Chapter 2665: East-West Adversary
Without any explanation for his behavior, Soshiyang put down the wreckage and said slowly:
“Before, we always thought that the alien’s tomb was under the Scorch Oven City. But now it seems that this is not the case, or that the scale of this alien tomb is much larger than we imagined. However, I suddenly realized a problem. This war has lasted for nearly half a year. If the gene stealer was sent by space The Necrons were attacked and forced to launch a riot, which means that the tombs of the Necrons awakened half a year ago, but they had never appeared before, but now they suddenly appeared."
Soshiyang began. What he wanted to say was that it must be related to their arrival, but then he captured a detail that could easily be ignored among the many pieces of information.
"Sage Aijako, there are nine forward strongholds where they encounter the Necrons, but they are basically all sporadic Skinners, right?"
"Yes."
"In other words, the only one that was attacked on a large scale was the K2 sub-command. Why is this? Is the location of that place important?"
The ruling sage then called up a map of the war zone on top of the table, with the locations of all strongholds and sub-commands marked on it.
“You see, the K2 sub-command is located west and south of the Slag Mountains. To be important, it is the sub-command closest to Scorch Oven City, so it is responsible for blocking enemy supplies and reinforcements. mission, so we deployed more than two thousand skitarii there."
"Close to Scorch Oven City."
Soshyan crossed his arms and stared for a while, then turned to look at Surena.
"Ninth Company Commander, did you find anything abnormal in K2?"
"Abnormal. When we went there, the stronghold was empty and there were no aliens. We must say it was abnormal. , the enemy launched the attack from outside, and after we encountered a large number of mechanical beetles in the command center, this is a bit unreasonable. If the enemy captured the place, they should ambush us in the stronghold. There is no need to attack from outside the wall. "
"You're right"
Soshiyang withdrew his gaze and looked at the constantly rotating war zone map. After a long time, he whispered in a suspicious tone:< br>
"Is it possible that they are not here to attack you, or that they are looking for something when they attack K2? You said you encountered mechanical beetles in the command center, why did they huddle in that place?"
" We previously suspected that there was an underground passage there."
"In that case, there is no need for them to attack from outside the wall."
"Well, yes, I have considered this too. But the battle was so intense that there was no time to think about it.”
“The only ones you encountered in the command center were scarabs?”
"Yes. But as soon as I came out, I was attacked by the ghosts of the tomb."
Soshiyang clapped his hands gently.
"I'm sure, there must be something else hidden in the command center. The sudden appearance of the Necrons in the Slag Mountains this time is probably related to that thing."
At this time, the commander The wise man spoke.
"Sir, we cleaned up the K2 stronghold not long ago and found nothing special." "It means it is a running thing."
"This"
Soshiyang no longer paid attention to the ruling sage, but fell into his own thinking.
If the Necron are really looking for something, or chasing something, what could it be?
Clan leader of the Genestealers?
Or some Mechanicus priest who stole their important belongings?
And why does this thing hide in a human stronghold?
Another point worth thinking about is that what appeared on the battlefield were either skinners or war machines. The true "individuals" of the Necron did not appear. Why is this? Wouldn't it be more convenient to chase units that are obviously sane? Why use these mindless gadgets to carry out complex hunting missions?
Suddenly, Soshyan lowered his gaze and looked at the slightly deformed skull of the Skinner. He suddenly thought of something and stretched out his hand to grab the skull amid everyone's doubts.
When a secret symbol appeared in Soshiyang's eyes, the power of gray marrow made him feel the malice hidden in the skull
Landugol
The syllables composed of thousands of echoes and the maddening high-pitched metal friction sound echoed in Soshiyang's mind. He tried to steady his mind and wanted to grab something useful to him. information.
However, with the gaze of a pair of crazy eyes, everything disappeared, and there was only the metal skull in front of him.
Soshiyan finally understood why the Necrons let the unstable Skinners take on the tracking mission, because they knew they were coming and knew they could extract memories from normal Necron individuals. They didn’t want to Expose themselves, but it is precisely this abnormal move that reveals their intentions.
Soshiyang sneered and threw the skull back on the table. Since the other party knew his abilities so well, it meant that they were related to that old guy, the King of Silence.
"Very good."
The other party is so secretive, which means they really don't want to discover the joint.
Thinking of this, Soshiyang further expanded his thoughts. If the things here were related to the King of Silence, once he discovered something, the other party might have to turn over the table and have a showdown with him. Then he would have to face It's not just the gang on the planet, there may be Necron fleets coming from other galaxies or star regions.
When he thought of the Necron fleet, he immediately recalled the indestructible power of the World Engine. Soshyan narrowed his eyes. This time, although he brought all the White Templar fleet and part of Ulan Huda Fleet, but to fight against such a powerful weapon as the World Engine, even if the entire Forge World is included, it might be a bit difficult.
It seems a bit unwise to choose to fall out with that old guy here, but then again, this area is on the edge of the Storm Star Territory. It stands to reason that there should not be many Necron tomb worlds, and the nearby Russian There are no reports of Necron battles in the history of the Erpus Sector.
It should be that the power of the Silent King here is relatively weak, right?
In fact, after experiencing the last World Engine War, Soshyan was not so afraid of this thing, because he knew that this kind of giant fortress had a fatal weakness, that is, it was completely composed of a bound planet. Driven by God fragments, he can also kill through the World Engine alone and swallow the Star God fragments inside. In this way, the so-called World Engine is just a dead fish.
It’s just that he needs some time in this process. The losses of other forces responsible for blocking may be great. The forging world Ekvolia is also likely to be destroyed. Soshyan feels that these mechanical hybrids are not worthy. Let yourself pay such a big price.
To be on the safe side, maybe we can not dig into the secrets of the Necrons first, but secretly transfer some of the power from the Eldar side as a trump card - at least the Stygian Light Butterfly will definitely be able to fight against the World Engine. Soshyan has no doubt about this. After everything is arranged, he will dig up the alien tombs in this world and dig out their secrets. If it is really related to the Silent King, then he will slap himself hard. This old thing's face, see if it will show up.
Even if it really wants to overturn the table, it has its own way to deal with it.
After making up his mind, Soshiyang said loudly:
"The activities of the aliens will not affect our grand strategy. The enemies in Cui Fanke City have been annihilated, so the focus of our attack will shift to Scorch Oven City. Oppress the enemy from two directions, but with some modifications in the details, the situation in the Slag Mountains has been basically controlled. The enemy is completely compressed in the bottom tunnel. We don’t need to play whack-a-mole. The west side of Scorch Oven City The No. 3 Holy Furnace Mining Area will be the new attack point. Cui Fanke’s troops are already being transferred and distributed. Once the various troops are in place, they will advance from east to west and launch an attack on the Coke Oven City at the same time!”
(End of this chapter)