StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

As Nova Squadron special operations teams descended to the surface of Urna in drop pods and transport ships, thousands of high-precision scans were continuously uploaded to the White Star's supercomputer and handed over to the battleship for experimentation Scholars from the Imperial Xel'Naga Chamber of Commerce researched and deciphered it.

But Augustus didn't have much hope for his scientists and archaeologists. He was more waiting for the cracking results from the Protoss.

In terms of archeology, Protoss is still professional.

The Xel'Naga hieroglyphs that the Imperial scientists couldn't decipher even if they scratched their heads were just children's flashcards to the protoss. After all, they had been studying them for at least thousands of years.

The way the protoss reads and understands the Xel'Naga text is much more advanced than that of humans. For them, the arrangement of each atom has its own meaning, and it is not just left on the surface.

"This place is really scary."

Renault carefully looked at the scan of Urna's main structure on the main screen, as if trying to figure out the mystery of those towering mountain-like stepped pyramids and hexagonal prism platforms.

Urna is not a sphere or a regular cube, but an equilateral double cone glowing with soft blue light. Along its steep face, majestic staircases and vast galleries are laid out diagonally soaring to the sky, with giant figures large enough to accommodate the city clearly visible.

The largest Xel'Naga temple in the Koprulu sector is not worth mentioning in front of Urna. In comparison, it is just a hillock made of sand next to the pyramid, which can be flattened by a burst of rain.

But this is obviously not all the mysteries of Urna. If you want to truly find out, you may have to go inside.

"It is said that Urna was the first planet created by the Xel'Naga, and it was also the place where they first spread life." Zeratul was also excited when he saw the scene in front of him. He had a premonition that everything confused him. All mysteries are about to be solved.

If Augustus hadn't stopped him, Zeratul would have been ready to go down and find out for himself.

"Zeratu, this means that Urna already existed before the first life in the universe appeared." Augustus couldn't help but think about it. Before humans appeared, the Xel'Naga had already stood at the apex of the universe, but now their race has been completely extinct, with not much left.

In Augustus' view, it was really amazing to just move these mountain-like boulders here and then polish and carve them into shape, not to mention pouring such huge void energy into them. With the current level of science and technology of mankind, this is simply impossible.

It can be imagined that in many fields such as engineering and genetics, Xel'Naga has already reached the pinnacle.

For the entire universe, the history of protoss and human beings is but a brief moment. Countless civilizations have risen and fallen, and only loneliness and death remain forever.

But the Xel'Naga's life is calculated based on the cycle of the universe's reincarnation. In a sense, they are gods. Some xel'naga believe that they should play the role of gods and perform their duties, while others do not consider themselves to be gods and should not interfere with the natural evolution of creation.

This was the point of disagreement and one of the triggers of the Xel'Naga Civil War.

"Boss, the void energy below has blocked the communication signal. The signal here may not be transmitted outside. You'd better be careful." Swann, who was working in the White Star armory, appeared in the communication channel: " I've never seen anything like this."

"Hey, hey, hey, Swan is calling the bridge, can you hear me?"

Swann raised his voice as if it could offset the buzzing electricity on the channel.

"You can hear me, old man." Augustus couldn't help but smile and asked him: "Swan, how do you think we should enter the Urna Temple?"

"Oh, this." Swan thought for a moment: "Wait a minute."

"Hey, great inventor, what do you think?" Renault asked.

"See that gate. It's so big that it looks like it was built for giants." Swann sent a set of pictures and said in a loud voice.

It was a giant door built into an organic rock wall. The giant door was made up of many geometric bodies that were tightly spliced ​​together. Its size is quite large, and the Imperial soldiers standing below are like a group of small black dots.

"No matter what method you use to break open the door, the entrance is right there." Swann waved his hands: "To be honest, damn, I'm so angry about breaking the door. All the methods I can think of won't work."

"It seems like it will take a lot of effort to get in." Renault said, rubbing his chin.

"Go about your business, Swan will call you later." Augustus nodded to Swan, not embarrassing him, after all, he is not omnipotent.

"Emperor Augustus Mengsk." At this time, Artanis once again entered the communication channel with good news: "My warriors discovered a Xel'Naga called Skylock on the surface of Urna. Facility, Supreme Protector Rohana believes that may be the key to opening the temple.”

While Artanis was speaking, a psychic signal that was converted into a radio signal sent the image of the "Heavenly Lock" in his mouth.

It can be seen that the so-called Sky Lock is actually a giant obelisk located in the Xel'Naga Altar, with a buzzing bright green void crystal looming in it. The core of Tiansuo is an organic boulder arranged and carved with superb and miraculous engineering achievements. The surface of the polished boulder is inlaid with exquisite void crystal decoration, and the complex and beautiful extraordinary spiral patterns and arc patterns are outlined. With that astonishingly perfect outline, it shines with the green flash that symbolizes life.

This is a poetic elaboration of Xel'Naga aesthetics. From these beautiful and fascinating lines, you can see not only the twinkling stars in the universe, but also the mountains, flowing water, trees, flowers and grass. Just looking at it, you can't help but be immersed in its calmness and elegance.

"Key." Renault raised his eyebrows: "How to use it?"

"There are a total of five skylock facilities like this." Artanis replied: "As long as all five skylocks are controlled, the road ahead will naturally appear, and everything will be as the prophecy said - Destined, I have already mentioned it.”

"Yeah" Zeratul responded, indicating that he saw it that way too.

"Urna is both a temple and a palace." He continued: "This is the testing ground for the successors of Xel'Naga, and the successors must show their strength here before they can embark on the journey to godhood. level."

"Perhaps, this is the first step to gain recognition from Xel'Naga."

"In other words, this is the entrance exam." Renault said thoughtfully: "I think I know what to do. In short, we have to perform well in front of these Xel'Naga."

"Contact Purifier Executive Officer Koralion immediately and ask him to discuss the next plan." In any case, Augustus had to drag the Purifier with him to feel at ease.

Augustus kept one thing in mind, that is, Urna was closer to the void and more susceptible to Amon's influence.

In other words, compared to the physical universe outside Urna, Amon can corrupt Kara and control all the El Stars in it more easily.

With the purifier star spirit escorting him, Augustus felt confident.

On the other hand, the golden fleet led by Tassadar is likely to have arrived in Aiur soon, and if it is to be finished, both sides will probably be finished together.

As long as Eamon creates a little ripple in Kara, countless protoss will fall into madness. Only the most powerful protoss can barely resist Amon's corruption, but even then, the time they can maintain themselves without being controlled is short-lived.

I'm afraid Augustus will have to help the Protoss again, and it seems that this can only be the case - since the Battle of El, Augustus can be said to have gained full favorability with the Protoss. It can be maxed out in one go.

Jokingly speaking, maybe he can be canonized by the Star Spirits.

"I am extremely honored to receive the wise guidance of a legendary executive ancestor," Artanis said immediately.

Koralion's reputation in the Protoss Empire is already quite large, otherwise his deeds would not be widely spread among the Templars to this day. When such a person stood in front of Artanis, he could only be humble.

"I'm Koralion." Koralion responded quickly.

"Salute to Executor Koralion, may your fame last forever." Zeratul said.

"Dark Master Zeratul, I have heard of you." Koralion said: "Brave Dark Templar, you deserve the respect of the Purifiers."

The Purifiers have a much better attitude towards the Nerazim protoss than the Aiur protoss, probably because they all experienced suppression and exile by the Conclave. It can be seen that there is a reason why the Supreme Council ended up in its current situation.

"Executor Coralion." Augustus looked at him and said: "Executor Artanis told me that if you want to enter the Urna Temple, these five skylock facilities may be the key. Now, we are There are plans to send troops to control these areas."

When Colorarion heard this, he was silent for a moment, not only confirming the location of the sky lock sent by Augustus, but also distinguishing the authenticity of this information.

There is a Supreme Protector on Artanis' side. This position was extremely rare even in ancient times. He knows the past and present, and can be said to be a mobile library. That being said, there is really nothing to doubt.

To this day, the Purifiers still cannot fully trust the Dallam Stars, because the attitudes of Tassadar and Artanis and other high-level officials do not determine that ordinary Dallam Stars will not regard the Purifiers as slaves.

Come to think of it, this human being believed the words of a foreign race without reservation, as if he had known the function of these sky locks.

Of course, this is impossible, so this trust is really valuable.

"We will occupy the two Heavenly Locks in the northeast and northwest." Korora Leon said.

"We will be responsible for the southwest and southeast ones." Artanis also said immediately.

"It seems we can only deal with the one in the middle." Augustus smiled.

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty, our Iron Crow has detected a large number of Tal'darin and hybrid signals near Skylock." Suddenly, a warning sounded from the bridge, and a large-scale attack by the Tal'darin protoss army immediately appeared on the main screen. The image of the march was also mixed with a large number of terrifying hybrid beasts.

Since no fleet was found to come in with them, these servants of Eamon may have already come in.

"Hybrid!" Renault's eyes widened: "It's not that small!"

"It's Tal'darin, why are they here?" Artanis said in surprise.

"Tal'darin, a body that has been tempered and forged by gods, is forged." Koralion muttered an ancient star language. He was a little surprised, as if he thought it was a rare thing that Tal'darin was still alive. .

"It seems they have really found their god and got what they wanted."

"It's really haunting." Renault cursed and said, "Their god is not a good thing."

"What are they going to do?"

"If Amon's army takes the first step to occupy the Sky Lock, it will enter the Urna Temple before us." Artanis said.

"Maybe it's not that simple." Renault thought for a while and said, "I guess they want to blow up this place."

"Oh? Marshal James Raynor." Koralion said in a tone closer to the ancient Protoss language, which was mixed with many Kalani words that are no longer used by the protoss today: "How can you see it?"

"This is the intuition of an explosion expert." Renault spread his hands and said.

While following Augustus in the revolutionary army, Renault often brought men and explosives to blow up the federal colonial governor's building and armory. And he knew that if he wanted to intercept a federal train used to transport important supplies, all he had to do was blow up the rails.

"Well, if Amon controls all the Skylocks and overloads them, Urnadu may be at risk of destruction." Artanis also agreed with Raynor.

But when Artanis was about to say something else, he was interrupted by Renault's exclamation.

"Oh my God!" Reynold almost moaned.

When the Iron Crow's detection system locked and zoomed in on a ground target near a skylock, a large number of imperial soldiers wearing black and red power armor appeared in the center of the screen.

But they did not deliver soldiers of the Moebius Legion to the surface of Urna.

"Gods, there are humans in Aemon's army!" Artanis obviously saw it too.

"They are soldiers of the Moebius Corps!" Renault said through gritted teeth: "I think I already know where the missing Moebius fleets have gone."

Amon used the hybrid corruption to control these humans, and then used the controlled humans against themselves. This is Eamon's usual bad taste, letting this race kill each other, and its own people against their own people.

"Damn it." Looking at these soldiers with blood-red eyes, a burst of sadness flashed through Augustus's heart. Sooner or later, he would have to settle this account with Eamon.

"These respectable human warriors were corrupted." Zeratul also sighed: "Their spirits were tortured, but they were still defeated by the hybrid!"

"Deploy the legion warriors immediately and march towards the Sky Lock!" Coralion knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer, so he said with the coldness of an ancient executive:

"Kill all enemies without mercy."

Before the Kalash Arbitration incident, the Protoss Empire had fought wars with many races. At that time, the executive officers played a role similar to executioners, and they would not be merciful when dealing with alien races.

As for Tal'darin, who was also a protoss, when they resisted the enslavement of the Supreme Council, they killed a lot of their compatriots.

"Deploy all our ground forces and mobilize the fleet." Augustus knew very well that the next battle would be much more dangerous than before.

"attack!"

I found that six o'clock was a bit early. Oh my god, I couldn't even get up. Why did I mention posting the setting pictures in this chapter?