Armin's team fought hard. They gradually retreated into the arch of the temple, relying on makeshift bunkers to resist the tide of aliens.
The relatively narrow arch limited the number of enemies, but they had to face at least hundreds of aliens at a time.
In this case, Armin had to consider another issue.
They may have to find a way out.
But before that, he had to stop the enemy's attack. His eyes fell on the huge statue behind him.
"Tara!"
By this time in the attack, the main force had gradually turned into second-generation hybrids. These monsters had some human characteristics and could use the simplest weapons.
"Get ready to blast!"
A small wave of human imitations gradually swarmed towards them, brandishing whatever they could find as weapons - the first wave of small-caliber bullets that greeted them had already hit the ground.
"No problem, sir."
Tara, who was holding a plasma gun, looked around. He also carried the only melta bomb in the team.
"Where exactly?"
"On the pedestal of that statue, facing the enemy."
"receive."
After Tara finished speaking, he shot a ball of plasma at the approaching and howling aliens. His weapon would then enter a long cooling period, so he took out the bolt pistol on his thigh.
"There are more and more enemies."
He said, placing the melt bomb in front of the statue's base, and then set the time for the explosion.
"Installation completed! Detonate in one minute!"
"Fall back."
Armin gave the order, and the team immediately abandoned the arch, stepped over the corpses on the ground, and retreated to the short path between the statue and the arch.
During this process, they continued to shoot, tiring the piled up corpses at the entrance of the passage, making it look like a wound that was about to heal. The following aliens stepped forward step by step on the corpses of their fallen companions, and Aspen
Tate is getting closer.
Armin was always at the forefront of the team, waving his sword and assuming a standard defensive posture, constantly crushing the bones and internal organs of the enemy - but this did not stop them.
While killing with melee weapons, he kept pulling the trigger of the bolt pistol, causing bullets to shoot into a face twisted with anger and hatred.
Their gender could not be identified due to howling, and their heads exploded like balloons filled with blood clots.
"Out of fuel!"
At this time, the flamethrower in the team first declared misfire. Wall, who was using it, hung the flamethrower back on his waist, then adjusted his bolter to full automatic, and charged at the attackers who rushed towards him.
Fierce shooting.
However, more aliens came one after another, showing no signs of retreating, and his attacks did not really block them.
"Get behind the statue! Rebuild the defense!"
Just as Armin was directing the team to retreat, a high-pitched roar suddenly exploded, and then a huge beast tore apart its kind blocking the road and rushed towards the team.
Its body is even larger than that of the Astartes, its body is wrapped in a thick carapace, and the hooks on its four arms are as sharp and terrifying as scythes.
What’s more important? It’s speed that’s completely inconsistent with its size? It’s incredibly fast.
Armin almost didn't have time to raise his sword, but his fighting instinct saved him, allowing him to barely block a sharp claw aimed at his head.
Then he swung his sword towards the thing's neck.
The decomposed position buzzed and howled? It was torn violently, and the wound of the thing immediately burst out with a thick slurry accompanied by a strong stench.
The monster retreated? Its extremely ugly face showed the same confused expression as a human being.
Obviously, it did not expect to be so seriously injured? It howled in a low voice and backed away? The muscles and chitin on its body also tightened.
Armin then used a pistol to shoot continuously at its head and body. However, the monster's intelligence was obviously higher than that of its kind, and it immediately hid behind the cannon fodder, allowing the explosive bombs to only kill a few unimportant targets.
What if there was a grenade now? Armin was confident that he could hit it hard.
But as early as ten minutes ago? All the grenades were used up.
The team rebuilt the defense line behind the statue. Wave after wave of aliens came in front of them, and the Astartes could only rely on rapid fire to repel them again and again.
However, as soon as the ammunition is exhausted, they will be overwhelmed by the aliens within seconds, and they will not even be able to wait for any reinforcements - the only theory may be Soshyan and Thor.
"Half a minute left!"
"Out of bullets? Sir."
As soon as a soldier finished speaking, his gun went off.
"Okay...that's what it means."
Before the soldier had time to reload, the enemy rushed over.
He smoothly and quickly turned the weapon, aimed it at the forehead of a nearby alien, and smashed it down.
The next second? The sound of cracking cartilage and wailing followed.
Before the thing fell, a melee that looked like a woman suddenly crawled over, grabbed the soldier's ankles, and pulled hard, trying to make him lose his balance.
Seeing his comrades being surrounded, Armin rushed over and cut off the female alien's hand with a sword, preventing the soldier from being surrounded by the surrounding monsters.
Although they can still kill their enemies, there is no doubt that their situation is extremely desperate.
Even though thousands of their kind have been killed, the gene stealers are still rushing towards Armin's team in a steady stream.
In the long run, sooner or later they will swamp these god warriors with their numbers.
Perhaps the Astartes could stall for a few more minutes with swords and chainsaws, but as soon as one fell, the others would immediately be attacked from both sides.
The alien with a huge head was still patrolling around, observing the Astartes team under the protection of layers of cannon fodder servants - this reminded Armin of an evil cat entrenched next to the mouse hole.
Their current firepower makes it dare not take a step further, but once the ammunition is exhausted, it will definitely charge forward without hesitation.
However, it is destined to be disappointed this time.
"Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five!"
A countdown echoed in the communication channel, and the team members began to run backwards in order, staying as far away from the statue as possible.
"...Three! Two! One! Get down!!"
boom--------------------!
As the earth shattered, the erupting halo broke through the dome of the temple, and the bright light even temporarily blinded most of the creatures present.
The explosion caused by the melt bomb turned an area fifty meters in size into a dazzling mist of particles. All organic matter within the range was instantly carbonized, while inorganic matter turned into a splashing fluid.
Those aliens didn't even have time to let out a scream, before the metal and flesh disappeared without a trace under the torrent of energy, and even the huge beast turned into a ball of steam under the scorching impact.
Armin, who was lying on the ground, wanted to raise his head, but all his senses were overwhelmed by the roar and high temperature...