StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 271 Homeland Lost
About three weeks later.

In the territory of the United States of Umoyan, Icarus IV.

As an agricultural world among the Confederate planets of the United States, the capital airport of Icarus had never seen so many people in a single day.This made the airport overwhelmed and had to limit the tonnage and number of incoming spacecraft.

Augustus, who was dressed in a dark gray uniform of an officer, was standing on the side of the exit of the terminal building with a silver frame and a blue crystal glass dome, watching the refugees from the Sara galaxy pouring out of the exit.

Beyond the exit is the pure blue sky and fresh air of Icarus IV, and the white alloy building of Umoyan stands among the green lawns and forests.With the ups and downs of the terrain, the tawny birds are flying into the distance.

All this is as beautiful as the world in the painting.

Icarus is one of the most beautiful planets in the world joined by the United States. It belongs to the Umoyan colony. Its rich soil has created thousands of hectares of fertile land and charming golden autumn.

If the Icarus had not abused pesticides in pursuit of crop yields in recent years, causing irreparable environmental damage, then this planet would be much more beautiful than it is now.

After learning about what happened to the Sara galaxy and the news of the large-scale invasion of Zerg, Umoyan’s elected council adhered to the original intention of forming a council with humanitarian care and agreed to use the Icarus IV as a transit point for temporarily relocating refugees from the Sara galaxy.

At the same time, Umoyan also asked Augustus to share his experience in fighting the Zerg. At the same time, all the worlds and dominions of the United States are also strengthening their defenses.A strong sense of urgency has always inspired the Umoyans to strengthen their armaments.

Now, those high and powerful people in the world of Umoyan have reacted, and the threat of Zerg invasion will replace the oppression of the Tyranid Federation for a long time.

The existence of Protoss and Zerg will no longer be a secret unknown to the public. The new generation born and educated in this era will naturally accept the recognition that human beings have to compete with the other two races in the universe for resources and living space. Know.But with a little carelessness, what awaits the humans on Koplu planet is very likely the fate of the extinction of the race.

Even if human beings will never give up the internal struggle, the fight for the survival of the race will become what all human beings in Koprulu and even Panteron must face.

Kerrigan, Raynor, and Faraday are following Augustus with an elite guard, while Warfield, Tychus, and Harnack each have their own missions.Every time they arrive at a friendly or neutral planet, the Revolutionary Army will supplement the loss of personnel and materials there, and repair the battleship.

At this moment, Umoyan alien research experts and infectious disease prevention experts in white biochemical protective suits and orange goggles stood before the exit of the port passage, as well as a large number of doctors.In order to enter the refugee camp prepared by the local government for the Sara galaxy, these people must also prove that they do not carry the Zerg virus.

Although the doctors in the Revolutionary Army have tested them, and the existing zerg virus is not extremely contagious and the incubation period is not long, it is only caused by certain zerg species with deadly viruses that spread the virus plague, However, the Umoyan people still emphasize the need for re-testing in order to ensure that the risk is controlled within an extremely low range.

Those who can stand here and be tested again are lucky, because the people who were detected by the revolutionary army doctors before were either turned into monsters and thrown into space, or were lying dying in the cabin of the medical ship.

"The medical level of the Umoyan United States is as high as their high-tech achievements. Could it be that even they can't solve the Zerg virus?"

Looking away from the people pouring out of the exit, Augustus asked Sarah Kerrigan beside him.

"There is nothing hopeless." Kerrigan returned Augustus with a sad look: "The amino acid arrangement of the Zerg virus is unprecedented for humans, and it is mutating every moment."

"Army doctors have been telling those infected that we have a solution"

"It can at least give hope to patients until it is discovered that there is no cure for it," said Augustus. "It will make them less miserable."

"The people in the Sara galaxy have suffered enough." Renault sighed.

"Is there any progress in our alien biology laboratory?"

"Dr. Francos believes that there may be a way to deal with the zerg virus in the genetic material of the Protoss," Kerrigan replied.

"The Doctor has taken his assistants and students to test the effect of the zerg virus on the Tal'darine protoss." Kerrigan knew what Augustus was thinking.

"By the way, I remember that there is a Tadarin Protoss in our Alien Laboratory - I heard that besides ingesting a considerable amount of terrazine every day, he just lies down and 'eats and waits to die'. In order to get terrazine, he will not hesitate to participate in the various experiments."

"Francos is as active as ever." Augustus asked with concern: "What's the result?"

"The implanted virus couldn't infect the protoss but that's possible because the zerg virus that can infect protoss is completely different from the one that infects humans," Kerrigan said.

"A drop in the bucket." Augustus expressed little hope for this.

"Tell Dr. Francois that the fate of billions of human beings depends entirely on the results of his experiments."

"This is a heavy burden. You are putting Franks on the moral stake." Renault shrugged.

"You've always been like this, Augustus. You know what each of us is like, and how to motivate us," he said.

"Duke is a villain. He's selfish and honor-seeking. Satisfy his vanity. Tychus only cares about money, so you'll give him money."

"This is the embodiment of your wisdom."

"Jimmy, on a deeper level, this is just an exchange of benefits." Augustus' eyes were calm and cold.

"But you are different to us. I can't think of anything in me that you can use." Renault said.

"That's different, Jimmy." Augustus was silent for a while. Instead of following the refugees out of the Icarus Airport, he returned to the dispatch hall of the airport through a narrow passage.

Among them, there are still quite a few refugees from the Sara galaxy waiting to get out of the airport.

In the center of the dispatch hall is a huge holographic projection screen, and the UNN logo on it shows that this is the live broadcast of the main station of the UNN Cosmos News Network Tarsonis.

It is worthy of Augustus' attention that UNN finally started reporting news about aliens more than three months after the zerg appeared in the Sara system.Everyone in the hall stared at the big screen with angry faces, cursing the federal government's evasion and inaction.

In the Sara Galaxy, the Revolutionary Army rescued the refugees regardless of sacrifice, and the Tyrannian Federation did not help, but it still wanted to deal with the Revolutionary Army.It can be said that the Revolutionary Army is desperately pulling the refugees out of the abyss, while the Federation wants to kick both the Revolutionary Army and the refugees back, and then cover the coffin.

"I can already imagine the sensation these news will cause in Tarsonis and other Commonwealth worlds." Augustus looked at the main screen.

"It is obvious that the news of the discovery of alien intelligent races has caused an uproar in the territory of the Tyrann Federation." Kerrigan said: "At the beginning, the UNN and other mainstream media just told the Federation people There are two races, protoss and zerg."

"Didn't they say that the Zerg is a terrible monster that eats people and that the protoss emits a beam that can disintegrate humans?" Augustus said coldly.

"It's still the same. Avoid the important and ignore the important, disassemble the facts into multiple fragments and then reassemble them according to what they want. As long as they change the word order and add some rhetoric, then what they want to express may be completely opposite to the facts." Kerrigan Said sarcastically.

"In fact, at the beginning, humans still thought about how to share human culture with aliens. Toy companies even launched commemorative Zerg and Protoss toys, and they were a great success."

"But the Federation didn't give the specific images of the Protoss and Zerg at that time." Augustus smiled silently.

While Augustus was speaking, the screen projected by the holographic projection was still playing the image of the host of the UNN news program.

"This is where the protoss destroyed Cha Sara. Everything on the planet was burned. The number of survivors is still being counted. The army has withdrawn from the Sara galaxy."

"Now they're finally starting to look at it," said Augustus, "but it seems like they're blaming the protoss for the destruction of Sara's sister planet completely, and completely ignoring the zerg that actually devoured those two planets .”

"At first, the Federation tried to block the news of the Sara Galaxy, and the Omega Squadron really did it almost imperceptibly. Although we knew what was going on there, but with the Federation controlling the media, our voices could only be silenced. said Kerrigan.

"But in fact, not long after we evacuated the Sara galaxy, the zerg invaded Char, Antiga, and Little Atticus. The five marginal worlds were all attacked by different zerg nests. This is obviously beyond the Tyrannian federal government expected, they had no choice but to make the encounter of the Sara galaxy public."

"Char." Augustus suddenly looked at Kerrigan with sharp eyes, which almost made Kerrigan jump.

"What's wrong?" Kerrigan tried to read Augustus' thoughts, but she gave up after thinking about it.

"I still remember Char, it was a red planet full of magma lakes." Renault remembered something: "When I was in the Federation Marine Corps, I heard about Char many times. I heard that you My brother Arcturus was there once."

"During the guild war, Char used to be the main battlefield of the federation and the Kymerian union, because there were precious heavy metals and minerals there. Later, both sides used battlecruisers and nuclear weapons. As far as I know, the environment there is even worse now. Worse, it's almost uninhabitable, basically just a few miners and a garrisoned army."

"To put it bluntly, the Federation won't take care of that damn place at all," he said.

"As for the main star of Antiga and the planets of Little Atticus, the Tyrannian Federation may still say a few beautiful words."

"It's too bad," said Augustus. "If possible, we shouldn't give up Char. It's a pity we have so few men."

He sighed heavily and said nothing more.

Just after Augustus finished speaking, the host on the holographic projection screen in the hall suddenly said outrageously:

"The soldiers discovered a large number of members of the Sons of Korha before the protoss destroyed Cha Sara. They were still destroying military facilities and massacring refugees when the aliens invaded."

"There is no doubt that the evil protoss is the lackey of Augustus Mengsk. He betrayed the interests of human beings and colluded with aliens to deal with the orthodox government!"

"Nonsense!" This immediately aroused the roar of the angry Sara people.

"Fart!" Even Renault yelled, the young man with black hair stared angrily, and had already pulled out the revolver that Augustus gave him, aiming at the holographic projection screen.

"In order to save people, how many good brothers we have died. If you didn't just think about blocking the news at the beginning, but hurriedly evacuated the refugees, things would never have turned out like this!"

After all, Lei Nuo is still a young man with a vigorous spirit. Although he has a calm personality, he will inevitably lose his mind when he is furious.

"Put it down! Jimmy!" Augustus yelled angrily.

"Even if you take a shot, it won't help. It's a holographic projection screen, not an LED2D screen." He added.

"You can't break it even if you hit it."

Hearing Augustus speak, Renault immediately came to his senses, and slowly put down the revolver in his hand, his face turned from green to red, and he was speechless.

Renault quickly realized the dire consequences of shooting in the crowd, flushing with shame.

"You idiot!" Augustus yelled.

"Next time, you're going to hit a real person in the face instead of an image."

The people around were still yelling at the inaction and incompetence of the Tyrannian federal government, so that Augustus couldn't hear what was being said in the news at all.

Augustus could only see the crimson flag of the Revolutionary Army with the Whip Ring and the roar of a Zergling.

"The Federation can't tell the difference between the Revolutionary Army and the Sons of Kehal, or they simply don't want to make a distinction." Kerrigan said: "The Federation sees the Revolutionary Army and the Sons of Kehal as terrorists and disruptors of order."

At this time, the voices of the people in the hall suddenly became quieter, because a well-known member of the Tyrann Federation Council appeared on the news program.

"Citizens of the Tyrann Federation. I want to tell you that there are not only protoss aliens who are enemies of humans, but also the zerg controlled by Augustus Mengsk. These two races are humans sworn enemy."

"There is only one way out for mankind: all mankind must unite under the banner of the Tyrann Federation and repel the invading enemies."

"We must defend Antiga, Little Atticus, Helsingne, and all other marginal worlds. The Tyrannian Federation Navy has always stood at the forefront of defending mankind." He said impassionedly.

"And the traitor Augustus Mengsk and his rebel forces set off a riot in the rear at this time, attacking the soldiers who were fighting the alien threat! This gang of thugs only value their own interests, and Turn a blind eye to the critical survival of the Human Federation!"

"You are so cute, Senator Peart." Renault said sharply, "You don't need to blame yourself for what you did."

"Let's go, we can't stay in Icarus for too long." Augustus patted Renault's broad shoulders.

"Where should we go now?" Kerrigan asked.

"Antiga is the closest to us." Augustus said, "Where the people need us, we will appear there."

"Look, the Zerg will not stop their attack. In the future, more planets will be invaded by Koplu, and the situation of Koplu will surely exceed the imagination of the Tyranid Federation. And the Tyranid Federation is most afraid of things It's completely out of their control."

(End of this chapter)