Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 321 Why does this smell so familiar?

After realizing its plan had failed, the Hive Will completely dropped its pretense.

It could even be said that this Zerg hive fleet was larger than it should have been.

The unfolding of the Great Rift was not only a disaster for the native creatures of the Milky Way, but also had a significant impact on the Hive Will, an outsider.

The surging waves of the warp should have temporarily taken the Hive Will offline, and this offline time would have caused the Leviathan tentacles to lose control of a portion of the fleet. However, this event did not occur.

Leviathan's state upon entering the Hades Galaxy is its true, complete form.

All the psionicists and navigators on the Imperial warships sensed the terrifying warp shadow drawing ever closer.

The roar of the Great Devourer caused them to scream on the decks and in the cabins of the warship. Some psionicists with weak wills even lost control of their psionic energy, which had a significant impact on the Imperial warships.

Only the Gorgons, whose ranks no longer included Star Speakers and Navigators, survived, but they were not entirely unaffected.

The increased number of them has made the shadow of the subspace more severe, even creating an effect similar to the exorcism of the dead and beginning to have some impact on ordinary mortals.

Headaches, dizziness, and irritability began to appear in the mortal troops.

If the morale of the Imperial Navy warships were quantified, it would have already dropped to 30% before the battle even officially began.

Justus gritted his teeth as he stared at the overwhelming Tyranid fleet before him.

Tyrande's fleet had begun to enter the Fortress Ring, and the cunning thieves hiding within, following Melron's orders, made no move.

They concealed themselves, waiting for the first batch of Terran bio-ships to cross the Fortress Ring before launching their attack, thus cutting off the Terran fleet.

The first batch of Tyranid biological fleets released will be besieged by the Imperial fleet.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the war to begin.

"There are enough of them already, Lord Gao Yi. Please let those cunning bastards in the fortress lord's ring make their move!"

Gao Yi nodded, then looked at Kerrigan.

As Kerrigan's orders were given.

The previously silent cunning individuals all began to frantically operate the assigned turrets.

The countless light spears and macro cannons set up in the fortress ring all fired simultaneously.

Meanwhile, the Imperial fleet led by Justus, along with a hundred Gorgons, began to attack the group of Terran bio-ships that had lost their support.

A large number of small Tyrannical warships were instantly blasted into floating pieces of flesh and blood by the concentrated fire of the cannons and light spears within the fortress lord's ring.

The Gorgons, in small groups of 3-5 ships, continuously used their mobility to hunt and lure the Tyranid swarm.

With the Gorgon's mobility, the Terran bio-ships simply couldn't catch up with them.

Small Terran bio-ships were continuously killed by Gorgon's kites.

They lured some of the Terran bio-ships into the defensive fire network within the fortress's ring before using warp to escape the firing range.

Justus also commanded his large warships to join forces with the Star Pioneer to focus fire on the high-threat targets.

Without the advantage of numbers, Terran bio-ships of the same level are at a disadvantage when facing Imperial warships.

The Terran bio-warships have a relatively short range. They hunt their opponents more like a pack of wolves, finally using their bio-ramming horns and predator tentacles to finish off their enemies.

As long as they maintain a sufficient distance, these Terran bio-ships will also be unable to send landing forces to jump over the border.

On the Lord's Ring, in the eyes of these million cunning scoundrels, these Tyrannical creatures no longer guided their ascending angels.

The hypnosis the patriarch had applied to them had completely failed.

Their hearts were set on only one master: the great Queen of Blades, Kerrigan.

In the eyes of the cunning, the Tyranids became enemies trying to kill their queen.

Sensing the sudden surge of biomass on these asteroids, Leviathan began deploying its landing forces.

As node organisms, the Warrior Bugs, along with a large number of Blade Bugs and Gun Bugs, were airdropped into the orbital defense turrets above via spores.

The cunning thieves were clearly no match for the army of Tyranid creatures. One by one, they were killed, but before they died, they would often take grenades or molten metal with them and perish together with more Tyranid creatures.

When most of the spies are killed and the Tyranids attempt to transport their biomass back to the fleet's digestive tanks, the last surviving spies will detonate the energy supply system and all remaining ammunition within the defensive turrets.

The massive explosion will incinerate all biomass and the Terran Zerg.

Countless explosions lit up the fortress's ring, and defensive platforms were reduced to fragments. Asteroids, along with all the enemies on them, were reduced to dust in the void.

These cunning individuals, who were adept at carrying out orders, accomplished their mission admirably.

Tyron's attack on these defensive fortifications turned out to be a completely unprofitable endeavor.

The deployment of a large number of ground units resulted in the complete loss of the troops, with very little biomass successfully brought back...

A small number of Terran units brought back some biomass that had been transformed into something cunning, but after absorbing this biomass and reading its genes, the Hive's will began to be bewildered.

This biomass, this genetic material, why does it taste so familiar?

Wait a minute, aren't these all cunning little devils bred from parasitic infections?
Why is this different from the usual approach? Didn't they light up the psionic beacon to lure us here?
Shouldn't they be shouting "Four-Armed Emperor" and welcoming the arrival of the Great Devourer?
Why are humans now attacking their former masters?
This doesn't make sense! The plot shouldn't be like this!

Through the memories of the cunning thieves, the Hive's Will learned that the instigator was Kerrigan, and Kerrigan's danger level within the swarm was raised once again.

"By the Emperor... how did you manage to make them so devoted... in the current situation, we are more than capable of annihilating the Terran vanguard fleet before us!"

Mellen's expression toward Gao Yi now held an added hint of admiration.

He anticipated that the fortress ring was merely a delaying tactic, and that Tyrande's warships would eventually reach the skies above Asford.

Now, however, one can annihilate the opponent in the void.

However, Gao Yi couldn't laugh.

He didn't see any signal from any Zergling mothership on the oracle...

There are very few even Terran bio-ships comparable to human cruisers.

Almost immediately afterward, more large Terran bio-ships leaped out of the Diamond Shield.

The fleet that arrived later was the true main force of Leviathan.

What they are encountering now is only the vanguard, a small part of it.
The smile on Mellen's face vanished abruptly.

The number of Terran biological ships on the oracle was countless.

These bio-ships are enough to occupy all regions of the Hades system.

"How many of them are there...?"

"Merlen, prepare the troops to deal with the enemy's airborne assault. At least we have annihilated a significant number of enemy troops, and the strategic objective has been achieved."

"I understand!"

At this moment, two massive insectoid motherships, each over twenty kilometers long, braved the firepower and charged directly into the fortress's ring.

This time, Tyrannosaurus no longer attempted to plunder the biomass within. Instead, it used its enormous size to directly smash these asteroids, or to destroy these defensive positions with bio-plasma cannons and acid cannons.

The macro cannons and light spears are doing less and less damage to the bio-armor of these giant bio-ships.

The fortress ring, which had originally played a vital role, was completely destroyed within just four hours of the arrival of the Tyranid forces.

Millions of petty thieves died on these battlefields.

Before Justus could finish clearing out the first batch of Terran bio-ships, even more bio-ships surged in.

Meanwhile, the advancing Terran forces were still collecting the flesh and blood left behind by the destroyed bio-ships in the void.

Soon these biomass materials will be transformed into biological weapons again.

Although the swarm seems to have lost a lot of warships, the recovered biomass is enough to allow them to be produced again.

Just as Justus was about to lead his fleet to fight Tyrannosaurus to the last moment, Gao Yi's voice rang out in the sound array inside the warship.

"Justus, now is not the time to sacrifice yourself for the Emperor. Do not lead your fleet into a direct confrontation. The Tyranid landing is inevitable. Dedicate a portion of your warships to join my fleet at Isox. The battlefield there is just as important as Asford!"

"Isox? Weren't the Firstborn there already recalled? Why should we go and protect a useless planet?"

"Execute the order, Justus!"

"okay, I get it."

After Gao Yi's prediction came true, Justus also began to follow Gao Yi's orders.

(End of this chapter)