When Gao Gong heard the news, his first reaction was—
Which queen?
After all, there were two queens here right now.
Gao Yuanyuan's eyes seemed to reflect the void of the universe. Scene after scene of the entire galaxy flashed through them.
Soon, she "saw" the scene of the war.
The fleet formation spread out. The main cannons of the planet-sized warships charged, blue-white plasma torrents pierced the void, and searing rifts were plowed through the swarm. Groups of destroyers flanked them, their vacuum missile bays launching every round. Thousands of spatial warheads tore through the vacuum like a torrential rain, exploding in a continuous blaze across the surface of the Zerg hive.
The swarm surged. The black tide formed by the insect tide crashed toward the defensive line. Their shells carbonized and burst beneath the laser cannons' sweeping fire, while acidic blood froze into ice crystals in the vacuum. Yet even more Zerg continued to charge. Their claws ripped through armor, their acid corroded hulls, and a frigate's engine compartment was breached, turning into metal wreckage in a silent explosion.
Orbital bombardment began. The crimson beams of the planet-destroying cannons descended from the heavens, piercing the hive core like divine punishment. Lava-like energy rampaged through the biomass, vaporizing flesh into ash.
Yet in the next moment, the surface split open, and humus accumulated over billions of years spewed out like pus and blood.
Its branches tore free from the mantle, carrying foul miasma with them. Like a rotting dragon, it burst through the atmosphere. Its bark had long since decayed, revealing black fungal threads writhing inside. They pulsed like blood vessels, secreting corrosive slime. The fleet's shields dissolved the instant they came into contact with it, while metal armor hissed in the miasma and belched poisonous smoke.
A rotten