Chapter 1098: Heading Alone to the Core Energy Center

The Thunderhawk Gunship squadron is getting closer and closer to the shield.

Four hundred kilometers, three hundred kilometers, two hundred kilometers...

Sanguinius can feel the energy radiation emanating from the shield.

"One hundred kilometers. Prepare to cross."

Sanguinius nods, simultaneously issuing orders to all Thunderhawks via the encrypted channel.

"Maintain course, speed unchanged. There may be slight turbulence during the crossing."

Fifty kilometers.

The shield is a honeycomb structure composed of countless hexagonal energy units, each unit flickering slightly, adjusting its own energy density.

Twenty kilometers. The Thunderhawk Gunships begin to vibrate slightly; the edge effects of the shield begin to manifest.

"Now!"

Sanguinius says in a low voice.

The lead Thunderhawk dives headlong into that energy trough.

"Unit One through."

"Unit Two through."

"Unit Three through."

All ten Thunderhawk Gunships successfully cross.

Below is the gradually clarifying planet surface, gray mountain ranges, blue water areas, and large swaths of building complexes.

Sanguinius gives the order.

"Engage main engines, descend at full speed! Target: Energy Center, three hundred kilometers to the north!"

At the K-77 underground Command Center, Tailakesi is frantic.

The Xiuluosheng Fleet in orbit has suddenly intensified its attack, and the attack pattern is very strange; it is not concentrating firepower to try to break through a single point, but is bombing dozens of areas simultaneously.

This has consumed a large amount of the shield's energy, but has not posed a substantial threat.

"What are they doing?"

Tailakesi's Third Eye flickers rapidly, analyzing the data.

"Wasting ammunition? Disrupting our judgment? Or..."

Suddenly, a perimeter alarm catches his attention.

That is a low-priority alarm from the internal shield monitoring system, usually used to report cases of meteors or space debris passing through the shield. But at this moment, the number of alarms is abnormal.

"Multiple small objects detected inside the shield. Size equivalent to medium-sized fighter jets, energy signatures very low, descending at high speed."

Tailakesi is immediately alert.

Low energy signatures? High-speed descent?

"Magnify the trajectory! Analyze the signatures!"

The holographic panel displays ten rapidly moving light spots, plunging straight toward the planetary surface from the edge of the atmosphere.

Trajectory analysis shows their target direction is... the Energy Center.

Tailakesi's Third Eye suddenly widens.

"It's a strike force! They've passed through the shield! All anti-air units! Lock onto those targets! Fighter jets scramble immediately! Do not let them approach the Energy Center!"

The entire K-77 anti-air network is activated, hundreds of ground anti-air arrays rotate their muzzles, and hundreds of fighter jets take off urgently from hidden hangars.

"Mobilize the rapid response force, head to the Alpha Energy Center area! Notify all defenders, maximum alert! This is not a probe, it is a decapitation strike!"

Sanguinius's Thunderhawk Gunship squadron is diving at a nearly vertical angle, less than fifty kilometers from the ground.

Suddenly, the alarm in the cockpit sounds piercingly.

"Radar lock! Multiple ground anti-air arrays! Missile warning! Six, no, twelve surface-to-air missiles are approaching!"

Sanguinius's light blue pupils do not fluctuate in the slightest.

"All units, evasive maneuvers! Deploy flares! Maintain formation, do not scatter!"

Ten Thunderhawks perform evasive maneuvers simultaneously, tracing complex trajectories in the air.

"Unit Five hit! Left engine failure!"

"Unit Seven hit! Fuselage damaged!"

Sanguinius orders in a steady voice.

"Damaged units, force land immediately! Other units continue forward!"

"Sir, Unit Five requests to continue fighting! We can still fly!"

"That is an order! Force land! This is a raid, not a suicide mission!"

The two damaged Thunderhawks helplessly break formation and begin searching for a landing site.

The remaining eight continue to dive, but the anti-air fire is becoming increasingly dense.

Ground anti-air cannons begin firing, and Rune Bullets explode in the air.

Fighter jets from the rear are approaching rapidly.

"Enemy aircraft are catching up! Four, no, eight, the number is increasing."

Sanguinius quickly assesses the situation.

The terrain map shows a small industrial zone fifteen kilometers ahead; there should be enough cover there.

More importantly, Sanguinius senses strong energy fluctuations in that direction; it should be a secondary Energy Node.

"Attention all units! Change target! Fifteen kilometers ahead, coordinate 4-7-9-2, that is a secondary Energy Center! We will force land there and attack from the ground!"

"Understood!"

"Acknowledged!"

Eight Thunderhawks adjusted their flight paths simultaneously.

But the anti-aircraft fire of Fengqi had already woven into a deadly web of fire.

Another Thunderhawk was hit.

"Number Nine's tail wing is damaged! Losing control!"

"Continue descending! Prepare for a forced landing!"

The remaining seven Thunderhawks, trailing smoke and flames, charged toward the industrial zone.

"Five hundred meters from the ground! Prepare to land!"

Sanguinius's Thunderhawk Gunship opened its hatch first.

Sanguinius rushed out first.

Holding a Power Halberd, the wings on his back unfurled, sweeping away the surrounding smoke and dust.

"All personnel, evacuate the aircraft immediately! Establish a defensive formation!"

The Blood Angels Space Marines poured out from the damaged Thunderhawks.

"Kas."

"My lord!"

Kas stepped forward.

"You are to lead all warriors and capture that secondary Energy Center."

Sanguinius pointed toward the fortress-like building eight hundred meters away.

"Destroy it, trigger a chain reaction of explosions, and create chaos. This is your Task."

Kas was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth to ask.

"And what about you, my lord?"

Sanguinius raised his pale blue eyes and looked toward the north; in that direction, two hundred kilometers away, was the core Energy Center of the K-77 planetary Huzhun Xitong.

"I am going to destroy the main Energy Center."

"Father, that is too dangerous!"

One Blood Angels Space Marine could not help but speak up.

"Let us follow you! Even if it is only one squad..."

"No. Your Task here is equally important. Once the secondary Energy Center is destroyed, the energy supply for the entire industrial zone will be interrupted, and the Huzhun Xitong will come under additional pressure. Furthermore, the explosions will attract the enemy's attention, creating an opportunity for me."

Sanguinius looked around at every Blood Angels Space Marine.

"Trust in me, just as I trust in you."

There was no further argument. The Blood Angels struck their chest armor with their fists.

Sanguinius nodded, his wings vibrating slightly, and continued.

"Communications Officer."

"My lord!"

"Maintain communications silence, but send a signal to orbit every ten minutes. If I succeed in destroying the main Energy Center, the shield will collapse within one minute. At that time, the fleet will launch a full-scale attack. You must withdraw to a safe distance before then."

"By your command, my lord!"

Everything had been taken care of.

Sanguinius took one last look at these Blood Angels Space Marines, then gave his wings a flap.

Dust flew up from the ground.

The wings sliced through the air with a whistling sound, and in an instant, he had risen to a height of several hundred meters.