The 2,000 Adeptus Custodes were divided into hundreds of teams and poured in at the same time from various peripheral breaches of Olympus Mons.
They did not try to hide, nor did they choose the silent Infiltration route.
It's not so much about sneaking in as it is about killing through.
Each team is composed of five to ten Adeptus Custodes, like arrows forged to the extreme, advancing along a pre-calibrated route.
Their steps were uniform, and the golden Power Spear formed flowing golden outlines under the dark red light of Mars.
As soon as the enemy's Autocannon tower's first round of shots lit up, several Bolt shots accurate to the millimeter penetrated the fire control core and misfired amidst the deafening sound of metal tearing.
Adeptus Mechanicus The Battle-automata team deployed on the outermost layer tried to stop their advance, but Adeptus Custodes's advancement speed hardly fluctuated at all, like a steel knife dragging across the paper, leaving only chopped debris and still burning mechanical structures wherever it passed.
Several Orion Gunship belonging to Adeptus Custodes pierced the thick clouds above Olympus Mons. Their huge body outlines formed an overwhelming shadow in the red sky of Mars, and the roar of the engines was like the roar of Behemoth.
Valdor stood on the edge of the open hatch of the first Gunship aircraft. The dark red light reflected from the Mars surface outlined a sharp outline of his fully armed body.
He holds Apollonian Spear in his hand, and the surface of the spear blade glows with a golden cold light in the air flow.
Fifty Adeptus Custodess behind him were silent, waiting for the landing order.
Valdor led fifty Adeptus Custodes to launch an airborne landing against Olympus Mons.
For them, there is no need to disguise. This group of Adeptus Custodes directly projects their power over the enemy's heads in the most high-profile way.
All the automatic defense systems in the mountains were activated almost at the same time. Countless air defense arrays turned their muzzles on Olympus Mons's Shell. Those Anti-Aircraft Missile controlled by artificial intelligence rose from the launch silo like Hive Swarm. They ignited the thrusters one by one and roared away towards the height of Valdor, dragging red and white tail flames.
It's not like Emperor has never thought about how Adeptus Mechanicus might one day stand on the opposite side of Imperium, and what countermeasures Imperium would take.
That plan has been stored in the deepest strategic database of Terra for countless centuries.
The power of Adeptus Mechanicus is built on the huge industrial network and information interconnection. Their weapons are amazingly powerful, but their systems also rely on the network.
As long as those networks are cut off, no matter how huge the force is, it will become a pile of metal blocks fighting each other.
For this reason, Valdor carries an ultra-wide-range signal disconnection device to cut off the network of Adeptus Mechanicus among Olympus Mons.
The device was fixed under the belly of the Gunship machine. It looked like a giant iron box folded into a spire shape. The surface was covered with transmitting antennas and heat dissipation holes. It was a weapon from Dark Age of Technology.
Along with Valdor and others, the Gunship aircraft appeared on top of Olympus Mons's air defense array. The moment those Anti-Aircraft Missile just locked on Valdor, a wave of fluctuations struck.
The wave of fluctuations was like an invisible wave of shock, spreading outward from the equipment under the belly of the Gunship aircraft, covering the entire Olympus Mons air defense network at a speed beyond sight.
The wave released by the Gunship aircraft on which Valdor was riding instantly burned the ground equipment of Adeptus Mechanicus.
Those Radar antennas that were locking on the target exploded like glass penetrated by strong current. The processing unit of the artificial intelligence fire control system emitted white smoke at the moment when the data flow collapsed. All the Anti-Aircraft Missile that were waiting for instructions in the launch silo were like firecrackers with their leads pulled out, hanging in vain on the launcher.
In an instant, Olympus Mons's air defense equipment was disconnected.
The entire huge defense array was like a giant that had been cut off from hearing and vision, leaving only its blind body waving its fists in the darkness, unable to capture any targets.
The originally dense air defense fire network in the sky suddenly became sparse, leaving only a few sporadic forts that had not had time to be affected and were firing blindly. However, those artillery fires were easily avoided by Adeptus Custodes's Gunship aircraft as if they did not exist.
Taking this opportunity, Valdor held up Apollonian Spear and his voice reached the ears of every Adeptus Custodes through communication. "Everyone, follow me in."
He stood on the edge of the hatch, Mars's Tornado blew past his golden armor, and Apollonian Spear's spear blade drew a dazzling light in the air.
He jumped out of the hatch, and the tactical mirror inside Helmet locked on the cast Temple under his feet.
Fifty Adeptus Custodes followed closely and jumped out of the cabin one after another, forming a golden meteor shower and falling towards the core of Olympus Mons.
Stab! Bang bang bang bang!!!
With the glass shattering and Venom Spider-pattern Heavy Volkite Cannon roaring, the Olympus building above the ground was swallowed up by bursts of flames under the attack of Volkite Weapon.
The giant dome forges and production towers built by Adeptus Mechanicus trembled, shattered, and collapsed under the bombardment of deflagration Ammunition.
Venom Spider-pattern Heavy Volkite Cannon projects the white lumps of explosive agent into the gaps in the building at a rate of hundreds of rounds per minute.
The deflagration beam expanded into a blazing white fireball in the air, burning all combustible materials inside the entire building to ashes.
The remaining mechs hidden in the building were hit by Volkite Weapon as soon as they emerged.
The patrol units dispatched by Machine God Guard tried to rely on bunkers to fight back, but their silhouettes were completely unable to pose a threat under the fierce attacks of deflagration cannons.
The first explosive bomb hit the breastplate of a mech. The thick armor instantly dented and deformed inward, the metal was torn, and bursts of flames ignited in the broken gap.
The flames spurted out from the cracks in the armor, swallowing up the robot's processing system, propulsion system Shell, and the remaining limb joints.
The mech tried to raise its arms and fire before falling, but its weapon system had melted in the high temperature and turned into a ball of scrap metal stuck to its arm armor.
The entire surface area of Olympus turned into a burning hell, with countless pipelines covered with fire-retardant paint hissing in the flames.
And Valdor led Adeptus Custodes to jump from a high altitude at the right time.
Like fifty-one golden Spears dropped from the clouds, they passed through the undissipated anti-aircraft fire and hurricane-like explosive flames, and smashed into the Temple dome with terrifying kinetic energy.
The moment Valdor's soles touched the thick armor plate, the dome exploded like it was hit by a meteorite. The entire roof composed of Adamantium and ceramic sintered plates shattered into countless flying fragments under the impact of the golden figure.
He walked through the shattered dome, surrounded by armor fragments and coolant vapor raining down.
Valdor smashed directly into Temple.
When he landed, the air around him seemed to tremble, and the shock wave caused the wreckage of the nearest mechs to fly backwards.
He raised Apollonian Spear, and the golden luster on the spear blade was like an eye-catching Lightning in the dim hall.
Behind him, dozens of golden figures came one after another, passing through the gap in the dome and pouring into the interior of Temple like a waterfall.
Inside Temple, Utio, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the assassin, was attracted by the sound of breaking glass.
His red optics Sensors turned towards the direction of the dome and saw a beam of dark red light falling on the shattering armored ceiling, followed by golden outlines that were rapidly approaching.
The moment he looked up, he saw dozens of golden figures rushing towards him.
Countless pairs of eyes burning with determination passed through the falling debris and smoke and locked directly on the mechanical body of Utio.