Garrod Shadowsong is sitting on the "command chair".
He asked himself to relax, but in fact he couldn't relax at all. A strange octopus was moving on his head, as if it was going to eat his brain. Most people couldn't really relax in this situation.
That "Brain Bug" is attaching its eight tentacles of different lengths to both sides of Jarod's head in a bloated and slow manner.
He felt the greasy mucus. Well, it was so disgusting, but the tentacles had unique suckers. After the air was expelled from the pores, they clung to the skin, and even felt like it was squeezing the flesh.
Under Anveena's gaze, Brain Bug's tentacles began to Gleam light spots, and through the action of some Void Power, Jarod's will was connected to Sea of Darkness's insect nest.
Brain Bug's bloated abdomen also has a wonderful light-emitting organ that lights up, and Gleam lights up with different frequencies according to Jarod's thinking activities.
General Shandris Feathermoon was standing next to Anveena. She watched her husband gradually fall into a deep sleep and couldn't help but ask in a low voice:
"Are you sure this thing is harmless?"
"This is a creation of the void, how can it be harmless?"
Anveena asked rhetorically:
"You are also a high-level member of Elune Sisterhood, so why would you ask such a stupid question? Although Gene Master have made many corrections to Brain Bug's spiritual connection, this is after all a direct contact with Swarm Mind. How can a mortal be unaffected?"
"Then you let him go first?"
General Feathermoon was a little crazy, she clenched her fists and said:
"This is the only husband I have!"
"Well, the side effects are not as big as yours. The most extreme consequence is being ripped off by Swarm Mind after suffering mental trauma."
Sunwell female ghost shook her head and said:
"But Brain Bug has set up "consciousness overload". When the commander's mental pressure becomes unbearable, Brain Bug will explode first. This is a safety measure. Vigilant also mobilizes Lightforged Priest to guard outside.
Don't worry, they will intervene immediately if there is a problem. As long as you are not so unlucky that you die on the spot, you can basically save your life.
And since you asked, I won't hide it from you either.
Such an action will only happen once!
Because the current Shadow Chasing Swarm has just awakened Swarm Mind, and not enough Command Node have been born through natural selection, we have to take this strategy and use mortal commanders instead of insect swarm nodes to effectively command the huge military force.
As long as he survives this battle, Shadow Chasing Swarm will truly embark on the cycle of supreme evolution.
By then, if you want to have the experience of commanding swarms of insects to attack cities and territories, the only way left is to join Shadow Chasing Cult, so think on the bright side, this is a "out-of-print event" that will no longer be reproduced!
Isn't it a wonderful thing to be a part of it?"
General Feathermoon's face still looks ugly.
But when she looked at her husband, her expression quickly calmed down, and Jarod told her the contents of the Moon Goddess oracle.
Such an oracle with a clear goal means that the war that is going on in a foreign land at this time is related to the interests of Ms. Elune. Although Moon Goddess has not informed all the elves of this secret, since she already knows it, she will definitely not let it go.
The most important thing is that even if it is just a substitute battle with consciousness withdrawn, she will never allow her husband to fight alone on an unfamiliar battlefield.
"Where is my chair?"
General Feathermoon asked, Anveena pointed in front of him and said:
"I know you have a good relationship as a couple, so I specially arranged for you two to be together so that you can play a "couple queue". After a while, don't be busy mobilizing the insect swarms under your command. Let Jarod teach you the basic operations.
Although it is a pure war that discards all unnecessary goals, it must at least achieve a sufficient exchange ratio!
You are all the most powerful commanders in Material World, don't lose your position."
"I feel like you're trying to make a fool of yourself, and you're doing it in a very low-level way."
Shandis glared at Anveena, and then sat on the chair next to Jarod as her opponent waved and smiled while trying to "get by with being cute".
Her Brain Bug also moved and attached its tentacles to both sides of the general's forehead.
The slight electric feeling made Shandis' muscles tense, but at a certain moment she quietly fell asleep, feeling as if her consciousness had sunk into the darkness, and opened her eyes after falling into the cold water.
What came into view was a ferocious and sickly sky, with huge shadows cast from the dark sky.
In the wind of war filled with intense entropic energy, huge black "slings" fell from the clouds one after another, like dirty water pipes, causing liquid like black blood to pour onto the battlefield.
When those turbid liquids fall into the carpet of bacteria spread out by Shadow Chasing Swarm below and cover the surface of the continent, they will turn into flesh and blood distortions like ferocious meat balls, and begin to crazily destroy everything around them.
But often before their destruction begins, they will be surrounded and annihilated by the fast-reacting Shadowstalker Bugs. Then Worker Bee will fly over and drag the biomass back to the insect nest in groups to hatch more fighting insects.
Anveena said that the war has not officially started yet, but from what Shandis saw in these few seconds, it was clear that the large area in front of her had entered the heat of fighting between the two sides.
The overwhelming flying dragons surrounded the Devourer and rushed to different destinations.
On the ground, there are Warrior Bug leading the army of springtails and Hydralisk back and forth. In every large and small insect nest, there are numerous Prophet Bug and prophets forming a position of psychic power.
The insect nests that hatched the Thunder Beasts served as the spearhead of the war, while the existing Hive Tyrant were cleaning up the flesh and blood monsters that rushed into the territory from the black water in all directions of Chaos Coast.
This time it's not just Faceless Ones, K'xir and Qiraji.
In addition to these flesh-and-blood Void Creature, there are also Dark Essence like Shadow Walker, and those energy-body Void Creature like Specter turn into black storms in the air and impact the sky filled with flying dragons.
There are also large swaths of "nightmare dragons" that emit screams that are so shrill that it makes people's heads rise.
Those strange dragons called "Shadewock" in Material World were flying densely on the battlefield at this time, like a layer of fluttering black clouds. They were guarding the huge Void Sea Serpent, which was approaching Chaos Coast.
That must be the God Chosen servant of a certain Void Gods. Although only part of the sea snake is exposed to the water, it can be estimated that its body length can easily surround the entire Lordaeron.
It's just like the world-destroying giant snake in myths and legends.
Moreover, all of the above Void Creature have obvious "enhancing effects" on them. Perhaps they are not just the war blessings from one Void Gods. They are clearly aimed at exterminating Shadow Chasing Swarm.
General Shandis felt that his eyes were not enough.
The place where she "landed" happened to be on the coast where the giant snake was approaching, but just the part of the battlefield that she could sense was full of details that were difficult to fully capture.
She felt as if her brain was being "expanded."
It seems that in the connection of Brain Bug, my own thinking is integrating into a larger, invisible, cold, and tough "Mental Network".
He has become a node of Mental Network, but he can mobilize the mental "resources" of the entire network to help him deal with the too cumbersome information on the battlefield at this time.
Shandris even felt like she was "immersed" in it.
She didn't need anyone to teach her. The moment she connected with Swarm Mind, all the information about the various arms of the insect swarm was poured into General Feathermoon's mind.
Such a huge amount of information is enough to burst the brain of a normal person, but with the help of Swarm Mind Mental Network, General Feathermoon quickly digested the information and issued orders to the bugs waiting for orders in his lair like a master.
"Warrior Bug and Hydralisk set up an ambush three kilometers ahead, waiting for the monster dragon on the left to descend and then annihilate it!"
"The air defense is adjusted back ten kilometers to put those Man-eating Shadow Bee in. The Hive Prophet formation locks on the edge of the air. When the number of Man-eating Shadow Bee is saturated, release Mind Storm on it."
"All Prophet Bug don't have to join the battle, prepare for "mental possession"! When the "Moon-Eater" sea snake is weakened by the swarm of insects, turn it into our "combat weapon"!
Complete this tactical objective regardless of casualties.
All worker insects collect biomass with the highest efficiency for the "Elite Incubation" decision. In the second round of incubation in our insect nest, low-level troops will no longer be produced."
One command after another was issued, and the bug formations in the insect nest took action under her command, just like a War Machine was activated.
Shandris was immersed in the "perfect state" where every detail was under her control. She was even constantly adjusting the perspective of the insect swarm to allow herself to better grasp the battle situation in this part of the area where she was located.
"Shandeis? Shandis!"
Jarod's calling gradually turned into scolding.
While General Feathermoon was immersed in the battle and turned a deaf ear, Jarod, the commander of the swarm, had to temporarily cut off contact with Swarm Mind to let his "warmonger" wife wake up.
"Don't get too immersed in Swarm Mind, Shandris."
Shadow Song reminded seriously:
"You can control it, you can use it, but don't transform into it! The assimilation ability of Swarm Mind is so strong that it will subtly modify your mental cognition, allowing you to adapt more perfectly to the war system of the insect swarm.
But only when you become a member of the swarm can you and it achieve true "perfection".
However, I don't want to go back to Ashenvale with a "worm queen" wife.
Two hours!
After two hours of command you must return to reality and rest."
"Two hours is not enough for me to defeat that "Moon-Eater" giant snake!"
Shandris Feathermoon retorted:
"Even if I have to rest, I must at least get enough victory to let me go back, Jarod! We are fighting now, so don't interfere with my command!"
"But that giant snake is not your target. It is not even a side goal. Look up!"
Jarod scolded and asked General Feathermoon to "raise her head". From Jarod's perspective, she could more clearly see the full picture of the "shadow" that existed high in the sky on this coastal continent.
Where is the dark cloud?
This is clearly an entire continental plate that has been completely transformed into flesh and blood!
The "slings" she had seen before that spewed dirty black blood were like the "blood vessels" of this huge ghost thing, and at the edge of this Flesh Continent, new Void Creature would be born every second.
Once a swarm of Shadowstalker Bugs insects approaches it, the flesh and blood protected by the chitinous carapace will burst into a giant eye, and Twilight can be used to sweep away the invading insects.
It may not be able to attack on its own, but this thing is a huge "demon womb".
It is a walking military camp. Unless this completely flesh-and-blood continent is shattered, the servant war in "Void God War" will never end.
"What is this? What a filthy and twisted creation!"
Shandis scolded with disgust:
"As expected of Sea of Darkness, Void Domain's ugly heart."
"This is the last remnant of a broken world completely infected by the void."
Jarod said in a serious tone:
"After the destruction of its own world, it was dragged into Sea of Darkness by a Void Gods and became "Holy Land". If Azeroth is captured by the void, Shandris, our Kalimdor will eventually become such a monster.
Vigilant invites us to participate in this war not just to use our Art of War, he wants us to see with our own eyes the despair of the world after being captured by the void.
Commanders, our goal in this battle is to destroy the echoes of despair in this dead world before your eyes.
It is just one of the countless tragedies sleeping in Sea of Darkness, but we still want to give the dead world its final dignity and rest.
We are here to fight to the end!
Until those evil gods of the void are defeated by our Vigilant."
"Yes!"
One firm voice after another sounded in other nodes of Swarm Mind.
Shandris recognized among them Lothar, Kael'thas, the rude dwarf Stormpike, and even Archmage Antonidas.
I really don't know where this human Grand Magus got his commanding ability. Maybe it's because there aren't enough people available, so Vigilant had to hire some temporary reinforcements, right?
"We must keep attacking, everyone! Seven Void Gods ordered their servants to surround Chaos Coast. They will use the method of killing Shadow Chasing Swarm to force Vigilant into Sea of Darkness to accept their "Judgment"."
Anveena's voice then sounded in Swarm Mind's Mental Network, and she reminded:
"Vigilant will come! But not at this time, instructor Diakum has his own plan, and we also have our responsibilities. Now everyone goes back to their respective Command Node battles!
If you have to give up, give up and don't resist.
Shadow Chasing Swarm has enough war nodes for you to command on this coastal continent. However, once you are targeted by Void Gods's spell, you will still be left with hidden diseases even if you return to Material World."
The "temporary work group" that Jarod pulled in the node of Swarm Mind was disbanded, and then General Feathermoon returned to his own nest.
This delay would have caused her swarm to fight the "Moon-Eater" sea snake in front of her.
The insect swarm carried out the tactics strictly according to her orders, but due to the lack of command along the way, after most of the servants of the sea serpent were consumed, the following insects could not fully keep up.
Moon-Eater Seize the opportunity and rush all the way to the insect nest, but it can no longer resist it.
That's a high-ranking demigod!
Material World already has incredible combat capabilities, but at this time Void God War can only fight as a marginal front commander.
In Swarm Mind's Mental Network sharing, Shandis knew that her husband Jarod, through the cooperation of the king beast and Hive Tyrant, had successively killed several Void Demigod who tried to sneak attack Overlord Hive.
"We can't fight back. The fighter plane has been lost."
A few minutes later, Shandris smashed out all the prophet-casting bugs she had on hand, but was unable to trap the crazy poisonous sea snake.
After assessing the battlefield, she decisively abandoned the insect nest.
After activating "Ferocious Pheromone" and starting "Devourer Resolution", Shandis decisively pulled away from consciousness and allowed herself to be "redeployed" in Swarm Mind's Mental Network to another insect nest near the coast.
She could even clearly feel that all the bugs in the insect nest just now entered a state of mindless rage because of her order, and began to rush towards the enemy and cause damage at all costs.
Shandris began to like this "army" who absolutely obeyed orders.
After taking stock of the strength and configuration of the insect hive in her hand, she thought for a moment, and then continued with her previous battle plan.
That Moon-Eater sea snake, I will definitely eat it!
Hey, void bastard, your sister Feathermoon is back on the battlefield!
"Shadow Chasing Swarm's loss speed is a bit too fast. With the current battle loss ratio between the two sides that is still increasing, there is a high probability that the insect swarm will not be able to last the battle time you set for them."
Above Sunwell Floating Isle, Aegwynn said to Diakum with a serious expression:
"If you confirm that you want to go there, then I will go to Watcher Isle immediately! Ms. Tyrande once said that she was grateful for your life-saving grace and would go through fire and water for you. Now it is time for Nightsworn to fulfill her promise."
"Airdrop Nightsworn to Sea of Darkness?"
Diakum stared at the still beating hands on the pocket watch in his hand, he curled his lips and said:
"You really dare to think, aren't you afraid that Nightsworn will lose control? I would rather face those seven Void Gods alone than see Tyrande lose control. That is Ms. Elune's God Chosen, and she is the only Night Warrior that has survived the One among the stars.
It's a miracle that she exists."
"She'll be willing."
Aegwynn said:
"We can't just watch you die. You have done so much for this world, and we owe you this."
"There's no need to repay it like this."
Dick shook his head, put the pocket watch in his arms, and said:
"Has World Mother's "incubation" of Black Corrosion World-Ender completed?"
"It's almost done, but."
Aegwynn blinked and said:
"Will it also be put on the battlefield of Sea of Darkness? I admit that its combat effectiveness is good, but in a continental war of that scale, the role of one Dragon King is very limited, right?
Seven servants of Void Gods gathered together, and you were almost using your own insect swarm to resist the wrath of Sea of Darkness. How long has Shadowstalker Bugs evolved? The various Slaanesh creatures in Sea of Darkness appeared during the Great Ordering of Light and Shadow period and have evolved to this day."
"But the insect swarm is a "war specialization", and the void life is not."
Diakum showed a subtle expression and said:
"If Black Corrosion World-Ender is just a slightly stronger version of Dragon King, why would I put so much effort into shaping it? It is a strategic weapon, the "power of the final battle" that I created for Azeroth Star Soul.
As for what it can do, you'll soon find out.
Please go to World Soul Sanctum in person and send it to Chaos Coast after Black Corrosion World-Ender completes its incubation. I want my insect swarm to launch a wonderful counterattack and pave the way for my debut with a war performance that will shock Sea of Darkness and Six Realms!
Also, you said one thing wrong."
Vigilant moved his fingers, he stroked the Ashbringer sword hilt in his hand, and said to Aegwynn who was staring at him:
"It's not Shadow Chasing Swarm who is fighting alone against Sea of Darkness's countless years of accumulation and evolution, it's this world!
It is they who are challenging Azeroth.
I have never felt that I am going to the battlefield alone. Aegwynn, my people, my world and the world I protect are walking with me.
Even for them, I can't stop here."