Seamlessly Switching to Nova Impact Mode

The Xel'Naga artifact released a spherical shockwave blazing with blue arcs. Its speed increased by the second; after passing through the temple walls, it swept across the entire planet, reaching Earth-Moon space and the asteroid belt beyond the system.

Firefly-like red lights peeled away from the nerve bundles of tens of millions of Protoss. The endless agony this brought made them howl and weep as though the artifact were not extracting Amon's consciousness, but bloody spines one after another.

Augustus felt firsthand the pain of Tassadar and his Templar Knights, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

The Protoss' soul-rending psychic cries nearly howled the Terran Emperor out of his body. By comparison, a whole dozen squawking rubber chickens would have sounded as quiet as pigs sleeping themselves to death.

While the Protoss wailed in agony, the Imperial soldiers finally had a chance to deal with the Zerg in the passage.

There were quite a few Zerg here, but when the artifact activated, they too fell into chaos like the Protoss, attacking one another on instinct alone.

Amon's will had been temporarily bound within the Xel'Naga artifact, so he vanished from both the Khala and the Overmind's hive mind at once. Evidently, even the Cerebrates and broodmothers had no idea what was happening now.

"Sweet mother of—!" Every wrinkle on Tychus's face bunched together, his expression twisting as if his hemorrhoids had flared up. "Next time we throw a party, make sure those damned Protoss don't sing."

"You're right. They're fucking soul singers." Augustus felt his temples bulging.

Honestly, Augustus had seen this sort of thing far too often. Dealing with Protoss meant enduring the torment of their overwhelmingly powerful psionic and spiritual force.

Turning off a Power Armor's sound collectors or plugging one's ears was useless. You could feel