StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 627 Amon awakened our dream
The Forbidden Temple of Documentation was not as gray and gloomy as Augustus had expected it to be, but instead was bathed in the glow of obelisk arrays and jungle-like clusters of Kedarinic crystals.There are countless passages here, intricate like a maze, and the direction can only be identified based on the circulating airflow and signs.

The bedrock road under his feet was extremely long, as if it connected to the ages before ancient times.The silver and gray walls with bright green fluorescent lights on all four sides have an ingenious texture, as delicate as the river bottom sand washed by the water flow repeatedly, and are carved with fine lines and patterns like the veins of stems and leaves and the spiral lines of shells .

"This temple seems to be alive." Augustus passed an archway with a thin and elegant spire, and came under the glorious and shining hall of the temple.

Here, tens of thousands of crystals that exude colorful light like gems are lined up on both sides like swords, and countless hexagonal columns inlaid with crystals form a stone array, shrouded in the soft white flash of the energy matrix.It is unimaginable that verdant moss and vines grow on the walls of the temple, and the roots are deeply embedded in the stone walls and columns.Obviously, the materials used to build this temple do not belong to any kind of thing in human cognition.

There is an incredible vertical drop from the glorious dome of the temple to the ground, which is unattainable. Hundreds of niches are carved on it, as if giants were meditating, talking, and living in such a temple.

One can imagine how shocking it would be when the protoss stepped into the temple for the first time.When the magnificent miracles that even they have not been able to comprehend and create until now actually appear in front of them, it is only natural that the worship of gods arises.

Just like those Xel'Naga temples that Augustus had seen in Ayr, it was ridiculously big and magnificent.

"It seems that Alan Shezar's gang of pirates relied on eating these things to satisfy their hunger when they were trapped in the temple." It was not the first time Renault had come to such a place.

In the territory of the Tyrannian Empire, the remains of Sarnaga were occasionally unearthed, and Augustus even ordered the establishment of a royal organization to do protective excavation of these precious ancient relics.Ever since the protoss and zerg first appeared, the humans of the Koprulu Sector have understood that they are not alone in this universe.

The lost world of Sil, which originally belonged to the Tadarin Protoss, is now also part of the Tyrannian Empire. There are still a large number of undiscovered ancient civilization relics in the geological strata there, but it is not as well preserved as Zakul.

"There are traces of blasphemy everywhere." Artanis always stood by Augustus's side, putting him on an equal footing with himself.

"The existence of hybrids has desecrated this temple, but their damage to this place is far more than that." When Zeratul walked, he was like a shadow that could not be illuminated by light, even with his calm personality. It was inevitable that he would be furious when he saw the scene in front of him.

Both the El Protoss and the Saguras Protoss value their own people and compatriots, but it is the opposite in the Hybrid and other races.The Taldarin protoss of Slane have always been regarded as representatives of cruelty and barbarism, but even their sacrificial rituals seem merciful in comparison.

Between those Xel'Naga stone formations, countless protoss corpses were discarded at will, piled up like a mountain.These protoss were nailed to death on the raised steps of the altar by spears, and the material for making the spear points turned out to be Kedari crystal, which was regarded as a sacred symbol.

When Augustus got closer, a strong smell of blood came over his face. This sweet smell was different from human blood, but it still made people feel uncontrollably nauseated.

All kinds of evil patterns painted with the blood of the protoss are scattered in every corner of the hall of the temple, which depicts an extremely distorted and extremely weird scene.Countless slender limbs, protruding ribs, and demonic eyes stretched like distorted shadows at Augustus' feet, representing a terrifying hybrid army, which can be called a painting. A huge and eerie picture scroll.

"It was written with the blood of the protoss, and some of the blood has dried up for a long time." Narud's face was pale, obviously frightened.The poor old man was so shocked by the scene before his eyes that his legs went weak.

"With the blood of our people, the hybrid Marr has described an extremely terrifying and dark future." Zeratul looked at the blood that seemed to have dried up for a long time: "This is a prophecy, foretelling that there is no hope in sight." future."

"It's really evil." Renault smacked his lips, his face turned pale.

The hybrid is very strange, this kind of monster with powerful spiritual power can kill people invisible.By the time this monster is dealt with, even killing them outright may be too late.

Many soldiers of the Tyranid Empire who had to retire were unable to forget the terrible trauma of the arrival of the hybrid and were forced to leave, and they always had the same nightmare.Many began to sleepwalk, only to wake up to find themselves drawing a hybrid with their own blood.

"Mar is not only absorbing the energy of Zakul's protector, but also these dead protoss." Augustus said: "Since Orega has been here before, he may have joined this battle." A feast of blood."

"Orega doesn't care about the life and death of the El Protoss at all, and slaughtering and abusing them will make him feel extremely happy. By now, I think Orega doesn't even care about the life and death of his fellow Dark Templars anymore, because He thinks his people have betrayed him." Alan Shezar, leader of the Scavenger Pirates, was also brought in.He is not as ignorant as he said before about what happened in this temple.

"That's why I don't understand what these protoss want to do. They talk about being friendly and friendly, but they are much more ruthless than humans when they do it."

"This is the vendetta between races, the so-called blood feud, that's all." Augustus said.

"The memory of the people being exiled hurt Orega more than we imagined." Zeratul also believed that he did not have time to stop Orega, which made him what he is now.

"In the Temple of Wisdom guarded by the Alessa tribe for generations, tragic memories from thousands of years ago are also recorded. Orega broke the taboo and read the sealed ancient knowledge privately, and the influence of those memories on him was inevitably increasing day by day ."He said:
"Orega is unwilling to forgive, and never will. He was willing to be consumed by hatred and anger, willing to walk a dark path. If Orega had walked the right path, he would have been a hero of our kind."

"The only way to appease Orega's anger is death."

Speaking of which, it really is tit for tat.Razagal and Zeratul still hated the Supreme Council, but they chose to forgive the Templar class that had helped their tribe, while Orega chose blood for blood.

Had it not been for the Protoss hero Adun who violated the order of the Supreme Council to execute those who did not want to join Kara, there would be no Sacoolas Protoss now.

"Orega has killed too many protoss, and he will never stop until he kills all the Aiur protoss." Artanis said with deep sorrow:
"This matter must not be let Sacoolas know, at least not until Ayer is recovered!"

"We humans will say that paper cannot contain fire." Raynor said to Artanis: "It is too difficult for you to hide one thing."

"You are right, Renault." Phoenix said: "But there is no way. Lies and deceit are extremely rare among our people, but they still exist, especially among the politicians of the Supreme Council."

"Once the El Protoss in Durham begins to take revenge on the Nerazim Protoss in private, vendettas will become commonplace." Artanis said: "At that time, the Durham established by my teacher himself It will also fall apart. Not only that, there will be no chance for the two clans to unite!"

"That's exactly what our enemies want to see." Augustus' eyes flashed.

For a human empire, having a neighbor as powerful as the protoss around it can easily cause a lot of concerns.Generally speaking, the ruler of an empire doesn't want the protoss to be too powerful, but if the ruler happens to be a friend of the protoss, that's another matter.

Considering that Amon is about to return, Augustus also hopes that the big brother Protoss can preserve his strength and stop being lost, otherwise humans will have to suffer more.

If the Emperor of the Empire was Augustus' brother Arcturus Mengsk, then he would naturally be on guard against the protoss all the time, and if he didn't kill them, he would have trouble sleeping and eating.

"In the history of mankind, there are many divisions caused by hatred." Dr. Narud followed Augustus all the time, and even accompanied him, which is enough to show how much the emperor relied on him.

However, if Dharam really splits again, it is indeed what Narud wants to see.Although Amon didn't take the Dark Templar seriously at all, in Narud's view, the Nerazim Protoss who were not controlled by Kara was a potential risk, and the united Protoss would also be a potential risk for Amon. An obstacle to the plan to destroy the world.

Orega is really a perfect pawn.It won't be long before he becomes a spark for a renewed war between the protoss.

"Orega wishes to resume war between the two races, to once again divide, and we must not allow him to do so," Zeratul said.

"The Dark Templar still has the old patriarch Razagar. With her, there shouldn't be any disturbances in the Nerazim's light and strong generation." Renault said.

"It's not that simple." Augustus said: "In the protoss, a vicious event can easily be magnified."

In addition, the population of El Protoss in Saguras is much higher than that of the native Nerazim Protoss. As long as one of them has a radical faction who hates the Dark Templar, the disaster will soon begin .

Even in the best case, it's just that the Al Protoss and the Sacoolas Protoss parted ways again, and they never communicated with each other.

"Tassadar is the most outstanding and greatest executive among us, but even he is sometimes unable to do what he wants." Artanis said: "I really hope that I can help him, so I always suspect that I don't have the ability."

"Don't worry, young Artanis, you are far better than I imagined." Zeratul walked into the blood-stained obelisk stone circle after finishing speaking,
"These are not just Zakul's protoss." It can be heard that Zeratul is now frightened and angry.

"They come from other planets, from the former protoss empire colonies, the temple world, and even Aiur." Artanis stared at these distorted corpses of protoss, with sad ripples in his glowing blue eyes , as if the scene in front of him reminded him of the ancient catastrophe.

"Aurega's minions shamelessly kidnapped our people and sacrificed them to their gods. Not only Kalei, but Templar and Arbiter, gods, they may have even destroyed A fleet returning from the depths of the galaxy."

"This is something only the Tadarin protoss can do!"

These gray, blue, and light-skinned protoss victims come from different tribes, and most of them are not even Zakul protoss.It seems that this matter is far from that simple.

And they all obviously belong to the branch of the El protoss, which shows that even though Orega has gone crazy to this point, he still has a clear love and hatred.

For Orega, the slaughter of the El protoss is not the ultimate goal, but to cause discord within the Dalam protoss.And he knew that there was not much harmony in Dalam, and it was only because of the efforts of the leaders of both sides.

At this moment, a beam of light that seemed to come from the heavens shone on this terrifying slaughterhouse, and all the protoss victims were sent away in a light mist blown away by the wind.

"We'll bury him in the traditional way," Artanis said.

"Here is a line of writing." After these protoss turned into light mist and drifted away, Lei Nuo suddenly noticed the writing that was originally covered by the corpse.

"What does it say?" Augustus was also proficient in the Protoss language, but it seemed to be a mysterious Xel'Naga script.

"Amon awakened our dreams. Blood and flames. We will be reborn in the flames." Zeratul walked over and knelt down on one knee before the bloody words.

"It looks like it was written by someone who was about to set himself on fire." Renault touched his beard unnaturally: "They are all crazy."

"Those protoss are willing to be swallowed by the hybrid and Orega, it's crazy."

"Even those powerful protoss templars can't resist such spiritual corruption." Augustus sighed, knowing that human's will is even much weaker.

At this moment, following the gaze of Augustus, one can see a Xel'Naga spaceship shrouded in brilliant light. It is shaped like a sharp long shuttle supporting the dome of the temple, and the whole body is shrouded in bright colors. in the green light.

"Orega has long since disappeared." Artanis said, "He only left behind this magical spaceship."

"Perhaps we can find Orega's activity patterns and the most frequented places from the voyage log recorded in this spaceship."

(End of this chapter)