Li Feng, at this moment, was with Sergeant Yugen in the armory tent, toying with various Imperial Army weapons. Because this was an artillery regiment, these weapons usually lay idle here.
There were Imperial combat daggers, and Imperial combat swords, among which the chainsword made Li Feng reluctant to put it down.
When Li Feng saw the Imperial firearms, his expression was like that of a Porsche CEO seeing a Zotye—indescribable.
Sergeant Yugen, who was supervising nearby, noticed that Li Feng seemed to have no aversion towards him. Yugen had been ostracized since childhood; wherever he went, people would instinctively distance themselves from him due to his uniqueness.
Although Yugen had become reclusive because of this, his sensitive nerves could still perceive the expressions and attitudes of those around him. Commissar Cain was trying his best to ignore and overlook the strangeness about himself. However, Li Feng's expression and demeanor suggested that Li Feng hadn't noticed anything 'unusual' about him at all.
"Sergeant Yugen?"
Lost in thought, Yugen heard Li Feng's call. He looked up at Li Feng and saw him standing next to a heavy bolter.
Li Feng examined the heavy bolter. Its caliber, according to the armory standards of his original world, could already be considered artillery. The only thing Li Feng found strange was, if it was a large-caliber weapon, why was the barrel so short? Wouldn't making the barrel longer improve its range and chamber pressure, thus enhancing its suppression power and effectiveness?
Yugen saw Li Feng toying with the heavy bolter and assumed Li Feng wanted to try it, so Yugen said, "That weapon is broken and is being sent to the Tech-Priest for repair."
Li Feng ran his hand over the weapon, looking at the panel. At this moment, the panel displayed all the bolter's stats. He had already disassembled and inspected all the weapons he had touched, and had mostly understood their operating principles. The panel now showed countless STC options that could be generated.
Soon, Li Feng and Yugen, carrying a lasgun, walked out of the tent. Li Feng casually took a few grenades and put them in his bag. Li Feng followed Yugen to the parking lot, next to a salamander armored vehicle. Li Feng began explaining to Yugen what would happen if the vehicle were covered in explosive reactive armor, and how an auto-loader would function.
Yugen listened silently to Li Feng's explanations, continuously wiping the salamander with a rag... A few hours later,
Night enveloped the sky above,
A large number of troops had already headed to the western mine, where evacuation work was underway. Once the civilians were evacuated, the 12th Valhalla Field Artillery Regiment would also withdraw from there.
Meanwhile, in the camp, only a few Soldiers were left moving equipment, along with Cain, who was overseeing the work. Li Feng and Yugen had by now finished studying the salamander's structure.
Li Feng's assessment was that, if one ignored the salamander's 'WWI-era' 'steam-riveted steel' design, the vehicle could actually be considered a perfect multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle. Li Feng even gave the salamander a nickname: the 40K M3 Bradley.
"They're here!" someone screamed while firing.
Everyone looked towards the source of the distinct crackling sound, just in time to see a Soldier fall in the darkness as nightmarish spore clusters descended from the sky like birds swooping down to catch prey. Cain didn't even recognize the Soldier because his face was gone, eaten by the flesh-eating worms carried by those things.
"Gargoyles!" Cain shouted, but the warning was drowned out by the earth-shattering sound of a biological plasma cannon, so almost no one could hear it.
Cain dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the lethal biological plasma cannon. The things almost grazed Cain's body, hitting a tent a few steps away, which instantly burst into flames. Cain immediately drew his chainsword, set it to maximum speed, crouched, and swung it overhead.
Better to receive well than to strike well. A bug, intending to deliver a jump-slash to the Commissar in front of it, directly collided with the chainsword's teeth, instantly splattering Cain with bug blood.
At this moment, Li Feng pulled out his rifle and fired bullets at the ubiquitous bugs. Although Li Feng had never shot such fast-moving targets, due to the effects of adrenaline, Li Feng even felt a slight excitement... because there was no fear of death... But Li Feng didn't know why those ordinary 7.62 bullets were emitting golden and red light... Tracer rounds? And why did ordinary rifle bullets explode?
Then Li Feng saw Cain running towards the parking lot where he was, at his fastest speed.
Along the way, Cain continuously shot, brandishing his buzzing chainsword with every conceivable motion. Whether he hit anything, only the Emperor knew.
From Li Feng's perspective, Cain now looked like a heroic figure, constantly shouting war cries, battling the bugs around him, and inspiring all the Soldiers... However, only Cain himself knew that the inspiring war cry was actually a scream born of fear... The Hydra anti-aircraft guns were firing continuously, creating a dense, interwoven curtain of fire in the sky that looked thick enough to walk on. But the Gargoyles were not only small but also extremely fast, easily dodging most of the firepower.
Cain, safe and sound, ran to the salamander in the parking lot. At this moment, Yugen and Li Feng were continuously firing their weapons at the endless swarm of bugs.
"Commissar! What should we do!" Yugen shouted.
"Start the engine!"
"Start the engine!"
Cain yelled. For now, Cain only wanted to escape. While other Soldiers might have debated this order, Yugen's inherent obedience to his superior made him walk to the rear of the salamander without hesitation and turn the engine handle with a torque wrench.
Cain wanted to hide inside the salamander armored vehicle, but the interior was already occupied. Li Feng, wielding an AK, was continuously sweeping the Tyranid Swarm with gunfire, and spent casings clattered onto the armored vehicle's floor.
This was exhilarating! He didn't know why, but the more he shot, the faster his reaction speed became, and the more accurate his next shot. The more he killed, a feeling of pleasure from deep within continuously stimulated his brain. Sweat streamed down his forehead, but Li Feng didn't feel hot; instead, the sweat felt like clear, cool spring water. When Li Feng even reached into his bag for spare magazines, his original thirty-round magazines directly transformed into 75-round drum magazines... Cain stared, dumbfounded, at Li Feng, who was standing inside the vehicle, continuously firing outwards. That's right... Li Feng alone suppressed an entire Tyranid Swarm assault. Even the rifle's handguard was on fire, yet bullets ceaselessly flew out, accurately hitting every single bug.
"Is this... from which Forge World..." (Kalashnikov Tech-Priest (laughs))
At this moment, Yugen shouted, "Commissar! Get in!"
Hearing Yugen, Cain immediately rolled into the vehicle. With a foot on the accelerator, the vehicle sped away, while Li Feng continued to fire at the pursuing Tyranid Swarm.
"Commissar! Where are we going!"
"West, to the mine, as fast as possible!"
As the salamander drove out of the camp's perimeter, an astonishing scene unfolded: the bugs did not attack the remaining Soldiers in the camp, but instead continuously sprinted towards where the salamander was heading.
These bugs seemed to not see the Soldiers... As the bugs directly left the camp, chasing the salamander, those Soldiers stood up, looked in that direction, and shouted,
"It's Commissar Cain! He's drawn the bugs away!"
"What an act of heroism!"
However, what these Soldiers didn't know was that, in the eyes of these bugs, or rather, in the vision granted by the Hive Mind... the salamander was glowing white... and that white glow was Li Feng, continuously firing from the rear of the vehicle...