265. Calling for Reinforcements—Who Did He Call, and Is This Right?
"I have a slight feeling that something is wrong."
Hades swallowed and spoke to the Infinite One beside him. After hurried preparations, they had selected a remote, resource-poor star system as their stronghold against the Tyranids.
They had then deployed planet-killing weapons throughout every system near it, ensuring that the moment the Tyranids arrived, they could immediately establish an anti-Tyranid cordon.
Trazyn's hand trembled as he directed the construction of the dimensional passage. The Necron slowly turned its head, and the two of them found themselves staring at each other again.
"I may know what you're about to say."
Trazyn drew out the words. It instinctively looked up at the sky. Something really was wrong.
"This Tyranid Swarm is too large."
Hades swallowed again. He could be certain that the scale of this Tyranid Swarm was absolutely unprecedented, at least three to five times larger than the one he had faced during the Octarius War.
It was not merely an increase in numbers and scale. As the Tyranids multiplied exponentially, high-level Tyranids that the Imperium had never even seen began to appear as well.
"I suspect there's a progenitor broodmother in this Tyranid Swarm."
The Infinite One smacked its lips.
"Not a second- or third-generation broodmother that split off from another, but a first-generation broodmother commanding them. The Deathmarks sent to investigate told me that the differences between the two most extreme subgroups in this swarm had surpassed the genetic overlap threshold used to determine whether they belonged to the same species—but they were still united. Clearly, the broodmother commanding them possesses an extremely high priority."
"I have a question."
Hades looked toward the Tech-priests in the distance, who were digging trenches alongside Trazyn's forces. Aside from their red