Chapter 231 Nest Master
"It" woke up from the cold, dark void, the closest thing to sleep it knew.
A dull pain echoed at the base of its curved skull, gone but disturbing.
This feeble pain soon spreads with an annoying insistence, combining with the pulse of the creature through the beating of blood vessels.
Pain radiated down "its" spine and through facial structures from its sluggish brain.
This is not the pain of wounds and failure, nor the pain of being chased by a hunter.
"It" doesn't mask the need for hunger, but the feeling is much more unwelcome, the taste and resonance of this pain is so different, "it" hasn't felt like this in a while …
The heirs are dying.
"It" felt every punctured hole, every broken limb, every bleeding eye socket echoing like a ghost in the wind of pain.
In the darkness, "it" slowly spread its limbs.
The joints clicked and flexed as they tightened and flexed again.
The huge claws opened and closed tremblingly in the cold air, and digestive acids stung the tongue as the salivary ducts in "its" huge mouthparts came to life again.
"It" took a trembling breath through the rows of shark-like teeth, the cold air stimulated its senses, and then its featureless eyes opened, and a thick stream of saliva It dripped from the mouth along the curved chin and splashed on the deck with a hiss.
The fateful moment has arrived and "It" drags itself from its hiding place and across the ship to find the creature that killed the children.
The plan failed, but there is still a chance to settle it all and understand the grudges of more than a hundred years.
Even though it was separated by a thick metal plate, "it" could still smell the blood in the air, hear the rhythm of the prey's heartbeat, and smell the salty sweat on its skin.
Not only that, "it" can even feel the buzz of the biofield, touching the current of emotions and thoughts in the brain.
Life.
Enemies.
Very close.
"It"'s mouth clicked open and closed, its body leaned forward, and then it ran quickly through the dark passage, its claws tapping on the metal.
The swarm will eventually devour everything -
"The blockade is complete, we are moving to area E07, leaving only area E08."
Arbitration came from the communicator With the officer's voice, Savita was at the front of the team. He had lost patience with the progress of the Legal Department very early.
After the team returned to the ground, the first thing they did was to go to the Ministry of Justice and let the Arbitrator personally lead the team to block the orbital airport in the planet's orbit and put all officials and persons in charge under control.
During this period, there was also an incident where genestealers who jumped over the wall attacked the Ministry of Justice and the Guards, but they were immediately suppressed by the accompanying Astartes. All the aliens were annihilated on the spot, and the remaining few escaped into the complex structure of the airport. .
But what awaits them is death.
Soshyan is determined to block any alien escape route, and the Arbitrator is also determined.
He mobilized a total of 20,000 troops from the ground and asked the technical priests to seal the passages in all areas, and then the guards cleared the areas one by one.
This was a cruel operation without prior warning or notification. A large number of staff and workers were trapped in the orbital airport, and they were ordered to wait on the spot - the Guards would kill anyone active. goal.
At the same time, anyone who encounters the Guards must undergo a physical examination unconditionally. If there is resistance, he will be shot on the spot.
This is a relatively slow but safe process, but it can ensure that no fish will slip through the net.
The only one who is dissatisfied is Sevita, the Prince of Crows.
All he can think about is killing his old enemy.
He also repeatedly asked Soshiyang that he could only kill the nest owner.
Finally, after two days of continuous manhunt and the killing of more than a thousand infected people and aliens, only the last and largest area of the airport was left - the storage area.
"Roger, we have moved to area E08."
Soshiyan's answer was interrupted from time to time by the roar of several bolters. Then, he turned off the communicator and glanced at the corpse on the ground - a pure-blood alien.
It can be seen that they are guarding this corridor, or what is behind this corridor, and it is self-evident that these pure bloods can fight to the death to guard things.
An expression other than indifference finally appeared on Savita's face.
That is an expectation.
At the end, the automatic door of the corridor opened and the team entered a large room.
There are neatly arranged containers, towering generators and wall-mounted plasma chambers. The mixture of liquid and gas is rolling deep in the glass chamber, emitting a faint orange light.
With no orders required, the Astartes dispersed across the operations deck, moving to consoles and transport racks to take up firing positions and cover the room's exits.
But they found nothing for the time being -
With a moist click, the film covering "its" sensitive eyes was peeled off.
"It" looked down the long room and saw some flickers, suggesting that something was moving in the room.
The human scent is stronger now, so strong...
"It" strode forward with its head high, its claws rubbing on the metal floor, but there was no sound at all.
There are three more dangerous prey species here, one of which is particularly dangerous, with the uncontrollable murderous intent...
Although "its" animal intelligence does not think it has the ability to kill this monster, it has already There is no way out, and wisdom can only give way to animality at this time.
“I saw it.”
Sevita looked at the dark room six hundred meters deep to the north in the darkness.
“It just popped out of the wall.”
"I saw it too."
The voice came from Soshyan, who raised his bolter as he approached Sevatar, his helmet's heat-sensing vision easily penetrating the darkness, but he didn't know it How did Sevatar see it without a helmet.
“A nest master.”
Soshiyang muttered to himself, looking at this ugly alien species.
Its body was made up of thick limbs, clawed appendages and a bulbous skull, and it advanced towards them step by step.
"Fire when it reaches the best range, but don't kill it."
"I know."
Soshyan replied reluctantly, he was not used to accepting orders from a traitor.
But he raised his gun and took aim, took a breath, and called the others on the communicator.
"Target found, everyone follows my instructions and fire."
"Enemy attack!"
But before he could give the order, the silent cabin suddenly erupted into the sound of gunfire and Armin's curses.
A large number of purebred aliens poured out from the pipes and vents in all directions. The warriors of the Astral Knight team were immediately overwhelmed by waves of attacks and could only defend themselves.
At this time, on Soshyan's eyepiece, a nearby rune turned white, and then he fired at that target.
The nest owner endured the pain of being blown apart by bullets, howling and screaming, and then rushed down.
(End of this chapter)