StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 410 The Spear of Adun
Convoys of Vulture vehicles raced along the crystal-studded sandy ground of the giant underground cavern, plasma thrusters belching bright blue flames like fired bullets.

The bottom of the cave is covered with a layer of fine white sand, as shiny as gold and as soft as flour, like an undulating white ocean.The surface of the white sand sea is not flat, there are puddles dotted with pure groundwater, and the light emitted by the crystal clusters complement each other.

Thousands of magnificent stone pillars support the dome of the cave, and their perfect and gorgeous cuts are by no means formed naturally, like spears piercing the dome.It is engraved with vines or spiral patterns, and some brief words written in the elegant characters of the protoss entrust the poetic and beautiful understanding of the universe, and they were all born in the most prosperous and richest of the protoss empire, which is also the cultural center of the protoss. The most prosperous and most confident golden age.

The stone pillars themselves glowed with a soft green glow, and that intertwined with the brilliance of the crystals to create a dreamy sky that enveloped the cavern.The underground of Ayer is cold and dark, but the crystals inlaid on the stone walls provide light and heat sources, like the sun, the moon and the stars.

The area of ​​this grotto is so huge that the vulture car that Augustus was riding at the fastest speed was only a little closer to the golden blue giant ship that stands on the ground.It is dozens of miles high, with a city-sized launch stand in the center.The bracket is made of golden metal and a dazzling crystal matrix, which radiates a shining luster every moment.

That is really a mountain in the sky, even after walking for so long, it is just a phantom in the distance.

"I have never seen such beautiful things, they - they are like rays of light, gold and crystals cast into spears." Reynolds followed Augustus's car in a vulture car, admiring Lili from the bottom of his heart. A magnificent warship in the distance.

"You're a poet, Jimmy," said Augustus.

"It will be like this if you deal with protoss too much." Renault laughed: "The cowboy can also sing poetry."

"Guess how big is that Protoss Ark ship? How long is she, and how wide is her widest point." Augustus looked at the mountain in the distance through Kerrigan's well-proportioned and powerful shoulders in the driver's seat Like a majestic golden blue giant ship.It is like a celestial city that reaches straight into the sky or a giant tower piercing the sky, and its scale is a hundred times and a thousand times that of the protoss round tower building.

If the protoss hadn't told Augustus and Raynor that the Ark-class giant ship cast in the golden age of the protoss empire was buried under the heart of the Koshaka council, they would only have regarded it as an incomparable ship at first glance. Underground giant city.

"It's probably tens of miles or longer, it's hard to say." Raynor's communication channel came from time to time, "I thought the Sky Tower in Tarsonis was already the most amazing thing in the world, but with the Protoss It's just a little mound dug up by a groundhog under a mountain."

"The Ark of the Protoss, Tassadar said she was built to preserve the fire of the Protoss in the darkest age of the Protoss Empire, not for war and destruction. In this way, the Protoss Empire was prophesied in the golden age today catastrophe, so they cast them many centuries ago." Raynor complained.

"Oh, Augustus, look at what our ancestors did? They enclose all the resources of the main star world, and then send all their descendants to the barren marginal planets to expand their territory. They only care about themselves, they Nothing is left."

"You have to find the nobles and plutocrats of the Federation, they don't care about what happens hundreds of years later." Augustus laughed it off.

"If the protoss has such a warship, why don't they use it until now." Renault continued: "Swan told me that a protoss engineer named Karax once bragged to him that an ark of the protoss can start and win a war with civilizations of the same level."

"Now I'm beginning to suspect that he might not be bragging. Such a large battleship, even if it hits Tarsonis, is enough to destroy the entire main city of Tarsonis, not to mention those protoss laser weapons. They are as fast as they are in orbit. It can burn our thatched house to ashes."

"It may be true, but the protoss had never encountered an enemy of the zerg's level at that time," Augustus said on the comm channel.

"Tassadar said that the Supreme Council originally had no plan to activate the three arks under Aiur."

"Because they still thought that they would never be defeated, and the protoss was far from dying." Augustus said: "When we came to Ayr, even if the Supreme Council had been lost A large amount of territory, but they still stubbornly believe that they can't defeat it."

"Then what we saw was what we saw - we won. You know, if we had nukes when Korha came under attack, I would have ordered them all to be fired instead of sending them off. Bury it in the ground and wait for it to germinate.”

There are three Arkships of the same size buried in Al's underground, which are buried in different cities. Just digging caves that can store these super battleships has cost the Protoss Empire unimaginable manpower and material resources.Each ship is exquisitely crafted and a masterpiece of Carlisle engineering.

All the achievements and knowledge of the Protoss are preserved in the Ark Ship. Once the Protoss Empire faces catastrophe, it can be lifted off and leave Aiur to preserve the last fire of civilization.

As far as Augustus knows, the Spear of Adun beneath Koshaka and its sister ships Pride of Ortaris and Memories of Nessin beneath the other two cities are well preserved.

After Augustus and Tassadar returned to Aiur, no civil war broke out with the Supreme Council. The addition of the Colossus and the mothership also made the Supreme Council firmer, so they did not forcefully activate the Ark.It is because of these changes that the other two Arks that were supposed to crash were saved.

"Now, they decided to use these weapons in the civil war?" Reynolds said. "If so, that would be too ironic."

"It seems that there is not yet." Augustus said: "But we don't know where the bottom line of the Supreme Council is? Since Duran has been mixed among them, it is likely that he is secretly fueling all this. "

"You attach so much importance to that protoss named Duran - I don't understand, but there must be a reason for you." Renault ordered in the command channel.

"Keep it up, guys, we've got a little more time to drive, it's just too big in here."

"Where's the Tychus? Why didn't he come?" Augustus asked suddenly after a few seconds.

"I thought he was already here." Reynolds said, "Didn't you order him to come from Antioch? Even taking a transport ship would take a lot of time."

"Well, we have to leave before we can see if he arrives." Augustus remembered that he had completely forgotten about calling Tychus over, and he summoned them and set off after a short wait.

"This time, Tychus is going to miss the real big scene." Reynolds said: "See, there are protoss drones and small fighters fighting around the protoss ark ship. It looks like Zeratul And Artanis's men have alerted the guards here."

"Originally, I was thinking about whether I would secretly launch the ark into the sky."

The convoy continued on, past collapsed stone pillars and charred Protoss mechs.The sections of these collapsed stone pillars are all new, and the battle that took place in a few hours was short but tragic, as evidenced by the wreckage of the Protoss intelligent mechanical guards and the dragon knight mecha scattered on the white sand.

As Augustus got closer to the closest protoss ark, the outline of its majestic ship became more striking.Her appearance is indeed an unattainable golden blue spire or the tip of a spear, the top of which is dozens of miles away from the ground, whether it is a human vehicle or the golden beetle that is advancing on the ground, it also looks small.

When the Vulture approached the launch cradle at the bottom of the Ark, even the edges of that cradle were like city walls.

Facing Augustus was a High Templar of Artanis and his zealots, who had fully captured the Ark's launch brackets.

"Greetings, Son of Aiur. Where are Artanis and Phoenix?" After Kerrigan parked the Vulture vehicle behind a dense cluster of crystals, Augustus got out of the car and walked towards the waiting senior officer. Templar.

Behind Augustus, more than [-] vulture vehicles stopped in an orderly manner, and a large number of field porcupine members and ghost agents in special combat armor lined up silently, waiting for instructions.

"The executive officer has arrived on the surface and is launching an attack on the heart of the council where the supreme council is located." The spiritual language of the high-ranking templar went directly to the heart of Augustus, and under the influence of the powerful spiritual power of the protoss, the later The audience even saw the phantom of Artanis and the Templars fighting bloody battles before their eyes.

"Zeratul's dark templars have vanished into the darkness, and they have sworn to bring back the promise of a truce from the arbitrators of the Conclave. The kara echoes the roar of templars embracing the glory of battle, the guards of the conclave is sadly heading towards failure."

"Listen to me, brother." Raynor said to the high templar at this moment: "Maybe we can send this ark out to deal with the Supreme Council."

"This is also the plan of High Executor Tassadar, who was going to activate the Spear of Adun to ensure absolute victory over the Swarm. Now, whether to prevent the Spear of Adun from falling into the hands of the Council, or to recover us Holy home, Tassadar is determined to activate her," said the High Templar.

"The Spear of Adun, she is the first ark named after the Protoss hero Adun. In the golden age of the Protoss Empire, Adun participated in the ceremony of launching the Spear of Adun as an executive officer. "He introduced to Augustus the magnificent ship in front of them.

"The warriors of the Golden Age sleep inside the Spear of Adun, and they must remember the heroic deeds of Adun."

"It takes a huge amount of energy to activate the Spear of Adun, and we must gain control of the five energy matrix batteries on the Heart of the Council." He said: "At present we have controlled three, and the Grand Consul Phoenix and the executive are on their way to That leaves two locations where the batteries are."

"That is to say, this matter doesn't need the help of humans, you can handle it yourself." Lei Nuo originally wanted to fight a hearty battle with Artanis, but now he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"Of course, friends, if we can't continue to fight without humans, then the Protoss Empire should also perish." The high-ranking templar said kindly: "But we still need your help."

"Tell me about it." Augustus nodded.

"Marshal Augustus Mengsk," said the high templar immediately.

"In order to attack the heart of the council, the executive officer mobilized most of our strength, which made it impossible for us to have enough fighters to break into the Spear of Adun."

"Is there anything else in the Spear of Adun that could threaten you?" Augustus asked.

The High Templar replied: "The Spear of Adun is an ark that has been dormant for countless centuries, its core and the Templar within it dormant."

"After defeating the council guards guarding the Spear of Adun, Zeratul, the Dark Master, discovered signs of Dark Templar power remaining around the ark. The Executor suspects that the followers of the Dark Templar Orega may be has quietly infiltrated the Spear of Adun in an attempt to steal the knowledge and advanced ancient technology sealed within it."

"How many of them?" Augustus wasn't afraid to fight the Dark Templar, but he had to make sure his men had what it took to stand up to a group of Shadow Masters.

"If you want to avoid the guards perfectly, their number must not be too many." The high-ranking templar said.

"Are you actually willing to let a group of foreigners enter the ark of the Protoss Empire?" Augustus laughed.

"In our eyes, you are also protoss." The eyes of the high templar flickering with cobalt blue flames were slightly curved, as if smiling.

"Okay, another question, friend, how do we get in?" Augustus, dressed in golden-red power armor, stepped on the gorgeous metal floor paved like gold and stone.

"I hope you won't dislike the dirty boots of the country bumpkin." Renault shrugged, "So, we can also have a chance to fly into the sky in the ark."

"Follow me," said the High Templar, leading Augustus to a large obelisk, inserting his two-thumb hand through the hole in it.Accompanied by the rising white aura and the crisp resonant sound of the crystal and leaping dragons, an iris-like transition door appeared.

"The protoss never walk through the door," Raynor said.

"There's no danger," Kerrigan said to Augustus, nervous all the time.

The high-ranking templar took the lead and walked in, and Augustus followed closely behind without any hesitation.

But when he closed his eyes and then opened them again, Augustus's eyes suddenly opened up. After a while, they had already stood on every deck of the Spear of Adun. The century is still shining like new.

After adapting to the light in the Spear of Adun, Augustus realized that he was only standing on a wide corridor spanning the entire relay area cabin.The corridor is like vines wrapped around the pillars and spreads upwards and downwards. Upward is the Spear of Adun bridge on the surface, and below it is the stasis chamber and the starry sky forge. Countless pillars are shaped like golden javelins.

　After being reminded by the archbishop, I completely forgot that the three arks were hidden in different cities of Aiur in order to prevent all reimbursements-they were buried under three different cities, spanning the entire planet Aiur.There is only the Spear of Adun in the underground of Koshaka, I have a brain twitch-change it.

　　In addition, let’s spread a rumor. The library ship engineering ship about Nessing’s Memory and Otaris’ Pride is someone’s imagination. As for the other two arks, they only mentioned their names and did not set them in detail. This saying has been widely circulated, but I haven't been able to find the source after searching for a long time.

　　That should come from the field of expertise of the supreme protector in each ark.For example, Rohana, the supreme protector of the Spear of Adun, is good at military (…), and Shatila is a master of physics and engineering.

　　Don't be misled by things like Baidu Encyclopedia, anyone can change that.

　　A few days ago, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, and I was completely out of shape.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)