The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 429: Arrest by boarding! Mysterious fleet! Time and space cutting!

"Trust in the Lord of Change, it will save us."

Magnus looked at Azek expressionlessly, without any guilt for deleting the other party's memory before. At this moment, he had placed all his hopes on Tzeentch.

"Lord, why haven't you woken up yet? Open your eyes and take a look. The subspace around here has been blocked for a long time. The subspace entity that you have placed high hopes on is simply unable to save you."

Azek glared at Magnus. He had never behaved so badly towards his own Primarch before. "Lord, I must now question whether you still have the sanity to continue leading the Thousand Sons Legion."

Under normal circumstances, Azek's words would be treasonous and he should be executed immediately, but at this critical moment, everyone's thoughts were confused.

Even Amon, who had always supported Magnus unconditionally, chose to remain silent at this moment.

Like Azek, he suspected that Magnus had been bewitched by Tzeentch and had become insane and possessed.

Facing Azek's scolding, Magnus remained calm. He didn't say anything, or he didn't know what to say.

What Azek said made sense. If the Lord of Change really had a way to save them, he should start taking action now.

But why is there no substantial movement until now?

……

Swish——! !

On the edge of the Prospero star system, far away from the space battlefield, a Mandeville point suddenly twisted.

Soon after, a huge interstellar fleet came out from inside, but they did not belong to the expeditionary unit of the universe giant enterprise.

Almost instantly, the Universal Corporation's reconnaissance device captured information about the fleet. Jack Wells immediately became more vigilant and ordered an investigation into the source of the fleet.

Soon, Jack immediately determined that this was not the fleet of the Human Empire because the scale of this fleet was quite large.

The number exceeds the total number of warships of all the Primarch Legions, and is estimated to be 40,000 warships.

The appearance, shape and style of those 40,000 warships are highly similar, resembling the Star Destroyers of the Galactic Empire in "Star Wars". They are silver-white with smooth and simple lines.

It doesn't look like a creation of the human empire in the Warhammer universe at all.

After jumping out of the subspace, they just stayed there quietly, but the huge size of the fleet made it difficult to ignore their existence.

"Where did this fleet come from... This shouldn't happen!"

Jack Wells frowned. Although in terms of quantity, the enemy's 40,000 warships were no match for his own 300,000 troops.

But in the Warhammer universe, such a powerful fleet should not appear at this stage!

This was a turn of events that Jack Wells had not anticipated.

But no matter what, the mission that the Universal Corporation had to accomplish still had to be done, and Jack immediately asked the shipborne AI to send a warning to the Imperial Navy.

Inform the other party that the fleet does not belong to a giant enterprise, and ask them to move closer to us to avoid possible risks in advance.

The warships of the cosmic giant are equipped with cutting-edge shield force field devices from the universe. The shield of a cruiser alone is as thick as that of a big boss.

Even super laser cannons, plasma accelerator cannons, or light spear cannons cannot instantly destroy the giant company's warships.

After receiving Jack's message, the four Primarchs immediately became nervous and ordered the battleship array to quickly approach the array of the Universal Corporation.

Even the warships that were carrying out orbital bombardment began to leave in an orderly manner, pausing the extermination process.

Anyway, the monk can escape but the temple cannot. Once Magnus is caught, they will have plenty of time to slowly purify Prospero.

At this moment, Guilliman felt that his mind had been confused by the chaotic situation before him.

Is Prospero a luminous star system? How come a force of unknown origin has emerged?

The commander of the Megacorp, Jack Wells, was just as confused as Guilliman, and he asked the mysterious fleet:
[This is the territory of the Human Empire. Please state your affiliation and the purpose of your visit.]

However, Jack's inquiry did not receive any response. The other party was like a silent phantom, always staying in the same position motionless.

This gave Jack Wells a bad feeling. He sent out an AI drone to investigate the situation, while asking his subordinates to speed up the arrest of Magnus.

……

Here, Penny Wells has led an elite Astartes squad to the vicinity of the Radiant Light. Under his command, the squad members are about to complete the boarding landing.

After conquering and tempering many universes, the legions of the Universal Corporation have already mastered countless tactics and strategies.

As the master of the art of war, even the most junior officers in giant companies would use this basic tactic of joining forces.

Rich combat experience, top-notch equipment and weapons, excellent physical fitness, and enhanced genetic optimization...

Without the interference of psychic factors such as the Warp, the Astartes warriors of the giant enterprise are like walking gods on land.

Hiss——!!

On the outer hull of the Radiance, the assault boat carrying Penny Wells had rushed into the interior of the flagship under the cover of an AI drone.

Immediately after the airdrop pod landed, a large number of Astartes warriors rushed out. They immediately found the connection point and connected to the AI ​​Red Queen virus before officially starting the battle.

[AI Red Queen has cracked the gates of all ship passages and taken over the communication channels. The internal map route has been automatically generated and the target person's location has been locked. ]

Seeing the still powerful Red Queen sending the map information, Pani immediately gave orders to the soldiers behind him:
"Everyone, please pay attention. We must complete the mission within ten minutes. We must capture Magnus for me!"

The situation is tense and complicated, and his father is personally supervising the battle. Pani is eager to complete the task quickly with a thrilling blitzkrieg.

"Yes--!"

Everyone responded in unison, and then quickly flew towards the Thousand Sons Legion flagship headquarters according to the best route planned by the AI ​​Red Queen.

While rushing, Pani inevitably encountered some Thousand Sons warriors. The two sides engaged in a brief and fierce confrontation, but without exception, these Thousand Sons warriors were all quickly killed.

A Thousand Sons Warrior who has lost his psychic powers is like the "Sun Ben" in "Three Kingdoms Killing". It cannot be said that he is useless, but he can also be called a pure blank warrior.

The team led by Pani rushed to the bridge of the Magnificent Light as quickly as cutting melons and vegetables.

The Radiance is very large. If it weren't for the flight propulsion device of the Hulkbuster armor, it would definitely not be possible to complete the mission within ten minutes just by walking.

Along the way, Pani encountered more than a dozen teams of Thousand Sons warriors who came to stop them.

Among them are some veteran Thousand Sons soldiers who have made great military achievements. They can rely on their agile movements to fight back and forth with the Giant Enterprise warriors.

But facing the power armor shields on the giant corporate warriors, there is nothing they can do.

However, the purpose of Pani and his team's trip was not to kill these Thousand Sons warriors, but to capture Magnus as soon as possible.

So when facing these Thousand Sons warriors, Pani would try every means to get around them, and would only kill them when he had no other choice.

This is not done out of compassion, but purely to save time.

The propulsion devices of the power armor they were wearing were quite advanced, and the Thousand Sons warriors had no way of catching up.

During this period, some Thousand Sons warriors deployed a large number of heavy firepower defenses in advance on the routes they had to pass.

If it weren't for the intelligence provided by the AI ​​Red Queen in advance, Pani might have suffered a great loss. In the end, relying on the powerful ball lightning to destroy the heavy artillery of the Thousand Sons Warriors, Pani finally led his men into the bridge headquarters of the Thousand Light.

None of the nearby Thousand Sons warriors succeeded in blocking the attack. In the huge headquarters command center, only Magnus, Amon and a few Thousand Sons generals were left.

Magnus has nowhere to escape now!
……

Here, just as Pani and others were performing their mission, the mysterious interstellar fleet that had been silent for a long time finally made new movements!

On the central control panel of the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, Leon clearly saw the fleet through the hard light screen, and quietly launched a nearly perfect spherical object.

The object was about 10 meters in diameter and looked extremely simple and beautiful, which made Leon sense an unusual sense of danger.

After scanning and detection by the AI ​​drone, it was found that the curvature of the sphere was perfect, an extremely standard spherical object, which made Le Ang even more wary of the intruder.

After all, weapons that can destroy the world are often simple, clean and neat, without any fancy appearance or complicated trigger mechanism.

"Why are they so similar to the Singer Civilization in The Three-Body Problem? They come here and do nothing, just throw down a two-dimensional foil and run away..."

Le Ang felt very confused. He had no idea what the spherical object in front of him was. He couldn't even guess the origin of this fleet.

After all, in terms of the scale of its warships, the current Human Empire is already one of the best in the Milky Way.

It is impossible for any other civilization to have as many warships as the Imperial Navy.

But this fleet has as many as 40,000 warships, which is obviously unlike the civilized forces in the current Warhammer universe and the galaxy.

"See if you can contain the object."

Leon gave orders to Jack Wells at the front line.

Now Magnus has not been caught yet, and their goal has not been achieved. Even if there is any change, they have to wait until Magnus is arrested.

"Yes!"

As soon as Jack Wells responded, he received a message back from the AI ​​drone.

[There is a strong binding force field inside the sphere, and the drone cannot penetrate or touch it. ]

[If you forcefully enter the space near the spherical body, you will be forcibly pushed away. This product may involve space technology, gravity technology, or... time technology. ]

Hearing this, Li Ang seemed to have thought of something.

In the Warhammer universe, there are actually quite a few civilized species that control the technological power of time.

But the human civilization in the Golden Age is definitely the best in mastering time technology!
Judging from the appearance of that fleet, it certainly doesn't look like something that was created by green-skinned orcs who only know how to use their imagination.

More like a creation by human hands.

However, the human civilization of the Golden Age gradually declined in the long river of history during the Iron Man Rebellion.

How could the disappeared human fleet of the Golden Age appear here?

Leon thought quickly for a moment, then ordered Jack Wells: "Contact the other Primarchs immediately and have them evacuate the Prospero system as soon as possible."

If a larger-scale war really broke out in this star system, the fleet forces of Primarchs such as Guilliman would not only be unable to help, but would also be affected.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

The Ninth Expeditionary Corps, led by Jack Wells, has gathered all the cutting-edge weapons of the giant company. It is not impossible for them to fight a god-level interstellar battle.

But in this case, the fleets of Primarchs such as Guilliman would definitely not be able to be saved.

If anything happened to the Primarch, it would also have a series of adverse effects on the diplomatic relations between the giant enterprise and the Empire.

"Yes!"

Jack Wells took the order and immediately relayed Leon's words to the other Primarchs, and then personally urged Pani to bring Magnus back as soon as possible.

He didn't know what signal the fleet wanted to send by dropping a spherical object. Was it a friendly token? A tentative reconnaissance device? Or a weapon that could destroy the world...

But no matter what, the best solution at the moment is to complete the mission as soon as possible, then leave Prospero and avoid contact with this fleet of unknown origin.

"In short, always pay attention to the state of the spherical object and don't let it get close to us."

Jack ordered.

【Yes. 】

The shipboard AI responded.

Immediately, the battleship array of the global giant changed.

In fact, there are not many human soldiers in the Ninth Expeditionary Corps. Most of the combat units are clones, mechanical sentinels, and AI-series technological creations.

Coupled with a high degree of AI automation, the movement and formation changes of the battleship arrays of the global giants are also extremely efficient and fast.

【Lock on the target unit and start the containment procedure. 】

Thousands of giant corporate warships surrounded the sphere and activated the space compression device at the same time.

This is a simplified space technology with "different space" manufacturing technology as its core. It relies on a powerful space-time cutting force field to cut the space around the target into independent individuals.

Then, with the help of the compression and expansion of space itself, these space fragments will be thrown out.

After the target object left behind loses the physical properties given by time and space, it becomes an ordinary object that poses no threat and will not be reactivated until the state of time and space is restored to its original state.

The cost and consumption of this containment technology are not low, but with the current strong financial resources of the global giant, it can still be managed.

[Containment failed——! ]

[The spherical body has a mass of no less than a thousand medium-sized stars. Its gravity has completely distorted and condensed the surrounding space-time, and it is impossible to cut it with the current power intensity.]

【…】

The shipboard AI sent a message that containment had failed.

This made Jack Wells deeply uneasy. Since he couldn't contain this thing, he had to use other methods.

After a while, at the suggestion of Dr. Halsey, the head of the scientific hub department who was accompanying the expedition, the Megacorp battleship adopted the second approach.

If it is impossible to cut the space around the sphere, then apply and stack other space fragments on the path of the sphere's movement.

This will extend the distance the sphere needs to travel to reach its destination.

This is like a person in a descending elevator going back up.

As long as the speed of descent is the same as the speed of upward movement, a person can stay in the same place without moving.

This is Dr. Halsey's line of thought.

Use space-time fragments to make up for the sphere's moving distance and put it in a "stationary" state!
(End of this chapter)