Chapter 539 Terminator, attack!
The Master of Divination spoke as he looked down at his auspicious display, which contained four expanding and flashing screens, each detailing digital knowledge about the ship's surroundings.
“At three-quarters of the speed, we are still 5 minutes and 38 seconds away from the scheduled target.”
So far so good, Soshyan nodded to the left side of the bridge, The defense posts there were manned by uniformed officers and retainers, focused solely on their duties.
“Keep the scanning device running and do not miss any abnormal parameters.”
He ordered, not forgetting the purpose of this trip - to kill any threat in the hulk.
“Okay, Master.”
An officer responded. This man is the assistant of the Mechanic Priest. He also has a pair of multi-jointed arms on his backpack power pack. The devices work on a separate console next to one he operates with his biological fingers.
Soshyan is still looking at the eyeball display.
“Bring us closer to our goal.”
"My lord."
The Lord of Zhancha suddenly spoke.
"Detection shows that the target is very huge."
"Please explain the definition of 'huge'."
"The auspicious instrument reports that the target mass is likely to be close to zero Soul of Binding, Master”
There was a moment of silence, during which there was almost no sound on the bridge.
The loudest sound was the breathing of the communications officer, blaring from the speakers on his helmet.
"Don't flinch when you speak to me. I won't kill you for saying something irritating."
"Yes, my lord."
< br>Soshyan's next question was interrupted by the eyeball monitor, which focused his attention.
The screen clearly showed the ruined ship in the distance. It was not just a single warship, but actually two or three warships gathered together, as if they were fused together by the will of some capricious and crazy god. together.
As the officer described, the opponent is indeed similar to the Unbound Soul.
At this time,
another Astarte wearing a Terminator next to the command throne came forward, it was Captain Maximilian.
After standing still, Mark's helmet tilted toward the eyeball display.
"This thing, Chapter Leader, is really big."
Soshiyang nodded and did not look away - this was also the largest drifting hulk he had ever seen.
“I hope there won’t be too many bad things here, helmsman, bring us closer.”
The chief helmsman responded softly.
“As you command, my lord.”
Soshyan then spoke to the other Marks:
"Get ready for boarding operations, call in all Terminators."
After a three-year break from development, with repairs and parts exchange, now In addition to Soshiyan's own set, the Astral Knight already has 20 complete sets of Terminator armor and two full tactical teams, 16 of which are unyielding type and 4 are iron cavalry type.
These Terminators are piloted by senior veterans within the Chapter, belong to the most elite 1st Company, and exist most of the time as Soshyan's honor guard.
“Yes.”
Mark nodded, turned around and left with heavy steps.
When Soshyan sat on the metal throne again, he stared at the gradually increasing eyeball display, and those twisted outlines and spires began to appear.
"This thing is a big trouble." As the Unbound Soul got closer and closer to the target, it seemed to be completely eclipsed in the shadow of the distant sun.
About ten minutes later, two pods exploded from the cabin in the belly of the spacecraft, twisting through space like drills until they hit the decaying walls of the abandoned city. The metal shell of a ship's hull.
At the same time, on the bridge of the Unbound Soul, two signals pulsed back to the communications array, which was now controlled by the Chapter's Fleet Master, Fourth Captain Lothar.
The first voice in the communication was soft, accentuated by crackling sounds, while the second one was short and sharp.
"This is the first team, we are coming in."
"The second team, arriving inside."
Then a third voice came from Soshiyan .
"All teams, gather in the located hall."
The angels moved in the darkness, Loken following behind.
He still didn't understand why Soshyan asked him to follow them, but his duty was to obey rather than question.
Knowing that this trip was dangerous, he put on his strong bulletproof armor - although it was nothing compared to the fully sealed Astartes armor of the demigods, but at any rate It can give him some psychological comfort.
Accompanying him, in addition to Soshyan, was a 10-man Terminator team.
After the aircraft came to a stop, he followed the armored giants down the ramp of the gunship and into the darkness in the distance.
"Sir, I have a question?"
Soshiyang, who walked to the front, heard a voice enter his communicator.
To answer that question, he needed to manually switch channels and adjust a frequency dial built into the control panel on his left arm.
“Priest Loken, I promised that I will ensure your safety. Since the Rodrigos brothers went to Mars, you are the only one in the war group who can analyze those ancient technologies, so I have to take you with me. ”
Perhaps hearing the seriousness in Soshyan's tone, Loken hesitated for a moment unconsciously. In just a few seconds, he had already fallen behind the Astartes, so he immediately jogged to keep up with their pace.
The darkness around him was eerie, and the only sound was that of the Space Marines walking.
Although useful, the light emitters mounted on the side of his helmet emitted a faint light no matter where he looked.
A dim amber light shot back and forth in front of him, illuminating the darkness, but the light was so thin and dim that it was almost useless.
The spotlight swept over the arched walls made of unpolished metal and the gantry-like floor decoration, and what came into view after a few minutes was a corpse.
Soshyan glanced at the body—human, male, frozen in the heatless darkness, perhaps a week dead, or a hundred years, an indefinable amount of time in the warp.
All decay and confusion cease as the container is closed and open to the void.
—A layer of frost covered everything with a crystalline second skin, from the walls to the decks to the tortured faces of the dead.
"Everyone, pay attention to your surroundings and fire at any time if there is any movement."
As they continue to move forward, they
Three more bodies were encountered, each as frozen as the first, each clinging to the tomb-like metal floor of the corridor.
Soshyan touched the cold-hardened wound closest to him with his fingertips. As a result, the pink minced meat was scattered into powder like broken bones - the age of these corpses may be Older than he expected.
Loken walked around them, recording how each corpse was brutally cut open in one piece.
He has seen such wounds before, but only at the holographic creature exhibition. Although he is not a biological sage, he can still make the most basic judgments.
"Really a gene stealer."
Loken whispered like a sigh in the channel.
“Be careful, guys.”
It’s time to watch one of the famous Warhammer scenes again, the Terminator beating the chicken thief (or being torn apart by the chicken thief), book friends who feel that it is not enough to watch. You can download a game called "Space Hulk: Deathwing" and you will be able to experience the battle that the protagonist will encounter next very intuitively.
(End of this chapter)