Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Central Legends (section)

=== The Rescue Mission===
A Messenger is sent to Knixi, which tells her to try to acquire anything that would
help the Zu-nul better defend their home, and then return urgently. The quake worm
must wait. She attempts to learn from the Hitangan archives what her hosts know of
the blade runners.

In her studies, Knixi finds that the Hitangan don't know much about the blade
runners, as they aren't native to the obsidian fields. The tidbits of information
that they do know are quite interesting however. It seems that the dreadful houyi
creatures that still daunt her have in fact been in a constant state of war with the
blade runners for thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of years. This
information doesn't really help her at aiding her tribe. She hopes that the rescue
fleet Ry'Lai will be able to aid her people more than she can right now.

Hitangan elders speak of god worshippers in the sands. A singular wespar female
worries about her home but does not ask for much. This changes when a messenger
arrives. He brings news of the Zu-nul’s retreat to the underground. Knixi does not
even need to ask. The council and hitangan shamans quickly move to send a rescue
fleet.

The Ry'lai battle group uses the berserkers charge as a spear head for their
movements. However, as the berserkers charge ends the Airships begin to ascend. They
will hold off the bugs as long as possible. A flare is sent off for the fallen
comrades.

As soon as the sun sets the Airships quickly are beset on by wespar swarms. Very
quickly the rear guard is seen with large holes punched through its armor. It goes
down and while the crew tries to escape the wespar swarms becomes a purple wall. No
survivors...

As dawn break the entire group is struggling already. Only the lead tree is doing
well its webseers still keeping it healthy. To make progress there will need to be
distractions. The wounded ships offer to distract the main forces of the bugs. The
main group needs to make it to the Zu-Nul.

They split. The two distraction ships breaking from formation and going east and
west. Their firebombs draw large swaths of bugs attentions underneath them.
Meanwhile houzi on the larger group keep wespar swarms off of them, but not
entirely. Another ship in the main battalion is punctured its crew only partially
surviving.

In the distance the distraction ships can be seen but they are both obviously going
down. Fires can be seen all over the desert and the group of 4 that was once 8
remembers their comrades losses.

The group of 4 ships find that a tighter formation allows them to break through the
lines of the bugs. There are casualties but nowhere near as many as the first half
of the journey. The trees are kept healthy by the redoubled efforts of the webseers.
The lem gliders return with reports of what seem to be giant pits, each covered in
the blood of sand runners and titandonis. The group must be nearing the Zu-Nul.
Before long the Hitangan have guided the group to an old suzumou settlement only to
find it abandoned. The area collapsed and what appear to be tunnels leading to the
dark. Flares are dropped but no one knows what to do. The ship will defend this
position while the webseers see if they can locate the Zu-nul.

''Archivist Note: Again please excuse the abrupt end to this saga. As I continue my research into this turbulent time, more secrets are found. I will continue publishing my findings. Hopefully the Central Continent's History will be completed in the future.''