Chapter 858: Air-Dropped onto Kamirate (1)

Kamirate, Third Mining Zone, Surface

The dim, yellow sky was torn completely asunder today.

Streaks of searing, burning meteors, trailing long tails of plasma, smashed through the thick clouds of dust!

The sharp, whistling sound they emitted even temporarily drowned out the endless mechanical roar of the mining zone, shaking every living soul on the ground.

For those numb miners, this scene exceeded the limits of their meager imaginations.

They looked up, their turbid eyes reflecting the light drawing ever closer, a helpless fear rising in their hearts.

Was it a natural disaster? Or had the Fengqi Star Alliance invented some new, torturous device again?

As for the overseers and the garrison, especially the officers who had experienced the alarms and communication blackouts, they reacted immediately.

"Enemy attack!!! All personnel to combat positions! All anti-air arrays, fire! Quickly!"

The commander's hoarse, desperate roar came through the loudspeakers of the garrison fortress.

Deployed throughout the mining zone and originally intended to guard against miner riots, the automatic turrets and light anti-air laser cannons raised their muzzles, spitting tongues of fire toward the sky.

Sparse energy beams and Rune Bullets exploded into clusters of black smoke in the dim sky, completely unable to stop the falling meteors of death.

"Boom!!!!"

The first Drop Pod crashed onto the rocky ground in the center of the Third Mining Zone!

The immense impact force shook the entire earth; a massive crater appeared at the point of impact, spiderweb cracks spread outward, and the scorching airwaves and kicked-up debris scattered in all directions, directly blowing away several overseers and garrison soldiers who were unable to dodge in time!

Following that were the second, the third... over a dozen Drop Pods fell, smashing into the plaza, the mining zone entrance, and even piercing directly through the roofs of some low-lying alloy-plate buildings.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Heavy hydraulic systems roared, and the Drop Pod doors were opened!

First to diffuse out was white cooling steam, and immediately following, stepping out from the steam, were tall figures!

They wore white Power Armor, the emblem of a red lightning bolt carved into their shoulder pads, their helmet lenses flickering with red light.

Their physiques were as tall and large as the most burly Fengqi garrison troops, and their presence radiated killing intent and oppression!

Space Marines! White Scars First Company!

The miners shrank back in terror, huddling together; they could not understand what exactly had appeared before their eyes.

Were they Angels? Were they Demons? Or some kind of even more terrifying killing machine?

The Fengqi garrison, meanwhile, screamed as they fired upon these White Scars Space Marines.

"Fire! Fire! Kill them!"

A garrison Captain roared hysterically, raising the Energy Rifle in his hand to spray fire at the nearest White Scars Space Marine.

The energy beams struck the White Scars Space Marine's chest plate, merely splashing a few insignificant sparks and leaving some dents on the armor.

The attacked White Scars Space Marine did not even look down, merely raising the Bolter in his hand casually.

"Bang!"

A massive roar!

The head of the helmetless garrison Captain simply vanished, turning into a cluster of scattered, splashing flesh and gore, leaving only the headless corpse to fall stiffly to the ground.

All the White Scars Space Marines moved!

Their movements were faster than imaginable, forming a contrast with their heavy, massive physiques!

The Bolters fired precise, single shots; every roar inevitably resulted in an overseer being blown into fragments!

The overseer Bulake tried to hide in a control room, but a White Scars warrior smashed the alloy door with his fist and dragged him out like a chick.

Bulake was so scared he lost control of his bowels, babbling as he begged for mercy: "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I'm just an overseer! I don't know any—"

His words could not be finished.

This White Scars Space Marine seemed to find him noisy; with a casual squeeze and the sound of shattering bone, everything returned to silence.

Kamirate, Third Mining Zone, Garrison Fortress Perimeter

A squad of White Scars Space Marines, led by White Scars Sergeant Agulu, was advancing upward along the wide ramp leading to the fortress's main gate.

Their goal was to cut off the connection between the fortress's internal defenders and the external positions, and to clear a field of fire for the follow-up heavy weapons team.

"Hold the line! For Fengqi!"

A Fengqi Sergeant, hiding behind a barricade temporarily piled up from scrapped mine carts, roared loudly, trying to stabilize the emotions of his soldiers.

About 30-plus Fengqi soldiers relied on the barricade, desperately pouring energy fire down the ramp.

Blue energy beams shot toward the White Scars Space Marines, striking the rocky ground of the ramp and the metal supports on both sides, leaving behind molten metal and melt-holes.

Sergeant Agulu gave a hand signal, and the squad members utilized the undulations of the ramp itself to evade the fire.

Occasionally, an energy beam would strike a White Scars Space Marine's Armor.

Bang!

An energy beam struck the shoulder pad of a White Scars Space Marine named Suhe, leaving a distinct scorched mark on the shoulder pad, with signs of melting on the Ceramite surface.

Another energy beam grazed the side of White Scars Sergeant Agulu's helmet, leaving a scorch mark on his helmet, and the built-in sensors issued a warning.

"Their weapons have a bit of kick, Sergeant Agulu!"

Suhe roared in the communication channel, his voice carrying a hint of excitement from being provoked.

"Just tickling!"

Agulu responded, his voice steady.

"Keep moving! Don't let them aim! Fire at will!"

The order was given, and the White Scars Space Marines displayed their mobility.

Power backpacks provided auxiliary thrust, allowing them to move across the complex terrain as if on flat ground, their movements so fast that the Fengqi soldiers found it difficult to lock on!

At the same time, the Bolters in their hands fired a series of attacks.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A Fengqi soldier attempting to poke his head out to fire had barely exposed half of his skull before his helmet, along with the contents inside, was blasted by a bolter round into scattered fragments and a bloody mist; the headless corpse fell down stiffly.

Another soldier's cover was struck by three consecutive bolter rounds; the sandbags exploded, the metal ore cart behind them was torn apart, and he himself was sent flying by shrapnel and the shockwave, his deep purple breastplate caving in significantly as he collapsed, unable to rise.

The firepower of Fengqi was suppressed in an instant.