StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 376
Augustus and Artanis, the executive officer of the Protoss Empire, stood side by side, their very different faces illuminated by the blue light emitted by the Anima crystal array.The Naganaga shrine under their feet was shaking, and the cistern used to bathe the dead sparkled in the white moonlight, shining silvery.

The tremor did not come from the Xel'Naga Temple itself, but a star spirit mothership rising from the virgin rainforest below.

In the beginning, a city of gold and gold rose from the divided rain forest, its empty and majestic vaults, arches, and domes shining with blue light formed an imposing silhouette.Augustus even saw the amazing coordination of metal arcades, archetypal platforms and free-standing pinnacles with harmonious curves, countless round portholes, kedarin crystals emitting linear blue rays, and purifying beam heat ray guns and beauty.

When the Protoss Empire built this unprecedented giant ship, it seemed to be building a flying city and palace.Its diameter is about three kilometers, which is equivalent to four to five new human behemoth-class battlecruisers.

The mothership can activate the main cannon of the purification beam to burn the planet, it can also open the vortex of the galaxy that swallows everything, and open the space-time warp that stops the bullet in the air and falls to the ground due to the loss of kinetic energy.

"This mothership has been dormant here more than a dozen centuries ago. At that time, it was the golden age of the expansion of the Protoss Empire. Countless warriors adhering to Kara's will and Dawu's teachings rode it to fight the galaxy." Artanis told Augustus introduces this gigantic giant ship.

"She used to be a symbol of that era. So many master phase technicians of Carlisle went forward and worked hard, only for the glory of the empire to illuminate the darkest end of the universe."

"Shocking." Augustus said bluntly: "But you are just leaving her in the ground now."

"The mothership once sheltered many planets and guided the direction of the fleet." Artanis watched the magnificent giant ship that almost occupied the entire field of vision slowly rise from the ground, and felt the witness in Kara. The protoss shuddered with joy before all this.

"Each mothership is equivalent to the navigation mark of the fleet, each one is the flagship of a huge fleet, and once led the flagship of the empire to go deep into the universe to open up a new home." He said.

"However, as the empire no longer continues to expand outward like the golden age, all ambitions have retreated to the former borders, and the protoss no longer want to leave their homes and go to unknown directions. Even the Supreme Council has begun to change. It must be conserved, when all the warships and weapons built for pioneering and war are gradually forgotten and sealed, because the empire has no need for them."

"It's such a time, and the Supreme Council hasn't even thought about launching these warships?" Augustus asked Artanis.

"The arbitrators are still hesitating." Artanis stared at the protoss mothership that was starting up, and its majestic momentum made him feel high-spirited: "By the time they ordered the restart of these warships, it was already too late."

"Almost all motherships are staying on other planets and fringe territories of the Protoss Empire, because they were all once members of the colonial fleet." Artanis said: "The Supreme Council has decided to recall those fleets and summon reinforcements from other colonies , I do not know how many branches of the great fleet are returning to Ayr at all costs"

"Listen to you, there are many such warships in the Protoss Empire?" The protoss mothership is the largest warship that Augustus has ever seen, and it is even bigger than the magnificent Sarnaga Temple under his feet. Much bigger.

The pure blue light beams overflowing from the mothership lit up the night sky in the province of Antioch, and the aura released by the bridge and the crystal harmonic array brightened up all the protoss buildings that lost power due to the collapse of the crystal tower.

As the mothership climbed several hundred feet, until it was at eye level with Augustus and Artanis, they seemed to be able to see rounded arcs and polygonal structures through the psychic shield that surrounded the mothership. .The almost luxurious stairs lead to the pavilions suspended in the air, and a large number of templars and Carlisle fleet engineers are striding on the wide deck and the three cantilevered wings suspended around the wings.

This extraordinary warship is comparable to a giant human space station, its unparalleled gravity is enough to overwhelm her, but she still flies like an elegant city suspended in the sky, even with a light attitude, which is human. It is a difficult problem that cannot be overcome by materials science and structure science.

The majestic Protoss mothership hovers over the Xel'Naga Temple in an almost sacred posture. Its hull designed according to perfect proportions rotates slowly and at a constant speed, casting pure blue light on the rainforest and the mysterious world below. city ​​of.

The deep golden domes and corridors slope downward, and the light flowing from the heights looks like a blue waterfall.The mothership floated quietly in the air with a gesture of weightlessness, and Augustus had no doubts about how earth-shattering power it would explode when it launched an attack.

"The other motherships on Aiur that were sleeping in the center of the city for future generations to admire were either silent with the destruction of the city, or they had already been dismantled for research and peaceful purposes. The rest of the motherships were unloaded Armor and solid shields, anchored in the core of the city, merged with the architecture of cast golden buildings," Artanis replied.

"This is the only one we can start now." He said: "I don't know if the Supreme Council has such a plan, but as far as I know, none of the motherships on Ayer are ready to launch in Ayr. Preparations for a war."

"Only those motherships that stay on the fringes and colonies of the Protoss Empire can still maintain their combat effectiveness?" Augustus was not surprised by this answer. fall.

"What about the Colossus?" He mentioned the weapon of war that he and Tassadar found in the Luria galaxy: "I heard that this terrible protoss war still sleeps in the quiet lakes and ancient ruins of Aiur arms."

"...I have ordered people to wake them up, and I hope they can still be activated normally." Artanis wanted to ask Augustus where he got such news, he seemed to be more familiar with it than the protoss Al.

"You're right Augustus. In the face of the crisis of genocide, no one will stop us with whether it violates the teachings of Kara and Dawu." Artanis said: "With the help of this mothership, We must beat the zerg!"

"Young Artanis, it's too early for you to say that." The figure of the Dark Templar Zeratul suddenly appeared between Augustus and Artanis.

"Zeratul!" Augustus was no stranger to Zeratul's sudden appearance. After all, the Dark Templars had long been accustomed to the dragon's behavior.

It has to be said that Augustus even doubted that Zeratul would even take a tinge of humor in his mischievous appearance - anyway, the venerable elder never tires of it.

"You're here at last," he said.

Zeratul's Dark Templar would have landed on the other side of Aiur, where the Zerg first landed.They plan to attack the Overmind in order to force the Swarm to slow down their attack on Aiur.

"Dark Master Zeratul, I have already heard from my teacher about your feat in Char. You have killed many times more cerebrates than Templars." Artanis apparently because of Zeratul's sudden Surprised by his appearance, if this man had come to assassinate him, the young executive was extremely reluctant to admit that he would most likely be defeated by Zeratul's master blade.

Even with the signs of aging, Zeratul was by far the most fearsome Dark Templar Master, and he was one of the few warriors able to stand against Tassadar before he mastered the power of the Twilight.

Fortunately, Zeratul is friend rather than foe.

However, Artanis may have forgotten that the number of brain worms killed by the templar is zero, and zero cannot be used as a divisor.

"I can kill cerebrates only because the power we have can restrain them." Zeratul was even more surprised by Artanis' address to Tassadar. It sounds like Artanis is treating Tassadar as a Be a teacher of learning.

Tassadar has always hoped that his idea of ​​uniting the Aiur protoss and the Sacoolas protoss can be inherited by a new successor, which implies another meaning, that is, he thinks he will die in battle with Aiur.

"Augustus, my dark templar brothers have encountered unexpected obstacles." Zeratul continued: "At our landing point, not only the zerg are attacking the dark templar, but even The templars were relentless in their attempts to slaughter us."

"Nobody believes we are here to save Al, they just think we are a harbinger of death and doom," he said mournfully, "like the crows that bring death's message."

"But it wasn't the crows' fault," said Augustus.

"Just because of the difference in skin color, the templars can hurt the killer?" Artanis was angry at what happened to the dark templars.

"We tried to attack the position of the master, but encountered obstacles. The servants of the master found us and rushed to the camp of the dark templar." Zeratul continued: "I have to order my brothers and sisters Let's retreat."

"In Ayr, traveling through our homeland, I discovered a subterranean Xel'Naga temple."

"What's that?" Augustus was already used to Zeratul's way of speaking half-hide half-hide, and Zeratul himself didn't realize this problem.

"That is the legacy of the gods." Zeratul seemed very excited: "When the ancestors of the Nerazim Protoss were persecuted by the Supreme Council, Adun hid them in such an underground chamber, the matriarch La That’s how Shagal escaped the original massacre.”

"Maybe we can use these temples to build bases to accommodate refugees." Augustus said after thinking for a moment.

"Anyway, thank the gods for bringing you back to us." Artanis said: "We urgently need to use a battle to prove to the Supreme Council that the power of the dark templar is indeed capable of killing brain worms of."

"No matter what the former clansman thought of us, the Dark Templars will definitely shed their last drop of blood for Aiur," Zeratul said.

"Augustus, the new military intelligence report comes from Alpha Squadron." Kerrigan walked towards Augustus with almost silent steps at this time: "General Duke and Phoenix's troops have joined forces to take the Executor's Fort on the border between Antioch and Korshako."

"I see." Augustus nodded: "Duke finally didn't say that the battle was entirely due to him, and the only use of the protoss is to applaud."

"That old guy still needs to show some face." Kerrigan shrugged: "But anyway, if you want to order Duke to move forward or retreat, he can definitely execute it very well, because he doesn't distinguish between left and right at all."

"Where are the Conclave's troops?" Augustus asked Kerrigan.

"A reconnaissance team reported that they had arrived near the Executor's Fortress, and the nearest protoss empire fanatic legion is forty miles west of the Executor's Fortress." Kerrigan said: "At present, both sides are trying to exercise restraint as much as possible , the military advisers of the headquarters all believe that a negotiation is about to begin."

"What we have to do now is to publicize the strength of the combined army to the Supreme Council, so that they will not attack us before they attack us." Augustus said.

"Arbitrators are not military strategists, but at least they will not ignore the comparison of military strength, especially the enemy commander is Tassadar, who is the most strategically farsighted in the Protoss Empire." Artanis has always been a Tassadar Blow, he also unintentionally pointed out that although the Supreme Council is stupid, it is not blind.

"With this mothership, we can immediately go to the Executor's Fortress through Aiur's warp network." He then looked at Augustus, seeking the other party's opinion.

"Well, if you can't convince the Supreme Council to fight against the enemy with us, then you can only use another way to convince them." Augustus nodded.

Following the order of Artanis, a blue beam of light was projected from the mind crystal under the mothership, shining on Augustus, and all the people were jumped into the broad space of the mothership in an instant. on the bridge.Through the clear crystal glass of the bridge, Augustus could see the vast virgin rainforest connected to the sky.

Numerous protoss navigators and technicians are manipulating the jeweled consoles on the bridge, their slender and slender four fingers seem to be playing a piano piece.A structure of vine-like columns supports a dome shaped by energy, and golden-blue valve discs surround this otherworldly super battleship.

The mothership is slowly driving in the sky, charging for the jump.

When they arrived above the executive fortress, this fortified fortress city was shrouded in the smoke of war. The Alpha Squadron of the Revolutionary Army, dressed in white power armor and wearing a red eagle badge, marched into the city in an orderly manner through the broken walls. There were a large number of them. Protoss and human fighters are patrolling the sky above it.

At some point, Phoenix and Tassadar were also jumped onto the ship and came to the bridge of the mothership.

It took them more than ten minutes to contact the hall of the Supreme Council through the communication device of the mothership, and the arbitrator who appeared on the communication projection screen was no longer the Aldaris they had seen before, but a younger Arbitrator in purple robes.

"I have witnessed with my own eyes that you activated the Mothership and the Colossus. This is a blasphemy against the teachings of Heroic Spirits and Dawu!" The arbitrator said angrily. Dancing on the grave.

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