StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 705 Temple of the Past

The weather grew colder as icy void energy poured from the vast fissures that stretched across Sacoolas's surface.The biting cold wind eroded the rocky ground like an ax and a knife, and the frozen water vapor covered the huge amethyst inserted on the ground with a layer of silver ice crystals.

The earth trembled, and the flesh and blood army composed of millions of swarms rushed from all directions like a tide, and a large number of behemoths appeared on the front line. Hybrid giant beasts, wild beasts, ultralisks and their specialized variants rampaged on the battlefield, Trampling everything.A bloody storm blew up on the land of Sacoolas, and the sky was shrouded in scarlet void energy rising from the void crack, just like a scene in hell.

The road to the Temple of Sacoolas is extremely difficult, with a large number of piles of zerg corpses and a large amount of burning twisted steel piled up on the way forward.The bodies were pushed so high that the tanks had to be knocked over and crushed with a crackling sound like breaking tree branches.

This is a killing field that cannot be described in words.

The battle between Taimatros and the Naganaga Temple has been going on for many hours. Even if the battle line spreads tens of hundreds of miles, so many troops from all sides gather in such a wide area and it seems crowded, so that at any time It is possible to encounter attacks from all directions and even underfoot.

Augustus follows a contingent of Alpha Squadron Marines in a Saber Command Car, a tracked road that is heavily populated by armored personnel carriers, Hurricanes, and Sidewinders The car, in the dim twilight that is like dusk at every moment, converges into a torrent of flickering lights, like wandering fire dragons.

Fighters roared in the sky, and giant steel birds held by flames passed through the clouds, chasing groups of different dragons and disappearing into the invisible horizon.The sound of intense firefights is sometimes nearby, sometimes far away.

When Augustus looked out of the window again, the magnificent Sarnaga Temple was already close at hand.

So unique, so mysterious.

The Xel'Naga temples of Sacoolas and Aiur are different from those on other planets, but they are equally astonishingly magnificent.The pyramid-shaped temple goes straight into the sky, with orange, red and white lights shining on the top. The exquisitely carved hieroglyphs and spiral symbols reflect the green light that symbolizes vitality. Next to the huge ceremonial stone steps stands an exquisite The statue extends all the way to the cliff-like towering wall.

The shape is beautiful, the structure is three-dimensional, and the whole conforms to the perfect golden ratio, which is harmonious and full of rhythm.The Sarnaga Temple is like a beautiful lighthouse, a perfect work of art, and it looks like an epic building from all directions and angles.

The Xel'Naga art had a profound influence on the protoss, and Nerazim's understanding of aesthetics was born out of this.

If this beautiful temple had to be destroyed at the last moment, regardless of whether it was originally built for scientific research or sacrifice and other purposes that they had no way of knowing, Augustus could only express his regret.

There must be many more Xel'Naga temples like this in the lost corners of the universe, but they will never hold a candle to this one of Sacoolas in the hearts of the Dark Templar.Similarly, there are many suitable planets in the universe, but they will never be as good as Sacoolas.

Sitting in the car, Augustus could still feel the violent tremors of the ground, which came not only from the increasingly frequent seismic activity of Sacoolas, but also from the large number of tunnel worms active underground. Horrible trolls are eroding the land of Sacoolas.

If you think the swarms on the surface are enough to be hopeless, there are probably a thousand times more zerg in the well-connected underground network of wormways.

Just as Augustus looked out the window, a huge Omega tunnel worm burst out of the ground a few hundred yards away, opened its bloody mouth full of fangs and sharp teeth, and spit out hundreds of ferocious-looking zerg.

What really surprised Augustus was that the Omega Nydus Worm had only appeared in Char before. It was bigger and faster than other Nydus Worm species, and it was the well-deserved king among them.

But Augustus himself did not need to order it, the nearest imperial force had already rushed past at the behest of its commander.The first reaction of human beings seeing the Zerg is fear, and they want to retreat, but the battle-tested imperial soldiers can face this fear directly.

I saw the looters' large-caliber grenade whizzing and bombarding the disproportionately huge head of the tunnel worm, tearing all the zerg that gushed out of it into pieces of flesh and blood, and a squad of firebats blocked it with its huge mouth open. In front of the mouth, every zerg was scorched with the roaring flames of destruction.

Immediately, that direction was illuminated by clusters of bright flames in a blink of an eye, like bundles of dry sticks lit by torches, and the outline of the fiercely struggling screams in pain was clearly visible, and Augustus seemed to be able to smell it. To that smell of burnt meat.

If it was a human being burned to death, Augustus might not be able to remain indifferent, but if it was a zerg, it would be really refreshing and satisfying.

Augustus noticed the identities of these firebats, and the red painted demon logo of heaven represented that they were the famous Red Devil Legion, the troops of Imperial General Hanak Hank.Augustus was very happy to see his old friend's troops, but it was a pity that Harnack himself was not here. At the moment, he was far away in Char at the other end of the Koprulu sector. Dugal's army of infected people is making a comeback.

Not only the Tyrannian Empire, but wars broke out everywhere in the Koprulu sector, and Amon also forced the forces that originally wanted to stay out of the matter to rise up and resist.

At this time, the front road has also been completely opened up, and the road leading to the Sarnaga Temple is unimpeded, and a large number of troops of the Tyrann Empire and Dark Templar can be seen everywhere along the way.

Since all the templars have been corrupted, only the dark templars are still active on a large scale on Sacoolas. You can see hundreds of hunters shining with silver light. The void phase device can allow them to move around without a trace with high mobility, emerge from the shadows to launch a surprise attack and retreat completely.

The Dark Templar also has their own version of the Immortal Walker, known as the Annihilator.Unlike their Templar brethren, the Nerazim believe that near death deepens their connection to the Void, and Immortal technology enables them to remain in this state permanently.

And this Immortal Mech impresses their Tyrann allies because the shadow light cannon it is equipped with is powerful and has an astonishing range, enough to threaten enemy air units in the low air.

Passing by these silent Dark Templar units, Augustus' saber command vehicle left the troop carrier and passed through the positions of several Alpha Squadron Marine Battalions and Antiaircraft Artillery Units, finally at the A command post to the south of the Naganaga Temple stopped, and this command post belonged to General Fritz before.

Instead of accompanying Augustus to the Xel'Naga Temple, Artanis returned to command his Templar troops on the Spear of Adun.Alarak, the first ascendant of Tadarin, left early in a warping prism, refusing to ride in the same car with the human emperor, and Augustus only said that he would never experience the joy of extreme speed.

Walking into the command center of General Fritz, the general himself and his staff officers greeted the emperor one after another.Everyone is well aware of the current dangerous situation. Some people have a calm demeanor, while others unabashedly show their worries on their faces.

On the tactical stage of the command center, the future direction of this war is already very clear.The landing forces of all sides of the Tyranid Empire and its allies are shrinking in the direction of the Nagar Temple, while still sending more reinforcements from orbit.

Outside of this, countless swarms of insects are pouring in, endless and unstoppable.These swarms came from the Lost Hive offshoot of Aiur, descended from the first Overlords, so the Tyranid Empire knew very little about these Hives.

It will be an obviously uphill battle, and the war against the swarm is never easy.

From the perspective of terrain, this place is beneficial to the defender.There is a lack of dense vegetation with stable soil here, and the wind and sand are blowing, and the visibility is not very high, but nothing serious.

The majestic Sarnaga Temple is located on a raised plateau far above the surface, surrounded by steep canyons and piles of huge gray sandstone, not a flat river.Surrounding the temple, the phasers of the dark templar built impassable gables and a large number of defensive facilities based on them.

The Tyranid Empire Engineering Corps can further establish a solid fortification around the Xel'Naga Temple, while the Purifiers can jump directly from their super mothership Sebros to the military installations.

It will take a certain amount of time to connect all parts of this large temple into a whole and build an impregnable giant fortress. Even so, this is already quite surprising.

But the situation is still very serious. Fortunately, their fleet in high-altitude orbit has an absolute advantage and can provide strong support to the combat troops on the ground, which makes this seemingly crazy plan go further.

That is, they will stick to the Sael Naga Temple until its phase prism is overloaded, and then blast Saguras, destroy all life on the planet, prevent this planet from becoming a brood world that breeds infection, and at the same time eliminate the invading Saguras as much as possible Swarm of worms.

From this point of view, the more zerg that flooded into Sacoolas, the better.

Augustus and his generals had already arranged for the deployment of various troops. The Tyrann Empire deployed about 45 main divisions and a large number of armor and vehicles in the Nagar Temple area, and built a Lots of Earthshatter Cannons, Longbow Rocket Missile Turrets, and Railgun Turrets.Their preparations were adequate and their logistics kept up, enough to plow the vast area around the temple a dozen times.

There was still time to spare, and then Augustus ate something briefly with his generals. The food was very simple, just some rotten boiled potatoes and sausages.No one cared if the food was good, the army had been on the move and there was little time to stop and cook.

Time is always tight, several main bug hive troops are biting behind, and more bug nests are chasing and intercepting.The zerg did not use any clever tactics, as their numbers were sufficient to crush all enemies on Sacoolas.

The swarm will win in the end, the difference is only in the length of time, and all resistance is nothing but a fight between trapped beasts.

The continuous battle under high pressure is really unbearable, the roar of artillery fire never stops, there are hungry zerg everywhere, and the sky and the earth seem to be monsters that only appear in Paradise Lost.Augustus and his soldiers didn't even have time to stop and rest, not to mention falling asleep. They could only stay awake for a long time through strengthening agents.

During this period, Augustus hardly had a good meal, and he just took emergency rations to deal with it, but fortunately, his appetite was quite good.

At this moment, Augustus couldn't help but think that it would be nice if Sarah were here. He missed his two daughters, Louis and Charlotte, mother, sister, Lisa, Arcturus, Va Lunrian. And his older dad Angus with his worrisome hairline.

Augustus couldn't remember how long he hadn't returned to Keha. He still kept the habit of writing letters and sent them back to the Augustograd Palace by the fastest line, but it was too far away.

He has an interstellar empire that spans many, many light-years across two star regions to manage. Sometimes even just nesting in the first star of the empire will not seem close enough to the people, and there is nothing to say.

Just hope Tychus doesn't mess with anything, but with Raynor, it shouldn't be a problem.Napoleon said that the best general is the one who makes the fewest mistakes, while Renault almost never makes mistakes on the battlefield.

He's always right, and he always wins.

That is to say, Renault has learned from Augustus well, and has not contracted the stink of Tychus, otherwise it would be hard to say that the two of them would be in trouble.

"Your Majesty, Vorazun, the leader of the Protoss Dark Templar, is waiting for you in the channel." After a while, a staff officer found Augustus.

Augustus then went to the communication station and spoke with Vorazun.As the health of Vorazun's mother, Nerazim matriarch Rashagal, is of concern, she has now accepted the clan's priorities.

It is worth mentioning that Vorazun is not a fledgling leader, nor is she a weak person. She is a powerful dark templar master and has taught many outstanding dark templars as a teacher.Some might suspect that Artanis was too young and inexperienced, but no one would view Vorazun that way.

In Dalam, Razagal is calm and united, but she is regarded as weak by her people, so Vorazun always behaves more aggressively, but in fact she does not oppose the unity of the Protoss .

The Matriarch Guard still controls the Xel'Naga Temple and a large area around it, and the ever-spreading swarm infection has also been effectively controlled here.

"Praise be to the gods, you have come." Vorazun resembled her mother, Raszagal, only younger and wilder.In the eyes of the Nerazim protoss, Vorazun is definitely a very charming representative.

Behind Vorazun stood the elite Shadowguard, each a legend among the Dark Templar.Compared to the Aiur Protoss, the dark templars of Sacoolas have sharper angles and protrusions on their faces, and they use the fangs and claws of the zerg to adorn their armor and hunting cloaks. .

Each legion of the Shadow Guard consists of a hundred centurions. If someone dies in battle, a newcomer will be selected to take his place immediately.The battle situation on Sacoolas was so tragic that the number of Shadow Guard Dark Templars who died in battle was already several times their original number.

Farther away, some figures in white and purple robes could be seen behind Vorazun. They should be the acolytes of the Sirak tribe guarding the Xel'Naga Temple.This tribe of arbitrators is not so obsessed with politics, but more about guarding the ruins of Xel'Naga. At the same time, this tribe is also known for its powerful high-ranking templars.

"How is the situation?" Augustus nodded slightly, and immediately said: "We tried to contact Aurega, but he ignored all communication requests."

"It's the same here. Emperor Augustus Aurega couldn't understand why we should ally with the Templars. He was consumed by hatred, but we didn't want the blood of our people to bleed for it," Vorazun explained.

"Okay. We don't need to form an alliance with Aurega, or even have a few words with him." Augustus said, "As long as he doesn't side with Amon, thank God."

"Fortunately, Orega doesn't look like a doomsday faction, and Amon has managed to push many of our enemies to our side."

"He was really helpful."

(End of this chapter)