After the operation to rescue Duke that day, Renault excused himself to be unwell and was absent from the meeting to welcome Duke. Duke expressed deep regret and wanted to apologize to him in person. Every time he thinks about it, Mike is afraid that he can't help but want to throw an old punch in the other person's face. He had never seen such a brazen person, or rather, a person worthy of being valued by Mengsk, with the same deep thoughts, a hundred turns and a thousand turns.

As if things were normal, the welcome party was over, Duke was sent to Antiga and Sara to recruit the old Ministry, and to contact the rebels, while Renault was excluded from various uprising missions. Only Mike himself still writes his still-banned reports from time to time, tirelessly uploading them to the news network.

"How are you doing?" Mengsk asked with concern

However, our Mike's appearance of gritting his teeth at the moment is obviously not good, anyone who is lured by the traps on the chessboard again and again leads to the loss of a game, and he is not in a good mood, what is this, he is too greedy, or the enemy is too cunning? Mike thought to himself. Still, he responded to Mengsk, "I'm like that, look at the way you look, there's something new?" ”

"Yes, remember the materials you brought back, we made a very good gadget out of it, and after testing, it was exactly right"

"Oh? Does this help us in our current situation? Don't think I don't know, the Federation fleet from Tasanis has been coming in lately, and some undestroyed and reintegrated Federation troops from Antiga and the Sara system have also been surrounded, and we are currently becoming a turtle in an urn. ”

Mengsk obviously didn't want to answer directly, he curled his trademark lips and a habitual smile appeared on his face, "Where do you think the Zeg came from?" ”

"According to the information derived from the recent operation, it was bred by the Federation, is there something else hidden? So why do you still say that? ”

"Of course, just like the Federation thinks that the Zeg and Protos threaten the Federation, and we are the executioners who kill the people, the best way is to insist that the people don't know what." Mengsk paused, "Of course they can't raise the Zeg tribe, the creatures of the Zeg tribe can't reproduce, they can only start from the larvae of the mother nest to determine the direction of evolution, they don't pay attention to the purity of the bloodline, they only focus on evolution and essence; Thoughts, the creatures of the Protos are very concerned about the purity of the bloodline, they are stubborn and rigid in their belief that they need to maintain order in the universe, and if there is a race beyond their control, they will destroy it, such as the Zeg"

"And speaking of which, the Federation has captured some of the creatures of the Zeg tribe by chance, and they want to control these things for granted, you know, Tasanis has an apocalyptic nuclear bomb, and we, we don't have anything, so, they can turn Keha IV into a scorched earth" At this, a look of resentment appeared on Mengsk's face.

"Since you said they couldn't breed them, where did these things come from?"

"That's a good question. They found that these things reacted violently to psionic energy, and even some excellent spectral agents were able to communicate with them briefly and vaguely on brain waves, although it was not stable, and the distance was relatively short, only about 10 meters, the stronger the brain wave range, and the more excited they were."

"So, they messed up?" Mike kind of guessed

"Yes, you're smart, they've created a generator that can enhance brain waves, connect through the ghost agents' brain waves, and then spread throughout the universe, and then, what they expect is to have some more Zeg and capture them. After all, compared to the extinction environment created by a nuclear bomb strike, these creatures are both deterrent and environmentally friendly, of course, relatively speaking. Mengsk took a sip of vodka and continued, "As a result, they didn't expect that the hordes of Zeg were attracted and the situation got out of control."

Listening to Mengsk's words, he cleared up a doubt, that is, where did the Zeg people in a frontier world like the Sara system come from, and the Federation was the culprit. These places were once the sites of the Federation's experiments, and a large part of them were put by the Federation itself.

Wait, he suddenly understood something, "Where's Kerrigan?" ”

"You guessed it? She's about to go? ”

"You're sending her to death, damn it, she's so loyal to you!"

"Mr. Reporter, it's too late, I think she's got that thing now, maybe you can stop her now" Mengsk seemed to encourage him

Mike couldn't care so much at this time, he turned around and rushed out of the bridge, and went straight to the bottom of the ship, where the engine was located, and they were trapped on the main star of Antiga at this time, which is why Mengsk desperately wanted to break through.

He found Kerrigan at the landing deck, she was testing her gear and ready to go, "Kerrigan, stop"

She turned her head and put her helmet on the vulture cart, "It's not the right time, I'm ready to go"

"To die?"

"Well, usually I... She stopped, her emerald green eyes staring straight at him, "You want to go with me?" It just so happens that I need someone to take care of the equipment, let's go."

After a while, the vulture flew out of the ship and flew towards the intended location.

Traces of battle littered the way: bombed-out bunkers, broken weapons, and mutilated corpses of men left aside. Goliaths and Ghost Fighters, the Children of Keha, are engaged in a frantic firefight with their enemies. As long as the encirclement of the Federation is broken, then the Son of Keha will really rise, however, Mengsk's idea is obviously to use the power of the Zeg to wipe out the last elite troops of the Federation here, if all goes well, then the army of the Federation will have no other strength except to guard Tasannis.

"Regret coming with me, right? I guess Mengsk tricked you here? ”

"Mengsk didn't let me come" In fact, Mike also understood that he fell for Mengsk again, but he refused to admit it

"Haha, your mind betrayed you" Damn, forget she's a ghost agent

At this time, the sudden artillery fire disrupted their thoughts, "What's the matter, this is a predetermined line, how can there be an attack?" Kerrigan wondered

Mike noticed the siege tank appearing in the distance, and it was about to continue firing, "Oh, damn it, that's the military power of the Federation, get out of the way!" ”

Kerrigan's piloting skills were apparently reliable, and after a while, they were on a relatively safe road, but the appearance of the overhead ghost fighter shattered their illusions. The ghost fighter drove them away, and before they knew it, they were heading for the Zeg fungus. Then the vultures were entangled.

The action of inertia threw them out and fell heavily to the ground, but fortunately, the launcher was not damaged because it was carried close to the body and had a human cushion.

"It's okay," Mike highlighted the blood foaming in his mouth

"It's not bad, blame me for being too ideal, of course, I didn't prepare too well"

"No one thought that the Federation would be able to arrange an ambush there"

"Okay, let's see the situation, the motorcycle has been shot and can't be used anymore, we can only go on foot" Kerrigan reported her findings, "Get ready, reporter, we don't have much time, let's go"

"Damn, I shouldn't have come"

"But you've come, and you're afraid? Take it easy, at least, I'll die before you"

Kerrigan closed his eyes and sensed it, then pointed to the side, "Go this way", and said without any explanation, "Wait for me" Mike followed.

"Can you stop sensing my mind," Mike grumbled

"In fact, your fear will affect me, and I don't have to deliberately sense your fear, and there is no way to hide it. This place makes me nervous, try not to disturb me" Kerrigan's face was not normal.

"Oh yes, Renault already apologized to me at the meeting because of that last incident, I want to say, thank you. When the Federation was training ghost agents, people often went missing. ”

"Do you think the Zeg are planning to kill these agents?" he suddenly thought of what he had just learned, and it seemed that the ghost agents could connect with the Zeg.

At this point, they were confronted by a group of Zeg, who easily escaped, feeling as if they were not trying to attack them, but were observing.

"You just said it made you nervous?"

"How to put it, it's like walking in a house with a lot of people talking next door, you can hear it, but you can't hear it clearly"

"Perhaps, you are sensing the emission of energy from another band"

"But it's going to be a lot louder, like playing music on the stereo."

The passage kept moving forward, and gradually, they came to the vicinity of a cave. It was covered with mushrooms, and the walls were covered with cysts that gave birth to larvae. Worker bees of the Zeg tribe look after the eggs that the cysts and larvae have turned into.

Suddenly, the nearby cysts trembled, and then all the larvae sped up their reproduction, and those eggs trembled violently. "Damn, we've been found," Mike yelled

"I know, shut up, they want to come out and feel the fresh air, you go first, I'll be behind" Kerrigan was still so composed.

Mike hurried up, he knew that here he would become a burden. At the entrance of the passage, he saw a Federation sergeant and was so shocked that he almost fell. If you look closely, the other party can no longer be called a human. Half of his face had been swallowed up, and he was probably not sane, and when he saw Mike, he let out a piercing scream, and from the hole in his eyes, it seemed that something squirming inside could be seen, and Mike felt his stomach tumble, but he endured it. The sound of gunfire from behind made him quickly lie down, and then, the world fell silent.

"What is this?" Mike got up

"Probably parasitized by the Zeg? As a slave? "Kerrigan isn't sure

Mike felt an irrepressible pang of fear, and he finally threw up.

"Alright, reporter, look at what you look like. Hurry up, we're probably going to get up to speed."

"Okay, I'm fine, then go on, I want to get out of this place quickly" Mike stopped vomiting, he didn't want to stay any longer

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