Zack, who was the first to think of this possibility, was no longer as calm as before. Instead, he hurriedly opened the communication and gave instructions to the intelligence department of the metropolitan area:
"Remind all military units in Tyroker that an unknown abnormal creature... no, an unknown and high-risk alien zerg race is about to attack the metropolitan area and major towns.
Also, it is best to notify residents of remote villages and farms to evacuate to the nearest town first, and if necessary, communicate with the UNSC fleet and ask them to send air formations to assist in the evacuation."
"Yes, supervisor."
After hearing the reply from the communication, Zack said to the people around him: "Everyone, it seems that we have underestimated the threat of this type of alien Zerg, and before the victims appeared, even our Intelligence Department could not
Their infiltration behavior was detected.”
"Gah...it seems to be a meteorite disguised as a natural fall." Captain Ironblood agreed in a deep voice.
"Yes, there is a high chance that it is." Zack did not deny it.
"So what should we do now?" Tanya asked.
Hear the words.
Zack first waved his left hand towards the large egg sheath below, signaling the following auxiliary army to collect tissue samples immediately, and then said to Tanya and everyone present:
"I am not a commander, but until our intelligence department analyzes the reproduction speed of this type of alien and how intelligent it is, try to hold on to our existing towns and urban areas as much as possible."
"That's a good suggestion." Captain Ironblood nodded in agreement and called the aviation company to take them back to Oliveland Town.
"Then what if we can't hold on?"
However, while everyone was waiting for the auxiliary army to complete the sample collection, Celestine made a question that caused the atmosphere at the scene to plummet.
"." Zack was silent for a few seconds. Seeing that the auxiliary army had completed collecting tissue samples, he continued:
"Although our Intelligence Department has confidence in Tyroker's defense capabilities, we do not rule out the possibility of its fall. Therefore, after researchers analyze the detailed information about the alien Zerg, if the threat level is far greater than expected, the Intelligence Department will report to
Apply for support from the nearest legion camp.
But until then..."
Zack turned around and prepared to return to the original route with the auxiliary army, and then said: "Please try your best to ensure the safety of the residents first. As for the current top priority, it is to leave here."
Finished.
The group of people stopped lingering and used the endurance and speed increase of their respective power armors to quickly run towards the surface. When they were about to break out of the insect nest, they even met up with the 2nd and 3rd reconnaissance platoons.
Not long after leaving the insect nest, the Yugull and the aviation company hovering in the sky appeared in everyone's sight.
Wait for everyone to board the plane again.
The Fishing Gull quickly sailed towards low-Earth orbit, carrying Zack and the auxiliary army, as well as the collected unknown Zerg egg cases, and headed to the urban area as quickly as possible.
As for Tanya, Celestine and the others, they boarded an assault boat with hatches on both sides of the ship, accompanied by the 1st Reconnaissance Company and the Aviation Company, and returned to the small town of Oliveland, more than 200 kilometers away.
Tanya, who was sitting near the tail of the plane with her legs stretched out of the cabin, frowned and looked solemnly at the trees passing by under her feet, Celestine sitting next to her, and the cabin.
The same is true for my sisters...
They stayed away from their home planet and followed the orders of their superiors to come to Universe 03. Isn't it just to eliminate the aliens and burn the heretics?
But when they were in the whirlpool of war, for some reason, they felt that their previous thoughts were too naive.
War, war, not only means destroying aliens and burning heretics, but also means the death of many compatriots.
They battle sisters, whether they are interns or not, should show no mercy to their enemies and show mercy and kindness to their compatriots.
Therefore, they should not yearn for war, but rather hope for peace and stability.
It seems that after burning the bones of the special team and the victims, the thoughts of Tanya, Celestine and other sisters quietly changed slightly.
"Attention all personnel!"
At this moment, a reminder from the pilot came over the communication: "Large-scale vibrations were detected in the rainforest 40 kilometers ahead. It is speculated that the movement was caused by an unknown Zerg attack."
Hear the reminder.
Tanya immediately adjusted the holographic screen in front of her left eye, switched to the bird's-eye view, and discovered that the 40 kilometers ahead mentioned by the pilot, and the straight-line distance to the easternmost part of the town of Oliveland, were only over 20 kilometers.
She did not enter, nor did she have the right to enter the high-level channels of Umbrella and UNSC, but it was not difficult to guess that the 3rd Battalion at this time must have known about this situation before the pilots.
Tanya guessed that the 3rd Battalion had already made defensive arrangements, so the next step should be to request a wave of artillery strikes from the frigates parked in low-Earth orbit.
"Gah... inform all the first company and all intern sisters that we are about to launch a naval bombardment against the insect swarm, please be prepared."
Sure enough, as soon as she thought of this, Captain Ironblood sent a reminder on the communication.
Immediately afterwards.
Tanya, Celestine and the sisters took advantage of the assault boat's opening of the hatch and looked up at the starry night sky.
Soon, they spotted a dense burst of "blue meteors".
And the "shooting stars" are getting bigger and bigger, which means they are getting closer and closer to them.
Within a few seconds, "Meteor" entered the locking range of their respective holographic screens.
Without zooming in, the intern sisters knew that those "blue meteors" were the plasma secondary guns fired by the frigate.
When the blue light illuminated the rainforest, Tanya, Celestine and the others also looked from above to diagonally upward. Finally, they leaned out of the cabin slightly and looked towards the nose of the assault boat.
.
The moment the huge plasma cannon came into contact with the distant surface, blue light completely lit up the sky.
When the light disappeared, Tanya and the others vaguely saw a large amount of "ice crystal"-like soil exploding into the sky, reflecting sparse and shining light.
"Boom~!!!Boom!!!"
After a while, everyone heard violent collisions and explosions.
At the same time, the assault boats and all transport aircraft also encountered a burst of turbulence, which caused the fuselage to shake slightly, and the rain forest below was even more violently turbulent.
But the aftermath soon dissipated, allowing the rainforest to return to its original state.
But Tanya, Celestine and the others, who didn't close their helmets, smelled earth and burnt smell...
It seemed that a frigate's secondary gun salvo was comparable to the firepower of a UNSC artillery battalion, and it didn't take long for the assault boat to carry them to the edge of the plasma cannon regiment's killing range.
Because it is at the edge, everything here is not directly vaporized and crystallized, but the high temperature causes the soil to dry out, the trees to wither, or to burn with fire.
Continue flying forward for some distance.
You can see scattered but dirty crystal blocks, and the land at the point where the artillery group touched and the explosion point was directly overturned. Large areas of chips and crystal blocks can be seen everywhere, and they also reflect the distance.
The firelight everywhere.
As for living creatures?
Seeing such a situation, theoretically, no living creature can withstand the plasma cannons with a temperature of 100 million degrees.
Even Astartes who have completed the second transformation surgery cannot face the bombardment of dense plasma cannons or ship-borne secondary guns without being equipped with Mjolnir Mark VII or above models of power armor.
However, under the influence of the Lord of Humanity, human beings who have carried the spirit of "settlement" throughout society will not just look at superficial phenomena.
So Tanya, Celestine and others turned on the motion detection of the holographic screen and pulse scanning, and the results returned were relatively consistent with the surface they saw.
There was indeed no movement near the center of the explosion.
However, the data displayed on the holographic screen showed that there were still an uncountable number of "red dots" under the surface outside the center of the explosion.
not only that.
Seemingly affected by the secondary artillery bombardment, the "red dot" representing the unknown Zerg began to speed up and rush towards the town of Oliveland.
Moreover, the bombing just now was like poking a hornet's nest. The holographic screen also showed the area within the explosion range, and a large number of "red dots" emerged again.
This shows that the unknown Zerg have long ago excavated a channel system of unimaginable scale deep in the earth's surface, using their extremely strong and extremely fast digging capabilities.
"Gah!" Suddenly, the Iron-Blooded Company Commander loudly ordered on the communication: "Everyone is ready to make contact with the enemy! Fire at will! Fire at will!"
"Ho~!"
Before they finished speaking, Tanya and the others heard a harsh, sharp roar coming from below.
When he heard the sound, he saw a huge insect with a dark purple carapace on its back and two pairs of blood-red bone blades emerging from the ground.
The insect opened its mouth, which was hollow on both sides and was only connected by strips of meat. It stared at one of the Pelicans with its pupilless eyes that emitted a pale yellow light.
More and more bugs are burrowing out of the soil. Just the sight of them makes a sister who is disgusted by dense things feel deeply uncomfortable.
"Fire! Fire!"
"Made! For those children who died!!"
And the moment the bugs appeared, the roar of the UNSC scouts sounded on the communication line.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"
"Tong~!Tong~!"
Immediately afterwards came the sound of gunfire and the roar of artillery.
Caseless pulse bombs and Gauss spike bombs of various calibers, as well as airborne cannons, were raining down on the insect swarm on the ground.
"Ri~TingTing!!"
In the engine room of the assault boat, two crew members wearing only atmospheric work clothes were operating the 8mm five-barreled rotating Gauss machine guns installed on both sides of the engine room, continuously shooting straight blue light trajectories towards the ground...
Of course, the intern sisters, who have been influenced by "Human Truth" since childhood, pulled the trigger regardless of their ammunition reserves.
"Haha~! Die! Die!"
Tanya held the jet with great recoil with both hands, and sprayed out orange-red flames with extremely long range and extremely high temperature.
Guns fired.
On the other hand, the insect side...
They were not as fragile as the scouts and trainee sisters imagined, and the expected scenes of their bodies being easily exploded, torn, impaled or burned did not appear.
"Buzz~! Buzz~!"
On the contrary, the large bugs that burrow out of the ground can actually create biological barriers that emit a decaying green light, helping them offset the offensive from humans.
Even though the biological barrier will collapse and dissipate, this is enough to refresh the understanding of Tanya, Celestine, and all the sisters.
Because of all the Zerg-like creatures they have learned through textbooks and courses on classic battles, except for the Flood, which can infect the host's body and use the energy shield of the host's power armor for defense, they have never heard of it.
Which Zerg race can create a biological barrier with its physical body alone.
What's even more shocking is that they can't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations, which is enough to prove that the insects below are not creating a spiritual energy barrier, but a biological barrier.
Fortunately, the main force on the insect side is a smaller one that looks like a prehistoric raptor.
They either have bone knives, or they are "soldier bugs" with tissue similar to biological firearms. Only a few have biological barriers.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Therefore, when it was hit by a volley of human gunfire, it was directly torn apart, destroying tens of thousands of soldiers and insects. The flames sprayed by Tanya and several sisters seemed to have a "clearing screen" effect on the soldiers and insects.
The "Samurai Bugs" are larger in size, even bigger than Tyrannosaurus, and have four pairs of sharp bone blades. They have exaggerated crests, and each one has a biological barrier.
And bugs will not just stand on the ground and be beaten.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The soldier bugs that sprouted biological firearms pointed their wriggling "muzzles" that were even flowing with green liquid at the sky, shooting extremely fast bone spurs and bio-plasma that shone with a faint green light in the night sky.
The aviation formation began to suffer violent counterattacks.
"Buzz!"
Tanya, who was sitting on the side of the cabin, saw a bone spur nearly hit her, but the assault boat automatically generated an energy shield to help her bounce away, blocking the attack.
"Grass! These bugs are much more powerful than what Redfield said!"
This made the hot-tempered Tanya curse loudly, and immediately removed the burned fuel tank, threw it away, and then took out a brand new promethium fuel tank from the built-in box on the right side of the power armor and installed it.
But just as she finished replacing the fuel tank and was about to continue pouring flames down below, she saw new bugs emerging from the soil.
It is larger than the warrior bug, but also more bloated and fat. Its abdomen is protected by a dark purple carapace, and it also glows with a faint green light.
At first glance, you can tell that it is the kind of long-range heavy firepower unit that can fire "large-caliber" bioplasma cannons and belongs to the unknown Zerg tribe.
as expected.
Immediately after these plasma bugs emerged from the soil, they used their right-arm biological cannon, which was asymmetrical with their left arm and looked like a corrupt version of 300mm or 400mm, to aim at the Pelican and the Pelican in mid-air.
The assault boat fired out huge green light cannons.
"Boom! Boom~! Click!!"
One of the Pelicans, even though it was controlled by the pilot to avoid it and actively deployed the maximum power energy shield, but after "eating" four cannonballs in succession, the shield finally couldn't bear it and shattered.
And there was more than one cannon shot at the Pelican...