Chapter 57: Spread
This is another cosmic melee involving several intelligent races, although the protagonist of the war is still a huge number of swarms, and the Golden Fleet of the Protoss, which is known as the strongest formation in the universe, but the dead remnants of the Tren Terrans, Zeniths, and a few Cybertron Decepticons have not completely faded out of the battlefield, so that an already chaotic battle has become even more chaotic.
In this chaotic interstellar battlefield, there is a small area that seems strangely quiet, not only the Golden Fleet, but even the swarm will inadvertently bypass it. The reason for this is that in the very center of this area is a steel fortress that resembles a multi-turret relic, and any moving object within its range will be bombarded mercilessly, even indiscriminately.
That's right, this is exactly the ship-based marine unit that the Autonomous Union troops in Mengsk abandoned by them after their withdrawal or defeat. It is precisely because this unit has a positional defensive weapon with super firepower, and it has almost completely lost its ability to maneuver, and it can't run if it wants to, so neither the swarm nor the "human-god coalition army" that is exhausted under the onslaught of the swarm will waste its troops on this difficult and boring hard bone at this time. Anyway, it can't go, and it has no strategic value, so you can slowly clean it up when you free up your hands.
However, I'm afraid even Jim? Renault also did not expect that his mortal enemy, the dictator of the Autonomous Alliance, Mengsk the Great, did not take advantage of the chaos to escape from the battlefield at the "best time", but hid on this military satellite and stayed until now. But it is precisely because of Mengsk's completely counterintuitive mode of action that Jim? Renault simply had no way to really defeat the culprits of this war.
Mengsk at this time. Already from the empty and majestic Imperial Hall of the flagship Ulysses. Transferred to a very small front-line command room. He was surrounded by monitors that showed the current situation from the detection radar. And Mengsk's mechanical lieutenant reported in detail on the side: "According to the analysis of the current battle situation, the swarm and Jim? The Renault faction had a force ratio of about 1 to 0.64 and a battle loss ratio of about 1 to 1.35, and it was assumed that the battle would end in 33 hours to 3 Earth days. The exact time depends on the judgment of the commanders of both sides on the situation of the battle. ”
Listening to the debriefing, Mengsk pinched his temples and said nothing. At this time, he was already gray, wrinkled, and the huge pressure and irritability made him feel like he had aged dozens of years in just a few hours. But the hero is the hero after all. Although his demeanor was old and his spirit looked very tired, the hatred and fierce light flashing in his eyes continued unabated, and the most terrifying thing was that this was not the gaze of a destitute overlord at the end of his life, but the fierce light of a crazy and bloodthirsty avenger like a wounded tiger.
"Jim can't imagine that I'm still here, waiting for the moment when you're weak, hurt, tired. Me, Acturus? Mengsk. Neither defeated nor escaped, sooner or later, one day, I will break you into pieces~~~! So far, the situation has changed in the predictions of the mysterious man, and if it continues like this, I won't have to wait any longer...... Hehehe...... Wahahahahaha...... Jim, you're just waiting to be blown to pieces by the time bomb you trust~~~! ”
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"Ahh
Lilin suddenly sneezed loudly, he rubbed his nose, and said inexplicably: "Do I have a cold?" It's weird."
"Maybe who's talking about you, hahahahaha, you're our hero now, I heard that there are already many little girls on the ship who have begun to pay attention to you, not to mention humans, even the Zenith and even the Protoss...... Tsk, the young white-faced woman is really envious of old and fat bachelor uncles like us. ”
Swan, the boss of the ordnance maintenance class, made fun of Lilin Dao heartily, since the last incident, Swan's impression of Lilin has changed 360 degrees, this time he spared no effort when he helped Lilin build the [Prison Gate] trial to make the second machine, the Templar scholars of the Protoss, although these Star Spirit Engineers are all experts among experts, and several of them are even the design and development of the active Protoss arms, but they also have arrogance and stubbornness that match their abilities, and they almost disdain the unbelievable design blueprint proposed by LilinIf there is no Swann to coordinate and communicate, I am afraid that these star spirits will not be useful at all.
But in any case, just as the Cold War of World War II was a blowout period for human weapons research and development, the latest experimental mobile weapon, which might have taken months or even years to complete, took less than a day to complete on the battlefield, in the weapons laboratory of this Protoss mothership, using the remains of the body of the Cybertron Decepticon as materials, and was completed by a group of top weapon developers from all races.
Looking at the golden bird-like [Prison Gate] in front of him, which looked like a Protoss Phoenix Fighter and tried to make the second machine, Li Lin finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"Hey...... Although I knew that the thing you made was going to die, if I guessed correctly, you probably wanted to make a 'humanoid' war machine, so with all due respect, this thing has nothing to do with 'humanoid' no matter how you look at it. Also, aren't you planning on cram a Zenith into this thing? Why didn't you do it this time? Well...... Although I like this very much, I don't say you, although you are a genius, but sometimes your thoughts should not be twisted in some strange places......"
Lilin barely listened to the words of the overzealous uncle, his eyes were slightly closed, and he only whispered a faint voice in his mouth......
"The props are in place, it's time to ...... It's time to start a new game. ”
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The executive of the Protoss Gold Fleet, the Star Spirit heroine Celestis, was assassinated......
This is undoubtedly a devastating disaster for the alliance of man and god. However, the more terrifying truth is. Confirmation based on the display of numerous monitors. Her assassin turned out to be Jim? Renault's right-hand man, Captain Matt of the Hyperion.
This is simply unbelievable......
Not to mention the human body, how Matt, who only has strategic command skills, killed the star spirit heroine who is known for her physical strength and can single-handedly take on the mammoth thunder beast, no matter how you think about it, Matt has no reason to assassinate Celantis.
However, this case can no longer be investigated, because the biggest murder suspect is the most suspect. Captain Matt has been found dead in his own break room.
There is no proof of death......
Jim? Renault was about to go crazy, he didn't even bother to grieve over the death of his best friend, and the crumbling alliance of man and god made him even more worried. The Protoss is an unruly race, and the only bond that can sustain this temporary alliance is his personal relationship with Celantis. However, this layer of relationship has come to naught with the death of Celantis, and with the occurrence of this bizarre murder, the Protoss has had an irreparable rift with humans, if it were not for the common threat of the Zerg. If it weren't for the fact that the war was not over, the war would still be deadlocked. If it weren't for the rest of the Protoss hierarchy for Jim? Renault still has a good opinion over a bad feeling...... I'm afraid that the comrades-in-arms who used to advance and retreat together have now begun to kill each other.
The tragedy didn't end there, just after the central figures of the Protoss and Ranger camps died one after another, there was also a problem on the part of the Macross fleet, the military leader of the Zenith, the military idol and mascot of the Tempus, who was on the side of the immigrant ship group, and the giantess Captain Crankland, who was also the strongest ACE of the Zenith, also disappeared, and the biggest suspect turned out to be the ace pilot of the skeleton squad who disappeared with her, Saotome? Second Lieutenant Malte.
Fear, like a plague, began to spread within the Combined Fleet, and race to race, and even race to race, companion to fellow, began to doubt and distrust each other.
Silently watching things get worse, Jim? Renault is already physically and mentally exhausted, admittedly, he is a self-taught military genius, but he obviously does not have the ability to detect like Sherlock Holmes, this bizarre case seems to him to be clueless at all, until this moment, when Jim is standing alone in the command hall, Matt, who should have died in arms, stands silently behind him, Jim? Renault can finally be sure that this is an out-and-out conspiracy, a conspiracy to put him to death.
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Gently peel off a layer of "skin" from your own face, Jim? The figure of "Matt" in front of Renault has changed into a completely different appearance, and there is no doubt that it is Lilin who has lifted the transformation ability of the "Dead Grudge Mask".
Jim? Renault's large-caliber pistol was pointed at Rilin's eyebrows, and although his gaze was dark, his tone was still calm.
"Honestly, I really don't want to believe that it's all you, someone I trust."
"So, you've been suspicious of me for a long time?" Lilin said with a smile as if he didn't see that he was being pointed at gunpoint.
"I don't want to doubt you, but after using the method of elimination...... There seems to be no other answer. No one knows the origin, and there are not many people on this Protoss mothership who have the special ability that no one knows about, and the powerful strength that can kill Celantis silently, and at the same time meet these conditions...... See, the answer is as simple as that. ”
(To be continued......)