"Protoss?" Jax tapped his helmet, as if scanning him
"High Templar?" Tychus looked like he was going to test the opponent's strength.
"Zerg?" Only Matt caught the key point.
Renault and others were quite curious about the strange-looking but powerful alien, but judging from the questions everyone blurted out, no one was interested in what his name was, why he was here, and how he was awakened.
After all, with a pioneer race like the Ute in front, sleeping aliens and the like are no big deal.
As the only psyker present, Tosh was squinting and looking carefully at the alien's armor. If nothing else happened, it should have a great increase in psionic power.
However, what Renault paid attention to was under the armor. The skin of the alien's exposed arms and calves were a strange purple color, and the area below his knees had even weirder anti-joints. In addition, its brain
Then there are long, tentacle-like "hairs". If nothing else, his appearance will never be similar to that of humans.
Although the argument that "aliens may look similar to humans" has disappeared a lot since the discovery of Ute, the pioneer of squid-octopus hybrids, when seeing aliens with similar body shapes, it is still unavoidable to expect that the other party will
There is a little bit that fits my own aesthetics.
"[Of course, Zerg,]" the alien who called himself Tassadar responded to Matt with his strange, reverberated and electronic voice: "[The hunter of life, the civilization.
Terminator, destroyer of the galaxy, please tell me, how many of your galaxies have been destroyed by the zerg?]"
"Uh... not yet?" Matt looked at Raynor: "They seem to have appeared in Tarsonis, but they have been eliminated."
"Maybe they haven't been wiped out, but the planets where they appeared are still safe and sound." Renault answered.
"[The zerg cannot be destroyed, but can only be exiled,]" Tassadar's eyes flashed with blue light: "[Every civilization that thinks it has successfully eliminated the zerg and refuses our help will eventually be destroyed by the zerg.]"
"Wait, you said 'every'?" Jax, who seemed to have finished scanning, spoke first.
"[In our 'Think Tank (The Archives)', there is a list of civilizations destroyed by the zerg. The list alone is one million bytes.]" Tassadar said in an emotionless tone.
This number is so exaggerated that the outer circle has no real sense. Rather than calculating how many civilizations have been destroyed, Renault is more surprised that aliens also use bytes as units.
"Ha, so you basically didn't save a few civilizations." Mirahan laughed.
"[The protoss generally do not boast about their achievements,]" Tassadar looked around at the people present: "[Being able to find this place proves that you have discovered the warnings about the zerg and the location of the dormant hunters left by the think tank for each civilization. If the zerg
It is not yet raging, your civilization may survive, because I, we? Protoss, Zerg Hunter? have awakened.]"
If nothing else, this kind of confidence is very convincing. As a person who witnessed the birth of the zerg, Renault has already believed it for 70-80%. If that kind of thing becomes large-scale, with sufficient food, it will be almost impossible to suppress it.
.
But... how did the warning about the zerg and the place where the protoss rested become a "treasure"? Raynor turned his head and glanced at Jax, who gave him a "wait" gesture in return.
No, in fact, there is no need to wait, Renault thought for a while and came to the conclusion: Judging from the ally's group name "Jax's Revenge", he must have some irreconcilable conflict with the Tyranid Federation? And about
The place where this protoss rests? It should be the place he got when he raided the Federation? Because the previous "warning" part is missing? It is natural to think that it is a ruins or treasure discovered by the Federation - it is very pirate style.
"So, this 'zerg' you are talking about? What is its origin? And how did it appear on our planet?" Renault asked.
Regarding the origin of this batch of bugs, Raynor thinks that Marsala and Haven are both possible? After the bugs appeared in Tarsonis, did they also include them? However, let's listen to what the experts say.
"[According to the data, its origin is an insect called 'Irisen' in ancient times, but there are also data that its origin is a plant called 'Bao', because both are very detailed and cannot be
Confirmed, the think tank defines the zerg as 'dual origins',]" Tassadar took the trouble to answer the question: "[As for the reason for the appearance, your tribe must have a 'warp tunnel' and a 'psionic user'.]"
That's right, but is there any connection here?
"You said that the zerg cannot be eliminated?" Renault asked, "Then how did you eliminate the zerg?"
"[After the zerg have destroyed all units, their 'hive mind' will retreat into the 'warp', only observing those who use the warp tunnels to determine their chances of returning to reality," Tassadar continued.
: "[The main basis for this behavior is the level of psychic power and the development of biochemical technology. When it reaches a critical point, it will mutate a specific group of organisms into zerg, and expand and devour them according to instinct.]"
"..." Everyone present basically knows about the Federation's "Psychic Leap" plan. As for biochemical technology - things on Tarsonis are now widely spread.
Therefore, it was the competition among the scientific researchers within the Federation and the random research and development that led to the fusion of the plants from the planet Haven and the bugs from Tarsonis, turning them into terrifying "zero bugs". Fortunately, they have been suppressed.
"However, as far as we know, the sporadic zerg that appeared before have been destroyed by the locals. Will they come back again? From where?" Jax asked.
"[Your kind must not have been able to destroy the 'Overlord',]" Tassadar shook his head: "[Unless it is 'psionically suppressed' by our protoss, it can always open the 'subspace tunnel' at the last moment to reach other places.
A planet suitable for the development of zerg, and they will take revenge after multiplying in large numbers.】"
"But man, you are only one person," Tychus looked around: "We have to beat the bugs until there is only a 'master' left, and then let you suppress it?"
"[No, if you find me, it means you have found all the stars,]" Renault seemed to hear a smile from his words: "[The sacred Kara connects us.]"
Although the words seemed cool, I couldn't understand them at all.
"Uh, you...are connected to the Internet?" Jimmy made a very amateurish judgment, but judging from Tassadar's reaction, it seemed that he was right.
"[Although I have to travel to Aiur to activate the Crossover,]" Tassadar said: "[But I can now show you the information about the zerg and our protoss.]"
As Tassadar spoke these words, the "iceberg" and "throne" he had just stepped off suddenly lit up with a lake-blue light. This light completely engulfed the entire underground cavity in less than half a second.
————
"[This is our home planet, Kara, and her name will always be with us.]"
Following Tassadar's voice, the blue light quickly receded, and a planet with green land and blue sea appeared in front of Renault.
Renault tried to sense and control his body, but failed. It seems that this is a simple process of sharing or donating knowledge.
"[Our race started from a crystal containing sacred energy, which inspired our wisdom. We call it Kara.]"
The "picture" turned, and from the middle of the universe, a huge spherical crystal shining with colorful light descended from space.
This is too fake and completely illogical, Renault complained, if this is not a myth they made up, it is actually garbage thrown away by other civilizations.
The colorful crystal fell into the atmosphere and turned into a huge flaming meteor. It burned briefly and then exploded. It was perfectly divided into seven pieces according to the seven-color light, and then landed on different locations on the planet.
After that, the camera quickly zoomed in and switched. Renault could see that near where each fragment landed, there were some strange creatures with gray skin, slender limbs, anti-joints and tentacles on their heads. They were radiating from the crystal.
Under the influence, they all turned into corresponding colors.
"[However, because the perfect crystal was divided into seven imperfect pieces, our ancestors evolved in different directions, and eventually fought each other to compete for the crystal fragments.]"
Next, the scene in front of Renault seemed to have accelerated. After the primitive creatures changed color, they began to build nests, hunt, and collect food. They eventually developed into tribes with simple houses, armors, and weapons. The various tribes almost immediately surrounded each other.
A protracted battle began over the ownership of the crystal fragments.
The final winner of this melee was the group that transformed into green. The moment they put the crystals together, the colorful crystals shone brightly, turning all the "original stars" on the planet into turquoise.
This... no matter how fast it evolves, it will never evolve so fast. This is definitely an artistically processed documentary, Renault continued to criticize.
"[Under Kara's guidance, our thoughts are connected, and civilization has achieved unprecedented development. With the discovery of subspace channel technology, we have also made more friends.]"
On the picture, the unified protoss tribe develops rapidly, and soon travels around the world, and builds magnificent buildings with golden and blue as the main colors. In addition, they use Kara crystal in all aspects of production and life, and can even
The short distance "teleportation" between some crystals is, of course, imitation.
Finally, when civilization reached its limit, a spaceship with a shape almost identical to Kara's and shining with seven-colored light took off. The screen zoomed out instantly, and the seven-colored light directly lit up several routes to other civilizations.
How did they do it without the Stargate... Since Raynor could only watch but not participate, he turned into an expert in criticizing.
"[However, the good times did not last long. Our frequent use of subspace tunnels and the biological experiments of an ally eventually led to the birth of 'zerg'. They were affected by the evil will of the subspace and tried to devour all life in the universe.
.】"
The first thing Renault saw was a scene of several strange-looking civilizations that looked like plants, silkworms, and mantises being killed and devoured by zerg. Then the camera zoomed out, and dark red flames symbolizing zerg quickly swept across the sight.
of nearly all galaxies.
In this process, only the protoss can rely on their own spiritual power and technology to compete with the zerg who rely only on their brute strength and numbers.
How come the shapes of these bugs are exactly the same as what I saw? Could it be that those guys haven't evolved for tens of thousands of years?
"[We won in the end, but the price of victory was extremely heavy. That's because we are committed to guiding all civilizations to live in peace, but we never thought that such an enemy of civilization would be born. Other civilizations trusted us and were completely unprepared. This is completely
Our fault.]"
This time, the scene shows planets that are like ruins being rebuilt, and the aliens who rebuild their homes are no longer harmonious and friendly, but are obviously wary of each other, even the protoss.
"[In view of the fact that ordinary civilization is no match for the zerg, we finally decided that in order to prevent them from coming back in the future, our entire family will spontaneously become 'zerg hunters', and we will track and eliminate the zerg as a permanent mission.]"
The scene this time was of an unusually huge subspace tunnel in the universe. Countless insects were being chased by a Protoss fleet of the same size and hurriedly fled in.
"[Establish a think tank to store the technology and culture of all civilizations destroyed by the zerg, send warning messages to all primitive civilizations that may lead to the birth of the zerg, and place 'Hunter Sentinels' responsible for contacting Kara and regularly awakening near their home planets.
'.]"
On a planet where most of the surface is covered with golden and blue celestial buildings, countless illusory messages are being gathered to the tallest building, and at the same time, countless fleets are setting off to leave.
"[If the civilization fails to awaken the Hunter Sentinel in time and is destroyed, the Hunter Sentinel will be responsible for recovering the legacy of their civilization and return to Kara to receive a new mission.]"
A "templar" who looked very similar to Tassadar woke up from hibernation, but after leaving the hiding place, he only saw a ruined planet, and the blue light in his eyes slowly dimmed.
"[Of course, in most cases, civilizations that are attacked by zerg can find the 'Hunter Sentinel' in time based on the information we left behind.]"
This time, the scene that Renault saw was extremely familiar. It was exactly the scene where his group of explorers fell from the top of the cave and were saved by Mirahan's "Gravity Spurt".
"【In this situation--】"
As Tassadar's words turned from fiction to reality, the blue light quickly faded, and Renault saw other companions who were also trapped in the illusion.
"[——This is when you cooperate with us sincerely to drive the zerg out of your homeland.]"
Renault paused and said nothing.
Now, with the entire star region in a state of unity, do you expect humans to cooperate sincerely?
