The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

'Attacker' Sentinels (or Templar Defenders) are automated robots made by the Forerunners to suppress small-scale Flood outbreaks and protect Forerunner facilities.Their beam weapons and self-defense energy shields make them very effective at suppressing the Flood in the early stages of infection, while movement is propelled by a small anti-gravity unit on the chassis, externally driven in the form of pulses, which enables them to Move at great speed.It's just that they are not that reliable when attacked by well-trained and well-armed soldiers, such as Spartans or elite fighters.

But no matter how unreliable, they can also slow down the Prophet's progress, while telling Guilty Spark's desperate team where it has advanced.

After reaching the ground, Liu Lizi put on his helmet and pulled out a grenade pistol, and patted the evil spark on his lower back:

"Will catch up with them! Show us the way!"

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"It's here."

The phantom transport plane passed through the chaotic battlefield and landed in the area where the Prophet lost contact.Artes Watumi came out with his team, looked around and showed a serious expression.He felt a little anxious——

Parts of the swamp were baked, apparently from the thrusters of the transport vehicle, and there were marks from large combat boots on the ground.Judging from the size and depth, there may be multiple 'demons' who have entered this area. Judging from the direction of the shoe prints, they have not yet left the inside.This means that he must snatch the Prophet with the group of killing machines afterwards.Humans have long wanted to capture a prophet, they will not let go of this opportunity, and they will never let a prophet be captured by humans. This not only involves the face and secrets of the Star Alliance, but also involves its own glory and future.

But it's not easy, it's like two ghost beasts are fighting for an egg, and one accidentally crushes it.So you have to be extra careful and extra careful.

As for how to evacuate after saving the Prophet, taking the Truth and Harmony may not be a... achievable choice.He couldn't help but look up, just in time to see a rather ominous scene - a human warship has just arrived in this area, she glides across the sky of the Holy Relic Ring, and throws a lot of landing pods towards Truth and Harmony At the same time, many large-bellied transport planes called "pelicans" (a water bird on the human home planet, which eats almost everything) are rushing towards the truth and harmony.

Some enchantresses tried to intercept those transport vehicles, but they were shot down by those strange and indescribable fighting beasts flapping their metal wings on the way.

The Truth and Harmony was being captured, but there was nothing he could do about it, and neither did Till Vadami.All I could do was go in and rescue the Prophet, and then return to my transport plane, avoiding those monsters and carefully slipping away from the side of the belt to catch the transporting warship, while praying that I would not get shot in the process.

"Okay, everyone." Holding two plasma rifles in both hands, he walked into the entrance of the passage that gave off an ominous feeling first. "Let's go."

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Chapter 1035 Chapter 74: Fighting does not hit the face / Distortion point of the world

Aqua opened his eyes, only to see the mist.She wanted to rub her eyes, but she almost cried out in pain when she moved her body.The skin all over the body is itchy and painful, this is the first time I have encountered this feeling, the biting cold seems to seep into the bone marrow from every pore, there seems to be a mass of mucus in the throat, and the desire to vomit is surging up.

She fumbled and pushed the cover in front of her, walked out of a certain cabin, took off her helmet and spit the vomited mucus on the floor—this didn’t seem to be something an idol should do, but since she hasn’t been an idol recently, she didn’t relation.Especially when she saw the armor she was wearing, she realized another thing...

I seem to have returned to that 'dream' again.

In this dream, I am a Spartan warrior, fighting against aliens to protect the earth and human beings—this is not bad, and this is not the only battlefield I have set foot on, and I have traveled more than once. The days are very difficult, but everything is acceptable after all get used to it.But this 'dream' was very strange, and its contents were very disturbing.

Especially the last time I saw a photo of myself with a group of people. In addition to the marines in my dream, there was Shimada Ruriko of Tartarus, and even the stalker of Protos was among them. .Not only that, but I also had a large memory gap, and during that time I was still fighting normally, and at the same time showed a completely different fighting style from usual, the tactical sergeant Nasai Zaoli believes that this may be caused by the demon's erosion of the spirit However, the results of the examination at Dr. Hayden showed that his spirit was completely normal.

Exactly what happened is unclear, but John, the unicorn fanatic, thought he had swapped spirits with someone on the other side.For this reason, the technical department installed mental stabilization equipment on itself, but it doesn't seem to be effective now.The only thing that can be determined is that this is not a good thing for both parties, so I have entered the standby state and am accompanied by technical personnel, so that I can obtain first-hand data when the next exchange occurs.

The temporary lack of a fighter for the Helldivers will not lead to a serious shortage of manpower, but it seems that the opposite side cannot.The Spartan warrior named Quinn didn't have time to leave the battlefield.

This was the first exchange after entering the standby observation state, and Akuya decided to go all out to return from the next mission smoothly——then she was startled by the sound of an alarm that sounded next to her, and she let out a 'hey—'.

A few Spartan warriors wearing the same equipment looked suspiciously at her side. She hurriedly put on the helmet, and the UI immediately displayed the information she could see.

The Pillar of Autumn arrived at the target area and found the ring.Abandoning the original reconnaissance mission, and began to assist Tartaros to annihilate the Covenant soldiers on the belt, and at the same time capture the Covenant warships parked on the belt.

(stared dumbfounded)

Tartarus has troops here? !Is the main purpose of the Legion Commander sending people to cooperate with the humans in that world is actually to get rid of this ring occupied by the Star Alliance? (A logical inference)

"RUA?"

Akuya made a strange sound unconsciously. She realized that the communication was off and tried to explain something, but the people next to her didn't care at all. I don't know if they didn't notice it or they got used to it.

A Spartan wearing green armor with the number 117 written on his chest - that's the Master Chief - walks through the aisle, carrying an MA5B assault rifle, Magnum pistol and The combat dagger hung firmly on his waist.

"Action, everyone! I hope everyone packs up their equipment within ninety seconds and prepares everything within five minutes." His voice was calm and powerful, like a natural leader "Tartaros' battleship is Fighting the Covenant there! We have to go help them and surprise the Covenant."

The Spartans saluted one after another, but the Spartans were not the only ones here.A soldier dressed as a marine asked:

"This doesn't seem to be the same as the scheduled mission?"

Before the Master Chief could answer, his superior, a dark-skinned marine sergeant, turned around and stared into the soldier's eyes, leaned very close and said:

"What's different, soldier? Our mission is to kill the Covenant all along, right!"

"Yes! Sergeant!" (Called by the straight-chested recruit, very energetic)

To be honest, the atmosphere here is quite different from the rebel forces and hell divers I have stayed in, and the sense of depression is much heavier. This is obviously caused by the unfavorable long-term battle situation.But since the Ministry of Consolidation has also intervened in this battle and is on the side of the UNSC, the balance of the war will probably tilt in the opposite direction immediately.

There was a tremor outside the ship, as if it had been hit by light firepower, and everyone rushed to the hangar to complete the attack preparations.Only then did Akua see that apart from Sparta and the marines, there was also a group of soldiers in black armor. They were getting into the landing cabin with the words ODST one by one. Also said nothing.

A subtle atmosphere was felt.

She boarded the Pelican troop carrier with the rest of the noble team, and Emile-A239 looked at the tactical panel and said:

"Tartaros is attacking this ship, and their awesome fighter jets have half the anti-aircraft guns removed, I can't understand how those planes work... I didn't see them use this in Reach , I haven’t seen them use flying robots.” He tapped his combat knife and said briskly, “So we can land directly on the ship and cut off their retreat!”

"Sounds crazy."

"We've been living a crazy life for more than 20 years."

Akua swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and she recognized the real bodies of the 'terribly handsome fighter jets' in Emil's mouth—they were the mysterious creatures that Oregana kept in the Skullmaker Fortress, and John and the Doom Warrior were very close She likes to go fishing to feed them, and then take the opportunity to touch their chins, and that flying robot... Although she has not seen it directly, she still knows that the skull maker was driving this to complete the final mission at the most critical moment. Beheaded for combat.

The appearance of these things here only means one thing, that is, Oregana herself is on this battlefield.

According to the various news circulating in the Ministry of Consolidation, Oregana is on the front line in many important battlefields, which may indicate that she...is participating in a very important battle.

In such an anxious state of mind, she stabilized her body in the swaying Pelican troop carrier. Not long after, a stray bullet hit the side of the Pelican, and the plasma group pulled a hole of more than one meter in the hull. It penetrated the side armor and hit the ceiling, and the molten metal was splashed inside the hull like fireworks.The hull shook violently for a while, but stabilized quickly. With the sound of machine guns, the outside finally settled down—only relatively stable.

"Damn it!" George-052 cursed. He looked at the mottled scorched marks on his armor, and then at the ceiling, "Pilot! Be careful!"

[It's done, ready to land... ready!one! 】

"?!"

With a dangerous momentum, the pelican almost hit the deck. After the hatch was opened, several people rushed out and fired fiercely with their rifles. The Covenant soldiers fell down screaming.Carter-A259 rushed into the blasted gate. He jumped off the gangway, took a few steps across, and checked the surrounding terrain after hitting the jackal who was trying to sneak attack.

"There are no Covenant troops in it..."

A team member whispered softly: "Then where can they die?"

"just in front."

Motion detectors showed that more enemies were approaching, but they were not responding to each other.And the landing reports of each team have been broadcast on the communication channel one by one. The Master Chief happened to find a control tower, and the strong artificial intelligence Cortana carried almost immediately got the map in the ship and shared it with everyone. hands.

The next few 10 minutes were like an inescapable nightmare -- for the Covenant side, of course.

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Artes Watumi traversed the interior of the colossal monument through a labyrinth of corridors and up a series of narrow ramps.There are faint blue-green rays of light everywhere on the walls, exuding a sacred atmosphere.Any Covenant member would feel genuine joy in this kind of place, as if walking in the eyes of the creator, feeling that the god is by his side.

However, the current situation is not relaxed enough to allow people to feel this atmosphere carefully.There are traces of battles everywhere, and many corpses were seen along the way, all of which were from the Star Alliance race.

Right now, the body of a Sangheili warrior lay on the cold floor, a huge charred hole in his chest.These were not scars from plasma or human weapons. It looked a bit like a focus rifle, but the rays of the focus rifle were not that big.To be honest... after so many years of walking on the battlefield and countless battles, Artes Watumi has never seen this kind of wound.

The ones that created this kind of wound and killed his compatriots were probably the mechanical wreckage on the ground.

He has seen this kind of thing in the museum of the city of fraternity. Their name is "Temple Defender". Before the establishment of the Star Alliance, there was such a "God-given" in the hands of the San Sim who were not good at fighting. force'.Because of the wars that occurred in ancient times and the erosion of the years, the number of defenders of the temple was almost completely exhausted. They were no longer used in battle, but were placed in museums, allowing people to remember the dark days of disorder.

There are still so many holy warriors who were thought to have disappeared into history... But what is even more surprising and bewildered is that they actually opened fire on the believers.

What the hell is going on here?

"Although you are no longer alive, you can still accompany us on our pilgrimage. May honor accompany you to heaven..."

He gave a eulogy for his lost companions, and led the soldiers to move on—since he could see the traces of the battle, it meant that the Prophet was ahead.Even if there is a problem, wait until the battle is over before wondering. If you spend too much time causing distraction, not only will you not be able to complete the task, but you and your subordinates will die here together.After all, no one knows how to effectively deal with the defenders of the sanctuary. There is no other way than to bite the bullet and hit hard with a plasma gun.

Suddenly, he saw something flashing at the end of the passage next to him, and immediately pushed the soldiers beside him behind a pillar, and he also dodged to hide in. The next moment, the particle beam was bombarding the surroundings like raindrops. , The green sparks continued to explode, leaving dark red melting spots on the walls and the ground.The Sangheili fighters of the Special Operations Forces were agile, and all but one of them found cover in an instant and got in. And that poor guy was killed by a series of particle beams just as he got up because he was still investigating the wreckage of the defenders of the temple. The upper body was covered in blood mist.

"Damn it!" Watumi stretched out the plasma rifle in his hand from the bunker, and held the trigger in the direction he remembered. Immediately there was a crackling sound from the plasma hitting the shield, but then came What is more violent counterattack.He lowered his head to avoid the splashing hot debris, and roared, "Behind the pillar on the left, on the side of the passage, under the platform, and on the platform above, there are all people! Retaliate with grenades!"

The space in this ruins is very small, and the firefighting distance is only a few tens of meters. The elite soldiers threw plasma grenades at the general position, forcing the opponent to evade, and then pressed the opponent into the bunker with fierce and accurate rapid fire. middle.He roared and shot towards the vague shadows in the darkness, but the next moment he was almost thrown away by the explosion behind him—the opponent used some kind of high-speed bomb launcher, and its power in a small space was shocking.

Liu Lizi reloaded a new magazine for her grenade pistol, and then used sensors to scan the entire detectable facility:

"Where's the Prophet? Has anyone seen the Prophet?"

"Didn't see it!" replied sniper Machiko Kashiwagi. "All elite! Commander white armor! Soldier armor is dark blue. This is a special operations force."

Liu Lizi clicked his tongue, and learned from the illustrated book that the Covenant's special forces soldiers are all experienced fighters, who are dispatched to carry out the most dangerous and difficult military operations, and usually fight in small groups and shoot from a distance And throwing mines are very accurate.Being able to react at the moment of being raided and even fight back is enough to show that the opponent is not a miscellaneous soldier who was killed casually before.

Although this had something to do with the fact that she was just suppressing rather than directly killing—in order to avoid accidental killing, Liu Lizi wanted to determine where the Prophet was, so she didn't kill him at the very beginning, but now she has begun to regret it.Since the Prophet is not here, it is necessary to annihilate this army immediately to avoid delaying time. She made a gesture, and the two soldiers immediately activated the stealth action device and circled to the side. The other marines straightened up immediately after charging the shield, The weapon in his hand was shooting wildly, and there was even a light automatic cannon in addition to the particle rifle, but the opponent seemed to disappear in the sensor as if melting into the air.

All special operations forces carry cloaking devices, which give them more tactical options.A few seconds later, the soldiers who had planned to make a surprise attack saw a shadowy figure coming out of the bunker, so they decisively launched an attack.They unleashed a swift sprint, swinging their lightsabers at their target at the last moment, but the opponent parried the blow with astonishing agility by deploying his energy sword, while firing the plasma pistol held in his left hand at the second target. She shot fiercely, and her shield suddenly reached a dangerous value, and she was forced to enter the invisible state again to evacuate.On the other side, two guys with lightsabers fought together, but a plasma grenade thrown from nowhere forced the two to separate, and they ran to the side in a panic-the other party also realized the fighting power here Unusually, it would be inefficient and dangerous to continue the buried battle, so it is only natural to use a little dangerous method to give comrades a chance to evacuate.

However, those who dare to play like this in actual combat are either masters or mentally retarded, and the Star Alliance is obviously the former.

"This is not an ordinary Covenant force! Special elites to rescue the Prophet?" Monica shouted, "They will only make things more complicated!"

Liu Lizi looked around, all the staff were invisible, and the detectors could only return some vague and inaccurate data.In this case, the two sides are still fighting in the dark.If Oregana is here, she can use emotional perception to quickly locate the hunting target, but Liu Lizi can only perceive it but cannot accurately locate it. It is basically impossible to make a quick decision like this, and staying here is just a waste of time That's all - they can't be allowed to rendezvous with the Prophet's team, because after reconciliation, they may become the Prophet's guards and continue to assist the Prophet's investigation. At that time, it will be really difficult.

The first to find the Prophet can only be our side!Even if the Prophet cannot be persuaded, as long as its head is still in front of these special elites, the matter will be resolved—whether they choose to retreat later or fight with this side until one side is completely wiped out before retreating, there is no problem, because no matter what they choose, Hong Modu will stay in the cage obediently, just like the puffer fish that Liu Lizi raises in the fish tank in the dormitory.

The only difference is that puffer fish can be scooped up and eaten, but flood demons cannot.

Counting that I had eight people on hand, the prophet's entourage was no more than forty people, and lost nearly half of them in the middle.As long as there are five people, they can be wiped out at will - in addition to these five people, we can also get the support of this omnic.Although there are no defense robots available in the current area, there are still a small number of them, and it is very easy to cooperate with the clone warriors to attack and win...

She quickly came to the conclusion that in order to accomplish this, two or three people must be left to contain the special forces.

"Anyway, it's complicated to this extent, so it's just as complicated as it is..." She said in the communication channel, "We can't delay, stop the prophet, show him the video and let the prophet evacuate, understand? If the flood have been released, then burn all the flood demons to prevent infection."

[Only how many of us? 】

"The Flood in the initial stage of infection is very weak. Haven't we faced the demon in the tomb of the Doomed Warrior? We have to defend it even if we die!"

【Yes! 】

She grabbed the Guilty Spark fixed on the equipment rack at the back of her waist, and slapped it on the back of Monica's waist with a click:

"Extreme Spark, take them to find the Prophet, and leave the rest to you. I'm here to induce them! Come later!"

"Leave it to me, but my name is 343 Guilty Spark..." the omnic said, "please take this passage next, the Prophet has already reached the third area, and we can catch up with them faster from this passage. After we go in I will close the third gate, so that even if you return to the Chaos Realm and cannot continue your mission, these Covenant soldiers will not be able to catch up in a short time."

"Okay, let's go!"

On the other side, Artes Watumi faced the same conundrum.

If they are not wiped out here, then there is no way to find the guiding prophet safely, let alone take the guiding prophet out safely.The fighting situation outside has begun to get worse, and if it continues, it may not be possible to leave.The opponent's stealth system and detection system are superior in performance. We can only aim at the position of the opponent's muzzle flame, but the opponent can find an approximate location and shoot, which means that the opponent can shoot at a certain level. See through our invisibility.

Under such circumstances, it is very dangerous to disengage directly and move on. They are like shadows lurking beside them, and they may attack and take lives at any time.It is necessary to keep people down to contain the other party, and then find an opportunity to evacuate.And the only person who can take on this glorious task is obviously himself.

He opened his mouth and said to his companions:

"The Prophet must be found immediately. There may be more than one human army infiltrated, so we can't drag it on any longer. You keep going, Bero Kussovi stays with me to contain them! Go!"

The Sangheili soldiers were still hesitating, but as if they had spotted this moment and planned to push them, a red shadow floated out of the air—her armor looked thick and heavy, with a lot of decorations on it. Skeleton, two long claws flashing with lightning stretched forward from the warrior's wrist, and she threw herself at Artes Watumi who was invisible, roaring loudly:

"Blood Sacrifice to the Blood God! Skull Sacrifice Skull Block!"

"glory!!"