The huge impact stunned Soshyan for a long time. When he came to his senses, the air was filled with choking smoke and dust, and the residual heat shock waves of the explosion also severely burned the automatic sensing system of the power armor.
At first he thought his whole body was buried, but when the smoke and dust began to dissipate, he found that only his legs were pinned by the fallen broken pillars, and the bolter in his hand was missing.
A hundred meters away, another broken support section hit the remains of an undead obelisk. The leaking condensation froze the surrounding rubble, making it look like a machine that had been flattened by a frost giant's stick.
Further away, several pools of leaked material ignited green flames, further enhancing the feeling of another world.
This building has almost completely collapsed, and the road is full of potholes and depressions made by huge rocks, as well as tomb spiders that have been smashed and exploded. In a sense, this has really become their "grave."
"
Soshyan observed for a moment, and after confirming that there was no enemy, he started the armor's internal self-check. Fortunately, he only suffered minor damage.
Then he kicked away the debris and metal building debris without much effort. After pushing himself to stand on his feet, the panoramic view of what happened shocked him.
Broken Necrons were scattered everywhere on the road, some were completely flattened, and some were smashed into pieces by boulders directly hit.
He switched the communication to the company's public channel, and a series of frustrating hissing noises entered his ears. He could not receive any information from the team, let alone the company.
"Nad Axel? Got the answer, got the answer."
After confirming that he could not call his comrades on the communication line, Soshyan began to search for any trace of the two of them in the ruins.
After examining the metal corpses smashed everywhere in the ruins, it seemed that he was the only object that survived the indiscriminate bombardment of rubble.
Suddenly, his automatic perception system received a weak signal from the left, and he immediately ran in that direction.
After passing through an obstacle of black rubble, he saw an armored arm protruding from tons of stones, and immediately recognized it as Nad's hand.
"Brother! I'll rescue you right away!"
Soshyan immediately pushed upwards with both hands, trying to stabilize the sliding debris while scooping out rubble from the pile of rubble and pulling away pieces of unknown building materials.
Soon, he managed to reveal Nad's right arm and head, but both were motionless, and his helmet was broken and covered with dripping blood.
After redoubling his efforts, Soshyan dug out Nad's torso, during which time, with the help of adrenalin-infused strength from the armor, he removed a large chunk of stone nearly as heavy as himself.
"Well……"
As Soshyan moved, Nad's right arm shook and his fingers stretched.
But Soshyan knew that his situation was far from better.
There was a large pool of blood splashed across the sharp stone, and there were dozens of cracks and dents in Nad's armor. His left arm was even bleeding with blood, as if the hemostatic organ had lost its function.
"Nad! Nad! Wake up!"
After Nader helplessly patted one side of the severely damaged helmet with his hand, Soshyan immediately realized his intention, then bent down and turned the helmet to break the connection.
After a hiss in the air, Soshyan pulled off his helmet, revealing Nad's face covered in blood and scars.
Only then did he fully see the shocking wound on the other side. There were many skull fragments piercing through the side of Nade's injured head, and the ear on that side had disappeared and turned into a puddle of flesh along his chin.
After opening his eyes and seeing Soshyan, Nader nodded slowly and forced a smile, showing his blood-stained teeth.
"I know you can survive. The officers... are right. You are destined to be great."
Looking at Nader's blood-stained smile, Soshyan suddenly realized who pushed him away at the last moment.
"Why?"
he asked sadly.
"My life is no greater than yours."
"I can't say..."
Nad whispered, then grunted in pain, before he freed his right hand from the trash and presented his bolter to Soshyan.
"The Chapter Commander... asked me to use my life to protect..."
After this last effort, Nad, the companion who had accompanied Soshyan from a recruit to a warrior, died.
Soshyan took Nader's pistol and found that the genetic lock on it had been released and the ammunition was full - it was obvious that Nader was ready to transfer the weapon to Soshyan.
He looked at the faces of his dead brothers and remained silent for a long time.
"Soshyan."
At this time, Axel's voice sounded from behind him, and Soshiyang turned around suddenly and saw the other person limping among the ruins, holding his waist.
"brother!"
Soshyan immediately ran over like the wind and grabbed the opponent's shoulder armor with both hands.
"It's great that you're still alive."
But Axel looked over his shoulder at another comrade on the rubble.
"Nad..."
Soshyan nodded sadly.
"He has returned with honor to the Emperor."
Axel breathed heavily, and a stream of blood immediately flowed from his waist.
Soshyan looked down and found that the armor on Axel's waist had been broken, but it didn't look like it had been smashed, but rather like it had been broken open by a sharp weapon.
"I just met a few alien bastards who didn't die."
Aksai's tone was very relaxed, but his breathing was hissing. Soshyan knew without looking that the wound must be very deep, and it was very likely that the internal organs had been damaged.
"Let's go, there should be no enemies ahead."
With that said, Axel turned and walked toward the other end of the hall, with Soshyan following behind him. It was as if the identities of the captain and the team member had been reversed.
After walking for two minutes, Soshyan suddenly said:
"Aksei, are you also on a mission?"
The opponent's steps froze for a second, and then maintained their original frequency.
"Aren't we all on a mission?"
"No, I'm talking about a mission I don't know about."
Axel did not answer, but walked forward silently, as if he was a leader.
"Answer me, Axel."
Soshyan stopped and stared at the other person's back.
"well."
Then, Axel's helpless sigh echoed from Soshyan's helmet.
"My brother, from the moment you entered the service, didn't you realize that you are so special?"
"I found it."
"Yes, the chapter leader has given us a secret mission. This mission is to do everything to ensure your safety."
"Why."
"I don't know either. I didn't ask, and I won't ask. We just execute. This is the Space Marine. Don't you understand, Soshyan?"
Axel's answer was like a huge stone, weighing heavily on Soshyan's heart. Confusion was never his normal state, but everything that happened today was too weird.
He is like a blind man in the theater. When everyone is playing their respective roles, only he thinks that he is playing himself.
"Okay, let's keep walking. Maybe the chapter leader can answer your question. If we can still leave alive -"
Just as he was talking, a majestic energy suddenly swept over him. Without saying a word, Axel immediately turned around and threw Soshyan to the ground.