Beasts Out of the Cage

Giant Elephant Star, Shen Jun followed the tunnel to its end. It was a huge space, with hundreds of Elephant Man workers frantically striking the stone walls with pickaxes, the mined minerals being transported away by alien beasts, a very inefficient mining site.

In the very center of the space stood a stone platform, on which was placed a strange box. Surrounding the platform were ten fully armed Elephant Man soldiers. Unlike the soldiers outside the mine, they used iron weapons, and their armor was made of pure iron, obviously the elite of the Elephant Man army.

A slight smile tugged at the corner of Shen Jun's mouth. He was sure that the box contained something very important, most likely the key to controlling these alien beasts. The main body of the mine was not strong, and the impact of the alien beasts could easily cause it to collapse, so there must be no riots of alien beasts here. There should be quite a few similar devices.

Shen Jun remained invisible, slowly approaching the Elephant Man soldiers, about ten meters away from the stone platform. Then, after calculating the distance, he felt it was about right and stopped approaching.

"Rohana, use micro-warp technology to warp out the contents of that box."

"Yes, Commander, warping requires 100 units of high-energy gas."

Shen Jun: "..."

After confirming again, Shen Jun suddenly felt a weight in his hand, almost unable to hold it. He looked down and saw a cylindrical object, like a water pipe. It was not big, just right to hold in one hand, but its weight was not commensurate with its size. After cultivating Psionic Energy for so many days, Shen Jun's physical fitness had undergone a qualitative leap. He could lift a tree that three people could hug and was more than ten meters high, which was much more impressive than uprooting a willow tree.

Such a small thing almost made Shen Jun unable to hold it. It probably weighed a ton.

With the thing in hand, Shen Jun immediately ran to a safe corner and connected to Zeratul and the other Dark Templar to exchange information.

The mine had only developed one percent of the entire vein. There were forty-three tunnels of various sizes, seventeen of which led to dead ends, twenty tunnels were hollowed out, and only six tunnels could continue to be dug deeper. In other words, there were six identical devices.

"Rohana, analyze this device."

"Decrypting... decryption complete. Modify the core code of the mind control device, modify the first use permission to unique use permission, and authorize Protoss Executor Shen Jun."

It cost another 100 units of high-energy gas, allowing Shen Jun to completely understand all the information of the mind control device. This device was a treasure bestowed upon the Elephant Man civilization by the Triangular Beings. There were not many of them, only about a hundred on the entire Giant Elephant Star. Each device could control a thousand alien beasts, and there were no restrictions on the types.

"Zeratul, take the Dark Templar to ambush at the tunnel entrances. I have now obtained control of the device. I will control all the alien beasts to rush out of the mine and defeat the guards outside the cave in one fell swoop. The elite Elephant Man soldiers in the mine will be eliminated by you. I have only one request: do not let a single Elephant Man escape, and do not lose a single Protoss!"

"At your service, Commander, the blades of Shakuras will drink the blood of the alien race."

"Very good."

Hanging up the call, Shen Jun connected to the Dark Zealot troops left behind, asking them to set off for the mine. Although the route was full of alien beasts, Shen Jun and his party had already sorted out a safe route when they came, and they would not be attacked by the alien beasts.

After arranging everything, Shen Jun asked Rohana to open the control panel of the device, a sinister smile appearing on his face.

The beasts... were unleashed!

"It's so boring to be in this dark mine every day."

An Elephant Man elite soldier said to his companion.

"Who says it isn't? What self-respecting Elephant Man doesn't like to bask in the sun? But this is the Divine Order, we must stay here and guard these stones."

"It's strange to say, the gods are so powerful, they can bestow divine objects to control these idiotic barbarians, but they don't want any treasures we offer, instead, they like these broken stones."

"These are not broken stones, they should be called Crystal... Crystal Minerals, yes, Crystal Minerals."

"What kind of Crystal Minerals are they? They're just better-looking stones, nothing special..."

"Wait, something's not right!"

Elephant Man elite soldier B suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him was a bit strange. His beastly intuition told him that a deadly threat was nearby.

"Don't be so alarmed, no outsiders have entered the mine, what can happen?"

Elephant Man elite soldier A looked around the environment in the mine, dismissing his companion's panic.

"...Not an outsider, it's behind you..."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Turning his head while cursing, Elephant Man Elite Soldier A was instantly stunned. He saw a giant Sabertooth Tiger right behind him, its beastly eyes filled with bloodlust.

"Roar!"

The king of the jungle's inner rage soared to the sky. The days of enslavement had left it stifled, and its desire for blood surpassed everything. It opened its bloody maw and devoured the Elephant Man.

Elephant Man Elite Soldier B was dumbfounded. It wasn't just the giant Sabertooth Tiger; all the alien beasts present had fallen into a berserk state. The remaining companions suffered heavy casualties. "This isn't right! Why is this happening? How could these barbarians possibly resist the divine object?"

Frantically, he opened the box on the stone platform, only to find it was completely empty!

In an instant, the Elephant Man's face turned ashen. He knew very well the extent of the damage that uncontrolled alien beasts could cause. His death was a small matter, but if the mine collapsed, their three years of effort would be in vain.

Even... if they angered the gods, the entire Elephant Man civilization might be destroyed...

Just as this Elephant Man with a heart full of national and civil concerns believed he was about to become food for the tiger and tightly closed his eyes, he already smelled the giant Sabertooth Tiger's bad breath.

But... the imagined death was long in coming, and even the stench disappeared. Puzzled, the Elephant Man slowly opened his eyes.

He saw that the alien beasts had inexplicably withdrawn their ferocity and returned to calmness, then left the mine in order, leaving only this Elephant Man in disarray in the wind.

Afterward, a joy of being alive filled his heart, even overshadowing his concerns for the Elephant Man civilization. This Elephant Man quickly got up and found that more than a dozen Elephant Man miners had survived.

He pulled up these survivors, then searched the mine again, dragging up anyone who was still breathing, and carrying those who couldn't be dragged.

In short, he couldn't leave a single living one behind.

Then, in the joy of escaping death, they rushed out of the mining site and ran towards the exit passage of the mine.

Then, when they reached the final passage entrance, they saw... nothing. All the surviving Elephant Men suddenly started spurting blood, and in the next second, their heads were separated from their bodies.

Zeratul and his Dark Templar had been waiting here for a long time...

And the last thought of the Elephant Man who led the survivors out before losing consciousness was: "Why didn't you just eat me earlier..."

The same thing was happening simultaneously in the six mine passages.

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