This Terra is a little weird.

"Boss, this is Sniper Team A."

"Luo Chen received it, please speak."

"The intelligence was wrong. They had submachine guns and heavy machine guns."

Luo Chen's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he immediately shouted: "Pull up the bulletproof steel plate!" Everyone immediately pulled out the plastic steel plate hidden on the ground and secured it. Luo Chen pulled W and Talulah behind the steel plate shelter under the counter.

The next moment, bullets came blowing in like a strong wind, damaging the glass, wood boards, and wine cabinets one after another. A large amount of wine flowed out with the broken bottles, and different kinds of wine mixed together, and the smell was not pleasant.

The flying wood chips affected people's vision. Everyone used extra bulletproof clothing to protect their bodies and huddled under steel plates. Many bullets would ricochet, which was very dangerous.

Perhaps the ammunition was exhausted or the barrel was overheated, the storm of bullets stopped temporarily. Luo Chen took out a laser gun from under the counter and handed it to Tallulah: "These people never thought of fighting us in close combat."

"W, go control the heavy logging."

W quickly ran to the attic, and soon the sound of a gun bolt being fired by a heavy woodcutter was heard.

"Archangel..." Luo Chen looked around: "Where are the people?!"

"Croissant?!"

Still no one answered. Luo Chen discovered that all the people from Penguin Logistics had run away!

Only Baisong looked at him in confusion.

He ran to the broken window and found that the five women from Penguin Logistics had all run out to fight head-on!

Blanch!

Loud gunshots and explosions were immediately heard on the streets near the bar, mixed with the wild laughter of the Archangel, which was even louder than the gunshots.

"Where's the organization?! Where's the discipline?! Change the laser guns and give them support." Luo Chen picked up the communicator: "All teams, the plan has changed, and now we are moving towards Street No. 3 and Street No. 5."

The Sun Guards picked up their laser guns and fired at the fire in the darkness. The red laser illuminated the darkness and penetrated into the Sicilian's flesh, instantly vaporizing the entire torso.

Angelica laughed and opened fire. The density of her firepower alone exceeded that of everyone in the tavern, and it was even particularly accurate.

Texas and Kong rushed directly into the crowd of Sicilians and started hacking. Through the scope, Luo Chen saw that Texas still had the same expression, while Kong looked excited. What made Luo Chen's eyelids twitch was that Croissant, the heavy armored soldier, actually left Exiah and Mostima behind and rushed into the crowd, swinging left and right, while Mostima and Exiah also immediately rushed into the crowd, fighting like unparalleled, not giving anyone any face.

These women! They're playing a game, right?! Everyone is the main C.

This wave of operations dumbfounded the Sun Guards. They thought the gangs were their enemies, but the result was so disappointing.

Tallulah held the sword easily: "Perhaps they can handle it themselves without us coming."

W's laughter came from the attic: "Hahahaha! I'm just here to join in the fun!"

Luo Chen sniffed and said, "If all of your Penguin Logistics were defeated, wouldn't it be embarrassing for our Cardia Group?"

"Get your weapons, let's go."

Eight members of the Sun Guard held up plastic-steel shields and laser pistols to block all bullets fired from a distance. They then used laser guns to deal with the shooters, used their shields to push away the vanguards and guards who were rushing up, and took out engineering shovels to chop at the Sicilians.

W was standing on a high place, firing grenades from the grenade launcher towards the crowded area. Nightingale was very unhappy with W's behavior of stealing kills.

"Oh la oh la oh la!" Several guard guns fired at the same time, instantly smashing the Sicilian support team into pieces.

Luo Chen and Tallulah rushed towards Gambino and Capone one after another. In front of them, holding up a shield to block arrows and bullets was Baisong. He was eager to prove himself and left Luo Chen and Tallulah behind.

"Baison! Don't rush!" Tallulah shouted.

Tallulah and Luo Chen must first clear out the gangsters along the way, otherwise they will be surrounded when fighting with the Sicilian leader, but Baisong is still too anxious.

As expected, Baisong was immediately surrounded by several heavily armed soldiers.

"Achen."

Luo Chen picked up the automatic rifle and fired at the gaps in the heavy armor, knocking down several heavy armored men behind Baisong, allowing him to break out of the encirclement.

Tallulah pulled the reckless young man back into the bunker: "Don't take risks at any time. Where there are enemies is the battlefield! Do you understand?"

"I just......"

A loud gunshot was heard, and Luo Chen fell to the ground. Tallulah immediately pressed Baisong down to lower his body.

"Achen! Achen!"

"I'm fine!" Luo Chen took off his helmet, and a huge dent appeared on the side. If it was any deeper, it would have squeezed his head.

"High-caliber sniper rifle! Look where he is! My helmet display is crushed! I can't see him."

Tallulah observed carefully, but it was pitch dark and without muzzle flashes she could not see where it was. On the contrary, there were several lights on their side, which were very bright. They had just rushed in too fast and entered a place that should be avoided at all costs in night combat.

Luo Chen raised his gun and shattered the light bulb, plunging their area into darkness. He then immediately moved forward, but the street lights on both sides of the road ahead illuminated the entire street brightly.

Luo Chen held the communicator tightly; "This is Luo Chen. I have not been able to advance to the enemy leader's position. I have been targeted by a large-caliber sniper rifle in the middle of Street 1. The bulletproof level of my bulletproof suit is not enough. Please ask other units to continue to attack the enemy."

Luo Chen immediately reported the current situation, letting others know that there might be large-caliber snipers ambushing nearby, and at the same time letting them know that they had stopped advancing so that they could make corresponding tactical adjustments in time.

This is the middle section of Longmen, close to the outer ring. They can blow up the streets, but they cannot use explosives to blow up civilian houses, as that would cause serious accidental injuries. Wei Yanwu cannot protect them, but having lost the best way to deal with snipers, they dare not act rashly and can only give up moving forward and retreat towards the bar in the dark area.

At this time, the Sun Guard and Rhodes Island team outside were constantly compressing the Sicilian area. Hearing that the Sicilian had snipers hiding in the streets, they drove out Chimera armored vehicles, installed searchlights, and continuously fired flares, turning night into day.

The bullets from the large-caliber sniper rifles could not penetrate the void armor, but instead exposed the positions of the snipers, who were then evaporated into atoms by the salvo of laser guns.

Tonight is Requiem Night, Requiem Night for the Sicilians.

Capone was defeated by Exia and Texas on a street and was successfully arrested, while Gambino was surrounded and defeated by Mostima, Sora, Croissant and Baisong. At this time, Hoshiguma and Shihuaiya arrived with the Lungmen Special Operations Group, and the Sun Guard and Rhodes Island Team immediately handed over the battlefield to the Lungmen Guard Bureau.

They were captured in large numbers immediately. In just two hours of their operation, as many as four hundred people were eliminated and more than two hundred people were arrested. The leaders Gambino and Capone were arrested.

However, Luo Chen did not think that the matter was over, because the man who shot him had not been found, the Sun Guard had not advanced towards the nearby streets where he was, and the sniper with the large-caliber sniper rifle had not been eliminated.

If Luo Chen had not suddenly changed his position at that time, his head would have exploded. But what surprised Luo Chen was that the Sicilians actually had firearms that could destroy plastic steel. Agrippina Industries had never produced large-caliber sniper rifles.

In other words, the opponent should have powerful Originium skills, otherwise the weapons made of native materials of the earth can hardly hurt the industrial materials of the empire.

But the gunshot didn't sound like the type that already existed on Earth. Was it a sniper rifle that came out from Lateran?

Is it possible for a gangster to have such a weapon?

The Sicilians were supposed to have received some outside assistance.

The next day, Luo Chen heard that Longmen’s energy depot had been robbed and a batch of high-energy fossil fuel tanks had been stolen.

Such a big jar was transported away so quietly. Even if the Requiem Night attracted people's attention, the guards of the Longmen Energy Depot should not have watched the energy being stolen.

Later, Luo Chen learned that all the guards at the energy depot had disappeared, leaving only their uniforms at their work posts and on several main roads. Their bodies were later found in the dormitory.

The time of death exceeded 24 hours.

Someone killed them, then put on their uniforms and waited for Requiem to happen, and when people were distracted, high-energy energy was transported away under false identities.

Wei Yanwu was very angry. That was a storage tank containing a large amount of concentrated Originium, which was the energy source for the operation of the mobile city. The garrison force was of the highest level. Now that it was stolen, it was simply a slap in the face.

Moreover, if this storage tank is used in a terrorist attack, it will cause great damage. Once the highly concentrated source stone explodes in the center of the city, the entire Longmen will be doomed.

Because no vehicles left Longmen and no large objects passed through the city gate last night, which means that the storage tank is still in Longmen and is hidden somewhere.

Longmen declared martial law almost immediately. Every street was guarded by the Guard Bureau. All security companies and mercenary organizations signed temporary requisition contracts with the Longmen government. A large number of mercenaries searched for the whereabouts of the storage tanks in Longmen, and even the sewers were not spared.

But in the end, nothing was found. Wei Yanwu was very anxious. This was related to the lives of everyone in Longmen. He had to continue to intensify the search and almost dismantled the entire mobile city to find the storage tank.

In this situation, Luo Chen had no choice but to mobilize the Space Marines and release one hundred Space Marines from the Raven Guard and Salamanders from the newly found hypercube. Their memories were still stuck in the Istvaan Massacre.

After a period of consolation, the Space Marines finally stabilized with the comfort of their Imperial Fists battle brothers who were also veterans of the Legion.

Then they started to search for the fuel tanks, mainly with the help of the Raven Guard Space Marines. Luo Chen believed that they could find clues.

Chapter 164: Rhodes Island harbors aliens?

The engineering passages in the lower level of the mobile city are a little-known place. Except for a small number of specially trained maintenance workers, people living on the surface of the mobile city may only know that the mobile city has a middle level.

As for the lower levels, people either really don’t know or deliberately forget, because those dim and narrow engineering pipes have always been a holy place for darkness to breed.

Here there is a blood market that is more horrifying than the black market, there are cult organizations of all sizes, and there are all kinds of people who want to overthrow government departments.

No matter which mobile city it is, its government agencies can hardly move in this lower-level city. Few people are willing to go down to work. Only a small number of special forces and maintenance personnel work together to maintain various facilities at specific times.

A hodgepodge city like Longmen, while accepting ethnic groups from all corners of Terra, also has a number of forces lurking in the lower levels.

When Wei Yanwu took over Longmen, he understood that Longmen's engineering level was a quagmire. No matter how many Guards went in, the effect would be minimal. Therefore, he had to block all entrances to prevent the lower-level forces from running to the middle level or the surface.

However, horrific screams are now often heard in this dim engineering pipeline, and the workers can only find lumps of useless flesh and blood in the blood-stained tunnel.

In these tunnels, many tall warriors wearing black power armor, taller than ordinary people and wearing bird-beak-shaped helmets suddenly appeared.

They were Terran veterans from the Raven Guard, and were currently tracking down the whereabouts of the Originium fuel tank on the lower levels. To the surprise of the Space Marines, these subhumans had hidden such a large object very well.

After torturing several people without getting any results, the Raven Guards searched most of the lower levels over the course of two days. Boltguns spewed explosive bolts into the dim tunnels, defeating countless cultists.

Finally, in a large sewage treatment plant, the Raven Guards killed all the rioters and successfully recovered the Originium fuel tank, but the fuel tank had been opened and the fuel inside was made into small explosives.

Here the Raven Guards discovered the insurgents' detailed plan, including the entire process of lurking, transporting, producing, distributing, and finally carrying out terrorist attacks.

This information was eventually delivered to Wei Yanwu's desk, which made him feel relieved and also made him determined to purge the lower-level engineering layers. To this end, Wei Yanwu hoped to use the power of the Space Marines, and he prepared a large amount of resources.

Agrees to help the Space Marines build a fortress monastery outside of Lungmen.

At first he thought that building long-lasting ground buildings on the ground was a waste of resources, because the destructive power of natural disasters was well known to everyone.

But everything changed when the Space Marines, those weird members of the Mechanical Brotherhood, and Luo Chen installed a device called the Void Shield Generator System.

The visual impact brought by the giant shield that rose up in an instant was enormous, and the words of those Space Marines wearing yellow heavy armor were full of pride and honor.

They told Wei Yanwu that all this was a miracle from the emperor.

Wei Yanwu could only respond with silence. If he didn't need anything from them, he wouldn't want to stay with these mutants who were almost like religious believers.

However, from Luo Chen's understanding, the Space Marines during the Great Crusade were still Space Marines, and it was only in later generations that they became Astartes monks.

The Thunder Eagle landed on the bridge of Rhodes Island, and Luo Chen and Gretel of the Imperial Fists walked down. Luo Chen needed to discuss the recent joint operations with the Doctor, so Brother Gretel would go with him temporarily.

Gretel is a Primaris Space Marine. Luo Chen felt more friendly towards these Primaris Space Marines who were taller than ordinary Space Marines.

Because compared to fighting together with Space Marines, he has fought with the Primaris in the Imperium for a longer time and the cooperation is closer. In the Indomitus Crusade, in some major battles, the Astra Militarum will receive support from the Primaris, which has always been the case.

But Luo Chen understood that many Space Marines did not accept the Primaris. Even the veterans of the Legion period who were known for their open-mindedness, obviously showed rejection after hearing about the experience of the birth of the Primaris. Only some Terran veterans opened their hearts to the Primaris.

In the eyes of these veterans, they are fellow warriors of the Emperor, although from a different era, these warriors of the new era have not witnessed an era of rationality and glory.

But in such a dark age, they resolutely fought against death and dedicated their bodies and souls for the survival of mankind. Since they were all warriors who gave everything for the empire, there was no difference between them, even if they might not be the descendants of the Gene Father.

"Lord Gretel, you previously served in the 4th Company of the Imperial Fists?"

"Yes, you fought alongside the Fourth Company?"

"In the 982nd year of the 41st millennium, I served in the Cadian Blitzkrieg, fighting against the invasion of orcs together with the 4th Company of the Imperial Fists and the Knights of the Kalani family."

"You, you are... Luo Chen, I remember now, you are the living saint..."

"I am just a veteran of the Astra Militarum."

"No, your existence is just like Smalambo, a legend. Almost half of the Space Marines do not live for more than three hundred years, but you have fought for more than four hundred years with your mortal body. I am not complimenting you. Even among the battle brothers, your name is well known. But how did you get here?"

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment, then he understood. This Primaris warrior was sealed by Taraxin earlier than he left, and he really didn't know.

Moreover, people like Luo Chen, who have served longer than many Space Marines and have won countless military awards, are no longer simple mortals in the eyes of Space Marines.

"The Emperor sent me here. He gave us mercy and the opportunity to choose our lives freely."

"By the Emperor, he did so. My battle brothers and I have never felt so free. We have even begun to accept some of the living habits of the mortals here."

"Grete, you have to know that in this world, wars filled with despair no longer exist. Unless the Chaos enemy can hide here in the Black Stone, I really can't think of any war on this earth that will make me feel despair."

As he said, if you have served in the Empire for more than four hundred years and witnessed countless sufferings and deaths, the word despair has actually lost its meaning of existence. If you have witnessed the whaaaaaaaa of the orcs, witnessed the world engine destroying entire galaxies, witnessed the void whales devouring dozens of worlds, and witnessed the fall of Cadia.

You will know that despair is just a noun. For those who are numb to the point of wanting to die in the war, despair has become a relief. But for people like Luo Chen who don’t know whether they are lucky or unfortunate, even if they are extremely exhausted physically and mentally, even if they want to die through a crazy battle, fate has not allowed them to achieve the result they want.

Before he met Tallulah, before he met Alina, before he met W, before he came here and had things that made him full of energy again, if you look closely at people like Luo Chen, you will see that their eyes are gray, and even if they are alive, they are like corpses.

Only duty and oath support them, for the Emperor, for humanity, what they want more is liberation, loneliness is their companion, because no one dares to talk to these veterans who have lived for hundreds of years.

While others have retired and own fiefdoms in the empire, these old men are still fighting. This is the cruelest reality. For those who are capable of dedicating themselves to the empire, the empire will not hesitate to squeeze out all the value, just so that humanity can breathe a little longer in the galaxy.

"Yes, Saint, indeed no war can make us despair. Can you tell me what it feels like to witness the return of a Primarch?"

"…No feelings, Gretel. I was just happy for my compatriots at the time. A capable person returned to the empire, that's all."

"……saint."