This is truly an existential purgatory, a real nightmare.
In Char, the white sun that humans can see is larger than that on the planets in the migration zone. It is undoubtedly a blazing giant sun. The light it emits is enough to stab a person.
A person's eyes, burns his fragile skin, and dries it out.
If that's scary enough, remember that it's just one star in a binary system called Char.
The radiation released by the white dwarf star in its old age is also fatal to humans. It can easily destroy the human genetic chain and crush it to pieces.
Also affected by the irregular variable star labeled m8 and its elliptical orbit, the strong radiation that Char undergoes during its revolution is not always uniform.
When Char reaches perihelion, the sunny side will be melted into a sea of magma, and the maximum surface temperature can reach 2700 degrees Celsius. The evaporated lava will fall from the hot atmosphere, causing extremely terrifying fire rain.
Unfortunately, the Trench of Bones, marked as the landing site, is in the midst of such a horrific sight.
The solidified black rocks are melting into rolling magma, and the vast Mirror Plain has turned into a boiling ocean. For any life that accidentally falls into it, death is only a matter of seconds.
When Jim Raynor pulled out the alloy steel power boots that were deeply sunk in the ash layer, he suspected that the uppers were already hot enough to fry a steak. This place is between the Bone Trench and Death Valley, near the dusk line.
To the south is a large plain of condensed black rock in the midst of eternal night, and in the other direction is the lava ocean on the sunny side. On one side is the dark cold night, and on the other side is the surface of a star.
The blazing sun in the sky will not set for another 16 hours, and before then it will continue to scorch the land under Reno's feet.
The power armor worn by the Revolutionary Army soldiers can effectively isolate the temperature and lock the moisture in the human body. In a few minutes, this terrifying sun can evaporate 4 liters of water from a human body without any protection.
In this kind of environment, survival is unsustainable, let alone a life-and-death battle with vicious insects.
The Wraith fighter planes and Grizzly heavy bombers of the Revolutionary Army's Char Expeditionary Force had cleared a relatively safe landing area in the Bone Trench, and then the first Revolutionary Army airborne battalion set foot on the land full of insect corpses.
Renault's brave engineering regiment and engineers quickly built bunker clusters and fortification walls on the land that was braved by sparks and soot, and poured a temporary airport. Most of these loyal and brave revolutionary soldiers were not the first time they set foot in Char.
People even do it for the third or fourth time.
On the battlefield against the Zerg, it is these people who hold up the backbone of the human world. If there is a human flag deep in the Zerg territory, it must belong to the revolutionary army.
These people are just a group of ordinary people. They also know that fear will make them shrink, but they know that there must be a light left for them in the safe territory of the revolutionary army.
"Build fortifications and set up arc-light tanks. With siege tanks in front and bunkers behind, our defense line can sit back and relax." When Renault was talking in the command channel, the Apod transport ship behind it had already taken off again.
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"Assembling generators, laying cables, those damn orbiting satellite base stations and signal towers must start working immediately." He then shouted:
"All units entered the predetermined positions as planned. The 3rd and 4th Armored Divisions moved eastward across Lava Lake No. 76 towards Fearless Heights. The 16th Motorized Brigade was responsible for carrying out armed reconnaissance missions. The railgun units and the Protoss fleet will be responsible for you.
Provide all available fire support."
Standing next to Renault were several Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing blue power armor. Farther away, there were many transport ships and shuttles parked. Vulture vehicles, arc light tanks and Sidewinder chariots in the cargo bay rumbled off the spacecraft.
The soldiers filing down could not see the end at a glance.
"Earl, when will our jammer come in use?" Renault walked under several T-280 space engineering vehicles and found a Revolutionary Army engineer wearing old CMC-200 power armor.
The revolutionary army is much wealthier than when it first started the uprising. The armor obtained from the federal armory in the occupied areas is enough to equip engineers. Although the T-280 space engineering vehicle can also provide necessary protection, the protection measures are always insufficient.
Too much.
"Uh, sir, the psychic disruptor will be able to operate normally in 3 minutes. Its range is enough to cover the entire Bone Trench, Death Valley and Fearless Heights." Earl is a revolutionary army engineer with short hair. He is still very young.
, but he was not restrained in front of Renault.
"Approximately what proportion of zerg can the current psychic disruptor be effective against?" Raynor asked: "If it can interfere with the psychic link between the cerebrate and other zerg, then it can get twice the result with half the effort when dealing with its uncontrolled minions.
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"Less than 30%." Earl was carrying a tool bag in his hand and a huge laser cutter on his back: "You know, General, our technology is advancing by leaps and bounds with the war, and the zerg are also going crazy.
Geoevolution - the rate at which new variants appear has even been reduced to one or two life cycles."
"We are using what we learned from the structure of the zerg's carapace to strengthen the casting process of the steel plates, and they are also using accelerated mutation and evolution to discard the genes and traits that have proven to be backward in the war with us."
"Since we used psychic disruptors on battlefields and cities, this weapon that can effectively counter the mind of the Zerg hive has been updated many times. Compared with the prototype, the interference effect and coverage range are not the same.
."He said.
"But the zerg evolve faster than our technological progress. Their solution is simple and crude. By transplanting the ancient king worm genes and increasing the number of Igsir giant king worms (elite king worms), now the brain worms are different from
The psychic links between group members are many times stronger than before."
"Even the fifth-generation psychic disruptor is already ineffective when placed in Char. No matter how many psychic disruptors there are, it will be a drop in the bucket."
"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still flesh," Reno said.
At this time, more troops of the Char Expedition landed in the trenches of Death Valley.
The Bone Trench is a wide and long huge canyon fissure. Between the rock walls thousands of feet high on both sides is a large area of flat, semi-cooled lava, surrounded by giant lava lakes higher than sea level. This is when the volcano group becomes massive.
When an eruption occurs, low-lying areas can easily be submerged by rising lava. No matter what, marching in such an area is extremely risky.
But more radar detection and sensor analysis revealed that the zerg were actually able to incubate their abnormally twisted organic structures in such a dangerous area. Deep in the Bone Trench, thousands of mutalisks spiers and blaster nests were still rising into the air.
extending.
These terrifying flying creatures are true living bombs, swarms of gnats, mutalisks and their new variants specifically designed to deal with warships, enough to destroy a huge protoss fleet.
Fully 25,000 revolutionary troops landed on the land that spread for several miles at the junction of the Bone Trench and Death Valley, located on the west cliff of the Bone Trench. Among the expeditionary forces that successfully landed, some of the troops were very lucky and landed.
All the bugs in the spot have been cleaned up, and the other part was immediately surrounded by dense bugs.
With the reaction speed of the Char swarm, hundreds of millions of swarms are traveling through the intricate network of underground wormholes. They are at home even in such a cruel environment.
A rustling sound sounded to the north of the landing site, and a roar full of destructive desire slowly came along with the hot wind sweeping the earth.
"Fire!" Reno ran away from Earl and boarded a newly erected anti-aircraft missile tower with his chief of staff, Charles Horner.
Following Renault's order, the heavy artillery troops of the Revolutionary Army opened fire first. The large-caliber artillery shells boosted by rockets and accelerated by magnetic rails took the lead in covering the vanguard of the charging insect swarm, followed closely by bombers streaking across the sky.
Another round of saturation bombing brought by the swarm made the ground seem to be shaking.
Large swaths of zerg fell under the fierce firepower of the revolutionary army, and the screams were heard. Some soldiers were immediately encouraged, but only veterans who had experienced the first full-scale war knew that it was just the prelude to the swarm attack.
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"This firepower is not enough compared to that of the Protoss. Look at those bugs - their stronger carapace and more agile movements, as well as the new variants that appeared in the large main nest. If Augustus doesn't give
How can we real big guys fight this war?" Reno glanced at General Charles Horner next to him and asked:
"When will the protoss arrive?"
"Should..." Charles looked at the report on the HUD panel of his helmet and said: "The protoss said they would be here soon. Although these aliens look strange, they are still very punctual.
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"The Protoss have always been straightforward. No matter what, they have never let their allies down." Renault looked for protoss fighters that might appear in the sky.
As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of extremely thick Protoss aircraft carrier main gun fell from the sky and swept from the center of the Bone Trench. The rock walls melted and collapsed along the way, and the bursting lava lake swallowed up tens of thousands of Zerg in the trench in an instant.
Soon, magnificent splendid Protoss buildings were jumped to the position in front of the revolutionary army. The large-scale jump signals caused the indicator numbers on Derenault's helmet display to start to jump crazily.
Renault can recognize those buildings that are works of art: a Protoss hub, control core, an unknown number of mechanical platforms, forges and hundreds of towering portals... This is the battle of the Protoss.
way, they deployed their fortifications and troops directly on the frontal battlefield.
A whole legion of Zealots walked out of the warping force field of the Crystal Tower, and the extremely powerful high-level Templars led them. A large number of Dragon Knights formed an impenetrable front in the rear, and the Golden Scarabs were rushing to the end of the situation.
A critical place.
The Dark Templar also joined the battle. They began their lonely journey of bravery in the dark and deep passage of the Zerg's main hive, wiping out as many of the elites and commanding members of the Zerg swarm as possible.
There are far more protoss than humans, and they are the main force fighting against the insect swarms.
After a white flash, Tassadar, wearing the high-level executive armor and robes of Duram Protoss, appeared in front of Renault. He then bowed to Renault and the Revolutionary Army soldiers behind him with human courtesy.
They salute.
"I have always regarded it as an honor to fight alongside the warriors of Augustus Mengsk," Tassadar said.
"The Reynolds Brothers."
"Hello, buddy." Renault waved.
"We clash swords and fight side by side, just like in the past."
Raynor's view of the Protoss was different from others, probably due to the influence of Augustus. Augustus viewed the Protoss as large, gray-skinned cats, and considered them both elegant and dangerous.
"It seems that what we are facing is the Jormungandr swarm of the Cerebrate Ark." Raynor said to Tassadar: "This Cerebrate is not the most difficult one to deal with, but it must have the largest number of members.
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The brainworm Yak only believes in one truth, that is, a large number can overwhelm everything. There is no position that the insect swarm cannot break, but the number is not enough.
"In addition to the brainworm Yak, there are also Sass's tribe. The number of zerg here far exceeds our warriors." While Tassadar was talking, Raynor suddenly shouted because of the noisy current in the communication channel.
"Charles, what is going on?" Reno asked his chief of staff.
"Our communication system is interfered by strong electromagnetic pulse signals. Before this, only the Xel'Naga artifact fragment unearthed from Ma Sa could have such an impact." Charles said:
"This means our troops have become blind, deaf and mute."
"What? This is the work of the zerg. I thought that guy Aigon was just trying to trick the brain worms by saying that the zerg might evolve alternating current and television." Raynor said.
"Senior Executor, the detector detected a human fleet that suddenly jumped in on the other side of Char. They were heading towards the main hive of the Char swarm." A high-level templar appeared.
Around Tassadar.
The protoss do not use such primitive technology to communicate; their communication equipment is a completely different technology.
"Not one of ours." When Tassadar looked at Renault, the latter immediately shook his head and said.
"Is it the Federation or those people on Earth?"
"That's the fleet of the Earth Expeditionary Force, and it's huge in number." the high-ranking Templar said.
The UED Expeditionary Force had invaded the Koprulu Sector more than a month ago. Augustus had already handed over the information of the UED Expeditionary Force to Tassadar, reminding him that he must be cautious when dealing with the people on Earth.
If it were other protoss executives, they would probably just laugh at Augustus's warning. After all, Earthlings are still a branch of humanity, so it's no big deal. But Tassadar was unwilling, and he never underestimated his opponents.
Moreover, Augustus and his human army had already demonstrated the heroic and powerful side of this race in the Battle of Aiel.
"Deploy Grand Archon Phoenix's troops immediately. We need to advance to the main nest area to see what the humans on Earth want to do." Tassadar immediately ordered.
Fenix is the most ferocious templar among the protoss, and all Tassadar had to say was to deploy Fenix immediately to deal with the situation.
"My people will also follow you." Renault thought for a while and said: "Augustus told me that I must keep a close eye on the people on Earth. Their goal should be the new master."
"On what basis did Augustus make such a judgment?" Tassadar's eyes truly lit up.
"I didn't ask more, and he didn't say much." Renault speculated: "In short, Augustus's judgment has always been the most correct. In any case, we people follow his orders."
"If you have played chess, you know that we are just pawns in the hands of Augustus. We will only appear where he needs us to be and do what we should do." He said to Charles:
"Immediately tell Augustus about the appearance of a large-scale Earthling fleet in Char, use the fastest line and the best equipment, and tell all the technical personnel who know about it. This matter is more important than all of our lives.
Be important!”
"So... Augustus must have made such a judgment after careful consideration." Tassadar thought for a long time: "I am a dull apprentice, and I have never learned any wisdom and insight into mysteries from him.
Bureau’s vision.”
"The stars all know that he is right without exception."
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