Wasteland in the northwest of Thane Province, two days later.
The undulating mountains are surrounded by clouds and mist, the skylight shines through the mountains, and a long and wide river meanders on the black land with crisscrossed ravines. The former flowery fields and vibrant green jungles have long since withered and withered under the erosion of the zerg carpet.
, the dotted lakes turned into ugly ditches with broken walls, filled with flocculent clusters of fungi and spinous cavities covered with exoskeletons.
The ruins of the protoss's grand city in the past still stand on the scorched earth, and the protoss who once built these ancient stone buildings and their descendants who have lived here for generations have been wiped out. Only the columns and boulders lined up side by side still stand guard.
City-states and ditches in tribal times.
The towering circular spire and the psychic matrix circuit covering the entire Thane province have collapsed. On the high walls, the mighty Protoss Templars once stood, with the flags of the Protoss empire and tribes erected.
Inlaid with blue anima crystals and gems made of the finest silk satin, it had survived the weather, but now it was torn to pieces and thrown to the ground along with the glory of the Protoss Empire.
Everything has withered, the flowers and insects have died together, leaving only the stone statues still standing under the majestic broken walls. In the Thane province of Aiur, the zerg from the distant star sector brought them with them when they set foot here.
There came continuous war, killing and destruction.
"hiss--"
In front of Augustus, a huge Hydra Hydralisk, comparable in size to a heavy armored vehicle, was twisting its terrifying snake-like tail and screaming in the blue plasma flames, and then after several gunshots,
It fell to the ground. Even so, the Hydra Hydralisk was still roaring and trying to attack the surrounding human soldiers until the flames burned its blackened skeleton.
There were several corpses of the same kind around this hydralisk. Under their riddled chitin carapace was long-dried blood. They had obviously been dead for a long time.
"What a monster." While watching his fire bats surrounding the Hydra Hydralisk and pouring down balls of scorching flames, Harnak Hank controlled his fire bats, which were larger than ordinary fire bats.
The red demon armor walked to Augustus' side.
"Even our instruments can't detect that it's pretending to be dead."
"My people are here, boss. Even if you have a leisurely time and take a shit here, someone will hand you toilet paper." As he spoke, he opened his helmet visor and lit his cigarette with a piece of grass root ember from the burnt turf.
"Thank you for your kindness, Hank, I don't think I need to do that." Augustus felt a heat wave and burning sensation when Hanak came over, and couldn't help but let Augustus, who was looking around the wilderness and observing the terrain,
Keep your eyes on him.
Harnack has two more scars on his face, and only his iconic fiery red cockscomb hair still maintains its past appearance. There is a beautiful teardrop-shaped pendant on his right ear, which is said to be
A gift from a female protoss.
"Ah ha, I think so." Hanak smiled heartily.
"You're so kind, Hank." Kerrigan exhaled through her nose.
Kerrigan said as she walked up to the Hydra Hydralisk, which was gradually no longer struggling, and blew away the flames on it with a snap of her fingers. Her psychic power was no longer matched by any of her fellow humans.
and.
It is obvious that humanity is evolving. Although gifted human psykers are still few in number, the best among them have brought unimaginable shocks to the protoss.
"This Hydralisk is very smart, and the part of its brain responsible for thinking is more complex than other zerg." Kerrigan walked up to the huge crowned head of the charred hydralisk: "It's probably the zerg that killed itself.
The genes drawn from our biological population caused them to make this change."
"That's from some kind of snake that can pretend to be dead." Augustus watched the hydralisk gradually lose its voice while wailing: "Fortunately, your telepathy has always been very reliable. If you hadn't reacted quickly enough, the Irish Lieutenant
At least one leg will be lost."
"In the past few years, you have saved many people and many families. This is why I say that even if you were once regarded as a slave, a tool or a whip of punishment and punishment by the Tyranid Federation, you are still being treated by others.
needs."
"This is why you value me." Kerrigan felt something akin to redemption in her heart.
While serving as a Terran Confederacy Ghost agent for the Ghost Project, Kerrigan killed many people, both politicians and civilians. In the case of those who gave Kerrigan orders, they probably deserved to die, but could read
Kerrigan, who takes other people's minds, knows that some of them are innocent, and she doesn't want to kill the young heir of a certain family.
But no one cares what Kerrigan thinks. She only lives as a killing tool, as if that is the meaning of her existence. But Augustus will tell her: I need you, and those who survive because of you will be grateful to you.
, because you are no longer the god of death who brings death, but a righteous revolutionary soldier.
"That's not why I value you, I value you because you are Sarah Kerrigan." Augustus corrected Kerrigan.
"I know." Kerrigan's extremely strong telepathic ability can more clearly feel Augustus's sincere thoughts. Just like if a person expresses love to a telepath, then the other person is likely to be strongly loved.
Made me dizzy.
"Oh - why am I standing here, damn, I'm like a bright light bulb." Harnak whispered: "Is this appropriate? This is not appropriate."
"I'm just conveying the gratitude of the soldiers to Lieutenant Kerrigan. Many of them are grateful to her, but they still dare not contact a psyker." Augustus shook his head: "Many people also look down upon you.
Being a hero isn’t it?”
"Didn't you hurt this face just to protect a child?"
"Yeah, not when I accidentally burned her." Hanak closed his mask because of a rare emotion that others would call shy.
But Harnak forgot about the smoke in his mouth, and not everyone had an iron lung like Tychus.
Harnack was originally a street gangster in Shiloh, a bad-tempered gangster who had a thousand chances to become a criminal or just plain evil, but now he is indeed regarded as a savior and a hero by those who have met him.
Gudu
This guy had inspired to become a federal marshal, and Augustus promised to help him realize this wish. Many people's life trajectories were forever changed by Augustus, and they will be there many times in this life.
, I will be sincerely grateful to him when I think of Augustus.
Augustus was standing on a ruined hexagonal altar, surrounded by stone tablets and a staff-shaped torch. The torch was iron-green, but it was neither bronze nor rock, but some kind of fluorescent light.
Green glowing organic material.
Further away in all directions are endless black wastes and dilapidated wastelands. Less than two months ago, this was a more beautiful and prosperous garden world than Agria, but now it is desolate.
Trees and weeds were devoured by fire or zerg blankets, and even tree and grass roots were uprooted until nothing was left.
Under the erosion of the zerg blanket that covered the entire continent, there were originally no weeds left, but there were still a few sparse patches of small primeval rainforest struggling to survive, with withered branches and diseased branches.
The yellow leaves resemble the exposed bones and wrinkled skin of a terminally ill old man.
Under the increasingly scorching sunshine of Aiur, these sparse forests are glowing with a heavy orange-gray color. It is only a matter of time before they are swallowed up by the brilliance of the sun and the carpet of bacteria.
A huge domed tower stands on a stone foundation dozens of yards away. The tower body and top are surrounded by moss. The strange words and symbols glow with the emerald green light that symbolizes life. When it was first completed, this beautiful giant tower was
Standing high in the hinterland of the undulating mountains of Seine, the light it emits can guide travelers who are lost in the mountains and boating on the lake. Even now, it is considered a manifestation of "miraculous".
In the ancient and distant times, when the ancient star spirits were still in the tribal era and were still ignorant, the distant drifters riding the world ship, the "mentor" of Ihan, the creator Xel'Naga once visited Aiur. They showed many miracles
, which allowed the protoss' technology to reach the space age in a very short period of time, and thus gained the enthusiastic worship of the protoss.
These Xel'Naga temples, magnificent towers and mysterious and unknown underground ruins that still stand on Aiur are part of the miracle. The greatness of Xel'Naga can be seen almost everywhere in Aiur.
creation.
This is a historic Xel'Naga watchtower. According to the protoss survivors here, it stands here to benefit the lost, but Augustus' engineers believe that it was designed for war.
But when Augustus came here, the Xel'Naga Watchtower was already in disrepair, and one-third of the tower had been lost long before the insect invasion.
Whether it was civil war or the erosion of time is impossible to verify.
However, even though it has been badly damaged, the Xel'Naga Observation Tower can still be used normally. At this time, there are still many Revolutionary Army engineers climbing on the Xel'Naga Observation Tower to set up communication equipment. Victor, the second person in the engineering group,
At the top of the tower, Kaczynski was thinking about how to connect human equipment with the Xel'Naga observatory.
Xel'Naga does not need an observatory to observe the stars, because they come from the stars in the universe. The protoss still cannot understand the technology used in this majestic tower made by them. The Xel'Naga Watchtower Observation Observatory can monitor half of the Thain line.
It saves an area of land and is much clearer than human orbiting satellites.
In the direction directly opposite Augustus, all the way to the west is the junction of the provinces of Seine and Villari and the location of Koshaka, the heart of the Supreme Council. There is a large swamp with deep swamps.
To the north is the Middling Peaks (Middling Peaks, the name of the place in Ayr that appears in the short story All Silence) in the province of Thain, which is currently the most exciting place for fighting. With the Middling Peaks as the boundary, crossing it is where the Lord Comes to Ayr.
The place where it fell.
That area was once a rich and charming Protoss Empire province, famous for being home to the highest peaks of Aiur and the most thrilling karst caves. The underground caves filled with clusters of Kedarin crystals are as beautiful as the Crystal Palace.
.
At this time, the place was already called the Death Waste by the protoss in memory of the protoss in the province who almost all lost their lives in the Zerg invasion. Humans called it the Overlord's Land, literally writing the land of the Overlord.
The Dominion also houses a splendid Xel'Naga temple, which stands tall and high, as if supporting the sky of Aiur. It is similar to the temple Augustus once saw on Sagurath, the home of the Dark Templar.
Similar characteristics, but absolutely unique.
Whether this was a coincidence or not, the day the Lord came to Aiur, it was already integrated with the Xel'Naga Temple.
With the former Xel'Naga Temple as the center, the zerg Tiamat, Grund and Jormungandr swarms built giant zerg main nests with protective wings around it, including Fenris and Berog.
And the Behemoth group spread on Aiur like plague and locusts in the name of the overlord's zerg. The zerg swarm occupied a large area of the northern hemisphere, and only the Antioch-Sain province, which was heavily guarded by the Protoss Empire,
-The capital area firmly blocked the attack of the insect swarm.
When Augustus looked in the direction pointed by Kerrigan's right shoulder, only a bare patch of the Midlin Peaks, the mountain range that once separated the two great provinces like a giant's backbone, was left.
The dense green rainforest, hanging springs and waterfalls are ugly and abominable at this time.
There are a large number of Zerg organic structures and honeycomb-like exoskeleton armor on its ridges and passes, turning the entire mountain into an insurmountable barrier and barrier.
In the past nearly a week, this place has become one of the main battlefields in a short period of time where the Protoss-Human coalition forces fought against the main force of the Zerg. After more coalition reinforcements arrived, Midlin gradually evolved into
The center of this war has also become an area that both sides have tried their best to fight for repeatedly at all costs.
The Midlin Peaks themselves symbolize perseverance and the will to climb in the culture of the Protoss Empire, because one of the greatest Protoss explorers in the history of the Empire was buried there. In the past few days, this place name has been used in the communication network of the Revolutionary Army.
was mentioned constantly, but it also became a terrible word that the soldiers who were injured here and forced to withdraw from the battlefield were unwilling to mention or recall.
When Augustus looked at the peaks of Midlin, a large number of blue flashes and barrages were intertwined in the sky above them. Countless flying insect creatures and protoss human fighter planes were fighting under the clear blue sky of Ayr.
The dozen or so Colossi that moved across the ground like moving towers were lined up like high walls. The plasma beams of thousands of feet swept across the zerg that were constantly pouring from the caves and were scattered across the source of the Midland River.
The Protoss Templars and Revolutionary Army combat divisions on a thousand square miles of land look like black ants when viewed from a high altitude.
There was heavy artillery fire and burning everywhere.
The loud noise in Augustus' ears never subsided. He could distinguish the sound of which weapon came from the revolutionary army, and mentally estimated when the cannonball would land. But as the soul of the revolutionary army, he no longer had to
Then as a frontline soldier, face the hail of bullets.
Not far away, an arc tank was rumbling in under the order of the marshal's command, followed by two pairs of Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing gold-red power armor. They had just arrived from the Antioch Temple area.
, preparing to join the battle sequence of storming the Medlin peaks. Augustus waved to these people and saluted, and saw the sincerity and enthusiasm as golden as stone in the eyes of these soldiers who returned the salute seriously.
"Take Midelin, warriors." Augustus said: "The goddess of victory is standing beside me."