Chapter 790 Epilogue

Two years after the final battle

Imperial territory, Cha Sara.

Many years have passed since the Protoss fleet destroyed Cha Sara. The entire surface of the planet has been vitrified, cities have been reduced to ashes, mountains have been razed to the ground, and only molten scars remain on the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas. All forms of life have been extinct.

A lush, vibrant and beautiful world has since turned into a wasteland, never to recover.

Life is tenacious. In the following years, Cha Sara also grew some vegetation, but it was sparse and thin, far less vigorous than in the past, like a young man with thick hair who became bald at a young age.

Cha Sara was once green, but after that, she became another ordinary and barren planet among thousands of worlds in the Imperial star field, just a dim eyeball on the navigation map.

But that was before the "one-night miracle" happened.

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"It feels really good to come back here as a great hero who saved the entire universe, um~ Don't you agree, Jimmy?"

Tychus Finley's outfit is no different from the common country folk in the border world of the Empire, with durable trousers, a weather-beaten jacket, an old-fashioned revolver that can kill people, and a vulture car that has been passed around countless times.

Even if this man is really made a duke or a prime minister, he is not very willing to wear a suit and tie all day long, not to mention that he is now just a sinecure at the Imperial Marines Headquarters. When he finally remembers to go to work and punch in, he looks unkempt.

On weekdays, Emperor Augustus would call this a wild boar that can't eat fine bran, saying that he looks like a savage.

But today is different. Today, Tychus is the emperor's plainclothes bodyguard in Cha Sara, and this is a "secret visit".

"As long as they are not evacuating refugees during the Zerg invasion, I have fought too many battles and have had enough of separation and death, and good people being persecuted." Jim Raynor was dressed in a typical Mar Sara cowboy outfit, leaning against his Vulture car and smoking a cigar. He was once a natural space cowboy, bohemian and free-spirited, and now he is the father of three children.

If the emperor had not been lazy as a dog and refused to let his right-hand man retire, crying, making a fuss, and hanging himself, he would have returned to his hometown to farm.

As they were talking, a breeze with a refreshing flower fragrance blew in, bringing the sound of trees shaking and the bells of the church in the distance.

It was the time when life was revived and everything was renewed.

There was a strong vitality everywhere, and the thick trees were covered with vines. The bushes were like huge, green grain piles, with thousands of colorful flowers scattered in between. The lively stream was like a blue ribbon, reflecting the golden light in the sky. They sang like birds, gurgling across the quiet plains and heading towards the fertile valley.

"We are not far from the nearest town and tavern. You two, hurry up!" Augustus drove a vulture car from behind and overtook Tychus and Reno with one acceleration.

The wake of the ion thruster pushed out a long road in the dense grass, and small animals, reptiles and birds fled in all directions.

"Didn't you suddenly want to stay and see the scenery? I don't know what's so good about these mountains and waters." Tychus cursed and quickly got on the car and followed, fearing that the current emperor would disappear while speeding.

"That's so beautiful." Augustus just said: "The last person who ran to the town paid for the wine!"

"Hey, this bastard!" Reno, who was not in a hurry to catch up with Augustus, jumped up now.

Driving a vulture car across the vast wilderness was a very pleasant experience for Augustus. After all, governing a country was not a pleasant thing. Even a man as energetic as him would often feel exhausted and unable to do his best.

Everywhere Augustus looked was green and full of vitality. These were all good lands, large tracts of good lands, suitable for farming, and crops could grow well without any effort.

A few weeks ago, this place was still lonely, with no vegetation. Only a few places grew lichens and mosses, so barren that even the insects were surprisingly thin.

But in this short period of time, the wildly growing forests of Cha Sala alone were comparable to the primitive forests of a century.

The so-called miracle overnight was the official statement circulated in other imperial worlds. In Cha Sala, this was called a miracle.

Not only Cha Sara, but also Ma Sara, Viridia, Aedion and other planets that were destroyed in the past wars have almost recovered their former vitality overnight. Many barren worlds have also shown signs of life, with flowers blooming and fragrant.

However, among these planets, Cha Sara is indeed the last one to change.

Today, humans and Protoss in and outside the Koprulu Sector are committed to rebuilding and restoring their homes, turning swords into plows, and recuperating.

In the Terran Empire and other humans, new immigrants are leaving the increasingly crowded core worlds with their families to escape poverty and suffering, or return to these resurrected planets, or go further, to the beautiful and rich new worlds rumored.

In the original territory of the empire alone, new habitable planets are discovered every day, and every surprise means a newly opened route.

Once the colony ships landed, the seeds they brought could immediately find nutrients and began to grow wildly. The livestock also became fat and strong, and reproduced vigorously. In the new settlements, people's houses grew up in clusters like mushrooms after rain. Children and their dogs ran barefoot through the paths beside the cabbage fields, through orchards, fields and livestock pens, and spent the whole afternoon leisurely in the market next to the starport.

Merchant ships came and went, bringing industrial necessities to the colonists of the new world, and bringing back high-quality meat, vegetables, furs and raw materials.

Even the Protoss began to free up their hands and re-incorporated the former temple worlds and colonies into the scope of the Aiur psychic matrix.

"This is it. This town looks good. It reminds me of the days when I fought on this planet." Augustus passed by a road sign with the words ghost town (a StarCraft 1 map about Cha Sara).

After the Protoss bombed Cha Sara, every inhabited town became a real ghost town.

Judging from the time of the town's establishment on the road sign, most of the residents here are miners and some natives who have returned to their hometowns a long time ago. They rely on working in the mines and related industries to make a living, and agriculture is highly dependent on government subsidies and hydroponic farms.

This can be seen at a glance. After the final war, a large number of towns rebuilt under the revitalization plan are all standard prefabricated buildings. Many engineering teams that used to build roads, barracks and fortifications for the Imperial Army built cities according to their working methods. Cities separated by several light years may have the same building layout, color matching, and even the location of street lights.

This town is more like the manor of Helsin and Haven. People used to build houses with stones and steel that were shattered by the Protoss, but now they use various local woods that are grown at an astonishing speed. Every family has an astonishingly large courtyard, and in the backyard, they grow Saran pepper, McCallister lettuce, and rows of Sur fruit trees, which are extremely expensive in the core world.

There are not many people in the town, but it is still a thriving scene. Almost everyone has something to do. Many people are repairing their houses and fences to deal with small animals that eat crops. The agricultural machines of this era are by no means comparable to those of the old Federation era. They are larger and more efficient, and are the technological products of the Xel'Naga construct.

Most people here are immersed in their work and are not surprised at outsiders. The sheriff of the town police station is a seven-year veteran who retired from the Marine Corps. He leaned out of the window to repeatedly confirm Augustus's appearance, and then went back to report on the phone with a confused look on his face.

"Let's go and have a couple of drinks." Augustus parked the car in front of a bar called Bloody Mary.

There are at least 8,000 bars called Bloody Mary in the Empire, and most of them are run by people with military backgrounds. The most widely circulated saying is that when Emperor Augustus was in the old federal army, he led his marines to fight with fleet soldiers in the Bloody Mary Bar in Tulasis II.

Because this incident happened a long time ago and most of the people who experienced it have died in the war, there are many versions among the people.

The most widely circulated version is that Emperor Augustus was ambitious and had long been dissatisfied with the corrupt rule of the Federation, so he planned and led this just fight, and killed eight good players among the fleet soldiers alone.

After hearing this, Augustus couldn't figure out what the inevitable connection was between a bunch of bastards fighting and his dissatisfaction with the Federation, but he was very satisfied with the saying that he killed eight people alone.

I don't know why, but people always like to exaggerate Augustus's achievements. If Augustus had killed a hundred people, others would say he was invincible. When the famous novelist Mr. Brainworm wrote "The Erotic History of Augustus the Great", he always liked to double the number of the emperor's confidantes.

This is the most famous pornographic book in the empire.

Augustus sat down at the bar counter and ordered a few bottles of Tarsonis No. 8 whiskey in a brisk tone.

The bar owner was a strong man with gray hair. The wrinkles on his face were full of years. One of his hands had been replaced by a flexible metal prosthesis. The mechanical transformation and neural connection technology used in Cerberus Zerg is now used to help people who lost limbs in war.

". They look so similar, even the voice is the same, but how is this possible." The owner stared at Augustus for a long time before taking out the wine, muttering: "Is there really a clone of the emperor?"

"Is it you, Your Majesty?"

The emperor is coming to check Sarah? How come I haven't heard of it? No way. If it's true, the planet will be boiling for several days.

"I am myself." Augustus looked at the old soldier for a few more times and noticed that he had also replaced his other leg with a prosthesis. These prostheses are undoubtedly high-end military goods. Except for soldiers injured in the war, it is currently difficult to get them through other channels.

And the bar can be seen at a glance as a military bar, using local materials, simple and practical.

After the war, a large number of soldiers took off their uniforms and returned to their families. These people either returned to their old jobs or entered positions arranged by the government. As part of the reconstruction plan, many people were able to get a large amount of land in the new world as compensation for retirement.

Since returning to Korhal, Emperor Augustus has been committed to improving people's livelihood and has implemented a large number of policies to restore the economy. A large number of the latest technologies have been used in a wide range of people's livelihood construction and production. Even Augustus and his ministers did not expect that prosperity would come so quickly.

In just two years, the average personal disposable income of core world residents has doubled, and assembly line workers can invest in stocks while owning private hover cars.

After the war, people's income not only increased, but their desire for consumption also increased. The strong demand for consumer goods further stimulated market prosperity, and the huge factories that the empire put back into civilian use were fully able to meet this bottomless pit-like demand. And if For those who want to leave the highly competitive core world, hundreds of new colonies under construction are a better choice.

This was a good era that the common people at the end of the old Federation could not imagine. Before that, the residents of the empire were even afraid of the invasion of the zerg and hybrid armies.

"What a hell." But the other party obviously didn't believe it, wondering how could Augustus the Great, who had so many things to do, come to such a remote place to drink low-quality wine. All the time, the Emperor of the Empire was either ruling the Empire from the throne or leading troops to war.

"This place is nice." Renault had already stepped in first, followed closely by Tychus.

Tychus was clearly unhappy that he had to pay for his drinks.

The bar owner was completely shocked: "Admiral Reno?"

The fact that Tychus Finlay spawned in the bar was not that surprising.

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"Hello." Renault chuckled: "This is what it's like to be a celebrity. It's really hard to be a low-key person."

"Is cloning technology so advanced now? After all, I hear every day that new gadgets have appeared on Kohal." The boss was already thinking about it, wondering if there were rebels who secretly cloned the leader of the empire and were preparing to cause trouble. Still from UED.

When you think something is wrong, it's the Earthlings.

"Clone?" Tychus sat down: "Yes, that's right, it's what you think, hahahaha."

"Are you an imperial veteran?" Augustus also smiled.

"Yes, it used to be, until a year ago." The boss was still hesitant, but he still proudly stated his identity.

"I want to pay tribute to you, warrior, then you must have participated in the final battle." Augustus personally opened wine to Renault and Tychus: "You must not forget that we once passed through the void of Urna Gate to face endless void creatures and insects."

"Many, many people died before we finally killed the Void Evil God."

"I will never forget that day, but I will never regret following the Emperor." The boss showed deep fear on his face, and he said almost to himself: "I have always been with Wade and Fergis's parents said they died heroically, in battle, but that was not the case. They died at the hands of one of their own, a transport pilot who was driven mad by the hybrid."

"That bastard drove the ship into the opening void rift. I saw it with my own eyes."

Although the war has only subsided for two years, various protoss forces have signed long-term peace treaties with the Empire, and the zerg, the nightmare of generations, has disappeared, and even sighting reports are pitiful.

However, the war seems like yesterday.

"What a nightmare," Leno said.

"I don't want to mention those things in the void, but they are all in the past." Tychus was rarely serious: "Those of us who can come back alive are just lucky enough. Who knows which ship Eamon smashed. But once you step into the void, you are a complete hero.”

"Is their family doing well?" Augustus' eyes became sharp. If the other person's answer was no, then someone must be in bad luck.

"Oh, good. I mean, it's hard to get over the pain, but they are all in good hands with the Military Council." With that, the man stood up and gave Augustus a military salute.

"Andre Madrid, retired with the rank of Major, Your Majesty."

Andre had seen Augustus with his own eyes, and he believed that such a unique leadership quality could not be imitated by clones. This is a very mysterious feeling. When the emperor of the empire really speaks a few words to you, you will not think that there can be another person like this in this world.

Now he thought he was ridiculously stupid for believing in such nonsense as human cloning.

"And the subsidy and pension I received are enough for me to live richly until I die. Opening a bar is just to pass the time." It's amazing to say, but when standing next to the emperor, it seems that when I recall the cruel scene of the final battle, I also feel sad. No more fear:

"At that time we thought we were doomed, there were enemies everywhere, endless. Some said the emperor's flagship had crashed, and the soldiers were in panic, right up to the empress."

Andre suddenly stopped talking.

Not many people actually saw Kerrigan transform into a xel'naga, but that's what almost everyone said.

The Queen became a god in the void and killed the evil Eamon, but after she sent everyone out of the void, she never appeared again.

Many people thought Queen Kerrigan was dead. Lady Lisa is now the administrator of the palace, but no one has become the new queen, and the position remains vacant.

Emperor Augustus never spoke of this. No one dared to say that the queen was really dead, but they all felt sad about it. The people knew nothing about this. In their opinion, the queen just became reclusive and no longer participated in public activities.

Only the soldiers who had experienced the final battle were quietly mourning, thinking that His Majesty was just too sad to admit it.

"You mean Sarah." Augustus said, "I'm waiting for her here. It's a coincidence that this is a ghost town, and we are waiting for a ghost."

After killing Amon, Kerrigan also gained control of the void as the controller of endless reincarnation. She closed all entrances to the world and trapped all the Zerg and void creations in it.

After that, for the rest of her time, Kerrigan alone carried out endless killing and extermination in the void, while purifying corruption to ensure that all creatures that came into contact with the void would no longer be affected by evil thoughts.

When Kerrigan completed all this, she returned to the world and went to countless planets to spread the seeds of life, and Cha Sara happened to be her final destination.

"We can't live without her at home." Augustus said, "They say I'm only worthy of teaching my daughter how to wear a skirt."

"Hahaha." Tychus laughed, but was frightened by Augustus's light eyes and hiccups.

"Really?" Andre was happy at first, but then he was confused. He couldn't figure out where the queen had been in the past two years and why she appeared here again.

Suddenly, a graceful figure walked in.

She had red hair and emerald eyes, white skin, young and beautiful, just like Sarah Kerrigan when Augustus first saw her.

"Cowboys, long time no see." Kerrigan said.

Tychus whistled: "You look great, you look like a little girl, are you rejuvenated? Looks like someone here has to go to jail."

"You should go see my little daughter, she has grown up while you were away." Raynor said with a smile: "Liti insisted on naming our next girl after you, no matter how I told her you were not dead."

"Guys, she is so beautiful." Augustus said with a smile: "I must have fallen in love with her at first sight."

"Liar." Kerrigan also laughed. (End of this chapter)