Chapter 539: Rendezvous

Beast Territory of the Fourth Defense Zone.

At this moment, outside a burning Buluo camp stood a group of soldiers wearing gray coats and gas masks, with Lucius Model 98 laser guns strapped to their backs.

A Krieg Captain rode a biochemical warhorse and spoke to the Krieg Commissar beside him.

"It took five minutes longer to destroy this alien Buluo than the last one, just to rescue these humans?"

As he spoke, the Krieg Captain pointed his riding crop toward the rear, at the human survivors gathered beside the array of Krieg soldiers.

Most of their eyes had already lost their luster, with only a few looking fearfully at this group of human soldiers who were even more terrifying than the Beast Race.

Among them, a youth who had lost an arm looked around at these human soldiers, recalling that the soldiers' first reaction upon seeing him was not to rescue him, but to aim those pitch-black muzzles at his head.

If it hadn't been for that officer wearing the tall, pointed cap stopping them, these soldiers might have pulled the triggers and sent him to his death.

"Captain, I fully understand your desire to be loyal to the Emperor, but Lord Vulkan, as the Emperor's offspring, the great Primarch, has instructed us that when we encounter survivors, we are to rescue them provided they have not been corrupted by aliens.

This is also being loyal to the Emperor!"

The Krieg Commissar shook his head slightly and explained to the Krieg Captain.

Upon hearing the last sentence from the Krieg Commissar, the Krieg Captain finally chose to nod.

"Send a communication to the troops behind us, have them send people to take over these survivors; they had better arrive quickly before we finish checking if there are any living souls left in this alien Buluo.

I must ensure the speed of the troops' advance! Efficiency!"

"That will suffice."

The Krieg Commissar nodded and began arranging for someone to send the communication to the Human Alliance Forces behind them.

Soon, a unit of Human Alliance Forces arrived at the Beast Race Buluo, and after completing the handover of survivors with the Death Korps of Krieg, the Krieg Captain rode his biochemical warhorse and said to the Krieg Commissar.

"Get the men moving; we have already wasted quite a bit of time, we must speed up the march!"

"Of course, Captain."

On the other side, the Armageddon Steel Legion of the Fourth Defense Zone rendezvoused with the 22nd Corps of the Ninth Defense Zone after approximately 75 days.

"I am Huokan of the Salamanders Legion, it is a pleasure to meet you."

"I am Randall of the War Hounds Legion, brother, we have finally met!"

Huokan and Randall shook hands with a powerful grip; behind them were the Astartes of the Salamanders Legion and the Astartes of the War Hounds.

Both sides nodded to each other through their helmets, both able to feel the powerful aura emanating from the other.

"I have already reported the news of our rendezvous to the Military District, awaiting the Emperor's will."

Randall and Huokan let go of each other's hands and briefly exchanged information about the alien Buluo they had encountered along the way.

"The alien Buluo on our side have mostly migrated, and we basically haven't encountered much resistance; however, whenever we find an alien Buluo, we always rescue some survivors.

Those damned aliens—in the time leading up to our rendezvous, the survivors we encountered had already lost the ability to think and were completely unable to communicate."

Hearing Huokan's words, Randall said with confusion.

"What? There are still human survivors in the alien Buluo who can think?"

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat subtle, and the Astartes on both sides looked at the other's Astartes through their helmets.

"You didn't..."

Just then, Fang Mingdan, commander of the Reserve Army 2nd Regiment, trotted up to the two of them, saluted them respectfully, and spoke.

"My two Astartes lords, instructions from the Military District."

Huokan swallowed the rest of his words and waited for the order.

Randall did the same, looking at the standing-straight Fang Mingdan.

"The Military District's order is for the two Astartes lords to return to the Ninth Defense Zone; transport aircraft have already begun flying here."

"That's it?"

Randall spoke subconsciously; he had not expected the Military District's order to be so brief. What did Lord Horus want to do?

Huokan was equally confused, but he said to his brothers behind him.

"Rest in place! Wait for the transport aircraft!"

Ninth Defense Zone Military Headquarters.

Lu Zhenda looked at the proposal Horus had given him, his eyes widening involuntarily.

"Horus, do you think we can deal a heavy blow to the Beast Race within 3 months?"

"Yes, the reasons have already been explained in the report, and Father is also very much in favor of my idea. Except for the few units preventing a sudden attack by Zerg Aliens, Father's other troops will separate and begin attacking the Beast Race Aliens from various directions.

The material supplies of the Ninth Defense Zone will definitely keep up. The reason I don't want to directly exterminate the Beast Race is also very simple.

According to my previous speculation, if the Beast Race Aliens are at war with other alien races, then we must be prepared to continue fighting other races after exterminating the Beast Race.

Therefore, our goal is to deal a heavy blow to the Beast Race Aliens, not to exterminate them, and let those remaining Beast Race Aliens buy us some time."

At this time, Horus had changed quite a bit from more than two months ago, transforming from the appearance of a child into a youth; the only thing that remained unchanged was that shiny bald head.

Sometimes, Lu Zhenda even wondered if the hair of the three children had all gone to Yingzhou's head?

"Hmm, let's proceed according to this plan of yours. By the way, you..."

"Lao Lu, our advance troops have rendezvoused with the Fourth Defense Zone's advance troops. How about it, isn't Horus's plan great!"

Yingzhou walked into the office excitedly, looking at Lu Zhenda, who no longer looked exhausted, and spoke in a relaxed tone.

Ever since Lu Zhenda was forced to rest by Yingzhou, his complexion had improved significantly, looking like the shadow of the Lu Zhenda Yingzhou had first met.

"Eh? How did you know the two troops had rendezvoused? I didn't notify you?"

"Ahem, that's not the point, Lao Lu. The point is, after rendezvous with the territory of the Fourth Defense Zone, we will begin to launch a counterattack against the Alien Race!"

Yingzhou coughed awkwardly and hurriedly changed the subject.

"Hmm, judging from the current situation, it is indeed possible to attack. I really admire Horus for being able to come up with such a plan, compared to... never mind."

Lu Zhenda glanced at Yingzhou and said with a smile.

Yingzhou didn't mind Lu Zhenda's teasing, smiled, sat in a chair, and checked the new Task issued by the system.

【Task: Eliminate the Beast Race on the Xiuluo Holy Star.】

【Task Reward: 1 chance for a lucky Random Draw.】

Seeing this, Yingzhou suddenly had a bold idea.

If this lucky Random Draw chance were added to the next draw's luck value increase, what kind of reward would appear?