The sound of the terrifying beast running alarmed the highlanders who had been fighting bravely just now, and their courage disappeared from them in an instant like magic.
These Highlander warriors quickly jumped off the city wall and left the city gate, exposing their most vulnerable backs to the defenders who had been fighting with them just now.
All this is just to get out of here as soon as possible.
It was clear that the city was about to be broken, but the enemy retreated, which made the Oakley people feel a little baffled.
Soon they knew the reason. A kind of monster they had only heard about in rumors rushed up like a tide. They were so ferocious and cruel that any highlander who stood in their way would be torn to pieces and eaten.
They stepped on the corpses of the highlanders and the blood-stained ground, and climbed up the city wall with agility on top of each other. The defenders also tried to resist them with the weapons in their hands.
But they only fought bravely for a while and were defeated. The Terror Beast's agility, strength, and damage tolerance far exceeded that of ordinary people.
The battle soon turned into a massacre, and the O'Klay stronghold fell.
After Joanna saw the Terror Beast jumping onto the city wall and rushing into the fortress, she turned around and left. There was no way these human armies could compete with Swarm.
Fifteen days have passed since the surprise war launched against the Okele people.
During this period, Joanna led the troops to successively break through the fortresses of the Oakley people, occupying a large amount of land, plundering a lot of people, and Hatchery's biomass was greatly replenished.
It seemed that the results were great, and she was praised highly by the association, but only she knew how much pressure she was under.
Originally, according to the plan, she should develop for a while, find a way to upgrade Hatchery to level three, accumulate more terrifying beasts, and then launch a war.
But after searching the memories of the two disciples Stars, she knew that she had no time and fate was not so easy to defy.
Stars betrayed Astrologers' Association. She took refuge in Overmind of Swarm for herself, and she also planned to reveal all the secrets of the association.
The betrayal is unforgivable, Overmind Swarm's threat is real, she must speed up.
The Hatchery in Joanna's hand was defective. When the comet fell, most of the bugs inside were dead, and only a few Drone were dying.
It was these Drone that made Joanna see the opportunity to change her destiny. The big prophecy from Shroud was too vague.
As the president, she just knew that a mysterious existence would come to Tabi Star, and that this existence would have a transformative impact on Shroud. Joanna didn't know exactly what would happen.
But they are completely different from the group of similar people in the starry sky who only regard Shroud as a god and only offer sacrifices and worship. The philosophy of their group is to understand Shroud and master Shroud, which is why they were expelled.
If she can master Swarm, she can initiate a revolution in Shroud, achieve great things, and dominate the void. Faced with this temptation, Joanna naturally cannot resist it.
So she began to organize people to cast illusions on these dying Drone to confuse them.
This operation is very difficult. It is obvious that the low-level Swarm does not have much intelligence, but its mental resistance is extremely strong. One Drone even chose to commit suicide in order to resist the illusion.
The plan to control Swarm was about to fail, but Joanna's daughter Typhon gave her a surprise.
Typhon's Psionics is very talented, but she is too young. Originally, her job was just to feed these injured Drone.
Fate is so strange. The kind-hearted Typhon often communicates and chats with Drone.
Then one day, she excitedly told Joanna that she had become friends with a Drone.
After seeing that at Typhon's request, Drone began to move, eat, and carry things.
A crazy idea took root in Joanna's heart like a demon, and she had the idea to control Swarm.
She first used Typhon's mental power to hypnotize Drone, and then through Drone's broken memory, she roughly understood the social structure of Swarm and understood what kind of existence Swarm was.
Using the only equipment and technology available, Joanna combined her daughter and Drone into one and hatched the first Hatchery. Her success was entirely based on luck. Afterwards, it was deduced that the success rate of this approach was low to non-existent.
If it weren't for the fact that her daughter's mental power was so similar to Overmind, and there was something wrong with Drone's perception, it would be impossible for Drone to cooperate, and the experiment would not be successful.
Back in her tent, Joanna lay on her gorgeous cushion. She lazily stretched out her hand and put the ring on her temple.
"Scadi, how are Hatchery and Typhon doing?"
"Dear mentor, everything is generally normal. Because of the large amount of biomass, Hatchery has been operating at full capacity. The hatching of venom bugs and horror beasts can reach a thousand every day, but we do not have enough Psionics carriers."
"They are all stored in the form of eggs. Hatchery can't even fit underneath."
"It's just that Hatchery still can't find the gene that has evolved to the third level. As for Typhon, she... she screams in pain every day, and falls asleep or wakes up in pain every day."
There was an unbearable emotion in Skadi's voice, and she also felt very sympathetic to Typhon.
"Since the war started, she has been crying out in pain more and more frequently. Have the researchers found the reason? Logically speaking, the place where she is connected to Hatchery has grown, so she should no longer have pain in her body."
Joanna is very concerned about Hatchery and Typhon.
After waiting for a moment, it seemed that Skadi was getting the corresponding information.
"Our researchers speculate that the pain does not come from the sequelae of fusion with the Hatchery bug. On the contrary, Hatchery has been helping her share the pain."
"This pain may come from Swarm as a whole, which is their consciousness network, and Typhon's consciousness has been immersed in it."
"That one may contain all the Zerg feelings, joy, pain, and hunger. So, we have been waging war recently. Typhon rarely says he is hungry, but he says he is in pain more and more."
"Mentor..." Skadi's voice became softer, seeming to be pleading, "Typhon is so pitiful, I am very worried about her. If the truth is as the researchers speculate, she is just a little girl. She faces hundreds of thousands of Hive Swarm Consciousness networks, and her spirit cannot bear it."
"She is not a little girl, she is my daughter. She is the next president of the association and is the blood of mentor Shroud Psionics." Joanna's tone became tougher.
"She must be strong, and she can only be strong. The old method, using more analgesics and injecting it from the neck, will be more effective."
"We must seize time to seize more biomass as soon as possible, and destroy them after discovering the location of Overmind. As long as Overmind is eliminated, Typhon will be the only leader of Swarm, and she will be the new Overmind."
"Everything will be fine." Joanna's words were more like encouraging herself.