Chapter 351: "Insect Plague" "Childhood" Holy Blood

Chapter 351 "One Four" "Insect Plague" "Childhood" Holy Blood

The joint reconnaissance force responsible for exploring the "One Four" universe, that is, the advance team 2 led by Simon "Ghost" Riley, immediately launched an orbital drone to the earth-like planet where the space gate is located while protecting the construction of the front-line base by the Engineering Department.

After a comprehensive scan and filming, Ghost and others can determine that the earth-like planet where the space gate is located is an extremely dry and resource-poor "desolate" planet.

The diameter of the planet is about 8,000 kilometers, with very few lakes and only an ocean with an area of ​​about 3 million square kilometers.

The green vegetation on the surface is also pitifully small.

But the composition of the atmosphere is similar to that of the earth.

Even without pressure suits and filtration devices, humans can breathe normally on the surface of the planet without obstruction.

The orbital drone also captured traces of human activities.

So two of the drones came to the west of the front-line base, about 100 kilometers away from the oasis, and found a small human town.

Through orbital photography, we can know that the population of this human town is about 200,000 to 300,000.

The town has complete facilities.

For example, there are central squares, commercial streets, relatively spacious and comfortable residential areas, and buildings such as the star port located on the north side of the central square.

In addition, there are pastures and farms on the edge of the town, which enables it to achieve a certain degree of self-sufficiency.

In addition, towering steel walls and high-voltage power grids have been built around this human town.

It seems to be guarding against something.

Although the earth-like planet where the space gate is located is too barren, there are still many pioneers who venture here to start a new life.

But after the drone was in low-Earth orbit for several hours, it was found that the town was instantly in a panic.

Explosions and fires began to spread in the center of the town.

As soon as the drone operator at the front-line base noticed this situation, he immediately focused the lens on the core area where the chaos broke out.

Then, the drone filmed the collapse of the town's buildings and streets.

A large number of "spiders" with a body size several times larger than that of ordinary people, with the help of the pits in the collapsed area, emerged from the ground like a tide of insects, and began to slaughter the unprepared local residents.

However, as the number of insects increased, the casualties of local residents began to increase exponentially.

Even if there were local sheriffs who drove to the area with the most serious insect plague, it was still useless.

In front of those huge insects, it was very difficult for a small-caliber pistol to even penetrate their exoskeletons, let alone kill them.

However, what surprised the drone operators and the front-line base was that the town was suddenly attacked, and there was no decent army to encircle and suppress it.

Only militiamen with messy weapons and equipment, and local residents holding civilian weapons, cooperated with less than a thousand sheriffs to fight against the seemingly endless insect dynasty.

Moreover, even if the local residents wanted to run, they could not escape.

Because many collapsed areas include star ports where civilian ships, cargo ships, and two large colonial ships are docked.

Those insects that look like "spider" may have destroyed the starport by accident.

Or they may have done it on purpose, deliberately destroying the starport and binding the local residents to the surface, making it impossible for them to escape with the help of spacecraft.

But whether it was intentional or unintentional, Ghost, who was responsible for the early reconnaissance and integration of the "14" universe, would naturally not stand idly by.

So, Ghost ordered his subordinates to upload the collected information to the Intelligence Department through wired communication, and then led the armed forces that could be mobilized to board the Pelican, Silver Gull and Luna transport boats and headed straight to the human town a hundred kilometers away.

Ghost also mobilized a Swift Shadow and two Vulture aerial gunboats to serve as their main firepower output.

The 1st Company of the Blood Angels deployed at the "14" front-line base also dispatched four tactical teams to board the Thunder transport aircraft dedicated to Astartes to assist the advance team led by Ghost.

It didn't take long.

The transport formation of the human empire arrived above the town attacked by the "unknown" Zerg.

Dozens of advance teams, nearly a thousand elite guards, and four Astartes tactical teams, regardless of the surprised eyes of local residents, quickly left their respective transport planes and quickly joined the battle.

However, the initial contact between the joint reconnaissance force and the "unknown" Zerg did not show a trend of comprehensive crushing.

Because the veterans who were converted from elite security to elite guards used hard light technology.

And the exoskeletons of those insects seemed to have a strong resistance to beam attacks.

After realizing this, Ghost immediately ordered the guard machine gunners who were still using Gauss weapons to suppress the Zerg tide.

At the same time, Ghost also issued an order to the front-line base, asking the logistics personnel to sort out the spare Gauss firearms in the shortest time, and then let the transport formation deliver them to the human town where they were.

As for the four Blood Angel teams,

they never encountered any obstacles from beginning to end.

The Astartes' special .75 caliber bolter rifle and 1.0 cal heavy bolter are devastating to any carbon-based creature.

And the Blood Angels' terrifying physique and the Titanium V Power Armor they wear make them look like "human tanks" in the streets of the town.

The advance team and the elite guards, in cooperation with the four Blood Angels squads, steadily advanced towards the collapsed area where the insect tide surged out.

With the air fire support of the Swift Shadow and the Vulture, they cleared the tens of thousands of stink bugs that ravaged the town in just over ten minutes.

Of course, dozens of elite guards were injured by stink bugs that broke through the front line because they were ambushed and could only use AMWS submachine guns for the time being.

The stink bug's exoskeleton not only has extremely strong defense, but also has a considerable degree of armor-piercing effect.

Even if the elite guards are equipped with MacP power armor, they can still be scratched by the stink bug's claws or pierced by the stink bug's feet.

Fortunately, the dozens of elite guards were not fatally injured. After being sent back to the front-line base for treatment, they will be able to recover their combat capabilities in a short time.

After clearing the bedbugs that were ravaging the town, the four Blood Angel teams went deep into the collapsed insect hole.

Then, the group of "giants" detonated the metal hydrogen bombs they carried with them at a fixed time, blocking and burying the insect hole.

Moreover, because of this sudden "insect disaster", the power of the human empire was exposed to the "14" humans in advance.

However, when Ghost rushed to help, he also issued another order, asking the front-line base to control the orbital drone and release electronic pulses over the town, temporarily cutting off the local humans' contact with the outside world.

In this way, Ghost can spare time to ask the local humans about the detailed information of the "14" universe and make special preparations.

It was just that when the Intelligence Department sorted out the data files and uploaded them to Sui Yang.

He recognized the so-called "unknown" Zerg at a glance, which was the most classic Zerg type before he crossed over -

Arachi Zerg.

The original source of the Arach Zerg comes from the science fiction novel "Starship Troopers" written by Robert Heinlein in the 1960s.

Moreover, "Starship Troopers" is also a pioneer of concepts such as powered exoskeleton, powered armor and orbital airdrop.

Before Sui Yang traveled through time, the first derivative work of "Starship Troopers" he came into contact with was the classic movie adapted from the novel, "Starship Troopers".

When he was a child, Sui Yang still watched the movie that belonged to his childhood memories through the late-night show of the Sixth Princess.

The big scene of human troops landing on the Zerg mother planet, more than a hundred human soldiers relying on simple outposts to fight against the seemingly endless siege of the sea of ​​​​insects, and

the mixed bathing of men and women when the male protagonist was still a recruit.

After all, the Sixth Princess at that time did not have an overly strict review system like in 2023 before he traveled through time.

So most of Sui Yang's childhood enlightenment was obtained through the Sixth Princess.

In addition to the Hollywood-produced "Star Trek" movie trilogy and two animes with the same world view, Sui Yang has also watched most of the 1990s anime adapted from the originals, as well as American comic series that have been modified from the originals and movies.

The pictures, texts, and video materials presented on the hard light screen indicate that the "14" universe is most likely the Hollywood-produced "Star Trek".

Because the architectural style of the local town, especially the walls and electric grids set up on the edge of the town, is exactly the same as the whiskey outpost in "Star Trek 1".

As for the time node, it may be in the stage of the movie trilogy, or it may be in the stage of two animes.

But no matter which node it is at, with the current human empire, it can completely crush the "Star Trek" universe.

And there is no need to "develop" steadily for two years like the integration of the "Halo" universe, and also to engage in various small actions of infiltration behind enemy lines.

If the "Star Trek" universe is really fully integrated, the legion and the legion fleet can be directly sent over.

Thinking of this.

Sui Yang's expression is a little solemn.

It's not that he's worried about the various problems of integrating the "Starship Fleet" universe, but he's struggling over which legion to send to be responsible for integration.

The 1st Company of the Blood Angels alone is more than enough to guard the Earth-like planet where the space gate is located, but it has some disadvantages in terms of offense.

So it must be a legion with a complete system and enough Astartes

In other words, it is to choose from the Ultramarines,

Blood Angels,

Dark Angels,

Luna Wolves,

Imperial Fists, and

Flame Lizards.

On the other hand, the Thousand Sons, which was also established the earliest, can only be temporarily removed from the candidate list due to its small number of members.

However, the Thousand Sons and Magnus are not as utilitarian as other legions.

They are more like veritable "nerds" who like to study academics and relatively new large-scale assault weapons.

The Thousand Sons and Magnus have fully updated the control system of the Titan mecha based on the actual combat data of the Titan mecha against Godzilla.

The Pacific Rim universe that Magnus is in charge of is already good at heavy industry.

So after further improving the small Titan mecha and achieving mass production, the Thousand Sons began to "sell internally" to other legions.

The Ultramarines, who are more wealthy, "purchased" a large number of various types of Titan mecha from the Thousand Sons.

He hesitated for a moment.

Sui Yang finally opened Sanguinius's private mailbox, and then edited a message to his "eldest son".

The general meaning was to let Sanguinius mobilize the Blood Angels and prepare for the expedition.

The "04" universe that Sanguinius was responsible for was the relatively barren "Netherworld".

After a long period of recovery and development, the "Netherworld" earth, which had once experienced a full-scale nuclear war and was ravaged by living condensed bodies, has regained its vitality.

The annual population increase is maintained at around 10 million.

But compared with other universes, not to mention the universe like "Halo", the "Pacific Rim" universe, which has also suffered a catastrophe and global climate change, is much stronger than "Netherworld".

Sui Yang before was unable to open multiple space gates at the same time.

Now that the empire has been established, it is time for Sanguinius, who has been silent for a long time, and the Blood Angels to "show their edge".

Guilliman, one of the eldest sons, and Horus, who was very popular with the Primarch, took the initiative to ask for the legion to continue to rest.

I think so.

Guilliman's Ultramarines were "rich and powerful".

Although the universe directly under Guilliman's jurisdiction was only "Edge of Tomorrow" numbered "01", the total population of Edge of Tomorrow now exceeded 18 billion.

You should know that the total population of the human empire today, including elites, elves and all sub-human races, is about 400 billion.

And the elites account for half of it.

And when the first space gate was just opened, the total population of Edge of Tomorrow was only 6 billion.

After all, mimicry ravaged the European continent, and the number of middle-aged people was greatly reduced due to the long-term war.

But as the "brain" of mimicry, Omega, was [plundered] by Sui Yang, the war naturally ended.

After Guilliman became the branch director of Atlas, he quickly integrated the Earth of Edge of Tomorrow through a series of means.

Then, after another ten years of rapid development, and the promulgation of many preferential policies, the human beings in the "zero-one" universe were encouraged to colonize Mars, the moon, Titan and other terrestrial planets and satellites within the sun.

In addition, Atlas's technology was also advancing by leaps and bounds, so that Guilliman's most abundant thing was population and various resources.

This is why the scale and weapons and equipment of the Ultramarines are far ahead of all legions.

As for Horus.

Sui Yang believed that his son with the attribute of "social butterfly" was purely expected that there would always be one or two universes in the four newly opened universes that needed the legion to be dispatched to complete the complete integration.

So Horus simply gave this opportunity to earn military merits and obtain more population and resources to other brothers.

On the other hand, Leon, the third oldest, Sui Yang temporarily ignored the son with many small thoughts.

Although Leon made fewer moves, Leon made various operations to give the Dark Angels an excellent "opening".

Therefore, Sui Yang entrusted the task of integrating the Starship Fleet universe to Sanguinius and the Blood Angels.

Finally, there are the Alien and Red Alert 2 universes.