Westeros III was once a warm world. On this planet that was very suitable for human habitation, there were once more than one billion inhabitants, but now the number has increased dozens of times.
In order to accommodate so many refugees, the machines of the Adeptus Mechanicus simply dug complex passages under the city and reinforced them with metal plates. These tunnels snaked in all directions like a maze, with a total length of up to several kilometers. Underground in different cities
The passages vary in size, some are wide enough for a tank to pass through without obstruction, while others are so narrow that they can barely accommodate an adult's body.
Living in a dark and humid underground is obviously not a good choice, but people who have witnessed the terror of the Tyranid rarely complain about the harsh environment.
Almost at the same time that everyone in the Westeros galaxy evacuated to No. 3, huge fireballs fell from the sky like meteorites, ferocious beasts wrapped in pods that were inflated and covered with mucus.
The moment it landed, the pod burst, and countless terrifying creatures poured out of it. They had only one thought, gnawing, tearing, slaughtering, and devouring.
However, this time Tyrann seems to have learned the lessons from the previous offensive and adopted another strategy for the large strongholds held by humans. It is this strategy that has created huge trouble for human defense.
Now Ricas follows Jacob to deal with a "trouble".
It was a Tyranid creature labeled as "mortally dangerous" by the Adeptus Mechanicus, called a bundle-bearer. This monster can move quickly and silently in almost any environment, and is extremely good at hiding its whereabouts. It likes to stalk a single prey.
The Adeptus Mechanicus is not sure why they have such a habit of cornering their prey and devouring its brains, but some sages speculate that these creatures steal their victims' memories by eating their brains.
This statement is not unfounded. At least after devouring enough brains, they will become extremely familiar with the environment and terrain.
What's even more annoying about this ability is that it's very similar to some of the Space Marine's functions.
Stone City is the second largest city in Westeros. Its name comes from the many rock pillars that existed around the city when it was founded. Although most of them were later destroyed during the expansion of the city, several pillars were still preserved in the center of the city. The city is located in
Beside a river, the surrounding terrain is open and there is only a hill with an altitude of less than 500 meters. After accepting the refugees, the entire city's population has reached 31 million, and the entire city area is only 410 square kilometers. It has been overcrowded to an appalling level.
In order to defend this place, the Mechanicus built several temporary protective walls as usual to form a defense line with the city's original protective walls, but this also further reduced the city's area. In addition, a large number of landmines were scattered in the fields and plains outside the city.
When the Tyranid swarmed in, they were greeted by more than four million troops and five companies of Space Marines, as well as a makeshift militia of millions.
In this case, Tyranids naturally gained nothing, but the fierce frontal attack only provided cover for secret infiltration. In some blind corners of the defense, something slipped into the city under the cover of night.
Due to the highly dense population, murders are naturally common, so no one paid much attention when the first strange corpse was discovered.
A few days later, the victims began to turn into militia officers, but no one cared.
It wasn't until a battalion commander of the Auxiliary Army disappeared in an alley, and his brainless body was found half a day later, that the matter finally attracted the attention of the Space Marines, and after investigation, it was confirmed that it was the work of Tyranids.
For a creature that could move like a ghost in a crowded city, Bahram immediately judged that only the bundle-bearing worm could do this.
But in order not to cause excessive panic, he could only send a small team to deal with this thing.
Jacob and the other ten people were the hunters who hunted down the bundle-bearing insect, and the bundle-bearing insect also got a new name - the sneak attacker.
After tracking for several days, they finally approached this thing. This bundle-bearing insect was much smaller than normal, probably to adapt to the narrow terrain in the city, and it also built its nest underground in the city.
The underground of Shili City is actually a refugee camp. Although it is managed, the lack of supplies still makes the terrain like hell and turns it into a hotbed of crime.
Prostitutes, thieves, drug dealers, and gangs all appeared in a short period of time.
But the Space Marines only focused on their mission and did not care about the curious and fearful eyes in the darkness.
However, this beast was so cunning that it actually set a trap in the passage. When the team chased it into a drainage channel, the support beam above its head suddenly collapsed under the load, and the huge amount of construction debris instantly killed Ricas and the big man.
The troops were separated.
And for some reason, the communication seems to have been interfered with...
So he could only walk alone in the dark ditch, stepping on untreated sewage up to his ankles, and the stench filled the air around him, but he didn't care. He held a bolt gun tightly in his hand and kept scanning the front.
He is looking for a way to join his companions.
During the process, the sound of dripping water was heard constantly, which was enough to send shivers down one's spine, as if a terrifying monster was about to pounce out of the darkness at any time.
Ricas held his breath, he had a premonition that had allowed him to escape death several times in the desert.
So he slowed down...
Listen...
observe...
Suddenly, the water surface rippled unusually, and the sound of dripping water became a little inconsistent. It seemed that something foreign had fallen into the water. Ricas immediately turned around, raised his gun, and opened fire.
Before it hit the ground, a series of explosive bombs hit the chest of the monster lying on the top like a spider. Chitin fragments and sticky pus flew everywhere, and what seemed to be painful roars immediately echoed in the dark water channel.
The next second, water splashed everywhere, and the monster that landed on the ground swung its claws to attack Ricas. Ricas tried to dodge, but the speed of the bundle worm was too fast, and hit the right shoulder armor with one claw, and the broken ceramic steel scattered.
Splashed, but did not penetrate.
This miniaturized Likart is covered in black carapace, and has a pair of segmented jagged spikes on its shoulders. In theory, this blow is enough to tear an adult into three pieces, but due to its reduced size, its strength is limited.
It is not enough to pose a fatal threat to Ricas.
"Go to hell!"
Rikars raised his bolter again and fired into the monster's face.
But the opponent jumped directly to the side, and then two sharp claws were like huge scissors, cutting through the darkness. Likas was hit by this force and took a few steps back. He lowered his head and checked and found that the barrel of the bolt gun had been torn open.
Made a hole.
So he threw the weapon onto the shore and drew his chainsword.
The Tyranid beast lunged towards him, and Ricas quickly ducked to the side and pressed the chain saw tightly against the monster's body.
Accompanied by the roar of the chain saw, in this confined space, the roar of the saw teeth biting the chitin was deafening, followed by a scream, one of the monster's limbs was removed, but its counterattack was also very fast, directly using additional
The limb slammed into Likas's chest, almost breaking through the armor. At the same time, the other hand grabbed his sword-holding wrist and forced it to the right - after devouring a large number of human heads, it even produced some fighting abilities.
But what's worse is that most of the combat knowledge possessed by the militiamen it devours comes from the tactical manual issued by the above, which includes four steps for defeating the samurai bug with bare hands.