As an agricultural world on the planet of the United States, the capital airport of Icarus has never seen so many people influx in one day. This made the airport overwhelmed and had to limit the tonnage and number of inbound spacecraft.
Augustus, who was wearing a dark gray fitted officer's uniform, was standing on the side of the exit of the terminal building with a silver frame and a blue crystal glass dome, watching the refugees from the Sara system pouring out of the exit.
Outside the exit is the pure blue sky and fresh air of Icarus IV. The white alloy buildings of Yumoyan stand among the green lawns and forests. With the uneven heights of the terrain, there are dark brown birds.
is flying into the distance.
All this is as beautiful as a world in a painting.
Icarus is one of the most beautiful planets in the world of the United States. It belongs to the Umoyan colony. Its rich soil has created thousands of acres of fertile fields and charming golden autumn.
If the Icarans had not abused pesticides in pursuit of crop yields in recent years, causing irreparable environmental damage, the planet would be much more beautiful than it is now.
After learning about what had happened in the Sara system and the large-scale invasion of the Zerg, the Umoyan democratically elected council, in the spirit of humanitarian concern, agreed to use Icarus IV as a transit place for the temporary resettlement of refugees from the Sara system.
At the same time, Umoyan also asked Augustus to share his experience in fighting the Zerg. All the union worlds and autonomous territories in the United States are strengthening their defense forces. Now, those high-ranking people in the Umoyan world have reacted.
The threat of a vermin invasion will overtake the Terran Confederacy for a long time to come.
The existence of protoss and zerg will no longer be a secret unknown to the public. The new generation born and educated in this era will naturally accept the knowledge that humans will compete with the other two races in the universe for resources and living space.
.And if you are not careful, what awaits the humans on the planet Koprulu is likely to be the fate of species extinction.
Even if humanity will never give up its internal struggles, the fight for the survival of the race will be something that Koprulu humanity and even all humanity in the Pan-Teran sense must face.
Kerrigan, Raynor, Faraday and others are following Augustus with a team of elite guards, while Warfield, Tychus, Harnak and others each have their own tasks. Every time a friendly or neutral enemy arrives,
On the planet, the revolutionary army will replenish the losses in personnel and materials and repair the warships there.
Standing in front of the exit were Umoyan alien research experts, infectious disease control experts and a large number of doctors wearing white biochemical protective suits and orange goggles. These people wanted to enter the refugee camp prepared by the local government for the Sara system.
You must also prove that you do not carry the zerg virus.
Although doctors in the revolutionary army have tested them, and the existing zerg viruses are not extremely contagious and their incubation period is not long, and they are only spread by certain zerg species with deadly viruses.
, but Yumoyang still emphasizes re-testing to ensure that the risk is controlled within an extremely low range.
Those who can stand here and be tested again are lucky, because the people who were previously tested by the Revolutionary Army doctors either turned into monsters and were thrown into space, or they are lying dying in the cabin of the medical ship.
"The medical level of the United States of Yumoyang is as high as their achievements in the field of high-tech. Could it be that even they have no way to solve the Zerg virus?"
Looking at the people pouring out of the exit, Augustus looked at Sarah Kerrigan beside him and asked.
"...No...it's hopeless." Kerrigan gave Augustus a sad look in return: "The arrangement of the amino acids of the Zerg virus is unprecedented in humans, and
It’s mutating every moment.”
"Military doctors have been telling those who are infected that we have a solution..."
"Before people find out that there is no cure, at least it can give the patients hope." Augustus said: "They will not be so miserable."
"The people of the Sarah Galaxy have suffered enough." Renault sighed.
"Is there any progress in our alien biological laboratory?"
"Dr. Francos believes that the genetic material of the protoss may contain methods to deal with the zerg virus." Kerrigan replied.
"The doctor has taken his assistants and students to test the effect of the zerg virus on the Tal'darin protoss." Kerrigan knew what Augustus was thinking.
"By the way, I remember that there was a Taldarin Protoss in our alien laboratory - I heard that in addition to ingesting a considerable amount of terrazine every day, he would lie down and 'eat and wait to die'. In order to obtain terrazine, he would not hesitate to participate in various human activities.
experiment."
"...Francos's mobility is as good as ever." Augustus asked with concern, "What's the result?"
"The implanted virus was unable to infect the protoss...but that's possible because the zerg virus that infects the protoss is completely different from the one that infects humans," Kerrigan said.
"A drop in the bucket." Augustus had no hope for this.
"Tell Dr. Francos that the fate of hundreds of millions of humans depends on the results of his experiments..."
"This is a heavy burden... You are putting Franco on the moral stakes." Renault shrugged.
"You are always like this, Augustus, you know each of us very well, and you know how to arouse our fighting spirit..." he said.
"Duke is a villain. He is selfish and pursues honor, so you are satisfied with his vanity. Tychus only cares about money, so you will give him money."
"This is the embodiment of your wisdom."
"Jimmy, on a deeper level, I'm just using them." Augustus' eyes were calm and cold.
"But you are different to us. I can't think of anything worthy of your use." Renault said.
"That's different, Jimmy..." Augustus was silent for a while. He did not follow the refugees out of the Icarus Airport, but returned to the airport's dispatch hall through a narrow passage.
Among them, there will be quite a few refugees from the Sara system waiting to get out of the airport.
In the center of the dispatching hall is a huge holographic projection screen. The UNN logo on it shows that this is the broadcast screen of the UNN Universe News Network's Tarsonis main station.
What deserves Augustus' attention is that more than three months after the Zerg appeared in the Sara system, UNN finally began to report news about aliens. People in the hall stared at the big screen with angry faces and cursed.
due to the federal government's evasion and inaction.
"I can already imagine the commotion this news will cause on Tarsonis and other Federation worlds." Augustus looked at the home screen.
"It is obvious that the news of the discovery of alien intelligent races caused an uproar in the territory of the Tyranid Federation." Kerrigan said: "At the beginning, UNN and other mainstream media just told the Federation people that there was a world in this universe.
There are two races, Protoss and Zerg."
"Didn't they say that the zerg are terrifying monsters that eat humans and that the protoss emits beams of light that can decompose humans?" Augustus said coldly.
"It's still the same as before... avoiding the important and minimizing the important, breaking the facts into multiple fragments and then reassembling them according to what they want. As long as they change the word order and add some rhetoric, then what they want to express may be completely opposite to the facts.
." Kerrigan said sarcastically.
"In fact, at the beginning, humans were still thinking about how to share human culture with aliens. Toy companies even launched commemorative editions of Zerg and Protoss toys, which were a great success."
"But the Federation had not yet given the specific images of the protoss and zerg at that time." Augustus smiled silently.
"Here is... the protoss destroyed Cha Sara. Everything on the planet was burned to the ground. The number of survivors is still being counted... The army has withdrawn from the Sara system...
...." While Augustus was talking, the holographic projection screen was still playing the image of the UNN news program host.
"Now they are finally beginning to face this matter." Augustus said: "But it seems that they completely blamed the destruction of Sara's sister planet on the protoss, and completely ignored the zerg that was devouring those two planets.
."
"At first, the Federation was still trying to block news about the Sara system, and Omega Squadron did almost everything. Although we knew what was happening there, with the Federation controlling the media, our voices could only be silenced." Kai
Regan said.
"But in fact, not long after we evacuated the Sara system, the zerg invaded Char, Antiga, Little Atticus... There were five edge worlds that were attacked by different zerg nests.
Attack. This obviously exceeded the expectations of the Terran Federation, and they had no choice but to make the experience of the Sara System public."
"Char..." Augustus suddenly looked at Kerrigan with sharp eyes, which almost startled the latter.
"What's wrong?" Kerrigan wanted to read Augustus's thoughts, but she finally gave up.
"I still remember Char, it was a lake full of magma." Renault said: "I heard about Char many times when I was in the Federation Marine Corps. I heard that your brother Arcturus once
I’ve been to that place too.”
"During the Guild War, it used to be the main battlefield between the Federation and the Kemerian Alliance because it contained precious heavy metals and minerals. Later, both sides used battlecruisers and nuclear weapons. As far as I know, the environment there now is simply worse.
It’s too bad, it’s almost uninhabitable, there are basically only a few miners and troops stationed on it.”
"To put it bluntly, the Federation will not care about that damn place at all," he said.
"As for the planets of Antiga Prime and Little Atticus, the Tyranid Federation may have some nice words to say."
"It is too bad," said Augustus, "that we should not give up Charles, if possible."
"It's a pity that we have too few manpower." He sighed deeply and said nothing more.
As soon as Augustus finished speaking, the host on the holographic projection screen in the hall suddenly said with indignation: "The soldiers discovered a large number of Sons of Korhal members before the protoss destroyed Cha Sara. They were still alive during the alien invasion.
They are destroying military facilities and massacring refugees."
"There is no doubt that the evil protoss is Augustus Mengsk's lackey. He betrayed the interests of mankind and colluded with aliens to deal with the orthodox government!"
"Nonsense!" This immediately caused the angry Sala people to roar.
"Fart!" Even Renault yelled. The young man with black hair stared angrily. He had already taken out the revolver given to him by Augustus and pointed it at the holographic projection screen.
"How many of our good brothers have died in order to save people. If you had not just blocked the news but evacuated the refugees quickly, things would never have turned out like this!"
After all, Renault is still a hot-blooded young man. Although he has a calm personality, when he gets angry,
"Put it down! Jimmy..." Augustus shouted angrily.
"It won't help even if you shoot it. It's a holographic projection screen, not an LED 2d screen." He added.
"You can't break it even if you hit it."
Hearing Augustus speak, Renault immediately woke up and slowly put down the revolver in his hand. His face turned from green to blue and he was speechless.
Renault soon realized the terrible consequences of shooting in the crowd, and his face turned red with shame.
"You idiot!" Augustus yelled angrily.
"Next time, hit a real person in the face instead of an image."
The people around him were still yelling and cursing the Terran Federation Government's inaction and incompetence, so much so that Augustus couldn't hear what was being said on the news.
Augustus could only see the crimson flag of the Revolutionary Army and the roaring appearance of a springtail.
"The Federation cannot tell the difference between the Revolutionary Army and the Sons of Korhal, or they are unwilling to distinguish clearly." Kerrigan said: "In their eyes, the Revolutionary Army and the Sons of Korhal are both terrorists and subversives of order."
At this time, the voices of the people in the hall suddenly became quieter, because a well-known member of the Tyranid Federation Parliament appeared on the news program.
"Citizens of the Tyranid Federation... I want to tell you that the aliens who are enemies of mankind are not only the protoss, but also the zerg controlled by Augustus Mengsk using medicine. These two
All races are mortal enemies of mankind."
"There is only one way out before mankind: all mankind must unite under the banner of the Tyranid Federation and repel the invading enemies."
"We must defend Antiga, Little Atticus, Halsain and all other edge worlds. The Tyranid Federation Navy has always been at the forefront of defending humanity." He said impassionedly.
"But the traitor Augustus Mengsk and his rebel forces started a riot in the rear at this time, attacking the soldiers who were fighting alien threats! This gang of thugs only valued their own interests, and
Turning a blind eye to the critical survival of the Human Federation!"
"You are so cute, Congressman Peart." Reno said sharply.
"Let's go, we can't stay in Icarus too long." Augustus patted Reynold's broad shoulder.
"Where do we go now?" Kerrigan asked.
"The closest thing to us is Antiga..." Augustus said: "Even if the people of the world need us, we will appear there."
"Look, the zerg will not stop their attack. More planets will be invaded in the future... The situation in Koprulu will definitely exceed the imagination of the Tyranid Federation. And the Terran Federation most
The most fearful thing is that things are completely out of their control.”