The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3069 Living Satellite

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In the occasionally flickering image, a bizarre creation hung in the dark void.

From the front, it looked like a dead, rounded asteroid, with clearly visible impact craters. But as the camera rotated, the true horror was revealed.

The back of the celestial body was densely covered with tendrils of varying sizes, drifting slowly in the void. As the camera moved, the image gradually blurred, with a large amount of static appearing on the screen, as if suffering from severe interference.

"It might look a bit scary, but this is footage taken by our reconnaissance drone ten minutes ago."

Despite the interference, the camera struggled to get closer to capture more details. Among the weed-like tendrils, more irregular limbs could be seen – claw-like branches, huge pincers, eel-like maws, and other indescribable things, as if the laws of biology and nature had been completely broken, thrown into a furnace, and cast out at random.

Finally, the camera captured bright yellow objects before the screen went completely black.

".The interference throughout the system is severe, involving not only warp interference but also physical interference – electrical signals, light signals, even gravity are distorted. Our current methods cannot directly enter. We can only cut in from outside the system at general cosmic velocity, but clearly, this interference is coming from these things. We have detected at least six of these things around and inside the system. If we rashly闯入... the risk factor is very high, extremely high."

Sorskyan frowned, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"Is the signal interference coming from these things?"

"Not sure, but it's possible. We haven't dealt with the Tyranids much, but we've never seen anything like this."

"Is this also a Tyranid bio-ship... but it seems to be combined with an asteroid. This scale and volume..."

Sorskyan looked up at the screen showing the replay of the planetary-level Tyranid creature. He originally thought the Hive Ships were the largest Tyranids, but he didn't expect there were even more terrifying things. With the volume of this thing, if it appeared on the battlefield, it wouldn't need to do anything; it could just crash into a planet. Humanity currently has almost no means to stop it.

"But they haven't appeared in the Tyranid fleets. Is it because they can't move quickly?"

Thinking of this, Sorskyan's eyes lit up.

"That's right, this thing is likely a fixed sentry. They can't move with the Hive Fleet and can only serve as guards for a certain area."

Bairno nodded.

"I agree with that view, but this is a real problem for us, because we don't know what they are or what abilities they have. But since the Tyranids chose to use them to surround this system, it means they won't be easy to deal with."

"Can we destroy it from long range?"

"Unrealistic. Look at its structure. I suspect most of its body is hidden inside the asteroid. What's exposed outside is likely weapons or sensory organs. With the fleet's current firepower, bombing a giant Tyranid creature hiding inside the thick crust of an asteroid will be very difficult, and we're not sure if it will retaliate."

Sorskyan fell into thought, paced back and forth twice, and then came to the tactical screen on his left.

"Have any Tyranid fleets been detected?"

"Not yet."

Actually, from Bairno's words, Sorskyan could guess what he was thinking. Although they were hired, and he said Sorskyan could command them, the Hearthkyn didn't really want to risk their lives. After all, they had to live to spend the money they earned. That's how mercenaries are. The fearless attitude of the Deepkin Beserkers was rare.

He didn't say it directly, but his attitude was clear: he didn't want to take too many risks.

Sorskyan didn't want to complain about this. After all, his initial idea of hiring the Hearthkyn was just to use their navigation technology that was not easily interfered with. In short, it was just to get a ride.

"Well then, Captain Bairno, command the fleet to dash towards Sandheim V at the fastest speed. No need to engage in combat during the journey. Once we reach the planet's high orbit, we will directly drop. Then the fleet can quickly go to a safe area at the edge of the system and wait. After about 72 hours, you can lead the fleet back to orbit and pick us up."

This plan was definitely extremely risky for Sorskyan. It meant that they had to fight alone on a Tyranid-infested world without any support, carrying out an almost suicidal mission. But it was the best way to reduce the risk to the Hearthkyn fleet, and it also meant entrusting everyone's lives to the conscience of the Hearthkyn. If the Hearthkyn ran away...

After hearing this, Bairno was secretly pleased, but also a little embarrassed. After all, they were hired to fight. After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"Isn't this... too dangerous?"

Sorskyan smiled and shook his head.

"Danger is synonymous with breathing in the Astartes dictionary. You don't need to worry too much about us."

"In that case, the armory of the Longbeard-class has a batch of orbital support satellites. We will deploy them all at the same time as you drop. They can provide a certain degree of orbital firepower. We will also deploy a fully automated communication command vehicle for you, which can create a stable communication channel for you and command and dispatch the satellites in orbit."

"That's great. Let's start now. We're going to the flight deck to prepare."

"Okay! Wait for my signal."

Soon, the entire fleet began to accelerate. Relying on its powerful engines, the Hearthkyn ships quickly reached their maximum speed and plunged into the fallen system like a fired bullet.

At the same time, those lifeless "Tyranid jellyfish" finally reacted. The previously drifting tendrils began to twitch constantly. Soon they began to break off and detach, turning into wriggling flesh sacs, which quickly ruptured, revealing creatures with sharp teeth, claws, and huge maws.

Seeing this scene, Bairno in the bridge immediately understood what was happening and hissed:

"So those aren't tendrils! They are... dormant Tyranid bio-ships!"

In an instant, the entire system was like an enraged swarm of bees. The previously empty space was instantly filled with a large number of bio-ships. Although these bio-ships were not large, they all had one characteristic: many pores on their rear bodies, constantly spewing out high-temperature sulfur gas, making them much faster than normal bio-ships.

After releasing a large number of bio-ships, those huge Tyranid satellite bodies also began to move slowly, spraying out a large number of void spore clusters. The impact craters on the asteroid's outer shell turned into dark caves, and then various huge biological weapons emerged from them, releasing bio-plasma and bio-torpedoes. At the same time, they created even stronger disturbance signals. From the warp, the entire system looked like a bottomless "black hole", filled with only boiling malice and hunger, which even demons avoided.