Chapter 156
Another, even more violent impact came, the Distortion, twisting sound of metal almost piercing eardrums.
The tentacle-like structures on the Slaanesh warship were trying to tear through the armor, and more demons shrieked as they poured in through the breach.
Vulkan watched as Xiao Huasheng subconsciously took another step closer to him, noticing the fear in her eyes that she tried to hide but which still lingered.
Xiao Huasheng knew perfectly well that if S-Sis kidnapped her, she would be tortured to death, so it was impossible for her not to be afraid.
Seeing her like this...
At that moment, Vulkan made his decision.
He suddenly raised his hand.
"All Space Marines, hold your ground and repel the enemy boarding!" he roared, continuing to issue orders. "Tell those technical priests not to stabilize the ship, but to use the impact force to force a Mars and shake them off!"
The technical priest and navigator on the other end of the communication line instinctively wanted to shake their heads upon hearing this crazy idea.
But soon, it became clear that the Slaanesh ship was about to dig a second breach in the area after the initial impact.
So, various hymns of praise were quickly sung, and the entire ship began its forced descent towards Mars, which was now within reach.
"Omnissiah protect you!"
"It seems we have no other choice."
"Keep going."
Everyone hoped this decision was the right one; they had no other choice.
At this moment, the Human Imperium and the Adeptus Mechanicus are united as one in the face of a formidable enemy in the Warp.
On this path, no one can remain unscathed!
The ship then violently crash-landed on Mars, decisively escaping contact with the Slaanesh ships.
Seeing that they were trying to escape, Slaanesh and his side held on tightly.
Then, his huge hand grabbed Xiao Huasheng's arm with a force that was both firm and surprisingly careful, not even hardening Xiao Huasheng's skin.
"You, come with me!" Vulkan's voice was low and urgent. He pulled Xiao Huasheng along and took heavy steps. His double-strength boots made him feel as if he were walking on flat ground, even on the sloping deck.
"Go... go where? Isn't this the place where you're most needed to take command?" Xiao Huasheng stumbled after him, calling out in confusion.
"Run away," Vulkan said.
Vulkan didn't answer, but instead pulled her along at an even faster pace through the violently shaking, Mars -splattering corridor.
The siren lights cast flickering shadows on his face, revealing a resolute expression that was usually somewhat naive and unyielding.
They passed through a series of creaking, damaged gates and finally arrived at a relatively intact side cabin.
Several emergency airdrop pods are arranged here.
"What is this?" Xiao Huasheng asked, puzzled, seemingly guessing what he was doing.
The stubborn Vulkan has finally put his strength to work.
Vulkan released her, ignored the Servo-skull, and operated directly on the control panel of one of the drop pods.
"I know your physical condition is better than most Space Marines, so letting you in shouldn't be a problem."
After a series of operations, the heavy hatch hissed and slid open, revealing a narrow space that could only accommodate one person.
Compared to the escape of gunboats, this was much faster and harder to detect.
"Go ahead." He nudged Xiao Huasheng.
"Wait a minute?" Xiao Huasheng took a sudden step back, her face full of resistance. Even if S-Sis could catch her, she was confident that she could cause trouble for the other party in the end. Now was not the time to run away.
"So many people have died here, I can't just abandon you! It's not like you can't fight..."
The red-haired Angel had never been protected like this before, and she shook her head frantically.
In Xiao Huasheng's view, she was the most powerful person here; if she left, all these people would die.
Although she didn't care about winning or losing the battle, she couldn't bear to watch these people die.
This resulted in a rebuke from Vulkan.
"Your fight isn't here!"
Vulkan interrupted her, turning around so that the shadow cast by his massive body almost completely enveloped her.
His eyes were sharp as knives, yet deep within them lay a barely perceptible anxiety.
"That guy's target is you, Xiao Huasheng. The Emperor said you are hope, a variable. As long as you live, humanity still has a future. But if He captures you..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but the unspoken, terrible consequences made the Angel tremble.
"But if I leave, you..." Xiao Huasheng looked out the window. Slaanesh's ships were relentlessly pursuing him like a leech, and more demon drop pods were raining down on the hull as it was making its descent.
Staying means facing endless madness and slaughter.
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"We are warriors, this is our duty and our honor," Vulkan's voice was deep and firm.
Another violent explosion followed, the ship creaking under the strain, as Chaos reinforcements were about to invade.
Time is running out.
"Ah!" Xiao Huasheng exclaimed in surprise.
It turned out that Vulkan stopped talking and reached out his big hand to pick Xiao Huasheng up by the waist. Before she could struggle, he stuffed her into the cold airdrop pod.
"Hey!" Xiao Huasheng pounded on the inner hatch.
Vulkan gave her a deep look.
"For the Emperor."
These were his last words, accompanied by the hissing sound of the airlock sealing inside the drop pod and the sharp hum of the engine starting up.
The enormous figure of Vulkan quickly moved away.
Faced with Vulkan's intentions, Xiao Huasheng raised the molten metal gun in his hand and aimed it at the hatch, but hesitated for a moment before not firing.
The hatch shut out all the noise and explosions outside, leaving only the sound of her own heartbeat.
Thump!
The airdrop pod shuddered violently and was launched like a cannonball, instantly separating from the burning, falling mega-warship and hurtling rapidly toward the rust-red planet Mars below.
However, she did not head to Mars, but to the location of Phobos.
Meanwhile, the main ship where Vulkan was located was burning towards Mars, and many gunboats and airdrop pods were also deployed on the hull to distract the Slaanesh fleet.
"This... this isn't right, is it?"
Looking at this scene unfolding in space, Xiao Huasheng said this.
But she had already fallen into Phobos.
The massive Imperium flagship is tearing through Mars' thin atmosphere.
The ship's surface is marred by massive impact dents and blasphemous scratches left by the Slaanesh vessels.
Multiple armor plates were completely torn apart, exposing the Distortion internal skeleton and occasional bursts of electrical sparks.
Flames erupted from several breaches, stretching into long, murky black trails as they plummeted at high speed.
However, even in this self-destructive fall, a faint light stubbornly flickered across the ship's outline.
Although the Void Shield was nearly overheating and its glow was flickering, it was still fulfilling its final duty.
The Void Shield frantically defended against the attacks from the Slaanesh warships behind it, returning all of these attacks to their Warp home.
Upon entering the atmosphere, the warship burst into flames.
The flames generated by the intense friction with the atmosphere instantly formed a dazzling yet deadly halo, enveloping the entire warship like a sun fallen to earth.
Its descent was not entirely straight; each internal explosion caused the behemoth to tremble, subtly altering its trajectory.
Countless fragments peeled off the main body, immediately being swallowed up and vaporized by the surrounding flames, or scattered like meteors onto the vast and desolate red earth below.
Amidst this apocalyptic scene, on the vast, rust-red surface of Mars, countless already activated defensive arrays finally unleashed a deafening roar.
Mars is the sacred domain of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the treasure trove of Omnissiah's knowledge; its defensive capabilities are by no means ordinary.
For centuries, the vast array of Macro-cannon positions, laser turrets, and missile silos scattered across the globe have silently pointed to the sky, like sleeping behemoths.
At this moment, the behemoth was completely awakened by the blasphemous sight above its head.
With the order given by the last high lord originally slated to be assassinated by the Grand Master of the Officio Assassinorum —the Forging General of Mars.
Buzz--Boom!
A blinding beam of white light tore through the crimson sky, precisely targeting the Slaanesh ships that were hot on the tail of the Human Imperium's flagship.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Slaanesh warship tried to withdraw.
But this is not easy.
Because these lasers had already formed a deadly crossfire network through the precise calculations of countless machine servants and technical priests.
Immediately afterwards, Macro-cannon let out a roar.
The earth trembled, and the enormous shell, trailing an orange-red contrail, shot towards the sky at an almost vertical angle.
It was so fast that it arrived almost simultaneously with the laser!
In the blink of an eye, the boarding Slaanesh ships could barely withstand the firepower and slowed down instantly.
The Slaanesh fleet's actions have severely violated their sacred ground; any alien or Chaos forces must be reduced to ashes before the wrath of Mars.
They didn't care whether the sinking Imperium warship could survive.
Their sole objective is to completely purify all pursuing blasphemous ships from the Mars sky!
This sudden, overwhelming ground fire completely disrupted the Slaanesh fleet's formation and rhythm.
They were focused on hunting their prey ahead, completely unaware that the Mars beneath their feet would unleash such a terrifying counterattack. At such close range, the attack showed almost no regard for the lives of the Human Imperium's warships!
But clearly, this is purely because the Adeptus Mechanicus trusts the quality of the Void Shield; of course, if it fails to withstand the attack, there's nothing that can be done.
If it is destroyed, the Adeptus Mechanicus will definitely reclaim the warship.
After the boarding attempt was thwarted, the interior of the warship remained restless.
A group of Slaanesh forces that crashed into the command deck approached the direction of Vulkan.
Among them was an enemy that the Human Imperium was intimately familiar with, and also one of the Primarchs the Human Imperium had once been most arrogant.
Fulgrim looked ahead with a hint of amusement, his sharp eyes spotting Xiao Huasheng's discarded clothes on the ground.
Without even thinking, he picked up the pink panties and started twirling them, finally bringing them to his nose and sniffing them like a pervert.
It has no unusual taste, nor any strange flavor; it only has a faint sweetness, which, if I had to describe it, tastes like strawberry ice cream.
After doing all this, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Hmm, is this the scent that the other person was also looking forward to? It's indeed very nice, I'm even more excited to meet you now."
Fulgrim licked his lips and chuckled, then swung his underwear and left.
He coiled his serpentine body, slowly approaching Vulkan as his lord had intended.
Reni, hiding in the shadows, secretly observed the scene unfolding before her.
She had already boarded the warship, but she hadn't revealed herself, simply because she wanted to see what was happening there.
As Reality Bender, Reni didn't have many good options regarding the Warp; she had already suffered greatly Warp many times.
The rules over there are utterly chaotic; she has no way to use her Reality-Warping Ability.
Therefore, she tries to avoid contact with Chaos as much as possible.
But this time, now that Xiao Huasheng was involved, she couldn't just sit idly by.
She muttered, "This guy stole the boss's underwear..."
In the end Reni secretly followed Fulgrim, deciding to take the risk.
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