Warhammer: The Time Traveler

Chapter 251 Complete Destruction (Third Update)
The interior of the Arasaka Tower is complex and the passageways are relatively narrow, but this did not stop the Knight Mechs from advancing.

For these steel giants that are nearly ten meters tall, the so-called "narrowness" is only a relative concept.

They forced their way through the corridors, crashed through non-load-bearing walls, and advanced towards the core data storage center located in the middle of the building, following the shortest path scanned from within.

Resistance along the way became sporadic and desperate.

The company's elite security forces used cover to block the attack, but against the Knight Mechs, their cover was as flimsy as paper, and their weapons could not even scratch the armor.

Margaret and Maria didn't even linger. Relying solely on the precise shots from their mechs and the deflection of their own shields, they crushed their way through, leaving behind a scene of devastation and charred remains.

Soon, they arrived at an unusually heavy alloy door that flashed with multiple encrypted cursors.

The door was clearly marked with Arasaka's emblem and the words "Core Data Storage Area - Unauthorized Entry Prohibited".

Behind the door was the target Chen Yu specifically designated to be completely destroyed: a data backup center suspected to be related to the "Soul Killer" technology.

“This is it,” Maria confirmed, as the Punisher’s sensors detected a massive energy reaction and a dense stream of data coming from behind the door.

“Destroy it,” Margaret said succinctly.

“Let me do it!” Maria’s “Punisher” stepped back slightly, giving the explosive cannons a good angle to fire.

However, before she could fire, a mechanical hum suddenly came from inside the heavy alloy door, and a strange red light appeared in the center of the door.

"High energy detected! Something's behind the door!" Margaret warned immediately.

Before the words were even finished, the alloy door suddenly burst open inward! Amidst the flying debris, a massive, imposing figure burst out from behind the door, landing heavily on the ground, causing the entire passageway to tremble.

It was not a mechanical creation, but a giant encased in an extremely modified cybernetic body.

He was more imposing than any other "Onimusha" power armor, his entire body covered in thick black armor, with large hydraulic joints and exposed reinforced muscle fibers proclaiming his terrifying power.

The crimson optics gleamed with an inhuman light beneath the helmet, and the enormous impact gauntlet on his right hand began to charge, emitting a low and dangerous hum.

“High-threat heavy unit detected!” Maria immediately issued a warning, while raising her explosive cannon.

However, the opponent's reaction speed was completely inconsistent with its enormous size.

With a ferocious sprint, he closed the distance and precisely avoided the trajectory of the bombardment.

The enormous body surged forward with an aura of crushing everything in its path. Its right fist, brimming with energy, tore through the air, creating visible shockwaves, and slammed straight into the core of Maria's "Punisher" torso!

"Get out of the way!" Margaret's warning came in sync with her action.

The "Lancer" charged forward, his left arm's ion shield instantly deploying to precisely meet the devastating punch.

"boom--!"

A deep, thunderous roar exploded within the passage, accompanied by turbulent energy bursting forth in all directions.

The terrifying impact, enough to smash a tank into a pancake, was completely absorbed by the ion shield, but the enormous kinetic energy still caused the heavy "Lancer" to slide back half a meter, and violent ripples appeared on the surface of the shield.

The cyborg was thrown back by the recoil, its red eyes flickering, emitting a distorted electronic voice: "Is that all you've got?"

"Quickly finish this," Margaret calmly gave the order.

She maneuvered her lancer to the side to dodge another heavy punch, her ion shield precisely deflecting the shockwave.

Maria's Stormblade swept across, slicing sparks from the opponent's leg armor. The modified giant roared and turned, only to be met with Margaret's poised charge lance.

"Ridiculous!" the modified giant roared, throwing a punch to meet the attack. However, this time, the lancer's charge lance thrust straight out without any fancy moves.

The ionic energy collided violently with the impact gauntlets, unleashing a blinding flash. Faced with the absolute energy difference, the modified giant's gauntlets began to shatter inch by inch.

“No…it’s impossible…” he uttered incredulously in electronic noise.

Margaret gave him no chance to catch his breath. The lancer's charge pierced straight through, precisely penetrating the core of his chest.

The modified giant's body convulsed violently, and a series of explosions occurred inside, eventually turning it into a burning wreckage.

“Target cleared.” Margaret sheathed her lance and walked forward without looking back. “Continue the mission.”
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The space behind the door was extremely vast, as if it had opened up several floors inside the building. Countless neatly arranged server racks stretched to the horizon, with indicator lights flashing like stars, representing the massive amounts of data flowing and stored within.

The energy supply here appears to be completely independent, and the internal system remains stable even amidst external conflicts.

At the very center of the data center, a uniquely shaped columnar device made of fiber optic cables is slowly rotating, emitting energy fluctuations different from those of the surrounding servers.

“Abnormal data fluctuations were detected, concentrated in the central device,” Maria reported.

Just as Margaret was about to issue the destruction order, Chen Yu's instruction came through the encrypted channel: "Prioritize intercepting the core data in the central database. My Thinker system is ready to receive it."

“Understood.” Margaret immediately adjusted the instructions. “Maria, establish the defensive formation. I will handle the data interception.”

The cockpit of the "Lancer" opened, and Margaret connected a data cable from the aircraft to the database interface.

Countless data points flowed along the energy channel to the storage unit inside the mech, and the entire database retrieval process was completed within minutes.

“Data received,” Margaret confirmed.

"Now, destroy it completely." Chen Yu's order was concise and clear.

The two knight mechs immediately increased their firepower to maximum. The "Lancer's" charge lances slammed into the ground again, and the energy beam condensed into an extremely thick and stable pillar of light, which accurately shot towards the core area of ​​the data center.

Wherever the beam of light passed, the server racks melted and vaporized, leaving no trace.

Maria's "Punisher" unleashed a barrage of explosive cannon fire around the data center, indiscriminately covering the area.

Fireballs exploded one after another, engulfing the priceless server array.

She even piloted the mech, using Stormblade to physically cleave through those exceptionally thick main data cables and energy pipes.

The four attendant mechs guarded the entrance, using firepower to prevent any possible data transfer or external interference.

The destruction was extremely efficient; the steel forest was reduced to a burning, molten ruin at a visible speed.

Under Margaret's continuous energy bombardment, the peculiar device in the center first emitted an overloaded, blinding white light, then its internal structure collapsed, turning into a pool of scalding, inactive silicon-based molten material.

Margaret only stopped the attack after ensuring that no data storage devices survived.

The entire data center no longer exists; only the twisted metal frame, flowing molten material, and billowing smoke remain.

"Mission accomplished. Target individual Saburo Arasaka confirmed eliminated, designated data center destroyed, core data recovered." Margaret sent the final report via encrypted channel.

"Confirmed. Mission completion meets expectations." Chen Yu's response remained calm. "Prepare for evacuation."

The two knight mechs and the surviving attendant mechs turned around and, stepping through the ruins and flames, left the Arasaka Tower, which had already lost its "soul".

The Tokyo night sky was still illuminated red by the firelight, but the era belonging to Arasaka was brought to a complete end on this night by steel and flames from another world.

(End of this chapter)