The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Seemingly one with the Banshee Titan, Sosiant moved his limbs slightly, watching as countless Tyranid creatures slid off his legs with a rumble, crashing to the ground.

Then, he took a deep breath and unleashed his power.

A shattered crown appeared above the Titan's head, followed by a torrent of psychic energy raining down, transforming into rings of steel that instantly tore apart the Hag虫 coiled around the Titan's left shoulder, while lightning created an apocalyptic scene of destruction across the land and sky, instantly annihilating hundreds of thousands of surrounding Tyranid creatures.

As the energy surged, phoenix-like flames coursed along the Titan's incredibly complex body, infusing it with new life, and the parts previously damaged by the Hag-worm healed themselves at an unbelievable rate.

In an instant, it took a thunderous step, crushing the corpses of countless Tyranid creatures, and unleashed a primal roar with a piercing battle horn.

And responding to it, or rather to Sosiant, was the Hive Mind's malicious and hungry gaze.

But Sosiant was not afraid, although he knew that gray marrow and blackstone possessed psychic superconductivity, he rarely used it, or rather, he was not used to it, but now, with the help of the Banshee, he felt the uniqueness of psychic power for the first time.

At this moment, the Hive Mind's synapse network was almost tangible to him, and he felt it tremble with every node creature he killed.

In addition to a Disruption Cannon, the Banshee also had a unique twin-linked Volcano Cannon. As for why it wasn't the Plasma Annihilator Cannon commonly used by Warmaster-class Titans, Zhao-Akada explained that when they found the Warmaster-class wreckage, the weapon had been completely destroyed. This advanced and powerful plasma weapon was not a strength of this forge world, so they couldn't replicate it and had to install two bellicose Volcano Cannons as a replacement.

Looking at the towering Tyranid spore towers in the distance, Sosiant raised the twin-linked Volcano Cannon and fired. With overlapping thunder, the entire Titan recoiled half a step the moment the two blazing white laser beams were fired.

Even the night turned white for half a second at the instant of this shot, followed by intense flashes and powerful impacts. The spore towers were instantly shattered, and cracks like feathers were torn in the ground. Fragments and dust splashed everywhere, and swarms of Tyranids were crushed into meat paste and smeared on the ground.

These tremors, combined with the vibrations generated by the Titan's footsteps, created complex sounds of the earth, making Sosiant feel both pleasant and excited.

To look down as a god, to walk as a god, to destroy as a god.

No wonder the legend says that once a Titan pilot sits on the Throne Mechanicum for a day, they can never escape it for the rest of their lives.

This feeling is difficult for mortals in their tiny bodies to imagine and understand.

However, just as Sosiant was having fun, a discordant voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"RX-0, abnormal signals detected in the machine! Please report immediately! Please report immediately!"

Sosiant immediately realized that this was Zhao-Akada's weapons testing team. He had to say that these people were too slow to react. The Titan had gone berserk before they knew something was wrong. If he hadn't been there, who knows how much trouble it would have caused.

So he replied impatiently.

"Stop yelling! The pilot and monitor are dead!"

"Ah, this... You are"

"I am Sosiant Alexey! Let your sage speak to me!"

"Ah!? Please... wait... wait!"

In an instant, a dry but slightly frightened voice sounded.

"Is... is this Warband Leader Sosiant?"

"Or what? Do you think I am Magnus? If I am, then you are in big trouble now!"

"Uh? Magnus is?"

"Stop talking nonsense, don't you know that the Banshee's pilot had a psychic breakdown just now?"

"Our equipment suddenly failed not long ago. At that time, we thought it was affected by the Tyranids, so we immediately carried out emergency repairs... After repairing it, we immediately carried out testing and scanning, and found that the Banshee had multiple abnormal, even dangerous, readings, so..."

"You should be glad that I had the whim to come and take a look, otherwise, do you know what would have happened?"

"Yes, yes, we will immediately recover the Banshee for a comprehensive inspection. Now the pilot is"

"Dead! Didn't that person just tell you!?"

"Uh, but our system shows that the Banshee is in a piloted state, so now it is"

"Don't ask so many questions, just send a ship to pick it up!"

"Yes, we will immediately call for a transport ship."

Soon, the Titan transport ship swooped down from high altitude and launched a round of smoke screens to cover the area around the Titan. As the hatch opened, the huge Banshee walked into the ship's hold.

After the Titan transport ship took off, the evacuation on the ground also came to the final sprint stage. As the defense circle continued to shrink, many cities were submerged. Those who could be evacuated had already been evacuated, and those who could not be evacuated, or were not allowed to be evacuated, only received mercy. Poison gas mixed with flammable agents was poured into the ground, and after being ignited, the entire area would become a complete hell, giving the Tyranid swarm a final surprise.

Accompanied by one huge "torch" after another being lit on the planet, the history of this world belonging to mankind will soon come to an end. Even if the invading swarm is eliminated in the future, it has already lost all value and can only be reduced to a barren and desolate star.

This is also the most unacceptable aspect of the Tyranid invasion to the Empire. Regardless of the final victory or defeat, the invaded world is basically lost forever.

As the person in charge of the "extermination" operation, Bakhram tried his best to rescue as many people as possible, including those who ran out of the underground in an attempt to survive.

But the whole process was not easy. Personnel needed to undergo genetic testing and simple identity verification. This was a complex task, and Bakhram can be said to have done his best to exert all his organizational abilities.

With the power granted by Sosiant, Bakhram coordinated and deployed the forces of the auxiliary army, militia, Mechanicum, and Faith Wardens, and formulated a unified process, with each step precise to the sub-species. Moreover, he knew that the more people evacuated, the easier it was for them to become chaotic, so he transferred a large number of priests and preachers from the Ecclesiarchy to act as maintainers of order and appease people. At the same time, he very boldly distributed some of the materials on the planet that could not be taken away directly, requiring everyone to obey the order by rewarding them—as long as they passed the second checkpoint, they could be allocated water, food, and some other things.

This was extremely rare in the Empire. For the people, almost everything conveyed from the upper levels was "there will be punishment for doing something." Rewards and returns were just a perfunctory "loyalty is the reward," but to put it bluntly, it was just free labor. Now that the superiors were actually being serious, many people were very surprised.

Bakhram's original intention was good, but not everyone could understand it. Seth even specifically found Sosiant, who had just left the Banshee Titan, about this matter.