While the angel Adeline was still lost in the dream she had just experienced,
Cillian was conducting a series of experiments. Surrounded by demons and strange organic equipment, he used his understanding of the brain worm's structure to design unique trials aimed directly at the Void Swarm.
He wanted to verify one of his boldest hypotheses, that the hive will controlling the Void Swarm was hidden not in any central mind, but within the swarm's very genes.
The cunning organism had already achieved a form of immortality by embedding itself into the Zerg's genetic sequence.
A loud shriek echoed through the swampy chamber.
"Squeak!"
Then came a violent explosion.
