StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 297 Bad Omen
Burning ground.

The battle at Alpha's Landing continued until dawn, and Augustus' army and his protoss allies defended seventeen times against Tiamat, Garm, Yermungandr, Leviathan, and Golander The group attack until the sun rises and the moon sets.

Augustus had experienced several face-to-face confrontations with the swarm, but none was as dangerous as this one.

In the middle of the night, the defense line was battered and riddled with holes by the swarms of insects.Nydus worms broke out directly from the center of the base, and a large number of screaming monsters poured out of the collapsed holes. Those roars used to deter the enemy could make Augustus connect with the most terrifying sound he had ever heard. sound.

Over the past few years, Augustus has had few nightmares and his sleep quality has been pretty good.And after what had happened last night, he was convinced that he was living in a terrible nightmare from which he would never wake up.

No one wants to have the same dream again: hordes of monsters are coming up, it seems that countless evil spirits are trying to drag you into the abyss.

Once those screaming monsters succeeded, what awaited Augustus would be the fate of being disembowelled.Without Taldarin's reinforcements, Augustus would never have believed he would have survived this far.

Fortunately, Augustus once again persisted to the end and became the real winner.Although it was just a tragic victory, Augustus has always warned himself that the gains and losses of a battle should definitely be considered from the perspective of grand strategy.

When the morning light of Char sprinkled the earth, the golden star in the binary star system of the Char galaxy jumped out impatiently.

The coolness of the early morning disappeared without staying on the surface of Char for long, and the golden light only flickered for a moment, and the nearly red sunlight reflected the rocks of Char into the color of molten iron.

When Augustus looked forward from the side of the sloping bunker that had been bombarded by the hydra spine needle and the different dragon blade insect, the ground was already covered with red springtails and hydra hydralisks.The dark king worms, different dragons, and swarm guardians in the sky dispersed, and the rest also flew high, like black kites that were dropped one by one.

Farther away was the fortification wall that had collapsed with several gaps. In that direction, the corpses of the Zerg were piled up in the slimy blood like dead fish floating on the water.Among these corpses were human corpses and some remains of dragon knight mechs that shone golden light under the searchlights, like gold nuggets obliquely inserted into the tissue.

The zerg stopped attacking before the sun rose, and even with protoss reinforcements still arriving through the portals, it was only a matter of time before they overwhelmed the place, something must have compelled the Overmind to recall its pack.

A huge Goliath armed robot knelt down among the insect corpses. The cockpit was covered with dead springtails, leaving only a flagpole inserted behind the cockpit.The red flag on the flagpole has long been corroded by acid liquid, and only the golden eagle and wolf logo of Alpha Squadron can be vaguely seen.

The Goliath armed droid was driven by a mechanical sergeant of Alpha Squadron, one of the few soldiers in the army who had not undergone resocialization, and a Federation soldier who voluntarily joined the Revolutionary Army.

Augustus knew very little about this mechanical sergeant's past, and he didn't even know his name more than ten minutes ago.The hometown of Sergeant Rhodes is the kind of remote planet that is truly called a backcountry, and the town where he lives does not have two hundred people in total.

Rhodes is the only local sheriff's son.Just like many people in the fringe world of the Tyrann Federation, if he fails to finish college and go to the core world to make a living by himself, the most likely thing in the future is to inherit his father's career.

Renault's hometown is also a place like that, with so many people living there in a long history, doing the same work for generations.

The most important decision in the life of this mechanical sergeant was to follow the recruits to join the federal army. Another life decision no less than that was to decide to do something that could be called a hero and admired by others.

When Augustus was forced to abandon the fortification walls and retreat, the Alpha Squadron mech-sergeant drove a giant Goliath droid into the enemy line, standing between him and the pursuing zerg.

After confirming that all the zerg had been evacuated, Augustus returned to the bunker and glanced at the last few soldiers around him——Reynolds with bloodshot eyes, Faraday with an expressionless face, and the last two members of the Marshal's Guard who were still alive. The overturned transport platform unloaded the crane, and the feet were full of shell casings and dropped guns.

Several members of the Marshal's Guards fell in a pool of blood, their sturdy new alloy steel power armor was riddled with holes from the Hydra spine needle.There is also a man with a hideous head on his arm, which is a Hydra Hydralisk that was beheaded by the psionic blade of the Protoss Templar after biting his arm.

"We were almost drowned by the sea of ​​insects. The number of insects was more than the sand here." Renault was still in high spirits, just like everyone who was still alive, he had just received a second injection of stimulants.

Although the side effects of the stimulant will cause Raynor to have a deadly headache and deep insomnia for dozens of hours after the effect of the drug wears off, and he may even drool like an idiot, but at the moment of life and death, no one will care about these.

"Augustus, I thought several times that our adventure was coming to an end and we had to hand over your business to your father and brother." He still had lingering fears.

At the most critical moment, Renault and members of the Marshal's Guard tried to send Augustus to the transport ship, but everyone knew that space was no safer than the ground, and there were at least tens of millions of aliens in Char's high-altitude orbit. Dragons and Scourge.

"I bet you must be wrong, Jimmy." Augustus also just had a shot of stimulants, and although his subconscious was still telling him that he should be extremely tired, he really felt like he could punch him at the moment. dead cow.

"I won't stop until I want to rest my feet."

"Stop it, the federation and the bugs are going to smack us in the ass," Raynor said.

At this time, a dragon knight with some scars came from behind Augustus, followed by two templar fanatics holding spiritual blades.The Templars nodded to Augustus as a way of paying homage to humanity.

The protoss had no intention of talking to Augustus, but passed them forward after that.Some zerg still survived, and even after suffering fatal injuries, their constantly regenerating cells can still maintain extremely strong vitality.

Augustus scanned the helmets of Raynor, Corporal Faraday, and others, and noticed that they were covered with the blood of the Zerg and the fine holes eroded by the highly corrosive acidic blood after the death of the Zerg: "Calculate the number of casualties, Ryan Tell me within an hour the results are not just numbers, I need a list."

Most of the officers on the command channel had been disconnected, and all that remained was electrical noise and murmur.

"The two largest Zerg nests, Tiamat and Yermungandr, have left, leaving only Sass' Garm nest and a few other bug nests." Raynor commanded from the contact base An orbiting satellite base station in the center.

The Revolutionary satellites in Char orbit had all been destroyed by the zerg, but the last one was still working half an hour ago.

"What do you think the two brood clans are going to do?" Renault looked at Augustus.

"Could it be that there is a protoss landing force on Char. Or maybe Zeratul's dark templar made the lord of the swarm feel threatened. Zeratul said that the worms want to take revenge? Retaliate against whom? I bet the lord is now None of them knew where the Dark Templar was."

"Hard to say, Jimmy," said Augustus after a moment's thought.

"Tassadar's protoss expeditionary force went all the way into Char, and then Zeratul's dark templar killed three brain worms one after another."

"If the swarm master wants to deal a sharp and fatal blow to the protoss, then it is a predator who is more inclined to go straight to the weakness and bite the throat of the prey." He thinks his speculation is still Too conservative.

To be precise, Augustus was not speculating on what the Overlord might do, but was deriving the process based on the established history.

"I suspect that the swarm is planning a powerful counterattack against the Protoss Empire, and the target is likely to be several planets of the Protoss."

"The most embarrassing thing about the planets of the protoss is that all the planets that have been plagued by bugs now belong to humans." Renault followed Augustus's train of thought to speculate on the intention of the master: "We don't even know whether the protoss has colonized planets or not." Know."

"Well, I just remember that Zeratul mentioned a planet called Aiur, which seems to be the home planet of the protoss. It must be far away from here, even if the bugs know where they are, they don't know how much they need to fly there. time," he said.

"That's not like the time we raided Tarsonis, when we were still prepared."

"The master won't do meaningless things." After finishing speaking, Augustus followed several protoss templars who were walking out of the bunker and stepped onto the ground full of corpses.

Among the zerg corpses next to him, Augustus's power armor's legs were dyed even redder, and he pulled out his electromagnetic pistol from time to time to kill those zerg that were still breathing.

At this time, Augustus could see the current appearance of the entire base in the daytime sunlight.Only ruins remained of the strong fortification walls, 90% of the buildings were razed, and only the brilliant and shining portal of the Protoss still stood.

Augustus tried to remove the dead zergling from the Goliath Armor, but flinched when he realized that the pilot inside had been ripped to pieces.

Not long after, bad news came from the Revolutionary Army fleet in the high-altitude orbit of Char.

"The fleet of the Protoss Expeditionary Force failed to defeat the Zerg in the Char system...their number reached a billion. The fleet of the Protoss executive Tassadar was forced to retreat to the outermost planet of the Char system, and we also Had to evacuate Char's high-altitude orbit." Captain Cormorant picked up the Augustus comm channel.

"We are still trying to send warplanes and transport ships to Char, but with little success," he said.

"You'd better do it, Captain, we'll figure it out." Augustus accepted the reality right away, knowing that there was no point in complaining: "Where are the troops of Duke and Tychus?"

The captain replied, "General Duke and Colonel Tychus' troops are near you, but I'm afraid they won't be able to get through the zerg to support them."

"I see." Augustus nodded.

"Jimmy, I'm afraid we have to stay on Char for a while." Augustus turned his head and said to Renault behind him after issuing a series of orders to Captain Cormorant.

"What? This is the most unfortunate news I have heard since I arrived in Char. The bugs that rushed into the base last night almost destroyed all our supplies." Renault reacted.

"It's no joy to be in Char, a place full of zerg. How about Tychus?"

"At least Taldarin's army is still with us. I am contacting Tychus and Duke." Augustus finally connected to the communication channel of Tychus, which means that there is no communication base station nearby They are already quite close to themselves.

"You're still alive, Mengsk." Tychus's voice sounded a little excited, but then this emotion was hidden under his deep magnetic voice: "I was going to return to the Hyperion, and I heard News of your siege is coming in no time. But there are too many bugs out there."

"Then I got in touch with Duke's people, and they lost a lot when they arrived. But Duke captured a few scouts and xenomorph scientists from Nova Squadron—don't ask me why there is a Scientist." He said in a low voice.

"Anyway, it's a mess."

"Good brother, Tychus. Remember to let Duke save the lives of those prisoners." Augustus had to admit that Tychus had won his trust with practical actions.

"I'm coming soon, the bugs outside you are retreating. Who knows what's going on in those bugs' heads? Hey, if you have extra hands to support us, please help us as soon as possible."

"It's really thrilling, the most exciting shooting game in the entire galaxy is just like this." Tychus is a good fighter, but his shortcomings are as obvious as his advantages. enthusiasm.

"Char. This filthy little planet kicked by demons is the most hell-like place I've ever seen." Tychus continued to speak loudly on Augustus's channel, which had just been taken over by the latter. To Raynor: "Oh I almost forgot, we're demons."

"Take the rest of the people to meet Tychus." Augustus said to Raynor: "In the name of Adun, let's see if the protoss can help us."

"Don't put gold on your face, Tychus, you bastard." Renault said mercilessly in the channel and left with a member of the marshal's guard.

At this moment, the communication crystal carried by Augustus shone again.

"Come to this coordinate, my friend." The image of Zeratul appeared from the light and shadow refracted by the communication crystal, and the veil and robe on his body were obviously more worn out than before.

"We observed signs of abnormal space-time surges in the main hive area where the overlord is located. This is an unusual and ominous omen."

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(End of this chapter)