Chapter 1385: Wings of Freedom (twenty-four)

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The spear galaxy, Bucerfalos.
"Sir, we can't get closer," Matt looked at the constantly refreshing test results: "The'William Hauscher limit' of this galaxy is far beyond the ordinary."
The so-called "William Herschel limit" is the distance limit at which a space object will inevitably fall into a star after crossing it. It is named after the musician Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel).
This distance will change with the mass and speed of the affected object, and a powered spacecraft will have more operating space. Generally speaking, a star with a planet will basically be as long as it does not cross the orbit of the nearest planet. safe.
However, the Spear Galaxy is a strange galaxy composed of two blue giant stars. Not only does it have no planets, the two stars still rotate with each other-do you really deserve the name star?
The spear galaxy got its name because from time to time there are giant celestial bodies passing by planted into two stars, so the helium flashes produced look like two stars throwing spears of light on each other, and the alignment is particularly poor. Kind.
This spectacle attracted many astronomers in the Cthulhu region at first, but when they discovered that this behavior of "throwing spears at each other" has been going on for hundreds of millions of years, and will continue to be lost. At that time, the enthusiasm quickly faded, and now there is a fight between the Federation and the rebels, and no one will pay attention.
Therefore, no matter what Tassadar made here, no one would take another look.
"Captain Renault," Jax sent a communication from his Steel Justice: "My old fellow can no longer move forward. If you haven't chosen a position, I will stay at this distance and wait for you. 'Open the door'."
After all, he is a captain, and it is impossible to stay aboard the Busefalos forever. When returning to "Steel Justice", he took Mira by the way, and Matt was relieved.
"Tassadar, sir?" Renault looked at the Protoss standing by the porthole.
"[When the threat of the Zerg is imminent, you have to care about the'view' and'influence'. This is also a common problem of a civilization where individual consciousness is greater than group consciousness.]" Tassadar turned around.
what? What kind of civilized group consciousness will be greater than the individual—oh.
Renault glanced at Ariel, there was a ready-made one here.
"[I have confirmed that, apart from your two warships, no creatures are observing here, so I will set out to create a'subspace tunnel'.]" Tassadar continued.
Renault originally planned to ask how it was confirmed, but it seemed unnecessary to think about it: "Let's do it."
Zi Zi Zi-
Tassadar folded his hands together, and a flashing blue light emerged from the palm of his palm. Almost at the same time, a much larger beam of light with exactly the same shape and color appeared in the space outside the window behind him.
This hand slightly dispelled the bad image of him being thrown around by Ariel, probably.
After holding out the light group, Tassadar separated his hands, and pulled both sides of the light group and began to pull.
Stabbed-chick chick -
As if the sound of silk or thick paper being pulled away, the blue light in front of Tassadar gradually began to change into a ring shape, and the giant blue light outside the porthole was also amplified and deformed simultaneously, gradually forming a huge one, enough for ten battleships to pass in parallel. In the door door, and in the door door, there is a continuous flashing golden light.
Renault looked at Tassadar and then outside the window, finally temporarily leaving the impression that he was smashed by Ariel.
"It's okay," Jimmy patted his chest. "I thought I would see Tassadar's big face behind the ring outside."
Is that a funny movie?

Subspace tunnel, Bucefalos bridge.
"This is not the same as using a stargate," Tykes stood by the porthole and looked out.
"It's not like Psionic Jump." Toxh agreed.
"It's true," Renault was still sitting in the captain's seat, looking at the large amount of data flashing on the front panel: "Rather than entering the star gate and then giving up control and waiting to jump out, we now have to move forward by ourselves-in this Before the channel is closed."
"Yes," Nova agreed: "When using the star gate, the'straight forward' that appears is an illusion, so there will be a'navigation' that directly drills through the stars or even stars, and this'subspace channel' , It’s more like "folding" the universe without touching it. We have to "cross" this distance by ourselves."
"[That's why it is called'Zheyue',]" Tassadar answered, "[Soon, you will be able to see the magnificent Al. Maybe she has no vitality for the time being, but as long as I wake up my fellow citizens, she will definitely Restore the glory of the past.]"
Renault nodded slightly and made no comment. Whether the Protoss regained their former glory is not important. The key is that their appearance may reunite the humans in the stellar area, and if the Tyrannian Federation is atrocities before, this center of unity is not. It will be the federation, perhaps the new federation planned by Nova's father and grandfather, or the empire planned by Arcturus. Of course, Minmatar, Gallente and Caldari also have opportunities.
"[...]" Compared to other people who are looking forward to the Protoss main star or the fleet, Ariel has been frowning and thinking about something, and only then said: "[Tassadar, how long did you wake up last time? before?】"
"[If you follow your timing method, 364 years ago.]" Perhaps it was about to arrive home, Tassadar seemed to care about the things she once smashed.
"[In that case, you should have seen the natives of this star area,'Pioneer Ute',]" Ariel's brows were still not loosened: "[Did they encounter a Zerg? Did the Protoss have contact with them? ?]"
"[I have checked the colonial stars of this aquatic civilization one by one, they have no record of being infested by Zergs, so I went to sleep again...]" Tassadar seems to have finally discovered the problem: "[It’s you, it’s the human will Are they wiped out?]"
"[No, according to our historical records, the war between mankind and Ute lasted only one year and ended with Ute’s full retreat. However, not to mention the reason for their retreat, none of the star gates found so far The traces of them leaving are as if they suddenly disappeared out of thin air, or,]" Ariel raised her head to look at the streamer outside the window: "[Use the'subspace tunnel' to leave.]"
"[How is this possible? Except for the Protoss, no other races can open...open.]" Tassadarton lived.
"[Obviously, it was one of your compatriots who took the Ute family away through Zyyue,]" Ariel continued: "[So, as far as you are concerned, under what circumstances would you make this Strange behavior?]"
Indeed, Renault thought, if civilization is not threatened by the Zerg, the Protoss will not come into contact with them. If the Protoss has a large fleet to command, it can threaten the humans who have just arrived in the local area to live in peace with Ute. .
So now it is known that Ute is threatened by a Zerg, and the Protoss that helps it have no fleet to command. In the case where the first two are likely to be established, the addition of "Al is in the local area" is added. The premise, the conclusion is--
During Tassadar's sleep, Al was over.
Sneer-hum-
Both Bucerfalos and Steel Justice reached the end of the subspace tunnel at the same time.

Planet Al.
"[No! This is impossible!]" Tassadar leaped towards the porthole.
The previous inference is completely correct.
As a captain, Renault can see more data through scanning without going to the porthole.
[Diameter: 13,273 kilometers;]
【Gravity: 0.98;】
【Inclination angle: 18.5 degrees;】
[Average temperature: 30 degrees;]
[Continent block: 5, ocean block: 4;]
[Main cities: 5, settlements: 2136;]
[Main biome: 65, secondary biome: 289, small biome: 600;]
【The number of surface organisms is about 5,000,000. 】
If these creatures are Protoss, Tassadar’s previous promise may come true, but they are all kinds of Zergs, the entire planet’s land is almost covered with fungus blankets, and all cities and settlements are all State of ruins.
"[Obviously,]" Ariel said in a low voice, "[The reason why your compatriots took Ute away was to prevent humans from learning the'psionic jump' technique from them, arriving in Ayr inadvertently, and bringing these The'natural disaster' was released-I said, how could a creature like Zerg be the result of research by scientists from the Federation?]"
"[I must contact Kara,]" Tassadar regained his composure a little: "[But only the temple built by each outpost has this ability, please let me down.]"
"You are committing suicide," Renault shook his head repeatedly: "Although we didn't get along for a long time, as a friend, I can't watch you go to death."
"[No, I'm not going to die, my friend,]" Tassadar pointed to the braid-like tentacles on the back of his head: "[The sacred Kara connects us, if I fail to reach Kara through the temple , The soul will return after the war, but before reshaping the body and reporting the threat, you have to temporarily close the interstellar gate to the galaxy near this planet.]"
"The soul returns? Reshape the body?" Renault felt that although his words were ideal, they did not seem like a Hubian excuse: "How long will it take?"
"[Depending on how busy Kara is, it can range from one thousand to five thousand years.]" Tassadar replied.
"I know why your compatriot doesn't do this anymore," Renault looked at him with an expression of "Are you stupid?" "Do you think you can resurrect faster than the Protoss warrior who has already died on the surface of El?"
"[They were probably killed in a deep sleep state, knowing nothing, and as a'high-ranking templar', my soul should be able to attract a little attention.]" Tassadar replied fluently.
"No, no way," Renault shook his head repeatedly: "Tell us where you are going. Let's make a plan for landing and contact. If things can't be done, I will let Ariel take you away."
"[Yes,]" Ariel raised her hand in cooperation, and threatened with a vine from her wrist: "[However, you don't have to worry about them spreading. Your compatriots did a good job.]"
"[Compatriot?]" Tassadar was taken aback.
"[Those who still persist on the surface,]" She pointed to the devastated planet outside the window: "[Didn't you find it? The resources of this planet have been exhausted, but there are almost no flying zergs, while other planets are up to a few There was no report of Zerg infestation a month ago. This can only be the result of your surviving compatriots deliberately induced through tactics... Although I don’t know how many people have been sacrificed for this.]"
"[...]" Tassadar clearly understood, turned to look at Al out of the porthole, and slowly closed his eyes, probably using what he called "kara" to contact the survivors-if any.
It wasn't until then that the other companions gradually recovered from the shock and turned to Renault to speak.
"Sir, sir, I'm not afraid!" Jimmy stood at attention there.
Maybe if you don’t do this, your legs will fall down, right?
"Tsk tusk... In this case, 10,000 apocalypses may not be enough, let alone I only have more than 400." Nova looked at the various data in front of Renault.
Can ordinary ghosts have so many tactical nuclear bombs?
"I said cowboys, are we going to use a mercenary corps to deal with bugs on an entire planet?" Tykes slapped his power armor: "This is too much to my appetite!"
You have a good appetite, and those mercenaries may not be useful.
"I heard that they don't seem to fly?" Tosh was making a plan: "In this case, as long as I have enough food, I should be able to kill them all."
Is that 5 billion?
"Little horse!" Milla directly grabbed Jax's communication position: "I will marry you after this battle!"
Ah... Matt looked over with "Please take me with you in this battle".
"[Sergeant Renault,]" Ariel directly turned and left: "[I remember you still have a lot of crystals in your warehouse, do you mind if I use them?]"
"Oh, of course." Renault nodded.
Is she going to explode? Very good, I didn't see the drama of Tarsonis plant fighting insects, this time I can watch it up close.
Hum
When the bridge was in a mess, Tassadar opened his eyes, the blue light in his eyes was brighter than ever before, and the "tentacles" on the back of his head also shone blue.
"[The swarm, destroyed our home, and my noble people became refugees.]"
He said in a loud voice, no, it was not a speech, but a kind of "psychic broadcast", and the Protoss was using his own way to contact the surviving compatriots on Al.
"[However, the swarm cannot destroy our will,]"
"[Because, the sacred Kara connects each of our thoughts,]"
"[She made us unite in despair.]"
The bridge became quiet, as if infected by his tone, the actions of all the crew no longer flustered and became orderly.
Perhaps it was an illusion, Renault vaguely saw that there were countless small blue silk threads flying into the sky on the entire planet of El, connecting with Tassadar standing in front of the window, and beating with his words.
"[Today, we will retake our home,]"
"[Recapture, Protoss glory!]"