Rows of cogitators are placed along the wall of the command post hall, some have been shattered, and some are still running quietly. The array of cogitators extends to another huge vaulted hall, with armored glass boxes, piles The datapad workbench and the remains of Genestealers in broken sample tubes on the floor indicate that this was once used as one of the laboratories for alien research by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
"If it were a Genestealer attack, they wouldn't leave the remains of their kind here."
Technical Sergeant Karl observed while walking towards a damaged monitoring station. The mechanical arm on it was broken, and the fiber bundles at the break were still sparking.
He thrust a metal probe into the broken device, then turned to look at other parts.
"Can the indoor surveillance content be restored?"
Facing the company commander's inquiry, the technical sergeant shook his head.
"No, it's strange. The data here has been destroyed. I'm not sure whether it was done by the enemy or the priest here, but I feel more like I was attacked by some kind of electronic weapon, but this is not what I think. characteristics of all known electronic attacks.”
At this time, Surena suddenly recalled something and said softly:
"Is it possible Necron."
As he said this, the technical sergeant's expression froze, but after a moment he suddenly clapped his hands.
"Yes, those scratches must be huge metal claws, and they are very sharp and hard metal. Gene stealers will not have weapons made of this material, only Necrons."
"So this place was attacked by the Necrons, but they have never been sighted before, and their tomb should be under Scorch Oven City."
At this moment, Surena saw something moving out of the corner of his eye and immediately tightened his grip on the plasma pistol. The technical sergeant then asked:
"What's wrong?"
"There's something here. It's coming."
The technical sergeant raised his head and saw something coming out of the hole in the ceiling. It seemed to have slipped down from the second floor of the building. It made a metallic buzzing sound when it moved. If you look closely, you will find that it is a huge... A metal insect, as flat as a scarab, with vicious-looking hooks and claws on the edges, hanging in the air with silver wings, dragging its bladed limbs, small red lenses focusing on the Space Marines, The gleaming jaws clicked.
"Necron Micromachines"
As soon as they finished speaking, everyone heard a low and loud crackling and buzzing sound above their heads, and then part of the ceiling collapsed under the weight of thousands of metal scarabs, which sprang from the collapsed floor like an avalanche. The place rolled down.
Before Surena could even react, a beetle was upon him, its jaws squeaking against his armor.
"Damn it!"
Surena slapped the beetles on his body to pieces, and then waved his power sword to smash the scurrying beetles.
Beside him, Techmarine was doing the same thing, sweeping the space around him with his cog-axe as other Terminators began firing wildly at the floor around them, the bolts shattering countless Scarabs but countless more. All the insects swarmed to fill the void.
"Watch the sides!"
From elsewhere in the hall, more tiny killing machines were curling up on their spindly legs, leaping forward and humming through the corridors.
"Back! Get out of here!"
Surena knew that the longer he stayed here, the more dangerous it would be, so after throwing a plasma grenade, he began to direct the team to retreat to the door.
"Flamethrower!"
Tech Sergeant Carl shouted over the din of chatter.
"Use this against them!"
A veteran with heavy fire breathing blocked the door, washing every area with solidified and liquefied flames.
Scarabs twitched in the flames like embers rising from a fire, and some circled upward with flaming wings.
At this point, gunfire rang out elsewhere, and reports from the squad flooded Surena.
"Enemies found outside the wall! They emerge from the ground!"
"Alien with claws in human skin!"
"Necrons, these are Necrons! Blast them in the head with plasma!"
"Can the automatic turret be restored?"
Surena knew that to restore the automatic turret, he had to enter the control room, but now it was full of scarabs. Then he looked up at the sky. Storm Falcons and Thunder Eagles were strafing and bombarding, and there were continuous explosions outside the stronghold.
Just when he was about to turn on a pilot's visual display to see the size of the enemy, the wall on one side was suddenly knocked open, and Surena who was standing closest was knocked away.
What smashed through the wall was a monster. It looked like a solid rectangular parallelepiped, bigger than a Brutal Blade. Its thick, segmented legs were squirming under its lower body, and a pair of vicious claws emerged from its lower body. The mouthparts protruded from both sides, and the head was nothing more than a metal plate covered with lenses. Many scarabs gathered on this creature. Surena had never seen such a strange mechanical body before, and did not know it was called a Tomb Stalker. .
Feeling threatened, the fire-breathing Terminator turned around and bumped into its two large claws.
Out of instinct, the Terminator veteran aimed his weapon at the enemy, and the burning flames roared and engulfed its body - but it had no effect.
Then the pliers tightly clamped the Terminator's helmet, more limbs were nailed to the Terminator, and he was picked up from the ground. Then another pair of pliers clamped the veteran's arm at extremely fast speeds, tearing off the weapon he was holding. arm.
Before anyone could save him, the head of the mechanical body bloomed like a metal flower with sharp petals. Its sharp mouthparts ruthlessly cut open the Terminator's helmet and pierced the back of the veteran's head.
Blood and flesh spurted out as the Space Marine's head exploded.
During their long periods of dormancy, the Necron are protected by silent and tireless machines, and of these powerful mechanical engines, the most terrifying are known to their unfortunate human victims as Tomb Stalkers.
Possessing a solid shell of living metal studded with mechanical parts, bladed limbs, and razor-sharp armor plates, the centipede-shaped structures are often as large as a dozen men. Utilizing a mysterious phase generator, they It can burrow into the tombs of lords and come and go with ease in solid ground, or it can be made to pass through inert materials like water, through rocks and stones, and effortlessly pass through the ruins and rugged terrain that often litter the battlefield. terrain.
With a combination of massive size and regenerative abilities, the Tomb Stalker is a nearly indestructible war machine, surpassing even the more common Necron Legion warriors. These insectoid creatures continue to lash and kill with ferocity, despite being wounded or Being dismembered.
Therefore, only strong suppressive fire is likely to harm the Tomb Stalker.
(End of chapter)
