Rescuing Allies

Commissar Vya, after hearing the coordinates, realized that his unit was the closest combat force. He drained the bowl of thick soup in one go and ordered his troops to move swiftly toward the designated location.

The New Spirit Reconnaissance Team belonged to the New Spirit Communications Department, which specialized in transmitting messages across galaxies. Whenever battle demanded it, they dispatched combat personnel to scout the enemy's situation. Such elite squads consisted entirely of Aeldari.

The Aeldari's innately keen senses allowed them to detect nearby danger without the aid of equipment. They could also use psychic power to pinpoint enemy positions and transmit more accurate information outward.

The battlefield intelligence provided by the Bird Augury satellites was still far too limited. Faced with the deep underground and the complicated hive-city structures, those devices could only give commanders a rough idea of where their soldiers were.

Deep within the maze of underground tunnels, two Aeldari Rangers concealed themselves from the searching swarm. Yet they both knew this was only a temporary measure. Once the Neurothrope's next psychic wave swept through, the two of them would be completely exposed before the swarm.

"This is practically suicide... I like taking risks, but I'm not about to wander around in front of these things." Ranger Itko complained as he raised the Ranger rifle he had configured himself and shot a Tyranid Warrior in the eye.

The crystal-focused beam easily pierced the eye and the soft tissue beneath it. Nearly invisible particles within the beam were also sent into the Tyranid Warrior's body. They traveled through its blood vessels and, after absorbing enough blood, suddenly expanded.

Countless sharp filaments pierced through the Tyranid Warrior's insides, killing it instantly.

Even if it somehow survived, the Tyranid Warrior could no longer move its rigid body. It could