Chapter 321 The barrel returns, the third Tyrannic War!
The Rogue Trader looked at the bare earth ball, almost stunned.
I don’t want to believe that all this is true.
He took another look at the star map to confirm that the position was correct.
A prosperous civilized world was destroyed, which greatly impacted the Rogue Trader.
He remembered a terrible legend spread across the galaxy.
The Tyranid aliens from outside the galaxy will destroy every planet they encounter, and they will devour all life.
Everywhere you go.
Even bacteria are not spared.
What’s even scarier is.
These Tyranid aliens can also create a kind of shadow, making it difficult for passing ships to escape!
There was silence on the bridge.
Everyone was shaken by fear.
"Start the subspace engine quickly and get out of this hellish place!"
The Rogue Trader screamed, his vocal cords almost torn.
He just wants to escape this nightmarish area and never come back!
However.
The subspace engine failed to start.
While trying to contact the subspace, the navigator on the ship suddenly fell into madness due to some psychic whisper, and blood flowed from the torn ear canal.
Under the influence of the swarm's shadow, the navigator went crazy.
The news came.
The people on the merchant ship became increasingly panicked.
An astropath aboard the ship tried to send out an astropathic communication to seek rescue from the Imperial Army, but she had just absorbed the energy of the subspace and was preparing to project the message into the distant void.
She saw huge, shadowy tentacles in the void.
This psyker, who is far more determined than ordinary psykers, seems to have seen something that cannot be seen directly.
Let out an extremely shrill scream.
Bang——
The Astropath's head suddenly exploded under the backlash of psychic energy, and blood and brains splashed all over the surrounding crew members.
The crew members were even more frightened and fearful.
“O merciful Emperor, save us, save us poor believers!”
These guys who have been wandering on the edge of gray all year round knelt on the ground and begged the God Emperor for forgiveness and redemption.
They have never been so religious.
The Rogue Trader wiped off the white blood stains on his face.
Just as he was about to say something, his pupils suddenly shrank and gray appeared on his face.
It was deep despair.
Within sight.
The terrifying shadow spreads to the endless galaxy.
Those... are insect swarms!
He could even clearly see the disgusting and twisted tentacles, and the disgusting bugs almost filled the entire starry sky!
After a while.
The rogue trader is free from fear.
Bang!
The large bolt pistol roared.
Attract everyone's attention to the captain.
The Rogue Trader suppressed the trembling of his body, and his hoarse throat struggled to make a sound:
"Boys, the stinky alien bugs are here. If you don't want to die in humiliation like this, go back to your posts..."
His voice became more determined:
" Get ready to fight. If we kill more aliens, we will have a chance to return to the throne. Even if we die, we will die happily! "
Rogue Merchant! Raising their weapons and roaring, the crew members' emotions were aroused and they roared.
The crew returned to their posts.
They don’t want to die in despair and vow to fight the swarm to the death!
In the void.
The shadows struck in the direction of the ship.
Boom boom boom——
The cannons on the merchant ships roared.
However.
Just after it fired a few shots, it was caught and torn apart by huge tentacles.
The fire of the ship explosion is in this shadow that can almost cover the galaxy.
Seems so insignificant.
Like an ant trying to hold back a huge wave.
After the shadow.
No traces were left in this starry sky. The people who had resisted, along with the ships, were devoured by the swarm of insects.
This is the swarm.
They not only devour living matter, but also do not let go of messages for help that represent hope. People can only wait for death in endless darkness and despair.
The Tyranid swarm was unstoppable, and the Vitria galaxy behind them was already empty.
The next target of the swarm... is the Hades galaxy!
——
Hades Galaxy.
Airspace.
Buzz -
A dark green, shabby large cruiser stumbled out of the subspace passage.
Several decks of the ship were torn apart in violent turmoil, slowly floating in the starry sky.
One of the pieces.
A symbol of a skull intertwined with stars can be clearly seen.
The moment the dark green cruiser arrived.
Countless cheers and roars erupted from inside the ship.
The Mothership of the Children of Man, after sailing within the warp passage for decades.
Finally returned to the galaxy!
But due to the influence of turbulence, the arrival time is already two hundred years later.
Good thing.
It has only been a few years since they disappeared.
Inside the bridge.
The bones of Tyranid bugs are hung everywhere on the bridge, and many Sons of Men warriors are decorated with the leather and bones of various bugs.
It seems a bit fascinating.
Dong Dong Dong——
Heavy footsteps sounded.
A tall, iron barrel-like warrior came over.
His eyepieces are scarlet, his body is covered with insect beetles, and his back is embedded with the skull of the Hive Tyrant. He exudes a violent aura.
This being is the Chapter Leader of the Sons of Man, Lord Holy Angel, and the favorite of the great savior - Big Bucket!
"Contact the savior..."
Datong said.
Under the operation of the technical sergeant, a private communication was sent out and projected to the distant stars.
At the same time.
Charadon area.
In the miniature garden of the Dream.
Ron was lying on the rocking chair, staring at the stars in a daze, wondering what information he had ignored.
Suddenly.
The ringtone of the communication system came.
"Children of Men's Channel?"
He lowered his head and looked at it. He was so excited that he reached out and connected the communication.
Buzz~
The communication system throws virtual influence into the air.
In the screen.
"Savior?"
An electronic sound came from the helmet.
A space warrior wearing a ferocious insect bone ornament is standing in front of the camera device, looking imposing.
“Datong, why have you lost so much weight?”
Ron could tell at a glance that it was the boy from Datut. It looked like he had suffered a lot.
From the perspective of momentum, the strength has improved a lot.
"Lord Savior, I finally see you. I miss you so much!"
Dutong took off his helmet tremblingly and almost stuck it to the camera device, causing his whole fat face to fill the screen.
“Do you know?”
He burst into tears and cried loudly:
“I have eaten insect meat for almost a thousand years, and you gave it to me. The kitchen utensils are also broken, I am miserable..."
"Big Bucket, I'm sorry for you!"
Ron Void patted Big Bucket's head and comforted:
"I have a lot more ingredients in the warehouse. When the time comes, I will let you The logistics will be shipped to you..."
Hearing this.
Datong was very moved: "I knew you were the best to me!"
There is a strong bond between the Primarch and his Genespawn, and Ron is more friendly to the Genespawn than other Primarchs, so the relationship is closer.
For the first batch of genetic offspring, the savior is both a leader and an old father.
Just because of the different personalities, the way of getting along with the savior is also different.
Especially the vat, which has attracted so much attention from the savior, is even more emotionally intense.
To put it simply, this kid, Da Tong, attracts people.
Just when the bucket was wiping tears.
Ron suddenly thought of something and slapped his head:
"I almost forgot, I still have a pair of demon wings of demon demigods in my warehouse. I will get half of them for you when the time comes. You fill it up, and the remaining half will be waiting for you to make soup when you come back, and we will drink it together!”
This kid is very talented, and he should be able to eat some demon demigod meat.
Datong was even more moved by this kind of care.
Speechless and choked.
After.
The big barrel tells the story of the years.
After living on Danus, he operated there for nearly eight hundred years.
Having been waiting for the subspace turbulence crack that will throw them back to the future.
Until two hundred years ago.
They finally waited until the crack formed again, and then led all the people to board the ship and leave the Danus planet.
Entered the crack.
However.
Dutong and the others underestimated the time it would take to cross the rift, stayed in the subspace for decades, and almost died inside.
Fortunately, I returned successfully.
Datong weakly said that due to the hardships of these years.
The Sons of Man mothership and many of its equipment have aged and been damaged, making it difficult for them to continue serving.
Not only that.
The power armor of the Space Marines also needs to be replenished.
"Hey, it's a small thing..."
Ron was in a good mood: "Your ship should have been replaced a long time ago."
He waved his hand.
A large battleship-level battleship was awarded to the barrel.
That ship is a high-end cargo fished out of subspace. It has just been repaired and is waiting for use in the airport.
"Replace all your powered armor, weapons, and vehicles with new ones. It just so happens that a batch of new goods have been released from the Lunar Foundry Base in the past few years, and the quality is much better than the previous ones."
Ron continued.
"Lord Savior."
Datong scratched his head: "The amount of equipment we need is probably a bit too much..."
Huh?
Ron realized that the Children of Man had continued to expand over the years.
The number of people will probably not be small.
He looked at the big barrel and asked excitedly: "Bucket, how many Space Marines do you have now?" "About 20,000 people, 21,303 to be precise. , but most of them don't have power armor..."
Tub replied proudly.
This is the family fortune he spent a thousand years saving!
For nearly a thousand years, the Sons of Man have continuously selected the best Tyranid hunters to join the battle group and performed genetic modification surgeries on those Tyranid hunters.
Insert gene seeds.
However, due to the limitations of the mothership's equipment manufacturing equipment, it was difficult for them to create real powered armor, and they could only build some simple powered armors.
The only one thousand sets of power armor are just patchwork.
A group must be left for the soldiers to take turns training.
Even if it continues to absorb new blood, the number of humans on Danus is still too few.
So.
More gene seeds were hoarded.
Currently.
There are still about 60,000 gene seeds stored in the gene bank of the Children of Man Mothership.
This news.
This made Ron extremely excited: "Big Bucket, you have helped me a lot!"
That is 20,000 Space Marines, many parent groups and sub-groups of the empire combined , there are not that many people.
It is a very powerful force.
Moreover, there are 20,000 space warriors transformed from the human base of Danus.
The strength will be much stronger than ordinary space warriors.
Another specialized warrior against Tyranid aliens, they can play a major role in the future war against Tyranid Hives!
More importantly.
The more than 60,000 gene seeds.
The territory is short of gene seeds, which seriously delays the expansion of the war group.
In this way, there are more than 50,000 Space Marines in the territory, and including the Children of Man, there are more than 70,000.
Plus that batch of high-quality genetic seeds.
The number of Space Marines will soon be expanded to over one hundred thousand.
After the base number of Space Marines comes up, the expansion speed will be faster in the future, like a snowball.
Millions of Space Marines are not a dream!
Ron was happy.
The latest batch of one thousand sets of Centurion armor were assigned to the Sons of Man Chapter.
Other battle groups will wait for the next batch.
Who told Da Tong to make such a big contribution?
At the command of the Savior.
Relevant departments immediately started taking action.
The approximately ten kilometers long battleship parked at the airport was renamed in the system and officially became the mothership of the Children of Man.
An engineering team of hundreds of thousands of people.
Start painting, adjusting and transforming the Sons of Man mothership according to the plan.
at the same time.
The supplies destined for the Children of Man are also being packed into boxes and waiting at the port.
After the preliminary modification of the Sons of Man mothership is completed, ship it to them along with the mothership.
As for how this ship should be further modified and used in the future, that is a matter within the Sons of Man.
There is also the treatment of Danus Star.
After the vat returns.
This planet has officially become the home planet of the Children of Humanity, and at the same time, a new sub-group called "Alien Hunters" will be created.
The Sons of Man and his subgroups.
Will become the first war group in the territory to have a home planet.
Of course, to be more rigorous, War Angels and Void Angels also have home planets.
That is the planet Erth.
But having an independent home planet like Datong still makes the other two brothers envious.
When that guy goes out for a trip, the brothers are almost out of reach.
Not only did he get a home star, he also snatched the first batch of Centurion armors to be installed in advance.
Duke and Prue even threatened to have a good discussion with the big bucket guy when he comes back.
But envy is envy.
They knew that Big Bucket’s achievements deserved such a reward.
Isn’t it just a mother star?
The two chapter leaders are working hard, and when they gain more military exploits, they will also apply for one from the savior!
The affairs regarding Danus are advancing rapidly.
The new sub-group called Alien Hunters was officially included in the territorial armed order.
The Alien Hunters use hunting knives and insect skulls as their banners. The color of their power armor is dark red camouflage, and their fighting style is more like that of a savage hunter.
Or Predator.
The battle cry is: "Hunt!"
That was the savior's suggestion, and it was recognized by everyone.
By then.
The Sons of Man will divide a group of warriors into the Alien Hunter sub-group.
At the same time.
Continuously absorb the fresh blood of the Danus people as a sub-group.
It will become a battle group with a large number of people and high-intensity combat capabilities against aliens.
Bring a bloody hunt for the aliens!
The Alien Hunter Sub-Regiment is jointly managed by the Sons of Man and the Ministry of Military Affairs, but will accept more combat orders from the Ministry of Military Affairs to hunt related aliens.
As for the vats of them.
More willing to continue floating among the stars.
As time goes by, many related matters are advancing one after another.
The brand new Sons of Man mothership in the Star Tower Airport set sail, fully loaded with supplies and equipment, heading to the area where the Sons of Man were.
The armed ships of the War Angels followed closely behind.
After arriving, they will transport back the gene seeds in the Son of Man gene bank that the Savior is looking forward to.
……
Dream number.
Inside the Sanctuary of Our Savior.
Ron was drinking an ice cream quite comfortably and enjoying the latest dance rehearsal of the song and dance troupe.
The return of Big Barrel brought him too many gains.
It made him in a good mood during this period and he couldn't help but enjoy it.
Not to mention.
After fighting for so many years, can't you just enjoy it and enjoy it?
Ron looked at the soft waists and graceful postures of the dancers, and thought about the continued growth of the territory's population, economy, and armaments.
I am even happier.
Part of Charadon's mining area is already in operation, disgusting the high lords who want to see a joke.
And.
As the human world continued to be stripped away from the Tau Empire's control, the population of the territory grew further.
What a pity.
Still not enough.
During two consecutive Chaos invasions, Charadon's population was reduced by at least 90%.
Even with the addition of the Goli Star District, the population and labor force are still in short supply, and many areas are empty.
But whatever.
The territory continues to grow.
It can be said that all things are competing and glowing with vitality.
However.
The good mood of Ron, the savior, did not last long before he was shattered by the news from the Ministry of Military Affairs.
The intelligence department of the Ministry of Military Affairs has been analyzing the incomplete data sent back after the barrel returned.
Due to the interference of too much subspace and Tyranid psychic information remaining in the data, the data is full of garbled characters.
The deciphering work is progressing with difficulty.
Fortunately, with the help of Xiaoling, the data was deciphered and analyzed.
Then, I got bad news.
Infer based on data information.
The hive mothership Da Tong encountered at that time was just one of the tentacles of the hive fleet.
More importantly.
Their sailing route points to the Charaton area.
If the route of the Tyranid Hive Fleet does not change, based on the approximate speed of travel, they will most likely have passed through the Vitria System.
It is about to approach the Hades galaxy.
Declared by the Ministry of Military Affairs.
If no one can stop it.
The Tyranid Hive Fleet would destroy several star systems, become more powerful, and reach the Charadon region ten years later.
“What the hell?!”
After Ron saw the file information, he sat up suddenly and was no longer in the mood to watch the show.
Some information in his memory emerged, and his face became more serious.
That Tyranid Hive Fleet is extremely terrifying.
According to official statistics from the empire, this will be the third Tyrannic War!
This Hive Fleet named "Leviathan" is larger and more powerful than previous Hive Fleets.
That will be the most powerful Hive Fleet that humanity currently faces!
Ron looked at the star map in mid-air.
According to speculation, Leviathan has most likely reached the edge of the Hades galaxy.
What’s even scarier is.
After investigation by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Vitria system has not sent out any information for several years.
That means that the Vitria Galaxy is most likely destroyed.
Leviathan seized the biomass of the entire galaxy and became more powerful!
A galaxy has been silently destroyed for several years, and Holy Terra has never discovered it. It really fits his stereotype of the relevant departments of Holy Terra.
Ron looked at the star map produced by the Ministry of Military Affairs in mid-air.
The area representing the Vitria Galaxy has turned gray, and the icon of the Tyranid Hive Fleet is approaching the Hades Galaxy.
If the Hades galaxy is destroyed, the Baal galaxy will be next.
There is Baal, the descendant of Sanguinius and the home planet of the Blood Angels Chapter.
Today, the Blood Angels have an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Space Marines. They are an old and powerful battle group and are the ones most likely to resist the Leviathan Hive Fleet along the way.
Once they can't resist it either.
Then Leviathan continues to wreak havoc forward until it reaches Charadon.
Until then.
Leviathan, which has swallowed up the biomass of several galaxies, will become extremely powerful and its territory will never be able to withstand it!
According to the recommendations of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
The best way for the territory to solve this disaster is to cooperate with the Blood Angels and the Imperial Army.
Destroy the Tyranid Hive Fleet in the Hades Galaxy, otherwise this war will become more difficult in the future.
Ron adopted the advice of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and then immediately sent the news to Holy Terra in the name of the original body.
Let the supreme lords have more time to react.
The song and dance troupe has retreated.
Ron sat alone on the chair and sighed:
"Oh, this damn galaxy is really not stable for a moment..."
After a moment of lamentation.
With a heavy heart, he declared that the territory had entered a state of all-out war in response to the Third Tyrannic War.
From now on.
The territory will pull out all the troops it can mobilize and put them into the Hades galaxy.
Work with the Blood Angels and the Imperial Army to resist Leviathan!
While the Ministry of Military Affairs was formulating war plans and organizing the army, Ron set off for Baal on the Dream.
He had to communicate with Dante, the leader of the Blood Angels, in person.
At the same time, bring a gift that they have been longing for...
(End of this chapter)