I summoned the Fourth Scourge in Warhammer

Chapter 233 Desperate measures actually brought him back to life.
Coincidentally, not long after the Ultramarines sergeant completed his inspection of the position and confirmed that the construction of the defensive fortifications was basically completed, the deep purple spore fog surged in from the horizon as if it were about to cover the entire planet.

However, even if the fortifications were not completed and the dense fog arrived early, it didn't matter. After receiving news of the frontline reconnaissance soldiers who had died and instantly revived, the entire hilly position had quietly entered a state of maximum combat readiness.

The power armor's respirators switched to internal circulation mode, and the mortal soldiers donned full-face helmets. For a moment, the only sounds in the trenches were the click of weapons being loaded and the low commands coming through the communicators.

"Da da da!"

A short burst of automatic gunfire abruptly broke the tense silence.

Everyone present was a veteran, or at least had been honed by the blood and gore of Pedithia for so long. Moreover, since the players wouldn't actually die, they felt virtually no tension even with the Tyrannical army's imminent attack.

Therefore, although the shot was somewhat sudden, there was no chain reaction on the position without the enemy clearly in sight, and no one was frightened into firing randomly into the air.

The squad leader next to the shooter immediately slid over and barked in a low voice, "What are you doing? Don't waste ammunition by firing randomly!"

"Tyren!" the player who fired immediately protested. "I saw Tyren! A Bladebug! But that bastard flinched and immediately hid in that ditch over there. I missed!"

"Really?" Upon hearing this, the surrounding players immediately and instinctively questioned, "Terran can hide in ditches? Aren't they only capable of charging in a straight line?"

Seeing that no one believed him, the player panicked: "Damn it, why would I lie to you? It's true! That thing is incredibly agile!"

In fact, he didn't need to say anything more. Most players quickly realized that Tyrion, who had come this time, really was going to hide in the gutter.

As the dense fog drew closer, a massive swarm of Zerg appeared in everyone's view, seemingly another Zerg mass attack. However, this time the scene was completely different from the past.

Instead of forming an impenetrable carapace "wall" to push forward as before, the large swarms of insects advanced in a loose formation with considerable gaps between them.

Even more astonishingly, not a single insect charged straight at the position. Each one used the terrain—craters, rocks, or natural trenches—for tactical evasion. They moved rapidly from one cover to another, minimizing their exposure to the suicidal fire, and in the process, rapidly approached the position at an astonishing speed.

This brand-new tactic was truly effective. In the extremely low visibility of the dense fog, a straight-line charge was fine; everyone could just close their eyes and unleash their firepower. But this circuitous tactic really caused a large number of the suicide bombers' attacks to miss their targets, with bullets and energy beams hitting the mud and rocks in vain, kicking up clouds of dust.

And, it's not over yet.

As the players frantically tried to aim at the ghostly figures, a sharp whooshing sound came from the sky, and a torrential downpour of highly corrosive acid rained down on their heads with perfect precision! To make matters worse, a newly deployed heavy logging gun emplacement was hit by a precise direct hit from some kind of biological artillery fire, and with a loud bang, it was blown straight into the sky!
Human vision is severely impaired by the dense fog, but not the Tyranids. Under the command of the Hive's vast and efficient neural network, what the frontline Blade Bugs see is equivalent to what the rear Gun Bugs know. Those ranged attackers only need to hide deep within the fog and quietly wait for the "eyes" at the front to transmit the coordinates of the human firing positions.

The sudden, precise strike and the entirely new tactics left the company commander somewhat bewildered. After all, he lacked professional military knowledge and wasn't the quick-witted type with exceptional adaptability. In this situation, the only thing he could probably do was sit in the command post and act as a cheerleader, encouraging the soldiers at the front through the communications channel.

But now, the company commander had a new and capable task—he suddenly remembered the dozens of high-powered searchlights that had just been set up on the high ground based on the bug's suggestion. They weren't turned on yet! Although he didn't think these things would be of any use in the current complex battle situation, since they were already there, it seemed a bit inappropriate not to turn them on.

Let's try anything, even if it's a long shot!
"All searchlights! Turn them on immediately! Maximum power! Shine down!"

At his command, dozens of huge searchlights positioned on the high ground of the hill were instantly turned on.

Surprisingly, the searchlight actually worked!

The blinding light was like dozens of lightsabers falling from the sky, instantly tearing through the thick purple mist and illuminating the area in front of the position as bright as day!
The mechanical priest in charge at the rear had clearly put in a little effort; the searchlights were calibrated to their maximum power, with the beams even incorporating strong pulses of a specific frequency. This intense light, even in broad daylight, would be enough to instantly blind a normal person.

As for the Tyranids… those high-level units naturally don't care about this. But the Bladebugs, who serve as the main cannon fodder, might be a different story. In order to conserve biomass to the greatest extent possible, the Hive Will didn't even equip these basic units with digestive systems, causing them to starve to death on their own after ten or so hours. How could it possibly waste precious biomass to enhance their sensory systems?
In an instant, the knife-like insects that were carrying out complex tactical maneuvers were thrown into chaos, like ants thrown into a pot of boiling water. Their simple visual organs were completely unable to process such intense stimuli, and a large number of knife-like insects went blind on the spot. Although the node organisms and biosignal receivers were still present and not completely out of control, they were clearly unable to execute the exquisite tactical maneuvers they had just performed.

The frontline blade insects' senses were completely destroyed by the intense light, blinding the "eyes" of the ranged units behind them. Their firepower naturally lost its original surgical precision, forcing them to resort to indiscriminate, blanket fire.

In this way, those who were going to their deaths were no longer afraid.

For them, as long as they weren't targeted and immediately shot in the head by a precise shell upon respawning, even the most intense artillery fire was merely adding some atmosphere to this brutal war.

(End of this chapter)