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However, faced with the enemy's fierce offensive, no matter how fearless they were, they still could not change some facts.
Just as the Stormbird was about to successfully open a passage, the Tyrannosaurus's small bio-ships broke through the protective network of the escort fleet. Bio-plasma rushed towards the Stormbird, which was still breaking through its shell, forcing it to evade and abandon the easily attainable passage.
The unfinished passage was surrounded by a ring of small Tyrannosaurus Rex. To enter the Hive Mothership, one would either have to open another passage or break through the encirclement of these small bio-ships.
Inside the Stormbird's cabin, Lynch frowned, already knowing that the situation was not optimistic.
He didn't have time to waste on the Zerg fleet; the chaos on the ground was the first crisis he needed to address.
However, the resilience of the Hive fleet exceeded his expectations, and the plan to board became extremely difficult under the strong protection of the enemy. Clearly, as the representative of the Hive's will, Queen Norn, who controlled the entire fleet from inside the mothership, also knew that there must be something on the Stormbird that could threaten her life.
After a second of thought, Lynch made his decision.
He put on his helmet, then looked at the crowd around him and spoke calmly.
"Everyone, prepare for the impact now."
No one asked why; they simply followed Lin Qi's instructions and attached dangling mechanical arms to their shoulders, securing themselves firmly inside the Stormbird's cabin.
"Pilot, launch the Cyclone Torpedoes at the Hive Mothership. Then, on my command, overload the Void Shield and ram the Hive Mothership with full force."
"receive."
"No questions were raised," the driver replied.
Without hesitation, he carried out Lynch's order, and the Cyclone torpedoes mounted in the fuselage bomb bay were launched directly.
Pale blue smoke billowed from the tail of the whirlwind torpedo as its warhead heated up throughout its flight. With an invincible aura, it transformed into a sharp sword, piercing fiercely towards the mothership of the extraterrestrial enemy.
The Zerg mothership clearly sensed the terrifying power of the launched contraption. A large number of small bio-ships rushed forward, recklessly crashing into the already intensely heated outer armor. Their actions successfully deflected the Cyclone Torpedo from its original course, causing it to narrowly miss the Zerg mothership before finally detonating two kilometers away.
Intense flames and shockwaves erupted at the center of the Zerg fleet, their power even causing the massive Zerg mothership to tremble. At that moment, a gap appeared around the unfinished passage created by the Stormbirds, and the small bio-ships that had surrounded it were overturned by the shockwave, unable to regroup for a while.
"Hit me!"
Lin Qi shouted, and the Stormbird's pilot did not hesitate at all, providing all the energy to the Void Shield and the engine, turning the entire machine into a meteorite, and rushing fiercely towards the passage that he had just failed to complete.
The void rapidly receded around them, and before the Zerg fleet could react, the Stormbird entered the tunnel. It quickly crashed into the chitinous carapace that hadn't been completely penetrated, but thanks to the Void Shield and the powerful thrust of its engines, the still-recovering carapace cracked instantly, and then shattered completely.
Stormbird stormed into the Zerg mothership, carrying countless pieces of flesh and blood. It eventually landed in a huge open space, and the pilot skillfully activated the smoke device. A large amount of smoke appeared from the aircraft, quickly concealing it.
The Hive Will also realized that its body had been invaded by the enemy. Queen Norn, located at the core of the mothership, immediately issued an order, and a large number of Tyranid creatures began to surge towards the invasion site, intending to drown the enemy in their endless swarm of insects.
But when the first Tyranid creature appeared in the open space, it was met with a bomb engraved with scriptures.
"Terminator squad, stay behind and protect Stormbird. The rest of you, come with me. Remember to record the route. After killing Queen Norn, we need to be back here within fifteen minutes and retreat from here."
Leading the Imperial Guard and the Glory Guard, Lin Qi emerged from the smoke.
Queen Norn.
Lin Qi casually crushed the head of a swarming serpent, then looked ahead and thought.
I'm here to kill you.
Chapter 176 Teren's Biological Lecture Hall
In the 40K galaxy, Tyrannosaurus is undoubtedly the most terrifying enemy of all living beings in the galaxy.
The terror of the Tyranids lies not only in their insatiable greed and desire to devour everything, but more importantly in their formidable battlefield adaptability and their endless swarms that can be produced as long as there is biomass.
In many battles between the Empire and the Terran, the Empire often gained the upper hand in the early stages of the war.
However, once the Tyranids adapt to the Empire's power and become familiar with its strongest members, they can immediately take countermeasures.
Furthermore, by utilizing the reaping ability of the Rippers, their numbers on the battlefield will increase with each battle, becoming almost endless.
That's what makes them so terrifying.
Lynch and Horus also discussed the Tyranids. After learning about this terrifying enemy, Horus fell into a long silence. Clearly, such an enemy made even this war commander, who had seen countless strange aliens and powerful enemies during the Great Crusade, feel troubled.
However, in the end, Horus also came up with a way to deal with Tyrannosaurus.
It wasn't a blitzkrieg that directly destroyed Tyrannosaurus Rex, nor was it a protracted war with lives at stake that was almost impossible to win.
But...
Jump over the gang and behead them.
Find the core node creature of the insect hive directly, kill it, and turn all the remaining Tyranid creatures into mindless beasts.
Yes, it's the classic Warhammer universe where all tactics turn into gang jumps and all strategies turn into decapitation strikes.
Lynch nearly lost his composure. He was about to tell Horus that while killing the Norn Queen could indeed completely destroy a Hive fleet, the Norn Queen, as the most important Hive unit, would also be under the Hive's tightest protection.
Horus's tactic was almost impossible for the Empire, because apart from the Primarchs, almost no one could survive an attack by a large number of high-level Hive units.
"But it's possible for us."
Horus looked at Lynch and said this.
"For us, killing Queen Norn is probably the most appropriate way to deal with an entire Zerg hive fleet."
Lynch fell into thought, and then realized... Horus's words were indeed very true.
Although his strength is not yet comparable to that of the true Primarch, it has already surpassed Astartes, in other words, he is at the level of the strongest person below the Primarch.
Such strength is enough for him to do things that ordinary people cannot do.
The blade of the power spear severed the head of a warrior insect, and the hideous head rolled twice on the ground before being devoured by several tearing insects.
Within the narrow passage, countless blade worms swarmed towards Lynch and the warriors following behind him. The shield wall formed by the Imperial Guard and Terminators steadily advanced, bombs and plasmas targeting each node creature, felling them to the ground and crushing them with magnetic boots before they could be disintegrated by the tearing worms, becoming part of this flesh-and-blood warship.
In theory, given enough biomass, a Zerg hive fleet could even produce units as powerful as the Primarchs.
In future battles in the Terran Wars, the Terran Overlord even had the impressive feat of defeating the Blue Beastmaster.
However, similarly, without sufficient biomass, the hive can only produce low-level artillery units such as gun bugs and blade bugs, as well as low-level node creatures such as warrior bugs and cerebrate bugs.
Now, the insectoid fleet that Lynch and his group encountered was "unfortunate" to be facing a crisis of insufficient biomass.
So far, Lynch and his team have not encountered an enemy strong enough to stop them in their tracks. Faced with an array of Imperial Guards and Honor Guards, even ordinary Hive Tyrants cannot defeat them, instead succumbing to the barrage of explosives and the sharpness of powered weapons.
But Lynch knew that the Hive's will had more than just that.
Three Licats suddenly appeared at the rear of the column, followed by more than a dozen Von Ryan Raiders.
They are the elite assassins and Astartes assault squads of the Tyranids. If a Hive fleet encounters a powerful enemy and the battle becomes a stalemate, they will often deploy these two types of units on the battlefield to infiltrate behind enemy lines and assassinate the enemy leader.
Leaving aside the Von Ryan Raiders, the combat prowess of the Licat has been demonstrated in numerous invasion wars. Many planets have fallen into chaos due to their infiltration and assassinations, unable to organize orderly resistance and evacuation in the face of invasion, and have become easy prey for the Hive Will.
If three Ricards are deployed together and coordinated properly, even an ordinary Astartes chapter commander could be assassinated.
However, the enemy they face today is not an ordinary Astartes commander.
Before the Terminator at the back of the group could even activate his Storm Bomb Gun, a white figure had already flashed out from the group.
Lynch gripped the spear in one hand, his expression obscured by the helmet. Ten paces from Licarte, he abruptly stopped, gripped Judgment with both hands, and unleashed a powerful horizontal slash.
A bloody wound suddenly appeared in the otherwise empty air, tearing apart the pale purple chitinous carapace. The fourth Ricard, which had been maintaining its cloaking, had no idea how it had been exposed. Without hesitation, Lin Qi swung his sword again, sending the Ricard flying like a boulder as it crashed into its companion.
The three Licats and the Raider squad around them were caught off guard and were hit by the sudden corpses of their comrades.
Lynch thrust his right foot forward, his body flying out like a cannonball. He stabbed Judgment forward, piercing through the body of the Ricard that had just been launched into the air, and then completely piercing through the body of the other Ricard behind him.
Several Leaping Raiders pounced forward, but their bodies were blown apart by explosives and plasma before they even hit the ground.
The Honor Guard members followed, wielding their Thunder Hammers and power weapons, quickly killing the remaining two Licats and several Raiders.
"keep going."
After dealing with the enemies who attacked from behind, Lin Qi spoke.
"We should be close to Queen Norn."
The Hive Tyrant, leading countless low-tier Terran units, charged forward and slammed into the shield wall.
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At the heart of the Zerg mothership, Queen Norn sat regally on her throne.
As the core of the entire Zerg Hive fleet, Queen Norn appears to be a deformed creature.
Its upper body is that of a ferocious Tyrannosaurus, covered in purple chitinous carapace and a white body, but its lower body is connected to a strange, bone-white "shell"—its ovipositor. With its help, the entire Zerg hive fleet, from the lowest-ranking Bladebugs to the most powerful Tyrannosaurus Overlords, can be created by it using sufficient biomass.
At this moment, the core Zerg was frantically searching, even though all the Zerg units on the mothership had been deployed and new units were being produced continuously in the factory. However, it knew clearly that the units deployed now were completely incapable of stopping this powerful and unrecognizable enemy.
Queen Norn knew perfectly well that if things continued this way, within three hours these biomass sources called "humans" would break through here, kill her, and cause the entire Zerg fleet to collapse completely.
However, the current biomass and time reserves are insufficient to produce any high-tier Terran units capable of fighting against the enemy.
Surrounded by four shrieking assassins and two mindflies—these were the Norn Queen's trump cards at the moment. But as the enemies drew closer, not only physically, but also on a warp level, the Norn Queen felt an intense sense of oppression.
It was as if an entity of equal standing to the will of the insect hive was constantly approaching it, causing it to lose confidence in its original idea of using the powerful spiritual energy of the spirit fleas to fight against the enemy.
What should be done?
Queen Norn searched for a solution, but at this moment, no matter how she calculated, the only outcome she would get was her own death.
Realizing this, Queen Norn fell silent, but soon she shifted her focus and began to ponder another question.
So how can one maximize the benefit of their own death for the entire Tyranid race?
The moment this question arose, Queen Norn's mind began to flash back to the posture of the invader leader during the battle. The feedback from Licarta fully demonstrated the opponent's immense power, and even from his physique alone, any creature could tell that he was an incomparably powerful apex predator.
Even the Hive Tyrant might not be a match for it.
Queen Norn found her answer. The next moment, she reconnected to her hive mothership, creating a flesh-and-blood corridor that would allow intruders to come directly to her.
It needs to obtain a fragment of the invader leader's genes and then upload that fragment to the hive's will.
In the analysis of interests, once this gene fragment is obtained, the Hive Will will create more powerful units on its other tentacles than ever before, and then better devour the entire galaxy.
Everything was a necessary sacrifice.
These were the last words that echoed in Queen Norn's mind.
--- (Adding a bit of the author's note, but it seems like people don't listen when it's in the author's proper commentary...)
1041575324--The Second Empire
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Chapter 177 The Death of Queen Norn