Chapter 75: Zhuang Sen: My father's appearance scares me
With Hogg's self-destruction, Turks completely turned into a wasteland planet, and the situation on the battlefield changed 180 degrees.
Thanks to Oxer's order, most of Randan's forces were concentrated on Turks, and a self-explosion completely destroyed Randan's manpower.
The battle in space also began to slowly come to an end. The warships of the three legions, with their overwhelming numbers, destroyed most of the enemies, and only a small number escaped.
However, the Empire suffered heavy losses in this battle. Even though the First Legion received support, it was completely crippled, and nearly three-fifths of the troops were buried in this starry sky.
Among the supporting forces, Space Wolves lost two large companies, while Blackwatch suffered the least losses, with most of the losses being Zerg units.
Even so, nearly 900 Black Watch members died from the artillery fire and bombing, most of them in the boarding battles on Battle Moon.
After all, after taking over the battlefield, Black Watch withstood the attacks of the Randan fleet for nearly a week, attracting a large amount of firepower for the subsequent Space Wolves.
Six habitable star systems were destroyed by the war, and all the imperial residents on them were enslaved and eventually died under their own artillery fire.
Countless mortal auxiliary troops died in an organized manner. The intensity of the war, which was comparable to the great rebellions of later generations, drained the war supplies of several nearby star regions.
But it was all worth it, the spearhead of the Randan fleet was shattered, and the location of their home planet would be exposed by the escaped aliens.
At this time, the most important question bothered the leaders of the entire coalition forces, which was where Hogg had gone.
Based on the fact that the Black Watch who were cleaning the battlefield did not feel sad but were unusually excited, the Primarchs believed that Hogg was not killed.
Lin En also stated that his original master was still alive on the planet that had become a wasteland.
The reason for their extreme excitement was that when Hogg self-destructed, tremendous joy surged into the mental network and they could not control themselves.
In response, Leman Russ and Jonson mobilized all their warriors to search, and finally dug out Hogg from under the shattered plates before the Emperor arrived.
On the bridge of the Blacklight, two noble Primarchs and a group of Blackwatch senior officials were sitting in a daze around the table where Hogg used to eat.
"Jonson, do you think father will beat me like he beat Hogg when he sees us brothers like this?"
"Well, that shouldn't be the case! After all, my father never hit me."
"You really are worthy of being my good brother. I will definitely choose you as my war commander when the time comes."
It's not Leman Russ's fault that he was nervous, it's just that the thing placed on the table, the Hogg, or the thing that looked like a Hogg, was too strange.
A huge bone-white egg was placed on the table, and Leman Russ thoughtfully took out a plate and placed it under the egg.
"A Primarch won't turn into an egg after his death! Lin, are you sure this is your Primarch?"
Lin En, who was picked up by the Wolf King, could only assure again and again that this was Hogg, the original founder of the Black Watch, and everyone could feel the breath of his father in him.
Still unable to believe it, Leman Russ reached out and touched the eggshell. The rough surface was covered with sharp thorns that could easily cut the wolf king's skin.
Just as Russ approached the eggshell and wanted to continue exploring the mystery inside, a hand stretched out from inside and hit him heavily in the face.
The naked Hogg crawled out of the egg, then took out a piece of cloth from the void and put it on himself. With a flash of lightning, it turned into a fitting piece of clothing, and he stared at Leman Russ with an unfriendly face.
Then he was carried out by Ruth and held in front of everyone.
"Oh my god! You've shrunk, brother. I guess you're less than one meter tall."
Hearing Rus's teasing, Hogg broke free from his restraints and punched the wolf king on the calf. "Touch, touch, touch you. I can sense the outside world when I'm in the seed, you bastard. If you say I'm short again, I'll burn your hair and make you a bald head like Horus.
%...¥#@, you idiot, that special code is the culmination of genetic technology, it is my backup hidden energy shell, not the eggs you use for cooking, you..."
Listening to Hogg's continuous output, Leman Russ was certain that this was his brother with a sweet mouth.
He immediately asked about what happened. He believed that he could not survive an explosion that was comparable to an extermination order. Even Zhuang Sen, who was standing aside pretending to be aloof, pricked up his ears to listen.
Looking at everyone's curious expressions, Hogg proudly recounted what happened at that time.
"That damn alien is too agile. Even if I caught him, I couldn't kill him. But who am I? I could just blow myself up and scare the shit out of him.
That dog wanted to run away, but luckily I was more skilled and pulled it and my body together to explode, otherwise you wouldn't have won so easily. "
Hogg told his story while showing off his food. As the food was digested, Hogg, who had swallowed more than a ton of food, finally grew back to his original size.
Feeling the depletion in his body, Hogg considered himself unlucky. After all, that alien was too abominable and he would not be able to get rid of the hatred in his heart unless he crushed the alien to ashes.
Seeing that Hogg had returned to normal, the three primarchs discussed their next plan.
After releasing some of the bait, the Space Wolves' troops have quietly followed, and it is believed that they will soon find Randan's rear.
"Then the coalition of our three legions can directly attack Ran Dan's hometown, and the empire will have one less enemy that will cause endless trouble!"
Hearing that Ruth's plan had been implemented, Hogg couldn't help but praise his brother.
"Well, my brother is indeed resourceful. When we find Ran Dan's hometown, I will severely humiliate them and turn them into biomass to feed my bugs."
Seeing Hogg's villainous look, Zhuangsen persuaded his brother to pay attention to his image.
But being ignored by the two, Hogg made it clear that he was not a good person. The aloof Lion King felt that he could not get along with these two vulgar brothers.
However, before the emperor arrived, Hogg began to promote his products, which aroused the interest of the two.
In the end, Hogg used the technology of the Flesh Remodeling Chamber to gain priority access to the spoils, and also obtained a set of genetic samples from the two primarchs.
It's just that both of them were interested in the Zerg of Blackwatch, but after learning about the existence of the Mind Network, they naturally stopped asking questions.
After all, once the legion is connected to the mental network, their little secrets will become unilaterally transparent.
Just as the three Primarchs were cuddling on the sofa, smoking devil cigarettes and bonding with each other, the Emperor arrived on the Blacklight.
Seeing the Emperor walking with Malcador, Hogg gave Russ a look, and the two of them smiled knowingly.
"Old man Huang, why are you here? I..."
"Peng!"
Before Hogg could finish his words, he was knocked flying by the Emperor and crashed into the Wolf King. Then, Zhuangsen heard the Emperor say:
"Do you two think I'm blind?"
(End of this chapter)