The instant space collapsed, the colossal "Brain Bug," as huge as a celestial body, shrank by a full circle, forcibly compressed by the gravitational effect.
A ring of profound black began to emerge around the celestial body.
The seven Brain Bugs remained sprawled on the ground, but the enormous rock platform beneath them began to tremble with a thunderous rumble.
Invisible Pheromone spread out, and the violent psychic fluctuations caused layer upon layer of tremors to ripple through the surrounding air like waves.
Beneath the fungal carpet, countless folds began converging toward the central opening, feeding it immeasurable quantities of flesh-and-blood energy.
The seven Brain Bugs lowered themselves even further, their tiny eyes tightly shut.
Suddenly, cracks began appearing in the massive rock beneath them.
At the same time, sticky brown tentacles began extending from the huge fissure.
Disgusting mucus sprayed from the opening like crude oil. The next second, an enormous lump of flesh broke free from within.
With a heavy thud, the bloody mass, finally free of the opening's restraints, crashed onto the ground.
Dense tentacles around it pierced beneath the fungal carpet.
Thud... thud...
It was the sound of that mass of flesh pulsing.
The mucus on its surface rapidly thinned, and deep grooves began taking shape.
Brain-like convolutions emerged.
Hundreds upon thousands of white-armored bugs descended from the sky at once.
Very quickly, that fleeting "brain" was completely sealed away and protected by the Bugs' flesh-and-blood bodies.
This was the core of the Zerg Race.
A gigantic brain whose diameter had grown to fifty meters!
Thud...
Another heavy heartbeat sounded.
Seen from space, this flesh-and-blood planet contracted once more!
That ring of profound black expanded again!
Sharp sound waves began rising within the atmosphere of the flesh-and-blood "planet."
The incubating eggs and flesh sacs exploded simultaneously.