Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

He turned Dr. Halsey so that the light did not reach her face and covered her head.

The stone ceiling was melted and falling away, as if it were just a thin layer of plastic that had been cured by the blowtorch. Then a slanted beam of intense white light pierced his eyes. It hit the tiled floor and exploded five hundred meters away from them.

Then calm returned, and the room fell into darkness, with only a faint ray of sunlight streaming in through the small hole above. A hole fifteen meters deep was left where it was hit by the powerful beam.

Dr. Halsey pointed there solemnly, That's...

Plasma projector, Fred explained to her, blinking away the black dots that filled his field of vision. Even though his light-dampening filter had dampened the impact of the bright light, his eyes were still affected. Only the large Covenant ships are equipped with this device. There must be one here.

A purple beam of light suddenly replaced the sunlight, and the large hole cut in the floor disappeared. At this time, it emitted a little spark, and the dust particles emitted a faint light.

Fred was startled. It's the gravity elevator! The enemy is entering! Isaac, Winn, and Jun, please take the rear; Will, Daisy, and I protect Dr. Halsey; Kelly, find a way out for us.

Kelly immediately responded and ran away in the opposite direction to the gravity lift.

A dozen elite warriors floated down through the elevator and started shooting while their bodies were still in the air. The plasma energy beam struck them from a distance.

Daisy immediately fired back, and Fred and Will grabbed Dr. Halsey and moved her behind the pedestal, out of the line of fire. Isaac and Winn stepped back. The sniper rifle in Jun's hand emitted four sharp explosions, and a purple mist of blood rose from the gravity lift.

Suppress their firepower! Fred roared, trap them in the well! He threw out all the fragmentation grenades on his body, but the series of explosions that followed failed to stop them. The troops kept pouring in like crazy, and they were determined to get the crystal.

The Spartans fought back a few more times, but more and more elite warriors floated down, bringing with them a shadow turret, which meant they would lose if they stayed here.

Retreat! Fred ordered over the communication channel, It's too dangerous here!

Kelly sprinted over, using very hard force on her feet, causing the broken tiles to fly behind her with a crackling sound.

Found the passage, she reported hastily, on the ground floor. The road is blocked, but I will find a way to find it.

Sorry, doctor. Fred said, regardless of etiquette, he held Dr. Halsey in his arms, Everyone, move! Winn, Isaac, detonate the explosive pack to cover our escape. Jun, Kill the red-armored elite in charge.

Their status lights light up simultaneously.

Will and Fred ran away in a roundabout way. Dr. Halsey put one arm around Fred and held the crystal tightly with his free hand. She clenched her teeth and muttered something softly.

Fred's motion detector detected twelve targets following him, and soon there were hundreds of them densely packed.

I'm injured, give me the detonator! He heard Isaac yelling in the communication channel.

No, you have to step back a little, the explosion range-

Two explosions went off, and the overpressure shockwave blurred Fred's motion detectors and slapped him on the back. When it calmed down and looked at the detector again, he found that half of the targets were missing.

Report the situation! Fred ordered in the channel. He followed Will into an arched passageway that ran into the wall of the room. Kelly and Daisy crouched in the hallway and shot behind them.

The reply was delayed, so Fred opened the filter on the communication channel, Spartan-030, Spartan-039, Spartan-A266, answer me!

There was just a static hiss coming from his speakers. Jun's status light turned green, but Winn and Isaac's status lights remained silent.

Two green dots were approaching them on the motion detector, and Fred dropped to one knee, firing and shouting, Cover fire!

The bullet screamed past his ear, and a figure quickly emerged in the dust and fog before his eyes - it was Jun, running toward Fred and the others with Winn, whose body had softened, on his back.

Where's Isaac? Fred asked loudly.

Jun shook his head and ran past him silently. The blood dripping from Wen En's body was dripping down her hanging fingertips.

Prepare explosives to seal this passage! Fred ordered Kelly while holding back his grief. He put Dr. Halsey down and turned to increase the resolution of the monitor.

Hundreds of elite warriors and gnolls swarmed out of the gravity elevator, surging on the floor of the room like the rising and falling tides of the ocean. But they stopped firing. Dr. Halsey was right, what they wanted was the crystal in her hand.

Action! Fred said as he rained bullets on the Covenant troops. Kelly, blow up the corridor. Let's go!

Kelly hesitated. Fred saw her eyes searching for Isaac among the many Covenanters. He was not there and must have been sacrificed.

Kelly waved her arms in annoyance, and then threw a tea-green high explosive bag into the distance.

Will hugged Dr. Halsey and they ran deeper into the corridor together. Five seconds later, the explosive exploded, and a stream of acrid air swept through the corridor, raising dust and smoke that was suffocating.

Kelly took the lead with both guns in hand. She turned a corner - her progress suddenly stopped.

This road is blocked!

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September 7, 2552 in the military calendar

Epsilon Eridani galaxy, Reach star, Warhammer base gamma layer.

The ceiling of the corridor was shaking due to the Covenant's digging, and dust rustled down, falling on the shoulders of Carter, who was carrying the box below.

When he first entered Warhammer Base, he would still record the number of vibrations. Later, because the vibrations were so frequent, he lost count at all. After investigating, Catherine told him that the source of the earthquake was not nearby and was probably around the castle base. Jun and his group must have done something to piss off the Covenant people completely.

Crisp footsteps echoed in the corridor. He quickly came to a silver pressure door, ready to go in and search, but this door did not open automatically like other doors on this floor.

Huh? He looked at the door doubtfully.

The door was incompatible with everything around it. The ceiling of the gamma layer is made of light-absorbing material, so it appears to be a deep black. The walls are decorated with simple black lines. I didn't expect that those mysterious guys who live all day long also have a need for beauty.