Chapter 268 Praise for the Two Lords of the Galaxy and Om Messiah

While the Senate meeting was still going on.

In the spire area on the top floor of the hive, a 12-man Astartes squad from the Ash Angels was cautiously advancing along the long-dried water pipeline of the hive toward the direction of the air port.

Occupying or destroying the sound array center on the top floor of the hive, preventing the Chaos forces from interfering with the communication system of the Imperial defenders and exploring the defense distribution of the top nest, this was their first mission since leaving Haven.

Through the tactical eyepiece of the closed helmet, at this moment, Levin, the squad commander, could clearly see a scarlet mist floating in the severely rusted pipe. The thick fog with a viscous texture made the visibility around only about one meter away, making walking in it feel like being in a pool of reddish-brown muddy water.

According to the analysis report projected on the retina, the air is filled with a highly toxic chemical mixture. If it weren't for the Ash III assault armor specially modified by the Alliance, the air here would be enough to kill a Space Marine wearing standard power armor in a short period of time. Obviously, the enemy above hopes to use this method to prevent outsiders from entering the top nest area through the intricate nest city pipelines.

In front of the team, a small anti-gravity drone is floating lightly in the pipeline filled with corrupt gas, using a light blue fan-shaped beam to continuously scan the environment behind the fog. At the same time, multiple sensors mounted behind it are also recording the entire process of the team's actions every second.

[Vibration response detected in the area 300 meters above]

[Presumed to be an enemy armored unit]

[Threat level: extremely high]

At this moment, as the intelligence in the retina was updated, the [Unheard] device equipped by the team members was turned on synchronously at almost the same time.

This is a set of infiltration auxiliary modules placed in the backpack of the power armor. When the [Machine Soul 3.0] system connected to the power armor determines that the wearer is in an environment where he may be exposed, it will automatically start.

Realizing that something was happening, the team stopped moving forward at Levin's gesture command. Not long after, there was a violent tremor from the pipe above their heads, as if something heavy had fallen directly on top of the pipe.

Through the outline shown by the thermal imager in the eyepiece, the Ash Angels hidden in the passage could clearly see that what was above them was actually a Hell Dragon, a mechanical creature controlled by demons.

Perhaps it had sensed something, and at this moment, the blasphemous thing was sticking its head to the ground, using its keen sense of smell and the perception of being a subspace creature to monitor every move below the ground.

It looked as if it was looking at Levin below. Through the thin wall, he could even clearly hear the demon's heavy breathing. The short few seconds seemed to have passed for centuries.

Fortunately, the Alliance's equipment was excellent enough. After about ten seconds of confrontation, the Chaos Demon, which had gained nothing, finally flapped its wings and left the group's heads.

[The threat has been confirmed to be lifted. Praise the two galactic masters and Ohm Messiah. ]

Until such a reminder appeared on the retina, Levin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, under the guidance of the drone and the system, the team left this dangerous passage at the fastest speed, and finally arrived at the top nest area without any danger. A short rest in a hidden building ruins.

However, before the team members could clean up the toxic substances on the armor, the drone with a smiley face symbol on the screen took the initiative to come to Levin, and then asked such a strange question in a stiff mechanical voice.

"Mr. Levin, after an intense operation, our audience wants to know what you think of the Ash III power armor produced by the Alliance and the matching modular equipment."

When Levin and his team members heard this question, they were stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Could this be the test mentioned by the Alliance?

Looking at the smiling face in the center of the screen, Levin couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

As an Ash Astartes who abandoned the "Astartes Codex" and trained in accordance with the "Alliance Army Standards", Levin originally thought that he and his brothers were sent to the battlefield of Vigilance Star to carry out a secret operation.

But in the end, when they first arrived at the scheduled assembly point, they were greeted by a girl who called herself Gray Wind. Levin was very surprised because he clearly remembered that he had seen the other person's face in the memory of Sanguinius.

Under the unreasonable order of the girl, he and his team members were forced to take off their old power armor and put on the special combat uniform called Ash III. Even the weapons they used were replaced with a pressurized double-mounted Gauss rifle.

It was not until then that they realized that the purpose of the alliance summoning them was just to conduct a so-called actual combat test.

At first, the team members, including Levin, protested against such behavior. However, when they really touched and tried the special equipment tailored for Astartes by the Alliance, even the most stubborn members of the team reluctantly fell silent.

"I have to admit that I used to have some prejudice against these toys of the Alliance, but if it weren't for them, we might not have been able to get here at all."

Hearing this, the drone smiled brightly at him, as if it was quite satisfied with such an answer.

"Thank you for your answer, praise the two masters of the galaxy and the Messiah of Ohm."

Listening to the other party's obviously excited tone, this situation made Levin doubt again whether the little gadget in front of him, called [Machine Soul 3.0], was just an emotionless auxiliary tool as the Alliance said.

Because no matter from which angle, this thing is very similar to the [Hateful Intelligence] mentioned by the Chapter Priests when explaining the Holy Scripture, but what puzzled Levin was that when he really asked whether the Alliance used illegal technology, the veterans would always deliberately avoid or interrupt his questions fiercely, as if this was a secret that could not be touched.

But then again

What about the audience mentioned by the other party just now?

After a moment, after simply asking about some other feelings, the little thing immediately went to interview other members of the team.

Such a weird atmosphere almost made Levin forget that they were in a dangerous nest where evil spirits were entrenched and blasphemous sounds were echoing everywhere in the sound array system. Just a little carelessness would be a risk of death.

At this moment, the team's scanning equipment suddenly responded again.

[Biological reaction detected 100 meters ahead]

[Threat level: zero]

Almost at the same time, Levin had already pointed the gun in the direction indicated by the system.

However, to his surprise, the next moment, a human girl appeared in the rubble, carrying an old bucket and wrapped in a dirty blanket.

When she saw the gray-armored knights gathered in the ruins, an excited expression appeared on the girl's face.

"It's the Emperor's angel."