As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

Although there were still countless parasites behind the corpse, from the movements and affectionate tone, Zhang Ge seemed to vaguely imagine what he wanted to express.

It's over, my eyes are dirty.

The 318th Palm is just some ordinary big bug.

If we only talk about appearance, this thing should be ranked in the top tier in Zhang Ge's mind in terms of ugliness - even after he saw a bunch of "little pets" in Comoros.

It's not just a bunch of insects clinging to each other. If that were the case, it would be disgusting at best. The key is that those insects have all sorts of tiny organs growing on their bodies, and they're parasitic on even smaller larvae, and from time to time, dead ones are squeezed out of their bodies...

The truth is, as a partner, her appearance is somewhat unacceptable.

"Um, no, actually...well, according to the prophecy, the leader of the army that will join yours will be your true love."

In a hurry, Zhang Ge thought quickly and came up with a reason that should be able to delay some time.

"Better than you?"

"Of course, he's ten times better than me. He's tall and handsome, with silver hair and a handsome face. He's perfect for you..."

"OK then."

A crisis was peacefully resolved, which is cause for celebration... But what if we really meet each other?

Not to mention whether Zhang Ge would let it live until that time, even if it could live to meet Dante, the latter would most likely just shoot it directly, so there would be no question of what to do next.

Of course, if Dante has a hobby of collecting aliens and likes to collect some weird-looking things, that’s another story... But even if that’s the case, it has nothing to do with Zhang Ge now.

After tricking the humanoid back into its own throne, Zhang Ge arrived at a safe cabin some distance away.

"I hope the Zerg don't all look like that thing, or I'll have to consider wearing goggles with a cognitive filter."

After confirming that the surroundings were safe, Zhang Ge complained like this.

"That thing?"

Coincidentally, Perveti also walked in from outside at this time and asked with some confusion.

"Ah, it's alright, Perveti, are you done?"

"Ah."

"You're not hurt, are you?"

"A little bit, but it's better now."

Zhang Ge walked forward and touched her head to comfort her.

Yes, just as what was said in the conversation, Perveti did not participate in this boarding, but was sent to carry out a slightly dangerous mission assigned by Zhang Ge.

Attract the attention of the Zerg fleet.

Yes, attract the attention of the entire Zerg fleet with a single unit.

This sounds a bit unbelievable... Well, in fact it is indeed unbelievable, but considering the purpose of the Zerg, it is not impossible - there are two common speculations about why this Zerg tentacle crushed all the way to Baal regardless of anything.

The first is that the Blood Angels are a great threat, and the Zerg want to destroy the Blood Angels by destroying their home planet... To be honest, this reason seems a bit ridiculous.

Even in the final battle to defend Baal, the Angels only had 20,000 to 30,000 Space Marines even if they assembled all their sub-cluster. Although this number was not small compared to all the Space Marines, it certainly did not pose a threat to the Zerg that "had to use the entire tentacle to deal with it specifically."

The second one sounds much more credible:

In other words, the Zerg did not come for the Blood Angels, but to preserve the genes related to the Primarch Sanguinius on Baal, and destroying the enemy angels was just a side job.

If this is true, then compared to the Primarch's genes that are under heavy protection, a "Primarch" who is alive and kicking in front of them is obviously more attractive.

Of course, Zhang Ge couldn't just throw Perveti out as bait because the Zerg were interested. The most crucial factor was Perveti's own situation:

She can fly in the universe, and since there is no resistance in the vacuum of the universe, she can continue to accelerate like a spaceship, and her acceleration is even much faster than that of a fighter jet.

That's right, she didn't rely on those big wings to fan the air to fly so fast. Those wings were actually more like "casting media". What really drove her to fly at high speed was her own psychic power.

It was Keti who told Zhang Ge this. Before that, he had always thought that it was some kind of extremely pure flesh.

Well...is there a reason why Zhang Ge wanted to deliberately get rid of Perveti?

So, how could Zhang Ge's matter be called a distraction? It was a strategic decision that had to be made.

However, when Zhang Ge was about to leave the ship after meeting up with Perveti and was about to walk towards the door, he suddenly saw something somewhat unusual.

A head.

To be precise, it was a huge head that was clearly that of a Tyranid.

It has a purple exoskeleton and sharp horns on its head, and its head alone is larger than Zhang Ge himself. From the side, it looks like it is even big enough to be used as a double bed.

"this?"

Zhang Ge cast a slightly puzzled look at Perveti.

"Ok?"

The latter, on the other hand, gave him a confused look.

"What is this?"

"Father likes to collect strange things, so he brought it here. It's a...big bug."

"Weren't you there to attract attention? Why did you end up engaging in direct combat with insects?"

"Why can't we engage in direct combat by attracting attention?"

"..."

You know what, it's true.

Moreover, for someone with her level of combat power, it might be safer to just rush into a biological ship and start killing rather than dealing with it in outer space.

Forget it, just believe in the child's fighting talent. Zhang Ge really has nothing to teach her in this regard.

Therefore, without paying much attention to this aspect, Zhang Ge just raised his foot and kicked the head of the "unknown giant bug". He said to a captain of the Weepers:

"Take this with you. If you can't lift it, you can find a few more people."

As soon as the words fell, the wind suddenly blew past.

The Weeper Captain, who usually moved at the speed of an ordinary person, suddenly appeared next to the head, and his speed seemed even faster than during the war... The next moment, with a competitive spirit like a life-and-death battle, he grasped the insect beast's jaw bones.

The sound of the power armor operating and the muscles squeezing against each other were heard, inch by inch, as the head, which was much heavier than steel, was lifted high by the company commander alone.

It also allowed him to get what he wanted.

"good."

Zhang Ge praised it.

After the head was captured, the group, led by Zhang Ge, quickly returned to the bridge and were teleported back to the Spirit of Vengeance among a group of navy boarding teams that were cleaning up the mess.

Fighting is good, but with such a small number of people going head-on with the insect hive tentacles is definitely seeking death. At least they have to go to a place like Baal where there is no retreat before they can fight to the death.

Therefore, now is the time to take the remaining warships back to the second line of defense.

Chapter 319: The Long-Awaited Fortress

As Zhang Ge contacted the various ships through Endymion, the order to retreat was quickly conveyed.

Although there were inevitably a small number of opposing opinions among the ships, Zhang Ge's attitude towards the so-called opposing opinions was unified:

Okay, then do whatever you want.

Anyway, I'm not really your commander. If you want to fight the Zerg on the spot, go ahead and do it yourself.

And the effect of doing so is significant.

When most of the ships began to retreat, those diehards who had originally planned to stay immediately changed their minds.

After all, although some of them want to wait for a good price and some want to pursue honor, they are not really tired of living. With only seven or eight ships left there... it would be better to lose some face than to use these few ships to fight against a bunch of biological ships.

"Speaking of which, aren't those bugs much faster? Is it my illusion?"

At this time, Zhang Ge, who had returned to the captain's throne, looked at the countless biological ships displayed on the holographic map and asked with some confusion.

The secretary on duty had been replaced by Olivia from Penelope—or, to be more precise, a humanoid version of Olivia—who was floating in mid-air, spinning around until Zhang Ge asked her a question. Then she floated back to him and replied:

"The bugs' acceleration did increase by about 20 percent, but it's still a lot slower than ours."

"..."

Zhang Ge stared.

"What, what happened? Dear...dear Mr. Zhang Ge?"

"What reason did you give Olivia to lend you this body?"

"Ahahaha, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"Come back, or I'll unplug your charging cable."

Olivia, who was about to drift away, drifted back again, a slightly aggrieved expression on her face.

"Oh, dear, you've been locking me up in that dark place. Although I like this kind of placement, I always recall the days before I met you, and I can't help but feel scared. Just let me out for a walk."

"Don't change the subject."

Zhang Ge changed the subject by saying "Don't change the subject" and knocked the other person on the head.

Although she obviously felt no pain, she still cooperated by swinging her body and shouting:

"Ouch!"

"So? What's the answer?"

"I made her—this."

Hearing Zhang Ge emphasize it again, she returned to her previous expression and took out a pendant from her pocket.

The familiar cross and the familiar hair.

“It took me a lot of energy to do this.”

"Can you create something out of thin air?"

"Of course, that's impossible. It's just that the concept of 'time' is actually the sequential nature of material movement. So I can find a single information segment within that long sequence, and then use that information to reconstruct things from that time in their current form. For example, this hair is recreated through atomic construction."

"Then you still say it's laborious?"

"You're to blame... I can't control your time. I can only piece together enough information bit by bit through the atoms scattered from the hair master."

Zhang Ge was speechless after hearing this.

The technology and electricity I had at that time were used to do this for you?

Never mind, it's better than her having to store a bunch of power and then restore another ship.

"I won't say anything to you this time. I'll find someone to make a new one later. Don't always steal Olivia's toys."

"I know, I know."

However, the other party did not move away as he pretended to be impatient in his voice. Instead, he moved closer and put his arms around Zhang Ge's neck.

Then, she leaned forward and gave him a light kiss on the side of his cheek.

Before Zhang Ge could react, she moved slightly, placed her lips next to his ear, and whispered:

"This thing is very important to this child. She spent a long time working on it and said she wanted to give you a surprise... Don't tell her I told you in advance."

"Come on, be serious."

After scanning the bridge and seeing that no one paid any attention to the small commotion, Zhang Ge quickly pushed her aside.

There were no further incidents during the subsequent voyage. Since the speed of the Imperial ships was much faster than that of the Tyranid bio-ships even after acceleration, the fleet had reached the second line of defense, that is, the castle lord's defense line, long before the other ships.

After informing the person in charge of the castle's main defense line, ships soon docked in one of the main forts consisting of several adjacent large asteroids.

This also includes the Spirit of Vengeance under Zhang Ge's command.

The fortress of the Castle Lord's Ring is composed of a large number of hollowed-out asteroids. The largest of these asteroids can even reach hundreds of kilometers in diameter, and the smaller ones are mostly over a thousand meters...and this is why it is considered foolish to leave the range of the Castle Lord's defense line.

Over the thousands of years since the mineral deposits inside these asteroids were hollowed out and the castle's main defense line was officially built, the Blood Angels have repaired and reinforced them time and time again without any hesitation or investment. If they had not lost their mobile defense force and there was suspicion of internal unrest, it would have been impossible for them to fall in such a short time.

At least it won't be so short that we won't have time to wait for the Blood Angels reinforcements from Baal.

Of course, Zhang Ge didn't care much about how strong the castle's defenses were. He was more interested in why the defenses had suddenly lost all external connections. Could it be some powerful, dangerous creature at work? Or a long-dormant gene-stealing sect?

Bring it up quickly. It’s best to concentrate all your efforts to eliminate me, the external factor that has ruined the plan.