I Am the Swarm
Chapter 459

Discovery

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The Captain switched his helmet's view again, took out a two-centimeter-long bullet-like object, and activated it. The bullet system immediately connected to the Captain's helmet. After a few simple actions by the Captain, Warwick finished counting down.

The door to the room opened silently, and the moment it was just a crack, the Captain fired the bullet inside. After leaving his hand, the bullet began to transform, sprouting a pair of wings in mid-air and a stinger emerging from its surface. After tumbling once in the air, it locked onto its target and, before the room's occupant could even notice what was happening, plunged the stinger into his neck.

The door to the room had just opened halfway when the Captain slipped inside. He quickly reached the Rat-folk and caught him before he fell to the ground.

"Safe, come in, everyone." The Captain breathed a sigh of relief; everything was going smoothly.

The team members entered one after another. Some began searching the room for items, trying to find some hidden information. Bianca went to the Captain's side, pulled a syringe from her Storage Sac at her lower back, and injected it directly into the Rat-folk's body. Thirty seconds later, she took out another set of instruments, tested some data on the Rat-folk, and nodded to the Captain.

The Captain understood, removed the stinger from the Rat-folk's neck, and applied a small amount of milky white ointment. The ointment quickly penetrated the Rat-folk's skin and healed the holes left by the stinger.

A moment later, the Rat-folk groaned and slowly woke up, but his dazed eyes revealed that he was not in a normal state.

Although the Epoch Clan primarily focuses on mechanical technology, they have also made significant achievements in other fields, and manufacturing several interrogation agents is no problem for them. The special forces team is equipped with a rather advanced one, which has absolutely no side effects, and the recipient will not feel anything unusual after waking up.

"What's your name?" Bianca asked softly as she saw the Rat-folk wake up.

"Keller - Kerrigan." The Rat-folk answered quickly without hesitation.

"Your identity."

"Royal family, Chief Administrator of the Red Moon Base."

Bianca nodded to the Captain, indicating that everything was fine and matched the information they had gathered. Now, it was time to get down to business.

What is the relationship between the Rat-folk and the Zerg?

Even in his dazed state, Keller showed a clear moment of blankness, followed by his eyelids starting to twitch wildly, and even the instruments Bianca was monitoring on Keller began to sound alarms.

"Quiet, quiet, quiet." Bianca repeated the important thing three times, finally managing to calm the trembling Keller down. "No, his subconscious is very resistant to this question. If we force him to answer, it'll easily cause problems."

"Let's ask a different question!" the Captain ordered.

Bianca nodded, her eyes darting around as she already had a question in mind, "Keller, do you know what the First Empress was called?"

To everyone's surprise, Keller's reaction to the question was even more intense than before. Just as Bianca was about to say something, the Captain's eyes narrowed. "Give him another shot!"

"That could cause problems!"

"These two questions are very important to us, and we must get answers to them!"

Bianca hesitated for a moment, then nodded, took out the syringe from her lower back, Keller Keller's body again. Keller's trembling body suddenly straightened up, and some white foam came out of the corner of his mouth.

But the effects of the medicine were already evident. "Sarah."

"What?" The voice was too soft for the Captain to hear clearly, so he asked again.

"The First Empress was named Sarah Kerrigan!" Keller's voice grew louder, and the information became more complete.

The Captain silently took notes, but Bianca felt the name sounded very familiar. Suddenly, her eyes widened and she covered her mouth with both hands.

The Captain quickly noticed her lapse in composure. "What's wrong? What's on your mind?"

Bianca steadied herself. "Perhaps it's just a coincidence." She was somewhat unsure, perhaps even she herself didn't quite believe in such a coincidence.

"What exactly happened?" The Captain's voice became stern as he watched Bianca stammering in a daze. This wasn't their territory; they were facing enormous risks every moment. There was no time for them to waste on this nonsense.

Bianca shook her head. She'd actually been thinking a lot, connecting many things, and the fog was gradually clearing. But being interrupted by the Captain brought her back to reality, "Things are a bit complicated. Back then..."

Bianca had barely opened her mouth when she heard on the comms. "Captain, someone's gone! Looks like they're going to see the administrator!"

This is a residential area with a lot of foot traffic. Fortunately, Keller's place is relatively quiet, which gave the team some time to react.

At the Captain's signal, the group searching the room quickly put the items back in their original positions. Bianca also stopped speaking, carefully wiping the stains from Keller's mouth and smoothing out the wrinkles in her clothes. Then she took out another medicine from her waist and injected it into Keller's body.

"Warwick, is the door safe?"

"No, Captain, you might be discovered if you go out now."

I hope you have other suggestions!

"There's a ventilation duct 3 meters above the right side of the roof; you can hide there. I've already sent you the 3D model."

The Epoch Clan team immediately sprang into action. The individual anti-gravity systems on their protective suits activated, lifting them into the air. Several vents ejected gas to help them maintain their shape and move forward.

Using the 3D map, the team quickly located the ventilation duct Warwick had mentioned. Wright flicked out a plasma blade more than ten centimeters long, slicing off a piece of the roof. Wright shook his head, grabbed the severed wall panel, and dodged to the side, while the other team members quickly crawled inside.

After Captain and Bianca finished tidying up Keller and carried him to the bed, they also flashed into the passage. Wright was last in line, grabbing the wall panel and entering the passage first. He then pulled the wall panel up to fit the gap. Another team member took out a spray and sprayed it around the cut. The mist that was sprayed out was actually Nano-robot. They entered the gap and repaired the crack.

In just a few moments, the place was exactly the same as before, with no signs of damage or flaws.

"Warwick, can we just evacuate?"

"The risk is too high. The terrain inside the ventilation ducts is very complex, and there are a large number of independent alarm devices. I cannot remotely shut them all down."

"Let's see how things go. We'll wait a bit. If things really get too bad, we'll have to risk a retreat."

Everyone nodded and remained silent.

Keller, who was inside the room, groaned and sat up in confusion. Bianca's last dose of the drug had accelerated his recovery and awakening, while also confusing his memories of a short period of time.

He shook his head, looked back at the bed with some confusion, then scratched his head again, seemingly deep in thought.

Hidden in the ventilation duct, Warwick Epoch Clan team had already transferred the room's surveillance footage to their Personal Terminal. They were watching everything with bated breath. They had just given that Rat-folk two injections; they couldn't let anything go wrong.

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