"After considering various factors, I think... although the combination chosen by God is strange, it may be the best?"
"Huh? Are you sure that a Blood Crow with a few Chemical Dogs is the best choice? These two groups are 'famous' in the Empire. Who wouldn't be on guard against these two groups when seeing them?"
When the Chosen One heard that Silence actually suggested that this important task be assigned to him, he immediately protested.
"Don't mention it, it's true - it's because these two groups are well-known that it's less likely to be suspected that they are contacting them with some mission - the Blood Crows and Chemical Dogs that can appear in this abandoned nest world, can they not be in trouble?"
Liang Feifan clapped his hands vigorously, expressing that it was a wonderful thing. That's it. Seeing that the other hammer guys all had a sympathetic look on their faces, knowing that this big job had indeed fallen on his head, the God's Chosen One could only protest by twitching the corners of his mouth.
"So, you have to at least give me a credible explanation for why you are in trouble. After all, if I don't have a credible reason, the Astartes Chapter won't believe me, right?"
"Isn't that easy? Blood Crows and Chemical Dogs are both very ruthless groups. Just say that you were fighting somewhere and encountered something you didn't know about, right?"
Egg quickly threw out a very Warhammer-style reason. Naturally, the corners of the God's Chosen's mouth twitched more and more after hearing this obviously flawed reason.
"Don't you think that this reason will lead to my pawn being locked up? When it comes to the matter of disorderly transmission in the subspace, who among the serious Astartes would not be on guard?"
"No, I think the Astartes Chapter we want to contact may not be able to defend against this. Or they are not qualified to defend against this - the biggest reason is that they themselves look like they have just been lost in the warp. Big brother, let alone the second brother - I may have problems, can you guarantee that you are okay?"
Abathur's words made the Chosen One relax a little, but of course, he still had some concerns.
"What if they see me and just open fire without saying anything?"
"——If they are afraid of even an Astartes with several mortals, then it means that they may really have a big problem. We will immediately strike hard, send the Custodians to hold them down, and then check the Grey Knights one by one."
Liang Feifan answered quickly.
"It seems... to be like this? OK, I'll take care of this - Liang Feifan, for the sake of safety, you and Abathur's chess pieces should land a little closer to me?"
"Okay, we'll give you
plunder."
5. Meeting with Blood Crow.
Ruins, yellow sand, flags fluttering in the dry wind, a lookout tower at least two stories high, a defense line that looked like a fence built with a variety of messy but sturdy materials, and messy wires stretched between the buildings.
This is the territory of a wasteland tribe. It is a place where some abandoned nest equipment is still operating tenaciously. It is an area where some people who are left on this forgotten planet live stubbornly. The tribe named Broken Rock, composed of these survivors, has been entrenched here for hundreds of years. Every day, the members of the tribe will basically follow their way of life and try their best to survive in this wasteland that can barely provide them with shelter. The weaker members will move around within the control of the tribe as much as possible and do some simple things. The stronger members, after the tribal elders assess that the tribe can afford the loss of him completely, will form expedition teams of at least five people and go deep into the yellow sand to search for precious relics scattered in this world. Most of them return empty-handed, a few never come back, and a very small number will return to the tribe with valuable things and become heroes of the tribe. Of course, these valuable things generally will not bring much change to the tribe. In most cases, they will only make the tribe's life a little better.
However, today, an expedition team from the tribe brought back some very different "things" for the tribe.
"Is this where your tribe is?"
Looking at the ruins of a building at the end of the sand dunes in the distance, which was obviously an abandoned nest city and was very likely part of the nest city they were looking through just now, Daken used the auspicious instrument to judge the biological activities inside. He turned his head and looked at the young man named Yongdalim beside him, waiting for his answer. Ever since he showed the young man, whose face was full of love for machinery, the young man had directly become his follower, or even more extreme. Therefore, when Daken asked who could lead them to find more people, Yongdalim, who had roughly understood that his group would definitely not be able to fight against these powerful and wise warriors like the gods in mythology, did not hesitate to become the "leader" and "betrayed" the location of his tribe.
"Yes, your Excellency."
Yongdalim answered Daken's question in the calmest voice possible, and tried hard to control himself from looking at Daken's body. After receiving Yongdalim's answer, Daken immediately discussed it with his teammates in the communication channel.
"It is obvious that the descendants of those who chose to stay in this world for unknown reasons have not only forgotten the glory of the Emperor, but have also returned to the wilderness. Daken, I doubt how much help they can provide to our chapter."
Before Daken could speak, a technical sergeant spoke first and expressed his opinion.
“But they still have some heritage, even though it is necessarily broken—they are not members of the truly barbaric world.”
Another technical sergeant spoke up, expressing a completely different opinion from the first technical sergeant who spoke.
"While some of them are bound to understand some of the ways of Om Messiah, training them is very risky."
Another technical sergeant made a suggestion.
"We should contact the Chapter Master. This matter is too serious and is not something that we, the technical sergeants, can make a decision on."
A technical sergeant with the most seniority hesitated to speak, and at the same time he felt a deep helplessness in his heart. Without supplies, a hero would be in trouble. With the Sword of Hatred in a situation where there was no room for error, even contacting a group of mortal tribes had become an operation that required caution.
"What you said makes sense, my brothers. The Chapter Master has given me authorization. He allows us to contact those mortals within the threshold range and evaluate them. As long as they can reach the most basic qualification standard, the Chapter Master will come and recruit them."
“Isn’t this a bit…”
After hearing what Daken said about the Chapter Master, the technical sergeant who spoke first showed obvious confusion in his tone.
"No way, we lack everything, Brother Crade."
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Women drawing water from a well.
Men carrying various materials to work.
A sturdy man who was patrolling with a weapon and was a little wary of his group, but not too wary.
And curious children popped their heads out from every corner to look at them.
In fact, although he had "persuaded" Yongdalim of the Rock Crusher Tribe to lead the way for his group, Daken still had a certain degree of vigilance towards this wasteland tribe in his heart. On the one hand, he was worried that this wasteland tribe with unknown beliefs might be excommunicated rebels that the Empire would not tolerate. On the other hand, he knew very well that for a mortal tribe that did not know the existence of the Empire, warriors like them would represent a threat. He had to consider how to contact the mortal leader of this tribe to gain their trust. If it were a normal situation, the Sword of Hate would probably just send a communication to let the nearby
The mortal troops or members of the state religion who are in charge of this area can help deal with the first half of the matter, and they only need to take the second half of the assessment. But now, they really have to rely on themselves for everything, and there are too many things to think about.
However?
"Strange, these mortals seemed a little surprised by our appearance, but they didn't have any other reactions?"
Before Daken could tell other battle brothers to stay alert on the communication channel, a technical sergeant spoke first.
"Yes, this proves that the people of this tribe have seen Astartes, and have some understanding of Astartes, even if it is wrong - but the people who brought us here definitely have never seen it - this is unusual, stay alert."
Daken nodded slightly, agreeing with his battle brother's opinion. At this moment, they had walked into the main road of the Rock Crusher Tribe under the leadership of Yongdalim. The Astartes had a clear view of everything inside for a long distance ahead with their superhuman vision. In an instant, Daken knew why the people of this tribe were only surprised at their arrival.
Because, under a house in the distance, he saw a figure wearing red power armor, holding something, and talking to several mortals whose style was obviously different from that of the people in this wasteland tribe. After zooming in, Daken couldn't help but complain in the communication channel.
“Blood Raven…???”
6. Daken's Conversation with the Chosen One
Now that the Empire has carried out the creation of the Astartes army many times, how many Astartes Chapters has the Empire had in total?
In fact, even the High Lords Council finds it difficult to give an accurate answer to this question. Because apart from some military building activities that are indeed necessary, other military building activities are more or less accompanied by some additional political purposes or worse things. This has caused many Astartes Chapters of the Empire to be in a state of physical data loss since their establishment, and then completely lose their origins after the real insiders disappeared in the galaxy, becoming "black households" in some sense of the Imperial Astartes Chapters.
Generally speaking, these Astartes of unknown origin always have a harder time than those with known origins - because when they encounter problems, it is difficult for them to find a big force willing to help them at a lower cost to support them. At the same time, they cannot find their origins and it is difficult for them to find suitable allies in the Imperial Astartes sequence. These two most direct problems lead to more chain problems for these Astartes of unknown origin - for example, they always receive bad missions, for example, they can never get good supplies, for example...
In short, no one loves a child without a .
However, there are always exceptions, and among the Astartes Chapters with unknown origins, the Blood Ravens are an extremely outrageous case - in fact, compared with most Astartes Chapters with unknown origins, the Blood Ravens can be said to have the most unknown origin among the unknown, because this Astartes Chapter does not even know when it was founded, let alone who their parent Chapter is.
Besides not knowing their parent group and the time of their founding, the mutation of the Blood Ravens' gene seed had already been confirmed and recorded by the Empire. In addition to the gene seed problem, the Blood Ravens also produced a large number of think tanks for some unknown reason. In fact, in some dark rumors, the Blood Ravens' parent group directly pointed to a certain Astartes Legion that had already rebelled against the Empire. If the people in the Empire who really knew that group knew that the gene seed of that group could never produce ordinary Astartes, the Blood Ravens would have been isolated and investigated long ago.
However, these are not all of the Blood Ravens' problems. Perhaps because they felt that their regiment was not "attracting enough attention from the Empire", one of their Librarians did something big and signed a contract with the Blood God Khorne, which almost sent the entire Blood Ravens into the hands of Chaos. If it weren't for the Third Captain at the time who desperately tried to stop the situation from getting completely out of control and gave the Blood Ravens the opportunity to have an expedition of atonement, the Blood Ravens would have been annihilated in the long river of Imperial history long ago.
However, the Blood Crows managed to grow despite all these debuffs! And they grew so big that a bunch of new chapters frowned! Indeed, as an Astartes Chapter, compared with the combat power, the Blood Crows can only be regarded as compliant among the Imperial Astartes Chapters. Although there are many think tanks, compared with those large and powerful chapters, the number is just so-so. However, because of their persistent desire to find the past of their own chapter, the Blood Crows Chapter has discovered a very unique talent, which is...
Finding dragon points (wrong)!
With the support of this ability, which can be said to be unique among the Imperial factions of the Astartes, the Blood Crows quickly reached a strategic partnership with a series of Imperial bosses with similar needs, such as the Adeptus Mechanicus, and brought back many extremely valuable relics for these bosses in expedition after expedition. The Blood Crows, who proved their ability, received more commissions - not limited to expeditions in special areas, hoping that the Blood Crows could go to a certain area and bring back something, and more extreme tasks include suppressing a certain area and taking away certain things - the Blood Crows always completed these tasks very well, sometimes even too well, so well that the Empire is still unsure what exactly is in the Blood Crows' holy relic warehouse!
"Why are there people from the Blood Crows in this world? Is there something so incredible on this planet that requires these guys to go out?"
Despite the hatred
The Sword of Hate itself is in the lower middle of the Imperial Astartes sequence and is almost at the bottom, but this does not mean that the Astartes of the Sword of Hate have not heard of the Blood Ravens, a somewhat special Astartes Chapter. Unlike most Astartes Chapters, the Blood Ravens Astartes Chapter often appears in places where there are key relics or holy objects or even more outrageous things waiting for these Astartes who are good at searching to recover, and these things mean huge trouble. Given the current state of the Sword of Hate, if it is involved in such a situation, it is afraid that...
No! Such a situation means that the Empire may have troops nearby, and the Empire's troops nearby means supplies, which means that his own chapter has a way to contact the Empire. It means that no matter how bad it is, his own chapter can use the excuse of assisting in the battle to shamelessly ask the Blood Ravens for something. Even if the chapter leader can't bring himself to do it, a technical sergeant like him can use the excuse of providing services to get something. After all, compared to the fact that the chapter is about to count explosive bombs and live a luxury, it's still just that bad!
Daken sorted out a series of things in his mind in an instant, and the face hidden behind the helmet became eager in an instant. After giving a few instructions to his battle brothers in the communication channel, he immediately strode towards the Chosen One who was analyzing the items on hand with his chess piece, using the Blood Crow chess piece as a descended body and the special "treasure appraisal" ability.
"Blood Raven Battle-Brother, I am glad to see you in this desolate place!"
——————————————The God’s Chosen One is in a state of confusion————————————————————
"So... you fell into this abandoned hive world by 'accident'?"
Although Daken, who suddenly rushed to his side and was very familiar with him, was startled, the Chosen, who had accumulated rich experience as a veteran of the Raven Guard, quickly got into the state, found the best solution to the current situation in the script discussed by the Hammers, and chatted with the technical sergeant of the Sword of Hatred. Soon, under the influence of the information revealed intentionally or unintentionally by the Chosen, Daken successfully imagined that the Blood Raven Company where the Chosen was, together with other brothers Astartes and a large number of mortal troops, was recovering a very important relic on a certain planet under the arrangement of the Inquisition. Because the mysterious relic was accidentally activated by the collision of the conflicting parties, the fighting brother of the Blood Raven and some mortals around him were thrown into this shitty world.
"Yes - I'm trying to contact other people. Judging from the performance of the relic when it was activated, there may be other people who have also been sent to this desolate world. If the relic spreads a little wider, it is even possible..."
Although the Chosen One did not finish his words, Daken still managed to imagine what the Chosen One said in his mind. Before he could open his mouth to speak, the Chosen One spoke again.
"I have explained my story. Now, it is your turn to answer my question, fellow warriors of the Sword of Hate. Why did you appear in this world?"
"We... have been lost in the warp for a long time before returning to the real universe from the Mandeville Point near this galaxy. Our ship can no longer sustain the next warp voyage, so we can only try to find some supplies in this world to see if we can repair our flagship. Frankly speaking, this is difficult, as many key parts are impossible to find in this abandoned hive world."
When he said this, a barely perceptible frustration appeared in Daken's tone. He probably understood why this Astartes of the Sword of Hate had approached his chosen one so enthusiastically at the beginning. His mind moved slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"I don't think so. Based on my experience, this world must be a treasure trove that has yet to be discovered."
7. God’s Chosen Advice
This is a world absolutely far away from the glory of the empire.
When Inquisitor Orogen and his guards stepped onto the abandoned Hive No. 5 on the planet Minost I, above a piece of metal ground that had not yet been completely swallowed by the wind and sand, and looked out at the endless yellow sand that stretched all the way to the horizon, there was not a trace of emotion on his calm face - there was no doubt that this world was dead in the sense of the Empire, but this did not mean that the Emperor had no control over this world.
"Master, we have confirmed that there is no humanoid activity within a radius of 100 kilometers from our current location."
"Very good. Inform the person in charge to establish our first temporary supply point here. Then, we will follow this route and move towards the ruins of Hive City No. 4."
Hearing the voice of the servant of the data ringing in his ears, the Orogen Inquisition official collected his thoughts and issued orders in an orderly manner. Although the strike cruisers of the Astartes of the Sword of Hate were anchored in a mess of things on the outer ring route of Minost I, and thus were not discovered by the high-level Inquisitor, the Inquisitor who followed the traces of their ships to this abandoned hive world still determined that this world was where he would fulfill his final duties, and made a series of arrangements. Establishing several temporary footholds in this world was only the first step. Next, he had to do more things to ensure that the empire would not be destroyed by any creature born in this world.
Threatened by evil.
Well, although, this high-ranking Inquisitor did not know that in the ruins behind him, there were four beings whose presence would make his heart stop beating, and they were secretly observing him from all directions. He also did not know that in a certain tribe in this world, a "shady" deal between two Astartes warbands was in progress.
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".....In summary, the abandonment process of this hive world is most likely not a normal abandonment process, but an emergency abandonment. Therefore, there must be a large number of valuable resources to be found in the abandoned hives of this hive world. For example, this ordinary metal plate in my hand is made of a fine gold alloy. Although it is a little inferior to the real fine gold, you technical sergeants should know its value better than me."
In the main tent of the Broken Rock Tribe, Igust, the Captain of the Sword of Hate who had rushed here, was sitting face to face with the Chosen One, listening to the advice of the Blood Raven Astartes who claimed to be very good at finding supplies in impossible places. Although at the beginning, Igust only communicated with him because the Blood Raven was really good at finding various relics, but now, after the Chosen One took out several valuable things in succession and presented several pieces of evidence, he was already 80% convinced that the Blood Raven did have this ability.
"Has this Hive World really been 'emergency abandoned'?"
Daken, who was sitting next to his Chapter Master, repeatedly reviewed the evidence brought out by the Chosen One, then looked up at this Blood Raven Battle Brother who seemed a little too "careless" compared to most of his Battle Brothers, and at the adamantium alloy metal plate he was playing with. If this adamantium plate was in his hands, it could be used to fill in some of the critical damage on the warship. If conditions allowed, he could also transform it into spare parts, so that it could be used in more places.
"I can't guarantee it, brother. I'm just stating my own judgment. The resources in this world are definitely more than what you see. All you need is someone who can lead you to them."
Although the intelligence at hand actually came from the data that Big E had obtained from the Empire, Big E was a little confused about the specific situation of this galaxy. Therefore, the Chosen chose to answer Daken in an "ambiguous" way. After receiving this answer, Daken did not say much, but just nodded, turned his body slightly, and started a discussion with his own chapter leader and other chapter leaders on the chapter internal channel.
"We really have to trust this Blood Crow?"
"Astartes are all battle brothers. Besides, this Blood Raven brother has no reason to lie to us."
"But believing him means that we must explore this world according to his arrangements, which may not necessarily be a source of risk - the Blood Ravens have a good reputation, but they are well-known for their curiosity."
"We don't have many choices right now. We are in urgent need of supplies. Since this Blood Raven battle brother is confident that he can help us in this regard, why not temporarily follow his command in this regard?"
"Necessary preparation and prevention work still needs to be done."
In the communication channel of the Sword of Hatred, the top leaders of the Sword of Hatred had a five-minute discussion on whether to listen to the advice of this Blood Raven. Although many of them had complaints about following the command of an outsider battle brother, facing the current situation where the regiment was so poor that it could not even count the warehouses to fight a wave of higher intensity encounters, these Astartes men still made the decision to "try if this Blood Raven battle brother is reliable."
"Blood Raven's battle brother, please."
"I will handle it."
Hearing that the Chapter Leader of the Sword of Hatred in front of him had finally decided to explore this desolate world with him, the Chosen One immediately perked up. He took out more evidence from his pocket and gave it to Igust, asking him to take it back to comfort the other fighting brothers of the Sword of Hatred, while activating Hammer's communication channel.
"Okay, I have gained their trust. Next, it's about supplies. Are you ready?"
"No problem. We have prepared a batch of Astartes special rations, half a warehouse of explosive bombs, a lot of melta grenades, and several small vehicles. You start to set off and I will send the oil man to where you want to take them and put them in those warehouses that are still functioning."
While preparing to launch his Oil Man's chess piece, Egg assured the Chosen One that everything was ready, waiting for him to lead the men to dig - as for whether the Sword of Hatred would pay attention to why this world happened to have what the Astartes needed?
The Hammers felt that as long as the Chapter Master of the Astartes was a normal pragmatist, he would not delve into the matter further - besides, the current situation of his Chapter did not allow him to delve into it further.
"OK! Remember to repair the warehouse. Too many flaws are not good!"
8. Blood Crow in the team
Yongdalim had never expected to have such an experience as this.
As a young but experienced explorer of the Rockbreaker Tribe, Yongdalim has been exploring various uninhabited areas for nearly ten years.
He had experienced the deadly ancient traps, tasted the despair of yellow sand, persisted for two days and three nights with only a little water until he found a camp, and struggled in the lightless maze of ruins for dozens of days until he saw the light of day again. In Yongdalim's view, exploring the unknown world, especially the huge metal ruins where the ancestors lived, is absolutely dangerous. Pitfalls may suddenly appear on the seemingly flat ground, and there may be bottomless cracks behind the magnificent arches. The room where supplies are piled up is full of traps. In short, exploration has never been an easy job.
However, under the guidance of these "god-like warriors" he met, exploring the ancient ruins suddenly became a task that was not much more difficult than piling stones in the tribal camp. Although the roads were complicated and mostly covered with yellow sand, although there were often deadly traps on the walls, and although those terrifying secret doors would still appear from time to time in key places, the powerful warrior who led the team always seemed to have predicted their appearance, and then used precise and exquisite means to avoid them, or used them to find a secret door or secret passage that could pass through - the result was that after almost five days of marching into the ruins, the entire team had not lost a single person!
"Battle brother, you are too skilled."
In fact, it was not only the strong men of the Rock Crusher Tribe, represented by Yongdalim, who were recruited by the Sword of Hate to help move things, who felt this way. Even Igust, who was with the team, couldn't help but say this in the communication channel. As an Astarte, Igust knew that even with a map, it was not easy to find the right direction for the Imperial Hive. Not to mention that the Hive they were exploring was actually abandoned for who knows how many years, and there was no data available. Igust felt that the difficulty of finding the 'right' way in such a bad place was probably no less than getting the supplies from the Military Affairs Department delivered on time! According to Igust's experience, if they were to simply let the Sword of Hate come to explore the ruins of this Hive, it was estimated that until now, they would still be wandering in the outermost area, just like in the other pile of ruins, collecting some ordinary things that were useful but of limited use!
However, this Blood Raven battle brother and the Astra Militarum soldiers around him, known as Zafra Chemical Dogs, felt like they were back home when they ran into the ruins of the hive! Whether it was finding a way, removing the threatening equipment that was still in operation, or finding some valuable things from the corners and throwing them on the trailer, they were able to complete it very smoothly, and even had free time to instruct other mortals - after they actually found an old-fashioned laser gun from a place that looked like a sewer, the Astartes of the Sword of Hate no longer doubted the professionalism of the Chosen.
"The spirit of this gun has long been dormant, but with the right ritual, it can be awakened - I think this is a good sign."
Deacon said this after inspecting the laser gun.
“It’s a really good start.”
Igust was also a little excited. Admittedly, their team had found a lot of odds and ends that could be used to repair the warship or for other purposes, but those were only substitutes. Strictly speaking, using them to do those things was a bit against the rules. However, this laser gun that was found - even though it was old-fashioned, with a dormant machine soul and no magazine - proved that in this world, there might really be normal supplies that were well preserved!
"This is just part of the surprises around here. I'm sure there will be bigger surprises waiting for us in the deeper areas."
The Chosen One was quickly reading the rough map provided by Big E that was floating in front of him. The 3D treasure map was formed by combining the treasure-hunting special ability of his Blood Crow chess piece's descended body with the search ability of the Chemical Dog chess piece connected to him. He clicked on the nearest area with 'suspected recyclable resources' and drew a line to that place. At the same time, he glanced at the direction of the warehouse that was being stuffed with eggs for supplies. Well, at this rate, they would be able to find the warehouse by tomorrow morning at the latest, and then give the Astartes of the Sword of Hate a big surprise.
