Chapter 665: Collapse of the Zerg Brood Mother (2)

Outer City of the Third Defense Zone.

Everywhere was filled with the deafening roar of bolters, the screeching of chain saws, the roars of soldiers, and the shrill cries of the Zerg.

The air was scorching, permeated with the smell of gunpowder, the acrid stench of burning promethium, and the unique, pungent, fishy odor of Zerg blood.

"For the Lord of Red Sand! Crush them!"

Fenongqiu's chainaxe split the carapace of a giant pincer insect once again; thick, green blood splattered onto his MK2 power armor. The prolonged slaughter did not make Fenongqiu feel exhausted; he only felt a deep sense of satisfaction within.

"Fenongqiu! Left side!"

While reminding Fenongqiu, Kasimier fired precise shots from his bolter, blasting several swift insects attempting to ambush Fenongqiu from the flank into pieces.

Eric had just changed his magazine and was preparing to sweep a swarm of scythe insects rushing toward him, but his movements suddenly paused for a moment.

"Hm?"

He keenly caught a hint of something unusual.

The Zerg, which had originally been fearless and coordinated in their attacks, seemed to have... stalled for an instant?

A few scythe insects even collided with each other, chaotic light flickering in their compound eyes.

"The Aliens... something is not right?"

Eric's voice carried confusion as he spoke over the communication channel.

"Forget what's not right! Just keep hacking!"

Fenongqiu roared, hacking a charging death-servant insect away with one swing of his axe.

But he also noticed that the momentum of the insect swarm had clearly weakened; it was no longer that crazy wave of endless, casualty-ignoring charges.

A Krieg soldier had just used his bayonet to pierce the skull of a swift insect; before he could even pull the bayonet out, the pincers of another giant pincer insect arrived with a whistle.

He did not attempt to dodge, simply raising his laser gun mechanically.

However, those deadly giant pincers stopped dead in their tracks just centimeters from his helmet!

The giant pincer insect's compound eyes flickered crazily, its body trembling violently as if there were a fierce conflict inside, and then it suddenly turned, slamming its pincers hard into a fellow insect that was also caught in the chaos!

"Hiss...?"

Under the gas mask, this Krieg soldier let out an extremely faint, almost inaudible intake of breath.

Although he did not know why the Aliens before him had started killing each other, the Krieg soldier still used his Lucius Pattern 98 Lasgun to finish off both giant pincer insects.

"Cadian stands! Maintain fire! Flame team, suppress the forward passage!"

The Cadian Captain's voice was already hoarse, but the order remained clear and powerful. The flamethrower soldiers roared, splashing scorching promethium flames onto the insect tide, and the air was filled with the charred smell of bursting carapaces.

"Sir! The bugs... the bugs are in chaos!"

A sharp-eyed Cadian soldier pointed ahead and shouted.

They saw that the insect swarm, which had been organized and charging forward through the flames, suddenly seemed to have lost its backbone.

Some were spinning in place, others had started biting each other, and the charging formation disintegrated in an instant.

A few plasma insects poked their heads out from behind cover, but the plasma balls they fired were crooked, even hitting Zerg units in front of them and triggering a chaotic explosion.

The Cadian Captain keenly caught onto something, and he roared into his communication device.

"All units, pay attention! The Alien command system has collapsed! Repeat, the Aliens have lost unified command! They are starting to fall into chaos and kill each other! This is our chance! Attack! Attack! For the Emperor! For Cadian! Crush these beasts!"

"For the Emperor! For Cadian!"

The ecstasy of surviving a disaster and the fury of revenge ignited all the Cadian soldiers; they erupted with even more violent roars, firing at full capacity, and launched a fierce counter-charge toward the chaotic insect tide.

The engines of the Chimera Armored Vehicle roared, and the multi-laser and heavy bolter wove a web of destructive fire, sweeping away the disorganized insect swarm in swathes.

"Report! Frontline observation point reporting! The insect swarm is showing signs of large-scale chaos, suspected to be mutual slaughter! Cadian troops report that the Brood Mother may have been destroyed!"

The messenger's excited voice rang out in the artillery command bunker.

The tense muscles on the artillery commander's face finally relaxed a fraction, immediately replaced by a sense of immense exhilaration.

"Cease barrage fire on the designated coordinate area! Repeat, cease barrage! All units switch to precision strike mode, prioritize clearing remaining heavy units and large clusters! Conserve ammunition! Support the frontline infantry advance! For the Emperor!"

The deafening artillery fire gradually became sparse and precise, no longer the fury of pouring out destruction, but transformed into a precise heavy hammer clearing obstacles for victory.

When Randall led the War Dog Space Marines to rendezvous with the Cadian Captain's troops on a relatively open street, the scene before them was already vastly different.

The corpses of the Zerg were piled like mountains, but the living enemies were no longer a threat; the remaining bugs scurried about like headless flies, easily picked off by the bolters of the Space Marines and the lasers of the Cadian soldiers.

The silent Death Korps of Krieg were also advancing steadily, clearing out the last of the resistance with bayonets and rifle butts.

Randall's humming chainaxe hung low; his golden lenses swept across the battlefield and then looked toward the center of the city, where it seemed to have collapsed and no longer emitted any energy fluctuations.

"That towering Alien nest over there has been destroyed? Who did this?"

The Cadian Captain walked up to Randall; his military uniform was torn and stained with blood, but his back was straight as he saluted Randall.

"Lord Astartes, the command hub of the insect swarm has been confirmed paralyzed. The Outer City... is on the verge of being cleared."

Kasimier walked to Fenongqiu's side, tapped his comrade's shoulder armor with the barrel of his bolter, his voice under his helmet carrying a hint of relief.

"Fenongqiu, looks like we don't need to hack our way to the Inner City."

Fenongqiu watched as a giant pincer insect was simultaneously pierced by the bayonets of several Krieg soldiers and slowly fell; he nodded and responded concisely.

"Mm. The Alien Mother Nest has fallen."

Ninth Defense Zone Military Region.

While in the New Recruit Training Camp, teaching a batch of promising new recruits, Yingzhou suddenly received notification that the system task rewards had been issued. After clicking to view the system panel, he discovered that the Brood Mother of the Third Defense Zone had been killed.

It must have been Kailuosi Jin and Weilasi who solved it; Yingzhou closed the system panel and glanced at the time.

He discovered that, excluding the estimated time to reach the Third Defense Zone, Kailuosi Jin and Weilasi had only spent about 10 minutes after arriving at the Third Defense Zone to kill the Brood Mother of the Third Defense Zone.

The time spent might have been even shorter, as his own time here was only an estimate, but to kill the Brood Mother of the Third Defense Zone so quickly.

It could not help but make Yingzhou very satisfied with the task reward he had obtained this time.

Completing the other two tasks was just a matter of time; since the problem with the Zerg had been solved, the advance on the other side should also be put on the agenda.

Just at this moment, Lu Zhenda's communication request suddenly came through.

After connecting the communication with Lu Zhenda, Yingzhou saw Lu Zhenda speaking with an expression of surprise that could not be contained on his face.

"Yingzhou, the latest battle report has come in from the Zerg vanguard! The Zerg are finished!"