paranoianovel Chapter 214 Darkness Shrouds
Chapter 214 Darkness Shrouds
The Eternal Mountain was speeding towards the colony. After receiving the distress signal, Yifeng rushed here as fast as possible. He thought it was a scattered green skin attack.
When a strike cruiser was suspended in the orbit of the planet, Yifeng knew that this small world with only tens of thousands of people was hopeless. When Yifeng saw the crashed colonial ship, anger swept through every Emperor's Angel.
Yifeng stood on the bridge, one arm raised horizontally, eyes cold.
Situ Val is reviewing his right arm, and it seems to be in good condition.
"I think there have been a lot of deaths recently."
"You'd better think so," Stuart Val is currently in charge of the transformation on the Eternal Mountain. The number of Ralph's "descendants" has begun to increase exponentially, and the suitability of the Iron Warrior's gene seeds is ridiculously high.
"You said that the good things I have acquired over the years must be taken out and used, otherwise they will all get rusty."
"Indeed, Chapter Commander, your century-old plan has come to fruition. At least what you laid out a hundred years ago should be used." The technical sergeant interjected. He was responsible for studying the sapphire rapier that cut off Yifeng's arm. personnel.
"Then let's improve their treatment and upgrade them to the battle barge level."
The strike cruiser in front of us is almost uncorroded. It can be seen that the traitors still drove the Geller stance when they entered the subspace, but this time our corrupt leader has no intention of seizing it.
The Eternal Mountain is used as a reconnaissance team. Who do you think the main force is?
The huge ship escaped into the subspace. Even though it was the size of a small hive, it was as small as a mustard seed in the subspace. In just a few Terras, the People's Light jumped out from Mandeville Point. Its sophisticated detection equipment completed scanning the state of the subspace within seconds. It discovered the small "stream" in the subspace. , arrived here by boat.
The Chaos traitors saw the huge hive approaching them on the planet. The People's Light activated the isolation device. Not only did it appear to be solid at the subspace level and could not be teleported, but also in real space. , transcending the rules of physics, and its own gravity does not affect the orbit of the planet itself.
It is this incredible hidden ability to run away that helps the secret sect survive. Likewise, it is also a very powerful surprise attack ability.
The Khorne forces at the altar below had never seen such a terrifying scene. They were just standing on a small satellite colony, and the battleships approaching in front of them were bigger than the orcs' battle moon.
The giant thing in the sky exudes silent power, and the strike cruiser next to it looks so small.
The octagonal shape of the ship, to people on the ground, looks like a bell that shakes the sky and annihilates the world, buckling toward the entire world. There was no light at the bottom of the People's Light, and even the propulsion system was completely matted. Pure darkness eroded the sky, life disappeared, and the shadow of death shrouded the hearts of every Chaos warrior.
A large number of corrupted mortals, some tied to the altar, or those who had just joined the Khorne sect, were slumped on the ground, chanting for the blessings of the Chaos Gods.
In their eyes, Gabriel's trumpet has sounded, and the light of star after star in the sky has been extinguished.
Khorne no longer worshiped, they began to beg for their lives, and their faith suddenly changed to Nurgle.
The berserker warriors of Khorne brutally hacked to death these newly corrupted mortals, and piled their heads up one on top of another, eighty-eight and eighty meters high.
The desire to kill is rising. There must be powerful enemies in the huge creation above. If I cut off their heads, I will definitely gain the favor of the Skull Seat.
......
Although the Khorne warriors have holes in their brains...it's hard to say that they have brains, but other Chaos warriors are different, especially those "sane" traitors who went to seize the battleship.
A communication was sent to the People's Light, using the general frequency band.
"Hello, we are the Blood Rose War Gang. Which force do you belong to?"
It's very polite, I like it, give them a little gift.
There was a strange fluctuation on the People's Light battleship. The space visible to the naked eye was completely distorted. The invisible space wind blew past the enemy's battleship. The electronic equipment completely failed. The enemy's void shield disappeared on the spot.
The machine soul of the Chaos battleship howled, like facing the scythe of death, and the battleship was trembling.
These enemies did not have the courage to fight us to the death. Their wizard beat the Chaos believer who was following them to death with a stick and pierced his body with a scepter. The wizard chanted spells in panic, thought of launching a small sacrifice, and escaped into the subspace at all costs, even if he was directly illuminated by the light of the subspace, he would not hesitate to turn into a chaotic monster.
However, the attack of the light spear and the People's Light's secondary battery that arrived later brought the entire battleship back to its keel state.
The secondary cannon of the Hive City-class battleship is also much larger than the Nova Cannon. The largest physical weapon we can use for the time being is a huge annihilation ball with a diameter of more than 100 meters. It cannot be counted as a cannonball. Strictly speaking, it travels at sub-light speed. of super torpedoes.
This kind of torpedo can physically annihilate matter several kilometers in diameter. We don’t have the materials to make it and we don’t have much in stock.
We chose beam weapons. Hundreds of thousands of people operate several huge crystal emitters at the same time. After the rays are absorbed by the crystals, they absorb the power of the crystals themselves and become more lethal. After repeating this, it turns into a terrifying burst of rays. , tore apart the entire enemy ship, burning all the materials on it into magma floating in space, leaving only an adamantine keel floating.
Such was the power of the Alliance of Ancient Psionic Races (including the Ancient Eldar) in its heyday, that the warship itself was older than all of human history.
This ancient gift shattered the courage of the planet's enemies, leaving even the most fearless of Khorne berserkers at a loss. Such blasphemous thoughts arose in their minds that only the Great Skull himself, stepping down from the Brazen Throne, could be their enemy.
The massacre began. The enemy who lost their air defense faced endless fleet bombings. Death was their final destination.
The People's Light opened the hatch, and the sudden light on the black battleship was so warm. Amidst the despair brought by the dark sky devourer, a little change in color was enough to drive the people below crazy.
Cruisers came out of the dock one after another and surrounded the entire colony. The leader of Khorne below raised his arms and shouted, "Long live the Brass Throne, let the great Skull Throne give us strength."
The berserkers of Khorne jumped to the altar full of sacrifices. They began to attack each other in a duel. Only the remaining half of the people could be blessed. The battle was fast and cruel. This was not a sword fight. There was no winner for three days and three nights. This was a real battle of life and death. Both sides fought hand to hand, with no one retreating until the enemy in front of them fell.
The subspace rift slowly opened, and on the skull altar, each head emitted a strange light and formed a talisman circle full of flames.
As more and more Chaos warriors died, the heads of powerful berserker warriors were placed in sacrificial positions. The Eight-Blade Spider wandering in the subspace felt the call from around it. The head of Astartes made it feel hungry. So it was the first to respond to the priest's call and emerged from the rift in subspace.
The berserker warriors stood around the rift in the subspace, holding their weapons high, and their whole bodies were exposed to the light of the subspace. They couldn't help but get entangled in the current situation, and they had to gain all the power they could get.
The Eight-Knife Spider couldn't wait to rush out of the crack. The berserker leader in front of him was a little surprised and a little desperate.
You come? It's over.
In the sky, the attack of the People's Light's beam weapon was launched. This is the largest weapon located under the battleship, used to transform the surface of the planet.
Turn the power to maximum to create an artificial abyss.
The light shone brightly, and a huge gilt-colored light pillar fell. It was originally several hundred meters in diameter. As the light pillar landed, its range became larger and larger. When it landed, it was tens of kilometers long, covering an entire mountain range.
The hard rock melted like butter, and the eyes of all enemies who dared to look directly at the People's Light were completely burned. Even though the Khorne warriors had the power of fire and could ignore a large number of long-range attacks, they were powerless in the face of this level of bombardment.
The altar hidden in the cave was completely destroyed, and the entire mountain turned into a deep canyon. The light spears of the Ambition-class cruiser followed suit. There was not even a void shield here, so it was helpless.
The entire planet shook, causing a huge earthquake. The originally broken human living facilities were completely shattered by the high-intensity geological activities like an earth dragon turning over, and were swept underground.
On the People's Light, the most excited people were the technical sergeants. This blow marked the return of the highest combat power of human machinery after a certain system of the Phalanx was damaged.
The son of Ferrus Manus, together with Ralph, knelt down and bowed before the portrait of Anos, shouting that the light of Omnisiah would last forever.
After Situ Val checked Yifeng's arm, he saw that the world below had been shattered. At the bottom was a bottomless valley. The surrounding material was melted, and the magma flowed along the rock wall toward the valley. The entire world would not be inhabitable for at least several decades. .
The People's Light has the ability to quickly turn this place into a paradise world, but Yifeng is not willing to spend any more resources.
"Brother Yifeng, why are you so uncharacteristic of yourself today?"
"In life, there is always a time to say goodbye. No one knows when to leave. I have accumulated so many treasures, and I have to watch them kill the enemy with my own eyes before I can rest in peace."
Ever since Yifeng had one of his arms chopped off by an unknown gangster named "Chaos Think Tank", he suddenly became alert. There are too many things in the world that can kill me. I can't let myself die. The money hasn't been spent yet, and I won't die in peace!
"If you had been like this, I would have been able to go into battle and kill the enemy (no need to be busy transforming new recruits). I am also an Astartes."
"No, we can't defeat that group of enemies with just a few people. We will need at least hundreds of thousands more."
Situ Val inserted the scalpel firmly and firmly into Yifeng's arm. Well, it didn't count as a slight injury.
"Wow, Situ Val, what are you doing!"
"Try to see if your life is tough enough. Have you thought about the empire?"
"How many people can be stored on the People's Light? I don't know. It's probably more than Caul. He can take out hundreds of thousands of Primaris warriors in one go. I have to give it a try."
Belisarius Cawl was so handsome back then. He calmly told Robert Guilliman that a ship of five thousand Primaris warriors would be enough for you to fight an expedition.
Guilliman looked to the sky and saw the "densely packed" transport ships.
.......
This time Yifeng generously used the secret warship and announced that the Astartes with a thousand people would be the People's Light of Yongzhen.
The number of people here is about seven hundred. It will take several years before the next batch of recruits come out, but I might as well establish the "battleship tradition" now.
Behind Yifeng were a group of Astartes who were ready to go, full of hope but a little disappointed.
They are the first batch of recruits (Relf's batch) after the start of the large-scale military expansion operation. There are now only 171 people left out of 300. They have completed the achievement of walking the 100-meter corridor without using a powered backpack and officially joined the army. Line up and add personnel to each company.
They were excitedly preparing for their first battle after serving, but they ended up being bombarded by the People's Light.
Yifeng turned around and shouted to the soldiers: "There is always war. Our enemies will not give up, and neither will we. I hope you remember that what we have to do is not only to protect the people, but also to kill all the aliens in the galaxy." !
We are not just defenders squatting in our trenches under shells waiting for the enemy to charge, we are the Emperor's sword! We must stab the enemy's heart with a knife, cut off their flesh and blood piece by piece, and tell them that humans are the masters of the galaxy. "
Yifeng felt a bit like Khan when he saw the truth about the empire. He said this as if he didn't even believe it.
The audience was in unison, shouting: "Unite and liberate the entire galaxy..."
Uh, as long as it works well.
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Antony began to disperse his troops.
As the war situation gradually shifted from strategic attack to strategic stalemate, the Imperial Expeditionary Force attacked too many and too scattered areas at the same time, and its advancement speed also slowed down.
The Salamanders dispersed their troops, and as usual, they dispersed their troops to various battlefields across the empire, fighting alongside the mortals.
Antony followed suit and dispersed six hundred men from his nominal force of more than nine hundred. These veterans had been with him long enough and he trusted these battle brothers.
This also means that once a warrior dies in battle when acting alone, no pharmacist can recover his gene seed.
Do we have it? Salamanders still have the tradition of retaining seeds, but we won't retain them. Although the warriors will not grow as fast as the normal Primaris by relying only on the Hymn Pituitary (the combat power is lower than the hips), they will definitely be stronger than ordinary Astartes. If they join the ordinary Astral Legion, It can also be used as an attack tank.
Spreading our forces means our numbers are in a Schrödinger state, and the Inquisitors won't send us into battlefields that are too outrageous.
Then Anthony's plan failed. Three of his companies were sent to a joint operation of the Astartes Chapter. The call for help issued by the Death Watch made Anthony reluctant to receive the notice in front of the Inquisitor. The ground took it.
Three strike cruisers sailed in the warp, and the Inquisitor "borrowed" a ship to assemble. The road was neither close nor far, and during a short break in several node worlds, we encountered the Krieg Death Corps, the Armageddon Iron Legion, and a Cadian Astra Militarum force. Anthony felt something bad in his heart. These were among the most capable Astra Militarum forces in the empire. Depending on the situation, the next battle would be cruel.
The journey was bumpy, the subspace was very unstable, and a huge storm blew up on this channel. This temporary joint force reunited around the strike cruiser, and Anthony became the temporary leader of this force.
The front of the channel was hazy and it was impossible to see the situation clearly. Fortunately, the star torch was directly behind us, and the navigator confirmed his position by observing the star torch in real time.
The inexplicable attack disrupted the void shield, and the ion wind whipped up killed several teams of maintenance personnel. The light in the corridor was unstable and there was a problem with the power supply. Only Geller's position was relatively stable.
The fleet lost three frigates and an unknown number of supply transport ships before it could reach the assembly system.
More than sixty battle groups have gathered here, many of which come in their entirety. The number of Astartes here is as high as 40,000.
The Imperial Navy has gathered an entire main fleet here, and more scattered ships are speeding up.
More Imperial ground forces are still coming, the Imperial Guard, the Valhalla Astra Militarum, the Tallarn Desert Raiders, the Titan Order of the Mechanicum...
Not enough, not enough!
After the Inquisitor compared the information, a chill emerged from his heart. The Death Watch team confirmed that the gene stealers lurking in the main world of Arissas had summoned the Tyranid Hive Fleet.
The big devourers are coming.
The world of Arissas is extremely important. It is one of the few worlds that can mass-produce Basilisk artillery tanks and Chimera armored vehicles. It is an important military supply point for the empire and must not fall.
Anthony has never seen the Tyranids, but that doesn't stop him from wanting to blow the Astropath's head off. (When the distance is too far, communication between astropaths can only rely on guesswork, not to mention the psychic interference from the Tyranid fleet this time.)
The subspace is already in a violent storm.
The Tyranid creatures are uniformly controlled by a hive mind called the Hive Mind. Its mind is so huge that it becomes an unstoppable shadow in the subspace. The arrival of the Tyranid biological fleet will first cause psychic interference. The subspace will become chaotic and disorderly. The shadow of the collective consciousness of the Tyranids will cover this subspace, and no psychic signal for help can be sent out.
After defeating the Genestealers, the Death Watch discovered that they had completed their summons, and hurriedly sent out the highest signal for help, and all worlds began to come to support at all costs.
Anthony greeted familiar war groups, and under the leadership of some old friend chapter leaders, he visited houses to meet those war groups he had never seen before.
Many people here will disappear in the bloody battle that follows.
The Empire has accumulated a lot of experience in fighting against the Tyranids. Although these enemies are large in size, they will retreat as long as we show that attacking is not worth the gain.
If the surrounding galaxies are cleared away, no living things will be left in the small galaxies, and they will leave.
(It’s not that Tyranids don’t eat metal, they also eat metal compounds. For example, human bones contain a large proportion of calcium. Calcium is a metal element. What’s certain is that they will definitely eat calcium in the form of compounds.)
The Armageddon Iron Legion is deployed at the forward position. The best way to deal with the Tyranids is to use melta flamethrowers to burn all biomass.
This time, Anthony was allowed unlimited fire rights and could keep firing as long as there were supplies.
After getting the coveted supplies, Anthony frowned. Eat a good meal before you die, right?
The Crimson Torrent Chapter was placed close to the Salamanders. On the other side was the Black Dragon Chapter, which was also a sub-group of the Salamanders. One of the unlucky ones who cursed the founding of the army, their bodies had mutated and bone spurs would grow.
Anthony held down a few frizzy men, and they saw long bone spurs growing on the arms and heads of the Black Dragon Chapter warriors.
The leader of the Black Dragon Chapter did not give a name, and everyone called him Dragon Head.
He was taller than the Custodes.
Due to the unique bone hyperplasia of the Black Dragon Chapter, ordinary Astartes have a precedent of reaching three meters in length. After the Primaris Forge, the leader of the Black Dragon Chapter is as tall as the Tyranids.
Dragon Head is a real strong man, far superior to ordinary Primaris warriors. The "muscle coil" surgery of the Primaris warriors collapsed due to his bone hyperplasia. He survived the disaster and was rescued by the pharmacist and rebuilt. Then the hormones emitted by Ode's pituitary gland made him grow taller, bursting the long black carapace and new muscle coils.
In that era when the Ascension Surgery had not yet been perfected by Belisarius, the Chapter Master had to undergo the equivalent of three Ascension surgeries to achieve his current body shape.
Anthony stood before him, like a mortal seeing an angel.
Dragon Head is very indifferent, he hates the red torrent that interferes with him.
The Inquisitor has expressed doubts about the Black Dragon Chapter's gene seeds many times, so there is no problem in tracing the genes every time (they asked the mother group, and the salamander seeds turned in, of course there is no problem).
The Inquisitor refused to give up and let the red torrent separate the black dragon and the salamander.
Longshou and Anthony had a simple conversation and discussed the demarcation of the defense zone and how to deal with emergencies. The Black Dragon Legion asked Anthony not to enter their defense zone. Even if the Black Dragon warriors fell, they would not need our rescue. If If the situation is urgent, ask the Salamander next door to send someone.
What else did Anthony want to say? There was already a war in the sky.
The first thing that appeared was not the hive mothership, but the vanguard fleet. The bioplasma drone frigate and the warrior drone frigate appeared first to attack, and were immediately fired upon by the imperial battleships.
More pickets and Kraken-class battleships began to appear, spitting acid and bioplasma, and started a bloody battle with the Imperial fleet.
Many meatball-shaped "cannonballs" were fired at the Imperial Navy. After evading a large number of close-in defense guns, these little guys came into contact with the battleship armor.
The rock-solid armor was corroded by the strange biological acid. The creatures in the meat ball had psychic properties, which gave the corrosive liquid some kind of subspace blessing, and quickly melted a big hole in the battleship.
Countless biomass spurted out from the melted hole. These were parasites, and velociraptors emerged from them. (Knife bug, basic minion, has very long claws and is poisonous)
This is not a cannonball, this is a gang-hopping, Tyranid creature launching an offensive.