Chapter 60

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"——Emergency communication from the Sumar Champion. The Sumar Champion is very grateful for our ground fire support. He believes that the human warriors chasing his team have either lost their pursuit ability due to our fire coverage, or have been defeated by us. 's fire coverage eliminated - he commends you on a wonderful hunt, Captain."

In the captain's cabin of the Yumanta aircraft, the captain of the Qi family, who was anxiously waiting for the results of the fire coverage, finally received the good news he was waiting for - he did not arrive too late, and he and his crew members successfully helped. Their champion!

"Help me get through to the Sumar Champion, tell him that we are about to land, and let him prepare for evacuation. Also, can you get in touch with Commander Li Radel?"

"Can't—Commander Leigh Radel's communication channel is still offline."

Captain Manta's deputy tapped the projection screen in front of him a few times and gave his boss an answer. Of course, he didn't think this was so strange - after all, after the Sumar champion and Commander Lillarder reunited, In order to prevent certain things, Commander Lillardle took the initiative to offline his communication channel. Now, although the pursuit of the Human Empire seems to have been stopped, the crisis has not actually come into contact. Therefore, Commander Lillardel's It’s understandable that the communication is not online yet.

"It's strange... Why didn't I see Commander Lillardle and his people? Didn't the Sumal Champion say they were meeting up?"

Looking at the battle-scarred fire warriors standing on the ground as their Manta aircraft got closer, and the Sumar champion who had several obvious marks of heavy blows on his battle suit, he had already used the Manta aircraft to Captain Manta, who had identified all their identities with the onboard scanning device, was puzzled - the Sumar Champion's team is all here, no problem, but where is Commander Li Rader? What about those humans who have chosen to follow the Greater Good? Why didn't you see anyone?

However, based on this matter, he is not responsible for it, and besides, his mission this time was just to evacuate with the Sumar champions. Therefore, the captain of Manta chose to put this doubt aside, commanded his aircraft to land on the ground, and arranged for the team of Sumal Champions to board the Manta - and soon, the team of Sumal Champions was loaded. Finish.

"Captain, Summar Champion said, regarding Leigh Rader not acting with him after that

There are some things that he wants to talk to you personally about, and there are some things that he seems reluctant to let the elders know too early. "

Before the captain of the Manta aircraft could arrange for the Sumar Champion's team to rest, his deputy raised his head and informed him of the latest communication from the Sumar Champion who had already boarded the aircraft.

"...What is the Sumar Champion thinking?"

Captain Manta, who felt that something was strange, pondered for a moment, but still did not delve into it further. He nodded and indicated permission - at the same time, he couldn't help but become curious in his heart.

What happened to Commander Liladel that made the Sumar champion want to talk to him face to face? Could it be that something terrible happened to Commander Leigh Radel? Or did Commander Li Radel do something bad that forced the Sumar champion to bring his team members to join him first?

"No—Champion Sumar, you can't enter the combat room wearing a battle suit. This is...ah!!!"

The short screams, the sound of intensive footsteps, and the sound of pulse weapons firing pulled the captain of the Manta aircraft out of his thoughts, and then gave him a stunned expression - he clearly saw that all the The armed Champion Sumar directly tore open the door of the captain's room, and then blasted half of his deputy's body into steam with one shot. He could clearly see that the members of Champion Sumar's team pulled the triggers one by one, and the The other people in the captain's cabin were killed without mercy, and he clearly saw it...

"What are you doing!! Champion of Sumar! You are killing your own people!! The Greater Good does not allow us to do such a thing!!!"

When the Sumar champion's combat uniform walked to his side with heavy footsteps, and the drones hovering next to the champion began to blatantly access the control system of his Manta, he picked up some of himself from the sluggishness. Only then did the conscious Manta captain vaguely realize what had happened - the Sumar champion led his team members to massacre the Manta crew members? Are you still trying to get control of this Manta? Ether! This is so far from the Greater Good!

"The Greater Good? Fuck the Greater Good! It's arguably the most unrealistic lie in the galaxy!"

Sumar said something that could be called treasonous for the titanium race, and he grabbed Captain Manta and roughly pressed him against the resolution device of the console - using this cruel method. , Manta's control was completely cracked, and the drones linked to the console began to tamper with the data in the database.

"Sumar...you...forsaken...the Greater Good...will not...have a good end..."

Captain Manta, knowing that he was destined to die, issued what he thought was a vicious curse, which made 'Sumar' laugh heartily.

"How many people in this galaxy can have a happy ending? I have understood my intention! For the Emperor!"

Captain Manta's expression froze because of the words 'Sumar'. At the last moment of his life, what he saw on the screen out of the corner of his eye was the manta who was boarding his Manta aircraft in an orderly manner... ..the kind called the Astartes...the warriors of the Imperium of Man.

16. The Weeper—Probably a gang member boarding the ship

What do you need to do to capture the alien space battleship?

Anyway, before today, the Astartes of the Lamenters would never give the answer of 'simply get on the alien's aircraft, do it, and then wait for the alien to take them to the sky' - use the jump torpedo, Carrier-based aircraft, or other more drastic means, can approach the alien warship, fight all the way from the outer area to the core area of ​​the alien warship, and kill the alien commander is the correct answer - but today, the Weeper's As Fellow Tate veterans.....

The collective was in a state of confusion because this impossible thing had happened.

"Chapter Commander, is this...really reliable? I don't mean that we don't believe our battle brothers, but this method is too bizarre. I think we should be more vigilant and ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Condition."

Next to the leader of the Lamenters Chapter, Malakin, a Lamenter veteran who now felt that brainstorms were running wildly in his head looked at the door of the warehouse where his group was staying with a scrutinizing gaze. He made suggestions to Malakin in the team communication channel, and his suggestions were echoed by several other Lamenters veterans. After all, if the operators of this matter were not the Dark Angels and Death Watch, they would not be able to First, you must suspect that your battle brothers have some minor problems...

"This is inevitable."

Although I had made enough psychological preparations before, I was greeted by a group of Titanium alien fire warriors on the Manta aircraft, and heard firsthand that their leader was a Titan who should be a minor commander in the Titanium army. When the alien said that he had abandoned the hypocritical ether and the higher good created by the hypocritical ether, and chose the true right path in the galaxy, Malakin still instinctively conducted a round of checks on himself - the data was all normal. The results were not different at all.

"Our battle brothers seem to 'trust' those aliens."

Another veteran of the Lamenters opened his mouth, pointing directly to the core of another problem-anyone among the Lamenters who is not observant enough can see that whether it is the Dark Angel or the Death Watch, they have shown that they are against On this alien ship

The titanium aliens operating in the machine have extraordinary trust and indulgence - there is nothing wrong with their battle brothers, their chapter leader is sure of this. However, where does this weird trust come from?

"Don't think about it if you don't want to get into trouble."

"Yes, Chapter Commander."

The Lamenter veteran who asked this question shrugged his shoulders and began to turn his attention to adjusting his power armor - other Lamenters Astartes also began to do this behavior, and silence temporarily enveloped the Lamenter. The user's communication channel, however, the silence only lasted for a few dozen minutes before it was broken by a burst of rustling——

"We're about to board the ship."

In the joint operations communication channel that was successfully launched, Redler's voice, which was deliberately slightly hoarse, sounded in a deep voice.

"I understand, what do we need to do?"

Chapter Commander Malakin took a deep breath, tightened his grip on his weapon, and began to mobilize the muscles in his body in an orderly manner.

"This is the internal structure diagram of the alien battleship. Our 'allies' will create enough chaos in the alien battleship first, attracting some of the alien defense forces, and creating a larger space for us to move - and then, These are what we will do later, and I have already arranged the combat missions of each regiment."

A diagram of the internal structure of the battleship appeared in front of Chapter Leader Malakin. Three marks representing the Dark Angel, Death Watch, and Lamenter were marked in the three areas. When he saw his battle clearly, When the area where the regiment was marked, the leader of the Malakin Chapter couldn't help but be stunned.

"I trust that the Sons of Sanguinius will not disappoint us, Chapter Master Malakin."

As if he noticed the change in the mood of Chapter Leader Malakin, Redler spoke hoarsely.

"We will not let you down."

Sensing that his group had been entrusted with great trust and responsibility, Chapter Commander Malakin stood up and spoke firmly. At this moment, unaware of the horror that was about to come, the warships of the Tau Empire were opening their hangar openings to greet them. The return of their 'hero'.

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There seems to be something wrong with the Sumar Champion.

When 'Sumar' and his team members stepped off the Manta aircraft in a 'battle-damaged' posture, and greeted the surrounding staff in a very tidy manner, an Earth caste The maintenance staff couldn't help but frown slightly - in his memory, the Sumar champion was not an approachable Fire Caste warrior. He was so arrogant and aggressive that sometimes an elder had to step down to drag him down. Therefore, , he has never taken the initiative to say hello to any Tau compatriots from the Earth clan. Why did the Sumar champion change his gender after returning this time?

"Hey, don't you think the Sumal Champion is a little weird?"

Of course, it was not just this Earth clan technician who felt that the champion of his fleet seemed to be a different person, several other Earth clan technicians also intuitively felt something was wrong - it is true that the current performance of the Sumar champion was indeed very good. The Greater Good, however, members of the Tau clan who know this champion all know that the Sumar Champion's perception of the Greater Good has always been just that--this is a word from the ether, so I have to abide by it--that's all!

"Perhaps it is because of Commander Lillard's achievements that the Sumar Champion has a deep understanding of the Greater Good, so he began to change his behavior?"

An Earth Caste made an uncertain inference - an originally proud warrior became humbled by a deeper understanding of the Greater Good. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the Tau Empire. However, as far as he knows, such a thing has not happened in any other country. This has happened to a Fire Caste warrior who is a champion or above - after all, the members of the Fire Caste who have made it this far have something special about them. Without violating the principles of Titanium, their specialness, It has always been tolerated.

"Speaking of Commander Lillardle - Huh? Didn't it mean that the Sumar Champion successfully merged with Commander Lillardel and successfully retreated from the clutches of humans? Where is Commander Lillardel?"

A Tu caste suddenly discovered something even more wrong - according to the combat progress reported by the Sumar Champion to the fleet elders, he had successfully completed the mission when he returned. However, now all the members of the Sumar Champion's team have left. After leaving the Manta, Commander Lillardle and his people showed no sign of emerging - even more strangely, none of the crew members of the Manta stepped off the Manta, just like the entire Manta carrying personnel , and only the Sumar champion and his party are like that!

"I heard you talking about me - indeed, after this mission, I re-examined my heart, examined the ether, and examined the higher good that the ether taught us. Now, I have some understanding of these things. Gained a deeper understanding..."

Just as the Earth Caste technicians were biting their ears and muttering words that made them feel more and more uneasy, the Sumar champion in combat uniform suddenly stopped at the door of the hangar, turned around and looked towards After seeing the Tu clan members working in the hangar, his team members also stopped returning to the dormitory, and each stood in a very subtle position that looked like a good firepower point - watching these compatriots do He was showing all sorts of weird behaviors, and the Fire Clan boy who was in charge of defense in the hangar felt that something was extremely wrong.

The captain immediately started taking action——

Then he was shot dead by Sumar who raised his hand to fire. Under the action of the shock wave, the remaining body fragments touched the Earth clan technician closest to him.

"ah!!!!!"

He never thought that something that might happen to him would happen so nakedly. This member of the Tu family who had received an 'unexpected joy' let out the most piercing scream he could make since he was born. The next second - -The howling stopped suddenly. The 'lucky' Tau man was shot through the head by a pulse rifle and fell heavily to the hangar floor. After twitching twice, he stopped moving.

"Champion of Sumar! What are you doing!!"

Almost five seconds after the Sumar Champion blasted the captain of the hangar defense team to ashes, in the hangar, looking at the two corpses on the ground, he realized what a cruel and disobedient act the Sumar Champion and his team had done. The Tau people who had good intentions connected their brains and throats - of course, the Tau people who spoke were easily shot into sieves by pulse rifles, and the fire warriors who wanted to fight back were met with Due to the attack of the drones, the combat suit program on his body was disordered and it lost its function in a short period of time.

"I'm just doing what I should do now - Ether is a liar, and the higher good that the liar tells is naturally a lie. The only existence worth following in the galaxy is the great Holy Emperor - the Tau Empire actually wants to invade the Emperor's rule. The territory under the Empire, and also sent troops to try to kill the Emperor's people, do you think that all aliens in the Tau Empire should die as punishment?"

"...."

If Sumar's inexplicable killing just made the remaining Tau people feel angry and confused, now, after Sumar made such an argument, these Tau people feel fear and madness - what happened to the Sumar Champion What? Why did he go on a rescue mission and come back with a completely different personality? No! It even feels like a different person! Replaced by a human with Sumar's skin?

"Sumar, do you know what you are talking about?"

A drone flew into the hangar, and the projection it projected showed the face of the fleet elder whose anger was clearly suppressed. It was obvious that Sumar's every move just now was influenced by the fleet elder who was waiting for news. I know, but Sumar's actions were so unbelievable that the Tau elder, who had seen a lot of storms, had a storm in his mind for a while before he dispatched the drones representing his will.

"Of course I know - no, we all know what I'm talking about. Isn't it the most important thing for us to abandon illusion and follow truth?"

Looking at the projection of the face of the fleet elder hanging in mid-air, the camera position of Sumar's battle suit flashed twice, as if he was mocking the elder.

"You? Then give me an answer now - there is still some room for change now. Do you plead guilty?"

Although what Sumar just said made it clear that he and his team members had betrayed the Greater Good and defected to the empire for unknown reasons, the fleet elder decided to give Sumar a chance - he could see that something was wrong. , if Sumar can wake up, he may be able to figure out what happened to this champion.

However, the answer the fleet elder received was...

"Our answer is - for the Emperor!!!!"

Thunderous war cries sounded simultaneously from the mouths of Sumar and his subordinates. At the same time, these 'Tau soldiers' also fired fiercely at their compatriots. For an instant, the screams of the Tau people continued continuously - and the next moment, the fleet elder found that the screen in front of him that monitored the real-time situation of the hangar was also useless - because it was affected by the battle, most of the equipment in the entire hangar. It was completely out of control, and as an elder, he also lost the management authority over the hangar.

After thinking for a second, the fleet leader decisively issued orders to other troops in the fleet.

"Go to the hangar immediately to suppress the riot - kill all traitors on the spot!!"

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"Okay, battle brothers, we can act according to the plan - as you can see, our allies are ready to sacrifice their lives to serve the Emperor, and we must not let down their expectations."

After the various firing sounds of the Tau Empire's weapons that rang out regularly in the hangar slowly faded away, Reid confirmed that the hangar had completely become a "territory in contention" for the Tau Lord. Le controlled his descending body, calmly logged into the joint operations communication channel, and spoke - and by the way, he heard the slightly erratic voice of the Malakin Chapter Commander.

"Brother Lederer, my brother and I will keep this battle a top secret."

"No need to worry, battle brother."

Redler, who probably knew that Chapter Leader Malakin was thinking something else, while 'pacifying' Captain Malakin, he turned his head helplessly and exchanged glances with the two Hammermen next to him. , then stood up and put his descending body's weapons into a ready state with a click.

"Let's go, it's time to let the Titanium on this ship know what 'Titanium terror' means."

17. The Weeper—The Uninvited Guest

Before it happened, the elders of the fleet never thought that the ship

The team's flagship, the battleship he was stationed on, could actually have such a thing happen, something that was beyond the upper limit of his imagination.

When the Sumar Champion returned to the battleship, he not only took the initiative to shoot and kill several compatriots with his team members, but also publicly announced in the hangar that he had abandoned the Aether and the Greater Good and followed the so-called 'Emperor of Mankind' 'After that, the entire battleship was in chaos - at first, the elders of the fleet thought that the problem could be solved by eliminating the Sumar champion and his team members who had become mad for some reason. However, after he officially Shortly after the combat order was issued, the elder was 'surprised' to find that the battleship's out-of-control area not only did not shrink, but was further expanded!

"Every team, report the current battle situation immediately!"

Looking at the constantly extinguishing surveillance screen in front of him, he easily guessed that the enemies currently making a fuss in his battleship were definitely more than crazy. The elders of the Sumar team decisively activated the emergency communication protocol, and fought bloody battles with the enemy who should be in the battleship. The warriors of the Tau Empire contacted each other - however, after receiving a few unclear answers and a scream, the sound coming from the emergency communication protocol was nothing but noise.

"...Aether, what happened to us?"

Knowing that the failure of the emergency communication protocol meant that he had completely lost control of the Tau forces inside the battleship, the fleet elder instantly fell into an unprecedented sense of fear, even though Ether's earnest teachings were in his ears. The edge kept lingering, reminding him of duty, courage, and the greater good. However, how could one of the most primitive emotions of living beings be suppressed by these things? It will only continue to expand as time goes by, and then try to swallow the heart of the creature!

"Sizzling-sizzling-cracking-"

Just when the fleet elder was trying his best to use all the teachings he could think of to control the fear, despair and other negative emotions that were constantly rising in his heart, the sound of a slight energy pipeline failure suddenly reached his ears. In less than one breath, the lighting devices such as lamps in the meditation room where he was were extinguished one by one due to loss of energy supply. Although the backup energy quickly took effect and re-ignited these lighting devices, however, not yet When the fleet elder breathed a sigh of relief, all these lighting devices were turned off again - darkness and silence easily swallowed up the room. The fleet elder's remaining light source was only the personal terminal on his wrist. .

"N-no! The Greater Good! The Aether! Anyone! I want to know what's going on! I want to know what's going on on my ship!"

Just like the last feather falling on the scale, the darkness and silence that swept over finally tore the fleet elder's inner defenses apart, causing his inner weakness, fear and other emotions to flow out one after another, lingering around him and lingering - Unable to help himself, the fleet elder who originally firmly believed that the ether and the Greater Good pointed out by the ether were the right way of the universe, shouted something he had never thought he would roar. His extreme emotions were like a small stone, finally rippling a ripple in the subspace...

"Ah! Let me see! What kind of little cutie is calling for knowledge and hope? Huh? Titanium! Interesting! Interesting! There is actually titanium that can transmit his soul fluctuations to my maze!"

The blue, like the most refined sky, suddenly filled the fleet elder's vision, and a joyful voice laughed in the fleet elder's ears. In a trance, the fleet elder seemed to see all the knowledge in the boundless starry sky, and even saw a glimpse of the future of his fleet!

"Who are you? No, who are you?"

Unconsciously, the fleet elder used honorifics, and the owner of the voice seemed to be stunned for a moment, then let out a more piercing laugh.

"As expected of Titanium! As expected of you! Your weak souls even let you witness my greatness, and after hearing my voice, you failed to follow my righteous path? Okay! Okay! Let me see what you have encountered - relax... It takes a little effort for me to spy on your fate..."

The upside-down voices kept coming into the ears of Titanium's fleet elders, and the mysterious scroll kept wandering in front of his eyes, plucking his heartstrings. It seemed that something slippery had drilled into his brain and shook it gently - he seemed to have lost something? And it seemed that he hadn't?

"This.....this...this!!! This is so interesting!!! Hahahaha!!! So this state of His! Is there any use for this! Hahahaha!!!"

The heart-wrenching laughter sounded, completely breaking the silence of the meditation room. The Titanium Fleet Elder heard the meaning of the mysterious visitor's words clearly and felt that he might have really grasped a life-saving straw. Therefore, he felt that his spirit was lifted up.

"Can you tell me the answer? I can..."

"The answer? Of course I can tell you! And I am willing to tell you! The price? The price you need to pay is, let me see! Let me see everything you have to face!"

Before the fleet elder could fully express his request, the owner of the voice made him a promise in ecstasy. However, before the fleet elder could thank the owner of the voice, something that had never appeared in his nightmare happened to him!

"Hmm-ah-quack-kouye-ahhhh!!!"

The power of change from the Supreme Heaven suddenly came to the next door of reality, and the blessing of the Demon Bird God spared no effort to flow to the soul of the fleet elder, which was not as good as a firefly in the warp. In an instant, a large amount of evil power crashed into reality, and then, because the soul of the blessed was too weak, it flowed back into the warp, and a circle of warp storms was briefly set off in a certain area-after a few screams, the soul of the fleet elder was shattered, and blue flames appeared in his eyes. The sight of the Supreme Eagle peeked into reality through his body.

"It's a big loss! But! It's also a big gain!!!"

After much trouble, and with the fleet elders not resisting at all and even cooperating seriously, Tzeentch barely managed to focus his gaze on reality. Normally, this would be a huge loss for any Chaos power, but the bird god saw something new...

"How did he do it? How did his power manifest? I'm looking forward to it! Looking forward to it!"

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"......."

Malakin, the warband leader of the Weepers, looked at him calmly. Several Tau Fire Warriors with standard equipment rushed out of the door beside the passage, roaring for the Emperor, and with the spirit of fearless death, they blocked the firepower of a Tau heavy weapon set up at the intersection in front of them, which he did not recognize, and bought precious time for their charge. Then, they looked expressionlessly at a Tau champion wearing the same combat uniform as that of ‘Sumar’ who emerged from behind them, and after saying “for the Emperor”, he launched a counterattack against the two columns of pursuers without hesitation. After launching a surprise attack on their target area, the Astartes of the Weepers have completely become “Buddhist” about such things.

However, although they have become Buddhist, it does not mean that the Weepers now think this matter is “very normal”.

"I swear to the Gene-Father that even if we don't keep the secret of what happened here, no one will believe the whole experience of this boarding trip. Not only did the aliens choose to fight in the name of the Emperor, but they also gladly accepted the fate of being killed or expelled because they were aliens. No matter how you look at it, this is too..."