The Astartes Family's Notebook

Before reaching or even surpassing the level of the Zerg Overmind, the Hive Will, though powerful, progresses very slowly.

This is an inevitable result of the physical limitations at the hardware level.

Although the Great Devourer can achieve an equivalent effect to psionic spells using only mental power, it is ultimately not psionic.

Because the essence of psionic energy is the power of the subspace acting on the real universe.

In other words, while the Terran Zerg at this time possessed node creatures, they lacked node creatures like the Hive Tyrant.

It was psionic energy. The Great Devourer mixed psionic energy into fragments of DNA when it shaped the Hive Tyrant.

Wait, that's not right. Didn't we say that the Tyranids didn't have psionic units before the destruction of the Matalan Ark world?

Hey, this is the Warhammer universe, the Infernal Galaxy, where timelines and causality aren't really that important.

Otherwise, why would the Four Gods support Kars in fighting this battle?

To prevent the Zerg vanguard from seizing the timing of the battle between the Ultramarines and the Karadon Orcs and piercing through the Ultramarines in one fell swoop, the God-Emperor has plenty of ways to do so, and there is no need for Kaz to stir up trouble here.

The four gods don't care about the lives of mortals at all; what they want is the money the Great Devourer has to pay for his coffin!

Back when Neos wanted to do research and development, he approached the Four Gods for venture capital, saying he wanted to create Astartes super soldiers, and the Four Gods supported him.

This game is just a classic replay.

The Great Devourer wants to take down the Hive Tyrant, and the Four Gods support it, just like they supported Neos back then.

Kazboy, hurry up! Stop messing around with the micro-management of shifting the machine gun position five centimeters to the left, just ask!

Katz doesn't.

Although the Tyranids that Kars encountered did not display the overwhelming and invincible combat power depicted in the CG animation and background story, that was not Kars's fault.

What's the boss's business if the enemy performs poorly?

The Terran Zerg are indeed absolutely controlled by the Hive Will, but the Hive Will is not a highly anthropomorphic thinking entity; it is closer to a decentralized computing model like blockchain.

The intelligence gathered by the vanguard will influence the behavior patterns of the main Terran forces.

So while Kaz was on high alert, the Zerg vanguard was trying every possible method through exhaustive search.

This is inherently unfair and unequal.

However, in the later stages of the second campaign, Astartes were still active on the front lines on a large scale, and the Zerg eventually obtained detailed panel parameters.

Thus, when the third campaign began, the Samurai Insect finally made its dazzling debut.

Furthermore, in order to counter the fortification spearheaded by Kaz, large Tyranid creatures such as the Digging Serpent also appeared on the battlefield.

Having been bombarded by the Empire's various plasma weapons so many times, cannon bugs carrying biological plasma cannons on their backs have also appeared.

It's perfect! It's perfect! This overwhelming swarm of gargoyles, this multi-unit coordinated Zerg advance—it's finally right! It's the Terran Zerg!

It's unclear whether the commander of the Zerg vanguard finally came to his senses, or whether the previous troop split had already yielded the desired results. With the third attack, the Terran Zerg finally lived up to the word "overwhelming."

That's it, that's it, that's how it should be. When the shadow of the subspace finally truly covered the galaxy, the God of Laughter also showed a satisfied smile. The plan could finally move on to the next stage.

However, unexpectedly...

Although he knew the Terran Zerg had plenty of resources and could afford to lose money, Katarina was still stunned for a long time when the Zerg swarm made the mining world a key target.

Could their indifference during the second battle have been a manifestation of the Zerg's will acting against them?

"Order the Astronautical Army to consolidate its defenses and abandon the complete encirclement of the Necropolis in space."

Communication satellites had long been destroyed by the Zerg swarm, but Katz, being prepared, launched a new batch of satellites ahead of time, all of which were camouflaged in silence, precisely to prepare for situations requiring emergency communication.

See, isn't Kaspersky a pro? He actually put it to use.

On the main planet, although it is under intense pressure, the power of a systematic approach is far greater than that of one or two brilliant commanders.

Having already fought the Zerg twice, the PDF army and local overlords know what to do.

There is absolutely no indication that humanity is doomed in the short term.

As for the companion star...

The mushrooms in my hometown are ripe.

Compared to the main star and the secondary star, the battle situation in the mining world is more worrying for Kaz.

That's a million-strong elite Astral Army, a trump card that Kaz deliberately left in the mining world, prepared to be used as an ambush at a crucial moment.

As a result of being tricked by the bug, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer a lot.

The result, the result...

Are the Tyranids crazy? They're indiscriminately attacking the Necromancers' surface structures and the semi-permanent fortifications built by the Astronauts.

That's way too arrogant!

In fact, General Dai Guan thought so too.

These bugs must be sick.

If these Zerg selectively attack humans, then the Necromancers might even be willing to cooperate.

If the Zerg choose to launch their main attack on the Astronauts' defense zone, then General Dai Guan will remain on the sidelines.

As a result, these insects chose to launch an indiscriminate, all-out attack, devouring anyone who stood in their way.

He's just plain sick.

There's nothing we can do about it. After operating for so long, General Dai Guan has eventually accumulated some wealth.

Originally, they were planning to give humanity a surprise, but since the Zerg are so blind, they might as well beat the child on a rainy day—the child deserves a beating anyway.

Thus began an epic battle between the Necromancers and the Zerg Vanguard, in which the Astronauts were relegated to the role of mere spectators.

Has the Hive Consciousness gone mad?

The Necromancers in space have no biomass to recycle, so what's the point of the Zerg swarm fighting them to the death?

The Celestial Venerable once said, "Don't compare the scientific expedition-oriented Terran Vanguard with the main Tentacle Fleet."

In the hazy star field, the vanguard was beaten badly by all sorts of monsters and demons, and a certain skinner dynasty deserves much of the credit.

They couldn't defeat the cursed dynasty that had disobeyed the Silent King's orders, or the mad, space undead that hadn't slept in years. The vanguard couldn't even get a chance against them.

This time, the vanguard has encountered the "small, scattered" units of the Space Necromancers, so of course they have to give it a try.

When you were learning to speak, which parent didn't warn you not to eat poop? But that didn't stop you from grabbing it and stuffing it in your mouth.

If they don't fight the Necrons properly, how will the vanguard commander write a report, and how will he explain to the Hive Will that the Necrons have no flesh, are useless to eat but a pity to discard?

A massive, chaotic battle that will sweep across the entire galaxy has officially begun.

This time, Katz was truly grateful.

The first two times he transferred the expeditionary fleet away, it was for ulterior motives, he had his own ulterior motives.

This time, they truly escaped a disaster.

Let's take the first direct confrontation between Yi Yang and the Behemoth Tentacle Fleet in the Ark World as an example.

As the largest of the known Eldar arks in the Empire, the Yi Yang Deng is truly the eldest brother in terms of sheer size.

The Ark itself is enough to house a billion Eldar.

In addition to the various escort ships of all sizes, it truly had a large number of people, powerful forces, and many generals.

There are dozens of Eldar regular warships of cruiser class alone, and hundreds of escort fleets of the next tier.

With an Ida force of this size, even the tyrant of Comoros would have to stand up and offer a toast.

However, how did Yi Yangdeng's forces, which could be considered the No. 1 Eldar in the Ark, get crushed by Behemoth?

There are no frills at all.

The first wave of the Zerg hive fleet consisted of one hundred large bio-warships comparable to Imperial battleships, charging in a wall formation.

Yi Yangdeng, relying on the ancient Ling Clan technology, annihilated them without taking any damage.

The second wave, consisting of two hundred ships, continued the wall-like assault.

This time, Yi Yangdeng adopted a mobile warfare strategy, losing only a handful of warships, resulting in an indisputable great victory.

There was no halftime break.

The third wave, three hundred ships, was still a simple, unadorned wall-like assault.

The battle lasted for several hours. The intense, continuous firing took its toll, even on the ancient technology of the Aidaling race. The cannons misfired, the systems overheated, and the core power unit's power decreased.

Although the losses were significantly higher than in the previous two games, it was still an indisputable victory.

But what does all this mean to the Tyranids?

The fourth wave consisted of four hundred ships, with the same tactics: a wall-like charge.

The destruction of six hundred battleship-class capital ships is a loss that even the human Empire could not withstand, but for the Behemoth Hive fleet, it felt almost unreal.

Ultimately, Yi Yangdeng's fleet commander made the same decision as the captains of the human empire's navy: overload the warship's core power plant and, incidentally, overload the ship's infinite circuits.

It broke through the insect wall and rushed to the vicinity of the biological mothership, taking the four hundred biological ships with it and detonating them along with it.

Was the victory glorious?

Including the biological mothership, but not counting other small biological ships, that's exactly 1,001 ships—a complete fantasy!

But so what?

Behemoth's tentacles aren't limited to just one biological mothership.

The fifth wave, consisting of five hundred ships, continued their wall-like assault, targeting Yi Yang's Ark World.

If other Ark worlds hadn't come to reinforce them, Yi Yangdeng would have been removed from the list.

In this battle, the old powerhouse Ark World, Yi Yangdeng, directly lost 80% of its population, and its elite elite troops were almost wiped out.

Despite suffering so many damages to its main biological ships, Behemoth's clothes were only slightly dirty.

The Zerg vanguard that Kaz encountered was certainly not as outrageous as the Behemoth tentacles, or rather, among the several invading Zerg tentacles, the Behemoth was the largest in size.

But what's the difference between one million and one hundred trillion for a homeless person who has to rummage through trash cans for food?

The number of bio-ships of the Hive Vanguard is still a hopeless quantity for the Khaz and for the humans in this remote star system of the Empire.

This is the third time they've fought. This time, the human side's land-based air defenses are finally going all out.

However, the Zerg vanguard clearly learned without instruction how to use Kael'thas's signature move: smashing the ship down.

A large number of small and medium-sized bio-warships were used as expendable resources in orbital bombardment and were directly smashed onto the ground.

The fortified systems upon which humanity depends for survival ultimately turn to dust in the face of bloody natural disasters.

Friendly reminder: one kilogram of cotton and one kilogram of ceramic steel weigh the same.

Regardless of whether the bio-ship is hollow or not, such a large mass of flesh and chitin falling from space is even more effective than the Empire's destroyers and frigates.

The most disgusting thing is that even though Kaz ordered the lords in various parts of the main planet to build a large number of underground fortifications in advance, it still couldn't stop more Tyranid creatures from emerging from the biological ships that were smashed to pieces.

As Kaz watched the green blocks representing the Empire's actual control on the holographic sand table dissipate like snowflakes, and the red out-of-control areas multiply, he felt for the first time, "How cruel is Heaven to me!"

It wasn't that Kaz was incompetent; he was simply overwhelmed by the sheer power of the Terran Vanguard.

Nonsense! As long as we win, aren't all biomass giants? Destroying a few thousand bio-ships is no big deal.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Kaz can retreat to the Mechanicus's Forging Temple in advance and wait for the expeditionary fleet to arrive and pick up the people.

The tide has turned in the literal sense.

Chapter 471 Boss Tzeentch played his cards well!

"My best buddy, what's the best way to win a girl's heart?"

"Spend money."

"Wouldn't that be too vulgar?"

"Send a favor coupon."

What is a "favorability coupon"?

"money."

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