Chapter 39

"After considering various comprehensive factors, I think... although the combination chosen by God is strange, maybe it is the best?"

"Huh? Are you sure that one Blood Crow and a few chemical dogs are the best choice? These two regiments are both 'famous' in the empire. Who among the orthodox regiments would not be on guard when seeing these two companies?"

Hearing that Ji Jing actually suggested leaving this important task to him, the Divine Chosen immediately protested.

"Don't mention it, it's true - it's because these two groups are famous that they are less likely to be suspected of contacting them with some mission - can the blood crows and chemical dogs appear in this abandoned hive world? In distress?"

Liang Feifan clapped his hands vigorously, saying that things are wonderful, that's it. Seeing the other hammer guys looking "feeling sad", the God of Choice could only twitch when he knew that this big job had indeed fallen on him. The corners of his mouth protested.

"So, you guys have to come up with a more reliable explanation for my misfortune? No matter what, if I don't have a reliable reason, the Astartes won't believe me, right?"

"Isn't that simple? Blood Ravens and Chemical Dogs are both very cheap groups. Just say that you encountered unknown things while fighting in a certain place."

The eggs are thrown quickly for a very Warhammer-specific reason. Of course, upon hearing this obviously flawed reason, the corners of the Chosen One's mouth twitched more and more.

"Don't you think that this reason will cause my chess piece to be locked up directly? When it comes to the matter of disorderly teleportation in the subspace, who among the eight hundred serious Astartes group can't guard against it?"

"No, I think the Astartes we want to contact may not be able to guard against this. Or they are not qualified to guard against this - the biggest reason is that they themselves are all just from Asia. The way I got lost in space, elder brother, don’t talk about second brother - there may be something wrong with me, can you guarantee that there will be no problem with you?”

Abathur's words made the corners of the Chosen Man's mouth soothed. Of course, he still had some concerns.

"What if they see me and open fire without saying a word?"

"——Even one Astartes with several mortals is afraid of them, which means they may really have a big problem. We immediately struck hard, and the Imperial Guards went down to hold them down, and then the Gray Knights checked them one by one."

Liang Feifan answered quickly.

"It seems...that's it? OK, I'll take care of this - Liang Feifan, for the sake of safety, do you and Abathur's chess pieces fall slightly closer to me?"

"Okay, we'll give it to you

Sweeping array. "

5. Meeting with the ‘Blood Crow’.

Ruins, yellow sand, flags waving in the dry wind, an observation tower that is at least two stories high, a defense line that looks like a fence built with a variety of messy but sturdy materials, and a messy structure pulled between the buildings. line.

This is the territory of a wasteland tribe. This is a place where some abandoned hive equipment is still working tenaciously. This is an area where some people left on this forgotten planet live stubbornly. The tribe named Broken Rock composed of these remnants has already established itself here. For hundreds of years - every day, the members of the tribe will basically follow their lifestyle, trying their best to survive in this wasteland that can barely provide them with shelter - the weaker members will try their best to control the tribe. Activities within the scope and doing simple things , and the stronger members will form an expedition team of at least five people and go to the depths of the yellow sand to find precious treasures scattered in this world after the tribe's chief elder evaluates and believes that the tribe can bear the loss of completely losing him. Relics - most of them returned without success, and a few returned They also failed to come back, and a very small number of them would return to the tribe with valuable things and become heroes of the tribe. Of course, these valuable things would generally not bring much change to the tribe. In some cases, they only made life slightly easier for the tribe.

However, today, an expedition team from the tribe brought back some very different "things" to the tribe.

"Is this where your tribe is?"

Looking at the ruins at the end of the dunes in the distance, which were obviously an abandoned hive city, or even part of the hive city where they were rummaging through things just now, Daken used the auspicious instrument to briefly judge the biological activities inside. He turned to look at the young man next to him whose name was Yong Dalim. People, waiting for his answer - ever since he showed this young man whose face was full of love for machinery when he was caught by him, the skills that a servant of Ohm Messiah should have, this A young man simply became his follower - or something even more extreme. Therefore, when Daken asked who could take them to find more people, it was already clear that his group would definitely not be able to fight Yongdalimhao, who was as powerful and wise as these mythical gods. He did not hesitate to become the 'big brother' and 'betrayed' his tribe's location.

"Yes, my lord."

Yongdalim answered Daken's question in the calmest voice possible, and tried hard not to look at Daken's body. After receiving Yongdalim's answer, Daken immediately communicated with him in the communication channel. His teammates started discussing.

"Obviously, the descendants of these people who do not know why they chose to stay in this world have not only forgotten the glory of the Emperor, but have also returned to the wilderness - Daken, I doubt how much they can provide to our chapter. help."

Before Daken could speak, a technical sergeant took the lead and expressed his opinion.

"But they still have some inheritance, although it must be broken - they are not members of the wild world in the true sense."

Another technical sergeant spoke up and expressed a completely different point of view than the technical sergeant who spoke at the beginning.

"While it is true that some of them must understand some of the ways of the Ohm Messiah, training them is very risky."

Another tech sergeant offered his opinion.

"We should contact the Chapter Commander. This matter is too important and is not something we technical sergeants can make decisions on."

A certain technical sergeant with the latest qualifications hesitated to speak. At the same time, he also felt a deep helplessness in his heart. The lack of supplies stumped the heroic man. With the Sword of Hatred, there was no room for error in this situation, and he even contacted a group of mortal tribes. All have become operations that require 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 meet the most basic qualification line. , the chapter leader will come and recruit them.”

"Isn't this a bit..."

Hearing what Daken said about the chapter leader, the technical sergeant who was the first to speak showed a clear sense of confusion in his tone.

"There's nothing we can do, we lack everything, Brother Krade."

————————————The Sword of Hatred goes to the tribe————————

Women fetching water from a well.

Men carrying various materials to work on.

A strong man who patrols with weapons and is a little wary of his group, but not very wary.

and curious children who poked their heads out from every corner to look at their group.

In fact, although he had 'persuaded' Yong Dalim of the Broken Rock Tribe to lead the way for him and his party, Daken still retained a considerable degree of vigilance towards this Wasteland Tribe - on the one hand, this vigilance was due to concerns about the unknown wasteland of this wasteland tribe. The native tribes themselves may be excommunicated and rebellious, which is not tolerated by the empire. On the other hand, he knew very well that for a mortal tribe that did not understand the existence of the empire, warriors like them originally represented a threat. He had to consider how to contact the mortal leaders of this tribe to gain their trust - if it was normal In this situation, the Sword of Hatred Chapter will probably just send a message to the attached

The mortal troops or members of the state religion who are responsible for this area will help handle the first half of the matter. They only need the second half of the assessment. But now, when they really have to rely on themselves for everything, there are too many things to think about.

However?

"Strange, these mortals seem to be a little surprised by our appearance, but don't have too many other reactions?"

Before Daken could tell other battle brothers to be alert in the communication channel, a technical sergeant spoke first.

"Yes, this proves that the people in this tribe have seen the Astartes and have a little understanding of the Astartes, even if it is wrong - but the people who brought us here have definitely never seen it - this is unusual, keep it up alert."

Daken nodded slightly and agreed with his battle brothers. At this moment, they had already walked into the main road of the Broken Rock Tribe under the leadership of Yong Dalim. There were things inside for a long distance ahead. The Astartes could see everything with their superhuman vision - in an instant, Daken knew why the people of this tribe were only surprised by their arrival.

Because, under a house in the distance, he saw a figure wearing red power armor, holding something, talking to several mortals whose style of painting was obviously different from that of the people of this wasteland tribe. ——After zooming in, Daken couldn't help but complain in the communication channel.

"Blood Crow...???"

6. Conversation between Daken and God’s Chosen

Now that the Empire has carried out the establishment of the Astartes Army many times, how many Astartes Chapters does the Empire have in total?

In fact, even the High Lords Council would find it difficult to give an accurate answer to this question. Because except for some army-building behaviors that are indeed necessary, other army-building behaviors more or less have some additional political purposes or worse things. This caused many of the Empire's Astartes Chapters to be in a state of physical data loss from the beginning of the army, and then completely lost their origins after the real insiders disappeared in the galaxy and became Imperial Astartes Chapters. A "black house" in some sense.

Generally speaking, the lives of these Astartes with unknown origins are always more difficult than those with unknown origins - because when they encounter problems, it is difficult to find someone who is willing to pay a lower price. The big forces that helped them supported them, and at the same time, they couldn't find the origin. It is also difficult for them to find suitable allies in the Imperial Astartes sequence. These two most direct problems then lead to more chain problems for these Astartes of unknown origin - for example, they always receive bad missions. , for example, I can’t always get good things from supplies, for example...

In short, no one loves a child without a father.jpg.

However, there are always exceptions. Among the Astartes Chapters with unknown origins, the Blood Ravens are an extremely outrageous exception - in fact, compared with most Astartes Chapters with unknown origins, the Blood Ravens Chapter It can be said that the origin of the unknown is unknown, because this Astartes chapter does not even know when it founded its army, let alone who their parent group is.

Moreover, in addition to being unclear about their parent group and the time when the army was founded, the mutation of the Blood Ravens' gene seeds has long been determined and has been recorded by the empire. In addition to this gene-seed problem, the Blood Ravens chapter is also rich in think tanks for God knows why. In fact, in some dark rumors, the Blood Ravens' parent group directly points to a certain Astartes Legion that has already rebelled against the Empire. , If the Empire didn’t really know the group and everyone knew that the group’s gene seeds would never be able to give birth to ordinary Astartes, the Blood Ravens would have been isolated and reviewed long ago.

However, these problems are not all of the Blood Ravens' problems. Perhaps because they dislike their regiment and it is not enough to "attract the attention of the empire", one of their think tank leaders even went to great lengths to directly sign a contract with the blood god Khorne. They almost didn't send the entire Blood Ravens into the hands of the Chaos Power. If the third company commander at that time hadn't tried his best to stop things from getting completely out of control and gave the Blood Ravens a chance to have a redemption expedition, the current Blood Ravens would have been there long ago. It’s time to be lost in the long history of the empire.

However, Blood Crow has grown big despite so many DEBUFFs! And it’s so big that even a bunch of start-up groups would frown! It is true that as an Astartes Chapter, in terms of horizontal comparison of combat effectiveness, the Blood Ravens can only be regarded as compliant among the Empire's Astartes Chapters. Although there are many think tanks, compared with those groups with big businesses, the number is only the same. However, because of the persistent desire to find out the past of their own chapter, the Blood Ravens Chapter pointed out a very strange talent, that is...

Looking for the dragon’s acupoints (wrong)!

With the support of this ability, which can be said to be the only one among the Imperial factions Astartes, the Blood Ravens quickly reached strategic cooperation with a series of Imperial bosses who had such needs, such as the Adeptus Mechanicus. Relationship, brought back many super valuable relics for these bosses in expedition after expedition, and Blood Crow, who had proven his ability, got more Numerous commissions - not limited to expeditions in special areas, hoping that Blood Raven can go to a certain area and bring back something, and even more extreme tasks include suppressing a certain area and taking something away - for these tasks, Blood Raven It's always done well, and sometimes it's even too good, so good that even now the empire isn't sure what's in Blood Crow's relic warehouse!

"Why are there people from the Blood Ravens Chapter in this world? Is there anything terrible on this planet that requires these guys to go out?"

Despite hatred

The Sword of Hate chapter itself is at the bottom of the list of the Imperial Astartes, but this does not mean that the Astartes of the Sword of Hate have not heard of the Blood Ravens, which is a bit special. The great name of the Chapter Astartes - and most of the Astartes The Astartes Chapter is different. The appearance of the Blood Ravens, the Astartes Chapter, often means that there are key relics or holy relics or even more outrageous things waiting for the Astartes who are good at searching. These things mean big trouble. With the current state of the Sword of Hatred Chapter, once they are involved in such a situation, I'm afraid...

wrong! Such a situation means that the empire may have troops nearby. Having troops nearby means supplies, and it means that your war group has a way to get in touch with the empire. No matter how bad the situation is, it is a good choice to shamelessly ask for something from the Blood Ravens Chapter under the pretext of assisting in combat operations - even if the Chapter Leader cannot shame it, he, a technical sergeant, would use the pretext of providing services. It's okay to model something - after all, compared to the battle group, it's a luxury to live by counting bombs right now, no matter how bad it is, it's just like that!

In an instant, Daken sorted out a series of things in his mind. His face hidden behind the helmet suddenly became eager. After giving a few instructions to his battle brothers in the communication channel, he immediately strode towards the man who was having a conversation with him. The chess piece uses the Blood Crow chess piece as the descending body, and has the special 'treasure appraisal' ability to analyze the things on hand.

"Brother Bloodraven, I'm glad to see you in this desolate place!"

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"So...you fell into this abandoned hive world because of an 'accident'?"

Although he was startled by the familiar Daken who suddenly rushed to his side, the Chosen who had accumulated rich experience as a veteran of the Raven Guard quickly entered the state and found the script discussed by the hammer guys to deal with the current situation. The optimal solution to this situation was to chat with the technical sergeant of the Sword of Hatred. Soon, under the influence of the intelligence revealed by the Chosen intentionally or unintentionally, Daken successfully figured out that the Blood Ravens Company where the Chosen was located was working with other brothers Astartes and a large number of mortal troops under the arrangements of the Inquisition. When a critical relic was being recovered on a certain planet, the mysterious relic was accidentally activated by the force of the collision between the two conflicting parties. As a result, the battle brother of Blood Raven was thrown into this bird together with some mortals around him. The story of a world without shit.

"Yes - I am trying to contact other people. Judging from the behavior of the relic when it was activated, there may be other people who were also sent to this desolate world. Suppose the relic spreads wider, even It's possible..."

Although the Chosen One did not finish what he said, Daken still managed to wrap his mind around what the Chosen One said. Before he could speak, the Chosen One spoke again.

"I have said my things. Now, it is your turn to answer my question. Battle brothers of the Sword of Hatred, why do you appear in this world?"

"We...were lost in the subspace 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 subspace voyage, so we can only try to find it in this world. Some supplies to see if we can repair our flagship - frankly speaking, this is very difficult, many key parts are impossible to have in this abandoned hive world. "

When he said this, there was a hint of frustration in Daken's tone that was difficult to detect. And he probably understood why the Astartes, the Sword of Hatred, leaned towards him so enthusiastically at first. The Chosen God's mind moved a little, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I can't see it. According to my experience, this world must be a treasure trove that has not yet been discovered."

7. Suggestions from God’s Choice

This is a world far removed from the glory of the Empire.

When Inquisitor Orogan and his personal guards set foot on the abandoned hive numbered five on the planet Minost 1, they were raised on a piece of metal ground that had not been completely swallowed by the wind and sand, looking at the long stretch of water that spread to the horizon. There was no trace of emotion on the yellow sand and Furui Muha's 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 the world.

"Master, we have determined that there are no humanoid activities within a radius of one hundred kilometers from our current location as the center."

"Very good, notify the person in charge to establish our first temporary supply point here. Then, we will move along this route towards the ruins of Nest City No. 4."

Hearing the voice of the servant of the information ringing in his ears, the Orogan Tribunal recovered his thoughts and started giving orders in an orderly manner - even though the Astartes strike cruisers of the Sword of Hatred were anchored in Mi Among the mess of things on the outer route of Noster 1, the high-ranking inquisitor did not find any trace. However, The Inquisitor, who followed the traces of their ship and came to this abandoned hive world, still determined that this world was the place where he would complete his final duties, and made a series of arrangements - establishing several temporary structures in this world. The foothold is only the first step. Next, he has to do more things to ensure that the empire will not be destroyed by anyone born in this world.

Threatened by evil.

Well, although this high-ranking judge didn't know that in the ruins behind him, there were four beings who would make his heart stop when he saw them, and they were secretly observing him in all directions. What's more, in a certain tribe in this world, a 'shady' deal between two Astartes warbands is going on.

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"...To sum up, the abandonment process in this hive city world is most likely not a normal abandonment process, but an emergency abandonment process. Therefore, there must be a large number of valuable materials in various abandoned hive cities in this hive city world. Resources can be found. For example, the mediocre metal plate I have on hand is made of fine gold alloy. Although it is a bit inferior to the serious fine gold, you technical sergeants should know its value better than I do. ”

In the main tent of the Broken Rock Tribe, the leader of the Sword of Hatred Chapter, Agost, who had arrived here, was sitting face to face with the Divine Chosen, listening to the Blood Raven Ass who claimed to be good at finding supplies in impossible places. Tate’s advice—although initially, Igu Ste only came to communicate with Blood Crow because he was really good at finding various relics, but now, after the God of Choice took out several valuable things in succession and presented several pieces of evidence, he was already 80% I believe that this Blood Crow does have this ability.

“Is this hive world really ‘emergency abandoned’?”

Daken, who was sitting next to his Chapter Master, repeatedly browsed the evidence presented by the Chosen One, then raised his head and looked at the Blood Ravens Battle Brother who seemed a bit too "careless" compared to most of the battle brothers. And the adamantine alloy metal plate he was playing with in his hand - if this adamantine plate was in his hand, it could be used to repair some of the key damage on the battleship. If conditions permit, he can also transform it into parts, so that it can be applied to more places.

"I can't guarantee it, brother. I'm just expressing my own judgment - there are definitely more resources in this world than you see. What you need is just someone who can lead you to find him."

Although the information on hand actually comes from the data that Big E pulled from the empire, Big E is a little confused about the specific situation of this galaxy. Therefore, God's Chosen still chose to answer Daken in an 'ambiguous' way. After receiving this answer, Daken didn't say much. He just nodded, turned slightly to the side, and started a discussion with his chapter leader and other senior leaders of the chapter using the group's internal channel.

"Do we really want to believe this Blood Raven?"

"The Astartes are all battle brothers. Besides, this Bloodraven brother has no reason to lie to us."

"But believing his words means that we must explore the world according to his arrangements. This may not be a source of risk - although the reputation of the Blood Ravens Chapter is not bad, the Blood Ravens are famous for their curiosity."

"We don't have much choice now. We are in urgent need of supplies - since this battle brother of Blood Raven is confident that he can help us in this regard, why should we temporarily follow his command in this regard?"

"Necessary preparations and prevention work still need to be done."

In the communication channel of the Sword of Hate, the senior leaders of the Sword of Hate held a five-minute discussion on whether to listen to the Blood Raven's advice, although several of them were opposed to listening to an outside battle brother. The commander had quite a few complaints, but facing the current situation where the chapter was so poor that even in the warehouse there was no room for more intense encounters, these Astartes men still made the decision to "give this Blood Ravens battle brother a try" Not a reliable decision.

"Battle brother of Blood Raven, please."

"Wrap it around me."

Hearing that the chapter leader with the Sword of Hatred in front of him finally made the decision to explore this deserted world with him, the God of Choice immediately became energetic. He took out more evidence from the pocket at hand and handed it over to Agost asked him to take him back to ease the hearts of the other battle brothers of the Sword of Hatred, and at the same time activated Hammer Man's communication channel.

"Okay, I have initially gained their trust. Next, there is the issue of supplies - are you ready?"

"No problem, we have prepared a batch of special Astartes rations, a semi-warehouse of explosive bombs, a lot of melta grenades, and a few small vehicles - you start setting off over there, and I will send you engine oil over here. Go where you want to take them and stuff them into the warehouses that are still functioning."

While Egg was making preparations to deliver his Oil Man's chess piece, he assured the God of Choice that everything was in place, waiting for him to lead his people to dig - as for whether the Sword of Hatred would pay attention to why there happened to be Asta in this world. Something special?

The Hammers feel that as long as the Chapter Master of the Astartes Chapter is a normal pragmatist, he will definitely not delve into it - besides, the current situation of his Chapter does not allow him to delve into it.

"OK! Remember to repair the warehouse. It's not good to have too many flaws!"

8. The ‘Blood Crow’ who leads the team

Yongdalim never expected that he would have such an experience.

Although he is young, he is also a senior explorer of the Broken Rock Tribe. He has been crawling and crawling in various uninhabited areas for nearly ten years. Yongdalim is used to seeing all kinds of things.

Such a deadly ancient trap, I have tasted the despair of the yellow sand sky, I have persisted for two days and three nights with only a little water until I found the camp, I have also struggled in the lightless ruins maze for dozens of days until I finally came back. To see the light of the sky - in Yongdalim's view, to face the unknown world - especially in the past Exploring the huge metal ruins where the ancestors lived is absolutely dangerous. Pitfalls will suddenly appear on the seemingly flat ground. There may be bottomless cracks behind the majestic arches. Rooms that may be filled with supplies are filled with Traps, in short, adventure, has never been an easy job.

However, under the leadership of these "god-like warriors" he met, exploring the ancient ruins suddenly turned into a job no more difficult than piling rocks in the tribal camp. Although the roads are complicated and mostly covered with yellow sand, even though deadly traps often appear on the walls, and even though those terrifying secret doors still appear in key places from time to time, the powerful warrior who leads the team always fails. Everyone seems to have predicted their appearance, and then used precise and exquisite methods to avoid them, or use them to find a secret door or secret passage through which people can pass - the result is that now, they have been marching into the ruins for almost five days. , the entire team was shocked that no one was lost!

"Brother Battle, you are too skilled at this."

In fact, not only the strong men of the Broken Rock Tribe, represented by Yongdalim, who were recruited by the Sword of Hatred Chapter to help move things, felt this way, but even Igust, who was with the team himself, couldn't help it. He spoke this sentence in the communication channel - as an Astartes, Igust knew very well that the Imperial Hive had a map. It is not easy for you to find the right direction, not to mention that the hive they are exploring now is a hive area that has been abandoned for God knows how many years, and even no data can be obtained. In such a terrible situation The difficulty of finding the 'right' way to a certain place, Igust thought, was no less difficult than the timely delivery of supplies from the Ministry of Military Affairs! According to Igust's experience, if they were simply allowed to explore the ruins of this hive city with the Sword of Hatred, they would still be wandering around the outermost area like they were in another pile of ruins until now, collecting some useful information. But ordinary gadgets with very limited uses!

However, this Blood Raven battle brother and the Astra Militarum soldiers around him, who were called Zafra Chemical Dogs, felt like they were back home when they ran into the ruins of the nest! 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 could 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 gun soul has long been dormant, but as long as it goes through the appropriate ceremony, it can be awakened - I think this is a good sign."

After checking the laser gun, Daken said so.

"This is indeed a good start."

Igust also felt a little excited. Admittedly, their team has now found a lot of scattered things that can be used to repair warships or for other purposes, but those things can only be regarded as substitutes. Strictly speaking, it is a bit illegal to use them to do those things. However, this laser gun that was turned out - although it is old-fashioned, the machine soul is silent, and there is no magazine - proves that in this world, it is really possible to have normal supplies that are well preserved!

"This is only part of the surprises around here. I am sure that there will be bigger surprises waiting for us in the deeper areas."

The God of Choice, who was quickly reading the rough map provided by Big E floating in front of him, combined with the treasure hunting special ability of his Blood Crow chess piece and the search ability of the Chemical Dog chess piece connected to him, clicked on the nearest area of ​​​​himself that is "suspected to have recyclable resources" and drew a line to that place. At the same time, he used the corner of his eye to look at the direction of the warehouse that was being stuffed with eggs for supplies - well, at this speed, at the latest tomorrow morning, they will be able to find that warehouse, and then give the Astartes of the Sword of Hate a big surprise.