Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 14 Trouble and Exploration

Sernio 14 is the name of the huge device in front of Calvin.

It is derived from some unspeakable technological equipment left over from the pre-dark age.It is one of the products of the reverse decomposition engineering of the unspeakable equipment and its black prototype discovered in the era of the Great Expedition at the invitation of the Star Torch Court.

The original purpose was that "that device" needed maintenance due to long-term use, and the existing technology on Terra and Mars was not enough for this job.So small-scale reverse engineering is one of the feasible solutions proposed by Mars.

As the name suggests, this facility, which translates as the Son of the Sun, was planned to be completed with a total of 14 buildings, but the stability of the first 13 buildings after the completion of the construction was very unsuccessful. Only the 14th building was due to some accidental factors that could not be reversed during the construction period. , resulting in, unlike many of its predecessors, a fairly reliable stability even at full power.

But the cost of building such a device is too high, especially after the M37th millennium (37th millennium), the power game between the High Lords Council and the Astartes battle group has become increasingly fierce, and the Abyss Expedition and the Tanim Expedition are these rights The political embodiment of the game in the empire's borders; and Abaddon, the black warlord in the Eye of Terror, led the Chaos Legion to launch the seventh and eighth dark expeditions to the empire unwilling to be lonely.

Under the combination of internal and external troubles and declining national power, the Ministry of the Interior finally made up its mind to refuse to continue investing in this project with no end in sight at the beginning of the 38th millennium.

Therefore, Sernio 14, one of the final products of this project, has no possibility of recovering the cost at all, due to some political sensitivity caused by its special function, it has been used in the Astronomical Torch Court, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Star Language Court. Several functional departments were kicked around like a football and displaced.

Eventually, in mid-M38 (38th millennium), it settled in the Psionic Seminary (also known as the Academy) of the Court of Astral Language as a ritual aid for certain students with special needs.

But given its sensitivity, few or no requests for permission to use the device were made before Calvin.

And Aidan's identity is too confidential, so that the academy knows nothing about his origin except that he is a war group mentor who has a close relationship with the Inquisition, and respect for him only comes from the existence of the Inquisition .Therefore, when Aidan applied to the academy for the equipment permission of related functions, the management staff just followed the rules, and no one explained the allusion to Aidan.

It doesn't matter whether it's a meeting of wind and cloud, or it doesn't matter if it's a coincidence.In any case, the cognitive blind spots of the two sides have come together in this way.Let Calvin, an unprecedented creature, stand in front of this epitome that in a sense represents the power center of the empire inexplicably and unimpeded all the way.

In the empty hall, there were only Aidan and Calvin and a few mechanical slaves without personality consciousness.And looking at the huge device in front of him, except for some etiquette glyphs, static force fields and life support equipment, there are other complete equipment.Calvin was momentarily clueless.

"Sit on it." Aidan simply found the most possible way to use it.

"Are you sure?" Although Calvin was a bumpkin from the agricultural world from the point of view of what he had seen and heard, it was impossible for him to recognize some of the ceremonial properties that this equipment itself might have because of his military sensitivity.

"Could it be possible for me to sit on it?" Aidan rolled his eyes.

"Okay." Calvin, who had no choice but to follow Aidan's suggestion, walked towards the huge chair.

From the nine steps, Calvin climbed onto the five-meter-high metal pedestal, and looked curiously at the seat in front of him.

"With such a large size, the person sitting on it might not be a three-meter-high giant?" He thought to himself.

Before he had time to think about it, Calvin turned around and sat down on the chair.The mechanical slave next to him also began to install the link device on Calvin's body.

When the device link debugging is completed.The complex equipment was activated in an orderly manner, and signal devices with unknown meanings began to be lit up one by one. The low humming on the thick cables represented the start of the main power source from the palace area.Some psionic array devices activated in advance began to take on Calvin's huge psionic pressure in an orderly manner.

And these mechanical slaves who completed the work also retreated from the metal base, leaving only Calvin sitting on the seat on the high platform "looking down on all living beings".

"Huh!" Calvin groaned, experiencing the long-lost relief. Since he woke up, the last time he felt so relaxed was the last time...

"Release your psychic energy with all your strength, and go deep into your soul as much as possible in the process." Although Aidan has never used this thing, he probably knows the process by heart. Looking at the stage, he only remembered The "cool" Calvin couldn't help but reminded him aloud.

"Okay." Calvin, who was urged to restrain his emotions, began to focus on his own sea of ​​consciousness.When the little black ball rose from the ocean of subconsciousness, he couldn't wait to enlarge it and enlarge it.Until it returned to its original appearance, Calvin jumped into the black star in front of him.

"boom!"

After Calvin, who had no worries about the future, exerted all his strength to an unprecedented extent, the powerful fluctuations of spiritual energy spread around his seat in an instant and the cold current brought by it caused the temperature of the entire hall to drop sharply.The psionic dispersion array was close to overload in an instant, and the entire metal base began to resonate at high speed.

On the contrary, the metal pipe that guides the pouring out of spiritual energy is instantly turned red by the high temperature of the surging energy in the pipe.The duration of this process is extremely short, less than three seconds.But in the vision of spiritual power, Aidan could still see through the obstacles above his head, and saw a second huge beam of light besides the Astronomical Torch Court briefly appearing in the spiritual power academy in the palace area.

This ray of light was so conspicuous that the entire palace, even the entire Terra, and even the entire solar system activated the alert mechanism after observing the psychic beam.Faced with such close-range unknown energy fluctuations, the Forbidden Army entered the highest alert immediately.The palace gates that were normally open began to be closed, and the hidden forts on the beautifully decorated city walls were awakened and activated one by one.

The emperor fists in charge of the outer areas of the palace began to communicate with the moon, and the Shanzhen, which was hidden behind the moon and flew in orbit, began to enter an emergency response state.

The recently cruised interstellar navy fleet also began to respond to the alert, the shields were turned on at full power, and the light spears began to charge.The auspicious instrument on the bridge also began to search the void for hidden enemies.

"The emperor's toilet! What the hell did you do!" Aidan swore, this was the first time he had swearing since he had served for 1000 years.

And Calvin, who was totally unaware of how much trouble he had caused, was exploring inwardly in his soul.The time dimension here is different from the outside world, and he has enough time to find what he wants.

(End of this chapter)