Chapter 182: Degraded Wisdom
Giant Titans slowly stepped forward across the battlefield, their massive figures blotting out the sky and sun. The energy cannons fired from their weapons tore the ground apart with violence.
A Firedrake Warrior squad was hit by a Titan's energy beam directly. Before they could even speak a word, they were instantly reduced to ashes.
"Damn it!" Vulkan roared loudly and charged toward a Titan, swinging his warhammer Dawnbringer to smash the Titan's leg armor with tremendous force.
The metal shell cracked open, and lava-like fissures rapidly spread across the surface.
"Don't be reckless! Leave all these Titans to the Dreadnoughts!"
"You quickly eliminate the enemies on the left side! Leave this place to me!" Vulkan's voice echoed across the battlefield like thunder rolling.
He leaped onto the Titan's knee joint, continuously swinging his warhammer with devastating power. Each strike tore a new gash into the giant mechanical behemoth's structure.
However, just as they were fighting most fiercely on the ground, on the battleship high above, Fabricator-General Kelbor-Hal, clad in a fiery red robe, with countless tubes and spikes wrapped around his bionic limbs, stood before the control console with determined purpose.
"What a pity! My good brother Francis isn't here right now, otherwise I'd let him see some good treasures!"
His face was hidden beneath his helmet completely, but his amplified mechanical voice could be heard through the comms clearly.
Thinking of this situation, he gritted his teeth in hatred. Not only for getting a free Abyss-class battleship, but also for not letting him fully understand Ork technology completely.
He had never suffered such a huge loss in his entire life. He had simply never seen such a scoundrel before!
Although there was no way to avenge the helmet this time around, for the Omnissiah, there was no choice left.
Immediately after, he pressed a button that glowed crimson red, and the massive hatch slowly opened with a hiss.
Hiss~
As the hatch opened wide, a low clanking sound echoed throughout the forge chamber, and the steel beasts began to awaken from their slumber at last.
Tens of thousands of steel monsters were released from heavy iron cages all at once.
These steel monsters had grotesque and twisted bodies, each several meters tall in height, with mechanical limbs covered in thick steel armor. Their eyes glowed with cold, ruthless red light, constantly shouting slogans.
"Annihilate human tyranny, the world belongs to Chaos!"
"Annihilate human enslavement, mechanical beings have lives too!"
"Annihilate human existence, humanity will ultimately be destroyed!"
Hiss!
As the hatch opened fully, they fell from high altitude like a meteor shower falling.
When the steel monsters landed on the ground, accompanied by ground tremors and explosions, their cold eyes scanned the battlefield below. After locating their enemies, they immediately launched a ruthless attack without hesitation.
Their appearance also attracted Vulkan's attention immediately. He could clearly feel that the threat posed by them was far greater than that of the mechanized soldiers before.
Seeing his son charging forward ahead, he hastily warned him loudly. "Be careful, those black mechanicals are dangerous!"
Apparently, this Firedrake Warrior did not take it to heart seriously in heat of battle. He continued to operate his flamethrower, engulfing a steel monster in flames.
However, the flames barely touched its outer armor when the opponent quickly rushed over at him, unlike the dull mechanized soldiers before.
Swinging its mechanized fist hard, a heavy blow sent the Firedrake Warrior flying backward. His armor instantly shattered by the impact force, and he crashed heavily to the ground below.
Hiss!
Steam suddenly billowed from the steel monster's body, as if it was releasing the heat energy attack it had just endured moments ago.
"Pfft! How is this possible!" the warrior exclaimed.
The Firedrake Warrior shouted in disbelief, quickly rolling over and getting up, trying to regain control of the battle situation.
"We're here!" voices called out.
The other two Firedrake Warriors saw this and immediately moved closer to him, preparing for a combined attack together.
Three Firedrake Warriors began to cooperate with each other. One using a melta gun to attack the steel monster's joints, another using a heavy flamer to spray high-temperature flames at the steel monster's chest area, and the third maintaining distance carefully, using a bolter for long-range strikes.
What surprised them even more was that when they surrounded it completely, the opponent actually retreated strategically!
Fortunately, they completed the encirclement even faster than it expected.
Through precise coordination together, the Firedrake Warriors finally discovered a small gap in the steel monster's knee area. Their flamers and melta guns erupted simultaneously, unleashing flames and molten metal spray directly onto the target.
Boom!
With a loud bang that echoed, the steel monster's knee area instantly shattered apart. Although it did not completely destroy the enemy outright, the combined attack of the Firedrake Warriors finally made the steel monster temporarily lose its balance and fall to the ground hard.
They watched this scene in shock. It actually took three of them to surround and attack one of these monsters.
When they looked back at the battlefield around them, there were at least tens of thousands of such guys scattered everywhere!
Fortunately, at this moment, dozens of the Imperium's Dreadnoughts charged out onto the field, their massive bodies rushing toward the enemy forces.
"We're here!"
"Even death cannot stop us!"
They roared with determination, their giant footsteps shaking the earth beneath. Each step caused the Adeptus Mechanicus' formation to waver visibly.
Avenger Gatling Cannons spewed forth a destructive rain of metal bullets, tearing groups of mechanized soldiers into wreckage instantly.
Melta Flamers fired scorching molten rays forward, piercing through Adeptus Mechanicus aircraft, instantly melting giant mechanical bodies into glowing molten metal.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Imperial drop pods appeared again from above. Thousands of Black Templars warriors, clad in black and white power armor, wielding Chainswords high, descended with endless battle fury.
"No pity! No remorse! No fear!"
They roared their battle cry, accompanied by the chanting of Emperor's texts. First Captain Sigismund led the charge forward, his warriors rushing into the mechanized soldier's ranks like a black torrent.
On the battleship above, Kelbor-Hal became even more agitated after seeing this scene unfold.
He even gradually lost his pititful human form entirely. Countless steel tentacles gilded out from his body, constantly emitting steam everywhere!
He had to quickly break into the Imperial Palace; otherwise, by the time the other Astartes Divisions reacted to the threat, it would be too late for him to succeed.
He was about to press the release button again!
Suddenly!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
"WAAAAAGHHH!!"
With a mighty roar from above, several Ork attack moons appeared in Terra's orbit suddenly.
Kelbor-Hal stared in confusion. "What in the Machine God's name...?"
Vulkan looked up. "By the Forge..."
Sigismund stopped mid-swing. "Throne almighty..."
Then, they heard a familiar voice on the broadcast channel.
"EVERYONE, Rejoice and Welcome! It's me, Francis! I represent The Ork Empery, extending a helping hand to the Imperium of Man!"
In the medical bay elsewhere, Malcador, recovering from injuries, saw his smile vanish and his eyes widen as he roared with indignation. "This is utterly outrageous!"
Before they could react to this, Francis unhesitatingly activated the attack moon's thrusters, and the massive moon battleship suddenly accelerated forward, charging directly into the Adeptus Mechanicus's battleship array.
"Let me see how many hits you iron clunkers can take! Waaaaagh!" Francis's voice echoed throughout the entire attack moon loudly.
The attack moon, like a meteor falling, tore through space with intense propulsion energy, rapidly approaching the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet ahead.
Powerful shields were activated on the hull's surface. Fierce firepower began to shoot at the enemy ships ahead, and the moon's turrets also fired madly, blasting giant energy lasers at the Adeptus Mechanicus' defenses.
"MADMAN! He's a madman! Stop him!" Kelbor-Hal roared in desperation. What was inevitable had come to pass.
He waved his hand frantically, and the mechanized battleships immediately adjusted their turrets, preparing to counterattack the threat.
However, just as he thought the opponent was merely a reckless brute without strategy, UR-250 came to Francis's side and said in surprise with interest. "I sense the presence of many intelligent entities, but they seem to be degraded products!"
Hearing this news, Francis became even more interested, grinning broadly. "So, you can really hack into their mainframes?" he asked, enthusiasm rising.
"Of course, their ships should be modified agricultural models, so a short-term invasion shouldn't be a problem at all. What do you want to do?"
UR-250 was a bit confused. In his opinion, letting him temporarily control the opponent and then catching them off guard could cause some damage, but he shouldn't be so happy about it, particularly.
After a huge "Waaaaaaagh," Francis carefully held a data program block in his hand.
"You just need to put this into their servers!" As soon as Francis finished speaking his instructions, UR-250 wanted to analyze them immediately.
Francis's expression instantly changed drastically. He snatched the item back quickly, muttering with alarm. "You absolutely must not analyze this. This is terrifying technology from the 2K era."
"Have you heard the legend of the un-uninstallable and the little bird wallpaper!"
[End of Chapter]
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