Chapter 3013 Metamorphosis
"The entrance is open, move forward."
Finally, under the action of a demolition grenade, the melted hatch shattered into a piece of metal fragments, and the Kentkas One by one walked into the broken door,
As the searchlight illuminated the path forward in the corridor, Sabourin took the lead, and the other team members followed closely behind him. Several detection servo skulls floated to the left and right and to the ventilation ducts. Fly away,
"Cesaire, Werther, you are responsible for guarding the rear of the team. Li Lin, you need to track the identifiable signal and see if you can find a safe node to contact the bridge."
Gradually going deeper into the corridor, everyone saw many traces, torn corpses, splattered and solidified blood stains and even visceral fragments on the walls, huge claw marks, twisted chitin remains, and it was obvious that there were traces of fierce battles everywhere.
But so far, they have not seen a living Tyran.
The power system here seems to be down, and there are only weak emergency lights. With every step, the shadows of the Terminators jump and dance. This is the preparation area of the flight deck. In addition to various large equipment, there are also There were wires almost as tall as them twisting and snaking between the supports, and the terrain was complicated.
For some reason, Sablin always saw something flashing quickly among the wreckage in his peripheral vision. .
Soon, the team came to an open area along the corridor. Four people were covering the flanks and rear of the team. The other four were distributed in a fan shape in front, with two heavy weaponry in the middle.
As they advanced alternately, they swept their guns and searchlights into the darkness.
Dirty floating dust surrounded them, shimmering under the light, when Sabourin noticed that something seemed to be hanging from the beam above his head.
"Potential threats found! Everyone stay vigilant and stay together!"
He immediately issued a warning and wanted to confirm the strange shadow, but Li Lin had already spoken.
"Threat confirmed! Coordinates 75, 92!"
The originally silent preparation area suddenly became noisy, and Tyranids with different appearances emerged from the shadows. Most of them were knife bugs, gun bugs, warrior bugs, and snake bugs.
"Brothers! The fun is coming!"
Li Lin's voice suddenly became excited. At the same time, the two heavy weapon men in the middle of the team immediately activated their weapons. The first roared It was an assault cannon. The dense bullets swept through the darkness like a bright line. In an instant, bones and armor shattered, and flesh and blood exploded.
Then the Terminators on the flanks also started shooting with their plasma machine guns. The blue bullets covered the violent swarm like a rainstorm, leaving them riddled with holes.
But the number of insect swarms is too astonishing, and the speed at which they rush up far exceeds the speed at which they fall.
"Burn them to death!"
The two Terminators carrying Anverus-type heavy flamethrowers became a solid barrier against the insect tide. The flames they spilled ignited the carapace, allowing the aliens to burn in the flames. The screams and rolling in the middle also completely dispelled the darkness.
Li Lin, who was holding a chain halberd, also laughed and shot at the warrior bugs with the storm bolter on his back, but Sablin always felt that he was missing something.
Suddenly, he thought Get up, look up.
“There’s something up there, spread out!”
Hearing the sound, everyone immediately left their position without thinking, and then a shadow fell to the ground and made a deep sound. It has only a vague outline and seems to be visually transparent. If it were not for the distortion of light caused by the flamethrower, it would be difficult to identify it with the naked eye. Even the thermal imaging and hunting vision of the Terminators would be difficult to see its existence clearly. All I know is that its outline looks similar to that of a warrior insect, with long limbs and twisting tentacles.
But Sablin immediately guessed what it was.
"The bundle worm! Tyran threw up a bundle worm! Kill it!"
Then the transparent outline straightened up, revealing yellow and purple mottled It has a carapace body and an oval head covered with predatory tentacles. Its hazy yellow eyes have a vicious gaze. A pair of sickle claws nearly one meter long arch from its back, and long whips extend from its strong arms. There are also stinging tentacles extending from under the carapace. What is shocking is that its size seems to have more than doubled, from the original size of a warrior insect to a being that is much taller than a Terminator.
Moreover, its carapace is very different from the description of the appearance of the beam bearer that Sabourin has seen in his memory. Although the Adeptus Mechanicus also believes that there are very few Tyranid assassins with high camouflage or even invisibility capabilities. It is consistent, but the changes in appearance are rarely so drastic. Its torso is thicker, its head is protected by a ring of proliferated chitin, and its ribs have ever-expanding meat hooks.
There is no doubt that this is most likely a new variant of the bundle worm. Sabourin's helmet quickly recorded the opponent's physical characteristics.
"Leave it to me!"
With a roar, Li Lin rushed over. The Terminator's servo and the chain saw in his hand roared, and he launched an attack on the monster.
However, the movement of the bundle-holding insect was equally fast. It used the bone armor on its claws to clamp the whistling chain saw halberd, and then suddenly retreated, causing Li Lin to lose his balance, and then the lower abdomen The meat hook shot out and stabbed towards Li Lin. The sharp thorns hit the terminator, causing violent sparks. Although it could not penetrate, it was knocked back several meters away.
Sabourin had already rushed over from behind the opponent at this time, with the multiple tubes of hot melt in his hand ready to fire, but the opponent suddenly jumped a second before shooting, and instantly flew dozens of meters away. Its target was a Shooting its weapons at other Tyranids, leaving its back to its terminators, as if this stirred its instincts.
"Mocather, be careful!"
Hearing the reminder, the warrior turned around and pulled the trigger. Facing the dense bullets, the claws of the bundle worm were as fast as lightning. , the claw tips pierced into the breastplate, but before it could go deeper, it was cut off by the roaring chain saw halberd.
“Is Mokaser okay?”
“The prick is not deep, it’s okay.”
The stabbed Terminator pulled out the broken claw, and a stream of blood spurted out. Then the Terminator's emergency system was activated, and the filler quickly repaired the punctured armor wound.
At this time, Sabourin also aimed at the opponent and lit the melta gun. The hot flames instantly penetrated the body protected by the thick carapace, roasting the soft organs underneath, and the bundle worm was in pain. Wailing, Li Lin ran forward, the dying beast staggering back, arms spread apart, claws ready to close at any moment.
"Death!"
Li Lin waved his forearm vigorously and aimed at the opponent's neck. The sharp teeth of the chain saw pierced its spine. The bundle worm screamed and its head rolled. Down, fell to the ground, and then the tall and strong body fell to the ground, spurting out bright corrosive blood.
During the battle with the bundle bearers, the team maintained a high degree of tactics. The others were relieved to leave the battle and backing to Li Lin and Sabourin, focusing on fighting against the Tyranids attacking from all directions. , so that the situation did not become chaotic.