From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 614 "The gunshot is too loud, so I'll solve it with my bare hands."

"clear."

Chris's response was cool and decisive. After the communication was cut off, only the rustling sound of electronic silence remained on the channel.

Leon and Mike retreated quickly without saying a word.

Their tactical boots crushed the gravel, making only a slight clicking sound, and finally disappeared behind the wreckage of an armored vehicle that could not be repaired and was forced to be scrapped.

The optical camouflage cloak falls, blending the silhouettes of the two people perfectly into the night.

The searchlights, monitoring stations and various detection facilities of the Dead Water Base were still carrying out their mechanical missions, and the pale beams of light swept across the desert like blind tentacles.

The sentinels on the steel fence were completely unaware that the night sky above them was being eroded by a more deadly "darkness" -

That was the blue trail left by the missile's tail flame in the clouds.

The first "Kiss of Death" that arrived did not trigger any alarms.

In an instant, the anti-aircraft turret in the northwest corner was engulfed by a dazzling orange-red fireball.

The composite armor plate twisted and burst like fragile tinfoil. The shock wave twisted the gun barrel into a twist and threw it high into the sky. The burning parts fell to the ground like a star rain.

The second missile rammed into the ammunition depot almost at the same time. The chain explosion lifted the entire fortification into the sky, and the hot metal fragments weaved a web of death in the air.

When the third earth-penetrating warhead penetrated the foundation of the command center, the whistling and violent explosion of the "late" missile tore through the air and reached the ears of Leon and Mike.

Whoosh————boom——boom——!!!

The shock wave hit the earth like a huge hammer, and the expanding mushroom cloud burned the sky.

The roar of the explosion turned into materialized pressure, sweeping past Leon and Mike's positions along with rubble and heat waves.

At the same time, they also heard the "painful groan" of the collapse of the steel skeleton in the distance. It was the sound of the air defense array collapsing in the flames.

At this moment, the burning base finally sounded a shrill alarm, but it was too late.

In the sky filled with billowing smoke, more "meteors" are drawing elegant trajectories.

Inside and outside the Dead Water Base, the originally orderly patrol formation collapsed in an instant.

The soldiers in fully enclosed power armor were like frightened birds, running in all directions at the shrill alarm, splashing mud and sparks.

Their faces beneath their helmets were pale under the cold light of the tactical display screen, and their pupils reflected the fire of death falling from the sky.

The communication channel had already been in chaos, with the hissing of electromagnetic interference mixed with hoarse roars, like a chorus from hell—

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! All units immediately get into combat positions!"

"The radar array is paralyzed! We are being completely suppressed by electronic warfare!"

"Activate the backup system. Damn it, the backup link has also been cut off!"

At the same time, the roar of engines could be heard from the heavy equipment area at the edge of the base. The composite armor plates of several armored vehicles closed with a clang, and the turrets rotated rapidly under the drive of the hydraulic system, trying to lock onto the threat in the sky.

However, the originally clear aiming interface on the drivers' tactical eyepieces had long been swallowed up by a blizzard of noise.

The alarm of the fire control computer sounded shrilly, and the blood-red words "System Failure" kept jumping on the screen.

"Manual mode! Switch to optical aiming!"

The commander of an armored vehicle suddenly opened the roof, and hot air carrying gunpowder smoke poured into the cabin.

He roared and raised the old-fashioned telescope, but there was only a distorted night sky and blurry spots of light in the lens.

Before he finished his order, a missile hit the apron a hundred meters away. The shock wave tilted the entire armored vehicle, and the commander's roar was instantly crushed by the roar of the explosion.

The night sky has been completely torn apart.

Countless meteor-like flames pierced through the clouds, and the blazing trails were like the spears of divine punishment in mythology that punished the world.

They are not creations of nature, but airdrop capsules carrying the Investigation Department's special operations team, Hell Paratroopers and Flame Lizards, breaking through the atmosphere at an extremely fast speed.

The friction between the outer shell of the warehouse and the atmosphere produced a dazzling glow, like a rain of fire rising in reverse.

The soldiers at Deadwater Base stood still.

As an interstellar civilization that also masters orbital airdrop technology, they know very well what this scene means.

Someone hysterically raised his rifle and fired into the sky. The bullets drew pale lines in the night sky, but could not even scratch the ceramic coating of the airdrop capsule.

A soldier picked up an anti-aircraft missile, but the locking prompt sound never sounded.

He pulled the trigger and the missile swerved into the sky and eventually exploded thousands of meters away. The exploding fireball was like a mocking firework.

Leon and Mike were crawling behind the bunker, and the auxiliary function of the holographic glasses projected this one-sided "massacre" clearly on the screen.

The moment the first wave of airdrop pods hit the ground, the entire battlefield seemed to have been trampled by ancient beasts.

The earth shook violently with a deafening roar, and the shock wave spread in a circular shape, throwing gravel and dust more than ten meters into the air.

Three dark green metal warehouses were like hammers thrown by gods, accurately smashing into the open area not far from where Leon and Mike were hiding.

The deceleration nozzle at the end of the cabin was still spewing out azure plasma tail flames, the alloy foot nails were deeply dug into the concrete floor, and spider-web-like cracks spread instantly.

Bang~bang~!

The door popped open.

Boom!Boom!
Then, every step the magnetic boots took out of the hatch seemed to beat the drums of war, and the ground shook rhythmically, while the miniature nuclear fusion reactor in the power backpack also emitted a low hum.

More than a dozen flame lizards with a height of more than two and a half meters, and some even reaching two meters six or seven, appeared. The scarlet eyepieces on their masks had already locked onto the nearest enemy.

"For the Emperor!"

"For humanity!"

"Die, you bastards!"

The battle cry exploded through the helmet speakers, and the processed, metallic sound waves swept across the battlefield like a storm.

That is not a sound that can be produced by an ordinary person's throat. It is a death declaration unique to the Astartes, which has been genetically enhanced and amplified by power armor.

More than a dozen Flame Lizards poured out of the airdrop chamber like a steel torrent.

Their armor was painted in a murderous dark green, with warning blood red details, and the lizard emblem etched on the shoulder armor glowed coldly in the fire.

Clang clang clang——!!

The "pleasant" roar of the explosive shells composed a symphony of cruelty.

Every time a .75-caliber rocket-assisted bullet is released from the barrel, a cone of fire with a diameter of half a meter explodes at the muzzle.

The 1.0cal heavy bolter shells were even more terrifying, with recoil enough to shatter an ordinary person's arm bones, but in the hands of the Astartes, these weapons were as docile as children's toys.

Bang!
The breastplate of one of the soldiers from Deadwater Base was dented and deformed when it came into contact with the first bolt bullet.

puff!
The second bullet penetrated directly through the composite layer of his power armor, and fragments of his internal organs splattered out from the bowl-sized penetration wound on his back.

The third shot followed, but this time it was a 1.0cal heavy bolter warhead.

Pfft——!
The soldier, who was also wearing power armor, was like being hit by a battering ram. His upper body exploded into a bloody mist, and his only remaining legs ran three more steps under inertia before falling to the ground with a bang.

"Energy shield readings are stable. Threat level: low." The light blue shield power bar on the Flame Lizard's helmet screen always remained above 90%.

This shows that the opponent who is in chaos cannot pose any effective threat to them.

Even though the standard firearms used by the opponent were Gauss firearms with high-speed armor-piercing capabilities, they were still unable to turn the tide and reverse the situation.

What's more, although the Flame Lizards look tall and clumsy, they are actually far superior to the others in all aspects. It is basically wishful thinking for the soldiers of the Dead Water Base to attack by visual locking.

After all, the soldiers at the Dead Water Base could not keep up with the speed of the Flame Lizards. Unless they predicted the Flame Lizards' route and shot in advance, they could barely hit these giants.

On the other hand, the base soldiers are wearing power armor.
Although their appearance is somewhat similar to the Titanium Armor, they lack energy shields and are like paper in front of bolt guns.

On the surface, these power armors can withstand two or three standard bullets, but they can only withstand two or three bullets.

Leon and Mike's glasses screen captured this scene——

A soldier in power armor who looked like an officer tried to fight back with a punch, but before he could throw the punch, three bolt shells hit his head, heart and power core almost simultaneously.

Boom! !
The officer's remains were scattered in the explosion, dyeing the wall within five meters behind him into a scarlet "abstract painting".

"Advance formation."

Following a brief command from a Flame Lizard Squad leader, the group of giants began to crush forward in a textbook wedge formation.

Their pace was not fast, but each step was precisely placed in the gaps between enemy fire.

The roar of the bolter was occasionally mixed with the hum of the chainsword being activated, and this was the second movement prepared for close-range "slaughter".

When the soldiers at Deadwater Base were forced into close combat, despair really began to spread.

A heavily armored soldier at the base roared and raised the large-caliber grenade launchers hanging on his arms, but before he could start his attack, a finely crafted power sword had already stabbed out like a venomous snake.

Puff-!
The plasma force field at the tip of the sword easily penetrated his breastplate, vaporizing his heart and the spine behind him.

On the other side, the teeth of the chainsaw sword let out a bloodthirsty scream, and the high-speed rotating sharp teeth bit into the waist armor of the power armor, sparks and blood splattered at the same time.

The soldier didn't even have time to scream before his upper body slid down diagonally, with his internal organs splattered all over the ground.

The power armor that the soldiers of Deadwater Base were so proud of was vulnerable to these melee weapons designed specifically for armor-piercing.

Every swing of the Flame Lizard's sword was accompanied by the piercing whine of metal tearing.

Some were beheaded, their helmeted heads flying high in the air; some were chopped vertically, split in half with their armor; and some were hit head-on by power gloves, their entire chest collapsing into a horrible pit.

The battlefield instantly turned into a bloody slaughterhouse.

It may be that after the Flame Lizards learned from the intelligence obtained by Leon, Mike and many agents that the civilians here were being ravaged and oppressed, they had no intention of restraining their anger and dealt with the enemy in the most brutal way, allowing the soldiers of the Deadwater Base to experience what "massacre" is.

On both sides of the Flame Lizard's steel torrent, the Hell Paratroopers followed closely.

The light power armor they wear is not as thick as the Astartes' titanium armor, but it has extremely strong mobility.

These "mortal" elite warriors worked in teams of three, coordinating with the giants' advance routes and using precise point-shooting to clear out any fish that slipped through the net.

In the shadows of higher buildings, the special operations team led by Chris moved around like ghosts, and the optical camouflage of their nano combat suits allowed them to blend in with the environment.

An officer from the Deadwater Base was hiding behind an armored vehicle and giving orders. His power armor was inlaid with a white commander's emblem. The next second -

Bang~——!
The officer's head exploded like a ripe watermelon.

Chris slowly moved the muzzle of his gun, his breathing as steady as if he was asleep. Only the kill count jumping on the visor screen proved the deadly efficiency of this muscular man.

The battle situation is becoming overwhelming.

At this moment, a Flame Lizard tactical team suddenly left the main battlefield and moved towards the location where Leon and Mike were hiding.

The heavy magnetic boots stepped over the bullet shells and bloodstains on the ground. The six giants clad in dark green armor were like moving steel fortresses, revealing their hideous outlines in the smoke.

The leader of the team raised his hand to signal to stop, looked at Leon and Mike, and said in a low metallic voice:
"You two, please help us rescue the civilians."

"it is good."

"no problem."

Leon and Mike naturally had no objection to this.

Next, the group took quick action.

Six Flame Lizards advanced forward, their bolters ready to fire at any time, while Leon and Mike moved quickly on the left and right, following the shadows in the corners of the wall.

Not long after, after dealing with the miscellaneous items along the way, they returned to the warehouse in front of the gate that was filled with pungent smells.

Many of the soldiers who were originally guarding outside the warehouse were urgently transferred away due to the sudden outbreak of fighting, leaving only two soldiers pacing back and forth anxiously.

Seeing a group of giants suddenly appear, the two soldiers were stunned, but they didn't have time to sound the alarm.
In other words, before he could even escape, he was shot by the Flame Lizards with bolt guns, ending his short life.

Afterwards, the electronic lock of the warehouse door did not hold for even a second due to the brute force of the Flame Lizard.

Bang——! !

The moment the door was hammered open, an even stronger smell of medicine mixed with the stench of excrement hit us in the face.

The scene in the warehouse caused everyone to fall into a brief silence.

Dozens of iron cages were lined up in the center of the dim warehouse, each filled with ragged civilians.

Among the civilians, there were more skinny children with needle marks on their wrists from drawing blood.

Various experimental equipment are piled up in the corner——

Injection pumps, electric shock devices, etc., and several vital signs monitors that are still functioning.

Several researchers in white coats were busy destroying data, but when they saw the Flame Lizard suddenly in, their expressions froze.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor."

A Flame Lizard whispered, his voice filled with suppressed cold anger.

The boy and girl closest to the door shrank into their mother's arms in fear, and the woman instinctively covered the children's eyes.

The captain of the Flame Lizard team raised his hand and said in a metallic tone:
"The gunshots are too loud, so I'll solve it with my bare hands."

From what the captain said, it seemed that he was afraid that the sound of the bolter gun would scare the children, so he chose to let all the Flame Lizards be dealt with by hand.

But the scene that followed was far more horrifying than killing with guns.

The giants approached like the god of death, and the fingers in the power armor easily crushed the skull of a researcher, and the brains spilled out from between the fingers.

Another was grabbed by the waist, his spine broken in two by the grip of the metal hand.

The third man was about to scream when he was punched in the chest, and his heart exploded in a cloud of blood behind him.

However, this almost brutal execution method brought even deeper fear.

"Woo mom!"

A little boy finally couldn't hold back his tears and then the whole warehouse erupted in heart-wrenching cries.

Mothers hugged their children tightly, some adults curled up and retched, and some already weak people fainted.
(End of this chapter)