Chapter 759: Deploying the Shield Guard Type Giant Soldier

First Defense Zone Inner City Center Building.

Blue data streams flow and refract across the surface of the giant cube.

At this moment, the Sage cube is parsing combat data streams from various nodes on the front line, evaluating the overall war situation against the surviving Human forces of the Ninth Defense Zone.

The performance of the Reconnaissance Type Giant Soldier and the Assault Giant Soldier on the front lines makes the Sage feel a hint of dissatisfaction.

Although the two types of Giant Soldiers do not have many distinct characteristics, once they enter the front lines, they never send back any replies, not even combat data, and the Sage has no idea what is happening there at all.

It only knows that the Human forces are slowly advancing toward its side, but just half an hour ago, among the three main Human forces, the one furthest ahead significantly increased its speed of advance.

The shielded graphic on the map is accelerating its advance; what exactly is happening there?

Thinking of this, the Sage cube immediately issued the latest command via the Consciousness Network.

Deploy the Shield Guard Type Giant Soldier; as the largest of the three Giant Soldier models, the Shield Guard Type possesses both defensive capabilities and impressive combat power.

This also makes the number of Shield Guard Type Giant Soldiers much lower than the previous two models; from the start of production until now, the total number of Shield Guard Type Giant Soldiers it possesses has just exceeded 30 units.

"Deploy 20 Shield Guard Type Giant Soldiers to attack the Human vanguard's main force, and have the Assault Giant Soldier and Reconnaissance Type Giant Soldier provide support.

Furthermore, deploy the Canglei Type soldiers and other specially modified infantry to the battlefield."

Once this main force is annihilated, it will be possible to know the reason why they are able to block the combat data uploaded by Cyberk soldiers.

"Understood! Sage!"

Several S-rank Cyberk Commanders immediately replied in the Consciousness Network.

Just then, the Sage cube detected that the air defense system of the First Defense Zone Outer City had been activated.

A ripple appeared in the data stream on the surface of the Sage cube.

Those Humans actually dare to send a Transport Aircraft to the First Defense Zone; what on earth are they trying to do?

Anomaly marked.

Soon, an alarm signal from the waste processing area on the edge of the Outer City abruptly pierced the steady data stream.

The signal strength was weak, but the information fragments contained were highly destructive: the signal of a standard Cyberk Extermination Squad changed from "Executing Qingchao Xieyi" status to "Complete Silence" in an extremely short time.

Analysis: Zeta-7 Node.

The Sage cube's Logic Core instantly mobilized all secondary node data related to that area.

Waste processing area, low-value zone.

The Biological Processor there showed an abnormal reaction, causing the Cyberk soldiers responsible for observing them to execute the Qingchao Xieyi.

Anomaly point: The interval from active to silent for this Cyberk Extermination Squad: less than 3.7 seconds.

Far exceeding the model for this squad's expected confrontation with low-level organic resistance.

Energy reading: In the moment before silence, passive sensors on the periphery of the node captured an abnormally high energy burst.

Pattern recognition: Non-Cyberk standard weapon.

Energy signature... highly unstable, difficult to identify, carrying strong... organic Psionic interference characteristics?

Brief airspace disturbance: During the same period, a low-orbit surveillance outpost recorded a very brief, successfully evaded camouflage signal deactivation, accompanied by a low-intensity aerial target disintegration event.

Before disintegration, detected... humanoid high-energy biological signal projection?

Data fragments collided, reorganized, and deduced within the cube.

Conclusion: High-probability event.

Ninth Defense Zone Human elite units (possibly including high-threat "Psionic" and "Gene-modified Warrior"), have broken through the outer defenses and infiltrated the Outer City Zeta-7 area. The Cyberk Extermination Squad encountered them and was efficiently annihilated.

Risk assessment:

Infiltration threat: Targets possess strong stealth and breakthrough capabilities. Risk of entering the Inner City exists.

Intelligence leak: Zeta-7 area is adjacent to the outer buffer zone of sensitive facilities (Giant Weapon Factory).

Humans may have already obtained preliminary visual/scan intelligence.

Combat power assessment: The efficiency of the Cyberk Extermination Squad indicates that the target unit's threat level is extremely high. Regular Patrol Squads cannot effectively respond.

Decision: Qingchao Xieyi upgraded.

The Sage cube's logic command was instantly transmitted via the Consciousness Network to the Inner City defense network core and the nearest mobile strike force.

Command content:

Target area: Zeta-7 waste processing area and its surrounding five-kilometer buffer zone.

Executing units:

Scavenger Group: Composed of three standard Cyberk Extermination Squads, responsible for arriving at the scene quickly, establishing a blockade, clearing residual organic signals (including possible survivors), and collecting battlefield wreckage data.

Priority: Recover any enemy unit wreckage/biological samples.

Hound Group: A heavy assault squad.

Task: Locate, pursue, and annihilate all detected non-Cyberk high-energy signal sources. Kill without exception.

Alert protocol: Defense level around the Giant Weapon Factory raised to B-rank.

All Automatic Turrets online, Patrol Squad density increased by 50%, Energy Shield Generator preheated and on standby.

Closely monitor any energy/vibration/heat signals approaching the factory buffer zone.

Execution policy: Efficient, thorough, leave no survivors.

Collect all available combat data and upload to the Sage Database.

Command issued.

The data stream inside the cube returned to its previous steadiness, as if the intense calculation just now had never occurred.

Only the Sensor Array, which continuously monitors the Zeta-7 area and the Giant Weapon Factory, flickered with a more intense ghostly blue light than usual.

Horus advances the main force.

There are Knight Mechs of the Tailin Family clearing the way in front, with the Luna Wolves and Iron Warriors following behind the Knight Mechs.

The Cadian Blitz Army provides fire support from the rear, while armored units fire from both flanks.

The defensive line constructed by two Cyberk Infantry legions is gradually disintegrating under the coordinated strikes of this elite force.

"Luna Wolves! Left flank breach! Clear the remaining enemies!"

"Iron Warriors! Firepower coverage on coordinate G-73, suppress the enemy's heavy weapon emplacements!"

"Cadian armored group, maintain formation, crush them!"

"Tailin Family! 'Oath', 'Star Spear'! Target the high-value stronghold ahead, break through!"

In the communication channel, the voices of the commanders of each unit intertwined.

Horus stood on a small hill leveled by artillery fire.

He surveyed the battle situation. Everything was proceeding according to plan, until...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A vibration, different from an explosion, heavier and more rhythmic, came from the distance.

This vibration moved from far to near, becoming clearer and more intense, even suppressing the engine roar of the Leman Russ Tanks.

"Large-scale high-energy reaction detected! Ahead!"

The Iron Warriors' reconnaissance Sergeant reported in the communication channel.

"The Emperor preserve us... what is that thing?!"

A Cadian tank commander exclaimed in the communication channel.