StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

It was already evening when Augustus returned to the Augustgrad Palace.

As if not affected by this disaster, the lights outside were still bright and brilliant. All kinds of flying cars, promotional airships, and advertising airships pass between the towering skyscrapers, like fish rising and falling in the river.

When the Tyranid Empire was first established, Korhal was in ruins. The protracted war has destroyed many originally prosperous and wealthy planets. Local governments are faced with the mess left by the old federation. A large number of public debts cannot be repaid. Government agencies cannot pay even a cent of salary. Prices are soaring and social unrest.

The revival of this vast interstellar empire is inseparable from the strong governance of Augustus.

The Emperor of the Tyran Empire and his fleet had been traveling among the stars for several months. When he returned to the palace, he had no time to rest and immediately picked up the affairs of governing the country that he had put aside for a long time. When the warship enters the jump state, the concepts of time and space will become very blurred. Sometimes only a week has passed, but it feels like a year.

In one night, so many officials were summoned to the palace, accounting for half of the empire's political circles. They were summoned by Augustus, but they still took it for granted.

Augustus had to admit that this job would never lead to free time, but he hoped it would be worth it.

The enemies of the Empire never seem to need a break. The swarm is back, and even their once steadfast protoss allies have become tools of the dark god to destroy the world. What's even worse is that now that Amon has complete control over the protoss and zerg, he can create more unscrupulous His own army of hybrids.

The advantage was so great that Eamon didn't even know how he could lose.

Unfortunately, Augustus has never heard from his old friend Tassadar since the Golden Fleet lost contact. Augustus still believes that this respected protoss hero can still save the day as he did in the past, but in any case, the situation is not optimistic.

The Duram protoss not only lost their proud and huge fleet, but also their most important spiritual leader. In addition to Augustus, even Artanis himself had doubts about whether he could take over Tassadar's responsibility.

Now on the Tyranid Empire's star map centered on Korhal, the insect swarm army is pressing forward from the south and east. The protoss' golden fleet has jumped from the other direction to the empire, burning everything they can find. of all living planets.

The stars are burning.

Every day, the latest intelligence from all directions outside Korhal comes like a snowflake, bringing news of the continuous advancement of Amon's army. The Empire's territory is vast, spanning hundreds and thousands of star systems, and even the fastest news from the frontier comes from a few weeks ago.

On the way back to Korhal from Thagurath, Augustus' fleet almost collided head-on with a massive Hive Fleet that had jumped through the wormhole space.

Judging from the direction of the Hive Fleet's advance, it is clear that their target is the Sharpsburg colony of the Tyranid Empire. It was a quite prosperous world with developed heavy industry, and the residents above had already lived here for many years. generations.

At that time, Augustus was accompanied by not only the Imperial fleet with Alpha Squadron as the main force, but also the warships and aircraft of Coralion's Purifier, Artanis' Spear of Adon and the Nerazim Protoss.

Before the people of Sharpsburg were even aware of the crisis, a great war ensued in the star field a few light years away from this world. The interstellar cemetery left behind after this interstellar war was It can still be found today, and the battlefield of Nuoda is covered with unparalleled battleship wreckage and insect corpses.

There is only one thing to be thankful for. Even though Amon already has an army of protoss, zerg, and hybrids, his army is only obsessed with destroying every planet along the way to attack the Koprulu sector, and truly massacre them. All life, chickens and dogs will not be spared.

However, this will inevitably slow down the attack speed of Emon's army. They spend too much time over and over again and flatten every planet. Some planets even only have the Tyranid Empire or the Durham planet. An outpost of the spirit, while other planets that were attacked even only had relatively primitive life forms.

Obviously, Amon wants to deal with humanity in the process of annihilating the world, rather than taking the lead in severely damaging the Tyranids and forcing them to withdraw from the subsequent war.

From a tactical level, they should prioritize attacking the important worlds with the largest population or the most resources and industrial areas in the Empire. The Golden Fleet should march straight into Korhal, and no Imperial fleet can stop them.

Although Aamon did attack Korhal, that was all for now. Augustus hurriedly returned to Korhal partly because he wanted to show weakness to his enemy, and partly because he was really afraid that Aemon would risk Korhal's success.

For now, Amon seems to believe that he can take down Korhal through a single invasion from the void, as he did with Sarcoras, without having to use protoss and zerg armies.

But Eamon obviously failed. He may not be angry, but maybe just amused.

Alarak once instigated a Rak'shir ceremony involving thousands of ascendants in the Chain of Ascension, resulting in the death of a large number of powerful Tal'darim army leaders, while he reaped the benefits.

Such large-scale casualties among high-level officials caused large-scale chaos in the Tal'darin army. The fleet was leaderless, which delayed Eamon's plan, but Eamon did not care.

It has long been established that Eamon despises humans. At the same time, he is also overconfident, even arrogant, otherwise he would not have told Artanis that I have created an evil god's body in Aiur, and it will soon come to reality, so come and fight it.

As a Xel'Naga, Eamon was not stupid. He just thought he had a chance to win from the beginning and looked down on all living beings with the mentality of a creator and a overlooker. He claims to be a god, but he is not omniscient and omnipotent, and he may have deceived himself over time.

Facts have proved that Augustus's measures to continuously expand the territory of the empire are extremely correct from now on. The Tyranid Empire may have just established a few mining stations on an extremely remote and desolate planet or an asteroid belt. These mining stations may not even have names, only a series of numbers, but they are still counted as the territory of the empire.

Eamon's army spent a lot of time razing these mining stations and the surrounding world to the ground, but the people inside had actually evacuated long ago, or there was no one at all.

There were many such areas during the expansion stage of the Tyran Empire, and they themselves were prepared by Augustus to confuse Eamon. Of course, if you decide to destroy all the inferior creations of Xel'Naga, then why not kill them all? Burning out a bunch of bugs may take a lot of time, but how is it comparable to the countless years of dormant in the void?

Even so, the situation is not optimistic. This can be seen on the star map of the Tyran Empire's territory. The dense red dots almost block the entire border, and the light dots symbolizing the empire's territory are constantly extinguished.

In the short time since he returned to Augustgrad, Augustus appointed a large number of imperial frontline commanders who were granted the power to make independent operational decisions, and ordered them to lead troops capable of rapid reaction maneuvers between stars. The outer worlds on the edge of the Tyranid Empire used all means to slow down the advancement of the Protoss Golden Fleet and the Dominator Swarm, buying time for the main fleet to complete the defensive circle in the empire.

On the other hand, Zulwen, the master of the original swarm, has formed an alliance with the Tyranid Empire and is locked in an inextricable battle with the massively invading Tal'darin Death Fleet in the western border of the empire.

Augustus originally planned that if Zulwin refused to form an alliance because he was afraid of Aemon's power, he would have to regard the primitive zerg as a potential enemy and help Dehaka unify the primitive zerg swarm, because it is not impossible for them to defect.

It has to be said that even if Zulwen is just a primitive zerg, he is still a primitive zerg that has lived for many years and matured into a master. It turns out that the original zerg feared losing their freedom more than Amon.

As Dehaka said, if Amon destroys the entire universe, then they will have no essence to plunder.

The primitive zerg is a very special group. Their pursuit of essence drives them to hunt and collect. The more powerful the ancient primitive zerg is like Zulwen, the more worried it is that it will be enslaved by Amon like the Overlord.

Arcturus had been complaining to Augustus about sending diplomats to the primitive swarm, but there still had to be a sense of ritual.

The Imperial diplomat who was entrusted with the important task just went to a planet where the original Zerg now settled under the protection of a legendary Imperial ghost agent, and met with Zulwen of the Zerg in the primitive swamp of the planet.

The level of legend is almost comparable to that of the trip to the Giant Country in Gulliver's Travels. There is no diplomatic etiquette or treatment, no good wine and meat to chat with, just a bunch of violent primitive creatures that treat you like meat. Opposite is the most powerful primitive zerg in history. You have to raise your neck and speak to the sky to see its huge eyes looking down from the clouds to the ground.

Fortunately, this diplomat is also a capable person. When it comes to Augustus's combination of vertical and horizontal, he also has a set of tricks for making friends at a distance and attacking at close range. After all, Zulwin is an intelligent creature and knows how to assess the situation. Of course, he doesn't care about his little flesh.

However, there are many factions within the original zerg, and even Zulwen cannot rule all the tribes. Putting all this aside, Zulwin will be a serious problem sooner or later, and Augustus will have to kill it sooner or later.

Alarak is also dangerous, but Augustus doesn't mind working with them for the time being. Even if it is the solar system empire of the earth people, Augustus is willing to put aside the past grudges, but there has been no new news in the direction of the Orion cantilever for a long, long time.

"I know Amon will never let Korhal go, just as he did to Sagurath of the Protoss of Durham."

Not long ago, Augustus was being interviewed by imperial ministers in the throne room of the Augustgrad Palace. He had too many things to report clearly to these people, and there were too many things to solve, and these things were not You can’t always leave it to others.

Of course Angus, Arcturus and their staff had done a good job before. They had done a lot of work and made a lot of efforts to maintain an efficient bureaucratic government. Without them, Augustus would not have been able to leave Augustgrad without fear of Korhal causing chaos in his absence.

"However, Amon must have overestimated the power of the void creation and underestimated our defense strength in Korhal." Augustus walked towards the throne and said to Arcturus and Kerrigan below.

"No matter what Amon wants to do, everyone in the empire is now worried that Amon will launch a second attack on Korhal and Augustgrad. Not only Korhal, but other worlds may also be involved in Amon. "I don't care what people think, but I think there are concerns among our troops because their families and property may be being destroyed," Arcturus said. in danger.”

"We should have had more resocialized troops, because the hybrids can control normal people with their psychic powers, but they are helpless against 'robots.'"

"If Aemon is coming, let him come, and we will greet him with more artillery fire." Augustus looked at Arcturus and said: "This is the way of hospitality of the Tyranids. .”

"You know that not everything can be made public. What we really have to do next is not defense, but offense. We must first recapture the golden fleet, and then fight into the void in one go."

"Crazy battle plan." Arcturus said: "But if it's not crazy enough, how can you break the rules and turn defeat into victory?"

"Karax said he had made a breakthrough in his research on the Xel'Naga artifact, if indeed it could be used to briefly contain Aemon's will, thus driving him out of Kara."

"After that, we will convince the protoss to cut off the nerve bundles." Augustus said: "After experiencing the pain of being corrupted, this should not be so difficult for them. Furthermore, we will find Artanis convinced his people."

"Tell Karax he's a genius."

"I said."

"I remember, wasn't that what you reminded him of?" Kerrigan said, "You were still thinking that he was really stupid."

"You have an excellent memory," said Augustus.

"Your Majesty, Dr. Narud has arrived outside the palace." At this time, a royal guard soldier came in and said to Augustus.

Dr. Emil Narud is also the scientific and technological advisor to Emperor Augustus. After he lived up to expectations and repaired the Xel'Naga world ship, there was no other achievement that could compare with it. Augustus could not fail to do it. make any expression.

As official business, Augustus first commended Dr. Emil Narud for his outstanding contributions to the Tyran Empire, and then invited him to the palace to discuss important matters.

But this time, something is different.

Augustus asked Vorazun and Artanis for three Shadow Guards. The Dark Templar warriors among them were also top masters in the Nerazim tribe. They were also allowed to merge into the forbidden darkness at the most critical moment. A consul remains unchanged in the face of all changes.

As long as Augustus throws the cup as a signal, the Shadow Guard will immediately show up to capture the rebels.

Narud may be the only one of Aemon's men who is still racking his brains to realize his master's grand cause and is focused on digging a hole for Augustus.

In the past, the Tyranids had benefited so much from Narud that Augustus felt a little regretful when he had to get rid of him. He wondered if he could find a cryogenic chamber to cann Narud. Save it and squeeze it out of value.

"I don't know how you saw that Narud intended to rebel." Arcturus said: "If he really did this, he must have done it in a flawless and flawless way."

"It doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not," Augustus said. "What matters is that I think he betrayed me."

"If someone calls you a tyrant in the future," Arcturus said, "I wouldn't be surprised."

"I am," said Augustus.

Qidian has a new word correction function. I saw in the backend that someone had already corrected my mistake. Although I couldn’t see who it was, I was really grateful.