Chapter 323 Insects rain down from the sky, the savior's support arrives!
The shadow of Hive Fleet Leviathan approaches the Diamond Shield, the extremely cold asteroid glacier zone that isolates life.
When the octopus-like twisted tentacles of the Tyranid Siren, the Hive Herald, first penetrated this airspace, its surface was immediately covered with a layer of diamond-shaped ice crystals.
Those tentacles were frozen.
Some tentacles completely lost their ability to move, and some were shattered under the struggle.
Those pieces of meat covered with ice crystals became part of the Diamond Shield.
This sudden change caused a brief delay in the Leviathan Hive Fleet. They seemed to be considering how to deal with this natural barrier of extreme cold.
But there is no doubt about it.
The Great Devourer's desire to eat will not be stopped by any obstruction.
Soon, Hive Fleet Leviathan made a decision.
In order to better cross this natural barrier.
They dispersed into dozens of small fleets, and then entered the extremely cold asteroid belt without hesitation, shuttling between obstacles.
This natural danger is so terrifying.
Even though Leviathan's biological battleship has strong vitality, it still cannot withstand such an extreme environment.
Constantly, biological battleships succumb to the extreme cold.
They lose power and float motionless in the void, or they hit ice crystals as sharp as blades on the surface of the asteroid, and are punctured or split into two.
The movement speed of the Leviathan Hive Fleet has been greatly slowed down, and more tentacle fleets continue to be lost...
The other side of the Diamond Shield.
The Imperial Navy fleet built a line of defense, preparing to attack those biological battleships that were lucky enough to escape the freezing cold.
Command ship bridge.
"As I expected, those damn bugs can't withstand the severe cold of the Diamond Shield..."
Imperial Admiral Justu looked at the display on the auspicious device and smiled.
According to the data display.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet's traveling speed was close to freezing point, and a large number of living forces were destroyed in the extreme cold.
Lost any trace.
Justu lit a Walls cigar and took a long drag.
Enjoy the enchanting aroma of this precious tribute.
Walls cigars are made from the leaves of a plant from the wild world.
These leaves are under the protection of some kind of savage beast, which often requires the sacrifice of the lives of many leaf harvesters.
Only a few meager leaves can be obtained.
Therefore, Walls cigars are valuable, and some critics even criticized them as being watered with blood and the industry should be banned.
But it is always a very small number of people who criticize.
The rich and powerful favored Walls cigars more because of their preciousness and blood.
Some treasures will have corresponding symbols engraved on the gift box. Those symbols represent how many leaf collectors died in order to obtain the leaves from this box of cigarettes.
The symbols on the box of treasures in Justu's hand represent the loss of five hundred lives, which also shows how precious it is.
But none of this matters.
The admiral tasted a hint of victory in the charming aroma of Walls cigars.
It seems that it is only a matter of time before the Tyranids are conquered by the extreme cold.
It is only a matter of time before they are conquered by the cold.
"It's time for us to strive for more results..."
Justu thought so.
If he can kill more insect swarms here, he will gain more merits and honors and leave a glorious mark in the history of the empire.
The general himself has stayed in this position for too long, and he will definitely be able to move up with this meritorious service.
Such an attractive opportunity, don't miss it!
In case you miss the opportunity.
If a part of the insect swarm is allowed to go to the main ring of the castle, then this meritorious service will be greatly reduced!
Thinking of this, Justu couldn't wait to issue an order to his adjutant:
"The fleet is moving forward at full speed, sniper the swarm!"
Upon hearing such a hasty order, the adjutant's expression changed.
He carefully advised: "Admiral, is this too risky? Maybe we should..."
"Adjutant, this is an order..."
Justu took a long puff of his cigar and said with a bad expression, "Execute immediately!"
This adjutant is always so unpleasant. If he hadn't been a little capable, he would have told this guy to get out.
anyway.
You must seize the first opportunity before the forts in the fortress ring fire.
Even if you have to pay some losses for this, it is worth it!
Under Justu's stern gaze, the adjutant chose to lower his head: "Yes, Lord Admiral!"
in the airspace.
The Imperial Navy fleet changed its defensive posture and approached the Diamond Shield at full speed with a charging attitude.
On the outside of the Diamond Shield, sporadic shadows began to appear.
Leviathan's Hive Fleet tenaciously drilled out of the asteroid glacier zone, with ice crystals hanging on the surface of those biological battleships.
Slowly coming towards the fleet.
Inside the bridge.
Justu patted the adjutant on the shoulder with a cigar in his mouth, and said with some satisfaction: "Adjutant, you can see, the facts prove that my decision was correct!"
Through the dome skylight, some biological battleships can be seen sporadically.
Those ugly organisms are no longer as energetic as before.
The Diamond Shield decimated the Hive Fleet's numbers, and now the Imperial Navy has a numerical advantage!
"Sir Admiral, the number of insect nests is somewhat unusual..."
The adjutant still insisted on his opinion: "We are too close. We should stop our march immediately and defend ourselves against the impact."
He was worried that the general, who had risen to power by virtue of his family's power, would advance rashly because of his greed for merit.
Putting the fleet into an unfavorable situation.
However.
The situation is no longer within the adjutant's control.
He is only a think tank member and only has the power to make suggestions, not the one who makes decisions.
Justu looked at the adjutant with disappointed eyes.
At this time, the adjutant was still stubbornly insisting on his own opinion, timid, and overly cautious.
After this war is over, let him go.
Justu ignored the adjutant and issued an order directly through the command channel, ordering the fleet to maintain speed.
He stared intently at the auger, waiting for the Hive Fleet to enter the attack range.
Under his command, the distance between the two sides was rapidly closing.
The moment the Leviathan Hive Fleet entered the attack range, Justu's eyes became sharp, and his voice came through the communicator, firmly and clearly:
"Attention all ships, lock the target and open fire with all your strength!"
After the order was issued, the entire fleet entered combat mode, and the forts moved slowly.
Aimed at the Hive Fleet ahead.
Boom boom boom——
The concentrated fire of the Imperial Navy fleet instantly lit up the dark void.
Let those terrifying biological battleships reveal their ugly and twisted bodies in the light.
The huge muzzle of the macro cannon spit out fire, and the shells cut through the void like meteors.
Immediately afterwards, the torpedo barrel was opened, and each torpedo was like a hunter in the deep sea, quietly drawing out and flying towards the target.
The light spear turret shone brightly, and the condensed energy beam shot out, and the ray penetrated the battlefield.
Hitting the vital point of the biological battleship.
Under the command of Justu, the Imperial Navy fleet launched concentrated fire faster and covered the Hive Fleet that had just emerged from the Diamond Shield.
However.
When these destructive weapons came into contact with the outer shell of the enemy ship, they seemed to hit an invisible wall.
The macrocannon shells scratched sparks on the hard and smooth carapace, but only left dents.
The torpedo hit the carapace hard and exploded, but failed to cause much substantial damage.
At the moment of contact, the light spear rays were refracted by the ice crystals on its surface, and a large amount of energy dissipated and disappeared.
Couldn't cause any harm.
After a round of concentrated fire by the Imperial Navy fleet, it did not cause much damage to the Leviathan Hive Fleet at all.
Inside the bridge of the command ship.
Justu and the commanders fell into silence. The result of this was beyond everyone's imagination.
The adjutant hurriedly retrieved combat data.
After analysis, he sadly announced a terrible fact to his superior:
Hive Fleet Leviathan's ability to adapt to the environment has exceeded all research records of the Empire. The extremely cold glacial asteroid belt of the Diamond Shield has not slowed down their progress.
Instead, it strengthens their carapace armor.
In other words, Leviathan adapted to the extreme cold in a very short period of time.
at the same time.
Prompted the entire Hive Fleet to make targeted evolutions!
Justu grabbed the data and fell into deep regret after reading it.
His too risky strategy put the fleet into an unfavorable situation.
perhaps.
That unearned feat will become a humiliating defeat and punishment.
It became a stain on his career resume.
suddenly.
Justu was thinking something, threw himself in front of the communication station and roared:
"Stop charging the entire ship and defend!"
pity.
It's already a step too late.
Justu has realized that he was dazzled by his military exploits and made the biggest mistake in his life.
What's even scarier is.
His worst fear happened.
The auspicious instrument sounded an alarm frantically and detected a large number of insect nest units.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet did not lose so much vitality due to the Diamond Shield, just because after they evolved, the temperature of their shells remained consistent with that of the glacial asteroid.
This caused the auspicious device to regard it as part of the Diamond Shield and was not detected.
Now, there is no need for the auspicious alarm.
within the field of view.
A large number of shimmering shadows came out of the Diamond Shield.
Those are the biological battleships of the Leviathan Hive Fleet. Their number has far exceeded that of the Imperial Navy fleet, and they are rushing over like a wave!
Hiss——
The precious Walls cigar fell to the ground.
Justu looked at all this in despair, knowing that the situation was irreversible.
At such a close distance, the naval fleet had no chance of escaping.
In the shadow of the Tyranid hive.
There is no way to start even the flight of the Asia Air Ship.
These warships will be overtaken by the Tyranid Hive and disintegrated.
Moreover, he couldn't escape.
The Hades galaxy is behind you. If you run away from the battlefield, everything in the past will disappear.
The madmen from the Inquisition will come to their door, and even the family will not be able to protect themselves.
Even your own family will be implicated.
Justu's hand trembled slightly as he lit a new cigar and took a deep breath.
Try your best to control your emotions.
He looked at the adjutant and said sincerely: "Perhaps all this will not help, but I feel that I should apologize to you. You are a very good adjutant..."
"Your Majesty the Admiral"
The adjutant's face turned pale, and he shook his head slowly:
“Given the current situation, your decision is a blessing in disguise.
The number of the Hive Fleet completely exceeded expectations. Before they all emerged from the Diamond Shield and regrouped, they were dealt a violent blow as much as possible.
Only in this way can we buy more time for the defense line behind! "
Justu bit his cigar and forced a smile: "You mean, we should give up defense and continue to charge?"
"Yes, Admiral, we must do this!"
"Okay, then I'll listen to you!"
Justu took a big puff of his cigar, his eyes became firm: "Then everyone charge, let those bugs go to hell!"
Facing death, the admiral made the final choice.
Soon, new orders were issued.
The Imperial Navy fleet did not retreat, but launched a suicidal charge.
These warships quickly approached the Leviathan Hive Fleet that emerged, fired at a closer distance, causing more damage to the biological warships.
Some warships launched a brutal collision after their own damage.
They perished together with those biological warships.
More biological warships were knocked back to the Diamond Shield and pierced by sharp ice crystals.
The bridge of the command ship.
The bridge shook violently, causing many crew members to fall to the ground.
The entire warship was shaking violently, and the acid and plasma cannons spewed out by the biological warship were corroding and destroying the hull.
What was more troublesome was that the warship had been tightly entangled by the huge predatory tentacles of several Tyranid sirens.
It was difficult to break free.
Justu tried to maintain his body shape and kept issuing orders, ordering the side guns on both sides to attack the predatory tentacles first.
In the ship's channel.
There were constant screams and reports. Obviously, bugs had entered the interior of the warship and launched attacks, constantly destroying the internal facilities.
Sizzle.
The energy line burst into a violent arc.
Then.
The hull shook violently, and the light of the void shield was completely extinguished.
There was no doubt that the Tyranid bugs had destroyed the shield's energy system.
Justu ignored it, but issued the last order, ordering the command ship to slam into the largest biological warship in the field of vision.
Bang——
Something slammed into the viewing sky, but the hard alloy material of the sky resisted.
Turned into meat paste.
However.
The liquid flowing out of the meat paste was corroding the mirror of the sky, and cracks were spreading across the transparent dome.
The next moment.
A black shadow rushed over, and its sharp horn pierced through the dome and smashed into the bridge.
When people recovered from the impact, they saw the pointed cone-shaped Tyranid creature inserted in the center of the bridge.
Justu recognized it at a glance.
It was a small Tyranid creature launched by the biological warship - a living boarding torpedo.
Puff -
The Tyranid creature slashed the belly of the living torpedo, broke out of the chest, and pounced on all living lives.
A lot of screams were heard.
The guards in the bridge could not resist the attack of the bugs, and died one after another.
"Damn bugs!"
Justu spit out the cigar, pulled out a pistol and attacked the Tyranid creature.
He killed a Tyranid bug, pulled the seriously injured adjutant to his side, and continued to shoot at the surrounding bugs.
However.
Such firepower could not reach the ferocious bugs at all.
"Adjutant, do you think I can return to the throne?"
Suddenly, Justu asked seriously.
But he did not get an answer.
Because the next second.
The admiral was torn to pieces by the swarming bugs, and then pounced on other crew members.
Soon.
The humans in the bridge were killed, and the bugs devoured the delicious flesh and blood.
However.
The command ship did not stop. The program had been set, the engine overloaded and accelerated, and continued to crash forward along the predetermined trajectory.
Boom--
The command ship collided with the Hive Cruiser-level biological warship, and died with it in the fierce flames.
The naval fleet led by Justu tried its best to delay the pace of the Leviathan Hive Fleet and fought until the last moment.
Gradually, this airspace gradually became quiet.
With the destruction of the last Imperial Navy warship, the first natural defense of the Hades Galaxy was officially broken.
The Tyranid bio-warship began to recycle all the biomass.
Not long after.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet came out again and headed for the Castle Lord Ring.
...
Castle Lord Ring.
Densely packed meteorites and asteroids filled this area.
At this moment.
All mining companies and their employees were evacuated, and the abandoned mines of meteorites and asteroids were filled with macro cannon turrets and light spear arrays.
The airspace between asteroids was also filled with firepower platforms and floating torpedoes.
General Mellon transferred all the superb gunners and engineers in the army to the Castle Lord Ring to ensure that the machine souls of these war firepower were in the best condition.
Due to the influence of the shadow of the hive will, no one knew the situation of the Diamond Shield.
But General Mellon understood that without an overwhelming advantage in manpower, it would be difficult for them to defeat the Tyranid swarm in space.
Under his orders, the troops stationed in the Fortress Ring were as hidden as possible.
After the Leviathan Hive Fleet arrived at the center, they would collectively fire from the surroundings to inflict as much damage as possible.
The garrison troops strictly followed the general's orders.
Even if a small number of people were discovered and attacked by the Hive Fleet, they did not make too much noise to avoid alerting the swarm.
This led to more hidden troops being discovered.
Soon.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet arrived at the central area of the Fortress Ring.
Accompanied by the first roar of the floating torpedo.
The macro cannon and light spear array overwhelmed the hive fleet, and the flames that burst out could be seen even by the nomads on the surface of Lysios in the distance.
However.
After a week of continuous flames, they completely subsided.
Due to the interference of the hive shadow on the communication.
No one knows what fate the garrison troops in the Fortress Ring have encountered.
But the only thing that can be known is.
Before being overwhelmed by the insect tide, those brave warriors destroyed countless biological warships and Tyranid creatures.
They bought enough time for the various planets to deploy defenses, giving people a chance to resist the minions of the Great Devourer.
Boom——
The Tyranid Kraken knocked away the meteorite and flew out of the Fortress Ring first.
Then.
More shadows appeared in the void.
The Leviathan Hive Fleet rushed through the killing field set up by General Melon and rushed towards the nearest planet.
That means Lysios, the star of the other shore, and several satellites and celestial bodies around it.
Will face the impact of the Tyranid swarm head-on.
Soon, the vanguard of the Leviathan Hive Fleet approached the airspace of these planets and sprinkled spore sacs loaded with a large number of Tyranid creatures everywhere on their surfaces.
This made the people on the surface of those planets gradually fall into despair...
Soon after.
A battleship and several affiliated warships stopped in the airspace near the star Bianhua.
That was the mothership of the Son of Man.
Soon, several dark green landing ships went to the surface.
At the same time.
The tranquility of the airspace a little further away was broken.
The space seemed to have a crack, and in the dim light, warships one after another sailed out of the exit of the webway.
These warships were loaded with powerful war weapons and elite warriors, and the savior emblems on the hulls showed the ownership of these warships.
This represents the first wave of support from the savior's territory.
Already arrived!
