paranoianovel Chapter 229 The terrifying legend beyond the Star Torch
Chapter 229 The terrifying legend beyond the Star Torch
"People from the Mechanicus will come to support the Caliman family." This is a message from the Meara Mechanicus.
Yifeng chuckled, so can I capture a few firepower ships by the way?
The Caliman family used all their connections, called upon the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Astartes Chapter, and mobilized the planetary defense forces on their own planet. All the love they had gained over the past eleven thousand years was used.
If the Mechanicum sends troops to support, it is natural that the Mechanicus will be on Yifeng's side. After all, the next sentence of this message is "Next time the trade will be discounted!"
Although the head of Caliman's family was cold and cruel, he was by no means a mindless and bloodthirsty person. The disappearance of more than fifty battleships and subsidiary fleets must have encountered a great terror.
He even wanted to seek help from the Inquisition, but after looking at the alien weapons of the surrounding guards, he decided against it.
"Call the Astropath."
Not long after, a great psyker hidden under the robe came here. A psyker who acted outside the Star Torch was a strong man in his own right.
"Patriarch, are you looking for me?"
"Any response from the Chapter Astartes?"
"Of the three battle groups, one has been confirmed to be destroyed, one is missing, and only one responded to us."
"Which one, don't play riddles with me."
"The Shark Chapter."
The head of the family sighed heavily, this was the outcome he least wanted to see.
The Man-Eating Shark Chapter, in the dark area outside the Star Torch, has a fierce reputation and is known for its brutality and brutality.
They are a safari group that has never received supplies from the empire or paid taxes. They are more thorough than the Red Torrent. They kill aliens, rob, and exchange things with the Mechanicus. They are either robbing or on the way to rob.
Oh, how can we say that the Astartes Chapter is a robbery? The Shark Chapter has the right to replace tax collection ships and collect taxes in the imperial territory outside the Star Torch, as well as everything they need in the war. supplies.
Well, just like I didn't say, the Empire has never received the supplies collected by the sharks "on behalf of" the Ministry of Interior's tax collection ships.
There are different opinions about their origins. Judging from the time of their appearance, they are most likely members of the Super Raven Guard Project and were exiled outside the galaxy. This exile may also be a cover, they seem to be guarding something, making sure it never returns to the galaxy.
This war group is mainly the descendants of the Dark Crows, and the rest...use whatever seeds they grab. It is currently suspected that they have the descendants of the Night Lords and the World Eaters.
Note that the Shark Chapter does not solve the problem of slow mutation in the Raven Guard's gene seeds. They will have problems such as whitening of the skin, black pupils, failure of certain organs, depression, etc. that are common among the Raven Guard. But the Raven Guard solved this problem.
In the most desperate way, their Primaris warriors. The gene bank used by the Primaris Warriors is the oldest one. That bank contains the gene seeds of the mysteriously missing Second and Eleventh Legions. It is so old that it is the original batch that was completely fine.
The mutations of the Sons of Sanguinius were already there, but the death of the Gene Father aggravated the genetic defects, while the mutations of the Children of the Crows came from the damage of Chaos. They mixed the strange genome into the Raven Guard's genes. , the pharmacists couldn’t eliminate it.
There are no Primaris in the Sharks, for the simple reason that the Empire can't find them.
They are still the same as before, savage and cruel, and may appear in a killing state more violent than the Black Rage at any time.
This time, they dispatched four companies, and four ancient battleships from the Great Rebellion era slowly sailed towards the planet Kaliman.
It's not that the Man-Eating Sharks can't muster more strength. They don't think the situation is serious. To eliminate the Caliman family, they only need to send three companies. Then the opposite side has the same combat power. Let's be conservative and send four companies. A company.
This does not refer to four hundred people. The Man-Eating Sharks are the most typical predatory group. Their recruits do not have a so-called ten-year training period. They do not even need to complete transformation before being thrown into battle. Following the veterans, they can Those who survive are the best of the best.
To be precise, these four companies have 400 armors and more than 400 people.
Mainly tax, they charge gray tax and red tax. To put it simply, gray tax is to "take" materials. In most cases, they exchange them with alien creations and oil guys, and a small number of them are directly robbed.
The red tax is to replenish employees (robbing people). Those who are suitable for age are transformed and those who are not suitable for age are used as slaves and servants.
In summary, they will rob everything, and will rob everything they can see if the empire is "reasonable".
For example, in the Badab War, they were ordered to defeat the Mantis Warriors Chapter. The method was very simple. They slashed all the way into the core of the opposite city, then detonated the reactor and exploded.
After that, they looted the Mantis Warriors. At this point, even Yifeng ran away with the loot. No, they ran to another fortress of the Mantis Warriors and looted again.
Now that the Kalliman family invites this war group, it is tantamount to recruiting bandits to their family to deal with another bandit.
Yifeng was much more "kind". After dealing with the enemy's main fleet, he wandered around a few times. Except for some vassal families with a keen sixth sense, others were still waiting for the Kaliman family to send them a signal. The encirclement has passed.
After rounds of battles, Yifeng looked painfully at the several broken ships outside. Anos finally couldn't eat anymore. The shipyard of the People's Light was filled for the first time, and the intact fleet group had to sail outside. Because Due to speed issues, the People's Light had to sail in front of the fleet at a "very slow" speed.
"Captain Yifeng, should we take the first step? The combat effectiveness of this fleet is strong enough."
"The combat capability is sufficient, but without the pressure of a big ship like me, whether they are loyal or not is a question. When we go to those worlds, we not only want to let the people in those worlds know that we can destroy them easily, but also let them know that if they follow us, Life is much better than following the Caliman family."
Yifeng glanced at the fleets outside that surrendered immediately, "They are affiliated families of the Calliman family. It is inevitable that they will have revenge on these worlds. The humiliation suffered by the Calliman family will be transferred from these planets. If we get it back, no matter what happens, we will still do it to rob someone and enrich our own pockets."
They are all small merchant families who have been hanging around outside the Star Torch all year round. To put it nicely, they are expanding territory for the empire, and to put it worst, they are a pirate group.
"Where is the front? Set a route to the Mechanicus. We will first bring some broken warships to repair them in the name of the trade fleet."
"The target route has been set, targeting the forge world of Meara. We will move to the world ahead and replace the warp lanes."
"What world is ahead?"
"A supply station of the Kaliman family. There are probably millions of people living on the satellite of a giant gas planet. It is mainly responsible for extracting the energy of the gas planet."
"I understand, how are the arrangements for the prisoners?"
"Everything is fine, but the problem is still the same, underpopulation."
There are only 100 million people inside the People's Light, and the entire battleship is empty. (Hive cities are big and small, seven to eight billion people are common)
In this battle, more than 80 capital ships, more than 300 large and small frigates, and sailing ships were faced, and a total of 18 million people were captured.
Custody and "education and naturalization" consume a large number of people, and then they have to temporarily replace them in their original positions. There are not enough people.
"We need to regain all the world controlled by the Caliman family first and deal with their armed forces before we can start to rule."
The population problem can be solved after taking over the territory of the Caliman family. Yifeng thought happily, everything was getting better.
The People's Light jumped out of the subspace, and the world in front of it was shattered. Because it was not an important place, the galaxy defense was not strong, but now it is gone - the only thing left in the fort is the round base of the gun base plate, and the entire fort above it. Gone missing.
The world below is filled with houses... only houses remain.
Apart from the walls, there are no resources left and no people left. The world is empty, only the cold wind is howling.
The face of Yi, the Great Predator, and Feng, who was in a beautiful mood, immediately fell.
Play Jianqingbiye with me, right? Let me see where you can transport the supplies.
Yifeng didn't realize that an old acquaintance group that he had never met committed the crime, but he just thought that the Kaliman family would fight to the end.
"Move forward, go to the home planet of Kaliman." Because he was too afraid that the enemy would run away with the money, Yifeng headed directly towards their richest place.
The Kaliman galaxy is the best-defended place around, and now they are frantically starting to build forts and fortresses, vowing to fight to the end.
The support of the Mechanicus has arrived. A total of ten fireships are floating in the orbit of the planet in the Kaliman system. The surrounding planetary defense forces have also come to support. They want to compete with the enemy on the planet.
As long as it holds out until further support arrives, all forces can besiege the enemy and surely annihilate it.
Those forces in the distance are simply waiting to see who can help whom. Once the Caliman family gains an advantage, they will immediately appear with their own main fleet as if to provide help in times of need. If the mysterious enemy gains an advantage, that is the appearance of diplomatic envoys. It's time.
Therefore, those distant forces just sent envoys to simply observe whether the Kalliman family could gain an advantage in the first wave of battles.
The Man-Eating Shark Chapter did not appear. They had no intention of contacting this ragtag group. In several inconspicuous worlds ahead, the Man-Eating Shark Chapter had already ambushed them.
.......
The People's Light angrily rushed out of the subspace and arrived at the outpost world that can be called the "palace gate" of the Caliman family.
The huge battleship, like the core mothership of the insect hive organism, startled the man-eating shark group ambushing here.
The subsequent appearance of dozens of Ambition-class cruisers immediately made these ferocious sharks realize that this was not a fleet they could deal with.
They were carefully hidden in the asteroid belt, which was originally a good location for an ambush. Now they just want to collect information about this fleet.
Obviously, Yifeng's troops were classified as "hidden threats that may harm the empire" by the man-eating sharks, and the level was quite high.
Like all Darkcrow Spawn, they sent out reconnaissance parties.
However, their hiding was meaningless in front of the People's Light's detection. Our fleet discovered them when it first scanned this galaxy.
Yifeng looked at the traitors who had just joined them, thinking that they were another group of Astartes mercenaries raised by the Caliman family. However, they might do different jobs, causing these descendants of the Imperial Fist to not know the existence of each other.
"Kill them, I don't have time to ink here."
The large fleet pretended to be approaching the galaxy, but in fact it was faintly moving towards the asteroid belt.
"Atonement warriors, are you ready for your first battle? Another Astartes force of the Caliman family is ambushing here. We are going to have a good fight with them."
The ancient strike cruiser, the Shark Chapter drove an ancient warship from the Great Rebellion. The white giant slogan was at the front, and it was the first to feel something was wrong.
The enemy's trajectory is too weird and is about to enter our range.
Suddenly, the space in front was distorted, like a small stone falling into a calm lake. The warriors of the Man-Eating Shark watched in surprise as the asteroid group in front of them fluctuated on the spatial level. Then there was lightning and thunder in the command room, and a large number of The mechanical instruments were burned or scrapped, the cables suddenly broke, and the two ports flew wildly in the air and collided with the power armor, sparkling with lightning.
"The ocean of void breeds all things, and we are the hunters!"
After suffering heavy damage, the machine soul with the huge white slogan automatically rushed towards the enemy, like a scarred shark, desperately pounced on the enemy in front, trying to bite out a bite of the enemy's flesh and blood.
The subspace jump gang has failed, the functions of the strike cruiser are fading, and the man-eating sharks are losing their only advantage.
Macrocannon attacks destroyed the outer armor of the battleships, and melta torpedo bombardments went straight to their ships' engines, seemingly wondering why their strike cruisers were still moving.
Tiberos, the chapter leader of the Sharks, wearing a Terminator, stood on the bridge. It was the first time they encountered such a terrifying thing. Even though they had served for so many years and faced Necron ships many times, He couldn't think of any way to resist handling the situation in front of him.
He gave the only order to all members of the Shark Corps to spread the information at all costs and prepare for their souls to return to the throne.
Tiberus was old. No one knew how long he lived. He may have surpassed Dante's record. He opened his mouth full of fangs and smiled.
The enemy made a mistake and they are ready to join the gang.
The more than six hundred newly conquered Astartes, before they had time to digest the shock brought by this huge People's Light, received a direct order from Yifeng. Now was the first of their twelve tests. Take down the four strike cruisers ahead.
They boarded the Jump Gang assault cabin and attacked the White Hulk, where was the ship of the third company of the Shark Chapter.
Not so good, their Third Captain is the gene-seed of the World Eaters.
A violent battle was about to break out. Nearly two hundred Astartes invaded the battleship and were immediately attacked by the man-eating sharks like a storm.
The traitors... now should be said to be soldiers of the 13th Company. As soon as they stepped out of the assault cabin, they saw several enemies rushing towards them in front. They were wearing ancient Mark III armor, and the markings on their bodies told the enemies, This is a precious battle armor that is regarded as a sacred object in other battle groups, and several pairs appeared at once.
They were like monsters slain from hell. After just firing a few shots, they wielded rare chain axes and attacked the soldiers of the 13th Company.
The battle broke into a chaos within a few seconds of contact between the two sides. The bloodiest close combat frightened the warriors who had just joined the Red Torrent. Why were they more crazy than the Sons of Sanguinius?
On another battleship, Tiberos waved his lightning-powered claws and ran rampant on the battlefield. Not long after the battle started, he killed five guys who jumped to join the gang. It looked like a group of black shields.
"We come from the ocean of void, where there is only darkness."
This did not sound like a war cry, but rather like the declaration of a king. Taboros pulled out the lightning-powered claws from the corpse with force. A huge gash was opened on the chest of the Mark VII armor, and he fell weakly to the ground. Tiberos stepped on the corpse's chest and roared towards the battlefield.
"The infinite murderous intent in the darkness, destroy the enemies of the Emperor!"
The man-eating sharks gained a huge advantage in gang-hopping battles. They used small spaces to hide and attacked passing soldiers of the Thirteenth Company. Recruits who had not yet completed their transformation also entered the battlefield. They could not wear power armor, but they could carry explosives. The shotgun fired resolutely. The powerful reaction force shattered all their arm bones, and the murderous intent in the pure black pupils became even stronger.
On the other side, the People's Light was invaded by the enemy. They evaded the attack of the close-in defense artillery in a miraculous way and invaded the battleship at a row.
Finding the enemy in such a large battleship is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The sensitive noses of the sons of Langtuan are helpless in front of the huge hull.
The Children of the Dark Crow are particularly good at ambush warfare, guerrilla warfare, and penetration warfare. They are at home in this area.
Yifeng walked out of the front command room angrily, preparing to fight the enemies of "Operation Beheading", but was told that the cage was destroyed, and a large number of the 18 million prisoners escaped, and now the "prison guards" were Attempts were made to imprison the captives back.
Judging from Anos's information, only one small group of enemies successfully invaded, and there should only be ten of them.
Rogier ran wildly in the corridor, and he locked onto an enemy. There was a unique fishy smell that made his nose very uncomfortable.
"Information, the enemy seems to be the Man-Eating Shark Chapter, and that is their emblem."
"We've already fought like this, what else can we do? Let's gain the advantage first."
Both sides have already used their brains to fight, but they still want to stop?
Rogier let out a wolf roar and fired a shot at the wall with the ion pistol in his left hand, opening a penetration hole as big as a fist. He stuffed the blaster in his right hand and fired a burst of fire.
The door on the side was suddenly kicked open, a large amount of black smoke came out, and a figure faintly emerged from the smoke.
Just as Rogier was about to turn the muzzle of his gun, his ears moved and he ducked sideways. The powerful and heavy chain ax struck down against his armor, creating a burst of sparks.
Rogier knocked back the enemy with a backhand punch. The Primaris warrior was so powerful that his iron fist hit the axe, causing the enemy to fall behind him.
The enemy in front threw a flying knife, which hit Rogier's shoulder armor.
Rogier bumped sideways, and the enemy who had just rushed out of the black smoke flew back. The enemy lost his balance and bent his knees to try to regain his center of gravity. Unexpectedly, when he raised his head, he saw the muzzle of a bolter. After several shots to the face, a few "bang bang" shots, a headless corpse fell.
wisps of black smoke rose from the muzzle of the bolter, but Rogier was a little confused. The person facing him didn't seem to be a renegade war group, a man-eating shark, a name rarely heard, but he should be loyal.
"Brothers Yifeng, they seem to be loyal."
"Then we will fight until they are willing to negotiate with us."
The other enemy had already fled, and Rogier caught the scent and chased after him.
.......
Yifeng ran wildly in the corridor for a long time, but found nothing. Our warship is too big, and looking for the scion of Dark Crow who is good at hiding is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Motorcycle, yes. Go to the armament depot to get the motorcycle first. How dare you attack my flagship? I want you to know what death is like the wind!
.......
Outside the relic room, a corpse hit the plastic steel door heavily and collapsed to the ground.
Kazanev shook the chain sword in his hand and pointed at the other two enemies in front, "You guys, come up together." ’
After several days of drowsy "1% power backpack energy output", the machine soul of the Mark VII power armor finally ended its state of sleep.
Various indicators flashed from the tactical eyepiece. Kazanev stared at the enemy in front of him. The leader seemed to be very powerful. As soon as he stood there, Kazanev's body was ignited with fighting spirit. .
"Come on, let me see what you are capable of!"
"Fangs! Blood soaks the ocean."
The opponent's veteran took the lead in attacking. The symbols on his knees showed that the previous owner of this armor was a Terran veteran who participated in the Terran Unification War. Now that the armor was in his hands, the swords of both sides were intertwined, and Kazaniv was actually killed. Knocked back a few steps.
Crazy Wolf had never seen a powered machete before, and he didn't expect its blows to be so powerful and heavy that he could hardly resist it.
A big knife was swung with great force, and the shaking head decoration and shark emblem all showed his power.
The other enemy did not hesitate, and quickly went around Kazanev's side to attack at the same time as the other brother.
Kazanev took a small step back at a speed that exceeded that of ordinary people, dodged an attack from one side, and after turning on his power backpack, he felt the power in his body boiling.
The man-eating shark veteran followed the inertia of the sword, turned half of his body, and struck Kazanev from the upper left.
He originally thought that his brother would interfere with Kazanev as he had done countless times during the drill, but the warrior only touched the shoulder armor of the mad wolf and was pushed away.
Kazanev did not dodge, raised his chainsword with all his strength, and collided head-on with the power machete.
"哐~"
An earth-shattering sound spread throughout the corridor. Even the mortal guards who appeared at the end of the corridor felt a wave of air hit their faces, and then they covered their bleeding ears and fell to the ground.
The two warriors each took three steps back and looked at each other coldly.
"Kazaniv." Mad Wolf waved his sword and pointed at the powerful enemy in front of him again.
The two man-eating sharks did not speak, and blood was their answer.