Chapter 174

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

Kal II.

The Luna Fleet has clashed with the Green Skins occupying Kal II no fewer than five times.

Although neither Luna nor the Priests have fought naval battles, relying on more refined weapons and equipment.

And the Naval Combat Intelligent Analysis Unit from the Dark Age, every time the Luna Fleet could steadily hold the upper hand, even achieving overwhelming victories.

This is also one reason Luna is so confident.

If other Imperial Fleets used this forbidden combat unit, they would easily fall to Chaos corruption or escape human control.

But, sigh, excuse me, Luna is one of Yi Su's people, and has the Machine Cult backing her.

They directly corrupted this combat unit, turning it into an obedient "Magic Tactical Compendium".

The first two battles were naval battles fought in space around Kal II.

Both battles ended in a great victory for the Luna Fleet, against the most luxurious and largest fleet the Green Skins could muster.

Under the Luna Fleet's absolute firepower and precise control, they were no different from paper, easily torn apart by the fleet.

The Green Skins' main fleet was soon crippled.

Afterward, the Luna Fleet pressed forward, concentrating cannon fire to bombard the space station's outer defensive fortifications, destroying hundreds of turrets and anti-air platforms.

A relatively safe landing zone was opened on the west side of Kal II.

Three hundred thousand Inquisition Army soldiers and one million PDF Soldiers, under the fleet's fire support, forcibly landed in Kal II's Outer Zone.

They advanced a full ten kilometers, destroying countless Green Skin fortifications, but were forced to retreat under the Green Skins' mad counterattack.

In the last battle, Luna attempted to land again.

This time she committed Mechanized Forces, a large number of Leman Russ Tanks, Sentinel Mechs.

Wrecker Poison Scorpion Mechs, Dune Crawlers, and Steel Walker walking mechs and other vehicle units to hold the line.

Heavy weapons such as Arc Cannons and Plasma Rapid-fire Machine Guns for dealing with heavily armored units.

And Sororitas Phosphorus Squads targeting the Green Skin Tide.

The advance distance increased fivefold, almost reaching the interior of the space station.

But there were simply too many Green Skins, plus Iron Pliers Chandler as a famous Tech Boss.

His subordinate forces' mechanization level and quality far surpassed the Green Skins on Brevis.

Finally, the landing force ran out of ammunition and was still driven back.

Five battles, five victories, if only looking at the exchange ratio.

Luna's fleet indeed holds an absolute advantage.

Every battle, the Green Skins lost several times her forces, even ten times or more.

But the problem is, she cannot achieve a true victory.

That huge space station still floats in the starry sky, firmly held by the Green Skins.

Luna stood on the Bridge of the Precept Ruler, looking at that ugly metal tumor outside the window, her brow tightly furrowed.

"Why can't we take it down?"

She had asked this question no fewer than ten times in the past half month.

The Deputy Officer answered carefully: "Adult, there are too many Green Skins.

And they have home-field advantage; we are unfamiliar with the space station's interior terrain, and every landing gets bogged down in urban warfare."

Luna also knew the Deputy Officer spoke the truth.

As long as their War Boss isn't eliminated, endless Green Skins will keep being born on Kal II.

But Kal II is too big, as big as an asteroid.

The Green Skins expanded it by a full fold using scrap, and now its internal structure is as complex as a labyrinth.

Even if her fleet could completely blockade the Outer Areas, entering the interior to fight would take time, a great deal of time.

And what she lacks most is time.

"What about that War Boss? Hasn't appeared yet?"

The Deputy Officer shook his head.

"We also tried Governor Sir's method, taunting and jeering, but it simply doesn't show itself."

Luna's eyes narrowed.

It seems the Green Skins are indeed not so easy to deal with; she decided to first suspend the strong attack and maintain the blockade of Kal II.

Send people into Kal II's interior first to find the War Boss's exact location.

See if an assassination operation can be carried out.

Luna didn't know that her opponent was also conducting the same thinking.

Brevis, Governor's Mansion.

Lin En sat in the office, listening in his mind as Lena explained the details of the Luna Fleet's battles.

The Genestealers lurking in the Luna Fleet recorded in detail the course of the Luna Fleet's five battles.

The details of every battle, the success or failure of landings, and changes in fleet data.

Isud said behind him: "About what we guessed."

"She can win, but she can't win completely."

Lin En nodded.

"Fighting the Green Skins, the key is still decapitation."

"If you don't kill the War Boss, killing however many Grots is useless; those Green Skin things, the speed at which you kill them can never catch up to their breeding speed."

He looked at Isud.

"With Luna's current strength, she still can't force out the War Boss responsible for Kal II."

Lena understood what he meant.

Chandler not showing his face isn't because he's cowardly.

It's because he knows he doesn't need to show his face at all right now.

The Luna Fleet still can't pose a real threat to him, to Kal II.

So to take down Kal II, they can only rely on that one move.

Decapitation Operation.

"So," Isud said, "the key now has become who finds the War Boss first?"

"Right." Lin En gave an affirmative answer.

The Purple Crystal Hao's mission isn't just to harass Kal II.

Before leaving, it also left some small gifts for Kal II.

The first batch of small gifts was ten Likates.

Their bodies are over three meters long, covered with color-changing carapaces, able to achieve perfect invisibility on the optical layer.

Plus extremely strong physical functions, allowing them to handle reconnaissance tasks in most situations.

The second batch of gifts was over a hundred Ymgarl Gene-Stealers.

These subspecies Genestealers look very similar to ordinary Genestealers, but their heads are more like a giant leech brain.

Because their gene infection ability is weak, they have long been expelled by the Hive Mind from the ranks of the main infiltration units.

But they have a special ability that ordinary Genestealers cannot compare to.

Top-tier physical disguise.

They can turn their flesh into any shape and color in an instant.

A pile of scrap, a corpse, a metal plate—anything they've seen, they can become.

They can also greatly strengthen the Ji Dan Qia strength of body parts before receiving an attack; in short, they are a unit very suitable for stealth.

Against Green Skins, their ability is more useful than gene infection.

Because of the Green Skins' special fungal breeding method, the Bug Race's gene infection is difficult to carry out on them.

Likates and Ymgarl Gene-Stealers slid out of the Purple Crystal Hao, not relying on Spore Sacs, but drifting forcibly toward Kal II relying only on their main bodies.

This way, the chance of being discovered becomes minuscule.

Their bodies won't freeze even after long periods in a vacuum, and their respiratory systems can work for several days and nights in an oxygen-free environment.

They are perfect infiltrators.

At the same time, Luna's side is also taking action.

"Dispatch Sikarian infiltrators, the entire First Company mobilizes, find that War Boss!"

Sikarian infiltrators, the Machine Cult's elite assassin troop.

Their members are all severely wounded from the Hundred Battles Inquisition Army.

After being saved by the Machine Cult, they underwent the most thorough modification.

Their brains were implanted with the combat experience data of hundreds of Inquisition Army soldiers, and their bodies were replaced with the most advanced mechanical prosthetics.

Every joint is a weapon, every move is a killing strike.

They don't need to prove anything, because they themselves are the synonym of death.

One hundred and three Sikarian infiltrators departed from a landed transport ship, infiltrating Kal II.

Besides this, some Chaos Cultists also infiltrated Kal II during the last landing battle.

The two forces thus began to contend within Kal II.

One side is Chaos Believers with super perception and psychic invisibility, plus Sikarian infiltrators with high-tech equipment and Hundred Battles Experience.

The other side is assassin units of the Tyranid Bug Race relying on genes and mutation.

Perhaps their standings differ, but their current goal is only one: find Iron Pliers Chandler!