Chapter 624: Resolving the Trouble Here as Soon as Possible

Balthazar had been inside the Houzu Temple with his squad members for less than half a minute when he felt the sanctuary floor beneath his feet begin to show signs of collapsing.

"What's going on? They couldn't have already finished off the Aliens here, could they?"

Seeing the signs of battle in the corridor, Balthazar muttered to himself.

Just then, Balthazar saw three Grey Knights rushing out.

"What are you waiting for? The Alien structure is about to collapse! Retreat, quickly!"

When Valantis saw this War Dog Squad, he shouted loudly.

Balthazar's eyes widened beneath his helmet; what was going on? Only 15 minutes had passed, and the Aliens inside had already been dealt with?

However, upon hearing Valantis's words, Balthazar quickly led the War Dog Squad toward the sanctuary gate.

Not long after everyone ran out of the Houzu Temple, the entire sanctuary became a pile of ruins, mixed with flesh-constructs that had lost their energy.

Only then did Valantis speak to Balthazar.

"The Emperor's decree was for you to destroy the Alien Energy Tower, wasn't it? Why did you come to destroy the Alien main structure?"

It was clearly you who... wait, Alien main structure? Isn't this an Alien Energy Tower?

Balthazar, who had originally intended to retort after hearing the first half of Valantis's words, instantly understood everything upon hearing the second half.

It turned out he had made a mistake, but facing Valantis's inquiry, Balthazar thought quickly and said with a slightly stuttering tone.

"Ah... er, we mainly saw that there were Aliens here too, and guessed that this must be an important Alien structure, so we thought we'd help you draw fire.

As it turns out, just as I expected, this was indeed your Task objective. No need to thank me; we are all serving the Emperor, so helping out with this much is only right."

Regarding Balthazar's statement, Valantis remained skeptical, but since the matter was resolved, he was unwilling to undermine the other party.

Furthermore, Balthazar was certainly not wrong about one thing: serving the Emperor!

"Ah, then you continue with your Task; we are preparing to head to the next Alien main structure. May your Loyalty be watched over by the Emperor!"

After hearing Valantis's words, Balthazar nodded and replied.

"Mm! Same to you!"

Ninth Defense Zone Outer City Headquarters.

After Angron finished reviewing the documents at hand, he said to Horus, who had come to find him.

"I know you are worried about Father, but before Father left, he told us to maintain our current progress. As for the Sixth Defense Zone, Father will handle it."

"But, it has been about 2 months since Father went to the Sixth Defense Zone, and a month and a half since Father last contacted us and wiped out the invading Aliens.

To this day, Father hasn't replied... I am wondering if Father needs support?

Although Grandmother doesn't talk about Father's affairs every day, I can still feel Grandmother's anxious mood."

Angron slowly stood up from his seat, looked down at Horus, who was already 1.6 meters tall, and said.

"Horus, my brother, trust in Father's judgment. Father is not in the Ninth Defense Zone now, so we should make the Ninth Defense Zone run normally even more. Vulkan has already returned to the Fourth Defense Zone to keep it running normally, and we cannot let things go wrong here in the Ninth Defense Zone.

As for Grandmother's mood, how could I not know? Let's wait patiently a little longer."

After hearing Angron's words, just as Horus was about to say something more, he saw the communication button on Angron's desk light up.

The communication alert sound interrupted the brothers' conversation, and Horus signaled for Angron to connect the call.

After Angron pressed the communication button, a familiar figure appeared before the two.

Yingzhou looked at the two with slight surprise and said.

"Horus? Why are you two brothers together?"

Upon hearing Yingzhou's voice, a smile appeared on Horus's face, and he said to Yingzhou.

"Nothing, Father. How is the progress on your side? Do you need us to send people over?"

"It's fine, everything is progressing very smoothly. There are quite a lot of things that need to be cleared, which delayed some time, but the Aliens here won't last much longer now."

Seeing that the topic had been steered off course by Horus, Angron had no choice but to cough twice to steer the slightly wayward topic back.

"Ahem, Father, did you have something to instruct us when you sent this communication?"

Yingzhou nodded and said over the communication.

"Mm, indeed. I estimate the time; if everything is progressing smoothly now, the Zerg territory should have lost nearly half by now, right? How much distance is left to the Third Defense Zone occupied by the Zerg?"

"Father, the progress on the Zerg side is all going according to plan. There is about 1200km left to the Third Defense Zone captured by the Zerg. It is expected that in half a month, we will arrive at the Third Defense Zone.

At that time, we will follow the plan, just like the raid on the Seventh Defense Zone last time, and have Vulkan lead the Salamanders Legion to air-drop into the Third Defense Zone, while the War Dog Squad and other Legions break in from the front, striving to paralyze the main Alien structures in a short time. If there are Human survivors, we will prioritize gathering them, and after confirming they have not been infected, we will arrange for their unified placement and processing."

Hearing Horus's report, Yingzhou nodded and said.

"By the way, regarding the Cyberk, have any advancing troops encountered them?"

"The front line has not yet discovered any traces of the Cyberk."

"Mm, very good. I will resolve the Aliens here as soon as possible and return to the Ninth Defense Zone."

"Father, that would be truly great. If you can return sooner, Grandmother will definitely be very happy!"

Seeing Horus mention his mother, Yingzhou smiled and nodded, saying.

"Then I will need you to spend more time with her in your spare time."

Mentioning this, Angron couldn't help but speak up.

"Ahem... Father, Grandmother is very busy every day now. Although the three brothers are all very obedient, except for Sanguinius, Dorn and Perturabo seem to have some... um... small problems with their personalities. However, these are not problems. Everything at home is very normal, please do not worry."

When Yingzhou heard Angron talk about household trifles, the eyes and brows in the holographic projection visibly relaxed.

He subconsciously placed his hand on his chin—this was his habitual action when thinking about family matters—and said in a relaxed tone.

"Tell your Grandmother that I will resolve the trouble here as soon as possible and then come home, so she doesn't need to worry."

"Yes! Father!"