StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Years are like weaving, time is like an arrow.

The Augustgrad Palace carries all the memories of Louis from childhood to adulthood. The palace walls are made of gray and blue marble, the colorful gardens, the suites filled with the smell of gardenias, the spacious and bright halls, and the fragrance. The kitchen also has stair planks that squeak when stepped on.

Korhal's climate isn't exactly great, but it's far less extreme than planets with vast oceans and strong magnetic fields. The sun shines brightly and the winds are gentle in Augustgrad most of the year.

When people mention the palace, their first impressions are of gold and jade, splendid scenery, and the most exquisite art treasures in Koprulu. But for Louis, this is just a warm home.

The palace is famous for its grandeur and grandeur. The part below the ground is even larger than the above-ground buildings. There are so many rooms and staircases that a person would be unable to walk them all for many years.

But Louise knew every corner so well that she could hide away for an entire afternoon when she was unhappy. And no one but the Queen and the best ghost agents in the Royal Guard can catch her.

Now she was walking down a straight corridor, her steps light and soft. The wooden floor underfoot is painted into black and white squares, shaped like a chessboard, and is covered with a crimson carpet. The sun was already out, and the ceiling overhead was pouring in natural sunlight.

The huge palace seemed a bit cold. The royal family had always been economical in spending money, and there were not many waiters. This is because the emperor and the empress do not like extravagance and waste. When necessary, they will directly call the army to support the scene.

Louis' morning class ended quickly. Master Selmos's class was not easy. Any apprentice must be tested for a long time before he can become a true dark templar. This has always been the case.

Master Selmos is a legend among the Dark Templar, a living fossil whose attire can be traced back to the earliest days of the Nerazim protoss. The death of a friend once made Selmos swear that he would never embrace the void again in his life, but he spent his whole life teaching others.

Many of the protoss dark templars who teach in Korhal's Ghost Academy are apprentices of Selmos. If it hadn't been for the Emperor's entrustment, he would never have come to Korhal to teach a human child.

For the protoss, even Artanis, who was over two hundred years old, was considered too young, let alone an eight-year-old human child.

And for such a highly respected figure, every time he tested Louis's views on the void, Master Selmers would be struck with thunderous rage, so angry that he would faint, marveling at Louis' unbridled imagination. The old man has taught Dark Templar all his life and has seen countless people with outstanding talents, but he has never seen such an interpretation of the void.

During the teaching process, they all spoke in Protoss, and Louis often combined the ancient Kalani language in unprecedented ways, completely subverting the art form of Protoss literature.

But ultimately, Lewis was extremely accomplished in the ways of the Void.

Louise is a natural-born psyker, a talent she apparently inherited from her mother, Queen Sarah Kerrigan. Louise has an innate and self-taught ability. She mastered the ability to communicate with the void the moment she learned to breathe.

Perhaps it won't be long before the elder declares that he has nothing more to teach the Imperial Princess.

What is particularly amazing is that at such an age, Louis' psychic power has greatly exceeded that of most ghost agents currently fighting on the battlefields of the Empire. But this does not mean that Louis is better than a ghost agent. The terrifying reputation of ghosts is not only brought about by their psychic powers.

"You didn't make Master Selmers angry today, did you?" Moralis looked at Lewis who was jumping up and down in front and said, "I see his face is dark."

Rosa Morales has a white maid hat, and the edge of the blue velvet skirt is embroidered with gold thread. Her long hair hangs down to her waist, and her whole body exudes a charming scent of perfume.

As a former UED medic who has actually been on the battlefield, Morales has a strong aura, which makes her look more like the owner here than a waitress.

Their relationship is closer to family than master and servant.

"You are the most stubborn apprentice he has ever seen," Moralis said.

"It's also the best." Louis tilted his nose.

"He's never seen a kid like you before," Morales said.

"No one can be like me." Louis made a face, looking like a blobfish that had just been fished ashore.

".Yeah." Morales paused.

"Selmos is sad," Louis said, pausing. "I can feel it."

Louise still remembers that when the news of the destruction of the Dark Templar's homeworld of Saguras came, her mother personally brought her to Master Selmos and asked her to say that she too was Saguras. I feel sorry for those star spirits who unfortunately died.

Aiur has fallen, and Sadurath no longer exists. The Nerazim wandered in the universe a thousand years ago, and a thousand years later they lost a place they could call home.

Compared to their blood relatives in Aiur, the Nerazim protoss emphasize independence and freedom, so loneliness does not hurt them, but sadness does not.

"Obviously not long ago." Moralis sighed: "What happened with Sacoolas seems to have happened a long, long time ago."

The betrayal of the Golden Fleet heralded the arrival of the Dark Age, and the insect swarms returned with a massive invasion. Bad news flew to Augustgrad like snow flakes. More and more Durham and Imperial planets have fallen, and the number of dead is in the billions.

Louise never actually experienced the war, but she was able to read about its horrors from the memories of those who did.

War means many things, including fame and fortune, glory and glory, but also bloodshed and mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Humanity has been fighting unimaginable horrors, and they must face their own inner fears. In the end, war will numb even the strongest people.

The closest thing to Louise was the Korhal Rift incident. In the memory of a Royal Guards sergeant, she saw the rampaging hybrid behemoth of Augustgrad crushing the Imperial Army's attackers like a toy car. City tanks, twisted and deformed charred metal remains embedded with equally horrific human flesh and blood. People excavated remains from them, but they could never piece together a truly complete person.

Louise still doesn't understand the meaning of death and can't truly understand the grief of others, but that day will come when she is an adult.

"Do you also miss your family on Earth?" Louis suddenly asked Moralis.

"Yes, I came here just to protect them." Morales said sadly: "Now, I can never go back."

Here, Earthlings are still seen as enemies rather than potential allies.

There is no doubt that the human solar system empire is very powerful and huge. Their power has already crossed the Kuiper Belt and is home to many near-Earth planets and other distant worlds such as Centauri and Amakura. If they themselves were not devastated by the colonial rebellion, the united humans of Earth would be enough to intervene in the Koprulu sector and become another powerful force besides the protoss and alien insects.

Emperor Augustus has now authorized the lifting of the ban on contact with Earth and sent a fleet to the Orion Cantilever to investigate the status of Earth's colonial worlds.

Once humanity's conflict with the Protoss and Zerg is resolved, the Terrans will be the Tyranid's greatest enemies.

Suddenly, Louis disappeared from the eyes of the sad Moralis, a small shadow dangling in the sun.

The Dark Templar use the energy of the void to distort light, thereby concealing themselves.

"It's not bad!" A moment later, Louis appeared from the shadows again: "The void is calling!"

She has the eyes and voice of a bird.

Moralis smiled. She saw many protoss who would draw knives and open slices when they disagreed with each other, but the "Sword Master" of Sagulas in the Dark Templar as a child and as a primary school student was rare.

"Embrace the void, fear the void." Moralis asked her: "What exactly have you accomplished?"

"Void will not be so stingy." Louis replied.

"It had better be that way," Moralis said. "Master Selmes said the Void has become increasingly elusive lately. Amon is there, and he controls the Void."

Lewis could only lower his head and listen to the scolding.

She is His Highness, the future heir to the throne, and the future of the Mengsk dynasty, but in Moralis' eyes, she is just a child.

"Are there any classes in the afternoon?" Louis changed the topic and asked Morales again.

It was just before eight o'clock in the morning, and she could spend her own time freely until this afternoon.

Louis was preparing to go to the throne room to meet his mother, Queen Sarah Kerrigan. Since the Emperor of the Empire led his troops to Aiur to "conquer personally" - which he would do whenever he had the opportunity, the job of processing government approval documents had fallen to On the Queen of the Empire.

In addition to the queen, even high-ranking and powerful people such as Prince Arcturus could not act on behalf of the emperor's will and overstep their bounds.

"There is another alien botany class in the afternoon." Morales thought for a moment and said, "It's Dr. Vera Langridge's class."

"Okay." Louis sighed.

She prefers beautiful, harmless flowers to frightening plants that control zerg and humans alike. Fortunately, this course only required Louise to have a general understanding, and she happened to have a photographic memory.

"But Dr. Talen Ayers' alien physiology class will be on hiatus for a while," Morales continued.

Louise has a lot to learn, and she even has to follow family tradition to learn to use firearms and pilot mechas, but her learning speed is much faster than ordinary people, so the homework is not heavy for her.

Lewis never worried about classes like alien physiology.

In addition to her keen psychic perception, Princess Louise also possesses a certain talent. According to research, it is speculated that she also inherited it from her mother, Queen Sarah. This talent once made the master who accidentally discovered her ecstatic and regarded it as the hope of saving the insect swarm. .

Louis has an affinity with the zerg, and in a human body, he unexpectedly rises to the forefront of the main hive's mental power pyramid. Not only the low-level zerg obey him, but even some weak and young high-level zerg brain worms cannot resist.

Alpha, the brainworm nicknamed the Empire's domestic brainworm, has a close affinity to Louis. Although it was once reprimanded by Emperor Augustus as a borer, a shame of brainworms, and a rice worm that eats up the empire, it also has reference value. .

With this power, Louis can even use his psychic power to connect or snatch control of a zerg larvae, command it to turn into a worker bee, and then have the worker bee transform into a hatchery, creating an entire swarm of insects. .

Not even her sister Charlotte, who is from the same mother, has such a talent.

"What happened?" Louis asked.

After the war broke out, Louise's lessons were often delayed because her tutors were not exclusively serving the royal family. As top figures in their respective industries, they often serve as consultants for various secret projects of the imperial government or the imperial army, and even directly participate in them.

"His daughter Major Maren disappeared while performing a mission on Antiga Prime." Moralis said: "This is a common thing during war, especially when the enemy is the Zerg."

After the rise of the Empire, as the place where the fire of revolution arose, Antiga Prime was once the gathering place and main gathering point for a large number of people persecuted by the old federal government and war refugees, with a large population. Later, Antiga discovered crystal mineral resources that could slowly regenerate over time.

After Emperor Augustus ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Antiga Prime received a large amount of resources and became one of the most important industrial planets in the empire, accounting for 14% of the empire's industrial output. Its importance to the empire The Imperial troops were barely allowed to give up.

During the Doomsday War, the Imperial Army and the Insect Swarm fought more than a dozen large and small battles around Antiga Prime. It was one of the most terrifying meat grinders in the Koprulu sector. At the most critical moment, the lifespan of the marines on the planet's surface is even measured in seconds.

"I'm really sorry for him," Lewis said.

"Honey, it's not your fault." Morales was used to the bad news.

As they spoke, they had arrived at the door of a room behind the throne room. At the door were two royal ghosts holding plasma rifles and carrying single molecular blades on their waists.

After the war started, Emperor Augustus set up a room behind the Molay Hall, the throne room used to summon ministers, for his daily work.

After taking over the emperor's work, Kerrigan often stayed there. She became busier and busier, and sometimes she would rest in the office. Louis would go there if he wanted to talk to his mother more.

After entering the room, the first thing you see is a huge portrait of Louis' aunt Dorothy Mengsk as an adult, alongside portraits of his great-grandparents, grandparents, and the Arcturs family.

This is a family and a dynasty.

Queen Kerrigan was sitting behind a desk, holding the government budget for the new quarter awaiting approval in her hand. The murderous look in her eyes could strangle any stupid and incompetent Treasury official from a distance.

Louis had no doubt she could do it.

War, especially a war against the protoss and zerg requires vast amounts of money, resources, and population.

The empire still hasn't increased taxes, but that will happen sooner or later, and if the government blindly issues more bonds, the horrific inflation after the war will be enough for the angry people to overthrow the empire.

While looking at the report, Kerrigan muttered: "He went to Ayr because he just didn't want to work."

"I want him to look good!"

The Queen of the Terran Empire, Sarah Kerrigan, is a person full of wisdom and energy. She is even considered to have a kingly demeanor that is enough to be crowned Queen. She is the incarnation of undisputed virtue and beauty.

No one would have thought that she would have become the Queen of Blades who had slaughtered eight billion creatures. (End of chapter)