2489.9.20, Augustus's motorcade was speeding about 40 miles into the Corridor of Purgatory.
The Purgatory Corridor is a wide canyon with rock walls over a thousand feet high. The air inside is dry and the ground is as solid as hardened stone. There are gravel mixed with yellow bone fragments and metal fragments and tree-shaped thorns more than ten feet high.
It is the only scene that makes up this monotonous world. Even the wind is hot, as if it can sweep away all the moisture in the human body.
The vast area of Ridge Plains-Purgatory Corridor-Grey Spotted Wasteland has not received rainfall for many standard revolution years, and only the most tenacious native species are still hiding underground to survive.
Even the most adaptable Ma Sara immigrants would not establish a home in this extremely desolate area. It would take a lot of unnecessary effort to take root in this land of death and feed their families. As long as a sudden
Sandstorms or bandit attacks can wipe out immigrants' savings.
Augustus and Renault's Vultures drove at the front, followed by a large group of Vultures. In Augustus' eyes, the scene he saw during the forty miles had hardly changed at all.
He saw nothing but sand, thorns, and exposed sedimentary rock formations on the floor.
Along the way, they passed three or four Revolutionary Army outposts. Each outpost was made of space engineering vehicles and welded with Bolton steel plates. They were separated by several miles from each other and had enough food and ammunition supplies for a month.
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Since all radio communication equipment will fail or be inaccurate once entering the Purgatory Corridor, all outposts, forward bases and camps have laid conductive cables for communication.
After driving sixty miles, Augustus's motorcade stopped in front of a marked steep rock wall in the Corridor of Purgatory.
Compared with other sections of the Purgatory Corridor, the rock wall here is no different. The angle between the rock wall and the ground is close to vertical, and there is a lack of leverage points and gripping points for climbing. At a height of about a hundred feet above the ground, climb upward
There are marsala barnacles that grow similar to agave. The fruits of this rare medicinal herb contain a small amount of water and are the main food source of Koprulu's gliding eagles.
But when Augustus approached the rock wall, the rock wall suddenly disappeared as he walked in. A steel gate made of fine steel suddenly appeared between Augustus and the rotating axle.
A frontline base of the Revolutionary Army dug into the rock wall appeared in front of Augustus, Renault and others.
Fick, the former magic power armor technician of Paradise, was waiting for Augustus with two Revolutionary Army soldiers carrying Gauss rifles on their shoulders and wearing brown denim jackets: "Sir, this base has three reserves that can be consumed by a full Revolutionary Army Camp.
Month’s supplies. We have controlled the entrance to the canyon from the Purgatory Corridor to the Ridge Plain, and these supplies have been transported by transport planes and trucks.”
"Well done, Fick, have you ever encountered pirates or people from other organizations?" Renault bent down and patted Fick on the shoulder. Through the comparison of the many tall Revolutionary Army soldiers around him, Fick
Ke's dwarf-like figure was immediately exposed.
"The ghost agent responsible for providing us with cover captured two members of the Chimera pirates. Through mind reading, we easily obtained the location of the Chimera pirates' scientific research base, and they have obviously noticed our intrusion." Because of his legs.
Two lengths shorter than the others, Fike needed to walk a few more steps to reach Augustus.
Now Fick is the person in charge of this frontline base. Although he is not a burrowing expert like the Camorians, he is equally good at building bases and bunkers in various dangerous terrains. And since Fick is a member of the Demons of Heaven
, deeply trusted by Augustus, so he also got the position of leader.
Just as Fike finished speaking, a female ghost agent wearing a light blue tight-fitting combat uniform appeared in front of Augustus. This ghost agent was one of the seven captured by Augustus from the federal research station on Victor 5.
One of the famous ghosts, these ghosts all unsurprisingly defected to Korhal's Revolutionary Army after removing their psychic suppressors.
The ghost agent's right forearm has been replaced by a prosthetic limb, and her left eye has been replaced by a Umo Yang mechanical prosthetic eye that emits a red shimmer. When she spoke, the mechanical prosthetic eye was still rotating, radiating radiation.
With a soul-stirring light.
"God, I love that thing." Mira Han, the leader of the Revolutionary Army Guards standing behind Renault, pointed at the ghost agent's mechanical eye and said very impolitely.
At present, Augustus's army is divided into three main systems, the elite squad, the marshal's guard and the regular revolutionary army. The regular army is divided into the backbone of Korkha soldiers and the brigades of recruits from the Port of the Dead. It is worth mentioning
Yes, the fighting will of the troops from Port of the Dead is no less than that of veterans who have experienced several wars.
"No, you don't like this." Augustus said sternly to Mira, who was three years younger than him: "If you are still so crazy, then next time I will let you stay in the army and shoot."
"Please forgive this child's youth and ignorance. She actually does not mean any harm." Augustus said apologetically to the ghost agent.
The ghost agents who survived the Battle of Victor V were more or less physically mutilated, and the best one also had a broken index finger.
"She is a fast-talking person." The voice hidden under the mask of the ghost agent was unexpectedly very melodious and rhythmic, as if it were an oriole singing: "But I can see that she has a hidden agenda.
A kind heart beneath the shell used to protect oneself.”
"Um...you're right." Mira answered her proudly.
"Tell me about those Chimera pirates, Natasha." After removing the psychic suppressors of these ghost agents, Augustus has been calling them by their names before they became ghost agents instead of numbers. This means
The ghost agents of the Revolutionary Army have their own personalities. They choose to fight for the Revolutionary Army because of their hatred of the Terran Federation and their personal worship of Augustus himself.
"The Chimera pirates have stored a lot of sophisticated weapons, ship parts and equipment components in their scientific research bases. They operate large or small black trading markets on dozens of colonial planets in the Tyranid Federation. Through
Take a large commission to guarantee the transaction and obtain ship parts through many channels." Ghost agent Natasha replied.
"Simply put, the Chimera pirates are a group of profit-seeking technology traffickers. They not only use advanced technology products and precision parts obtained through robbery, purchase and theft. These pirates not only rob private enterprises, but also attack or
Trying to seize sophisticated high-tech weapons from the scientific research stations of the Terran Federation, the Kaimorian Consortium, and the United States of Umoyan, while also stealing military intelligence that can be sold at a high price," she said.
"There are rumors that the Chimera pirates come from the United States of Umo Yang. They were once a scientific research fleet of the Umo Yang Protector Army. They eventually betrayed the Umo Yang Protector Army for some reasons. Although the Umo Yang Protector Army
Jun denied it, but the founder of Chimera was indeed a Umoyan."
"The leader of the Chimera is now a psyker, and the Chimera pirates generally believe that their current leader is a former Federation ghost agent."
"It sounds like the Chimeras are an uncontrollable chaotic element in the Koprulu Sector. As long as the opponent has high-tech parts, there is nothing they dare not do. They are the most ferocious thugs and technology maniacs in the Koprulu Sector." Taikai
Si has also heard some rumors about Chimera pirates, and they can be found in many of the black markets of the Tyranid Federation. These pirates are probably second only to the Kaimorian pirates in terms of their notoriety in the Koprulu sector.
After listening, Augustus nodded and concluded: "Like Captain Jackson's people, the pirates are only interested in profit, but the preferences of the Chimera pirates are different."
"Perhaps, we should have a good negotiation with these pirates." Corporal Faraday said: "Chimera pirates also accept mercenary business, just like many pirates. Sometimes they are pirates who kill people on sight, and sometimes they are based on the spirit of contract.
mercenaries."
"Just like what we did with the Jackson Avenger, we turned enemies into friends and used money to make them work for us."
"How to negotiate?" Tychus chuckled: "My suggestion is to kill them first, and then negotiate with the dead."
"Honestly, those Chimera pirates will never calm down and negotiate with us unless they are beaten badly." Augustus spoke at this time: "If they are willing to provide some technology to the revolutionary army, then
Everything is easy to talk about. We can buy it with money, and the revolutionary army never takes anything by force."
"The attack on the Chimera pirate scientific research base will be launched in the early morning of tomorrow, that is, fifteen standard Earth times later. This is just the first step for us to fully control the Purgatory Corridor." Augustus took a few steps forward.
, Fike and others standing in front of him immediately made a way for him.
"The key is to solve the mystery of the corridors of Purgatory."
The internal space of the Revolutionary Army base built inside the rock wall is supported by solid cylindrical alloy columns, and LED lighting emitting pure white light is suspended from the pointed cone-shaped dome. Augustus walked straight towards the atmosphere marked laboratory.
As the airlock door burst open, he found an old acquaintance in the laboratory that could only accommodate a few tables and a few glass containers: Dr. Francos from the Victor 5 Federal Research Station.
Dr. Francos is one of the few scientists under Augustus. Although he specializes in Zerg dissection and has never participated in the research of rare crystals, Augustus, who has no one available, can temporarily
We can only capture him.
"Doctor, how's the research going?" Augustus, dressed in denim, walked towards Dr. Francos.
At the same time, the ghost agent Sarah Kerrigan, who had been secretly protecting him, revealed her figure in an invisible state. Her hips swayed under the black tight-fitting pseudo-light combat uniform, and she spun a handful in her hand and flashed in the light.
The cold butterfly knife, the rose-colored butterfly knife, turned over with beautiful and dexterous fingers, spinning out gorgeous knife flowers.
Immediately afterwards, Kerrigan did not speak, but sat on the tabletop of a test bench with one hand, her red lips pursed tightly, and her light green eyes looked at Augustus instead of the panicked doctor.
Former federal ghost agent Sarah Kerrigan, who is inseparable from Augustus and is said to never leave his side for any second, will only appear under certain circumstances. Kerrigan is at this moment
Appearing could only mean one thing. She believed that Dr. Francos might threaten Augustus' safety, so this was a warning.
However, Kerrigan is actually just a little bored and wants to show her face. Maybe Kerrigan just wants to make her presence felt.
"Some progress has been made." But Dr. Francos, who was weighing a piece of rare crystal mine unearthed in the corridors of Purgatory, had his hands shaking. The appearance of the red-haired female ghost naturally startled him.
"Most scientists in the Federation believe that the abnormal band in the Purgatory Corridor is caused by the abundant crystal mineral deposits in the geological layer. But in fact, there is no scientific basis for this speculation. At least the crystal mineral metal samples we obtained are different from ordinary Adien
Crystal doesn’t make any difference.”
After taking a few deep breaths, Dr. Francos got rid of the psychological pressure caused by Sarah Kerrigan's appearance.
"Marshal." Dr. Francos connected his personal terminal to the only holographic projection screen in the laboratory through a data cable.
When Augustus looked over, he saw that what Franco showed was a flat map of the corridors of Purgatory.
"The high-intensity electrical pulses of band disruption are spread throughout the Purgatory Corridor, and the signal source is buried underground. The strongest signal source is even buried hundreds of miles underground." Francos talked eloquently, and the more he talked, the more confident he became. In fact, he was not interested in crystals.
The study of minerals is not difficult. As long as experimental observations are made through analytical equipment, discoveries can be made through sorting and comparison.
"This is consistent with the common speculation that the source of the interference is veins of rare crystal minerals, but the true cause is still unknown."
"So you still don't know why?" Kerrigan glanced at Dr. Francos.
A few drops of sweat flowed from Francos' bald head: "I think the source of interference is likely to come from an old federal equipment with a strong interference source, or from some mysterious alien ruins."
"I have consulted some documents. Several Kemorian explorers have discovered mysterious pyramids and temples of giant creatures on planets outside the Koprulu sector. Through the analysis of those mysterious building materials, we can learn that these
Buildings may have existed from the Big Bang to the birth of the planet, and the history is at least more than 14 billion years."
"The clusters of crystal mines associated with those outside the temples also have a strong impact on electronic equipment that uses radio waves for communication."
"You are just guessing." Augustus pretended to show impatience: "What makes you have such an association?"
"I have a fragment here that is made of the same material as the outer wall of the mysterious temple." Dr. Francos took out a triangular dark green fragment from the pocket of his white coat - this is an isosceles triangle that perfectly follows the golden ratio, with two
The base angles are 72°, the vertex angles are 36°, and the ratio between the base and the length of one waist is the golden ratio. There are some cracks on the triangle, and the corners are regular as if they were cut by a machine tool.
Putting aside the possibility of infinite coincidence in the universe, this obviously comes from an alien civilization.
"This should be a fragment of a certain container. I observed that this fragment is slowly absorbing energy to replenish the damaged parts over a period of more than ten years or more."
The doctor said confidently: "I swear, this place must be related to the mysterious alien ruins. Maybe there is a temple of a mysterious race under our feet that is far older than human beings."