StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 313 Shocked Augustus for a Whole Year
In January 2492, the space-time channel exited.

This is a special fleet with a large scale but an unusual combination. The golden-red steel giant ship of the Human Revolutionary Army and the golden-blue warship of the Protoss Expeditionary Army sailed together. Shuttle up and down on both sides.

At the forefront of the joint fleet are two human and protoss flagships, the Hyperion and the Star Shuttle, which are traveling side by side.

If the bridge of the Huberian is different from the past, it is that the chief engineer of the Revolutionary Army, Rory Swan, has carried out a new round of work on it with reference to the new design of the battlecruiser of the newly captured Federation Nova Squadron. Improvements such as more advanced navigation charts, radar scanning systems, and sensor arrays and sophisticated anti-eavesdropping installations spread under the bridge splints.

Of course, the most prominent changes are the cables of various colors that are too numerous to be sorted out, which is why Swan, who is wearing an orange-gray engineer uniform, is leading his men to work overtime here.

But just from this "Meinhof Dwarf" it seems that he is enjoying the heavy work.

The main console of the Huberian bridge is not the same as in the past. The position of the keyboard is inlaid with a crystal clear, three-foot-high green void crystal. It has obviously been polished very well, shaped like a warm cobblestone.

This is the Xel'Naga Void Crystal that Augustus found in the purgatory corridor of Mar Sara.After Zeratul and his Nerazim engineers boarded the Hyperion, they kindly repaired the few void crystal shards and placed them in the human computer, and according to the Dark Templar added The space-time technology of Sacoolas.

But according to Swan: Those dark-skinned protoss just glued a few pieces together with unknown glue, and then inserted them in any place.

Although humans, including Augustus, doubt whether the crystal can make the passage of time faster, in any case, the calculation speed of the Hyperion computer is indeed much faster.

As for the ancient stone tablet excavated together with this crystal, Zeratul gave his own answer by studying the Xel'Naga texts on it: those texts were not chaotic ravings in the void, all the words came from The Forerunners of the Void, all come from our Creator, and those all point to the same point, the Xel'Naga Artifact Fragment is the key to open a door in the universe.

For the Xel'Naga prophecy on this stone slab, Zeratul chose to stay on the human battleship Hyperion to decipher these beautiful words that are similar to the protoss words but have very different meanings.

Augustus prepared a clean and quiet cabin for Zeratul and several Dark Templars who followed him, and ordered a Revolutionary Army captain to pay close attention to the requests made by the Dark Templars, as a lord .

It was only during the period when the Hyperion entered the hyperspace voyage to Heji, Zeratul and his dark templars had been living an ascetic life, spending most of the time on soft silk cushions Sit and meditate.Although Dark Templar sleep and rest, they do not appear to have the same recreational activities as humans.

The Dark Templar always sit like silent statues.They also take in water, and when they feel "hungry", these Protoss will go outside the cabin, go to the bridge or public observation window to bask in the cosmic light sunbathing for a while.

"Haji, a land of chaos and chaos. Grande City on the Morris subcontinent is the capital city of this planet, and there are about 300 million people living in that city." At this time, Renault was sitting on the console. The command chair operates the search system of the battleship database.

"More than a century ago, early colonists discovered mysterious ruins on Haiji, and then that planet was also affected by the colonization wave during the expansion of the Tyrann Federation, and was incorporated into the Federation after a series of terrestrial transformations. In the huge colonial territory." Lei Nuo said while browsing the information of planet Haji.

"No matter what, Haji's federal governor is absolutely incompetent, otherwise this planet would not be what it is now." Finally, Lei Nuo concluded: "The environment of this planet is harsh, but the land is not barren. On the federal interstellar shipping transportation network, even if they sell their resources, most people here will not have such a miserable life."

On an unfolded holographic main screen, a gray satellite and its large rocky planet orbited endlessly.

"I believe it's because whoever swallowed these outputs." Augustus was wearing a dark gray cloak and a captain's cap with a gold emblem, just like the image of the wise and powerful on the promotional poster: "The poor here The wealth gap is even bigger than Tarsonis."

"Who is the supreme military commander in the area?" Augustus asked.

"It's General Saul Creek." Renault swiped the screen of the console a few times and grinned, "It seems that this is a general with outstanding achievements. The Keha rebels on the edge of the Luxing District have fought many tough battles."

"I swear I've never fought against General Kerik." Augustus shrugged.

"Maybe that's because it's such a small player on the fringes of the battlefield that we didn't pay attention at all," Leno joked.

"Do the general a favor, Jimmy." Augustus turned to the other side, looking at the other command chair next to Raynor, that was the young Matt Horner of Tyrador IX.Although Matt still seemed immature, he quickly gained Augustus's attention for his firm belief and smart studious.

Matt Horner has a good character and seriousness, and Augustus has trained him as the captain of the battle cruiser and even the future fleet commander.

"Matt, is there any feedback from the radar monitoring system?"

"Yes, sir, the Zerg is invading the planet." Matt said, looking up at Augustus.Today, Horner is studying behind the Hyperion's first mate, who works as a radar scan and siren reporter.

"Nearly all major settlements have been invaded by the Zerg Swarm, affecting more than 1000 million people. All interstellar ports are blocked by the Zerg's air force, who obviously don't want anyone to escape from Haji."

Meanwhile, the main screen on the Hyperion showed the main image of Hagie's ground, a barren world of gray dust and giant craters.

The dark purple creeps are spreading on the surface of Haji at an alarming speed, and the raging swarms of insects have flooded one city after another. The original gray planet Haji has been slowly growing on the satellite display. Taupe scar.

"Our life detectors show that there are only about 80 Zergs invading Heji. Compared with planets like Mar Sara, Antiga, and Char, that is really nothing." Matt continued to report.

"Compared to tens of millions of bugs grinning at you, these are still ordinary." The panel on the front of the Renault control controller said.

"These Zerg populations in Haji are also different from what we have seen on those planets before. They are rare in number, but there must be something else. We all know the characteristics of the Zerg, they don't need the genes of the weak .”

"You know, even a scum like Tychus has his merits."

"Find out where they're coming from," Augustus said.

After a while Matt Horner said, "Here's the scan, sir."

"There are at least four swarm Leviathans on Haji's high-altitude orbit. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least tens of thousands of zerg in their bodies. We have never seen this creature join the battlefield, but it is obviously more Sheamos was more aggressive and threatening," he said.

"They are terrifying enemies, each of which is much larger than the warships of the protoss and humans. This is a level 10 psionic creature, we must deal with it carefully."

"This shows that the master attaches great importance to this operation and will not allow failure." Augustus nodded: "When dispatching the reconnaissance troops, the swarm only dispatched Bechymos."

Scans of the Leviathans appeared on the main screen in front of Augustus, and they were so massive that the asteroids and rocks passing around them dwarfed each other.

The body length of these swarm Leviathans can reach 4~5 miles, and there are even larger ones among them. Even the largest Hyperion in the Revolutionary Army seems small in front of these giant creatures.At the same time, unlike the Swarm Behemoth, which mainly functions as a transport ship without any ability to fight back, the Leviathan is more aggressive. It is a terrifying space predator rather than a slow herbivorous creature.

Behemoth is more like a giant filter-feeding whale shark, while Leviathan is a ferocious toothed whale.

"Send our fighter planes and reconnaissance planes, I need to know the landing point and travel route of the Zerg." Augustus said, staring at the huge swarm Leviathans on the main screen.

"If they're looking for a new agent of the swarm, it should be a high-level psyker with outstanding psychic gifts, keeping an eye out for possible psionic fluctuations. Send all our science ships and ghost teams to Get out, we must find the psyker before the zerg."

"Augustus, with our equipment, there is no way to monitor the situation of the entire planet." Renault said, "This kind of thing can only be luck, and we can only pray that it happens to be there when our equipment scans there."

"I'm more worried that we are too late." Augustus said: "The zerg jumped directly to Hegee through the wormhole opened by the overlord, and they arrived at least two to three days earlier than us. .”

"Sir, we have received a communication request, and the address shows that it is from the Haji Governor's Mansion." Matt, who was sitting on the command chair on one side, reported at this time: "A highly encrypted communication signal, if that It’s a distress signal, so there’s absolutely no need to worry about leaking it out or being eavesdropped on.”

"Come in." Augustus ordered: "Listen to what Mr. Governor has to say to us. After all, he is a local."

"It really is you, Augustus Mengsk." In the picture is a fat-faced middle-aged man wearing a top hat, and a few gemstones can be vaguely seen under his gentleman's suit and blue square scarf necklace.

Judging from his hunched posture while sitting, these gorgeous jewelry must have been an extremely heavy burden for him.

"The rebel fleet, and the protoss aliens. I knew it was you who did it. You brought these alien creatures here. Only you will get involved with aliens." He is like a mental patient Twitching and chattering like an epileptic.

"I have known for a long time, who else but you, how could the remote place in Heji's poor country be invaded by Zerg. The fall of this colony is because of you!"

"Damn it, I remember which federal governor said something similar." Renault whispered: "This group of stupid federal bureaucrats and fat waste, they never think about their own problems."

"Is that what you want to say?" Augustus glanced at Governor Hedge, the contempt in his eyes was self-evident: "Your people are being slaughtered, think about what you have done for them instead of being furious here."

"You look like a fat lame duck."

"Take the governor down, it looks like he's gone completely crazy." At this moment, a big hand in a power armor alloy glove stretched out from the side of the camera, and the man who seemed to be bleeding out of incomparable anger The drooling Governor Hage pushed away.

A man with a blond beard appeared in front of Augustus. He sat down on the red velvet seat of Governor Haji and took off his hat with the Army Eagle emblem, revealing himself as if oiled The same shiny head.

"I am General Saul Creek of Haji, the highest-ranking military commander on this planet." He punched the expensive Cha Sara sunwood table in front of him: "I have been in Fight against you guys, outlaws, criminals, lunatics and regime subversives."

"I want to tell you, Augustus Mengsk, that Haji's Zerg has been effectively controlled, and the defense of the main city is indestructible. It won't be long before the fleet support arrives, and the Federal Territory doesn't need you scum to intervene, Meddle less."

"If you dare to charge me with the crime of cooperating with the rebels, I will tear you to pieces." General Kerik cut off the communication link after saying these words, as if he hated Augustus to the extreme. .

Renault said in surprise: "These people think they can hold the main city, but what about the people in other places?"

"Are they crazy?"

"I'm afraid so," said Augustus, after a few seconds of hesitation.

"Order General Duke and Colonel Holler to prepare for the landing force and hospital ship. We are about to land at Hagie."

"According to the meaning of this federal general, he wants us to keep our minds out of our own business." Renault said mockingly.

"What kind of thing is he?" Augustus said in a rare angry tone: "I'm mad at him!"

"Piss him to death!"

(End of this chapter)