After dealing with the ranged Tyranid Warriors on those high platforms, this wave of Tyranid naturally no longer posed a threat. They were quickly slaughtered by the group.
At the same time, the slowly extending retractable bridge finally completed its full extension. Without delay, everyone immediately crossed the retractable bridge.
After advancing a certain distance through a dark Adeptus Mechanicus facility and opening a tightly shut steel door, the group finally reached the control room.
Then, with the explanation of a servo-skull in the control room, the group successfully activated the power system for the cargo elevator platform. Through the control room's glass window, they could see the cargo elevator platform, suspended beneath massive cable tracks in the distance, slowly activating and approaching their location.
"There's a shortcut nearby; we can go to the cargo platform from there," Marcus said, checking the map on his auspex.
The group did not stop, passing through an iron door and, after defeating another wave of ambushing Tyranid, successfully returned to the previous square filled with spore pods.
Marcus and the others had just jumped down from a platform, preparing to board the cargo elevator platform. A giant spore pod then broke through the dense anti-air defenses across the Hive City and crashed with a boom not far from them.
A swarm of Tyranid immediately poured out from the spore pod's previously sealed flesh hatch, charging towards the group. Everyone raised their guns, preparing to engage, but Marcus, in the middle of the group, suddenly changed his expression slightly. His "Combat Instinct" was warning him! The source of the warning was—underground!
"Venomthrope! Get clear!"
Unlike the previous encounter with a venomthrope in the Kadaku swamps, this time, everyone, including Gadriel, immediately leaped away the moment they heard Marcus's warning.
The next second, a massive venomthrope burst out from a drainage pipe beneath the square. Wielding its huge scythe-like claws, it lunged towards the spot where Marcus had originally stood.
As this lunge missed its target, the venomthrope entered a brief state of rigidity and was coincidentally positioned right in the middle of Marcus and the other three. Reacting quickly, the four immediately pulled out their weapons and pulled the triggers on the venomthrope. Bolter rounds, plasma blasts, and searing laser beams all struck the venomthrope's body at extremely close range.
Even a heavily armored Tyranid special unit could not withstand so many attacks. After only a few seconds, the venomthrope's massive upper body exploded, spraying out large amounts of foul-smelling Tyranid ichor.
After the venomthrope's death, the Tyranid that had poured out from the spore pod not far away had also charged towards the group. Unfortunately, without a special unit of the venomthrope's caliber, no matter how many Hormagaunt, Gun Worm, and Tyranid Warriors there were, they could hardly harm the four fully armed individuals.
After clearing this wave of Tyranid, the group stepped onto the giant cargo elevator platform. Marcus stepped forward and pressed the platform's activation button. After a jolt, the cargo platform activated and slowly began to ascend towards the Adeptus Mechanicus facility in the distance.
Although temporarily safe, the group on the platform did not relax their guard.
"This platform is completely exposed; I expect this ride will be bumpy." Chairon looked at the platform beneath his feet, seemingly recalling some unpleasant memories.
Gadriel looked at Chairon. "If I recall correctly, you had a terrible time on a cargo lift once."
"That was a long time ago; I'd rather not bring it up again."
"At least you survived, which is better than those Orks."
Without Titus and the other two needing to remind him, Marcus, familiar with the game's plot, knew. Next, they would face swarms of Night Lords.
As expected, just as the platform had ascended about halfway, a large swarm of Night Lords roared as they charged towards the group on the platform. Everyone immediately took cover behind the various cargo containers on the cargo platform to avoid being directly snatched away by the Night Lords and dropped from tens of thousands of meters.
Seeing that their direct attack failed, the Night Lords swarm immediately changed targets, fixating on the four thick chains connecting the cargo platform to the track above. They attempted to sever the connection between the platform and the track, intending to send it plummeting tens of thousands of meters.
A large swarm of Night Lords immediately swarmed the four thick chains at the platform's four corners. Clearly, Marcus and the others could not allow the Night Lords to attack the chains like this. A torrent of bolter rounds immediately poured out onto the Night Lords surrounding the chains.
Only Chairon, due to the explosive nature of his plasma incinerator, which would damage the chains themselves, could only use his bolter pistol for output. However, because they couldn't risk damaging the chains behind the Night Lords, Titus and the other two seemed somewhat constrained, forced to spend more time aiming.
Marcus, on the other hand, had no such concerns; under the precise control of his mind power, several psychic flying knives rapidly ascended, harvesting the lives of the Night Lords at an extremely fast pace. Under the cutting of the psychic flying knives, incomplete Night Lords corpses continuously fell from tens of thousands of meters.
However, it wasn't just these Night Lords clinging to the chains. Tyranid were continuously pouring out from the previous square, rapidly crawling along the cables and tracks above the platform, then lunging down towards the platform below.
Marcus and the others had to clear out the Night Lords clinging to the chains while also being wary of the surrounding Hormagaunt and Tyranid Warriors that were encircling them.
"I'll clear out those Night Lords; you guys watch out for the Tyranid on the platform!" Marcus shouted to Titus and the other two.
Without any wasted words, Titus and the other two immediately redirected their guns, focusing their targets on the Tyranid on the platform.
Marcus rapidly cleared the Night Lords on the chains with his psychic flying knives. At the same time, he held his hellgun, precisely picking off the ranged Tyranid Warriors within the Tyranid swarm.
Deprived of the Tyranid Warrior's command, the Hormagaunt and Gun Worm immediately fell into disarray and were slaughtered at an extremely rapid pace by Titus and the other two.
A few minutes later, with everyone's cooperation, the Night Lords clinging to the chains and the Tyranid on the platform were finally cleared. And the cargo platform was about to reach the entrance of the Adeptus Mechanicus facility.
Only when he got closer could Marcus truly appreciate the immense size of the two giant Tech-Priest statues before him. One could only say that it truly was the Imperium of Man and the Adeptus Mechanicus, consistently upholding the philosophy of "bigger is better."
"Rumble"
After a massive collision sound, the cargo platform officially arrived in front of the Adeptus Mechanicus facility's main gate.
As soon as they stepped off the cargo platform, the group saw several giant spore pods. And behind these pods, numerous Tyranid creature corpses were piled up in front of the Adeptus Mechanicus facility's steel gate. A rough estimate put the number at several thousand. Next to the Tyranid corpses, there were also a small number of Astra Militarum, as well as Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii corpses. This place had recently experienced a fierce battle.