On this night without any moonlight or starlight, the sky was covered with strong winds and heavy rain. In the darkness, only the dim lights of the Freeport were scattered.
Thousands of monsters wrapped in exposed tendrils, tumors, ligaments and mucous membranes stumbled through the streets of Freeport, like wriggling shadows. Their rotting vocal cords let out rich wails.
, that miserable soul is mourning in the imprisonment and slavery of the will of the swarm.
They wander around like lonely ghosts, tapping the windows of Freeport residents with their huge claws, or stretching out their fangs and claws at any living person who appears in sight.
Fortunately, no one in the Freeport fell asleep because of what happened today. Every household retained the weapons they used to make a living in the edge system. Suddenly gunfire broke out, and many people also used burning forks and gas canisters.
Although these infected humans are extremely terrifying, enough to make the bravest souls scream, they are not actually very fast and strong hunters, and their carapace and exoskeleton are not very strong, but they are infinitely better.
Endless.
The mayor, Nicholas, let out a miserable howl and tried desperately to get into his house, but he was grabbed by the old miner: "It seems there is no need for us to notify the people in the town."
"Has the Tyranid Empire responded? Freeport can't last long, and a real army is needed to deal with this monster." Bren shouted to Nicholas, never expecting the arrival of the Tyranid Empire like this in his heart.
In this town, only Nikolai still tinkers with the outdated communication equipment, while Becca Luo has not been in contact with other worlds for many years.
"I think... it should be soon." Nicholas was frightened and embarrassed, like a primary school student doing self-examination in public: "An operator told me that the Imperial Air Force would arrive in one minute at the latest, and they
The military air port is not far from here."
"No matter what, I just hope that these imperial troops will not burn down Freeport when clearing out the zerg." The old miner kept loading the shotgun while chattering:
No anti-theft novel network
"You are young people. You don't know what the Terran Federation did back then. Cholera broke out on a planet, and they killed everyone on it."
"...I can't control that much anymore." Intuition told Bren that what the old miner said was probably true. If the zerg infection is really incurable, then destroying the entire Freeport together with these monsters would be the best option.
The right choice.
The operator did not lie to Nikolai. The Terran Empire's fighter planes came through the storm from the north of Freeport in less than a minute, like three flying stars rising from the horizon, followed by another row of blue flames.
A huge iron bird with wings like flames flew towards me.
Only then did Bren and the others clearly see the Vagoray frigate above their heads, which was completely covered with tendons and tissues. They saw the cracks in its bilge spitting out a large number of infected people, like a dumping ground for garbage and waste.
Garbage boat.
There are more than a dozen such terrifying spaceships in the sky above Freeport. In the deepest part of the clouds, a huge shadow is still moving slowly.
They seem to be giant flying creatures that are alive, flying by growing nitrogen bladders, weird sail-like flying fins and jet tubes instead of engines. And although these infected spacecraft may no longer have operators, they can still use the spacecraft already connected to the cabin.
Fusion weapons and moving tentacles attack the brave pilots of the Tyranids' Wraiths.
As the two Wraith fighter jets climbed up, they locked onto the infected Vagory frigate above Bren's head. Multiple Gemini air-to-air missiles ejected and hit accurately. The light produced by the explosion was unusually bright.
This fleet composed entirely of infected human spacecraft was not escorted by the most common flying units in the Zerg air force, such as Mutalisaurus and Mosquito. As soon as they encountered the Tyranid Empire's fighter group, they quickly climbed to altitude and
Away from Freeport.
At the same time, more than dozens of heavy-duty APOD-33 and G-226 transport ships landed in the free port. At this time, the ground was full of infected people, and every transport ship was crushed when it landed.
One of the transport ships landed near Nikolai's mayor's hut. This mayor was a very smart guy. He planted the only Tyrannic Empire flag in the town on his house because it was
I heard that professional soldiers in training would rather die than let the military flag be tarnished.
After the transport ship landed safely, the landing gear and ramps immediately popped up on both sides. The ones who opened the way were the Fire Bats in heavy red power armor. The badges on the shoulder armor showed that they were Blue Devil Fire Bats, which sounded like Tyranid Empire Marine Hana.
Naming style of Brigadier General G. Hanke.
Then there are the fully armed Marines, standard Imperial Red paint, equipped with M93 explosion-proof shields, using 25mm bonded carbide with a corrosive electroplating layer on the outside, specially designed to resist the acid of the Zerg.
There is even a giant bipedal walking mecha that is twenty-four feet tall (the Wolf Warrior prototype is over seven meters), which is almost the same as a two-story building. Perhaps it is only armed with the Super Goliath of the United Earth Council.
Robots can compare to that.
At this time, the Wolf Warriors have been iteratively improved through multiple generations of trial models, and are very close to being officially finalized as Wolf Warrior mechas. Several super-giant Wolf Warriors specially built for special missions can even exceed thirty feet (9 meters), as if they are
A true giant. The Imperial Wolf is equipped with a shoulder-mounted missile launcher, arm-mounted rockets and railguns, and composite ceramic armor all over its body.
The Wolf Warrior's operating servo system is even more advanced with each passing day. It uses a more advanced neural emission control system. The driver uses numerous internal parallel neural interfaces to control the activities of the limbs and the use of weapons. In other words, they and the armor are one and the same.
, there is no need to waste energy on controlling the mecha, you only need to focus on one thing - destroying the enemies of the Tyran Empire.
This is inseparable from the unremitting efforts of an entire group of scientific and technological research and development and military engineers. The past ten years since the Kailian War have been a decade of rapid technological development for the Terran Federation and even the other two human regimes. There are new technological innovations almost every day.
There are more patents for new weapons than there have been in the past century combined.
"It's only been thirty years, and the equipment used by the army now is completely different from when I was young." The old miner Rustin is one of the few first-generation residents of Bekaa Luo who is still alive today. Compared with here,
As a native of Brun, he was even more shocked.
Thirty years ago, the Terran Federation's army was still using exoskeleton armor. Powered armor was a completely new and futuristic concept. But it was just exoskeleton armor and it was enough to deal with internal rebellions. At that time, the Tyranid Federation
Relations with surrounding human governments were not as tense as they are now.
Powered armor, large mechas, even the medical staff wear heavy armor, and even carry rocket launchers on their shoulders. How did the world become like this, and what kind of enemies do humans face?
"Fire! Ensure the safety of civilians!" an imperial officer ordered:
"Give these poor people some relief. Fire! Fire!"
Once they appeared, the imperial army's firepower gained an overwhelming advantage and steadily advanced in the free port, rescuing the townspeople trapped in their homes and putting them on transport ships. All of this seemed to have been rehearsed many times, and it seemed that
It's easy to get used to it.
Brun and others were immediately encouraged. The residents of Freeport also spontaneously approached the landing transport ship, and those who couldn't make it also shouted for help.
There's nothing more exciting than watching a torrent of human steel beat up an alien monster.
The Tyranid Empire has sent troops to many worlds like Bekaro that are being invaded or facing difficulties. No one knows the specific number of troops, but what is obvious is that this number is always changing.
The Empire recruits soldiers from every world they visit, and the combat effectiveness and fighting style of these soldiers are partly determined by the environment in which they lived in the past.
"All I know is that Freeport can be saved," Brun said.
"This is what the children of today should learn, and the concepts of the past should be thrown into the trash heap," said Kirsten, the only teacher in Freeport.
"I am Colonel Lisa Kesidi, commander of the Tyranid Empire's army under Becca Rowe." A warrior wearing silver-gray power armor stepped off the transport ship, followed by similarly decorated Imperial soldiers.
Silver-gray powered armor, winged hooded skeletons, the famous Heavenly Demon Troops, only a very small number of Tyranid Empire troops would use such insignia. However, in a remote area, the Beka Luo people have not communicated with the outside world for thirty years.
It is impossible to recognize.
The Demonic Medical Soldiers of Heaven don't look like the kind of people who save lives and heal the wounded.
The Tyranid Empire's medical soldiers are trained in full accordance with the standards of the United Earth Council. Even the equipment is almost the same, because the equipment originally belonged to the UED expeditionary force, and even the people inside have not necessarily been replaced.
Emperor Augustus treated the surrendered soldiers of the UED expedition very well, at least not in the true sense of killing them all.
"Everyone in Freeport must evacuate immediately. This is an order from the Korhal Palace Marine Corps Headquarters." Colonel Lisa did not open her helmet, her tone was stern and unquestionable, and her voice sounded like an angel.
"Sir, I think I must remind you that this place does not belong to the Terran Empire, and we do not need to obey the empire's orders." The old miner emphasized suspiciously:
"This is our home. My friends and I spent thirty years building this small village. We would rather die than leave her!"
"Yes, you are right." The colonel looked up at the flag fluttering in the wind next to him:
"But as the Imperial Constitution stipulates, it is the responsibility of all Imperial soldiers to protect the citizens of the Tyranid Empire from the threat of Zerg and Protoss alien forces, and the reason why I want to save you, the lice, fleas and bedbugs, is also based on the doctor
moral code and not because you dumb ass happen to be human." she yelled:
"The answer I want is immediately, immediately, immediately!"
"Sir, this is not a boot camp." A medical soldier reminded: "You should not insult a civilian. According to the law, this is..."
"I always wait until I get back before I apologize." Lisa has little patience with stubborn and rigid people like the old miner:
"Now you still have any doubts. If Freeport had agreed to the imperial garrison earlier, there would be no need for so many people to die. But this is your request. In any case, the empire never forces their people to make decisions."
"What you have to do now is to board the ship immediately to the military base in Beqa Luo. You may be registered as war refugees, but it does not matter, the situation will soon improve. In other words, even if you are refugees
, is also a refugee from the Tyran Empire, protected by the law, and blessed by the grace of Emperor Augustus.”
"Hurry, otherwise Carlos' army of infected people will soon overwhelm this place."
"This old guy is crazy. His mind is not right. He can't even say thank you." At this time, Mayor Nicholas had the courage to pull the old miner aside and tactfully apologized.
I can only say that such a person is suitable to be a politician, but putting him in such a place would be an understatement of talent.
"Lieutenant Colonel, I must tell you that we have all been infected by the Zerg virus." Bren hesitated for a moment, as if he had finished speaking, and the other party's bullets were waiting for him: "So, we cannot ride with others.
A batch of ships."
"...I understand, Lieutenant Morales, give them the injection." Lieutenant Colonel Lisa looked at Brun and nodded.
"This is the latest nano-serum, which can eradicate the current zerg virus. It has been certified by the Imperial Food and Drug Administration and the Protoss Empire. It is worth thousands of dollars. But the emperor paid the money for you."
"Thank you, thank you." Bren burst into tears of gratitude.
This immediately made Brun feel relieved, which showed that zerg infection could be cured. He couldn't help but be very curious about the emperor mentioned by the imperial soldier: "What kind of person is the emperor?"
"My views regarding the Emperor have been kept confidential." Unexpectedly, Lieutenant Colonel Lisa answered:
"If you want to ask me what I think of the Queen, I would like to say that he has a very bad taste in women."
"It's just blind."
"..." Brun was at a loss.
"Where does it hurt? Relax, honey, it's just a mosquito bite." The medic named Morales and several other medics, her voice was very sweet, and the injection needles and nails on her arms lit up.
The gun makes people shudder: "No need to take off your pants."
With the help of the power armor, Morales easily caught Nikolai, and then stabbed directly into his neck, making the young man almost faint from fear. That action was not gentle at all.
, looks like a murderer.
Bren also received an injection in his neck, and the injection wound was quickly sutured by laser. Whether it was a psychological effect or not, he really felt much better.
"Sir, how does this infection spread? I mean, my wife was also staying with me." Bren said imploringly: "My family is still trapped at home. If you can save
I am willing to do anything they ask me to do!"
"The current zerg viruses are being planned at a rapid pace, and it is impossible to determine whether they have evolved new transmission routes." Lisa said:
"Don't worry, everyone will get a chance for treatment, as long as they swear to become empire citizens-"
As more Tyranid Imperial transport ships landed, Bren was convinced that his father's ideas had become obsolete.
Maybe becoming a Terran Empire citizen isn't such a bad thing.