Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor - #683 - Chapter 665 Doomsday Storm: The Situation of the Survivors

“Sir, nice to meet you.”

Bell walked over with the thick muzzle. The recoilless gun was placed on his shoulder. The barrel was long and narrow, with square magazines surrounding it on both sides. A Tesla electromagnetic coil surrounded the barrel. , the tiny electric arc is still dancing on the arc after firing.

His bolter hung diagonally on his waist. It was as neat and clean as ever. It seemed that even in the unsuitable sanitary environment here, Bell still did not forget to perform full maintenance on his weapon.

Behind him, there was another Ultramarine. He wore a closed battle helmet. The armor was tall and heavy. It was much taller than Bell’s, and was almost closer to Olaf’s priest armor. , is some sort of quasi-Terminator armor.

There were still some wriggling vines stuck to his arm. He pulled them off, threw them on the ground and cut them off violently. Then he pointed the muzzle of the gun on his upper arm at the vines. At first I thought it was a bolter. or something, but when he fired, he realized it was a flamethrower.

The raging flames engulfed the vine in the blink of an eye. It made a low-frequency scream on the ground, like some kind of dying animal, and was then crushed to pieces by the Ultramarines.

Guilliman looked at the vines, raised his head and nodded to the two of them, “Nice to see you here, too, Bael, and Tertius.”

“Me too, sir. I’m glad that you came through. Many brothers and commandos couldn’t get here before.” Tertius took off his helmet and shook his head, revealing his shiny face. There are four distinct golden domes on the scalp and forehead.

He and Olaf nodded to each other, which was a tacit understanding and respect between veterans.

“How many people are here?”

Guilliman asked and looked around. The huge hall was empty. Except for Bell and Tertius, there were only some people holding guns at the end. They were all wearing blue uniforms with white hanging horizontally on their shoulders. epaulettes, wearing a cockscomb helmet and holding a laser rifle, which is the typical appearance of the Ultramar Auxiliary Army.

“Some people, the previous waves of commandos have all been lost. We managed to pick up some people, but they are not here. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Sir, please come with us.”

Bell said to Guilliman, who nodded, turned to look at the mutant lying on the ground behind him, then turned and passed between Bell and Tertius. Tertius looked at Vito after looking at each other. , also bowed and followed him.

“Hey, Bell, you’re not dead yet.”

Ragna walked up, hugged Bell’s shoulders, and pulled him over, making Bell and the wild wolf walk side by side.

Bell tried to break away, but after failing he smiled bitterly, “You seem disappointed?” “Isn’t that right? Now we have to listen to your nagging for another hundred years, right, Lancelot.” “That’s right. ”

Lancelot put his arm around Bell’s shoulders from the other side, and together with the wild wolf, he held him from side to side. Bell smiled bitterly, and Olaf came up behind him and pressed his shoulder armor, “Nice to meet you, brother. “Me too, Old Wolf, especially when I see you are more normal than these two idiots.”

The four Death Watch brothers were talking and laughing, and followed Guilliman and Vito in a playful manner. They walked towards the end of the hall, where the Ultramar auxiliaries immediately moved to both sides and knelt on one knee. No matter how bad the situation is now, the etiquette when facing the Primarch and the Marshal cannot be forgotten.

Guilliman also nodded to them, Vitor smiled at them, and then walked over. Tertius waved gently for them to follow as he passed by.

The auxiliary troops stood up one after another, shouldering their laser guns, electromagnetic rail guns and melt guns and walking behind.

The group of people passed through the large hall and passed through the narrow arch at the end. Vito got into the arch and turned to look at several soldiers of the Defense Force who worked together to close the door. Then he took out a plasma welding gun and used it on the door. The seam sprayed quickly, and the hot white light instantly lit up half of the door.

“Just in case.” Tertius said behind Vito, who nodded, “Of course, but I guess welding the door is useless.”

“Why?” Bell asked awkwardly and uncomfortably as he was hugged by the two brothers.

Vito shrugged and said casually as he started to walk away, “They can already control the machinery, so I guess this cute little door can’t block anything.”

After Vito walked away, Bell and Tertius looked at each other with a frown. Ragnar put his arm around Bell’s shoulders, tilted his head and asked, “Is the situation bad?”

“It’s pretty bad.” Bell whispered, looking at the door behind him. “If those things can control the machinery now, then this place won’t be able to stop them for long, if they invade the surface of Macragge.”

“This will never happen. Come on, brothers, we don’t have much time given by the All-Father.” Olaf said firmly, walking over like the leader of the wolf pack, Bell, Tertius, and Lancelot looked at each other and then nodded and followed. Oh, and Ragnar had the same grinning smile as Erha.

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The wounded lay wailing on the ground paved with simple tablecloths. Their bodies were wrapped with bandages and their eyes were completely covered. They looked like mummies. Only the contact ports on their arms were exposed and were plugged in for infusion. Tube.

Their comrades stood aside, carrying guns on their backs, carrying infusion bottles, or wearing bandages themselves, using the backs of chairs as fulcrums to hang their own healing potions. Blood stained their clothes and was spread on the ground. All the cloths trying to cover the bloody iron barrels and corpses.

After Vito stepped out of the elevator, he looked at the devastated scene. There were screams everywhere. Medical soldiers and medical staff from local facilities were running around, carrying medicine boxes or disinfectant wipes that had turned red and stepping over people on the ground. , passing through the packed crowd in the elevator hall.

There were corpses lying in the corner, and they were covered with white cloth. For a moment, people mistakenly thought that the people there were resting, but when you saw the pale palm placed on the side and the identity tag held in it, you immediately Knowing that they are not resting, but sleeping.

The sergeant picked up the nameplates and wrote the names one by one on the registration board in his hand. Behind him, the priest in the facility was holding a short broom, walking around, singing hymns and pouring holy water on the white cloths. .

“Since there is a priest here?”

Vito turned to look at Guilliman with some teasing, who looked at him, raised his head solemnly and seriously and cleared his throat, “Don’t get me wrong, it has been proven in actual combat that the State Church does have some methods. Techniques for combating the Warp in ways other than those of the Chapter’s psykers, then I won’t pretend not to see it.”

And more importantly, the priests of the state religion are much simpler to train than a formal psyker, and their number is larger. You don’t need to worry that they may lose control like psykers at any time and turn into walking time bombs, or Demon portal.

Therefore, compared with psykers, army chaplains, and shipboard priests, they are the mainstay of the empire against the demons and monsters in the subspace. Their power of faith is the true pillar of the empire’s soul fortress.

“Have you finally begun to recognize the power of faith?” Vito asked with a teasing smile. Guilliman’s expression suddenly froze. “No, there is no power of faith. It is just another expression of spiritual energy. That’s it, everyone has projections in subspace, it’s just that people from the state religion are better at calling them.”

“So you’re saying they’re psykers too?”

“The number of psykers is out of control and the problem of detection is the work of your Inquisition, right? So just think about it yourself and don’t bother me.”

“Indeed, and there are enough troubles in front of us now.” Vito put his hands on his hips and looked around at the afterimage in the hall, “But from my professional point of view, the state religion seems to have played no role here.”

“Yes, sir, it is not very useful, but at least it is useful for the mental comfort of the survivors. You know, we are not good at dealing with mortals.”

Tertius said as he walked out of the elevator. Bell and the others also came out of the elevator one after another. The elevator was quite large and looked like a freight elevator. It was enough to transport several Space Marines up.

Mikael walked behind Guilliman with a bolter in hand. He stood behind the original body like a sentinel, scanning the other people in the hall with vigilant eyes, his finger tightly on the trigger.

“If you are worried about whether they are infected, don’t worry, brother.” Bell said, he was successfully freeing Ragnar’s elbow. “Most of them have not had direct contact with mutants, and most of them are caused by normal injuries, such as collisions. , broken legs and lacerations, etc.”

“And most people are already down there, right?”

“Yes, Vito, most people unfortunately become infected quickly after being exposed. We don’t even have time to end their suffering and bring the emperor’s peace, they have already become like that.”

“There are quite a few Space Marines among them, right?”

“We met quite a few in the front hall. There was one wearing white armor like you.” Ragnar said, holding the chain ax on his waist.

“That’s Brother Malfoy. He stayed behind to give us a break. May his soul be saved.” Tertius said after making a few gestures on his chest.

“Do you have faith? Tertius.” Vito turned his head and raised his eyebrows and asked curiously. Tertius looked at it expressionlessly and nodded slightly, “I don’t deny it, sir. Before that, I just believe in the Emperor, but now, I think I will believe in him. I have seen his miracles brought by the Ecclesiarchy more than once. Without these miracles, we would have become what we are. “

“What are the things that the power of faith is useful for?” Mikael asked. He glanced at Guilliman with his peripheral vision. He knew that the original body did not like the concept of the power of faith and the national religion, but Guilliman said expressionlessly. Listen, nothing was said or done.

“It has a hindrance effect. When we retreated below, we were surrounded by mutants. In the desperate situation, the Chinese priests held hands and sang the emperor’s hymn. I remember a few lines: The beginning of the end is the beginning of hope. , the old world has long passed, and the dawn of the new world is coming.”

Vito frowned slightly. There is indeed this poem in the state religion. It has never been added to the sacred book of the state religion after the era of anti-religion. It seems to be the content of “Final Isaac. New Hope”.

“At first we thought it was of no use, but miraculously, the mutants seemed to be afraid of the Emperor’s hymns. They cowered in fear. The priests held hands and led us through the survivors while singing hymns. came over and finally retreated here.”

Tertius said, he inadvertently made a pious gesture on his chest, and then raised his head with a more determined look, “The Emperor saved us, I believe there must be something meaningful, and he must have arranged it for us. Destined mission and destiny.”

“And I think that is to take the news out of here, my lord, this place must be completely destroyed.” Bell looked at Guilliman and said, “You saw it, right? They can infect Space Marines, and the speed is super fast. Imagine that this fungus can bypass the common chaos corruption and directly achieve the final corruption effect in the bewitchment stage.”

Imagine if this fungus was exposed and spread among Macragge, how long would it take for the entire Ultramarines and their sub-groups to be infected? The former Emperor’s angels would turn into terrible plague monsters, not just those Nurgle corrupts the common brainless monsters into terrifying beings possessing intelligence.

The fungi will control the Ultramarines, use Macragge’s arsenal to produce weapons, and the naval battleships in orbit. In the blink of an eye, they will all be controlled. The spore vines will penetrate into all systems and operate into spore nests. Imperial Navy warships crashed into more Imperial worlds, spreading more spores until they engulfed the entire Empire, all the way to Terra.

And before the Empire could react, the Queen of Glory, covered with creeping vines, would arrive on Terra carrying a shipload of the most powerful Space Marine legion today. Before these corrupt monsters, leading them would be

Just thinking about this makes my scalp tingle. Bell is right, this place must be destroyed, and no scum can be left.

“This is all my responsibility. I shouldn’t have let this thing be transported. I should have destroyed it immediately in the basement.”

Guilliman said sadly, his face full of remorse and guilt, “How many brothers and friends died here. They should have had a better ending and destination, instead of being here, even their bodies were desecrated.”

Mikael immediately stepped forward. He approached behind the original body and said with concern, “How can you say that? Sir, how can this be all your fault? When that thing was transported, no one could know what happened. What, if it hadn’t been for this accident, there might have been greater losses.”

“He’s right.” Vito pressed Guilliman’s shoulders, looked into his eyes and shook his head, “This is a good thing. If there hadn’t been an accident here, we wouldn’t have known about Mortarion’s hand. If we have this thing on the ground, we will pay a greater price when we go on an expedition to Parmenio.”

“Yes, sir, as Lord Vito said, although we paid a heavy price here, we also know how to deal with them, which will provide great assistance for the subsequent expedition.”

“Thank you, my friends, but this place must be completely destroyed.”

Guilliman said firmly, looking around at the few people. He did not notice that there was a hint of thought in the corner of Vito’s eyes, and an idea echoed in his mind, “Mortarion, maybe it is actually useful.”

“How to destroy them? Those things are everywhere, and they can’t be killed, right?” Ragnar raised his chain ax and said, “I chopped them several times, and shot several magazines into them with my gun. They can always recover no matter what.”

“That’s because of the existence of subspace sound waves. They were originally grown from spores that were inadvertently brought to the botanical garden under the subspace irradiation test there. The longer they are exposed to subspace sound waves, or the longer they are exposed to spiritual energy. , it will continue to evolve, become more intelligent, and become more difficult to kill.”

Bell said, clenching his fists, “When the experimental facility fell, the subspace sound wave generator there didn’t have time to turn off, and these spores became more and more intelligent. According to Vito, they can also control mechanical equipment, I guess. They turn on the subspace generators throughout the facility, thereby continuously gaining the power of evolution, but as long as they can be turned off, they can be destroyed.”

“How many subspace generators are there? Where are they located?” Olaf asked, but Guilliman raised his hand to interrupt the discussion.

“There is no time. If I am not wrong, these things will continue to evolve until they find a way to open the closed door of the facility. By then it will be too late. They have already proven how fast they evolve, and there is no time to waste. We activate the underground nuclear reactor and completely destroy this place once and for all.”

Olaf nodded in affirmation, and the remaining Bell and others also nodded in agreement. Guilliman looked at them and narrowed his eyes slightly, “The stone tablet, is it still here?”

“Not sure, sir. I don’t know if the mutants have moved it. After all, their intelligence should be able to understand the principle of catching the thief first, and we don’t have time to search for it in the entire facility.” Tertius explained, and Guilliman sighed after hearing this. Although he had some doubts, he nodded.

“Well, anyway, a nuclear reactor explosion can destroy everything here, no matter where it is hidden.” Guilliman raised his head and looked around everyone, “We activate the reactor, turn it into an underground nuclear warhead, and order the survivors Prepare to retreat before then.”

“But there are mutants down there, sir. Without our protection, mortals will die if they go out.” Tertius added, looking at the wounded around him, as well as the unarmed researchers, priests, and doctors.

Guilliman also looked at them, and soon an idea formed in his eyes, “They are the most precious resources of the empire today. Science and technology must be continued and saved. Their thoughts and brains are comparable to a dozen battleships.” , we are attacking the reactor. If these spores are really so intelligent, they must know what we are going to do. Let them stop us at all costs. Then these scientists can take the opportunity to withdraw. Captain Cole will Accept them.”

“What about us? My lord.” Olaf asked.

Guilliman looked at him, then at Tertius, then smiled and said, “Then let’s see if this is the fate the Emperor has arranged for us.”