StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 355 Rebuilding Mar Sara

"You deserved it, Mar Sara."

Jim Raynor knelt on one knee on the hardened black ground, letting the year-round wind blow the dark brown cowboy hat on his head.This is a land melted and cooled by fiery psionic beams and plasma hurricanes, the entire surface glowing with the metallic luster of silicided steel and the glint of glass.

A huge crater lies just a dozen miles away, and that was once the site of Backwater Base.

About a year ago, the Protoss fleet literally burned Mar Sara to the ground, focusing on human colonies and zerg hives.Most of the refugees in Mar Sara evacuated in time before the bombing of the Protoss fleet with the help of the revolutionary army, but their homes were destroyed.

The destruction of Ma Sara was even more thorough than that of Korha IV, which suffered a nuclear attack. If the latter was turned into a piece of scorched earth, then the former was completely reduced to a cold and dead planet.

Cities were wiped out, mountains were completely toppled, vast oceans and rivers were evaporated in extreme heat, and the earth was burnt to glass.The natural landscape of this planet has undergone earth-shaking changes, all species have become extinct, and only low-level lichens, mosses and other life forms remain.

With half of Mar Sara's atmosphere stripped away, the thin air and desolate surface became even more inhospitable to human habitation.In the past, the colonists of Mar Sara were able to use the irrigation system to water the farmland on the planet's barren land, but now they are struggling.

"Ma Sara was one of the first planets to be invaded by zerg, and it was also one of the few planets destroyed by the protoss." Augustus, wearing a windbreaker coat, stood beside Renault, The raging wind and sand are leaving sharp scratches on this weather-beaten coat.

"Everyone thinks it's all over, but I've learned that there's still life left on this planet."

Renault stood up and looked in the direction of Augustus, a camp consisting of hundreds of alloy steel and concrete buildings and gray living tents was impressively in sight.That area once had a familiar name, Purgatory Corridor.

The Corridor of Purgatory is no longer the huge winding canyon of the past. It has been flattened, and the surface has been broken and reshaped many times, beyond recognition.

Today, the mountains and huge cliffs have turned into plains, and the caves and deep pits have formed lakes and streams of stagnant water. Very short.

Mar Sara has become more desolate, its surface covered with ugly black scars, and even a moon like Hedge can find lush oases.There is no more difference between this planet and the many lifeless stone planets in the Milky Way. It has been marked as a tombstone in the human navigation map.

Mar Sara, which was melted into ashes, was actually quite beautiful under the venomous sunlight. The silicide layer covering the ground exuded a metallic and crystal-like luster, making the entire plain look like a part of a huge crystal.

Near the camp that Lei Nuo looked at, there were countless crystal veins exposed above the surface, and countless clusters of crystals shining with blue light shone brightly in the sunlight.These are crystal veins that were once buried under the corridors of purgatory, but now they have been completely uncovered with the bombing of the protoss fleet.

Clusters of crystals gathered together are scattered everywhere, and they can be seen everywhere, as if they are at your fingertips.There is almost no difficulty in collecting such crystals. You only need to use a laser melting gun to cut them, and building a processing plant on the spot can save the cost of transporting raw materials.

When Augustus and Renault spoke, the camp was still under construction. Towers, scaffolding, cranes, and bulldozers were already in place, and mechanical workshops for airports, supply stations, and heavy factories were also erected.

From time to time, a group of transport ships descended from the sky from the high-altitude orbit and landed in the air port of the camp, bringing essential supplies and construction materials to the workers and soldiers there.

"When I left Mar Sara, I thought that Elizabeth and John and I would never return to this sad place for the rest of our lives," Reno said.

"Fate is such a wonderful thing, it's hard to tell when reality will give you a slap in the face and when it will give you a few more candies. Mar Sara may not be the best choice for a habitable planet, but the stored Resources can make people ignore the harsh natural conditions here."

"For the original Ma Sara people, maybe their life would not be much better than it is now."

"Mar Sara can no longer support the population it used to have. It also has to import food and water from other planets, but the output of minerals is enough to make up for this disadvantage." Augustus nodded and said.

"It's not enough to rely on the main star of Antiga. Another planet is needed to provide raw materials and military factories." He said: "Agria, the land of agricultural immigrants, provides food and medical supplies for these two planets."

Augustus’s revolutionary army had not only Antiga and Agria in their hands, but also seven other colonies established by Keha IV settlers, including Heji, Altera, and Baishir. unstable, while Altera is sparsely populated.

The total population of the other Korha IV sub-colonies combined is about 1000 million people, but they are scattered on the edge of the Koprulu star sector, far apart, and cannot bring much help to the revolutionary army.

"Ma Sara is far away from the core world of Tarsonis, and almost everyone thinks that it has been completely destroyed, there is no hope in sight, and no one will pay attention to the affairs of the Sara galaxy." Reynolds said with a smile : "We can just use this to develop Mar Sara's resources."

"The Federation never thought we'd come back here again." Augustus smiled back at Raynor.

"We fought hard and fought hard to get what we are today."

As they spoke, Augustus and Renault walked towards the camp together, measuring the scorched ground with their feet, and picking up crystal fragments from the ground from time to time.These shimmering crystal shards stand out against the ashes, and with patience, you can quickly pick up a large bag of crystal shards, like picking up fallen coal from a train track.

Kerrigan and Faraday's Marshal's Guard followed Augustus and Raynor even though the barren world was devoid of even decent large beasts and gnats.Each of them is fully armed to deal with enemies that may appear at any time.

Not long after, Augustus who was walking was getting closer and closer to the camp, and his pockets were filled with blue crystals.

This was impossible in Mar Sara in the past. Human beings had to use explosives and mining equipment if they wanted to collect crystals, but now these precious crystal veins are bombarded into small pieces that are easy to mine.

Humans are like the birds who rummage for worms in a plowed field and the children who gather gold in the sand, gathering minerals with wonder on a utterly destroyed planet.

After being bombarded by the main guns of the protoss fleet, some other changes took place in these crystals. The other energies contained in them increased the mining value of crystal mines many times, and the crystals with the same load could be refined a little bit. Utilization, which makes Mar Sara's mineral value generally higher than ordinary crystals.

The most obvious change is that the output of the Mar Sara mine has become much higher than before.

"We are walking on scattered treasures that have never been found before," said Augustus, holding a shattered blue crystal in his hand.

At this time, they were already very close to the camp, just below the guard tower with the flag of the Revolutionary Army erected.

These buildings, which were built only two weeks ago, are still very densely spaced, with staggered and orderly roads in the middle.

The doors of warehouses, engineering stations, armories, and military barracks are all wide open, and many engineers and workers wearing safety helmets are shuttling among them, and a factory production workshop in operation is still cutting the newly mined crystal ore .

Most of the workers were engineers who followed the revolutionary army fleet, and some of them were from Mar Sara, and they all showed high fighting spirit.Although they were only ordered to come to Mar Sara to collect minerals, the workers took this as their noble mission.

The engineers in the revolutionary army knew very well that every piece of crystal and every cubic meter of high-energy gas they collected would make a great contribution to the entire revolutionary cause.

The facilities in the camp are all available, in addition to emergency medical facilities, there are leisure and exercise facilities, after all, the desolate Mar Sara is as lonely as a battleship in deep space.

There are dozens of such mining camps in Mar Sara, with the number of people in each camp ranging from a few hundred to several thousand people, and each mining site under construction will become an important collection point and Industrial Base.In the future, once Augustus has the ability to carry out targeted large-scale migration to Mar Sara, cities will surely rise.

"Joey Ray Jones has opened a new bar near the original location of the backwater base. It won't be long before everything will be fine." Reynolds said to Augustus.

While they were talking, the camp was still under construction. Hundreds of -280-type space engineering vehicles were constructing the foundations of defense facilities, preparing for the construction of a solid high wall.

Augustus plans to build a solid fortress on the original site of the Whitestone base in the Purgatory Corridor, and the fortress will also be named after Whitestone.

"The collection of minerals in the Purgatory Corridor will be completed within one to two years, and a new city will be uprooted here." Kerrigan's voice sounded.

"The Federation never dreamed that Mar Sara would become their confidant again." Augustus nodded.

Augustus raised his head as he spoke, and set his sights on a silver, conical tower in the center of the camp that went straight into the sky.At this moment there are engineers climbing up, working on cables and circuits.

Mar Sara was one of the first planets to be invaded by the Zerg, making it a no-go zone for human ships during the First Total War, as it was so close to the swarm's front.

But the psychic jammer in the hands of the revolutionary army can effectively solve this problem.

After many operations by the psychic experts of Swan and Kaczynski's Nova Squadron, the psychic jammers of the Revolutionary Army have been perfected after many updates.

Even the most vicious Leviathans of the swarm were shunned when silvery spires, emitting powerful jamming psychic signals across the star system at every moment, were erected in areas controlled by the Revolutionary Army.

The silver spire is thousands of feet (more than 300 meters) high, soaring into the sky, like a sharp sword piercing the sky, equipped with powerful psionic disruptor equipment that can cover the entire galaxy, and can also serve as a communication base station.

The shape of this steeple comes from the KehaⅣ Stilling Silver Tower in the memory of Augustus. As the landmark building of the city, the tall and straight silver steeple and the family sky tower of the Mengsk family constitute the sky tower. People from other planets of the Tyrann Federation have a consistent understanding of Keha IV city.

The architectural style of the Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps mostly has the shadow of Keha IV's mercury-like steel frame and glass buildings, but it also draws on other planets.

“Among the workers who signed up to work in Mar Sara, the Ma Sara people accounted for the majority—of course, they were the only ones,” Reynolds said.

"Those who fled to Antiga have just escaped from the sea of ​​bugs, and they dare not return to Mar Sara, which is closely associated with the word Zerg."

The current main star of Antiga has undoubtedly become the core world within the sphere of influence of the revolutionary army. It is still absorbing refugees from various peripheral worlds on a large scale, and its population has rapidly expanded to 500 million people.

The main star of Antiga was originally a planet that began to rebel against the rule of the Tyrannian Federation 20 years ago. The place name Antiga has been heard many times in such a distant place.

In addition to the refugees, the Keha people of the United States of Umoyan also went to the main planet of Antiga one after another. They always thought that they were living in a foreign land in the territory of Umoyan.Some Umoyans who had ideals or simply wanted to participate in a war also rushed to Antiga, no matter what the purpose was, at least they were contributing.

Augustus just smiled at Reynaud's words: "We have arrested tens of thousands of federal officials in places like Wadona and Helsern, and it's time for them to undergo reform through labor."

"That's how it should be," Reynolds said.

"Marshal. People from the exploration team found a Kelmorian camp in the Blitzkrieg Canyon seventeen miles away." Suddenly, a guard on duty wearing a red armband came in front of Augustus: "Lieutenant Roland To ask you what should be done with these Kel-Morians."

"It seems that Mar Sara's minerals have also attracted other people. These are the Kel-Morians. Wherever there is a crystal mine, there are them, even if they know that the place will kill them." Raynor said to Kel-Morian My prejudice has never changed: "Your money is not your life."

"What do they do?" Augustus asked the guard.

"It looks like an ordinary mining guild," said the guard.

"Catch them?" Kerrigan's emerald eyes turned to Augustus. "Or let them go."

"That's not good," Renault said. "They're just a bunch of miners, too."

"Identify yourself," said Augustus.

"Let the leaders of these miners come to me—there's no need to drive out the Kel-Morians of Marsala, provided they obey our rules."

(End of this chapter)