StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 351 Augustus, Savior of the People
Helsingne, Dorian Borough.

It used to be a well-deserved benchmark of Helsingne's modernization project, with harmonious and comfortable buildings, beautiful wide roads, orderly streets, manicured lawns, large green forests and fog fountains to absorb dust.

Dorian is world-renowned for its numerous leisure and entertainment facilities, including playgrounds, football fields, golf courses, Coplu squash sports center and wild racing club. A must on tour.

Prosperous, advanced, well-equipped and rich in life.

Seeing the past of the Dorian borough, Augustus almost thought it was another Stilling - the city center's layered steel and glass buildings supporting sky-blue domes, intricate city viaducts and suspended The train lines divide the entire city into countless different sections and small blocks.

The city sits on a vast field, like an island in a sea of ​​green.In the golden autumn season, the whole world will be dyed a surprising golden color.

The place is somewhat similar to Korhal, a planet where modern metropolises and agriculture live in harmony.

This was indeed the case before the invasion of the Garm Swarm and the Sutur Swarm.

Augustus is entering the city in an armored vehicle of the Rundstein Division Headquarters along the urban and rural roads of the Dorian Administrative District. There is also a revolutionary airborne paratrooper unit on the road. They belong to the Antiga Airborne Division , commanded by a colonel who had served in the Heavenly Demon Platoon.

On both sides of the road are thriving wheat fields. These thick-stemmed and low-slung varieties are specially bred to cope with the strong winds in the Dorian region, and can withstand the wind, sun, and pests.Not surprisingly, this year will usher in another bumper harvest.

When Augustus looked at the field through the car window, he could clearly see the huge gap in the green wheat waves, which was so unnaturally abrupt that the bright purple flashes of the creep in the sun were clearly visible.

Now, these creeping creeps will slowly recede over time as nearby Zerg Hives and Creep Colonies are fully cleared.Of course, the quickest way is to burn them with flames.

Moving forward, Augustus could see a patch of inhabited colonial huts, most of which were smooth semicircular buildings shaped like a poked open eggshell.The roof is fitted with solar panels and is still movable, opening up when the weather is nice.

But in the eyes of Augustus, these buildings have obviously been greatly damaged, and most of them have collapsed or only solitary frames are left.The houses that still stand are tangled with dark purple tendons and pulsating vessels and veins, looking like rotten apples with wriggling maggots in them.

Two days ago, there used to be a bloody killing field. Alien creatures from extraterrestrials broke into human homes and disemboweled them.The human skin and spine hang upside down under the eaves, and everything is like a scene from a nightmare.

"Are there any survivors?" Augustus asked Kerrigan, who was sitting next to him.

"A little girl escaped in the basement, and our warriors finally snatched her back from the zerg's mouth," Kerrigan said. The tragedy is worse than the worst traffic accident."

"People were cut open and eaten while they were alive, and others were dragged underground to watch as the queen in the nest implanted parasites that would burst out once mature."

"It's a human tragedy," said Augustus.

At this time, a group of people who were staggering along the side of the road came into view.Some of them also wore coveralls, sunglasses and frilly sunhats, and carried tower-shaped buckets only used by local farmers.

The attire and weariness of these men told Augustus that they were refugees who had been forced to flee their homes by the swarm.After the revolutionary army regained the lost land, the aborigines are returning to their hometown one after another.

They all knew that their homeland was still dangerous, that any zerg that escaped the cleansing could kill a lot of people, but there was no other choice.

The Zerg invasion came so suddenly that most people fled their homes with nothing, only to end up risking their lives to return home to retrieve valuables and necessities.Even so, many people are just busy because when they return home, there is nothing left.

The small settlement that Augustus and Kerrigan were talking about was completely abandoned, as its inhabitants never returned.

"Stop, Faraday," Augustus said to Corporal Faraday, who was driving.

"What happened?" Faraday, wearing the Revolutionary Army Gold Star military cap, turned his head to look at Augustus.

"You have seen those who suffer." Augustus looked at him and said, "Do I need any reason to go down and speak to the one I have sworn to protect?"

"But... we don't know where these people come from, and we don't know whether their political leanings favor us or the Federation." Corporal Faraday explained to Augustus: "The most important thing is, we don't know whether they carrying the zerg virus."

"Don't worry," Kerrigan said to Faraday. "They're not outlaws with evil intentions, and even if they were, I can keep the Marshal safe. Even if the enemy is a whole swarm, I'd still say so."

"You are so kind and compassionate to the people. Only by being prepared for danger in times of crisis can we prevent problems before they happen." Even so, Corporal Faraday reluctantly stopped the car.Because Augustus was not asking for his opinion on the matter, it was an order that had to be carried out.

The first to open the car door was Kerrigan in her Ghost work uniform. She stepped out of the car door with grace and agility, while shouldering the slender C-10 shotgun.Over the past few months, Kerrigan had learned from Tassadar and Zeratul about the protoss' ability to hone her fighting skills, and while it was only scratching the surface, she was clearly sharper than she had been.

Even those protoss high templars who have lived for centuries marvel at Kerrigan's talent. They will compare Kerrigan to the amazingly sensitive big cat in the rainforest of Aiur. A graceful animal that can turn around in mid-air and land safely.

Not to mention how moved they were, the few locals who were walking by the side of the road were obviously terrified.Walking shoulder to shoulder with a large army is hardly an easy and pleasant affair, but only this road leads to home.

"Ma'am, what crime have we committed?" A middle-aged man who was carrying a large woven bag stood still and said to Kerrigan.

It was a family of five, and the father was walking home with his wife and three children.They may have driven out, but now the gas stations can't fill up, and all the oil storage facilities and high-energy gas springs are the main targets of the zerg.

Just as crystal mines and high-energy gas are extremely precious natural resources to humans in this era, they are equally important to zerg and protoss.Therefore, when fighting each other, the most strategic commanders will prioritize attacking and destroying the enemy's resource collection facilities and transportation chains.

"I'm not asking questions," Kerrigan explained to them.

"Then" when the middle-aged man was about to say something, Augustus had already stepped out of the car door and stood in front of him.

As soon as he saw Augustus, the man immediately lost his nervousness and fear. He was almost overjoyed and took out a crumpled promotional poster from his pocket, carefully comparing Augustus in front of him with the one on the poster. that person.

Augustus glanced at the promotional poster, and found that the characters were not very similar to himself.The bearded Augustus on the poster looks older than he is now, which actually matches the image he used when he was impersonating the federal sheriff in Mar Sara.

Only the cold gray eyes, always looking firmly ahead, are identical to Augustus, and his image on promotional posters is not fixed.

This propaganda work is mainly done by the Sons of Keha and Ogbo agents who have infiltrated the Tyranid Federation, and they do their best to try to establish a positive image for Augustus among the people of the Tyranid Federation.Augustus' elder brother Arcturus Mengsk knew the importance of political propaganda and the offensive of public opinion, and he spared no effort in supporting Augustus.

"It's him, that's right. Augustus Mengsk, the savior of the people!" The man pointed to Augustus and said, "I know you, my God, my eldest son is in the revolutionary army."

"I'm Augustus." Augustus smiled gently at the man's words.He was taken aback when he heard the second half of the man's sentence, but he just looked at Kerrigan calmly, hoping that the other party could use his mind reading ability to remind himself.

Prior to this, the Revolutionary Army had never reached Helsern, nor had they conscripted soldiers in this world, but that did not mean that there must be no Helsern in the Revolutionary Army.

"You may not know him, ah, this is a very normal thing. Even a marshal can't remember the names of millions of people, let alone Jones is just an engineer." The man said before Kerrigan spoke Explained to Augustus.

"He served as the first engineer on the Hegonifa." He said: "The kid also said in his letter last month that he joined the Pantera Revolutionary Party. Although we don't know what it is, we all sincerely I'm so proud of every achievement he's made."

"Wherever he is, he's our pride."

"Higonefa is one of the only three remaining Leviathan battlecruisers." Augustus recalled its name: "That is the engineering team of the battleship belongs to the Alpha Squadron, it is this heroic The engineering team repaired the wounds and activated the emergency avoidance device several times when the battleship was on the verge of extinction, saving the meritorious warship that had been in service for many years."

"He never talked to us about this." The man and his wife looked at each other, both feeling a little scared.

"When we heard that the Alpha Squadron was defeated by the revolutionary rebels in Mar Sara, we all thought we were completely finished," the man said.

"But thankfully when Jones got back in touch with us, we all really appreciated your kindness," he said. "He said you were a great person, a genuinely good person."

"Jones Lars Lin was an engineer originally belonging to Alpha Squadron. After Edmund Duke announced his joining the Revolutionary Army, the engineers of Alpha Squadron were also incorporated into the new fleet." Kerrigan At this moment Augustus said in a low voice.

"At that time we were short of engineers—not those who built planetary fortresses or bunkers, but fleet engineers who had the ability to maintain and transform battlecruisers. They should also have a longer service life in the army, because a battlecruiser All cruisers must be operated by professional personnel to ensure their combat capabilities," she said.

"Jones must have joined the Revolutionary Army at that time."

"The Heigonief is also in the Helsingne galaxy. As a fleet engineer, Jones is not in the battle order to be dispatched to the surface of Helsinger, but I think I can help you meet your son." Augustus They all nodded after hearing Kerrigan's words, thought for a moment and then turned to their father who was looking at him eagerly, hoping to get more news about the eldest son.

"Thank you for your kindness, great Marshal Augustus. It was you who saved Jones, and it was you who saved Hiltsern." The man said gratefully.

"Without the Revolutionary Army, Hailsane would have been finished long ago. Zerg would destroy the entire world, but we haven't even seen the shadow of the Federation Fleet yet." The man said gratefully.

"They come one step late every time. You are the residents of the Dorian administrative region." Augustus asked the man, "How many people are planning to return here now."

"There are quite a few people. There are probably several thousand." The man replied to Augustus, "We all know that this place is still dangerous, but we have no choice."

"It took people here two generations to build Dorian, and the Zerg only took two days to destroy our homeland," he said. A home is a shelter from the wind and rain."

"Well, don't worry, Dorian's revolutionary army will help you rebuild your homeland." Augustus looked at the man's wife and children, and found that they were all feeling uneasy.

The man's wife was a typical Helsingne peasant woman, tall and tall with a high forehead.The children are all about seven or eight years old, and they have a strong body under the care of their parents.

Even in Helsern, raising so many children was no easy task.

"Rebuild home. Yes, we'll rebuild him," the man said.

"Take my car and go to Dorian." Augustus said to him at this moment: "It will be faster this way."

"This"

"It has nothing to do with your son Jones, who I respect so much. I was going to do the same before getting out of the car." Augustus looked at Corporal Faraday, who was hesitating to speak.

"I drive myself. Faraday, I hope my Vulture has a full tank of gas."

"God, please forgive me." Corporal Faraday wanted to cry but had no tears.

"I would read minds if I didn't," Kerrigan said after a pause.

"I almost thought you were just looking for a chance to race across the endless fields of Helsingne."

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