...It's like banging your head against a wall.
After the impotent rage, Russell calmed down his explosive mentality and prepared to continue studying. Human beings are such creatures. After venting their emotions, they still have to face reality.
Rather than "regrouping", it might be more appropriate to describe Russell's attitude at this moment as "leaving everything to fate".
Seeing him like this, Huifeng felt depressed for no reason. This feeling was not pleasant, as he hadn't felt this way for a long time.
Suddenly, a message from the Gray Goo mothership interrupted the sub-structure's chaotic thoughts, causing it to immediately loosen its hands and straighten its back.
"what happened?"
"I just received news that the Truth Order's investigation into the Necrons' pyramid complex has concluded." Gray Wind reported in a clear working tone: "This operation successfully recovered many weapons and industrial facility samples from the Necrons, as well as a large facility called the 'Hypercube Cage'."
"In addition, Alphonse also found Miraak who had been missing for several years and was seriously injured. They treated him. But during the treatment, another Space Marine Chapter tried to intervene and demanded to take Miraak away. The two sides had some disagreements on this matter..."
Russell quickly grasped the key point: "Other Space Marine Chapters?"
"Well, that is a chapter called Death Stalkers, a sub-chapter of the Dark Angels, along with the Flame of Repentance. Their attitude is very tough, more like an order than a request, ordering the expedition fleet to hand over Miraak to them immediately..."
"Fuck."
Chapter 127 Hunting Death
Nearly a thousand people had gathered on the ground below the crack in the central pyramid.
The various Astartes squads that had previously infiltrated the pyramid among the Mechanicum's armored forces assembled with great efficiency. A total of 514 Death Stalkers wearing bronze power armor were divided into five companies of 5 men with different tactical styles and divisions of labor. They fought together and slaughtered all the Hades constructs that had escaped from the Mechanicum's steel torrent with toughness and efficiency.
It also bought enough time for Alphonse and the others to take Miraak out of the pyramid for treatment.
Miraak fainted the moment he saw Alphonse. After being taken out of the pyramid, the missionaries removed Miraak's tattered power armor, injected him with an overdose of catalyst that could activate the body's regenerative ability to stabilize his vital signs, and released a large number of nanorobots into his wounds and blood vessels to repair his severely injured body that was about to fall apart at the atomic level.
Seeing that both of Miraak's hearts were beating strongly, his vital signs were gradually stabilizing, and his wounds were quickly healing... Samuel Kanyon, the captain of this death hunter team, was a little unable to keep calm.
The military pharmacist quietly came behind Captain Kanyon and whispered, "Even Ogryn would have no chance of surviving such a serious injury, but the followers of the Star Bullet obviously have mastered medical technology far superior to ours..."
This was unplanned.
Captain Kanyon took off his helmet without saying a word, revealing a face pierced by two scars: "If we had known this earlier, we should have taken action immediately when we found the psychic cyborg."
As for Miraak, who was suspected of colluding with the Fallen Angels, the Unforgiven should have captured him alive on the spot and brought him back to the boulder for interrogation - if the situation made it impossible to capture him alive, then they should have tried their best to kill him.
However, due to the reputation of the Star Bullet and the pharmacist's judgment on Miraak's injuries, the Death Hunters, who believed that Miraak was definitely dead, temporarily postponed the capture. Otherwise, they would have launched the action as soon as Miraak was found in the pyramid, and Alphonse, who was present, would have been killed.
But now, things have changed.
Miraak is alive, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.
Fortunately, Captain Kanyon felt that he might be able to find a way to bring Miraak back to the Stone for interrogation, to find out the whereabouts of the Fallen Angel and the secret of why he came here with the only remaining veteran of the Flame of Repentance.
The bad thing was that he was not sure he could take Miraak away from the Order of Truth.
With a heavy heart, Captain Kanyon led 21 elite guards to the temporary shelter built by the missionaries and stated his purpose directly:
The Flames of Repentance is a daughter chapter of the Dark Angels. As a brother chapter, they have the obligation and the power to take Miraak away. Whether it is interrogation or trial, it is a family affair between the descendants of Llane.
Alphonse was a little embarrassed about this.
The Star-Ballist is a very delicate existence in the Empire. He has provided a lot of help to the Far Eastern Frontier, but he has always been outside of various political affairs and has never truly integrated into the Human Empire.
The Empire has always maintained appropriate vigilance towards the Star Bullets and those who follow them.
It would be more legitimate for the Deathstalkers, an Astartes Chapter belonging to the Empire, to take Miraak away than for the "external force" of the Confraternity of Truth.
Intellectually, Alphonse knew that it would be more appropriate to hand Miraak over to Captain Kanyon, but emotionally, he could vaguely foretell through his psychic powers that if he agreed at this moment, Miraak would most likely die.
"I don't advocate bringing personal feelings into official work." The research director behind him said in a hoarse voice: "But you are lucky, Alphonse, this time, your personal inclination happens to be consistent with our goals."
Alphonse immediately understood the hint.
"Yes, there is some connection between Miraak's sudden disappearance and the appearance of this tomb world. He may know something about the awakened Necron Dynasty..."
They needed the information Miraak had.
"Even so, I still don't want you to bring your personal feelings into work. There won't be a next time."
The head of scientific research came to Captain Kanyon and shook his head, saying, "I'm very sorry, but we can't hand him over to you for the time being. Captain Mirak's injuries are too severe and he needs further treatment. Please give us some time. Once his injuries are completely stable, you can take him away at any time."
By then, they had already dug the information they needed out of Miraak's brain.
But Captain Kanyon knew the trick was going on. On the contrary, this was what they were afraid of.
"I don't think I have made our point clear, sir. We need to take Chapter Master Miraak away - immediately," Captain Kanyon stressed.
"Even if that would endanger his life?" The research director frowned.
"Even if it means endangering our lives, sir," Captain Kanyon stressed again, "we can't delay any longer."
"In that case, I'm sorry I can't give you a definite answer." The head of scientific research shook his head: "This goes against our code of conduct and is not in the interests of our leaders. So, I'm sorry, please go back--"
Before the scientific research director finished his words, a power sword wrapped with a decomposition force field pierced his chest.
The 21 elite guards waiting outside broke into the temporary shelter fully armed and pulled the trigger of their guns at everyone inside.
The conflict happened in a flash. In this makeshift shelter, besides Miraak lying in the life support capsule, there were only mortal medical staff and a few missionaries including Alphonse.
Having undergone integrated prosthetic transformation, they possess quantum neural connections and a reaction speed that truly reaches the physiological limit granted by their superhuman bodies. Even if they are hit by fire from an elite squad of Death Stalkers in such a small space, they can still survive.
But as mortal scientific research directors and medical staff in the life-support cabin, their only fate in the face of the Astartes' massacre was death.
In just a moment, the flying blood and scattered internal organs dyed the entire shelter red. The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of stomach acid and burnt flesh formed an indescribable strange smell that was nauseating.
Alphonse leaned against the life support capsule, pressing his hands against the wound on his left shoulder, breathing heavily.
——The space in the temporary shelter was too small. Even with his physiologically limited reaction speed and agility, he could only barely protect his core organs from being destroyed under such dense firepower coverage.
As for the less important limbs and shoulder blades, no one has time to take care of them and they can only be left to get injured.
Chapter 128 Asymmetric Warfare
Bright red plasma gushed out from the wound on Alphonse's shoulder blade, but did not drip down his arm to the ground. Cyborgs do not have red blood cells in the biological sense. Flowing in their blood vessels are only red nanorobots with specialized repair capabilities.
While the nanorobots were repairing his tendons, Captain Kanyon's Ever-Victorious Sword Guards were already rushing towards him.
The fact that they can wear this set of finely crafted power armor and put on the blood-stained cloak of the chapter's relics speaks for itself of the veterans' strong fighting power and rich combat experience.
The Unforgiven used the most exquisite swordsmanship and the fastest movements to stab the Empire's allies with their blades. There was no flaw in their consummate combat skills.
Suddenly, there was the noise of gunfire outside the shelter, the hum of plasma beams and the thunderous explosions of grenade launchers, one after another.
There is no doubt that the nearly 500 Death Stalkers on standby have also taken action. In order to erase the traces of the Fallen Angels and protect the name of the Dark Angels from being tarnished, they did not hesitate to raise their butcher knives against the followers of the Star Bullet.
In that instant, the blazing blade cut through the skin and muscles of Alphonse's neck - and then got stuck in his spine.
"Strengthen your bones."
The sharp-eyed Changsheng Sword Guard saw through the reason at a glance, and the next moment, the second power sword pierced Alphonse's body through the gap between the ribs, cutting through the artificial pectoral muscles made of reinforced fibers, and then got stuck in the bones.
After the combo was successful, the two sword guards retreated quickly. Their rich experience in fighting psychics made them immediately abandon their long swords that could not be pulled out. They retreated skillfully while using the grenade launchers in their left hands to pour fire on the two long swords that were stuck in Alphonse's neck and chest. At the same time, the battle brothers behind them had also replaced the magazines. After killing the other two preachers in the room at the cost of 4 deaths, all the attention of the whole team was focused on Alphonse.
Captain Kanyon was a little confused at first, wondering why Alphonse didn't fight back with all his might like the other cyborgs before dying, and try to replace as many people as possible. But this doubt soon disappeared.
The space around Alphonse began to distort slightly at some point, and the explosive warheads and plasma beams fired at his body were also deflected, leaving a slightly blurred human outline on the wall and floor.
He turned off his pain perception module, calmly bit open a small package of intact psychic dust with his teeth, and inhaled the crystal dust inside into his nasal cavity.
The environment in the shelter became extremely dull and depressing at this moment. The sword guards around Captain Kanyon could clearly feel a complex emotion of sadness, anger and doubt radiating from Alphonse's body, shaking their minds. This was a sign that the psychic was losing control.
"The psychic power is at least alpha, and it's still getting stronger... Stop him!"
Due to the rampant interstellar trade in spirits, the Death Stalkers were no strangers to the evil magic that could burn the living Eldar into dust. Captain Kanyon recognized what Alphonse was smoking, and felt palpitating and confused at the same time.
It turns out this thing can be used for more than just powering psychic equipment...?
The Space Marines acted faster than they thought. Kanyon rushed to Alphonse with a sword in hand in doubt, raised the power sword in his hand and stabbed it out with an extremely superb blow.
Then he died.
Enormous pressure like a mountain appeared on everyone present. This pressure was not simply from top to bottom, but was centered on the human body, with every direction bearing a very uniform inward pressure.
A bluish-purple halo rolled down Alphonse's eyes like tears, sliding slowly down his cheeks. Under the extreme pressure, the Space Marine's ceramsite power armor cracked into circles of flower-like fine cracks, reminiscent of a long-extinct Terran plant, the lotus.
Blood-stained lotus-shaped cracks bloomed one after another on Captain Kanyon's armor. Flesh, blood, steel, will, and soul, everything a soldier had, curled up passively under this desperate extreme spiritual pressure, and finally -
With a dull thud, a ball made of organic flesh and inorganic armor fell on the blood-stained floor.
Alphonse watched the balls fall to the ground in front of him, his eyes calm and he was unable to react in any way.
Inside the life support cabin, Miraak was still sleeping quietly. Outside the shelter, the conflict between the Death Stalkers and the Order of Truth became more intense.
Lysitia and others who were busy directing the recovery and installation of parts had no idea why the Emperor's Angel of Death launched a surprise attack on them. They even had some hope that "this might be a misunderstanding". While trying their best to resist the opponent's offensive, they also tried to communicate with them and resolve the misunderstanding.
But with the extinguishing of the biological signal representing the scientific research director, there was no room for easing this so-called misunderstanding. Even if the Death Stalkers immediately stopped their attacks and asked for negotiation to resolve the issue, they would never accept it.
Contrary to their original defensive posture, the various banshee battalions that received the attack order completely let go.
One after another, the iron-gray coated high-speed Wraithbone fighters broke through the sound barrier and rushed into the battlefield in the blink of an eye, firmly grasping the air supremacy with their overwhelming air superiority.
While interceptors controlled by the Death Stalkers Chapter fell from the sky one after another, the Greedy Assault Troops driving the Falcon Hover Bikes also forced their way into the formation at high speeds that exceeded the reaction limits of the Space Marines, piercing through the steadily advancing mobile armored positions and immediately launching a bloody massacre on the gunners deployed behind the positions.
The sound of hoverbikes breaking through the wind appeared fleetingly in various places on the battlefield, like ghosts. The high-speed mobility of the Eldar always makes their enemies overwhelmed and exhausted, but if it is our force, it would be a different story.
The banshees roamed around the battlefield with the elegance of civet cats. The lobbyist mechas equipped to them by the Order of Truth were equipped with special circuits that could guide and amplify psychic energy. Combined with the conditions of the Eldar themselves, their movement speed was further improved, allowing them to walk on the edge of a knife and shuttle between artillery fire with ease.
Even the most powerful Space Marines found it difficult to capture the girls' nimble and graceful figures. Often before they could react that the enemy was approaching, the Astartes' heads had already left their bodies. The five Astartes companies of nearly 500 people were quickly reduced in this massacre.
The speed at which the situation was reversed was almost despairing, and one could not help but wonder: Perhaps only the highest masterpiece of genetic engineering of the Emperor of Mankind, the Imperial Guard, could contend with this group of killing machines armed to the very hair...
However, just as the Eldar Banshees were sweeping the battlefield with great force, a huge shadow quietly covered the sky above the pyramid.
Chapter 129 Orbital Bombing
Lysitia looked across the sky above the battlefield, toward the scarred top of the pyramid.
Inside the pyramid, the Mechanical Engineers, who had thrown all their forces into the war against the Hades constructs, belatedly learned of the attack, but at this moment they could only shout and question Captain Kanyon on the sound array communication channel why he launched the attack, and they were unable to make any meaningful response in the future.
Therefore, the one that is now casting its huge shadow on the battlefield is not the Mechanicus's forging fleet, nor the Truth Order's exploration fleet docked outside the pyramids, but a large warship that was previously hidden somewhere and now suddenly appeared.
This battleship has obvious characteristics of the Human Empire, whether it is the refined gold ram carved into the shape of an eagle's head or the large number of torpedo point defense firepower all over its body. The eye-catching skull and sword-wing logo on the battleship directly indicates its identity to anyone who observes its arrival.
The Deathstalkers Chapter flagship, the Eumenides.
Yes, Owen lied to Alexi. He claimed that he had left 500 soldiers on the flagship to defend the home planet, but in fact, this garrison force never existed. From the very beginning, the Death Stalker's war flagship had hidden itself in the Mechanical Society's forging fleet through various means including bribery and disguise, waiting to show up at this moment.
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