StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 283 Toyask Ray Beast
Augustus stared at the protoss high-ranking templar who was suspended in mid-air by psychic power. His ancient golden armor was engraved with beautiful patterns and the badge of sickle lightning, and the dark blue battle robe on the armor The symbol with the scorpion tail indicates that he is a warrior from the Sagas tribe.

This is a long-standing branch of the Aiur Protoss tribe, descended from hunters and assassins in the age of strife, their ancestors are as elegant and deadly as the tabby cats in the Aiur rainforest.

The Sagas templars have always been ruthless killers, they are good at the art of killing, their duty of killing and their nature of advocating freedom make them incompatible with the Protoss Empire that follows the dogma of Kara.It is said that most of the rebellious Protoss Dark Templar Nerazim came from this tribe.

Many of Tassadar's Expeditionary Forces in the Protoss Empire's Koplu sector came from the Sagas tribe. After all, ruthless killing is what the Sagas templars are best at.

The protoss of this tribe still retain the custom of hunters harvesting the trophies of their prey, and they occasionally use the fangs of beasts to decorate their long, overly sleek jaws to make them look more menacing.

"Maybe I can help you in your search."

Augustus said: "Sass, the brain worm of the Gamm swarm, is a cautious guy by nature, suspicious and cunning, and he will definitely hide in the deepest part of the nest."

His knowledge of the zerg network comes from the research results in the Cha Sara Federal Alien Laboratory.

"Each underground worm nest is a huge underground city. The zerg's underground worm tunnel network extends in all directions, consisting of a large main nest area, secondary nest area, and incubation area. The worm tunnel network connecting these giant underground caverns is like It is an intricate urban transportation network, and the wormway network will eventually lead to the deepest main hive area." He said.

"As long as we advance along a worm path, we can find the Zerg cerebrum hiding in the main hive area."

"Simple but directly hits the crux of the problem." The high-ranking templar said: "There are many extremely deep wormway networks that have escaped the attack of our fleet. If that brain worm is still alive, it must be hiding in the place where it thinks the most safe place."

So far, both humans and protoss only know that there is a character like the mastermind of the zerg in the zerg group, and they have never seen a brain worm that is closely guarded by the zerg.

"Form up, move forward." Augustus gave an order to the more than 200 soldiers who followed him without any muddle.

Leading the way was Tychus Finley, still smoking a cigar, his helmet fogged with condensation.

"My Templars will follow you," said the High Templar to Augustus. "There are still many dangerous monsters lurking in the subterranean nests of the Zerg."

More templars emerged from the night, their shining golden armor and blue robes shining like the sun in the darkness.

"You guys are really helpful." Augustus laughed.

"As it should be," said the High Templar, his voice in Augustus' head sounding earnest and serious.The protoss are always serious to the point of rigidity, and behave quite restrained, only when they fight will they unleash their fury.

At this moment, Augustus and the others were on a flat red platform, surrounded by burning Zerg nest buildings.The layer of creep covering the ground was swept by the protoss' beam weapon, and it looked curly and dry as if it had been burned by flames.

Walking down this platform is a gully plowed by the main cannon of the Protoss. In the light of the searchlights in front of the power armor, Augustus can still vaguely see the scorched zerg that was welded to the ground by the scorching plasma. corpse.

Inside the thermal imaging system on the Augustus HUD headset, there are very few images of the zerg, either burning in the searing blue rays of the protoss or being shredded by the psionic blades of the protoss templar.

The landform of the landing site is mostly flat hills and sandy land. Ten billion years ago, this area was the mouth of a long river.Most areas are conducive to the zerg using their claws and teeth to dig deep tunnels and build lairs.

There are also large crystal veins exposed in the air and continuous high-energy gas springs in this area. These precious minerals are equally important to the Zerg. They can strengthen the Zerg's carapace and sharp claws, and act as a catalyst to make the Zerg Swarm work. more efficient.

From the perspective of the leader of the Gam swarm, this is indeed an excellent place to build a nest.At the same time, the brain worms of the Garm swarm obviously did not expect the arrival of the Protoss Expeditionary Army, otherwise it would definitely stay on the swarm Behemoth, which can escape through hyperspace leaps at all times.

"So we really have to go underground to find bugs? I'd say that's a much bigger risk than fighting Duke's Alpha Squadron in Mar Sara." Tychus sprinted from behind Augustus. said while following him.

"Our tanks and Goliath armed robots can't do anything in the narrow worm lanes, but the worms are like ducks to water, because they hatched from those filthy nests, just like turning into flies in rotten grass roots maggots," he said.

"That's why I chose to lead an elite army instead of a division, Tychus." Augustus said, looking at Kerrigan who was running beside him.

"Sarah, can you sense something?" he asked.

Not only is Kerrigan the strongest psyker known to date, but she may also be the most special, her special ability to sense the zerg has not been found in any other psyker.

She can easily sense the presence of the zerg and know their location, but Kerrigan must be careful not to use her powers within five yards of any zerg, otherwise the swarm will die. will sense its presence.

"The zerg have retreated into the underground and the protoss are going deep into the zerg's lair." Kerrigan replied, "It seems that the zerg are still trying to defend their lair."

"The Gam swarm didn't choose to escape, either because the brain worms didn't think it was necessary to do so, or there was something they had to protect here," Augustus said.

"We can feel that there is a powerful psychic creature lurking underground, and that should be a brain worm." The high-ranking templar walked to Augustus, who was floating in the air, using the power of psychic energy Move quickly on the ground.

About forty or fifty protoss templars holding blue psychic blades are standing beside the humans. Their psychic blades are not handle-shaped, but are fired from some kind of wrist-shaped transmitter on the back of their wrists. The clustered dense light blade.

The armor of the protoss warriors is also equipped with sophisticated equipment. Perhaps their glowing eyes can see things in the dark like felines, but the protoss templar seems to be only using their glowing psionic blades. Lighting - Looks like a flashlight.

"See if there is any cave entrance near here. It is best if the entrance is large enough to look like a big snake is swimming by." Augustus said.

"Alright boss." Hanak Hack fired several flares from the extra launcher on his firebat power armor arm, and the other soldiers followed suit.

"There." The high-ranking Templar found the entrance of a cave before everyone else, and the dark cave entrance was already full of dead Hydra Hydralisks at the moment.

"Templar, strike!" he ordered. "May Adun guide us in the direction we go."

The protoss entered the dark cave first. The cave dug by the Zerg was obviously prepared for the largest Zerg, and the tall protoss could easily walk in.

"Follow them," said Augustus.

Augustus strode up to keep up with the athletic protoss, with Kerrigan and Tychus close behind.

In the light of the power armor searchlight, the entrance of this cave is unusually smooth, covered with a layer of white sandy soil, and even the jagged rocks are covered by the rough armor of the Hydra Hydralisk that guards the place every day. Grind flat.

The cave seems to be a natural formation, and the work of the zerg here is only to widen and deepen.

"Stay back, let me explore the way." Tychus stopped Augustus before he wanted to lead into the cave, and went in first: "Don't hinder me from beating bugs, do you understand?"

"Let those who know how to stand in front, boss." Harnack put on his helmet and threw a lit laser lighter into it.

This young man who had worked in Shiloh's underground mine for a few weeks knew some knowledge about underground pits. For example, if a narrow pit is filled with toxic gas or leaking high-energy gas, a lighter can Send people to heaven.

"Zergs are cleaner than we imagined." Tychus didn't notice what Harnak was doing at all, he just noticed that the Zerg's cave was much better than he thought, without slime and Those slimy creeps and disgusting acid.

In fact, the entrance of the cave is more like a reptile's lair, and this should be related to the habits of certain species of Zerg.

"Stop talking nonsense, Tychus, watch your step," Augustus yelled over the comm channel.

When they really walked into the dark and narrow cave, an underground passage with a gentle slope appeared in front of everyone.Augustus felt oppressed and nervous for a while, and he quickly focused on the rock walls and sandstones on both sides.

"Activate the oxygen generator and air circulation system inside the armor, don't breathe the air inside, it may be poisonous." Augustus issued an order in the channel.

Even Kerrigan donned a helmet, and her advanced combat suit, with its many buried circuits, functioned like power armor.

At first, the passage was quite wide, enough for Revolutionary Army soldiers in power armor to pass through, but after walking a straight distance of more than 200 yards, it gradually narrowed and became shorter, and the slope became steeper and steeper.

The troops led by the high templar of Sagas had already gone far away, and their nimble footsteps were already imperceptible, and now they were even more inaudible.

With these protoss warriors opening the way for Augustus, they wouldn't have to worry about a crazy zerg or two suddenly appearing ahead.

After walking for a few more minutes, the underground worm tunnel became narrower and narrower, and finally it could barely accommodate two soldiers in power armor to pass side by side.

Just when Augustus hesitated to move on, they gradually came to a fork in the road.The worm path that he had traveled before was divided into three parts, each leading to a different direction.

"There is wind. These wormways are connected to each other. At least one channel is used as a ventilation duct. What we need to find is the hub wormway that leads directly to the main hive area." Kerrigan said.

"The protoss must know the exact direction." Augustus said: "They are much more sensitive to the psionic energy of the Zerg than we are, and they can fully confirm the direction with the help of more sophisticated equipment."

"Stop."

Augustus paused, searching the ground for the protoss's broad, giant-toed footprint.

"Come with me," said Augustus.

Next is another period of tense advancement in the underground wormway. I have to say that walking in the dark underground is not a pleasant thing. When the thrilling fun of exploring the unknown turns into horror and death, even Even the worst Kel-Morian adventurer would be heartbroken.

Gradually, scattered remains of zerg corpses and clusters of dark purple creeps began to appear on the ground, and the originally clean potholes immediately became damp, and strange, flesh-colored food tissues appeared. Clings to rock walls and ground like gut fat or organs.

The dead zerg were almost always killed by one blow, whether it was a zergling or a hydralisk, they were decapitated or pierced in the heart by a single blow.During this period, Augustus didn't even hear the screams that should have echoed in the wormway. It can be seen that the attacks of these Templars were as fast as lightning and thunder.

"Recall that, bugs are a bunch of 'bad boys who don't like to be clean,'" Tychus said.

"Damn, that's disgusting," Harnack screamed.

"Hank, light up the fire," Augustus yelled.

When Hanak heard what Augustus said, he immediately excitedly lit the flamethrower on his arm, and together with several other firebats in the team, burned those weird organizations to ashes.

The road ahead was even more difficult. There were Zerg corpses and smelly tumors everywhere. Among them were some spider-like monsters, presumably the Zerg species that were specially hatched to guard the lair.

"Go ahead." After dealing with these tumors, Augustus waved his hand and ordered the troops behind him.

After walking for nearly 10 minutes, Augustus did not encounter any traces of the templars. Only more and more Zerg corpses revealed what kind of enemies they encountered.

Until an earth-shattering roar made humans realize that they were in an underground tunnel full of alien monsters, and the roar was accompanied by the vibration of sand and stones under their feet.It is conceivable that the owner of this roar is such an unimaginable giant monster.

The passage stopped abruptly behind a pile of Hydra Hydralisk corpses, and what appeared in front of Augustus was a huge cavern, which was high enough to accommodate a huge worm hatch, allosaurus spiers, and dense worm mantles Chambers and green eggs, some even bigger than the tank.

The sagas templars were battling a monster much larger than a normal ultralisk. It had bright red skin and more than a pair of scythes. It was a walking, hard-shelled, spiked monster. , even the protoss templars look small in front of it.

"My God, what the hell is this?" Tychus cursed.

"It's not overwhelmed by its own weight. How does this monster's organs work? It's supposed to be dull, and it has to keep eating to replenish its consumption," Kerrigan said.

"An elite individual among ultralisks," Augustus said. "Without the help of the protoss, it is enough to wipe out all of us."

"The good news is that I can be sure that the brain worm is around here."

　The national costume is translated as Tyrannosaurus.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)