Human Homeworld, Council Building.
Inside the conference room, humanity's highest-ranking officials had gathered. Every face was filled with worry as footage of the battle between humans and the Zerg played continuously before them...
"Lord Council Chairman, Lord Prometheus has returned... but he... his condition is very bad..." A soldier rushed into the conference room and spoke with barely concealed fear.
The Council Chairman frowned and waved the soldier away. Then, with a casual gesture toward the display, the image immediately switched to the teleportation arrays around the homeworld that connected to other star systems.
These artificial teleportation arrays were essentially small wormholes. Civilians and nobles were not permitted to use them; they were emergency passages that could only be activated by the military during wartime. Now, outside the wormhole, over a thousand Marines clad in heavy armor watched the man before them tensely—a man they usually regarded as an idol, a role model, even a god.
"Prometheus, stop advancing. We have detected signs of Zerg parasitism within your body. Stop immediately, or we will launch an attack!" A loudspeaker connected to military headquarters echoed above the entire wormhole.
Prometheus dragged his battered body forward. His dull, vacant eyes lifted slightly, just enough to see the surveillance camera watching the area around the wormhole. The council members frowned deeply as well, because those numb, lifeless eyes seemed to be staring at them through the camera.
Then Prometheus spoke. "All humans, listen closely. I am the Zerg Overmind, Ye Luo. For a hundred thousand years, the war between humans, the Zerg, and the Protoss has never ceased. A mighty Level Seven civilization has been trapped within a tiny star region, unable to expand outward. Now that I, Ye Luo, have appeared, this situation must change. I have inherited all the power of