From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 754 I will break the formation alone
Saint-Saunière, about 140 km northwest of the Grand Palais.

The area near the entrance to the underground permanent warehouse, which was originally hidden, has now become a temporary position.

With the help of the liftable heavy laminated armored wall installed near the entrance of this underground base, this last imperial guard loyal to the Regent has armed this place to the teeth.

Perhaps they knew that they had no other way to retreat and no other place to go, so the imperial guards gave up the idea of ​​mobile defense and directly stayed within the coverage of the deflection field of the underground base.

The faces of the imperial guards soldiers under their tactical visors in the position were not filled with confusion and helplessness like the other imperial guards before.

Even after going through this series of roller coaster-like changes, they still remained calm, with no expression on their faces, and they just conscientiously carried out the various orders issued by their superiors.

As the loyal troops of Regent Norton II, they are the units that are willing to sacrifice their lives for the Regent. This is why the morale of these soldiers of the Imperial Guards was not shaken in the face of the siege of Atlas combat troops that far outnumbered them.
"It seems that the enemy has completely given up on the idea of ​​mobile defense and is prepared to hold on here to the death."

In the command tower of Airdrop Fortress No. 1, Hogg looked at the images sent back from the frontier attack force of the 1st Heavy Combined Brigade on the screen, then looked at the enemy's known deployment on the tactical situation map, and spoke slowly.

The forward attack force of the 1st Heavy Combined Brigade, with the assistance of a group of Immortal Legions that landed on the ground, has launched several rounds of tentative attacks and detected the defensive determination of these defenders.

"In the face of an enemy with far more troops and firepower than ours, we voluntarily gave up our space for maneuver. Humph~ This is nothing but a slow death."

Van Vliet, who was standing next to Hogg, shook his head and looked at a smaller screen nearby. The countdown on it showed that there were only more than ten seconds left before the long-range fire strike was launched.

"We have concentrated the long-range firepower of the First Artillery Combined Brigade and 18 airdrop fortresses. Unless the enemy has installed multiple battleship-level fusion reactors in the underground base, they will definitely not be able to withstand the deflection field."

As Van Fleet was speaking, the countdown came to an end. As the numbers returned to zero, the self-propelled electromagnetic artillery positions at the rear of the battlefield and the eighteen airdrop fortresses that were like small mountains roared at the same time.

The earth shook violently and continuous screams began to be heard from the sky.

Amidst a series of flashing electric arcs, a large number of super-heavy assault warheads flashing with cold metallic light were sent into the air by the acceleration track of the E-2 super-heavy vehicle-mounted electromagnetic gun and disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, countless thick smoke columns pierced the sky. It was the sound of a long-range self-propelled rocket battalion under the combined artillery brigade and the multifunctional launch silos equipped by the airdrop fortress group starting to attack. The rockets of these all adopted the plasma attack unit with only one purpose, which was to bring a sufficiently complex defense environment and power pressure to the opponent's deflection force field as much as possible.
The soldiers on the Imperial Guard's defensive position had just heard a sharp whistling sound in the air when those heavy assault warheads, dragging almost invisible trails, smashed into the deflection field that was flashing with arcs at a nearly vertical angle, like anvils thrown by the gods in the sky!
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Suddenly, daybreak appeared above the underground base.

Every impact of the heavy assault warheads caused a deafening roar, and the deflection force field, operating at full power, drew out blinding arcs of electricity, desperately twisting the trajectories of the warheads and deflecting them to the ground outside the force field, causing explosions.

The deflection force field fluctuated violently, and the silver-white light flickered. The electromagnetic reconnection warhead, which relied on pure kinetic energy to attack, was the most troublesome opponent for the deflection force field.

Van Fleet was even more cunning in placing the three self-propelled electromagnetic gun positions further forward than required by the combat regulations. This made the E-2 super-heavy vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic guns erect their acceleration tracks high, and all the warheads were directed straight up and down, launching attacks at vertical angles.

This also means that for every successful deflection, the deflection force field generator needs to instantly output a higher power than usual in order to deflect these warheads. This also causes the energy reserves of the superconducting battery stacks in the underground base to begin to decline rapidly. Even if the fusion reactor group keeps charging these superconducting battery stacks, it can only slow down the rate of energy consumption.

But the long-range firepower strikes from the Atlas ground forces were like a never-ending rainstorm.

Don't forget that in addition to these units of the artillery combined brigade, there are also 18 airdrop fortresses launching simultaneous attacks. In addition to being used for the rapid deployment of ground troops, these airdrop fortresses are fortresses with extremely fierce firepower, specifically used to support the offensive of ground forces.

Van Fleet's goal at this moment was very simple - to use saturation firepower at any cost to exhaust the opponent's deflection field energy while hoping that the offensive warheads that could penetrate the deflection field could directly hit or indirectly destroy the force field energy supply units hidden underground.

Like an endless thunder, the imperial guards near the underground base kept listening to the continuous loud noises coming from above their heads. As they looked at the deflection force field whose brightness had begun to gradually decrease, their expressions finally began to change.

Finally, after the fire preparation lasted for nearly half an hour, with an even duller bang, the first super-heavy assault warhead finally broke through the shaky deflection force field, passed through a dazzling silver-white electric arc, and slammed heavily on the ground!

Although due to the deflection effect, the interception warhead did not hit the actual landing point, but exploded in an open space, the violent explosion still threw several tons of soil and concrete fragments hundreds of meters into the air, forming a huge crater.

Like a flood that broke through a dam, as the first warhead broke through and opened a gap, the second, third and more super-heavy assault warheads broke through the interception and fell into the area near the entrance of the underground base with a roar of destruction. Moreover, as the power of the deflection field was further reduced, the landing point began to become more and more precise.

The flames and smoke from the explosion began to rise into the sky, gradually covering the area completely.

Although to some extent, the intensity and efficiency of such an attack are far less than that of a warship in orbit attacking the ground, Amber and the others want to capture the Regent alive instead of killing him directly.

Who knows if the death of the Regent would be some kind of buff for his diehard fans, which would boost their fighting spirit, which would be really bad.

And in the midst of this earth-shattering bombing, a red meteor was swooping down from the clouds at high speed, aiming directly at the core of the battlefield shrouded in smoke and fire.
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"Master, we have reestablished contact with the ground forces, and are transferring the call."

With a series of beeping sounds coming from the communication channel, Amber in the individual airdrop cabin also reconnected with the Atlas combat forces on the ground.

"Boss! We have tracked the infrared signal of the airdrop capsule. Wait. Are you going to smash directly into the enemy's defense line?!"

Hogg's voice was steady in the first half, but in the second half he couldn't control it anymore, and the volume became uncontrollably louder.

"Right now, the long-range fire strike has just broken the deflection field on the enemy's position, and the frontline attack team has not yet officially launched the attack. Boss, if you rush in like this, you won't get support from other troops. And you're not even driving an HCP, isn't that a bit too reckless?"

Just like in another universe, the Soviets thought that the names of certain weapons and equipment were complicated, when a Roma thinks that another person is a bit "reckless", it means that this person is really a bit reckless.

Hogg was looking at the red dot on the tactical situation map that was rushing towards the enemy position, and he was really getting overwhelmed.

After working in the Atlas Group for so long and being promoted to army commander, Hogg boasted that he had almost adapted to some of the 'Boss's' unusual operations.

But today's Amber once again broke his cognition.

Whose supreme commander would charge towards the enemy's position that is fully prepared alone?

Just when Hogg was trying to persuade Amber not to be so reckless and to wait until the 1st Heavy Combined Brigade had fully pressed forward before charging, he heard Amber's very calm voice coming from the communication channel.

"It's okay, I will break through the formation alone"

"Not Boss, I know you are strong, but you are alone in this deep place."

"I am now a level seven psyker, Hogg."

"A seventh-level psychic? Oh, that's fine."

Hogg was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly calmed down, and even his voice became much softer.

"Boss, I will ask the long-range firepower units to temporarily cease fire based on the landing time calculated by the AI."

"No, don't stop the long-range fire suppression. I can dodge by myself. You don't have to worry~"

Amber's voice was still as calm as ever, and the voice prompts coming from the individual airdrop capsule in the background also meant that his altitude was getting lower and lower, and the airdrop capsule was also preparing to start the braking engine to slow down.

"Hogg, the ground troops can continue their attack as normal. Don't worry about me. I have to get ready to work. I won't talk about it for now~"

Amber ended the communication, leaving Hogg and Van Vliet in silence.

Soon, the screen in the command tower displayed the image of the airdrop pod captured by the optical sensor. Although Hogg knew the strength of the seventh-level psychic, he was still staring at the screen nervously like Van Vliet beside him.

Then they both suddenly discovered that the braking engine that should have started after reaching the predetermined height did not slow down, and the entire individual airdrop capsule continued to crash down to the ground at a very high speed.

Hogg and Van Fleet in the command tower of the No. 1 Airdrop Fortress stared at the main screen. The signal of Amber's individual airdrop capsule was falling straight towards the Forbidden Army position below, which was under raging artillery fire, at an astonishing speed. The vector nozzle was motionless, and the brake engine was as silent as a dead object.

"Wait, is there something wrong with the drop pod? Why isn't it slowing down?!"

Van Vliet was the first to shout out uncontrollably, his voice filled with incredible horror. His hands subconsciously clenched the edge of the console, and he was a little out of control at this moment.

Because he was really afraid that Amber would fall to the ground and die. After all, it was finally on the right track, and the Federation and the Empire were in chaos. Seeing that the Atlas Group was about to make a lot of money in this chaos, a bright future was beckoning to him.
"Well, maybe the boss wants to do something extreme. A level 7 psychic is still very powerful."

Hogg's voice was still relatively calm, but the muscles on his wolf face were tense and cold sweat was actually flowing down his head, but it was blocked by the thick hair on his head, so it was not noticed by others.

Before he finished speaking, the picture on the screen suddenly changed!
Only a few hundred meters above the ground, the airdrop capsule that looked like a gray metal coffin suddenly exploded!

Countless fragments flew in all directions, and a figure wrapped in a rich deep blue psychic energy halo broke free from it, like a meteorite that had escaped from orbit, with a sharp scream that tore through the air, and smashed into the most densely packed core area of ​​the Imperial Guards' fortifications!
boom--! ! !
A dull bang far louder than any previous bombardment shook the earth.

The shock wave visible to the naked eye spread violently like ripples, blowing away and tearing apart everything within hundreds of meters around the impact point - sturdy bunkers, heavy weapon platforms, and even the imperial guards who had no time to react - like fallen leaves in a strong wind!
The curtain of smoke and debris slowly fell away, revealing a huge impact crater of astonishing diameter.

In the center of the pit, Amber's figure was suspended in the air. The psychic halo covering his entire body slowly converged, but did not completely disappear. It still enveloped him like a layer of flowing liquid starlight.

His eyes were now completely filled with deep blue psychic energy, without a trace of human emotion. Only pure power surged and burned in them, emitting an almost god-like pressure, overlooking the position below that had fallen into a brief silence and panic.

"Surrender or die."

The sound was not loud, but it was clearly transmitted to the ears of every Imperial Guard soldier through the amplification of psychic energy, as if it was ringing directly in their minds.

If it were any other troop, the morale would most likely be affected, but these imperial guards were truly loyal and had accompanied Norton II until this moment.

After a brief moment of shock, ingrained discipline and fanatical loyalty overwhelmed instinctive fear.

They did not respond or hesitate, but made the choice in the most direct way - attacking the target.

In an instant, countless deadly light beams, solid projectiles, and plasma balls gathered from all directions, pouring down like a torrential rain towards the figure in the center of the crater, trying to completely submerge and tear apart the enemy who dared to break into the battle alone.

The flames and thick smoke from the explosion engulfed the area again. The violent energy reaction and excessive brightness even forced many optical sensors to reduce the amount of light entering.

The soldiers of the Imperial Guards tightly grasped their weapons and stared at the smoke-filled area. As one of the most elite troops in the Empire, they had received strict anti-psychic combat training and knew how to maximize the density of firepower to suppress and eliminate these individually powerful enemies.

In their view, with such an intensive saturation attack, even if the Royal Silencers who had previously conducted confrontation exercises with them came in person, they would surely die on the spot if they were not careful.

The attack lasted for more than ten seconds, until the momentum of the ammunition pouring slowed down, the fire and smoke still covered the crater, and the floating figure could no longer be seen.

Some of the imperial guards subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted their breathing, and prepared to respond to the next round of attack orders.

However, they had drastically underestimated what the Level VII Psyker represented, a unit radically different from any enemy they had previously encountered.

In other words, this is the strongest individual combat capability of human beings today.

The smoke and dust in the crater had not yet dissipated, but a blurry afterimage had appeared without warning at a team position at the edge of the crater where a charged particle cannon was set up, as if it had teleported or flashed.

The nearby Imperial Guards soldiers were unable to even catch any movement. They only felt a shadow passing by, and then several of their companions on the charged particle cannon position fell down like puppets with their strings cut. The neck guards under their tactical visors had been completely shattered at this moment, and their vital signs had completely disappeared.

Until then, several piercing sonic booms belatedly came from the center of the smoke. These delayed sounds were like drumsticks, hitting the hearts of the surrounding soldiers hard, making them suddenly realize what was happening.

Fear, like a cold poisonous snake, at that moment gripped all the imperial guards who witnessed this scene.

It was from this moment that Amber turned into a ghost on the Imperial Guards' position.

His figure shuttled and flashed among the dense fortifications at high speed, so fast that it was completely impossible to capture it with the naked eye. Even the power armor of the Imperial Guards could only barely capture a series of blurry afterimages.

These imperial guards couldn't even capture their target, let alone fight back. They could only watch in despair as their comrades fell silently one by one.

The friendly signals on the commander's tactical terminal dimmed one after another, turning into gray icons representing death, and the other terrified Imperial Guards soldiers also frantically fired at any suspicious afterimages, but often only hit the air or accidentally injured their own people.

Every move of Amber was precise and deadly, like the scythe of the god of death, efficiently reaping lives in the chaotic battlefield.

This first wave of sudden attacks, like a violent storm, lasted for less than a few minutes before coming to a temporary end.

Amber's figure reappeared at the edge of the impact crater. The surrounding area was already filled with the corpses of the Imperial Guard soldiers, forming a brief vacuum zone.

He wasn't tired; he was adapting.

Adapt to this body that has been strengthened by "eternal cells" and completely transformed by seventh-level psychic energy.

Adapting to this unprecedented strength, speed and reaction ability, the series of almost instinctive killings just now was more like a warm-up, allowing him to gradually master the rhythm of this new power.

So far, he has not even used any complex psychic skills, but has only relied on pure physical strength and speed greatly enhanced by psychic power to fight.

Feeling the huge spiritual energy surging in her body and being able to move at will, Amber slowly raised her head. Her eyes burning with blue flames swept over the imperial guards outside who were beginning to reorganize their defenses, their faces full of fear but still refusing to retreat.

“Warm-up is over”

The next moment, the psychic halo around Amber suddenly exploded. It was no longer just a glow close to her body, but turned into a deep blue flame visible to the naked eye, like burning plasma!

This form was affectionately called the 'Super Saiyan' form by players in previous games.

If the one wreaking havoc on the Imperial Guards' position just now was a top-level warrior with extremely fast speed and inhuman strength, then from this moment on, this top-level warrior has been "fused" into a "magician" who possesses destructive spells and can carry out long-range attacks.

Amber casually raised her right hand and clenched the air.

Crunch-!
In the distance, a Imperial Guards main battle tank that tried to turn its heavy particle cannon towards him was suddenly grabbed and twisted by an invisible force. The heavy armor groaned like a piece of paper, and finally exploded into a pile of scrap metal!
Then, he gathered his spiritual energy and pushed his left hand forward.

A thick dark blue beam of psychic energy burst out, instantly penetrating a distance of hundreds of meters, vaporizing several bunkers along the way and the soldiers behind them, leaving a smoking scorch mark on the ground!
Invisible forces grabbed the broken fragments of bunkers, twisted metal, weapons and ammunition scattered on the ground, and smashed them at the Imperial Guards who were trying to assemble like projectiles accelerated by electromagnetic tracks.

The psychic shield loomed around Amber, easily absorbing the dense firepower that covered him, and then he sent it back to its original place as if to "return the favor in their own way".

Condensed psychic blades appeared out of thin air, cutting through the enemy formation as if they had life.
Then, Amber's figure moved again as before.

But this time, every move he made was accompanied by an explosion of devastating psychic energy. He would sometimes break into the enemy camp like a ghost, and smash the armored units in front of him into pieces with his fists and feet filled with energy.

Sometimes he would float in mid-air, raining down pure psychic energy in the style of the Prince's Tactics, or he would wave his hands, stirring up psychic storms that would flatten large areas.

This fighting method that perfectly combined extreme physical speed with powerful energy attacks left Hogg and Van Fleet, who were watching the battle through sensors in the command tower, dumbfounded. Not only them, but all the people who saw this scene through various channels were completely speechless at this moment.

After all, in this universe, especially in the human world, a level seven psychic hasn't appeared for who knows how long, and many people have long regarded this kind of high-level psychic as a legend.

But at this moment, Amber was like a legend come true.

The defense line consisting of more than 2,000 imperial guards began to completely collapse in the face of such inhuman force. Their courage, loyalty, and training were no longer enough to support them to continue fighting in the face of the absolute power gap.

Just as Amber was about to kill her way through the entire position in one breath and then break directly into the underground base to capture the Regent alive, a familiar voice resounded throughout the position through the radio.

"Mr. Amber, I have lifted the defense of the underground base. Please stop attacking. I will wait for you here."

This is the voice of the Regent.

(End of this chapter)