Umbrella, The Light of Humanity - Chapter 342

“Yes!”

Under the order of Russ, the crew began to control the Totem Glory to move forward, and the scenery outside the porthole also changed with the movement of the hull.

First reduce the height, and then get closer and closer to the space gate, until the bridge passes through the edge with the blue arc light and comes to the sky above the Gobi at the other end of the space gate.

This side is also at dawn, and the rays of the rising sun are pouring over the desert. It seems that the entire planet is extremely dry and lacks moisture.

At the same time, there are boundless and dense black and yellow “seas”.

If you look closely, you can find that this “Wang Yang” is composed of insects that cannot be counted, and the number is in units of 100 million. Even the blue sky is full of oily, green, and giant “mosquitoes” with a pair of sickle bones.

Moreover, in the sea of ​​worms on the ground, there are many black beetles with a height of six meters and a length of at least ten meters. These are like Zerg light and medium tanks, and can even spew flammable liquids from their mouthparts, and then use bioelectricity to create extremely high-temperature spray.

However, with such a large-scale scene, Fenris’ Metropolis 19 has no impact.

The reason is very simple, because the engineering department contained the situation in the space wolf, and dispatched the wolf, wolf cubs and auxiliary troops to break through the space gate, and after gaining a firm foothold in the Gobi at the other end, it took the time to build a high 30 A five-meter, sixteen-meter-wide wall separates the swarming planet from Fenris.

At the same time, the engineering team is still on the fence, erecting an energy shield generator every 400 meters, thereby raising a defensive barrier, covering the entire space door, directly cutting off the possibility of insects invading Fenris again.

As for underground digging?

The space gate is located on the surface, and even if the bugs dig to the ends of the earth, they cannot directly bypass the barrier to reach Fenris.

The residents of District 19 have long been moved to a safe area, and have been continuously remodeled by the Engineering Department to build a permanent base for hoarding supplies and assembling troops.

After all, once this space gate is opened and the public is in the world, the galaxy at the other end of the space gate is already equivalent to human territory, so it was a permanent military base in the early stage. In the future, District 19 may be converted into a large transit station. The nature is still to facilitate expeditions.

At this time, the Totem Glory that Ruth was on could pass through the defensive barrier unimpeded and come directly to the top of the sea of ​​​​insects. “Roar!!”

The flying insects immediately attacked the Totem Glory, and even the beetles on the ground were trying to shoot down the Totem Glory by spewing high-temperature slurry.

This is simply “zero damage”,

No matter what kind of attack it is, it can’t break the ability shield of the Totem Glory, which is automatically raised. In other words, even if the shield does not rise, it is a purely physical attack such as a bug, which is to scrape the paint on the outer surface of the ship. Flower it.

So, when the Totem Glory completely passed through the space gate and came to the sky above this planet, it unfolded a row of missile launch bays on the right side of the hull, and immediately launched an “ordinary” missile.

“Huh~–!

The moment the missile came out of the cabin, it lingered in the air for half a second, then dragged the white tail flame and quickly rushed through the sky, and then

Ri~

The dazzling blue light burst from the warhead stunned everything around it to “mute”, and neither the howl of insects nor the roar of the engine could be heard, and even between heaven and earth, only “blue and white” remained. these two colors.

“Boom—-!’

There was a violent loud noise, and the blue fireball rolled from top to bottom, scorching everything, and the sky and the earth were all swallowed up by the high temperature, including the Totem Glory that launched the missile.

!!!

When the insects saw the scene of destroying the sky and destroying the sun, they may be out of instinctive fear, or out of “superior” retreat orders, and they scrambled to turn around and flee.

The sea of ​​worms retreated.

But no matter how fast they ran, they couldn’t escape the spread of the fire. Very quickly, with the Totem Glory as the center, the radius of 30 kilometers was turned into a piece of scorched earth.

When the fireball dissipated and the air “retracted”, only black lumps, crystal **** and fragrant “bug barbecue” remained in this piece. As for the Totem Glory, the originator of the launch of missiles and the fireball, it continued to raise its height unharmed. , like taking the time to travel to low-Earth orbit outside the atmosphere.

At the same time, more and more Zeus-class, Achilles-class and other types of ships passed through the space gate in turn, and the ground troops also dispatched many super-heavy vehicles such as Mammoths and siege tanks to pass through the space gate. Come to this side with the towering wall, **** and protect the personnel of the Engineering Department to set up another front-line base.

On the other hand, millions of octopus-like engineering sentinel robots do not need ground troops to **** them. According to the set program, “they” scattered in groups of five, looking for available minerals, A bucket of raw materials to assist the engineering team in the construction of the frontline base.

There is no need for escorts, because although “they” has the word “engineering” in its name, “they” have extremely strong individual capabilities.

Therefore, if the worm encounters the engineering sentinel, the first thing to do is to escape and report, rather than confront the engineering sentinel, otherwise it will be torn and dismembered by this group of robots.

Just now, the missile launched by the Totem Glory carries a plasma incendiary bomb, whose explosive destructive power is far weaker than that of a tactical weapon. However, the plasma incendiary bomb is the best “clearing screen” against biological enemies. “One of the means.

And Ruth mobilized nearly one-third of the legion to serve as the main force of the expedition, about 35,000 Astartes (non-reserve), more than 5 million legion auxiliary troops, and mobilized nearly 100 million UNSC Army ,navy.

The defense of the Oslo star area was temporarily replaced by the Legion Champion Logan Grimner under Ruth, and Corax and Angron, who were “neighbors”, would also help their brothers to be vigilant at all times.

Moreover, Ruth also left the Hrafnkel, the home world of the Space Wolves, in the Oslo sector, so theoretically, there is no need to worry about any foreign invasion before the end of the expedition.

Shortly after.

At a low-Earth orbit about 300 kilometers from the surface, the Totem Glory and some ships have arrived here for berthing.

And here, you can also overlook the surface of the planet. It is an endless desert and Gobi. You can hardly see the green that represents vitality, but there is a lake with an area comparable to the Mediterranean Sea.

inside the bridge.

Ruth crossed his arms and stood beside the center console waiting patiently. After just over ten seconds, the center console presented him with a holographic thumbnail of the planet under his feet, and on the right side of the thumbnail, it also showed A string of brief text messages.

Through the scan of Totem Glory, Russ could know that the atmosphere and gravity of the planet are still suitable for human survival, but more suitable for the group of bugs.

The scan results also show that the planet seems to be a colony of bugs, because there is an intricate network structure under the surface, indicating that the bugs have built insect nests under the surface, and there are also human buildings and human activities on the surface. Mark of.

At this moment, the thumbnail suddenly zoomed in automatically and locked in an area about 900 kilometers to the east and south of the space gate.

Zoom in again.

Thumbnails show a metal building that is backed by a cliff and higher than the surface. Judging by the shape of the continuous scan, its style is completely in line with human aesthetics and structure. Most importantly, the scan also detected human and digital. Endless traces of firefights.

Humanity?

Ruth raised his left eyebrow, thought for a few seconds, and then asked, “Which battalions have left the space gate?” “The 3rd, 9th, and 13th battalions, sir.” A crew member Report immediately.

“humm” Ruth frowned slightly, thinking about which battalion should give the opening credit of the expedition. A little tangled.

The palms and backs are full of meat..

“Forget it.” Ruth was too lazy to tangle, and he was too lazy to do the so-called balance like his elder brother Robert. He directly marked the word “01” on the thumbnail, and ordered the bridge correspondent: “Notify the third, The boys of the 9th and 13th battalions rushed to the 01 area to carry out the deworming operation. By the way, they rescued and captured the human beings there. Whoever kills the most and who saves the most, I will give the first merit.

“Yes, sir!’

The communications officer, who had long been accustomed to his own Primarch’s command style, conveyed Ruth’s casual orders to the 3rd, 9th, and 13th Battalions without any hesitation.

at the same time.

Moored not far from the Totem Glory, in the bridge of the 13th Battalion’s flagship, the Beowulf

“First come, first served?” The second company commander standing beside the center console was a little stunned, but this is indeed the style of their primarch, and even the entire legion.

“Dad! Let’s have a good time!” Sarah Kerrigan was quite excited. She didn’t expect that she would be able to fight and kill the enemy as soon as she arrived in the parallel universe. She couldn’t wait.

As for the name “Dad”.

Decades have passed, and Sarah has completely regarded her adoptive father Genro Sigurd as her “father”.

“It’s time to kill.” Gen Luo agreed with his daughter’s point of view, twisting his neck, moving his joints and looking out of the porthole with one eye, and loudly ordered: “The whole battalion goes to the 01 area and fights well. Prepare!”

“Ouch!!!” Sarah and the company commanders shouted.

East-south of the space gate, about 900 kilometers away.

“The Bright Sun”

The stars directly illuminated the entire area, and also illuminated the endless sea of ​​insects.

I saw a military outpost built of silver metal, with a towering metal wall and high above the ground. It has been surrounded by layers of insects, and there is no hope of escape at all. Unless air support can be obtained, the soldiers stationed in the outpost will not be able to escape. , only to be devoured by bugs, and then torn apart by bugs

Negative emotions such as despair, terror, and confusion shrouded the entire outpost.

“Da da da!” The gunshots rang out.

“Howl! Howl!” But the sound of gunfire was insignificant compared to the howls of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of bugs. However, the scene of a hundred soldiers firing in salvo was still shocking.

These soldiers, who belonged to the Earth Citizens Federation and seemed to be abandoned by the Federation, or were used as bait, wore dark gray and purple combat clothing, silver mechanical bones, and black armor on key parts of the body.

However, although the helmet mask can provide various real-time data, and can also provide shooting assistance with mechanical bones, the shape is quite similar to the old helmets used by humans in the main universe at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, which is somewhat nondescript.

In addition to these standard infantrymen, there are also many heavy soldiers who wear large mechanical skeletons, heavy artillery and large-caliber machine guns on their shoulders and arms, and carry ammunition boxes and shell boxes on their backs.

Overall, looking at the equipment of this group of abandoned soldiers, the federal government’s military equipment should be similar to Umbrella’s private army in 2010-2015, barely.

However, if the federal government has a population of trillions (one trillion), or even one capital (one thousand trillion), and this is the basic equipment of federal soldiers..

That strength is not bad, at least much stronger than the humans in Zero One Universe (The Matrix).

now.

On the edge of the outpost’s wall, a lieutenant wearing tactical glasses, Mediterranean hairstyle, with a firm and serious face, whose left forearm was replaced by a prosthetic limb emptied the magazine, and immediately withdrew from his position to change the ammunition.

When the lieutenant replaced the magazine and was about to continue walking forward, he looked around at the endless number of insects that could not be killed, making the already dignified expression even more gloomy, and then he turned to a handsome-looking man beside him. The rather young corporal shouted:

untie

“Brother Rui! Go and ask where our evacuation plane is?!”

“Yes, sir!’

Hearing that, the corporal named Rui Ge relied on the mechanical skeleton to jump directly off the metal fence nearly ten meters high and ran towards the communication room in the center of the outpost.

Not long after, in half a minute, the lieutenant heard a report from Rigo in his personal communication: “Sir! Fros still can’t get in touch with the fleet!”

“..” After receiving this answer, as an officer and a lieutenant with a good political “smell”, he naturally knew that he and his “Roughnecks” company had been used as bait by the top federal officials.

After all, the order he received was that the Whiskey Outpost had been harassed by a small number of bugs, and he and his men needed to come to support.

Moreover, the intelligence shows that the “L-03” planet they are on belongs to the yellow zone, in other words, there should be less than 200 million bugs.

However, when they came here, and learned from a major general who was hiding and living, they learned that this was a false distress signal released by the bug control communication officer. In addition, the situation in front of the mountain and the sea of ​​worms directly proved that the bug has a good reputation. of “intelligence”.

And they, after the high-level certification was completed, became a dispensable abandoned child. After all, to rescue them requires the mobilization of the fleet, the dispatch of bombers and other operations, which is much higher than the cost of sacrificing them. .

Damn, is human life worthless?!

“Lieutenant, look! Support is coming! It’s support!” Suddenly, a long-faced soldier pointed at the sky and shouted in excitement.

The lieutenant looked in the direction pointed by the soldier, and through the auxiliary vision provided by the tactical glasses, he really found the overwhelming flight formation, but…

Not a federal model.