Chapter 326: Insects of Hades, the terrifying new Tyranid army!
Interior of the Doge's Palace.
The broken bodies of Genestealers and Tyranids were scattered all over the ground, emitting a stench in the darkness.
Amidst the buzzing sound, Karan used his power sword to kill the last Genestealer.
But he had no joy of victory.
The company commander turned around and saw a tragic scene in his field of vision.
A son of Sanguinius and a Terminator veteran lay in the center of the hall, his limbs swung to both sides, his eyes silently looking at the broken dome above.
The Terminators were surrounding the veteran's body, watching silently.
It seems to be a tribute.
Karan walked over, took off his helmet and knelt down to pay homage to the veteran who died in the battle.
"Rest in peace, noble blood of Sanguinius..."
He looked at the tortured face of the dead veteran and put a hand on his chest: "Leave everything behind and return to the throne. We will take over your responsibility and make the enemy pay with blood!"
What a pity.
They didn’t even have time to mourn.
A few seconds later.
"Let's go. The blood of Sanguinius will not stop here. We want to find the governor..."
Karan stood up and led the remaining warriors to continue deeper into the palace. They have a more sacred mission to fulfill.
For this mission, too many battle brothers died of exhaustion.
They are also scarred.
Fortunately.
It's all worth it.
The governor's hiding place has been found.
Not far from them.
As long as they find the bloodline of Vraks, the Sons of Sanguinius have a chance to escape the eternal, nightmarish curse.
That is the hope they have been looking forward to for countless centuries!
Karan and his group walked into the depths of silence.
However.
During the rest of the journey, they did not encounter any attacks from Tyranid creatures.
“Be careful!”
Karaen became increasingly vigilant.
He suspected that the Tyranids were taking a more threatening approach against them.
What is even more disturbing is.
He noticed a vicious and sinister gaze, peering in the dark.
Obviously.
That is an extremely powerful node creature.
Come this way.
It set up numerous ambushes, reducing their number as much as possible, and could deliver a fatal blow at any time.
But no matter what.
They must continue, there is no room for turning back.
Karaen led the soldiers to follow the route on the map and marched in a secret passage for a period of time.
In the silence, a new voice suddenly appeared.
That was not the sound of Tyranid creatures or artillery fire, it was more like some kind of... music.
Karaen and his party followed the sound and found a huge garden.
“Damn bastard!”
The company commander looked at everything in front of him, full of anger.
This luxurious place is a world away from the outside: green lawns surround clear lakes, and the blazing sun lamps make this small world seem like daytime.
Countless noble men and women were lying on the grass sleeping, surrounded by crystal wine bottles.
When the flower star on the other side suffered a disaster.
These guys are having fun, drunk and dreaming.
At the end of the garden is a luxurious pavilion. An old man in noble clothing is lying on a soft seat in the middle of the pavilion.
That was the goal of the Blood Angels' trip, Augustus, the bloodline of the Vraks family and the governor of the Flower Star on the other side.
"Welcome, my friends..."
The old Augustus opened his tired eyes, and he glanced at the Blood Angel without any panic.
Instead, he raised his hand to ask the surrounding guards to step back.
There was a hint of disappointment in his voice:
"Angels, you came at the wrong time...I thought it was my brother...the worm of Hades, the vengeful thing. You know, it has been looking for me..."
The old man said something intermittently that seemed to have nothing to do with it.
"Your Excellency Augustus, if you don't want to die here, please leave with us."
Karaen resisted the urge to draw his gun and persuaded the governor to follow the Terminators. Evacuate this dangerous place.
However.
"You are wrong, this is my burial place..."
Augustus firmly refused:
"I want to stay here and be destroyed with my planet. ...You know, that curse... I don’t want to escape anymore. Maybe it’s the best outcome if it all ends here.”
Karan was not interested in listening to this madman’s rambling words. , stepped forward and wanted to take this guy away by force.
But the next second.
But he stopped.
Because Augustus gently lifted the blanket, there was a melt bomb underneath.
"Your Majesty the Governor, maybe we can talk again..."
Karaen did not make any rash moves, he took a deep breath and said.
What if the melta bomb destroyed the last bloodline of Vraks because of me?
Then he will be a sinner that the blood of Sanguinius can never forgive!
Augustus looked at everyone and said slowly:
“You can listen to the story about me and the worm of Hades, maybe you can understand how bad things are. When I am still When I was a child..."
The old man told everyone a story:
When the governor was a child, as the eldest son, he was the only heir of the family.
However.
After his parents returned from an interstellar trade meeting.
Everything has changed.
The mother gave birth to a younger brother, and the father announced that the younger brother would replace him as the heir of the family.
His brother is a strange mutant with a bulging forehead, extra limbs and sharp claws.
But everyone in the family turned a blind eye to this.
They all asked him to take on the responsibility of an older brother and take good care of his lovely younger brother.
He did not dare to reveal any differences, living in the shadow of that clingy monster brother, playing a sad role.
After.
Things are getting increasingly weird and dangerous.
The parents invited many guests to visit their brother, but they never saw those people show up again.
Augustus was terrified.
I am afraid that I will disappear quietly like those guests.
He couldn't bear it anymore and decided to take back everything that belonged to him.
The eldest son secretly recruited and received the support of the nobles, and launched a rebellion against his parents when the time was right.
During that civil war, Augustus killed his corrupt parents.
To Augustus' horror, the monster brother ran away and hid deep in the hive.
After he became the governor, he never gave up chasing the monster.
But it never succeeded.
Gradually.
More and more missing people appear in the lower levels of the hive city, and at the same time, a story about the "worm of Hades" begins to circulate.
It was a story of revenge, which foreshadowed that the Governor would surely die in the mouth of the insect.
Obviously.
The monster brother is growing in power and wants to take revenge on his enemy who killed his parents with his own hands.
Fear nearly overwhelmed Augustus.
He no longer cares about government affairs, but instead builds massive construction projects, builds numerous fortresses, recruits more private soldiers, and even takes in illegal psychics.
The governor spent almost all his energy on protecting his own safety.
However.
He failed.
The fortress he had built with so much effort was vulnerable to attack.
because.
The monster brother summoned an unstoppable and terrifying swarm of insects.
The arrival of the Leviathan Hive Fleet completely destroyed his hopes.
Augustus realized.
No matter what, he can't stop this revenge.
The moment he killed his parents with his own hands, he was already cursed.
No matter where he hides, as long as he is alive, his brother will hunt him and summon swarms of insects.
Only when he, the last bloodline of the Vraks family, dies, can this sad fate end.
"Now you know, I can't escape, there must be an end between me and him!"
Augustus raised his hands in the air, shouting crazily, all the time The fear overwhelmed him.
He almost lost his mind.
Karaen became increasingly uneasy.
According to the story told by the governor, the other party's brother is obviously the source of the swarm infection, a genestealer patriarch.
And after the Tyranids arrived.
It is very likely that he has completed a higher evolution and become a nest master.
The weird thing is.
That being has actually retained the human consciousness of revenge and has not been completely assimilated to the will of Tyranid!
This is an extremely dangerous thing.
That means that the other party is not only smart and cold-blooded, but also capable of summoning more swarms of insects.
More trouble is.
His target was the same as himself, the governor, which caused unimaginable obstacles to the mission.
For a while.
The situation is frozen.
Karan found that there seemed to be nothing he could do, neither to prevent the explosion of the melta bomb nor to defend against the coming attack.
The company commander thought for a while, and then told the governor the purpose of the Blood Angels' visit.
Pray that the other person will give you some blood samples.
Karaen handed the collection container to the guard and asked it to be delivered to the governor.
If a blood sample of Vraks' bloodline can be obtained, at least the situation will not be irreversible.
Augustus got the collection container, but had no intention of collecting it.
“Here he comes.”
Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something and looked relieved:
"My dear brother is here, I can feel his eyes, he has been staring at me..."
< br>The old man called:
"Come on, brother, let us end all this!"
Karaen was instantly alert.
But the next second.
The sun light on the dome suddenly went out, and something cut off the power supply.
Without a doubt.
The worm of Hades is here for revenge!
Bang bang bang bang!
The Terminators fired several flares to maintain the dim light source.
Boom——
The barrier in front of the garden shattered.
The surging Tyranids screamed and rushed over.
Amidst the insect tide.
Five figures covered in chitin carapace and biological armor appeared in front of people. Each of them was taller than the Terminator!
The large shape of these Tyranid warrior bugs is like the twisted and stretched creatures of human beings in nightmares.
Exudes a strong intimidation.
However.
These evil beasts are just guards.
A huge shadow stepped in.
That's a nest master.
Evolved from the giant Genestealer leader, this brood master is larger than any brood master Karan has ever seen.
It is more than twice the size of those guarding Tyranid warrior bugs, and its claws are even inferior to those of the Tyranids.
However.
After the nest owner arrived, he did not immediately launch an attack.
Instead, he walked to the nearest wall, where there was a mural with a photo of the former governor, his wife, and Augustus.
He tried his best to reach out his paw and touch the faces of the couple on the mural.
The nest owner once remembered the names corresponding to these faces, as well as the love. It was the beauty that he recalled and chewed over and over again.
But now.
It can hardly remember it anymore.
The shadow of Leviathan becomes heavier and heavier, gradually eliminating information in its mind that is useless to the Hive Mind.
Soon.
It will become part of the insect nest, and its consciousness will become simple and peaceful, without any pain or hatred.
There is only eternal tranquility.
The nest owner touched it carefully and tried hard to recall the names of his parents so that it would know that he still existed.
What a pity.
Its sharp claws easily split the wall, destroying the remaining murals.
This monster found nothing and even forgot his own name.
The only thing it remembered was a disgusting and hateful face - his brother.
My brother killed his dearest person!
The nest owner turned around and stared at Augustus in the pavilion with hatred.
That abominable brother betrayed him and the family!
It must kill the person in front of it before being completely assimilated into the insect nest. That is its only... long-cherished wish!
Karan stopped in front of Augustus.
When he met the nest master's red eyes, he immediately felt the other's ugly thoughts.
It is invading my brain!
The company commander tried hard to resist, and used all his willpower and anti-psionic training to be able to withstand the opponent's psychic attack.
He sadly found that it was difficult for him to deal with this guy.
Boom——
The battle is about to break out.
The nest master's swatter sent Karan flying, and crashed down in front of Augustus. He raised his claws and was about to swing them down.
"Brother, I regret..."
Augustus suddenly spoke, causing the nest owner to temporarily stop his movements.
It looked at the other person's confession teasingly.
The Blood Angels did not dare to make the slightest move, for fear of destroying the bloodline that represented hope.
"I regret my incompetence and regret that I did not kill you alien monsters earlier, which led to the disaster..."
Augustus provoked the nest owner unscrupulously.
He showed a smile of success:
"I will not give you a chance for revenge, because I am not wrong, you all deserve to die, go to hell, monster!"
Roar——
The nest owner raised his claws again angrily, but it was too late, the melta bomb exploded completely.
In the eyes of everyone.
The governor calmly committed suicide and was reduced to ashes in the heat of the molten heat.
The nest owner let out a shrill scream.
The sharp claws it swung down were also burned by the high temperature of the hot melt, turning into coke and falling down.
“No!!!”
At this moment, Karan’s head buzzed, and she felt extremely regretful and self-blame.
Vraks's bloodline is gone.
He failed Lord Dante and failed to complete his mission. He is a sinner who will never be forgiven by the blood of Sanguinius!
Ding Dong——
In chaos.
The sound of metal falling to the ground instantly attracted Karan's attention. He could recognize it at a glance. It was a collection container filled with blood.
Before his death, the old governor left a precious blood sample for the Blood Angels!
Bang!
The tail flame explodes.
Karaen activated his jumping backpack and rushed towards the collection container.
At the same time.
The nest owner also noticed his brother's relics with his red peripheral vision, and he let out a roar.
The Tyranid warrior bug next to him received the order and immediately raised his legs and stepped hard towards the collection container, trying to destroy the blood sample.
However, it failed.
Instead, he stepped heavily on Karan's body. The company commander used his body to protect the blood sample.
Karan spit out a mouthful of blood and rolled on the spot to avoid the incoming slashes. Several other Blood Angel Terminators also caught up.
Rally to resist the Tyranid attack.
However.
A Terminator veteran soon fell.
Karaen put the blood sample into the storage container behind his back.
He raised his head.
But I saw a desperate scene.
The Hive Master tore apart another Terminator veteran.
The surging Tyranids led by it are approaching here.
And he and the soldiers had been forced into a corner and were surrounded by heavy siege.
It is impossible for them to escape under the siege of the nest master and Tyranid creatures!
Just when Karan and others were preparing to fight to the death.
Boom——
The barrier reinforced by fine gold not far from them was breached.
A huge Raider Centurion piloted by Blood Angels warriors burst in and cut a bloody path through the Tyranid swarm.
The breach.
A familiar voice came.
"Company Commander, we and our brothers are here to rescue you!"
Fisl drove the Destroyer Centurion armor and stood in front of the Blood Angels.
The next moment.
The destructive bolt array swept towards the insect swarm, and there was a wailing sound.
However.
These attacks cannot do anything to the nest owner who is protected by the spiritual barrier.
It blocks all shrapnel.
The hive master roared to summon more swarms, and these Tyranid creatures almost filled the huge garden.
Karaen doesn’t know why Fesir has this armor.
But he knew very well how terrifying the nest owner was, so he hurriedly took out the blood sample and said, "Feisir, don't worry about us, just take the blood sample and escape!"
The nest master played with the corpses of Terminator veterans.
It stared at Feisl and others with cold eyes, and used psychic energy to send a message:
"You...can't resist the Hive Mind!"
Boom ——
As soon as he finished speaking, it took a shot.
"Which little bugger is so crazy?"
An even more arrogant electronic sound came from the barrel.
Immediately afterwards, the powerful electronic sacred music of the Savior sounded, filling the entire garden space.
Under cover of artillery fire.
One Destroyer Centurion after another stepped in.
When the smoke clears.
“How is it possible?!”
Karaen saw in disbelief that more than twenty Destroyer Centurions blocked the Blood of Sanguinius, forming a Insurmountable steel wall!
This wall of steel kept out all the despair that the Blood Angels had experienced before.
“Brothers, it’s time to hunt!”
Big Barrel took the lead, approaching the Tyranid swarm with the Destroyer Centurions.
Those Tyranid creatures felt the huge threat and stepped back unconsciously, with a trace of fear in their pupils.
However, it is too late.
The Destroyer Centurion squad poured an irresistible wall of destructive firepower into the Tyranid swarm, frantically harvesting the lives of these bugs!
Roar——
The nest master's psychic barrier blocked part of the artillery fire, and he rushed towards the vat.
This equally tall monster used its claws to cut off the weapons of the Destroyer's armor, and then tore the cockpit apart with psychic energy.
The nest owner stared coldly at the figure of the barrel, about to launch a fatal blow.
Bang!
An equally powerful spiritual energy surged up.
That is the spiritual talent - Breath of Fire.
The big barrel burst into flames.
He suddenly jumped out of the cockpit and transformed into a round flaming man.
Mid-air.
“Your Grandpa Big Bucket is here!”
The power claws wrapped with electric arcs on the vat armplate suddenly popped out and rushed towards the nest master!
......
Buzz——
The light of the power field flashed, and the ugly head of the Tyranid creature fell to the ground.
Puch.
The ceramic boots crushed it into pieces, causing pus and blood to fly.
After Carter crushed the Tyranid warrior's head, he bloodyly killed the two samurai bugs that rushed towards him.
Not far away.
The huge capillary spiers spread into the deep space, constantly squirming.
The dark cloud-covered sky has become airtight, and huge rib-like tendrils hang down from each cloud embankment, swaying gently.
The roar of artillery fire and the roar of Tyranid creatures could be heard everywhere.
On the ground covered with chitin fungi, the remains of Tyranid creatures are scattered everywhere.
The Tyranid gargoyles were hit by explosive bombs and fell down one after another wailing.
Carter led the Thunder Guards to organize a defense line around them, constantly killing the Tyranid creatures that tried to attack.
His~
Center of the line.
Ron fiddled with the data pad in his hand and was a little confused: "What is that guy with the barrel doing? Why doesn't he answer my communication?"
The map data showed that the distance between the barrel and himself was countless. Ten kilometers.
Looks like we’ll have to meet later.
Soon.
New information came from the reconnaissance equipment.
The target of his trip, Dante, is about ten kilometers away from him, and he will be able to find him soon.
"We found the target, let's go!"
Ron sent the map data to Carter and others, and led the team in the direction of Dante.
However.
As soon as they set out, they were intercepted by Tyranids again.
Boom——
Rubbles flying.
Several sand pythons rushed out of the ground, followed by a black swarm of insects.
Carter was about to step forward.
"Let me do it..."
Ron took the lead, raising his hand to create a psychic barrier to resist the bug's acid bomb.
After his physique was promoted to the original body, his spiritual strength increased further.
Although it is not as good as the pony, it is powerful enough among the original bodies.
Psychic attacks are a powerful tool for quickly clearing large numbers of light units!
Zila~
Ron floated into the air, his pupils turned bright white, and the dark gold armor was wrapped with thick blue arcs.
He clenched his fist slightly to gather the psychic lightning, and then pushed out violently: "Unstoppable!"
A tens of meters of psychic lightning blasted out, cutting the ground and sweeping towards the insect tide. The Tyranid creatures turned into charred corpses under the cutting of spiritual energy.
Suddenly.
Ron was slightly stagnant in mid-air, and his head instinctively felt the sting, which was caused by the huge gathering of psychic energy.
He looked up and looked ahead at the place where the spiritual energy gathered.
It was discovered that the location matched the area where Dante was.
More trouble is.
This terrifying psychic reaction comes from Tyranids, and its power far exceeds any research records.
Ron frowned: "That's a tough guy!"
At the same time,
Hellos Port's defense line.
It was a sea of fragmented Tyranid corpses, spreading for kilometers in all directions.
There are corpse remains mixed with crimson or golden armor.
Dante was holding the Ax of Immortality with a bluish blade and panting slightly.
His old face looked at all this tiredly.
Every time he saw such a death scene, he could feel the heavy burden of more than ten centuries on his body.
And those painful memories.
Fortunately.
The Blood Angels repelled the Tyranid swarm's attack.
Now they have time and space to deploy heavy equipment and evacuate the suffering citizens of the Empire.
"Let the priests bless the blood of those noble Sanguinius..."
Dante sighed slightly.
Soon.
The Holy Blood Priests searched the sea of corpses to retrieve the remains of the Blood Angels.
Bless these heroes.
However.
Before the new defense line was deployed, bad news came.
Chief think tank Mephiston came over and told Dante that a strange psychic reaction was approaching the southern defense line.
"All think tanks, follow me to the south gate for defense!"
Dante had absolute trust in the chief think tank and felt the critical situation.
He suppressed the blood thirst that struck again, dragged his tired body, and led the Blood Angels towards the south gate.
South Gate Defense Front.
The well-disciplined Cadian strike force suddenly jumped out of the line, screaming and retreating.
Many of them took off their helmets and clutched their heads in pain.
Blood flowed from their ears, nose and eyes.
A huge snake-like spirit brain beast appeared in the ruins. It floated in the air with its long tail, and its huge head looked particularly weird.
It was a Tyranid monster that the warriors had never seen before.
Following the Spirit Brain Beast were a group of floating brain worms.
They are also new types of Tyranids, with huge bodies, purposeless brains, and waving sharp tentacles.
Even more frightening.
These brainworms possess strange spiritual powers. Wherever their tentacles point, the brains and hearts of the warriors can't help but feel pain.
Even to the point of going crazy.
The Spirit Brain Beast raised a thick psychic shield, deflecting all laser beams and armor-piercing missiles aside.
It led the Cerebrates to slowly drift toward the south gate's front line, with more Tyranid swarms behind it.
Ah! ! !
As these psychic creatures approached, many warriors knelt on the ground holding their heads and shouting.
Their vision turned gray, their brains were filled with trillions of screams, and the blood flow in the cerebral blood vessels was condensing to create more pain.
Puchi——
Many heads exploded into red blood mist.
“Are these Tyranid’s new weapons?”
When Dante arrived, he witnessed the scene before him, which even exceeded his previous experience.
He had never seen a psychic creature of this type.
The Blood Angels launched an attack on the Tyranid psychic creatures with bolters and energy rays.
Only a trace of ripples was left on the psychic shield.
"The leading Tyranid creature is the key..." Dante looked at the Spirit Brain Beast and said slowly.
Mephiston used psychic sensing:
"Yes, only by getting rid of it can we disintegrate the formation of those psychic creatures."
He Reminder: "Sir, your body may not be able to withstand its high-pressure psychic impact"
The Chief Thinker obviously understands the Chapter Master's thoughts.
A smile appeared on Dante's old face: "Meston, you will protect me, won't you?"
He has decided to personally behead the psychic monster. .
This Chapter is leading the Librarians towards the front of the Tyranid psychic creatures.
The Blood Angel warriors poured out as much firepower as possible to attract the attention of the psychic creatures.
Hidden ruins back.
After Mephiston and the Think Tanks organized the psychic circle, Dante suddenly ignited the jump backpack.
Rush towards the psychic beast at extremely fast speeds.
In an instant.
He was attacked by psychic tentacles.
Even a genetically enhanced body would be unable to resist those terrifying attacks.
However.
Dante withstood the first wave of impact.
Even if the bones began to crack slightly, he still persisted.
Mephiston seized the opportunity and released a psychic shock to the psychic beast with the psychic amplitude provided by the think tanks.
Force those Tyranid psychic creatures to focus on their side.
The huge psychic pressure soon hit.
Messton is one of the rare and powerful psykers in the Empire.
But such high psychic pressure was beyond the imagination of the think tanks, and his body began to become unstable in mid-air.
Even so.
The chief think tank still used psychic powers to kill several brainworms.
Soon.
Mephiston's spiritual energy was excessively consumed, and his will was impacted by stronger, alien thoughts.
His psychic barrier was defeated, his vision became dark, and he collapsed under this terrible force.
The chief think tank has tried his best.
"Ah!"
Dante seized the opportunity and jumped up with the Ax of Immortality.
Slash towards the Spirit Brain Beast.
But.
The spirit brain beast's attention returned faster, and its psychic tentacles wrapped around the old warrior again.
Dante struggled.
His bones are cracking, and the cry is resounding on the battlefield.
The Blood Angels struggled to attack the line of psychic creatures, but were unable to do anything, and the psychic shields did not move at all.
They watched in despair as the Chapter Master suffered.
The next moment.
Huge psychic energy attacks.
In the eyes of the Blood Angels.
A tall figure stood in front of Dante, bearing the high pressure of psychic energy for him...
(End of this chapter)