Rows of cogitators are placed along the wall of the command post hall, some have been shattered, and some are still running quietly. The array of cogitators extends to another huge vaulted hall, filled with armored glass boxes.
The remains of the Genestealers in the datapad workbench and the broken sample tubes on the floor indicate that this was once used by the Adeptus Mechanicus as one of the laboratories for alien research.
"If it were a Genestealer attack, they wouldn't leave the same kind of remains here."
While observing, Technical Sergeant Karl walked towards a damaged monitoring station. The mechanical arm on it was broken, and the fiber bundles at the break were still emitting sparks.
He stretched out a metal probe and pierced the broken device, then turned to look at other parts.
"Can the indoor surveillance content be restored?"
Facing the company commander's inquiry, the technical sergeant shook his head.
"No, it's strange. The data here has been... destroyed. I'm not sure whether it was the enemy or the priest here, but... I feel more like I was attacked by some kind of electronic weapon, but this
It doesn't fit any of the characteristics of an electronic attack that I know of."
At this time, Surena suddenly recalled something and said softly:
"Is it possible... Necron."
As he said this, the technical sergeant's expression froze, but after a moment he suddenly clapped his hands.
"Yes, those scratches must be huge metal claws, and they are very sharp and hard metal. Gene stealers don't have weapons made of this material, only Necrons."
"So this place was attacked by the Necrons, but they have never been sighted before, and their tomb should be under Scorch Oven City..."
At this moment, Surena saw something moving out of the corner of his eye and immediately tightened his grip on the plasma pistol. The technical sergeant then asked:
"What's wrong?"
"There's something here...it's coming."
The technical sergeant raised his head and saw something coming out of the hole in the ceiling. It seemed to have slipped down from the second floor of the building. It made a metallic buzzing sound when it moved. If you look closely, you will find that it is a huge...
A metal insect, as flat as a scarab, with vicious-looking hooks and claws on its edges, hanging in the air with silver wings, dragging its bladed limbs, and small red lenses focusing on the Space Marines,
The gleaming jaws clicked.
"Necron micromachines..."
As soon as they finished speaking, everyone heard a low and loud crackling and buzzing sound coming from above their heads, and then part of the ceiling collapsed under the weight of thousands of metal scarabs, which fell from the collapsed ground like an avalanche.
The place rolled down.
Before Surena could even react, a beetle pounced on him, its jaws squeaking against his armor.
"Damn it!"
Surena slapped the beetles on his body to pieces, and then waved his power sword to smash the scurrying beetles.
Beside him, the Techmarine was doing the same thing, sweeping the space around him with his Cogaxe as other Terminators began firing wildly at the floor around them, the bolts shattering countless Scarabs but countless more.
All the insects swarmed to fill the void.
"Watch the sides!"
From elsewhere in the hall, more miniature killing machines rolled up their spindly legs, leaped forward, and hummed through the corridors.
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Surena knew that the longer he stayed here, the more dangerous it would be, so he threw a plasma grenade and began to direct the team to retreat to the door.
"Flamethrower!"
Technical Sergeant Carl shouted over the din of chatter.
"Use this against them!"
A veteran who uses heavy fire breathing blocks the door and washes every area with solidified and liquefied flames.
Scarabs twitched in the flames like ashes rising from a fire, and some circled upward with burning wings.
At this time, gunfire rang out in other places, and reports from the team rushed to Surena.
"Enemies found outside the wall! They emerge from the ground!"
"Alien with claws in human skin!"
"Necrons, these are Necrons! Blast them in the head with plasma!"
"Can the automatic turret be restored?"
Surena knew that in order to restore the automatic turret, he had to enter the control room, but now it was full of scarabs. Then he looked up at the sky. Storm Falcons and Thunder Eagles were strafing and bombarding, and continuous explosions were heard outside the stronghold.
Just when he was about to turn on a pilot's visual display to see the size of the enemy, the wall on one side was suddenly knocked open, and Surena who was standing closest was knocked away.
What smashed through the wall was a monster. It looked like a solid rectangular parallelepiped, bigger than a Brutal Blade. Its thick, segmented legs were squirming under its lower body, and a pair of vicious claws emerged from its lower body.
The mouthparts protruded from both sides, and the head was just a metal plate covered with lenses. Many scarabs gathered on this creature. Surena had never seen such a weird mechanical body before, and he didn't know it was called a Tomb Stalker.
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Sensing the threat, the fire-breathing Terminator turned around and bumped into its two large claws.
Out of instinct, the Terminator veteran aimed his weapon at the enemy, and the burning flames roared and devoured its body - but it had no effect.
Then the pliers tightly clamped the Terminator's helmet, more limbs were nailed to the Terminator, and he was picked up from the ground. Then another pair of pliers clamped the veteran's arm at extremely fast speeds, tearing off the weapon he was holding.
arms.
Before anyone could save him, the head of the mechanical body bloomed like a metal flower with sharp petals. Its sharp mouthparts ruthlessly cut open the Terminator's helmet and pierced the back of the veteran's head.
When the Space Marine's head exploded, blood and flesh spurted out.
During their long periods of dormancy, the Necrons are protected by silent and tireless machines, and of these powerful mechanical engines, the most terrifying are known to their unfortunate human victims as Tomb Stalkers.
The Tomb Stalker possesses a solid shell composed of living metal covered with mechanical parts, bladed limbs and sharp armor plates. This centipede-shaped structure is often as large as a dozen people. Using a mysterious phase generator, it
It can burrow into the lord's tomb and come and go with ease in the solid ground. It can also be made to pass through inert materials like water, through rocks and stones, and effortlessly pass through the ruins and rugged areas that often litter the battlefield.
terrain.
With a combination of massive size and regenerative abilities, the Tomb Stalker is a nearly indestructible war machine, surpassing even the more common Necron Legion warriors. These insect-like creatures will continue to lash and kill with ferocity, despite being wounded or injured.
Being dismembered.
Therefore, only strong suppressive firepower can harm the Tomb Stalker.