I cultivate mushrooms in warhammer
#139 - Let the missiles fly
Inside a tunnel twenty-odd meters below the surface, Li Nuo slowed his pace and instructed his guards, "Manually activate the Green Tide! Follow me and charge towards the nearest shuttle! Move fast! Don't get bogged down! Got it?"
"Yes, Boss!" Beast and the five guards responded in unison.
Li Nuo looked back at the green-skinned horde squeezed into the tunnel, slung the Lumberjack Gun onto his back, raised both hands, and chanted bizarre syllables.
An invisible psionic wave emanated from him, quickly washing over all the Orks.
Every Ork felt a jolt in their heart, their expressions becoming excited, their eyes widening and brightening, and they couldn't help but let out bestial growls.
System text appeared.
【You cast Energy Drain Sorcery, continuously extracting a total of 300 units of Universal Psionic Material from clan members.】
【You cast the Warboss Kid's Warboss Sorcery - Boundless Morale, temporarily strengthening the Space Beast clan. For one hour, they will maintain maximum morale, never collapsing, never retreating.】
Energy Drain Sorcery came from the Psyker Kid - Pengpa.
Warboss Sorcery came from the Warboss Kid - Sack.
Warboss Sorcery requires the consumption of hundreds of units of Universal Psionic Material. The good news is that Li Nuo can chant the incantation of Warboss Sorcery while using Energy Drain Sorcery to extract psionic material to replenish the sorcery's consumption.
Warboss Sorcery is very expensive, each costing over 100,000 simulation points. Li Nuo has currently only learned this one, 【Boundless Morale】.
After confirming that the sorcery covered all the Orks, Li Nuo gripped the Lumberjack Gun, dropped a sentence, and accelerated his charge: "Tell the other lads, fire at will, but don't hit the shuttle I'm heading for."
"Yes, Boss!" Beast turned his head and roared a few words, instructing each squad leader to lead their lads in free engagement, then led the guards to follow Li Nuo's pace.
The ships in planetary orbit possessed air-to-ground strike capabilities.
Their current lack of missile launches didn't mean they wouldn't launch them later.
Ordinary Ork lads and Boom lads would provide fire support for Li Nuo's group, while also drawing away the orbital artillery fire.
Only in this way could Li Nuo lead the guards to snatch the shuttle under the enemy's noses.
"Kill! Kill the Purple Skins! We Space Beasts are the bosses here! Waaaaagh!"
Li Nuo switched the Scrap Shield Generator to manual mode, stuffed a large handful of scrap into it, and then charged out, heading straight for the battlefield on the ground.
A light green shield appeared around him, blocking all bullets and lasers coming from the front.
The moment he stepped onto the ground, Li Nuo held the gun in his right hand, wildly sweeping his left hand in front of him, his pace unceasing.
Countless Mind-Lock Spells were splashed out by him, and all the enemies he could see instantly turned into wooden puppets.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang –––––"
The Lumberjack Gun roared, spitting out a barrage of bullets. Li Nuo shot as he ran, reaping no less than ten enemies in a single exchange.
Beast and the five guards closely followed Li Nuo's pace, quickly shifting from the cave entrance to the flank of the battlefield, creating engagement space for the Ork soldiers behind.
The green-skinned horde swarmed onto the ground like locusts crossing the border, rushing into the enemy ranks.
Li Nuo turned back and flung out a large area of Mind-Lock Spell, helping the main force control the enemy and gain more advantage, then scanned around, searching for the shuttle's traces.
"Boss, look there! There's a shuttle!" Beast shouted, pointing at a silver-gray object in the bushes not far away.
Focusing his gaze, the shuttle's engine was accelerating, the surrounding leaves and branches rustling.
"Quick! Charge over there! Don't let it take off!"
Li Nuo quickly waved his hand and took the lead in launching a charge.
That shuttle was the most common personnel shuttle, with a compact fuselage, no more than a hundred meters in length, relying on a simple plasma reactor for energy.
Before each takeoff, it had to perform preheating work on the thrusters.
The pilot, through the window, saw the green skins charging towards him, and a chill ran down his spine.
He was just about to use the communicator to request support when he saw the leading Ork point at him.
Freeze!
The Mind-Lock Spell was triggered instantly, accurately hitting the shuttle pilot, followed by a burst of bullets.
"Bang, bang, bang –––"
Three-round burst, the cockpit glass shattered, blood blossoming on the pilot's body, but the control panel in front of him suffered no damage.
These three accurate bursts came from Li Nuo, while the guards behind him aimed their guns at the Oni soldiers near the shuttle.
After a short battle, the shuttle was unscathed, with a dozen or so more corpses riddled with bullets around it.
Above the sky, four missiles, trailing flames, howled down.
"Rumble –––––"
Explosions roared near the cave, the ground trembled violently, and dust splattered everywhere.
Bright flames rose into the air, and thick black smoke spewed straight upwards.
A strong shockwave, accompanied by heat, swept in from behind Li Nuo.
Looking back, the indiscriminate strike of the air-to-ground missiles caused heavy casualties to the Orks and Oni in the melee.
The Oni wailed in pain, moaning incessantly.
The Orks responsible for attracting aerial firepower were not frightened by the sudden strike.
They dragged their broken bodies and continued to roar and fight, doing their best to kill every enemy in front of them.
Behind these Orks, the revenge squad led by Xiaoxi did not immediately rush out of the cave.
According to Li Nuo's instructions, they had another, more important thing to do.
"Quick! Launch the potion grenades!"
Xiaoxi ordered loudly, taking out grenade rounds containing alchemical potions from his pocket.
These were special ammunition that Li Nuo had specially handed over to the Primal revenge squad to use.
He inserted the grenade round into the under-barrel grenade launcher of the firearm, aimed at the sky, and pulled the trigger.
"Pop, pop, pop –––––"
After a series of crisp sounds, the potion grenades drew a towering arc to the battlefield above.
At a height of about twenty meters above the ground, the potion grenades exploded one after another, splashing large amounts of dark green liquid.
The Orks were pleasantly surprised to find that their wounds and broken limbs no longer bled.
Not only that, but their injuries were recovering at an alarming rate, and surging vitality filled every part of their bodies.
Invisibly, violent power appeared within their bodies.
"Roar, roar, roar, roar –––––"
The Orks roared to the sky, their bodies swelling a circle, thick blood vessels wriggling on the surface of their muscles, like earthworms in the mud.
"Kill the Purple Skins! This is our territory!"
The roar shook the sky, the battle intent soared, the Orks' movements became more agile, and they killed the Oni, sending them reeling.
Li Nuo nodded calmly, giving the revenge squad a thumbs up in his heart.
They were not frightened by the terrifying battlefield atmosphere and launched the potion grenades on time.
This step was not necessary, but if they could perfectly accomplish the task, the next action would become smoother.
"Let's go, get on the plane, we're going to the sky."
Li Nuo kicked open the shuttle's hatch and picked up the pilot's corpse and threw it outside.
The shuttle's control panel was similar to the airliners before the crossing, and only people with professional training could skillfully drive it.
But there were exceptions.
Li Nuo stared at the panel, opened the system interface, and chose to exchange the 5th reward.
【Reward 5: Offline Retrieval.】
【You are retrieving the genetic knowledge base of Tech Kid - Gujia, searching for the mechanical sorcery to pilot personnel shuttles.】
【Retrieval complete.】
【Retrieval result: 1 item.】
No matter what this option was, and no matter how many simulation points it cost, Li Nuo directly exchanged it.
The next second, Li Nuo moved both hands together, his fingers tapping on the panel at high frequency.
The liquid fuel engine preheating was completed, and strong airflow spewed from the shuttle's wings.
The fuselage shook for a while and took off on the spot.
"Hold on tight, don't fall down, those two frigates are going to launch missiles again."
Li Nuo sternly instructed, securing himself to the driver's seat with a seat belt.
Beast and the five guards admired the boss to the point of numbness.
They didn't have time to praise the boss's coolness, so they quickly grabbed the things around them to secure themselves.
The turbine engines on both wings reversed direction, adjusting the flight attitude.
The shuttle changed from a vertical upward to a pitching attitude, and the flight altitude quickly climbed.
"Beep beep beep –––"
An alarm sounded in the cockpit, and the red alarm indicator light flashed wildly.
The shuttle was locked by the frigate's Auger Matrix, and four missiles fell from the sky. Three of them landed on the ground, and one drew an arc in the air, flying from the side of the shuttle.
"Hold on!" Li Nuo shouted, waving his hands on the control panel, and the shuttle made the maximum maneuver.
But that was not enough.
After all, the personnel shuttle was not a fighter jet, and its maneuverability was far lower than that of a missile.
The missile changed direction in the air, drawing a wisp of white arc, and continued to rush towards the shuttle.
This time, the missile was located directly in front of the shuttle, and Li Nuo could see it with the naked eye.
Vibration Art, activate!
Vibrate, vibrate, mega-vibrate!
Light Art, start!
Flash, flash, mega-flash!
Under the dual action of the mega-vibration and the strong light, the laser guidance system was destroyed, the missile's flight attitude became crooked, and the flight direction took a sharp turn.
"Bang! Rumble –––" The missile fell straight down and exploded on the mountain below.
Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted the shuttle's flight attitude and continued to climb upward.
"Boss, it seems like there are things flying over there." Beast pointed to a few small black dots on the horizon.
Li Nuo glanced at it and threw out the Appraisal Art.
The appraisal result feedbacked that there were six frigates.
These ships were originally protecting the cargo ships above the Primal's settlement, and now they were rushing to clear the Green Skins.
They released shuttles in the process of rushing to send Oni soldiers to the ground.
Perhaps too many missiles were spent when looting the Primal, they did not launch missiles at Li Nuo's shuttle.
"Those are Purple Skin's ships." Li Nuo chuckled softly, not seeing the slightest fear on his face, but rather excitement:
"Come, come, come, come more. The more they come, the more fun we have. When we get to the sky, we will let the Purple Skins taste the taste of being bombed."
The Orks in the cockpit grinned. Their backpacks were as high as two meters, filled with extraordinary things, which were sixteen special Grot Missiles.
These missiles were no ordinary missiles. They had been deeply modified by Li Nuo.
The missile's outer shell was painted black using "Moe's Black Fur" paint, identical to that used on the Dark Knight.
This paint is the perfect stealth material, capable of evading detection by the Auger Matrix.
The missile's interior was also equipped with a "Moe's Quiet Time" force field generator to help mask its sound and prevent detection by sonar.
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In addition, the missile's propulsion system and warhead were modified to allow it to fly and detonate normally in a near-ground orbit environment.
The "Grot" controlling the missile is a Ticking Box equipped with a beast's brain, which is more appropriate than letting the Grot himself control it.
These stealth missiles, controlled by Ticking Boxes, carry ion pulse bombs that Li Nuo exchanged for a "heavy price".
This type of bomb can generate an electric field with terrifying destructive power, penetrating all electronic facilities in a large area.
It may not be able to blow an entire ship to pieces, but it can definitely paralyze ships without void shields, causing them to fall from near-ground orbit.
Li Nuo defined this type of missile as the Ticking Box Ion Missile, or "Ticking Explodey" in Ork slang.
The only two shortcomings are that the Ticking Box uses optical guidance, so the guidance range is limited, and the missile's range is also limited by fuel.
Due to these two factors, the maximum flight distance of the Ticking Explodey in near-ground orbit is about 200 kilometers.
If launched from the ground, the maximum flight distance of the Ticking Explodey in a near-ground orbit environment would be reduced to 30 kilometers due to air resistance from the Earth's atmosphere.
If that weren't the case, Li Nuo wouldn't have gone to the trouble of snatching a shuttle to get up into the sky.
After dodging two more rounds of missile attacks, the shuttle's flight altitude reached 20 kilometers above sea level.
This is the bottom of the stratosphere, where the temperature is below freezing and the air is thin.
The cockpit window was shattered, and cold wind whistled in.
Li Nuo activated mechanical witchcraft to plug the breach, barely maintaining the shuttle's airtightness.
Continuing to ascend, the shuttle soon reached an altitude of 30 kilometers, entering the lower part of the stratosphere.
Here, the air temperature actually rebounded, due to ozone absorbing ultraviolet light.
130 kilometers diagonally above the shuttle, at the lowest point of near-ground orbit.
The two frigates had deliberately lowered their altitude to the lowest point of near-ground orbit in order to bombard the ground with missiles.
As the shuttle approached, these two frigates were clearly a little flustered.
They abandoned their plans to bombard the ground with missiles and, driven by plasma engines, raised their flight altitude, trying to get away from the malicious shuttle.
At the same time, two fighters equipped with autocannons flew out from the two frigates.
These two fighters are normally used for space dogfights, so they can only fight in space and near-ground environments, and cannot enter the stratosphere.
The shuttle finally stopped ascending at an altitude of 50 kilometers.
110 kilometers above, the frigates were moving away, while the fighters were circling at the lowest point of near-ground orbit, preparing to intercept the shuttle.
"Boss, it's so beautiful here." Beast sighed at the scenery outside the window.
The vast forest plain spread out on the earth like a giant carpet.
At the end of this green carpet, the blue sea was deep and distant, and the white clouds were like light cotton, casting black silhouettes on the sea and the land.
At this moment, the planet beneath them became a beautiful, flattened arc, making one feel relaxed and happy.
Of course, only Li Nuo and Beast could express their feelings in words.
Apart from Beast, the other five bodyguards could only express their feelings with simple phrases such as "Waaagh!" and "It's beautiful here."
"We'll have a chance to admire it slowly later. Everyone, get moving, carry the Ticking Explodeys to the back, quickly!"
Li Nuo took the lead in recovering from the beautiful scenery and urged the Boyz to work loudly.
Under his command, sixteen Ticking Explodeys were launched in four volleys, four missiles each time.
The front and rear compartments of the shuttle were separated by a pneumatic gate.
After the missiles were placed in the rear compartment, Li Nuo pressed a button to open the external hatch of the rear compartment and raised the nose of the shuttle.
Under the influence of gravity, the four missiles slid out of the rear compartment.
Li Nuo took out the controller and pressed the ignition button. The Ticking Box received the command, and the missile's propulsion section began to work.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
The four pure black missiles flew past the shuttle with a slight whistling sound, and soon became invisible black dots.
After four rounds of launches, all sixteen missiles in the front and rear entered combat mode.
At this moment, the six frigates that had come to support from a distance had just entered the maximum range of the missiles.
A total of eight frigates appeared within the strike range, front and rear, but the freighters used to carry primitives and loot did not appear.
Li Nuo felt a little regretful.
He had prepared the missiles as if all the enemy ships would be present.
The Orne Group's raiding fleet is no match for the regular army. Their ships have no void shields, and rely purely on thick external armor plates for protection.
The ion pulse bombs are accurate with every hit, and as long as they hit their target, they can definitely paralyze the ship's engine, causing them to fall from the sky.
"Hold on tight, we're going back to the ground." Li Nuo switched the flight posture and steered the shuttle towards the surface.
"Uh... Boss, are we going back now? I thought we could board the ship and have a fight with the purple-skins on board."
Beast looked up at the sky, eager to try.
Li Nuo glanced at his subordinates, and Beast and the bodyguards all looked a little disappointed.
They came up to the sky for a spin, but they were going back without a fight. The Green Skins were a little unhappy.
"Heh, listen up, Boyz."
Li Nuo said in a deep voice:
"We Space Boyz are the most elite Ork unit. Our close combat skills are impeccable, and our long-range sniping ability is even better. Only enemies who can withstand our long-range sniping are worthy of fighting us up close."
Beast thought for a few seconds and nodded vigorously:
"I understand, Boss. You mean, those eight spaceships definitely can't withstand our Ticking Explodeys, so they're not worth us getting up close with knives and guns."
"That's right." Li Nuo showed approval, and a sentence "A promising son can be taught" almost came out of his mouth.
Beast scratched his head at the starry deep space and muttered:
"But, why haven't those eight ships exploded yet. Did our Ticking Explodeys break down..."
"No, Beast." Li Nuo smiled slightly, "Let the Ticking Explodeys fly for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, two large patches of golden-white light exploded overhead.
Beast and the five bodyguards' pupils slowly contracted.
These two golden-white rays of light were like two newborn suns, expanding outwards in a violent manner, instantly enveloping the two frigates and fighters.
As the golden-white light slowly dissipated, the four flying objects had already entered a state of free fall.
Their bodies were crooked, like top-heavy drunkards, falling uncontrollably towards the ground.
"Wow~~~ They're going to be smashed to pieces! Is this the power of the Ticking Explodey! It's much stronger than our Bang Bang guns and Choppas!"
Beast exclaimed loudly, dancing with joy.
On the other side, about 50 kilometers away from the shuttle horizontally, the six frigates that had come to support also encountered the golden-white light.
They immediately followed in the footsteps of their counterparts, falling in an irreversible manner.
The two fighters and eight frigates soon entered the atmosphere.
Their outer shells rubbed violently against the thin atmosphere, and thick black smoke and flames spewed out from the inside.
Within a few seconds, the two fighters disintegrated, shattered by the planet's gravity and atmosphere, and turned into burning fragments flying all over the sky.
As Li Nuo piloted the shuttle to near the ground, the eight frigates could no longer withstand the resistance brought by the air.
They were designed for space combat and had never considered traveling in an atmospheric environment.
Their hull frames were completely unable to withstand the strong air resistance.
At an altitude of about 60,000 meters above the ground, the eight frigates, which had long since turned into large fireballs, exploded one after another.
"Boom—Boom—Boom—Boom—"
Eight thunderous explosions echoed in the sky, and the vast sea of fire dyed half the sky red, and fiery rain fell from the sky.
The Orks and primitives on the ground looked up at the sky.
The Orks cheered and roared, violently pounding their chests, and shouting the Boss's name.
The Avengers, led by Little Creek, wept bitterly, clasping their hands together in this unique meteor shower, silently praying for the departed souls.
Beast looked at the scene in the sky, stunned:
"Boss, it turns out that fighting doesn't necessarily mean seeing the enemy."
"Yes, Beast. Remember, we are intelligent creatures, not monkeys. Only pointy-gitz would leave super-long-range weapons unused and go for boarding."
"Yes! Boss! I remember! We are Space Boyz who play super-long-range strikes! Only those who can withstand our super-long-range strikes are qualified to face us!"
"Yes, that's right." Li Nuo was quite pleased.
Pointy-gitz is a nickname for Space Marines, named after the pointy appearance of the MKVI power armor's mask.
When encouraging Beast to adopt a strategy of combining long-range and close-range attacks, Li Nuo didn't say one thing.
Super-long-range strikes are based on highly developed mechanical witchcraft and an abundant supply of raw materials.
Currently, only Ork Warlords can afford to play the long-range bombing game.
To say nothing else, just take the ion pulse bombs.
The 16 ion pulse bombs just now were medium-sized, consuming a total of 1,600 tons of solid promethium ore.
This promethium ore came from the Steel Tribe.
Fortunately, the face of the Weirdboy-Zack was big enough, otherwise it would definitely not be possible to gather such a quantity of promethium ore.
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