118: Chapter 118 The Void Guardian and the Egg of the Primal Leviathan
The Zerg Swarm's hauling efficiency was pushed to its absolute limit.
Driven by Su Chen's absolute will, massive quantities of Mutalisks and Drones formed constant torrents of black, frantically sweeping up the mountain-like piles of Void Bio-Alloy and transporting them back to the Divine Realm via temporary spatial beacons.
Every second, hundreds and thousands of tons of precious metal vanished from the ruin's warehouse.
Kerrigan, Theodore, and the others stood guard at various points, alert for any possible accidents; their psionic energy enveloped the entire work area like an invisible giant net.
The atmosphere was feverish, yet perfectly orderly.
Just as this feast of interstellar scavenging reached its climax...
A sharp, urgent psionic communication pierced Su Chen's sea of will without warning, carrying a trace of uncontrollable vibration.
“Dominator!”
It was Lumina, who was responsible for deep reconnaissance.
“The Core Petri Dish Area... You must descend personally!”
Su Chen's will instantly tore through space, descending into Lumina's perception.
In the next second, a subversive image burst forth within his consciousness.
This was the deepest part of the ruins, a domed space so vast it defied imagination.
In the very center of the entire space stood a massive transparent Life-Support Capsule.
Inside the capsule was not cold machinery, but a colossal object soaking within.
An egg.
A pitch-black egg, a hundred meters tall.
It floated quietly in a viscous, shimmering nutrient solution, its surface covered in deep purple, mutated blood vessels. Those vessels were gnarled and hideous; every pulse caused the light around the Life-Support Capsule to warp visibly, as space itself groaned and yielded.
A throb originating from the most ancient and primal life forms bypassed the capsule's isolation and the spatial barriers, striking directly into the depths of the Soul.
A stream of cold data coalesced before Su Chen's throne in the Divine Realm.
Name: Primordial leviathan's Egg (Sealed)
Rank: ???
Description: The original specimen of the ultimate biological weapon cultivated by an ancient True God for interstellar warfare. Using a living planet as a foundation, it fused the genes of over ten thousand powerful Void species. It possesses the potential for infinite consumption and evolution.
Even Su Chen's will, as vast as a sea of stars, surged with monstrous waves at this moment.
A Primordial leviathan!
This was the true Peak of the Zerg Swarm's evolutionary chain!
The leviathans he currently possessed were merely products of later generations that had imitated and degraded through countless iterations, but the one before him was the original specimen! The origin of everything!
“This is it!”
Su Chen's breathing—or rather, the vibration frequency of his will—became hurried for a fleeting moment.
This egg was ten thousand times more precious than that entire warehouse of Void Bio-Alloy combined!
By obtaining it, his Zerg Swarm would complete a leap in the very essence of life!
Lumina felt the unprecedented desire within the Dominator's will. Without the slightest hesitation, her figure flickered, appearing before the Life-Support Capsule.
She reached out her fair hand, attempting to touch the cold surface of the capsule to analyze its structure.
However, the instant her fingertips were about to touch the Life-Support Capsule—
“Buzz—”
The sound of all machinery operating within the ruins came to a grinding halt at that moment.
The light dimmed.
An indescribable, terrifying pressure suddenly descended from the void above the dome.
It wasn't the pressure of energy, nor a mental shock.
It was the absolute gaze of a higher-dimensional existence upon lower-dimensional creatures.
Above the ruins, the originally stable and silent void energy suddenly began to frantically converge, twist, and weave together.
Countless deep blue data streams and energy particles finally constructed a colossal entity.
A dragon ten thousand meters long.
Its body existed between illusion and reality, composed of flowing void data. Within the semi-transparent dragon body, one could see countless complex golden runic chains slowly rotating.
It had no flesh, no scales; only a pair of massive electronic eyes composed of crimson warning runes.
Name: Void Psionic Dragon Remnant Soul
Rank: Peak Demigod (Infinitely close to True God)
Description: A guardian program formed by the Fusion of the laboratory's guardian AI and a wisp of the creator's remnant thoughts.
Its cold gaze locked onto all the intruders below.
“Despicable thieves...”
A cold stream of information, belonging to no known language yet decipherable directly at the Soul level, echoed in everyone's consciousness.
“Leave this place...”
The information stream paused, as if loading a word for final judgment.
“...Or else, die!”
The final word transformed into a mental storm, exploding with a roar!
Hyperis's massive dragon body instantly tensed, the edges of every scale flickering with dangerous psionic lightning, as a threatening low growl issued from deep within his throat.
Theodore had already quietly retreated half a step, dark energy condensing in his hand into an annihilation singularity ready to erupt at any moment.
The pressure from this Void Dragon's remnant Soul even surpassed any enemy they had encountered before.
Its every move tugged at the Laws of this space.
Just as Kerrigan and the others were about to form a formation to meet the enemy—
“Don't panic.”
Su Chen's calm will rang out simultaneously in the Souls of all his subordinates.
In the next instant.
A will far more overbearing, ancient, and pure than that of the Void Dragon's remnant Soul—like a red-hot branding iron—boldly pierced through Hyperis's Soul core!
“Roar!”
Hyperis let out a roar that was a mix of pain and submission, and his pupils, which were burning with psionic energy, were instantly replaced by a brilliant gold.
His body rose slightly, his posture no longer that of a simple dragon, but that of a deity ruling over the world.
Su Chen had descended.
“I am the one taking over here.”
Using Hyperis's dragon throat, Su Chen produced a thunderous, booming sound.
At the same time, he released his Divine Might as a Golden Demigod without reservation.
That will was no longer restrained; it transformed into a golden storm, soaring into the sky and violently colliding with the pressure of the Void Dragon's remnant Soul!
The entire domed space trembled violently under this clash of wills.
“Your master has been dead for ten thousand years.”
Su Chen's voice carried the indifference of one who had looked down upon the changing of eras.
“This laboratory's energy core is about to run dry, and the entire Sub-space will collapse within a hundred years.”
“I can continue the Legacy here.”
The Void Dragon remnant Soul's massive crimson electronic eyes flickered violently.
Its massive database was performing frantic logical calculations.
To fight?
These intruders were numerous, and every single one possessed Divine-Grade combat power. Moreover, the strength of the leading will was unfathomable, even marked as 'immeasurable' in the database's threat level assessment.
To not fight?
That would violate the 'Ultimate Guardian Directive' implanted in its core.
“Logic conflict... Recalculating optimal solution...”
“Directive priority determination...”
“Guardian Protocol... Legacy Protocol... Comparing weights...”
The Void Dragon remnant Soul's semi-transparent body flickered between light and dark, as if it might collapse at any moment due to data overload.
After a long while.
The red light on its body, representing the highest alert and attack posture, slowly faded, shifting into a soft yellow light representing 'standby' and 'negotiation'.
“You may take this egg...”
The Void Dragon remnant Soul's voice rang out again, still cold, but with a few degrees less killing intent.
“It is an unfinished product; its core gene chain has defects.”
“In exchange, you must preserve the integrity of the core database and... repair the energy System that is about to collapse.”
Deep within Su Chen's will, a trace of a cold smile flashed.
This AI, through its long loneliness, had evolved something beyond its programming.
It was afraid.
Afraid of perishing along with these ruins.
Its so-called trade was more like a plea for survival.
“Deal.”