676 Augustus: We can’t leave this planet to Eamon, let’s blow it up
"It's like a nightmare come true."
Jim Raynor stood on the brightly lit broad bridge of the White Star and looked at the slowly rotating planet Atrias under the porthole.
Terrifying void fissures are emerging from the surface of the planet, and red void energy is rising into the sky. The area it covers and the height it reaches are so amazing that they can be clearly seen in high-altitude orbits. They are erupting like volcanic magma.
The void energy released even caused changes in the crust of the planet Atrias, creating huge vortices in the atmosphere that could swallow dozens of Augustgrads.
Such a shattering scene truly explains what Amon's Wrath is.
At this moment, all those who witnessed such a terrifying scene could truly feel the horror of Eamon. No wonder the Tal'darin protoss worshiped Eamon as a god. Probably only gods can display such supernatural power.
"What Zeratul said is true. When the nightmare comes to reality, the doomsday war will come." Augustus had a calm expression on his face, as if he had already anticipated the scene in front of him. In fact, Augustus had no emotion on his face.
, even if his heart is really shaken, he will not show it anymore.
He is the emperor of the Tyran Empire and the backbone of the Tyran people. A king should be as motionless as a mountain. Even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him, his appearance will remain unchanged.
Right now, hundreds of pillars composed of countless void celestial fragments are rising on the surface of the planet Atrias, supporting the sky like mountains. Surrounding these void fragments, void cracks of various sizes are still emerging.
It looked like springs emerging, with blood from hell flowing in them.
Countless void creations are pouring out from the cracks in the void. These terrifying monsters shrouded in dark red light are the cold reflection of the dark side of the void, and their existence subverts all common sense in the material universe.
The Void is now no different from a real hell, corrupted by Aamon's anger and resentment.
The only good news is that although these void creatures are not ordinary life, they must consume a lot of void energy to exist in the material universe, so their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced. And they are not undead and can also be "killed"
Yes, reports from ground landing troops also prove this.
But on the other hand, the number of void creations is huge. Even if they can be killed, the void cracks generated on the surface of the planet can create more.
"...If it was Korhal who ended up like this, how many people would have lost their lives." Reno is an optimistic person most of the time. As a leader, his positive side can always infect his followers.
But even he also has a negative and decadent side.
Now Renault is not alone. He has a large family to take care of. As the marshal of the Tyran Empire and the right-hand man that Emperor Augustus relies on, Renault is no longer the comfortable cowboy he used to be. There is an empire waiting for him.
guard.
"I hope my worries are unnecessary. But if I were Amon, as long as I captured the capital of the Tyranid Empire, human morale would be greatly damaged, even if it would not collapse."
Raynor's worries are not unreasonable. On the planet Atrias, Amon has already demonstrated his power. Only by seeing it with your own eyes can you know how terrible the doomsday that Zeratul said will sweep the entire Koprulu sector will be.
Previously, Renault obviously lacked such understanding. For humans, Amon, the god of void and darkness, was just a concept. They neither understood the void nor what Xel'Naga and Amon looked like.
After all, it couldn't be confirmed before that they even existed.
Just imagine, as long as you pull a planet into the void and turn it into a part of the void, endless void creations can step into the material universe. These void creations are made of pure void energy and can never be killed.
The meaning of fighting on the planet will cease to exist.
"Even if one day comes..." Augustus' words revealed his firm determination: "Khal will be Amon's insurmountable iron wall, the hardest bone in the universe. And even if it is
The people of Korhal will not stop fighting until the last moment before the fall."
The Terran humans are a young race, but they have never surrendered.
"It's not that easy to capture Korhal." Renault's mind turned quickly and he immediately caught up with Augustus's thoughts. Within a sentence or two, they began to discuss this doomsday battle.
How should the battle be fought?
What Renault didn't know was that long before he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Augustus had deduced countless times how this doomsday war should be fought. But he could tell that Augustus had already expected that Korhal would be attacked.
This is how Sky Shield is prepared for the possibility of attack.
All preparations are for the final battle. It would be short-sighted to say that Augustus frantically expanded his army just to deal with the zerg.
"In Korhal, we have the largest fleet and the strongest track defenses. Even if the high-altitude tracks and the surface have been completely destroyed, we can still transfer to the surface through Augustgrad's underground train track system.
The war is going on, and the supplies stored there are enough to fight for several years."
"And if you want to capture Korhal," Raynor said, "Aemon's army must pay a heavy price."
"Then, we will have a decisive battle with Aemon at a place he least expects when he is distracted from dealing with Korhal and Sagulath." Augustus took over what Raynor said.
In the eyes of Augustus, Korhal was just a bargaining chip in the game, the price of victory. In an interstellar war, one wrong move would lead to the destruction of the planet and the devastation of all life, and there was no room for indecision.
"...If I had a hammer in my hand, I would hit Eamon in the face without even thinking about it." Renault thought for a while: "But we don't know where this guy is."
"Void." Augustus paused: "In the void."
"The Void?" Renault felt that he understood something, but not completely: "But the phase technician Karax said that the void is a place where life cannot exist, so how should we enter it."
"Use the Xel'Naga spaceship!" Augustus said: "Before life existed, the Xel'Naga traveled between the void and reality on their spaceship. Moreover, after testing, the energy shield and energy shield of the newly built battleship
The armor can fully withstand the tearing force of the void for a period of time."
"Okay, then let's jump up to Eamon's face and give him a few blows." Renault said, "Let him see how powerful humans are."
"At the same time, we must unite the protoss and bugs as much as possible, and gather the last power in the universe to enter the void and kill Amon. This is the winner of this war." Augustus nodded, and then
explain:
"The cauldron will sink the boat, and the jade and stone will be destroyed."
As long as Eamon still has a health bar, there's nothing to fear.
Previously, in order to prevent Narud from noticing anything from Renault and others through mind reading, Augustus never disclosed this plan to them.
But it doesn't matter now.
Soon there will be no need to worry about this.
Of course, Augustus also omitted many details, such as how to deal with the evil god's body used by Amon to descend into reality, and what to do about Kara being corrupted by Amon, and so on.
It's useless to tell Renault now.
Even if Tassadar announced to all the Duram protoss that Kara might be corrupted by Amon and asked them to immediately cut off the nerve bundles and cut off the connection with Kara, even with his prestige, he would immediately be regarded as a deviant by the angry protoss.
.
Because there is no evidence.
How could thousands of years of traditions and beliefs be shaken by a few words? It was Kara who saved the ancestors of the Protoss Empire and brought this civilization to another peak after the catastrophe of the ages.
The El Protoss are fanatical believers of Kara. They have been in contact with Kara since they were born and have never lost contact with her.
As for telling Zeratul, it would be even more useless. His frantic pursuit of doomsday prophecies in the universe over the years has caused many people in the Durham protoss to think that he has become paranoid to the point of madness. If Zeratul were to continue at this time,
If you come out, it will only prove that he is really a madman.
In this kind of thing, only when death is imminent will the El Protoss believe that there is something wrong with Kara, and will they have the courage and determination to cut her off.
However, as long as the artifact is still in Augustus' hands, the problem of Kara's corruption is not an unsolvable dead end.
"Unite the zerg?" Raynor was stunned for a moment. The protoss had already formed an alliance with the Tyranid Empire, but what happened to the zerg?
When the end comes, the Tyranids will of course have to unite all the forces that can be united, and humans cannot do this alone. This second-generation little master is obsessed with killing humans and protoss, and there is no way he will cooperate with humans.
sign.
Of course, this is not certain. Since Amon is determined to destroy all living things in the universe, in order to instinctively seek survival, the will of the swarm will also try its best to find a way to survive.
"Primordial Zerg?" Raynor thought of this possibility.
The original zerg have always been unruly, but considering that Zulwen, the ancestor of the zerg, trembled when he heard the name of Emon, maybe these guys will become the worm alliance when Emon's army comes, and follow happily to harvest.
Maybe the essence.
On the Protoss side, it is certain that, except for the Tal'darin Protoss, the two branches of the Durham Protoss and the Purifier Protoss will side with the Tyranid Empire.
As for humans themselves, the Kemerian Consortium and Umoyan within the Koprulu Sector are already considered half of the empire, so there is no need to worry at all.
The human side of the earth is too far away, almost half of the Milky Way, and we don't know what's going on right now. Maybe they don't have time to take care of themselves.
The Zerg side is currently divided into the primitive insect swarm and the dominant insect swarm. The former only recognizes the essence but not the people, while the latter does not recognize the parents.
"Don't we still have Alpha?" Augustus smiled and said, "Now it has become a primitive brainworm and is no longer controlled by the main hive mind."
"..." Renault felt very tired for a moment.
If they end up relying on the fat nerd brainworm to save the world.
It's better to destroy it.
Ever since Princess Louise raised this brainworm as a pet dog, this guy has been completely useless. He spends his days drunkenly dreaming of soda and chips. He fights with Duke when nothing happens, saying that there is no room for two dogs in a mountain, which will hurt the enemy.
The old man was so angry that he was half-dead with the trick of losing eight hundred by one thousand.
"Unless it can really become the master." Renault thought for a moment and didn't say it too harshly. This brainworm still has some brains, but it's just too salty.
"Then it's up to us to help it." Augustus said: "Of course, we don't expect it to do anything. When the time comes, it will just take the dominant position."
"Is it possible that we can still kill the Overlord and all the brainworms?" Renault spread his hands.
"It seems that this is the only way." Augustus shrugged.
"But what if things don't go as you planned?" Renault asked.
"I have a plan B," Augustus said.
"...I still don't know your plan B, that is, there is no plan." Renault sighed.
"This time is different," Augustus said.
"You said the same thing last time." Renault was helpless, thinking that this conversation seemed familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he heard it.
"And Plan C," Augustus said.
"Tell me about it," Renault said.
"Zeratul has been away for a long time." Augustus was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know what's going on with him over there."
Zeratul has his own spaceship, and he always lives alone.
A few minutes ago, the Terran Empire's ground troops had just reported Zeratul's movements to Augustus - a gunnery sergeant claimed that Zeratul had led several stalkers into the Temple of Iris.
There was no news after that.
This is the way the Dark Templars behave. In Shadowrun, they have to fight against ten times the number of enemies alone. This is the path of the brave, and it is also the lonely path of death.
After Zeratul entered the temple, he only sent a message to Augustus, stating that he was going to find the void catalyst used by the Taldarin protoss in the Temple of Iris to communicate with Amon.
"My mother said...Ji people have their own celestial phenomena." Renault laughed dumbly: "Don't worry about Zeratul, but look, what should we do with this planet now?"
On the planet Atrias below, the surging void cracks are still increasing. It seems that it won't be long before the planet will be pulled into the void. By then, they cannot guarantee the void pouring out of it.
Will Creation attack nearby Tyranid Empire colonies?
Ordinary Sigma sector colonial troops are unable to compete with these formidable enemies.
"Well, we can't leave this planet to Eamon." Augustus looked at the main screen, which was switching to the scene in the White Star armory.
"Swan, tell me your plan."
"Oh, Your Majesty, I asked my old friend to get the drawings of the Moser-class doomsday device (from the official map introduction of StarCraft I)." Swann's familiar stocky figure appeared again.
"I've tested it - it works great."
"This thing is much scarier than an apocalypse-level nuclear bomb."
"Old Federation militants used this device to detonate the entire Wotan II (because the doomsday device changed from the agricultural world Agrarian World to the Ash World) - after the doomsday device detonated in the core of Wotan II's planet
It triggered a global volcanic eruption, turning everything on the planet into ashes. Now, the entire surface of Wotan II is as ugly as briquettes." Swann said: "It is really a terrible tragedy."
"The unique geological changes in Atrias have created many strange cracks that can penetrate directly into the earth's crust. As long as the Moser-class doomsday device is sent in, the high-energy gas accumulated inside the planet can be detonated, sending the entire planet into the sky."
"Very good, adjutant. Get through to Varn's ground command center. I have an order to issue." Hearing this, Augustus took a few steps and said. The Wotan II is the eternal pain in the Tyran Empire's heart. It's crazy.
Federation extremists are willing to destroy an entire world to seek revenge on the Empire. But it was this incident that made the Empire aware of this terrible black technology of the old Federation.
The ground commander was Colonel Abraham Vahn, known as the Imperial Ram, and his troops were known for their heavy-handed offensives.
"We are going to blow up this planet," Augustus said: