Chapter 202: 195 Siege of the Mansion
When Hasan and Reeldzer arrived at the mansion, there were already three groups of colleagues who had arrived earlier. Everyone had become acquainted during training at the Stellar Transmission Academy, and they nodded in greeting upon seeing Hasan and his companion.
"The orders from above have come down, and we are to launch a direct assault on this estate. The enemy may be aliens with a certain degree of technological power, so we must be on maximum alert, activate all the defensive capabilities of our Powered Individual Armor, and be ready to call for support at any moment,"
The Star Warriors' Powered Individual Armor had been recently developed by Bai Zhongqi, specifically designed to leverage the abilities of the Star Warriors. It implemented various extremely advanced technologies, and some functions even required the use of Star Energy to operate. Such a suit of Powered Armor cost as much in materials and labor as an interstellar fighter jet.
Two Star Warrior agents leapt up and kicked open the estate's large iron gate. The guards inside immediately raised their guns to shoot, but with a single gesture, the Star Warriors pulled the guards toward themselves. This basic operation of matter and force looked very much like telekinetic superpowers, but in reality, it tested the Star Warriors' control over the interaction of forces between materials, which wasn't complicated.
The terrified guards had their skulls shattered with a single slap from a Star Warrior, exposing a wriggling, disgusting Brain Worm. Another agent fired their gun with a bang, pulverizing the Brain Worm into a mess.
The commotion also alerted the other guards in the estate, who burst out carrying submachine guns and shotguns. The Star Warrior agents were clad in Powered Individual Armor with off-the-charts defense, armed with standard-issue rifles, and without using any Star Warrior abilities, they simply sprayed bullets, turning every guard in the courtyard into a corpse.
The other Star Warrior agents rushed forward and broke into the house. Although the resistance was fierce, it couldn't delay the Star Warrior agents' actions even for a second.
Soon, Hasan and the others discovered a secret passageway beneath the mansion, but a thick metal safety door blocked off the underground space. The Star Warrior agents immediately requested technical support, and in no time a Bionic Human expert arrived and swiftly bypassed the door's security.
In terms of security technology, Teizene was far behind Iridium Star. Despite Harass having set up door after door and all sorts of defense systems, these ultimately seemed like child's play to the people of Iridium Star, easily breached.
Behind the succession of doors, even the Lizard Person Harass couldn't help but feel tense. When he saw what was happening in the courtyard through the surveillance video, his whole body started to shake.
"Damn it, why are they Star Warriors? To use Star Warriors as soldiers and to send out eight at once, does Iridium Star have many Star Warriors? This information wasn't provided to the Empire; it might cause some trouble for the Empire government in the Danlu Interstellar Cloud," thought Harass.
Although every Lizard Person is very martial, with strong muscular strength, quick movements, and trained in fighting and killing from a young age—making them much more battle-ready than many other species—even Harass, a biologist, is also a warrior, as is every Lizard Person. Against ordinary enemies, Harass would have confidence to fight, but facing eight Star Warriors in Powered Individual Armor, he knew that he could not handle even one.
This frustrated him greatly. The spaceship crash over a hundred years ago had already resulted in the loss of most of his weapons, and now his body was old and couldn't fight desperately like a young person.
The outcome before him was clear; there was no way he could escape capture by these people of Iridium Star. But as a dignified Teizene, Harass was determined to fight to the end.
"Hmph, I've already sent Earth's coordinates to the Empire," Bai Zhongqi sneered, "the Emperor will surely launch the Slaughterer Fleet on an expedition. Even if the people of Iridium Star have Star Warriors, and their technology is somewhat superior to Teizene's, what of it? With only a handful of warships, no matter how advanced their technology is, they will still be worn down by concentrated fire on their energy shields. The Empire always sends the warships of vassal civilizations as cannon fodder, only entering the battle themselves when the time is right. Even if an Iridium Star Warship could take on ten enemies at once, the Empire can dispatch more than twenty times that number of warships, enough to annihilate them."
Harass knew he might not end up with a good fate, but by transmitting Earth's information back, if Teizene could ultimately conquer the Danlu Interstellar Cloud, they could secure a stable rear base. Because of the space faults and unstable curvature, it's only possible to enter the Danlu Interstellar Cloud by constructing a Stargate or performing a space jump when having the internal coordinates. A region almost impervious to invasion, coupled with a planet inhabited by over seven billion "livestock," is of tremendous value.
Even if he died, the contributions he made to the Empire would be indelible!
As he thought this, the last gate had already been opened by the Star Warrior agents. Harass clicked his jaw open and shut, like barking out laughter, not caring about the United Heart Society Brain Worm leader, the blonde loli, standing beside him. He pressed the button on a controller in his hand directly.
"Great Teizene, conquer all!"
With a booming explosion, the entire underground laboratory erupted violently. Harass gave up his life in this suicide attack, hoping to take out a few of the Iridium Star Star Warriors—if he could, it would be worth it. In any interstellar civilization, Star Warriors are a precious asset, and losing even one is a significant loss. Moreover, his life's mission was already accomplished, and he no longer wanted to cheat death; this sacrifice seemed like a fitting end.
"Dammit!" Hasan's face turned pale the moment he saw the detonator in Harass's hand. His reaction was swift—he immediately activated the protective shield on his Powered Individual Armor, which is capable of using star energy as power to sustain a defense shield with excellent effects.
The bomb detonated by Harass was indeed powerful, but the shield of a Star Warrior isn't so easily penetrated.
When the explosion subsided and the smoke cleared, nothing was left of Harass; the intense blast and pyrotechnics had vaporized the Lizard Person, including the trembling blonde loli standing next to him, into ashes.
Annoyed, Hasan said, "Damn it, did you see that, Reeldzer? That guy looked like a standing lizard and just self-destructed without a word. I'm not sure how much useful intelligence can be salvaged from the scene."
He was fiercely competitive and naturally very upset that the mission had gone awry.
At that moment, Reeldzer deactivated his protective shield, and Hasan noticed that Reeldzer had rushed forward in the nick of time to save several pieces of laboratory equipment from destruction.
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"That monster used a focused micro-nuclear weapon designed to target high-defense, high-value enemies at extremely close range. Almost everything within the blast radius was vaporized," Reeldzer said.
Hasan laughed and clapped him on the shoulder, "Nicely done, I didn't expect you to be so reliable at the crucial moment. Although the main culprit is dead, at least through his equipment, we might be able to extract some useful information."