Chapter 362: Will of the Hive: This high-end game is broken!

Central area, tower.

Ron finished his work and came to the balcony area to get some fresh air. He could vaguely hear the sound of artillery fire from afar.

This is called a balcony, but it is actually a well-defended observation tower. From here, you can see the situation in some central areas and key defense areas.

The number of troops that Tyron can deploy for attack is getting smaller and smaller, and the intensity of the war does not seem to be as high as before.

He looked up and saw that the space war in the galaxy void was still going on, with large or small explosions and fireworks erupting from time to time.

Under the illumination of the explosion sparks, you can vaguely see the small and long shadows in the distant galaxy.

Those are also Tyron's biological fleets and Leviathan's branch tentacles, but they are in other galaxies.

"It seems that we have to end the war in the Baal galaxy as soon as possible to help other galaxies clear the insect nest tentacles..."

Ron thought silently.

Otherwise, with the nature of the empire, who knows what kind of tricks they will do.

Boom! ! !

A huge plasma roar came from a distance.

He suddenly turned his head to look at the explosion area, frowning.

In the field of vision, a mushroom cloud-like plasma fireball rose up, and several Redemption Titans fell down in the flames. The huge biological Titans were rushing in along the defense gap with the sea of ​​insects.

That key defense area was breached!

In an instant.

Countless heavy artillery fire covered the breached area like thunder.

The ground was torn apart and the metal melted.

Everything was shattered under the ravages of super-heavy artillery fire, and the roar of the swarm of insects was drowned by the artillery fire.

After that, more explosions were heard one after another.

The defense zone in the occupied area activated the emergency procedure. The soldiers of the death squad shot wildly in front of the front line, and then used hot melt bombs to die with the swarm of insects that rushed over.

Buy time for the defense zone behind to respond.

Such Tyranid attacks have happened several times, but none of them were as fierce as this time.

Central area.

Dozens of Thunder Eagle gunboats took off urgently and headed for the broken defense zone, and four or five Redemption Titans were transferred to the area.

A large number of support troops are heading for the gap in the defense line.

With the arrival of support, the spreading situation was quickly controlled, and the defenders successfully stopped the advance of the Tyranid Zerg tide.

A few hours later.

In midair, the virtual projection of Taco, the head of the Military Affairs Department and the commander-in-chief, flickered slightly.

He reported:

"Savior, we have resisted the Zerg tide in the 158th key defense zone, and are currently pushing the front back to the gap step by step. The reconstruction of the defense zone is also underway, and it is expected that the defense line will be restored in two days..."

The person in charge did not mention the casualty data.

Ron did not ask, casualties are just the norm on such a battlefield, and asking will only increase sadness, and if the casualties reach the level that needs to be reported.

He will naturally know.

War is always accompanied by death. In fact, the Savior Territory has tried its best to reduce the casualties on the Apocalypse-level battlefield to the level of ordinary low-risk battlefields in the empire.

Otherwise, the land of Baal is already full of corpses, and the flesh and blood left by those soldiers will become new land.

But even so.

This war across the galaxy still causes hundreds of thousands of soldiers to lose their lives every day.

Life is the currency of the Emperor, and sacrifice is the cornerstone of the Empire.

This is the current situation of the Empire, and even the Savior cannot completely change this situation.

He can only try his best to make the death less and hope more.

Ron sighed slightly and suppressed this emotion. At least the defense line was held and no more people died.

And judging from the intelligence collected.

Leviathan almost attacked that area at all costs and suffered even more tragic casualties.

That was obviously a desperate act. The long-term war of attrition and the lack of biomass made it almost unable to hold on.

But it is not ruled out that the guy is secretly brewing a more dangerous attack.

He looked at Taco:

"This time Leviathan's offensive is different from usual. Be sure to investigate what it wants to do.

By the way, contact Voladi, the commander of the Redemption Third Fleet, and ask him to speed up the progress of the blocking plan..."

Leviathan has a tendency to jump over the wall, and it must be ended as soon as possible.

In order to avoid more trouble.

"Yes, Lord Savior!" Taco saluted slightly and the communication ended.

After Ron hung up the communication, he still felt a little uneasy.

These days, the Leviathan Hive Mind has been constantly using and adjusting various tactics to try to break through the defensive positions.

Now, its movements are even louder, which is worrying.

"Carter."

Ron called softly, and a tall figure came out from the dark behind him.

That was Carter, the leader of the Thunder Guard. The figure of this powerful warrior has further increased, exceeding three meters.

"Double the secret defense force of the temporary savior sanctuary and the command system area!"

Ron ordered Carter to deploy more hidden forces in the sanctuary and the command system area to protect the relevant areas.

Since he discovered the Tyranid reconnaissance unit in the central area, he has felt more and more unsafe, and has strengthened the defense several times in a row.

Through secret adjustments.

This area has gathered a large number of core combat forces. In addition to the Thunder Guard, there are also a dozen chapter leaders such as Dante, a large number of space warriors, and many defensive weapons inside and outside.

Those defensive weapons were hidden deep and were rarely used.

There are also many backup defense facilities.

Judging from the current situation, unless the enemy can send a huge army in instantly, even if that guy Kabanha comes here, he will be slapped with a big mouth.

In his opinion, no matter what time, you must keep a little trump card.

Those defense facilities on the surface are too easy to be discovered and targeted. What's the difference between them and not having any?

After Ron checked the security situation again, he went into the bedroom to rest safely.

He had to recharge his batteries for the final battle.

…

Savior command center area.

The white incandescent lamp illuminated the area brightly, leaving almost no shadows.

This is one of the core buildings of Baal. Several fine gold isolation layers have been built underground and around it, and are surrounded by the densest air defense arrays and artillery defense lines.

The standing watchtower blocks all blind spots.

There are also Space Marine patrol teams patrolling the relevant areas back and forth along irregular paths, always ready to call for support.

This is all to prevent a surprise attack by Tyranid assassins.

After all, it is difficult for a mortal commander with a weak body to resist those powerful insects that can destroy Tao Gang's armor and kill Space Marines in an instant.

If you let it break into the command center.

Those Tyranid Assassins can slaughter an entire room of commanders in seconds.

However, under the light, there is still life quietly approaching here.

The fluctuations in space are almost too slight to be detected, and the life is integrated with the surrounding light, environment, and temperature.

"Finally found the opportunity!"

The emotions of Leviathan's Hive Mind are fluctuating, conveying a sense of coldness and excitement.

It pays so much to get into this zone.

Not long ago, it controlled the Tyranid swarm to attack the defense line regardless of casualties, creating huge chaos, and finally attracted the slightest attention from the defense area.

Afterwards, the Hive Mind controlled the Tyranid assassins to blend into the swarm of insects pouring into the gap, and took advantage of that opportunity to cross the weak defense area and penetrate into the central area.

After entering the central area, it relied on the intelligence from the scout bugs to avoid defense facilities step by step and approach the command center.

This process alone took almost three days.

This is a difficult process, and any mistakes may lead to failure of the invasion.

At least half of the time, the mutant hive tyrant it controlled was forced into a dormant state, and even the operation of the body system and blood flow were suspended.

"Although the savior is cautious enough, he still cannot resist the ancient wisdom of the insect swarm..."

The Hive Mind did not deny that the building in front of him was the most heavily defended fortress he had ever seen. The Savior carefully armed this area into an airtight iron barrel.

But everything that being did was in vain.

Tyranid's assassins had moved in past the defenses and found the perfect opportunity to attack.

The Savior's command center and Baal's mind will be completely destroyed by Tyranids' attack!

Its thinking became more and more active, and every corner of the building's periphery was memorized by heart. Under the calculation of the brainworm array, a three-dimensional map was formed.

That target area is so tempting.

"Perhaps I overestimated the savior before..."

The Leviathan Hive Mind lowered the threat level of the Saviors and decided to kill them nearby after a successful attack.

Take this as revenge.

Let that being feel the cruel and bloody killing of the Tyranid swarm.

The ancient wisdom of the swarm waited patiently, adjusting the positions of mutated high-level units hidden everywhere.

It calculates coldly, waiting for one element after another to fill in the puzzle of victory.

The next moment.

Violent explosions came from different directions at the same time in the command center, creating the illusion of an attack.

As changes occur.

Defense facilities everywhere suddenly activated, and a large number of Space Marines emerged from their hiding places, twice as many as the previous patrol team.

But all of this was within the expectations of the Hive Mind, and the investigation unit gave it detailed information.

"There are enough elements to shorten the war..."

The blood-red insect eyes suddenly opened in mid-air, and its ferocious mouthparts grinned with a victorious smile.

The situation is about to reverse, and the balance of victory will tip to Tyran!

…

Temporary messianic sanctuary.

Monitoring room.

Ron frowned and stared at the surveillance projection, very worried.

He sighed slightly: "Hey, you said that guy has been lying on the ground for almost a day, why is he still not moving?"

Dante stood silently beside him, not responding to the savior's words, and he didn't know the answer to the question.

Moreover, he also knew that the Savior liked to talk to himself, and occasionally some incomprehensible, spell-like ancient language would come out.

Ron glanced at Dante and didn't care. The guy had become less and less talkative recently, almost like a servitor.

The Chapter Master of the Blood Angels handed over most of the command of the Blood Angels to the Chapter Chaplain, and from time to time he talked about going to the Garden World in the Savior's territory for a vacation when this battle was over.

He really wanted to tell the other party that such flag-raising remarks were dangerous.

But for this guy, death seems not to be a punishment, but a reward...

Ron ignored Dante and turned his attention back to the surveillance projection.

The command center area is equipped with the latest monitoring system based on Blackstone technology, which can detect the smallest chaos and psychic fluctuations.

Specially used to detect chaos demons, psykers, and psychic creatures.

Since most of Tyranid's high-level units have limbs with psychic powers or special psychic fields, the Blackstone Monitoring System can also be used to defend against Tyranid's high-level assassins.

The mutated Hive Tyrant was detected as soon as it approached the command center.

According to inference, other invading units besides the mutant hive tyrants should be hidden in the central area.

The guard troops responsible for protecting the command center did not act rashly until they understood the opponent's attack methods.

at the same time.

The command center secretly transferred many manpower from the front line to encircle and suppress these invading high-level units.

Suddenly, the surveillance projection changed.

With explosions coming from everywhere, the hidden mutant units launched an attack.

The mutant hive tyrant also moved, heading towards the energy core of the command center defense facility at extremely fast speeds.

"Dante!"

Ron reminded him that that was an order to kill someone.

"For Sanguinius!"

Dante's eyes lit up, he drew out the Ax of Immortality, ignited the decomposition field, roared and jumped down from the observation tower.

Pounce on the nearest Tyranid invasion unit...

…

Hiss~

The Leviathan Hive Mind controls the mutated Hive Tyrant and moves towards the energy core area of ​​the defense facility at high speed.

Buzz——

The force field on the claw blade of the Mutant Hive Tyrant lit up slightly, and with just one blow, it cut off the arm of the Space Marine who came to intercept.

These ordinary space warriors are no match for him.

It ignored the Space Marines and continued its advance, leaving all pursuers behind.

The only goal of the Hive Mind is to destroy the defenses of the command center.

Boom boom boom——

Those defensive facilities were unable to withstand the silver-white Tyranid figure. Wherever it passed, the roar of explosions could be heard from time to time. The claw blades were like cutting butter, quickly destroying the machinery.

The defense of the entire command center is paralyzed.

At the moment when those defensive force fields were extinguished, the Hive Mind's thoughts were filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Heavy weights have been cast on the scale of victory.

In an instant, the nearby ground shook violently, and Tyran's attack came from deep underground!

The mutated python was like a high-speed shield machine, attacking from deep underground towards the command center in the center of the building. Without the defensive force field, those layers mixed with fine gold could not withstand the high-intensity acid.

Tyran's python-digging assassins broke through several compartments and broke into the core of the command center.

The moment the huge, jagged head smashed through the wall, its entire body swelled red and flashed with plasma.

The next second, there was a violent bioplasma explosion, and the high temperature of biochemistry engulfed the entire command room!

Those biochemical high temperatures continued to spread, shock waves crashed into the surrounding areas, and one area after another was destroyed.

boom--

A lavender explosive fireball rose, and the entire command center building collapsed!

Such a drastic change attracted everyone's attention.

They looked at the completely destroyed command center and were stunned for a moment.

Ron looked at the fireball not far away, with a trace of fear in his eyes. He didn't expect that such a tight defense was still broken through by Tyron, and his core building was instantly destroyed.

What a terrible fact.

The command center is the area with the most defense facilities!

Even more troublesome is that.

Being able to be breached once by Tyranid means that other similar defense facilities have also lost their effectiveness.

This means that all areas are nakedly exposed to the Tyranid attack range and become the target of their attacks.

If Tyranids evolve the ability to shield Blackstone detection equipment.

What is the difference between the central area and the undefended area?

Thinking of this, Ron couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

He had underestimated the horror of Tyranids before. When facing this top war race, if he was not careful, he would lose everything!

"It seems that I have to be more cautious in the future..."

Ron let out a long sigh, looked at Taco's virtual projection, and ordered: "Let the building defense department continue to adjust the plan and strive to achieve dynamic defense to avoid more weaknesses.

Also, the backup facilities plan in the core area must continue to be strengthened! "

He felt that the relevant departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs were still a bit conservative.

If it weren't for wartime, I would have arranged a review meeting to criticize those guys.

It's really too dangerous this time!

If his psychic perception hadn't been sharp enough, he would have discovered the Tyranid reconnaissance units in time, allowing the personnel in the command center to urgently transfer to the No. 2 command center, and then go to the No. 3 command center through the hidden secret passage in the No. 2 command center.

Then seal the entrance and activate multi-channel signals that can interfere with detection, doing everything possible to reduce the chance of being discovered.

Then this time, Tyranid's attack might succeed, and the commanders would wipe out the same command center, causing the elite team to suffer heavy losses.

Although the Savior Territory has also set up a second backup command team, the command effect of hastily taking over will definitely not be very good, and may put the battle situation into a dangerous situation.

Fortunately, this didn't happen.

Ron focused his attention on one part of the explosion area.

There is a silver-white mutant hive tyrant with burnt skin. It is the culprit of this attack. It is better to eliminate those high-level Tyranid units as soon as possible to prevent them from causing more casualties.

He vaguely sensed that there was another ancient soul in the mutant hive tyrant.

That is probably the will of the hive. Almost all the bugs were produced and firmly controlled by that guy.

Ron grabbed the visor and put it on his face. The visor closed and the scarlet eyepiece lit up.

At this moment, he was wearing black stone heavy armor. The dark patterns on the surface even absorbed the light. The whole person looked extremely strong and full of power.

This set of armor is a brand new model, mainly used to deal with Tyranid aliens.

Now the Savior's arsenal has more than ten sets of armor prepared all year round to adapt to different combat environments or occasions.

Those decorative relics, patterns, and colors will also be adjusted and changed according to the environment and season.

Let the Savior appear on the battlefield with the best image anytime and anywhere.

Boom——

The dark figure jumped down from the observation tower and walked towards the direction of the mutant hive tyrant with heavy steps.

Behind him, Carter and the Thunder Guards quickly followed.

Suddenly, an old, slightly excited sarcasm came from the front:

"Ah, savior, your so-called indestructible defense has now been turned into dust under the mouth of the Tyranids, and your command brain has turned into ashes in the bioplasma.

Soon, your fortress will be submerged in the waves of the sea of ​​​​worms, and your despair is just an appetizer for my feast..."

The hive mind used psychic energy to vibrate low Gothic language in the air, wantonly mocking the savior, trying to use this to hit the morale of the human army.

Tyran's goal has been achieved, and the next step is to kill as much as you want.

It can imagine how frustrated the savior is at this moment.

However, before the hive mind finished speaking, the voice seemed to be choked: "How... How is it possible, the command center has been destroyed by me!"

It received the biological signal sent back from the war front and found that the savior's army had not changed at all, and still maintained a sophisticated organization, as if nothing had happened.

That means that the command system still exists.

The hive mind looked at the ruins behind it and realized that what it had destroyed with great effort and at a huge cost was just a false target.

I'm afraid the savior has been secretly laughing at its stupidity behind its back!

Such a result made it difficult for it to accept, and it felt that its wisdom was crushed again.

Damn it, damn it!

A series of failures completely broke the defense of the ancient swarm wisdom.

It blushed again and roared angrily: "Cunning savior who should be turned into biological fluid!"

Now, it just wants to vent its endless anger with a killing.

The mutant hive tyrant stared at the patrol teams of space warriors with cold eyes, ready to kill them all.

But soon, its eyes became clear for a moment.

The number of human warriors seems a bit too much?

Within the detection range of the hive mind, a surging crowd was found. The number of human warriors was already seven or eight times the previous intelligence, and the number was increasing!

Central area, street defense line.

More Thunderhawk gunboats appeared in the sky one after another, almost filling the airspace of this area. Many Space Marines set up heavy melt sniper weapons at the turrets.

On the ground, dense Space Marine elites were carrying power weapons and coming here. They moved forward silently, and only the sound of combat boots stepping on the ground could be heard.

Seeing this scene, the hive mind was hit again.

How can we fight this?

The despicable and cunning savior actually secretly mobilized so many troops, and some troops have never appeared on the battlefield.

That means they have been hiding.

Is Baal's military strength already so abundant?

The strongest Tyranid warrior controlled by the hive mind consciousness, the mutant hive tyrant, was standing there alone, and a dozen war band leaders wearing master-level equipment were leading their elites to surround him.

Each of these chapter leaders is a legend of the empire, and has left behind brilliant achievements and great reputations.

Now they are at the peak of their combat power.

Such a situation makes the eyes of the hive mind reveal a trace of despair.

I can only say that this is a high-end game!