Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 153 Prelude to Reach ([-])

The two Spartans turned around together and fired at the self-propelled mortar formation on the far corner.Two balls of blue-white plasma shot out from their Revenant self-propelled mortars, and exploded immediately.The bright light was dazzling, and the ultra-high-temperature white flames spread - then the ground became as smooth as glass, and only a pile of wreckage of the seven Revenant self-propelled mortars was left, still smoking.

Good luck indeed.If the self-propelled mortars had not been turned off and the hatches were closed, their bombing might not have been able to destroy them.

Several elite warriors noticed the explosion, exchanged a few words and immediately set off to rush here.Jun turned his aim and fired a few bullets at them one by one, and their heads exploded one after another.

Kelly drove the self-propelled mortar straight forward, knocking aside the unexploded self-propelled mortar next to them. Fred turned around and ran over a group of retreating Grunts at full speed. Jun just looked at it and felt a wave of excitement. Ruyi, I wish I could join them.

The two Revenant self-propelled mortars drove through a row of trees, smashing the trunks into pieces.Outside is the main camp of the Covenant troops.Thousands of Grunts and Gnolls were heading straight for them, weapons and personal shields at the ready, but not one of them fired at them.

They surged through the revenant mortars in waves.

"They thought we were one of their own," Fred said. "They came to see who was attacking them. We don't want to reveal our identity until then."

Kelly's status light flashed, and she squeezed a way out of the grunts rushing forward - but they had already ducked to the side before the self-propelled mortars could get close.

Half a kilometer in front of them was a hexagonal building made of gold and silver: a camp for elite warriors protected by an energy shield.They are also guarded by six fixed plasma turrets - "Shadows".Behind them lies Mount Minazit, beneath which lie the secret caves of the three MI research centers.Covenant troops are there now.

Jun noticed unusual mechanical equipment next to the elite camp group. He controlled the image on the heads-up display to enlarge and saw hundreds of Covenant engineers operating heavy equipment there: laser drills, conveyor belts, There are also huge insect-like machines that look like they can dig through an entire mountain.

"They discovered the cave," Will said now. "It seems they plan to dig us all out."

But...why is this?Jun thought, why not just destroy the entire planet from orbit?Covenant troops never take prisoners—except occasionally for the fun of stragglers.They wouldn't bother digging so hard unless it wasn't Team Delta they were looking for.

Fred's voice came from the communication channel, "Delta, we are driving two captured Revenant self-propelled mortars from the south to the southeast. You can tell which one is us based on the firepower. Pay attention to concealment, don't Shoot at us."

"Understood, Alpha." Will replied, "Don't worry, the Military Intelligence drone can see you clearly."

"Drone?" Kelly muttered in a low voice, "We are ready and about to go." Her voice sounded particularly focused.

As Jun fired, he looked worriedly at the Covenant camp between Alpha and the safe entrance.They still have 300 meters to go, and every millimeter they advance will encounter stubborn resistance from grunts, jackals, and elite warriors - this is a straight road to hell. Jun can only help them as much as possible, and Delta Everyone in the group was injured, so there wasn't much that could be done to help them.

Kelly rotated the mortar, blasting away at the remaining revenants and a group of Grunts trying to put out the fire near the destroyed mortar.In an instant, the ground seemed to become the surface of the sun, and a blinding light erupted. The sound was so loud that Jun suspected that even the noble team on the other side of the planet could hear it.The ball of light then gradually dimmed until nothing was left but ashes.Once the self-propelled mortar was fully charged, Fred fired.He aimed at the elite warrior camp and plasma cannon, and fired three blue-white cannonballs.The energy shield protecting the camp only lasted for a microsecond before it overloaded and collapsed.There was a bright flash of light, like a "Burn Anywhere" match that Helltroopers used to light the smuggled cigarettes they bought.

The cannonballs fired by Kelly flew in an arc towards hundreds of grunts and gnolls running around.Their carcasses were scorched and evaporated.The center of the camp seemed to be struck by countless lightning bolts.

The Grunts ran for cover, shooting each other, and creating chaos.A few gnolls tried to control the little soldiers, but the Grunts had become so panicked that they dared to kill them.

Jun noticed something strange in his field of vision - a squadron of Banshee fighter jets buzzed across the sky below the drone, pounced directly on the Revenant mortar, and fired several rounds of bright green plasma cannons.

The explosion caused the Revenant mortar to shake left and right. It was very likely that the Covenant troops had already sent elite soldiers to patrol the air.Jun blames himself for not discovering them before.

Now it's only a matter of time before the Revenant mortar is destroyed.Without reinforcements, sooner or later they would be wiped out by the Covenant's regrouped ground and air forces - but Jun was confident he could make defeat come later.

He slightly adjusted the muzzle, increased the magnification of the sight, and quickly locked onto the narrow gap in the cockpit of the Banshee fighter with the help of the armor's computer's precise calculation of parameters such as wind speed, humidity, and advance.

The SRS99 sniper rifle roared again, and the bullets shot through the gap into the heads of the fighter pilots, giving them a fatal blow.Four Banshee fighter jets crashed to the ground in purple blood, and blue flames rose to the ground.

"That's cool!" Kelly giggled happily.

"Go now!" Fred shouted on the communication channel, "break through the blockade and rush to the cave!"

Kelly drove the self-propelled mortar accelerating through the wreckage, sending countless metal fragments flying in the sky.

Fred let her go ahead, stopped, took aim at the digging equipment, and fired a cannonball.

Just as Jun was changing the magazine, the top of Fred's self-propelled mortar was hit hard by the Banshee three times in succession.Fred relentlessly fired three more shells at the excavation equipment, and then increased the speed of the Revenant's self-propelled mortar.The self-propelled mortar trembled and staggered forward.

In the drone's view, the smoke had dissipated enough to see that the laser drill, the conveyor belt, and the insect-like excavator had all turned into a pile of melting waste.

　I feel like Master Chief is not very popular, and not many people like him as a character.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)