StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The Hall of Revelation is a huge pyramid-shaped stone structure with a towering spire. It is poetically located in the center of the rectangular square of the temple. It is carved with grand cosmic stars and vivid murals, which are mysterious and fascinating.

"Can't open it?"

When Augustus crossed the clearly differentiated Dalam Protoss and Purifier Protoss warriors under the Hall of Revelation and stood between Artanis and Corora Leon, the subtle height was obvious: "Why can't it be opened?"

Long before going to the Ultarian Rift to look for Urna, Augustus had already gone through the battle plot related to it many times in his mind, commonly known as cloud playthrough in his mind.

I remember that when Kerrigan and Artanis arrived here in the form of the Queen of Blades, the Hall of Revelation immediately opened.

Control variables elimination method, could the problem be that Kerrigan is not here?

But Augustus didn't let Kerrigan follow him this time. First, the queen wanted to stay in Korhal to stabilize the people's hearts. Second, she still had the last step to fully absorb the essence of the original split pool.

"Atanis, you said before that only two selected races appear together, and the altar will reveal the way to awaken the sleeping Xel'Naga." Augustus turned to Artanis and said bluntly:

"Is this also saying that if those who arrive here are not the two selected races, then there will be no way to open the Hall of Revelation?"

"I hate solving puzzles." Tychus stared at it for a long time, feeling dizzy in front of his eyes, as if there were two little people fighting above his head.

Tychus has never been good at dealing with antiques, but as long as he has money, he is intelligent enough to teach himself to become a top archaeologist. But over the years, with Augustus and Renault strategizing, the number of times this guy uses his own brain to make decisions has become less and less.

Only Renault heard this and looked at Artanis, then at Augustus. He was the eldest son of God, a chosen man. What was going on?

"Your interpretation makes sense." Artanis also thought about this possibility.

This is a bit subtle.

There are only two races here, humans and protoss. There is always one who is not among the chosen ones, so who is it?

What’s even more hurtful is that neither of us might be selected, which would be even harder to say.

The Xel'Naga have never interfered with the progress of human civilization, and humans have never believed that they can become the successors of the Creator. Only the protoss has always regarded itself as the eldest son.

As for their status as the eldest son of God, their star spirit clan is naturally very honored and proud. As the first race to be promoted and supported by the Creator, the protoss claims to be the guardian of order and justice in the universe. According to the tradition of Xel'Naga, they meticulously perform the duty of helping the weak and the poor according to the Dawu teachings.

Then if there are two races that will eventually be promoted to Xel'Naga, as the eldest son, they should at least be at the top of the list.

At least that's what Artanis thought.

But this may not be the case. History tells Artanis that before the catastrophe of the ages, the Xel'Naga left Aiur because they were too disappointed with the protoss, and then created the zerg. As for why the Xel'Naga were disappointed with the Star Spirit, the historical truth has long been lost or deliberately obscured.

Maybe, the protoss has already been abandoned by Xel'Naga.

"Zeratul, what do you think about this?" Artanis asked this question to Zeratul, who came with Augustus.

As for the purifier protoss side of Coralion, they couldn't come up with any ideas. The intelligent personalities of the main purifiers all come from the warrior class of the ancient Protoss Empire, and they know nothing about research.

The ancestors were better at fighting.

"I learned that the Xel'Naga once came to the Protoss and Zerg to teach or transform them." Zeratul said: "These are also the two races that are known to have the closest connection with the Xel'Naga."

"The Xel'Naga had high hopes for the protoss, and perhaps the same for the zerg." He looked around and saw everyone looking at him:

"A respected protector named Zamara told me that they believe that we and the zerg are both experimental products of the Creator. In fact, the xel'naga did not create us, but transformed us."

In any case, Zeratul seemed to like the atmosphere where everyone was quietly listening to his story.

"Zamara believes that the Xel'Naga also have a life cycle, but their life form is completely incomprehensible to us and is almost equivalent to eternity. But after all, the Xel'Naga will also age and die." He talked eloquently :

"But before that, they will choose two races, slowly guide and transform these races, and let them merge into a carrier-to become them."

"Become a Xel'Naga?" When Artanis and others were speechless, Augustus took over Zeratul's words: "That means the Xel'Naga chose protoss and zerg."

Instead of being "seized" and becoming a body that accommodates the Xel'Naga's will, it evolved into them.

In Augustus' view, this was close to the truth. The only difference was that the Xel'Naga would never actively transform these races, but would instead let nature take its course. They will wait for these races to complete their self-development and self-exploration until they find Urna through the Xel'Naga artifact left in the universe, accept the guidance of the Xel'Naga, and become a member of the Creator.

The Xel'Naga who have descended from the gods to transform the Zerg have always been the Xel'Naga who followed Amon. From this point on, they have destroyed the Xel'Naga's principle of never interfering with the development of creation.

It seems that Xel'Naga also gave a lot of information to the protoss during the period when Al was playing tricks, but he definitely deliberately concealed the part of himself that broke the rules.

The information about to be revealed in the Hall of Revelation will guide Artanis and the others to find the truth. At that time, they will be able to make insinuations and make them realize how big a hole Amon has buried in Kara.

"But I guess there's nothing human about it, right?" Renault complained.

"The Protoss and Zerg are just the two races considered to have the most potential." Zeratul let out a kind chuckle: "That's all."

Speaking of which, the Protoss and the Zerg were the two races favored by the Xel'Naga, and at that time humans were far from prosperous.

But humans actually don't care much about this. They didn't really understand the Xel'Naga until this generation, and they lacked knowledge of these creators, let alone the slightest respect.

"Zergs?" Artanis' adjutant Selendis was the first to be unable to sit still: "The Xel'Naga would actually choose them?"

"A bunch of bugs." Tychus originally agreed, but suddenly thought that Augustus also raised a lot of bugs in the palace.

"The Xel'Naga may not have the same concept of good and evil as we do." Augustus added in his heart, but Eamon and Narud are definitely bad things.

The Protoss and Zerg were indeed the originally chosen races, but Augustus knew that Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades who became the Xel'Naga in the original storyline, was human + zerg and had nothing to do with the Protoss.

In other words, among the three races of humans, protoss, and bugs, only the protoss, the eldest son of God, was excluded from the promotion process.

"What do you mean, we still have to find Zerg now?" Raynor looked at Zeratul and said.

"But how come there are bugs here?" Artanis was silent for a while, and then accepted it calmly: "If there are, how do we find them?"

"I'm afraid that's the case." Zeratul looked at Augustus and blinked.

"We happen to have a few here." Augustus cleared his throat: "To be on the safe side, I will immediately order Swann to send them all here."

"Is it still too late?" Tychus was about to say that we walked for so long to get here. By the time they arrived, the hybrids had already smashed everything in the temple to pieces.

"Anyway, we can give it a try first." Augustus looked at Artanis and Colorarion and pointed to the sky:

"Maybe we can call for backup."

"Spear of Adun, locate the coordinates immediately, warm up the main gun, and prepare to penetrate the temple." Artanis immediately understood Augustus' intention.

"There is actually such a trick." Tychus thought for a moment, and they did not know the structure of the temple at first.

After a while, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the brightly shining dome in the sky. Shining purifying beams fell from the sky, violently shaking the Urna Temple. A large number of building fragments fell one after another, landing heavily on the ground. .

A dazzling warp matrix light curtain fell from the sky, and hundreds of Golden Age Templar warriors holding solar battle axes landed on the battlefield. Immediately afterwards, the Purifier's teleportation beacon was also launched nearby, and hundreds of Purifier sentries and legionnaires also arrived in the temple.

A few minutes later, the airdrop pod launched from the Tyranid Empire fleet belatedly arrived, but it was not a fully armed Imperial Marine, but a primitive Zerg covered in thick carapace and a semi-mechanically modified Cyber. Russ Engineering War Zerg.

The most eye-catching one is a huge primitive insect that resembles a theropod dinosaur. It is taller than an ordinary Goliath armed robot, and its eyes exude a dim light.

It is worth noting that there is a mini version of the green brainworm lying on the huge head of this primitive zerg, shaped like a green caterpillar.

When this primitive zerg walked towards Augustus, he also spent some time explaining that these zerg were allies of the Tyranid Empire, and only then did the protoss put down the psychic blades in their hands.

This is not unacceptable to Artanis. Emperor Augustus Mengsk's allies are spread throughout the Koprulu sector, ranging from humans, protoss to zerg.

It would not necessarily be unacceptable to tell Artanis that there was an ancient xel'naga serving Augustus.

"This is Dehaka, a patriarch of the original Zerg tribe." Augustus introduced to Artanis and others:

"This is Cerebrate Alpha, my right-hand man."

"Yes." The brain worm above Dehaka nodded rather reservedly, said nothing, and continued to remain majestic and mysterious.

In front of the protoss, this guy still looks like a dog.

"Smoke?" Tychus took out a cigar from inside.

"Light it." Brainworm held the cigar in his mouth, motioned Tychus to light it with his eyes, and blew out a puff of smoke:

"The protagonist always makes his final appearance."

"Dehaka, you don't have the essence to get up early." Renault naturally knew Dehaka. This primitive zerg kept a clone in the Augustgrad Palace all year round, and also hung out with humans. Must be quite familiar.

"The Emperor of the Tyran Empire said that there is essence here." Dehaka shrank his paws and balled them up around his waist: "He lied to Dehaka."

"I dare say that here is the most powerful essence in the universe. I am not deceiving you." Augustus naturally gave Dehaka a big picture, but this guy didn't look very smart, but he was actually He is so cunning that it is difficult to deceive him.

What Augustus cares most about are the Xel'Naga remains deep in the Urna Temple, and those remains may be able to extract a little bit of the remaining Xel'Naga essence - the key to upgrading ordinary races to become Xel'Naga, a little bit The essence of Xel'Naga can revive everything on a planet that has been completely destroyed.

With just a drop of Xel'Naga essence, Dehaka might be able to evolve into Godzilla on the spot.

But this good thing cannot be given away in vain.

"A dirty brainworm!" On the other side, Selendis made no secret of his disdain for the zerg.

"Nonsense, I take a shower every day." Brainworm argued.

"." Artanis was silent for a while, then said to Augustus: "Is this the brain worm you raised? I felt a powerful energy in it that far exceeds that of ordinary brain worms!"

"You star spirits are not blind occasionally." Brainworm chuckled: "Yes, I am exactly the same."

Fortunately, Augustus was well prepared. This time he also brought the royal brainworm Alpha just in case, and locked it in the prison cell next to Tychus. This guy is a home bug anyway, he just plays video games at home every day.

In order to eliminate Amon's influence on the zerg, Augustus also transformed it into a primitive brain worm early.

No matter what, it was Augustus' habit to prepare early. Prepare more means, you don’t have to use them, but you can’t live without them.

This is his style.

"Go over." Augustus ignored this hypocritical brainworm and pointed at it, letting it stand in front of the Hall of Revelation.

"What are you going to do again?" The brainworm glanced sideways at Augustus, a little confused. In fact, it didn't know what it was doing.

"I won't go! Dog Emperor, I knew this would be up to no good!"

Unfortunately, it couldn't help it. Since Augustus promised to pay for the essence, Dehaka, who was addicted to the essence as much as his life, naturally obeyed his words.

Dehaka stretched out his claws to push back the restless Cerebrate, then came to stand side by side with Artanis under the ornate columns of the Hall of Revelation.

In the blink of an eye, a strange change occurred. The swirling and geometric loops on the surface of the Hall of Revelation were instantly illuminated, and the majestic boulder building slowly rose.

In a blinding flash, the first Hall of Revelation was activated.

It seems that if you want to be recognized by the Hall of Revelation, you still lack the key zerg.

But in the eyes of humans like Augustus and Reynold, the Hall of Revelation didn't seem to have any obvious changes other than getting brighter.

"Do you understand?" Augustus asked the brainworm.

"Ah, my brain feels so itchy." Brainworm thought for a moment and said, "This light is really bright."

"I saw it." Only Artanis spoke slowly: "The Xel'Naga are the original existence. They were born in the void. They have a sacred mission: to create life and escort the endless reincarnation. When the new When the universe is born, they will use the incarnation to enter this universe."

"Once the avatar is destroyed, they will be forced back into the void. All along, they have been waiting for us to assemble the Xel'Naga Keystone and come here according to the guidance."

"So Amon should not have his own incarnation." Augustus then said: "Otherwise he would not have to invent his own 'rebirth'."

After thinking about it, I still need to write these settings, otherwise I won’t be able to follow the plot.