The sun was about to set, and coldness and darkness shrouded the brightly lit airport. The radiance of lights and signal lights spread a thin layer of red, blue, and white on the high and low buildings in the port.
The airport was full of Mar Sara refugees. These poor people who had arrived at their destination after many setbacks immediately showed happy expressions after seeing the lights that symbolized the glory of human civilization. But it didn't take long for all the expressions to freeze.
face, because they will soon find that there are tens of thousands of people waiting to be evacuated in front of them.
At this time, the dark side of human nature will begin to amplify. Everyone hopes that they will be the first to escape, and the collapse of order sometimes only takes a moment. If the revolutionary soldiers with live ammunition were not still maintaining order, this escape would have been
It quickly turned into a fight between people or a crazy stampede.
The wide dark silver alloy platform in the parking area was crowded with Ma Sara people who were eager to escape, like mushrooms stuffed in a mushroom can. They were pushing and shoving towards the boarding platform, and each aircraft was painted red.
When a revolutionary army transport ship takes off or lands, the crowd will move slowly.
The surging crowd can even push the Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing CMC power armor. At this time, the people squeezed in the middle are undoubtedly the most painful. Once they fall in the crowd, they will never have the chance to get up again.
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Everyone felt real nervousness and fear, fearing that someone would suddenly tell them that the spacecraft just launched was the last batch, and the people who boarded the spacecraft vented their joy after the disaster in various ways.
There were all kinds of voices mixed in the crowd, cheering and crying at the same time, and people praying from time to time.
Mar Sara is one of the most tenacious races among the Tyranids. Before the federal army intervened, they were even able to briefly contend with the Zerg in some areas with their old weapons and Molotov cocktails. But that does not mean that they, as humans,
They don't feel scared, let alone what they are facing are terrifying alien monsters.
The encounter in the Sara galaxy is destined to be an inescapable page in the history of mankind in the Koprulu sector. This is a confrontation between humans and two other alien races in the universe, and it ends with a tragic defeat for humans.
At this moment, Augustus, who had just experienced a brutal battle, was walking on the road from the port entrance to the command center, with only a few soldiers following him, including Sarah Kerrigan and Corporal Faraday.
A few hundred yards behind Augustus was the fortification wall outside the airport, which was piled with automatic cannons, revolutionary soldiers with live ammunition, and boxes of ammunition. Dozens of searchlight beams crisscrossed the sky.
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In the past ten hours, the zerg that followed the last batch of refugees have taken control of all areas outside the central area of Mar Sara City, bounded by the city's central park outside the airport, and the infection is still spreading towards
Urban centers are sprawling.
Outside the silver-gray metallic fortification walls, one could vaguely hear the low roar of the zerg and the click of claws on broken glass. In the darkness, countless pairs of red eyes were watching the people in the airport.
Soldiers in heavy power armor patrolled back and forth on the fortification walls. Machine gunners were wiping 20mm electromagnetic guns and 12mm Gauss machine guns on raised platforms using boxes and metal ladders. The dense missiles kept stepping on the upper base.
It was spinning, ready to fire at the alien dragon passing by in the sky at any time.
The people guarding Mar Sara are veterans of the Augustus Guards Division. They followed Augustus when he established the Korhal Revolutionary Army. They have fought against the most vicious army of the Terran Federation.
, and now he is fighting on the front line of the battlefield between humans and zerg.
The Marshal's Guards are also known as the Augustus Guards. They are directly loyal to Augustus and his Mengsk family. These Korkha veterans are well-equipped and wear red-based uniforms with gold trim.
CMC-300 powered armor, with the white Mengsk scarred wolf head emblem on the helmet.
Augustus waved to his veterans as he walked, and immediately received many admiring looks.
In front of Augustus, a batch of shuttles and transport ships are launched from the launch port of Mar Sara Airport every few minutes. The orange flames on the ground and the faces of the people looking up below are reflected in red.
The tail flames of hundreds of thrusters formed walls of flames climbing in the dark night. Every time a batch of spacecraft took off and left, bursts of cheers would erupt from the crowd.
These spacecraft that have returned between the surface and space many times have already been burned by the Zerg acid and have become scarred. Whether flying from the ground to space or landing on the surface of Mar Sara, it is a danger.
A lot of adventure.
In the past few days and nights, the Revolutionary Army has lost more than twenty APOD transport ships and all the people they carried. More fighters and fighter pilots disappeared while escorting the transport ships and dealing with the alien dragons.
"They were cheering for those spaceships that took off - the people on the Korhal IV did the same before escaping." Augustus's dark gray eyes reflected the brilliant lights of the airport, his serious and tough face
There is a melancholic and gloomy look on his face.
"Sooner or later there will come a time when humans will no longer have to flee their homes."
"War cannot break out on human soil." Kerrigan knew what Augustus was thinking at this time. She was staring closely at the man beside her, fascinated by his thoughts and everything about him.
"It is better to defend the enemy on the battlefield than to neglect the enemy on a weak wall." Augustus said.
"Well said, Augustus... But this is actually something that the Federation should worry about. We don't have to worry about the fate of all mankind. To be honest, the lives of these Mar Sara people are not ours.
What's the matter? If you ask me, this is just a dog meddling in a mouse's own business." At this time, Tychus Finley, Hanak Hank and Jim Raynor walked over together.
They had obviously just been withdrawn from the battlefield. The dark red power armor still had traces and dents burned by acid. Harnak was also decorated. His helmet was hit by a Hydra Hydralisk during the battle.
He was pierced, and a piece of flesh about 4 inches and 3 feet wide was cut off from his right cheek, which is now fully supported by powerful sedatives and analgesics.
Of course, in Harnak's mouth, he was only scratched once by the snake.
Harnack has completely lost his appearance this time, and a commemorative scar will inevitably be left on his face. However, current laser plastic surgery and skin grafting surgeries are sufficiently advanced that as long as he is willing to spend money, nothing will happen.
will be a problem.
"I think that's what happened." Hanak said vaguely.
"This is different, Tychus. If all mankind is done with it, then why are we still revolutionary?" Raynor took off his helmet, revealing his bruised and swollen face: "Best, zerg and protoss
By being able to deal with all the Federation’s armies at once, we can easily deal with the Federation Council and those nobles in Tarsonis. Then we can unite all the colonies to fight against the enemy.”
"It seems that the Federation has no intention of defending its territory and wants to be a coward. They have been shrinking their defenses and turning a blind eye to the fall of their marginal territories."
"What's wrong with your face?" Augustus had known that Hanak's face was injured, but he didn't know about Renault's condition: "Hank, I think you should take a rest."
"My troops cannot live without me," Harnak replied.
"It was a fight. Okay, this matter is over." This man who loves to drive Vulture cars fell heavily when his car's fuel engine failed. Naturally, the car god Renault would rather admit that he was
Even if you lose in a fight, you will never talk about it.
"Why don't you see if I'm injured?" Tychus popped up.
"You look as strong as a bull." Augustus shook his head: "I never doubted that."
"Just come back." Then Augustus asked the revolutionary generals in front of him: "Where are the others?"
"Fortunately for us, we even brought back as many of our brothers who died in the war as possible, but for those who were almost wiped out, the situation is too bad. Those unarmed refugees are facing a worse situation, and they are on the run.
During the journey to various airports and temporary landing sites, people were left behind from time to time. These people either lost their way or were eaten by the zerg - those who did not come back..." Renault said.
"...There are a large number of reports of missing persons from various places." Augustus had already ordered the marshal's headquarters to contact the communication consoles of each division, telling his generals and officers not to leave anyone behind.
, regardless of whether that person was a villain or a good person.
"I'm afraid we don't have time to wait any longer."
"Send a few more mobile troops and close-to-ground armed speedboats to search for survivors nearby. As long as they succeed once, they may save many people." Augustus always paid attention to the sky as he spoke, alert to the possibility that it could happen at any time.
Allosaurus or other insects similar to arthropods and beetles appeared.
"But it's already dark. Even if some people are still alive, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive tonight." Tychus was not very happy: "The most terrible thing is that bugs don't sleep at night."
"I'll take people there." Renault said, "I'm familiar with this area. As long as I can save a few more people, it's worth the extra risk."
As Renault spoke, he walked to another apron to organize manpower. At the same time, the noisy roars outside the fortification wall became more and more intensive, and the sound of flapping wings and bursts of sharp roars could also be heard in the air.
Augustus opened his eyes a little wider and looked up at the sky.
The sky is like a black curtain shining with countless stars, many of which are almost as bright as the moon. At every moment, there are large Mammoth-class and Prowler-class human transport ships taking off or their burning wreckage.
However, the bright starlight was gradually obscured by black shadows, and a large number of flying insect creatures began to hover high in the sky. Their number was so huge that they almost looked like a moving rain cloud.
Although the Jörmungandr Swarm is an insect hive that mainly uses ground combat forces, their number is quite large. Even though the proportion of flying creatures is relatively small, their number far exceeds that of the human air force.
Outside the airport, which was protected by a large number of Prey steel fortification walls, bunkers and electromagnetic guns, it was completely dark except for the light of a few outpost searchlights.
In the darkness that Augustus couldn't see, the purple-black carpet had covered more than 80% of the city of Mar Sara. On top of those sticky creeping carpets, dark red zerg tissue granulations were growing.
Mycelium, abscesses, and human corpses rise toward the sky, like a fungal growth process that has been fast-forwarded countless times.
Dark brown and flesh-colored zerg spiers replaced the magnificent glass domes of human skyscrapers. The insect eggs were buried deep in the warm underground incubation chambers and inside the gradually cold human corpses. The white gelatin like fly eggs wrapped a
Human beings were dragged underground, and their twisted expressions of death and horror were clearly visible.
In the darkness outside the wall, the sounds of tens of thousands of zerg running and the uneasy baring of teeth could be heard one after another.
A piercing alarm sounded immediately on the fortification wall, and the officers kept running to ensure that every heavy machine gun team and artillery position could fire normally. There was also a commotion and exclamation from the crowd, but it seemed that they were still there.
Everyone at the airport had made up their mind to fight the zerg to the death if they really came.
"Damn, the bugs came so quickly." Tychus cursed: "Did you hear what those twisted little monsters said?"
"dinner time."
"I knew it wouldn't go so smoothly." He said, "After this, I must pack up my things and go back to my hometown."
"Fighting with bugs is not worth my small salary."
"The lack of beautiful girls is the reason why you complain every day. If you are willing, I would rather you go back now." Augustus walked towards the fortification wall behind him and listened carefully as he walked.
"Oh - I'm just talking casually." Tychus shrugged and followed him shamelessly: "I like burning bugs the most."
"The zerg doesn't seem to be coming for us." At this time, Kerrigan said while stroking her pain-relieving forehead: "I can feel it."
"This is a good thing." Tychus said happily: "It's either the Omega Squadron stranded on the ground or a group of extremely unlucky guys...Thanks to them for attracting firepower for us."
"But these people should be not too far away from us, and they are responsible for those bugs not passing by here."
"What else can you sense?" Augustus looked at Kerrigan with concern.
For high-level human psykers like Kerrigan, mental and spiritual speech will be significantly amplified, just like the sound of raindrops falling to the ground is like thunder to ordinary people.
"...It's the Protoss." Kerrigan paused.
"Contact our reconnaissance force..." As soon as Augustus finished speaking, he received an urgent report from the command center.
"Marshal, a small protoss ground force was discovered at the northernmost tip of Mar Sara City... At present, we don't know why they appeared where, but now it seems that those protoss We're in trouble." A report mixed with electrical noise came from his headset.
"...Where's Reno? He just took someone out." Augustus said after a moment of silence.
"Wait a minute, you're not going to save them... We don't have to do that." Tychus said in surprise.