StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Early the next day, Augustus, who had received reports from many sources, was convinced that things were changing for the better. Despite all the twists and turns, the survivors of the Nerazim protoss trapped in Taimatros were able to board the evacuation ship away from Thagurath amid chaos and panic.

After confirming that no one was left behind, Augustus ordered Taimatros to be abandoned, and all Terran Empire troops retreated toward the Xel'Naga Temple. A portion of the Dark Templar voluntarily stayed behind to protect their human allies, determined to sink with the glorious city into the collapsing void rift.

It is sad to see them pass away.

At five o'clock in the morning, Augustus's command center had evacuated southward along with the evacuating Tyranid Empire troops, arriving near a facility called the Zenith Monolith by the Dark Templar.

A few miles away is the towering Xel'Naga Temple. You can clearly see the huge corridors surrounding the temple and the magnificent stone steps that dominate the entire field of vision. A giant Kedarin crystal dominates the sky. The Yuxel'Naga Temple reaches the top of the sky, surrounded by blue arcs and violent storms caused by escaping energy.

Accompanied by senior imperial officers, Augustus arrived at the foot of this towering megalithic building. Wearing power armor, he walked through the dense forest of obelisks. These stunning megalithic construction areas are undoubtedly another masterpiece of the Creators. Their greatness and magnificence are enough to shock any race with a brilliant civilization in the universe.

"There are three Zenis responsible for controlling the huge energy for the Xel'Naga Temple. Only by destroying them can the phase prism of the temple be overloaded." Artanis also traveled with Augustus. They came from Different races are as familiar with each other as old friends.

"The destruction of these great monuments deeply disturbs me, but it is nothing compared to the continuation of the race."

At the same time, outside Zenis Monolith, irregular battle lines were stretching along the vast land of the Sagulath Highlands, with hundreds of Tyranid Empire Marine Divisions, Purifier Sentinel Legions and the shadows of the Dark Templar. The Guards are fighting multiple swarm armies flanking them.

Like meteors rising from the ground and falling into the sky, a series of bright flares illuminated the eastern sky, opening the door to hell.

It seemed as if the pouring shells and artillery fire continued to extend forward, plowing the land over and over again, and the dull roar and suffocating smoke came belatedly. Mud and gravel rose from the ground like springs and were thrown high into the dusk-shrouded sky. The frightening roar swept through the fragmented earth like a violent wind. The land covered by artillery fire moved forward every moment, and the terrifying firepower of the Imperial Army seemed to never be exhausted.

Compared with the huge roars and dazzling flashes outside, the area near the Zenis boulder facility is much quieter.

The Tyranid Empire Engineering Group is installing a fusion device near the Zenith Monolith to detonate the facility and destroy it in the simplest and most crude way.

"We are just doing what we must do at the moment." Augustus did not dare to say that he would make the same choice if Saguaras was replaced by Korhal, so the choice of the Dark Templar made him even more worried. Give birth to respect.

Vorazun would rather destroy Sagulath than let it fall into Amon's hands. In order to completely destroy the planet, she decided to force the phase prism of the Xel'Naga Temple to overload, thereby triggering a powerful energy wave to forcefully impact the core of the planet, directly crushing Saguras.

A decisive, resolute and courageous decision. It was heavy, and having to destroy her own planet must have pained Vorazun beyond words, but she remained calm and strong.

And as Artanis said, if you want to overload the prism, the first step is to destroy the three Zenis boulders outside the Xel'Naga Temple.

The next step is to guard the Xel'Naga Temple's phase prism before it completes its overload, lest it be destroyed by the oncoming hybrids and swarms of insects. This is an arduous task, because the Nerazim cities around the Xel'Naga Temple have fallen, and there is almost no danger nearby, and then they must face the endless worms coming from all directions. A large army.

"We can hold out a little longer so that more hybrids and zerg can pass through the xel'naga portal and reach Sagurath, and then wipe them all out."

"Your thoughts coincide with mine, Emperor Augustus." Artanis felt that this was exactly what he wanted to say, and they were in a spiritual connection: "In this way, we can further damage Amon's power."

"I like this plan. It seems that the Dark Templars are not all incompetent." Alarak, the first Ascendant of Tal'darin, was also among the crowd around Augustus. He had single-handedly taken down one before. The Hive Troops can be said to be an army of one man: "This is revenge. I want Eamon to bleed and make him regret his deception and betrayal!"

"For this, I don't mind helping you a little."

There is an obvious chain of contempt between the Aiur Protoss, Nerazim and Tal'darim, and they don't think much of each other. The Aiel consider the Nerazim to be barbaric and backward, while the Nerazim hate their cruelty. On the other hand, Tal'darin looked down on both the El Protoss and the Nerazim at the same time, despising all weakness, yet faithfully plagiarizing each other's scientific research results.

"Yes, I want you to contribute." Augustus glanced at Alarak, his attitude was not very high, but he could only say that was all.

"There are four main roads leading to the Xel'Naga Temple, located in the four directions of the temple." He arranged his troops skillfully and said: "My troops, Artanis's and Talandar's troops will guard the south, south and south respectively. You and your army will be responsible for the western and northern passes, and you and your army will be responsible for the eastern pass."

In comparison, the Terran Empire troops guarding the Xel'Naga Temple are the strongest in number and strength, but in addition to defending one pass, they also have to leave enough manpower to guard every corner of the huge temple. Beware of the Nydus worms that burst out of the ground or the zerg airdrop pods that hit the temple building directly from the sky.

"Any enemy who attempts to cross this line of defense will flee, because their opponent is our first Ta'darin upgrade, Alarak." Alarak raised his head slightly.

"Very good." Augustus said in his heart, please continue to maintain this confidence: "It is never easy to deal with the insect swarm, but I believe this should not be difficult for you and your powerful warriors."

"I have no doubt about it." Alarak said, "You should go to me."

"I also need to remind you that the terrain east of the temple is very different from other areas. There is a huge gap that cannot be crossed, which makes the swarm only send their air forces to attack from this side. In comparison, the defensive pressure on the ground is much less." Augustus then added: "But in contrast, the insect swarm may send several times or even more air nests to attack from the east. In this way, the air defense can be strengthened. Firepower is critical.”

"I will set aside enough reserve forces to support all battlefields. If you can't withstand it, call for help immediately. Otherwise, the whole body will be affected by one move, and the entire defense line may collapse."

"Of course, I will." Alarak has no nose and mouth, but the muscle expressions on his face are quite rich. This may also be a characteristic after Tal'darin separates from the main protoss, because they do not have Kara, so they must use more language and body movements to achieve the purpose of expression and deception.

At this moment, Alarak showed a narrow expression towards Augustus, but he was not angry.

——He's waiting for me to lose my strength so I can ask for help? Submit to him?

What Augustus said just now clearly meant in Alarak's eyes: Look, I've left the easiest task to you, but there's no need to thank me.

But Alarak was not angry.

Tal'darin's first ascended person knows that the other party intends to provoke him and is still testing himself, but he will never take on the most difficult task because of a moment of anger. Alarak is not yet a high-ranking lord and cannot mobilize Slane's death fleet. Currently, his Tal'darin troops have the smallest number among all the forces in Sagulath. This is a fact.

Although Augustus gave Alarak the primary task of defending one side of the pass, there was still a lack of trust between them, and they may never gain the trust of the other.

Like his other kin in Aiur and Thagurath, Alarak has his own pride, but he is both self-possessed and willing to be temporarily inferior to others. Tal'darin has long been accustomed to intrigues and intrigues between each other, and there are more evil thoughts in one look than a Templar has in a lifetime.

Tal'darin believes in respecting the strong and obeying the truly strong. And although Augustus Mengsk himself seemed vulnerable to Alarak, his power was already the same in the Koprulu sector, and no one could question the current strength of the Tyranid Empire's army.

Although his own strength is important, Alarak does not rely solely on this to reach the top of the Chain of Ascension.

And Alarak has always reminded himself what kind of person he is facing. During the reign of Augustus, the Tyranids' living area expanded all the way to the sparse edge of the Milky Way galaxy, even in the Koprulu sector. The original borders have long since become history.

When dealing with protoss leaders such as Tassadar, Fenix, and Artanis, Augustus treated them with sincerity, but when facing Alarak, he was kind and gentle.

This human emperor never thought that he was superior to others, but he also didn't think that others should be superior to him.

"Be careful, there will only be more and more enemies coming towards the Xel'Naga Temple in the future." Augustus looked around and said.

From Augustus's perspective, it was not difficult to guess Alarak's thoughts. He was extremely evil, but he valued power and strength more, and everything had to be compromised for this. Cruel, cold, cunning, and ruthless, Alarak is the representative of the Tal'darin race's personality.

This person is not without merit, at least when it comes to dealing with Eamon, he really draws his sword. By this alone, Alarak and his supporters had an advantage over most of the Terran Empire's potential allies in the Koprulu Sector.

"While defending the temple, I will order the Templars on the Spear of Adon to destroy the remaining two Zenis stones." Artanis then took over Augustus' words.

"Your Majesty, the psychic signal of the Dark Archon Orega appeared again. This time he appeared north of the Xel'Naga Temple." Admiral David Jones found Augustus at this time.

In the past few hours, Orega's signal had been flickering in and out. Sometimes it was as if he had never appeared, and sometimes his response on the sensor shone brighter than the stars, as if he was his Existence is somewhere between void and reality.

"Orega, I can feel the overwhelming hatred in his heart." Alarak also said: "I admire this kind of hatred and anger."

"This battle is getting worse for us," Artanis said.

Dark Archon Orega is dangerous. This is the consensus. For humans and protoss alike, the Dark Archon, who is full of rage and hatred at this moment, is a terrible disaster.

In contrast, Orega has not provoked the Tyranid Empire much. Anyway, he just wants to cause big troubles among the Duram Protoss and take revenge on the Templars who once exiled the Nerazim Protoss.

Contrary to early misunderstandings, the Dark Templar are actually warriors of the same noble character as the Templars, but Orega is still a special case among them.

Orega is a true villain, cunning, cruel, and unscrupulous.

All in all, Orega's mental state is worrying, and even his own kind believe that he is either completely crazy or half-crazy. Since Orega's transformation from a Dark Templar to a Dark Archon, his sanity has apparently been fading.

Orega was once an extreme idealist, but as time went by, he gradually became a murderous demon and even began to hate his own compatriots.

But Augustus still believed that Orega still had a love that had turned into obsession for Sagulas and the compatriots who had disappointed him.

In the original timeline, Orega was sealed at a certain point in 2503, just before the storyline of Wings of Freedom began. Even without considering Augustus' huge influence on the plot, Orega is still quite active at this point in time.

Ourega's appearance here did not surprise Augustus too much.

"Orega, is he here to take advantage of the fire?" Artanis naturally did not have a good impression of Orega.

"My men felt very strange because Orega was attacking the hybrids and swarms that appeared after the Xel'Naga portal," General Jones said.

No one can question Orega's power. He can almost compete with a fleet. It is probably difficult to find another creature of pure energy as powerful as him in the entire universe.

"This is puzzling to me, Admiral," Artanis said matter-of-factly.

Orega, isn't he one of Eamon's men?

Augustus originally thought that the powerful being that Orega was loyal to was Eamon, but was there actually someone else?

Or Orega is only loyal to himself, and Eamonn is just a person he uses to achieve his ultimate goal, a springboard for him to realize his ambitions.

"What an unexpected help." Augustus also sighed.

This is actually understandable. Even though Orega has transformed into an unrecognizable monster, his original intention of becoming like this was just to avenge his tribe.

And Amon now wants to destroy Sagulath and the entire Nerazim, and Orega must not be able to ignore it.

If Orega had cooperated with Eamon, I'm afraid he was also deceived.

When Orega heard that Vorazun was going to blow up Sagulath, this extreme Nerazim Supreme would probably be so angry that he would explode on the spot.