Chapter 1 I'm Speechless!

Fang Senyan was rendered speechless after watching it attack only once! The other dragon knights could only fire one photon cannon at a time, but this guy directly extended the firing port, rotating it like a sprinkler head, unleashing a terrifying barrage of six photon cannon shells. The shells struck the spore flyers, causing them to scream in agony!

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Yes, the effect of this unconventional strategic-level building was to summon incredibly powerful Protoss hero units, twelve at a time!!

Fang Senyan then witnessed the appearance of a series of hero units in a parade-like fashion. Among the first batch of hero units summoned, zealots were the most numerous, with four hero zealots, two hero dragon knights, and so on. Fang Senyan suddenly noticed a white energy ball archon emerging from the blood-red portal!!

Fang Senyan was no stranger to archons, as Artanis's trump card seemed to be this creature. It was a massive monster resembling a genie from an Arabian lamp, surrounded by a large cloud of white light. Although the light had a sacred aura, the core creature within had a demonic and狰狞 face.

However, despite this archon joining the battle and launching attacks, Fang Senyan didn't see anything particularly special about it, other than its exceptionally thick energy shield. Until… this bastard raised its hand and unleashed a psychic storm!!

Logically speaking, archons are formed by merging two high templars, so in theory, they should be able to cast psychic storm. But in reality, this was just a beautiful idea. Archons are just perverted monsters with levitation, area-of-effect attacks, and ranged attacks; they don't have any active abilities like psychic storm.

But for some reason, the more Fang Senyan watched, the more familiar the archon's movements seemed. Finally, he couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"Why does this guy act so much like Artanis?"

Indeed, Fang Senyan had dealt with Artanis many times. As an MT (main tank) on the front lines, he had to be intimately familiar with his teammates' habits. Because with good coordination, they could often save each other's lives.

The actions of this hulking archon were very much like Artanis's.

The archon's attack style was somewhat similar to the Taoist "Palm Thunder". It clasped its hands together, gathering destructive particles from the air, and released them forward, dealing area damage to enemies within about five or six square meters. However, the attack range was lacking, estimated to be about forty or fifty meters, similar to a flamethrower, or even shorter than the range of a hydralisk's acid spit.

Because there was a point of reference, it became apparent. Other ordinary archons would rush forward and continuously rub their hands together, blasting out particle streams. But this guy acted like a sniper or a thief, firing a particle stream and then immediately retreating a few steps, making sure he wasn't being targeted, constantly changing positions after each shot, afraid of being targeted and "gloriously" killed.

More importantly, this archon, probably because it was a hero unit, also had the ability to unleash a powerful psychic storm. Compared to its cowardly and fearful attack style, the timing and range of its psychic storm were incredibly precise.

Every area covered by the psychic storm was the densest area of spore flyers, hydralisks, and zerglings, and they were all areas where the defense lines were already on the verge of collapse. In other words, without that psychic storm, they would have inevitably fallen.

Therefore, it gave people the impression that this guy had "turned the tide" multiple times, so the credit was naturally immense.

After seeing these details, Fang Senyan was almost certain that this guy was Artanis. He didn't know why he was summoned, but it was probably related to his archon identity.

However, Fang Senyan wasn't foolish enough to try to contact him at this time. He was sure that Artanis shouldn't be hostile to him, but he wasn't the only one on the battlefield! Would the noble Protoss allow a insignificant human to approach their lines? That would be naive! Fang Senyan didn't want to end up being focused fired by a large number of photon cannons and blasted into渣渣 (chaff), so he could only watch quietly.

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The twelve hero units immediately stabilized the dire situation that was on the verge of collapse as soon as they entered the battle.

Although individual hero units have little effect in large-scale battles, that's talking about "individual" hero units. When there are a certain number of these hero units, they do have the ability to turn the tide. They are like pillars in the midstream, firmly holding the line. Although at least four hero units were also killed, they managed to stabilize the situation!

At this time, another arbiter flew out of the factory.

The giant hand building grabbed it again and swallowed it. The charging crystal tower next to it shattered again into a portal, and another twelve hero units poured out!

The hero units that appeared this time were mostly the same, but three units impressed Fang Senyan.

The first unit was actually a hero-level Protoss probe!

What was the use of summoning a worker during this bloody battle?

Soon, this bronze-colored probe showed its strength. The units it built had a construction speed that was 300% faster, and the resources consumed were reduced by 50%! And for Protoss buildings, after they were placed, the Protoss probe could immediately闪人 (shan ren - slip away) to do other things!

So, wherever this guy went, there was immediately a long line of rapidly built photon cannons and photon shield chargers, and the construction time for these buildings was only one-third of what it used to be!!

After building a series of defensive measures, it went to mine. The other workers needed ten seconds to fill their storage and return to provide the base with eight units of energy crystals, but this guy only needed to approach the mine for one second before returning, collecting 50 units of energy crystals at a time...

Fang Senyan understood now. Although this guy was the lowest-level worker unit, to be honest, its effect was not inferior to any hero unit, and it was probably worth three or four hero units!

The second unit that impressed Fang Senyan was a hero-level transport ship.

This thing also had no attack power, but Protoss transport ships were already incredibly fast, and this one was even faster, flashing past like lightning. And because it didn't have attack power, its health and defense were also very impressive, and the energy shield on its hull replenished incredibly quickly.

This guy was responsible for shuttling back and forth on the front lines. Because it had no attack power and was difficult to destroy, the Zerg creatures usually wouldn't attack it. And this transport ship was dedicated to rescuing those Protoss warriors who were almost on the verge of death, using its powerful suction to directly pull them into its transport艙 (cang - cabin).

You need to know that the Protoss have a layer of tough plasma shield protecting their bodies. The role of this transport ship was to pull those heavily wounded and almost dead troops directly back to the rear defense line, allowing them to directly receive a full shield recharge through the photon shield charger, and then rush back to the front line as reinforcements!

Don't underestimate this behavior. Fang Senyan calculated that most of the units it rescued were high templars (stormtroopers) and scarabs, powerful but fragile units! In just ten minutes, it rescued twenty scarabs and nineteen stormtroopers! Think about it, these units that should have died were alive, and how powerful would their effect be next?

Finally, the unit that left a deep impression on Fang Senyan was still a Protoss hero unit without any attack power.

This unit was even more cowardly than Artanis. Artanis could at least go to the front lines and hold out, but after he was summoned, he directly stayed in the safe rear area without moving.

This bastard was a stormtrooper. Because he was a hero unit, he was also arrogantly wearing a red cloak. Okay, since he was a unit without direct attack power, it was excusable to hide in the back, and releasing psychic storms would be fine.

But he didn't release a single psychic storm.

This guy stood next to the barracks, only doing one thing, which was to only use another ability of the high templar: hallucination!!

After a normal high templar releases hallucination, it can create two幻象 (huan xiang - illusions) of the target. The illusions take 300% damage and only have attack actions, no attack power, zero defense, health equal to the target, and no skills!

But after this guy releases hallucination, he will create four illusions!! The illusions take 200% damage and have 10% of the本体 (ben ti - main body)'s attack power!

The illusions it releases can be said to be excellent meat shields. This guy's mental energy recovers super fast. He stands in that place, and one person is at least equivalent to four barracks constantly producing troops!!

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"What a freak..."

Fang Senyan watched the performance of these hero units and couldn't help but sigh in admiration. The Zerg's frenzied attacks were finally completely contained in the face of these hero units.

However, the Zerg's attacks were still coming in a steady stream, and it seemed that it was going to be a war of attrition and a seesaw battle, competing for both sides' fighting will and determination.

Fang Senyan hadn't gone far at this time. Although he couldn't become invisible, he had the advantage of high perception. He was buried in the dirt on a small mountain in the distance, watching the movements of the Zerg enemy as an observer.

"Huh, according to my observation, there should still be seven or eight nydus worms remaining, plus the ones that were just produced... Why haven't they shown up for so long?"