diskusbooks Chapter 374: 1 army and 1 reinforcement
Chapter 374: 1 army and 1 reinforcement
When the Zerg was 100 kilometers away from the Ether City, the information fed back by the AI made all the Tau warriors defending the city feel nervous. The number of tens of millions far exceeded the population of the entire city.
The city did not hold back, this time hundreds of heavy-charged ground-to-ground missiles were launched again, dragging flame tails down towards the insect swarm, and each missile could clear a gap of hundreds of meters when it landed. Millions of insect swarms were instantly reduced to dust, but it was nothing compared to the army of tens of millions.
In the blink of an eye, the crater was filled with swarms of insects, and by the time the second, third, and fourth rounds of missiles landed, the number of insects had not actually decreased much.
Fifty kilometers away from the city, large-caliber heavy railguns, orbital guns, and fusion guns reached range, and in an instant, thousands of 300mm high-explosive projectiles were fired at the Zerg army.
The road of corpses is worthy of its name. The moment the projectiles make contact, tens of thousands of insects die, and those that are not dead and are still struggling to survive are trampled into meat paste by the surging waves of their own kind behind them.
There is no pause, no mercy, no panic, all the Tyranids have is endless hunger, and they will not stop until all of them are dead.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Almost the entire city-state was mobilized. No matter if it was against the air, the ground, vehicles or infantry, almost all weapons that could fire were used.
After a hundred kilometers of consumption, it can be seen that nearly half of the tens of millions of Zerg troops have died. Although most of the more than a thousand dying per second are knife bugs used as cannon fodder, the Titanium people seem to see hope.
At least that's what the Titanium defenders thought until the moment before the ground in the city was dug through by the digging python.
At least that's what the Tau defenders thought before they easily breached the sentry tower with thousands of newly born Zerg.
At least that's what the Tau defenders thought until the Tyranid air forces, which looked like super-large bombers, blew up various artillery positions.
At least that's what the Tau defenders thought before the acid bombs, plasma balls, and spore mines from countless living cannons blew up the city walls dozens of kilometers away.
More and more spore sacs gradually broke through the already overloaded firepower network and plunged into the deserted streets.
The intelligent drones started up immediately, and the mobile teams on the street followed quickly, but after firing several rail projectiles, the Tau team discovered that the Zerg seemed to be slightly different.
Originally, a Gunter worm could withstand three bullets at most, but now, even if it was hit in the head, it would have to withstand four more bullets. The color of the chitinous shell on its body seemed to become thicker.
The purple-red shell can even splash out brilliant sparks when it is hit by the first shot, and only the second shot can completely penetrate the insect's body.
This is just the lower-end Gunter worm. The same is true for small and medium-sized worms such as digging pythons, warrior worms, etc. Fortunately, the aerial units have not been improved because of their flying ability, but their number is still a pain that the Tau cannot destroy.
During the siege of the outer sentry tower, new Zerg units appeared. In addition to the long-range firepower of Life-Eating Zerg and Flame-Eating Zerg, the figures of Hive Tyrants gradually increased.
Among them, there are also many insect swarms that are as big as tanks. According to intelligence, they are all a variant of insect soldiers called Executioners. They are medium-sized and are like tanks and fighter planes.
Executioner variant, heavy unit, can be considered a tank, not a Titan
Almost every corner of their bodies is covered with thick chitinous carapace, the thickest of which is as thick as 30 centimeters. Shooting them with ordinary rail rifles is no more than tickling.
If you want to take their lives, you must use large rail guns and missile ships to cover the entire area with firepower. You can't even think about saving bullets, because if you kill the opponent one second late, one of our sentry towers will be knocked down by it one second earlier.
Lin Luoba stood on the city wall in his broadside combat suit, the twin rail guns behind him constantly bombarding the swarm of insects that crossed the minefield. His heart collapsed along with the sentry towers destroyed by the executioners with bone hammers and demolition pliers.
Lin Luoba is somewhat desperate...
"Let all combat uniforms and fighter planes clear the way for me, aiming directly at the damn Hive Tyrant!"
A familiar voice seemed to be shouting in his ear, and Lin Luoba immediately saw the combat uniform flying like a meteor in the sky. The other party was like a ray of light breaking through the darkness, and at the same time injected a shot of cardiotonic into Lin Luoba's collapsed nerves.
"All fire! Clear the way for the Riptide Combat Suit!"
At Lin Luoba's command, all the firepower points that could receive the information immediately abandoned their guarding positions, and no matter what kind of pressure they faced, they turned their guns around and bombarded the Zerg center.
The focus of the battle was that Lin Heng jumped out of his combat uniform and ignited his anger among the huge crowd of gargoyles. He fell to the earth like a flaming meteorite, blowing out the lights and removing the wax from hundreds of gargoyles.
Then he put his legs together and smashed them into the ground like nails. The siege executioner wanted to block him, but he didn't know Lin Heng's strength and was crushed into the ground the next moment his arms touched him. He had no ability to resist at all, and his upper body was directly pierced and melted.
Another executioner rushed forward, but as soon as he looked into the burning pit, a pulling force pulled him in.
At this moment, Lin Heng finally flew out of the pit in his hand. He went straight to the point and turned his hands, and the insect head, which was almost the size of half an adult, rolled to the ground.
The swarm of insects was furious. A spiny-backed insect with the executioner mutation came running towards them. In the irregular nest hole on its upper dorsal spines, flesh-eating beetles were being sprayed out. They flapped their wings against the wind and flew towards Lin Heng in a large number.
The executioner variant of the spiny-backed worm has a gun, a knife, and a small missile on its back.
The Devourer Bug Gun growing under its armpits fired "puff puff", smashing the knife bugs that blocked its way while its huge body crushed everything.
If such a thing were allowed to rush into the Astra Militarum's position, it would probably take an entire company to deal with it. Without anti-vehicle weapons such as melta and plasma, the casualties would be even greater.
The two sharp bayonets with decomposition force fields completely ignore any obstruction. Even the Empire's Rhino armored vehicles will be pierced through if they encounter them.
But who is Lin Heng? His psychic barrier lights up as he wishes, and shock waves explode all over his body. With a "plop" sound, the swarm of insects that are in the way are overturned. "Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" several balls of fire are fired at the spiny-backed insects.
The fireball melted as soon as the knife worm touched it, and left a layer of burn marks on the opponent's chitinous shell. But there was no need to feel sorry, as this thing was just a trick he used to block the opponent's sight.
Lin Heng's "Running Tide" suddenly accelerated, and slid forward while the opponent's vision was blocked. As expected, the two huge bayonets "banged" into the ground.
There was another "bang" of "explosive shock", and the body of the spiny-backed worm slightly lifted up. Lin Heng, who was hit in the middle of it, grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands.
The two-meter-tall man instantly became five meters tall, and with a "bang" he pushed the spiny-backed worm up and down. He grabbed the chin with his left hand and turned it to the side, then his right hand finally stabbed straight in.
The power of thunder was infused into it, "crackling" the flesh and blood were blasted into a pulp, and then he pulled and swung with both hands, and "swish" cut most of the dorsal spiny worm into pieces.
The opponent twitched twice and wanted to attack again, but the second knife came and chopped off his head. With a crisp "puff" sound, blood splattered all over Lin Heng.
"JIAAA!"
There was no dying scream, but the other Screaming Killer roared out the order to attack. The reason why it was called the Screaming Killer was because along with the explosion of the sound, its biological plasma projectiles would be ejected from its mouth.
The explosion occurred and Lin Heng shot out. The dark light of the end in his hand flashed and gently swept across the plasma projectile as big as a human head. The entropy-increasing force field touched the hot ball of light, and in silence, the ball of light dimmed and split into two with the tip of the sword.
"Boom!" An explosion came, three to five hundred meters were just a stone's throw away, raging fire, thunder, and poisonous wind swept out at the same time, and the red, blue, and green lights intertwined to plow a ditch of corpses in the sea of insects.
The Screaming Killer's four sharp claws crossed to create fine sparks, and his feet exerted force like a wolf or a pig, roaring and stabbing the intruder to death.
Executioner Mutant Screaming Killer
But then four "clang clang clang" sounds of metal and stone colliding were heard, and the four sharp claws flew to the side in a spin. All the Zerg and all the T'au could not see how the four swords were swung.
He only realized that when Lin Heng's figure stood in place, the long sword had already pointed to the south sky and stabbed into the mouth of the insect that fired the bullet with a "puff".
"Oh!"
The flowing energy exploded in the chest cavity, and the broken shells randomly shot and killed large swarms of insects. A fireball was seen shooting into the sky and then falling to the earth. As the swarm of insects was melted and blown away, the Hive Tyrant waved his bone knife and roared.
No matter how much their fellow insects were crushed into pulp by Lin Heng, how much they were roasted into charcoal, or how much their bodies were chopped into pieces, tens of thousands of insects became even more fearless under the command of the tyrant.
Rumble, a group of executioners gathered into an army and chased after Lin Heng under the roar of artillery fire. The pressure of siege was immediately reduced.
"All combat uniforms, go help Lin Heng! Concentrate your firepower to suppress the tyrant! Logistics, get the fucking attention, and pull out all your fucking assets!!!"
Lin Luoba's voice became hoarse from shouting. Hours of continuous fighting had pushed the nerves of all the Titanium to the brink of collapse. They had finally waited for the arrival of a powerful reinforcement and had to seize the opportunity.
Various combat suits fired their artillery in unison, continuously suppressing the siege of the surrounding Zerg. He drove the XV88 broadside combat suit to lock onto the Tyrant, and fired a dozen small intelligent missiles.
The result was good. All the missiles exploded, but none of them hit the Tyrant. A group of Tyrant guards who looked like gorillas stood beside the Tyrant and intercepted the missiles with their bodies.
Tyranid Tyrant Guards, as the name suggests, can also guard other large insect species
The tyrant poked his head out from among the guards with a humane and playful look, as if mocking Lin Luoba's stupidity.
"Damn bugs, mobilize the large magnetic track..."
"Oh!"
Lin Luoba was mobilizing his troops when the Terran demon in the air took advantage of their unpreparedness and shot him right in the center. The half-paralyzed combat soldier fell to the ground with a bang, and everyone's cries fell on deaf ears.
Lin Heng was unable to cope with all the tasks as he was being besieged by hundreds of executioners of various types. The Terran Sky Demon in the sky was also constantly bombarding him to block his retreat.
The distance of six hundred meters from the Hive Tyrant was not far, but the densely packed new types of soldiers suppressed Lin Heng's progress. No matter how quick his reaction was or how sharp his blade was, he had to dodge and chop them one by one.
The other side, under the command of the Hive Tyrant, is a powerful and battle-hardened army, and each Zerg has its own position. Lin Heng had just cleared a piece of land when another group of pests from the other side came to the front.
Two fists are no match for four hands, not to mention that a bug has only four fucking hands. There are four thousand, forty thousand, or even four hundred thousand pairs of hands. After killing for more than ten minutes, Lin Heng began to feel a little tired.
The psychic skill cannot be stopped for a moment. If you are a little slow, those bugs will hit you. Even if he can predict the opponent's actions in advance through psychic power, once it is activated, at least seventeen or eighteen screens will jump out at the same time.
His reaction speed was not yet enough to handle so many emergencies, so he didn't even dare to turn on the 'attack prediction', as it would even slow down his own reaction speed.
He could only strengthen his inner emotions over and over again, constantly controlling his emotions, trying to stay calm among a group of violent insects.
But it is difficult for anyone to maintain stability in such a situation. The fact that Lin Heng was not overwhelmed by the insect corpses was a very powerful performance. He was able to lure the Insect Nest Tyrant to kill the opponent instead of attacking the city, which already showed his strong strength.
The old Tyranid woman who followed in the sky further proved that the Zerg was very interested in her. Lin Heng sensed the arrival of the large flying squadron.
After killing a group of warrior insects, Hengshua swept through the army and slapped his chest with his left hand. The moment the clothes made contact, a large number of dark green runes appeared under his already tattered clothes.
As the strange words appeared, Lin Heng, who had taken a step forward, disappeared from the spot, and then dozens of acid bombs larger than humans hit the center of the battle.
Those Tyranid old women swooped down like living bombers, and without thinking, they sprayed the ground with living missiles and acid cannons.
The Crone of the Insect Nest is a dual-purpose fighter-bomber capable of both space and atmosphere operations. Its high maneuverability allows it to perform maneuvers in the sky that ordinary fighter jets cannot.
"Guda Guda" sounds were heard everywhere on the ground. All the insects splashed by the acid, no matter what their bodies were, had holes corroded on their chitinous shells at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In three to five seconds, the Tyranid woman killed more than 88 to insects with one shot. All in all, only the same number of XV broadside combat suits could slightly match them, and even a round of salvos was not as many as they killed by themselves.
The earth was corroded by acid, and all the insect corpses on the ground turned into a pool of dirty water. Even the ground could not escape the acidification. If Lin Heng had just escaped into the ground, he might still be contaminated by the acid water.
It was not because the Uncertain Imbalance would be affected by physical attacks, but because the brain worm that he had killed with great difficulty was coming from the back of the old Terran woman.
"what is that?"
Lin Luoba, who was rescued by other combat uniforms, opened his one eye and spoke weakly, but before the other fire warriors could answer, the psychic connection of the eight brain worms broke into pieces, and a psychic impact of a kilometer long and wide was like thunder on the earth.
As a bug that connects neural nodes, it uses psychic power to fight on one hand and is responsible for signal transmission on the other.
With a loud "boom", dozens of combat suits of various types stopped working instantly. Even the XV95 Ghost Bone combat suit that was hiding among them and wanted to launch a thunder attack showed up, and all the drones that helped it maintain the invisible force field exploded.
The swarms of insects all around immediately set their sights on their target, and they brandished their knives, opened their mouths, pulled the triggers of their insect cranes (biological guns), roared, jumped, and spit out acid.
"It's over...it's all over..." Lin Luoba seemed to have his spine pulled out, and for a moment he felt like he was fainting, until the soldiers slapped him and shouted over and over again.
"Sir...Sir...Not dead...Sir! That human is not dead yet!"
Lin Luoba jumped up from the ground immediately after coming back to life, grabbed the telescope and looked towards the center of the turbulent insect swarm. The flying limbs confirmed what his men said.
"Lin Heng is not dead yet!"