The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1980. The real legendary race

"High-level templar...Aqila tribe..." Tang Xiao's expression became serious.

In fact, the development of the protoss is now quite independent, and their relationship with the fourth civilization is much more distant than that of other races that have joined.

But at least they still knew that the opposite Galactic Empire was not a good thing. It was also a dark and evil Sith Lord. At the national level, Tang Xiao at least did some human things. In addition, they also know that their race has a sparse population and slow growth. If it really wants to develop again, it cannot do without the support of the Dawn Principality.

Therefore, although the attitude of the protoss is not very good, they are still firmly on the side of the Principality of Dawn. Basically, they will meet any needs here. Generally speaking, they are in a state of listening to the instructions but not the propaganda.

At present, the population of the protoss has reached more than 30,000 people, most of whom grew up from embryos. But even for the perfect embryo of unknown technology in the mothership, the fastest growth cycle of the protoss is more than 20 years, so population has always been a big problem for them.

The protoss' main residence is no longer in the desolate place of the Del Rey II satellite. They have found another satellite about 8 seconds away from the Del Rey galaxy. Although it is not big, it is in a habitable state. , so they began to rebuild their homes there.

Interestingly, they also called this satellite Dawn. I don’t know whether they want to confront the Principality of Dawn, or correspond to their past dusk period, using the word dawn to show the new life of the current race.

In order to distinguish it from the Dawn Planet, the Dawn Principality had to officially call the planet of the Protoss the Dawn Satellite.

And the protoss spirits are not limited to the former Silak tribe and Sali-Gar tribe. Protoss spirits from other tribes have also awakened one after another. They have begun to perform their own duties according to the functions of different tribes and start their own work.

The Silak tribe also returned to their old ways and began to be responsible for internal affairs, psychic powers, and priests, while the Sali-Ghar tribe was responsible for intelligence as the tribe of the Dark Templar.

And there is also a tribe called Auriga (Auriga Tribe) that has also become active. This tribe is mainly responsible for industry and manufacturing, especially the shipbuilding industry.

The high-level templar who came this time, Rasdian, belongs to the Akira tribe, which is a fighting tribe and is mainly responsible for fighting. Although Rasdian is not well-known in the plot of "StarCraft", and the Akira tribe seems to sound strange, another member of this tribe is like a donkey.

Archbishop - Artanis!

Also because of the explosion in the population of protoss, more and more protoss with names are being awakened in the hibernation cabin of the mothership, especially legendary figures whose names are not visible and are like a lottery. The Protoss is indeed a perfect race, and many of their members are directly at the legendary level.

So in the past few years, every time Tang Xiao saw a legendary figure who met the conditions and could be awakened, he knew that they were basically protoss. He also held a lottery mentality and tried to see if he could awaken Artanis. and Tassadar, the two big guys.

After all, compared to other protoss with moral obsessiveness, Artanis and Tassadar's dealing styles are much more flexible. Tang Xiao feels that compared to others, they are actually better at speaking.

Although Zekaras of the Sirac tribe is also a very flexible star spirit who has been with Tang Xiao for a long time and has no hostility, but now as more and more tribes are awakened and become stronger, the Sirac tribe I'm already a little speechless.

Unfortunately, the two big guys, Artanis and Tassadar, never showed up. It is probably because the current objective conditions of the fourth civilization and the protoss are not enough.

But to say that there is not a single familiar star spirit is not true. In the past few years, another big figure in the Protoss who is also as good as a donkey has indeed been awakened——

Phoenix.

Tang Xiao is naturally very familiar with Phoenix, a protoss who can be said to run through the plot of "StarCraft", but precisely because of this, he is also extremely fearful.

The awakened Phoenix is ​​still in the state of a fanatic warrior. It is not the state of being put into a dragon knight after being injured, nor is it the state of the soul entering the purifier after death. But even so, when he stood in front of Tang Xiao, Tang Xiao also felt the terrifying pressure from the protoss fighting hero.

And based on Tang Xiao's understanding of Phoenix, he believed that the other party was likely to have strong hostility towards him.

Sure enough, Phoenix didn't talk much to Tang Xiao and exchanged casual greetings for a few words. The general meaning was that I won't fight with you if you don't bother me. When it comes to external affairs, he is acting in the interests of the protoss. In short, the two sides are still in an alliance. If someone hits your door, I will naturally come to help.

Then he asked for a shuttle and left.

After that, Tang Xiao asked Zekaras about Phoenix. Zekaras told him that Phoenix did not belong to any tribe. He was the guardian of the temple belonging to the Protoss. So this time Phoenix accepted to be awakened, most likely because the Silak tribe had rebuilt the Protoss Temple.

And he told Tang Xiao that because of the power of death and the dark side force in him, Phoenix would regard him as a kind of blasphemy against the stars, and naturally he would not have a good look on it.

But Zekaras also told Tang Xiao that for the sake of being the tribe responsible for sacrifices, Phoenix has a relatively close relationship with the Silak tribe, so he will help the Dawn Principality ease its relationship with Phoenix as much as possible.

Phoenix's attitude actually made Tang Xiao very unhappy, but he also understood that most protoss could understand the truth and would not do such a thing as sucking the baby's milk and scolding the mother. Diehards like Phoenix are actually rare.

For example, this time, the protoss sent a high-level templar over without saying anything about the matter of provoking the legendary species of the Unknown Star Territory - Grisk Hegemony.

You know, even though the protoss now has a population of more than 30,000, the number of high-level templars still does not exceed ten. In Tang Xiao's opinion, each of them can reach or even surpass the level of a Jedi Master, but the two sides have different focuses and have their own merits.

The door was opened, only to see a star spirit wearing golden light armor and a blue cloak on his back slowly floating over.

That's right, floating over - this star spirit is always suspended half a meter above the ground!

Not only that, while he was floating forward, although his speed was not very fast, afterimages were constantly being generated around him, making it impossible for people to see where he was!

However, this state could not be hidden from Tang Xiao. He squinted his eyes and soon understood that this star spirit used his powerful spiritual energy to put himself in a state between three-dimensional space and high-dimensional space.

In this state, ordinary attacks in the material world cannot touch him - which is completely different from the state in the game where he will die at the first touch.

"En taro Adun. I am Rasdian, a high-ranking templar of the Akira tribe. I greet you, Grand Duke of the Dawn." A humble, gentle voice sounded in the minds of everyone around him.

In fact, this way of communication among the protoss is no different from a normal conversation, if you don't pay attention to the fact that there are no sounds around you. Different protoss have different intonations and musical scales during telepathy, which can be used as a basis for distinguishing different individual protoss.

For example, Phoenix's telepathy is obviously much lower than that of many other protoss. It sounds extremely rich and full of power.

Following Rasdian, there were ten other protoss fanatic warriors wearing golden heavy armor, and four protoss scholars wearing robes.

After entering the gate, Rasdian exited the state of reality and illusion and no longer floated in the air. Instead, he walked over on foot and bowed politely in front of Tang Xiao.

"I'm glad to see you responded quickly, Star Spirits." Facing the high-level Templar warriors of Star Spirits, Tang Xiao also put away his cruelty and unruliness, looking much more serious, "Just like in According to the intelligence, we may have encountered a very strange and very powerful race - the Grisk people."

"If the intelligence is true, such a race should be punished for the abuse of telepathy." Rasdian said, "But the force of this world is magical and powerful. If it can breed such a race, there must be them. reasons. We will explore the truth..."

"What I'm actually more worried about is that after you come into contact with the Grisk people, you will also be controlled." Tang Xiao said coldly.

He clearly felt that the emotions of those protoss fanatic warriors were agitated, and they were obviously very angry at his words.

However, Rasdian did not have any emotional reaction. There was a flash of light on the braid-like nerve cord on the back of his head, and the protoss fanatic warriors were immediately comforted.

"Such a situation will never happen, Your Excellency the Grand Duke. The protoss always respects the soul, but it does not mean that we will be so fragile to the power of the soul." Rasdian said.

"So what are your opinions on this expedition to Grisk Hegemony?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Sending a robot army is a wise choice." Rasdian said slowly, "The minds of other races are too fragile to resist the mind control of the Grisk people."

"The fleet we dispatch will be completely controlled by combat robots. The Chiss fleet will also be dispatched to help. And I need to remind you that according to our agreement with the Chiss Territory, the commander-in-chief of this expedition will be It’s Chiss Admiral Qiara.” Tang Xiao said, “If she has any opinions on combat operations, I hope you can fully consider her opinions.”

"Na azum. (We have no objection)" replied Rasdian.

"Then there are the Grisk people, the combat target. They have almost never appeared in front of others, which will be the biggest problem. In addition, I definitely don't want the Grisk people to use their mind control power to infiltrate me. "Tang Xiao continued.

"I will find them. In front of my spiritual power, they...have no way to hide." Rasdian's tone was still soothing, but he showed very strong confidence.

"Find them, and then what? Destroy them? Purify them?" A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Tang Xiao's mouth.

"Without a race, one should be deprived of the right to survive." Rasdian replied calmly.

"Then, you should also know about the Xilu Empire. For that kind of civilization that uses evil technology and does not hesitate to kill many races, my answer is - punishment with destruction." Tang Xiao said , "The same is true for the Grisk people. Even if one Grisk man mixes in here, it will have disastrous consequences, perhaps leading to the death of millions of people. For such a race, you protoss, Still won’t choose destruction?”

Rasdian's tone and emotion remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Towards the Xilu people, the attitude of the stars is... the crime is not worthy of this."

"What about those races that were destroyed by the Xilu people? Why were they slaughtered?" Tang Xiao asked back. He likes to put such moral paradoxes in front of others and challenge their beliefs, especially for these noble protoss.

"What we can see and what we can influence is the present, not the past. There is no crime that should be borne by the entire race, even the Xilu people. We do hope that you can stop the crimes against the Xilu people. Kill and give them a chance to survive." Rasdian said, "This is the foundation of Dae'Uhl - helping the weak and supporting the weak."

"What about a dangerous race like the Grisk people?" Tang Xiao asked again.

"Everything depends on real contact with them." This time, Rasdian's answer was more flexible.

In fact, Tang Xiao has been trying to determine the state of these star spirits when they were awakened, or in other words, the era. Because in the world of "StarCraft", the values ​​displayed by the protoss in different eras are completely different.

However, from the current point of view, except for special individuals like Phoenix, most of the awakened protoss are in the state when Archbishop Artanis defeated Amon and rebuilt the protoss civilization.

This is a good thing, because the protoss of that era were, to a large extent, the best protoss. They do not stick to the traditions and dogmas of the past, and they also let go of their meaningless arrogance - although they are proud, they are also more tolerant.

It is precisely because of this that such a star spirit will form an alliance with Tang Xiao and be willing to accept his command, considering themselves at least as an ally of the fourth civilization.

"Call the Chiss delegation over and let them meet new friends." Tang Xiao turned around and said to Zemo.