Warhammer 40: Saviors Emerging from the Bottom

Lasers and bullets flew erratically through the air, creating a momentary commotion.

The cunning strategist, who appeared out of nowhere, temporarily gained the upper hand due to his numerical advantage, but as more and more Imperial soldiers came to reinforce them, they gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

Having already dealt with the temple guards, Xiao Yi, wielding his power sword, charged into the cunning enemy's territory like a war god. As his sword flashed, the surroundings fell into deathly silence.

Seeing Xiao Yi covered in blood, looking like a god of death, several cowardly and cunning soldiers immediately dropped their weapons and prepared to flee.

But after turning around and running two steps, the commander in charge of the battle raised his gun and shot a hole in the head of the fastest deserter.

The cunning soldier, who was running wildly, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Seeing this, the other deserters immediately stopped in their tracks. They all turned to look at the commander holding a pistol, like lambs to the slaughter, waiting for his next punishment.

The cunning commander looked at his traitorous subordinates, his already cold expression turning even more gloomy.

"You cowards are utterly unworthy of the Four-Armed God Emperor's blessings! Now, immediately, take up your weapons and slaughter all those enemies over there, or else..."

"What else would happen?"

A slightly teasing voice suddenly rang in the cunning commander's ear, making him instantly forget what he was about to say.

His own men would never play such a life-threatening joke on him, so there's only one truth.

The moment he thought of the possibility he had guessed, the cunning commander's muscles tensed up involuntarily. He tried to control his breathing and calm his wildly beating heart.

Two pale purple arms moved in perfect unison, one above the other. The right hand, which had been aiming the gun at the deserter, was quickly withdrawn and the gun was pointed directly at Xiao Yi, who was standing behind him, while the left hand reached for another gun at the waist.

But before he could pull the trigger, a sharp pain shot through his waist. To the astonishment of the deserters, the cunning commander was sliced ​​in two by Xiao Yi's power sword.

"Too slow."

Looking at the few guys in front of him who were retreating in fear, Xiao Yi revealed a mocking smile.

"Life or death, you have only three seconds to choose, 3..."

"Monster, monster!"

The remaining cunning deserters screamed loudly, trying to drive away the humanoid beast in front of them in this primitive way.

Even though their hearts were filled with the fear of death, the word "surrender" did not cross their minds. This was not because the cunning soldiers had any high moral character and would rather die than commit adultery.

After infecting a target, the gene stealer leaves a special code in the target's genes. This code causes the cunning soldier to refuse to betray his race and surrender to the enemy at the genetic level.

Of course, this doesn't mean that all cunning people will never surrender. Code can sometimes go wrong. It's just that Xiao Yi was unlucky and didn't encounter a one in ten million chance.

After Xiao Yi finished counting, the deserters were still in a state of hysterical frenzy. On the contrary, the other cunning soldiers around him, whose morale had not yet dropped to zero, mustered up their courage and launched a suicide attack on him.

They strapped various homemade bombs to their bodies and charged forward with a death-defying spirit.

"Die, monster!"

"Judging from your appearance, you guys are clearly the monsters, okay?" Xiao Yi complained as he raised his hand and summoned psionic lightning to clear out the suicide infantry not far away.

The violent explosion, like a dazzling display of fireworks, celebrated yet another victory for the Imperial army.

As the limbs of the suicide infantryman were blown off and fell to the ground in a perfect arc, Xiao Yi, who had been standing next to the cunning commander's corpse, had already vanished.

Driven mad by fear, the cunning soldiers turned into cold corpses, lying haphazardly on the ground. In the distance, at the center of the gene-stealing squad that was still putting up a last-ditch resistance, a beautiful burst of blood erupted.

A few minutes later, the battle finally came to a conclusion. Xiao Yi's side, with 8 dead and 25 wounded, successfully eliminated two suspected first-generation gene stealers and 235 fourth-generation gene stealers who looked almost identical to humans.

Xiao Yi alone took down seventy or eighty cunning thieves, making him the undisputed MVP of the entire encounter.

The imperial soldiers, who had only heard about Xiao Yi's heroic deeds from others before, now deeply realized what kind of person the man called a hero really was.

The appearance of the hero, coupled with this victory, has brought the morale of the First Regiment, which had been suffering continuous losses due to repeated attacks by gene stealers, back to its peak.

After briefly assigning tasks for cleaning up the scene, Robert carried a cunning soldier whose limbs had been cut off and whose mouth had been stuffed with chitinous shell, and walked towards Xiao Yi's direction.

Of the four prisoners captured alive, only this one survived despite the harassment caused by the accompanying medic.

"I've brought the prisoners with me."

"Hmm, it seems this church is very important to them, otherwise so many gene stealers wouldn't be hiding here and unwilling to leave."

Xiao Yi turned his gaze away from the dark and mysterious escape passage and looked at the gene stealer in Robert's hand, which looked like a chick.

After a thorough search, the soldiers discovered a narrow passage hidden in a corner of the church, located between the lower and lower nests.

If Xiao Yi's guess is correct, this tunnel leads directly to the gene stealers' headquarters.

"Should we send someone down to check?"

"It's too risky. That's alien territory down there. They could easily use the terrain to hunt down our soldiers. The fewer casualties we have, the better, as they hardly contribute to the war's progress."

"Only by exposing them to our view can we win this battle with minimal losses."

After saying that, Xiao Yi reached out and touched the prisoner's forehead.

Because his limbs were severed, no matter how much the captured gene stealer struggled, he could not escape Xiao Yi's outstretched hand.

As a derivative species of the Tyranids, the Genestealers also possess a psionic network, such as the Hive Will, but its scope is smaller and usually only covers one population.

This unique network of gene-stealers expands outward from the gene-stealer patriarch who arrived on the planet and his successor.

As long as he can hack into this network, Xiao Yi will be able to pinpoint the locations of the other gene stealers.

However, since it is a network, it must have firewalls to protect its existence. At the center of the entire network, the gene-stealing patriarch and the psionicists at each node play this role together.

If Xiao Yi cannot break through their established defenses, this idea will remain just that—an idea. A slight misstep could result in injury.

You should always give it a try; what if you succeed?

If you can't beat them, just run away. As long as the internet connection drops quickly, they won't be able to catch you.

With this in mind, Xiao Yi began his unique hacking experience.