The electronic version of the newspaper "The Empire and You" founded by the UNN Universe News Network subsidiary is one of the most popular reading materials in the Tyranids. The first cover of the newspaper in 2503 has this sentence on the front page:
People naturally began to compare the era under Augustus the Great to the best era in human history, without any fear of doing so unfairly. - Max Speer
Indeed, this sentence shows the growing ambition and arrogance of the imperial people in this era of abundance and prosperity.
"This is not a good era. We are surrounded by powerful enemies and wars are happening one after another. But I happen to know that the real disaster is far more than this."
The Emperor, who was riding an Orion turbo coupe through the streets of Augustgrad, leaned his head sideways on a leather cushion and commented sarcastically on this issue of the newspaper "The Empire and You"
The cover line: "Tell Spear to slow down and stop blowing the news before anyone says I control UNN."
At this time, the turbine sports car that Augustus was riding in was driving over a viaduct that crossed the center of Augustgrad like a giant dragon. Its endless ends were hidden in the hazy morning mist.
In the middle, countless land-based cars are driving as if they are driving among the clouds.
On both sides of the viaduct are stunning skyscraper complexes, with their Gothic vertical towering spiers extending to the invisible skyline, with black glass and polished metal facades separated by huge grilles.
The sun is shining dazzlingly. The people of Augustgrad seem to be living in the forest of steel and glass where giants live. The small figures on the ground are like ants on the hill.
The city of Augustgrad is entirely built on incredible, layered steel structures. The huge buildings neatly arranged along the road are like black Stonehenge, which is jaw-droppingly spectacular. Billions of people live here.
Among the commercial offices, shops, hotels, banks and apartment buildings among the cold metallic buildings, even they were amazed at what they had achieved, as if this giant city had just grown overnight.
It looks like a space was built.
Humans are nothing more than tiny ant colonies on the planet, and even the nests built by ant colonies can be as high as the sun.
For seven years, the borders have never stopped expanding. Augustgrad has become the largest and most majestic city known to Terran humans, and its brilliant lights at night are clearly visible even from high-altitude orbits.
If a few years ago people in the Tyranid Empire were still critical of Korhal's qualifications to become the imperial capital, especially the people of Tarsonis, then all the discordant voices are now over the greatness Korhal has achieved.
Disappeared in achievement.
"You don't need to guess, this Spier must have been thinking for a long time before writing such words - not too explicit, but also to make his emperor feel comfortable." Sarah Kerrigan sat on Augustus
On the other side of the city, even though she is the queen of the empire, she is still as venomous as before.
Of course, if Emperor Augustus hadn't been running to Lisa Cassidy's palace every day, Kerrigan wouldn't be so evil.
Even though Augustus himself didn't have much psychic talent, he could still detect the dangerous aura emanating from Kerrigan.
"What's wrong with letting us have such a sweet dream?" Prince Arcturus sat in the front seat, beside his wife Juliana Pasteur, the daughter of the famous Umoyan diplomat.
This day was the day when their son Valerian Mengsk graduated from the Stillling Military Academy. Everyone in the Mengsk family came to attend his graduation ceremony, but other family members were in another car.
On the car.
Considering the reputation of the royal family, Arcturus finally married Juliana, but the relationship between the couple could never return to the passionate love period of their youth. Not only that, their relationship could not even be called that great.
harmony.
The two people have always had conflicts and disputes over the training of Valerian. Julianna always believed that Arcturus was just forcing her son to become a qualified heir without caring about his feelings.
The author does not deny this. It is just that since Valerian himself chose the path he would take in the future, his gentle and kind mother could only let it go.
However, in public places, Arcturus and Juliana always have to look like they are in love, because this is a symbol of the harmonious coexistence between the Tyranids and the United States of Umoyan.
"Arturus, you are not someone who believes that dreams can come true." Augustus turned to look at the scenery outside the window.
"People change." Arcturus smiled and was in a good mood.
The turbine sports car that Augustus was riding in was actually not that new in Augustgrad. It was really sparse and common on the roads in the center of the city. In the air, even more gorgeous and fancy flying cars appeared.
You are walking on a route parallel to the viaduct.
With the vigorous development of the empire's technology and industry, cars using anti-gravity technology have entered thousands of households in the empire at lower prices. The newly opened resource-based colonies have also made necessary fuels such as high-energy gas even cheaper.
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Therefore, even ordinary company employees in Augustgrad can now afford to take their families on vacations during their holidays. In addition, the prosperity of interstellar routes has made low-cost interstellar travel finally a reality at the beginning of this century.
Maybe, if a person wants to try his luck on another planet far away from home, then he can give it a try.
Nowadays, even on the most remote borders of the Tyranid Empire, you can see the cruising Imperial fleet. Every galaxy has large and small space stations and outposts built. Imperial merchant ships can be seen in every starry sky. Developed
Logistics has given rise to prosperous trade, and even the marginal world that was originally unknown due to geographical location is now on the right track.
Under the governance of an unprecedented enlightened government, the Terran Empire is indeed entering a golden age of rapid development. Under the threat of powerful foreign enemies, human civilization will either stagnate or burst into endless possibilities.
There was silence in the turbine sports car for a while, and the mist that shrouded the sky finally dissipated. The bright morning light shone on the wide river below, and the beautiful high white walls on both sides curved into curves as the river bank extended.
Looking ahead, the majestic main city of Augustgrad is already in sight.
The business district of Augustgrad is astonishingly prosperous, with billions of people passing by every day. Here, people can find goods from almost all the empire worlds. In those super department stores the size of the Sky Tower,
You can even find high-energy crystal minerals from Masala, agricultural products from Haven, and high-quality wood from Formica.
"I found another one about you. It was written by Doni Vermillion. He must have eaten too much peanut butter, and he shamelessly said that you are not a womanizer." At this time, Kerrigan opened the personal terminal panel again.
The news section of the newspaper came to Augustus.
"Donnie is the UNN host who dares to tell the truth the most." Augustus spread his hands.
"Look at this again, he actually said that you are magnanimous and never hold grudges." Kerrigan sighed, lamenting that this guy became blind at a young age.
In front of the public, Augustus naturally tended to be perfect. After all, the public had no way of understanding that side of his daily life.
"Well, you probably can't find any bad news about me, at least not yet." Augustus looked at Kerrigan.
The Mengsk royal family, represented by Augustus, had almost no scandals. Apart from occasionally inviting local governors to ride vultures together, the emperor himself did not seem to have any indecent hobbies.
"When you say that, does it prove that you search your name on news websites a hundred times a day?" Kerrigan glanced sideways at Augustus with her beautiful eyes.
"How could it be possible?" Augustus shook his head. After all, Augustus was already the most famous figure in the empire.
He is not his own royal brainworm. Not only does he shamelessly self-publish brainworm movies and books with himself as the protagonist, but he also always maintains high-intensity self-search on the Internet. Unfortunately, he can only follow up furiously.
Those comments that said "This brainworm is so cute" kept getting online.
After thinking about it, Augustus didn't argue any more, and instead stood up and hugged Kerrigan, finally blocking her mouth.
"Ugh!" Kerrigan was really not angry. Otherwise, with her incredible spiritual power, she could have kept talking in Augustus's mind with her mind.
Even though less than half of the transformation process has been completed, Kerrigan's psychic power has been completely freed from the shackles of human beings after being baptized by the original splitting pool. The original catalyst liquid did not leave much trace of the zerg on Kerrigan's body.
There is no trace, but her green eyes have completely transformed into a magnificent purple, shining with a charming luster like gems.
"Huh?" Louise, who was sitting in the middle, was dozing off. Her head was nodding. Her stupid old father gave her a slap in the face even though her face was confused. Her big cold gray eyes stared around fiercely.
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Because he volunteered to take care of his little sister, Louis basically didn't sleep well yesterday. For the first time, he realized that there may not be many children as obedient as himself. He thought that Aunt Lisa might have another brother in the future.
Sister, the situation has become more and more serious.
Last year, Augustus and Kerrigan's second daughter was born. After careful consideration by the family, she was eventually named Charlotte Catherine Mengsk.
The little princess also has powerful psychic talents, but she is much weaker than her elder sister, and can only barely reach level eight. Obviously, Augustus' genes must be holding her back.
At this time, Stillling Military Academy finally arrived, its campus surrounded by green trees.
There is a huge black cross monument in front of the Stillling Military Academy. It was built to commemorate the Battle of Tiberus System three years ago. Every year, a large number of veterans return here to pay tribute to their fallen comrades.
Bouquet of flowers.
It was customary for Augustus to hand over flowers every time he passed by, and his future successors must also maintain this tradition.
The main gate of the college is heavily guarded, and the sentries in crisp uniforms are all new junior students. Their open hard-collared coats look both handsome and fashionable.
Everyone here knew Augustus, and he, along with Kerrigan and others, were quickly welcomed into the square where the graduation ceremony was about to be held.
But when he found Valerian and was about to walk over, he saw Tychus Finlay talking to him shoulder to shoulder. For a moment, Emperor Augustus' eyes immediately became sharp.
"Come, let your uncle Tychus be healthy." Tychus chuckled and put his arm around Valerian's shoulders.
"Don't ask your nephew to borrow money." Renault solemnly reminded his worthless old friend.
"Haha." Tychus smiled so much that his mouth widened, obviously he was very proud of himself recently:
"Boy, I will take you to eat some meat today."
These two uncles were the founding generals who followed his uncle Augustus to conquer the empire, and they were like brothers to the emperor. Of course they were elders in Valerian's case.
Naturally, Valerian didn't dare to say anything to Tychus, but if he didn't shirk, this guy would really be able to take his juniors to have fun.
"Tychus!" Augustus shouted.
When Tychus heard his voice, he immediately dwarfed and ran away in despair. He didn't know what trouble he had caused recently: "I have something else to do, you guys talk first!"
"Uncle Augustus, you are really here." Even though he was twenty-one years old, the beautiful blond Valerian was still as surprised as a child when he saw Augustus.
"Congratulations to you, future heroes of the empire." Augustus shook hands with several officer academy cadets around Valerian one by one.
These young students are all good friends of Valerian, and they can be friends with the prince. They are also a very outstanding group of people in the academy. Augustus remembers the one named Ister Foss,
This young man from a rural area also ranks among the best in a college where talented people are born.
Then Augustus began his speech at the graduation ceremony.
"Today is a special day for everyone. This college should be proud because it has always been sending the brightest and best talents to the empire." He said: "This is the most magnificent era in the history of Koprulu.
, it is the age of heroes. The threat of the zerg is still imminent, and the Tal'darim protoss are still harassing our new colony in the Sigma sector."
"You will become the spokesperson of the Terran Empire, bringing law, prosperity and peace back to this land."
"Congratulations, second lieutenants of the Army. May you serve with honor. I am proud of you."