After several hours of hard fighting, the Empire's biochemical control forces finally succeeded in clearing the city roads of the infected after sacrificing 30% of the combat robots and armored vehicles.

The next task is to enter each building and eliminate all the infected hidden in the building.

However, when the Imperial forces entered the buildings, they did not find any of the infected.

"Room 1 is safe!"

"Room 2 is safe!" Dozens of soldiers wrapped in isolated power armor, escorted by combat robots, emptied the entire building and converged on the rooftop platform.

"Report to Command, no infected persons have been found in Building 13!" A soldier connected to the Command Headquarters' communication channel.

"Command received, immediately check the next building!" After a while, an order from the command came from the terminal.

The cleanup team activates the jetpack on their backs and jumps towards the nearby building.

At this time, the command did not feel any joy that no infected person was found.

A dull aura enveloped the command hall of the headquarters.

"Sir, the number of infected people we have annihilated has been roughly counted, and the infected people on the entire planet should have been wiped out by us about forty percent, and the remaining sixty percent of the infected people are still missing."

"It's possible that they have already left the city through some channels.," one officer cautiously reported.

The commander slammed the table angrily: "Keep looking, I don't believe that these infected people can fly with wings!" ”

At this time, the commander always had an indescribable feeling, and he felt as if there was an air of conspiracy.

A few hours later, the last building in the city was searched, and no trace of the infected person was found in any of the buildings.

The survivors were also rescued by the soldiers, who have been tied up and placed in several buildings, where they will lose their personal freedom until they find out how to determine if they are infected with the virus, preventing the virus from spreading.

"Sir, we've exhausted all the means we can use, and we haven't found any traces of the infected."

At this time, a soldier suddenly raised his hand, apparently having something to say to the commander.

The commander nodded lightly at the soldier and said, "Say, what's the matter." ”

"Sir, while searching for the city's blueprints, I discovered a complex underground plumbing system."

"This pipe contains the drainage and water supply functions of the city, because it was designed to prevent it from being used by people with intentions, and the whole system is composed of small pipes."

"Therefore, our troops subjectively ignore these pipes, believing that they cannot be passed through by infected people of ordinary size."

"But we ignore that the size of these infected people can be changed!" As he spoke, the soldier posted a map of the distribution of underground pipes to a screen in the command hall.

"Where do these pipes end up?" The Commander asked, standing up and walking over to the screen, looking at the countless pipes stacked on top of each other.

The soldier hurriedly searched for the drawings, and after a while he looked up and replied loudly: "Sir, these pipes eventually converge to the sewage treatment facility on the outside, where the sewage will be converted into a clean water source and discharged into an artificial lake. ”

"This artificial lake is also a place where several nearby cities concentrate on discharging purified water!"

The Commander touched his chin slightly.

"Have the residents of these cities been infected with the virus?" The commander asked the officer next to him.

"Yes, these cities are the most infected on this colony planet." The officer hurried back.

"Send a fleet to the skies above this artificial lake at once!" The commander threw his fist suddenly, and he now knew where the infected were hiding.

At this time, next to the artificial lake.

Because of the Empire's advanced sewage purification technology, the purified water discharged from the sewage treatment station is even purer than the water of nature's lake.

Someone who has taken aim at the economic benefits of this artificial lake has contracted this huge artificial lake like a small inland sea to cultivate some fish species with high water quality requirements.

That night, however, there was a sudden sound of rushing water in the artificial lake, and the farmers hurriedly came to the lake with rifles from their homes, fearing that there was a problem with the fish fry they were raising.

I saw that the surface of the lake, which should have been calm, suddenly rolled up, and countless bubbles rose from under the water.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, is there a problem with the sewage treatment plant?" Farmers are talking.

At this moment, a minaret of flesh and blood suddenly rose in the middle of the huge lake.

The spire rose little by little, and in tens of seconds, it had already reached hundreds of meters high.

The clear water of the lake slides down from the minaret, and through the light of the lake, one can clearly see the tiny tentacles dancing on the minaret!

"Monsters!"

"The Zerg have invaded!" The people fled in panic shouting in all directions, while the towers in the lake continued to rise unaffected.

A few seconds later, the tower burst into the air, and the tentacles beneath it were waving in the air.

The water attached to the tower spilled into the surface of the lake, making a waterfall-like roar.

Due to the rapid rise of the tower, a huge circular crater was left in the middle of the lake, and the water around the circular pit quickly rushed to the middle.

By this time, the satellites in the orbit of the colony had discovered the tower, which was rapidly climbing.

But by the time they reacted, the tower had already passed through the atmosphere and entered the orbit of the colony star.

"Send a battleship to destroy this building immediately!" The Commander finally knew what he was feeling wrong!

The Zerg spreading this virus within the Empire is not really a weapon of destruction!

The reason why they are fighting the Imperial forces head-on is only to attract their attention and buy time for the actions of the sixty percent of the infected!

And they took advantage of this gap to accomplish their true purpose, forming the infected into the Zerg building that is now floating in the orbit of the planet!

"Report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor immediately!" The commander wiped his cold sweat, but he didn't expect that the Zerg would work hard for this unknown purpose.

Although I don't know what its function is, it's certainly not a good thing, and the value of this thing is definitely more important than a colonization star of the Sith Empire!

Otherwise, why don't they continue to spread the virus, but instead gather these infected people together?