Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 147: The Arrival of the Insects
At this time, some rumors have begun to appear in the bottom nest. Some never-before-seen mutant creatures have begun to appear in abandoned areas and heavily polluted areas.

These creatures are very aggressive and have even been witnessed eating humans.

However, cannibalism seems to be a common thing for the residents of the Bottom Nest. All the mutant creatures in the Bottom Nest eat humans.

The Bottom Nest is already filled with a large number of mutant creatures, and these mutant creatures are even an important source of food for the people of the Bottom Nest.

People selectively ignored the sudden appearance of the Zerg, which gave the Zerg more time and opportunities.

At this time, in a cult stronghold, a large number of cultists sat around an altar and performed a sacrificial ceremony.

Deadly plagues continued to spread under the sacrifices.

In a large pot was boiling a thick soup filled with plague.

Nurgle believers continued to devoutly take the thick soup and drink it mouthful by mouthful, not only to fill their stomachs, but also to allow their bodies to accommodate more blessings from the loving father.

"Praise be to the Father! I feel full of life... My illness can no longer torment me!"

Just as this Nurgle believer stood up, he saw his fellow countrymen who had gone out staggering towards him.

And they were accompanied by a huge mutant creature that they had never seen before.

And this creature is the springtail among the alien insects.

The sudden situation made him alert. These creatures did not attack the believers beside him. The Nurgle believer holding weapons asked in confusion.

"Brother, what are these things?"

"Nothing much, just a tamed mutant beast. Perhaps it can be used by the church."

The Zergling looked terrifying but not aggressive at this time, and the other party also let down his guard. He saw the Zergling walk to the bowl of Nurgle soup on the ground next to him.

I even saw springtails licking the broth with their tongues.

The plague spread within the body of the springtail, but its strong vitality allowed it to temporarily withstand the damage of the plague.

Viruses targeting humans have little effect on the Zerg.

This substance carrying the plague of Nurgle can even be absorbed by the fungal blanket to a certain extent.

This particular plague of Nurgle can also be considered a form of energy.

"Do you also want to accept the gift of your loving father? Be good, drink more!"

Just as he was about to reach out and touch the Zergling, it bit off the arm of the Nurgle believer.

The Nurgle believer, still in a daze as he watched his arm disappear, was immediately knocked to the ground by a Zergling and easily killed.

"Kill this mutant beast!"

The sudden attack caused the surrounding Nurgle believers to pounce on the Zerglings, and a large number of zombies overwhelmed the Zerglings.

There were corpses of zombies left on the ground.

The Nurgle believers looked at the corpse of the Zergling with lingering fear. This was the first time they had seen such a creature after living in the Underhive for so long.

The dead springtail also sent back information using the swarm network before dying.

The content of the information is that the prey has been found.

Twenty huge infected Zerg were lurking not far from the stronghold like widow mines buried in the ground.

Inside the translucent green-glowing belly sac at the end of their tails, there were actually a large number of human-shaped shadows struggling constantly.

There are more than a hundred of these figures in total.

The Nurgle believers who brought the Zerglings to the stronghold also began their actions.

They came to the heavy firepower inside the stronghold and suddenly launched a suicide attack. The bombs tied to their bodies exploded instantly.

The other Nurgle believers couldn't understand why their beloved compatriots would suddenly attack them!

At this time, these people have been completely controlled by the infected alien insects. The infected alien insects can produce a kind of miniature neural control insects. After these small insects enter the human body, they can cling to the neural control centers in the brains of these people.

The controlled creatures could communicate normally in their native language, and apart from a slight dullness, nothing unusual could be seen. Without a thorough examination, these tiny bugs hiding in the central nervous system would be nearly impossible to detect; it was a truly remarkable infiltration technique.

"Are you crazy? Have you betrayed your loving father?"

Seeing their former compatriots turning against them, the Nurgle believers immediately launched a counterattack and quickly killed more than a dozen people, but suddenly green balls of flesh covered in mucus were thrown over from a distance.

These flesh balls shattered in mid-air, and corrosive acid fell like raindrops. Anyone who was touched by it would be corroded beyond recognition by this potent acid.

The shattered meat ball also released one humanoid creature after another.

These humanoid creatures were once followers of Nurgle here, but now their bodies, full of bacteria, pus and rot, have been replaced by another kind of growth.

The wriggling tentacles and the flesh that has multiplied several times make them more Nurgle than the Nurgle believers.

The waving tentacles are not only a tool to control them, but also a flesh and blood armor that protects them from damage.

These Nurgle believers who are parasitized by the Zerg can still use human weapons.

Laser guns continuously fired at the surrounding Nurgle believers, who staggered like zombies and pounced on nearby enemies.

In addition to using nerves to control organisms, the infected can also devour organisms and stuff them into their own abdominal sacs, infecting them with viruses unique to the Zerg and hiding them in their own abdominal sacs.

When needed, throw them out and let these people controlled by the Zerg become cannon fodder for the Zerg.

These cannon fodders are much slower than Nurgle's zombies, but their advantage is that they can still use technological weapons freely.

However, these controlled humans were not enough to destroy this Nurgle stronghold, and the Zerg hosts lurking nearby also began their own actions.

Densely packed insect eggs on their backs kept falling to the ground, and countless small, expendable alien insects called locusts with short lifespans also joined the battle.

It was as if a bunch of constantly bulging pustules were jumping all over the back of the insect host, and the trypophobic patient died on the spot when seeing it.

If the swarm hosts themselves are not dealt with, the endless supply of locusts will be enough to eliminate the enemy.

The followers of Nurgle do not know what these alien insects are.

Even now they thought it was just a mutant creature that had never been seen before in the bottom nest.

One by one, the followers of Nurgle were killed, and the fungal creep began to spread towards the stronghold.

The deadly plague spells released by the Nurgle wizards are not so fatal to these Zergs. As long as their health bars are not empty, they can still attack.

However, there are endless expendable alien insects. How long can your psychic energy last?
Zagara moved her body to the side of the infected and the host.

A large number of alien insects also followed her.

"For the Queen of Blades, plunder biomass to grow the Zerg. Zerg, remember that psychic signal. These humans affected by psychic energy are all targets that need to be hunted!"

When Zagara led more Zerg into the still resisting Nurgle stronghold, the surviving Nurgle believers looked at Zagara, who clearly had a will of his own, and realized that this was definitely not a mutated beast.

But it is an unknown alien with self-awareness!
A large number of banelings continued to hatch from Zagara's body, easily destroying the simple fortifications in front of them.

Viruses, or their bodies corrupted by the warp, will all become the energy needed to grow the Zerg after being digested by the fungal mat. Even the blessing bestowed by the evil god is essentially just a manifestation of energy.

Infestors and Swarm Hosts provide the Swarm with a large amount of consumable Zerg that does not require additional biomass or energy.

And the most important thing is that their existence can make more space for the tunnel worms to teleport more powerful alien zerg.

Under Zagara's command, the Zerg began to sweep towards the cult strongholds everywhere.

No one expected that an alien insect army would suddenly appear in the nest, and no one was prepared for it.

The size of the Zerg swarm once again grew rapidly at a snowball's pace. More and more tunnel worms were hatched, bringing more alien worms to Malfi. After several years of reproduction, the number of alien worms on Char was already incalculable.

Even if all the existing Zerg were killed in battle, it wouldn't take long for the swarm to recover to its full size thanks to the incubators spread all over the surface of the planet Char.

So even if there are countless Chaos Cultists in the Lower Hive, the Zerg can still completely crush them in terms of quantity and quality.

While the Zerg can grow stronger through killing, Chaos Cultists cannot harvest any souls from the Zerg, nor can they gather any of the negative emotions that the Four Gods need from these ordinary Zerg.

Nurgle's broth was overturned to the ground, and all the fungal carpet on the ground was absorbed by the broth.

(End of this chapter)