Chapter 531: Titanium Crystal Labyrinth
Chapter 531: Titanium Crystal Labyrinth
"How's it going?"
On the face of Yuanjian, who has become younger and younger after the baptism of war, there is an unconcealable look of worry.
Even though the will of fire has once again burned from within him, the crisis he now faces is like a pour of cold water on him.
"There were signs of a breakout, but then nothing happened. It seems the main body is really trapped."
The stand-in naturally knew the degree of crisis behind this situation. Lin Heng was helpless on his own, so this was a difficult situation that could only be overcome by collective efforts.
"Is Lin Heng in danger now?"
If it were someone else, Ying Yang would not ask too many questions. The more human leaders died, the better. But this was Lin Heng, the leader who facilitated the union of the Titanium and humans.
If he died, how long could the alliance between the two tribes last?
"You won't be implicated by him, will you?"
Caroline was not worried about which way the scale would tilt, she only cared about the "Lin Heng" in front of her.
In fact, the stand-in had heard the mumbling voice these two days, but in order not to make Caroline worry, he said very casually:
"Maybe it's because I don't have the mark of the evil god, I don't feel anything."
Caroline stroked the substitute's soft face and smiled with relief. She couldn't afford to lose this hard-earned warmth.
"Now the Fesilicus Hive City has blossomed everywhere, and those rebels and Chaos Machines outside are just cannon fodder to delay the guards.
The real danger has already landed between cities using airdrop pods under the cover of carrier-based aircraft.
For the sake of the Greater Good, I hope the teams defending the city can hold out, and those attacking the portal can succeed."
"Instead of hoping for the Cassandra system, we should pray to the goddess that the evil rituals in the Balor system will be ineffective."
Yingyang punched Yuanjian in the waist, but turned back and gave the stand an expression that you should be able to understand.
The stand-in curled his lips and nodded, agreeing with Yingyang's statement.
"To be honest, we don't have the ability to pay attention to the situation on the main side right now.
The only way to help is to destroy as many Chaos Rituals as possible.
After a few days of research, I have completely determined the origin of this thing."
Feeling the force on his shoulder, the stand-in patted Caroline's palm and continued:
"There are 10 crystal mazes on the cardinal world, one large and nine small. Judging from the crystal mazes found on other worlds, there must be 8 more worlds with the same configuration.
This information has been reported to the Empire, and they have indeed discovered the same situation on four planets.
Presumably, as long as we destroy those altars, the impact on the main body will be greatly reduced.
If the Empire has the courage to cooperate, they can even use this crystal maze to perform a rebellious ritual to increase the subject's short-term psychic energy limit."
This proposal was rejected by the other three people present. After several discussions, they finally decided that destroying the crystal maze would be the most appropriate solution.
However, the largest crystal maze is defended by a massive number of troops, including 9 Chaos Knights alone.
The outer defense line was very tight, and the wizards discovered them before the invisible team reached the front of the maze.
No less than 200 XV15 stealth combat suits were lost just in collecting intelligence, which not only caused pain but also slowed the advancement of the front line.
"The traditional method of advancement is no longer suitable for the entire battlefield. We need to use a more rigorous surprise attack method."
"We can't launch a surprise attack. The air defense positions surrounding the maze are so dense that even the largest Manta Ray transport plane can't withstand it." Yuanjian said.
Yingyang took a deep breath, then called over the senior commander and showed the data panel to everyone.
"It was originally reserved for use against the mountain bombardment on Vorkus, but now we have to pull it out early for demonstration.
Walking artillery company, KV128-Storm Tide bombardment suit, a total of six units, I have asked the craftsmen of the Earth Clan to transport them here. "
Just looking at the panel data, you can tell how powerful these two combat suits are. This has even surpassed the standard of combat suits, and they should be called mechas like knights.
"The KV128's fire support platform has multiple attack methods and its weapons are extremely powerful, as can be seen from its reverse thrusters and retractable stabilizing anchors.
Of course, this is also its weakness. Too many attack devices make its mobility quite poor.
The defense is not reliable either. Not to mention the Empire's smallest war dog Titan, even the knight mecha cannot compare to it.
Once we put it on the battlefield, we will definitely catch those Chaos cubs off guard in the early stages.
Those guys certainly wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to collect such equipment and use it as bait to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
We will lead a small but elite nuclear hunting force, find the right time to drop from the sky and destroy the Crystal Maze in one fell swoop."
Yingyang's words gave everyone hope. The bait must be attractive enough to lure the enemy into the encirclement.
However, the Stand didn't think so, but he couldn't find any better way, he could only hope that their surprise attack would work.
Therefore, six KV128 Storm Tide bombardment suits were transported from the Cole'Ti Home World next to the Cardinal World.
A large number of ground troops have been prepared to welcome the attack. The transport plane untied its trailer, and the huge bombardment suit activated the pulse-driven cannon on the back as soon as it landed.
Six rounds were fired in quick succession at the rebel position in the distance, creating a big crater with each shot.
The rebels were feeling bored, and the next second they were blown to the sky without any warning.
The artillery fire continued one after another, but the rebel commander had no idea where the ammunition came from.
Once they realized that it was an ultra-long-range bombardment, there was no need to lock on to the launch area, and this force of thousands of people became part of the scorched earth.
The transport plane then returned and transported KV128 to the next location.
During the three consecutive days of bombing, this bombing suit did live up to its name, and completely destroyed large and small positions like a storm sweeping across the world.
The Chaos troops finally discovered the culprit behind the loss of their positions, and they gathered their troops one by one to destroy it.
However, the reason why KV128 does not have so much defensive capabilities is, firstly, because it is located in the rear, and secondly, its firepower is indeed not afraid of the invading enemy.
Putting aside the solidity of the Fire Clan’s position, the rest of the XV2-10 series battle suits are no house cats standing in the way.
The XV9 Risk Series combat suits were like sharp blades from heavenly thunder, blowing those armored troops to pieces.
Their superb driving skills allow them to glide along the ground at an extremely low altitude, with twin rapid-fire cannons, fusion jets, and phased ion guns.
There was even a cluster pulse cannon that could blow away half of a playground. The rebels could only watch gray shadows flash across the sky, followed by their bodies being left nowhere to be found.
In the supply vehicles, camp factories, XV95 Ghost Bone and other stealth combat suits carried out massive destruction behind enemy lines.
The spread of fear and chaos made the Chaos side constantly jump up and down and curse. These blue-skinned aliens who fought and ran away did not have any warrior spirit at all.
When the Chaos troops rushed into the position and caught up with the retreating Tau troops, they discovered that the enemy's retreat was actually a tactic.
The XV88 Broadside Battlesuit's heavy railguns and cluster missile arrays are waiting for them.
The hammerhead shark's railgun and ion cannon roared continuously, the razor shark and barracuda fighters made a lot of noise, and the rail rifles fired arcs of light.
Even more terrifying is the Storm Tide bombardment suit, which has two sets of intelligent missile systems with a total of sixty-six high-explosive missiles.
Whether the enemy attacks from the air or the ground, they will be subjected to desperate fire attacks.
The four Destroyer missiles can even pose a threat to the Warhound-class Titan.
These magical weapons showed their power, and the speed of the battle line's advance increased sharply.
The Chaos forces, suffering heavy casualties, had to mobilize the armored units guarding other areas to pursue.
And just as Yingyang and his men had expected, the knight troops guarding the Crystal Maze were also mobilized to move forward to intercept.
As soon as the scouts sent the news that the knight had disappeared into the sky, Yingyang's troops rushed into the Crystal Maze like an arrow.
Four huge Manta transport planes surrounded the enemy from all directions, one each for Stand-In, Farsight, Shadowsun, and Caroline.
When approaching the area of the maze, Caroline warned everyone, especially "Lin Heng".
After all, the closer she got to that strange sky, the more she remembered how she was controlled on the ship.
Although the blue sky was not gorgeous but full of distortion, the endless feeling like the abyss contained in it made her even more worried.
The stand naturally knew the truth, but due to his own structure and psychic energy level, he had no way to verify his thoughts.
Now, we can only place our hopes on this rigorous yet self-evident action.
"Reporting that the array radar has detected enemy armed forces. The maze has entered our firing range. Should we descend in altitude?"
"decline!"
Following Yingyang's order, four Manta Ray transport planes descended at the same time. The moment they passed through the clouds, the maze on the ground appeared in front of everyone.
The ancient, gray crystal boulder slowly rotated like Stonehenge, as if it was a strange clock doing some kind of countdown.
It was very obvious that psychic power was flowing above it, and the blue color was like the deep ocean, quiet and cold.
If you look closely, you can even see some illusory shadows moving in it.
But it doesn't matter whether that thing is dead or alive. What matters is that it disappears completely.
"Fire!"
A total of eight heavy railguns and twenty-four long-barreled ion cannons fired continuously at the ground air defense forces.
Eight missile pods carrying a total of eighty seeker missiles soared into the sky and smashed into the ground.
During the explosion, the entire three-kilometer radius around the crystal maze turned into a sea of fire.
As the clouds rose, six XV88 side guns and two XV9 risk combat suits jumped out of each Manta fighter.
A total of twenty-four more Hammerheads rushed out from the lower deck, plus thirty Fire Warriors and twenty-five Drones on the upper deck.
Four high-level nuclear-hunting units gathered together and swept through with a devastating offensive.
The sixteen long-barreled rapid-fire cannons of the Manta Ray transport plane overhead plowed the ground many times, and the moment the soldiers landed, those rebels whose guns had missed their aim were quickly shot and killed.
The remaining rebels still wanted to fight back, but facing such a powerful enemy, even the alienated armored tanks could not withstand it, let alone their flesh and blood bodies.
As the pieces of flesh flew around, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and as the battlefield was cleared, a hint of hidden cold light shone through the mist.
The communication channels of Yingyang and his companions who were attacked from all sides were immediately distorted by the surreal force, and then multiple light curtains that burst out in an instant demonstrated the unfathomable power of the subspace.
The smoke and dust dissipated, and the crystal maze seemed to have never been attacked, without even a trace of debris.
On the contrary, at this moment of explosion of light, its true appearance was revealed in the real world.
When the surface of those unknown crystals faded and the inside became transparent, the real maze began to show its ingenuity.
Nine circles of huge three-dimensional crystals, measuring three times six times nine meters, each form a ring. There are 81 crystals on the outside, and nine crystals are reduced with each inner circle.
This giant crystal, weighing over several tons, rotates on its own, and the crystals inside and outside constantly exchange positions.
The refraction of light causes the entire sky to be filled with a bizarre and dreamy scene.
This was their first miscalculation...the miscalculation was that they thought the evil god was too simple.
It was like the sun rising from the horizon, and an intense deep blue came into view. In that light there was more than just color, but also symbols filled with all kinds of metaphors that appeared out of thin air.
"Can't look at these lights full of symbols!"
The stand-in's words came a little late. After all, at the moment when the light exploded, he himself could not perceive the situation of the crystal maze.
The existence of this thing distorted their cognition. Perhaps, from the moment they observed this object, they had already been imbued with some kind of evil psychic magic by the other party.
And now, the chaos illusion bloomed among the crowd, and every Fire Clan warrior saw a different scene.
The crystal maze that looked like a glazed pagoda a second ago disappeared, replaced by statues in the fog and the flames of dreams.
Is it a crazy painting, or is someone singing a silent song?
Like a transparent surface polished like a pebble, passages that randomly appear, dissolve, merge, split and change direction seem to attract them to walk into it.
The reflected and refracted light came into view from the crystal surface, causing fluctuations in the hundreds of crystal cubes.
As the ripples continue to expand, reality and fantasy begin to intertwine.
Shadowsun glimpsed a reflection of fear, pain, and hope, as if a nightmare had entangled him and mired him in a quagmire from which he could not escape.
The history of the past is intertwined with the future that is difficult to distinguish true from false, and the whispers of frenzy and confusion begin to ring in his ears.
Sounds, symbols, words, smells... these abstract fantasies make the crystals come alive.
Yingyang was completely unprepared...or rather, she had no control over her body at all. She raised her palm and tried to feel the constantly changing crystal.
She didn't even notice the disappearance of her combat suit, nor did she notice the appearance of the evil face in the crystal at the top of the maze.
'Child, stay awake and do not be influenced by this creature!'
The sound was like a huge bell, and the illusion shook. The earth collapsed and the sky fell. After a gasp, Yingyang was out of control.
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