Chapter 153: One Thousand and One Deaths (2) The Road Ahead Is Uncertain, and the Road Back Is Blocked.

The rain was still falling endlessly, as if the world was crying for the birth of evil.

After being killed three times, the changelings roaming around were finally confirmed to be wiped out.

Under the empty sentry tower, there were still clothes of mortal soldiers; the uniforms and weapons scattered in different positions corresponded to the empty trenches, proving that these soldiers had not even sent out basic distress signals until they died...

Calvin found the soldiers' exclusive passage with the help of the other Grey Knights without much effort.

The Grey Knights who quietly entered from it remained silent throughout the whole process, but they were conducting a brief battle assessment and situation discussion in the psychic interrogation channel.

"Is it still necessary to go to the upper level of the nest?" Gavins +

"The upper level is no longer trustworthy, but we still have the obligation to know the truth." Golden +

"Will the upper level know the so-called truth?" Gavins +

"We have no choice." Calvin +

The conclusion was drawn, and the Grey Knights on the march took out the optical camouflage cloaks they carried with them and began to enter the stealth state.

They split into two groups. One group, led by Calvin, continued to the upper nest to find the truth of the incident and the source of the pollution.

The other group, led by Tariq, went to the lower nest to see if they could find some unexpected clues in this heroic land full of gangs and mixed with good and bad people.

The servo of the power armor was activated at full power, and the electromagnetic muscle controlled with millimeter precision had excellent performance, allowing the heavy terminator to pass through the bustling mortals without making a sound.

The Grey Knights covered in optical camouflage walked cautiously among the crowds in the hive. The seemingly calm crowd seemed to be living a normal life, but the dysfunctional nest management and the ignored blasphemous graffiti proved that these people had been corrupted in a sense without knowing it.

The vendor selling clean water did not know that a group of angels had just passed by the stall behind him.

After paying the bill, the gang member who was about to buy some Xiaolun brand starch turned around in astonishment, looking for the person who had just patted his shoulder, not knowing what had happened between him and the water seller while he put down his hand to pay...

It took Calvin and his team several hours to reach the entrance of the upper nest without alarming anyone, and Tariq, who was infiltrating downward, had just arrived at the lower nest. The disorder here made him feel like a fish in water, and no one cared if he caught a few tongues in broad daylight.

Passing through the phantom illusion of guards and strict defense, Calvin and others walked into the empty upper nest.

Against the background of clean streets and neat city appearance, there was a strange and dangerous silence.

Calvin continued to go deeper with a gloomy face. Everything here looked normal, but the more normal it was, the more he understood how deep the conspiracy hidden here was.

His worries were not limited to this. As early as when he just landed on the surface, he had already felt the strangeness of the environment here.

The same is true for fighting demons. In addition to the initial kill, there are souls and emotions. In the subsequent battles, what is obtained after killing demons is only some kind of soul fragments.

And as he went deeper and deeper here, he began to feel more strangeness:

I can't tell what's wrong, but everything is wrong.

The surrounding environment is real but false, which made him feel like he was walking in a painting.

The group passed through the originally prosperous commercial street, walked through the quiet streets and villas of officials on both sides of the road, until they reached the real upper level of Chaodu.

The communicator rustled, causing Calvin, who led the team to the royal city, to stop.

Eight hours after separation, Tariq's voice, which was completely distorted by the distance, came from the communicator:

"Illusion! Everything here is an illusion!"

"Speak clearly."

Calvin frowned and looked at the gorgeous decorations on the gate of the palace in front of him, thinking about Tariq's meaning.

"There are still signs of survival in the lower nest, but there is no trace of human beings in the lower nest! I guess it should be the same in your place! And I found some clues here! Some..."

Even though there were countless steels and several kilometers of vertical height, Calvin could still hear the remnants of shock in Tariq's tone.

It was hard for him to imagine what kind of scene could make him behave like this.

"What kind of clues?" Calvin asked.

"I can't confirm it, but it is true. I think my comrades and I are not wrong. We are here and saw the traces of the battle of the Grey Knights! But I have never seen the number of this team!"

His voice was a little trembling, Calvin could hear it, and he could also imagine how shocked Tariq was on the other side of the microphone.

"Our own people? You are not wrong?"

Calvin was also shocked. Their war group has always had a small number of people, and the whereabouts of each team are recorded and can withstand speculation.

He didn't believe that there would be a team of unknown compatriots who had fought here, and he and the people on the Soul Redeemer were completely unaware!

"Yes! I'm not mistaken! I even found a fragment of the Aegis of the Truth..." (The Aegis-type Terminator Power Armor's shoulder psychic shield generator, also known as the Terminator Cross Medal by other chapters, contains fragments melted from the Emperor's own armor "True One".)

"Can you find the internal code?" Calvin asked.

"It's too damaged to be checked. But the fragment of True One is still there! I can feel him!"

That can't be fake! Calvin thought secretly.

No matter how real the illusion or the devil's deception is, they can't imitate a holy relic containing the power of the Emperor himself to deceive them.

That is to say, there was indeed a team of Grey Knights who fought here, but for some reason, neither the Holy Hammer Order nor the mother planet Titan had any record of their existence.

The incident became more and more bizarre, but the mission must go on.

Calvin calmed his mind and continued to communicate with Tariq: "Is there any other valid information?"

"Yes!" Tariq's voice began to blur, and the harsh noise and metal scraping sound proved that the communication signal was rapidly weakening.

The other party obviously realized this, and Tariq in the microphone said anxiously and vaguely:

"They left a message! Remember. Summer Palace! Must! One thousand and one times!"

Before the voice fell, the communication was completely cut off due to severe interference.

"Again!" Calvin released the communicator and looked up at the palace in the distance.

"Summer Palace? One thousand and one times?"

While thinking, he pushed open the unattended city gate and walked in. But the strange silence behind him made him turn his head suddenly!

At some point, the five champion swordsmen of the Honor Guard who were supposed to be his guards disappeared without him noticing!

"Fuck you!"

Who could erase their existence without a sound!

He was unaware of this kind of existence approaching!

Under the stimulation of a huge sense of crisis, Calvin's muscles were tensed at the first moment;

The thinker servo of the Beginner's Armor roared wildly after sensing the state of its master, and the electromagnetic muscles of the whole body were tensed in trembling, ready to meet the next violent explosion!

But in response to his strange silence, a pin drop could be heard in an environment without a trace of wind.

"Hiss! Huh! Hiss! Huh!"

Calvin calmed down from the violent panting, and he seemed to realize the problem. The more he couldn't panic at this time, excitement and blood courage couldn't solve any problems here!

The surrounding environment was still terrifyingly quiet, and the silent air became a malicious provocation at this moment.

"Summer Palace, right? I'll go there right now!"

Calvin glanced around, talking to himself while responding to the possible existence in this silence.

After confirming the location of the building called Summer Palace on the map again, Calvin closed the data terminal in his hand, picked up the warhammer at his feet, and walked towards the huge royal city building complex alone.

As his figure gradually disappeared, a faint minor tune could be heard in the air. It was the ancient Terra minor tune he learned from the assassin Calvin in another timeline.

Although it was absurd, it was surprisingly suitable for the scene at this time:

"The big rabbit is sick, the second rabbit takes care of it, the third rabbit collects herbs, the fourth rabbit boils it, the fifth rabbit..."

After another three hours, Calvin found the place called "Summer Palace" on the endless square on the top floor of the royal city.

It was a huge building complex that was taller than the Governor's Mansion of the nominal owner of the planet. It was located in the direction of the Ministry of Justice Fortress Prison and was adjacent to the Governor's Mansion.

Above the golden skull inlaid in the middle of the huge Roman numeral "Ⅰ", the equally golden imperial double-headed eagle and the Ministry of Justice in the distance complement each other.

"The Tribunal Court? Such a large scale? Is it a residence for lords and above?"

Calvin looked up and observed the symbol of the imperial power, imagining the former glory here.

From the huge scale of this building complex and its height higher than the Governor's Mansion, Calvin understood the identity of the true owner of this planetary world.

This is at least a lord judge and his staff are stationed in the world of the Council, and it is also the small council and gathering place for the judges of dozens of surrounding districts.

Looking up from the logo of the Tribunal, Calvin's attention turned to the imperial double-headed eagle emblem, and the obscure psychic fluctuations made him aware of the abnormality on it.

"Hmph!"

The low voice spread in the air with the fluctuation of psychic energy. After the illusion was broken, the so-called sacred emblem revealed its true evil side:

The emblem of the double-headed eagle was tampered with at some point. The two sacred eagle heads were carved into funny and weird bird heads. The six eyes on the two side faces were winking at Calvin at this time, and the golden skull in the center of the Roman numerals below was filled with blood and tears...

Blasphemy!

Calvin's psychic energy turned into purifying lightning, spanning a distance of 100 meters to hit the strange bird. The latter turned into smoke and disappeared in the wild and complacent laughter before the lightning arrived.

This is a signature trick of Tzeentch. Fortunately, Calvin noticed the abnormality.

Otherwise, if he walked in rashly without knowing anything, it would be equivalent to a ritual in the field of theology. It can be understood that he agreed with this change, which will effectively weaken his strength and will.

He raised the war hammer in his hand and walked towards the high steps. In this originally sacred building, he must be able to find the answer he wanted.

Once the illusion of evil was broken, the court of the Inquisition lost its original clean and tidy disguise.

On the crooked metal door, the pure mark that detected people coming and going had long been melted;

After entering the main door, the huge copy of the Book of Truth that came in front of us was also torn into pieces.

The surrounding walls and floors were covered with evil prayers, and the bodies of the clerks and servitors of the Inquisition were placed on them in malicious postures.

Calvin ignored these disgusting existences, and walked inside while his psychic energy was surging with his breathing.

Platinum footprints were printed step by step with his footsteps, and the psychic energy wave was surging, turning these sins into dust one by one.

He came to the meeting room in the center of the hall, and as expected, he saw the figure sitting on the highest seat.

There was no way to know what the other party looked like originally, and he could only know it from the bright red robe he wore when he was alive, which was the robe of the Lord Inquisitor, the highest person in charge of this sector trial court.

The two funny bird heads of the big demon looked at Calvin with twelve eyes at the same time, and the twisted blue bird claws stretched out from the wide blood-red robe sleeves, making an OK gesture like a human:

"Third time!"

No more words were needed, Calvin, holding the war hammer upside down, suddenly jumped up and fought with the soul-stealing demon.

Lightning and lightning threw each other, and spiritual light and spiritual light collided with each other!

The corrosive blade with the passage of time slashed at the hammer "Destiny", and the power of order of equal or even higher status fought back!

The dual-wielded weapons, hammers and lightning claws went back and forth, and the double spells chanted by the two heads challenged Calvin's divine will together!

The empty hall comparable to a stadium was instantly enveloped by the broken spell aura of the great demon and the raging wind caused by Calvin's hammer swinging!

The battle between the two instantly entered a white-hot stage!

After all, Calvin was better. Whether it was the suppression of martial arts and strength, or the cold attribute of the power of order that broke all laws, the defeat of the great demon seemed inevitable.

But it had no fear at all, just laughed out loud when Calvin executed it!

"The third time! Remember it! Fool! You will eventually know the power of the Lord of Change!"

Before he finished speaking, Calvin stepped on his head and crushed it.

The storm in the hall lost its source and began to slowly subside in the abrupt silence. As a victor, Calvin was thinking about Tariq's last words and the last words of the Great Demon.

"One thousand and one times, the third time... What does this matter?"

"Also, what should I remember? What is necessary?"

Up to now, Calvin could no longer treat this mission as an ordinary warp invasion.

This was definitely a premeditated arrangement by Tzeentch!

Calvin hated this situation the most, stepping into the trap prepared by the enemy without knowing anything.

But the situation forced him to choose, and he could only do his best to save as many teammates as possible while completing the mission.

But at the moment, he did not do either of these two things.

The mission was still unknown, and he still didn't know what this "one thousand and one times" meant, and what the three times that the Great Demons shouted meant;

The comrades around him also disappeared one by one in front of him in the conspiracy, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

What should he do? What should he do to break the situation?

As he was thinking about these questions and sorting out his mental state unconsciously, he discovered something even more terrifying:

The golden light of the divine soul that he had always relied on as his last trump card was dissipating!

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Damn! The chapter title is wrong! Two words are missing! I will shamelessly ask the editor to change it tomorrow... woooooooooooo...