Chapter 520 Clues
Coordinates: Phall Agricultural World, First Continent Plate, Z-rita Hive City.
Location: Upper level of the throne area, details unknown, destroyed, suspected to be the former location of the Ministry of Justice.
Mission Classification: Top Secret (Black)
Mission Issuer: Archbishop Halleck (Head of the Gothic Sector’s Heretic Tribunal and Grand Inquisitor, note—died)
Mission goal: Find the battle nuns here and cooperate with their mission!
Secondary goals: 1. Destroy all creatures that threaten the mission goal;
2. Eliminate all witnesses who are not on the task list.
"Is there a problem?" Sura asked.
The mission information has been transmitted to everyone's tactical terminal, and his question is just a formality.
"No!" the four Astartes whispered.
"Let's go then! The target..." Sura looked at the map displayed on his arm and thought of the few ammunition on his body.
Only one of the two attached airborne capsules landed successfully, but even this airborne capsule was located ten kilometers away from them.
This is still a straight line distance...
"Target...the power well!" Sulla thought for a while and finally gave up on retrieving the ammunition.
And if he only had this little ammunition reserve on his body, the marching route he could choose would be even more necessary to avoid unnecessary battles.
The power well, which is responsible for guiding the reactor energy to the upper level, has been destroyed by the alien civilization in the first wave of strikes.
And for a power well that has stopped operating, there probably won’t be many people paying attention there...
"Turn on the auspicious device and send out a signal every five minutes!
Do not take the initiative to contact the orbit. The spacecraft that connects us has only one backup communication relay station. It can withstand a limited number of signal decryptions and should be used during evacuation as much as possible. "
Sura explained to the priest behind him, who nodded and began to arrange the power armor kit on his body.
But before Sulla finished explaining, he turned around and ordered two comrades who were responsible for exploring the path:
"Pay attention to the public information channels on the road, and pay attention to the secret words that may appear in them. We need to rendezvous with those battle sisters as soon as possible. We don't have much time left for the mission."
"Yes!" The two Astartes from different battle groups nodded slightly, and then disappeared into the night ahead in their own way.
Sura took one last look at the priest's state, then took out the monomolecular dagger from his waist and entered a stealth state.
The team began to explore along the broken corridor of the tower towards the ground.
During the several hours of silent march, the scenes they passed varied from repeatedly gorgeous church-like buildings to exquisite and pragmatic residential areas. From large factories built of steel and machinery to rail stations filled with huge beams and rails...
In the dense buildings from top to bottom in the hive city, the Astartes warriors meandered through dozens of kilometers in different areas within a few hours.
But in these areas that were once inhabited by humans, apart from occasionally seeing traces of sporadic battles, they did not find any refugees or their corpses...
"This is not right." Sura thought about what he had learned along the way.
The warrior in charge of the exploration ahead was still sneaking, and the power backpack on his body had already entered a state of consuming battery.
After eliminating the heat source of the nuclear reactor, their leaping footsteps in the darkness could not even be seen through night vision goggles.
And if he hadn't been cooperating for a long time, Sulla would not have been able to imagine that a fully equipped Astartes could sneak so silently.
But this didn't make him feel relaxed, especially when the green light on his pupils reflected their movements, and there was no news about the expected enemies or friendly forces.
It took the team three hours to cover a distance of nearly 30 kilometers in stealth mode. (Complex terrain environment, latent marching in an unknown state of the enemy consumes a huge amount of physical strength and energy. Please do not enter the normal walking marching state.)
And until they entered the lower levels of the hive city, there were no vital signs on the auspicious devices they carried with them.
"Target found, code Ψ."
"Copy that, be on alert on the spot." Sura heard the sound and quickened his pace, while the comrades beside him followed the instructions and were on spot to hide and alert.
The distance of 100 meters came in an instant. After passing two corners and exchanging glances with another hidden comrade, Sura finally saw the comrade at the front.
I also followed his laser mark and saw the target marked as "Ψ" in the unit type table - a civilian.
"Is that a civilian?"
Sulla looked at the swaying figure standing at the sentry post on the steel bridge two hundred meters away.
He subconsciously lowered his head and glanced at the auspicious device, and sure enough he found the corresponding vital sign signal on it.
That's right. Although the opponent's condition is questionable, both his clothing and body shape are in line with the standards of humans who have not undergone military training.
But Sura just felt that something was wrong, and this abnormality was like a transparent spike. Although it made him feel strange, he could not find a reasonable reason.
"Can we take a detour?" He looked at his comrades, but got a negative answer.
"No, among the backup material channels in the middle-level factory area here, among the routes we chose, there is only a public communication base station behind this road. If we take a detour, it may take an hour to find the next one."
"Then prepare to fight." Sula made up his mind, then took out the power sword from his waist, checked the status of the battery, and then raised his hand to make gestures to prepare for battle back.
On a high point 200 meters away, the two Astartes warriors in position turned their heads slightly and switched the bolters on their waists to synchronize with the eyepieces, completing the crossfire.
The battle priest picked up the force field weapon in his hand and moved to both sides to expand the width of the battlefield, while preparing for any impact that might occur at any time.
"I'll do it." Sura stopped the comrades beside him with his eyes, straightened up and walked towards the bridge.
The comrades beside him suppressed their emotions and silently moved towards Sura's flank.
The pentagonal battlefield position was opened, and Sulla, as the forward, also lowered his steps and walked towards the opposite side of the bridge.
"Mortal!" Sura walked to a distance of 30 meters, stopped and called in a low voice.
The figure didn't seem to respond to Sura's voice, but instead acted more and more strangely that alarmed him.
Low guttural sounds and wheezing sounds came from this fragile body, and the staggering steps and unstable body made Sura feel even more dangerous.
"Mortal!" Sula frowned and thought, but the answer seemed to be hidden from him.
He couldn't help but raise his voice after thinking hard, and when the figure was finally startled by him and turned around.
He finally got the answer he always wanted from the other party's rotten and twisted face:
"Plague Walking Corpse!"
renew. A wave of book recommendations: "Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor"
In addition, this was actually the recommendation I had agreed on last month, but something unexpected happened due to various reasons. I would like to apologize to the author of this book!