Chapter 17: Bio-Titan
After Taiyue piloted the Thunderhawk gunship into the planet's atmosphere, he quickly flew to the first hive in the northern part of the planet. This hive has been occupied by the gene stealer sect, and there is no living person in the planetary governor's mansion.
Due to the infiltration and destruction of the gene stealers, the factories within the hive city basically stopped operating. As pollutant emissions decreased, the visibility of the atmosphere around the hive city increased.
"Warning! An unknown air formation appears ahead!"
The warning lights of the Thunderhawk gunship began to flash, and everyone encountered the Tyranids' aerial force-Gargoyles.
Sometimes referred to as "Hellbats" by Imperial forces, Gargoyles are winged Tyranid creatures that evolved from gunworms. They have only two arms and the rest of their limbs have been degraded.
The main purpose of these vicious and ferocious enemies is to hunt for prey over a wide area and spread the seeds of terror and chaos before ground forces arrive.
The group of gargoyles in front of the Thunderhawk gunship flapped their membrane wings, held symbiotic flesh-eating guns, and balanced their flight posture with their barbed tails.
Their whole bodies are covered in white chitin carapace, and the chitin carapace on their heads and backs is denser, showing a dark gray metallic texture.
"Target locked!"
The machine spirit of the Thunderhawk gunship automatically locked on all gargoyles and transmitted it to the helmet eyepiece of the Thai-Vietnamese power armor.
"Fire!"
Following Taiyue's order, dense heavy explosive bombs poured out.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Most of the gargoyles were unable to dodge and fell from the sky amid the explosion. Only two gargoyles relied on their superb flying skills to pass by the Thunderhawk gunship.
"This place is far away from the main battlefield. Gargoyles can't fly this far. There might be a Tyrannic flying behemoth in the sky that serves as a mothership!"
Renus said solemnly that as an elite member of the killing team, he knew the characteristics of each Tyranid creature.
"In the clouds above!"
Taiyue said softly that the image scanned by the auspicious device showed that there were unknown spots hovering at high altitude. The enemy was not as fast as the Thunderhawk gunship and seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Tyranid flying creatures can only rely on wings instead of displacement engines to fly. Their straight-line speed is naturally not comparable to the Empire's fighter planes or gunships, but they are very maneuverable and can quickly twist or change direction to avoid the Empire's air and gunships. Ground fire.
"Now go and deal with the enemies above you?"
Jerome asked.
"The leader of the Chicken Thief Clan is in the lower nest of the nest ahead. We will carry out our mission first."
Tai Yue shook his head and accelerated to throw away the Tyranids above.
After approaching the target nest capital, Tai Yue shut down the displacement engine, controlled the Thunderhawk gunship to slow down, and prepared to land in a ruined castle above the nest capital.
After the Thunderhawk gunboat came to a stop, dust rose from the ground. Just when everyone was about to leave the Thunderhawk gunboat, the warning light flashed again.
A Tyranid flying behemoth larger than a Thunderhawk gunship swooped down from high altitude. It was more than thirty meters long and had a wingspan of nearly forty meters.
"Biological Titan Shrew!"
Renus took a look at the outline scanned by the auspicious device and came to the conclusion that the Thunderhawk gunship had no time to dodge in the face of the sneak attack of the biological Titan.
The Bio-Titan is a giant Tyranid creature, the largest war behemoth the Hive Mind can deploy against intelligent life in the galaxy.
These hulking creatures often roam fierce war zones, using powerful biological weapons to overwhelm their enemies and bring endless death and destruction.
The shrews are one of the biological titans. They are the largest flying Tyranid creatures encountered in the war between the human empire and the Tyranids. Their huge membrane wings can fly freely in the sky. They are usually used as long-distance transport vehicles. Its belly will carry a large number of gargoyles.
Shrews have no legs or feet, and even if they did, it would be difficult for them to support their weight, so Imperial xenoscientists believe that once a shrew is airborne, it never lands until it conquers the entire planet before plunging itself into the digester.
The swooping shrew unfolded its claws, preparing to tear apart the Thunderhawk gunship with the help of high-speed impact.
"court death!"
Taiyue immediately rushed out of the Thunderhawk gunship, and the long-range weapons on the servo arms and mechanical tentacles instantly opened fire!