Chapter 2660 Unmanned Stronghold
Ninth Company Commander Surena was the first to jump off the Thunder Eagle, and then his command team also dropped down, forming a circle to cover the landing position.
"There is no communication signal, company commander."
Technical Sergeant Carl on the side said regretfully, and waved the auspicious device on his hand.
"And the auspicious device has been disturbed again. Since seventeen hours ago, it seems that this area has been shrouded in an unknown magnetic field."
"This place is lifeless. It should be a well-equipped stronghold."
After veteran Senkara glanced left and right, he raised his right hand slightly, and his power ax drew a semicircle in the air.
Not long after the Nine Company arrived at the Slag Mountains, they immediately encountered a strange thing. The commanding sage told Surena that a secondary command post had lost contact not long ago. You must know that the Slag Mountains War Zone The general command post is built on the highest peak, while the secondary command posts are built on peaks with a slightly lower altitude. Not only is the terrain dangerous, but it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are also a large number of troops stationed there. It is really unbelievable that there is no news like this. normal.
Originally, the ruling sage wanted to order the nearby Skitarii to check the situation, but it turned out that all the Skitarii under the entire command post had basically lost contact, and the nearby automatic soldiers had lost contact. .
Surena immediately realized that this matter was not simple, so he decided to take a look for himself. He suspected that the gene stealers were probably planning a large-scale counterattack.
If this secondary command post is captured, the dragnet set by the Mechanicus will be torn open, and the enemy is likely to move or escape from this direction.
If this is the case, the Ninth Company will take it back immediately!
At this time, one Thunderhawk landed on the ground, and the soldiers of the Ninth Company rushed out quickly. Not only the regular soldiers arrived, but also a small team of Terminators. At the same time, two Landers and two The Javelin speed attack boat also fell from the sky, and the three Storm Claws began to hover above the stronghold, reporting what they saw - this is the common situation in the White Templar now. Almost every company has double-digit flying or counterattacks. Gravity vehicle.
"Company Commander, the stronghold is empty and we saw nothing. There are no moving targets."
"Team Renault, set up a cordon to guard the landing site."
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"The rest of the teams will enter from the three entrances."
After hearing the news from the air team, Surena began to issue orders, and the teams immediately dispersed and approached from three directions. Lined parapets.
The gate of the stronghold was open. The soldiers held their bolters tightly, drew their chain swords, and walked cautiously into the protective wall, but Surena saw more. He noticed that on the protective wall The weapons are all complete, which means it is not an external attack, but it stands to reason that there should be many armed servitors, but none are seen here.
"There are no traces of external attacks. Did the enemy break through from the inside?"
After entering the stronghold, dirty air rolled in, immediately covering the soldiers' armor with dust. , the huge power generation equipment is still humming, and various ventilation pipes extend from the closed room. There are many neatly arranged metal sheds in the stronghold, which are commonly used materials for the Mechanicus to establish temporary strongholds. There are maintenance rooms here, There are cleaning rooms and dismantling rooms. Skitarii who have experienced battles will perform maintenance and renovation in this series of equipment. On the west side of the stronghold is a heavy oval building, which is made of a large amount of quick-drying cement and metal. On the east side of the stronghold's storage points and ammunition depot are several more complete steel structure buildings, five or six stories high. The top floor is a large number of antennas and detectors, which are the command post and monitoring location of the Mechanical Priests. There are also more than a dozen simple towers visible within the protective wall, all of which are automatic turrets, but they are all in a sleeping state.
"Bloodstains."
When the soldiers inspected various facilities, Surena noticed traces on the ground and the inside of the retaining walls, as well as some of the outer walls. They were many radiating blood stains.
At the same time, he also noticed some injuries.
“It seems that there was no battle.”
He stood outside a steel structure shed, brushing his hand over the huge The scratches looked like they were made by some kind of beast with three sharp claws, and were nearly one meter long.
"What could cause such scars? A pure-blood gene stealer?"
Senkara on the side expressed his opinion, and then Sergeant Carl finally stood up after squatting on the ground for a long time.
"Strange. No abnormal biomass was detected. Didn't they bleed during the whole process?" Then he came to the claw mark again, scratched it with a brush-like detector a few times, and then Others looked at him curiously and shook their heads.
"Weird, weird, weird. Even if the gene stealer is pure blood, its claws will not leave any chitin when it scratches the alloy. This is not like a living thing at all. The result is that the cut surface is too smooth. Even from a microscopic level, it is difficult for a creature's claws to be so regular. It is more like being cut by some kind of high-hardness metal."
At this time, other teams also sent messages.
"Those metal box rooms are intact, but we found the remains of some servitors."
"The energy system is also intact, and the last adjustment record was 20 hours ago."
"There is nothing on the parapet, but the automatic turrets are closed."
"Company Commander, we found the remains of several Skitarii. Over here in the hangar, they He might have been fighting something before he died, covering someone's retreat, but the Archaeopteryx here are all intact."
The more obvious the abnormality became, the more alert Surena became, but he could not give up this stronghold, so he ordered:
"Will, take your team to occupy those sentry towers, Team Renault , come to the stronghold and be responsible for sealing the gate."
After making these arrangements, Surena led the termination team to the core part of the stronghold, where he guessed that he might be able to find the answer.
"Have you sent a message to the Sage of Control?"
"It has been sent. The other party said that it is mobilizing troops to take over, but he still hopes that we can help Know why.”
"I'm afraid it's not that easy to figure out the reason."
The team approached the command center during the conversation. The two doors here were engraved with images of the gears of the Mechanicum. Surena saw the doors and The surrounding stones were strangely deformed, and the metal turrets on both sides of the door were also destroyed, and the solid metal was shattered by something.
A Terminator runs to the door and slams it shoulder-first into the door.
With a bang, the door opened, Surena's power sword crackling with energy, and a squad of Terminators followed closely behind him, bolters ready to destroy any foe.
“Not even a body.”
The interior of the command post was dark, with all lights turned off, and only wisps of pale light came in through the gaps in the blinds.
Everyone scanned the surroundings vigilantly, but nothing else appeared in the darkness. The auspicious device beat silently, first reporting a wave of false signals, and then fell silent.
This place should have been crowded with priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus and servitors performing their respective duties.
But there is nothing here.
(End of this chapter)