"I don't know what's going on; I still can't contact the Imperial high command here."
Ustalii was not only the most important Forge World on the Impenetrable Defense Line but also the command hub for the entire Impenetrable Defense Line.
Inquisitors like Fanros, as well as the Imperial Navy Admirals and Astra Militarum Commanders of the entire Impenetrable Defense Line, were all gathered at Ustalii.
This was also the reason why the battle at Ustalii was so brutal. As the deepest and most important production pole of the Impenetrable Defense Line, Ustalii could never be abandoned by humanity.
But at this moment, Fanros desperately wanted to summon Imperial reinforcements to this location, but looking at the situation now, he couldn't even contact anyone.
Sith did not respond to Fanros. He just looked again at the long road in the distance that seemed like climbing a mountain, and the Tyranid Swarm he had just returned from Verolia to face again in Ustalii. He complained inwardly about where the Empire kept getting these endless wars from, while helplessly turning to walk forward.
"I hope I can still see you all at the fortress."
Davi Luo and Fanros twitched at the corners of their mouths. Facing Sith's words, which they didn't know whether to take as a blessing or a farewell, both of them looked at the road that seemed like climbing a mountain and took a deep breath.
Then they turned around and began to command the troops to assemble and follow behind Sith.
As for those fire points on the warships, the Imperial Guardsmen on them pulled the triggers even more fanatically, staying in place to cover their comrades.
This team that had escaped death from Verolia began to slowly squeeze through the Tyranid Swarm again. The fire points behind them, having lost the protection of the front-line guards, were quickly submerged by the Tyranid Swarm.
Finally, accompanied by a few bright flashes of fire and the Tyranid Swarm being blown away, a very brief trace of sorrow flashed in the eyes of those following behind Sith.
The fire points would not explode on their own; this was the final cover contributed by the Imperial Guardsmen inside through self-detonation for Sith and the others.
But the survivors had no extra strength or time to mourn these comrades at this moment. They were following closely behind Sith, fighting their way toward the fortress, not knowing if it had already fallen.
And in this process, the outermost defensive force of the entire team was not the Astartes, but the Black Watch.
Looking at these black-clad soldiers, each one like a damn Sword Saint, the Imperial Guardsmen could only look at them over and over again, then doubt if these people were really Mortals like themselves?
Compared to the shock of the ordinary soldiers, as the Tyranid Swarm was too numerous, the Black Watch, forced to switch to melee, displayed their melee capabilities in public for the first time. This unit, born from the 101st Regiment and built on melee hacking and slashing, completely stunned the Astartes behind them.
That's right, the Astartes behind them.
Because after being saved by these Mortals multiple times in a row, the last remaining Astartes had resigned themselves to shrinking behind them, acting as human-shaped remote-controlled firepower for the Black Watch.
At the same time, every time they fired a Bolter fire, they had to watch these Mortal Sword Saints use exaggerated movements to pierce through the weak eyes of one Warrior Bug after another!
Even watching this Black Watch hack and slash all the way, the only casualty was actually being exhausted to the point of collapse. The Astartes subconsciously did the math: if these Mortals were given power armor to solve their physical weaknesses, and then equipped with power swords to solve weapon damage...
The Astartes suddenly shuddered at this thought. It wasn't that the Astartes felt fear, but rather felt that such Mortals would be... too against the rules?
And if there were more such Mortals...
The Astartes' face went blank at this thought, and then his eyes lowered, unable to continue!
Doesn't this equal an unlimited supply of super Astartes???
The people in the team were so distracted by the Black Watch, who were all Sword Saints, that they didn't even react when Sith in front started hacking through buildings and climbing directly toward the fortress.
But while the team didn't react, deep in the fortress, a group of terrified Astra Militarum soldiers hiding in the darkness looked up as their officer ran hurriedly toward the observation port.
Until the tightly closed window was opened again, and sunlight shone into the dark fortress, the group looked at the Commander, who was staring blankly at the boundless Tyranid Swarm that had been surging beneath their feet for months. After being stunned for a long time, he turned back to look at the scout who had come to report.
Pointing to the Tyranid ocean outside the window, the Commander asked, full of questions:
"How the hell can they cut their way up here???"
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