Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 86 The Battle of Zhonghaina Blue Star ([-])

Combat deployment time: +14 hours, 03 minutes and 24 seconds (Colonel Price’s mission clock)
Near the Bibo town of Zhonghaina Blue Star.

The five Tommys were lying behind a small hill. They watched with their own eyes the thick green plasma beam in the distance plowed across the ground, leaving a dark "scar". The two Scorpion tanks were burned before they had time to fire the shells. The driver's flesh and blood inside mixed with the molten iron, creating an ambiguous color.

"God, how are we going to get over there?" Corporal Cecilia muttered, covering his ears that were about to be deafened by the loud noise, staring at the giant creature in the distance, "This thing will crush us like bugs. "

This is the Covenant's most powerful ground weapon - the Scarab.It is a giant tank as tall as a building, with four spider-like curved legs, loaded with various types of weapons and equipment, and capable of serving as a mobile assault platform.At this time, this guy was standing between Tommy and a cave next to Bibo Town.

The red laser emitted by the plasma cutter illuminated Tommy's pale yellow helmet panel, and the cave entrance continued to grow under the work of the cutter.The cutting machine was surrounded by a dense crowd of Covenanters. According to Tommy's estimation, the number could not be less than a thousand.

"General, we need heavy fire support here." Tommy opened the communicator and requested the commander of the planet. He also sent the calculated coordinates up. "The Covenant's Scarab stopped us. ”

"Roger," the general's determined voice came from the communicator, "the birds will be here soon."

Whistling sounds came from the sky behind him, and a row of manta-shaped Gladius bombers quickly passed over the Scarab, followed by countless Banshee fighters shooting plasma beams.

MARK208 carpet bombs, as densely packed as locusts, fell around the Scarab, and the fire burned through the sky. The loud "rumbling" sound caused the ground to tremble slightly, and the heat-laden shock wave flattened the weeds and headed towards Tommy and his party. People attack.

The two legs of the Scarab were broken by the flames and shock waves, and the behemoth collapsed, but it was not destroyed.

"Let's go!" Tommy called to the other four people to jump on the Hornet attack aircraft. When the pilot pushed the control stick, the engine roared and they sped towards the Scarab.

Plasma beams and purple stinger bombs were fired at the Wasp attack aircraft, and the pilots used the altitude advantage to fly around the Scarab, making all incoming attacks useless.Rebecca and Aurora controlled the three-barreled rotating cannon on both sides of the attack aircraft and fired fiercely at the Grunts and Jackals on the Scarab, leaving them in mourning and bleeding.

"Get behind it!" The sound of the engines and cannon fire was so loud that Tommy had to shout to the pilot, "Cecilia, do you still have any explosives?"

"There are many more!" Cecilia took out a can of C-7 foam explosive and shook it.

"I'll cover you and follow me down there to blow it up!"

"Through fire or water, sir!"

The Hornet attack plane made a sharp turn and circled around the back of the Scarab. Tommy raised his MA5B rifle and aimed it at the elite soldiers above, suppressing them so much that they could not lift their heads. Cecilia took this opportunity to jump off quickly.

The Spartans followed closely behind, and a "bang" landed on the deck of the Scarab.A red dot appeared on the right side of the motion detector. He turned his head slightly and saw an elite warrior in white armor pulling out an energy sword and charging towards him with a roar.

Tommy signaled Cecilia to leave it alone, pointed to the Scarab's central core, and then rained down a hail of bullets on the Elites.

The distance was too close, and the limited bullets were not enough to break through the elite warrior's shield. It swung its fiery energy sword towards Tommy.Tommy stepped sideways and barely managed to avoid it. The energy shield was burned through as soon as it hit the blade. He only felt as if his shoulder was being roasted on a fire.

Tommy adjusted his posture and raised his arm, and the butt of the gun hit the Elite Warrior hard, and it staggered due to the huge impact.

The pistol on his leg had been pulled out, and when he was about to fire, the whistle of four sniper rifles came from above his head. The elite warrior's shield flashed with a dazzling white light, and then its skull and brains flew into the sky.

Tommy looked at the Hornet attack aircraft, and Corporal Taut gave him a "confirm kill" gesture.

Cecilia shot a running Grunt to death and came to the central core of the Scarab, where the orange hunter worm was still twisting and rolling.He covered the central core with C-7 foam explosives, which turned into hard resin in just a few seconds.He took another detonator, inserted it into the foam, and connected the detonator to a timer.

"Come up!" The Hornet attack plane was flying towards the flank of the Scarab. Rebecca stopped firing and waved to Tommy.

Tommy threw Cecilia into the cabin first, and then followed up with a run-up. The attack aircraft tilted sideways under his weight.

"Get out of here, now!" "Yes, sir."

The Hornet attack aircraft began to tremble, its altitude increased rapidly, and it was soon pushed to a safe distance.

A smaller explosion first occurred at the rear of the Scarab, and then it collapsed completely. A dazzling red light flashed rapidly along with the siren, and many hunter worms squirmed trying to escape from the impending destruction of the aggregate.Finally, a brilliant light like sapphire lit up, and a thunderous explosion sounded. The Scarab was blown into several pieces, and the parts that were thrown high fell into the sand, and yellow sand danced.

"Huh~" Rebecca took off her helmet and shook her Miku-colored hair, "Team leader, where should we go next?"

Tommy glanced at her, then nodded toward the attack plane and said, "That cave has a very high radiation intensity."

The attack plane slowly landed with strong winds. Tommy stepped onto the burnt black ground. A hot feeling came from the soles of his feet. It was full of the smell of burned proteins. Thousands of Covenants and plasma cutters were shorted. The carpet bombing of Sword interceptors obliterated it.

They entered the cave and first passed through a narrow walkway that was only large enough for one person to pass. Then they suddenly came to an open space with a round arched top and a height of more than ten meters.

"Good guy." Cecilia looked at this place dumbfounded, "This place is more luxurious than our Governor's Palace."

The "art style" here is very different from the interior of the Covenant cruiser, with uneven blue tiles on the floor creating a pattern of waves crashing on the beach.Two rooms are embedded in the glass-smooth walls, with four-meter-high golden symbols embedded in the center - these huge triangles, squares, bars and circles emit the same soft light...

Tommy paused, shook his head, and looked away his caught eyes.He checked the radiation meter. It jumped up for a moment, then dropped back to its original level.

【what is that? ] Ellie asked, the blue navigation point pointing to a huge pure white creation in the center of the hall. It was also engraved with the same strange symbols as the Night City crystal.

Tommy made a gesture, and Rebecca understood immediately, and she led the other three people in beta formation and slowly entered the room closest to them with guns in hand.

Tommy approached the creation and carefully looked at the lines on it and a rectangular shape similar to a holographic panel with an orange stream flowing through it.

An inexplicable instinct emerged from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but raise his arms.

"Try touching it?" Tommy whispered, reaching out his hand through the armor to the display screen - a translucent, slightly shiny wireframe map appeared in front of him, including the entire galaxy. .

[Incredible data flow] Ellie said in surprise, [You don’t have a golden finger. 】

The vast starry sky in the holographic map is changing, among which there are 7 white flashes that are the most dazzling. They are scattered in various places in the Milky Way.After a period of change, the white flash became dim, and a red dot suddenly lit up in the upper right corner far away from the Milky Way.

【coordinate?Or something else? ] Tommy asked in confusion, [Is this what the Covenanters are looking for?I think we should find a way to make a copy of the data contained in it and bring it back to MI[-] for scientists to study]

[I couldn’t agree more,] The navigation point pointed to a gap under the holographic panel, [Put me in that terminal, and I’ll see what’s inside. 】

Tommy reached out and pulled out the chip from the back of his head and inserted it into the terminal.The holographic panel flashed for a moment, then dimmed.

An indescribable feeling of worry came over him.

"Ellie, are you still there?" Tommy's voice echoed in the empty hall - without any feedback.

"Ellie?" he called again.

The only answer he received was the chill coming from the surrounding walls.

(End of this chapter)