StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 617 Ancient Purifier

"my name."

The body structure design of Purifier Phoenix is ​​very ingenious. He can fold his huge mechanical body to save space, just like a white iron box with a curved surface, covered with fine and elegant gray textures and orange-yellow crystal circuits.

"My name." He repeated, his glowing crystallized eyes flickering like a nervous person blinking uncomfortably: "You are right, Emperor of the Tyrann Empire, I need A new name."

"I still remember. During the final battle in Antioch, I was ambushed by a Hydralisk. I could have killed it easily, but my psionic blade suddenly stopped working. After that, I was Put into the body of a dragon knight."

"But this is a false lie. I am neither a dragon knight nor a real Phoenix."

"I think a new name represents a new identity." Augustus said: "Farewell to the past and usher in a new beginning."

"You have to find your own name, your own way."

"That's a good point." Renault made inferences: "That's why we sometimes had to hide our identities to escape the pursuit of the Federation."

"Such a proposal full of wisdom, Emperor Augustus, in your short life, few people can think so thoroughly like you." The Purifier Phoenix was surprised that he accepted the proposal of human beings.

If the memory source of the Purifier Phoenix can become friends with these humans, then this is also certain for him.Protoss rarely misreads a person, and friendship will always accompany them for a long life.

"I can't get a reference file from my memory web for names," said Purifier Phoenix.

"How about calling Xinef?" Augustus happily offered his suggestion.

"Not bad." Marshal Renault's taste in naming was exactly the same as his old buddy.

"What special meaning does this have for humans?" the Purifier Phoenix asked.It was obvious that he didn't like the name very much.

"I have a friend who always spells his name backwards whenever he wants to change a new identity and appear in front of other people." Augustus also laughed when he said it, and turned to the other party:
"Don't worry too much. Before that, let's call you Phoenix."

"I thought about it a lot." Purifier Phoenix said: "There is still a real Phoenix in this world. I am just a fake. Whenever I think of this name, I feel distressed and confused."

"Well, I have another suggestion." Augustus said after a moment of silence: "Perhaps, you can find a new one from the Protoss language according to your Protoss tradition."

"I once fought side by side with Archon Phoenix. He is the bravest Protoss warrior I have ever seen. He is not afraid of any enemy, nor is he afraid of death. We all believe that Phoenix has a brave heart."

"Talandar! In our language, this means 'braveheart'." The Purifier Phoenix immediately thought of the word, with a feeling of enlightenment in his heart, as if it should be like this.

"Talandar, that's a really good name." Karax, the protoss phase technician not far away, also said.

"This one is also good." Renault thinks either one is good.If he had a name, it would probably be something commonplace like David Sam.

"It's a fitting name," said Phoenix the Purifier. "I think this may be the first choice I've ever made in my life, and it wasn't a decision made lightly."

"I have chosen my name with honor, and my name is Talandar."

"Everyone here remembers this day, Talandar, and one day, this name will be famous everywhere." Augustus said, "You will fight side by side with the heroes in your memory, and recast a period of your own. glorious legend."

"I look forward to the day when I can fight side by side with you." The Purifier Phoenix—now Talandar waved his mechanical arm, as if he was holding a real sharp blade high.

"Emperor Augustus Mengsk and Marshal James Reynolds are heroes among Tyrannian humans. They led their people to bravely resist the tyranny of the Tyrannian Federation, defeated the UED human invaders, and resisted the insects many times. The invasion of the swarm." Phase Technician Karax is kind-hearted, seeing Phoenix's Purifier clone find his new name, he is also happy from the bottom of his heart.

"They are to the Tyranids what Tassadar is to us."

"Tassadar. The memory of this great warrior still seems to be bathed in the eternal light of Kala, and I am honored, but it is only a false apparition, a story that happened to another person, not Me." Talandar looked at Karax.

"Your Majesty, the Purification of the Protoss flagship of Durham has sent a communication request." The bridge communicator said to Augustus at this time.

"Come in." Augustus ordered immediately.

"I am Artanis, Emperor Augustus." The image of Artanis appeared again: "Aurega, the Dark Consul, has once again fled the battlefield. As many times before, he abandoned the battle after defeat. own armies, and let them fend for themselves on the battlefield."

"It's really disgraceful."

The dark templar has the same respectable and noble character as the templar, but Orega is an exception. He is more like a despicable and cunning Tadarin protoss. Once the situation is not good for him, he will not retreat without hesitation. Instead of embracing the glory of battle until death.

"The information we have collected also shows that Orega has left." Augustus nodded and said, "Now, my army is capturing the prisoners of the Scavenger Pirates and Orega's Fist, and clearing away the remaining Zerg."

At this time, the dark clouds over the Glacius facility had dissipated, the sky was as blue as washed, and the surging waves gently slapped the coast. Everything seemed quiet and beautiful.

The forces of the Tyranid Empire have taken over the Purifier technology storage at the Glacius facility and nearby defenses.This is an army mainly composed of Spartan Goliath robots and Odin. These iron giants easily run over the scrap metal of this group of pirates, and it can be said that they are bullying.

Even so, when Orega came, the fighting will of these scavenger pirates turned out to be extremely tenacious, even as fearless as resocialized soldiers.According to the report of the imperial soldiers who landed on Glacius, these pirates became crazy when Aurega arrived. In Tychus's words, it was like taking drugs.

But as soon as Orega escaped from Glacius, these pirates completely lost all fighting spirit, and knelt down in front of the imperial army crying for mercy.

"Thanks to the Tyranid Empire for supporting us. It is with the help of the Imperial Army that the technological facilities of the Science and Technology Museum have been backed up," Artanis said.

"It seems that we have won this battle, but I don't know why, I have a bad feeling in my heart." Renault frowned at this time:

"It's hard to say. I don't think Orega's target is the Purifier technology in the technology collection."

"What you said makes sense, Marshal." Artanis agreed: "Phoenix and I also have the same doubts."

"We never understood Orega's real purpose, but what is certain is that Orega has always been invincible."

While the humans led by Augustus were still rebuilding their new empire, Orega had already planned many attacks against the El Protoss.

Since the Protoss of Al and Sacoolas reorganized into the Protoss of Dharam, Orega was even more furious and wanted to destroy the alliance between the two races, just like a cruel father who wanted to break up a hard-working couple.

Orega first snatched a Kaydarine crystal that is said to have powerful power, which may be the same as the Catherine crystal that the master ordered to seize before the invasion of Al. The power of imagination.

Aurega then used the ancient knowledge of the dark templar to create five replicas of the kadarine crystal.

At some point before the Brood War, Orrega brought the five twisted crystals and the warfire to Sacoolas, the stronghold of the Protoss of Dharam, home of the Dark Templar.He decided to create a powerful psychic storm to sweep across the entire planet, introducing the swarm to Sacoolas to cause endless carnage.

After the Protoss of Dalam thwarted Orega's plot, Orega disappeared for a while, and did not make a comeback until recently.

"Wait, I just got some bad news, Emperor Augustus." Artanis said suddenly: "Although the technology in the science and technology collection has been properly protected, Aurega's minions have successfully invaded The archives of the Glacius facility. A phase technician in charge of the project told me that Orrega consulted the literature on the origin of the Glacius Purifier project and downloaded information about ancient purifiers."

"Ancient Purifiers?" Augustus asked knowingly. "Artanis, I don't know why this worries you so much."

"Your Majesty, this is a piece of history that my people and I don't want to talk about, but my mentor Tassadar told me that if we don't face up to history and learn from the past, then we are denying the Templars and A link between the Dark Templar."

"The only lesson humans have learned from history is that humans never learn." Augustus shrugged:

"Okay, I'd like to hear more about it."

"Let me explain to Emperor Augustus." Phase Technician Karax came out at this moment.

"The Purifier of Glacius is a restarted project, inspired by the ancient Purifier project." After obtaining the consent of Artanis, he explained to Augustus.

"The Ancient Purifier Project was ordered by the Supreme Council to create a powerful armed force capable of deciding the outcome of the battlefield."

Kerax said: "The breakthroughs made by the Purifiers in artificial intelligence and intelligent machinery are unimaginable even from the current perspective. In human terms, they are unprecedented and unprecedented. It is an unattainable, impossible The pinnacle of transcendence."

"So you are the ones here." When Augustus nodded, Renault said: "We have seen the power of the Purifier from Talandar, but why don't we use such a good weapon. "

"How did Al fall?"

"I think this may be the same as the Mothership and the Colossus, which had to be sealed because they were too powerful." Augustus said.

"There is a reason for this. The ancient Purifiers were considered uncontrollable. They once launched a terrible rebellion and brutally killed their creators." Kerax said:

"It was a terrible tragedy that shocked the Supreme Council at the time. Therefore, the Purifier was considered a dangerous weapon."

"Now, the ancient Purifiers have long been sealed by the Supreme Council, and are forbidden to be used forever."

"What's going on here? Didn't you say that the Purifiers copied the personality of the greatest hero in the history of the protoss? Since they are the greatest heroes, how could they do anything to the people they should have sworn to protect?" Renault raised his own doubts.

"I think there is something else hidden in it," said Augustus.

"This" Karax hesitated to speak.

"I think I have a say in this matter." The Purifier Phoenix, who has been renamed Talandar, has listened to it for a long time, and now he expresses his opinion: "The copies of the Purifiers all come from the greatest protoss Templars. They are constantly improving their martial arts, honing their skills, day after day, year after year, and they are ready for any war that will come."

"However, after becoming Purifiers, the Supreme Council did not treat them like they used to treat heroes. Not only that, the Council also treated Purifiers like slaves, treating them as cold weapons and tools." He said: " The arbitrators don't understand that since the Purifiers have stored their consciousness and personality as data, and the similarity is as high as 99%, then they are new life rather than cold weapons of war."

"For this reason, the Purifiers had to fight back to take back their freedom."

The protoss empire is strictly orderly, and the Kalais are still unable to transcend class, let alone machines that are not regarded as "human beings".The arrogance of the Supreme Council has been deeply rooted in the bones.

"The protoss once failed these mechanical protoss." Renault thought for a while and said, "This sounds similar to the expulsion of the ancestors of the dark templar." Renault suddenly realized: "Hasn't the Supreme Council done anything good? ?"

"Just like we had to fight against the tyranny of the Federation, it was for freedom. My parents and I were just farmers in Shiloh, working hard and abiding by the law, but in the end we couldn't make a living."

"I have to admit, but it's true." Artanis: "The ancient Purifiers hated the Council and the Templars extremely."

"We didn't intend to awaken the ancient Purifiers. Once they wake up, the consequences will be disastrous."

"If Orega learns about this, what will he do." Augustus and Artanis looked at each other:

"I think something big is going to happen."

(End of this chapter)