Warhammer 40: Doom

Chapter 353 Releasing the Bee Swarm
While Li Tang was observing the world beneath his feet, far away in the Eastern End Starfield on the other side of the empire, the Ultra Warrior Legion also encountered Lady Kra.

Since Robert Guilliman took over the Legion, most of the Ultramarines have remained in Great Altramar to facilitate cultural integration between the Legion and the Primarch homeworld.

The legion had to embark on a long expedition, and the former legion commander became a company commander, leading four thousand legion soldiers to continue the mission of the Great Expedition.

On the outskirts of Great Alteramar, they encountered an alien fleet attacking human colonies and immediately launched an attack on the aliens.

Then... something terrible happened.

In the Ultramarines' expeditionary fleet, the mortal support troops and fleet slaves went mad, and alien ghosts roamed the ships, wantonly slaughtering the Space Marines.

The Astartes, which traversed the galaxy, were slaughtered like lambs!

The Legion warriors could not concentrate and could not target the alien bodies; they seemed like phantoms, constantly changing.

Faced with the alien's wielding weapons, the warriors could not discern the trajectory of the attacks and were instantly torn to shreds, their flesh flying everywhere.

Even more alarming is that the Legion's instruments and vision systems were unable to capture the alien's form and knew nothing about its physiological structure.

In their terror and madness, the mortals become the mind slaves of the aliens, turning against the Space Marines and beginning to destroy from within.

Ultimately, caught between aliens and humans, the Ultramarines were caught in a dilemma. Before reinforcements arrived, four thousand glorious warriors perished in the stars.

When the news reached Altramor, Guilliman was horrified to learn that the expeditionary force had been wiped out and immediately led his legions to the scene of the incident.

When he arrived, the void was deathly silent; no living thing had survived.

The expeditionary fleet floated in the void, all the mortals were dead, their corpses were bluish-gray, and there were no external wounds on their bodies.

According to the Legion's intelligence database, all crew members of the expeditionary fleet were killed when their souls were stolen by aliens.

Guilliman boarded the expedition flagship and discovered the cold corpse of a company commander, with the servo skull next to him bearing the same terrifying name—Lady Clara.

Enraged, the King of the Ultramarines vowed to search the entire galaxy to avenge the tragic deaths of his genetic offspring.

Meanwhile, as a rational commander, Guilliman sent a celestial message to the entire galaxy, warning the remaining expeditionary fleets to be wary of Lady Clara lurking in the darkness.

In near-Earth orbit, the fleet dispersed key codes, successfully bypassing the ground-based defense system, and the attack formation was fully deployed.

Just as Li Tang was about to order an airborne attack, the Star Speaker urgently requested a meeting, interrupting the issuance of the airborne command.

The Star Speaker hastily summarized the Star Language Warning: the tragedy that occurred in the Eastern End Star Region made Li Tang pay even more attention to airborne attacks.

The Heavenly Khan lowered his eyes and stared at the holographic star map, where the gloomy planets looked like a ferocious beast that devoured people!
The fate of the cousin legion was heartbreaking; they gained intelligence at the cost of heavy losses.

He pondered for a long time before finally consulting the father of genetics, only to receive a single reply: "It's entirely up to you."

Li Tang felt a weight on his shoulder; the fate of the fleet rested on his decision.

This is undoubtedly a huge trust, but also a heavy test.

“Reorganize the force composition.” He took a deep breath and decided to continue the airborne strike, but the force composition had to be changed.

Instead of working in separate units, the different branches of the armed forces are forced to combine into mixed teams.

A Doom Soldier, an Imperial Guard, and an Iron Man Mech form a three-on-three squad, combining psionic suppression and super-heavy firepower support, with the Imperial Guard as reinforcements.

Inside the amphibious assault ship, Doum remained silent, peering out through the stern hatch at the landing force rapidly shifting and forming entirely new attack groups.

After a brief moment of thought, he understood Li Tang's intention.

The mixed composition was extremely well-balanced, combining different strengths: Iron Man, Legion warriors, and the Imperial Guard. Doom couldn't think of anything that could withstand them.

"Our enemy is unlike anything we've ever seen before!"

Li Tang's clear voice came through the communication channel. Such a stern warning made many extraordinary warriors take notice.

Currently, due to his extraordinary status, Li Tang has been promoted by the Primarch to the Legion's "Consul," whose authority is second only to the Primarch.

His stern warning was naturally worthy of the soldiers' attention. Not only was it a verbal warning, but new data arrived on the data network, and after carefully reading it, the soldiers learned of the tragedy that had occurred in the Eastern End Starfield.

"A worthy death!" the Doomsday Warrior roared, echoing across the deck.

The father of genes' concept of sacrifice became the Legion's battle cry, and the warriors roared the battle cry as they strode into the airdrop pod.

"The glory of the Lord of Mankind shall live forever!" The Imperial Guards, not to be outdone, praised the glory of the Lord of Mankind and followed in the footsteps of the Destroyer, entering the drop pod to await orders.

"For Nur!" The Iron Man's sonic system roared coldly, yet it was filled with a resolute determination to destroy everything, and the passion and resolve within it were no less than that of a human.

A true, fully-equipped combat superhuman, with six mechanical legs, his towering body enters a dedicated airdrop pod, ready to unleash the fury of machinery upon humanity's enemies.

Doom ordered the hatch to be closed, and he would land on the ground with the troops to kill the enemy alongside Harlan.

In the command room, Li Tang nodded slightly. In the void outside the porthole, the 30-kilometer-long super-heavy battleship was already in an attack posture, waiting for the commander's order.

"The attack begins!"

A deep, muffled growl signaled the start of the attack on Lady Clara!
Battleships, firing purely from the guns, opened their cannons, while arrays of light spears gathered blue light. The azure radiance of the plasma light spears transcended the era of strife, once again showcasing human power with blazing light.

squeak~~~
A deep blue plasma spear fell, its power several times greater than that of a laser spear, illuminating the universe with extreme heat and distorting space wherever it passed!
The main star of Gera shone with an eerie glow, and ancient, multi-layered composite shields lit up, resisting the terrifying orbital bombardment.

Even something as filthy as an alien knows that orbital bombardment by humans is something that neither posture nor physical strength can withstand.

That was the wrath of a civilization. Unless they were immortal cosmic gods, all other beings had no choice but to bow their heads under the might of the heavens and cower in fear under the protection of the shield.

Wave after wave of plasma beams lashed out, their powerful output causing the shield to fluctuate violently and even making the planet tremble.

The shield shone brightly under the bombardment of the light spears, like a supernova erupting in the desolate starry sea, its bright light illuminating the abyss beyond the river.

Li Tangfeng raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but look at Gela. A look of astonishment appeared on his face. The shield's strength far exceeded that of conventional defense systems.

Unimaginable energy crashed down, resisting the shield and generating a force that propelled the entire world, causing the planet's orbit to shift several times, yet the shield showed no signs of weakening.

“Multi-layered shield system,” Gra quickly replied, “an ancient technology that integrates a void shield with an energy shield, dispersing concentrated energy from a point to a surface. Under the same energy requirements, the shield’s effectiveness is increased by fifty percent.”

A fawning look appeared on his face as he pointed to the world beneath his feet, as if presenting a treasure: "The STC template for producing shields is a gift for King Norwick."

Li Tang ignored Gela's offering of treasures, glanced at him, and then focused his attention back on the command platform.

"Shield frequency locked, orbital drop can begin."

Wang Liang'er promptly reported that the image was projected through the angular gaps, and the precise calculation of timing extended to picoseconds.

The relentless, intense orbital bombardment made it difficult for the planet's shields to maintain a stable frequency, thus fulfilling the conditions for orbital drop and allowing for low-speed airdrops!
Li Tang decisively swung his arm, signaling the start of the attack!
At the commander's order, the fleet landing operation began immediately, launching an operation against the main star of Gela in accordance with the war strategy of the Heavenly Khan.

Fleet data exchange instantly reached its peak, with ten intelligent supercarriers, under the control of the intelligent core, taking the lead in demonstrating their intelligent mechanical prowess.

Below the aircraft carrier's belly, the pyramid-shaped terminal detaches from the carrier, precisely controlling its speed and angle to evade the shield's interception frequency, creating a high-temperature exhaust flame in the atmosphere.

Hundreds of pyramids successfully passed the security key identification and landed in a distributed formation, activating the anti-gravity system to levitate above the jungle.

Mrs. Clara was not interested in machines because they had no souls, but she still launched a counterattack due to safety concerns.

The twisted, menacing spire flashed with purple light, and psionic lightning was about to strike, striking down the soulless machines of humanity.

"Initiate the release of the swarm." The supercarrier's intelligent control core responded coldly, setting the stage for the mechanized attack.

The hundred pyramids surrounding the vast city had all their stepped hatches open, glowing with a red halo, and a dense buzzing sound constantly emanating from them.

Lady Clara sensed something was wrong. Lightning burst forth from the spire, slicing through the dark mist, and the power of the warp slammed into the pyramid, splashing up azure dimensional shields.

In the next second, millions of black metal spheres the size of human heads flew out from all four sides of each pyramid, floating like an ominous black cloud.

(End of this chapter)