StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 486 Marshal Augustus Arrives in His Loyal Tarsonis

"That's what they forced us to do."

Arcturus Mengsk said over the flickering sparks and buzzing electricity of the Hyperion's bridge console: "These bugs will feast on the enemy, and the Earthlings must pay for their aggression .”

"Tear flesh on them! Bite hard!"

At this time, Augustus, the amiable elder brother, hammered on the star chart platform with one hand, his dark gray eyes were shining.

Arcturus is not directly in charge of the Revolutionary Army's Cerberus plan, but he has always been an advocate and participant of this plan.It is good to control the Zerg to replace human soldiers, but the fact that it can greatly reduce the casualties of the Revolutionary Army soldiers is enough to make Augustus let go of his prejudices.

"α, I hope your ability to dominate the swarm has not deteriorated." Augustus said to the cerebrate worm whose body was shining with dazzling light due to the display of psychic power.

As a domestic cerebrum of the revolutionary army, apart from clocking in at work and cooperating with the alien biologists to conduct experiments related to the mind of the main hive, the alpha worm just lies on the creeper and watches TV after get off work, drinks Coca-Cola and eats potato chips.

This is a young cerebrum who was born less than a year ago. Of course, in terms of qualifications and experience, he can't compare with the overlord of the swarm like Dagos.It's obviously easier to control, but it's by no means powerful among cerebrates.

"This will not be more difficult than me opening two thousand trumpets at the same time to fight against those humans in the Federal Battle Flag community (Battle Flag, a derivative online community of a magazine published by the Federal Marine Corps)." Cerebral Worm α highlights its role as a The confidence of the Lord of the Swarm.

Just like Overlord, Cerebrates can multitask while commanding millions of Zergs, controlling different races at the same time.The reason why queens who are also high-level zergs do not have an entire clan like brain worms is because their duties have been specialized to guard the lair and breed the group.

Every revolutionary spaceship has the Kedarin crystal communicator that Augustus brought from Artanis, so the captains immediately carried out the command of the marshal - these devices are of course only borrowed, Protoss Empire also does not support forex trading.

Outside the porthole of the Hyperion, just waiting for the fleet crew to manually pry open the hatch of the ship, a large number of allosaurus lined up took off from more than a hundred transport ships (dragons fly by vents, flapping their wings is instinctive) ), approaching the UED fleet from all directions like a swarm of bats, followed by the Scourge and the larger Swarm Devourer.

Some of the Zerg's bodies are also modified with mechanical exoskeletons, including mechanical prosthetic eyes as big as headlights and rocket boosters, which obviously come from the scientific research results of the Cerberus Project.But this is mostly flashy design with little effect.

In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of Zerg took off from the cargo hold of the Revolutionary Army fleet.Even if this is nothing compared to the real swarm, it is still covering the sky and closing the sun.

"The swarm is thirsty for blood." Strictly speaking, Cerebral Worm α is a cold-blooded monster, and it will not show any mercy or hesitation before killing.Under the control of the cerebrates, thousands of zerg warriors marched under the fire of the UED fleet, tearing apart every ship and every enemy they encountered.

"The swarm is seething, and we are eating the world."

The UED fleet, which was attacking the Revolutionary Army, was obviously caught off guard. Neither the captain nor the crew were ready to fight the Zerg, but that didn't mean they would back down.

The UED fleet is equipped with cluster rocket honeycombs and powerful laser weapons far superior to Tyrannian warships, and its firepower is generally stronger than that of the Federation fleet.In the clusters of bright flashes, the dense rockets and the orange-red laser beams sweeping across the dark and deep space drew a thrilling fiery arc, playing the power of the energy beams of the protoss fleet piercing the space and opening up the battlefield.

Groups of Mutalisks were smashed to pieces by laser cannons and cluster missiles, and chunks of wreckage and blood drifted into the vacuum.

Augustus stood on the bridge, his face constantly illuminated by the light of the gunfire.Since the Hyperion's sensors were either damaged or often disconnected under the image of the electromagnetic pulse wave, it was difficult to see the entire battlefield with the naked eye.

The distance and coverage from the Revolutionary Army fleet to the UED fleet alone exceeds 10 astronomical units. At the same time, there are still warships and ships from both sides jumping into the battlefield, and countless ships are shining brightly in the artillery fire and the light of the stars. .

"Release more zerg," Augustus said grimly. "Throw out all the zerg-carrying pods and throw them all at the UED."

"Launch them all," Major General Arcturus added.

It was as if thousands of restless beehives had been thrown out, and the swarms of explosive insects multiplied exponentially. The numbers on the life signal detection platform of the Hyperion, which was still functioning, were beating crazily. The flickering red light became even more dazzling.

In less than 10 minutes, about 20 zerg flew towards the UED fleet.Most of these zerg came from the eggs captured by the revolutionary army, and the rest were wild individuals captured by the brain worm α.This number may not be able to submerge the enemy fleet immediately, but it is enough to tear the hearts of the earthlings on the opposite side.

In those worlds that were once invaded by the Zerg and survived the zerg invasion under the rule of the Revolutionary Army, Augustus City will send elite soldiers to eradicate the Zerg nests hidden in the mountains or underground caves at the request of the local residents. The eggs are brought back for study.

The lessons learned from the Tyranid Federation led Augustus to set up alien laboratories in those distant worlds far away from human civilization, and only set up branches of Cerberus in Antiga and Umoyan to recruit talents.It was also because of a brain worm that Augustus made up his mind to do this.

It turns out that cerebrates are indeed priceless.

In contrast, it is much more cost-effective to directly drive a brain worm, but this brain worm is not completely obedient.

"Although I'm not as good-hearted as I used to be, I don't feel comfortable fighting with bugs." Tychus Finley has been more honest recently:

"Many of our brothers have died at the hands of the zerg. What does that make those who remain in this world in pain?"

"But if there were no Zerg, then Stukov would have wiped out the entire Revolutionary Army fleet here." Kerrigan was surprised by the golden humanity in Tychus, probably because the old rascal hadn't degenerated into a big The reason for the devil.

It has to be said that if Augustus hadn't brought the Zerg, then this would be his burial place.Stukov laid a trap in the Tarsonis galaxy, but Augustus had already deduced the opponent's plan countless times.

"The electromagnetic force field covering the Tarsonis system makes all our warships and spaceships easy targets, and the zerg are the key to victory."

The swarms of Mutalisks were devastated by intensive firepower as they approached the UED warship, and the wreckage floating in deep space was layered like ashes rising in the air current.But when the first Mutalisk came through the barrage and hooked the sampan with its claws, the tables turned immediately.

Bright fireballs and thunderous electric currents suddenly appeared in the darkness in the distance. They were swarms of blasters hitting the battleship, and their bodies underwent chemical changes at the moment of impact. The twenty-foot monster was no less than a large space torpedo.

The giant bumblebee-like Swarm Devourer spewed out large clusters of corrosive acid spores at extremely high speeds at extremely long distances, etching ugly scars on the shiny sampan armor coating of the UED fleet.

UED warships and escort ships continued to explode in dazzling flames. The towering alloy steel sides and the cannons discharged were enough to make them despise any human force in the Koprulu sector.

But the zerg fight like crazy swarms, and those deadly blasters are even indistinguishable from friend or foe.When the time was right, a few Scourge could pass through a battered Vagray missile frigate, destroying the ship along with the Mutalisks that had entered it.

Augustus and the others seemed to be admiring a spectacular firework show, which was extremely far away from here, and the nearest distance was equivalent to the distance from the earth to the moon.The fireworks are as gorgeous as summer flowers at the cost of burning out the UED battleship.

"This is a necessary price. A few bugs are better than dead people." Arcturus sighed: "It's not them who die, but us."

"Since this is the case, I don't think anyone will have any hesitation on how to choose. Moreover, I don't think you have a better way to deal with UED's electromagnetic interference weapons. They are subversive in modern warfare."

"It's no secret in the Revolutionary Army that there is a lazy brain worm in the alien lab behind. It was the first brain worm we captured, and it was really exciting at the time." Augustus said :

"We're not going to seek power from the devil, we're going to harness the devil."

The fact that he was about to fight with the Zerg had a greater impact on the Revolutionary Army soldiers, and it deeply disturbed those who had painful memories of the Zerg. This did not affect Augustus' reputation or shake his status.

Since the use of the zerg was to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, the soldiers could barely accept it.After all, they have fought with the protoss before, and dealing with bugs is no big deal.

And if you want to drive a swarm of bugs, then capturing a brain worm is undoubtedly the best choice.

Under the will of the brain worm, the nest can operate efficiently.Controlling the zerg is by no means as simple as creating resocialized soldiers by implanting brain control chips or chemical agents.It has been four years since the Cerberus project was launched, but it still has little effect. This is not due to the incompetence of the project scientists.

The most critical point is that the higher zergs control other zergs through psionic energy directly on the basis of the mind of the main hive, which means that unless the brain nerves of the individual zergs are completely replaced with mechanical neural reconstruction technology, the brain worms can easily to gain control of the Cerberus Zerg.

But for now, that would be throwing money into a bottomless pit, and it would be costly.If the Cerberus Executive Council can't bring down the cost of the Cyborg, it will remain an expensive luxury that cannot be mass-produced and put into battle.

In the disturbing silence, Augustus could only watch the occasional sparks of fireworks explode in the distant deep sky.

Taking advantage of this time, the engineers of the Hyperion are putting out the fire cables and repairing the damaged equipment, at least to restore the basic communication to normal.Such work was being done on all Revolutionary warships, and until an attempt was made to make these city-huge behemoths move again, they would be nothing more than steel graves floating in space.

Frigate-class warships and smaller ships take more damage from the EMP than larger warships.Thanks to the modular design of Tyrann Federal Heavy Industries, the equipment components and lines of various ships can now be reproduced and replaced on a large scale, which allows most damaged systems to be repaired without worrying about missing parts.

Augustus only hoped that the fires and explosions on the line would cause as few casualties as possible.

But as long as UED's electromagnetic force field production equipment in Tarsonis is still working, it will be difficult for the Revolutionary Army fleet to get out.

"The enemy was about to retreat, but they retreated." Cerebral Worm α said at this time: "I need more Zergs to chase these humans, and it is difficult for the Juggernaut to fight without soldiers."

"Give them to me!"

At this time, this cerebrate is like the real master of the swarm, cruel and cold.For Cerebral Worm α, who has a lot of research on human games, manipulating the swarm to fight is just a delicate micro-management, like a master-level real-time strategy game master.

"Enough." Augustus will not really let this brain worm control the zerg that can destroy everyone: "Don't worry about the retreating enemies, I need you to bring me some prisoners, the higher the rank, the better , preferably technicians and commanders."

"You know the military rank of the UED. I don't think a brain worm who can understand human university courses would be ignorant of this."

Augustus needs some senior UED officers to know where the electromagnetic force field generators are deployed, and destroy these devices before continuing to advance towards Tarsonis.

"You're forcing the brain worm to lay eggs, it can't be done." Cerebral worm α tilted its neckless head, as if feeling puzzled.

"Humans don't surrender to the zerg unless they're going mad with fear."

"That's what makes humans so precious." Kerrigan snorted.

"You know what to do." Augustus said to the brain worm: "My scientists told me that your intelligence is very high, and it belongs to a human child."

"Hey, if you are begging a great swarm master." The cerebrate interrupted what Augustus said: "Of course, I will satisfy you."

"Then, you have to order all the zerg to return to their original ships—everyone is marked, so you don't have a chance to sneak around," Augustus said.

"Well, human beings are always suspicious and greedy by nature," said the brainworm.

Later, in a newly repaired camera footage, the UED fleet is fleeing in all directions, returning to Tarsonis Prime.Some of the battered battleships were left behind, with flames everywhere on them, and zerg crawling over the empty places.

It must have been a nightmare for the enemy.Augustus could already smell the blood of the wounded and the charred corpses, but that only made his heart colder and made him more determined to defeat Stukov and the UED expeditionary force.

"Stukov, there are not many good moves in the hands of the two of us." Augustus said:

"Let me see what your next step is."

(End of this chapter)