StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 300 Hypertension Operation of the Supreme Council

For Augustus, Zeratul's Xel'Naga spaceship Void Seeker jumped him from the ground to the ship in an instant.Things around him darkened for a moment, and then the ground beneath his feet became a solid black cabin.

"Why don't you turn on the lights?" Renault naturally accepted the protoss' magical technology without making a fuss.

Initially the cabin was very dark, but as they appeared, the surrounding bulkheads and the ground began to glow green.This green glow is like the reflection of lush vegetation in the sunlight rather than some unnatural artificial light source.The green light flowing back and forth along the spirals and mystical symbols finally formed a pattern of grilled fans and equihexagons, like fern sprouts.

The ground is not covered with carpet or non-slip tiles, but some kind of soft sound-absorbing material similar to black sponge, even if the alloy stability boots of the power armor step on it, it will not make any sound.

"It's really cold here." Tychus opened his helmet visor and looked around. "It's like being in an ice hole. Damn it, we won't be in those dark protoss ice cellars."

The cabin of the Void Seeker is large enough to accommodate Augustus and others and their mobile vehicles. On the edge of the cabin, you can also see some clusters of sharp-edged crystals emitting green light.Clusters of crystals are rooted where the cabin walls meet, as if growing from within.

The cabin is not silent. In addition to the crisp resonance of the crystal matrix, there are also sounds similar to the turbulence of water and the sound of wind and sand, giving people a strange feeling that they are in nature instead of on a ship.

"This is undoubtedly a Xel'Naga spaceship, a creation of the gods who once enlightened the knowledge and wisdom of the protoss." Taldarin walked with his long mechanical appendages of the dragon knight: "It is not a Xel'Naga Those spaceships left behind in Aiur, this spaceship contains powerful void energy, maybe Naganaga used it to travel through the universe in the past."

"It's really great. Today, our spaceships are nothing more than imitations of Naganaga warships."

"A long time ago, the dark patriarch drove this spaceship to travel through the universe, looking for traces of Xel'Naga's travels in the universe and those raving prophecies in the void." The dark templar walked to Augustus All with the face of Tal Darin.

At this time, a projection appeared in front of Augustus, and the picture was the main lair of the zerg located among the magma islands.The scene there shocked all the humans and protoss present. Countless black chitin carapaces, spikes, gray-brown spine skeletons, flesh-colored vesicle wings, and alien creeps oozing mucus and dark purple creeps Insect organism building.

These buildings seem to be alive, their surfaces are expanding, shrinking and proliferating all the time, the top of the building shrinks like a breathing port, and the tendons and meridians on the main trunk are wriggling to deliver blood and nutrients everywhere, as if the whole The ground is alive, a piece of subcutaneous flesh exposed to the air.

All around the screen are zerg pulsating organic structures, the tallest of which even exceeds the Sky Tower of the Genesis Family on Tarsonis Prime.At the heart of these structures is the monstrous Zerg Overlord, miles in diameter and mostly buried deep beneath the hard volcanic surface.Above the Juggernaut, thousands of spikes pierced the sky, and a huge eye was watching everything around it coldly.

Augustus, Taldarin, and Raynor all came over, and the rest of the Protoss Templar couldn't hide their curiosity.Protoss and human warriors in gold-blue armor or gold-red power armor clustered next to each other, their relationship visibly improved by the experience of fighting side by side.

"That is the master of all the Zerg, the Master." The Dark Templar said to Augustus: "It may have lived as long as the Zerg race itself."

"Why do bad things always live longer than good people?" Tychus taunted both Overlord and Protoss at the same time.

"The Overlord is likely to be immortal. The research of Dr. Francois and Stetman shows that the cells of the Zerg are replaced much faster than humans, but they will not age." Augustus explained Say.

"But it's also possible that we killed the bugs not long after they were born." Reynolds pointed at the illusory light and shadow, staring at the hazy shadow above the main nest.

"Is that a wormhole? On the surface of Char?"

"That's right, a wormhole built using psionic energy." Taldarin said: "This shows that the psionic strength of the Zerg Master has exceeded the limit as a creature, or it is originally an endless Zerg the sum total of will."

"In the past, our expedition fleet occasionally entered natural wormholes. They can reduce the journey of tens of thousands of light years or even further to the distance you walk from your own door to the neighbor's nursery." Yes, compared to Tychus who doesn't listen, learn or practice, he will at least study hard.

"But we have no way of figuring out what's behind a seemingly stable wormhole, and how long they last, whether it's minutes, years, or longer. Everything has a head."

"If we can master this technology, we can connect distant colonies and frontier galaxies, and establish a stable transportation network that complements technology and trade." Augustus sighed.

"I don't think that's possible, unless the zerg masters are captured and made to work for us," Tychus said.

"If you want to die, I won't stop you." Renault chuckled.

"Where do they want to go?" Taldarin stared closely at the wormhole in the light and shadow.

It was a hazy black vortex composed entirely of void energy and dark matter, swirling in Char's remaining atmosphere.At the beginning, the surroundings of this vortex were still radiating strangely colored glare and storms that tore through the ground, but then only a black circle remained.

The extreme black in the center of the circle absorbs natural light like a black hole.A gigantic swarm Leviathan was passing through the black wormhole, its huge sun-sail-like fins swaying in the wind, and countless zerg flying creatures surrounded it.

The Swarm Leviathan is a super-giant creature that is more aggressive than Behemoth, and it can also make time-space leaps in the universe.Even when facing humans, the Zerg did not appear on the Leviathan. It is hard to imagine what kind of enemy caused the Zerg to dispatch these terrible creatures.

"I hope it's Tarsonis," Tychus said. "We'll go back and clean up the mess when the worms kill the Federation."

"We're here." At this point, the Dark Templar reminded the Voidseeker's passengers, "The Voidseeker is above this main hive."

"Where is your consul?" Taldarin asked the Dark Templar gravely and urgently.

"It's at an observation post near the main hive, on top of the tallest volcano in the vicinity," replied the Dark Templar.

"Warp me there at once," Taldarin said commandingly.

"Count me in." Augustus said, "Zeratul must have discovered more clues about the strange behavior of the swarm."

"As you wish." The dark templar immediately contacted the companion in charge of managing the core of the central node's warp matrix.

When Augustus closed his eyes and opened them again, the ground under his feet changed from the black sound-absorbing spongy ground to Char's ashes ground again.

He was standing on the top of a huge crater, surrounded by jagged rocks and ashes, thick black smoke and heat waves were rising from behind, and the ground trembled slightly from time to time.

The clouds appeared to be white smoke rings around the summit, and from his vantage point Augustus could only see billowing clouds of ash, clouds of fine ash debris that split, come and go, and split at times , revealing a series of cracks.

Standing behind a huge black volcanic rock, Zeratul, the Dark Master, was alone, standing alone in the bitter wind in the mountains.

This is a picture that impressed Augustus deeply. Zeratul's dark purple robes were rusty due to the erosion of the years. Like a hunting flag.

Zeratul lowered his head, apparently in deep thought.

This elder, who has a high reputation among the dark templars of Nerazim, is one of the few remaining dark patriarchs and the archon second only to the matriarch Razagal.It's just that Zeratul never manages the affairs of the family. He is just a figure like a wild crane, a traveler who explores the unknown and mysterious in the universe.

"Zeratul, Elder." Augustus walked towards Zeratul, showing obvious respect.His sincerity is by no means a disguise, which is an important reason why Zeratul looks at Augustus differently.

Every protoss, commoner and warrior alike, is a mind reader, so much so that they don't take it as an offense when they make contact with humans.Even if Zeratul didn't seek out the true secrets deep in Augustus' heart, he could feel the true heart of this young human.

This is Augustus's respect for Zeratul is so real that he himself feels strange.Zeratul always suspects that Augustus has known him for a long time, but he doesn't go to the bottom of it, just takes it as part of his destiny.

To those who honor them, the Dark Templar has traditionally returned the same homage.

"You are here." Zeratul looked at Augustus.

Zeratul bowed deeply as he swept past the Protoss Templar Grand Archon Taldarin beside Augustus.

"Hail to the High Templar, the Grand Archon, and the great Dragon Knight Taldarin Perhaps the Matriarch still remembers you, I am Zeratul, the Dark Priest, the leader of these Dark Templars."

Zeratul said with full respect: "You are all warriors of Adun's time. Compared with you, I am just an ignorant child with little knowledge."

Zeratul had been watching the Taldarin's forces ever since they landed on Char.

"But we only saw one enemy." The high-ranking templars around Taldarin were also jumped to the vicinity of Zeratul. I have been mentally tense, like walking on eggshells.

The high-ranking templars showed their shining blue psionic blades and pointed them at Zeratul.

"Not an enemy, but a brother." Taldarin's attitude towards Zeratul was so much more relaxed that his templars were always worried about whether their archon had been corrupted by the corrupt thoughts of the dark templar.

"There should not be such a battle between the Templar and the Dark Templar." Compared with the problem of the Dark Templar, Taldarin is more about what is behind the wormhole.

"The zerg must be preparing to invade a planet or an entire civilization," he said to Zeratul. "Have you figured it out?"

"I'm not sure." Zeratul's body shook a bit: "A terrible and only will of the main hive is constantly passing through the consciousness of the swarm, and the cerebrates are discussing the great plan of the master in the hive. What I saw was an attack on the Protoss."

"Our colony is far outside the Koprulu star sector, where the Armada (The Great Fleet) of the Aoli tribe is also stationed." Taldarin said worriedly: "The concerns of the Supreme Council have come true, if If we don't wipe out all the zerg in this sector, then this will turn into an all-out war across the Protoss Empire, and our people will be under fire."

"The Juggernaut's target may be Aiur." Zeratul said: "When I killed those brain worms, I came into contact with the Juggernaut's thoughts many times. Its group has been looking for the footprints of the protoss in the universe. Having discovered us, they will seek a way to merge with the protoss, which is the mission entrusted to it by the creator of the Overlord."

"Aiur is its target. It knows the existence of Aiur, and has always known, why?"

"Eir! No!" Taldarin's emotions showed signs of losing control for the first time: "How is this possible, Eir's coordinates have always been a secret, and her location has always been hidden under the gravitational field we set up .”

"I hope this is just unfounded worry." Zeratul said: "During the last meditation, I seemed to foresee the future darkness and endless war in the Koprulu sector."

The technology of the Dark Templars is quite different from that of the Templars. Compared with Al, which has a large population and many tribes, they are not as good at casting and driving warships as the Olga tribe in charge of the Protoss fleet. But they are better at space-time technology.

It is said that the sages of the Dark Templar who penetrated the mysteries of time and space could see fragments of the future and thus guide others - though the Nerazim seers were rare in number and their predictions were not always accurate.

Maybe Zeratul could have seen something, but Augustus didn't think he knew the truth.

"I must report this matter to the executive officer Tassadar, to the Supreme Council of Aiur, and let them prepare, no matter whether this is just a possibility." Taldarin turned on the communication equipment and communicated with the Protoss Expeditionary Force fleet. The Star Shuttle contacted, but the next bad news came one after another.

"What is the Supreme Council thinking?" After more than ten seconds of silence, Taldarin suddenly roared.

"What's going on? Consul." Augustus approached Taldarin, already guessing something in his heart.

".I shouldn't have mentioned to you that this happened when the fleet was still fighting Zerg in the high-altitude orbit of Char." Tardarin looked at Augustus: "The Supreme Council of the Protoss Empire announced that due to the tower Sardar, who disobeyed orders to cleanse all planets of infested humans, and even joined forces with the fallen Dark Templar, is no longer the executive officer of the Koplu Expeditionary Force."

"The Supreme Council will send a new executive officer of the Akiri tribe to replace Tassadar, and because of the disappointment with the Templar class, a highly respected arbitrator will also go together." He said sadly.

"Tassadar was ordered to return to Ayr alone to accept the court trial, while the expeditionary force will continue to implement the original order."

"Judgment, what kind of Supreme Council thinks others are fools?" Tychus' fierce eyes glared.

"Even if a fool commits a crime, he won't be caught without a fight, let alone go to the police station and surrender himself." He is quite familiar with this: "Let's say he has to go back so many light-years away."

"If it were me, I wouldn't be a bird of the Supreme Council, I would have patted my ass and left."

"It's absurd, changing generals just before the battle? Just for such a few ridiculous reasons?" Renault was also puzzled: "What's the matter?"

"I can't believe that those are the arbitrators who have always ruled the Protoss Empire with wisdom and foresight." Zeratul was amazed.

"The history I have learned tells me that it is the arbitrators of the Protoss Empire who define the law and guide the Protoss to always walk on the right path."

"This is their style." Augustus looked at Taldarin: "Then, when Tassadar is no longer the executive officer, who will take his place temporarily."

"It is I," Taldarin said.

"There is still room for maneuver in this matter." Augustus smiled: "There is an old proverb in mankind, that is, you will not accept military orders abroad."

　There was an earthquake in Changzhou. I have never seen an earthquake before. It scared me to death.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)