Command Platform,
When everyone saw the arrival of Living Saint Celestine, that holy and solemn power immediately bathed all the combat personnel.
"For the Emperor!" they shouted.
They brandished their Chainswords and entrenching tools, their fingers constantly pulling the triggers of their Bolters and Laser Guns. Countless Gretchin showed fearful expressions upon seeing Celestine, whose twin wings were unfurled behind her.
In fact, at this moment, Li Feng was changing clothes behind Celestine's two large wings... Yang Wen-li quickly scurried over, crouching low. He held a laser pistol, wanting to check on Li Feng's condition, though in his heart, he didn't have much hope for Li Feng's survival.
But soon, Yang Wen-li saw that familiar figure emerge from behind the Living Saint. He was just curious why Li Feng was still tightening his belt around his waist as he walked out.
"Lord Li Feng! Lord Li Feng!"
The Battle Sisters and Soldiers in combat saw Li Feng unharmed, his clothes even looking brand new. Li Feng pulled out his pistol and directly blew off the head of a Gretchin Bishop in the distance who was using psychic powers.
Then Li Feng bent down, picked up his cowboy hat from the ground, and put it back on his head.
"Kept you waiting huh~"
At this moment, the Ultramarines' Honor Guard, carrying a stretcher, brought Calgar out of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, under the cover of Huron and the Claws of the Stars.
Calgar had initially charged into the enemy ranks, killing indiscriminately, but then he was ganged up on. These oversized Gretchin, who could be called the elite among Gretchin, simply overwhelmed Calgar with a "human wave tactic."
As a result, the invincible Calgar was naturally beaten severely and then swamped by Gretchin. If the Honor Guard hadn't arrived in time, Calgar would probably have been chopped into mincemeat.
At this moment, the front line of the Command Platform had already begun to shift. Reinforcement troops had arrived and would soon be able to completely encircle and annihilate these Gretchin.
Calgar, who had been carried back, was now on his last breath. At this point, more than a dozen Apothecaries from the Claws of the Stars immediately surrounded Calgar and began an expert consultation. Calgar's previously faint heartbeat became vigorous and healthy within minutes, thanks to the efforts of the dozen Apothecaries.
Calgar opened his eyes; everything in front of him was blurry. He could only see a dozen flashlights shining on his face, but soon his pupils refocused, and he saw Huron in Apothecary power armour, and Huron's big face.
"You're awake? The surgery was a success..."
Hearing Huron's words, Calgar's expression immediately became very complex. At this moment, he saw a man wearing a cowboy hat walk over.
"As expected of the icu god of war."
Calgar, seeing Li Feng standing perfectly fine in front of him, couldn't help but wonder if he had truly died: "Lord Li Feng, you weren't..."
At this point, the Apothecaries made way, and only then did Calgar see Living Saint Celestine, flapping her white wings and flying in the sky.
Celestine flew in the air, swooped down, grabbed a 6-meter-tall Abominant Overlord, then quickly flew up and began rubbing the opponent's head against a wall.
The immense friction gradually left a bloodstain on the wall. The Abominant Overlord's bones and brain continuously gushed out, until its entire head completely disappeared due to the friction.
Celestine picked up the corpse, casually tossed it aside like trash, then drew her flaming sword and flew directly towards the Gretchin gathering place, rapidly descending... "Boom!"
Li Feng looked at the huge commotion Celestine was causing over there and had to admit, as expected of a Great Daemon of the Warp, her combat power was incredible, and being able to fly was truly advantageous... With the arrival of the reinforcement troops, the Command Platform's encirclement was lifted. Li Feng felt a bit guilty; if he didn't have his system panel abilities, he would probably be dead by now.
Siegfried was tallying the casualties. The Gretchin's sneak attack had caused heavy losses for the Astra Militarum on the Command Platform. The Battle Sisters had lost at least 5 Battle Sisters, and even the Honor Guard of the two Space Marine Chapters had lost several elite Space Marine.
Calgar and Huron, now recovered, knelt before Li Feng to apologize. Both believed that their failure to properly fortify the Command Platform's defenses before Li Feng's arrival, and their inability to detect the Gretchin's plot in advance, had led to this situation.
"Brother, I am guilty! It was my negligence, punish me! I am willing to atone in the Deathwatch!"
"Lord Li Feng, this is clearly a matter of our Ultima Segmentum, and it was our Ultramarines' negligence. Now that you have been endangered, we Ultramarines are willing to undertake a penitent crusade."
Watching these two playing 'asking for punishment with thorns on their back,' Li Feng sighed... One could only say, were they truly the descendants of 'Ambitious Guilliman'? Their social graces were simply top-notch in the entire The Galaxy / Milky Way... "Go, go, go, don't play these games with me. Go command your troops quickly and take down this Hive City. That's more important than anything."
Watching the two big men stand up and return to command their troops, Li Feng also stood up from his chair. At this moment, Fides was polishing her power sword, clearly having once again charged into the Tyranid Swarm after Li Feng's 'resurrection' and engaged in battle.
At this moment, Fides's power sword was already chipped, which showed how many she had killed; she was practically another 'Chosen One.' When Fides saw Li Feng walking over, she suddenly blushed and turned her head away... "Your power sword is no good anymore. I'll have Ma Yinglong send a master-grade one over for you later."
Fides lowered her head and nodded... without speaking. Seeing Fides remain silent, Li Feng turned to go check on Reinhard and Yang Wen-li, who were compiling the situation, to see what the current status of the Hive City battle was.
Suddenly, Li Feng heard Fides mumble very quietly behind him:
"I'm sorry... in a moment of panic... I kissed you..."
Fides was originally just shyly talking to herself, but Li Feng turned around and said: "It's alright, your lips were quite sweet, I liked it very much."
This direct hit completely broke Fides's defense. Her face immediately turned as red as Angron after his ascension to Daemonhood, and then she immediately looked up at Li Feng. At this moment, Li Feng had already walked over to Reinhard, Siegfried, and Yang Wen-li, asking if they were injured.
Just then, Li Feng heard a familiar voice... "Lord Li Feng! It's so good that you're alright!"
Li Feng looked back and saw it was Colonel Kastin. Shouldn't she be leading her troops, rendezvousing with and supporting Commissar Cain and Inquisitor Amberly's team at this time?
"Damn it! Ting Ting! What are you doing here!"
That's right, as they gradually became familiar, Li Feng and Commissar Cain often called Colonel Kastin by her nickname. Each time she heard two heroes and handsome men of different styles call her by her nickname, Kastin would blush, and she also enjoyed this 'otome heroine' feeling of being pampered by two older brothers.
"We received a distress call from the Command Platform, so I brought my troops back to reinforce..."
Li Feng slapped his head at this moment, it was over! Although Inquisitor Amberly hadn't communicated her mission details to others, she had told Li Feng the mission details!
Inquisitor Amberly's mission was not just a so-called 'investigation mission,' but also to 'eliminate the Gretchin Patriarch'! This was why Li Feng had placed the Valhalla 597th Regiment near Commissar Cain's route, ready for immediate support!
At this moment, another woman's voice came, one Li Feng least wanted to hear right now... "So, you mean there's no support force near Xiao An right now?"
Inquisitor Katarina, who had rushed over, questioned the equally beautiful Kastin in an accusatory tone.
Kastin also looked puzzled. Hadn't Commissar Cain and that female Inquisitor gone on... an investigation mission?
Actually, this truly wasn't Kastin's fault. Due to the secrecy of Inquisitorial operations, when Inquisitor Amberly and Inquisitor Katarina came to Li Feng to "follow procedures," they specifically emphasized not to disclose the mission details.
Li Feng turned around, looking at Katarina, who was aggressively about to devour Kastin: "Inquisitor, calm down... (whistles) Siegfried! Make Inquisitor a hot cocoa, and bring a blanket too!"
Katarina stopped Siegfried, who was about to make the hot cocoa, then stepped forward to stand in front of Li Feng, face to face, like a young girlfriend who hadn't received a gift on Valentine's Day:
"I don't need hot cocoa! I need someone to immediately ensure Inquisitor Amberly's safety!"
Yang Wen-li looked at their stance; they were either about to kiss or about to fight... If they really fought, he'd bet his money on Li Feng... If they were about to kiss... he'd still bet his money on Li Feng... At this moment, Reinhard walked over with a data-slate, showing it to Li Feng: "Your Excellency, near the last communication point with the Inquisitor and Commissar Cain, there's a Krieg combat engineer squad performing 'pipe operations.' What do you think?"
"Then let them help. Tell them 'ASAP'... No, I'll tell them myself."
...Inside the pipe,
The Krieg officer, whom Li Feng had re-equipped in SS uniforms, was holding the receiver of a long-range radio... From beneath his heavy mask came a silent voice:
"Yes, sir, I understand. We are now proceeding to the target location to search for the Political Commissar and Inquisitor's squad."
As he handed the receiver back to the comms officer, he looked at his comrades inside the pipe who were performing 'pipe operations'... A Krieg Soldier pulled his entrenching tool out of a Gretchin's corpse.
Several Krieg Soldiers were loading their shotguns, while others were using bayonets to finish off corpses one by one... And lying in the pipe were several times their number of Gretchin... As the officer stepped forward, all the gas-masked faces looked at the officer, dozens of gas masks looking at one gas mask... "Listen, we have a new mission..."
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