Chapter 131: The Mechanicus' Sand Sea Carjacking
Chapter 131: The Mechanicus' Sand Sea Carjacking
"Subspace navigation is complete, Geller's position is stable, and the values of all equipment are accurate.
The Mechanical Eternity has now arrived at the Taiping Star Region, Taiping No. 3 Star Sector, and the Star Ai'er.
This planetary data is a small hive world, without any Imperial departments.
There are no obvious alien problems in the surrounding galaxies. The danger level is low. "
The planet information sounded in the ship, and Shoggoth frowned, thinking that the name of this planet was very familiar.
At that time, the Jose came in a hurry and arrived at this planet to take Lin Heng away. Unexpectedly, it returned here today.
"I don't know where Lin Heng is now. I don't know if he has arrived at Terra. His body..."
"Attention all members of the Order! Send an airship to make contact with low-Earth orbit, and the Mechanical Priests to find out the situation."
Just as Shugs was daydreaming, a sound came from the speakers again, interrupting his thoughts.
"what's going on?"
Coming to the observation window, Shoggoth saw that there were no ships docked in the huge low-Earth orbit, and even some of the docking equipment was closed. It looked like the entire low-Earth orbit was sealed.
The other crew members also looked puzzled when they saw this.
Seeing their airship flying towards the orbit, they began to discuss in low voices whether something bad had happened.
After all, Ai'er is located in a very remote star region with only one planetary governor, so anything can happen.
Shoggoth hurried to the cockpit, and the mechanical priest in charge of the contact also turned on the stereo projection and began to explain the situation in the low-Earth orbit.
"What happened? Why didn't I even see the fully-formed planetary defense force?" asked the captain of the Mechanical Eternity.
“Captain, there are only 85 soldiers left in the low-Earth orbit of El Star, responsible for equipment operation.
After talking to the soldiers, we learned that our target planet was experiencing a coup d'état at this time.
One of the Hive City Lords, Helton, conquered the other two Hive Worlds by gathering rebels and spreading cultists.
Planetary Governor Hodge summoned all the ships to launch a general attack on Hive No. 1. However, due to material problems, this attack was the last one. "The projection of the Mechanical Priest said.
The captain's body, which was more complicated than a Shoggoth, immediately made a "beeping" sound, and there was a constant sound of mechanical scratching from under the captain's uniform.
Senior pastors from various ships gradually arrived, and everyone began to discuss how to deal with the matter.
Some priests advocated helping the planetary governor to resolve the rebellion, so that they could obtain a large number of criminals and convert them into mining robot servants.
The other part expresses that the mining area is not around the hive city, so there is no need to come into contact with local forces.
"Is it just a local rebellion? Operator, what about the data from the planetary environment retrieval equipment?" said the captain.
The huge ship's auspicious instrument listed a lot of complicated data, and all the crew members looked at the electronic screen. The hundreds of planetary values kept jumping.
The speed is completely beyond the scope of what the human brain can remember and understand, and only senior personnel who have undergone brain modification can see it clearly.
Even Shoggoth couldn't keep up, and he regretted that his knowledge of transformation was weak and he couldn't learn more advanced techniques.
But fortunately, Shugs still found something confusing among those dazzling data.
"Operator zooms in on the planetary map, focusing on areas where reality is weak!"
The captain's shouting made Shoggoth more certain of what he was thinking. El was indeed experiencing a rebellion, but the content of the rebellion was not the most common coup.
Instead, it is an evil change that tears apart the real world and wants to bring the terrifying subspace into the world!
The members of each order realized that they seemed to be involved in a rather disturbing truth. Apart from the ticking of various instruments, there was no sound around.
"Notify the Inquisition! Immediately launch orbital bombardment of Hive Worlds Two and Three, leaving Hive City One to the Inquisition.
All crew members are not allowed to leave the ship except for exploration missions. Turn on the Geller Field and maintain the life support field generator. Everyone is to mark all instruments and equipment, and immediately stabilize any organic soul unpleasant phenomena!
Every half hour, a team of five people chanted a prayer for each large piece of equipment. Everyone was always firm in their faith in the God of All Machines. The three of them checked each other! "
The captain gave the order and all personnel took action.
Shoggoth followed the crowd to his post, hoping that this group of brave planetary defense forces who launched a suicide attack had informed the Inquisition in advance.
The captain watched the crowd leave, and once again looked at the changing values. Then he said to the senior technical priest beside him:
“Send out all exploration vessels to screen the strata on El Star. If the usable level is less than 50%, withdraw them all.
I don't want any member of the order to be contaminated. We who believe in the God of All Things should ensure the purity of our faith."
The Shoggoth priests who received the order, together with other low-level Engine Prophets, boarded a spacecraft built by the Order specifically for exploration and left the ship with a huge gear skull logo.
Begin to fly towards the uninhabited desert of El Star.
...
In the endless sea of sand, where there was nothing but sand and the Gobi desert, a group of well-armed robbers were waiting for their prey.
The long suspended train was rolling up sand and dust as it headed towards their ambush site.
Four or five guards could be seen on each cargo box, operating a heavy machine gun with a running base welded to the roof of the carriage, scanning the dim yellow land that was nothing but sand.
The powerful firepower of their weapons made them not afraid of any looters coming. If they dared to drive the sand boat forward, they would surely die under the machine guns in their hands.
Unfortunately, the guards overestimated themselves and underestimated the enemy, because the raiders did not intend to charge forward foolishly.
Instead, he signaled his hidden companions and pressed the detonator of the explosives.
"BOOM!"
A loud bang sounded from the entrance of the canyon. Tens of thousands of tons of sand were shaken high into the sky, carrying the trapped train head with it.
The remaining carriages also tilted and flipped over, hitting the sand sea and forming a rare sand tsunami.
Following the roar of this earth-shattering noise, a robber appeared in the jagged Gobi Desert, holding his gun high in the air.
"boom!"
"Warriors! Charge!"
Fred roared, and then there was the sound of thousands of troops and horses, with hundreds of sand boats shooting out like sparks.
At this time, less than 20% or 30% of the guards were able to react. In addition, most of them had been blown away and rolled into the sea of sand, so the defense they could form was very weak.
The looters tore through the train's defenses with ease, and although the remaining guards still fought bravely, all they did was struggle in vain.
When Colan shot the last cultist, the just robbery was completed.
"Everyone, clean up the battlefield quickly! Try to leave within half an hour!" Fred said, looking at the burning front of the car.
Then he turned around and jumped off the carriage, and said to Colan who was walking over:
"This person is really outrageous. He disappeared for half a year without a word, and then appeared again without a word.
* Damn, if Lin Heng saw us robbing a car, who knows what a wonderful expression would appear on his face! Hahahaha."
Kaolan also smiled and nodded. The former guards had now become looters, but the goods they robbed were the supplies for the cultists.
This identity exchange was indeed somewhat unexpected, but everyone still believed in their hearts that they were outlaws who robbed the rich and helped the poor, not evil criminals who robbed and looted.
Just as everyone was happily collecting supplies, a mechanical-looking spaceship that they had never seen before came quietly towards the train.
Everyone felt something was wrong, and Fred immediately gave the order to use the train carriages as a defense line and set up guns.
But the imagined bombardment did not come. Instead, the spacecraft slowed down, hovered in the air and shouted to everyone.
"We are the instructors of the Mechanicus. We are already aware of the situation in this world. Please don't be nervous. We want to understand some of the circumstances."
Fred and the others heard it clearly, but no one knew what the Mechanicus was.
In the cabin of the exploration ship, several teachers of the order were also discussing what attitude they should have towards this group of people.
“The Eternal Life is bombarding Hive Cities 2 and 3, while Governor Hodge is leading the ships to Hive Cities 1.
By then, the already fragile ecosystem of El Star will collapse even further. They will have no way to survive."
Everyone nodded, and Shugus suggested:
"Then try to accept them. If you're lucky, you might be able to join the Skitarii at various levels. If you're unlucky, just transform them into servitors."
Everyone nodded in agreement and prepared to release the AC Servo Skull, but Shoggoth said that the other party might not be able to accept it, so in order to avoid shocking him, he would go there himself.
The Shoggoth, his entire body covered in his cassock, slowly descended to the ground under the gaze of more than two hundred pairs of eyes.
He stated his purpose, described the situation of the order, and clarified the collapse of the planet El.
Of course, everyone knew the situation in their homeland. When they heard that the empire had extended an olive branch to help them escape from this dire situation, their emotions naturally fluctuated greatly.
Fred and Colan were both considering whether to accept the other party's invitation. But thinking back to Lin Heng who was in the nest city, fighting against the real culprit behind this situation, they felt that it would be unkind to leave directly.
But they knew their own limitations and it was really unrealistic for them to think of fighting against the lords who occupied the three hive cities.
Then the two looked at each other and made up their minds. Fred walked directly to Shugus and said:
“I don’t have the authority to represent everyone, but there are 23 people I can make the decision for, if you feel the value is equal.
Please rescue our brother in Shangchao, his name is Lin Heng."
"Buzz!"
met free