Chapter 243 A mess, planet shield
The engineering troops have used all their strength to bombard the damn internal wall, but the small metal door that leads from the outside to the inside is rock solid. The structural strength of this war fortress exceeds the limit of what they can achieve.
The shell is comparable to a war machine, and is supported by a unique structural engineering system. The priest girl accompanying the army put down the instrument and told the Sun Lord that this strange structure should be the remaining wisdom of mankind in the dark ages.
However, the cult troops stationed outside do not have the ability to unlock internal defenses. If they did, they would not be reduced to this level. Although they are weak, they still have the confidence to draw swords on their own people and kill some Skadi slaves. .
In other words, the internal structure of this fortress is a structure from the peak era of human technology. This is probably why it has become a treasure that the empire and heretics are fighting for, and now all the mysterious or powerful equipment and structures are blocked in the Sun Lord. Instead, he was a little confused in front of him.
It's like a hedgehog, a can of bull ants, and the Imperial Guard is just a new recruit holding a regular knife, which is annoying because it can't be opened or eaten.
"Get the melta bomb handle." Sergeant Catachan said. As a pragmatist, he didn't care how long this ancient wall had stood in this world.
The priest girl was uncharacteristically different from her usual quiet self and shouted. "Don't move, Om Messiah is above. If anyone touches the treasures here, I will report it to Mars truthfully!"
Her words were naturally of no use to the soldiers, but Alan Bayer realized one thing after hearing it, that is, the unique structure and high technological content of this fortress can even make the oil guys on Mars excited, then The plan of adding a few more poison blades and a few more flagships can be carried out.
At that time, the price will be clearly marked. How many materials are needed for one archaeological visit, it is not bad to calculate it as three times for a poison blade. The products produced on Mars must be high-quality.
So he immediately interrupted the soldiers' actions to filthy the God of Wealth and shouted. "Don't move. It is everyone's responsibility to protect the relics of human civilization. We cannot destroy the recorders of human history because of war, not to mention that they still have a lot of scientific research value."
The Mechanicus girl nodded immediately after hearing this. She hid in front of the Sun Lord and emphasized the various benefits that this structure could bring and how it could help the emperor's vision.
And the weird height difference between her not-so-tall and slightly chubby body and the Sun Lord, who could punch open a green-skinned head, only made this matter look like a child pretending to be a tiger in front of an adult.
But the current situation of not being able to open the door has not changed. When this ancient thing becomes a wall blocking the emperor's light, all its attributes that originally made people more stable have turned into more troublesome things.
The Sun Lord never likes to take detours in this aspect. A commander like Kane may fish in troubled waters, deal with this matter passively, and look for other routes outside the complicated castle.
He turned on his self-aiming device. This ancient object that is still available in the Dark Ages and has been exposed to the vacuum for a long time has a powerful ability that almost ignores the aging of time.
However, given that most of the technological products of the human era have not been seriously damaged or altered by subspace, due to their strong modularity and materials technology that far exceeds the current level, most of the equipment discovered by the oil guys can still be plugged and played. So Alan Bayer’s equipment is actually not an exaggeration.
When the device was started, the aiming device that wanted to roughly scan the door showed the remote control option that could be turned on. After quickly using his thoughts to select the red button, the huge metal door opened without warning. The case opens slowly.
But at this moment, the unpleasant sound of mechanical metal creaking gradually appeared on the door, and a large number of dark metal parts fell out of it. Its ancient technologically complex circuit board and driver's self-contained opening structure made something fall out. .
Alan Bayer only saw a large number of crude and rudimentary hydraulic equipment installed by the Mechanicus inside the door to keep the door open, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
The technological generational gap between the Empire and the human civilization in the Dark Ages is as big as two races. Too much time and a complete disconnection from AI technology, at least on the surface, has led to many stupid behaviors when humans explore ruins. .
And this may also represent why Alan Bair's equipment has so many abilities. It may have belonged to a respectable ancient official, noble, and warrior on Skadi, but now it has landed on the moon of this cold world. No one cares about supremacy.
For such a strange situation, Skadi's soldiers raised their weapons to guard against the enemy, because they could not tell whether the enemy opened the door or because of something else.
But when the first beam of light shone into this ancient building, on the straight road to the entrance, there were several corpses with ferocious faces, and a hand stretched out in a weird posture crawling towards it. They were all of various shapes. Former Imperial Guard troops, or the Inquisitor's personal mercenaries.
They didn't look emaciated, and they didn't necessarily have any obvious wounds. There were only small wounds that penetrated their vital parts, about the size of a lead bullet from an automatic gun, but there were no lacerations.
"It's very penetrating, with a certain degree of burning, a bit like an automatic firearm, but this thing is definitely not used against infantry, or not against human infantry." Sergeant Catachan is a weapons expert. He fiddled with the corpses and calmly narrate his opinions.
The Mechanicus girls also boldly expressed their opinions. "This is a fission warhead heated by heat. Because the kinetic energy is too strong, it directly kills human targets." She pointed to the almost insignificant fragments scattered on the ground and explained to others with interest.
"In any case, it's definitely not a bolt gun, so it's probably the work of the Black Mechanicus, and the terrible creation mentioned in the intelligence is the root cause of the tragic events here." The second lieutenant looked at those poor things that were dying with lingering fear.
The head, heart, throat, spine, and guns are all fatal instantaneous penetrating wounds. It is hard to imagine that anything other than a Space Marine can be so fatal and accurate.
"Don't be afraid, it's just dirty metal that pollutes your life. If you are shaken by the sense of unknown, they will end up like this."
The Sun Lord revealed the only secret of this tragic murder scene in one word. He raised the automatic gun on the corpse of the traitor. Those so-called victims were actually just pigs who betrayed the empire.
These guys, who were not strong-willed and not very smart, were used as exploration troops and were shot and killed in the long battle, and because of fear, their guns did not even remove the safety.
There is a decisive difference between the Skadi and them, not only in tactics and scale, but a gap that is too big to be simply described. The Sun Lord only believes in the truth under fire. If there is any monster that cannot be killed, That's just because the caliber is not big enough.
"Stay vigilant, press forward, don't hesitate, be ready to dodge, and protect yourself first." It's hard to imagine that this sentence came from the mouth of the commander of the empire. After all, in this dark universe where human life is not very valuable. By the end of the 40th millennium, there were fewer officers who valued their subordinates than there was corn before the Emperor's throne.
This is also the reason why the Sun Lord is chased by many people. He is truly a person who moves forward without fear of death and remembers to be considerate of the soldiers. This is a rare quality in the long history of the empire, and it is also the most important thing for people in countless wars. Something easy to forget.
The Skadi soldiers are the biggest beneficiaries of this incident. Sometimes there are many commanders who are moved by the "stupidity" of the Sun Lord and become similar, but in most cases such thoughts only exist among the Space Marines.
This also resulted in the Skadi soldiers having quite outrageous morale, team spirit and obedience, coupled with the first-class weapons and equipment within the empire, creating this legend of climbing forward in death and pain.
When the Skadi troops approached a weird long corridor, even this legendary among legends, the elite among the elites of the empire could not help but be speechless by the sight in front of them.
It was a pile of mortal corpses mixed with chaotic circuits and wires, and the deaths of Space Marines were also mixed in. The sultry environment caused bacteria to decompose their flesh and blood, and a thick and disgusting smell was mixed with a light yellow juice on the sticky Chou Gan was entrenched on the mechanical ground.
Chief Catachan couldn't help but cover his mouth. In the narrow space, the filthy smell hit his face. What's more, the corpses were incomplete, with many missing arms and legs, heads exploded, brains leaking out, and some strange shapes. , a terrifying-looking mechanically modified soldier.
The ensign, the lieutenant, and the Lytling boy, along with a group of new recruits, were retching. Although they had experienced countless disgusting and twisted things as hive residents, slaves, and warriors, the tragedy and chaos here were still beyond their heads. The limits of endurance.
On the contrary, the Sun Lord, Catachan Sergeant, Miss Inquisitor and Mechanic Priest behaved more naturally in this matter. At the same time, most veterans who had experienced several wars just covered their noses to reduce the discomfort. .
The Sun Lord took out his weapon. This was not the first time he blew up something like this, nor was it the last time he hid it. When the plague of the Chaos Gods brought countless fears, most people didn't notice it. The things here will also make people... sick.
The flamethrower spits out fierce flames, and the orange-red stuff evaporates the liquid under the high temperature, sizzling and crackling, and the thick juice boils out due to the high temperature, and the smelly juice turns into mist. It is even more satisfying to be able to suck it with the opening of your mouth, and it is even more special. It's still due to human tissue. If you have little mental endurance, you will definitely want to have your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys taken out.
And when the flames dissipated, the place became clean, with only dust and dry brown mutant bones, or the black armor plates and armor of Space Marines, or the bodies of the Mechanicum's creations. Those things still revealed an inexplicable sense of life and were not even rotten. The meat gave off a strange aroma.
"Keep moving forward, the command area should not be far away..." Alan Bair continued to order the engineering troops to use flamethrowers to suppress them. The tragedy here far exceeded his expectations. When the Sun Lord thought that everyone here was because of him, When dying, an inexplicable feeling of guilt appears, but quickly dissipates.
There is no need to show mercy to the traitor, but he is also happy to be tortured by his own kindness, because this is the last line of defense in this world to ensure that he will not be corrupted by Chaos. Even though it is insignificant compared to many great powers, it is The truth lies in the kindness in people's hearts that saves countless mortals time and time again.
In this dark universe, at the end of civilization, even gems will be turned into coal by malice. How many people can keep their true intentions unchanged as they move forward amidst flames and carnage?
There is probably no one but the Emperor himself, and such ability requires him to abandon his personal desires.
And when the Sun Lord's admiration for the Emperor became more and more intense, the flames did not need to be sprayed. The door composed of bones was opened early. Inside was an empty hall. The roadblocks, defenses, and flesh and blood were all there. Because it dissipates when you protect it, and it dissipates when you attack it, but this place is spotlessly clean compared to the messiness you imagined.
The soldiers entered the gate cautiously, but there were only the filthy statues of the Chaos Gods and the fallen symbol of the Chaos Eight-Pointed Star. The seats where the once all-powerful commanders sat still looked like they had just been left.
Alan Bayer felt a sense of loss, probably because he didn't see a powerful boss at the end of the level, but only had empty rewards, and he soon discovered that this war looked quite...weird.
When he got close to the statue of the Chaos Gods, to be honest, this thing was completely different from the Four Gods. To be precise, it was more similar to the emperor imagined by Chaos believers. After all, humans had no other beliefs.
Although this place was probably the random imagination of those drug-addled Chaos believers, they still accurately found the core location of the castle.
When Alan Bayer bypassed the seemingly powerful but non-existent subspace entity statues, at the core of this church were complex buttons and equipment, as well as a geothermal machine that continuously drew energy from the center of the earth, and At the same time, a huge device beyond his imagination appeared in front of him.
"Void shield? Castle level? This is a holy relic!" Sergeant Catachan was a little excited. After all, this is a treasure that is strictly protected in any fortress world.
But the judge suddenly interrupted his speech. "This is not a castle level, this is a planetary shield. It is no longer a holy relic, but a rare treasure in the empire. Generally speaking, several units need to work together to maintain the defense of a world. In other words, this world's underground There are several more such fortresses…”
Alan Beyer replied. "That's right, we picked up the treasure. This place is the general control area and there are related defense array coordinates."
"I can assert that this world will not be easily captured in the future, and will become the most important fortress of the empire, guarding the Maelstrom area for thousands of years!" (End of Chapter)