From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 621: The "Iron Fist" Covered with Insect Blood Penetrates the Door
However, although the end of the world was clearly approaching, this "dying" capital city strangely "came back to life" at this moment.

The soldiers of the Terran Empire, those defeated soldiers who were considering surrendering or mutiny just a second ago, now burst out with amazing fighting power.

Automatic turrets turned their guns and poured large-caliber shells into the approaching swarm of insects. Heavy infantry formed an iron line of defense and used Gauss rifles to weave a dense firepower network. Even the most cowardly logistics soldiers picked up welding torches and burned the approaching worker bees into charcoal.

The engineers driving the SCV (Space Construction Vehicle) also acted as the backbone, and the effect was very good. Almost no Zerg could resist the SCV in close range attacks.

"Guard the gap! Don't let those beasts break through area D7!"

A captain with a bloody face roared, and the Gauss rifle in his hand continued to pour out nail bullets.

His men constructed makeshift shelters out of burning vehicles, setting the swarm of insects trying to swarm through the streets ablaze.

The screams of civilians echoed throughout the city.

The mother stumbled towards the underground shelter holding her child, the old man was pushed and fell in the fleeing crowd, and a few brave rebels took the opportunity to blow up more arsenals and distribute all kinds of weapons to anyone who dared to fight.

"Damn it, let's fight the bugs!" A rebel soldier's eyes were red as he burned two Zergs into charcoal with a flamethrower and shouted to the crowd:

"At least it's better than dying at Mengsk's hands!"

Meanwhile, on the low-Earth orbit side of Ma Sara;
Inside the bridge of the Emperor-class battleship "Indomitable Flame", Gao Zan, captain of the 3rd Company of the Flame Lizards, stood with his hands behind his back.

Through the observation window, one can clearly see the whole picture of this space stranglehold war——

The Zerg's biological fleet floated in the void like a mass of rotten viscera with a hard shell, and the spore sacs spewed out by the Leviathan behemoth attacked the surface of Mar Sara and their Flame Lizard ships like a rainstorm.

The Flame Lizards' fleet responded with a perfect formation. Every volley of the Light Spear array was able to evaporate several Hive Frigates into space dust.

"The main gun has been charged and the Zerg battleship is within firing range." The fire control officer reported calmly.

"All ships, fire."

Gao Zan's command was brief and powerful.

In an instant, the electromagnetic macro-cannon array of the Indomitable Holy Flame spewed out a torrent of destruction.

It seemed as if countless dazzling beams of light pierced through the darkness, blasting a huge hole in a Leviathan that was releasing spore sacs. A large amount of acid and organic tissue spurted out from the wound of the insect ship, condensing into disgusting crystals in the vacuum.

"Report, the right wing fleet defeated the Zerg escort formation."

"More Zerg warp signals detected, expected to engage the enemy in two minutes."

Reports from the bridge came one after another, but the suffocating order was always maintained.

soon.

"Emergency communication from the Intelligence Department." A communications officer suddenly looked up. "The Zerg may have attacked Mar Sara this time in search of a certain artifact."

Gao Zan's brows frowned slightly.

Then, he turned to look at the flashing red dot on the holographic projection and said, "Let the Investigation Department handle it. The Flame Lizard will only be responsible for the front battlefield."

At this moment, a dazzling green light suddenly burst out from the observation window.

A large number of Zerg frigates launched a suicide charge and collided with a Flame Lizard frigate.

Fortunately, the frigate's energy shield was raised in time, and its own agility and speed prevented it from being sunk by the opponent's suicidal charge. However, the violent explosion still caused the frigate's shield to be temporarily ineffective.

Seeing this, Gao Zan ordered sternly: "All ships are free to fire, and no insect ships are allowed to break through the defense line. After the situation is stabilized, we will deploy ground troops to the surface!"

"Yes!"

While the Flame Lizard Fleet in low-Earth orbit was engaged in a fierce battle with the Zerg biological fleet, the city of Ma Sara had turned into a living hell.

The defense line in the eastern part of the city collapsed first.

Tens of thousands of Zerg flooded the barricades like a black tide, tearing the defenders into pieces, while swarms of Hydralisks sprayed bone needles in the distance, nailing the officers who tried to organize a counterattack to the wall.

"Retreat! Everyone retreat to the second line of defense!"

Boom——Puff——!
A major had just finished shouting an order when he was trampled into a pulp by a thunder beast that suddenly broke out of the ground.

And above the city, more spore sacs are breaking through the Flame Lizards' interception network.

They smashed into the ground like meteorites, spawning a new swarm at each landing point.

On the Gobi Desert, the raised earth mounds finally broke open, and dozens of thunder beasts emerged from the sand sea at the same time. Their mountain-like bodies even blocked the moonlight.

As these behemoths began to march towards the city, even the ground shook.

Inside the command center, the few remaining high-ranking military officers looked at the holographic sand table that had turned completely red. These people knew that this would be Ma Sara's last night.

But to everyone's surprise -

When the first thunder beast was about to crush the city wall, two dark blue beams of light fell from the sky and accurately pierced its head and body.

The thick shell that was strong enough to withstand the bombardment of the tank's main gun was as fragile as paper in the face of this devastating blow. The giant beast's movements froze in an instant, and yellow-green body fluids gushed out from the penetrating wound.

Whoosh-whoosh-!
Then, more identical beams of light fell one after another.

Every time a blue light flashed, a thunder beast fell to the ground with a bang.

Those huge monsters that had made the defenders despair a few minutes ago now fell down one after another like harvested wheat.

The Terran soldiers on the city wall and nearby were staring at this scene in a daze. Some of them even subconsciously opened their helmet visors and rubbed their eyes.

As more orbital beams made precise strikes, the defenders on the city walls and nearby could even hear the dull crackling sounds coming from inside the shell.

"Is it an orbital strike?" muttered a soldier with a dusty helmet, and the rifle in his hand dropped unconsciously.

"Why would those giants help us?" his companion asked in confusion, his eyes fixed on the energy trails in the sky that had not yet dissipated.

At this time, some people noticed that a thunder beast was pierced from the mouth to the anus by a beam of light when it broke out of the desert three kilometers away.

This humiliating killing angle was obviously the result of the bad taste of a Flame Lizard gunner.

But the soldiers had no time to think about why the Flame Lizard would give them help.

The changes in the sky continue.

In addition to the spore sacs dragging green mucus, hundreds of red "meteors" appeared at this moment, and those burning metal bodies penetrated the clouds at a faster speed.

Hundreds of "meteors," or airdrop capsules, cut into the atmosphere at an oblique angle, and the friction between the capsule shell and the air produced plasma flame tails, drawing scarlet light trails in the night sky.

"Watch your head!"

The Terran Empire sergeant on the street had just shouted a warning when he was knocked to the ground by the blast caused by the Zerg.

boom! boom!
The first batch of airdrop pods crashed on the outskirts of the city, and the landing point was located in the area where the Zerg was most densely populated. The shock wave blew away all the alien Zerg within a radius of 100 meters.

The orbital bombardment continued, and those blue beams always bloomed in the most violent parts of the insect tide, opening up corridors of flesh and blood for the ground troops. Bang~Bang——!
The doors of dozens of airdrop warehouses exploded at the same time.

More than three hundred Flame Lizards wearing dark green armor poured out like a tide. Their power armor also glowed with a cold metallic luster under the night light.

Bang—bang—!
The unique roar of the bolter instantly resounded throughout the battlefield, and the .75cal and 1.0cal caliber bolter bullets drew deadly and dazzling trajectories in the air.

The swarm of jumping insects at the front bore the brunt of the attack.

Puff--puff! !
But these agile alien insects are just like "toys" in front of the explosive bullets. Each bullet can string two or three springtails together into a bloody candied haws and detonate inside the body of the last one, causing the yellow-green body fluids to burst in the air and form a fishy mist.

The larger Hydralisks could barely withstand a few hits, but their proud bone needles could not penetrate the energy shield of the Titanium Armor in a short period of time.

"Purify the aliens!"

I don't know who is yelling in the communication channel.

Six Flame Lizards holding plasma cannons in both hands formed a firepower network. Every charged shot could plow a charred furrow in the swarm.

Once touched or passed by high-temperature plasma, the Zerg's shell will be carbonized instantly and its internal organs will boil and explode inside the body.

Several cunning Zerg vanguards attempted a sneak attack from the side.

As soon as their sharp sickle claws were raised, they were chopped in half by the chainswords of the warriors who suddenly turned around.

Buzz~——sizzle——sizzle——!!

A warrior even had enough time to adjust the angle of attack amid the harsh sound of saw teeth biting against shells, allowing the splashing acid to fall on the head of another Zerg that was approaching.

Similar scenes were playing out all over the battlefield.

The power hammer smashed the acid sacs of the alien insects, and the exploding corrosive fluid became a weapon against other insects.

The power swords accurately pierced the nerve nodes of the hydralisks, killing these long-range threats in the charging stage. What's more, when faced with small alien insects that pounced at their feet, the warriors simply raised their feet and stepped on them. The metal soles of their magnetic boots directly crushed the insect bodies into a pool of disgusting "organic paste".

Although these alien insects are much more difficult to deal with than the common Arach Zerg, with thicker shells and faster speeds, they are temporarily unable to cause any trouble in front of the more than 300 Flame Lizards responsible for guarding the Imperial Palace and the main universe earth.

The warriors advanced steadily in small groups. The roar of bolters and the roar of chainswords intertwined into a melody of death. Wherever they passed, they left behind only insect corpses and boiling acidic blood.

With this sudden support, the morale of the defenders, which were on the verge of collapse, was boosted.

The soldiers re-set up their weapons, civilians began to organize the evacuation of the wounded, and even the rebels who had been against the Terran Empire temporarily put aside their hatred and joined the fight against the Zerg.

On the other side of the city, however, the situation was quite different.

In a more than ten-story apartment building, dozens of survivors are facing a catastrophe.

The streets outside the building have been completely occupied by the swarm, with Zerglings shuttling between abandoned vehicles and Hydralisks using their tail stingers to nail anyone who tries to break through to the wall.

The rebels inside the building blocked the staircase with furniture and debris, but those obstacles were being disintegrated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hold on! You must hold on!"

A rebel with a wounded arm shouted at the top of his lungs, the last bullet in his shotgun already empty.

The crash downstairs was getting closer and closer, and the sound of wooden furniture breaking could be clearly heard.

The women huddled in the corners, hugging their children tightly, while the men grasped any weapons they could find - kitchen knives, iron rods, and even dismantled table legs.

Everyone's face was filled with despair, yet with a last bit of stubbornness.

At the moment when the first sickle-like insect claw penetrated the obstacle—

boom! ! !
The whole building shook violently and dust fell from the ceiling.

At the north intersection, a huge metal warehouse is deeply embedded in the ground. The dragon emblem and lizard pattern on the warehouse door are clearly visible under the light of the street lamps.

Bang~——!
With the sound of the warehouse door popping open, the swarm of alien insects attacking the apartment building seemed to shift their attention to the intersection on the north side of the apartment building.

Six huge dark green figures stepped out of the airdrop chamber, their scarlet goggles (helmet eye monitors) streaking twelve dangerous rays of light in the smoke and dust. The emblems of the Flame Lizard on their shoulder armor were particularly "dazzling", and the cooling vents of their power backpacks spewed out scorching white mist.

Roar--!
The roar of the swarm echoed through the streets.

These greedy creatures immediately smelled better prey -

The biomass contained in the bodies of Astartes warriors is enough to allow their entire swarm to evolve again.

Immediately, tens of thousands of alien insects gathered in this block changed direction, and the sound of their shells rubbing against each other came like a tide.

The Zerglings led the charge, with the Hydralisks gathering strength in the rear, and several lurking guys poked their slime-covered heads out of the sewers.

Damn! Damn! !
The roar of the bolter instantly tore through the vanguard of the Zerg swarm.
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The 75-caliber explosive warheads created a storm of blood and flesh in the dense swarm of insects, and each shot could penetrate two to four springtails.

The heavy soldier holding the plasma cannon in both hands stood firmly in a lunge, and the overloaded muzzle spurted out blue-white flames, vaporizing the entire team of Hydralisks into charcoal.

But there were too many insects.

They continued to charge, stepping on the corpses of their companions. Acid and bone needles splashed corrosive waves around the Flame Lizards, and the energy shield of the Titanium Armor began to be on the verge of overload.

When the last magazine was emptied and the plasma cannon's energy indicator turned a dangerous red, the hissing of the Zerg suddenly became louder.

They sense the "weakness" of their prey, and the wave of attack becomes even more violent.

however--

Buzz~Buzz~——Boom!
However, what greeted them was the screaming of six chainswords activated simultaneously.

"For the Emperor!"

"For humanity!"

With a metallic war cry, six flame lizards took the initiative to face the insect tide.

The sound of the chainsword tearing through the shell is tooth-grinding, and every swing of the armor-covered "iron fist" can shake the alien insect's internal organs into paste.

A soldier was knocked down by three jumping insects, but he pierced their ganglia with a shock dagger the moment he fell to the ground.

Another Flame Lizard rushed into the swarm alone, swinging its chainsaw sword vigorously, which turned into an afterimage, causing insect limbs to fly wherever it passed.

Inside the apartment building, the surviving civilians and rebels were listening to the noise outside with bated breath.

After the gunfire stopped, only the vague sounds of metal colliding and shells breaking were left. Someone's hands were shaking as he held a homemade Molotov cocktail, and children buried their faces in their mother's arms.

I do not know how long it has been
Boom. Boom.
Suddenly, the pile of debris that blocked the staircase began to shake again.

The sound of furniture breaking made everyone's heart rise to their throat. A rebel raised his pistol tremblingly and aimed it at the shaking obstacle.

At the moment when the debris collapsed, an "iron fist" covered with insect blood penetrated the door panel.
(End of this chapter)