Chapter 17 Collapse
Just when Soshiyang straightened up and was facing the next Tomb Spider, an unprecedented tremor penetrated the soles of his boots and knocked him to the ground.
When he got up, he noticed changes in all directions, as if the entire world engine was beginning to disintegrate.
On the ground, on the walls, even on pillars and statues, millions of alien characters flickered with a sickening green light.
To make matters worse, a large number of undead warriors appeared from both sides of the gate. They continued to approach here with the hissing sound when green energy was activated, and the team led by Fulo was still fighting with The tomb spiders fought hard.
The only good news is that the closed door cracked a gap due to the strong tremors, enough to allow the Space Marines to pass through.
Forlo stood up again after knocking off the tomb spider on his body, and immediately issued a new order.
"Alexei, take your people to support the Chapter Commander, we will stand behind you!"
"Obey...what?"
"Execute Order!”
Before Soshyan could continue to ask questions, Forlo shouted:
"Concentrate firepower! Clear the road!"
In an instant, the corridor echoed with the roar of blaster fire, dense The firepower immediately tore apart the undead that blocked the battlefield and the gate. More of them twitched and emitted sparks, and then collapsed to the ground, allowing the scarabs to climb onto their bodies for repair.
"Hurry!"
At Forlo's urging, Soshyan threw away all thoughts, began to run faster, and continued to shoot forward.
Nad and Axel were at his left and right, forming a thrusting arrow deep into the ranks of Necron infantry.
The limp Occam volunteered to assume the position at the rear, moving with difficulty, occasionally stopping to fire a series of explosive bombs at the way they came from behind.
"Melta bomb!! Thirty-second fuse!"
Forlo's roar echoed in the communication channel, and Soshyan could only rush forward, heading towards the crack in the door. Run wildly.
But when they got closer, they discovered that the place was not unobstructed.
The fifth tomb spider loomed over the gate, but it was so motionless before that people mistakenly thought it was a statue.
When Soshyan and his party approached, it revived.
The huge metal structure twisted and trembled on the black base. The green crystal cluster connected to the head flickered on and off, and energy pulsed in the circuit connected to the base.
"You keep moving forward! I'll cover you!"
Occam, who arrived last, took off the last grenade from his waist and threw it at the awakened tomb spider.
There was a loud bang. Under the cover of grenades, Soshyan and the other three dispersed through the gap in the door. Just as Occam also moved forward, a metal appendage stretched out from the destruction cloud formed by the explosion. , pumped towards the veteran.
The blow cut deeply into Occam's shoulder, causing him to stagger back.
Although there was no blood, Occam also lost the opportunity to enter the rift.
"Soshyan, don't look back, keep walking."
With these words, Occam turned off his communicator, raised his gun and fired at the target.
Amidst the roar, projectiles destroyed one of the appendages of the structure in the burst of blue flames, but that was all because the undead warriors behind had already caught up.
Boom——
A flash of light and a huge explosion made Soshiyang finally realize that he had entered the central temple.
"This place looks like it's falling apart."
Axel maintained a minimum of humor even on such occasions.
But he was right, because at the entrance of this huge temple, part of the dome had collapsed and the ground had begun to collapse. If they stayed here longer, they would probably be crushed or trapped.
"Keep walking."
Soshiyang's voice was accompanied by a thunderous roar of bombs. He turned his head and looked over his backpack at the way he came.
Through the crack in the door, Soshyan could clearly see that the dazzling green light disappeared, replaced by the crackle of the skinner's claws and the emerald color full of hatred burning in the darkness. Eye.
It was impossible to look back, and the roar of bolters gradually faded away... After a brief moment of silence for his battle brothers, Soshyan took Nad and Axe deeper. They walked through the grand corridor and entered a hall full of statues and weapons. Everywhere they looked were broken metal remains, and occasionally they could catch a glimpse of blood-stained silver.
Obviously a fierce battle broke out here.
But what is surprising is that there are still a small number of complete aliens on the ground. There is only one huge eye on their bare heads, and there are also some exaggerated long-range weapons scattered around them.
There are no visible scars on the appearance of these strange undead spirits, they just lie motionless on the ground.
The three of them were very careful when passing by them. Soshyan even shot one of them in the head, but there was still no reaction.
"There are no people and no aliens."
Nad's gun barrel kept moving to the right of the three-man team, but there was only dead silence in the hall, and darkness that even night vision devices could not penetrate.
“It’s really strange.”
Axel suddenly spoke, and he was on guard on the left side.
“What?”
Soshyan paused.
“Don’t you think it’s strange?”
Axel turned his head towards him, and even through his helmet, Soshyan could tell what the other person’s expression was.
"Lord Forlo, it seems that he is here just to escort you in. The previous company commander had the same attitude. It's almost... it's like they are fighting for you."
"What weird things are you talking about."
"I've always felt this way."
Nade's voice joined the channel.
"Soshyan, there is something I didn't tell you. When we entered the landing module, I found that the Chapter Commander seemed to have been looking at us."
"Chapter Commander ?”
Soshiyan recalled for a moment, but did not notice whether Amrad appeared.
"Yes, I saw it very clearly. He was standing with the foundry master Sarax, about two hundred meters away from us, behind a shelf-"
Before he finished speaking, A bolt of lightning shot through the air like a whip and hit Nad directly.
“Ah!”
With a low roar, Nad staggered back. He looked down and found that his left arm had turned into a bloody severed limb.
“Enemy attack!”
Axel's roar immediately came to mind, and Soshyan quickly raised his gun and looked around.
I saw countless figures moving in the deep darkness, and they were gathering together. The green-light weapons crackled with the terrifying energy operation. Further away, the outline of a pyramid was gradually appearing. .
Boom——————————!
Just when Soshyan and his party were almost surrounded, the roar and shock like a volcanic eruption was transmitted through the earth to the soles of their boots. The three space warriors quickly activated the magnetic locks to fix themselves in place, and those The undead machines fell down one after another like puppets being pushed down.
Then, a terrible collapse occurred in the hall, millions of tons of boulders fell, and Soshyan hurriedly escaped with his two comrades.
During this process, Soshyan saw a huge structure rising into the void through the gap in the dome. It was shaped like a huge and sharp sickle.
After hanging in mid-air for a short time, it flew away at an incredible speed, followed by two smaller models.
Soshiyan knew that these were Necron aircraft, but their posture at this time reminded him of the escape capsule on the Storm.
It seems that they are running away...
However, considering the characteristics of these soulless machines, it is unbelievable that they would give up the fight and flee. Are these undead souls not of the same mind?
Just when Soshyan was focusing on the abnormality in the sky, the already shaky dome collapsed completely. Before a pile of boulders came towards him, a hand pushed him hard from behind.
(End of this chapter)