I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1856 [The Chaotic Outer Zone]

Kerrigan and her crew, positioned high in the sky, were releasing airdrop pods while observing the orbital defense system's positions below. Although most of the airdrop pods were intercepted by the system, some still landed on the ground. However, even so, the troops transported by the pods were insufficient to threaten the ground forces, and given their dispersed landing locations, they were not enough to threaten the Terran Empire's patrol forces.

Kerrigan also turned her attention to Yhaka's side. Although Kerrigan thought that the gene-stealers Yhaka had created would be able to form a small sabotage force to destroy the enemy's orbital defense system, she didn't expect that the gene-stealers seemed to have created an army. Most importantly, they seemed to have created something even larger than a savage beast. How much time had it taken? They had created so many things. Kerrigan was starting to suspect that they were some unknown force that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

However, Abathur told them that those were indeed parasites created by the gene stealers, which left Kerrigan somewhat speechless. But the power the other side displayed could indeed help her solve the problem of the orbital defense system.

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When the scene shifted to Yulis and her group, their performance in battle impressed Yuhaka greatly.

Positioned at the front line, and under the cover of the super-heavy tank [Battle Fortress], they successfully reached their location on the Empire's front line.

"Burn those unbelievers!" At the nun's command, the Guardians, dressed in armor-like power suits, nodded and charged forward with flamethrowers, spraying flames at the trench.

Accompanied by scorching flames, the soldiers were forced back by the flames. Before they could react, several pineapple-shaped objects landed in the trench. Before the soldiers could react, a huge explosion rang out in the trench, and a large number of shrapnels swept through everything in the trench with terrifying kinetic energy. Most of the soldiers inside were injured by the shrapnel. Then, the Christian guards armed with Gauss submachine guns rushed into the trench and exchanged fire with the enemy. Although the submachine guns were not very powerful, their large capacity and high rate of fire were enough to deal with the marines.

Soon, with the Marines calling for support, a squad of raiders arrived. The raiders aimed their grenade launchers at the Christians in the trench and unleashed a barrage of fire, forcing the Christians to take cover behind bunkers and call for reinforcements.

Then, as the Marauder squad and Marines pressed forward, a huge figure leaped into the trench, blocking their fire. The giant, even taller than the Marauders, appeared before the Marauder squad. The Imperial soldiers were dumbfounded by the sight of this behemoth; they had clearly not expected such a large creature to suddenly appear.

However, the Imperial soldiers, having regained their senses, launched an attack on the behemoth before them. The Gauss rifles fired by the Marines were deflected upon hitting Gorem's bio-armor, and the Marauders' grenades failed to halt his advance. Gorem then accelerated at an unimaginable speed, charging towards the Imperial soldiers and swinging his gravity-destroying hammer. In an instant, the Marauders struck by the hammer flew out like bowling balls, knocking several Marines to the ground.

With his next strike, Gorem slammed the Gravity Hammer into a panicked Marauder, flattening him into a pancake. Then, as another Marauder tried to attack, Gorem grabbed him and used him as a shield, tearing off the Marauder's arms. Without hesitation, Gorem used the Marauder as a shield, or even as a projectile.

Under Gorem's offensive, the soldiers in the trenches were basically unable to withstand the heavily armored troops. The Empire's mechanized armored forces were also particularly vulnerable in the face of the sandstorm, super-heavy tanks, and Shadow Spider Knights. Due to the sandstorm, the air force was also unable to reach them.

Basically, this place is all under the control of Yulis and her friends.

The large war knight swung his massive chainsaw sword, cleaving the cockpit of a Thor mech in two, before swinging his other arm, equipped with a large powered claw, and slapping the opponent away.

After taking down the Thor mech, the large war knight began searching for its next target. The surrounding soldiers were terrified when they saw this war machine, which was even larger than the Thor mech, and they ran away in a panic. They didn't think their small guns could be effective against such a behemoth; at least a siege tank would be needed.

Meanwhile, in a shadowy corner, a ghost agent was observing the suddenly appearing unidentified force. To be honest, he was sent by command to investigate the situation, but he didn't expect the situation to be so bad. At first, he thought they were a group of pirates or something, but now these guys didn't look like pirates at all. Instead, they looked like a regular army, which made the ghost agent feel very uneasy.

However, at that moment, a murderous aura made the Ghost Agent feel uneasy, and he quickly moved away from his original position. Then, several sharp weapons that looked like shuriken were deeply embedded in the wall where the Ghost Agent had been. It was clear how sharp these things were.

Upon seeing this, the Ghost Agent did not hesitate to activate the invisibility function on his protective suit to become invisible, and then began to retreat. After all, the Ghost Agent did not want to fight against enemies of unknown origin in enemy-occupied territory. The enemies here were too well armed, and if their location were known, they would most likely be bombarded.

The best way to deal with Ghost Agents is to bombard them with firepower, or to let Ghost Agents deal with Ghost Agents themselves.

However, the Ghost Agent now feels that he may have been subjected to a barrage of fire.

Just as the Ghost Agent had predicted, a massive chainsaw sword burst through the wall and slashed directly at him. The Ghost Agent quickly rolled away to dodge the attack, but it wasn't over yet. After the Ghost Agent dodged the massive chainsaw sword's attack, the heavy machine guns mounted on either side of the large war knight's shoulder armor began to rotate. With a hail of bullets, the ruins of the building in front of him were riddled with bullets.

The fleeing Ghost Agent was unharmed, though he hadn't escaped his pursuit. A black figure was chasing him from behind. Seeing this, the Ghost Agent didn't hesitate to aim his sniper rifle and pull the trigger. However, instead of hitting the target as expected, the figure dodged the shot with a sidestep. The Ghost Agent sensed something was wrong; he couldn't possibly dodge a sniper shot. He didn't think he could defeat such a formidable enemy, and he lacked any psionic equipment, which was why he dared not face the opponent.

Soon, after the Ghost Agent arrived at a dead end, he realized that he had nowhere to retreat.

The Ghost Agent, noticing this, aimed his sniper rifle at the rear, but to his surprise, the other party did not appear in front of him.

But the attack came quickly. In the Ghost Agent's blind spot, several darts flew towards him like flying bats. Sensing the attack, the Ghost Agent quickly dodged the darts, but then a figure darted out, brandishing a dagger and stabbing at him. Caught off guard by the sudden attack, the Ghost Agent used his excellent combat skills to block the attack with his weapon as a shield.

Unfortunately, the Ghost Agent's weapon failed to stop the attack; instead, it was pierced by the dagger. The sharp dagger pierced the Ghost Agent's body, and the toxin on it quickly infected the Ghost Agent. The Ghost Agent felt as if countless tiny insects were tearing at his body, and died in agony.

After the other party fell dead, the figure holding the dagger shook off some of the blood remaining on the dagger and said, "This is the Holy Arbiter. The enemy's secret agents have been dealt with."

"Hmm, well done. Next, search for the enemy commander and then eliminate him." With this communication coming through the Arbiter's communicator, the Arbiter nodded in understanding and said, "Understood, I will continue with the mission."

As he spoke, the Arbiter vanished like a shadow.

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Meanwhile, in other war zones, the armed puppets produced by Yulis and her team also began to be deployed. Large numbers of armed puppets launched attacks on the enemy from the sandstorm. These armed puppets, dressed in simplified versions of the Guardians' uniforms, broke through the Empire's defenses at an extremely fast speed. At first, the Empire's side was completely bewildered when they saw those tiny creatures appear, clearly not expecting that the giant war machines mentioned in the intelligence were different.

However, once those tiny creatures launched their offensive, the Imperial soldiers were overwhelmed and forced to retreat by the armed puppets. The puppets' superior firepower and sheer numbers overwhelmed the Imperial soldiers' firepower and numbers as well. Furthermore, because the armed puppets could be continuously produced, the Imperial soldiers' supply capacity far exceeded the puppets' replenishment capabilities.

In a building in a ruined alley, a group of Imperial soldiers are guarding the area. This is a good firing point. Of course, it was fine before, but due to the sandstorm, the Imperial soldiers in this area have very limited visibility, so they cannot make full use of their firepower. Moreover, they are now entangled with armed puppets.

Dressed in a small, cult-like armored mascot, wielding a submachine gun resembling a PPSh-41, launched a fierce attack on the Marines in the opposite direction. Faced with the mascots' offensive, the Marines cowered behind the door, occasionally extending their weapons to fire in the direction the mascots were hiding. The mascots, though hit, did not suffer much damage. Behind them, a mascot resembling a medical nun provided repair services to the damaged mascots.

Soon, after realizing the enemy wasn't coming out, the armed dummy began practicing its assault team through its network, instructing them to deal with the entrenched enemy. Quickly, the assault team arrived, holding shields and placing submachine guns in the slots of their shields, instantly transforming themselves into a low wall. Behind them, the armed dummy raised its shields to protect itself from potential overhead attacks as it approached the opposing marines.

As the gunfire grew closer, one of the Marines peeked out and saw a group of short men raising their shields and approaching. Seeing this, the Marine quickly called to his comrades to fight back and prevent the little guys from getting any closer.

Unfortunately, their firepower was no match for the armed dummy's advance. Soon, after closing enough distance, a gap appeared in the middle of the shield, and a weapon resembling a grenade launcher emerged from it. Then, to the utter dismay of the marines, the armed dummy pulled the trigger, and a deafening explosion echoed throughout the corridor.

With the loud bang, the Marines on the other side lay motionless on the ground. After checking that the enemy had lost vital signs, the armed puppets began to clear out the enemies in the next room.

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1857 [Breakthrough on the Outskirts of Korhal's Capital]

At the command post, intelligence from various regions was being relayed through messengers. Upon hearing the messengers' reports, the commander was overwhelmed by the offensive launched by the unknown enemy forces. After all, he not only had to intercept the Zerg swarms dropped by the Sky Swarm, but now he also had to fight against the unknown enemy forces, which was giving him a real headache.

The threat of the Zerg alone was already quite troublesome for him, and now another force no less threatening than the Zerg has emerged. The commander is now caught off guard by the attacks from both sides. Most importantly, their communication system has been severely interfered with, making it impossible to contact headquarters. The commander sent a small team to headquarters to request support, but there has been no response so far, which makes the commander very uneasy.

Meanwhile, in the surrounding area, a group of soldiers in Marine Corps power suits eliminated a messenger squad that had come to request backup, which explains why the commander did not receive support from Imperial forces.

Under the offensive of Yulis's forces, many orbital defense systems were taken over by Yulis's forces. The Imperial Air Force, which was being controlled by these systems, was thrown into disarray by the firepower of their own troops. After all, they did not expect that their own forces were attacking them. As for why they did not expect that the enemy was controlling them, it was probably because they thought that the Zerg could not control these things.

While Uris and her forces were wreaking havoc in the outer regions, Kerrigan felt the time was right and began to personally lead the attack. As the counterattacks from the orbital defense system weakened, the Zerg's air-dropped forces were relieved of some pressure, and the number of Zerg forces on the ground began to increase. However, this could not suppress the Imperial forces' attacks, so Kerrigan decided to personally lead these forces to attack the royal palace in Korhal's capital.

After everything was ready, Kerrigan led the Zerg swarm into attack, and at the same time, Yhaka also began to move out.

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On the Imperial orbital defense system side, after the invasion by the Church of Ulis began, many of the orbital defense systems were seized by Ulis's Guardians. After seizing those orbital defense systems, the Guardians began to aim the cannons of these orbital defense systems at the Imperial fleets in the sky that were blocking the Zerg.

Although the sandstorm made it difficult to hit the Imperial fleet with the naked eye, unfortunately, the Imperial Orbital Defense System had a friendly force coordinate identification function to prevent hitting friendly forces. However, this function was unfortunately modified by the cult of the Myriad Machines to become an attack capability targeting friendly forces.

This also resulted in many air force aircraft being shot down by their own orbital defense system.

Many air forces were dumbfounded when faced with this situation of being sandwiched from both sides, since they had no way to defend against the invasion of the swarms of insects while simultaneously defending their rear from being attacked by friendly forces.

Attempts to contact the ground were unsuccessful, and due to the sandstorm, air forces in the surrounding areas were unable to be dispatched to investigate the situation. This made it difficult for the air forces in the surrounding areas to cope with the situation, forcing them to retreat to safer locations.

Meanwhile, on Yhaka's side, after opening an imaginary portal through his clone, Yhaka arrived at the side of the Guardians of the Order. Upon seeing Yhaka's arrival, the surrounding Guardians of the Order bowed to him. Yhaka waved his hand in greeting to the Guardians of the Order. Then, Yhaka went to a relatively spacious area and opened an imaginary portal there. Immediately afterwards, a large number of Primal Zerg appeared in front of Yhaka.

Under Yhaka's orders, these primitive Zerg began preparing the Primal War Nest and the Primal Soldier Nest Mother to prepare for the army's advance. Subsequently, under Vargra's leadership, the Primal Temagne, Primal Hemagne, and Primal Warrior Zerg followed Vargra to clear out the Imperial soldiers here, including a Primal Zerg that resembled a Hydralisk. Of course, it was not a Primal Hydralisk, but a Primal Serpent Zerg.

This is a Terran unit that excels at ambushes. They can burrow underground and dig at incredible speeds, and even solid bedrock is difficult to withstand their digging. Moreover, their digging is relatively quiet, making them excellent at quietly launching surprise attacks on enemies.

At the same time, they have long-range attacks on their chests, such as flesh-eating guns, devouring guns, and thorny fists. Although they look very much like the Hydralisks among the Zerg, Abathur is also very troubled. Although the two look very similar, Abathur can sense that those primitive snakes do not have the essence of the Hydralisks. They are completely original products, and Abathur does not think that this is plagiarism.

Soon, the appearance of the primitive Zerg left the Imperial soldiers completely bewildered. If it were just primitive Hemaggan worms, it would be understandable, but the way the Zerg, which resembled leaping worms, used claws and fangs seemed relatively normal to them. However, the problem was that the primitive Zerg wielding bio-symbiotic weapons made the Imperial soldiers find it hard to believe.

Although the report from Char's side had reached Khar, it sounded so unbelievable that they couldn't verify it due to a lack of evidence and records. But now that they've seen it, they're even more surprised.

With the symbiotic weapons wielded by the powerful Primal Warriors, many Imperial soldiers found it difficult to withstand the attacks. If they were to use flamethrowers, the Primal Warriors would be no less formidable than the Protoss warriors. Furthermore, their experience fighting the Tal'darim had significantly enhanced their combat capabilities, making them even more powerful when facing Imperial soldiers.

Meanwhile, the cerebrates floating in the air like snakes and worms were providing assistance to these primitive warrior worms while using psionic energy to attack things that the primitive warrior worms couldn't handle, thus greatly aiding the swarm's advance.

Meanwhile, the Church of Yulis's protectors and armed puppets provided firepower to the swarm. Under Yuhaka's orders, the primitive Zerg naturally did not attack the protectors and armed puppets. In their view, the former were subordinates of Yuhaka, just like them, while the latter were not edible at all. They were a waste of their breath to eat them since they did not even have biomass. Moreover, both types of creatures had healing units that could heal the injured primitive Zerg. The primitive Zerg regarded them as symbiotic beings.

Soon, under the offensive of Yhaka and Kerrigan, the Zerg swarm quickly destroyed part of the Imperial's outer orbital defense system, creating a gap in the aerial fire defense network. This allowed the Zerg to drop troops into the area more easily. At the same time, a large number of plasma jets were also built, enabling the Zerg to attack nearby air and ground forces, providing them with substantial long-range fire support.

After all the deployments were completed, Kerrigan began her attack on the location of the second wall. Once the second wall was breached, the Zerg swarm could then advance unimpeded into Korhal's palace.

Subsequently, under the onslaught of numerous plasma jets, Kerrigan and her forces quickly breached the gates of Korhal's capital and began their advance inward.

Although they have breached the capital's gates, it will be difficult for the Zerg to penetrate further. Unlike the outer areas, the inner city is much more complex, and the extensive urban construction provides cover for the Imperial soldiers, protecting them from some Zerg air force attacks. At the same time, they can use the advantages of the cities to engage in urban warfare with the Zerg.

Although the Zerg are not inferior to Imperial soldiers in urban warfare, in the sprawling, spiderweb-like layout of the Imperial capital, the narrow alleys and passageways are heavily fortified with heavy firepower teams to defend against the Zerg swarm's charge.

Narrow alleys can also effectively prevent the appearance of large Zerg. Large Zerg like the Thunder Beast would face great risks if they tried to break through such narrow alleys. If buildings collapse, although they may not kill the Thunder Beast, they would be enough to cause it trouble. Moreover, collapsed buildings would also block the path of the Zerg, which would hinder their progress.

Just like the current situation.

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Located in the outskirts of the capital city of Korhal, Kerrigan was also getting a little annoyed by the slow pace of the Zerg swarm's advance. After all, at this speed, the swarm would probably need to spend even more time.

Kerrigan finds this kind of attrition tactic very annoying. Although the number of Zerg swarms is no less than that of other races when it comes to attrition warfare, the problem is that Kerrigan cannot obtain enough resources in this area to produce a sufficient number of Zerg troops.

After all, most of the resources on Korhal are imported from outside, and the remaining resources are not enough to sustain Korhal's daily consumption, making it relatively difficult to find resources on this planet.

Of course, there are other resources that can be used as substitutes, such as "humans," which are the best resource. However, the only problem is that the number of Imperial soldiers is relatively small, and the recovery of corpses is also quite troublesome, so the resource recovery will be relatively slow.

There's no way to access resources like better civilians, since Kerrigan promised Valerian she wouldn't harm them. Therefore, Kerrigan has no way to utilize these resources. Meanwhile, the Empire concentrates its resources in the rear, so obtaining Imperial resources would likely require invading those rear areas.

However, given the current situation, it would be difficult to penetrate the rear of the Imperial defenses.

Although the Zerg Swarm has Nydus Worms, Korhal's underground structure is clearly designed with special defenses against them, making it virtually impossible for the Nydus Worms to dig underground. Obviously, Mengsk is well aware of the Zerg Swarm's tactics, and therefore, using the Nydus Worms' tactics against them is out of the question.

As for tactics such as airstrikes and dropping airdrop packages, they are not impossible, but the problem is that such consumption is also a considerable amount.

Located at the rear of the Zerg swarm, Kerrigan held a meeting with the others to discuss how to break through the current situation, as continuing to wear down the Zerg swarm like this was not a good solution.

In response, everyone offered their own solutions. Zagara used a swarm of Zerg to attack the enemy's defenses, while Stukov used the Virus to create a large number of infected to launch an offensive. Abathur's side used the Zerg's strongest ground unit, the Beast, to launch an offensive and break through the enemy's defenses in one fell swoop.

Upon hearing everyone's proposals, Kerrigan appeared deep in thought. After all, these tactics were ones that the Zerg were adept at using, but for Kerrigan, these tactics were likely already anticipated by Mengsk, making a breakthrough unlikely.

Regarding this issue, Yulis, who was standing nearby, said to everyone, "Our church can resolve this problem."

Upon hearing Yulis's words, Kerrigan looked at the four-armed girl with a curious expression. Although the girl was wearing a luxurious white robe of a pope, Kerrigan knew very well that she was a product of gene stealers. However, Kerrigan did not dare to underestimate her, after all, the fact that she could create so many war machines in such a short time that even the Empire could not do was enough to show that she was not simple.

"Oh? It seems your church has some way to break through this situation?" Kerrigan asked, looking at Yulis. Yulis nodded and said, "Yes, our church members have been lurking in various underground locations in the capital of Korhal. Our church members are stationed in all those places, and some of our soldiers have also infiltrated the Korhal defense forces. Breaking through their defenses from this point should not be a problem."

Upon hearing this, Kerrigan's eyes lit up. Clearly, the enemy's plan to infiltrate the enemy and the city gave Kerrigan a glimmer of hope.

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1858 [The Plan in Progress]

Upon hearing Yuris's plan, Kerrigan became very interested. After all, she hadn't expected that Yuris's church had infiltrated the capital of Korhal, and that the military had also been infiltrated by members of Yuris's church. This made Kerrigan wonder if, given more time, Mengsk might be sidelined in Korhal.

“Very good. Have them prepare to move out. We will also cooperate with your actions to draw away the Imperial defenses and create trouble.” Kerrigan naturally urged them to act quickly in response to Uris’s suggestion, as the longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it would be for the Zerg swarm.

Upon hearing Kerrigan's words, Yulis nodded slightly and said, "That's no problem, but before that, I want to take over two facilities in the city."

Upon hearing Yuris's words, Kerrigan asked with slight confusion, "Two facilities? What are they?" Yuris explained, "They're simple: subway facilities and broadcasting facilities."

"Why?" Kerrigan looked puzzled after hearing Yulis's answer. After all, Kerrigan didn't understand why the other party wanted to occupy these two facilities. If it were the broadcasting facilities, Kerrigan could understand their purpose, but occupying the subway station was unclear to her. The entire subway was currently shut down, and the subway tunnels were heavily guarded by Imperial troops, making it extremely difficult to invade from below. If the underground tunnels were breached, Imperial soldiers would detonate the explosives hidden inside, blowing up the entire tunnel and crushing any Zerg that rushed in.

As for why Kerrigan knew these things, the answer is quite simple: Kerrigan once sent Zerg forces into the Metro tunnels, but they were eventually hit by explosives planted by Imperial soldiers, which caused Kerrigan's plan to use the Metro tunnels to invade the enemy's interior to fail.

The entire route to the subway station is now blocked by collapsed obstacles. Digging a new road would take a considerable amount of time, but Kerrigan needs a quick solution, and the collapsed tunnels would waste resources inside, and digging them open wouldn't be a quick fix...

Regarding Kerrigan's question, Ulysse offered her explanation: "We have a way to break through the Metro's defenses and can breach them before they detonate their bombs. Furthermore, some of our troops are stationed among the Imperial forces; it's time for them to begin their sabotage operations."

Upon hearing this, Kerrigan nodded slightly to indicate that she understood. In general, Kerrigan also knew why the other side needed a broadcasting station; it was probably for issuing combat signals.

In any case, since the other side has a way to break through the Empire's defenses, then the rest of the work is left to them.