Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 169 Iron Warrior: Numb

As the two Astartes were forced into the storage compartment and unable to emerge, the ventilation ducts connected to it began releasing various nerve gases and corrosive vapors.

The Iron Warriors designed their warships entirely with the goal of trapping the enemy in their battle rhythm.

But now that I look at it!
The effect is really not bad!

Although the Iron Warriors have made extensive modifications to their warships, their shortcomings are also very obvious: they rely too heavily on highly automated equipment.

However, these automated systems usually have one drawback, which is... EMP!

While Tie Hui and his men were distracted, their own reconnaissance personnel were able to gather all the data on the warship.

As the holographic projection lit up, all the key compartments of the battleship, including the Capel, were marked on it.

For example, the engine room and the bridge.

Meanwhile, their own warships, which had already arrived, began to work together to disable the Void Shield of this Iron Warrior warship.

They had already discussed capturing these Iron Warriors alive on their way here. Judging from their appearance during the communication, these guys probably hadn't yet fallen into chaos. Their gene seeds should still be normal. However, whether they can ultimately be used still requires further investigation!

Moreover, the spaceship they were aboard was also from the Great Expedition era. The subsequent analysis of the keel's code suggests that the ship was on some kind of secret mission, accidentally lost its way in time within the subspace, and ended up more than 1 years in the future.

But to be honest, it's such a coincidence!
The cleverness made them all a little suspicious, wondering if this was a cunning scheme.

But none of that matters anymore...

With the Emperor watching over them, at worst, when they need to travel to different worlds later, the Emperor can give them all a full-body checkup.

They didn't bring many EMPs with them on this boarding trip, enough to only disable the automated weapons on the Steel Warrior warship for half a minute or a little over a minute.

High-intensity pulse weapons would be needed to completely destroy these devices.

He pulled out an EMP grenade, stuck it out over the wall, and threw it into the corridor. The automatic bomb gun arrays around the wall instantly went out of service the next second.

The thermal mines on the ground had not been completely cleared, but after seeing the effectiveness of the Emp grenades...

The elite armed mechs charged forward, their magnetic energy cannons delivering a burst of firepower to suppress the ambushers at the end of the corridor.

To prevent the team from being surrounded and ambushed by the enemy halfway through the corridor, since the corridor was only paralyzed for a little over half a minute.

The vanguard armed servants charged forward rapidly. The one at the front held an Astartes-specific boarding shield in both hands. On its back, a simple device constructed from nanoparticles served as tentacles, supporting two explosive guns that were fixedly aimed at the end of the passage ahead.

At the same time, the engine on its back was running at maximum power, making it almost as fast as the Astartes in this straight corridor.

Meanwhile, the elite armed servants following behind them even carried chainsaw swords that only Astartes could use.

Without exception, each of them had a bomb gun mounted on either side of their shoulders using a simple device.

Time was of the essence, so they could only take two explosive guns from the existing stock and install them. They then attached the triggers and used nanoparticles to create a mechanical recoil cancellation device.

It can definitely be used as a cannon!
Although the recoil slows down the firing speed compared to Astartes's, it can still launch a sneaky sniper attack. If the Vanguard Armed Servant can get close, even the battle-hardened Astartes could easily fall to the Golden Throne or the arms of the Chaos Gods if he's not careful.

At worst, we'll all perish together, since every servant has a thermal fuse installed!
They advanced rapidly, their bomb guns on their backs occasionally detonating the molten metal mines that were scanned out of the ground ahead.

This scene left Klepatch and the Steel Warriors, who were remotely controlling the scene from behind, completely dumbfounded.

When did the Cult of Mechanics start having such mech servants?
I am the false emperor!

Their strength is almost on par with Astartes, so what's the point of having them?
The Iron Warrior is "numb!"

Meanwhile, the rapidly advancing elite armed mechs were not only destroying the molten metal mines on the ground, but also the automatic bomb gun arrays on both sides and the top of the walls.

Meanwhile, in the middle of their ranks, the vanguard armed mechs, wielding magnetic energy cannons as heavy firepower units, kept their cannons pointed at the gaps in the ranks directly in front of them.

The control of these machine servants has now shifted from the Great Sage Yuramir to the machine priests in other Mechanicus factions.

Although control is somewhat reduced, at worst one person can control one machine.

Roar--

But then something unexpected happened. Just as the ordinary officers equipped with nanocores saw that most of the danger in the corridor had been eliminated, they followed closely behind.

But suddenly a creature's roar echoed down the corridor. The Astartes of the Black Sanctuary, who had fought aliens for years, all changed their expressions. In particular, Malcardo immediately pointed out the source of the roar.

"It's a trap they set up on the warship, a nest of gene-stealers! It seems these traitors knew about our knowledge of their warship and deliberately lured these gene-stealers to our location!" Malcado said, opening his communicator and addressing the troops about to land: "Make sure you carry neurotoxin smoke grenades and incinerators! Use the gene analyzer every 20 minutes to analyze the aliens' DNA and delineate high-risk areas!"

In the middle of the column of elite armed operatives advancing down the corridor, several gene stealers suddenly leaped out from the ventilation duct and pierced his brain and chest.

Even with their nanocores and nano-armor and shields, they still couldn't withstand the claws of the gene-stealers.

In an instant, the carnage caused by these gene stealers completely slaughtered and tore several servants in the middle of the Vanguard Armed Servant Squad to pieces.

However, they were quickly torn to shreds by the explosive guns on the backs of the mechs at the rear of the squad. Simultaneously, several elite armed mechs at the very back of the squad turned and swung their chainsaws, tearing them in half as well!
However, the number was definitely not that many; the remaining elite armed servants were under their control. The mechanical priests directly aimed their magnetic energy cannons at the ventilation ducts in the ceiling.

An orange beam of energy suddenly shot out, blasting the top of the warship into ruins. At the same time, deafening screams erupted from various creatures.

Upon seeing this, the scouts and armed mechs pointed their explosive guns straight upwards and began firing wildly. At the same time, they didn't forget to quickly advance and destroy the automatic explosive gun arrays around the walls and the thermal traps on the ground.

However, the presence of these gene stealers greatly hindered their progress.

Moreover, the Iron Warriors control the number and timing of these gene stealers released by using mechanical gates inside their warships.

Every time the Vanguard Armed Servant cleared a few meters of traps, a few Gene Stealers would occasionally jump out from not far behind them to harass their team.

The mechanical priests controlling the machines from the rear were somewhat flustered by this scene. They had never had any experience operating such mechanical servants.

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(End of this chapter)