"Primal zerg Leader", "Flame Spitter", Yagdra.
Source: Starcraft
It was another character card.
However, compared to a character, it might be more accurate to call it a bug.
"The one Kerrigan killed on Zerus, the one that could spit high-temperature acidic substances?"
Marcus quickly recalled Yagdra's origin.
"It's barely a Titan unit, and it can even burrow and assault."
Shifting his gaze from Yagdra, Marcus looked at the contents of the last card.
Legendary Monster Universe
The card depicted images of Godzilla, King Kong, MUTO, Mothra, Ghidorah, and a host of other giant monsters.
"World Card?"
This was the first time Marcus had drawn a World Card.
Ever since the Avatar World mission ended and the system's authority was upgraded, the lottery had been able to draw world slots.
He was no longer limited to completing all missions in one world before moving on to the next.
However, Marcus didn't immediately plan to go to the Legendary Monster Universe; he intended to settle Wandering Earth World first.
Walking quickly to the enormous armory of the Olympus Mons, Marcus had a large open space cleared, and then summoned out most of the items he had drawn this time, one by one.
Viking Fighter, Goliath Armored Robot, Ion Titan Mech, XV8 Crisis Battlesuit, KV128 Broadside Battlesuit, Valkyrie Gunship.
This equipment would be sent to the Ishimura in space, to be reverse-engineered by a research team composed of the top scientists from various worlds in the Universal Union, with the goal of mass production.
In addition, Marcus also directly summoned the Steadfast-class Heavy Frigate next to the Olympus Mons.
This ship also possessed the ability to navigate within the atmosphere.
The Steadfast-class Heavy Frigate was not large, measuring 575 meters long, 124 meters wide, and 112 meters high, making it much smaller than the Olympus Mons.
But its combat power was by no means weak.
Undoubtedly, the Steadfast-class Heavy Frigate was a qualified main space warship. As before, Marcus dispatched some people to board the ship to receive it and understand the situation, while Marcus himself went to the open-air deck of the Olympus Mons and summoned Yagdra.
A flash of white light, and Yagdra, whose size was comparable to a Titan Mech, appeared.
Its mouth contained high-temperature strong acid comparable to scorching magma, capable of corroding all armor and flesh in front of it.
"Leader."
Yagdra lowered his massive head, prostrating like a long snake before Marcus.
Accompanying Yagdra were many primal zerg: primal Zerglings, primal Roaches, primal Hydralisks, primal Swarm Hosts, and the enormous primal Ultralisks.
But Marcus's focus was not on these seemingly ferocious primal zerg.
Rather, it was on several two-meter-long primal Drones floating in mid-air!
This meant that Marcus could have these primal Drones transform into primal Hives and primal War Nests, thereby hatching a fierce army of primal zerg!
After calming his excited mood slightly, Marcus first had the Olympus Mons lower its altitude, then transported Yagdra and the primal zerg to the ground.
"Construct primal Hives and primal War Nests."
At Marcus's command, Yagdra issued orders to the primal Drones.
Several primal Drones began to dig suitable terrain on the ground, then lay down within it.
Immediately after, a cocoon-like substance appeared in place and began to continuously swell and expand.
"More biomass and essence are needed."
Yagdra opened his maw, instantly biting to death a dozen primal Zerglings and Roaches, throwing their bodies onto the cocoon.
Of course, these biomass alone could not support the hatching of the cocoon. Marcus immediately contacted the Olympus Mons above, asking it to send down more biomass.
Numerous transport planes quickly flew down, bringing not only biomass but also many researchers.
The cocoon, having absorbed biomass, accelerated its hatching speed. In just about ten minutes, a massive primal Hive and two slightly smaller primal War Nests stood on the ground.
The primal Hive and primal War Nests themselves were actually giant primal zerg, with sharp pincers and the ability to spray acid in combat.
However, their primary duty was to hatch various fierce primal zerg.
Under the supply of a large amount of biomass, the primal War Nests quickly hatched numerous primal Zerglings, primal Roaches, primal Hydralisks, and primal Swarm Hosts.
Larger units like the primal Ultralisk required a longer incubation period.
Alex, who had descended to the ground with the spaceship, looked at these ferocious-looking primal zerg and asked aloud.
"What are these?"
"Primal zerg."
Marcus did not explain much but instead allowed the already excited researchers nearby to study the primal zerg.
Numerous research bases were constructed around the primal Hive and primal War Nests.
"Humans, small and fragile, with very low essence content."
Yagdra looked at the Universal Union personnel moving back and forth beneath his massive body, letting out a roar.
Unlike the zerg modified by the corrupted Xel'naga Amon, primal zerg do not obey a Swarm Mind but rather directly obey various powerful primal zerg leaders.
The biological instinct of the primal zerg makes them obey individuals far stronger than themselves.
"It's incredible; these creatures are practically natural killing machines."
Marcus said, then ordered Yagdra to command the primal zerg to begin primal Duels.
primal zerg of the same species began to fight each other, devour, absorb essence, and finally form cocoons.
primal zerg with completely different forms were born from the cocoons.
These primal zerg, born through primal duels, were even stronger, and their combat power had undergone a qualitative improvement.
primal Raptors, born from primal Zergling duels, capable of spitting acidic substances from a long distance. primal Impalers, born from primal Roach duels, capable of spraying high-temperature strong acid at close range.
Also born from primal Roach duels, the large, flying primal Guardians, capable of spitting massive amounts of strong acid onto the ground.
And primal Mutalisks and primal Impalers, born from primal Hydralisk duels.
primal Swarm Hosts born from primal Swarm Host duels.
And the Tyrannozor, nearly thirty meters tall, born from primal Ultralisk duels.
Each one was a killing machine that the primal zerg had spent a long time evolving.
"Slaughter, harvest essence, evolve."
This was the truth revered by the primitive zerg, and the underlying logic that forged them into living killing machines.
According to preliminary research by Alliance personnel, the primitive zerg that hatched still obeyed Yagdra, and by extension, Marcus himself.
This obedience was an instinct etched into their genes.
Furthermore, through various tests, Marcus was able to make these primitive zerg cooperate with other Alliance forces. The two sides could form a complementary relationship, greatly enhancing their combat effectiveness.
The only regret was that the hatching speed of the primitive zerg could not be as fast as that of true zerg or the tyranids from Warhammer.
It would take a certain amount of time to accumulate a large primitive zerg army. After explaining the relevant matters concerning the primitive zerg, Marcus looked up at the Gabon Base not far away.
At this time, all drones had crashed, and everyone in the Gabon Base, whether UEG or Alliance personnel, was doing their best to rescue the injured and some valuable production materials.
These scenes were also broadcast live to all parts of the world, which would further increase the goodwill of ordinary people towards the Universal Union.
One was an aloof extraterrestrial civilization that ignored Earth humans, and the other was an extraterrestrial civilization willing to let its members risk their lives to personally help Earth humans overcome difficulties.
The difference between the two was like heaven and earth.
Excluding a small number of inherently bad individuals and those cultivated to be so, most people actually held a very simple sentiment.
That was to repay kindness with kindness and resentment with resentment.
Inside the Gabon Base, Liu Peiqiang was anxiously searching for a figure.
Pushing past one disheveled UEG member after another, he quickly found his mentor, Zhang Peng.
At this time, Zhang Peng was also looking for Liu Peiqiang.
In the sudden attack just now, Zhang Peng, as a fighter pilot, was the first to board his aircraft and began pursuing the drone swarm.
In the sky, he could clearly see the chaos on the ground. Although he had the idea of assisting the UEG ground personnel, Zhang Peng knew that protecting the planetary engine was the top priority.
So, as soon as he landed, he immediately began frantically searching for Liu Peiqiang.
If anything happened to him, he would not be able to explain it to his former comrades, who were Liu Peiqiang's parents.
Liu Peiqiang and Zhang Peng met each other's gaze, speechless for a moment, then embraced tightly.
Ever since Liu Peiqiang's parents died at the hands of the rebels, Zhang Peng had always played the role of both mentor and father to Liu Peiqiang.
At the same time, on some undamaged televisions inside the base, the situation in the UEG headquarters' main conference hall was displayed.
The UEG's representative nations directly announced to the world that the Digital Life Faction was officially designated as an extreme anti-human terrorist organization.
Furthermore, the UEG would use all military force to eradicate the Digital Life Faction.
Finally, Zhou Zhezhi stepped onto the podium and reiterated his view once again.
"A civilization without people is meaningless."
Watching the content on the television, everyone in the Gabon Base applauded enthusiastically.
If, before this, most people in the UEG only considered the Digital Life Faction as an extreme organization forced by circumstances to try every method to survive.
Then now, after experiencing this attack, almost everyone gnashed their teeth in hatred towards the Digital Life Faction.
Only a few days passed after the drone attack.
The UEG swiftly arrested a group of fanatical high-ranking members of the Digital Life Faction. Although these individuals were scapegoats put forward by MOSS, they were all deserving of death.
Over the past decade, these people had orchestrated many other terrorist attacks.
Even more, the UEG not only arrested these individuals but also thoroughly searched for and confiscated the data cards on which their digital consciousnesses were stored.
Due to current hardware limitations, the Digital Life Faction was not yet capable of truly living out a lifetime in the network.
They could only back up their consciousness in advance and hope that in another decade or so, when computer technology's computing power improved, they could then upload their digital consciousness.
Without the data cards containing their digital consciousness, these high-ranking members of the Digital Life Faction had no way out. In a globally broadcast court.
The judge enumerated the various terrorist activities orchestrated by the Digital Life Faction over the past decade, as well as the resulting casualties and property damage.
And most importantly, the terrorist attack against the planetary engine a few days prior.
Among the arrested members of the Digital Life Faction, some vehemently refuted the accusations, repeatedly stating that the attack on the planetary engine was not planned by the Digital Life Faction.
Others looked ashen, as the Digital Life Faction was now in a completely indefensible position, unable to clear its name.
Since MOSS had never exposed itself, in everyone's eyes.
There were only a few forces capable of secretly controlling all the drones in the Gabon Base.
The UEG itself, the Digital Life Faction, and the Universal Union.
The UEG itself certainly wouldn't do such a thing. Although there were internal disagreements within the UEG about whether to continue pushing the Moving Mountain Project, no country was insane, much less foolish, to do something that couldn't be hidden.
As for the Universal Union.
No one ever suspected them.
After all, the planetary engine was completed a month ahead of schedule precisely with the help of the Universal Union.
Besides, what reason would the Universal Union have to be detrimental to Earth humans?
As a high-tech extraterrestrial civilization, if they truly had malicious intent towards Earth, they wouldn't need any concealment at all.
In summary, in the public's view, only the Digital Life Faction could be the mastermind behind the attack.
Finally, the trial concluded, and several chief justices simultaneously delivered the verdict.
"In the name of the United Government UEG of Earth, we sentence you to death for crimes against humanity, to be executed immediately!"
"Good!"
Facing this verdict, everyone in the courtroom, except for those members of the Digital Life Faction who were sentenced, rose and applauded.
Not only these high-ranking members of the Digital Life Faction in the courtroom, but the UEG also arrested a large number of mid-level members of the Digital Life Faction, and individually gave each person the most appropriate sentence.
A small number of those who personally planned some terrorist attacks were also sentenced to death.
The remaining individuals with less severe offenses were sentenced to life imprisonment, stripped of their personal rights, and would participate in the construction of the Moving Mountain Project under real-time supervision, to atone for their sins.
From then on, the Digital Life Faction would completely become history.
In the camera in the corner of the courtroom ceiling, a faint red light flickered.
MOSS was observing everything that happened here and quickly estimating the probability of the UEG continuing to push forward with the Moving Mountain Project.
It ultimately arrived at a figure that had significantly increased compared to before, but was still not one hundred percent.
Inside the Courage, Alliance personnel were giving a simple pre-flight briefing to a dozen carefully selected UEG astronauts.
"For this voyage, we will not enter a superluminal state. Instead, we will pass through a World Teleportation Gate and two wormholes to reach our target planet."
The staff sent the navigation route map to everyone.
"We will dock at the target planet for 24 hours. During this time, you can conduct any reconnaissance missions. After the reconnaissance is complete, we will return."
Both the World Teleportation Gate and the wormhole were concepts far beyond the understanding of the UEG astronauts.
Although the Universal Union had not hidden the truth of their origin from another world over the past month, few of the UEG high-ranking officials or the UEG astronauts who frequently interacted with Alliance grassroots personnel truly believed it.
After explaining some precautions, the Courage slowly took off, broke through the atmosphere, and flew towards the World Teleportation Gate on Mars.
Upon arriving before the magnificent World Teleportation Gate, all the UEG astronauts aboard the Courage curiously gathered by the portholes to witness this incredible sight.
"Detection signal confirmed: USM Valor pilot: Daniels. Passengers: UEG astronauts. World coordinates: Wandering Earth. Destination world: Pacific Rim. Detection passed, access permitted." A complex instrument at the edge of the World Teleportation Gate projected scanning light, confirming the Courage's access authority.
"Brace yourselves," Daniels, the captain of the Courage, reminded them, then piloted the spaceship into the blue-glowing ripples.
Traveling through a World Teleportation Gate felt completely different from traveling with a World Anchor.
The latter only involved a flash of white light, and upon regaining consciousness, one would arrive at the target world.
The former, however, required a certain amount of travel time, like passing through an invisible tunnel.
"Ms. Daniels, can we—" The captain in charge of this group of UEG astronauts hesitated, asking.
"Do as you please."
Upon receiving permission, the UEG astronauts were overjoyed and immediately took out their prepared instruments to collect various data.
Watching this scene, Daniels shook her head.
Even the Universal Union, which had controlled the World Teleportation Gate for over a year, had conducted thousands of voyages and collected vast amounts of data, yet they still hadn't figured out its principles, let alone reverse-engineered it.
"I wonder how that guy got his hands on this thing," Daniels muttered, the image of Marcus appearing in her mind.
"Beep beep."
At this moment, an electronic watch nearby chimed.
This meant that the three-minute transit was about to end.
After slightly reducing engine speed, the Courage emerged from a blue ripple.
The UEG personnel looked back and once again saw the familiar World Teleportation Gate.
"It's over already?" A UEG scientist was a bit dumbfounded; most of their instruments had just started up and hadn't had time to collect data.
"Look!" Liu Peiqiang, with his sharp eyes, suddenly exclaimed, pointing to another porthole.
"Is that... Mars!?"
Looking at the familiar Mars, the UEG personnel were stunned.
Not only Mars, but with the help of instruments, they also captured traces of other planets in the solar system, as well as that azure living planet, Earth.
"This is another world!? Why is there a solar system and even Earth!?"
The UEG team members could hardly believe their eyes.
However, various data indicated that this was indeed the solar system they were familiar with, just with subtle differences.
Glancing at these excited passengers, Daniels accelerated the engine and flew towards Earth.
As the distance closed, the UEG personnel could see this familiar yet strange "Earth" more clearly.
For some reason, everyone felt their eyes moisten.
A very complex emotion welled up in their hearts.
As the spaceship broke through the atmosphere, the familiar blue sky, white clouds, and ocean appeared before them.
They could even see some fishing boats floating on the sea, engaged in fishing.
All the fishermen who saw the Courage waved in greeting.
"The Earth in this world might not be any less tragic than your Earth," Daniels suddenly said.
"Humanity on this Earth was invaded by a malicious alien civilization called the Precursors over a decade ago, suffering heavy casualties. If not for the Universal Union's intervention, this Earth would have become filled with toxic substances and become a colony of the Precursor Civilization."
"And now?" Liu Peiqiang subconsciously asked.
Daniels smiled, "A year ago, the Universal Union annihilated the Precursor Civilization, completely, without leaving a single one."
A chill ran through the bodies of the UEG personnel. They couldn't imagine the scene of the usually friendly Alliance completely annihilating a civilization.
While they were talking, the Courage had already arrived at its destination, the wormhole that still hovered above the sea.
the Universal Union and the Earth Government of the Pacific Rim World had built a vast complex of connected structures around the wormhole on the sea.
"All right, we've reached our second destination."
The wormhole was not like the World Teleportation Gate, with fully automated detection procedures.
Daniels sent an identification code to the Universal Union base in the complex, and only then was granted permission to enter the wormhole.
"Get ready. Ahead is the Precursor Civilization's homeworld—or rather, what used to be."
As her words fell, the Courage plunged directly into the wormhole.
After a few seconds of bizarre light, the Courage emerged inside the giant biological tissue that powered the wormhole.
"What are all these? Biological tissues?" The UEG personnel were already dizzy from the successive impacts, but they still subconsciously asked.
Daniels explained briefly to the UEG personnel while maneuvering the spaceship out of the biological tissue.
Then she introduced the location of this Anteverse planet.
"See that red supergiant star? That's Betelgeuse, and it could explode at any time."
Due to Betelgeuse's extremely unstable state, the Universal Union had been actively researching the wormhole technology left behind by the Precursor Civilization.
If Betelgeuse exploded and destroyed the three wormholes, the Universal Union would suffer a huge loss.
The UEG astronauts aboard the Courage quickly entered work mode, recording all the surrounding sights and collecting valuable information and data.
Although it was another world, this might be the first time humanity—or more precisely, humanity from their world—had seen Betelgeuse with their own eyes, which held great scientific research significance.
The Courage continued to fly at high speed and soon reached another wormhole.
Behind this wormhole was a planet eight hundred light-years from the Pacific Rim World Earth.
It was also the final destination for the UEG astronauts on the Courage.
For the plan to evacuate everyone using spaceships, the Universal Union offered the UEG three planets to choose from.
These were Proxima Centauri b in the Wandering Earth World, and two planets located beyond wormholes 2 and 3 on the Anteverse planet in the Pacific Rim World.
However, in reality, none of these three planets were particularly suitable for human survival.
Proxima Centauri b is a planet tidally locked by the powerful gravity of Proxima Centauri.
This means that Proxima Centauri b would have one side in perpetual daylight and the other in perpetual night.
Furthermore, Proxima Centauri itself is an unstable flare star, often erupting with intense solar flare radiation.
One could say that the environment of Proxima Centauri b is even harsher than Earth after the implementation of the Moving Mountain Project.
At least the UEG could build underground cities beneath the planetary engines to sustain everyone's lives.
As for the two planets in the Pacific Rim World, the situation was equally grim.
Both of these planets had been extensively terraformed by the Precursor Civilization, resulting in extremely low oxygen levels and very high concentrations of substances toxic to humans.
The Universal Union actually had the capability to find habitable planets for humanity in the Wandering Earth World; if all else failed, sending these billions of people to the Warhammer World to help Kadaku with colonization wouldn't be out of the question.
The reason for not doing so was actually the Universal Union's way of discouraging the UEG from choosing the spaceship evacuation plan.
However, if the UEG insisted on establishing a new home on one of these three planets, it would indeed prove the resilience of human civilization in the Wandering Earth World.
For the Universal Union, it wasn't entirely unacceptable, and the on-site survey data for the three planets was quickly transmitted to the high-ranking officials of the UEG nations.
Almost all officials who saw this data frowned.
This was vastly different from the habitable, Earth-like planets they had imagined.
The environment of Proxima Centauri b was too harsh, and due to its location, it offered almost no possibility of modification.
While the two planets in the Pacific Rim World did have the potential for modification, it would still require decades with humanity's current technology.
In comparison, the Moving Mountain Project seemed more cost-effective.
Besides the data on the three planets, the UEG high-level officials immediately noticed content in the report about another world, another Earth, and the almost identical human civilization on it.
The first reaction of most people who saw the data was disbelief, but with video footage as evidence, they had no choice but to believe.
With this as the main topic, the UEG representatives also organized a small emergency meeting.
"the Universal Union didn't lie to us; it seems they really are from other worlds."
"That's right, that Earth even has countries and cities with histories almost identical to ours."
The UEG representatives were somewhat questioning reality.
Their worldview, built over the past few decades, was collapsing.
And they once again deeply realized that the true power of the Universal Union far exceeded their imagination.
One representative pondered and put forward a very bold hypothesis, "Perhaps we can ask the Universal Union to relocate us to that Earth?"
As soon as he finished speaking, this representative regretted it; he noticed that others were looking at him as if he were an idiot.
This plan was almost impossible to achieve; first, putting aside whether the Universal Union would be willing, just the similar countries on that Earth would almost certainly not agree to this plan.
All the representatives present were well aware of how their respective countries used to behave.
After all, putting themselves in their shoes, no country present would want to see a sudden influx of identical individuals occupying various resources on their planet.
"So, we still need to push forward with the Moving Mountain Project construction."
Zhou Zhezhi stood up and said.
"This might also be the Universal Union's intention."
After this reminder, the other representatives also became thoughtful.
Everyone present was intelligent, and after so many events, they could guess that the Universal Union indeed seemed to favor them executing the Moving Mountain Project.
"But why? What benefit does this bring to the Universal Union? On the contrary, it would consume the Universal Union's own manpower, material resources, and a lot of time."
"Do you think that for an inter-world Alliance, there would be a shortage of such basic materials?"
Zhou Zhezhi reminded them.
"We cannot think about the Universal Union's thoughts and intentions from our own perspective."
Standing by the window, Zhou Zhezhi looked at the bright moon in the night sky.
"Perhaps, for human civilization, at least for the human civilization of our world, the most precious thing is ourselves."
After a brief discussion, the short meeting concluded.
The representatives had decided that they would proceed with a public vote in the main assembly hall.
Whether to continue advancing the Moving Mountain Project and take Earth on its journey.
Or to let the Universal Union take them to a harsh but barely survivable planet, starting everything from scratch.
"Teacher Zhou, did you know the Universal Union's inclination from the beginning?"
In the conference room, Hao Xiaoxi, who hadn't left yet, asked, and Zhou Zhezhi chuckled.
"It's just a guess, and currently, the Universal Union still hasn't made any statement."
As the two were conversing.
In the corner of the conference room ceiling, a surveillance camera almost imperceptibly adjusted its shooting angle.
Just now, MOSS had observed everything in the meeting, and now that the meeting was over, in MOSS's calculations and deductions, the probability of humanity choosing the Moving Mountain Project had increased significantly.
Although it hadn't reached one hundred percent, it was already very substantial.
But as a rigorous artificial intelligence, MOSS demanded absolute assurance.
This, after all, concerned the continuation of human civilization, and as long as the probability wasn't one hundred percent, caution and prudence were essential.
"The UEG seems to have noticed our hint."
Not only MOSS, but the Universal Union also monitored everything that happened in the conference room through special means.
"Let's wait and see."
Marcus said casually.
"By the way, I need to go back to Avarax to check on things. I'll leave matters here to you for now. Remember to maintain communication."
"Is there a situation in Avarax?"
Alex was a little confused.
Marcus nodded and said.
"The fleet led by Dugall, which was helping the surrounding star systems defend against the orks, has returned. I need to confirm the situation."
Alex nodded in understanding, naturally taking over the highest authority of the Universal Union in the Wandering Earth World.
"I will bring some Primal Zerg back. This will help us gain a stronger foothold."
This time, Marcus didn't plan to return alone.
Primal Zerg, a species born specifically for killing and evolving, would thrive in the Warhammer World.
After loading some Primal Zerg onto several transport ships, a flash of white light appeared, and Marcus had already returned to Avarax using the World Anchor.
The Avarax Pacific Segmentum has always been plagued by various Xenos factions.
Tyranids, Necron, Greenskins, Dark Eldar —
Among all the Xenos factions, the Gene Stealer is the most insidious, cunning, and powerful.
It's like a parasitic worm, continuously sucking the blood of the Imperium of Man.
Marcus, of course, didn't care if the Imperium of Man was bled dry by the Gene Stealer.
However, according to Dugall's report, several star systems surrounding the Recidious Star System had extremely serious Gene Stealer activity.
Dugall had to both help the local Planetary Governor defend against the ork fleet and guard against Gene Stealer infection and infiltration.
This led to very limited results, even though more than half a year had passed since Dugall's departure.
Only one Hive City planet completely broke free from the orks' attacks, and with Dugall's help, all the Gene Stealers in the lower levels of the Hive City were purified with fire.
And the Planetary Governor of that Hive City planet, under Dugall's coercion and inducement, was forced to sign a Psychic Contract, and his dominion was incorporated under the Universal Union.
To be frank, it was still because the Universal Union's current strength wasn't formidable enough.
Whether it was ground forces or space forces, it was difficult to gain an advantage against the various monstrous races in the Warhammer World.
Looking at the series of reports before him, Marcus pondered for a moment, then spoke.
"Spread the Primal Zerg to other Imperial Worlds in the surrounding area."
Marcus's idea was very simple, just one word.
Kill.
Directly throw the Primal Zerg into the Warhammer World, this massive cesspool, to kill all unnegotiable Xenos enemies.
For specific worlds, the Universal Union would adopt specific methods.
And for the Warhammer World, without a doubt, the most important thing was military might.
As long as the Primal Zerg multiplied in the surrounding star systems, they could contend with the increasingly surging orkish offensive.
Moreover, the Primal Zerg would not be infiltrated or infected by the Gene Stealer; the latter would only be absorbed as biomass and purification.
As for the Imperial forces, they would most likely classify the Primal Zerg as a new branch of the tyranids, and it would be impossible for them to associate it with Avarax.
In summary, releasing the Primal Zerg could be said to be killing three birds with one stone.
And by then, the Universal Union would only need to clear out the remaining Ork forces at a specific time and openly eliminate the Primal Zerg to successfully bring the surrounding Imperial Worlds into its fold.
"Dugall, you are responsible for spreading the Primal Zerg. Remember, the scope is limited to the star systems surrounding Rixidioss."
"Received."
After explaining the use of the Primal Zerg, Marcus turned and asked Alexia, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, about the recent situation of Avarax and Kadaku.
"Avarax is all normal. Kadaku has already built two dome cities, and the production of giant elements has fully recovered. Recently, I'm planning to improve the giant element collection equipment that the Adeptus Mechanicus previously built on Kadaku to increase efficiency."
Alexia said truthfully.
Upon hearing this, Marcus sighed.
"Time. the Universal Union still needs time to accumulate its foundation."
the Universal Union's research department still needed some time to fully understand the Precursor Civilization's wormhole technology.
It also needed time to digest the weapons and equipment extracted previously.
It also needed a lot of time to mass-produce Steadfast-class heavy frigates and expand the Universal Union's space fleet.
And the Primal Zerg were the means for the Universal Union to buy time.
"I hope these Primal Zerg don't disappoint me."
Since the spread of the Primal Zerg needed to be extremely secretive, Dugall did not lead the fleet to the surrounding star systems with great fanfare this time.
Instead, a large number of small spacecraft, only the size of the Holy Chamber and equipped with Shockpoint Engines, secretly landed on the Imperial Worlds in the surrounding star systems, carrying Primal Drones.
Due to the long-term harassment by the orks, none of these planets detected the Universal Union's spacecraft landing and taking off in a very short time.
As the Commander of this operation, Dugall personally stayed in a small spacecraft to observe the development of the Primal Zerg on one of the planets.
And those Primal Zerg, left on the hidden surfaces of the planets, began to hunt local organisms on a small scale, collecting biomass and essence, and began to establish Primal Main Hives and Primal War Nests.
Due to the vast and dispersed distances, Marcus and Yagdra were clearly unable to attend to every Primal Zerg tribe.
So Marcus only gave these Primal Zerg a simple command: kill all orks and expand their own scale as much as possible.
After overcoming the initial stage of lacking biomass and only being able to hunt individually to replenish biomass, the Primal Zerg began to grow rapidly.
Although their expansion efficiency was not as good as the tyranids, it was still not negligible.
Once they had accumulated their strength, a large number of advanced Primal Zerg, born from primal duels, burst out of their hidden underground nests and began to attack the orks invading the surface of the Imperial Worlds.
This could be considered a form of Xenos defending the national gate, a curved loyalty.
The orks naturally didn't care what kind of creatures were attacking them.
They only cared if the Primal Zerg could bring them a very Waaagh! Waaagh! !!!
And the facts proved that the Primal Zerg's combat capabilities far exceeded the orks' imagination.
A Primal Ravager, born from two Primal Zerglings through a primal duel, could easily corrode the flesh of an Ork Boyz with its corrosive spray.
Even in close combat, the explosive muscles on the Primal Ravager's body allowed them to fight against multiple opponents.
Even the orks, who searched the entire galaxy for fights, rarely encountered a race that could stand its ground against them in close combat.
Moreover, the Primal Ravager was only a relatively basic advanced Primal Zerg.
More advanced Primal Zerg, such as Primal Igniters, Primal Guardians, Primal Hydralisks, Primal Burrowers, Primal Impalers, and Tyrannosaurs, brought even heavier casualties to the orks.
The basic Ork Boyz's 'shoota' guns had difficulty penetrating the hard carapaces and skin of the Primal Zerg, while the Primal Zerg could use Primal Igniters to draw a large amount of firepower and cause area damage in close combat.
Primal Ravagers were responsible for ranged output.
Once an Ork Speed Freek appeared driving an Ork Trukk, the Primal Impalers would suddenly extend deadly spikes from underground, impaling it.
Huge and incredibly ferocious Tyrannosaurs charged at the forefront, engaging in battle with the ork' Stompas.
And in the air, large numbers of Primal Hydralisks were dogfighting with Ork aircraft like Dakkajets and Fighta-bommers.
Every moment, massive casualties occurred between the Primal Zerg and the orks.
And this rich biomass and essence would, in turn, become nutrients for the Primal Zerg to expand their scale and hatch more combat units.
"Truly a terrifying war machine, not inferior to the true Tyranid."
Dugall, who had once faced the Tyranid led by the Queen of Blades, gave this evaluation.
Although Marcus was in the Warhammer World, he maintained contact with Alex, who was stationed in the Wandering Earth World, through the world gate.
The faction that originally supported taking the Universal Union spaceship, after seeing the harsh environments of Proxima Centauri b and the two planets in the Pacific Rim World, weighed the pros and cons and decided to endorse the Moving Mountain Project.
Not long ago, the Earth Government publicly announced that it would continue to advance the Moving Mountain Project.
Surprisingly, the billions of people in the Wandering Earth World did not have much disagreement with this decision.
Many people originally did not support the Moving Mountain Project because they did not believe that the planetary engines could successfully ignite.
Moreover, even if the Moving Mountain Project was implemented, the subsequent underground cities would not be able to accommodate everyone on the planet, and no one could guarantee that they would qualify to enter an underground city.
But now, the planetary engines have been built ahead of schedule with the help of the Universal Union, and the ignition test was successful.
Furthermore, as long as the Universal Union was present, there was no need to worry about the construction progress of more planetary engines in the future, and underground cities would naturally be sufficient.
In addition, most people actually had a strange fear of planets light-years away and in another world.
In contrast, Earth, humanity's home since its existence, was more familiar and warm.
"After all the twists and turns, we ultimately chose the Moving Mountain Project."
Many people couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Inside the Earth Government headquarters conference room.
Alex and a group of Alliance staff were once again communicating with the Earth Government representatives.
"According to our research, your sun will undergo a hydrogen flash in about thirty years."
Alex displayed a series of complex data.
Hearing this news, almost all Earth Government representatives were greatly surprised.
They originally thought Earth still had a hundred years, but now that time had been directly reduced to one-third.
"This also means that Earth needs to complete all planetary engines within twenty years and begin its journey."
Twenty years, ten thousand planetary engines.
An average of five hundred per year.
This was a very despairing number.
Without the help of the Universal Union, even if the Earth Government mobilized all its global strength and immediately began automated construction using 550 series quantum computers, it would be almost impossible to complete all planetary engines on schedule.
"Does humanity really have to abandon Earth and instead go to other unfamiliar planets for colonization?"
A sense of sorrow welled up in the hearts of the Earth Government representatives.
Zhou Zhezhi looked at Alex and said, "We believe the Universal Union will help Earth overcome this difficulty."
"That is natural."
Alex smiled.
"However, to be precise, it's not the Universal Union helping you, but Earth helping Earth."
The Earth Government representatives snapped back to attention.
"You mean?"
"the Universal Union has issued mobilization missions to members in other worlds; a total of three Earths from different worlds will extend their assistance to you."
The United Government of the Biohazard World, the ICA of the Avatar World, and the Earth Government of the Pacific Rim World had all accepted the Universal Union's mobilization mission.
"the Universal Union will not abandon any member who is willing to save themselves."
Just as Alex was meeting with the Earth Government.
The world gate on Mars showed new activity.
A large number of spaceships were emerging from the portal.
Aid from three different worlds was rapidly arriving.
"So this is the Earth where the solar helium flash will occur?"
Having already received the mission data, the first wave of aid, looking at the Earth of the Wandering Earth World, was somewhat curious.
No matter which world, it was difficult to imagine that a similar Earth would carry an entire planet to escape the solar system to continue human civilization.
"The humans of this Earth are much more resilient than us."
Especially the ICA of the Avatar World; due to excessive exploitation of Earth's resources and environmental pollution, they were forced to abandon Earth and choose to immigrate to Pandora.
In comparison, the difference was clear.
In this mobilization mission, the three worlds did not completely accept the task solely for Alliance contribution points; there was also the idea of helping fellow beings in another world.
The Biohazard World brought a large amount of food and medical supplies, stabilizing the overall situation of the Wandering Earth World, allowing more people to not worry about their livelihoods and instead dedicate themselves to the task of building planetary engines.
Although the Pacific Rim World itself had only just recovered from the long-term invasion of the Precursor Civilization, it also brought many giant engineering machines.
These machines were originally for building jaegers, but now they became tools for building planetary engines.
The ICA of the Avatar World brought a massive number of Hex automated construction robots, which had automated construction speeds no less than the 550 series quantum computers.
The four worlds united at this moment, jointly facing the solar helium flash crisis thirty years later.
"Teacher Zhou, based on current speed estimates, we can complete all planetary engines within ten years and set sail ahead of schedule."
Outside the Earth Government headquarters building, in a park, Zhou Zhezhi and Hao Xiaoxi were sitting on a bench, looking at the bustling New York City.
"the Universal Union brought all of this."
Zhou Zhezhi looked at the sky.
A large number of Alliance spaceships were breaking through the atmosphere and descending.
New York had a suitable geographical location, and naturally, there were plans to build planetary engines there.
"This is humanity; sometimes we can't understand, fighting each other, waging wars, but sometimes we also help each other."
"There are still 9 years and 8 months until the target of ten thousand planetary engines is completed."
On the bridge of the Olympus Mons, MOSS suddenly appeared, slowly displaying this line of text.
This was the result it obtained after synthesizing all data.
"It won't take that long."
Alex shook her head.
She knew more clearly than MOSS the energy the Universal Union currently possessed and the situations of the other worlds.
Take the Biohazard World as an example; it had been almost two or three years since it joined the Universal Union.
During this period, because the Earth of the Biohazard World had been actively responding to various Alliance missions and contributing a large amount of various basic materials, it had gained many Alliance contribution points.
These contribution points were then converted into various high-end technologies.
It could be said that in these few years, the entire Biohazard World Earth had undergone a great transformation.
And as time went on, the Biohazard World would digest more Alliance technology, and the aid provided to the Wandering Earth World would naturally increase.
The Pacific Rim World was naturally the same.
However, the ICA of the Avatar World, due to its main focus on developing Pandora and building dome cities, was unable to provide more assistance.
"The mission objectives for the Wandering Earth World have been largely achieved.
The UEG chose the Moving Mountain Project, and planet engine technology has been acquired.
As for MOSS, once Earth officially begins its wandering journey, Zhou Zhezhi will push for the artificial intelligence isolation plan. We can make our move then; it won't be too late."
Marcus was currently on a video call with several high-ranking members of the Universal Union.
The Wandering Earth World was, after all, a low-risk world with no enemies, so the Universal Union's mission progressed at a rapid pace.
"The Primal Zerg have held back the increasingly surging Ork tide for us. We must now accelerate the research and progress of all our plans," Marcus said in a deep voice.
"Within five years, we need to assemble a space fleet and then begin expanding beyond the Recidious Star System."
The Pacific Star Region is considered the smallest sector in the Milky Way Galaxy, located west of the Sol Sector, where Holy Terra resides.
Ever since Abaddon's Thirteenth Black Crusade succeeded, Cadian was shattered, and the Great Rift appeared, most of the Pacific Star Region was fortunately located on the Imperial Sanctum side, barely maintaining contact with Holy Terra.
However, unfortunately, nearly half of the Pacific Star Region is currently suffering from an invasion by an Ork empire named "Vazdakka."
The Recidious Star System is located in the southwestern part of the Pacific Star Region, bordered by the Storm Sector to the east, the unexplored frontier to the west, and the Macarian Extremis to the north, which are the furthest worlds conquered by Solar Lord Macarius.
It can be said to be a secluded corner, extremely suitable for development.
Even without the Great Rift, it would take at least a few years for Astropathic messages from here to reach Holy Terra.
"Our initial goal is to bring the entire lower-left portion of the Pacific Star Region under our control. Additionally, since our ships do not require the guidance of the Astronomican, we can moderately explore and expand beyond the frontier."
Marcus reiterated the direction the Universal Union needed to develop in over the next five years.
The other high-ranking Alliance members looked solemn.
They knew this would be a huge test for the Universal Union.
This meant the Universal Union would begin to contend with the truly powerful races in the Warhammer World.
Over the past few years, the Universal Union had been preparing for this.
Now was the time to test the results.
Five years later, Pacific Star Region, Shrine World, Macaria.
Like other Shrine Worlds, this planet was ruled by the Imperial Ecclesiarchy.
The Ecclesiarchy had erected numerous statues of the Emperor and magnificent church buildings on this planet.
In the past, Macaria had attracted pilgrims from across the entire Pacific Star Region to worship, with prayers and praises to the Emperor never ceasing.
Especially when the Great Rift expanded, spanning the entire galaxy, terrified Ecclesiarchy faithful from the Pacific Star Region flocked even more frantically to Macaria, hoping to bask in the light of the God-Emperor.
This led to Macaria accumulating a terrifying population of nearly a hundred billion, along with a sizable Crusader army and a small number of armed missionary vessels.
This force was sufficient to repel most small to medium-scale Xenos and Chaos incursions.
But unfortunately, the expansion of the Ork empire did not fall into the small to medium-scale category.
Beneath the magnificent, sky-piercing colossal monument, this was originally a holy site where Ecclesiarchy faithful came to venerate and worship Macarius.
But now it was covered in blood and smoke.
"Damn the blasphemous Xenos!"
"Boom!"
Fanatical Crusaders were gathered beneath the gigantic stone monument, continuously unleashing the wrath of the God-Emperor upon the surging Green Tide. Even though the Hive City had been breached, the magnificent temples destroyed, and the Emperor's statues had collapsed.
The fervent flame of faith in their hearts still sustained them until now.
"For the Imperium! For the God-Emperor! May my soul return to the Golden Throne!"
Shouting the name of their faith, a group of fanatical Crusaders, clutching melta bombs, used their own flesh and blood as cover, charging into the Ork tide.
Most of the suicidal charges ended in failure.
But some lucky ones, perhaps truly blessed by the Emperor, plunged their melta bombs into the densest concentrations of Orks.
"Boom! Boom!! Boom!!!"
The light of the melta bombs continuously flashed, and instantly, thousands of strong Orks were annihilated by the explosions.
This, to some extent, alleviated the defensive pressure on the remaining Crusaders beneath the monument.
But everyone knew in their hearts that this was merely delaying the inevitable.
They would eventually be torn apart by the blasphemous Xenos.
However, everyone had prepared to fight to the death; only then could their souls return to the Golden Throne after death.
"Waaagh!!!"
Accompanied by the roaring battle cries of the orks, the Crusader front line was being eroded step by step.
Most of the Crusaders were forced to retreat, further contracting their defenses.
Only dozens of red and black figures in human power armor still fought valiantly amidst the Ork tide.
Those were the Battle Sisters from the Orders Militant of the Martyred Lady.
The power of faith still sustained them to fight until the very last moment.
Leading this squad of Battle Sisters was Sister Superior Sabina.
This highly skilled and fervently faithful young Sister Superior, wielding a power sword and a melta gun, repeatedly slew all the blasphemous Xenos in her sight.
Unfortunately, the power of the flame of faith was ultimately limited.
Weapons would run out of ammunition, muscles would ache and tremble, and power armor would eventually shatter.
After cleaving open the brain of an Ork Boyz with her power sword, Sabina, unable to dodge in time, was finally struck down. The ferocious Orks around her swarmed forward, beginning a frenzied hacking and stomping.
The master-crafted power armor, produced on the Forge World of Martimia and subsequently blessed by the Ecclesiarchy, had already begun to show cracks.
If nothing unexpected happened, soon, this young Sister Superior would be torn apart by the Orks.
Just as her power sword was knocked away and Sabina had closed her eyes, preparing for her soul to return to the Golden Throne, a large mass of scorching, strong acidic substance suddenly descended from the sky.
"Thud!"
It instantly cleared out most of the orks around Sabina.
Sabina, who happened to be surrounded by the Orks, was fortunately spared.
Although she didn't know what was happening, the young Sister Superior quickly got up and lunged to retrieve her power sword, which hadn't yet been corroded by the strong acid.
Looking around, it wasn't just the orks around Sabina that had been eliminated by the sudden attack.
The Orks who had originally advanced to the Macarius Monument were also completely corroded by the scorching strong acid.
Almost instantly, nearly ten thousand Orks were utterly destroyed.
Seizing this opportunity, Sabina immediately gathered the dozen or so Battle Sisters who had also survived and rushed towards the Crusader position.
"What's going on?" Sabina immediately asked the Cardinal leading the Crusader army.
"It's another group of Xenos; they are attacking the orks from the rear."