Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 342 Seizing Control

The Norn Queen sensed that her connection with the Great Devourer was weakening, and that downward-facing node creatures were breaking their links with her.

The devouring force brutally severed the connection between the Norn worms and them.

In an instant, all the Tyranid creatures were thrown into chaos, whether in the void or in the battles between ground troops.

Two different voices and wills resounded in their minds.

One voice belonged to the Great Devourer, commanding them to continue their attack on the Zerg, while the other belonged to Kerrigan.

If they weren't unable to speak, they might even shout "For the Queen of Blades!"
Kerrigan is not only severing the Norn Queen's control over Leviathan, but she is directly seizing control of the entire Leviathan, much like how she gained control of the cunning tribes after devouring the cunning chieftain.

The ownership of the Tyranid bio-ships in the void and the Tyranid forces on the ground is constantly changing hands. The Norn Queen is doing her best to regain control of the forces, but these Tyranids have already begun to attack each other.

The number of Tyrannosaurus Rex is being dwindled at an incredible rate.

The large number of Tyranid creatures seemed to have split into two factions and began to fight each other, sometimes obeying the will of the Hive and sometimes obeying Kerrigan's orders. Even the few Insect Saints were the same.

They attacked each other with their claws and tentacles, while their acidic biological cannons bombarded each other relentlessly.

The enormous creature crashed to the ground upon impact, crushing and killing a large number of alien insects.

The Imperial Army had never seen anything like this before.

Why are the Tyrannosaurus Rex attacking each other? What should they do next?

However, Dante did not investigate further until he gave the order, and the Empire immediately seized the opportunity to kill as many Tyran as possible.

The Terran fleet, no longer attacking Imperial warships, became sitting ducks, with light spears piercing their bodies and massive macro cannons delivering fatal blows.

Kerrigan also sensed the location of the Norn Queen, and moreover, she also sensed the presence of the ancient Terran ship in the galaxy.
At this moment, this ancient ship, which controls all the Tyranid creatures in the galaxy, is lying dormant in an uninhabited star system near the Limit Starfield.

Its enormous size even surpasses that of the Spear of Adun. Countless giant Terran bio-ships surround and protect it.

"We've found you, Father. Hurry up! I can sense a much larger network behind it fighting against me. They're trying to bring back the consciousness of the Swarm King and the Norn Queen, and they're also trying to regain control of Leviathan!"

I'm doing everything I can to stop it. We must capture or kill that Norn Queen! Only then can we completely sever the psionic link with the Great Devourer!

Judging from the current situation, the Norn Queen and the Swarm King are definitely not something that can be produced at will by the Terran race.

The higher-level Hive Will is also reacting to Kerrigan's actions of seizing and devouring.

Not only Kerrigan, but Gao Yi also sensed the higher-level Great Devourer through the Xel'Naga's devouring power.

Although he couldn't see its appearance clearly, the overwhelming hunger made Gao Yi momentarily lose his composure. The true hive will formed by the unknown number of Terrans outside the galaxy was still quite terrifying.

Using the Ancient Ship as a transit point, he is helping the Norn Queen resist, and as more power from the Great Devourer intervenes, the Terran forces are slowly beginning to regain their ability to act autonomously.

In particular, a portion of the Terran biological fleet near the mothership where the Norn Queen was located.

"Hold on, Kerrigan! Operation Artanis!"

At the same time, Gao Yi also notified all Imperial warships of the Zerg hive mothership that had been locked onto.

Dante and his Blood Angels also received the news. Meanwhile, the Norn Queen was letting out piercing screams; she knew she had been exposed. At this point, she could only control the nearest bio-ships and troops to issue orders.

She had never experienced being taken away from control of the troops either.

With the channel for uploading consciousness blocked, even if the Norn Queen wanted to abandon the entire Leviathan fleet and escape, she couldn't.

Seeing the humans approaching her, the Norn Queen began her final struggle, directly consuming the flesh and blood of the Hive Mothership to produce large numbers of Terran units inside.

Seeing the human fleet rushing towards her, he also realized their intentions.

At the same time, she also began to create a physical body for herself...

The Norn Queen not only possesses powerful psionic abilities, but she can also produce a physical form known as the Norn Avatar.

This is the Norn Queen's last resort in combat.

It also granted it the ability to move; otherwise, even when the Norn Queen was linked to the egg-laying shell, which was when her psionic power was at its peak, she couldn't even move.

With her powerful psionic energy rendered useless by Kerrigan's suppression, the Norn Queen could only try to fight for her life through physical means.

Meanwhile, he was also trying to control the mothership and the Terran fleet under his command in an attempt to escape the Hades system.

However, Gao Yi and the Imperial fleet within the Hades star system would not allow him to have his way.

After learning which mothership the Norn Queen was located on, almost all the warships began to advance towards the mothership.

Dante directly piloted his flagship, under the cover of other Blood Angels' warships and their minions, straight into the Zerg mothership.

Meanwhile, the Spear of Adun and all the warships under Gao Yi's command with warp capabilities used warp to bypass all the chaotic Terran bio-ships and arrive at the mothership's side more quickly.

Having finally located the Norn Queen, how could we let her escape!

Countless cannon fire swept towards the escort fleet surrounding the massive Zerg mothership, and the remaining biological fleet was simply no match for the human warships.

The Spear of Adun, relying on its size and the strength of its shield, charged directly to the vicinity of the mothership, ignoring the bombardment of other biological fleets and boarding forces. The solar rays it released directly melted its indestructible biological armor.

Meanwhile, a portion of the Iron Hand led by Feralas, the Protoss forces led by Artanis, and the Night Guard led by Damon also rushed in through the huge opening created by the Spear of Adun, shouting slogans for capturing the Norn Queen alive for their lord.

This is the bargaining chip in the deal with Tarachin.

If Gao Yi hadn't refused to give the Norn Queen to Tarasin, he would have been genuinely afraid that Tarasin would turn against him. Trying to renege on a debt now from someone willing to cooperate with humanity and possibly one of the most powerful Necromancers in existence didn't seem like a wise move.

Feralus and Artanis, with their powerful individual strength, led the Protoss forces forward relentlessly. As they broke through a passage of flesh and blood, a clone of Taratasin appeared before them.

Both Felus and Artanis could tell that he didn't seem to be in a very good mood.

Having just lost a large number of his collections, he was eager to acquire something new to fill the void in his museum.

It was particularly concerned about the Norn Queen, and it didn't want its precious collection to suffer any serious damage.

Leaving aside the Protoss, at least these Astartes only knew how to destroy and had no intention of protecting precious artifacts or history.
(End of this chapter)