Chapter 506: 'Short-minded' pastime, self-esteem is frustrated
"Dang~! Dang!"
Gaussian spike bullets with extremely strong penetrating and armor-breaking capabilities hit the combat uniform made of vibranium fiber, making a clanging sound.
The two auxiliaries on the CRRC Warthog were slightly behind each other. One was shot in the left chest, and the other was shot on the outside of his right leg. Moreover, these two auxiliaries were relatively close to Lyon.
Fortunately, the type of spike bombs used by the mutants are relatively outdated, and there is no way to deal with the vibranium fiber.
At the same time, the two auxiliary troops are just behind each other, and their luck will not be affected by Lyon and become extremely bad. Otherwise, the spike bombs should be replaced with caseless pulse bombs that can cause contact explosion and cause a "splash" effect. Designated It would be a loss, or even life-threatening.
At this moment, the convoy is still moving forward quickly.
Lin Hong and his seven comrades from the auxiliary army continued their burst output to efficiently deal with all threats in sight. The exclusive nano-gun used by Lyon was also able to produce incomparable effects on the gathered mutants. The shell pulse bullet is more than a hundred times more powerful, and it is also a nano-cannon group with a "sputtering" effect.
And at this moment.
"Ouch!!!"
Lum, who was lying in the back seat, woke up suddenly, and sat up immediately. His eyes with light yellow pupils were staring at the bloody sky, waving his arms, and yelled in panic:
"Heretics! Heretics! Die! Die!"
"Major General! Calm down!" Lin Hong, who was replacing the battery magazine of the laser rifle and was responsible for Lum's safety, quickly released his hands to hold Lum down to prevent the retired major general from slipping and falling off the Warthog.
Moreover, even Lin Hong, who was an elite auxiliary army, could hardly suppress him. After all, Lum was also an elite who was over two hundred years old and had fought many battles.
As for why Rum is crazy?
The dream created by the "piranha" anomaly was the battle in which Rum's entire army was wiped out, and Rum's biggest inner demon was also the fallen demigod Anphis.
Originally, time had almost erased the sadness and painful past, but that anomaly made the tragedy happen again, almost causing Rum to lose all his sanity.
Fortunately, in the past hundred years, although Lum tried hard to forget the scene of the destruction of his subordinates, he never let go of his self-blame and kept asking himself, "If I had done this at that time, could the tragedy have been avoided?"
At the same time, Lum was constantly thinking about the tactical details of that battle.
So when Lum was trapped in a dream, it was indeed difficult to accept it at first, but as the battle-hardened elite clarified his logic and judged that he was in some kind of illusion, after being in the dream
Then the "big killing" began.
Lum wielded two double-edged energy swords to "physically" destroy all the demons, as well as his subordinates who were dead but had mutated in the dream, including Anphis, who was cut into two pieces again.
The elites will also become stronger in will, physical strength, fighting skills, etc. as they grow older. In addition, most of the elites are more upright (unsighted), so this kind of dream cannot make Lum lose his mind at all.
The "piranha" abnormality naturally noticed this, so he simply took the initiative to release the imprisonment of Lum's consciousness.
"Major General! Calm down, it's us!"
Seeing Lum reaching out to take off the two sword hilts hanging from his waist, Lin Hong had to increase his strength and prepare to use the locking technique to ensure that Lum would no longer go "crazy".
"Boy, let go of your hands, sit in the car and affect my performance!"
However, Lum at this time was not still mad as Lin Hong thought. In fact, Lum was preparing for a close confrontation with mercenaries and gangsters whose skin was ulcerated and mutated.
"This is!"
Lin Hong let go, but did not relax his vigilance. If Lum lied, he would have an excellent shooting angle to ensure the safety of the entire vehicle.
But the retired major general didn't have the time to pay attention to the warning of a "child", so he jumped off the Warthog, took off the two sword hilts with both hands, held them, and swung them left and right.
With the subtle sound of "Buzz~!", the two sword hilts generated two double-edged energy swords that emitted light red light, and Lum, who was wielding the energy sword, was the mutant that had rushed into the front of the convoy.
, and still laughing:
"Hahaha! Death to heretics! Die! Thank you for your express delivery!!"
This time, there was an elite who was good at melee combat and charging, and the pressure on the convoy was drastically reduced.
Moreover, there are a certain number of mercenaries and gangsters in the camp, especially elites like Lum, who did not lose their minds after awakening, and their bodies did not mutate. In order to protect themselves, they began to join the battle against the mutants.
Just when everything was in chaos, hundreds of individual airdrop pods arrived at an altitude of a thousand meters above the camp, and then started to slow down together.
When the distance to the ground is only a hundred meters or tens of meters, the individual airdrop pod is free-falling again, relying on inertia to cause impact damage to the simple houses and related facilities in the camp, as well as the mutants that have no time to dodge.
But before the arrival of a large number of airdrop pods, there were already six slightly larger airdrop pods. They only opened a buffer when entering the atmosphere, and then continued to fall at full speed, and the "passengers" in the airdrop pods were
Just before falling to the ground, he adjusted the angle, and then
"Boom! Boom!!"
The noise of the violent impact resounded throughout the camp, and many mutants were smashed to pieces. Flesh, flesh, and limbs were splashed in all directions along with small shock waves.
This is just the "first impact".
As the cabin door pops open outwards, and the six passengers pick up their weapons and step on the ground of Srilan, the mutant will experience a "second impact."
It's a bolter shell and a punch bigger than a basketball.
Because these six passengers were six Astartes from the 16th Battalion of Spartans, the 59th Battalion of the Raven Guard, and the 13th Battalion of Thutmose.
And one of them is not an ordinary corps member. He is a sergeant major who is responsible for assisting the battalion company commander in controlling discipline, or temporarily taking over the work and command of the company commander after the company commander unfortunately dies in battle.
At the same time, the sergeant major has another name in each company, that is.
Company champion.
I saw a Spartan sergeant major wearing Mjolnir Mark IX and a helmet with a golden olive branch. As soon as he left the airdrop pod, he was besieged by a group of mutants whose souls were swallowed up by abnormal phenomena.
but.
"Oh, offal."
"Chi! Chi!"
But the metallic disdain and the sound of the sharp blade easily cutting flesh and bones began to be heard.
In a flash of lightning, the sergeant major had already eliminated all the mutants that wanted to besiege him.
Then, he seemed to feel that using the dagger made for him by his technical brothers to kill "junk" abnormal creatures like mutants was really a bit of a waste, so he sent back the ancient Greek-style dagger.
Sheathed the sword on his waist, and walked straight towards another wave of mutants.
"Heretic! He is a heretic!"
"Kill him! Kill him!"
Originally preparing to block Lyon, the mutants like Lin Hong and others saw the sergeant major walking towards them, so they all shouted and turned their guns. Judging from his appearance, they were bound to kill the heretical company champion in their eyes.
From this point of view, the mercenaries and gangsters whose bodies have mutated not only lose their souls, but also their common sense.
After all, when a normal person sees an Astartes approaching, the first thing they think of is to put down their weapons and raise their hands in surrender.
run?
The normal situation when faced with an Astartes is that there is no time to throw away the weapon and surrender, or the Astartes is physically detached by the bolter bomb without even looking at it, so there is no need to escape.
.
"Ignorant bastard."
The sergeant major was full of disdain, moved the joints of his hands, used the energy shield to resist all attacks, and then turned into an afterimage and rushed into the group of mutants.
Sure enough, as an Astartes, there is no way to spend your time better than crushing and smashing heretics with bare hands. If there is one, it is to tear apart all kinds of aliens with your hands.
At the same time, the sergeant major's other five brothers also began to unilaterally massacre the mutants.
Especially the two brothers from Thutmose. When they left their respective airdrop warehouses, they used psychic energy to attack and wiped out nearly half of the mutants at once. Moreover... these were still two Thutmose,
The effect of deliberately controlling force.
In order to continue their long-lost pastime, the two Thutmose chose to use some very gorgeous-looking elements, such as generating ice cones, wind blades, fireballs and other elemental psychic powers out of thin air. The actual destructiveness and attack power were not very strong.
s attack.
After a large number of airdrop pods landed one after another and the main force of the auxiliary army of three companies was unloaded, the auxiliary army discovered that there was no longer a threat to deal with.
After all, the overall combat power of the guys who have undergone the mutation has not changed much from before the mutation. At most, their survivability is more tenacious.
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It didn't take long.
The gunfire in the camp has stopped.
In the center of the camp, Lum put his hands on his chest, leaning on the riddled Warthog with his back, looking at the technicians, auxiliary troops, and those standing in front who were gathering the mutated corpses and debris.
Not far away, Lyon and the six Astartes could not help but complain to Lin Hong, who was standing beside him:
"It seems that my previous guess was correct. You guys are the spies of the empire, tsk tsk, but I didn't expect that there are still spies with Astartes acting as backup."
But before Lin Hong could speak, Zoya, who was also on this side, quickly asked: "What does the empire want to do? Does it want to bring Srilan back under its rule?"
"Watch your words." Lin Hong frowned, not saving any face for the other party, and said bluntly: "It's not re-incorporation. Srilan has been ruled by the empire from beginning to end. It's just that you and a group of people who like to cause trouble are
Those who are causing trouble are gathered together to facilitate management."
"You!" Zoya wanted to yell.
But looking at the auxiliary troops around her and the few remaining subordinates behind her, she suppressed her unpleasant words. This really made the "brave" and "arrogant" Zoya extremely uncomfortable.
Although she was a child born on Srilan, she always felt that the former UEG and the current empire had abandoned her. But as she grew older, Zoya gradually understood that it was actually her parents who took the initiative to pursue absolute "freedom".
separated from human society.
Seeing that Zoya was no longer interested, Lin Hong shrugged to Lum and continued: "We are not spies, and we have no interest in Srilan herself. We just encountered an abnormal phenomenon during the mission.
attack, as for the mission content
Sorry, Major General, I have no comment on this."
"Understood, understood." Lum did not continue teasing, then twisted around and jumped into the back seat of the Warthog, and lay down with his hands behind his head, apparently preparing to take a nap, and said:
"If you still need a guide later, wake me up. I have to sleep for a while."
"Okay Major General."
Lin Hong didn't say anything more. He looked at Lyon and others who were still talking in front of him, and then turned his attention to the mountains in the distance.
The dim sky at this moment was still lit up with blood, and the black mountain peaks were also full of indescribable weirdness.
However, the anomaly hiding under the mountain has not made any movement since the six Astartes and three companies of auxiliary troops completed the air landing, let alone made any arrogant laughter.
Maybe it's fear?
But Lin Hong is more willing to believe that that indescribable anomaly is most likely brewing some conspiracy or planning some trap.
After all, the arriving reinforcements did not passively fall into a coma and have an abnormal confrontation in the dream like they did.
As for Lyon and others.
"Sir." The Spartan sergeant major looked down at Leon who was in deep thought and suggested: "How about we set foot on the mountain and find out the anomaly?"
"Um."
"That's right."
The remaining brothers also nodded in agreement.
It was obvious that the massacre of the mutants just now did not allow these Astartes to fully enjoy their "play". They wanted to go to the black mountain peak and find out the nameless one hiding in the dark.
"This." Leon did not give a direct answer. He glanced at the distant mountain peaks and the bloody sky, and continued: "The latest news I got is that the commander of the Forbidden Army, Constantine, will escort the plague doctor to Srilan. There is a plague doctor here.
I think we can better capture, control or eliminate this abnormal phenomenon."
Leon was not "cowardly", but something that Lin Hong could guess, so how could he not notice it?
Moreover, Leon deduced that mutants were just a by-product of human souls being plundered by that anomaly. A more accurate description would be that they were defective products.
Therefore, as the supreme commander on board the Griffin and the Empire's appointed Minister of Intelligence, Leon was considering the pros and cons of sending Astartes and auxiliary troops deep into the mountain.
Of course, he was more willing to wait for the plague doctor, who was like a walking library, to provide them with "professional" advice to avoid lightning after arriving in Srilan.
It's just that Leon's words were a bit too "harsh" for the sergeant major and the brothers.
The Astartes, who possess extraordinary wisdom, know what Lyon is struggling with, but while waiting for Constantine to arrive, it always feels like they need the help of the Imperial Army.
My self-esteem is bruised.
If it was against the order, they, the Astartes, would have to stay here, secretly unhappy.
However, Leon also felt the unhappiness and resentment of the sergeant major and others. In order to continue to cooperate happily in the future, he immediately changed his tone and said: "
But we can also conduct a small-scale investigation first, so I’ll leave it to you six."