Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 323 Don't even think about taking away a drop of biomass
With no orbital defenses to engage the bio-ships, the Tyranids were able to deploy their forces relatively dispersedly, and the Hive Will needed to collect the biomass on the planet as quickly as possible.

The sky was filled with countless airdrop pods, a scene that would be extremely oppressive to any race.

But obviously, the alien insects are an exception; they blot out the sky? That's part of our daily lives too!
On the ground, which was originally just a constantly wriggling fungal carpet, suddenly a large number of spore cannons, acting as anti-aircraft guns, extended their mouthparts from the fungal carpet and shot out bursts of acid towards the spore airdrop pods falling from the sky.

The acid accurately hit these unprotected and immobile units as they fell.

The acid completely corroded the outer shell of the spore drop pod, causing the flightless Tyranids to crash to the ground from tens of thousands of meters in the air. At such an altitude, even the strongest life force was useless.

The corpse of Tyrion, which had been smashed into a pile of minced meat, was immediately absorbed by the creep.

At the moment the attack occurred, Tyran did not realize the seriousness of the problem. The characteristics of the spore reptiles led him to believe that they were just native plants and animals of this planet.

As hordes of gargoyles and sky shamans swooped down from the clouds in an attempt to destroy the spore crawlers on the ground, various hidden units such as wyverns, devourers, and blasters also rushed forward to meet them.

Two walls of flesh and blood collided in the sky above Ixos.

The bodies of both sides fell like raindrops.

No matter how hard the Terran's flying units tried, they were unable to break through the Zerg's blockade.

However, the Hive's calculations quickly revealed the extent of these losses.

Compared to the biomass gained after conquering this planet, the current losses are negligible.

More and more flight units were produced, and more and more airdrop pods began to fall to the ground.

During the battle, Tyrannosaurus also continuously learned about the Zerg's combat characteristics and developed more effective combat methods and tactics.

Both the Zerg and the Terran are constantly learning and improving.

As the number of troops deployed increased, some of the airdropped troops finally managed to reach the planet's surface.

The Terran units couldn't wait to start devouring the creep in front of them.

Tyron wants to make up for the loss in the sky by taking it from this planet!

However, as soon as they started trying to build the capillary tower, they discovered that something was wrong.

No matter what, capillary towers rooted in the ground cannot grow smoothly.

It's as if it's been completely severed from the root.

When Tyrannosaurus discovered that the fungal carpet beneath his feet was absorbing all the life forms needed by the capillary towers and attempted to destroy it, the attack from underground began.

Countless sharp spikes emerged from the ground without warning, and each spinal spike pierced the heads of these Tyranid creatures.

The Zerg, known as Lurkers, hide themselves beneath the creep and soil, and can shoot their spinal spikes like hydralisks to pierce the ground and attack enemies.

Meanwhile, countless Zerg ground units that were originally hidden under the creep also broke out of the ground.

Creep allows Zerg to have complete control over the movements and numbers of Terran creatures, enabling them to launch attacks against them with the most appropriate commands and directions.

When all the Zerg units on the ground appeared, the Hive Will also realized that the planet seemed to be a trap designed for them.

Biological signals that were previously unobservable were emerging all over the planet.

The sheer number and combat prowess of the Zerg rendered the landing Terran forces utterly incapable of organizing any effective defense or offense.

At this point on Isox, it would be futile for Tyrion to kill any number of Zerg.

They were unable to take any biomass with them.

On the battlefield, the corpses of both sides were not collected by Tyren in time and thrown into the digestive pool before being mostly absorbed by the creep.

Tyrion could only watch helplessly as the corpse completely merged into the creep.

The hive's will roars: That's my biomass! Give it back to me!!!
The biomass of the Tyranids is exceptionally pure, providing them with an additional amount of resources!
Under the interference of the Hive Will, the scattered Terran forces began to try to gather a sufficient number. They thought there were no strong ground targets, so the Hive Will did not produce powerful ground units.

The gathering of the Terran Zerg was an even better thing for Zagara, who was already eager to make his move.

The tunnel worms scattered throughout the planet serve as the most convenient portals for the Zerg forces.

Compared to long-distance teleportation, the losses from intra-planet teleportation are negligible. Zagara, with her swarm of banelings, has already reached the location where the Terran forces are gathered via the tunnel worms.

Relying on its sheer numbers, Tyrannosaurus is attempting to release a cloud of spores and construct capillary towers and digestive pools, but this dense swarm only excites Zagara.

He commanded his banebursts to roll directly toward the location where Tyrion was gathered, without any strategy, only sheer numbers.

Tyren tried to attack the poison explosions that were hurtling towards him, but there were simply too many of them.

Zagara also moved his massive body and charged towards the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Swarms of insects are the best targets for venomous bursts, while dozens of savage beasts also charged out from the heart of the Tyranid swarm.

These killing machines directed all their attacks at the node creatures prepared by Tyrannosaurus.

With the demise of most of the node creatures, the once orderly Tyranids have become beasts driven purely by instinct.

After the last Tyranid on the surface of the planet was defeated.

Abathur and Zagara declared that all the biomass they couldn't take with them would be theirs!
I was worried about the slow resource collection speed, but Tyron's recent gift of resources has almost surpassed my total income since arriving on this planet.

Not long after the battle began, the Hive Will felt a pang of pain.
Having lost so many troops, they didn't even bring back a single piece of biological supplies. What was supposed to be a delicious meal has suddenly turned into an incredibly tough nut to crack.

It can even bite bones.

In the first round of combat, both sides lost hundreds of millions of troops. On the surface, the Zerg also lost a significant number of troops. In terms of casualties, they seemed evenly matched, but in terms of actual gains, the Zerg's losses were almost zero, and they even made a lot of money.

With the help of these biomasses, Abathur began to produce more Zerg units, and even the number of Brutals increased again.

As long as they are above Isox, Abathur has no intention of letting them take away a single drop of biomass!
The first clash between the Terran and the Zerg in this world ended in a complete victory for the Zerg.
After witnessing the Zerg's combat capabilities, the Hive Will abandoned its conventional invasion plans and instead began producing more powerful Zerg units within the bio-ships while awaiting the arrival of more bio-ships.

Giant Terran units are being produced...

Although the ground units were almost completely wiped out, they also transmitted important intelligence.

The characteristics of creep began to be known to Tyrande, and he also gained an understanding of the Zerg's combat capabilities.

For the Tyranids, this planet was no longer just about biological matter. Abathur craved the Tyranids' genes, and the Hive Will also began to crave the Zerg's genes.

For example, with creep, if we could acquire the ability to create creep, the speed at which Tyrannosaurus consumes biomass would be much faster.

This prompted the Hive Will to begin summoning more bio-ships to converge on Ixos.

The biological fleet originally intended to attack Lysius began to split and head towards Ixos.

This also greatly reduced the pressure on humans on Lysios.

The humans and nuns on the planet watched in disbelief as the massive Zerg hive fleet began to leave the planet's orbit.
But in any case, their chances of survival are greater.

Even the Terran forces that had already landed were advancing at a much slower pace.

They began to occupy the oceans and absorb the biomass within them, which would then be sent back to the fleet to be used in the war against the Zerg.

Justus was observing the insect hive fleet on Isox from a distance using a harpoon.

Instead of pursuing them, Tyrande's fleet all docked on Isox's orbit.

He couldn't understand what was on this planet that was attracting Tyrion to abandon his pursuit of them.

However, he also noticed something different about Isox: the entire planet had changed color, which was obvious to anyone with eyes.

Just as he was pondering his next move, Gorgon, who was traveling with his fleet, also sent a communication to his warship.

Gao Yi gave him a new order.

The Tyranids are collecting organisms on Lysius, and Gao Yi needs Justus to lead his fleet to intercept and harass the Tyranid biological fleet transporting biomass.

While ensuring his own survival, Gao Yi now needs either delay or destruction.

This can reduce the pressure on the Zerg on Ixos.

(End of this chapter)