StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 248 Shady
The bridge deck of the Hyperion was still trembling, it looked as if this huge steel ship of astonishing tonnage was driving in a storm that could overturn a city, but this storm was by no means an unusual natural phenomenon, but Consisting of tens of thousands of berserk zerg flying creatures.

The battlecruiser, with its dark blue outer armor and mottled gray wolf's head emblem on the bow, was sailing thousands of feet above Los Andares, the capital of Cha Sara.With it as the center, black zerg flying creatures, huge overlords, flying spider-like queens of the swarm, and different dragons flapping a pair of membranous flesh wings rushed from all directions, like black smoke and clouds.

At a higher altitude, there are four behemoth-class battlecruisers of the Revolutionary Army descending from the sky. The shells of the battleships emit bright light when passing through the atmosphere, as if there is a layer of flame attached to the surface.

Wraith fighters and Avenger fighters with triangular flying wings are fighting with mutant dragons flying outside the observation window. From time to time, human fighters are hit by acid or are directly shredded into a burst of falling black smoke. A large number of mutants The worms were blown to pieces under the firing of human machine guns and laser cannons.

"How is the rescue going?" Augustus put one hand on the guardrail in front of the Hyperion Bridge, feeling the slight numbness caused by the tremor of the ship.

Although the Hyperion has a machine-intelligent lieutenant, Augustus still prefers to have someone more tactically minded and autonomous as his military advisor and field lieutenant.

Even so, Augustus often needs to count and verify the massive data in the Hyperian archives database and communication network through the mechanical adjutant.To this day, the mechanical lieutenant remains one of the most outstanding human inventions in the Koprulu Sector.

The mechanical lieutenant is absolutely loyal, able to complete trillions of calculations in seconds, and able to help a human commander observe the battlefield situation and assist the commander to make reasonable decisions without moving an inch and at all times.

At this time, more than five hours have passed since the revolutionary army arrived in the high-altitude orbit of Zha Sara. During this time, the fleet of Rio Gustus and the fleet of the Federation and the Yermungandard Swarm fought in the Sara galaxy.And every few minutes, a report was delivered to Augustus on the location and casualties of troops who had landed on the surface of Cha Sara.

"Tychus Finley and Harnack Hank's Red Fire Spittroopers cleared a worm nest in front of Los Andares, burning tens of thousands of zerg to ashes. Currently, Los Andalos Sheriffs are evacuating the last evacuees," Kerrigan said.

The current Sarah Kerrigan is much more mature than when she first met Augustus. If she was just a girl before, she can be called a woman now.

In case the Swarm noticed Kerrigan, Augustus ordered Kerrigan to discard all Umoyan psychic enhancements and use as little psionic power as possible.

Generally speaking, Zerg creatures like the Hydra Hydralisk can sense the psyker within a range of about ten to tens of yards. As long as Kerrigan does not participate in a direct confrontation with the Zerg, she is killed The chances of noticing are slim to none.

"Send all our warplanes, gunboats, and armed assault craft to cover those transports, or they're easy targets," Augustus told Kerrigan.

At this moment, even with the naked eye, Augustus can still see the revolutionary army transport ships that are taking off outside the observation window.These transport ships are easily recognizable by the red Sons of Korha logo and the Red Cross badge on their wide hulls.

Landing on Cha Sara and evacuating the rest of the planet is the hardest part of this rescue operation.

Zergs don't have any humanitarianism or chivalry. For them, human beings are not much different from other species except for a few individuals who have the ability to make them feel crazy. This is just an ordinary hunt A gluttonous feast with ingesting biomass.

And even if he didn't visit the battlefield in person, Augustus, who was sitting on the flagship, was able to figure out what happened on the surface of Cha Sara through the intermittent images sent back by various aircraft detectors and road troops.

The lower left corner of the main screen of the Hyperion is the face of the mechanical adjutant, and more pictures are from the front line and the evacuation site.

The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army in crimson CMC power armor have completely taken over the positions of the federal army, and the red flag with the ring of the whip has replaced the red and blue stars and stripes of the Federation.The well-prepared revolutionary army carried a large number of concentrated gas flame-throwing weapons and high-explosive electromagnetic grenades. No matter when and where, flame is always the most effective means to deal with Zerg.

The Yemengarde swarm in Los Andares has never launched a final attack on humans, and they don't have much interest in destroying everyone on the planet.Just like the Zerg's continuous siege of the city in the past two months, the Jormungandr swarm has been testing humans, and it seems that they are only recording humans' fighting methods.

The leader of the Jormungandr Swarm has been watching, with a cruel and absolutely cold mind, watching humans struggle to survive in front of the swarm, racking their brains for even the slightest hope of survival.

The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army who landed in Cha Sala and the medical staff accompanying the army were welcomed and supported by the people of Los Andares.Cha Sara's people still feared and loathed the Revolutionary Army a few months ago, but now they have become their unquestionable loyalists.

"Let Tychus bring back some live samples of the Zerg. My xenomorph researcher needs new samples to analyze the weaknesses of the Zerg." The Cha Sara boarded and left as quickly as possible, and no one needed the urging of others in the face of the desire to survive.

"Have you found the location of the main lair of the Jormungandr swarm?" He asked again.

"According to the feedback from the scouting force, the zerg lairs are mostly built underground," Kerrigan told Augustus.

"The zerg's habits are similar to some kind of subterranean burrowing spider, and their social structure is closer to that of termites. They have hollowed out Cha Sara's land more than two hundred feet (about 60 meters) deep, and each giant cavern is passed through the long The passages are connected to each other, just like a huge underground kingdom."

"What a nightmare." Augustus knew that the damage done to Cha Sara by the Yermungandr swarm might not recover for decades, even if humans wiped out all the zerg in the future And burn all the main hives and creep tumors, and the planet will be completely barren.

"New report, Augustus," Kerrigan said suddenly to Augustus.

"Call me Marshal." Augustus moved two steps.

"My probe detected radar and communication signals in Cha Sara's southern hemisphere, which is the back of the planet." Kerrigan glanced at Augustus: "As far as we know, there is no more left of the planet's back." How many people are there?"

"Are there any survivors?" Augustus frowned.

"According to our deciphering results, those communications are at least level [-] encrypted, so they cannot be civilian communicators, and they have not sent any distress signals," Kerrigan said.

"Send an investigative team to look into this... no, at least two more special tactics companies," Augustus said.

If you do an investigation on Cha Sara, you will find that this is a rather strange thing. The vast majority of the population of this planet is concentrated in the northern hemisphere where the revolutionary army landed, but the invasion of the Yemengarde swarm is obviously Starting from the southern hemisphere, the main nest building is also concentrated in the southern hemisphere.

"What are you suspecting?" Kerrigan was in the habit of not reading Augustus's mind, otherwise their relationship would have been rather uninteresting.

"Remember the federal scientific research center on Victor V that studied Zerg?" Augustus asked.

"If the Federation has already broken the taboo, then there is obviously more than one such laboratory." He said: "The Federation is likely to have such a laboratory in Cha Sara, and they have already made some results. This is The reason they survived."

"Where's Jim? Put him in charge of this."

"These bastards." Kerrigan cursed while conveying Augustus's order, so that Jim Raynor, who was on the landing deck of the Hyperion, immediately set about organizing an elite force to carry out Augustus's order. Order.

"You think these zerg were brought in by the Federation? That's why they stood by, because that's what they wanted—but why would the Federation do that?"

"The Zerg is a weapon." Augustus said with deep meaning in his eyes: "The Zerg is a monster without intelligence, brutal and bloodthirsty, as if it was born only for killing. As a weapon, they are undoubtedly the most efficient and most effective. fatal."

"Think about it, if the Kel-Morians were still fighting the Tyranid Federation, what would happen if the Federation could unleash the zerg in Moria or lure them there?" Augustus said.

"Even if Moria can reach them, their strength will be damaged on a large scale. They can only ask for help from other human compatriots, and in the end they can only exist as a vassal of the Tyrannian Federation."

"No one will doubt the head of the Tyrann Federation." Kerrigan is a very smart woman, and she quickly figured out what Augustus meant: "The Federation will destroy all evidence, just like their As it was done to the Ghosts."

"In the end, they'll just say: Poor Kel-Morians just happen to be on the path of xenomorph migration." Augustus said meaningfully: "Our fellow Kel-Morians are so unfortunate, and For the sake of being human, Tyron's father will generously donate, and the union only needs to pay a very small price."

"It's the calculating politicians in the Bundestag who don't care if hundreds of thousands of people die to achieve their goals. I've seen that from what happened to Keha IV. You can never talk to Tasan The vampires in Nice's 'court' are moral," he said.

"But they shot themselves in the foot," Kerrigan said.No matter what kind of conspiracy the Tyrann Federation is planning, it is absolutely impossible for the Zerg to destroy Cha Sara.

Cha Sara has always been a thriving, Federation-loyal planet.If he wanted to destroy any planet, the first one would be Mar Sara, who had once betrayed the Federation.

"No matter what, they have undoubtedly overplayed it." Augustus's face remained unchanged: "The zerg they have come into contact with may only be a few hundred or a few thousand, so they take it for granted that no matter how many of them there are, they are too big." But in fact, the number of Zerg can only be counted in the hundreds of millions—this is playing with fire.”

"When the zerg have completed their mission, burying them in the ground is the best fertilizer, and may even be made into food for export to the Ke-Morians and Umoyans." He said.

"But the Federation made a mistake, that is, they have not encountered Zerg variants carrying deadly viruses and parasites before."

Augustus was able to guess the cause and effect. There must be many zerg individuals from the Jormungandr swarm in the Cha Sara base of the Federation. These individuals all came from the latter's reconnaissance force.Originally, the Jormungandr swarm would have to wait a few more years before invading the Sara galaxy, because they were not eager to devour humans.

After Kerrigan attracted the attention of the swarm master, a series of chain reactions made the Jormungandr swarm accelerate the process of invading the Koprulu sector and found the deadly Federation scientific researchers.

However, even so, the Tyranid Federation may still think that the situation is still under its control, and the most worried thing is that the fact that the Zerg exists will be leaked, so it sits and watches the destruction of Cha Sara.

Because everyone in Quancha Sara has seen the Zerg, according to the consistent style of the Federation, eliminating all insiders is the best way to eliminate evidence.

"This is Tychus Finley. And Kid Hank's troops. We have completed the evacuation mission and request to evacuate." At this time, Tychus's positive photo suddenly appeared on Augustus' current main screen. An old face smoking a cigar.

Tychus, clad in crimson power armor, is stepping atop the iridescent crown of a gigantic Hydralisk. Behind him stands the much larger Firebat Commander Hanak Hank and several others operating the The engineers who moved the zerg corpses by tower crane and loaded them onto the ship.

"Approve the request," said Augustus.

"I never thought you would not approve." Tychus's helmet was still stained with a lot of dark purple blood: "I say this is just a routine, seriously, why do Hank and I come every time?" Doing this grueling, grueling job while you're hiding behind a screen."

"If you can stand here and 'command the three armies', I would be very happy to be on the front line." Augustus said: "Those who can do more work, the greater the risk you pay, the more you will get."

"Let's forget about being in charge of the three armies. I can't even manage myself." Tychus believed that his strength lies in his self-knowledge, just as he never denied that he was a bad person.

"But I just like a marshal like you. I am a revolutionary army. I don't do revolution for money or other rewards."

"This month's salary will be tripled, and the money will be transferred to your account at Yumo Bank." Augustus heard Tychus's overtones, this vicious villain would only work for money.It might be a lot of money, but it's definitely worth it.

Anyway, Tychus Finley would soon spend the money in the Hyperion's ship bar or lose it at the gambling tables, and it would end up in Augustus' pocket.

"You may not know this, but I want to tell you that I love you Augustus," Tychus said shamelessly as he stepped aboard the evacuated ship.

"You should come out on the ground and hunt bugs. Let me tell you, I won No. 1 in the Hydralisk hunting competition. Tychus Finley brand insecticide, you deserve it."

"Next time." Augustus shrugged and said, "Navigator, return to Cha Sara's high-altitude orbit immediately."

But when the Hyperion raised its bow and was about to leave, the voice of Revolutionary Lieutenant General Horace Warfield came from the communication channel.

"The Iron Justice called the Huberian bridge, the Federation Fleet Omega Squadron came straight to us, and the enemy flagship Omega the Dead is firing at us."

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