Chapter 362: Hive Mind: Broken, this high-end game!
Central area, tower.
Ron finished his work and came to the balcony area to get some air. He could vaguely hear the sound of gunfire coming from the distance.
This is said to be a balcony, but it is actually a heavily defended observation deck. From here, you can see the situation in some central areas and key defense areas.
The Tyranids have fewer and fewer troops to commit to the attack, and the intensity of the battle does not seem to be as high as before.
He looked up and saw that the space war in the Milky Way void was still going on, with large and small explosive fireworks erupting from time to time.
Under the illumination of the explosion sparks, small and long shadows in the distant stars can be vaguely seen.
Those are also Tyranids’ biological fleets and Leviathan’s branch tentacles, but they are in other galaxies.
"It seems that we need to end the war in the Baal galaxy as soon as possible and help other galaxies clear out the insect nest tentacles..."
Ron thought silently.
Otherwise, given the empire's urinary temperament, it might be possible to pull off some sexy tricks.
Boom! ! !
A huge plasma roar came from the distance.
He suddenly turned his head to look at the explosion area, frowning.
In the field of vision, mushroom cloud-like plasma fireballs rose, and several Redemption Titans collapsed while burning. Huge biological Titans carrying a sea of insects were pouring in along the defense breach.
That key defense area has been breached!
In an instant.
Countless heavy artillery fire covered the breached area like thunder.
The ground is torn and metal is melted.
Everything was shattered by the raging super-heavy artillery fire, and the roar of the insect swarm was drowned by the artillery fire.
After that, more explosions came one after another.
The defense zone in the occupied area activated emergency procedures. The soldiers of the death squads shot wildly in front of the front line, and then used melta bombs to kill the swarms of insects that rushed towards them.
Buy time for the defense zone behind to respond.
Such Tyranid attacks have occurred several times, but none as violent as this one.
Central area.
Dozens of Thunderhawk gunboats scrambled and headed towards the broken defense area, and four or five Redemption Titans moved to the area.
A large number of support troops are heading towards the breach in the defense line.
With the arrival of support, the spreading situation was quickly controlled, and the defenders successfully stopped the advancement of the Tyranid swarm.
A few hours later.
In mid-air, the virtual projection of Taco, the head of the Military Affairs Department and commander-in-chief, flickered slightly.
He reported:
“Sir Savior, we have withstood the insect tide in the key defense area No. 158, and are now pushing the front back to the gap step by step. The reconstruction of the defense area is also in progress. It is expected to be completed in two days. Can the defense line be restored..."
The person in charge did not mention casualty data.
Ron didn't ask. On such a battlefield, casualties are just normal. Asking would only increase the sadness. Moreover, if the casualties reached the level where it is necessary to report.
He will naturally know.
War is always accompanied by death. In fact, the Savior Territory has tried its best to reduce the casualties on the apocalypse-level battlefield to the level of ordinary low-risk battlefields in the empire.
Otherwise, the land of Baal will be covered with corpses, and the flesh and blood left by those warriors will become the new land.
But even so.
This war across the galaxy still kills hundreds of thousands of soldiers every day.
Life is the Emperor's currency, sacrifice is the cornerstone of the Empire.
This is the current state of the Empire, and not even a savior can completely change this situation.
He can only try his best to make death less and hope for more.
Ron sighed slightly and suppressed this emotion. At least the defense line was held, and no more people died.
And judging from the intelligence collected.
Leviathan attacked that area almost regardless of the cost, and paid even more painful casualties.
It was obviously a desperate act. The long-term war of attrition and the lack of biomass made it almost unable to hold on.
But it is not ruled out that that guy is secretly brewing a more dangerous attack.
He looked at Taco:
"Leviathan's offensive this time is different from usual. Be sure to investigate what it wants to do.
By the way, contact Salvation again Commander Volady of the Third Fleet asked him to speed up the progress of the interception plan..."
Leviathan has a tendency to jump over the wall in a hurry, and this must be ended as soon as possible.
To avoid long nights and many dreams.
"Yes, Lord Savior!" Taco saluted slightly and the communication ended.
After Ron hung up the communication, he still felt a little uneasy.
These days, the Leviathan Hive Mind has been constantly using and adjusting various tactics in an attempt to break through the defensive positions.
Now, its movement is even greater, and it has to be worrying.
"Carter."
Ron called softly, and a tall figure walked out of the darkness behind him.
That was Carter, the leader of the Thunder Guards. The figure of this powerful warrior had further grown, reaching over three meters.
“Double the secret defense strength of the temporary savior sanctuary and the command system area!”
Ron ordered Carter to deploy more hidden forces in the sanctuary and command chain areas to protect related areas.
Ever since he discovered Tyranid's reconnaissance unit in the central area, he has felt increasingly unsafe and has strengthened his defenses several times in a row.
Through secret adjustments.
This area has gathered a large number of core combat forces. In addition to the Thunder Guards, there are also hidden Dante and other dozen chapter leaders, a large number of space warriors, and there are many people inside and outside. defensive weapons.
Those defensive weapons are hidden deep and are almost never used.
There are also many backup defense facilities.
Judging from the current situation, unless the enemy can send a huge army in instantly, even if the guy Kabanha comes here, he will be slapped with a big mouth.
In his opinion, no matter what time, you must keep a little trump card.
Those defense facilities on the surface are too easy to be discovered and targeted. What is the difference between them and not having any?
After Ron checked the security situation again, he went into the bedroom to rest safely.
He had to recharge his batteries for the final battle.
……
The Savior Command Center area.
The white incandescent lamp illuminates this area brightly, leaving almost no shadows.
This is one of the core buildings of Baal. Several fine gold isolation layers have been built underground and around it, and are surrounded by the densest air defense arrays and artillery defense lines.
The standing watchtower blocks all blind spots.
There are also Space Marine patrol teams patrolling the relevant areas along irregular paths back and forth, always ready to call for support.
This is all to prevent a surprise attack by Tyranid assassins.
After all, it is difficult for a mortal commander with a weak body to resist those powerful insects that can instantly destroy Tao Gang's armor and kill Space Marines.
If you let it break into the command center.
Those Tyranid Assassins can slaughter an entire room of commanders in seconds.
However, under the light, there is still life approaching this place quietly.
The fluctuations in space are almost too slight to be detected, and life is integrated with the surrounding light, environment, and temperature.
“Finally found an opportunity!”
The emotions of Leviathan’s Hive Mind are fluctuating, conveying a sense of coldness and excitement.
It pays so much to get into this zone.
Not long ago, it controlled the Tyranid swarm to attack the defense line regardless of casualties, creating huge chaos, and finally attracted the slightest attention from the defense area.
Afterwards, the Hive Mind controlled the Tyranid assassins to blend into the swarm of insects pouring into the gap, and took advantage of that opportunity to cross the weak defense area and penetrate into the central area.
After entering the central area, it relied on the intelligence from the reconnaissance bugs to avoid the defense facilities step by step and approach the command center.
This process alone took almost three days.
This is a difficult process, and any mistakes may lead to failure of the invasion.
At least half of the time, the mutant hive tyrant it controls is forced into a state of hibernation, and even the operation of the body system and blood flow are suspended.
"Although the savior is cautious enough, he still cannot resist the ancient wisdom of the swarm..."
The Hive Mind did not deny that the building in front of him was the most heavily defended fortress he had ever seen. , the savior carefully armed this area into an airtight iron barrel.
But everything that being did was in vain.
Tyranid's assassins had moved in past the defenses and found the perfect opportunity to attack.
The Savior’s command center and Baal’s mind will be completely destroyed by the Tyranids’ attack!
Its thinking became more and more active, and every corner of the building's periphery was memorized by heart. Under the calculation of the brainworm array, a three-dimensional map was formed.
That target area is so tempting.
"Maybe I overestimated the savior before..."
The Leviathan Hive Mind lowered the threat level of the Saviors and decided to kill them nearby after a successful attack.
Take this as revenge.
Let that being feel the brutal and bloody killing of the Tyranid swarm.
The ancient wisdom of the swarm waited patiently, adjusting the positions of mutated high-level units hidden everywhere.
It calculates coldly, waiting for one element after another to fill in the puzzle of victory.
The next moment.
Violent explosions came from different directions at the same time in the command center, creating the illusion of an attack.
As changes occur.
The defense facilities everywhere suddenly activated, and a large number of Space Marines emerged from their hiding places, twice as many as the previous patrol team.
But all of this was within the expectations of the Hive Mind, and the investigation unit gave it detailed information.
"There are enough elements to shorten the war..."
The blood-red insect eyes suddenly opened in mid-air, and its ferocious mouthparts grinned with a victorious smile.
The situation is about to reverse, and the balance of victory is tilted towards Tyran!
…
Temporary Messianic Sanctuary.
Monitoring room.
Ron frowned and stared at the surveillance projection, very worried. He sighed slightly: "Hey, you said that guy has been lying on the ground for almost a day, why is he still not moving?"
Dante stood silently next to him, without responding. Even with the words of the savior, he didn’t know the answer to the question.
Besides, he also knew that the Savior liked to talk to himself, and occasionally some incomprehensible, spell-like ancient language would come out.
Ron glanced at Dante and didn't care. The guy had become less and less talkative recently, almost like a servitor.
The Chapter Master of the Blood Angels handed over most of the command of the Blood Angels to the Chapter Chaplain, and from time to time he talked about going to the Garden World in the Savior's territory for a vacation when this battle was over.
He really wanted to tell the other party that such flag-raising remarks were dangerous.
But for this guy, death seems not to be a punishment, but a reward...
Ron ignored Dante and moved his eyes back to the surveillance projection.
The command center area is equipped with the latest monitoring system based on Blackstone technology, which can detect the smallest chaos and psychic fluctuations.
Specially used to detect chaos demons, psykers, and psychic creatures.
Since most of Tyranids' high-level units have limbs with psychic powers or special psychic fields, the Blackstone Monitoring System can also be used to defend against Tyranids' high-level assassins.
The mutated Hive Tyrant was detected as soon as it approached the command center.
According to inference, there should be other invading units hidden in the central area besides the mutant hive tyrant.
The guard troops responsible for protecting the command center did not act rashly until they understood the opponent's attack methods.
At the same time.
The command center secretly transferred many personnel from the front line to encircle and suppress these invading high-level units.
Suddenly, the surveillance projection changed.
With the sound of explosions coming from everywhere, the hidden mutant units launched an attack.
The mutant hive tyrant also moved, heading towards the energy core of the command center defense facility at extremely fast speeds.
“Dante!”
Ron reminded him, that was an order to kill someone.
“For Sanguinius!”
Dante’s eyes lit up, he drew out the Ax of Immortality, ignited the decomposition field, roared and jumped down from the observation tower.
Pounce towards the nearest Tyranid invasion unit...
...
Hiss~
The Leviathan Hive Mind controls the mutated Hive Tyrant, heading towards the defense facility The energy core area is advancing at a high speed.
Buzz——
The force field on the claw blade of the Mutant Hive Tyrant lit up slightly, and with just one blow, it cut off the arm of the Space Marine who came to intercept.
These ordinary space warriors are no match for them.
It ignored the Space Marines and continued to advance, leaving all pursuers behind.
The only goal of the Hive Mind is to destroy the defense of the command center.
Boom boom boom——
Those defensive facilities were unable to withstand the silver-white Tyranid figure. Wherever it passed, the roar of explosions could be heard from time to time. The claw blades were like cutting butter, quickly destroying the machinery.
The defense of the entire command center is paralyzed.
At those moments when the defensive force field was extinguished, uncontrollable excitement came from the mind of the Hive Mind.
A heavy weight has been placed on the balance of victory.
In an instant, the nearby ground shook violently, and Tyranid's attack came from deep underground!
The mutated python was like a high-speed shield machine, attacking from the depths of the ground toward the command center in the center of the building. Without the defensive force field, those layers mixed with fine gold could not withstand the high-intensity acid.
The Tyranids' python-digging assassins broke through several layers of compartments and broke into the core of the command center.
The moment the huge, jagged head crashed through the wall, its entire body swelled red and flashed with plasma.
The next second, there was a violent bioplasma explosion, and the high temperature of biochemistry engulfed the entire command room!
Those biochemical high temperatures continued to spread, shock waves crashed into the surrounding areas, and one area after another was destroyed.
Boom——
The lavender explosive fireball rose, and the entire command center building collapsed!
Such a drastic change attracted everyone's attention.
They looked at the completely destroyed command center and were stunned for a moment.
Ron looked at the fireball not far away, with a trace of fear in his eyes. He did not expect that such a tight defense was still broken through by Tyron, and his core building was destroyed in an instant.
What a terrible fact.
The command center is the area with the most defense facilities!
More trouble is.
If Tyranids can break through it once, it means that other similar defense facilities have also lost their effectiveness.
This means that all areas are nakedly exposed to the Tyranid attack range and become the target of their attacks.
If Tyranids evolve the ability to shield Blackstone detection equipment.
What is the difference between the central area and the undefended area?
Thinking of this, Ron couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
He had underestimated the horror of Tyranid before. When facing this top war race, if he was not careful, he would lose everything!
"It seems that we have to be more cautious in the future..."
Ron let out a long sigh, looked at Taco's virtual projection, and ordered: "Let the building defense department continue to adjust the plan and strive to achieve dynamic defense to avoid more weaknesses.
Also, The backup facilities plan in the core area must continue to be strengthened!”
He felt that the relevant departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs were still a bit conservative.
If it weren't for wartime, I would have arranged a review meeting to criticize those guys.
It’s really too dangerous this time!
If his psychic senses were not sharp enough, he would have discovered the Tyranid reconnaissance units in time, allowing the personnel in the command center to urgently transfer to the No. 2 command center, and then go to the No. 3 command center through the hidden secret passage in the No. 2 command center.
Then seal the entrance and activate multi-channel signals that can interfere with detection, and do everything possible to reduce the chance of being discovered.
Then the Tyranid attack may succeed this time. The commanders will wipe out the same command center and the elite team will suffer heavy losses.
Although the Savior Territory has also set up a second backup command team, the command effect of hastily taking over will definitely not be very good, and it may put the battle situation into a dangerous situation.
Fortunately, this didn't happen.
Ron focused his attention on one part of the explosion area.
There is a silver-white mutated hive tyrant with charred skin. It is the murderer of this attack. It is better to destroy those high-level Tyranid units as soon as possible to prevent them from causing more casualties.
He was vaguely aware that there was another ancient soul in the mutant hive tyrant.
That is probably the Hive Mind. Almost all bugs are produced and firmly controlled by that guy.
Ron grabbed the visor and raised his hand to his face. The visor closed and the scarlet eyepiece lit up.
At this moment, he was wearing heavy armor made of black stone. The dark lines on the surface even absorbed the light, making him look extremely strong and powerful.
This set of armor is a brand new model, mainly used to deal with Tyranid aliens.
Currently, there are more than ten sets of armor prepared in the savior's arsenal all year round to adapt to different combat environments or occasions.
Those decorative sacred objects, textures, and colors will also be adjusted and changed according to the environment and seasons.
Let the savior appear on the battlefield with the best image anytime and anywhere.
Boom——
The dark figure jumped down from the observation tower and walked towards the mutated worm nest tyrant with heavy steps.
Behind him, Carter and the Thunder Guards quickly followed.
Suddenly, an old, slightly excited sarcasm came from the front:
“Ah, savior, your so-called impenetrable defense has now been turned into powder under the mouth of the Tyranids. Command minds to burn to ashes in bioplasma
Soon, your fortress will be submerged in the tide of the insect sea, and your despair is just an appetizer for my feast..."
The Hive Mind uses psychic energy to vibrate out the low Gothic language in the air, It wantonly mocked the savior in order to undermine the morale of the human army.
Tylon's goal had been achieved, and the next step was to kill as much as he wanted.
It could imagine that the savior was at this moment. How furious.
However, before the Hive Mind could finish his words, his voice seemed to be choked: "How... how is it possible, the command center has obviously been destroyed by me! ”
It received biological signals from the front line of the war and found that the savior's army had not changed at all and still maintained a sophisticated organization, as if nothing had happened.
That means that the chain of command still exists.
The Hive Mind looked at the ruins behind it and realized that what it had spent so much effort and cost to destroy was just a false target.
I’m afraid the savior is already secretly laughing at his own stupidity behind his back!
Such a result was hard for him to accept, and he felt that his wisdom had been crushed once again.
Damn it, damn it!
A series of failures completely destroyed the ancient wisdom of the insect swarm.
It turned red again and roared angrily: "The cunning savior who should be transformed into biological liquid!"
Now, it just wants to use a killing to vent its endless anger. .
The mutated hive tyrant stared at the Space Marine patrol teams with his cold eyes, preparing to kill them all.
But soon, its eyes became clear for a moment.
There seem to be a little too many human warriors?
A surging crowd was discovered within the detection range of the Hive Mind. The number of human warriors was already seven or eight times that of the previous intelligence, and the number was constantly increasing!
Central area, street defense line.
More Thunderhawk gunships appeared in the sky, almost filling the airspace in this area. Many Space Marines set up heavy melta sniper weapons at the forts.
On the ground, a dense group of elite Space Marines were coming here with power weapons. They moved forward in silence, and could only hear the sound of their boots hitting the ground.
Seeing this scene, the Hive Mind was hit hard again.
How to fight this?
The despicable and cunning savior secretly mobilized so many troops, some of which have never appeared on the battlefield.
That means they have been hiding.
Is Barr's military strength already so rich?
The strongest Tyranid warrior controlled by the Hive Mind consciousness, the Mutated Hive Tyrant, is standing there alone, while a dozen chapter leaders with master-level equipment are leading their respective Elites surrounded them.
Each of these Chapter Masters is a legend of the Empire, having left brilliant achievements and a great reputation.
Now they are at the peak of their combat power.
Such a situation makes the eyes of the Hive Mind reveal a trace of despair.
All I can say is, this is a high-end game!
(End of this chapter)