Commissar Cain didn't understand why, even with Yugen flooring the accelerator, there were still so many Tyranid Swarm behind them!
Li Feng was also tired by this point, not physically, but mentally… and the AK given in that gift pack was already ruined…
"Cain calling command! Respond immediately!" Cain shouted into the radio, his voice filled with terror.
The communicator emitted a series of static noises.
Soon, Colonel Lao Mo's voice came through the radio: "Commissar? Where are you? We've been looking for you since the attack began…"
"I'm heading your way from the west! Get ready! Bring out every usable weapon! Otherwise, we're finished!"
"Are you sure?" The Colonel's voice was full of doubt.
"I'm out here right now! Half a Hive Tyrant force is right on my tail! How much more confirmation do you need me to be?"
Before Cain could finish, the radio wire was melted by a bio-plasma shot, and the salamander shook violently again.
Yugen slammed on the accelerator, pushing it to a speed it was never designed for.
Cain poked his head out of the armored vehicle's hatch and looked back.
"Praise the Emperor, the distance between us is widening!"
Just as Cain was celebrating their impending rescue, a huge spore descended from the sky and slammed heavily onto the ground.
The impact was so great that the entire ground trembled.
The salamander armored vehicle was even bounced into the air by the ground's tremor before crashing back down.
In mid-air, due to inertia, Li Feng clung tightly to the handrail inside the cabin, while Commissar Cain, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was almost thrown out of the hatch.
Li Feng saw that Commissar Cain's upper body was already out of the top hatch, his feet completely airborne, and quickly grabbed Cain's leg, pulling him back in.
Then the armored vehicle landed heavily, Li Feng's backside making a harsh impact with the armored vehicle's floor.
And with that one jolt, Li Feng felt that something seemed to be wrong with the armored vehicle.
Yugen in the driver's seat tried to press the accelerator, but the engine just idled, the vehicle didn't move an inch, instead, it spun in place.
Yugen immediately opened the driver's hatch and poked his head out to look… The left track of the salamander armored vehicle had broken when it landed.
"Commissar! This is bad! The track… the track…"
As Yugen spoke, his voice trailed off… because he now saw a Hive Tyrant, as tall as a small building, emerging from the giant spore that had fallen from the sky.
It was massive, with six limbs, four upper limbs wielding sharp biological weapons, including huge scythe-like claws and sword-like weapons.
These bio-weapons seemed to be a part of its own body, showcasing its terrifying close-combat abilities.
The Tyrant's head had sharp teeth and insect-like mouthparts, its face fierce and grotesque, with sharp mandibles, its mouth agape, seemingly ready to tear opponents apart at any moment.
Its head was covered with thick carapace, providing extremely high defense.
Its back was covered with thick chitinous armor, dark in color.
The Tyrant's body was strong and muscular, with a slender waist, making its body appear very agile.
Its tail was long and flexible, with an aggressive spike at the end.
At this moment, Li Feng and Cain, dazed and disoriented, poked their heads out of the armored vehicle and discovered Yugen, who was already stunned speechless… and the Hive Tyrant…
The Tyrant's massive body gradually lowered, its eye-like organs on its head staring intently at the salamander armored vehicle, which looked like a child's toy car in front of it, then it opened its gaping maw…
"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss… Caw caw caw caw caw caw!"
A high-pitched, piercing shriek, its resonant effect making the sand on the entire ground tremble… Li Feng's sound-filtering and noise-canceling headphones couldn't filter out such a high-frequency sound wave, and the three painfully covered their ears…
The next second, the Hive Tyrant charged towards the salamander, raising two massive chitinous scythes on its segmented arms.
"Run!"
Yugen didn't know if that was Li Feng or Commissar Cain who said it, because by the time he reacted, he was already following the other two, running with all his might.
"Clang!"
With a huge metallic crash, the Tyrant kicked over the heavy armored vehicle, weighing over ten tons.
A large Tyranid Swarm followed the Tyrant's steps, chasing the three small figures ahead.
At this point, Cain had even lost his Commissar hat, which was subsequently engulfed in the sea of the Tyranid Swarm.
None of the three looked back, as doing so would slow their pace.
"I don't need to run the fastest! Just faster than the person behind me!"
This thought arose in the minds of all three.
Just as Commissar Cain was congratulating himself on his light gear, Li Feng, moving at superhuman speed, had already surpassed him.
If the situation weren't so dire, Li Feng could strike a perfect Usain Bolt pose without any awkwardness.
Li Feng ran with all his might.
Although he had infinite life and theoretically wasn't afraid, the human genetic fear of large, brutal creatures caused him to "revert to an ancestral state" for a moment, like an ape fleeing from the pursuit of wolves and tigers.
Soon, artillery fire and a hail of bullets began to appear in the distance ahead, flying over their heads and hitting the Tyranid Swarm behind them.
It was the entrenched position!
At this moment, the position of the 12th Valhalla Field Artillery Regiment had appeared on the horizon.
At the position, the multi-barreled anti-aircraft guns of the Hydra anti-aircraft tanks, used for air defense, had been leveled, and immediately began a frenzied barrage of fire.
A large amount of bullet rain tore through the Tyranid Swarm behind the three, but it still failed to slow the creatures' advance.
At this moment, Colonel Lao Mo, holding binoculars at the position, watched the three running in the moonlight in the distance and the endless Tyranid Swarm.
"Damn it! Didn't they say the main Tyranid Swarm force would go after Valhalla's main army!"
By this time, the three were completely exhausted; Cain and Yugen's breathing was so heavy it felt like their lungs would burst from their chests.
The distant camp was getting closer and closer, and they could even hear the shouts of the Soldiers at the position…
"Hurry over! Commissar!"
"We'll cover you!"
Just as Cain and Li Feng thought victory was within reach, the encouraging shouts from the camp reached their ears.
Li Feng and Cain suddenly heard a shout from behind them… Yugen had fallen.
"Li Feng! Commissar! Save me!"
No way! Cain thought, but he noticed Li Feng's steps had slowed, and his hand began to reach for the entrenching tool on his back…
"Oh, No!… Don't… No way…" Cain muttered, but his hand also reached for the chainsword slung at his side…
A huge earthshaker cannon blast rang out.
The shell hit the massive Hive Tyrant directly, and the huge impact force of the explosion knocked the running Tyrant straight down.
The smaller Tyranid Swarm around it were blown into the air.
Yugen was currently lying on the ground, a blade-beast trying to tear open his insides with its scythe-like claws, while another blade-beast beside it waited to chop the remains into pieces.
Just as the two scythe-like serrated claws were about to stab down towards Yugen, an entrenching tool slammed heavily onto the head of the first creature, smashing it to bits.
On the other side, as the buzzing sound of the chainsword began, a large amount of Tyranid Swarm blood sprayed onto Yugen's face, giving him a bug-blood bath.
Cain directly split the second creature in half with his chainsword.
Cain pulled Yugen up from the ground, while Li Feng, in a baseball-batting stance, swung his entrenching tool, sending another pouncing creature flying, then with a backhand horizontal slash, he cut the second screaming creature in half at the waist.
But at this moment, the moonlight was overshadowed by another shadow… The Tyrant's figure was gradually approaching…