Chapter 381: Warhammer: What Do You Mean You Conquered the Zerg

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

The moment the barrier's light curtain fully closed, in the top-floor office of the Governor's Mansion, Lin En's coffee cup beside him suddenly trembled.

Scalding liquid splashed onto the cold, hard metal tabletop, winding along the grain, yet he was completely unaware.

His vision suddenly went black; the insect swarm consciousness noise that was usually like background sound.

Those biomass feedbacks, node communications, base instruction flows were cut off by more than half in an instant.

It was as if someone had pulled his hand, which had been reaching into deep water, forcibly out of the water surface.

"Mm..."

Lin En grunted lowly, gripping the edge of the office desk.

He could clearly feel that the Tearing Worm organs symbiotic with his nerve endings beneath his skin were losing activity at a visible speed.

The symbiotic connection that originally felt like an extended limb became sluggish and blurred, as if separated by a thick layer of snow, with even the most basic command transmission carrying obvious delay.

This was not ordinary interference.

He suddenly raised his head, looking at Isud on the other side of the office desk.

This Governor's Steward, who was always clear-eyed and cold, handling government affairs without a single mistake, was now maintaining the posture of holding a data slate, his body softly tilting forward.

Her purple eyes had lost all spirit, long eyelashes drooping, the whole person like a doll that had its soul drained.

Heavily slammed onto the tabletop, the data slate slid to the ground, emitting a crisp shattering sound.

"Lena!"

Lin En's pupils suddenly contracted, and he took a step over.

The moment his fingertip touched her neck, the heart he had been holding in his throat let out half a breath.

Pulse steady, no abnormality in life signs, only her consciousness seemed to have fallen into sleep.

Isud was a doll controlled by Lena, carrying part of her main consciousness and authority.

Her collapse could only mean one thing: Lena's main consciousness link had been forcibly severed.

In the Land of No Delay on the Underground Third Floor of Saint Galus Castle, there must have been an anomaly capable of isolating the Insect Swarm Will.

Lin En took a deep breath, suppressing the sudden anxiety rising in his heart.

He closed his eyes, not forcibly prying at those sluggish insect swarm nodes, but directly summoning the System Panel deep in his mind.

The soul-bound exclusive link would never be blocked by subspace barriers or physical barriers.

【Lena Status: Survive】

【Current Location: Bravius Main Hive Underground Third Floor · Nine-Sided Sealing Spirit Array Inside】

【Consciousness Status: Main consciousness stranded, Insect Swarm Network link interrupted】

The moment a few lines of information jumped out, Lin En immediately transmitted a thought through the system's exclusive channel to Gu Yu: "Lena, can you hear me?"

Almost immediately, Gu Yu's voice, sounding somewhat surprised, rang in his mind, carrying a faint fluctuation more than her usual coldness:

"Lin En? You can still contact me?"

"The system link cannot be blocked by barriers." Lin En spoke extremely fast,

"What exactly happened? What is that barrier? How are you now?"

Gu Yu's consciousness paused, quickly transmitting the situation in the Underground Hall over.

Nine Double-Faced Wizards had set up the Nine-Sided Sealing Spirit Array, seemingly specifically targeting the collective psychic network and consciousness transmission.

Not only did it cut off her connection to the main swarm, but even her own spirit power output was suppressed by ten percent.

Nine Chaos Knights had already landed, forming a surrounding posture and advancing step by step; the Decapitation Squad suffered heavy losses, with fewer than eight Vanguard Soldiers still able to maintain combat power.

"The other side's target is very clear: to trap my main consciousness." Gu Yu's voice was very calm, as if the one surrounded was not herself.

"This kind of barrier can only block consciousness transmission; it cannot kill me."

"Even if this body is destroyed, my main consciousness should be able to flow back along the system link; there will be no danger to my life."

Her tone was casual, instead turning to comfort Lin En:

"Don't come over; it's too dangerous."

"Luna clearly wants to besiege the point to strike the relief; if you personally charge in, you'll fall right into her trap."

"I can hold out; at worst, I destroy this Chosen Body."

Lin En stood in the dim office, his fingers unconsciously rubbing his chin.

He of course knew Lena's consciousness would not easily perish.

Logically, the Insect Nest Will was inherently stored in a distributed manner across countless nodes.

Even if this Chosen Body of Gu Yu was destroyed, as long as Lena's core will remained, she could cultivate a new one at any time.

Knowing was one thing; watching her fall into danger with his own eyes was another.

"Stop wasting talk." Lin En's voice was kept very low, carrying a rare harshness.

"Hold on; give me half an hour; I'll personally lead people over."

Without waiting for Gu Yu to retort, he severed half of the consciousness link, leaving only a one-way channel to monitor her status at any time.

Turning to look at Isud, who was still unconscious, Lin En raised his hand and pressed the communication device behind his ear; a cold order was immediately issued:

"Butcher, report the status of all units in Bottom City."

From the communication device soon came Butcher's slightly hurried voice: "Adult, you finally contacted me!"

"Just now, for about thirty seconds, all Purification Apostles, all the grassroots... brothers, froze in place like jammed shells, their movements sluggish, reactions to the external world slowed!"

"Though they've recovered now, their condition is clearly off—screening work at many Outposts is half a beat slower!"

Lin En's brow furrowed slightly.

Just as he had predicted.

As a vanguard species of the Tyranids, the Gene Thief naturally possessed a certain capacity for independent operation.

Normally, centered on the Swarm Main Will, they formed a network covering the entire Area.

Once the main link was interrupted, they would automatically use the highest-ranking individual in the Area as a node to build a Secondary Swarm Will Network.

Bottom City's highest node was the Gene Thief Patriarch, "Father."

The main consciousness node had been temporarily isolated, Lin En thought, without a trace of panic.

So now Father was taking over all Units in Bottom City...

"There shouldn't be any major problem; work efficiency is slowly recovering."

Butcher froze for a moment, then hurriedly confirmed: "Yes, yes!"

"Just now the lower levels reported that Apostles in each district received Father Adult's new orders and have resumed normal operation."

"Screening, Isolation, Incineration—all processes continued without stopping, and efficiency is gradually warming up."

"Normal," Lin En said calmly.

The Secondary Network's 'bandwidth' was limited, so a drop in efficiency was inevitable.

He walked to the Holographic Star Map and looked at the map of the Bravius Main Hive.

Fortunately, Lena had prepared contingency plans early.

All Tyranid Units had been inscribed with the Basic Gene Program; even if the highest Main Will lost contact completely, they would continue executing tasks according to preset orders.

Grassroots officials handled government affairs as usual, the Purge Plague Sect conducted epidemic prevention screening as usual, and armed Units stood guard and patrolled as usual.

The entire system wouldn't collapse comprehensively just because one node lost contact.

But decreased efficiency was a fact.

Especially high-end Psyker Units—without Lena's main consciousness blessing, their Combat Power would drop by at least half.

But now, without relying on Tyranid Psyker Units, it was absolutely impossible to breach the Barrier in a short time; more forces had to be deployed!

"Butcher," Lin En said, pressing his finger heavily on the coordinates of Saint Galus Castle.

"Go to Father right now, draw combat Units from him, and assemble in Upper City."

"Stay hidden; don't run into people from the State Religion."

"Understood!" Butcher responded immediately.

Cutting off communication, Lin En grabbed the Military Cap draped over the back of his chair and strode out of the Office.

The guards in the Corridor saw him and all stood at attention to salute.

Lin En did not stop, walking straight toward the Council Hall; Lei Ou should still be there, waiting for news from the Decapitation Squad.