In the field hospital, Wadez opened his eyes.

"You're awake, General."

Seeing the general wake up, the soldier on the side said as he took out a tactical monitor and handed it to Wadez.

"Not long ago, Taryn attacked again. They avoided our artillery fire by digging underground passages. ”

"They are attacking from many directions at once, and the soldiers of the second line of defense, space marines, and armored groups have come to support those positions that have been attacked. The specifics are displayed on the monitor in your hand. ”

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After Wadez heard the soldier's words, he immediately didn't care about anything else, and immediately began to quickly flip through the information in his hand.

Wardz breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Imperial forces had stabilized the battlefield with rapid support.

"It seems that these Tyranids are somewhat similar to the orcs, and in the midst of savagery and brutality, they also have surprising cunning and intelligence."

The soldier on the side nodded, echoing Wadez's words.

"Yes, General. They are by no means unintelligent beasts, but masters of war who are well-versed in tactics. ”

The soldier said as he pulled out a transparent freezer from the side of him.

"In addition to the situation on the front, there is another important thing I want to report to you."

Looking at what the soldier had taken out, Wadez was a little puzzled.

"These are your lungs, General."

"It's been completely eroded by Tylen spores and Tyranid microbes."

Looking at the lungs, which were covered in fungus and had completely blocked airways, Wadez instantly realized that something was wrong.

"How are the soldiers? What about the people of the Empire in the city? ”

"The situation is not optimistic, General."

"As you can see, it's very difficult to clean up the spores of the whole lung, so the easiest thing to do is to replace it with a prosthetic lung, or remove the lung and replace it with a new clone lung."

"Although almost every health department in the city has this capacity, the number of infected people is too high. And the onset is so rapid that many people don't have time to be treated. So far, the death toll has reached ......"

Wadez listened to the soldier's debriefing while looking at the materials on the tactical monitor.

The above information shows that the Tylen spores have already caused a large number of casualties in the city, and those dead bodies must be incinerated or more spores will spread.

What are you guarding Waldez!

As the city's supreme commander, Wadez believes that he is responsible for the casualties caused by these Tyranid creatures.

Vadez confessed in his heart to the Emperor and the Son.

He should have predicted the attack of the Tyranid creatures from underground, but he didn't. He should have been more vigilant about the Tyranid spores he found, but he didn't.

Wadez knew that no amount of alien blood would wash away his shame and guilt, but now was not the time for him to accept punishment.

The most important thing he should do now is to command his troops to clear out the Tyranid creatures who have broken into the defenses and threatened the lives of the Empire's people as soon as possible.

He had to be strong and do the right thing.

Wadez jumped out of the hospital bed and ordered as he changed his clothes.

"Contact the Governor of the planet and ask him to gather all the experts related to living things on the planet. Gather the medical experts in the troops, invite the pharmacists of the second war regiment. Half an hour later, I was waiting for them in the cathedral of the city. ”

"If you can't make it, you can use the holographic projection to get there, and at the same time contact Terra, we need technical support."

After getting dressed, Wadez put on his own power armor again, unlike the power armor of the Space Marine, this model of power armor is very easy to wear and can be done by one person.

Passing the data from the tactical display to the power armor, Wadez continued to watch as he left the room.

According to the data, the damage caused by these spores to the Astral Army is not that great.

Wadez speculated that this might be due to the Astral Army's power armor.

The Astral Army is often on the front lines of the battlefield, and they wear power armor almost most of the time under the threat of attacks from the Tyranid creatures that may arrive at any time, and the poisonous spores blasted by the spore mines dropped by the biological ships in space.

The power armor has a built-in internal circulation system that locks the knee joint, so that soldiers can excrete and sleep standing in the power armor. There is no problem wearing it all the time.

The power armor of the Astral Army is fully sealed, which can filter the air, and it is difficult for the spores to infect the Astral Army soldiers. At the same time, it has a vital monitoring system, and if something goes wrong, the medical corps can get the news in time.

Thanks to this, when the Tyranid creatures attack, the Astral Army on the front line of the Empire also has the ability to counterattack them.

Leaving the field hospital, Wadez sat in a vehicle and headed to the city's cathedral.

Looking out, Wadez found the city full of death. Bands of enforcers armed with Imperial-standard breathing apparatus loaded corpses wrapped in corpse belts onto transport trucks bound for the incineratorium.

Paramedics travel around the city, hoping to treat more people. But often they leave disappointed, and then the enforcers in the transport van arrive.

Near medical buildings in the city, there are people waiting in line everywhere for treatment. Some of them have severe symptoms, some have mild symptoms, but they are always luckier than those who die outright.

Bang!

Wadez angrily punched the vehicle's door.

Fortunate? It's called fart luck.

A dry cough came from the mouths of the men, and a mother and daughter helped a man to his back. Perhaps he was once a man, supporting his family with his own arms.

But now, his skin was an unusually dead gray, his clothes hung loosely on his skinny body, and a cough brought out a small puddle of black bubbling impurities from his body. Maybe it's his lungs.

Seeing this, Wadez's heart was filled with anger and hatred. He swore he would devote his life to the battle to kill Tyranid creatures.

As the vehicle slowly drove to the cathedral door, Wadez suppressed his emotions and stepped out of the vehicle.

Around the cathedral, there are also a number of patients waiting to be treated. A group of medical nuns are treating these patients through biotechnology or psionic means.

They belong to the medical order under the state religion.

From the Astral Army to the Inquisitor, they are present in many departments of the Empire.

They were often deployed to war zones, where all sorts of new and exotic weapons were used against the Imperial army. And they rushed to the front line with professional equipment.

For example, the same battlefield automated surgical tools as the Space Marine Pharmacist. The kit includes a sophisticated automated diagnostic system and a highly automated wound pretreatment system that allows the wearer to obtain a large amount of wound-related information without manual observation, and to automatically clean, disinfect and remove the injured tissue.

They also used holy water and prayers to heal the wounds of the warriors, and the effectiveness of this method depended on the strength of the wounded's faith, which was sometimes more effective.

"Praise be to the Son. All glory to him, to the emperor of mankind. May his radiance bless us, and may his radiance shine on the road ahead. ”

Wadez whispered a prayer with the nuns, and then strode into the sanctuary of the church, the temple hall of the medical order.

Each of the medical nuns has spent their lives studying the abilities and diseases of their enemies, and their skills have been extensively practiced on the battlefield.

In some cases, they are tasked with developing protections against psionic attacks, as well as mapping lineages and genealogies to stop the spread of mutations. They also work to understand the physiology and anatomy of their enemies, and work tirelessly into the biology of aliens.

The library in the sanctuary contains detailed books on medical technology and the results of the nuns' research.

Located in the heart of the city, with all the medical equipment and knowledge, and in the midst of the sacred church of the Son and the Emperor, Wadez believes that this is the best place for discussion.

At the same time, Wadez also ordered the soldiers to bring a large faster-than-light communication device, which would help them better communicate with Terra.

As the scheduled time drew closer and more experts arrived, they began to discuss how to solve Tyron's spores problem without giving them a task.

However, these experts on the Long River Star are more like assistants or retinues at this time, and most of them are only responsible for providing data and information. The real researchers are not here, but in the distant solar system.

While the Empire will no longer be able to provide more military support to the White Hart System, the Empire's brightest brains at the Empire's Research Hub will provide the White Hart System with all the technical support they need.

As one of the first planets to be invaded by the Tyranids, the Empire has maintained a high level of concern for the Long River. Everything that is happening on the Long River Star right now has great reference value for the Empire.

The war on the Long River Star will have a profound impact on the Empire's future battles with the Zerg, and at the same time, the new situation and new characteristics of the Tyranid creatures it shows can also bring many enlightenments to the Empire's military strategy, campaign tactics, and army building.

Therefore, for the sake of the Empire's people on the Long River Star, and for the sake of all the Empire's subjects who may be invaded by Tyranid creatures in the future, the scholars in the Research Hub will soon figure out how to deal with the threat of these Tyranid spores.

So how fast is it?

Answer: Eucalyptus is less than one Terra.

The empire can be said to be like a god in biotechnology at the moment, and it is not difficult to create a biological war race like the orcs using genetic engineering. (Baseline level)

The planetary computing complex provides powerful computing power, many scholars build knowledge bases through telepathy, and prosthetics such as quantum brains provide technical convenience.

So much so that the Empire has not yet used time technology, and has developed an antifungal drug against Tyranid spores in just one Terra hour.

Wadez immediately contacted the Planetary Governor to inform him of the news, hoping that he would be able to produce the drug as soon as possible.

Although a drug was developed, Wadez was not satisfied, because it was a palliative rather than a cure.

He wants to get to the bottom of the Tyranid spores, understand how they are produced, destroy them completely, or develop countermeasures against them.

......

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In a fortress on the edge of the city.

Miles commanded his men to meet the swarm of insects trying to storm the protective wall.

Attack after attack was repelled from the restored curtain wall. Gunfire roared day and night. The sky was filled with traces of anti-aircraft guns and lasers that were constantly firing.

The reactors in the fortress vibrate continuously and quietly, and these reactors power laser positions, plasma turrets, and shields at maximum capacity.

Although some of the swarms reached the fortress through the underground passages, attacking the artillery positions and energy equipment, Miles was unfazed.

Because, the space marines who came to support were guarding there.

Not long ago, in order to protect the important facilities in the fortress, Miles commanded a group of soldiers to fight the Tyranid in the fortress.

Although they succeeded in blocking these aliens, there were more Zerg outside the fortress trying to climb through the protective wall and enter the fortress, and more soldiers were needed on the protective wall.

Just as Miles was in a dilemma, the Space Marines in the Storm Bird arrived at the fortress.

The support of these warriors allowed Miles to lead his soldiers to the protective wall to support without worrying about the destruction of vital equipment in the fortress by the Tyranid creatures.

Without worrying about internal problems, an imperial fortress is almost impregnable from the outside.

Its defenses were too strong to be breached.

Tyron, though, never cared about death. Some Tyranid creatures with bio-cannons on their backs throw live cannonballs onto the walls of strongholds, not caring if the creatures hit their targets.

Some Tyranids in the sky also dropped biobombs on Imperial soldiers in the fortress. The Void Shield groaned, deflecting them. The flicker of displacement flashed a noisy aurora around the soldiers' positions.

Some floating spore mines are slow and can pass through shields, but they will be targeted and exploded by the air defense systems of laser cannons and quadruple automatic cannons.

An almost constant rain of acid poured down from these living bomb clouds, spreading without a trace, doing nothing but scorching the colors on the Astral Army's armor.

The aerial swarm could also fly at the right speed, but they retreated in front of the Empire's air forces, leaving the sky to the roar of exploding anti-aircraft guns and the crash of biomunitions, with no effect on the Void Shield.

The Sentinel Cannon deployed along the protective wall fires Vulcan heavy explosive shells at high speed, making a sound similar to that of a tractor in the 3K era.

It moved monotonously back and forth, sweeping away all Tyranid creatures that tried to get close to the stronghold. The sound of chitin shattering and the death screams of the zerg is a symphony of hell, and it is played without the slightest pause.

No Zerg will be able to get past the protective wall and enter the fortress.