Warhammer: Empire Reboot

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Many veterans still rely on instinct and discipline to organize the defense line.

They blocked the passage.

The bridge was destroyed.

Release the bound little devils.

They drove out slave laborers to serve as human shields.

One Chaos Terminator squad even managed to counter-rush to a static force field anchor point, nearly severing the entrance.

Three Dogs, leading the Mastiff Guards, stormed into the passage.

Chaos Terminator blocked the entrance with chain punches and heavy explosive grenades.

Three Dogs picked up a Black Legion identification tag from beside the torn body of a Black Legion soldier and threw it into the passage.

Enemy automatic defense tower identification is delayed by half a second.

Half a second is enough.

Er Gou charged in from behind, withstood the heavy bomb fire, and used his shield to knock away the Terminator at the front.

Three dogs cut in close to the ground.

He severed the other man's knee joint with a single stroke.

The second incision was made into the gap under the armpit.

Ao Jiu threw a molten bomb, which collapsed the side wall of the tunnel, burying the other two Terminators under the metal debris.

More battle sequences are pouring in.

The Vengeful Spirit is still trying to escape.

On the bridge, the Dark Mechanicus priests had abandoned conventional modifications and were preparing for a dangerous jump.

"The success rate of forced jumps is less than 30%."

The Black Legion's interim commander roared:

"Even 30% is better than having your ship captured!"

The priest inserted the mechanical arm into the control panel.

"implement."

Deep within the Soul of Vengeance, the Geller force field generator begins to overload.

Subspace ripples appeared around the ship's hull.

Inside the fortress, the T-series aircraft immediately detected the change.

The target attempted a forced jump.

Above the watchtower, the circular coil of the ancient weapon lit up once more.

The gravitational field around the Vengeance Soul instantly became disordered.

Its newly opened subspace transition axis was twisted into a skewed arc.

The Geller force field emitted a shriek.

The entire warship shuddered violently.

Large numbers of slave laborers were thrown into the walls.

Black Legion soldiers stumbled and fell in the corridor.

On the bridge control console, dozens of runes exploded simultaneously.

The Dark Mechanic priest's body was half burned to a crisp by the backlash of electric arcs.

"Jump failed!"

"The Vengeance Soul cannot disengage!"

The speed of the battle sequence advances is accelerated.

They were no longer just rushing for anchor points, but began to advance simultaneously in five directions: the bridge, the main engine control area, the teleportation array, the weapons deck, and the Warlord's Sanctuary.

The infiltrators are responsible for leading the way.

A squad of combatants followed an infiltrator through a narrow tunnel of flesh.

A pained face appeared at the front hatch.

The face roared simultaneously in low Gothic and blasphemous languages:

"Password."

The infiltrator raised his hand and slapped him.

"Password to your mother."

"Open the door, it's rotten."

The person at the hatch paused for a moment, seemingly finding the tone familiar.

The door opened.

As soon as the Black Legion squad behind the door turned around, they were met with three heavy explosive grenades.

Da da da da!

The corridor was turned into a tunnel of minced meat.

The combat sequence bypassed the corpses and continued its advance.

Lawson headed straight for the core mechanical soul layer of the Soul of Vengeance.

This flagship is too heavily polluted.

Simply killing all the enemies on the ship is not enough.

As long as the machine spirit continues to resist, it will continue to lock down permissions, continue to call for the subspace, continue to attempt self-destruction, and may even actively detonate the reactor or open the demon seal inside the ship.

The T-series can suppress ordinary Chaos Warships.

But the Vengeful Spirit is an exception.

It is ancient.

powerful.

Bearing the name of Horus.

Soaked in chaos for millennia, its soul has long since become something that is half mechanical, half demonic, and half resentful.

……

When Lawson arrived at the Core Machine Soul Temple, the entrance was already piled high with corpses.

The infiltrator squad cleared a path for him, losing seven men in the process.

The battle formation launched another strong attack on two layers of defense, breaking through the last batch of guards of the Dark Mechanicus.

The temple gate is tens of meters high.

Its surface is covered with human skin, metal scripture, black legion insignia, and a twisted Eye of Horus.

A low growl came from inside the door.

Like a warship cursing in a dream.

Lawson raised his hand.

Three thousand shadow blades converged into a dark golden torrent.

The gate was cut open.

Inside the temple, the massive core of the mechanical soul hangs suspended in mid-air.

It is connected by countless data cables and flesh-and-blood tubing.

The outer core is an ancient mechanical structure, while the inner core teems with flesh and blood. Many faces are embedded in the metal surface, some like slave laborers, some like Astartes, and some like long-dead warship priests.

They opened their eyes at the same time, and countless sounds overlapped.

"Intruders."

"A lackey of the false emperor."

"This ship belongs to the War Commander."

"This ship belongs to Horus."

"Get out."

Lawson smiled.

Horus is dead.

"Abaddon also had two arms torn off by me."

"Who are you trying to fool?"

The core of the machine spirit emitted a shriek.

The weight of the entire temple suddenly pressed down.