StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The first star of the empire is Korhal IV, and the imperial capital is Augustgrad.

Although Augustgrad's history is short, this great city has conquered all imperial people who have ever visited it.

The rolling mountain borders of Augustgrad are expanding outward every day like breathing. The great river rushing through the radioactive wasteland has now become a part of the city, with buildings stretching into the sky on both sides. The skyscrapers and beautiful silver towers are brightly lit at night, reflecting the light on the river.

Unlike the splendid and elegant city of Tarsonis, which hides dirt and evil, Augustgrad has been the undisputed imperial capital of the Tyranids since its establishment. This is not a city full of warm and pastel colors. Augustgrad exudes the calm charm of a monarch and the coolness and majesty of a king.

Korhal was the center of the Tyranid Empire, and Augustgrad was the center of Korhal. Korhal is regarded as a symbol of the Terran human race's rise from the scorched ruins, and has even gradually evolved into a belief, while August Grad interprets human wisdom and infinite power, and represents A race that has experienced suffering and war has once again regained its confidence.

Seen from the air, Augustgrad's spiderweb-like train tracks are like the fine blood vessels of the entire city. Every day, thousands of commuters take the train from one end of Augustgrad to the other. .

For Imperial people of different eras, Korhal and Augustgrad had very different meanings.

For children who were born and raised in Augustgrad, this city is just a strange but familiar hometown.

"Aha! Augustgrad! I'm home!"

The golden dome of the palace sparkled in the sun, like a pyramid made of gold, and the spiers dominating the skyline seemed to support the entire gray sky. Augustgrad may have been the ideal imperial capital of Emperor Augustus the Great, a modern metropolis composed of countless steel towers supporting the sky and magnificent mega-structures.

A transport ship with the Cerberus Cerberus logo landed slowly on the top apron of the Augustgrad Palace, and the landing gear opened as soon as the landing hatch was opened.

Then, an insect queen wearing white gloves walked out gracefully, stretched out her hand and pulled out a wheelchair from behind. Lying on the wheelchair was a fat brainworm, lying in an enchanting posture.

The brainworm raised its head arrogantly, and only the queen bowed in salute.

Both the brain worm and the queen have many traces of mechanical modifications. The former is to make themselves more comfortable, and the latter is to kill better.

"Master Alpha, welcome back. When are you leaving?" Rosa Morales, the palace maid, put her foot on the wheelchair and bent down to stare at the brainworm.

Rosa Morales wore a velvet black waitress uniform with a lace-trimmed skirt and the royal crest pinned to it. Objectively speaking, Morales is also very beautiful. During these years when she did not need to wear power armor to fight, her white skin and slender legs were fully exposed.

Morales was originally a medical lieutenant in the Earth Expeditionary Force, and was later selected into the palace by Emperor Augustus. Originally Moralis was just a court doctor, but later became a waiter around the emperor.

This is strange, as ancient kings used this method to select their future concubines. But since Queen Sarah doesn't have any opinions, it's hard for others to say anything.

"Go back to Augustgrad for a small meeting and leave in two days." The evil little eyes of the brain worm squinted at Moralis: "Augustus called me from Kuskovo with just one word. When I came back, I didn’t give any reason. This emperor treats his loyal ministers like dogs. He is really wanton and will defeat the country sooner or later."

After years of baptism and the polishing of Xel'Naga artifacts, Royal Brain Worm Alpha has become more and more calm. Unless pressed, he no longer dares to openly call Augustus the Dog Emperor.

Now the unlucky guy Sass is on duty to charge the Xel'Naga artifact, otherwise it would be the one who would suffer.

In addition, there are many human brainworms in the palace that you dare not mess with. This dangerous earth woman in front of her is very difficult to mess with. It is said that Moralis gave the old master a hard shot when she was in Char, so there is nothing she dare not do.

"Say less, the emperor is angry now, be careful he puts you in jail." Moralis' voice was very gentle, but her words always contained a sharp knife: "This time, don't expect to beg for mercy. You can escape."

"I have heard about some recent things." Brainworm shrank his neck and did not dare to say anything more: "The empire is now purging traitors from the empire, and people are imprisoned for crimes every day. In the end, all the prisons in the empire have been Overwhelmed, prison ships could only be temporarily mobilized and parked over the city.”

"No matter when, human beings can never stop fighting among themselves."

The Great Purge had just ended, and it did not last long. The Queen just made a cut in the Empire's growing body and let out a stream of pus and blood. Even so, panic is unavoidable in the imperial capital, because no one wants to be implicated.

"This is the disadvantage of individuals having free will. Augustus should implant Cerberus engineering control nerves into all human beings." Once again, the Cerebrate expressed his opinions on how to better rule the empire.

"This is so anti-human," Morales said.

"In terms of results, this is the most effective approach." This brainworm is very similar to humans, but in some aspects it has completely opposite views. For example, it never thinks that it is necessary to remember those warriors who sacrificed for the clan.

"Well, I don't care about the empire at all. What does this have to do with me? No one wants to see Augustus kicked off the throne more than me." It glanced at Moralis: "Of course, if he begs If I help him, it’s a different story.”

"Forget about him, where is my little Louis?"

"If you want to go to Louise, she is currently studying ballet with a tutor hired by the royal family." Moralis said.

When the brain worm heard this, he looked at Zagara, the worm queen next to him, and the latter nodded immediately.

"Louis doesn't need to study, she just needs to learn how to dominate the insect swarm. Now at her age, she should eat, drink and have fun." It then shouted: "Take me to her quickly while there is still time."

"I'm not your subordinate." Moralis snorted.

"I beg you to take me to find her." Brainworm raised his head high.

"If you frighten her, the queen will chop you into pieces." Morales accepted this trick and turned back.

"What does this mean? I treat her as my daughter." Brainworm was furious and bared his teeth.

"The queen has warned you not to let brainworms take care of children." Moralis said, "Who asked you to teach your children to swear?"

"I changed it a long time ago, I changed it a long time ago." Brainworm said weakly.

This brainworm has never shown too much affection for a certain human, but Princess Louise is an exception. This seems to be related to her naturally high "zero affinity". It turns out that Lois Mengsk's innate psychic abilities even cause the zerg to view her as one of their kind.

Morales did not answer, but just led the way. The brainworm drove the wheelchair propeller and followed closely, followed by Zagara who walked lightly.

Compared with when the brainworm left, the Augustgrad Palace has become different again, with many precious works of art added to it.

Passing through the gate after the apron is the reception hall of the palace. The reception hall has parquet floors and a high mural ceiling. On one side is an entire floor-to-ceiling window, from which you can directly overlook the city of Augustgrad. panorama, the other side decorated with mirrors and candlesticks embellished with gold leaf.

A young man wearing the uniform of the Empire's Stillling Military Academy walked over. His long, silky golden hair and gray eyes that seemed to contain storms were impressive.

".It turns out to be Mr. Alpha." Prince Valerian was stunned for a moment when he saw the brainworm and the queen, and his eyelids couldn't stop twitching.

"Hello." Brainworm glanced at him.

Valerian is the cousin of Princess Louise. As a member of the royal family, he deserves the best education. And although he seems a bit boastful and idealistic due to lack of training, he has shown outstanding character and ability.

As the oldest royal member of this generation, Valerian has inherited his mother's beauty and the sharp gray eyes of his father's family, and has also attracted a lot of attention from the outside world.

At this time, Valerian stretched out his hand to shake hands with the Cerebrate opposite him but felt something was wrong. The scene was awkward for a moment.

Fortunately, the brainworm still stretched out its tail in disgust: "Don't mess with me, kid, I hate people from the Mengsk family."

"But I am proud to be a member of the Mengsk family." Valerian could only smile and walked to the other side to prepare to leave for the academy.

"Valerian is loved by Emperor Augustus, and he is also the heir of Prince Arcturus. As a royal, he is not arrogant, and treats others with humility and courtesy. Everyone who has met him dislikes him." Mo Mo. Lalith said to Brainworm: "But you hate him."

"This kid only wants to be like his uncle. That's the end of it. How did he know that Augustus Mengsk was a sadist." Brainworm is still frightened when he thinks of those painful memories.

Augustus Mengsk used him to experiment on the Xel'Naga artifact Nova Impact, which was a really painful memory. Later, Augustus actually said that this was all to wash away Xel'Nagaemon's influence on the will of the swarm, euphemistically called it a cleansing and retraining. In the end, it had to thank him. It was really unreasonable.

"Can't deny it," Morales said.

With that said, Moralis walked into a cross aisle in the palace and saw a little girl wearing a white tutu flying out, really like a free white swan.

This girl has long red hair and beautiful big gray eyes. The girl has a beautiful neck, delicate cheekbones and delicate lips like buds. Her steps are light and calm. She is already a beautiful lady.

"Alpha!" The girl looked very happy. The strange thing was that she seemed to have known that the brainworm was back.

"Angel" Royal Brainworm burst into tears.

That was Louise, the only daughter of Emperor Augustus and Empress Sarah. She was now more than four years old and the darling of the entire palace. And not only humans, Princess Louise can also be loved by protoss and bugs at the same time.

The royal brainworm was overjoyed and jumped out of the wheelchair and rushed towards Princess Louise, but he hit an invisible wall and became dizzy.

"Dark Templar! You are so haunted!" As soon as the Royal Cerebrate showed an angry look on his face, Louis ran over and rubbed the Cerebrate Dog's head with his soft little hands. The latter immediately beamed with joy.

"caught you!"

In the eyes of the protoss, humans are also a strange race. They are often much more innocent when they are young, but they are completely different as they grow older.

"Louis, you've grown so old before you knew it." It rubbed against Louis, making her giggle: "Time really flies by. For humans, time always flies by."

Seeing Princess Louis smile, even Moralis with a cold expression smiled.

Louise was like a ray of sunshine, and her smile always warmed people's hearts. This also seems to be related to her incredible psychic talent. When the telepathy is extremely powerful, it is enough to affect others.

She is loved by millions and is the future of the empire. There is always no shortage of toys or playmates.

"I'm not in the palace, you must be very lonely, Louis." The brainworm whimpered, while Princess Louis stroked it like a human. This scene is very touching.

"Dehaka has been accompanying the princess recently. It seems to be trying to teach a human child how to hunt essences." Moralis said.

"Dehaka? What qualifications does that despicable primitive insect have to get close to Lewis? It only has the essence in its mind!" Hearing this, the brain worm jealously bit through a golden wolf statue at the end of the aisle. This ferocious brain worm A pair of sharp teeth can even chew larvae raw as snacks, and can bite through steel.

"Louis" a soft call came from a distance, and everyone bowed slightly, including the brainworm and the queen.

Queen Sarah Kerrigan came over and had just attended a brief meeting, but she was not seeking the opinions of the attendees but giving them direct orders. The queen's decisive and cold image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one dares to question her authority.

The majestic queen wore a white silk robe with gold trim, an elegant train, and a gorgeous crown on her head. She walked over, and everyone could clearly see her beautiful expression.

Louis ran towards his mother again, turned and hid behind her skirt.

"Alpha, you're back." Kerrigan looked at the Cerebrate.

"My supreme queen!" Brainworm immediately crawled to Kerrigan's crystal-decorated high-heeled shoes, bowing to the ground and not daring to speak.

In the past, the Cerebrate didn't take Augustus seriously simply because his psychic power was not as strong as his own, but in front of Kerrigan, it didn't even dare to move.

"Alpha" Kerrigan pointed to the statue next to her that was bitten by brainworms.

"Here." The brainworm was frightened.

"Fix it for me before His Majesty comes back!" Kerrigan said coldly, leaving the trembling royal brainworm behind.