StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Augustus was located between a tall alloy steel protective wall and a double-story modular logistics supply station. A T-280 space engineering vehicle was parked next to it, and the lights of the supply station and searchlight illuminated it. The area in front of the fortification wall was brightly lit.

He and Raynor, Zeratul, and Corporal Faraday's elite guards climbed onto the fortification wall, watching the Tiamat swarm getting closer and closer to the base.

This is the dark night of Char, dangerous but strangely beautiful. Char's nights are not unduly cold, as magma released by geothermal volcanic eruptions provides additional warmth in addition to the star's light.

The firelight of the magma lakes and rivers illuminated the distant ground in bright red. The two purple moons and the huge red planet in the sky always reminded Augustus that this was a world completely different from the earth.

Augustus stood behind the electroplated baffle of the 330mm electromagnetic railgun on the fortification wall. The Revolutionary Army artilleryman beside him was confirming the location of the zerg Nydus worm based on satellite images.

This long-range artillery can strike enemies of the Revolutionary Army beyond visual range. It is incredibly powerful, but requires a long time to recharge.

More soldiers are transporting weapons such as rocket launchers, grenade guns and heavy machinery onto the defenses. As the most elite unit in the Federation Navy, Alpha Squadron's equipment is also among the best.

"These humans... are so pathetic." Zeratul sent out a sympathetic wave of spirit as he walked past the resocialized soldiers of Alpha Squadron.

"Their brains have been modified and they have become a completely different person than they were before, a group of pathetic prisoners trapped in their own minds."

Even without using telepathic abilities to probe human thoughts, Zeratul could detect the differences in the superficial thought fluctuations between these resocialized soldiers and ordinary humans.

There is a cruel soul deep in the hearts of the resocialized soldiers, and the memories of the past have been overwritten by tampered memories after brain tissue modification. But that part of the violent and cruel past was just hidden, not gone.

These memories are perfect for a powerful Dark Templar Shadowmaster like Zeratul to explore. Zeratul was truly moved when he saw a former butcher who had a passion for finding victims in the squalid streets of Tarsonis' slums, killing and disemboweling them transformed into a soldier with a fantastic childhood and lofty ideals. I am amazed by human beings' cruelty and ruthlessness towards their fellow humans.

"They are part of the resocialization of the Terran Federation, focusing on reforming those criminals who are considered hopeless and allowing these people to return to serve the federal government." Augustus explained to Zeratul.

"This is unthinkable among my people," Zeratul said. "We would never harm our own kind."

When Augustus looked ahead, the thermal imaging of his masked headset showed that the Tiamat swarms surging in the distance were just red dots piled on the display panel.

Approximately 150,000 to 200,000 Tiamata with crimson skin and hardened carapace were running across Char's layer of gray-white ash scattered across the giant rocks. The numbers may not seem all that staggering, but when they spread out on flat ground they look like a red flood.

The attack of the Tiamat swarm was by no means a chaotic charge. Their formations were staggered and orderly. At the front was a hill-like Thunder Beast, with a large number of Hydra Hydralisks and Springtails appearing underneath them.

Among the roaring alien creatures of Tiamat's swarm, the larger and more deadly elite Hydralisk individual Hunter-Slayers far outnumber any hive clan humans have ever seen.

Thousands of King Insects and more Mutalisks, Insect Guardians and Blast Mosquitoes exist to protect them, hovering in the sky, like black smoke and black clouds. These fearsome flying zerg creatures were clearly from another race, their yellowed carapace standing out in the moonlight and volcanic light of Char.

At the flying height of the King Insect, it is absolutely impossible to hit it with a rifle in human hands. Unless they are deliberately flying very low, only anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes can deal with them.

"To the west of us, the Gamu swarm and another worm hive appeared in Sarth, and they were numerous." Raynor reported to Augustus: "But the good news is that the protoss reinforcements are coming soon. "

"Elder." After confirming that he was at the center of the endless swarm of insects, Augustus looked at Zeratul, the Dark Templar warrior who was also looking ahead.

"The Overlord has sent out some of its most powerful insect nests, and the rear must be defending the void. I think this is an opportunity for the Dark Templar warriors who are good at assassination."

"As long as we can take this opportunity to kill enough brainworms, the power of the master who is spiritually connected to the brainworms will inevitably be weakened." Augustus said to Zeratul in an extremely serious tone.

"This may be our only chance to kill the Overlord."

Augustus did not believe that Zeratul could kill the Overmind.

The Overmind may be the most powerful psychic being in the universe, but if it can be weakened, it will at least create an opportunity to kill the Overmind in the future, and that's enough.

"With so few warriors, how long can you hold on here? Perhaps courage is not enough to bridge the gap between humans and the swarm."

Zeratul was indeed surprised by Augustus' bold idea, and he saw more excellent qualities in this human being. When the situation was so bad that it was almost desperate, Augustus was thinking about how to make a comeback.

"The forces of Executor Tassadar of the Protoss Expedition are on their way, and they will help us." Augustus replied.

"Tassadar, are they your allies?" Zeratul had to admit that the human in front of him always gave him all kinds of frights.

"Hail to Adun." Augustus smiled.

"Commander, you know more about the protoss than I thought." Zeratul had already memorized Augustus's name, and would not forget it for the rest of his long life.

"I agree with your idea." He faced Augustus: "The Dark Templar have been looking for opportunities to sneak into the Zerg main nest. The situation on this planet is becoming more and more chaotic, and our actions are The better. I will personally lead my Dark Templar."

"May the Shadow of Twilight bless you, and we will meet again soon."

Zeratul took a few steps back and disappeared in the billowing black smoke.

"Wow. Mysterious Dark Templar, but they look cool, don't they?" Raynor whistled loudly: "When will our psykers be able to come and go without a trace like them?"

"Let our psykers learn from Zeratul's Dark Templar?" Augustus guessed Renault's thoughts: "I'm afraid this is unlikely, Jimmy, but let the Dark Templar train our Agents might be effective."

Renault reminded Augustus that once the relationship between the Revolutionary Army and the Protoss was stable or even formally established, he could hire the Protoss to serve him.

The Protoss has no concept of human trade in goods and money, and their technology has already reached a level that minimizes unnatural mortality, but that does not mean that a Protoss has no desires or desires, Augustus There is always a way to hire a few Templars to train his psykers and warriors.

"That's what I think," Leno said.

"The bugs are coming up, and they are starting to attack!" At this time, a nearby Revolutionary Army officer shouted.

After two rounds of shelling from the Revolutionary Army's artillery positions, the dense red zerg had already entered the fire range of the machine guns and howitzers, and the ground-attack missiles had already taken off.

The thick fog above the Tiamat swarm reflected a dim yellow light from the searchlights and flares of the Alpha Squadron base.

It was not poisonous gas or high-energy gas pouring out of the cracks in Char's crust, but a biological cloud composed of countless micro-organisms, which greatly confused the sight of human soldiers. Smoke created by living microorganisms can also block detection equipment such as thermal imaging, making it impossible for them to see enemies in the smoke.

However, this kind of smoke does not have much practical use other than confusing sight, and it cannot stop bullets and shells at all. As long as the human firepower is strong enough, the zerg in the yellow smoke will not be completely safe.

"Did you see those scorpions?" Renault pointed in one direction.

At this time, the vanguard of the Tiamat swarm was less than 800 yards away from them. Augustus could see a slender snake-like figure among the numerous Hydra Hydralisks and springtails. It flashed by.

"There are a lot of them, and they are not comparable to the sporadic ones in Mar Sara and Antiga." Renault said with lingering fear: "When we were on the main star of Antiga, many patrol teams encountered such monsters in the wild. , they lurk underground, and when someone steps onto their hiding place, they will suddenly emerge and spit out deadly poisonous spores.”

"Even powered armor has no way to defend against it. The disease carried by the spores can kill a platoon or even more people in just a moment."

"We can only send out special operations teams and snipers to deal with them from a distance. We can't let those monsters get close to our base." Augustus looked at Renault.

Augustus' order was immediately implemented, and the elite team that was originally deployed to focus on sniping the Hunters changed their goals. They ran around on the commanding heights of the long fortification wall in search of outcropping scorpions.

The roars of the zerg, the collision of carapace, and the gulping of saliva were like part of the torrent of the swarm, the sound of waves crashing into each other.

There was no need for Augustus to issue an order. Once the Zerg entered the effective shooting range, the officers in the fortification walls and bunkers issued the shooting order. It is not easy to defend a wide base with less than 500 troops, and the firepower points are inevitably scattered and sparse.

At this moment, Augustus ran straight towards a double-barreled Gatling gun mounted on a bracket, and fired a series of barrages at the zerg below. Raynor held the Mark rail gun and focused on calling out the Ultralisks, Hunterslayers and Scorpions. Wherever the bullets passed, the wails and roars of the Zerg were heard.

In the darkness, Tiamat swarms moved forward, one springtail fell, and more Hydra Hydralisks took its place. A huge thunder beast followed the thunderous roar as it ran and hit a protective wall. The huge impact almost tore that section of the fortification wall apart.

The Alpha Squadron soldiers on the parapet were swept away by Ultralisk's huge chitin scythe, and blood splattered everywhere. In this case, the resocialized soldiers of Alpha Squadron still stood firm in their positions. Even if the Thunder Beast's saliva splashed on its mask when it roared, they still kept firing.

Resocialized soldiers are not just emotionless robots. They also get angry when fighting, and the adrenaline and morphine in the stimulants make them extremely high. In the combat sequence of federal resocialized soldiers, they are even ordered to be injected with stimulants until they die.

The flaws of these soldiers are still obvious. For example, when the only commander dies in battle, they will be extremely stubborn in executing the last order.

Just like now.

All the firepower was aimed at the thunder beast, but the latter did not retreat. Even with blood all over its body, it continued to hit the fortification wall until it was in danger.

Fortunately, the Protoss support was timely. A dozen golden-blue shuttles flew over the heads of the Alpha Squadron soldiers, dropping hundreds of Templar warriors armed with sharp blades. There is no need to land, the Protoss warriors directly use Protoss phase technology to transfer to the ground.

The shining protoss stick-shaped fighter plane passed through the sky and dropped several anti-matter bombs on the roaring thunder beast, killing it easily.

Although the performance and power of this fighter aircraft have far exceeded that of humans, the protoss still calls it a reconnaissance aircraft.

Tassadar's Templars did not land at the Revolutionary Army's fortification wall, but jumped directly into the middle of the Tiamat swarm. Large numbers of dragon knights and golden beetles appeared in the base.

In just a few minutes, thousands of protoss reinforcements arrived at the base, and a large number of warp cracks appeared from the middle of the base. It was obvious that the protoss were warping defensive buildings from their home planet Aiur.

"This is really a strong man falling from the sky." Augustus said.

A protoss dragon knight jumped to a place not far from Augustus. His shining mecha with four walking limbs seemed to be made of gold, encrusted with radiant blue crystals and gems.

"I am Taldarin, the commander of the Grand Archon Praetor (distinguishable from the White Ball Archon, the Archon. In fact, the two are different positions, but the translations are the same) and the Dragon Knights." The Dragon Knight said.

As the earliest dragon knight mecha created by the protoss Kalai phase technicians, it is still polished as bright as the sun after thousands of years.

The Dragon Knight Armor was created at a time when the Protoss were still using solar energy shards instead of the current Kedarin crystals to power their warships, buildings, and weapons, so the Dragon Knight's firepower was also quite astonishing.

Compared to now, Taldarin's weapon system is still sufficiently advanced.

"Human, we have detected a large number of human psychic signals near here. What is going on?"

Taldarin walked towards Augustus, his long mechanical limbs making a clicking sound on the fortification walls.

"Ah, I feel the power of the void, how familiar and sad the power is." After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.

As a powerful and respected consul, he was stunned, and his sad voice sounded in Augustus's mind.

"It reminds me of my old friend Arden."

"Oh, your nose is really sharp." Renault shrugged.

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