lcionline Chapter 207: Storm is Coming, Green-skinned Sea of Beasts
Chapter 207: Storm is Coming, Green-skinned Sea of Beasts
"There are still six hours of preparation time, and the orc army is approaching the meteorite belt." Think Tank Zakli said, touching his temple with his right hand.
At this time, the troops were still gathering. The old, weak and sick in the city were immediately taken away by mechanized troops. A large number of human soldiers and gene stealers entered the city.
Chief Bag was ready to lose the city and let the orc army see what true loyalty was.
On the nest tower, the captains of the roving merchants who came in response to the order were standing in twos and threes and discussing the situation with each other. They had no idea why Governor Darwin had called them there.
But when he saw that the entire hive city’s population was taking action, he couldn’t help but feel suspicious.
When they saw Governor Darwin appear, they immediately stepped forward and asked:
"Governor Darwin, what happened on Noshimo? Why is the dock blocked?"
"Governor, my documents are complete. You cannot block my ships at will."
"I have to deliver goods to three star systems for a week. Those nobles are dying to have my skin peeled off, Governor!"
Darwin had a blank expression on his face. His cold eyes swept over all the wandering merchants and he said:
"We have received reliable information that a large fleet of orcs will launch an attack on the planet Noshimo. Your ships are very useful, so you will stay and fight against the enemy together."
Before he finished speaking, the seven or eight traveling merchants began to howl.
"You can't do this. Our right to freedom is granted by the sacred Space Chamber of Commerce. You, a mere planetary governor, have no right to interfere with our freedom!"
"Damn bastard, you want us to deal with the orc fleet, why don't you go yourself!"
"Oh!"
Darwin pounded the armrest and stood up abruptly, pointing at the man who had just spoken and started to curse:
"Damn you egoist! I am certainly ready to die a heroic death.
I have been dealing with beasts like you for more than ten years. How can I not know what kind of people you are? "
Seeing that the situation was not right, the captains simply tore their faces and shouted:
"Our duty is to protect the Chamber of Commerce's assets. This is a decree agreed to by the Supreme Council. We have backup copies of this decree on our ships. You can't blockade us!"
Darwin's eyes seemed to be spitting fire. He slowly walked up to the captain and said word by word:
"It is indeed your responsibility to protect the property, and it is the power of the Chamber of Commerce to issue this decree. But as long as you live under the protection of the Emperor!
You should protect the dignity of the Emperor! Protect the Emperor's property! I think you are plotting a rebellion, arrest them all!"
"Let's see who dares!"
During the dispute, the captain of the opposing ship pulled out his laser pistol and pointed it at Governor Darwin, shouting at the soldiers who were approaching.
At this moment Lin Heng suddenly got a little angry. Damn it, you captains are not as loyal as this fucking bug. If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off.
He wanted to take action immediately and could use any psychic skill to save Darwin, but Zachley stopped him.
"It's parasitized. If you help it, you're helping the alien."
Lin Heng was immediately annoyed, thinking that a Space Marine is still a Space Marine, and once he has made up his mind about something, he will not negotiate with anyone.
Just when the situation was at a stalemate, Darwin took advantage of the captain's inattention, opened his mouth and spit out his thorny tongue, which pierced directly into the opponent's shoulder.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
The injured captain fell to the ground with a plop, and his pistol was thrown far away.
Lin Heng was immediately startled, and the other captains were also frightened and trembled, howling "Monster, monster" and were immediately pinned to the ground by the soldiers.
Then, Chief Bag walked out of the secret room and activated his psychic power amid the captains' terrified howls.
The will of the hive was like a spiritual shadow. After it passed by, the captains lay quietly on the ground as if they were idiots.
“Send people to their ships, sail them over the hive, and place all the transport planes inside the hive.
Darwin, God's gift is wasted on them. We are not the Zerg that act on instinct. "Bag said.
Darwin retracted his tongue, and the blood at the corner of his mouth seemed to remind Lin Heng and the others that they were still terrifying predators.
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"The Orc fleet has passed through the asteroid belt, and a large number of Orc transport planes have detached from the ships and are preparing to land."
Another two hours later, Zachley said, his finger on his temple.
At this time, news also arrived about the space stations and docks in low-Earth orbit. Hundreds of large and small ships were flying towards the star Noshimo. To this, Chief Bagge only responded with one sentence.
"Attack!"
The artillery on the orbital position rumbled, and the purple Genestealers and the humans who believed in the God-Emperor jointly operated a cannon.
There is no discrimination, no prejudice, only resentment towards the orcs.
They each performed their duties fearlessly, and when they saw the muzzle light come on in the darkness, they immediately turned the muzzle, aimed and fired.
A finely crafted high-explosive shell about the size of a human leg was immediately fired. It shot from the brightness into the darkness, roaring like the Nostromos at the increasingly numerous fleets.
"Damn alien!"
"For the Four-Armed God Emperor!"
In an instant, the dark space was lit up, and the hundreds and thousands of pieced-together cannons on the orc ships flashed brightly, spraying crudely welded shells across the darkness.
Although it is the symbol of the Astra Militarum, the defensive firepower network is basically the same.
One was protecting the light, and the other was determined to destroy it. The two shells of different sizes collided squarely with each other.
The burst of fire was fleeting, but all the soldiers could clearly see that it was the light of death.
The explosion of the shells was silent, but the angry roars of both sides were deafening.
The war was on the verge of breaking out. The three to five kilometer long merchant ships that had been forcibly requisitioned turned their cannons and fired torpedoes to attack the aliens.
Although the merchant ships have various types of artillery, their quantity and quality are not as good as those of the orc warships, not even a frigate can match them.
As soon as the orcs' transport ships saw the merchant ships engulfed in artillery fire, they rushed towards them like moths to a flame.
The orcs on the ship made muffled sounds and condensed a substantial waaagh energy shield to block the artillery on the orbital position. Pull the trigger and the hedgehog-like muzzles on the ship will offer their return gift.
Although the shells exploded suddenly on the light blue void shield, they were lucky enough to ride on the ship and pass through the void shield, launching the orcs' favorite boarding move towards the deck of the merchant ship.
"Give me the whole big bang! waaagh!"
"BOOM!"
The ram in front of the transport ship tore open the armor in the weak area of the merchant ship, and as the impact pressure built up, the installed high explosives exploded instantly.
The dazzling fire suddenly disappeared, and a big hole was torn in the port side armor of the merchant ship, and of course the orcs on the ship also died.
They were so impatient that they rushed forward without waiting for the slow-speed torpedoes to blast open the outer armor. Although this behavior of breaking armor with one's own flesh was not encouraged by the orc boss, it was highly praised among this group of orcs.
Although both sides had energy shields to resist, the slow torpedoes were not affected and no one could detect them in the shadows. By the time they were discovered, it was too late to shoot them.
"BOOM!"
Densely packed ships were scattered in the rain of bullets, and the exploding ammunition everywhere was like shining raindrops, becoming even brighter against the backdrop of the night.
Lin Heng on the nest tower looked at the starry night sky and thought that the large fleet of ships would soon bypass the orbital positions and launch an attack on the nest city world.
"The battles we encounter are getting bigger and bigger. Zakli Think Tank, what was the biggest battle you have fought?" Lin Heng said as he looked at the increasing number of stars.
"It's similar to this, but we're fighting the Chaos side, the Chaos Space Marines who are rebelling against the Empire.
We call that battle the Battle of Sundering, in which one third of our brothers were slaughtered, and we only managed to escape after losing two frigates.
The captain's ship risked its life to break through, attracting most of the firepower, and the Flame of Glory managed to escape, but the chapter was dispersed. "
Zachli looked at the flames all over the sky and clenched his fists.
Such a battle was a natural disaster. A battle barge could certainly charge into it, but the result would only be collapse and death.
In less than twenty minutes, flaming debris fell from the sky, including not only damaged merchant ships, but also destroyed orbital positions and broken shell fragments.
The darkness was ignited by it, making the entire sky look like a fire meteor shower. The whole scene was like the end of the world, symbolizing that the planet was about to be destroyed.
Most of the metal fragments burned up in the atmosphere, but the surviving metal fragments hit the surface of the planet like meteors, which is fatal to anything.
"Activate the city void shield!"
As Chief Bag's command sounded, a layer of void shield covering an urban area of more than 200 square kilometers instantly lit up.
Those fragments, ranging from the size of a fist to a dozen meters in size, smashed onto the top of the shield with a "bang", and the splashing flames once covered the sky above.
The anti-aircraft firepower network constantly destroys large metal objects to prevent them from consuming too much energy from the void shield.
On the outskirts of the city where there was no void shield protection, a large number of farms were destroyed in an instant, and all the large equipment that could not be dismantled in time was hit by the debris, and the houses were collapsed. It was truly a natural disaster.
"All ships retreat immediately! Large merchant ships retreat to the vicinity of Kairu City, and small landing craft harass the orcs that have landed!"
Chief Bag's order meant that the near-Earth orbit position on the planet Noshimo was abandoned. Although everyone knew that this was a matter of time, they did not expect it to happen so soon.
"Damn alien! It's only been less than two hours. I thought it could last longer."
"It's already pretty good. After all, you didn't turn Noshimo into a fortress world. It's a pity that there is not only one force that doesn't want you to live and work in peace." Zachli said helplessly.