Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

But the speed of these opponents in front of him was too fast, and the agile elite warriors avoided most of the bullets. As the top sharpshooter in the UNSC, Carter felt frustrated, ashamed and extremely shocked.

That's impossible, Carter whispered in shock.

At the moment when the elite warriors thrust their swords at Carter, two lightning-fast plasma grenades flew across a short distance and instantly adhered to the feet of the elite warriors. They therefore had to abandon their attack on Carter before the explosion.

Emil jumped down from the top of the building with a bang, causing dust to fly. It seems we can't leave for the time being. He came to Carter with a shotgun and looked at the two elite soldiers warily.

You have seen their skills. Our chances of winning are very slim. This does not include the reinforcements on the way. We have to find a way to retreat. Carter said in a low voice.

Number 4's status light turned green - at the same time, Number 6's status light lit up in Carter's surprised eyes, and then turned red.

Before Carter had time to think about why, an elite warrior's energy shield suddenly exploded with a crack, and then a fighting dagger appeared out of thin air and plunged into its neck. The visitor's wrist began to rotate, the blade stirred in the muscles, and dark purple blood suddenly spurted out.

Another Spartan hunter showed amazing qualities at this time: Although it did not expect that its companion would die suddenly on the spot, it reacted immediately, roared and swung the energy sword to attack the intruder.

Carter could barely see the trajectory of the sword clearly. He knew that if he were standing in front of the hunter, he would probably be in danger.

However, the attacker advanced instead of retreating. While holding the sword from forehand to backhand, he stumbled into the arms of the elite warrior. The left hand gestured with a strong and heavy fist to smash the energy shield of the elite warrior, and the right hand sent the dagger into its neck.

The Spartan hunter covered his wound, blood spurting out from between his fingers, and the disbelief in his eyes almost overflowed. The tall body then fell down with a bang, and the disturbed air flow sent the fishy smell of blood into Carter's nasal cavity.

The blood of the lone wolf flows in his body, and this has not changed even after joining the noble team.

The combat rifle clicked and connected to the magnetic hanging point on his back. Carter helplessly said to the visitor: Remember what I said the day you first joined the team? We are a team, don't engage in individual heroism. , you know you shouldn't be here. He paused and changed his tone, But thank you anyway, No. 6.

Spartan-B312's status light now turned green.

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August 30, 2552 in the military calendar

Epsilon Eridanus Galaxy, Reach Star, Military Intelligence Underground Research Center, Castle Base.

A woman stood in front of Phase III Spartan Jun-A266. She was slender, wearing a gray pleated skirt and a white lab coat, with a handheld computer in her breast pocket. She wore sparkling glasses with black frames and subtle bifocal lines, and her head of white hair was tied into a bun.

But it was her face that caught his eye. Smooth and tight skin, with wrinkles only at the corners of her mouth, and her gray-blue eyes. She is the inventor of the Thor's Hammer armor and the host of the Phase II Spartan Project.

She is Dr. Catherine Halsey.

However, despite being inextricably linked to every Phase II Spartan warrior, she knew nothing about the Phase III Spartan program, which is why Dr. Halsey was staring at Jun with a displeased expression. reason.

So, being mysterious is your specialty? Halsey crossed his arms and looked at Jun sharply, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

He is not George and does not have those happy memories with her, so Jun will not have any respect for Halsey as a civilian.

Jun twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled. He took off the sniper rifle from the magnetic hanging point on his back, put it aside, and said in a frivolous tone: Doctor, you know, this is confidential.

Halsey's eyes lingered on his armor for a few seconds, revealing a bit of disdain for him, as if to say: Are you worthy of wearing the 'Thunder Hammer' armor I developed?

Of course, she was not that straightforward. Instead, she turned around and came to the white workbench. She grabbed the paper cup containing the cold coffee and took a sip. After a while, she said: Huh, confidential. , nothing more than a bunch of military intelligence puppets.

Jun rolled his eyes quietly and didn't pay much attention to this old woman who was the first to enter menopause. The task Carter gave him was not to argue with her, but to escort her safely to the castle base, and in the process ensure that everything she knew would not be leaked to the Covenant people - which meant that if risks arose, he would not do anything. Blow her brains out without hesitation.

Fortunately, the worst didn't happen, as the hard titanium floor beneath his feet proved.

There was nothing to talk about between the two of them, and he had no interest in chatting with Halsey. After completing the maintenance of his equipment, Jun first checked the defense situation of the base gate, then turned on the display screen in the corner of the base, and learned about the situation of Reach through the drone flying at low altitude.

Reach was terrible. The glassy ground and burning forests intersected on the planet's surface. After a boring surveillance video flashed, the commotion of the Covenant garrison in the canyon in the distance caught his attention. .

Three Banshee fighter jets broke into the sky above the Covenant camp on an unusual flight path.

Jun squinted his eyes and spent two seconds comparing their flight trajectories with the common patrol routes of the Covenant people in his memory, and then concluded that these Banshee fighter jets were probably not on patrol missions - they were most likely on a patrol mission. Under the control of UNSC forces.

The stealth drone raised its nose, and Jun controlled it to the high altitude of the canyon to better observe their behavior.

This canyon is ten kilometers wide. As you go further in, the dense Douglas firs become sparse, and then you reach a clearing that has been trampled flat, and behind it is the Bighorn River.

Thousands of Covenant troops were camped here. This large army filled the entire canyon. The red, yellow, and blue armors merged into a sea of ​​metal. The sunlight in the smoke shone on it, reflecting a faint glimmer. They formed a tight phalanx and swarmed to the river together - so many that one couldn't help but think someone had kicked over the largest anthill in the world.

And they are building facilities, erecting hundreds of dome-shaped white thin tents, which are barracks specially built for the Grunts who breathe methane. Further behind is the polyhedral barracks where the elite warrior troops live. The style is very strange. Dozens of beetle-shaped Revenant self-propelled mortars are lined up to protect it. Guard towers cover the entire canyon, and the bottom of the tower is a movable base. After spiraling up ten meters, you reach the top of the tower with a plasma turret.