Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 220 Rescue ([-])
A red dot popped up on the map in the lower left corner of his heads-up display, drawing a trail.

"It's moving extremely fast. I can't accurately plot its location. It should be a Spartan Hunter. Be careful." Catherine warned.

Carter made a gesture, and Emil immediately distanced himself from him, and the two chased along the marks given by Catherine.

This elite warrior is extremely cunning and takes his time running away, leaving almost no trace behind.Without the pelican overhead, they would most likely be lost.

Just as he stared at the area in front of him and passed by a tree, a blue shadow clinging to the back of the tree trunk flashed across Carter's peripheral vision.

"Damn it!" Carter immediately turned around and pounced to the side, and the plasma grenade exploded at his original position.He was pushed by the expanding heat wave and rolled several times on the ground, and the energy shield alarm sounded inside the helmet.

He took advantage of the situation and hid behind another tree. When he looked behind him, he saw that the explosion had cut out a glass-like smooth area where he had just been.

After a while, fear came over him. It seemed that the enemy was more difficult to deal with than he thought.Not only is it cunning and lacks the sense of honor of ordinary elites, it is also well-trained and has powerful anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

"Emil, pay attention to the tree trunks around you and be careful of the plasma grenade traps it sets." Carter reminded.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were several explosions from Emil's side. In addition to the sound of plasma grenades exploding, there was also the sound of fragmentation grenades exploding.

When did the Covenant people start using human weapons?
Carter stared closely at Emil's status light, and he was relieved when it flashed green.

"Damn it," Emil cursed, "don't let me catch it, or I'll have to tear it to pieces with my own hands."

"Don't be careless, the enemy this time is extraordinary." Carter reminded.

He continued to move forward. The difference was that this time he was more careful, but there were no traps like the one before. He guessed that the elite warrior had probably used up all the explosives in his hand.

With the help of Catherine, they pressed forward step by step, pursued and intercepted it, and finally forced it to the foot of a raised mountain range.Carter cautiously stepped forward and pushed aside the branches blocking the way. Suddenly, two destructive green energy groups broke through the leaves and came towards him.

Carter jumped to the side and fired a burst in the direction from which the energy ball came. A bright light suddenly flashed deep in the jungle as the energy shield was hit.

The energy ball exploded behind him, and the burning branches and stones carried by the heat wave were blocked by his energy shield.

"Emil, press forward." Carter kept lowering his body, guarding against the energy balls that might come, while constantly pouring bullets into the depths of the jungle.

But there was no movement from the fuel cannon, which confused Carter.

At this time, a light blue light spot marked B-312 popped up on his motion detector, and then there was a sound of footsteps beside him.

"No. [-], attack from the side, and No. [-] and I will suppress it from the front." Carter ordered.

Number [-]'s status light lit up blue, and then he got into the dense forest nearby.

Cata was not worried about No. [-] going alone, because an elite warrior could not pose any threat to No. [-]—an infantry company was more like it.

Carter unloaded a magazine and continued firing at the enemy.He watched the blue light spot on the motion detector getting closer and closer to the target, and then——

On the team's physiological monitor, No. [-]'s heart rate and blood pressure suddenly increased, and his status light flashed red.

Carter's heart suddenly tightened. "No. [-], report the situation!" There was dead silence in the communication channel, and Carter felt extremely anxious.This guy hasn't spoken until now. Do you really think he is some kind of lone hero?

"Quick," he said to Emil, "let's go."

"Oh my god, the red light is on the [-]th?" Emil whispered, quickening his pace.

Before he had taken a few steps, a new signal appeared on his motion detector - S-027.

"Captain Noble, cease fire, this is Colonel Tommy Price." A pleasant female voice came from their communication channel.

He couldn't mistake it, it was Ellie's voice. "Sir?" Carter asked in disbelief.

"The 'pilot' you just chased is me, don't fire." This time it was indeed the colonel's voice.

They move toward friendly force identification markers.Carter opened a private communication channel with Emile and said: "We caught 'it'."

".forget it."

When they arrived, Carter saw the Colonel and Six standing together, the Colonel's head moving slightly and Six making unexplained gestures.He was gesticulating very enthusiastically, and Carter could feel the excitement in his heart through his gestures. It was obvious that they were talking on a private communication channel.

But he also noticed something was wrong - they were very close to each other, much closer than normal social distance.

The colonel quickly noticed the arrival of the two men and put the fuel cannon on his back. "It's nice to see you again, Noble Squad." He said with a pleased tone, "The grenades are really accurate, Emil."

"The plasma grenade trap you set is also deadly," Emil said.

Colonel Price chuckled twice, and then asked Carter: "Except Jun, how many people are left in the Noble Squad? Have you arrived at the Warhammer Base?"

"Thanks to you, sir, they are all here." Carter glanced at the place where the Banshee fighter jet fell. "Can that fighter plane still be used? It is not safe to report here. Let's go back first."

Carter had a lot of questions to ask - why did the colonel appear here?Hasn't he already left?

"It's okay, let's go."

They flew the Banshee fighter jets they captured to the Warhammer base. On the way, Carter reported to the colonel their escape experience and their plan to sink the cruiser.Tommy briefly described the discovery of Halo and the capture of the Covenant flagship.

Carter lamented this, and everyone who escaped from Reach was struggling to survive.

They hid the Banshee fighter on the backside of a mountain, while Catherine stayed on the Pelican troop carrier to monitor the movements of the Covenant cruiser. When they launched their operation, she was responsible for picking up the children.

They arrived at the foot of the mountain as agreed before setting off, and stopped in front of a rock that was as tall as two people.

Carter stepped forward and tapped a depression on the right side of the rock with a rhythm of three long and two short, and then a thin invisible circular gap was revealed, and a red light scanned them.

"Welcome back, Noble Squad and Colonel Price, I've finally been waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)