Chapter 325: Exploration and Unexpected Encounter

Clang... Clang... Clang...

The three-finger-thick steel boots, driven by the thick electromagnetic muscles in the steel armor under the control of the servo, carried the weight of nearly a ton of dreadnought power armor and trudged forward in the passage of the abandoned warship.

The heavy dust and mud made it difficult for them to move forward. In an environment where they could not keep a direct view of the deck, they could only turn on the power supply of the magnetic boots for a long time.

As a result, their steps were indeed steady, but the speed of the entire team became a new problem.

"It's incredible that the power supply here is still there..."

The incandescent light shot out from the giant's helmet like a sharp sword, and after piercing through the smoke and dust raised in the darkness, it was swallowed up by the endless darkness.

Grey Knight Hercules did not rely on the servo's observation array, but instead looked through the narrow eyepiece of the Crusader's helmet and looked directly at the dust stirred up by his footsteps in front of him.

Although the lighting system in the wreck has failed, the dust accumulated under the feet for centuries can tell that at least during this long period of time, the gravity generator here has been working steadily.

"What is our next goal?"

Hercules asked the squad commander Sergeant Melson, while on the psychic side he packaged the collected information in his brain and then sent it back through the legion's psychic link.

"Received, keep in touch."

The Golden squad at the rear landing point in the psychic link gave a clear response. It was a long time ago that this paladin was honored as the Primarch Guard. If this operation was not important enough, you would hardly see him in ordinary combat.

"Go to the gravity generator first, then the power cabin."

Melson's voice rang in Hercules' ears, and the dry voice dragged him back to reality from the ocean of ether.

The answers of the sergeant in front and the brother in the back arrived almost at the same time, and the dual information of reality and ether was almost indistinguishable.

But Hercules can adapt to this because of his blood and because he was stimulated to reveal a certain characteristic hidden in his genes.

All psychics understand how dangerous it is to lose the boundary between reality and the warp, and the reason why the Grey Knights have been able to maintain absolute purity for thousands of years is that they may not be the most powerful psychics, but they are definitely the ones with the strongest control over psychic power.

He almost did not pause, and even responded to Sergeant Melson directly with body language while receiving the information flow in the public channel in the psychic link.

"Go to the location of the gravity generator to see what exactly is causing this machine to still operate.

If there are signs of life maintaining the equipment, then find it and kill it;

The reason for going to the power cabin is the requirement of the mission, to install enough explosives on the key nodes of the wreck before evacuating..."

Sergeant Melson explained his purpose in the team channel, and by the way, he turned off the magnetic field generator on the sole of his boot after the deck under his feet began to be a little cleaner.

Hercules also discovered this detail and understood its meaning:

They don't have much time left, and they need to speed up the exploration.

The current efficiency seems to be very high, but it is actually based on the data support of the auspicious array on the battleship.

And with the end of the outer layer detection, the more distorted structure inside exceeded the capacity limit of the instruments on the battleship. (Anti-detection devices are a common configuration of warships, and most of these devices are passive and can work for a long time with very low energy.)

The fleet's force deployment is still continuing:

There are a total of 25 teams similar to the Hercules/Merson team in the first batch of landing forces.

Except for the five teams that stayed at the landing point as support and reserve forces, the remaining 20 teams quickly broke through the outermost warship wreckage during the half-hour exploration.

With the help of the warship auspicious instrument, they successfully identified the structure of these ancient warships belonging to humans.

Therefore, with extremely high efficiency, they found the gravity generator of the wreckage and the backup plasma reactor that maintained the work.

After installing the predetermined explosive devices on both, the team continued to move forward according to the drawings in their hands.

There are not many large corridors in the damaged warship that can be normally passed, but in the absence of the intention to recover the ship, the team quickly walked to the junction of the wreckage and other wreckages by taking the maintenance channel and occasionally breaking the wall through the hall.

Boom! Hiss...

The sound of explosion and high-temperature shock waves in the narrow space made it impossible to hide. Even with a full set of armor protection, the steel boots on the giants' feet could not help but make a tooth-grinding friction sound when facing the shock waves.

Melson released the joint lock of the power armor from the crouching posture, and stood up from behind the thick boarding shield.

The team members behind him also shook their heads slightly to expel the discomfort in their bodies. Hercules at the end of the team was the least affected. When he raised his head and looked forward, the dust settled at the end of his vision, which was a completely unfamiliar environment for him.

It was a gorgeous space, and the design of the equipment and ships in it clearly exceeded the scope of being a war machine.

Based on Hercules' short lifespan, he swore that when these works of art appeared in the warship full of steel and gunpowder, he felt that the designer of this warship definitely had an upper limit beyond human understanding of art.

"Eldar..."

The sound of Sergeant Melson biting his back teeth freed Hercules from his doubts. Apart from the hatred in the sergeant's mouth, the commander of the team obviously had enough profound knowledge to recognize the origin of the wreck in front of him.

As if sensing the doubts of the Grey Knight behind him, the member of the team codenamed Rock Rat explained to the Grey Knight while checking the heavy bolter he was carrying:

"The boss used to be a veteran of the first company in the regiment and also our tactical instructor. According to the think tank records, he once represented the regiment to serve in the Death Watch and just returned in the last hundred years."

"I understand." Hercules nodded slightly, indicating that he had received the other party's hint and the goodwill behind it:

The explanation is a very good start, it at least proves that both parties have the intention to cooperate.

And just when the team just had a normal cooperative atmosphere, Hercules, who sensed something, suddenly raised his head.

He didn't even have time to call for Meyerson, who had just landed on the Eldar warship, to stop. He only had time to point the scepter in his hand forward and shouted the command:

"True Word - Bless!"

At this moment, all the Grey Knights on the entire space ship stopped, and the power of the Legion's will was revealed again.

They immediately noticed the situation of the brother in front of them, and witnessed and supported that brother's call for the power of the collective will.

The shield that appeared in the space appeared instantly after the long spell ceremony. The platinum bell-shaped field enveloped Sergeant Meyerson and the entire team.

At the same time, a black, surprisingly narrow scimitar was blocked and repelled by the shield.

And the position that forced it to appear from invisibility was just above the back of the sergeant's head.

That's not all. Several other similar weapons appeared beside the team members at some point; if it weren't for the priest's vigilance and blessing, I'm afraid the team would lose more than half of its men in the encounter.

"Tsk! Troublesome monkeys!"

The masters of these scimitars gradually appeared from the air, with slender and tall bodies that were two meters tall.

When the deliberate ambush was discovered, these followers of Kane decided to change a way to please the blood god and kill these monkeys head-on.

"Retreat! Converge defense! Plan C! (Self-protection is the first priority, retreat in a covered manner, and reduce the gap between firepower.)"

Sergeant Melson shouted loudly, obviously he had enough knowledge of these existences. And his choice between milliseconds was already the best choice for the current situation.

Unfortunately, the incident happened suddenly, and the team's narrow and long position made them suffer the disadvantage of the terrain.

Facing these assassins who took advantage of the complex environment to fold and jump while holding the knife flower, the whole team could do very little in the moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dense shooting of the bolt bullets tore large, hideous and terrifying bullet marks in the narrow space.

The Astartes fired frantically in the confined space, just to stop the enemy from approaching, so as to buy a chance for the whole team to breathe and adjust.

However, due to the distance of the enemy, the large-scale gun line caused by short-range shooting could not be closed, so the killing efficiency of the target was extremely low.

Their defensive firepower was too slow and crude for these beings, and even when Sergeant Melson gave up the defense, they could only injure the enemy instead of killing him.

When the team encountered a fatal threat, only Hercules and his companions, another Grey Knight who had not spoken a word along the way, could use their expertise to threaten the enemy.

"Law! Whip the heretic!"

Hercules's psychic lightning came later and arrived first, once again saving the neck of the comrade in front from the opponent's scimitar.

The opponent had no way to escape, and while wailing and turning into ashes, his tragic end shifted the dangerous eyes of other assassins to him.

Fortunately, he was not fighting alone, he still had his partner and the entire legion behind him.

The heavy spiritual cannon in the hands of the Sin-Absolver Harpocrates, when abandoning physical ammunition and firing with spiritual energy, its non-physical projectiles have a speed that the flesh cannot dodge.

When this heavy cannon poured out a barrage of bullets in an arc at the opponent at a terrifying rate of fire, these races known for their agility had to pay a heavy price for their previous contempt.

Several black-clothed assassins were harvested by the spiritual cannon in the crisscrossing mid-air. The substantial impact of the attack was immediate, which stagnated the opponent's arrogance.

The assassins who were in a stalemate wanted to fight again, but their leader clearly felt the approach of other nearby gray knights.

"It's really... a disappointing hunt."

She put down the terrifying, huge bone helmet and faced Hercules with a face full of tattoos.

"Ugly monkey, we have plenty of time to get along. Don't rush, take your time..."