Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 345

345. Chapter 344, Creeping City

the commander of the Creeping City Pegasus Fleet who was providing orbital support in Koroja, made a judgment that was actually not wrong.

The Navy could not fight against the anti-orbital firepower on the surface under such circumstances.

This was unrealistic.

They had a “never falling” planet surface for defense. If they did not solve the anti-orbital firepower and the void shield, they could not fight this battle.

The void shield was secondary. Even if they broke it, they could still fight against you by hiding the anti-orbital guns in the lower nest and separating the guns.

Which was harder, the starship or the planetary surface?

This was obvious.

They asked the Army to solve the anti-orbital firepower, otherwise they would refuse to continue the battle. It was not an excessive request.

But…

after fighting in Fino City for so long, the brothers in the Army knew clearly how terrible the things in Fino City were.

Although they were not going to capture Fino City independently, they were only going to enter the nest to find and destroy the anti-orbital points, and it would be best if they could also shut down the void shield. However, Vice Admiral Hans had no idea how many of his troops would have to die to achieve this goal.

They said that the Astra Militarum was not afraid of sacrifice, but the key was that if they all died, what would happen next?

Besides, who really could not fear death?

They had been unable to enter the base area of Fino City for two years. If they forced their way in, the base area would swallow up all those who dared to enter.

And no matter how elite the Astra Militarum was, it was impossible to withstand a war with an incalculable casualty rate.

At the beginning, they, the Astra Militarum, gathered around Fino, fearing that tens of millions of plague troops would rush out and things would be out of control.

But this did not happen.

It has been a year since they withdrew from the hive, the orbital strike failed, and the navy refused to continue the war. The situation around Fino City is still calm.

Although this calmness is also quite worrying, those plague evildoers have proved their strength. In the past few years, the problem of the bottom nest area has not been solved, so they have developed void shields and anti-orbital guns. Now, they have occupied the entire city and have been working quietly for a year. Who knows what big things they can do?

But no matter how nervous they are, what can they do?

The Star Army cannot keep so many people in this place without war.

As the problems in other hives become more and more serious, and Fino City has indeed been quiet for a long time, gradually, some troops have been transferred to other places to suppress cults and rebels.

But no matter how noisy other places are, Fino City dare not relax too much. Even now, at the least, there are at least five million Star Army and tens of millions of planetary defense forces here, “basking in the sun”, just watching.

Many people, such as Ruggie Likoshi, can actually see that Fino City is a huge time bomb.

No one knows when it will explode, but there is no doubt that it will explode.

However, when the day of the explosion really comes, everything that happens is still so unexpected.

And this time is right now.

Li Kexi was still looking at the huge nest city in the distance, lost in thought, thinking about the past, when he suddenly felt that the whole city seemed to move.

He woke up suddenly.

He first wondered if he had seen it wrong.

That was actually normal. The air in Korojia was full of yellow sand and dust. It was non-toxic, or slightly toxic, but no one wanted to breathe in a nose and lungs of sand and dust. The troops were equipped with corresponding breathing masks to filter these harmful particles, and some local defense troops who did not have this condition could only wrap a few more layers of scarves and make do with it.

And these sand and dust filled the air, making the sunlight projected from the sky dim all day long, making it difficult to see clearly.

Under the abnormal refraction of air, it is normal to have hallucinations if you stare at something for a long time, right?

But what happened next ruthlessly smashed Li Kexi’s last bit of luck.

He saw the whole nest come alive!

Those steel creations that were originally motionless in the field of vision began to twist and wriggle in his eyes.

Even though he was so far away, he could see the twisting. He could imagine how terrible it would be if he was close.

A huge sense of uneasiness rose in his heart.

What would happen next?

He didn’t know, he had no idea.

He hurried back to the headquarters and asked his subordinates to bring back the information as soon as possible.

Even if they completely withdrew from the city, they did not completely relax their monitoring of Fino City. Although the base camp was set up dozens of kilometers away from the city, there was a forward sentinel camp closer; there were even several sentinel points inside the city. If the pressure was greater, they would withdraw temporarily; if the pressure was less, they would go back and set up a few more sentinel points. In short, they could not be completely ignorant of this magic cave.

The result was very pessimistic.

There was no news from the sentinel points.

The team of the forward barracks was attacked by the enemy from the nest. A large number of plague flies covered the forward barracks. The military’s anti-aircraft firepower has done its best to cover the brothers in the forward barracks. Some artillery units have even replaced their air-blast bombs and launched attacks in the area about one kilometer in front of the forward barracks. The flying altitude of the plague fly swarm is generally not very high. The air-blast grenades at an altitude of about ten to twenty meters can have a significant impact on these flying monsters about the size of a human torso – especially because they like to move intensively.

Under the cover of various firepower, the soldiers in the forward camp finally withdrew.

Although the losses were not small, they still managed to bring back valuable intelligence.

As Li Kexi saw from afar, the whole city came alive.

The building skins that were originally made of steel and cement began to twist like living organisms and began to be covered by a layer of flesh and blood, something like an organic body.

This is very bad news, but for the time being, no one knows what these changes will cause.

Li Kexi was called to a military meeting by Lieutenant General Hans. At the same time, the Star Army also continued to send reconnaissance troops to observe the changes in the nest city.

In the following days, various intelligence reports were continuously transmitted.

The buildings turned into irregular pus-oozing flesh, and a large number of twisted limbs appeared. Plague demons, zombies, and plague flies were drilling in and out of the holes and flying around.

The entire nest city was “alive”!

It’s not that they don’t want to change the situation, but before there was no change, they couldn’t even break into Fino City, let alone now. Those plague monsters were very violent, becoming more aggressive and more powerful.

Pulling the artillery into the range and firing artillery fire at the hive city that was coming to life, it didn’t have much effect. At the beginning, they were too lazy to open the void shield. It was said to be a heavy artillery grenade, but what would it mean to bombard an entire hive city?

Until later, after bombing too much, they lazily opened the shield, showed a little respect, and then completely cut off the idea of the Astra Militarum.

Then, something even more terrifying happened: the hive city that came to life started to move.

It basically maintained the appearance of a city and a hive city. Many buildings were connected together by the original pipes, roads, foundations, and underground structures, forming a large mass of flesh and blood monsters that looked like a city. It

seems that it is natural for a “living” thing to be able to move, right?

But when all this really happened in front of them, they still felt their scalps tingling.

When a huge nest city that could accommodate a billion people began to approach the Star Army with the momentum of a mountain, the only thought left in people’s minds was “fear”.

The nest city crawled forward on the ground. The observed speed was not fast, just over two kilometers per hour, which was slower than the walking speed of a person.

But the scary thing was that it worked day and night!

In just one day, “Fino City” crawled forward nearly 30 kilometers!

Even the Star Army, which was known for its elite, had begun to lose morale, not to mention the ordinary planetary defense forces.

The main army was deployed dozens of kilometers away from the nest city. It looked quite far away, but after just one day, it was almost within reach.

At this time, the Star Army’s command meeting had not yet come to a conclusion.

Some people insisted on holding on, saying that there was no reason to retreat because the battle was difficult. If they retreated, what else on this planet could stop such a crawling city?

But more people thought it could not be stopped – the key was what to stop it with? The flesh and blood of millions of people? Not enough for this creeping nest to swallow in one gulp!

When the first day of chaos passed, the Astra Militarum commanders who had not reached a consensus did not need to continue discussing.

The grassroots soldiers had already made the decision for them.

The first to collapse were the planetary defense forces in Koroja. When the creeping city was less than 20 kilometers away from them and was still pressing forward step by step, they instinctively began to run back.

At first, they could still pack up before running away, but before they could finish packing, an hour later, the behemoth that covered the sky and the sun came closer again. How could they dare to continue packing? Run away!

This is almost a mutiny, the kind that even the military judge can’t control.

And, are the military judges not afraid?

They are afraid of the same.

After the planetary defense forces collapsed, the Astra Militarum also collapsed.

Involuntarily, and had to.

The Star Army can fight to the death with vicious enemies under heavy artillery fire. Even at the micro level, many soldiers have the idea of fighting to the end even if they die. Even if they are on a mission that means they will die, it is not impossible.

However, the current situation is too special.

Dare to die because there is hope. It is to sacrifice myself for the victory of the overall situation.

But now?

No one knows how to win, and there is no idea of dragging someone down with them before dying.

Who to drag?

This is something that human power cannot resist at all!

In such a situation, what is the point of holding a military meeting?

Lieutenant General Hans lost his temper, but in the end he could only sigh and order the entire army to retreat.

But…how easy is it to retreat?

People walk faster than ‘Fino City’, but people can’t march 24 hours a day without sleep.

People need to sleep, rest, and eat.

To the level of an army, the troops must be organized and have logistical supplies…

Being chased by a creeping nest that moves at a speed of 30 kilometers a day, let alone whether they will be caught up, just running all the way will cause the entire army structure to fall apart.

Under pressure, Lieutenant General Hans made two decisions.

The troops began to disperse and run to both sides, avoiding the route of the “Fino City”. It can’t chase people, right? Even if it chases, it can only chase in one direction.

Secondly, several company-sized death squads were organized to try to counterattack the city.

Those who dared to go against the current were undoubtedly warriors.

Then, they saw that two companies had opened several holes on the “skin” of the creeping nest when they approached, and dark green heavy artillery covered it.

The troops were alert and brave enough. They faced the artillery fire, accelerated their charge in vehicles, and tried to counterattack the protruding gun muzzles with some vehicle-mounted weapons.

Then, the troops, who suffered a lot of losses, rushed into the city in one breath.

The creeping hive city generally maintained the appearance of a city, but every inch of the “ground” was like a meat carpet, dragging the hive city with the underground structure, gnawing a huge scar several hundred meters deep on the surface, and constantly crawling forward.

They stepped on the place where the road was originally, but now it was just a creeping meat carpet, and continued to rush into the “city”.

Then, a large number of monsters rushed out from the flesh buildings that were oozing pus. They soon couldn’t keep moving forward, and fought with a large number of plague monsters in the hive city.

“We are about to… lose, lose, lose… run out… We will start… bombs… Long live the empire!”

The communication signal that should have been kept in communication with the headquarters at all times became extremely unstable after they entered the hive city. The above sentence was the last message sent back by a company.

Then, the commanders who were observing from afar with military binoculars saw an explosion in a very shallow place in the hive city. There were huge gaps in many flesh buildings, and the flames rose violently for a while.

Since they were carrying out a mission that meant certain death, each of their companies brought powerful bombs, including melt bombs and nuclide incendiary bombs.

The destructive power was not small, but it was not enough to destroy a city.

Not to mention, this was not an ordinary city.

The flames were quickly extinguished, and the damaged part was like a large abscess, which was not repaired, but it did not affect anything.

The creeping nest only slowed down a little, stopped for about twenty minutes, and then started moving again.

(End of this chapter)