76: Chapter 76 Advanced Brain Worm Experiment and the Birth of the Psionic Queen
The gears of war had already begun to turn, but an unexpected blockage had jammed the most critical link at this very moment.
Su Chen's will descended upon the mountain-like body of the leviathan.
This Starry Sky Behemoth had completed its final incubation, and on its back, covered in thick carapace, countless biological turrets and missile launch cavities slowly opened and closed, each breath stirring the energy tides within the Divine Domain.
However, when Su Chen's divine sense sank into its core network, he felt a distinct sense of sluggishness and conflict.
The leviathan was too massive.
It was not just a giant beast, but a biological warship with an extremely complex structure.
The psionic network within its body was a hundred times more precise than any other unit in the Zerg Swarm, and the data stream it needed to process was astronomical.
Ordinary Lesser Overminds simply could not control it.
Su Chen could clearly "see" that the Lesser Overmind he had assigned as the temporary captain had its mental core trembling under high-load operations.
It was trying its best, but could only barely maintain the leviathan's hovering posture; attempting precise combat operations was nothing more than a pipe dream.
It was like equipping a supercomputer with an abacus; it simply could not run.
"I need a higher-level commander, a natural master of psionic energy."
Su Chen's will instantly withdrew, and his cold gaze turned toward the depths of the Divine Domain, to the incubation pool specifically used for cultivating command units.
In the pool, dozens of bloated Lesser Overminds with exposed brain tissue were slowly writhing in the viscous nutrient solution.
They were the Zerg Swarm's low-level processors, responsible for commanding small-scale troops and handling simple tactical instructions.
Su Chen's divine sense swept over, and the mental fluctuations of every Lesser Overmind were clearly presented in his perception.
Most were unremarkable, with weak and stable mental fluctuations.
But one of them stood out.
Its mental fluctuations were not only far stronger than its peers but also carried a trait of cunning and agility; when Su Chen's will swept past, it even instinctively made a slight, deceptive concealment.
"You're the one."
Su Chen's will locked onto the target.
The next second, a giant bone claw descended from the sky, precisely piercing into the incubation pool and grabbing the most cunning individual out of the nutrient solution.
The grabbed Lesser Overmind let out a panicked psionic shriek, its fat body struggling violently.
But Su Chen did not give it any time to react.
The bone claw swung violently, throwing it directly into the slowly opening and closing core reactor of the nearby leviathan.
That was the leviathan's heart, the energy hub of the entire biological warship.
"Talent activated: Infinite Gene Evolution — Psionic Ascension!"
Su Chen's divine sense transformed into a cold command, branded onto the core of the reactor.
Clatter!
The "High-Purity Soul Crystals," just purchased from the Deity Trading House with a total value of hundreds of millions of Divine Power Coins, were thrown in by Su Chen without hesitation.
The moment those crystal-clear crystals, containing vast soul energy, touched the reactor, they turned into the purest torrent of purple psionic energy.
A storm suddenly formed inside the reactor.
The purple psionic energy storm raged wildly, and the Lesser Overmind that had just been thrown in let out a shriek so shrill it was distorted.
Its physical tissues were instantly torn apart and vaporized by the psionic energy.
Its consciousness screamed wildly on the edge of shattering.
But at the end of destruction was rebirth.
The collapsing gene chains were forcibly reorganized under the power of a higher dimension.
The broken soul fragments were forcibly bonded and sublimated by the massive amount of soul crystals.
This was a process of breaking to build.
Either completely annihilate in extreme pain, turning into pure energy.
Or, break the shackles of life and complete an unprecedented leap.
"Break to build."
Su Chen watched all this coldly, his will like a rock of the utmost Firmness, unshaken in the slightest.
For the Zerg Swarm, weakness is the original sin.
Those who cannot bear the price of evolution have no value in existing.
Finally, the violent psionic energy storm in the reactor began to slowly subside.
The blinding purple light gradually receded.
The originally bloated and ugly Lesser Overmind had long since disappeared.
In its place was a stunningly beautiful figure floating above the energy core of the reactor.
She possessed a perfect upper body approximating that of a human female, every inch of her skin presenting an eerie and enchanting purple, as smooth as the finest porcelain.
On her back, six sharp, slender bone wings slowly unfurled, their edges flashing with a cold, eerie gleam.
As for her lower body, it was not legs, but an insect-like arthropod form covered in a hard purple carapace, full of a sense of power and destructive beauty.
Most striking of all was her long hair.
It was not hair at all, but purple tentacles formed from the purest and most condensed psionic energy, dancing without wind, with dangerous arcs of electricity jumping at the end of every strand.
[Congratulations, Overlord! A special hero unit has been born!]
[Psionic Empress · Kerrigan (Tier 8 Legendary Rank)]
[Talent: Psionic Storm (Summons a destructive psionic energy storm in a designated area)]
[Talent: Zerg Swarm Psionic Network (Greatly enhances the coordinated combat ability and information processing efficiency of Zerg Swarm units under her command)]
[Talent: Psionic Implosion (Performs a high-intensity psionic energy compression strike on a single target, causing annihilation-level damage)]
Accompanied by the system prompt, Kerrigan slowly opened her eyes.
They were eyes burning with substantive psionic energy flames.
She raised her head, her gaze piercing through the barriers of the reactor, landing precisely upon Su Chen's will in the void.
She bowed elegantly in Su Chen's direction.
Her voice rang out, carrying a peculiar echo as if countless voices were overlapping, vibrating directly in the depths of Su Chen's soul.
"I may be the Queen of the Zerg Swarm, but you... are my Overlord."