Chapter 949: Weird Giant Tree
There are currently only five people in the Astral Knights who have successfully transplanted gray marrow, and Bahram is one of them. However, the gray marrow has not played an obvious role in them for a long time. .
Unexpectedly, this time it was nothing but a blockbuster, and Talos was secretly glad that he got Bahram from Soshyan, otherwise the ship might have capsized this time.
“Hypothermia.”
Talos glanced at Bahram, whose face was covered with gray veins, then took his temperature, and then took out a miniature syringe, and took out a piece of light yellow medicine from the storage box on the thigh, installed it on the syringe, and injected it into Bahram's neck.
With the injection of medicine, Bahram's face gradually returned to normal. Talos checked the other party's body temperature again and confirmed that it had increased before putting the helmet on the other party again.
“Company Commander, Bahram—”
After hesitating for a while, Sablin asked in a low voice:
“Is it a think tank?”
"Don't ask these questions. You will know it when you know it in the future. Now you only need to know one thing. When you encounter subspace troubles that cannot be solved, just go to him. ”
About thirty seconds later, with a slight groan, Bahram woke up.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Talos and Sabourin staring at him.
“I——”
“Can you stand up?”
“You should be able to.”
Bahram struggled for a moment and finally stood up unsteadily.
Talos patted him on the shoulder, and then whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
“I know you have many questions, but I can’t answer you, you You have to find Soshyan, only he can answer it for you."
Hearing what the other party said, Bahram nodded and pressed down all the questions.
“What are these animals?”
Sabourin probed one of the corpses with his halberd.
"Native creatures affected by the power of Chaos."
Talos said, nudging one of the dead bugs with his boot.
“Subspace does not only have an effect on humans, it has an effect on almost any life, so if you go to a world with serious chaos pollution, you must be wary of any creature you encounter.”
“So, those missing people were eaten by bugs?”
Talos didn't answer. He carefully examined each dead insect and finally came to a conclusion.
“No, there are only other undigested insects in the stomachs of these things, and there is no trace of human remains. The disappearance of all those people has nothing to do with them, or has nothing to do with their stomachs.”
< br>“I heard——”
Bahram suddenly spoke.
"Some insects have a natural ability to store food, I guess. Is there anything that takes advantage of this nature?"
Sabourin glanced deeper into the passage.
"That means they have a nest here."
Talos checked the number of bullets on the pistol, then put it in the holster and pulled out a fragment from his belt Grenade.
“Throw the grenade first and then charge, is there any problem?”
“Of course not.”
The soldiers in the team received the order and immediately prepared their weapons. The team quickly walked down the corridor. After experiencing the situation just now, Bahram's senses became more acute. He felt more corrupted insects ambushing at the other end of the corridor, so he raised his gun and attacked these monsters.
A series of terrible screams resounded through the darkness, and strong, armored bugs emerged from the hidden tree roots, fluttering in the pain of death.
Talos held the frag grenade in his hand.
“Throw a round!”
he yelled, throwing it into the hallway.
A moment later, five more grenades flashed over his head in a flat and precise arc, detonating right at the end of the passage.
More screams pierced the air, shrapnel whizzed through the animals hiding around the entrance, and the Astartes answered each other with a roar of their own, then began to charge.
A swarm of giant insects await their charge, ready to defend their nest.
Li Lin raised his rapid-fire plasma pistol and sprayed a hot rainstorm among them, burning more than a dozen bugs to death in an instant, and the rest were stunned.
The battle begins.
Taros swept the bugs in front of him in a crackling arc, killing two bugs that rushed towards him from the right. At this time, another monster came from the left and tried to bite with its jaws. Holding his armor, he quickly pulled out his pistol, took aim, and shot the guy in the head with one shot.
Around him, chainswords roared, bolters roared, and the Death Angels slaughtered their enemies.
Soon, they passed through the passage and entered a room.
The room was a huge man-made cave, with a curved domed ceiling 30 meters above their heads, and the air was reeking of heat and decay.
In the center is a grotesque statue, which looks like a giant stone tree, but the tree is filled with fruit that resembles eyeballs, which is disgusting.
The air around the statue shimmered like a mirage, and a strong sense of dislocation threatened everyone present, especially Talos.
A strong sense of crisis burned Talos's head. Although the tranquilizer prepared by Valier had some effect, he still felt a faint pain in his head.
Here, the barrier between the etheric and physical worlds is weakened, and the feeling of madness and depravity is almost palpable, like a layer of oil covering all people's skin.
In the center of the room, just at the foot of the statue, lay a large pile of corpses, most of them wearing blood-stained green uniforms, forming an ominous mountain of corpses——
"This doesn't look like a human creation."
Taros endured the severe pain in his skull and tried to analyze the situation in front of him.
“It’s more like some kind of alien altar. That’s not right, there shouldn’t be other races on Pai Shang.”
Suddenly, the defenders here hissed and screamed , attacking the Astartes from all directions.
Taros fired two shots into the air with his pistol, and swiped his sword to blow the two bugs into burning husks. The Astartes maintained their formation and faced the enemy. Slash any approaching monster with your chainsword.
Those chosen were the better men in the company and more disciplined, and the bodies of his enemies began to pile up at their feet.
But every time they killed a monster, Talos felt invisible energy swirling around the room, becoming more chaotic.
Whatever dark plan anyone has set in motion here, their actions will only make it more dynamic.
“Forward! Destroy that statue!”
Talos decided to go straight to the core of the problem, and the warriors responded immediately, moving towards the statue step by step.
The surviving bugs intensified their attacks, leaping and looking for a break in the formation, but every attempt was met with chainsword blades or muzzle flashes.
The Eleventh Company passed through the huge space mercilessly, leaving behind only a string of broken, bleeding, twitching corpses.
(End of this chapter)