As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

After accessing the optical observation, the fallen angels in charge of operating the detection array suddenly discovered that a Valkyrie had already arrived near the fortress and was now using the rockets and missiles carried on its wings to clear the various anti-aircraft firepower on the surface of the fortress.

Logically speaking, a single Valkyrie should not have caused much damage even if it could not be shot down. However, the Valkyrie's ammunition seemed to be inexhaustible. Under the wanton rain of bullets, several anti-aircraft artillery positions had been washed away and lost contact in the short period of contact.

What happened next was even more embarrassing. Since the simple radar installed by the Fallen Angels on the guard fort could not scan the Valkyrie, various missiles could not lock on to it, so it could only be intercepted by unguided anti-aircraft guns.

However, due to its bizarre maneuverability and speed, at such a close distance, although the Space Marines' reaction speed can keep up, the turning speed of the various turrets they have accumulated over the years does not support the word "hit" at all.

Although the fallen angels had done their best to develop an air defense system under extremely difficult material conditions, which was sufficient to deal with conventional enemy aircraft, who knew that they would encounter an enemy that was not within the conventional range when they used it for the first time?

If I had known this would happen, I would have saved the supplies to repair those power armors.

Amid such speechless emotions, in order to avoid further casualties, the Fallen Angels had to evacuate those artillery positions with relatively weak armor, which inevitably made the air defense network, which was already unable to intercept hundreds of fighter planes, even worse.

However, compared to these obvious threats, there are hundreds of small surprises that are silently approaching the alert fort at a very high speed and are completely unaware of this.

Chapter 218: Even the bowl was eaten up

However, the fallen angels are more concerned about the threat right in front of them than the hidden threat.

Missiles that require post-fire control, large-caliber artillery shells, the explosions of various live ammunition weapons and the rays of laser cannons intertwine together, weaving a magnificent and deadly fire network.

However, that figure was always moving through this hell of heat and shrapnel, and was extremely agile in getting out of each weak point, or using his own weapons to intercept those parts that were unavoidable.

Lasers intercepted artillery shells, rockets intercepted lasers, and with ultimate skill, this artistic dance on the tip of a knife continued, taunting the faces of every fallen angel who still held on to a relatively solid air defense position.

This series of amazing actions certainly not only had an impact on the enemy, but also greatly boosted the morale of friendly forces.

Especially the first few Thunder Hawk gunboats that relied on their armor and structure to withstand most of the anti-aircraft fire. Several pilots said that unless the machine spirit personally pulled the joystick, it would be basically impossible for ordinary people to fly the fighter planes to this level.

But the Machine Spirit himself piloting the plane? How could that be possible? The only reasonable explanation was... the gap between people was truly too great.

The one below is a complete monster, directly kicking all of these elite pilots into the category of "ordinary people".

Of course, despite the extremely shocking visual effect, the dense anti-aircraft firepower inevitably left damage on the fuselage. The excessively dense firepower meant that even the optimal solution had to suffer some damage.

If the momentum continued to accumulate like this, they might be able to destroy the Valkyrie, but the fleet approaching from above did not give them that much time.

As most of the anti-aircraft weapons had to turn to higher altitudes, the pressure faced by the Valkyrie was greatly reduced. Therefore, in order to ensure the sleep quality of the Fallen Angel anti-aircraft gunners, she began to leave her flight trajectory in the sky of the fortress more unscrupulously.

However, this mockery did not last long. As the fleet of aircraft approached further, the real show began to unfold.

In the distance, an inconspicuous black dot suddenly emerged from the terrifying storm surrounding the warning fort. After leaving the storm at an extremely fast speed, it quickly changed direction through the thrusters at the tail and above, and turned from flying in circles to flying straight towards the warning fort.

At first, the observers thought it was some kind of aircraft...but after a closer look.

Isn't this just firing a cannonball?

Why is there a person hanging on it?

Damn, Dark Angel?

The second, third, fourth...

Haha, something bad is happening.

As hundreds of large-caliber artillery shells and the Space Marines on board appeared one after another, and the aircraft group above began to rain down a large number of bombs, missiles, rockets, etc., the Fallen Angels gradually realized that the fort might not be easy to defend now.

The good news is that they no longer have to worry about Abaddon's arrival.

The bad news is, do we need to hold a meeting first to choose a location for the cemetery?

In the desperate resistance of the fallen angels, countless explosives finally came into contact with the ion shield.

Since the loss of fighter planes was much lower than expected, the ground firepower hitting the blue light at this moment was also much more than expected.

The shield that was strong enough to withstand tens of thousands of small and medium-caliber artillery shells was directly penetrated by more than ten thousand rockets, thousands of missiles and countless other aerial bombs launched by hundreds of fighter planes. The remaining ones even bombarded the outer wall of the fortress, creating terrifying tremors and dents.

Although these could be described as external injuries to the thick fortress armor, the fatal consequence was that the shield was overloaded, but the turbolaser cannons mounted on the backs of the eight Thunder Hawk gunships were not consumed by the shield.

These turbolaser cannons may look unfamiliar when taken individually, but if you bundle three of them together, won’t they look familiar?

That's right, it's the same large-caliber laser secondary gun that the Warlord Titan carries on its shoulders, except that the one on the Titan's shoulder is triple-barreled, while the Thunderhawk gunship only has a single-barreled one... Having said that, for non-Titan-level targets, the power of a single-barreled one is enough to be called terrifying.

Eight turbolaser cannons originally intended for redundancy were activated amidst the flickering brilliance. Eight huge beams of light, powerful enough to temporarily blind any mortal who looked directly at them, fell from the sky, focusing on one point like the judgment of doomsday.

The vaporization of ceramic steel and the splashing of countless metal droplets.

A gap was dug out in the thick outer wall where the impact occurred, through which red molten steel flowed. Even the strength of the surrounding structures was greatly reduced due to the extreme high temperature.

This directly led to the complete collapse of subsequent defenses.

When hundreds of shells whizzed towards the landing point where a gap had already been made, the explosion tore the gap into holes, and large quantities of ceramic steel that had become brittle and softened under high temperatures became part of the shrapnel.

Although the Fallen Angels certainly would not be foolish enough to try to guard the area around where the shells landed, this also allowed hundreds of Primaris Space Marines following behind the shells to enter unhindered.

Although the gap between ordinary Space Marines and Primaris Space Marines is not huge, it can be said to be obvious. If there is no certain gap in the number of people between the two, the outcome will basically be determined.

The number of Fallen Angels guarding the Fortress was less than two companies. They couldn't even handle the first batch of hundreds of Space Marines that rushed in, let alone the large number of elite troops that were airdropped later?

The remaining two hundred Space Marines filed out of the eight Thunderhawk gunships, and the Dreadnoughts carried in the extra space also rolled directly into the corridors.

Several Terminator squads, Imperial Fists, and two Dreadnoughts of the Dark Angels unleashed devastating damage in the street fighting, causing the Fallen Angels to suspect that someone had secretly done something sinister to attract so many enemies at once, and bring along so many veterans.

This also led to the situation that when Zhang Ge jumped off the plane with a group of mortal elites, all they were left with was a mess on the ground. Due to the special nature of the Fallen Angels, they didn't even leave behind any corpses. The various teams of the Dark Angels were specially equipped with incineration equipment, which was enough to turn the corpses, including the people and armor, into dust.

Zhang Ge, who had been expecting a fierce battle, was completely lost as he moved with Amelia and the guards through corridors and rooms dotted with only some charred marks. Even if he ran into a few Space Marines occasionally, they were all friendly forces. What he received was not the passionate collision of explosive bombs and his armor, but the recognition they cast through the eyepieces that penetrated deeply into his heart.

No, you guys, could you please leave some soup?

How come, just because I came a step late, not only was there no soup, but even the bowl was eaten up?

Chapter 219 "Lifesaver"

However, as he gradually went deeper into the fortress, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

It seemed that they had left him something. At least Zhang Ge hadn't seen any signs of fighting for a long distance on the road he was going deeper into. This probably also meant that no one had been here, which meant that there might be enemies hiding somewhere.

As for why no one had come before? Of course, it couldn't be that the Dark Angels had missed the spot. Zhang Ge suspected it was likely some kind of defensive mechanism within the fortress, such as an automatically operating holographic projection, that could separate stronger and weaker enemies, allowing the defenders to defeat them one by one. Of course, it was also possible that Zhang Ge had simply stumbled upon a place by mistake and entered the Fallen Angels' secret passage.

But this happy mood did not last long. When he reached the door of a secret room, Zhang Ge found traces of gunfire again, and there were quite a few of them, which looked extremely fierce.

No, that's not right.

Zhang Ge, who was about to be disappointed, soon realized that something was wrong. There were actually quite a few grenade shells left here, and the bullet marks did not correspond to the new Space Marine grenade guns... There was even a smell of blood?

Although the divination instrument still didn't scan anything, judging from the freshness of the blood, there were at least a lot of recently dead bodies, if not living wounded.

When he entered the secret room, what he saw matched his previous guess.

That's right, it was an internal fight among the Fallen Angels. There were seven or eight corpses of non-Primaris Space Marines lying randomly in various places in the secret room. Upon further observation, although it was impossible to distinguish their specific camps, judging from their positions, the direction of bullet holes and the orientation of the corpses, they should be roughly divided into two factions.

What kind of conflict is so big that it would escalate to the level of internal strife at this critical juncture?

Worse than death... most likely the disagreement is about whether or not to cast a mixed ball? Among the Fallen Angels, there are still many who firmly believe that a mixed ball is not acceptable.

During the further inspection, in addition to confirming that the bodies were dead, Zhang Ge unexpectedly found a secret room door hidden as part of the wall.

Of course, it wasn't that he was lucky enough to hit a switch or something, but rather that he walked around the wall with the divination device and found that its detection range could barely detect the hole behind the thick hidden door.

Fortunately, the one in Zhang Ge's hand seemed to have higher power. This hidden door should be designed to shield against the auspicious device. Zhang Ge's guards and even Amelia, whose power armor had built-in auspicious devices, were unable to detect the hidden passage behind the door.

How to open the door without a switch?

Ding ding, Amelia brand master key is out.

Of course, ordinary ceramic steel could not block her sword. An irregular gap more than two meters high - considering the thickness of the hidden door, it would be more appropriate to call it an irregular passage - was quickly opened with repeated sword swings.

Behind the gap is a deep and dark tunnel that leads to an unknown destination.

Lack of light, hidden spaces, unclear intelligence on the road ahead, and extremely dangerous enemies...

All these factors reminded Zhang Ge of the danger of this place. If it were in any game, the boss's exclusive background music would have been playing by now.

But why would he come here if it wasn't dangerous?

The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. Others may consider the cost-effectiveness between wind and waves and fish, but Zhang Ge came here purely for the wind and waves themselves. Of course, the bigger the waves, the better within a reasonable range.

Now it was a rare opportunity to run into the Dark Angels' little secret. Although judging from their attitude, theoretically they could call for Space Marines' support first, from a safety perspective, it was probably okay not to call - there was a reason for the danger ahead to be less dangerous than the Dark Angels' sudden change of heart.

In this situation, Zhang Ge could only reluctantly advance alone... If there was no danger, there would be no need to call for the Dark Angels.

Based on his previous experience, he vaguely felt that if he encountered any difficulties and called for support, the support would most likely come from the sky at the most critical moment, completely unlike the belated police in the movies.

With such thoughts in mind, Zhang Ge led the team deeper into the secret passage. However, what made him feel a little uneasy was that it seemed that the conflict outside continued all the way inside.

Besides seeing several piles of automatic turret ruins along the way, we also saw three or four bodies of fallen angels.

Finally, when he reached another room connected to the end of the secret passage, what came into Zhang Ge's sight was an extremely large instrument... No, just calling it an instrument is not intuitive enough.

It should be said that it is a huge castle composed of various lines, energy pipes, gears and metal structures.

However, when he got closer, Zhang Ge realized that his estimate was too conservative.

When we came to the metal corridor that surrounded it, we looked down and found that the upper part of this thing was just the tip of the iceberg. More structures went straight into the ground, with no bottom in sight.

Judging from its scale, this metal mountain itself is even larger than the warning fort above it... Or is it that this is actually the so-called "warning fort"?

Putting aside the object itself for the moment, what also caught Zhang Ge's attention were the two fallen angels that were located in a similar position.

One of them was located in a position similar to a control console, with numerous wounds on his body. However, judging from the fact that half of his head was missing, the real fatal wounds were probably the explosive shells that penetrated through the weak points of his helmet.

The other one was lying on the railing not far behind the former, looking seriously injured. Even with the Space Marine's self-healing ability, it could only maintain his current condition and prevent the injury from worsening. He was unable to do more.

However, judging from the look he gave me when he turned his head, he should not only be alive, but also retain a certain degree of consciousness... Considering the injuries, should we say that he is worthy of being a Space Marine?

With Amelia, Zhang Ge walked up to the other person. After forcibly taking away the weapon he was still holding tightly in his hand, Zhang Ge asked:

"who are you?"

"Oh, mortal, is this how you treat your savior?"

"What do you mean?"

The fallen angel probably wanted to point at the corpse on the operating table, but his physical condition didn't allow it. He could only gesture with his eyes and then continued:

"He, having lost all reason and honor, intended to activate the device using the planet beneath his feet as coordinates... Had he succeeded, a small black hole would have quickly engulfed the entire planet, burying hundreds of billions of innocent people. However, that didn't happen—I was still a step ahead."

It tightened, Zhang Ge's grip on the gun handle tightened.

"You kid..."

Chapter 220 Singularity Generator

"Oh? Then should I give you a medal first?"

Zhang Ge, who had unknowingly missed a chance to die, clenched the gun handle in his hand several times, but finally gave up the tempting idea of ​​shooting the man to death in his emotion.

"I've had enough of that stuff. If you want to thank me in a practical way, then aim it at my eyepiece and shoot. At least I don't want to die from those... Humph, there's no point in telling you this."

I didn't expect this BYD to be so gentle. He spoke tough, but in fact, he even considered that touching upon the secret between the Dark Angels and the Fallen Angels would implicate Zhang Ge, so he didn't say what he wanted to say.

How did such a person become a fallen angel?

However, Zhang Ge did not intend to do as the other party wished. He was not a dark angel, and keeping this person might cause trouble, so why not keep him?

"If you can prove to me that this instrument can really produce a so-called 'small black hole,' then I will let you go."

"I've heard similar promises countless times, and endured similar betrayals countless times. Mortal, if you don't even have the courage to shoot, then get out of here."

Seeing that he didn't seem to want to continue talking, Zhang Ge didn't care. After asking a few people to watch him, he walked towards the operation panel.

Seeing this scene, the other party wanted to speak instead, and mocked:

"That device has strict permissions review. It's impossible for you to..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ge placed his hand on the operating table when a loud noise like rolling thunder rang out from the huge instrument. If someone had exposed their skin at this moment, they would have been able to directly feel a slight static electricity lingering behind the sound. That was the secondary effect caused by the activation of the energy array.

The surging energy flowed into the core of the machine from all directions, and countless gears and parts were awakened by the chirping of the gears and parts. The countless sounds converged and eventually formed a vague tone like a dull chant.

Unlike the vague tones heard by others, Zhang Ge, who was in it, really heard the sound...it could even be said to be an equipment manual and usage tutorial.

Simply put, this thing is indeed a singularity generator, but it is not a gravitational singularity, but a time singularity.

It is a time-traveling instrument from the Golden Age.