StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 345 Insect plague
In May, on the local UNN holographic projection TV channel of Wadona Main Star, rumors that Wadona Main Star was captured by the rebels burned through many of the colonies of the Tyrann Federation like swift wildfire on dry grass stalks.Suddenly, panic spread to Tarsonis, especially in the middle and upper classes, and everyone was in danger.

Since Korha IV ignited the war, the Tyrann Federation has never allowed the rebels to step into the core world.People have speculated that the Tyrannian federal government army is not in an absolute advantage in the war against the rebels as they advertised. Even the most ordinary ordinary people know that the government army has just suffered a defeat in Wadona.

This is nothing shocking, as it is well known that Alpha Squadron, the strongest and most feared in the Union Navy, was decimated by rebel forces led by Augustus Mengsk during the Battle of Mar Sara, the Duke family The victorious General Edmund Duke has long been a joke.

To this day, Alpha Squadron is still being rebuilt.

The prestige accumulated by the federal army after the Guild Wars has declined significantly, not only due to the Augustus rebels, but also to the zerg and protoss.

Even the Federation Council had to admit that the Zerg and Protoss invasions had caused them to lose control of so many marginal planets that the Federation's territory had shrunk by about a third.Of course, the arrival of the extraterrestrial race cannot do without the obstruction of the rebels.

The rebels spread all kinds of ugly inside stories about the officialdom of the federal government through the UNN broadcasting tower in Wadona, using confidential documents and photos to tell the unimaginable crimes in the federal alien experiment.

In addition to secretly conducting zerg experiments on some fringe planets that have been wiped out by cholera and the great plague, the scientists of the Federation are also trying evil and twisted hybrid genetic modification, such as implanting new organs or limbs for humans.It would be fine if it was just that, but the test subjects who underwent transformation actually included ignorant and ignorant children.

Each of these shocking pieces of news seemed so well-documented that some of them were so sinister that it was hard to believe they were true.

Under the circumstances that the federal government vehemently denied it, the influential lords of the federation and the owners of large companies all spoke in unison, calling these all deliberate, ridiculous and absurd performances by the rebels, declaring that if There are people who can do such heinous things, then they are simply inhuman.

All the audio and video materials that were circulated were sealed on the same day, but the video was still widely disseminated in the world of the Federation.In these worlds, gossip runs rampant and simply uncontrollable.

More and more people learned about the Revolutionary Army and their achievements through this incident. The Revolutionary Army is no longer a small separatist force floating on the edge of the world. They have grown to the point where they can shake the Federation.Many people are looking forward to the arrival of the revolutionary army, just hoping that they can bring about some changes.

It has come to be believed that the reason why the zerg attacked the Sara system was because Federation scientists were there experimenting with the zerg they had captured.The Tyranid Federation knew of the Zerg's existence long before the Zerg's full-scale invasion, but they acted as shocked as bewildered people when they first encountered the Zerg.

This is not the first time that the Revolutionary Army has used the Tyranid Federation's media all over the Koprulu sector to promote the latter's ugliness and hypocrisy, and more people have begun to believe that as long as it is different from what the federal government says, it must be the truth.

The Vadona incident caused an uproar in the Tyrann Federation, but I don't know whether to say that the federal government was lucky or unlucky. The news that the Zerg destructively destroyed the federal colony world and brought hundreds of millions of casualties gradually overshadowed the rebellion. The game between the army and the government army.

At this time, Augustus was facing the glimmering starlight outside the porthole of the Hyperion bridge and an ugly planet covered with deep purple scars.

"Gystt, it and the people on it—it's all over. Millions of people."

Augustus’s face was as serious as a statue, and he gazed sadly at the dark purple planet spinning alone outside the porthole, and the main screen of a console next to him was playing a [-]D scene on the main continent of Gist. Holographic projection map.

On the main screen, Gist is a barren, rocky planet covered in a viscous gray-purple color across the vast continental shelf, rolling plains and mountains from the island-rich coast on one side of the main continent to the completely frozen glaciers on the other. Slimy creeping creep, and no living thing or plant can be seen otherwise.The whole world is gray, only the sky is still blue.

A holographic screen next to it shows scenes from Gist's past.The main continent is close to the equator, and forests with deep purple leaves are rooted in the steep mountains and clouds. These beautiful forests have bright colors like flowers, shining like clouds.

In the other direction, there are endless grasslands, dotted blue lakes, and large swamps inhabited by countless rare birds and animals. Everything reveals the primitive nature and the magnificence of life, and every place has intoxicating scenery.

This is a land of independence like a paradise.

In a postcard poster shot and uploaded by a local resident, the bright sunshine shrouds the meandering river flowing in the mountains, and the white tents of the climbers can be seen among the sparse bushes with flowering bushes.

The other few photos are night scenes taken at the same location. The gray-white full moon is dotted in the blue night sky, and the moonlight is as dreamy as water. There are several meteor showers in the sky. With the gesture of scissors, this moment finally became eternal.

It is impossible for these people in the picture to survive.The swarm destroyed it forever, devouring all life on the planet.Under the erosion of creeping creepers, flowers, plants and trees are also dying.

After the forest disappeared, unprecedented winds eroded the once picturesque world, covering the ocean like algae and killing all marine life in it, leaving only floating debris like dirty oil on the vast blue waves .

"Gist fell too fast. When it was invaded, most people were still paying attention to the war in Antiga. When the federal navy finally arrived here, they were completely defeated by the Zerg that occupied the galaxy I have to admit that there are no survivors worthy of search and rescue."

The captain of the Hyperion, Jim Raynor, Augustus' most trusted right-hand man, took off his hat and paid tribute to the dead of Gist: "The federal navy is right, the Zerg will not live. "

"Nothing remains," said Augustus. "Nothing."

"You don't have to blame yourself, it's not your fault, it's the Federation that abandoned them, it's the Zerg that killed the planet," Raynor said.

Compared with the Gist planet, the Sara galaxy, the main star of Antiga, and the dozen or so colonial planets saved by the revolutionary army are undoubtedly extremely lucky.But those planets that have been abandoned by the Tyranid Federation and are not within the reach of the revolutionary army are the majority.

In the face of the swarm that devours everything, all resistance is nothing but negligible waves.Even when the Swarmmaster was focused on dealing with Aiur's Protoss Empire, the "details" on the Swarm's tentacles almost destroyed a large number of Federation colonies.

Gist is not just an example, as many as 30 colonies have been permanently removed from the federation's star map, and the rest are just holding on desperately.For a fledgling, sparsely populated colony, a few thousand zerg with claws and teeth are enough to wipe out a planet.

"We must purify this planet. It has been completely destroyed by Zerg. Even for the protoss, this planet has become an unlivable bad land." After a while, the executive tower of the Protoss Expeditionary Army Sardar's long, narrow-jawed face appeared on the Hyperion's main screen, followed by the Dark Templar's Dark Master.

"If humans want to colonize this planet again, they must spend double the time to repair its collapsed natural environment. No matter how well the governance is, Gist will not be able to return to the past." Zeratul Also to Augustus.

Hearing what Tassadar and Zeratul said, Augustus was only silent.In all fairness, Augustus is unwilling to give up any planet. If the zerg's erosion of the planet still has a chance to be eliminated, then the purification of the protoss has completely sentenced it to death.On the land that has been scorched by the flames, it is difficult for even plants to take root.

In this corner of the galaxy, the proportion of habitable planets is quite low, and every colony is precious.However, if the Gist is not destroyed, the Zerg can start from the planet and continue to spread around, just like the virus inside the human body.

Augustus still has another option, that is to spend a huge price with the Protoss to wipe out the huge swarm of bugs on the surface of the planet, and then govern it, just like what they did on the main star of Antiga.But at that time, the main planet of Antiga had not been completely occupied by Zerg, and there were still a large number of civilians stranded on the surface of the planet.

"It must be destroyed." Augustus sighed: "I know."

"Tassadar, Zeratul, you needn't feel guilty. I'm just sorry," he said.

"Hopefully one day, we'll be able to rebuild it."

"We have no choice." Tassadar comforted Augustus and said, "You have tried very hard to save your people, but we all know that we cannot save everyone."

"Thank you, Tassadar, you are a good teacher and helpful friend." Augustus said, "I often feel the warmth of a father from you."

"Let's go, Jimmy, Sarah." As he said, Augustus turned around: "There's no need to read any more."

By the time Augustus turned around, Tassadar's protoss fleet had begun moving in Gist's synchronous orbit.The efficiency of the Protoss fleet has always been very high. For the Protoss, it was just setting fire to Gist.

Fire will consume everything.

"This is already the fifth planet we have seen destroyed by Zerg along the way. The previous planets may not be as suitable for human habitation as Gist used to be, but there are still many people living there." August Stu said.

"Without exception, beautiful villages and bustling cities have been reduced to ruins. This catastrophe is more terrible than we imagined. We will always remember these traumas and will never forget them."

Augustus walked past the command chair in front of the porthole on the bridge and nodded to newly promoted navigator Matt Horner, who was looking at him.Then they walked all the way through the long corridor inside the ship, and came to the bar inside the ship where many soldiers and officers were sitting.

At this time, the LED TV inside the tavern was playing the UNN morning news, and a frontline reporter with black sunglasses on his forehead was vividly describing the victory of the Federal Navy on Bronte Prime.After gathering three Federation squadrons, the Federation Navy finally repelled a Zerg fleet consisting of three swarm Leviathans.

This is an "unprecedented" and "extremely exciting" victory.When Augustus walked into the bar amidst salutes from soldiers, a Confederacy sergeant interviewed was pointing to a Hydralisk skull and tapping: "Think Bronte kills bugs? The Federation needs you, The Marine Corps needs you."

What followed was a sponsor's ad. A businessman with a gold ring swears that his company's insecticide can effectively control zerg, and then sprayed several cockroaches to death.

Augustus sat down at a round table and ordered a plate of fried chicken and beer.For a while, Augustus ate rice from Agria, but during the boring days on the ship, he could only be accompanied by boring fried chicken, fried fish, or other fast-food army rations.

"Look, maybe we can go to Tarsonis and buy some cans of insecticide?" Raynor's words elicited short-lived laughter in the bar.

"Tychus isn't here? That's odd," he asked. "Where's Hank? There's nothing good about these two bad guys showing up or disappearing together."

"Colonel Hank is repairing the Vulture at the chief engineer? Well, Colonel Finley is on another boat." Someone replied to Raynor.

"Vulture car? That thing is not very reliable." Augustus said.

At this time, the TV in the bar switched to the next advertisement. A mysterious male soldier reminded the federal citizens to be careful of the strange children with "superpowers" at home, saying that once their children can enter the ghost academy, they will have a bright future.

"I don't know how many people have been deceived." Kerrigan cursed in a low voice: "Parents send their children to ghost colleges, and they will never see him (her) again in this life."

"We must not let John enter the ghost academy." Augustus thought of Raynor's young son. As a godfather, he regarded John Raynor as important as his nephew Valerian: "The ghost academy in Tarsonis must be ban."

"Unless people from the Federation stepped over my dead body—wait a minute, I seem to hear Mike's voice." Renault was still buried in the fried chicken on the plate just now.

"I heard that Liberty was exiled to the local station last month by a UNN shareholder who was pissed off by him. It must be our old friend Constantine Terra who brought him back."

Augustus followed the prestige, his expression became more serious.

"Just received the news that the fringe world Hailsane is being attacked by the swarm." Liberty said seriously.

"At this point I have to ask, where is our invincible and swift Federal Navy now?"

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