Chapter 323: Insects rain from the sky, and the savior’s support arrives!
The shadow of Hive Fleet Leviathan approaches the Diamond Shield, the extremely cold asteroid glacier zone that isolates life.
When the octopus-like twisted tentacles of the Tyranid Siren, the Hive Herald, first penetrated this airspace, its surface was immediately covered with a layer of diamond-shaped ice crystals.
Those tentacles are frozen.
Some tentacles completely lost their ability to move, and some were shattered under the struggle.
Those pieces of meat covered with ice crystals became part of the Diamond Shield.
This sudden change caused a brief delay in the Leviathan Hive Fleet. They seemed to be considering how to deal with this natural barrier of extreme cold.
But there is no doubt about it.
The Great Devourer’s desire to eat will not be stopped by any obstruction.
Soon, Hive Fleet Leviathan made a decision.
In order to better cross this natural barrier.
They dispersed into dozens of small fleets, and then entered the extremely cold asteroid belt without hesitation, shuttling between obstacles.
This natural danger is so terrifying.
Even if Leviathan's biological battleship has strong vitality, it still cannot withstand such an extreme environment.
There are constant battleships succumbing to the extreme cold.
They lose power and float motionless in the void, or they hit ice crystals as sharp as blades on the surface of the asteroid, and are punctured or split into two.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet's movement speed has been greatly slowed down, and it continues to lose more tentacle fleets...
The other side of the Diamond Shield.
The Imperial Navy fleet built a line of defense, preparing to attack those biological battleships that were lucky enough to escape the severe cold.
Command ship bridge.
"As I expected, those damn bugs can't withstand the severe cold of the Diamond Shield..."
The Imperial Navy Admiral Justu looked at the display on the auspicious device and showed a smile. .
Display based on data.
The moving speed of the Leviathan Hive Fleet is close to freezing point, and a large number of living forces are destroyed in the extreme cold.
Lost any trace.
Justu lit a Walls cigar and took a long drag.
Enjoy the enchanting aroma of this precious tribute.
Wolse cigars are made from leaves of a plant produced in the wild world.
These leaves are under the protection of some kind of beast, which often requires the sacrifice of the lives of many leaf harvesters.
Only a few meager leaves can be obtained.
Therefore, Walls cigars are worth a lot of money, and some critics even criticized them as being watered with blood and the industry should be banned.
But it is always a very small number of people who criticize.
The dignitaries favored Walls cigars more because of their preciousness and bloody nature.
Some treasures will be engraved with corresponding symbols in the gift box. Those symbols represent how many leaf collectors died in order to obtain the leaves of this box of cigarettes.
The symbols on the box of treasures in Justu's hand represent the loss of five hundred lives, which also shows how precious it is.
But none of this matters.
The admiral tasted a hint of victory in the charming aroma of Walls cigars.
It seems that it is only a matter of time before the Tyranids are conquered by the extreme cold.
It is only a matter of time before they are conquered by the cold.
“It’s time for us to strive for more results...”
Justu thought so.
If you can kill more insect swarms here, you will gain more merits and honors and leave a glorious mark in the history of the empire.
I, the general, have stayed in this position for too long. With this meritorious service, I will definitely be able to move up.
Such an attractive opportunity, don’t miss it!
In case you miss the opportunity.
If a part of the insect swarm is allowed to go to the main ring of the castle, then this meritorious service will be greatly reduced!
Thinking of this, Justu couldn't wait to issue an order to the adjutant:
"The fleet moves forward at full speed and sniper the insect swarm!"
Hearing such a hasty order, the adjutant's face changed. As soon as he changed,
he carefully advised: "Admiral, is this too risky? Maybe we should..."
"Adjutant, this is an order..."
Justu took a long puff of his cigar and said with a bad look on his face: "Immediately execute!"
This adjutant is always so unpleasant, If he didn't have some ability, he would have told this guy to get out.
Anyway.
You must seize the first opportunity before the forts in the main ring of the castle fire.
Even if you have to pay some losses for this, it is worth it!
Under Justu's stern gaze, the adjutant chose to lower his head: "Yes, Lord Admiral!"
In the airspace.
The Imperial Navy fleet changed its defensive posture and approached the Diamond Shield at full speed with a charging attitude.
On the outside of the Diamond Shield, sporadic shadows began to appear.
Leviathan's Hive Fleet tenaciously drilled out of the asteroid glacier zone, with ice crystals hanging on the surface of those biological battleships.
Slowly coming towards the fleet.
Inside the bridge.
Justu patted the adjutant on the shoulder with a cigar in his mouth, and said with some satisfaction: "Adjutant, you can see, the facts have proved that my decision was correct!"
Through the Dome Through the skylight, you can see the appearance of some biological battleships sporadically.
Those ugly organisms are no longer as energetic as before.
The Diamond Shield drastically reduced the number of Hive Fleets, and now the Imperial Navy has a numerical advantage!
"Admiral, the number of insect nests is somewhat unusual..."
The adjutant still insisted on his opinion: "We are too close, we should stop moving immediately and defend against the impact. . ”
He was worried that the general, who had risen to power with the power of his family, would advance rashly because of his greed for merit.
Putting the fleet into an unfavorable situation.
However.
The situation is no longer under the control of the adjutant.
He is just a think tank member and only has the power to make suggestions, not the one who makes decisions.
Justu looked at the adjutant with disappointed eyes.
At this time, the adjutant was still stubbornly insisting on his own opinion, timid, and overly cautious.
After this war is over, let him go.
Justu ignored the adjutant and issued an order directly through the command channel, ordering the fleet to maintain speed.
He stared at the auspicious device, waiting for the Hive Fleet to enter the attack range.
Under his command, the distance between the two sides was rapidly closing.
When the Leviathan Hive Fleet entered the attack range, Justu's eyes became sharp, and his voice came through the communicator, firm and clear:
"Attention, all ships, lock the target and open fire with all your strength!" ”
After the order was issued, the entire fleet entered combat mode, and the forts moved slowly.
Aiming at the Hive Fleet ahead.
Boom boom boom——
The concentrated fire of the Imperial Navy fleet instantly lit up the dark void.
Let those terrifying biological battleships reveal their ugly and twisted bodies in the light.
The huge muzzle of the macro cannon burst into flames, and the shells cut through the void like meteors.
Then, the torpedo barrel was opened, and each torpedo was like a hunter in the deep sea, quietly drawing out and flying towards the target.
The light spear turret radiated with light, and the condensed energy beam shot out, and the ray penetrated the battlefield.
Hitting the vital point of the biological battleship.
Under the command of Justu, the Imperial Navy fleet launched a concentrated fire faster and covered the Hive Fleet that had just emerged from the Diamond Shield.
However.
When these destructive weapons came into contact with the outer shell of the enemy ship, they seemed to hit an invisible wall.
The macrocannon shells scratched sparks on the hard and smooth carapace, but only left dents.
The torpedo hit the carapace hard and exploded, but failed to cause much substantial damage.
At the moment of contact, the light spear rays are refracted by the ice crystals on its surface, and a large amount of energy dissipates and disappears.
Failed to cause any harm.
After a round of concentrated fire by the Imperial Navy fleet, it did not cause much damage to the Leviathan Hive Fleet at all.
Inside the bridge of the command ship.
Justu and the commanders fell into silence. The result of this was beyond everyone's imagination.
The adjutant hurriedly retrieved combat data.
After the analysis, he sadly announced a terrible fact to his superior:
The Leviathan Hive Fleet's ability to adapt to the environment exceeded all the empire's research records. The extremely cold glacial asteroid belt of the Shield did not slow down their progress.
On the contrary, it strengthens their carapace armor.
In other words, Leviathan adapted to the extreme cold in a very short period of time.
At the same time.
Prompted the entire Hive Fleet to make targeted evolutions!
Justu took the data and fell into deep regret after reading it.
My overly risky strategy put the fleet into an unfavorable situation.
perhaps.
The unearned feat will become a humiliating defeat and punishment.
It became a stain on his career resume.
Suddenly.
Justu was thinking something, threw himself in front of the communication station and roared:
"The whole ship stops charging and defends!"
What a pity.
It's already a step too late.
Justu has realized that he was dazzled by his military exploits and made the biggest mistake in his life.
What’s even scarier is.
His worst fear happened.
The augury sounded an alarm frantically and detected a large number of insect nest units.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet did not lose so much vitality due to the Diamond Shield, just because after they evolved, the temperature of their shells was consistent with that of the glacial asteroid.
Causes the auspicious device to regard it as part of the Diamond Shield and is not detected.
Now, there is no need for the auspicious alarm.
within the field of view.
A large number of shimmering shadows emerged from the Diamond Shield.
Those are the biological battleships of the Leviathan Hive Fleet. Their number has far exceeded that of the Imperial Navy fleet, and they are rushing over like a wave!
Hiss——
The precious Walls cigar fell to the ground.
Justu looked at all this in despair, knowing that the situation was irreversible.
With such a close distance, the naval fleet had no chance of escaping. In the shadow of the Tyranid hive.
Even the Asia Air Ship cannot start sailing.
These battleships will be overtaken by the Tyranid Hive and disintegrated.
Moreover, he couldn't escape.
The Hades galaxy is behind you. If you run away from the battlefield, everything in the past will disappear.
The lunatics from the Tribunal will come and even the family will not be able to protect themselves.
Even, your own family will be implicated.
Justu's hand trembled slightly as he lit a new cigar and took a deep breath.
Try your best to control your emotions.
He looked at the adjutant and said sincerely: "Maybe all this will not help, but I think I should apologize to you. You are a very good adjutant..."
" "Admiral"
The adjutant's face turned pale, and he shook his head slowly:
"Judging from the current situation, your decision is a blessing in disguise.
The number of the Hive Fleet completely exceeded expectations. Before they all emerged from the Diamond Shield and regrouped, they were dealt a violent blow as much as possible.
Only in this way can we buy more time for the defense line behind! "
Justu bit his cigar and forced a smile: "You mean, we should give up defense and continue to charge? "
"Yes, Lord Admiral, we must do this! "
"Okay, then I'll listen to you! ”
Justu took a long puff of his cigar and his eyes became firm: "Then all charge and let those bugs go to hell!"
At the moment of death, the admiral made the final decision choice.
Soon, new instructions were issued.
The Imperial Navy fleet did not retreat, but launched a suicidal charge.
These battleships quickly approached the emerging Leviathan Hive Fleet and fired at a closer distance, causing more damage to the biological battleships.
Some warships launched brutal collisions after being damaged.
Perish together with those biological battleships.
More biological battleships were knocked back into the Diamond Shield and pierced by sharp ice crystals.
Command ship bridge.
The bridge shook violently, causing many crew members to fall to the ground.
The entire battleship was shaking violently, and the acid and plasma cannon spit out by the biological battleship were eroding and destroying the hull.
More trouble is.
The battleship has been tightly entangled by the huge predatory tentacles of several Tyranids.
Hard to break free.
Justu tried hard to maintain his figure and kept giving instructions, ordering the broadsides on both sides to attack the predatory tentacles first.
Within the ship's channel.
There were constant screams and reports. It was obvious that bugs had entered the interior of the battleship to launch attacks and were constantly destroying the internal facilities.
Zila.
A violent arc erupted from the energy line.
Later.
The ship body shook violently, and the light of the void shield was completely extinguished.
There is no doubt that the Tyranids have destroyed the shield's energy system.
Justu ignored it and issued the last instruction, ordering the command ship to ram hard into the largest biological battleship within sight.
Pa—
Something slammed into the observation sky, but it was resisted by the hard alloy material of the sky.
Turn into meat sauce.
However.
The liquid flowing out of the meat sauce is corroding the mirror surface of the sky, and cracks are spreading across the transparent dome.
The next moment.
A black shadow suddenly pierced over, its sharp angle penetrated the dome and smashed into the bridge.
When people recovered from the impact, they saw the conical Tyranid creature inserted in the center of the bridge.
Justu recognized him at a glance.
That is a small Tyranid creature launched by a biological battleship - a living boarding torpedo.
Pu Chi——
The Tyranids slashed through the belly of the living torpedo, burst out, and pounced on all living creatures.
A lot of screams came out.
The guards in the bridge could not withstand the attack of insects and died one after another.
“Damn bugs!”
Justu spit out his cigar, pulled out his pistol and attacked the Tyranids.
He killed a Tyranid bug, pulled the seriously injured adjutant to his side, and continued shooting at the surrounding bugs.
However.
Such firepower cannot reach the ferocious bugs at all.
"Adjutant, do you think I can return to the throne as a soul?"
Suddenly, Justu asked seriously.
But he got no answer.
Because the next second.
The admiral was torn to pieces by the swarm of insects, and then pounced on the other crew members.
Soon.
The humans in the bridge were all hunted down, and the insects devoured the delicious flesh and blood.
However.
The command ship did not stop. The program had been set, the engine was overloaded and accelerated, and it continued to crash forward along the established trajectory.
Boom——
The command ship collided with a hive cruiser-level biological battleship in a fierce fire.
Perish together.
The naval fleet led by Justu tried its best to hold back the Leviathan Hive Fleet, and the battle came to the last moment.
Gradually, this airspace gradually became quieter.
With the destruction of the last Imperial Navy warship, the first line of natural defense in the Hades galaxy was officially broken.
The Tyranids battleship begins to recover all biomass.
Not long after.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet came out again and headed towards the Lord's Ring.
...
The main ring of the fort.
Densely packed meteorites and asteroids fill this area.
At this moment.
All mining companies and their employees were evacuated, and the abandoned deposits of meteorites and asteroids were filled with macrocannon turrets and light spear arrays.
The airspace between the asteroids is also filled with fire platforms and floating torpedoes.
General Mellon transferred all the superb gunners and engineers in the army to the main ring of the fort to ensure that these war firepower machines are in the best condition.
Due to the influence of the shadow of the Hive Mind, no one knows what is going on with the Diamond Shield.
But General Mellon understood that without an overwhelming force advantage, it would be difficult for them to defeat the Tyranids in space.
Under his order, the troops stationed in the main ring of the fort were hidden as much as possible.
After the Leviathan Hive Fleet arrives at the center, fire collectively from the surroundings to inflict as much damage to them as possible.
Those garrison troops strictly followed the general's orders.
Even if a small number of people were discovered and attacked by the Hive Fleet, they did not make too much noise so as not to alarm the insect swarm.
Leading to more hidden troops being discovered.
Soon.
Hive Fleet Leviathan arrived at the center of the Fortress Ring.
With the first roar of a floating torpedo.
The macrocannon and light spear array overwhelmed the Hive Fleet, and the fire they erupted could even be seen by the nomads on the surface of Lysios in the distance.
However.
After this kind of fire lasted for a week, it completely subsided.
Due to Hive Shadow's interference with communications.
No one knows what fate the garrison troops in the Lord's Ring suffered.
But the only thing that can be known is.
Those brave warriors destroyed countless biological battleships and Tyranids before being overwhelmed by the insect tide.
They bought enough defense time for each planet to give people a chance to defend themselves against the minions of the Great Devourer.
Boom——
The Tyranid Kraken knocked away the meteorite and was the first to fly out of the Castle Lord's ring.
Later.
More shadows appear in the void.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet rushed through the killing field laid out by General Mellon and rushed towards the nearest planet.
That means, Lysios, the Flower Star, and several surrounding satellites and celestial bodies.
We will face the impact of the Tyranids head-on.
Soon, the vanguard of the Leviathan Hive Fleet approached the airspace of these planets and sprinkled sporangia containing a large number of Tyranid creatures on their surfaces.
This caused the people on the surface of the planet to gradually fall into despair...
Soon after.
A battleship and several attached battleships stopped in the airspace near the flower star on the other side.
That is the Mothership of the Children of Men.
Soon, several dark green landing ships headed for the surface.
At the same time.
The calmness of the airspace a little further away was broken.
A gap seemed to open in the space, and in the dim light, one after another, battleships sailed out of the exit of the webway.
These battleships are loaded with powerful war weapons and elite warriors. The savior badges on the hull show the ownership of these battleships.
This represents the first wave of support from the Savior’s territory.
Arrived!
(End of this chapter)