This is a vast ocean that was frozen when it was just born. It is backed by glaciers thousands of feet high. The ice walls of thousands of feet of glaciers that are tens of thousands of miles long look magnificent under the high cobalt blue sky, as if they are the end of the world.
The abode of the gods.
The extreme cold and freeze prevented the federal exploration department from carrying out secondary development even after detecting rich high-energy gas reserves. It just put the plan on hold temporarily because Haiji has other resources that are easier to obtain and lower cost.
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At the entrance to a glacier crevasse that is several miles long, a scientific research station and camp that were just completed today are brightly lit. Outside these white buildings made of environmentally friendly materials, there are also several golden and blue protoss buildings.
The face exudes a bright sky-blue light under the illumination of the Protoss Kedarin crystal.
Two huge dark purple Revolutionary Army Nova Squadron science ships are moored on it, and a large number of transport ships and turbine detection drones are surrounding the two science ships, traveling between the sky and the ground.
These buildings are not mass-produced housing made of welded prefabricated panels, but solid observation stations built with thick board walls and furnaces. The outside is connected to pipes filled with refined high-energy gas fuel, shaped like tree stumps with intertwined roots.
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Augustus was standing at the door of a barracks, next to Tychus, Faraday and the Dark Templar Zeratul. At this time, Augustus and others were all wearing warm polar overalls, and only Zeratul was still wearing his
A thin, dark purple robe.
Since Dark Priest Zeratul claimed that the extreme cold of the polar regions was also part of the Dark Templar's penance, Augustus no longer worried that he would suffer frostbite or freeze.
A quarter of a mile directly in front of Augustus and others is the Xel'Naga portal that Zeratul mentioned.
It was a giant arched door more than a thousand feet high, and the base was a trapezoidal pyramid with a hundred steps. The stones used to build the pyramid seemed to be some kind of living organic matter, and the surface shone with a fluorescent green light symbolizing life, like a shell.
Spiral patterns and obscure Xel'Naga hieroglyphs cover the surface of the building's main body, making it look like part of an altar.
The perfect combination of nature and technology, a living building that seems to have a soul.
This Xel'Naga portal was originally buried a mile beneath the glacier. Zeratul's Dark Templar evaporated everything on it through the void energy beam released by their Xel'Naga ship, the Void Quest.
The ice layer made it visible again. The sharp ice cones in the surrounding area are left by the re-condensation of water vapor.
The Xel'Naga portal is surrounded by high-rise buildings that are being built. These are interstellar ports and transportation platforms that are being built. The plan to develop high-energy gas collection industry in the geological layer under the Haiji Arctic Glacier has been implemented.
In the future, this will become a gas extraction and refining base built on gas veins.
Considering the extremely high strategic value hidden in the Xel'Naga portal, Augustus attached great importance to it.
This is the first Xel'Naga portal controlled by the Revolutionary Army. Through it, the Revolutionary Army can not only transport personnel and materials to other galaxies, but also attack planets or resource collection stations at times and locations unexpected by the Federation.
"This is the creation of the Xel'Naga. The protoss has been imitating it but cannot touch one ten thousandth of it." Zeratul and Augustus walked towards the Xel'Naga portal in the distance.
"The steps and the obelisk erected on it record a long poem by a Xel'Naga prophet, recording the story of them coming from the void and spreading the seeds of life in the universe. The beauty and poetry of its language are the inspiration for my life.
Only visible."
"With all due respect, sir, I can't tell." Augustus actually didn't care much about the artistic value of the alien ruins. He cared more about the actual value of such things to himself. This is what Augustus
Unlike other members of the Mengsk family, he really has no interest in appreciating art.
"Of course, that's why I told you this." This came from Zeratul's dry sense of humor.
At this time, a small Protoss shuttle that shone with golden-blue light under the cold polar sun landed around Augustus. When the shuttle landed, it was as light as a leaf falling on a sponge without looking like a leaf falling on a sponge.
Human spaceships set off hurricanes that bring up ice and debris.
Tassadar, a high-ranking templar wearing a golden-blue robe, walked out of the protoss shuttle's unfolded irises, without bringing any templar with him.
"Hello, Augustus Mengsk, although we failed to kill the new agent of the Overlord, at least we saved the planet and the people on it." Tassadar greeted Augustus first.
Then he turned slightly stiffly to the Dark Templar Zeratul beside him.
"I have long admired your heroic deeds, Dark Master Zeratul." Although Tassadar said with reverence, he involuntarily took two steps back. Then the respected executive lowered his head.
It's like blushing.
"The teachings I have received still affect me, but that will not hinder my communication with the Dark Templars. In the name of Adon, I swear that I will look at the Templars and the Dark Templars without prejudice.
The grudges between the samurai."
"The Dark Templar have always respected our Templar brothers. We always believe that it was the Arbiter class of the Supreme Council who expelled Nerazim, and the Adon of the Templar class protected us." Ze
Latu said.
"...Normally I don't discuss the decisions of the Arbitrators, but they have indeed done many things wrong recently." Tassadar also criticized the Supreme Council, which at least shows that he is now in contact with the Supreme Council.
The Dark Templar represented by Zeratul have a lot of things in common.
Despite this, Tassadar preferred to keep Zeratul at arm's length. Many templars had an almost instinctive distaste for the Dark Templar, to the point where some templars would not approach their fellow Dark Templar brethren.
Spots similar to goosebumps will appear.
"Let's see where the Xel'Naga portal can take us." Augustus said as he stretched out his hand and asked Tassadar and Zeratul to follow him up the ladder below the Xel'Naga portal.
Pyramid base.
At regular intervals on the steps under the Xel'Naga portal stood a revolutionary soldier holding an electromagnetic rifle and wearing a gold-red CMC-300 powered armor, standing with flags fluttering in the wind.
Walking on the steps will give you a strange feeling of stepping on soft lawn. The spiral patterns and words engraved on the steps and the giant obelisks on both sides are emitting a vibrant green light. The light changes in light and dark all the time.
It flickers, the frequency of flickering is like a heartbeat, as if it is alive.
The steps lead directly to the main body of the magnificent portal - a giant gate that was supposed to be built for giants and could accommodate a fleet to pass through.
At the top of the steps is a facility similar to a console, which is made of green organic stones, with green void energy flowing on the surface.
"How great!" This was not the first time Tassadar had seen the Xel'Naga portal, but he would still exclaim in surprise: "Today, we have rarely used the Xel'Naga portal on Aiur.
The door is open."
"Just like the Xel'Naga Temple, it is not common, but the places the Xel'Naga have visited are by no means what we can imagine, so there may still be a considerable number of Xel'Naga portals in the universe, but they are just separated by
Extremely remote and difficult to detect."
"Yes, after being expelled from Aiur by the Supreme Council of the Protoss Empire thousands of years ago, our ancestors also wandered in the universe for a long time before they came to know our current home, the twilight land of Sagulath." Zeratul agreed.
Said: "The reason why we stopped at that dark time was just because we discovered the Xel'Naga Temple and the portal there."
"So, we stayed there forever."
Zeratul said as he walked towards the portal console inlaid with a huge green crystal, stroking its surface as smooth as seaweed. Even after the erosion of endless years, the various facilities of this portal have still not been affected by the years -
-Although it will still be damaged by external damage and even cannot be used again, Haiji's one is still not destroyed.
"The Xel'Naga, the 'Distant Wanderer', the 'Sage', and the 'Teacher Ihan' must have been here. These ruins are evidence." Zeratul was obsessed with every detail of the Xel'Naga portal console.
The exquisite structure makes me deeply fascinated by it.
"Why are these protoss talking about things that I don't understand at all? All they have to do is tell me whether this door can be used." Tychus listened carefully for a while, but he didn't understand. He really couldn't understand the protoss.
What exactly is Xel'Naga, the spiritual god?
"Of course, I'll activate it now." Zeratul didn't care about Tychus's impatience. He could understand the special features of this human personality.
"The Xel'Naga portal can connect to all portals that can still operate normally, unless the person on the other side refuses it through the console." As he spoke, he fumbled with the crystal button on the console to release the majestic void energy.
Infused into the crystal at the core of the console and activating it.
"I am transmitting instructions so that it can be connected to the portal in Sagulath. Although I have been away from my hometown for a long time, the Dark Templar warriors guarding there must still be doing their duty. They
You know it’s me, so you won’t refuse to connect to Haiji’s portal.”
A bright blue light began to light up on the portal, and radiated a dazzling light outwards, making Augustus almost unable to open his eyes. It was not until a mysterious vortex formed that the light gradually dimmed.
"Elder, can this portal be connected to the Xel'Naga portal in Aiur?" Augustus walked towards Zeratul and said. Tassadar had just said that there was a Xel'naga portal in Aiur.
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"You can give it a try." Tassadar also walked over and said, "If this works, I can return to Aiur through this portal at any time."
This magnificent Xel'Naga portal is over several miles in diameter, large enough to accommodate a protoss carrier.
"Try it." Augustus admitted that the idea was tempting.
"...I was able to find Aiur's one on this Xel'Naga console, but I remember that the portal was closed to the outside world." Zeratul said.
"I don't know much about this." Tassadar expressed regretful emotions.
Tassadar is just a templar. His duty is to diligently practice combat skills and understand the mysteries of Kara. The work related to the creation of Xel'Naga is the accusation of the Silak tribe of the arbiter tribe. The templars
Rarely involved.
"That is to say, the building in Ayr is now only allowed to go out, but not allowed in?" Augustus speculated.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zeratul sighed and said: "El's Xel'Naga portal has been locked. Not only that, I believe that after the golden age of the Protoss Empire, the conservative Supreme Council of the Empire will no longer
The portal has not been enabled."
The El Protoss of the Protoss Empire are introverted and conservative. After the end of the Golden Age, they completely lost their spirit of territorial expansion and pioneering innovation because they firmly believed that their civilization and technology had reached perfection.
In the thinking of the entire race, the idea of stability first subtly affects all aspects of the culture and technological development of the Protoss Empire. They will no longer try to explore other unknown worlds through the Xel'Naga portal.
For scholars in the Protoss Empire, the Xel'Naga Portal should be a precious cultural relic and heritage that deserves to be properly preserved so that future generations can visit it again.
"I will locate the one with Sagulath." Zeratul saw Augustus nod and then looked at Tassadar.
Tassadar had anticipated the possibility of meeting Zeratul's compatriots. He hesitated, but finally agreed: "I hope they won't hate the Templar because of the clouds of the past."
"No, our matriarch Raszagal taught us what forgiveness is. It was not you who coldly expelled us from Aiur, but the arrogant Supreme Council." Zeratul said, and their current portal vortex suddenly
It fluctuated a bit.
An arm covered with dark black gauntlets passed through the swirling iris of the portal, and then, a dark templar wearing dark black armor and black tabards walked out of it.
"Oh - I think we just hit the Dark Templar den," Tychus whispered to Augustus.
"This is a good thing, Tychus." Augustus said: "The more Dark Templars who are willing to help us, the more cerebrates will have to think twice before invading our world."
The distance between the dark templar's green eyes shortened a bit, which was a gesture similar to inspection, but then he let out a joyful mental wave: "Zeratu!"
"Lilac! Brother!" Zeratul recognized the other party in surprise.
"My Gods, is it really you?" Lilac is a shadow master who guards the portal of Sargulath Xel'naga on the orders of the Nerazim matriarch.