Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 88 Luck, Investigation (4K)

"Forced to leap out of subspace." The violent shaking reverberated throughout the entire ship. Some tenacious little aliens hiding in the nooks and crannies at the bottom of the ship were also shaken out by the tremors and began to run in groups towards the open space.

This scene startled the ordinary auxiliary soldiers who were blocking the various intersections, so they picked up their entrenching tools and began slapping the small aliens on the ground.

The next second, an even more violent tremor followed, and at the same time, the Star Speaker began to shout, "We have left the warp..."

But before he could finish speaking, the mortal officer began to report, "Sir, we are currently unable to pinpoint our location, and the existing Imperial star system map does not show our current position at all!"

"Can't you find it by comparing it to the Star Torch?" Tie Hui remembered that the Star Speaker had said that the Empire's Star Torch was shining even brighter here.

This means that the Emperor focused more of his attention on the Ghoul Starfield.

The mortal officer glanced at the Star Speaker standing on the high platform. The Star Speaker sensed his gaze, turned his head, and shook his head in the direction he was looking.

"My lord! It seems we've found a new star system!" The mortal officer said with a bitter expression, "We're already beyond the Empire's borders. And we're close enough to the planet. Due to the planet's gravity, these wrecked spaceships will likely have little chance of entering subspace again..." As he said this, the bitterness on his face deepened. "But the bad news is, because we're too close to the planet, these wrecked spaceships will probably crash onto the planet's surface in the future."

Tie Hui fell into deep thought, and now he had entered the real universe. He had arrived at the border of the Empire and entered a new star system.

Is this a conspiracy by Chaos? Or is it an arrangement by the Emperor? After all, the spaceship has remained silent until now.

As for why it was the Emperor's arrangement, it's because ever since he talked to the Emperor about that meeting, he felt that many things were happening very deliberately.

It's as if whatever he lacks will immediately appear before him. However, it's possible that due to the interference of chaos, he has to pay a price to obtain it!
But no matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn't figure it out, so I had to put the matter aside for the time being.

As the bridge armor plates slowly opened, everyone could see the wrecked spaceship that almost completely covered the bridge.

From their perspective, everyone had to look up at the bizarre sight of the enormous pile of garbage, which blotted out the sky and filled their entire field of vision, like a meteorite falling from the heavens, making many feel a sense of oppression.

This strange feeling—that the place where one is standing is land, but the view above one's head is even more like land—caused many ordinary people to fall down on the deck, their spatial senses becoming somewhat confused at this moment.

"Everyone assemble! Prepare to go in and take a look!" Tie Hui gave the order; they had no choice but to go in. The ships were now completely fused with this junkyard and couldn't be separated.

If this wrecked spaceship suddenly goes haywire and re-enters the subspace, who knows what awaits them? However, judging from the situation, they probably won't be able to enter the subspace anytime soon, given how close this massive wrecked spaceship is to a planet in this star system. Under its gravity, there's probably a 70% or higher chance it will crash on that planet within a few years.

However, just in case, they still need to be prepared. If things really don't go as planned, then they'll all have no choice but to abandon their current Cobra-class destroyer.

Fortunately, they've now arrived in a star system and aren't far from a planet. If they're lucky, a crash landing on that planet might only result in half of them dying.

"Mobilize all firepower and fire at full speed! Don't stop attacking! First, clear a landing site for us!" Tie Hui gave another order before leaving. To be honest, facing such a large piece of space debris, he didn't dare to venture too deep. He could only pray for good luck and find a key part to allow this huge lump of space junk to decompose on its own.

If that really doesn't work, then we'll have to keep bombarding with side-mounted fire.

The shortest distance between a ship and a space wreck is only a little over 300 meters. It is even possible to simply stand on the surface of the ship and leap lightly towards the space wreck, and with good aim, land on top of it with ease.

While convenient, this method is not suitable for large-scale landings. The Astartes, on the other hand, employed a jump landing approach.

The ordinary people transported the goods back and forth little by little, like ants.

After landing, and following a brief discussion, they formed a rudimentary defensive line and began exploring. Each of them was now equipped with a chainsaw sword or power sword, and they were no longer using standard-issue bombs.

Now, almost half of the ammunition carried by most of their brothers is revenge rounds.

This is a type of highly lethal molten ammunition specifically designed to target rebellious Space Marines.

Its warhead, equipped with thermal melting technology, can easily melt through the surface armor of heavily armored enemies, reaching the target's interior and killing it.

Meanwhile, the brothers who were leading the way ahead, led by Tie Hui, had all switched from explosive shells to revenge shells. Each of them held a boarding shield and carefully explored the area ahead.

The middle group of brothers, led by Tilt, were equipped with plasma pistols and heavy explosive pistols. They were used for heavy firepower support and suppression.

Meanwhile, the brothers in the rear were mostly armed with Kraken-type armor-piercing rounds. These rounds, with their extremely long range and powerful armor-piercing capabilities, allowed them to serve as fixed-point snipers targeting high-value targets from the rear.

Although they don't have sniper rifles yet!
The remaining brothers surrounded them, holding boarding shields. They almost formed a circular fortress.

In addition, over 6000 mortal auxiliary troops, under Tilt's guidance, constructed a relatively sturdy defensive line at the landing site using the surrounding debris. This was then handed over to Commander Afus, who was now almost entirely encased in his Saint Mech, standing a towering six meters tall. Although equipped with considerable firepower, his outer armor was surprisingly thin.

Once the void shield on its body breaks, as long as the firepower is sufficient, even ordinary standard bombs can shatter it into pieces.

Although they promptly replaced the armor with terracotta armor, it didn't make much of a difference. Moreover, just in case, they added heavy terracotta shields to the front and the shield generator area, mimicking the boarding shield.

This also led to a decrease in its flexibility, but fortunately, its firepower made up for this shortcoming.

The 150 selected recruits then continued their exploration into the interior.

These selected recruits now have a new mission: to bravely survive this expedition!

“Don’t go too deep! According to previous intelligence, gene stealers, or some warp creatures, are hiding in many nooks and crannies here!” Tie Hui carefully searched his memory for information about the wrecked spaceship. He didn’t want the team to go too far in; it wouldn’t be fun if they were surrounded by some warp creatures or cunning individuals.

At the same time, he was also a bit greedy. After all, the appearance of a space wreck meant that risks and opportunities coexisted. If they were incredibly lucky, they might even find a Golden Age STC template or even an entire shipwreck inside.

Then they made a fortune!
If this thing were given to the Mechanicus in exchange, it would be more than enough to arm an Astartes "Legion".

Given this nature, he could now be described as taking a risk.

"Establish a defensive line on the spot, and first check all the narrow passages around here. Set up booby traps!" After going about a kilometer deeper, everyone stopped and looked at the several forks in the road blocked by various pieces of garbage.

According to the display inside the helmet, there is air here. There are likely some creatures living here. We must be vigilant and prepare in advance to avoid being surrounded!
The ordinary people were the first to step out of the battle line, turn on their flashlights, and begin to carefully explore the various narrow passages around them.

The Astartes remained in place, but their lines were expanded. All gun barrels were aimed at corners where enemies might appear.

Tie Hui walked alone out of the defensive line and came to the blocked fork in the road. After turning on the lights, he discovered that most of the debris blocking the road was armor fragments. There were terracotta armor pieces and warship armor pieces. He couldn't recognize the warship armor fragments, but the terracotta armor fragments definitely came from an Astartes.

It seems a battle took place on this wrecked ship. Looking up at the surrounding debris, the fight must have been quite significant.

"Everyone on alert!" After gathering intelligence on the surrounding area, the alert order was reiterated to everyone via communications.

Upon hearing this news, ordinary people also hurriedly began to make preparations, even changing their battle formations to three people per group, with one person making arrangements and two people responsible for guarding.

This is also one of the tactics that Tie Hui and his team learned in the Rim of the Pacific. Although the three-on-three formation is always effective, in such narrow passages, without the support of heavy firepower, they can easily be wiped out by a single armor-piercing shell.

However, there were two servo skulls around them, patrolling and scanning the terrain to guard against any enemies that might appear.

Tie Hui pressed down hard on the trash blocking his way, then put away his gun, took two steps back, and suddenly kicked out.

Immediately afterwards, a series of clanging sounds rang out, the intermittent clanging of various metal pieces echoing in the empty corridor.

"Break it open!" Seeing that his kick alone had such an effect, Tie Hui turned around and gave the order to his brothers in the rear lines.

An Astartes dressed as an Unyielding Terminator stepped out and, like a charging bull, slammed his shoulder into the pile of trash.

With a loud bang, he crashed through the garbage heap and disappeared into the dust and smoke.

"Frankie!" Tie Hui, carrying a bomb gun, followed closely behind through the cave entrance, watching Frankie getting up from the ground ahead.

"Commander, I'm fine!" He stood up and pumped his fist to show he was alright. Tie Hui nodded, but his gaze was fixed on the insignia on his shoulder armor.

This Terminator was a gift from the Death Ghost Legion, and they temporarily modified it by spraying their own logo and paint over it.

But unexpectedly, the paint started to peel off under this ordinary collision.

Tie Hui nodded and called to the remaining brothers to continue widening the cave entrance. He also told the remaining mortals to come over and set up active-trigger booby traps at the entrance.

The demolition work began quickly, and the surroundings were instantly filled with smoke, but everyone remained on alert.

Bang!

The sound of laser guns firing rang out instantly in the distance, followed by the sound of more laser guns firing.

Astartes, who was keeping watch in that direction, pulled the trigger on the figure that was faintly visible in the darkness.

The firepower swept out instantly, followed by a series of sounds like the hissing of pythons echoing through the darkness.

"Genestealers! All perimeter teams, hold your positions. Heavy firepower, turn around and provide suppressive fire!" Tie Hui and his team had already identified the newcomers by their voices alone. It seemed that genestealers were already a permanent resident species on this space wreck.

As soon as he gave the order, several Astartes in the middle of the formation, armed with heavy explosive muskets, turned their guns around.

Boom boom boom——

Two heavy grenades roared into action, their muzzles spitting out deadly bullets. The mortal auxiliary troops who had first noticed the problem were now clearing their attack routes and retreating back into the lines in shifts.

The terrifying firepower of the heavy explosive grenades instantly suppressed the gene stealers in the darkness, preventing them from advancing an inch.

"Watch out for the surrounding corners, to prevent gene stealers from taking a detour and launching a surprise attack! Especially above us!" Tie Hui recalled the various bizarre ambushes and encounters from the past. He had no choice but to warn everyone to be vigilant against attacks from their surroundings and overhead.

The mortal auxiliary soldiers turned on the flashlights hanging from their laser guns, aiming at the sky and their surroundings.

"Looks like purebred thieves. I think the others have been devoured by them. After all, they've been wandering in the warp for so long without any food. Their biological instincts would drive them to cannibalism!" Valls said as he walked over after taking down the last thief that was charging at him with his explosive pistol.

"Let's hope so! We're lucky right now. If all the dangers of this pile of space wreckage are cleared away, our initial development speed will increase exponentially." Tie Hui hoped for this in his heart. But he was afraid that among this group of cunning people, there might be a psionic cunning person like the Nest Leader.

Because if there are such cunning individuals, it means that there are at least 100,000 cunning individuals on this abandoned spaceship.

The procession continued its steady advance, with ordinary people following behind to inspect the chicken thieves who hadn't been completely killed.

"Sir, you'd better come and take a look!" Suddenly, a mortal called out to them as they were about to advance through the public communication channel.

The group stopped and turned to look, only to see a mortal standing in the distance behind them, waving at them.

Tie Hui walked over and saw the mortal point to a crack in the wall. "My lord! The bird spectrometer just detected life activity on the other side of the wall, but it has now disappeared!"

Tie Hui was taken aback. When he passed by, he had not detected any signs of life in the area.

But listening to the mortal's words, he still stepped forward and touched the wall made of garbage. Then something abruptly blocked his fingers.

Fragments of the power sword!

"Use molten metal bombs to blast this place open!" Tie Hui pressed his hand down and then shouted loudly to the rear. Several ordinary people quickly pulled out molten metal bombs from their waists, measured the location, and placed them at the detonation point on one of the walls.

The next second, a deafening roar resounded, and a huge gap appeared in the wall. The wall swayed precariously, and within seconds it crashed backward, billowing smoke that obscured everyone's view.

"careful!"

Boom!

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(End of this chapter)