Chapter 213 Blood Mine (Part 2)
After a while, Soshyan realized that the rest of the aliens had disappeared.
The tunnel was suddenly empty.
Thor stepped forward and shot a bullet through the head of the alien who was still lying on the ground struggling, but the entire lower body was torn to pieces, and then stood next to Soshyan.
“It seems that the alien threat has been fully confirmed.”
Hearing Sol's words, Soshyan responded with a cough.
They stood like this among the piles of corpses. He could hear the heavy breathing of the battle brothers from the communication, and knew that they were struggling to calm down their fighting spirit-the Astartes were taking advantage of When you are violent, you also need to know how to control it.
"Your opinion is to return to——"
Before they finished speaking, they heard a loud explosion and the collision of falling rocks from the passage they came from.
There is no doubt that the tunnel returning to the secondary mining area has collapsed. The enemy has obviously arranged an ambush, or the killing itself is part of the ambush.
These aliens are no brainless beasts.
The next situation also confirmed Soshiyang’s idea
From deeper in the mine tunnel ahead and from the other two tunnels leading to the intersection, various firearms began to shout and spit. .
"Move to the right."
Soshiyan ordered succinctly, turning around from the darkness illuminated by the fire and retreating to the light at the intersection.
They ran, bullets kicking up rubble and blasting chunks of dirt from the walls on either side.
During the action, Soshyan felt a bullet hit his left shoulder guard heavily, but it was blocked by the outer layer of fine gold.
Another round exploded when it hit his backpack. It was undoubtedly a bolter. The enemy also had heavy bolter-level weapons.
Then the third shot hit a huge spark on the rails beneath his boots.
More bullets flew into the entrances of two other adjoining tunnels, the flashes of heavy muzzles revealing faint but darting red eyes.
"Augury failed."
Thor shouted as he ducked into the bunker beside him, the filled hopper shuddering as bullets struck its surface and exploded.
"Is there any other route?"
"I'm scanning, it's possible, but it will take time."
Having said that, the aliens won't give it to them time.
The firepower from the attackers in the darkness was increasing, and even as Soshyan's thoughts were forming, there was a crash and a trail of fragmentation rockets from the opposite tunnel with the scream of the launch.
The next second, it smashed into an overturned mine bucket in front, used the fragments to tie it into a sieve and let it fly up.
According to the Codex Astartes, the standard procedure for resolving an ambush of this type is a covered counterattack, but the narrow terrain limits such an operation.
Then there is only one solution.
“They need to be attracted to an open area and dealt with at once.”
Soshyan said on the public channel:
“We retreat.”
“Where? They have blocked the only route back to the secondary mining area.”
"There is a transport channel over there that will lead them into the intersection."
"According to the scan, there are no bunkers there."
Thor then warned.
“You have to think carefully.”
“If we try to be dragged here by them without support, we will only waste time and create more uncertainty.”
Soshyan made up his mind.
"Withdraw in combat formation and retreat to the tunnel on the left." The Astral Knights then withdrew from the bunker, and at the same time, the first half of the tactical team began to fire covering volleys, blindly splashing explosive bombs into the enemy. to the attack tunnel.
As they did this, the second half of the squad got up and kicked up the gravel from the railroad ties and rushed back to the transport tunnel.
They were attacked as they walked, solid bullets hammering against the ceramite and bleeding from the weak spots in their armor.
But fortunately, no one was lost before they entered the darkness of the tunnel.
"Covering fire."
Soshyan then directed the second half of the team to open fire to cover the withdrawal of the front team.
The front group was led by Thor, who moved with a bolt pistol and fired a volley of bullets into the nearest tunnel entrance.
He doubted he had hit anything, but that was not the purpose.
Before escaping into the entrance of the passage, Thor threw a grenade backwards, and after a loud bang, there was a wail.
Bai Zhi's energy exploded on a wall of the tunnel, stirring up a burst of blood mist and instantly illuminating the attackers - a group of miners wearing uniforms without a hair on their heads, holding various weapons. A fourth-generation hybrid of a firearm.
They look almost identical to humans, except for their slightly pale skin and appearance, but they are undoubtedly alien and non-human.
The emergence of such a being also means that the planet's quilt has been extremely severely penetrated.
This brings us to the unique reproductive model of Gene Stealers.
First, the original, pure Genestealer would inject genetic material into the host to start the cycle of infection.
After the parasite spreads and the Stealer Sect grows, the first Stealer will control the Stealer Patriarch and then slowly grow into an extremely huge psychic monster - the Nest Master.
The host will return to their society, and then begin to have an urgent desire to find a partner to form a family, who will later be infected by the stealer's genes.
The body structure of the host is still roughly similar to that of their race, although some have pale and blue skin, and will be controlled by the patriarch's mind and become slaves, which also makes them perfect infiltrators.
Soon after, the host will give birth
The first generation of alien monsters, also the first generation of hybrids (I really don’t know how to translate that word)
Compared Other Genestealers, the first generation hybrids are nothing more than a bunch of animals, slow, clumsy, and imbecile, and the Stealer Cult often only treats them as consumables.
They usually have three to four arms and do not use the technology and weapons of the host race, but they will give birth to
a second generation of hybrids.
Each second-generation hybrid is unique. This generation can selectively reproduce. Most of them use their parents as domestic animals, and some characteristics have also been enhanced, such as speed and strength. , aggressiveness.
Compared to gene stealers in the conventional sense, they are more like the host race, but they still cannot use the technology of the host race.
And their descendants are the third generation hybrids.
This hybrid has become very close to the appearance of the race they are parasitizing, and can even blend into the host race, and can even move within the society of this race if it wears camouflage clothes or hides in the shadows.
More importantly, some individuals in this generation can already use the weapons of the host race.
The fourth generation of hybrids they produce is also the generation most difficult to distinguish from the host race.
The fourth generation hybrids only have some minor deformities, but some individuals still have signs that give away their identity, such as bald heads or fangs.
Because they can integrate into the host society, they will try to seduce, kidnap, or whatever else to increase the number of hosts as much as possible.
Some rare individuals in this generation even have psychic powers, and these individuals will become the Stealer Elders.
Here comes the most bizarre reproductive part of the Genestealer.
The fifth generation of the fourth-generation hybrids that are closest to the host will be abnormally "returned to their original shape".
In the fifth generation, the genestealer's DNA will reappear in them, making them a complete Tyranid genestealer, a terrifying alien killer, but with some physical characteristics of the host race. .
The cycle of infiltration begins here, and a brand new thief will have the potential to infiltrate another world.
(End of this chapter)