Augustus stared at the high-ranking Templar of the Protoss who was suspended in mid-air by spiritual energy. His simple golden armor was engraved with beautiful patterns and sickle-shaped lightning emblems, and the dark blue battle pattern on his armor was The robes and scorpion tail-shaped symbols indicate that he is a templar from the Sagas tribe.
This is a branch of the Aiur Protoss tribe with a long history, descendants of hunters and assassins from the Age of Strife. Their ancestors are as graceful and deadly as those big striped cats in the Aiur rainforests.
The Templars of Sargas have always been ruthless killers. They are good at the art of killing. Their duty to kill and their freedom-advocating nature make them incompatible with the protoss empire that adheres to Kara's doctrine. It is said that most of the rebellious Protoss Dark Templar Nerazim came from this tribe.
Many people in Tassadar's Protoss Empire Koprulu Sector Expeditionary Force are from the Sagas tribe. After all, ruthless killing is what the Sagas Templars are best at.
The protoss of this tribe still retain the custom of hunters harvesting trophies of prey. They occasionally use the tusks of wild beasts to decorate their long chins that look too round, making themselves look more threatening.
"Perhaps I can be of help in your search."
Augustus said: "Sass, the brainworm of the Gamu swarm, is a cautious guy by nature, suspicious and cunning. It will definitely hide in the deepest part of the insect nest."
His knowledge of the zerg tunnel network came from research conducted in the Confederate Alien Laboratory of Cha Sara.
"Every underground insect nest is a huge underground city. The underground insect tunnel network of Zerg extends in all directions. It consists of a large main nest area, a secondary nest area and an incubation area. The insect tunnel network connecting these giant underground caves is like a There is a complicated urban transportation network, but these insect tunnel networks will eventually lead to the deepest main nest area," he said.
"As long as we follow a worm path, we can find the zerg brain worm hiding in the main nest area."
"It's simple but gets to the crux of the problem." The high-ranking templar said: "There are many extremely deep insect tunnel networks that have escaped the attack of our fleet. If that brainworm is still alive, it must be hiding in what it thinks is the safest place. The place."
So far, both humans and protoss only know that there is a character like the mastermind of the zerg swarm in the zerg group, and they have never seen the zerg being closely guarded by the zerg swarm.
"Line up and move forward." Augustus gave the order to the more than two hundred soldiers following him without any hesitation.
Tychus Finley led the team at the front. He was still smoking a cigar at this time, and his helmet was filled with condensation mist.
"My templars will follow you." The high-ranking templar said to Augustus: "There are still a lot of dangerous monsters lurking in the underground zerg hives."
More Templars appeared in the night, their shining golden armor and blue robes shining in the night.
"You guys are really helpful." Augustus smiled.
"As it should be," the High Templar said, his voice in Augustus' mind sounding earnest and solemn. Protoss are always serious to the point of rigidity, and they only unleash their fury during battle.
At this time, Augustus and others were on a flat red platform, surrounded by burning Zerg nest buildings. The layer of fungi covering the ground was swept across by the Protoss' beam weapons. , looking curled and dry as if burned by fire.
Walking down this mesa was a ravine plowed by the Protoss main cannon. In the light of the Augustus power armor's front searchlight, he could still vaguely see the charred alien bodies welded to the ground by the hot plasma. Insect carcasses.
In the thermal imaging system on the Augustus HUD, there were very few images of the zerg on the ground. Those were either burned to ashes by the protoss' scorching blue rays or cut into pieces by the psychic blades of the protoss templars. fragments.
The landscape here is mostly flat hills and sandy land. Tens of billions of years ago, this area was the mouth of a long river. Most areas are conducive to the zerg using their claws and teeth to dig deep tunnels and build lairs.
This area also has large areas of crystal mineral veins exposed in the air and contiguous high-energy gas springs. These precious minerals are also the same for the zerg. They can strengthen the zerg's carapace and claws, and act as a catalyst to make the zerg swarm stronger. Operate more efficiently.
From the perspective of the leader of the Gamu swarm, this is indeed an excellent place to build a nest. At the same time, the brain worms of the Gamu swarm obviously did not expect the arrival of the Protoss Expeditionary Force, otherwise they would have stayed on the swarm Behemoth, which could escape through time and space at any time.
"So we really have to go underground to find bugs? I would say the risk is much greater than fighting against Duke's Alpha Squadron in Mar Sara." Tychus ran from behind in Augustus. He said as he followed him.
"Our tanks and Goliath armed robots can't move at all in the narrow worm passages, but the worms are like fish in water, because they are hatched from those filthy nests, just like they metamorphose into rotten grass roots. Maggots for flies," he said.
"This is exactly why I chose to lead an elite army instead of a division, Tychus." Augustus said and looked at Kerrigan who was running next to him.
"Can you sense anything?" he asked.
Not only is Kerrigan the most powerful and possibly the most unique psyker known to date, her special ability to sense the zerg is not found in any other psyker.
She can easily sense the presence of the zerg and learn their location, but Kerrigan must be careful not to use her psychic powers within five yards of any zerg, otherwise the swarm will sense its presence.
"The zerg have retreated underground...the protoss are also moving deeper into the zerg hive." Kerrigan replied: "It seems that the zerg are defending their hive."
"They didn't choose to escape, either because the swarm didn't think it was necessary to do so, or there was something here that they had to protect." Augustus said.
"We can feel that there is a powerful psychic food lurking in the ground. It should be a brainworm." The high-ranking templar walked to Augustus, who was floating in the air, using the power of psychic energy. Move quickly on the ground.
There are about forty or fifty protoss templars holding blue psychic blades standing next to humans. Their psychic blades are not handle-type, but are activated from some kind of wrist-shaped transmitter on the back of the wrist. A concentrated blade of light.
The protoss warriors also have sophisticated equipment on their armor, and perhaps their radiant eyes can see things in the dark like cats, but the protoss templars seem to be just using their glowing psychic blades Lighting - looks like a flashlight.
"See if there is any entrance to a cave nearby. It is best if the entrance is large enough to look like a big snake swimming through it." Augustus said.
"Okay boss." Harnak Harker fired several flares from the extra launchers on his Firebat powered armor arms, and the other soldiers followed suit.
"There." The high-ranking templar discovered the entrance to a cave before everyone else. The dark cave entrance was filled with dead Hydra Hydralisks.
"Templars, attack!" he ordered: "May Arden guide our steps forward."
The protoss were the first to enter the dark cave. The cave dug by the zerg was obviously prepared for the largest zerg, and could fully accommodate the tall protoss.
"Follow them," said Augustus.
Augustus stepped forward to keep up with the athletic protoss, while Kerrigan and Tychus followed closely behind.
In the light of the powered armor searchlight, the entrance to the cave looked unusually smooth, covered with a layer of white sandy soil. Even the jagged rocks were covered by the rough armor of the Hydra Hydralisks that guarded the place every day. Smooth.
The cave seems to be naturally formed, and the work done by the zerg here is only to widen and deepen it.
"Stay back and let me explore the way." Tychus stopped Augustus before he wanted to take the lead into the cave, and walked in first: "Don't get in the way of me beating the bugs, do you understand?"
"Let the knowledgeable people stand in front, boss." Hanak put on his helmet and threw a lit laser lighter into it. This young man who had worked in the Shiloh underground mine for a few weeks knew something about underground pits. For example, if a narrow pit is filled with toxic gases or high-energy gas leaks, a lighter can remove it. People are sent to heaven.
"The zerg are more tidy than we thought." Tychus didn't notice what Harnak was doing at all. He just noticed that the zerg's cave was much better than he thought, without mucus and Those slimy creeps and disgusting acid.
In fact, the entrance to the cave is more like a reptile's nest, which should be related to the habits of certain species of zerg.
"Stop talking nonsense, Tychus, and watch your step." Augustus shouted on the communication channel.
When they actually walked into the dark and narrow cave, an underground passage with a gentle slope appeared in front of everyone. Augustus felt depressed and nervous for a while, but he quickly focused his attention on the rock walls and sand on both sides.
"Enable the oxygen concentrator and air circulation system inside the armor. Don't breathe the air inside. It is likely to be poisonous." Augustus gave the order on the channel.
Even Kerrigan wears a helmet, and her advanced combat suit, with its many circuits buried inside, functions akin to power armor.
At first, the passage was quite wide, enough for Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing power armor to pass, but after walking a straight line distance of more than two hundred yards, it gradually became narrower and shorter, and the slope became steeper and steeper.
The troops led by the high-ranking templar of Sargas had already gone far away, and their nimble footsteps were already hard to detect, and now they were even less audible.
With these protoss warriors opening the way for Augustus, they would not have to worry about whether one or two crazy zerg would suddenly appear ahead.
After walking in this passage for a few more minutes, the underground insect tunnel became narrower and narrower, and finally it could only barely accommodate two soldiers in power armor who could barely pass through.
Just when Augustus hesitated to move forward, they gradually reached a fork in the road. The insect path they had walked through before was divided into three, leading to different directions.
"It's windy...these insect passages are connected to each other...at least one passage is used as a ventilation duct. What we need to find is the hub insect passage that leads directly to the main nest area." Kerrigan explain.
"The Protoss must know the exact direction." Augustus said: "They are much more sensitive to the psychic energy of the Zerg than we are, and they are able to confirm the direction with the help of more sophisticated equipment."
"Stop."
Augustus stopped and searched the ground for the protoss's wide, giant-toed footprints.
"Follow me," said Augustus.
What follows is another tense advance in the underground insect tunnel. Walking in the dark underground is not a pleasant thing.
Gradually, scattered insect corpses and clusters of dark purple carpet clusters began to appear on the ground. The originally clean holes immediately became moist, and strange, flesh-colored food tissues appeared. It sticks to the rock wall and the ground like fat or organs on the intestines.
The dead zerg were almost all killed by a single blow, whether it was a springtail or a Hydra Hydralisk, their heads were cut off or they were stabbed into the heart by a single blow. During this period, Augustus did not even hear the screams that should have echoed in the insect tunnel, which shows that the attacks of these Templars were as fast as lightning and thunder.
"I take back what I just said, bugs are just a group of 'bad boys who don't like to be clean.'" Tychus said.
"Oh my god, that's disgusting," Harnak screamed.
"Hank, light up the fire," Augustus shouted.
When Harnak heard what Augustus said, he immediately excitedly lit the flamethrower as he walked in, and together with several other fire bats in the team, burned those weird tissues to ashes.
The road ahead was even more difficult to walk. There were corpses of zerg everywhere and tumors that exuded a peculiar smell. There were also some spider-like monsters among them. They must have been specially hatched to guard the nest.
"Keep moving." After dealing with these tumors, Augustus waved his hand and ordered the troops behind him to keep moving.
After walking for nearly ten minutes, Augustus found no trace of the Templars. Only more and more Zerg corpses revealed what kind of enemies they had encountered.
Until an earth-shaking roar made humans realize that they were in an underground tunnel filled with alien monsters. When the roar came, it was accompanied by the vibration of the sand and gravel underfoot.
One can imagine what kind of incredible giant monster the owner of this roar is.
The passage ended abruptly behind a pile of Hydra Hydralisk corpses, and what appeared in front of Augustus was a giant cave that was tall enough to accommodate a huge insect hatchery and mutalisks spire.
The high-ranking templars of Sargas are fighting a monster that is much larger than an ordinary thunder beast. It has bright red skin and more than one pair of giant scythes. It is a walking giant covered with solid carapace and spikes. The beast, even the Protoss Templar, looked small in front of it.
"Oh my God, what the hell is going on?" Tychus cursed.
"It didn't collapse under its own weight," Kerrigan said.
"An elite thunder beast." Augustus said: "Without the help of the protoss, it is enough to wipe out all of us."
"The good news is, I'm pretty sure the brainworm is around here."
