The engineer of the Tu clan, whose mind had become a mess because of a series of messy things, spoke incoherently, but fortunately this did not affect Arden's understanding of what he meant.
"what!"
The command chain was hacked and the AI stopped responding. Arden was in such a desperate situation that he didn't know how to command the battle. After a few breaths, he suddenly stood up from his seat, grabbed his pulse pistol, and looked at the other fire warriors in the combat command room.
"Warriors, we only have one last way to survive. Who among you wants to follow me?"
——————————————Ardern leads the team in the charge——————————————————
This is a combat journey that is more nightmarish than a nightmare.
The captain of the guards under Arden was so sure.
All the lights on the passages along the way were turned off. The only effective lighting they could get was from the lighting system on their combat uniforms and a few drones that were deemed "trustworthy" by the elders. The familiar AI auxiliary system was also ordered by Elder Arden not to be used at will. The people of the same tribe they met on the road would most likely not act with them but would fight with them - in fact, from the time they set out until now, he had personally shot and ended the lives of two of his people, one of whom shed the blood of Titanium, while the other...
Although it looks like a titanium from every angle, there is a feeling that something is wrong that lingers on its body!
"Have you heard of Farsight? The war hero?"
Just as this small Titanium team was slowly moving towards the hangar, which was most likely a dangerous place, under the cover of a strange and fearful mood, Elder Arden suddenly spoke on the communication channel within their team.
"Foresight? Wasn't he expelled because of something?"
A Tau warrior who knew very well what the name Farsight meant spoke in confusion.
"Now it seems that foresight may not be wrong. The Greater Good cannot explain many things, such as the situation we are facing now.
——And these fellow tribesmen, do you think they are really our people?"
Two Titanium Warriors suddenly rushed out from the corner, and then were knocked down after a round of fierce attack and defense.
"Vision... What did he see before he chose that path that would lead to conflict with the Aether?"
The tone of a certain Titanium warrior couldn't help but tremble.
"Perhaps what we are experiencing now is what Farsight has seen, and what the Aether has hidden from us. This is also the truth about why Farsight chose to leave. The reality of this universe is not as simple as described in the Greater Good."
Recalling the fire warrior who had just been killed and who had always made him feel very uncomfortable, Arden gradually grasped the source of the discomfort - that face had died on the side of the road halfway, so why did that face appear again?
"Elder, although what we are experiencing now is very strange, but questioning the ether is too--Ah!!!"
The sound of explosions and short screams reached Arden's ears. Several Cadia soldiers emerged from the darkness and without hesitation rained bullets on Elder Arden and his companions, leaving a big hole in the chest of a fire warrior. In an instant, another fire warrior's life was evaporated by the laser, and his mutilated body fell to the ground with a clang.
"Ha, humans, you really have bad intentions - using a habitable planet as bait, what a big move, with such courage, I admit defeat."
Seeing himself being tightly trapped in this passage by human soldiers coming out of the left and right passages, Elder Arden uttered a sound that was unclear whether it was a sigh or "as expected".
"Alien, now is your death."
Using the information provided by the Tau's own command system and the intelligence provided by this elite Astra Militarum, the wait-and-see Captain Malakin led the Weepers out of the darkness and blocked this team, which was probably the last one maintaining sanity in the entire battleship, like an insurmountable wall. Somehow, when he saw the appearance of these Astartes warriors, Ardern felt that his inner panic gradually dissipated, and was replaced by the surprise of seeing the dawn of truth.
"Before I die, I want to know the answer to only one thing. Was everything that happened to our fleet your fault? Was your Emperor part of the truth that the Aether is covering up?"
Very standard Imperial High Gothic.
"..."
Captain Malakin, who had no idea how to answer Arden's question, raised his gun and pointed it at the head of the Fire Caste elder - the suppression of most areas in this battleship has ended, and eighty percent of the alien fleet's warships have fallen into the hands of the Empire. This alien leader is the last one who can organize the alien resistance. If he is killed, the alien fleet will be completely leaderless, and this galaxy will completely belong to the hands of the Empire - at least, it will not belong to aliens like the Tau.
Gunshots rang out and blood splattered.
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The Weepers, formed during the Age of the Damned, are a Chapter that, while making their share of mistakes, has lived up to the Blood of Sanguinius.
From all the official records that can be found, the Weepers Chapter seems to have been doomed since its birth. Before the Extreme Founding, the Weepers Chapter had fallen to the point where although it still had a large amount of equipment and supplies including battle barges, it had less than fifty battle brothers who could fight in combat. After Regent Robouti Guilliman gave their chapter Primaris Space Marines as reinforcements, this endangered chapter had a glimmer of life.
However, for the high-ranking officials of the Empire who knew all the history of this chapter, the most confusing thing about the entire Weepers Chapter from its birth to the present is how did the Weepers Chapter Master Malakin lead a dozen Weepers Astartes, knowing that their chapter was on the Expedition of Atonement, and how did he manage to assist a human pioneering fleet that did not even have many heavy weapons to complete a counterattack against the vanguard of the Tau Empire's expansion fleet, and almost captured all the warships of the advance fleet? - Although the strength of the Tau aliens seemed so-so in the eyes of the Imperials, such an alien fleet was definitely not something that a dozen Astartes could take down - no matter time or space!
"I guarantee in the name of the Regent of the Empire that Captain Malakin of the Lamenters did not violate any regulations during the entire Atonement Crusade. His combat record is loyal and reliable. This matter ends here. Close the file - please go back. I still have a lot of things to deal with."
In Macragge, Regent Robert Guilliman, who had already vaguely known some incredible things, took a secret report on "The Presence of Imperial State Religionists among the Titanium Aliens" and drove some guys out of his reception room in a panic.
22. Erebus must die! —The Dark Lady's Demonic Army
Reality, Big Brother E’s mansion, his magnificent reception room.
Big E sat on his main sofa, looking at the pile of Warhammer chess pieces on the coffee table with a tangled face, his mind spinning wildly. Opposite him, because he had received Big E's recruitment information and some vague information from his friends in the circle,
The dark lady, who had come to apply for the job with all her belongings, was waiting for Big E's reply in a fly-rubbing manner.
"All your pawns are from the Chaos Demon faction?"
He carefully looked around at the chess pieces on the table, and then focused his eyes on one of the chess pieces that had been modified in a lot of ways. Even by the standards of the Great Daemon of Slaanesh, it was a bit too extreme. Its original form should have been the chess piece of the Xarathi Disaster. After a while, Big E took a deep breath and asked in a very subtle tone.
"Yeah, yeah, but I still have some gold men including AOS, can I use them?"
"AOS's golden man? .....Maybe it can be used in the future, but not now——Well, Chaos Demon Faction..."
Big E's tone continued to be subtle.
"Can't use it? I remember reading in that manual that the Chaos Demon Faction just has very poor command, but no matter how poor their command is, they won't attack the Imperial camp, right?"
"Ah, it's not that they can't be used. The main problem with the Chaos Demon faction pieces is not just their low command level. With my current strength, the range in which they can appear is very narrow. First, you know that under normal circumstances, I would never let a group of Chaos Demons save the people of the Empire. This would only cause a disastrous backlash."
As Big E said this, he clasped his hands slightly and looked towards the Dark Lady. After receiving her nod, Big E cleared his throat and continued.
"Second, Chaos Demons. According to the rules of the universe where I was born, they cannot exist in most areas of the real universe for a long time. Therefore, the projection of Chaos Demon chess pieces will also have this characteristic. Therefore, in order to stably deploy Chaos Demon chess pieces, they must first be temporarily deployed in the subspace. Other chess pieces basically don't have this trouble."
After talking about the troublesome part of the second Chaos Demon Faction chess piece, Big E raised his hand and rubbed his forehead.
"Then there is the third problem derived from the second problem. Because they must be deployed in the subspace first, if the pawns of the Chaos Demon Faction want to better fight in the material universe, they need ritual support. The material world hates the subspace, and this is not a rule that can be easily changed by your power."
"So it can be used?"
The Dark Lady clasped her hands together, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
"There are many restrictions at this stage, but if the conditions are met, it may not be impossible to use it as a surprise weapon, especially when targeting those subspace creatures or when you need to intercept certain guys in the subspace. Yes."
"Great! By the way, Big E, can I use this chess piece as my incarnation? This is a custom Slaanesh demon that I put a lot of effort into making - I even gave it a name! Rusalka! The water demon in Slavic mythology!"
After receiving Big E's approval, the Dark Lady cheered slightly, then picked up the Slaanesh Daemon that had attracted Big E's attention at the beginning, and successfully gave Big E an indescribable expression.
"you sure?"
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Eat melons.
Onlookers.
Be prepared to rescue people in case things get out of control.
But mainly they come to watch.
On top of the Queen of Glory, because the new Hammer Dark Lady actually wanted to use a Great Secret Keeper as an ancestor, and Big E also agreed to this, the Hammers who were currently resting or had no important combat tasks immediately gathered on the Queen of Glory and activated one of their innate skills as fun people.
"Dark Lady, I need to remind you once again. Although with my current strength, in theory, I can support you in projecting your consciousness onto the projection of your Great Secret Keeper chess piece, but because of the Chaos Demon itself, the chess piece projection must also abide by some of its 'rules'. This means that some filtering systems will have difficulty operating. If you feel uncomfortable, immediately switch to the less stressful third-person operation."
"Mmmmmmm!"
The Dark Lady, who was considering whether to add some modifications to this Great Secret Keeper chess piece, nodded vigorously.
"The area you will be projected to is a desolate place in the subspace. I am not sure whether the demon chess piece will establish an unnecessary link with those four things in the subspace. Although you will not be contaminated by them, I believe that normal people will not appreciate the extremely terrible scenery in their domain. So if there is a problem with the parameters, return immediately."
"Mmmmmmm!"
The dark lady, who was having the servoskull help her add color to the chess pieces, continued to nod her head frantically.
"… Never mind. It seems you can't wait any longer."
Although he still had a lot of things in mind, Big E thought that many of these things might require the Dark Lady to deal with them first, so he stopped talking and began to concentrate, mobilizing his power in the 40k universe, which had become more magnificent than before. As the power of the Golden Throne continued to radiate outward, a ball of golden flame rose from nothing somewhere in the warp, and the Slaanesh chess piece named Rusalka by the Dark Lady walked out of the flames gracefully, stretched lazily, and let out a very Slaanesh sigh.
"Ah—how interesting!"
"is that OK?"
Big E's voice is on the Hammerman communication channel
It sounded.
"No problem, I feel good now - can the operation of these six arms be optimized? It seems a bit messy to me."
As the Dark Lady said this, she moved the six arms of her chess piece, which were holding six weapons that looked very Slaanesh-like at first glance, and tried to use an ability attached to this chess piece to perform a sword dance. As a result, she almost got the six arms tangled.
"Wait, let me optimize the algorithm - do I need to lower the sensory sensitivity?"
"To lower the tone, this sight and sound is indeed a bit outrageous."
The dark lady said that the brightness of the light and her hearing were indeed a bit beyond her ability.
"Hmm... OK, I've created a new function. When needed, you can restore your senses to better fight - let's see what else..."
After confirming that the Dark Lady's Slaanesh Daemon's descendant had no - at least not yet - any unfavorable connection with Slaanesh itself, Big E was relieved and focused on adjusting the various parameters of the Dark Lady's descendant. With round after round of information disturbances, the Slaanesh Daemon, which could only perform some simple movements at first, became more and more agile, and the golden flames surrounding it became more and more vivid.
"Big E, I think I heard some weird noises?"
Just as the Dark Lady was moving her arms repeatedly, getting familiar with the feeling of having six hands, an unidentified sound suddenly rang in her ears, and the Hammer Man immediately became nervous.
"Take it from me. You temporarily stop the advent synchronization."
Watching the Dark Lady floating in front of him having already jumped to a synchronization rate of over sixty, Big E sighed that Hammer really had all kinds of people while taking in the voice heard by the Dark Lady to his own ears. The next moment, after hearing the real Big E's voice clearly, his expression became gloomy.
"Is there something wrong with my advent body, Big E?"
The Dark Lady was worried.
"No, there is no problem. Rather, there is a problem with those four things. I certainly did not anticipate all the things that the Chaos Demon chess pieces projected in my hometown could do. However, this is a good thing."
As he said this, Big Brother E temporarily stopped supporting the Dark Lady's chess piece, stood up, walked to the task issuing robot, pulled a line from it and connected it to his golden throne in the real world, then tapped a few buttons on the throne, and in an instant, a task with purple font was refreshed.
"…What kind of mission is this? Are you afraid that there is a Slaanesh thing in your eyes performing a ritual to summon a Slaanesh Daemon?"
The Chosen One’s expression froze as he stretched his head to take a look at the mission details.
"Are you asking us to kill the Slaanesh Daemon? My Krieg is already thirsty for it! No, this mission has no beginning or end. Who is the initiator of this mission?"
The Lich King was puzzled.
"There's no way there are any loyalists in Papayan. Brother Big E, your mission is not to be..."
Liang Feifan, who had a relatively erratic mind, thought of some outrageous possibility, and then he saw Big Brother E nodding his head.
“It’s true!”
"Tell me what it is!"
Liang Feifan's expression instantly turned into a shouting one. Seeing that this Hammer Guy was actually showing a tendency to develop towards the Bean Sprout Riddler, Ji Jing immediately picked up a can of drink and pretended to help Liang Feifan repair his personality. As for the other Riddler?
That’s a boss who pays big money, how can he be a riddler?
——However, before anything happened, another Riddler, Big E, spoke.
"The Dark Lady's pawn descended into existence and intercepted the ritual anchor that was supposed to be pointing to Slaanesh. This is a possibility I had not thought of."
"Wait, let me sort this out. Can this rounding be interpreted as the pawns of the Chaos Demon Faction can help you, Big E, fight for souls from the Four Peddler's Side?"
The silent expression suddenly became extremely rich.
"I don't think it's a fight for souls. It's more like the Chaos Four Gods were reversely infiltrated by Big E. Finally! Does the Empire have the ability to reversely corrupt the domain of the Chaos Four Gods? Big E! I'm going to buy a Carlos and paint it gold. After that, it will be the Empire's double-headed eagle! Do you think it's okay?"
The Chosen One was ready to fight, but after hearing the extremely inappropriate remarks made by this Hammer guy, Big E covered his face with his hands.
"No thanks. We have not yet determined the risks of this action, let alone the possibility that doing so will allow the Four Chaos Gods to see the truth. Although, neither you nor I care."
"So... this opportunity? Brother Big E, are you going to let it go?"
The Hammer guys sighed, thinking that there was no fun to watch. Big E, who easily guessed what the Hammer guys were thinking, smiled and shook his head.
"Of course not. Whether from our standpoint or from the perspective of weakening Slaanesh's influence in the real universe, we must seize this opportunity. I can also identify some risks of doing so. Assuming that the risks are controllable, it is hard to say how much work you will have to do, Lady Dark. Being able to achieve such a degree of synchronization with the Chaos Demon pawn requires a certain... um..."
Big E swallowed the second half of his words, and the Dark Lady nodded happily, probably guessing what Big E wanted to say.
"No problem, no problem. I'm a little weird sometimes! So, shall we get started now?"
"Don't panic, let me first determine who these rubbish who have defected to Chaos are.
For what reason did they summon the Great Daemon of Slaanesh... Well, they were preparing to fight another Chaos Rebel Army, which is not surprising... The leader of the Chaos Rebel Army they wanted to fight was... Erebus."
As the strange name with a big E Gothic accent was spoken from his mouth, a brief silence swept across the luxurious reception room, and the next moment, the Hammer guys... rioted.
"Big E, news on Ding Zhen???"
"I can't help it! I want to blow Erebus' face off right now! No! His entire body must be blown off! At the atomic level! Even the projections in the subspace must be burned to ashes!"
"What's the timeline? Is it before or after Bai Zhan Bai Sheng bombed Cadia?"
"Never mind what happened before and after. Anyway, we can use both bombs on Erebus at any time! Big E, just tell me, you want to see how Erebus dies! Do you need us to prepare a copy of your Holy Words or a textbook on the Imperial Truth for Erebus to read?"
