“@Federal Military Headquarters, is this for real!? The person behind him just now was infected by the Zerg!? That fast?”
“Holy crap! A live-action Zerg invasion? Please tell me this isn’t some random prank?”
“Are all those safety officers…?”
“Get out of the Federation, you bugs!”
“Shameless! Don’t use our human bodies to make this disgusting speech!”
“Zerg livestream? They actually know how to stream!?”
“I fing—don’t you dare touch our kids, you hear me!?”
Meng Chongyun’s heart suddenly sank. The Zerg’s first landing spot of choice was actually Brizar Star? Why!?
The climate there was abysmal—even for the sake of reproduction, Brizar Star should never have been their pick. What exactly was attracting them?
“Try to contact every safety officer and scorekeeper on Brizar Star. Stay covert. See if there are any survivors.”
Upon hearing the Commander-in-Chief’s order, Shen Jie forced a bitter smile.
“We’ve already tried. They either don’t reply at all, or they’ve already been infected by the Zerg. The video calls and replies are just to mock us.”
Xue Jie stared anxiously at the livestream screen.
“But the kids are still on Brizar Star! They don’t seem to have been infected yet. We need to find a way to save them!”
Guo Hongfan’s tone was heavy.
“But we have to consider that this might be a Zerg trap. Brizar Star is in a special position, not far from the wormhole. If military reinforcements rush in, the Zerg might launch a large-scale attack, or maybe the students are simply bait. Commander…?”
“Are you saying we should just abandon them!?”
Xue Jie couldn’t believe her own ears. If Guo Hongfan dared to say “yes,” she would charge straight to military headquarters this instant!
“Don’t tell me you’ve been infected by the Zerg too?”
The voice on the other side sounded helpless.
“Of course we’ll save them… They are the Federation’s children, cadets of the military academies. We just need to make thorough preparations and countermeasures in advance. Ideally, we can take Brizar Star back in one decisive blow.”
As they discussed, Kes glanced at the bullet comments on his wrist console and spoke up again.
“Wow~ you Federation folks really are inventive when it comes to cursing people out! These banned remarks… Emm… too vulgar, huh?
Heh, don’t rush to get angry. We’ve left a dozen or so of them untouched, haven’t we? You’ve all watched three days of this livestream—you should know that by now.”
After he finished, his wrist console started buzzing and didn’t stop for a while. Kes exhaled, irritably pressed mute, then leaned his upper body forward, taking up a much larger portion of the frame.
“Hey! Stop contacting me. I’m not him. I won’t listen to you. Is that so hard to understand?”
“Kes!!!”
“Kes, don’t—it’s me, Mom!”
Two bolded comments were pinned to the top. Kes glanced at them.
“…I hate talking to people who just won’t listen.”
Then he stood up. The “little bee” drone followed him as he walked forward.
“In any case, Brizar Star is already ours. The students still in the competition naturally have no idea. And of course, we don’t plan to let them know.”
The person on the livestream turned and walked into the flight deck’s monitoring room, where feeds from the “little bee” drones showed student footage from every angle.
“Prey has no need to know. Knowing would only make it more painful. I’m guessing you people would agree with that.”
After staring at the screens for a while, Kes turned back to face the camera directly.
“We Alpha Zerg are in the habit of giving welcome gifts. For this gift… how about we help you decide your first, second, and third place winners? You Federation folks seem obsessed with rankings—you want everything to have a ranking.
These people have been competing for so long; it’d be a shame if they don’t get a title!”
Behind the lens, every “person” was working in an orderly manner, their appearances no different from ordinary humans—sending a chill down the spine of every viewer.
No wonder the military was taking this so seriously, imposing a full Federation lockdown… Those Zerg had evolved to the point of being indistinguishable from humans!
That “person” earlier could barely walk, yet in such a short time they had adapted and learned human language and behavior, could even operate those precision monitoring instruments, and even pilot the flight deck!?
Gone was the old state where an infected host couldn’t speak and just shambled around like a living corpse.
The Zerg had developed intelligence. Now they were using humanity’s own invention—livestreaming—to threaten and toy with them…
Only the best few teams from the Federation’s military academies remained. How much had these kids endured to make it this far?
Originally, the final match was simple: survive seven days on Brizar Star, rank out, and return to Tianshu Star. What awaited them was a future of endless promise!
The adoration of the people, commendations from the academies, early recruitment offers from every major military district, and generous bonuses from headquarters!
And this cohort was almost universally acknowledged as the strongest in the five military academy tournaments!
Yes, they had modern tech on their side—but pushing that tech to its absolute limit was their own talent!
Everyone wanted to see what they would become once they truly matured.
But now… Brizar Star was completely overrun. Were these “rising stars” going to die here before even graduating? They were only in their teens!
“Qilin Military Academy, Squad Four, plus five points.”
The “scorekeeper” on the flight deck announced it just like before, matching the volume and pacing perfectly. After announcing, he proudly patted his chest as a show to his companion.
“Please, someone—anyone—save them!”
“These kids are military cadets… the people hurting the most, besides their parents and friends, must be the military itself, right?”
“Hey, don’t say that—they’re not dead yet! It’ll definitely be fine…”
“Federation lockdown. Everyone must follow orders.”
“Zerg like this hiding among us are truly impossible to tell apart… Even going outside now scares me.”
“Sister Ma is definitely going to be fine… right?”
“When the kids realize the competition is over and everyone around them is a Zerg… how hopeless that would be.”
“No, please. I’m begging you—please don’t!”
“What do you want!? We request negotiations! Don’t hurt them!”
“I can’t take it anymore—I’m going to save them!”
“Don’t be impulsive! You just want to feed yourself to the Zerg? In critical moments, follow the military!”
Kes leaned casually against his companion’s seat back.
“Alright, commentary’s over. The livestream continues. Let’s see what they can really do.”
Then he extended one index finger forward, flashing a malicious grin.
“As for you—Federation humans—are you ready? Get ready to welcome the arrival of the Alpha Zerg.”
