Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 277

Rise of the Skaven

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The illusory dream seemed to be broken, the real world was unfolding towards Zhang Han, and many things became clearer.

He raised his head and saw something strange in the sky. It was clearly daytime but there was a blue sun. The entire planet had few warm colors, and the starry sky seemed to be full of death.

This is a strange place.

Looking down, an even stranger scene appeared.

Large numbers of rats poured out of the ground, Consume covering everything along the road. It was obvious that there was a town ahead, and there were still people living in it. They used some energy weapons with green light to kill these rats.

The effect was indeed good, but the number of rats was too great, and they quickly rushed into the town and swamped them.

Small rats have an advantage in towns. Many places that can block people cannot stop them. Soon the rats got into every house and ate everything inside.

The destruction of this town seemed to be imminent. Several coffin-like fighter planes flew from the sky. They dropped incendiary bombs that ignited blue flames. In an instant, a large number of rats were burned to charcoal.

Even if the number of rats is endless, they are too dense and cannot withstand the high-temperature flames. The tide of rats, which was unstoppable just now, immediately dispersed in all directions.

Among the rats, a huge rat stood up. It was wearing tattered clothes and some weird ornaments, which had a strong religious overtones.

It raised a staff and screamed at the fighter planes in the sky. It was a strange tone, unpleasant and sharp.

But Zhang Han can understand what it is shouting, "Rat God, Rat God, please give me the power of destruction!"

As it roared, the Psionics on the staff began to gather together, shooting out a green lightning that hit the wings of a fighter plane. The lightning was so powerful that the fighter plane soon crashed with black smoke.

"Damn, this big rat is quite powerful." Zhang Han said something unconsciously.

In an instant, the rats became quiet, including the huge rat holding a staff. The rats that stopped stood up and raised their heads to look in the direction of Zhang Han.

Being looked at by so many green eyes gave him an inexplicable and strange feeling. He originally had a sense of humanity and was a little scared, but he immediately returned to normal. After all, he had led Swarm through bloody battles and had developed his courage.

"What are you looking at! Get away!" Zhang Han said and waved towards the rats.

The rats immediately turned around and rushed towards the direction where Zhang Han was waving. There happened to be an army that came to support the town, only one or two thousand people in number.

Originally, the large group of rats were all ordinary rats. Suddenly, a green light emitted from Zhang Han's hand and disappeared into the group of rats.

Some rats began to grow in size, becoming able to walk upright, and the muscles on their bodies also swelled, like troll monsters.

The rats went crazy. They charged and roared, "Yes! Yes! The rat god... I'm hungry, rat people, fight for the god!"

More rats with staffs stood up, and it was obvious that they had become stronger. They shouted at the rats, "Hahaha, yes, you living wastes, you have to fight for God and die for God!"

The supporting troops were equipped with a large amount of armor, artillery and automated equipment. Originally, they thought that using such advanced weapons to eliminate some corpse-like rats was simply overkill.

Then a scene occurred that overturned their common sense. The rats that were supposed to be ruthlessly harvested by the fire net composed of shells, flames, and bullets mutated.

Yes, ordinary weapons are very effective. Each cannonball can take away a large number of rats. Each flame can burn countless rats to create a chasm. The fire net composed of bullet rain can also tear apart the hard corpse.

But this kind of rats is not only endless, but there are always survivors who break through many obstacles and come to the army.

Green ominous clouds appeared in the sky, several green forked lightning struck down from the sky, and several erected heavy artillery were instantly destroyed.

Several giant rats with a height of five meters braved the hail of bullets and rushed into the firepower point. They used their bodies and strength to destroy the machine guns and rapid-fire electromagnetic guns here. Even the steel automated equipment would be smashed and destroyed by them.

The bodies of corpses gave these rats stronger defense and strength, and steel seemed to be defeated by savagery.

It's not that the power of technology and steel is weak, it's mainly the sudden aggressiveness of the rats and their huge numbers.

Pulling the perspective to a higher place, you can see countless rats crawling out of the ground and beginning to siege a mere two thousand troops.

Their number is millions, tens of millions! A strange green energy envelopes the rats. Under the illumination of this energy, the rats become violent, fearless, and begin to mutate.

No matter how powerful the tanks, mechas, and artillery were, they were too few in number to be able to withstand such a swarm of rats.

More and more rats broke through the defense line. The obviously dead rats piled up into a mountain, and more rats rushed down from the top of the mountain.

In the end, this mechanized army was submerged, and everything edible inside was eaten clean. Some giant rats were still holding the iron plates and gnawing, not to mention they even bit off some and swallowed them.

A rat with a staff walked up and hit these giant rats on the head with the staff, "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, these things are trophies, not for you to eat!"

Seeing many rats starting to eat the corpses of dead rats, the rat holding the staff became even more angry, "Those are all sacrifices to the Rat God! Yes, they are dedicated to the Rat God!"

After saying that, it waved its staff, and a green lightning instantly electrocuted several mice to death, and only then did these greedy mice stop talking.

"You guys stay here, these three piles must be sacrificed to the gods, and the others can't be eaten until the ceremony is completed!" the staff mouse ordered to the giant mouse.

"Okay, no, yes! Lord Prophet, I understand." the giant mouse replied.

After a while, dozens of rat prophets gathered over.

They formed a formation and drew a circle around the pile of sacrificial rat corpses, as well as various strange symbols.

After the preparations were completed, the rat prophets used magic to create a big bell and began to shake the big bell continuously. The act of ringing the bell was a sacrificial ceremony.

Zhang Han, who was at high altitude, was just watching it for fun, but soon he realized something was wrong.

Those dead corpses were dropped by some unknown force Consume, turned into green energy and floated towards the big bell shaped by Psionics's spell, and then passed the power to Zhang Han through the big bell.

Zhang Han clearly felt that his mental power had become stronger, and then his body also fed back part of the energy. This seemed to be similar to Swarm Network.

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