Brutal, cold, and ruthless, huh?

During the push, I encountered a red helmet belonging to Ultramarines.

The swarm of insects was clearing a path ahead, pouring into the depths of the ruins.

After turning a corner onto a street that was partially collapsed, a commotion suddenly broke out ahead.

Lin En glanced ahead.

At the end of the street was a collapsed plaza. Opposite the plaza was a crumbling wall, behind which crouched seven or eight Space Marines in blue Power Armor — Ultramarines.

A squad of Necron Warrior was firing at the back of the ruined wall in the square. The green light of their Gauss Flayer flashed, sending rubble flying everywhere.

The Ultramarines behind the ruined wall returned fire, one of them with exceptional marksmanship, firing two shots each time he peeked out, forcing the Necron Warrior to retreat.

Moreover, he always peeked out from different spots, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, making it impossible for the Necron Warrior's Gauss Flayer to lock onto him.

The insect hive swarmed forward, engulfing the squad of Necron Warrior.

I remember in the original animation, when the Deathmark Assassin appeared, there was a Deathmark Assassin in a red helmet who exchanged gunfights with him several times, and for a while, he made the Deathmark afraid to show his face. He was very strong.

Unfortunately, the Deathmark Assassin could teleport, and in the end, this Ultramarines's red-helmeted Sergeant still died at the hands of the Deathmark Assassin.

The red-helmeted Sergeant in the animation was not given a name.

But when Lin En and his men encountered him, the red-helmeted Sergeant immediately stood up, overjoyed, and called out Lin En's name, "Lord Lin En! I never expected it would be you who came to our rescue!"

Red Helmet leaped out from behind the crumbling wall and ran towards the corridor, waving back to the Ultramarines behind him as he ran. "Come out, everyone! Lord Lin En is here!"

"Lord Lin En!"

"It's Lord Lin En!!"

One by one, the Ultramarines behind the crumbling wall stood up.

Seven or eight people in Blue-armored Marines, some supporting the wounded and others carrying empty guns, visibly relaxed when they saw Lin En and jogged over.

The man in the red helmet ran in front and stood in front of Lin En.

Lin En was taken aback. "You are...?"

With a soft pop of pressure release at the helmet connection, the red-helmeted Sergeant removed his helmet.

It turned out to Sergeant Agrippa, the one who had taken him to the Ultramarines and whom he had met on the Macragge's Honour, the one who had nearly killed Captain Alpha-plus with a single burst of fire.

"... Sergeant Agrippa," Lin En repeated slowly, "I never expected it to be you."

The feeling of being killed by an unknown red-helmeted being killed by a Necrons in the Pariah Nexus was unreal.

What if it's someone we know wearing a red helmet?

If the Ultramarines here are all soldiers of the Third Company, then the corpse of Astartes lying dead by the roadside here is the Third Company Captain, the Priest Castor, or the Third Company's Apothecary?

I can't calm down at all.

If he lets them die here today, he'll be this... [upside-down thumbs-up]

Lin En pointed behind him. "Phoros Chapter Master. We're gathering our Necrons forces. The Zerg are searching for the entrance to the Tomb Complex. Go and meet up with them first, then we'll fight our way down together once they find it."

"Necrons lair?"

"Yes, there's a Necrons's lair on this planet. The Necrons who created this experimental site is a Necrons Technician named Zeras. I'm going down there to twist his head off."

Agri immediately fastened his red helmet back on, locking it in place with a click, and raised his gun again. "Yes, sir!"

*******

The Tyranids continued their advance, searching in Necrons directions for the entrance to the Tomb Complex.

Human soldiers followed behind, clearing the surface and continuing to rescue friendly forces and civilians, gradually cleaning up the planet's surface.

Lin En stood in the square, holding off the insect swarm for Thirty Days while directing the civilians he had gathered to evacuate onto the Transport Shuttle. Sister Danica, along with the Battle Sister, comforted the civilians and guided their retreat.

Sister Danica was originally a very gentle person. Her behavior at the beginning of the animation was only due to the influence of the Pariah Nexus. Later in the animation, she also very gently apologized to the civilians.

In reality, the Battle Sister are good to the common people; they are sisters to everyone.

The remaining warriors are working alongside the Tyranids to eliminate the Necrons.

At that moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the sky.

Phoros's voice came through the communicator. "My lord, orbital scanning has detected an unidentified flying object falling outside the atmosphere at a high speed, its trajectory heading towards the surface of Paradis III."

What kind of flying object?

"Outline matches Imperium Thunderhawk Gunship, signal identification code matches Salamanders Chapter, currently plummeting and out of control!"

Lin En looked up at the sky.

The yellowish sky was shrouded in smoke and the eerie green light of the Blackstone Array, making it impossible to see anything.

But a few seconds later, the clouds were torn open, and a streak of fire trailing black smoke shot out like a meteor, falling diagonally at a great speed, so fast that no one had time to think.

It was the Salamanders Squad's Thunderhawk Gunship that crashed.

When Sa'kan's Thunderhawk Gunship was attacked and wrecked, the Astartes inside were still alive.

They all died during the crash.

Lin En's mouth moved before her brain.

"Tyranids Parasite Mothership! The parasitic Mothership closest to the crash site! Take off! Catch that Thunderhawk!"

The Hive Node on the other end of the communication connection buzzed.

A Blue-Green-Purple Tyranids Parasite Mothership took to the air from the ground.

It's a bit smaller than the Mothership, but much larger than the Thunderhawk.

The Bio-engine emitted pale green exhaust fumes from beneath the hull, and the entire ship sprang up from the ground, hurtling towards the direction where the Thunderhawk had fallen.

The Thunderhawk crashed down.

The Tyranids Parasite Mothership rushed to the ground beneath the Thunderhawk first, its back shell opening to reveal a soft, enormous biomass groove.

The parasitic Mothership caught the falling Thunderhawk Gunship in one go.

The Thunderhawk crashed haphazardly into the crater, causing the entire parasitic Mothership to sink.

The biological tissue was dented and slightly burst, but it still managed to hold on, like a large hand catching a falling egg.

The parasitic Mothership swayed and stabilized itself before slowly descending.

The Thunderhawk Gunship was placed on an open space next to the square.

Lin En ran over.

Even after crashing into the soft insect-like body, the Thunderhawk Gunship was severely damaged; its nose was flattened, a section of its wing was broken off, and smoke was billowing from its tail.

However, the cabin did not fall apart, and the main cockpit and passenger cabin remained intact.

The rear hatch popped open and landed on the ground with a thud.

The Astartes of the Salamanders Varlock Squad emerged, dizzy and disoriented.

They were all wearing dark green Power Armor, with a fire dragon tattooed on one shoulder plate.

Dark skin, red eyes, slightly unsteady steps, carrying his comrade on his shoulder.

The one being carried had blood gushing from his head, but he appeared to be alive.

The third, the fourth, the fifth... one after another, they emerged from the hatch. There were ten Astartes Salamanders in total, all alive.

The first thing they saw when they came out was the huge landing Mothership.

He almost raised the Flamer in his hand.

I had a really bad dream; I dreamt that I was rescued by the Tyranids while on a mission.

Good heavens, those Salamanders hate Xenos the most!

But they glanced at the deformed Thunderhawk, then at the Tyranids Parasite Mothership next to it, whose hull still bore the Thunderhawk's ramming marks.

The parasitic Mothership's catching of the falling Thunderhawk wasn't without its costs, especially since it caught it with its soft interior; it itself was nearly killed by the Thunderhawk.

The parasitic Mothership's hull can no longer be retracted; the biological tissue grooves are slowly healing themselves, and the impact crater is wriggling and growing, trying little by little to fill the dent.

Ten Salamanders stood there, their expressions increasingly complex.

One day, they found themselves owing the Tyranids a life.

The Lamenters called out to them, "Brothers! Don't just stand there! Come Necrons!"

The Salamanders turned and saw Lin En.

"Emperor's Envoy, Lord Lin En?"

Lin En looked at them with a smile.

He wouldn't know which one was Sa'kan if he didn't take off his helmet; anyway, everyone survived.

"Is it the Varlock Squad, the Salamanders, known for their brutality and ruthlessness?" Lin En asked mischievously, drawing out the words.

Suddenly, all ten Salamanders in the Varlock Squad lowered their heads.

Lin En's group all burst into laughter.

You bunch of Warhammer's famously benevolent Salamanders, huh? Brutal and ruthless, huh?