Absolute greed is driven by the most extreme rationality.
Devour, and only for the sake of devouring.
The giant insect hisses, and billions of creatures are built into one. It is staring at you, with a fierce look, and its greedy eyes pass across your neck.
It is the swarm.
The chess players are in position. In the shadows, Pluto is silent, his face sinking into darkness. The chess pieces under his command are intertwined and collided, being born or disappearing.
He was fighting against a giant insect that was cold enough, rational enough, and large enough. He was fighting against logic, he was fighting against computing power, and he was fighting against an entire race.
The only good news is that the winning conditions for both sides are not the same.
Hades only wants them to be buried together in the sea of fire called war—
He creates, he builds, he guards, just for the final eternal silence!
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Forty-two planets lit up the sky, and on the map, pure black appeared one after another. The appearance of each black star represented the complete extinction of a world.
When it comes to issuing extermination orders, perhaps Hades will have a common topic with Inquisitor Kriptman.
Hades' bottom line is simple and clear -
In the Octares star system, every planet occupied by Tyranids or Greenskins can be abandoned, destroyed, and ordered to be exterminated.
Everything is just for the ultimate victory. Since humans can no longer use them, let them become death stars!
Hades would never allow any opportunity to severely inflict a heavy blow to Tyrone to be missed because of his slight hesitation.
Pluto calculated the masses of both sides on each planet. Except for the key planets, he sent extinction orders to every planet where the winning rate was less than 30% and the mass of the Tyranids was greater than that of the Greenskins.
The bright yellow alert light came on, and another greenskin warlord on the first line of defense fell.
All of a sudden, the seven planets began to burn slowly and violently, becoming death stars in the Octares star field.
Perhaps Inquisitor Kriptman was too kind after all.
Since he had already abandoned those planets and sent extermination orders to them, why didn't he send them again when the Terrans were wreaking havoc
Hades slowly raised the hourglass in his hand and stared thoughtfully at the sand that was sliding down.
Only by being more cruel, more rational, and more crazy than the Zerg can he win this war.
Almost there,
Hades thought that he could close the battle line.
He issued orders to the planets on the second line of defense and notified the fleets to attack.
Next, the Great Devourer will realize that after establishing the conditions for victory and the bottom line of what is acceptable, Pluto will do everything he can to pursue the ultimate victory.
A general has his mission, and a soldier has his mission. If one does not do his job, he is derelict in his duty.
There is only one mission, which is to achieve final victory.
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Reduce, reduce, reduce!
The quality is decreasing rapidly!
The neural nodes flickered, and the message of reduced mass was transmitted layer by layer. These were the few cries of the Great Devourer.
Reduce! Reduce! Reduce!!!
The Tyranids screamed and struggled to move out of the atmosphere, their biomass sizzling in the flames. Under the extreme high temperature, their shells curled up, and their muscles and fat quickly shrank, turned black, and turned to gray.
There is no way to save the Tyranids who are burning in flames on these forty-nine planets.
The message was passed layer by layer among the Zerg's will, and it even seemed to be stagnant for a moment. In the face of the huge and tragic failure, all the Tyranids stopped for a moment.
There is no way to recover.
The next moment, the Tyranids still fighting on the ground retreated one after another. The Great Devourer already knew the outcome of victory - that was to accept the extermination order.
On the planets that had already received the extermination order, the Great Devourer directly cut off the connection with the living Tyranids on them.
Among them, there are even motherships that have already descended into the planet's atmosphere to absorb biomass.
After losing the connection with the swarm consciousness, the Tyranids roasted by the fire fell completely into a struggle of biological instinct. They waved their limbs around randomly, but the flames were merciless. In the face of true nature, they were nothing but insects.
The Tyranid fleet began to turn around and tried to evacuate the battlefield.
However…
In those star regions that had been devoured by the Tyranids, the subspace began to fluctuate violently.
The densely packed bows rushed out,
Those greenskin fleets were far more numerous and better equipped than those the Tyranids had encountered before!
One large and one small, two battle moons slowly sailed out of the warp, blocking the possible main retreat route of the Terran main fleet.
Ships, countless ships, one, two, three... two hundred and forty-three... one thousand seven hundred... ten thousand and twenty-three... twenty thousand...
These huge fleets also carry countless huge asteroids that have been completely devoured by the Tyrannosaurus. Although there are no traces of greenskin technology on them, they still appear strange and abnormal.
…
After detecting such a large number of greenskin fleets, the entire Tyranid fleet paused for a moment again.
Because it is simply impossible.
It doesn't make sense.
Not compliant with calculation.
It's illogical.
Is this Greenskin Empire really big enough to support so many fleets? In previous observations of Greenskins, the formation of such a fleet would require a territory at least two to three times larger than this.
Even if the Great Devourer detected the greenskins' use of psionic energy to increase productivity, it would be just a drop in the bucket for such a huge mass.
Unless... Unless...
Hundreds of small frigates suddenly flew out from the Tyranid fleet that was stagnant in the void. These frigates were extremely fast and flew hurriedly towards the star area behind the fleet.
After passing by one or two seemingly normal galaxies, the Tyranids detected a picture that made them despair—if this kind of information could be called despair.
They saw planets that were almost in a semi-abandoned stage, with all their resources brutally wiped out.
In the heart of this greenskin empire, most of the star systems have not been built at all! There are no defense bases at all - there are only lands that have been exploited to the limit and large areas of abandoned mines!
The Great Devourers were deceived by the planets that had complete defense systems and fierce resistance in the early stages!!!
In order to deceive them, the other side even disguised a star area with two warlords, just to make the Terrans believe that this was an ordinary greenskin empire!
But this is not the case at all!
In other words, the Underworld Empire has invested all the resources within most of its territory into fleet construction - just to block the Terrans in this star field!
Fighting this greenskin fleet is obviously not worth the effort.
After a brief hesitation, Tyranid changed direction and tried to continue attacking the planet he had just retreated from.
There are still at least a dozen galaxies that appear to have abundant resources in order to deceive Terran.
but…
Reality is always extremely cruel.
More than ten hours later, on the planet that was besieged and about to be captured by the concentrated Terran army, the terrifying fire lit up again. One whirlwind torpedo after another was fired, and one planet after another was engulfed in flames.
The Tyranids also tried to send fleets to those planets that looked desolate but were still usable according to Tyranid standards, but what made the Tyranids feel even more desperate and hopeless was that -
Once the Tyranids release their pods and try to drop troops on these planets, the upper atmosphere of the planet will immediately ignite!!!
The Zerg that had not yet reached the earth were immediately turned into nothing in the flames.
This means that no matter how hard they fight, this swarm will only continue to lose quality!!!
This is Hades' plan.
Looking at the planets falling into darkness, Pluto's mouth curled up.
The Great Devourer, the Tyranids, no matter how much this war machine calculates, it is only choosing the plan with the highest chance of winning based on the existing experience and data.
Then Hades made an exception for it.
Perhaps in the data of the Great Devourer, there is no such crazy race at all. The development of the entire race is only for a war against the Great Devourer, which will be detrimental to both sides.
It does not seek racial construction or racial development, and is even different from the Terrans who rely on war to support war. The Underworld Empire develops purely for the purpose of destroying them.
If the Tyranids followed their thinking, this huge green fleet should have directly conquered other planets instead of choosing to encircle and suppress them.
In this way, both sides will suffer losses and eventually perish, which is totally inconsistent with the laws of racial development.
This is an empire that has no regard for the future.
This is an empire that seeks only war and destruction!
The swarm consciousness collapsed at this moment.
Their group consciousness disappeared and they immediately scattered.
Hades couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the Zerg fleet on the map falling apart. After realizing that they were bound to lose too much mass, the Tyranids would choose to flee in all directions in order to survive.
As expected of a race that seeks only development and devouring.
Faced with this kind of situation, even if you fight to the death you may still have a way to survive, and even if the chance of winning is not too low, you will simply choose to disperse and escape.
Just because for the Tyrannosaurus, they will only choose the path with the least quality loss.
Glory, kingdom, life and death... For the Tyranids, only quality exists!
This is also why the bugs are hard to catch.
Hades sneered.
only…
escape
Hades thought, there's no way they'll escape - give him a fucking fight!
What he promised the greenskins was a super big WAAAAGH!!!
The small battle moon was covered with countless strange sacrificial patterns. At this moment, the battle moon was flashing a faint green light. Countless Mag boys were calculating and praying for a response from the subspace.
Countless coordinates were calculated and immediately sent to the nearest greenskin fleet. Three warlords stood at the bow of the ship and led their fleets to immediately encircle and suppress the Tyranid fleet that was trying to disperse.
The countless small tentacles that split off from the giant tentacle of Leviathan had just sailed out of one or two galaxies when they were immediately besieged by the cheering greenskins.
The scattered Tyranid fleet was no match for the greenskins. For a moment, the flesh and blood of thousands of Tyranids splashed in the void.
What's even more ridiculous is that because all the previous galaxies have been devoured by the Great Devourer and can no longer be used,
This means that if the Tyranids really want to escape this star region, the size of their fleet cannot be reduced too much.
Because their remaining biomass must ensure that they can sail out of this star region and defeat the planet at the end of the navigation distance.
At this time, the Tyranids really tasted the bitterness. They plundered every planet, leaving no chance for the planet to recover.
This also means that once they are forced to retreat and retrace the path the Tyranids took before, they will not be able to obtain supplies again!
Previously, in order to ensure the annihilation of the Greenskin Empire, this greedy Tyranid fleet devoured every planet on the map that they captured as much as possible.
Suffer the consequences of your actions!
"WAAAAAGH!!!!"
The roar of the greenskins' counterattack was heard, and the beast-headed ships rampaged into the Tyranids' fleeing fleet.
Hades sneered and looked at the map. On the map, countless small symbols of the fallen Tyranid fleets popped up like mushrooms after rain.
He waited patiently. This would never be the end. He was fighting a rational race with no bottom line. After realizing that one path did not work, the Terrans would immediately switch to another.
Hades carefully commanded the greenskin fleet to encircle and suppress the Tyranids. The fleet could not be too few, nor too many. He did not want to leave behind any tentacle, but he also did not want to destroy them all in a short period of time.
He needed the Tyranid fleet to regroup.
Hades waited slowly, partly because they might not be able to completely eliminate the scattered Tyranid fleets.
The second reason is... For Hades, there is more than one real enemy.
Either to eliminate the greenskins, or to fulfill his promise to lead the greenskins to a WAAAGH, Hades must reunite the Tyranid fleet.
Hades fiddled with the hourglass in his hand, and the sand fell rapidly, even though there was still a considerable accumulation at the top.
Three Terran hours later, the Tyranid fleet was observed to be regrouping.
Huge chunks of flesh and blood scattered across the starry sky, and the engines of greenskin ships roared, almost every one of them stained with the blood and acid of the Tyranids.
Hades was silent and waiting. Even after the massacre just now, the power gathered by the Tyranid fleet should not be underestimated - they still had the possibility of fighting the greenskin fleet and even winning.
Even with two battle moons, it would be difficult to defeat the full force of the Tyranid fleet.
However, for the Terrans, this will mean paying a heavy price.
In the current situation, the Tyranid tentacles have already failed. No matter what choices they make, how they fight, or even how they win, it will be a loss.
Perhaps, for the Terrans, this is a true failure.
Previously, even if they were defeated, the Tyranids would gain mass, and as long as the mass gained was greater than the waste, it was a victory.
The Tyrannosaurus' straightforward escape and retreat mechanism can also stop the loss in time, but it will only result in the loss of a small branch.
But now, the entire Leviathan may be destroyed here!
This is a painful enough price to pay. All the mass they had previously swallowed in Octares will be spit out, and even all of their own mass will turn into flames in the void.
It's just mass, let the flames transform it into energy to illuminate this galaxy! Waste it generously, and it will all turn into ashes!
This is Pluto’s chess game.
This is also the glory that only the Greenskin Empire can achieve.
(End of this chapter)