Dimensional Codex - Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Third Type of Contact (Part C)

“They are a kind of extremely developed biological civilization… They call themselves Zergs. They possess unparalleled power and colonies. This race has only one goal: evolution. They travel in the universe, looking for planets with creatures possessing great powers, defeating them, and gaining their power to evolve themselves…”

Having returned to the joint command post, the spectacled woman gave a report before the upper brass. At this moment, the spectacled woman had already lost her former vigor, instead, a depressed look had taken over. Although Mylune had only shown the tip of Zerg’s history, just this flashing fragment was enough to terrify her and cause her to shudder.

“…”

The joint command center sunk into silence upon hearing the spectacled woman’s report. No one could utter a single word. Although they had been psychologically prepared for a long time, they still didn’t expect these terrible monsters to be so cruel. After a while, the old man heading the meeting broke the silence with some difficulty.

“Then… It… That Zerg, why did it tell you this? Are they going to declare war on the humans!?”

“No…”

In response to the old man’s question, the spectacled woman smiled and shook her head, a strange expression on her face.

“Maybe you can’t believe it, but… in fact, in the eyes of the other party, we humans are not worth mentioning. We as individuals don’t have any strength, nor do we have any unique ability. In those Zergs’ eyes, we are nothing more than roadside pebbles. In their eyes, we are completely worthless. Their only goal here is the alien monsters fighting us.”

Having said this, a complicated smile even appeared on the spectacled woman’s face.

“Ironically, because we humans are worthless in their eyes, they aren’t aiming for us… If we had any special power or powerful ability, then these Zergs would have tried their best to occupy our planet, devour our genes, and evolve… This is a civilization that is completely different from us humans and from anything we could have possibly expected. They are strong, terrifying, and dangerous.”

“…”

Everyone in the room bit their lips and clenched their fists upon hearing the spectacled woman’s words. At the end of the day, each and every one of them was human, no matter which country they belonged to and what their race was. Originally, these people believed that after so many years of evolution, after having mastered such advanced technology and civilization, and after having begun to explore space, they had the qualifications to talk to the aliens even if their level of civilization was lagging behind the aliens. But now, they finally understood that the things they were proud of were of no value at all. As far as the aliens were concerned, the humans themselves were worthless!”

What made everyone laugh was that it was precisely because they were worthless that they had escaped the extermination by Zergs. Otherwise, mankind would have completely gone extinct by now!

Thinking about this, a complicated feeling grasped everyone’s heart; they didn’t know what to say. After a long time, the old man heaved a long sigh and said.

“Thanks for your hard work…you can go and rest.”

“Yes…”

The spectacled woman and Wang Dong also didn’t have anything to say at this moment. They nodded and left at once. In fact, they were also a little depressed. Although the humans had been losing ground while fighting mimics, at least those mimics weren’t invincible. Humans could inflict damage on the mimics as long as the firepower was great enough. Therefore, they still had confidence. Even if there was a gap between theirs and the alien civilization, it wasn’t that particularly large. And if they could recover the wreckage of those mimics for research, they might be able to launch higher technology, driving those monsters out of Earth in one fell swoop.

After all, Earth was the home of mankind. They were the masters of this beautiful planet.

But the Zergs that had appeared out of the blue had given them a cold slap, waking them up from their dreams. They didn’t care if Earth belonged to humans at all because as far as they were concerned, the humans were as worthless as the ants. Would anyone even care if the land belonged to an ant?

The upper brass was feeling extremely complicated. On one hand, they were feeling lucky that they weren’t the target of the Zergs, and on the other, they felt humiliated and angry because, in the eyes of the other party, they weren’t even worthy enough to be their target!

However, these people’s brains were still working. Since the Zergs had declared that they weren’t interested in them, they were also not willing to provoke the other party. After all, according to the spectacled woman, the Zergs that had appeared on Earth were just the vanguard. Their goal was to swallow the mimics’ genes and evolve into a higher life form. According to the Zerg Queen, they would leave immediately after achieving their goal because the planet was too barren for the Zergs that they even lacked any interest in conquering it.

In this kind of situation, the humans would only provoke the Zergs when they were full. Since the other party wasn’t interested in them, the possibility of the next series of exchanges had disappeared.

However, this tone would come out someday. So, the reporter who broke into the Zergs’ territory without authorization had to bear the target on its back. The joint command not only attributed the reason that the humans and the Zergs could not communicate on this damn reporter, but had also sent them to the military court for a trial because they had violated the military wartime law. Poor Dino, as a reporter, lacked the protagonist’s aura. So naturally, he couldn’t escape. He and his two helpers were sentenced to death by the military court. Then, they were immediately finished off with a gun.

And Dino got his wish and left a mark in human history. Of course, the joint command could not directly tell the public that, ‘Those Zergs weren’t interested in communicating with us at all because we are as worthless as waste in their opinion.’ Therefore, Dino’s unauthorized intrusion into the Zergs’ territory was regarded as a provocation to the alien civilization by the opposite party. And thus, the communication channel with the humans was closed and they had warned the humans to not disturb them again… Well, someday if someone asked why they hadn’t seized the opportunity to communicate with these alien visitors, this excuse would be good enough.

Besides, the joint command’s excuse sounded very reasonable because the death-seeking Dino had started a global live broadcast at that time. So, many people knew that this reporter was gutsy enough to actually break into the aliens’ territory, seeking his own death. Although many people applauded him, many more people were worried that this maniac might cause a disaster. As such, the news released by the joint command had caused an uproar throughout the world.

This was the first chance for the humans to peacefully communicate with an alien civilization and it was all going to be taken away by this goddamn maniac!

Dino had left his mark in history as he had wished. Looking at it, perhaps he would not be able to get rid of this infamy even after 100 millennia. Perhaps as long as human civilization existed, his name would always be engraved on the pillar of human shame.

Fang Zheng didn’t pay much attention to what was happening in the human world as the battle against the mimics had reached the finale.

Attack on Paris!

The boss also seemed to have discovered that Fang Zheng was aware of its existence. It almost summoned all his minions back to Paris to fight Fang Zheng to death, desperately; tens of thousands of mimics were gathered in Paris, trying to protect their core.

But for Fang Zheng, for Zergs, it didn’t make much sense.

Because the sacred F2 connects us!

[TLN: F2 in Starcraft selects all units.]

The Zerglings flooded into the city. The mimics screamed and resisted. Salvos of artillery fire flew past by, blasting amid the swarm, one after another. But obviously, the swarm would not stop in light of this. A mimic might pierce through the Zerglings around it with its tentacles but it would be torn to pieces by the swarming enemies in the next moment. Even the mimics imitating the Mutalisks, the flying Zerg units, were useless. The Mutalisks were the overlords of the sky.

Looking from high up above, the densely packed Zergs had formed a huge bright red circle surrounding the entire city. And soon, this circle began to slowly shrink. Gradually, the entire city was blanketed by this disgusting dark red sheet.

“Sigh, it’s finally done!”

Fang Zheng heaved a long sigh of relief after he came to Louvre and looked at the huge ball of light in front of him.

Frankly speaking, there was really nothing to say about this battle. In any case, it was just F2A, relying just on the Zerglings rush. Basically, it all came down to 1,000 mimics versus 10,000 Zerglings. The mimics were able to kill 2,000 Zerglings before they were overwhelmed by the remaining 8,000. The entire process was simple and boring. There was nothing to praise.

[TLN: F2A = Selects all + Attack.]

However, the boss core also gave Fang Zheng some trouble in the later period. After it realized it was impossible to defeat the Zergs, it actually ordered its own ‘extensions’ to commit suicide, with the intention of forcibly reloading!

Fang Zheng was also taken aback a little when he noticed this. It might have been easy to fight these things but he wasn’t Tom. He wasn’t in the mood to fight hundreds of times in a battle, over and over. So, he was left with no choice but to order the Zergs to divide the troops and charge, control those extensions at all costs, and then slowly besiege the mobs.

It was precisely because of this that the Zergs suffered heavy losses in the final charge; about one-third of troops were lost. But Fang Zheng wasn’t distressed either… In any case, he could refill the vacancies bit by bit as long as he had enough resources.

And now, looking at the core floating in the air, locked by the psychic energy, Fang Zheng felt that it had all been worth it.

The core of the alien boss looked like a huge luminous sphere but it wasn’t a pure energy body either. But something produced by the fusion of some glowing gelatin. It was similar to an existence between an energy body and a solid entity. At this moment, its glow had become a lot darker already. This was also very normal. When Fang Zheng had first appeared, this guy had actually planned to make a desperate attempt at assassinating Fang Zheng. As a result, it suffered a blow of Fang Zheng’s psychic energy, leaving it in a half-dead state.

“Congratulations, Master, we have successfully captured the target.”

Mylune, standing beside Fang Zheng, stared at the ball of light in front of her with a longing gaze.

“Yes, but it’s one step short.”

Fang Zheng nodded in agreement to Mylune’s congratulation. But according to the information bar before his eyes, the mission was still not completed because this core still didn’t belong to Fang Zheng. The mission requirement was to find and obtain…

As for how to deal with this core, Fang Zheng had already made preparations.

“Mylune.”

Glancing at the core before him, Fang Zheng turned his head and gave an order.

“Prepare the incubator. I want to evolve.”