In front of Augustus was a vast desert with flying red sand. Many large sandstones and tree-shaped thorny plants were twisted in the rolling heat. When he looked up into the distance, the canyon in the distance was turning golden.
Sparkling in the sun.
"Arctorus, I have to say that this place is worse than Char." Augustus was observing the canyon opposite with a telescope equipped with a triangulation device, and he was talking to the Prince of the Tyranids beside him.
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Most of the planet's latitudes are unbearably hot, and the rest of the planet is too hot to survive. In this canyon, the hot solar energy is drying people out, and the Commander Power Armor Augustus wears life support
The system is delivering the slightest amount of cool air to all parts of his body. The armored cold fusion reactor can provide powerful power, so there is no need to worry about energy issues at all.
"It's just the difference between hell and another hell." Prince Arcturus Mengsk wore armor similar to Augustus's, and the golden wolf emblem on his armor was the symbol of imperial power. When he spoke,
The twin-tower turbine reactors behind the armor are still rotating.
Prince White Star is a full ten years older than his emperor brother, and is now in his forties. He has a thick, carefully groomed brown-gray mustache and beard. The eighteen-year-old Arcturus seems to be just in the past.
A phantom of his, he now lives in the image of his father Angus.
Compared to Angus, Arcturus's first half of life was exciting enough. He once led the federal army in the Guild War, and also led his own exploration team to the farthest place that humans can reach in this vast sea of stars.
, it can be said that all the wishes I made when I was young have come true.
So, what does Arcturus want now? He is very ambitious and has great power. He is deeply trusted by the emperor of the empire. One person is inferior to ten thousand people. It seems that it is difficult to go further except for the position of emperor.
But in Arcturus' view, there is no difference between Augustus being emperor and himself holding this position. If the emperor is his father, it may be different.
Arcturus has outstanding military talents, and facts have proved that his political skills are also equal. When the prince attended the Imperial Council meeting as a member of the Mengsk royal family, even the most eloquent member was not
His opponent, in the end, the power was still firmly in the hands of the emperor.
Anyone who has met Prince Arcturus will never dare to despise him. Those who intend to provoke conflicts in the royal family even say that he should have been the emperor. However, not only these voices were heard afterwards, but also the person who said this.
People have disappeared.
"Why are all these ungrateful places we come to? The Umoyan people must be crazy to come here." Tychus, a tall man wearing special power armor, stood between the emperor and the prince.
, drinking a bottle of cold beer openly.
"You have to ask why the zerg came to Phaethon." Augustus pointed a direction to Tychus and asked him to look over: "If we can understand what the Overlord and the Cerebrates think, this war will be
It’s much simpler.”
"Fortunately, we finally arrived, otherwise there wouldn't be a single person left here."
Before the Tyranid Imperial forces arrived, the swarm had devoured most of the life on Phaethon. The Empire rescued some Umoyans and returned them to the safety of Korhal.
"The Empire has done more than their own leadership council to protect the people of Umoyan from the zerg," Arcturus said.
"Originally, I thought it was not difficult to figure out the thoughts of the zerg. It wasn't until I saw the bug that Kai Ruigan raised that I realized that humans can't understand beasts." Tychus smacked his lips. The emperor of the Tyranids just couldn't.
Likewise, when you start raising a pet, you are a brainworm.
"But there are many people in the empire who are worse than animals." Prince Arcturus pointed out.
The prince currently does not hold any position in the court of the Terran Empire, but he was also one of the fleet commanders during the war, and his status cannot be compared to that of Tychus.
Arcturus had already led his troops to the war at the beginning of the war, leaving all the work at hand to his stupid father who was a councilman. If Queen Kerrigan was not in Korhal, then Angus might really lose his last hair.
It's all going to fall off.
Although being far away from the center of power will leave Arcturus with an uneasy feeling of emptiness, fighting alongside his former subordinates is also a way to expand his power.
When he personally commanded the army, Arcturus could also be regarded as a brave and capable general. In politics, Arcturus was a ruthless character, and the same was true on the battlefield. He was often accustomed to making sacrifices with a small number of troops.
To concentrate on attacking the enemy's core, Prince Shirahoshi's army is composed of soldiers who have undergone resocialization.
He often lets resocialized soldiers serve as cannon fodder, and then leaves the Prince's Guards with sophisticated weapons and equipment to clean up the mess.
Over time, people began to call Arcturus the Black Prince. Compared to White Star, it seems that only this word is more suitable for his ruthlessness.
"Huh." Tychus thought for a moment and decided that he was not the one he was talking about. He was a bad person, but not a fool.
Tychus looked in the direction Augustus was pointing, and saw what seemed to be a large writhing gray cloud over the cactus canyon under the scorching sun. It was a carpet of bacteria that was constantly spreading, and countless bacteria were rising from the ground.
Zerg structures stretched toward the sky like boiling glue.
This is the largest nest of the Gamu swarm on Phaethon. The number of zerg in the depths of the canyon and even underground caves may be in the tens of millions.
He seemed to hear the strange, sticky and disgusting sound as the fungus carpet spread.
This is the Zerg. In the history of their race, there are only endless conquests and killings, bringing only death and destruction. In a history longer than that of humans, the Zerg swarms have continuously destroyed the planet, infecting and devouring it.
species' genes.
In order to complete the twisted mission given by the Creator and to achieve perfection on the road of evolution, the insect swarm has always carried out the method of killing. What distinguishes humans from animals is that they can imagine and create things that do not exist in the world, but it seems
It's more like the zerg were born to destroy.
"Be good." Tychus shook his head: "When we first came here, there weren't those disgusting things there."
"I think you already have a detailed plan to eradicate that main hive colony." Arcturus turned his head and looked at Augustus.
"Of course, but that's just an appetizer." Augustus turned away.
Behind them are fortifications and huge bunkers under construction. The main structure of the planetary fortress is equipped with heavy alloy shields and Ibix cannons. Engineering stations and supply depots spread endlessly to form a steel city.
Thousands of towering anti-aircraft missiles, sensor towers and psychic jammers block the ground and sky. With multiple fusion cores providing power, this fortress can be fully equipped with firepower at any time.
This is a new city that was built in a very short period of time. The city is filled with huge cannons and rocket nests of terrifying caliber. It can be said that it is armed to the teeth. It is not an exaggeration to call it a super fortress.
In the center of the super fortress there are more newly built fighter platforms, transport aircraft platforms and a shocking super cannon - the earth shattering cannon.
This giant artillery is as tall as a dozen stories, and the length of the barrel alone is several hundred feet. It is an ultra-long-range artillery capable of firing several tons of shells. The range is enough to cover the entire battlefield. The earth-shattering artillery position roars with fire.
Sometimes it's like the end of the world, and the infinite sea of light can even level a solid fortress, and the attack points go deep into the ground.
By replacing it with a radiation warhead, the Earth Shatter Cannon can also turn the enemy's position into a land of death filled with horrific radiation dust.
Ever since Korhal IV was bombed by the old Federation with the Apocalypse nuclear bomb, the Korhal people have become increasingly difficult to deal with nuclear weapons.
Because the Earth Shatter Cannon is extremely heavy, it can only be deployed by train and heavy transport ship transportation. Countless Imperial engineers assembled and built stable launch platforms on the battlefield.
Ordinary generals believe that only a detailed and complete military plan can achieve victory, but a true military genius can decide the outcome of the entire war with one move. All human fears of the unknown come from insufficient firepower.
"A model of imperial military industry." Augustus said to Arcturus.
"It's time to turn this place into scorched earth." Arcturus said: "We have enough firepower. As long as we can defeat the enemy, we will not hesitate to spend more shells."
Not only are there earth-shattering cannons, this super fortress also has thousands of nuclear bomb silos. As long as Emperor Augustus gives the order, he can launch a nuclear bomb disaster at any time.
The battlefield between the Tyranid Empire and the Insect Swarm covers a large star field, and more than a hundred worlds are in varying degrees of fierce fighting. In some areas, due to distance and importance, there are only a few marines at most, but the Empire has always been there.
Concentrate limited resources on the main battlefield.
"It's time," said Augustus.
Augustus' Commander Powered Armor has the most communication ports of any armor model, condensing all command lines into one suit of armor so he can give orders directly to the main control center.
"Adjutant, report."
"The radiation strike is ready, the fusion strike is ready, and the fighter launch platform is ready." The other end immediately replied.
"The fate of billions of creatures lies at your fingertips," Arcturus said.
Arcturus liked this feeling. Now that Korhal had been destroyed, he didn't mind if the rest of the world became like Korhal.
"Countdown preparation, let all soldiers be ready." Augustus ordered again.
The imperial soldiers in the fortress began to move quickly, and the artillerymen who were operating the earth-shattering cannon had already adjusted the position of the cannon according to the order. Everyone wore soundproofing equipment, and the subsequent roar was enough to tear human eardrums.
"Launch them all!" After confirming that everything was ready, Augustus closed his mask and ordered.
At the command, the earth began to tremble, the air trembled with a harsh scream, and the cactus canyon emitted a tragic scream. The entire earth within sight fell into a sea of flames, and rounds of artillery fire tore through Fae.
The same land that has experienced vicissitudes of life.
Augustus was not in the mood to appreciate this magnificent scene of artillery fire, but turned directly towards the command center.
"The Garm Swarm is just a vanguard army of the Lord, and I am sure that Sars, the Lord of the Garm Swarm, did not even land on Phaethon." Augustus said:
"But as long as the Overlord knows that I am here, I will definitely come. Moreover, I will bring the Xel'Naga artifact, which is very attractive to the protoss and zerg."
During this period, Augustus appeared in Phaethon many times, and the eyeworms monitoring the imperial base must have already noticed this human emperor who dared to appear on the front line.
The Overlord has tried to assassinate Augustus more than once. He used all possible means to assassinate Augustus by controlling important officials of the empire and sending mimic hatchlings. As long as he can win, whether the methods and processes are despicable is of no concern to the insect swarm.
Meaningless.
"The Overlord will definitely surround Phaethon, but given the lessons learned from the Battle of Aiur, it may not dare to come to this planet in person." Arcturus said.
"You should go to Astrid III. General Warfield has already captured that planet."
Augustus retorted: "But there are no star spirits on this planet. The previous master died at the hands of the star spirits, and the role of humans is actually insignificant."
"It doesn't know we have the Xel'Naga artifact."
In fact, Augustus did not agree with this statement. If the fallen gods in the void have controlled the current master, then it is unclear which side Narud, his only servant in the real world, will side with.
However, Augustus judged that Amon's actual influence on the Overlord was limited, and that mainly depended on the degree of erosion of the void on the real world. Since Narud handed over the method of using the Xel'Naga artifact, it is very likely that he
It is possible that he wants to get rid of the current master with the help of the empire.
The current Overlord may not even know of Narud's existence, and an uncontrolled swarm of insects will be a huge destabilizing factor for Amon's shocking plan.
With this in mind, Augustus had a second plan.
"We are putting our hands into the lion's mouth," Arcturus said to Augustus.
They were walking through a huge armory, and next to it was a prototype of an Odin mecha. Although it was very incredible, the engineers of the Tyranid Empire were actually building Odin directly on the battlefield.
The technology of modular assembly allows the Tyranid Empire to deploy large mechas like Odin on the front lines at a faster speed.
"The fable also says that when we put our hands into the lion's mouth, we still have to hold the whip in our hands." Augustus said.
At this moment, after rounds of artillery fire, a large number of imperial bombers were taking off in the wind and flying towards the main nest of the Gamu Swarm in the distance.
"Okay, but now I have to drive the Odin into battle." Tychus walked towards his own Odin.
"I hope you know how to drive heavy armor this time." Prince Arcturus said: "Remember who is holding your collar, Mr. Finley."
"You think I'm your dog?" Tychus snorted from his tall nose.
"If you say that, then pretend you are a dog." Arcturus said.