What? Teammate lives in Arkham Asylum?

Chapter 1069 Glass burning is a Protoss specialty!

"Report! Mission one is complete! All Protoss within the assigned area have been freed from the influence of the Kara."

"The second company's mission is complete!"

"The three-part mission is coming to an end... Mom's here! These Protoss are going berserk and fighting like crazy, and they're all charging around like pigs during Chinese New Year, making them harder to catch!"

Listening to the reports coming from his comrades in battle over the communicator, Azaria gave the order.

"Everyone, pull back the defenses, and bring the Protoss along too! I don't believe that the so-called God of Darkness can just do mind control... He must have other methods to complement it."

"Holy crap! Chapter Leader, you're right! The entire planet Aiur is starting to stir... Damn it, the whole planet's inside has been hollowed out by these bugs! The surface bugs we've cleared so far probably don't even amount to one-tenth of the total number of Aiur bugs!"

"So many!?" Azaria asked in surprise as she severed the nerve bundles at the back of Serandis's and the senior executives' heads. "Why didn't we notice them at first!"

“We’re not like Mom, who can see through the essence of life at a glance… In our scanning instruments, these alien insects, when they’re dormant, are no different from the rocks and soil of El!”

"Tsk... In short, shrink immediately, and make further plans after the Protoss have fully recovered!"

Azaria never expected that the planet beneath her feet had been completely transformed into a nest of alien insects, with even the planet's interior hollowed out.

Artanis, who was standing nearby, naturally heard the voice on the communicator as well. He slowly stood up. The slight weakness after the frenzy didn't have much of an effect on him, a hero among hero units...

Compared to that, Kara's experience had a greater impact on people's values.

Just then, a mocking loli voice rang out.

"Oh my, isn't this our powerful and noble Archbishop Artanis? Why does he look like a stray dog?"

Artanis was taken aback.

Although he had never heard this voice before...

But this tone... among the people he knew, there was only one like it!

"Alarak!" Artanis turned around sharply...

Saw nothing.

Artanis blinked...

Is he seeing a ghost?

"Damn it! Artanis, look down!"

The loli voice rang out again.

Artanis instinctively looked down in the direction of the sound...

He saw a little girl with white hair and red eyes who was less than a third as tall as him... and the armor she was wearing was clearly in the style of Alarak.

After his worldview was severely shaken, Artanis simply abandoned logic and locked onto the most unlikely answer.

"You are... Alarak?"

“Tsk, though I hate to admit it… but yes, I am Alarak, the Highlord of Taldarim!” The northern-style Alarak raised his head as high as possible, looking down at Artanis. “I’ve come to fulfill my promise… Taldarim will help you reclaim Aiur, and reclaim our homeland.”

“Ayr… the entire interior of the planet Ayr has been hollowed out by the Zerg.” Artanis shook his head. “We’ve cleared hundreds of millions of Zerg from the surface… but that’s only about one-tenth of the total.”

"You're saying there are still billions of Zerg in the entire Aiur region!?" Even Alarak couldn't help but show a serious expression. "Are you telling the truth?"

“He has no reason to lie to you, Alarak.” Li Chengfeng’s figure appeared here after a flash of psionic energy. She came to Artanis and nodded in greeting. “It’s a pleasure to meet you… Archbishop Artanis.”

“Senior Executive Officer Li Chengfeng!” Artanis rushed forward upon seeing the suddenly appearing female Protoss. “You must have a way to save Aiur… right?”

For the first time, Artanis displayed an eagerness and recklessness befitting his age.

But in his expectant gaze, Li Chengfeng shook his head cruelly and firmly.

“El is finished…I knew that from the very beginning.”

"I knew it from the very beginning... so why did you still let us return to El and give us hope!"

“Only in this way can you Protoss, bound by the Khala, truly understand what the continuation of civilization means…” Li Chengfeng extended a finger and tapped Artanis’s forehead. “Whether it’s the Khala or the Aiur, they are both shackles binding the Protoss race…”

"Kara and El...are they shackles?"

These remarks not only left Artanis bewildered, but also plunged the senior executives who had just had their nerve bundles severed and returned to normal into deep thought.

Before this incident, they would never have believed such heretical nonsense.

but now……

They had no choice but to believe it.

Having just been controlled by Amon, even the most conservative and old-fashioned Protoss could no longer praise even a single syllable of the Khala.

They have realized...

The Protoss, as the firstborn sons of the gods, were used as tools by their creator.

“So… Artanis.” Li Chengfeng looked directly into Artanis’s eyes, “As the Archbishop of the Combined Fleet… you should issue the order.”

"...Does it have to be me?"

“If you’re unwilling, then let me do it!” Alarak used his psionic powers to elevate himself to a height that allowed him to look Artanis in the eye. “I don’t mind being the archbishop, nor do I mind issuing the order to destroy Aiur!”

"Let me think again..."

"Think about it again?" Li Chengfeng replied casually. "If I give you more time to think about it, the Protoss fleet might be swallowed up by the overwhelming swarm of Zerg."

Artanis abruptly raised his head, only then realizing that this was not the time for sentimental lamentations...

On their opposite side, there are billions of Zerg!

Artanis was never an indecisive Protoss.

After realizing the problem, he finally let go of the last bit of Protoss rigidity in his heart.

"All fleets, initiate warp-out! Escape near-Earth orbit!"

At Artanis's command, though the Protoss did not understand, Artanis's orders were absolute.

They boarded the ship as quickly as possible and successfully activated warp jump before the swarm of insects could overwhelm them.

Meanwhile, the Blood Ravens returned to the Spear of Adun, an Ark-ship that had long since been restored to its former glory thanks to the adjustments made by the Phase Technicians.

The temporary command post... is located right beneath the bridge of the Spear of Adun.

Stepping out of the temporary command post and onto the bridge, the scene before me had transformed into a star-studded cosmic space.

Li Chengfeng patted Artanis on the shoulder.

"let's start."

"To let Aiur perish along with billions of Zerg is also a way of saving Aiur, isn't it?"

"Burning glass...isn't that what the Protoss are best at?"