobedient children, hiss." The mother worm shuddered and told everything she knew.

"Your Excellency, its psychic reaction suggests that it is not lying." Maxi on the side said at the right time, "But this tree doesn't have any strange energy reaction, I suspect that it will emit some kind of substance that affects the swarm, maybe we should save some samples and send them back to El for study." ”

Tassadar nodded, motioned to Maxi on the side to cut down the tree, collect the sample, and turned to ask the mother, "Then do you know where there are similar mothers like you nearby, we are here to save you from the mastermind's control." ”

"Shhh The worm mother obviously didn't dare to believe it, but the person in front of her was stronger than she imagined, and maybe she could really save herself.

"Shhh ”

Tassadar used psionic energy to send the mother worm back to the underground cave, and the bugs that were in it had already been killed by the psionic storm, and the eggs inside were still alive, and although the mother worm didn't like these eggs, it thought that it needed nourishment to conceive a child, so it didn't speak.

After saying goodbye to the Mother Worm, who had been grateful, Tasadar and the group went to the coordinates that Mother Worm had said, the prison of Mother Worm in the middle of a mountain.

And in one corner of the planet, there is a dark temple, this temple is hidden in an ocean rift, perfectly integrated with the surrounding terrain, coupled with the interference of the magnetic field, it is difficult to detect by the detector.

The Fanged King woke up from his cultivation, he felt a familiar spiritual energy fluctuation, followed his own perception, and just saw Tassadar leading a group into the canyon, the Fanged King immediately withdrew the dark energy and hid his consciousness in the roots of the trees, it turned out that these trees that emitted dark energy were just energy transmission channels laid by the Fangs King.

Immediately afterward, the Fanged King overheard Tassadar and the mother worm, and he did not react when Maxi cut down the tree, but his face was already covered with a cold and twisted smile.

[It turned out to be Tassadar, it's really a narrow road, what did the Star Spirit Empire send him here for?] Did you find me? No, no, I should have been bombed by the fleet directly. Looking for a mastermind? Could it be their ridiculous kindness? Thinking of this, the Fanged King's smile widened a little more.

After hearing the address that the mother worm said, and confirming that Tassadar had not found themselves, he laughed out loud: "Hahahaha, Tassadar, I see how you managed to escape from my palm this time." "It's not in vain that you've worked hard to find a way to hide the fluctuations of dark energy, since you want to kill the mastermind, then don't blame me for the plan.