Chapter 271: A Game within a Game:

One Ruler-class conventional cruiser and two Cobra-class missile destroyers.

The detection array has identified the opponent's model, and other information is unknown.

"Sir, please activate the void..."

Having discovered traces of the Chaos battleship, the crew on the bridge immediately demanded that the battleship be restored to normal operation.

"No!"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Fu Qinghai:

"Inject all the energy of the warships into the Light Lance turrets, lock the target on the two destroyers, and fire the Light Lance of the Scourge of the Gods at full power. Once the charging is complete, open fire without asking for permission."

The Light Spear of the Disaster of the Gods, an ancient weapon that is almost a technological relic, has an extended focusing aperture and a four-element lens array, giving it a great range. However, this weapon has very high technical requirements, and only older super-large cruisers or battleships can meet the structural requirements for installing them.

Fu Qinghai's orders were carried out to the letter.

The plasma engine has been started, the void shield array and sublight speed engine remain silent, and the massive surging energy is all injected into the light spear turret. The Rectification has an energy conversion matrix. This relic technology can redistribute the energy of the battleship to the maximum extent and concentrate energy to do big things.

The Rectification was not "invisible", it was still quietly anchored in the dark space, but in the observation of the ship-borne auspicious instrument, this warship did not exist. The factory ships and transport ships quietly hovering in the void were like a group of defenseless lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Three Chaos warships rushed towards this side in a wedge formation like hungry jackals. A factory ship and nine transport ships then began to turn eagerly but slowly, preparing to escape into the asteroid belt surrounding the planet. They looked so panicked.

This behavior seemed to further stimulate the bloodthirsty nerves of the Chaos warships. Fu Qinghai saw that the two destroyers even turned off their void shields and concentrated all their energy on the sub-light speed engines. The energy signals at the tails suddenly increased, and they sped up to chase their prey.

Until the light spear attack of the Rectification arrived.

"Suprise Motherfvcker!"

Fu Qinghai gave a cruel smile.

The turret instantly fired several deadly golden laser beams at the enemy, and the Chaos warship trembled. When huge energy was immersed in it and detonated with incredible power, even the surrounding void was illuminated by the brilliance of the light spear.

The spear of light struck the side of the ship, vaporizing several decks and the personnel on them instantly, triggering a series of explosions that ultimately led to the explosion of the warp engine, and the void created by the immaterial energy engulfed the battleship.

The explosion of the subspace engine brought an attack effect similar to that of a vortex torpedo. The sudden subspace vortex swallowed up most of the ship's hull, and the personnel inside also disappeared, leaving only the broken hull.

Give the traitors a sense of "going home".

The first destroyer is gone.

The second ship's fate was not much better.

Although it was not unlucky enough to be hit directly by the warp engine, the destroyer's hull was still brutally melted and torn apart by the light spears within a few seconds. The internal cabins were quickly decompressed, and the air spewing out from the broken hull condensed into bright crystals. A large amount of supplies and personnel were thrown into the space like spilled dust. Many crew members and slaves quickly died in the vacuum environment. Only a few Space Marines could still drift in space relying on the life support system of their power armor.

The continuously bursting orange flames lit up the cold and silent vast void. There was no conductive medium in space, and the people on the bridge seemed to be enjoying a silent fireworks show.

The tattered remains of two Cobra-class guided missile destroyers, captured by the gravity of the planet below, were slowly falling toward the orbital dust belt surrounding the planet.

After just one encounter, two of the three Chaos warships were turned into space junk. Not surprisingly, the destroyer's void shield was not enough to withstand the battleship's volley of light spears, not to mention that they had turned it off.

It was not until then that the Ruler-class cruiser in the middle recovered from the sudden attack of the light spear. It hurriedly increased the output power of the void shield and made a large-scale maneuver to avoid subsequent attacks.

"snort."

Seeing the enemy's actions, Fu Qinghai sneered.

If it was a normal ambush, Fu Qinghai should have ordered an attack on the cruiser instead of the destroyer first. He deliberately let the cruiser go, not because it was lucky, but because Fu Qinghai wanted to achieve a greater result than destroying it.

"Interfering macrocannons and live ammunition macrocannons are allowed to fire freely, torpedo salvos are launched, and the lead time is calculated to block the opponent's maneuvering space."

Fu Qinghai issued an order.

Light spears break shields, macro cannons kill, this is a very classic combat process of the Imperial Navy. Light spears have a long cooling time, but macro cannons can fire continuously and relatively quickly.

Compared to lances and macro cannons, torpedoes are very slow, but they are extremely powerful and ignore void shields. Many warships would rather withstand several rounds of macro cannon and lance fire than a torpedo.

By calculating the torpedo's navigation trajectory, the torpedo is launched in advance to the location where the enemy may sail to for spatial blockade, which is commonly known as "torpedo herding".

When our side has a firepower advantage, we can use the "torpedo shepherding" tactic to restrict enemy ships to a certain area to prevent them from escaping or maneuvering quickly.

Six groups of torpedo tubes continuously spit out torpedoes loaded with plasma warheads and quickly rushed towards the cruiser.

Torpedoes have certain guidance capabilities and multiple guidance methods, so when facing incoming torpedoes, small-range maneuvering and evasive action is not enough. Sometimes you have to rely on close-in defense guns and rapid-fire guns like the Phalanx system to destroy the torpedoes in advance.

At this time, the Fiery Horse light cruiser that had gone to deal with the Orc fleet also returned. It quickly inserted itself into the battlefield, preparing to attack the Chaos warships from both sides.

The outcome is decided, and the opponent is ready to escape.

A conventional cruiser facing a battleship and a light cruiser is bound to lose no matter how you look at it.

How could Fu Qinghai let him get his wish?

The high-explosive warheads of the Mars-type macrocannon kept disappearing in the flickering light on the surface of the void shield. Many of them also flew past the side of the battleship. The Ruler-class cruisers were somewhat confused and dodged left and right. The occasional sporadic counterattacks they organized were ineffective. The Rectification had already raised the void shield in advance, which was also a powerful relic technology - the Castle Lord Shield Array.

Finally, after a flashing explosion of light film, the cruiser's void shield was overloaded.

It was not until this moment that Fu Qinghai finally saw the logo on the enemy warship - scarlet bat wings and fanged skull.

The Eighth Legion, the Night Lords.

"It turns out that they are these stray dogs that have been wandering around the empire and refuse to enter the Eye of Terror."

Fu Qinghai muttered to himself.

He stood up from the captain's chair and ordered in a deep voice,

"Seize this window of opportunity when the void shield is overloaded. After three salvos of interference macrocannons, all Space Marines... follow me to board the ship!"

"Let's go meet Curze's bat kid."

…

At this point in time in 31K, the term "Chaos Battleship" actually does not exist. After the traitors consumed all the ancient battleships brought into the Eye of Terror, the Forge World controlled by the Dark Mechanicus began to tighten its belt and design and produce various special types of battleships for the Chaos camp. At present, they are still using the battleships left over from the Legion era.

Limited by the scarcity of resources and the loss of technology, the index parameters of most Chaos warships are not as good as those of Imperial warships. However, Chaos warships are often accompanied by various enchantments and corruptions, just like the "Flying Dutchman" and "Queen Anne's Revenge" in Pirates of the Caribbean. They are more or less magical warships, and their combat effectiveness cannot be measured by the indicators of conventional warships.

For example, the Vengeful Spirit, the flagship of the Warmaster that once belonged to the Sixteenth Legion, is filled with all kinds of supernatural hauntings. It is said that every person who dies on the Vengeful Spirit will leave behind a haunted sculpture.

Seizing the ship is risky. In comparison, directly destroying the Ruler-class cruiser is the safest option. However, Fu Qinghai knows very well that wealth and honor are sought in danger, and it is easier to make a fortune in troubled times.

The regiment's fleet cannot be obtained by just waiting.

Without the protection of the void shield, the ionized deuterium atomic shells fired by the interference macro cannon caused the cruiser's power transmission system to overload and fail. The enemy was trapped in place, and the densely packed close-in defense guns and rapid-fire guns on the hull all misfired.

"Boom—"

There was a loud bang, flames shot out, and the outer shell armor fragments erupted inward like a storm. The corridor was filled with firefighting smoke. When the ship's Thinker system recorded the risk of enemy attack and hull rupture, the emergency alarm sounded immediately and all nearby bulkheads were sealed.

With the sound of the hatch opening, Fu Qinghai led his aide-de-camp and stepped onto the dirty and filthy deck.

"Deploy the teleportation beacon and gather around me."

Fu Qinghai said.

As soon as the words fell, the enhanced hearing instantly captured the subtle sound of footsteps. Dozens of tall, ghostly figures were moving through the fog. Their tilted blood-red eyes were illuminated. The reaction speed of the Midnight Lord was faster than expected.

"Da da da… Boom!"

The bombs landed on the walls around them and exploded together with the grenades. The moment the vision in their eyepieces adjusted to the thick smoke, Fu Qinghai and Lin Yu had already dispersed, looking for cover and shooting with their guns.

A Night Bat warrior was the first to emerge from the fog. The explosive bombs bit his shoulder armor and tore off pieces. He took a step forward to shorten the distance, and his unsheathed power sword drew an arc. Fu Qinghai stepped back and swung his sword to block. The teeth of the chainsaw sword stuck to the edge of the power sword, and the arc of the fission force field shattered.

Fu Qinghai used greater speed and force - he drew his sword downward, causing the opponent to stagger, and stabbed upward, separating the Night Bat warrior's head from his body.

He did not need to swing the sword in a wide range, as this strike had already cut off the Midnight Lord's head from his shoulders. Fu Qinghai grabbed the bloody neck guard, completely ignoring the bright red liquid spurting out of the broken neck that splashed all over his gauntlets and helmet. He lifted the corpse in one hand and placed it in front of him, using it as a human shield, and quickly moved forward with the shield. The swarm of bombs hit the headless corpse, shattering the corpse's armor and exploding a blood mist, until Fu Qinghai threw it hard at the Midnight Lord in front of him.

…

The White Scar warriors were teleported over one after another. Fu Qinghai and Lin Yu were no longer fighting alone. However, they were facing an entire cruiser and an entire Chaos warband.

It was different from the previous time when he boarded the Emperor's Children fleet. At that time, Fu Qinghai could fight or retreat, but now, if he wanted to completely wipe out a battleship, he would have to face endless Space Marines.

The Thunder Eagle gunboat of the Fiery Horse arrived late.

Joe Star and Camille also joined the charge, slamming a Night Bat warrior's helmet with their steel claws and throwing him against the wall. Camille took a quick look and found that the Moon Wolf warrior's power armor, like his body, was covered with scars and damage - Joe Star needed treatment.

"Don't get distracted during a fight!"

A hoarse evil laugh sounded in my ears.

Camille was startled and subconsciously ducked to avoid the swinging sword. The A-13 tracer grenade launcher on his left arm sprayed out a dazzling ball of light, instantly blinding the enemy. The "executioner" metal piston device on his right arm ejected a serrated scalpel, which slashed across the throat of the Night Bat Warrior. The opponent's body shook suddenly, and the sound in the loudspeaker was immediately drowned out by the "gurgling" sound of blood foam.

Sweeping deck by deck.

Clearing one channel at a time.

Fu Qinghai and others did not attack the captured slaves, but only killed the mortal crew members who served the Midnight Lord.

Finally, Fu Qinghai led everyone to the bridge.

The last remaining Night Lords have been waiting for a long time.

The white scars formed groups, surrounded by the corpses of those they had killed. In the gradually dissipating mist, Fu Qinghai, Qiao Shida, Camille and Lin Yu stood proudly at the front of the team, with the weapons in their hands all bathed in blood.

After the bloody battle, their outer composite armor had been shattered and disintegrated, and the inner lining was blackened, pierced, and charred, but Fu Qinghai's vibranium lining was still intact and looked brand new. The helmets of several people were dented and slightly deformed. Lin Yu was missing a piece of his eyepiece, and Camille's two eyepieces were cracked to the point where they were difficult to repair, and half of Qiao Shida's face could even be seen through the broken visor.

And what about the Night Lords?

Broken, corrupted, and decayed... Wearing stolen patchwork armor, Fu Qinghai's eyes swept over them one by one, and the crosshairs of the eyepieces that identified the enemy and the friend flickered and jumped on the outlines of their images. The bloody heads of the Blood Angels and the broken helmets of the Ultramarines hung on their waists. Everyone's expression was a mixture of anger, contempt, and undisguised hatred.

"White scars..."

A Nightbat Warrior sighed and said:

"You are more cunning and greedy than we thought. You could have easily won this battle, but you chose the most difficult way. Your arrogance will surely cost you your life, on this ship, at this moment."

"I'll deal with him, Khan."

The attendant beside him declared firmly.

Fu Qinghai shook his head and said loudly:

"Qingshan Khan does not kill nameless people, so who is coming?"

"Smiling Lord, Sherion."

The other party responded in the same harsh voice.

On both sides of his helmet are the iconic bat-wing emblems, which are the special symbols displayed by the company commanders of the "Night Bat Council", the core inner circle group of the Eighth Legion.

Fu Qinghai's comment after listening to it was:

"Nobody."

Those I don't know are unknown people.

After saying that, he took a step forward.

The other side was obviously angered by Fu Qinghai's arrogance. Without any orders, the two groups of space warriors collided fiercely and fought head-on. The chainsaw swords roared, spun, and hissed. The sharp blades swept through the multi-layer composite armor of the midnight blue color, splashing dazzling hot sparks and sharp ceramic steel fragments.

A Midnight Lord used sophisticated and brutal melee skills to chop Lin Yu's armor joints with his sword. Lin Yu punched his helmet. The opponent groaned and tilted his head upwards. The second when he exposed his articulated throat armor was enough for the White Scar warrior to end his life.

The chainsaw hook cut into the soft fiber bundle covering the neck, biting deeply, deep enough to crush the bones. The shredded armor fell like raindrops, and blood seeped through the breastplate and scattered drop by drop on the cabin floor.

The Night Lord fell to his knees, life gushing from his brutally torn throat as the ceramic steel clashed on the deck. The aide-de-camp concluded the beheading with a second swing of the chainsword, the helmet clattering on the deck, the head rolling safely off, and Lin Yu crushed it with his steel shoe.

Xie Lyon rushed towards Fu Qinghai, swinging his snapping precision-crafted power sword. Fu Qinghai retracted his Blue Fang, which was swinging vigorously, and pulled out the delicate Blue Blade, before the enemy could swing his sword... "Ding!" The two swords clashed and locked together, and neither of them gave in.

"I don't know his name... the captain of the 9th Company of the White Scars who died at the hands of the War Philosopher... hehe, but you are better than him."

Xie Liong licked his teeth that were stained black by the blood from his gums and grinned.

Fu Qinghai knew who he was talking about, the former captain of the 10th Company of the Night Lords, the War Philosopher Malcharion, who, during the one-day siege of Terra, successively killed the White Scars 9th Company Captain Swordmaster and Lumai Khan, the Imperial Fists Templar Paladin, and the Blood Angels 7th Company Captain Roger the Sufferer, three company champions and senior officers.

"A coward who uses other people's achievements to show off..."

Fu Qinghai curled his lips and said bluntly,

"Sevatar, Malcharion, Talos, Van Zhuo Lun... I will find and kill them one by one, including you, a nobody of the Night Lords."

"Bang!"

In a flash, the two men suddenly separated. A bloodstain appeared on the side of Fu Qinghai's face. A drop of blood splashed on Xie Lyon's sword blade that had generated a blue arc of electricity, and dried up with a sizzling sound. However, Fu Qinghai seemed to be unconcerned - because the other party's situation was worse than his.

Xie Lyon held the long sword in one hand and staggered to the left and right. The scenery in front of him was shaky, like a drunkard. Sparks and lubricating oil flashed and dripped at the wound of the power armor, and then blood gushed out like a faucet. He raised his hand to cover his chest, but he couldn't stop the gushing blood. He looked at Fu Qinghai with a blank face:

"You...how did you do that?"

"Plop!"

With that, the Midnight Lord fell face down.

Fu Qinghai raised his knife and looked around. The entire bridge had been cleared.

Then he looked down at Xie Liong's body lying on the ground.

Just now, Fu Qinghai used a skill from the Sith Force called "Inertia Acceleration" to allow himself to suddenly move forward a distance in violation of the laws of physics the moment he left the sword fight. Xie Lyon was caught off guard, and both of his hearts were pierced by the power sword. The movement was so fast that the blood started to spurt out only a moment after the heart was pierced.

"Although you were not killed by a lightsaber, you are the first Space Marine to die by the Force, Lord Smile. Your death has become meaningful. You are no longer a nobody."

Fu Qinghai said lightly.

…

The Honourable, bridge.

Fu Qinghai sat upright in the captain's chair, listening to the reports and summaries of his subordinates.

Three green-skinned warships, a Conquest-class star-faring ship, a Ruler-class cruiser, and the wreckage of warships and space warriors floating in space...

Cleaning up the battlefield is a technical job that requires patience and meticulousness, especially for an old capitalist like Fu Qinghai who can "squeeze oil out of chaff."

"After two boarding operations, according to post-war statistics, the Brotherhood lost a total of twelve Space Marines."

Camille reported, his tone a little heavy.

As the only pharmacist in the company, Camille is the final link in confirming the death status. If he says he is killed in action, then he is really killed in action.

Moreover, everyone knew that the gene seeds of new recruits who had just undergone transformation could not be recovered.

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"This is inevitable in war."

Most of the casualties occurred during boarding missions against Chaos warships. The combat effectiveness of the Greenskin Corsairs is simply incomparable to that of the Night Lords.

The death of a mere twelve Space Marine recruits resulted in the annihilation of an entire Night Lords warband. This exchange ratio is already quite exaggerated.

Although it has not yet reached the level of crushing, the new Alien Space Marines + MK8 Counter-Insurgency Power Armor already have the strength to surpass traditional Space Marines.

"Khan!"

At this moment, a naval officer on the bridge interrupted the conversation between several Space Marines.

Fu Qinghai turned around and asked:

"What did you find?"

The mortal officer adjusted the runes in front of him, squinting at the readings in front of him as he spoke,

"I just detected a spike in plasma energy on the mid-range Omen. A new signal, Khan. It's thirty thousand kilometers away."

"What's this?"

Qiao Shida came over and asked:

"A ship?"

"I believe so. Position zero five four."

"To identify it, the category and type, and see how it could have gotten so close without us noticing it."

Fu Qinghai ordered.

The mortal officer nodded in agreement and bent over his work again. On the screen at the center table, rows of numbers scrolled down, displaying detailed information and data about the unknown ship.

"I have confirmed the engine signature of the unidentified vessel, Khan."

The mortal officer read out the information on the screen:

"This is a... well, a patrol warship belonging to the Hazy Star Region Navy Fleet, a Defender-class escort cruiser named Braveheart. The other party is also confirming our identity."

Fu Qinghai smiled and said:

"It seems that we are not the only ones who received the astropathic distress signal sent by the Midnight Lords. Other nearby Imperial warships also heard the news and rushed here."

Qiao Shida sneered:

"The battle is over, but these guys are late. They can't even eat hot shit."

Eugene Eleanor frowned and said in some doubt:

"Khan, I used to serve in the Navy Fleet of the Segmentum Obscurus. As far as I can remember... the cruiser Braveheart was sunk during the Horus Heresy."

"What's the matter?"

Lin Yu said nonchalantly,

"Isn't our Suzheng also a sunken ship that was just salvaged?"

"But the hull number should be changed..."

Fu Qinghai sat in the captain's chair, listening to the conversation between the two. Suddenly he thought of something, his face suddenly changed, and he slammed the table and yelled:

"Raise the void shield, now, immediately!"

The crew on the bridge quickly carried out his order. Just as the castle lord's shield array was about to light up and had not yet completely covered the entire battleship... the light spear attack suddenly arrived!

The hot laser of the pulse light spear fiercely bombarded the castle lord's shield array. The light spots flickered for a while, and the energy shield of the castle lord's shield array exploded.

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(End of this chapter)