After a while, Soshyan realized that the rest of the aliens had disappeared.
The tunnel suddenly emptied.
Thor stepped forward and shot a bullet through the head of the alien who was still lying on the ground struggling, but the entire lower body was torn to pieces, and then stood next to Soshyan.
"It seems that the alien threat has been fully confirmed."
Hearing Sol's words, Soshyan responded with a cough.
They stood like this among the piles of corpses. He could hear the heavy breathing of the battle brothers from the communication, and knew that they were struggling to calm down their fighting spirit-when the Astartes used their violence, they also Gotta know how to control it.
"Your opinion is to return—"
Before they finished speaking, they heard a loud explosion and the collision of falling rocks from the passage they came from.
There is no doubt that the tunnel returning to the secondary mining area has collapsed. The enemy has obviously arranged an ambush, or the killing itself is part of the ambush.
These aliens are no brainless beasts.
What happened next also confirmed Soshiyang’s idea.
From deeper in the mine tunnel ahead and from the other two tunnels leading to the intersection, various firearms began to shout and spit.
"Move to the right."
Soshyan ordered succinctly, turning around from the darkness illuminated by the fire and retreating towards the light at the intersection.
They ran, bullets kicking up rubble and blasting chunks of dirt from the walls on either side.
During the action, Soshyan felt a bullet hit his left shoulder guard heavily, but it was blocked by the outer layer of fine gold.
Another round exploded as it grazed his backpack. It was undoubtedly a bolter. The enemy also had a heavy bolter-level weapon.
Then the third shot sent a huge spark on the rails beneath his boots.
More bullets flew into the entrances to two other adjoining tunnels, the flashes of heavy muzzles revealing faint but darting red eyes.
"Augury failed."
Thor shouted as he ducked into the bunker beside him, the filled hopper shuddering as bullets struck its surface and exploded.
"Are there any other routes?"
"I'm scanning, it's possible, but it will take time."
Having said that, the aliens wouldn't give them the time of day.
The firepower from the attackers in the darkness was increasing, and even as Soshyan's thoughts were forming, there was a crash and a trail of fragmentation rockets from the opposite tunnel with the scream of the launch.
The next second, it smashed into an overturned mine bucket in front, used the fragments to tie it into a sieve and let it fly up.
According to the Codex Astartes, standard procedure for resolving such an ambush was a covered counterattack, but the narrow terrain restricted such an maneuver.
Then there is only one solution.
"They need to be lured into open areas and dealt with at once."
Soshyan said on the public channel:
"We retreat."
"Where? They have blocked the only route back to the secondary mining area."
"There's a haulage channel over there and that will bring them into the intersection."
"Based on the scans, there are no bunkers there."
Thor then warned.
"You have to think about it."
"If we try to get dragged down here by them without support, we'll just be wasting time and creating more uncertainty."
Soshyan made up his mind.
"Withdraw in combat formation and retreat to the tunnel on the left."
The Astral Knights then withdrew from the bunker, and at the same time the first half of the tactical team began to fire covering volleys, blindly splashing explosive bombs into the tunnel under attack.
As they did so, the second half of the squad got up and kicked up the gravel from the railroad ties and rushed back to the transport tunnel.
They came under attack as they went, solid bullets rattling the ceramite and bleeding from the weak spots in their armor.
But as soon as they entered the darkness of the tunnel, no one was lost.
"Covering fire."
Soshyan then directed the second half of the team to open fire to cover the withdrawal of the front team.
The front group was led by Thor, who moved with a bolt pistol and fired a volley of bullets into the nearest tunnel entrance.
He doubted he'd hit anything? But that wasn't the purpose.
Before escaping into the entrance of the passage, Thor threw a grenade backwards, and after a loud bang, there was a wail.
Bai Zhi's energy exploded on a wall of the tunnel. While arousing a burst of blood mist, it also instantly illuminated the attackers - a group of fourth-generation gangsters wearing miner uniforms with no hair on their heads and holding standard firearms. kind.
They look almost the same as humans, except for their slightly pale skin and appearance, but they are undoubtedly alien and non-human.
The emergence of such a being also means that the planet's quilt has been extremely severely penetrated.
This brings up the unique reproductive pattern of Genestealers.
First, the original pure genestealer would inject genetic material into the host to start the cycle of infection.
After the parasite spreads out and the Stealer Cult grows, the first Stealer will control the Stealer Patriarch and then slowly grow into an extremely huge psychic monster - the Nest Master.
The host will return to their society, and then begin to have an urgent desire to find a partner to form a family. This partner will also be infected by the stealer's genes later.
The body structure of the host is still generally similar to that of their race, although some have pale and blue skin. They will be controlled by the patriarch's mind and become slaves. This eternal night makes them perfect infiltrators.
Immediately afterwards? The boarders will give birth to
The first generation of alien monsters and the first generation of hybrids (I really don’t know how to translate that word)
Compared to other Genestealers, the original hybrids were nothing more than a bunch of animals. Slow, clumsy, and imbecile. Stealer cults tended to treat them only as consumables.
They usually have three to four arms and do not use the technology and weapons of the host race, but they will give birth to
Second generation hybrid.
Each second-generation hybrid is unique. This generation can selectively reproduce. Most of them use their parents as domestic animals, and some characteristics are also enhanced, such as speed, strength, and aggression.
They are more like the host race than gene stealers in the conventional sense, but they still cannot use the technology of the host race.
And their descendants are the third generation hybrids.
This hybrid has become very close to the appearance of the race they are parasitizing, and can even blend into the host race, and can even move within the society of this race if it wears camouflage clothes or hides in the shadows.
More importantly, some individuals in this generation can already use the weapons of the host race.
The fourth generation of hybrids they produce is also the generation most difficult to distinguish from the host race.
The fourth-generation hybrids have only minor deformities, but some individuals still have tell-tale signs, such as bald heads or fangs.
Being able to blend into their host's society, they will work to seduce, kidnap, or whatever, as many hosts as possible.
Some rare individuals in this generation even have psychic powers, and these individuals will become the Stealer Elders.
Here comes the most bizarre reproductive aspect of the Genestealers.
The fourth-generation hybrids that are most similar to their hosts produce fifth-generation hybrids, but
Abnormally, they will be "returned to their original shape".
In the fifth generation, the Genestealer's DNA will reappear in them, turning them into a complete Tyranid Genestealer, a terrifying alien killer, but with some physical characteristics of the host race.
The reincarnation of infiltration also begins, and a brand new thief will have the potential to infiltrate another world.
