A faint, rhythmic beating sound echoes in the darkness and seemingly endless tunnel.
The diameter of this tunnel is at least more than ten kilometers, and the surrounding area is thick and smooth. If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that there are many veins like veins.
The edge wall of this tunnel will twitch briefly with the sound of "dong...dong...". It is not difficult to guess that this so-called tunnel may be the breathing duct or esophagus of a very large creature.
And here is the inside of the Tailo land insect.
At this time, Sanguinius and the two hundred Holy Blood Guards, who remained in hiding, used a suspension device with a noise equivalent to nothing, and flew along the tunnel to the depths of the landworm.
The white wings that allowed Sanguinius to fly without the need for armor were also in a folded position.
After all, the air flow generated when the wings flap is much more violent than the fluctuation of the suspension device's position.
With the entire expeditionary force acting as bait, Sanguinius and the Blood Guard finally managed to infiltrate here in order to find targets who could carry out the beheading mission.
Judging from the experience of fighting against the Tyranids for more than a year, any biological fleet, no matter how small it is, will have a leader, lord or tyrant-level bug to act as the commander and receive the instructions from the Hive Mind.
Manipulation of inferior species.
Leaders, lords, tyrants, and very few insect queens all have a considerable degree of self-intelligence.
And if they are successfully killed, even if the Zerg fleet can re-breed one soon, but before the "re-breeding" is completed, the Zerg fleet will fall into a state of chaos and disorder.
Therefore, taking advantage of this gap, the imperial military can easily destroy the leaderless fleet of insects.
Now, the three primarchs are applying this routine to the land insects to determine that there is a leader at the core of the land insects, or even the leader of the entire Tyro Zerg tribe.
If we kill them, we may be able to deal with the Tyro Zerg once and for all, and secondly, we can also change the current situation of the war.
After continuing to fly for several minutes, Sanguinius and the others still encountered no obstacles.
The calmer it is, the more abnormal it is. This principle is widely circulated among all Astartes, and even within the entire Imperial Army.
soon.
The group of them escaped from the relatively "narrow" tunnel or pipe and came to an extremely wide space illuminated by dark red light.
Looking around, the barriers are still biological tissues with blood vessels and soft texture, as well as many milky white and purple bones to bear the load-bearing columns and irregular floor tiles.
And if you look towards the front opposite to the pipe exit, you can see the mesh-like bone wall, and through the gaps in the bone wall, dark red light is sprinkled in, illuminating the entire space, which is of vital importance to the Tyro Zerg.
Meaning of red dwarf stars.
at the same time…
"Boom! Boom!"
The dense biological cannons emitting a faint green light bombarded the original body and the Glory Guards from multiple angles.
The artillery battery that is enough to destroy and disintegrate the Olympus-class shield explodes directly, raising a thick fog and plasma-like ripples.
But in the blink of an eye, a dark golden psychic impact reversely dissipated a series of effects caused by the biological cannon, and directly skipped the "aftermath dissipation" step.
I saw that the group of people had been released from the invisible state, and the wings behind Sanguinius were slightly flapping. It seemed that the person who released the dark golden psychic impact just now was this almost flawless person in all aspects.
Original body.
Moreover, the two hundred Holy Blood Guards beside Sanguinius also unfolded the metal wings behind them, raised their parallel bolts, melt and plasma cannons, and aimed them at the center of the space.
Looking there along their line of sight, one can see many huge leader-level warrior bugs.
In terms of appearance and body size, these guys are similar to the chief warrior who severely injured the Trapper battle platoon, but the crown bone of the head is larger and more obvious, and the exoskeleton is sharper and has a lot of blood emanating from it.
Red light texture.
In addition to having two pairs of four extremely sharp, huge bone blades with biodegradable properties, these guys also have a pair of biological cannons that are about 1000mm in size and look like rough cigars, which can fire biological cannons with decomposing properties.
group.
Therefore, they are also elite units whose combat power is comparable to that of the Glory Guard, or even the chief warrior insect variant that is higher than the Glory Guard, and then advanced. Each one has a relatively independent thinking ability.
The Tyros Zerg are relatively rare beings within the tribe.
The number of leader-level bugs placed in front of Sanguinius and others was at least five hundred, and after pulse scanning, the precise number obtained was "517".
Regarding this.
Even Sanguinius, who unfolded his helmet, had a sad expression on his face.
Because leader-level bugs often represent the highest combat power of large-scale Zerg fleets.
The Glory Guard must not be careless in front of them. They must be on all vigilance and treat them with care. Otherwise, if they are not careful, they may be instantly killed by the leader.
As for the father's protection?
As the older generation of Astartes, the Blood Angels have never thought about this. From the moment they entered the Legion, they did so to share the responsibilities for their fathers, not to make their father's responsibilities heavier.
The existence that can gather so many leader-level bugs and be guarded and protected by them is sitting cross-legged on a tic-tac-toe-shaped stepped platform, which looks like a...
"toad".
Its body is too fat and bloated, and its body is crawling with irregular tentacles and covered with faint ultraviolet exoskeletons of different sizes. The overall appearance is like a giant toad spliced together from different races and creatures.
Aged.
This is the first impression the other party gave to Sanguinius and the Blood Guard.
More importantly, the toad also waved one of its six-fingered limbs, as if it had enlarged a human arm more than ten times, to signal the leader next to him not to continue attacking.
Immediately afterwards, the other party stared at Sanguinius with eyes of different sizes on the top of his head and on both sides, like densely packed blisters. He didn't know what kind of organ he was using, and said:
"Humanity."
But as soon as the toad said a word, it was interrupted by a dark golden psychic arrow that was infinitely close to the speed of light.
boom!!
The arrow "hit" the toad accurately.
In an instant, dark golden light filled this huge space.
Even though the Tyro Zerg have extremely strong suppression of spiritual energy, the burst of this spiritual arrow still has a spiritual impact no less than that of a galaxy.
However, after the flash of light, Toad and all the leader-level bugs did not suffer any losses as expected. For this, Sanguinius, who was holding the hunting bow, had already been mentally prepared for this.
If it could be solved with one arrow, their expeditionary force would not have to suffer the most costly battle for the Astartes since the founding of the Empire.
Sanguinius was just testing the waters with arrows to find out what the opponent's strength was.
And he raised his left hand without any concealment, signaling to the Holy Blood Guards to "act according to the situation." Then he flapped the wings behind his back and flew towards the toad, while saying without any apology:
"I'm really sorry for the rash action just now. Please continue."
"."
Although that toad knows that humans are "despicable" and like to make surprise attacks without saying hello, there is a huge difference between knowing and experiencing it personally.
Fortunately, the toad did not care too much about anything. He just remained silent for a while, and then continued to respond to the quality of his words, once again circulating in the entire space:
"Human, I. We know your origin. You are the tenth son of the Lord of Mankind and the original body of the Blood Angels.
This also makes you qualified enough to negotiate with me...us."
"Negotiate? Trade?" Sanguinius asked in return: "Before that, I need to understand where you and your race come from, and why you wantonly devour everything."
Theoretically, it is absolutely impossible for the human empire to negotiate or trade with the Zerg civilization, and if his father were here, he might directly kill the toad.
But Sanguinius needed more time to analyze and observe the weakness of the toad so that he could kill it with one strike and avoid mistakes. After all, he could not let down the opportunity that the two brothers had fought for.
What's more, they really need all the information about the Tyro Zerg.
"Want to know more about us?" But the toad saw through Sanguinius's thoughts at a glance, but the conversation changed:
"Haha... However, we are not that stingy. We can still satisfy you with this request, just treat it as a frank disclosure before negotiation.
You call us Tyrol after a planet, but in fact, it should be "the Old Ones"."
"The only ancient one..." Sanguinius frowned slightly, always feeling that the other party was most likely related to some long-vanished races in Universe 03 that his father had revealed.
Toad, on the other hand, didn't care what Sanguinius was thinking and continued to talk: "The only ancient is not a self-proclaimed name, it is actually an honorific for a race and civilization created and improved by us.
In terms of years that you humans can understand, it was almost ten billion years ago..."
Next.
The toad told Sanguinius everything about it, or what happened before, during, and after they became the Zerg.
First of all, they are indeed a race that should have disappeared in the history of Universe 03, but due to betrayal, deceit and other encounters, they were almost exterminated.
Coupled with the "only ancient one"...
If Sui Bian were here, it might be much clearer than Sanguinius, because this is the past life of the human empire being pulled to the main universe by peers, and he can learn about the background board-level races in "Warhammer 40k"——
Ancient Sage.
Of course, Sanguinius doesn't know this, and the Zero-Three Universe is also very different from "Warhammer 40k", especially those Zero-Three Emperors who seem to have peeked into the past and future, and even controlled and calculated the entire universe.
.
Toad said that the singularity explosion of Universe 03 was 16 billion years ago, which is very similar to the main universe.
Moreover, in the first six billion years, the universe was rapidly expanding and expanding, the temperature was also steadily decreasing, and all matter began to randomly disperse, gather, and fuse.
Gradually, celestial systems such as galaxies, local galaxy groups, and general galaxy groups began to appear, but the universe at that time was not suitable for life.
After all, at the moment of the Big Bang, the temperature of the universe was infinitely high. In the following hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature of the universe was still around 10,000 degrees. It was not until 4 billion years ago that it began to fall below zero degrees, and then 5.5 billion years later.
The previous minus two hundred degrees, until it stabilized at around -272℃.
At this time, the Milky Way has taken shape, and they were born in the Milky Way and are among the earliest intelligent life forms in the entire universe.
Their parent galaxy is a red dwarf star, and it is an extremely unstable red dwarf star. If calculated according to various human mathematical models, it is impossible for life to be born given the environment in which they live.
But the ancestors of the ancient saints managed to survive, and they and all the creatures on their home planet had super strong physical bodies...
From the moment he was born, he had a physical quality that far exceeded that of an Astartes, and a lifespan that was close to endless.
What's more important is that the Ancient Sages don't like internal fighting. They are very interested in the improvement of their ideological realm and the origin of the universe.
Yes.
In the 10 billion years since the explosion of the singularity, they were the first to understand that everything has a soul, and that after creatures like them die in the physical universe, their souls will go to the so-called sea of souls.
At the same time, their development of spiritual energy is much faster than that of physical science. When they leave their home star and home system, they have already mastered how to enter the sea of souls at will.
Moreover, they also began to build the "Netway" in the gap between the Sea of Souls and the physical universe to facilitate interstellar navigation, like a human highway.
As they shuttled between the Milky Way and the universe, they discovered that many planets had the opportunity to breed life, but due to a flare explosion from the star, or some unexpected asteroid or meteorite visit, they finally lost the opportunity to continue to flourish.
Later, I came up with the idea of similar to the manager's civilization.
Manage, create and improve the starting point of all things between the galaxy and the universe.
The Ancient Sages may not have developed to the extreme in physical technology, but it was already at the ceiling level at that time. More importantly, the Sea of Souls was very peaceful under their management, and it was not an exaggeration to call it a back garden.
And all the planets in the galaxy that have a chance of birthing life, or that have already given birth to life, have been visited by them.
This also includes Terra.
But the solar system at that time was just born less than 100 million years ago, and all the planets were in a state of chaos, so it was ignored by the Ancient Sage.
(Note: Universe Zero-3 is not consistent with 40k, otherwise the alien Emperor Zero-3 would not have appeared. In this book, humans are not created by the ancient saints)
Until, they encountered a race that was only a billion years younger than them...
A person who also lives in an extreme environment and has an endless desire for health, longevity, and immortality. In terms of physics, he has a fairly advanced technology, but is very short-lived——