Chapter 268: Clearing the Area

"Em... Emperor?"

Many survivors hesitantly spoke these two words, but judging by the meaning of these fully armed soldiers, they would lead them away from the Zerg Breeding Ground; those people who distributed food to them had not lied to them!

"O... okay!"

These survivors quickly began to move, and before long, the small alley was packed with survivors; they looked with eager eyes at the fully armed soldiers wearing black scale armor and holding laser guns.

The leading Vitrian Dragoons Captain listened to the incessant sound of gunfire outside the Breeding Ground and said to these survivors.

"Are all the survivors in the vicinity here?"

"They are, sir, all the survivors in our neighborhood are here, let's leave quickly!"

The Vitrian Dragoons Captain nodded and said to the team members behind him.

"Let's move out, have a portion of the men move to the rear of the formation to provide cover."

"Yes!"

This squad of Vitrian Dragoons led more than 200 survivors to evacuate; just as they arrived at the area they had just entered, they discovered over a dozen men in red robes watching them from the window of a building.

"It's... it's the Red-Robed Cultists!"

In the group, several survivors shouted in panic, and the leading Vitrian Dragoons Captain immediately gave the order.

"Fire!"

Beams of laser light shot out, several Red-Robed Cultists were killed instantly, and the remaining Red-Robed Cultists immediately retreated into the building to avoid being hit by the beams.

"Do the Human Alliance's weapons actually have such high power now?"

A Red-Robed Cultist looked at his killed colleague and muttered to himself.

The Vitrian Dragoons Captain outside saw that some Heretics had not been eliminated, so he ordered the team members beside him.

"Don't let them come down, we must quickly take these survivors away from here!"

In the end, 5 Vitrian Dragoons soldiers stayed behind to cover the building with their laser guns; the surrounding survivors felt a touch of emotion in their hearts as they watched these soldiers in black scale armor confront the Red-Robed Cultists.

The Red-Robed Cultists inside the building saw that the survivors were about to be taken out of the Breeding Ground, so they slipped out from the back of the building and headed to the edge of the Breeding Ground to prepare an ambush.

"Almost there, once we leave this area, we will prepare to head to the location cleared for us by the Cadian Shock Troops."

The Vitrian Dragoons Captain saw no abnormalities and said to the team members behind him.

Just then, several streaks of red plasma shot rapidly toward the Vitrian Dragoons Captain's chest; after the high-temperature plasma touched the black scale armor, it slowly flowed to the ground, burning the earth into charred black.

"There! There are Heretics!"

Several Vitrian Dragoons soldiers raised their laser guns and quickly aimed at the direction from which the red plasma had flown; several Red-Robed Cultists were attacking them from there.

The Vitrian Dragoons soldiers opened fire immediately and did not cease fire until the Red-Robed Cultists in front were nowhere to be seen.

A Vitrian Dragoons soldier looked at the red plasma flowing down his body and whistled.

"It's a good thing our armor can withstand high temperatures, otherwise we really would have been caught off guard."

But the red plasma that had just hit did not just strike these few Vitrian Dragoons soldiers; some survivors were also hit by the red plasma, their bodies burned to nothing in just a few seconds, becoming charred corpses.

This scene filled the survivors with fear, and their dread of the Red-Robed Cultists increased by a few degrees.

"Phew, we were still too reckless, but for now, let's take these survivors to the extraction point, and afterward, we still need to continue entering here to search for survivors. For the Emperor!"

The Vitrian Dragoons Captain exhaled and said to the team members beside him.

"Yes! For the Emperor!"

Li Wei and Jiang Zhenggang looked at the Chimera Armored Vehicle that had originally been manned; now only the two of them remained, as those soldiers had taken their respective weapons and equipment and disembarked after the armored vehicle stopped.

They could feel the Chimera Armored Vehicle they were riding in firing, and outside they could still hear those soldiers roaring.

"Cadian! Stands!"

"For the Emperor!"

Words such as these made the two of them feel that intense will to fight.

"Li Wei, some of them don't look very old, but their combat quality is surprisingly high; I can't even imagine how they possess this level of combat proficiency."

Hearing Jiang Zhenggang say this, Li Wei nodded in agreement and spoke.

"The battle-hardened temperament they possess absolutely cannot be an illusion, and plus, they are currently a force of only about 2,000 men, yet they dare to fight the Zerg like this; heaven knows how many Zerg are here?"

Just as the two were briefly exchanging words, outside the Chimera Armored Vehicle they were in, Cadian soldiers were firing at the Aliens rushing toward them with the M36 Kantrael-pattern laser guns in their hands.

The Heavy Bolter on the Chimera Armored Vehicle was also providing fire support, and the Multi-laser on the turret fired continuously, taking the lives of one Swift-bug after another.

Coupled with the 120mm Battle Cannon of the Leman Russ Tank and three Heavy Bolters firing simultaneously, it took only a dozen seconds to shatter the thick and sturdy carapace of a Tank-bug; the Heavy Bolters shattered the carapace, entered the flesh of the Tank-bug, and a series of explosions directly blew the Tank-bug apart, spilling out bug meat and viscous green liquid.

"Advance! We must get close to that area and clear out an open space, Cadian! Stands!"

The Cadian Lieutenant used a Kantrael MG Defender-pattern laser pistol to kill a Swift-bug and shouted loudly to the Cadian soldiers beside him.

"Cadian! Stands!"

"For the Emperor!"

With the heavy firepower provided by the armored unit, the Cadian soldiers soon arrived at the designated location and began to use the surrounding terrain to construct simple defensive fortifications, while the Chimera Armored Vehicle and Leman Russ Tank were responsible for fire suppression, preventing those Aliens from getting close.

After the defensive fortifications were mostly built, a force of about 300 Cadian soldiers divided into several squads and entered the Zerg Breeding Ground to search for Human survivors inside.

"We can send a communication to the Emperor; we have cleared an open space, and the first batch of survivors is expected to arrive at the extraction point in 30 to 60 minutes."

Inside the defensive fortifications, the Cadian Lieutenant had several Cadian soldiers send a communication signal to Yingzhou, waiting for the other party's response.

Outside the defensive fortifications, most of the Zerg had been drawn away by the commotion caused by the Death Korps of Krieg just moments ago; at this moment, there were not many Zerg here, and facing the powerful firepower and combat proficiency of the Cadian Shock Troops, an open space was quickly cleared around the Breeding Ground, waiting for the Transport Aircraft to arrive.

Seeing the situation at this moment, the Cadian Lieutenant made a prompt decision and ordered.

"Armored units, advance, continue to push our fire points forward! Infantry, split off a unit to advance together; upon reaching the designated location, begin to hold the position with the armored units!"