Chapter 1311: Heart of the Swarm (20)

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Keha four, the presidential palace.
"[Dear viewers, this is Tarsonis TV Station.]"
Following the words of Lieutenant Huberian, the large screen in the meeting room lights up and begins to broadcast the TV signal from the Tyrannian Federation.
As the planet where mankind first landed, there are a total of 12 giant cities, more than 300 industrial areas and more than 1,000 villages on Terra, with a population of nearly 2 billion, and its capital is Tarsonis.
Since Keha is quite close to the Tarsonis galaxy, there is almost no delay in the signal transmitted through the buoy network. On the screen, the beautiful hostess and a few gray-haired experts are sitting together. News reports plus news talk shows that comment on these events.
"[The'Unknown Beast Incident' that has attracted attention in Tarsonis City in recent weeks has been investigated, and it was confirmed that it was caused by the leak of diazine stored by a biochemical company. Next, please ask the front reporter to relay the live report for us, Nova?] "
"[Ok, host,]" Nova, with blond hair and blue eyes, dressed as a reporter and wearing a pair of glasses, appeared on the screen: "[As we all know, diazine is a precious resource, but it can also cause serious problems. If it is improperly stored and leaked, it may mutate the organisms that come into contact with it. You can see that this company located in the suburbs of the city----]
Renault shook his hand and almost threw the tea cup out.
"You know?" Arcturus looked at Renault with interest.
"I said before that we have sources of intelligence within the Federation," Renault slowly lowered the cup: "I just didn't expect her to be so high-profile."
"Reporter, a good choice." Arcturus nodded, without commenting more.
"[We can see that the Federal Rapid Response Force is already in place, and the sporadic gunshots are exactly what they are killing the mutant beasts that escaped from that company.]"
"[Sir, this is the picture of the'mutant beast' I found before.]"
As Nova continued to report on the scene, the adjutant spoke up and additionally "pasted" a somewhat fuzzy photo on the corner of the screen.
However, it doesn't matter if the picture is blurred a few times more. Renault, who had been fighting with bugs in Marsala for a whole day, recognized these "old friends" at a glance.
"Obviously, the idiots of the Tyronnian Federation took the worm eggs or something back during the'psionic jump'," Arcturus sneered: "And on the other side of the'passage', the food It must be quite sufficient."
"If there is only this kind of bug, there should be no ‘Queen’, and the situation is not serious." Renault looked at the screen and analyzed.
Da da da! Da da da!
As if to fight against Renault, a roar and fierce gunfire suddenly came from behind Nova on the screen.
"[Have you heard? There must be an emergency, let's go to a closer place to observe!]"
"[Wait? Nova?]"
Nova ignored the host's obstruction, took the cameraman, perhaps an automatic camera, and went straight to the direction of the gunfire.
"[This is the quality of a professional journalist.]" "[Yes, yes.]" The two guests praised.
These two guys must know that Nova is the Senator's daughter!

"What kind of rapid reaction force, they are Alpha Squadron, also called'Blood Hawks', they are the sharpest knife in the hands of the Federation."
"Ha, a biochemical company? What biochemical company can be established in the suburbs of Tarsonis? Look at the ugly sign, it is obviously the base of Beta Squadron, oh, they are also called'Cerberus' and are responsible for researching the spirit Can jump'."
A moment later, Kerrigan and Tosh also rushed to the meeting room, and almost immediately exposed the cover-up language in the news.
Even if Kerrigan is the one who sells his teammates so decisively? Renault glanced at them, did not say anything, and continued to follow the news.
"[We can see that a fierce encounter broke out here before, but the brave federal soldiers still won. They have already entered the biochemical enterprise. Oh, look at that, these monsters are really big~ 】"
Nova dutifully pretended to be a reporter. The soldier next to her as the background board probably knew something, and she didn't dare to be angry or say anything.
On the building of the "biochemical enterprise" in the distance, there are familiar pollution and rust marks.
"These are all old friends." Renault recognized the types of bugs one by one from the remains of the bugs, almost all of them had been seen on Mar Sara before.
"Tosh," Arcturus looked solemnly: "You said that when you arrived at Marsala's base through the'Psionic Leap', you were already surrounded by bugs, right?"
"Ah, yes, that's why I dormant in that egg for several months." Tosh scratched his head.
"So, who activated Marsala's receiver? Or, if the bug is just a brainless beast, why isn't the jump receiver destroyed?"
"..."
Tosh was dumbfounded, and Renault also felt a chill and climbed up his back.
It has now been proved that what he thought at the time was that the "exhaustion of worms" was just an illusion. The opponent was actually mutating. If it weren't for the sudden eruption of diazine, the "Renault's Ranger" rushed into the mine and encountered the surging out there, especially If they attacked the insects that evolved...
"No, wait," Tosh reacted: "You mean, the worm reached Tarsonis through a psionic jump?"
"Heh, isn't that normal?" Kerrigan interjected, still sneering: "With the character of those guys, it is absolutely impossible to destroy these'precious experimental samples'. A lot of experiments must have been carried out, and then he was These insects pretending to be pigs and tigers occupied the base in one fell swoop."
"Masala's diazine has not been purified. The biomass they can obtain there is only the vegetables of the livestock of the agricultural planet. Since they appear in the densely populated and abundant Tasonis..." Aktur Si raised his lips: "The Federation is over."
Boom!
In the next moment, the "biochemical enterprise" that only took up a corner of the lens exploded, as if the scene of Marsala repeats itself, but this time it was not diazine that rose up into the sky, but the fire, and countless insects in between.
"[Oh, my goodness, sorry, the host, this frontline report is over, please ask yourself.]" Nova brushed down the sunglasses on her forehead and disappeared into the air.
The background board soldier and his colleagues looked at the sky in a daze, while the "cameraman" was motionless because there was no command. It was obviously not a real person but just a drone.
Arcturus's expression remained unchanged when he saw this picture: "Next, we just have to press the soldiers and not—"
"[Acturus,]" The picture was instantly switched to the president’s office, and Angus Mengsk was looking at him with a serious face: "[Adjust the course of action of the'Keha’s children' and temporarily give up targeting The actions of the Tyrannian Federation have made every effort to combat this'insect plague' and rescue the people.]"
"..." Arcturus looked at Amir, who was embarrassedly sticking his tongue out to the camera beside his father, and sighed: "Yes, sir."