Hive Mind: A Bunch of Overly Aggressive Males-Enough Already!

"Fulgrim."

A hoarse murmur came from the mouth of the amalgam before Fulgrim, a fusion of Fabius, Pater Mutatis, and the Norn Queen.

The Hive Mind had clearly recognized Fabius's value. It had consumed Fabius without destroying him, instead molding him into this form and using his will, intellect, and understanding of biological genes to serve itself.

The enormous insect eggs hanging from Fabius's abdomen writhed and convulsed. A Tyranid organism rapidly took shape within one of the sacs, then burst free.

It was a four-legged Tyranid behemoth, but its foremost limbs bore none of the usual Tyranid scything claws. Instead, they were a pair of wolf-like rending claws. Its head was larger than that of ordinary Tyranids, with faint canine traits discernible in its features. Its maw was packed with savage fangs, while traces of psychic organs could be seen behind its skull.

The Tyranid behemoth moved, pouncing upon Fulgrim and the Sons of the Phoenix squad under his command like a giant wolf on a snowy plain.

Its rending claws swept out, turning into a winter blizzard descending upon Fulgrim and the Sons of the Phoenix.

But just before the claws fell, the Forgebreaker Warhammer became an equally dazzling storm of hammer blows, blocking those sharp rending claws.

"Russ." Fulgrim softly spoke the name of his barbarian brother. At a glance, he recognized whose genes had been integrated into this Tyranid creature's genetic sequence.

As Fulgrim spoke that name, the Tyranid creature opened its feeding maw. Its massive head split apart like petals in an instant, revealing a bloody mouth even larger than Fulgrim's body. Inside were densely packed barbed tentacles, hooked tongues, and sharp spines. These countless predatory organs lunged at Fulgrim like a wolf pack.

Drawing upon Fabius's old teachings, Fulgrim quickly saw the design principle