Chapter 280: Capture "Tree Frog?" "Raven" Handle

At this time.

In the universe three thousand light years away, in a galaxy formed around a yellow dwarf star;

The yellow dwarf star located in the center of the galaxy is similar in size and mass to the sun, and there are eight planets orbiting around it.

The first to fifth orbits are all terrestrial planets, and the sixth to eighth are gas giant planets.

In addition, this galaxy contains a large amount of mineral resources and is an important colony for the Star Alliance to build and produce.

The third and fourth planets in the habitable zone are simply representatives of desert and rainforest planets in terms of appearance.

About 60% of the land area of ​​the third orbit planet is barren desert, and the proportion of oceans and lakes is relatively small.

The fourth orbit planet is exactly the same as Arcadia. In addition to the tropical rainforest covering the land, there is a seemingly endless blue ocean.

However——

Bang! Bang Bang!!

Boom! Boom Boom!!

However, in the near-Earth orbits of these two planets, a fierce "naval battle" is taking place.

Nearly a thousand silver and purple Covenant warships are exchanging fire with black and gray human elite warships.

The total number of human warships is only a hundred, mostly frigates and cruisers such as Paris, Feddes and Valiant, as well as support boats carrying a large amount of supplies and weapons.

The flagship is a new era aircraft carrier transformed and upgraded by Atlas.

The total number of ships of the elites who have joined forces with humans is about 300, of which 70% are CRS light cruisers, and the flagship is a 30-kilometer-long CSO-class super-heavy aircraft carrier.

Since the elites chose to leave the Covenant and accept the spiritual energy of Sui Yang in the City of Charity, they changed the paint of their ships to the black and gray that Atlas usually uses.

In contrast, the Covenant defense fleet led by the Prophet Jiralhanae is more than three times the size of the human elite, but.

Ri~——Phew! ! !

However, a ray of high-energy blue light instantly destroyed dozens of Covenant ships, led by the CCS-class battlecruiser (two kilometers).

The energy shield was directly disintegrated, and the metal hull was "split into pieces".

Then, these dozens of ships exploded violently, and eventually became debris, falling into the atmosphere under the influence of the planet's gravity.

And this beam attack was released by the Sojourn-class dreadnought battleship.

At the same time, it was the presence of this Sojourn-class that made the balance of victory directly fall to the side of the human elite.

After all, the warships of the Forerunner civilization can almost "walk sideways" in the Milky Way in the current timeline.

Unless the Sojourn-class is alone, without the assistance and support of the human elite warships, and is besieged by the Covenant warships that are a hundred times larger than itself, it may be sunk.

This is also why Atlas chose to occupy Shield World 0459 as soon as possible when opening the space gate connecting to the "Halo" universe.

Because only by obtaining the Forerunner's dreadnoughts and contacting the Forerunner's AI in advance and obtaining the status of a returner can Atlas continue to maintain its advantages in weapons, equipment and technology.

You should know that the slogan of the armed department is "I am invincible, I will never lag behind in equipment and weapons."

Atlas' soldiers relied on the weapons and equipment provided by the company to gain the upper hand in most universes.

However, the technology of the "Halo" universe has directly brought the original battlefield to the galaxy level.

Fortunately, the Biological Department and the Scientific Research Department are quite powerful, so that Atlas' elites are still in a crushing situation in terms of individual strength.

Cooperating with the original body, the Thunder Warrior and the young Astartes, the real super soldiers successfully "captured" the Shield World 0459 and the City of Brotherhood, and won over the elite fighting race as allies.

After some secret actions and operations, Atlas is invincible whether it is head-on against the Star Alliance or turning around to deal with the UNSC.

——

While fierce naval battles broke out in the near-Earth orbit, deep in the rainforest of the fourth planet;

There is a Star Alliance outpost here, which is guarded by hunters composed of ghost-faced beasts, jackals, grunts and "worms".

And to the south of the outpost is a palace complex that provides a quiet meditation space for the Prophets on the surface, but in fact it provides vacation and entertainment for the Prophets.

Due to the joint raid of humans and elites, and the fierce battle in the near-Earth orbit, the Prophets had to continue hiding here, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, or waiting for the best time to escape.

Of course, the combat command center of the fourth planet is also located here.

Although the Prophets are mostly timid, cowardly and ignorant in the eyes of humans, they are still the leaders of the Star Alliance.

Without the constraints of the elites, the Prophet has completely regained control of the religious empire of the Star Alliance.

As for the ghost-faced beasts, except for a few individuals with long-term vision, most of them obey the orders of the clan leader.

The chieftain chose to continue to work for the prophet willingly for the wealth and glory that his tribe had never enjoyed, as well as the so-called "Imperial Hero" and "Imperial General" and other honorary titles.

Moreover, the Jiralhanae believed that the elites were traitors and humans were not returnees at all.

There was no need to explain too much about the Jackals. They were fence-sitters and could work for the elites or obey the Jiralhanae's command.

The Grunts, who occupied the main part of the Star Alliance, were forced to fight.

Deep down in their hearts, these "little guys" do have a spirit of resistance, but they lack the guidance of elites and have no decent brains in their own race, so they have no choice but to continue to serve the Star Alliance.

Swish—shua—!

At this time, more than a dozen Enchantress fighter jets belonging to the Covenant Alliance, as well as other types of transport aircraft and interceptor aircraft, passed over the rain forest at low altitude.

At this stage, the low-Earth orbit has not been completely lost, so the air superiority of this rain forest still belongs to the Covenant.

Boom. Bang.

However, carrier-based aircraft formations dispatched by the human fleet have already engaged the Covenant's air units.

To be precise, it is a formation composed of Ghost III and White-legged Falcon, using the auxiliary vision provided by the mothership to carry out precise long-distance locking.

The Jiralhanae pilot could not even see the shadow of the human fighter plane, and was hit by an air-to-air missile that was flying within the atmosphere and could easily reach Mach 20.

The miniature "sun" created when the metallic hydrogen warhead detonated made the already scorching sun in the sky even more dazzling.

Since the Prophet's command center was not far away, the Jiralhanae had no choice but to continue sending air power and attract human carrier-based aircraft formations to stay as far away from this place as possible.

At the same time, the Jiralhanae also understood that after the human carrier-based aircraft formation broke into the atmosphere, it would inevitably lead to the elongation of the logistics supply line.

As long as the ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles are exhausted, human pilots will face two choices.

Either choose to return to the mothership in low Earth orbit, or engage in a close dog fight with them.

In terms of maneuverability, they believe that the Enchantress is stronger.

But when the carrier-based aircraft formation actually appeared in the field of vision, the Jiralhanae discovered that hundreds of drones were flying together with the Phantom III and the White-legged Falcon.

In an instant, another one-sided dogfight between fighter planes and planes was staged over the rainforest.

As for the surface

"Roar!"

Hearing the sound of explosions and the roar of machine guns in the distance, a group of Jiralhanae patrolling outside the outpost roared in anger.

Maybe as ground units, they were unhappy when they saw friendly forces suffering heavy losses, but they had no choice but to rage here, or maybe they were just tired of being harassed by mosquitoes.

Although the weapons and armor used by the elites have been comprehensively upgraded since they left the Covenant, the vast majority of combat suits do not have temperature adjustment functions.

Only elite troops have fully sealed individual equipment.

After all, not any organization can be as "rich" as Atlas and provide all ship-borne troops with "air-conditioned" combat uniforms.

At this moment, they were patrolling on foot according to the established route, keeping a distance of about half a kilometer from the outpost to avoid being missed by radar and detection devices.

At the same time, there are more than a dozen gnolls scattered around the patrol team, using their family's visual talents to assume a role similar to that of investigators.

Huh~huh——!

The two gnolls in the far north suddenly heard some kind of large creature in the rain forest, flapping its wings rhythmically.

? ?

This instantly aroused their alertness, and they both looked towards the location of the sound source.

soon!

A "raven" with a wingspan of ten meters and a dark body, but its wings were glazed under the scorching sun, appeared in their field of vision.

! !

Seeing such a creature flying above the woods, the two jackals were stunned on the spot.

However, one of them reacted first and quickly tapped his compatriot on the shoulder, signaling the other person to raise his gun and shoot.

And it was preparing to open the communication and alert the entire patrol team and outpost.

However, the two jackals never noticed that a four-meter giant wearing heavy power armor had quietly come behind them.

Chi-chi-!

The next second, the two jackals were "torn apart" by the giant.

It was literally torn into two pieces with bare hands, and purple blood sprayed out like a fountain.

giant

In other words, the Primarch Corax glanced down at the limp and twitching corpse, and then continued to move towards the patrol team in silence.

Even though the original body wore exclusive power armor weighing several tons, he made no sound when he walked.

Even the local creatures living nearby seemed unable to see him and were still looking for food and running around on their own.

Moreover, Corax will also take care to avoid trampling on small animals.

The "Raven" that attracted the Jackal's attention previously was actually a pet he adopted when he and Elf Queen Tynas went to Terraira.

But Mortarion, who was traveling with him, thought that he had chosen the most boring and evil pet as a companion.

As for Mortarion's pets.

It is a "fantasy" species that is similar in size and appearance to ordinary tree frogs.

Compared with the Earth's tree frog, the difference is that it has an extremely long lifespan, is very sleepy, can understand human speech, and pays special attention to its own hygiene.

When a certain number of groups is reached, it can even have the effect of purifying water sources.

In this regard, Corax believes that the aesthetics of the two brothers are just different.

And not only can his raven understand human language, he can also share vision with it thanks to the psychic skills his father taught him.

In other words, Corax's ravens serve as biological reconnaissance aircraft.

Under the influence of his personal psychic powers, Raven also has a certain ability to "stealth".

Unless he wanted the raven to expose itself, ordinary creatures could not be observed visually.

At this time;

Corax came to the rear end of the group of ghost-faced beasts, and swung his hands, ejecting a pair of sharp claws on the outside of his forearms.

Buzz~——Pop—Snap——!

The moment the claws extended, the psychic lightning emitting a light blue light began to jump between the sharp blades.

Then, Corax slowly walked towards the group of ghost-faced beasts.

Then

Sizzle——!

The lightning claws made of mithril, forged and "processed" by his father, easily completed the cutting.

Boom~——!

The body of the ghost-faced beast cut by the claws was instantly scorched by the psychic lightning and burned to ashes by the golden flames.

Without waiting for the ghost-faced beasts to react or make any roars, they all "disappeared", leaving only the ashes.

At the same time, a dedicated airdrop pod carrying a young Astartes was lowered over the outpost and palace complex.

Seeing this, Corax asked the raven to fold its wings, land on his right shoulder, and return to the depths of the rainforest.

It seems that the Primarch used his stealth talent to search for high-value targets on the surface of the planet and handed over the task of the final raid to the young Astartes.

Sui Yang, who was in the bridge of the New Era aircraft carrier, could clearly sense his son's emotional fluctuations.

Corax hoped to give more military exploits and training opportunities to the "offspring" of other brothers.

After all, when the empire is established, merit and glory will become the key for the Astartes to prove that they are more elite and powerful than other brothers.

There is a private rivalry between the Primarchs, not to mention the Astartes who inherited some of the Primarch's abilities and personalities.

However, Corax's actions directly showed that his son did not seem to have much utilitarianism.

Then, Sui Yang took his mind away from his son and focused on the center console in front of him, continuing to pay attention to the progress of the capture of the entire galaxy.

"Boss." But Apu, who was standing behind him on the left, suddenly reported:

"There is the latest progress in the Investigation Department, and the Operations Director of the Investigation Department, Ada Wang, said that they have captured most of the UNSC's senior officials, including the current Chief of Naval Operations, Conrad Volkov."

"Oh? The Investigation Department is very efficient." Sui Yang sighed.

"The Investigation Department is indeed very efficient." Apu said, her eyes flashed red, and then continued:

"Boss, I have completed the organization and upload of the details of the operation, you can check it at any time."

"Okay."

Sui Yang retrieved the details of the operation organized by Apu through the center console, and thought about how to deal with the UNSC's senior officials.