Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 69 Veteran's Hesitation

On SATA [-], the overcast clouds covering the hive city are still dense in the atmosphere, and the endless heavy rain is still pouring down.

From a distance, the defensive force field above the hive capital has completely failed, and the rainwater passed through the original protective force field and poured unscrupulously towards the towering Gothic buildings below.

Among the spiers on the upper floor of the hive capital, the scene that should have been bustling and bustling is now replaced by a deadly silence, and even the signal lights on the spiers are not lit.

Most of the top floors of the hive are composed of Gothic church-style buildings. In the original version, the corridors and bridges dotted on them are the channels of communication between them.

But the empire's technology is advancing, and these corridors and overpasses are gradually becoming purely decorative buildings with the development of the empire's technology. replaced by rail transit.

It is also these machines that are concealed under the ancient and gorgeous building appearance that really support the inner function of this building. The relationship between them is just like the ancient political structure of the empire today and the various forces from Mechanicism. Like a machine, it is concealed in a towering building called the Empire.

But now, under the intervention of either natural or man-made disasters, this hive has finally lost the core wealth that really drives the operation of the hive under its gorgeous appearance.

What followed was the paralysis of the entire Hive City and a short-term return to living conditions that were almost tribal.

After losing the energy supply, the mechanical transportation system no longer works, which makes this huge and incomparable building lose its gorgeous appearance, and truly reveals its primitive and backward side.

The cloisters and overpasses are far from meeting the needs of the real daily operation of the Hive City, and the transmission of complicated documents between various departments is more dependent on the servants taking these vehicles to shuttle between the towers to maintain.

The functions of the Imperial Governor's Office were the first to declare out of control in the face of such a disaster. At the same time, they also lost the control and protection of the hundreds of millions of people in the entire Hive City.

In the future, the upper-class residents who have lost their protection and guidance are okay, they still have basic material security at least; while the lower-class and bottom-level civilians who have lost their basic living supplies, after losing even the final order, what kind of situation will they encounter? Disasters are no surprise.

Under such a background, Calvin and his party walked on the flyover between the top spiers of the Hive City. The high-altitude wind and rain kept hitting them without any protection, but they had no better choice.

The inner-atmospheric flying transport vehicles originally configured by the Hive City have already been paralyzed due to the loss of energy supply, and the underground rail transit hub can only allow the Astartes who came by detour to move forward on foot.

The Gray Knights also have no better way, directly from the narrow overpass that is in the raging storm after losing the force field protection, is already the most reliable option among the existing solutions.

If they abandon this place and choose the track in the building below, then they may have to detour several times at most. Not to mention, the unexpected battles that may be encountered when marching from the inside of the building, and thus delaying the completion of the task are unacceptable to them.

The torrential rain was still pouring, and the Gray Knights braved the heavy rain and strong wind on the overpass that was narrow enough for only one person to pass without saying a word.

The magnetic boot system under their feet had already been activated, and every step the gray knights took was firmly grasped by the activated magnetic system on the ground.

When these people walked all the way through the tower after layer of towers in the outlying outbuildings and came to the real top-level building belt, they were surprised and disgusted by the sight in front of them.

Yes, the monster that was encountered in the mezzanine of the hive before appeared again.

At this time, they are entrenched in the center of the guards located at the spires of the towers, and the tallest and strongest tower is tightly surrounded.

These tens of meters high tentacles, which are countless at a glance, tightly wrap the tower from all directions, without leaving any space.

Unlike those one-person-sized tentacles that were only seen in the room before, what appears in the eyes of everyone now may be its whole picture, or a part of it.

These creatures with the characteristics of plant roots and animal tentacles are entrenched at the end of Calvin and others' vision at this time, and the eye-like organs observed by the gray knights on their bodies have also increased with their size.

The huge eyeballs are turning randomly towards the periphery of the minaret. The purple pupils and green eyeballs make them look extremely profane just by looking, and the force field similar to the psionic halo on them is even more so. To drive mortals into confusion at the first sight of them.

The branches on their tentacles are all exploring inward, as if there is some treasure that makes them care, or there is some enemy that makes them search furiously.

They are so tightly wrapped that from Calvin's point of view, from a distance, there is not a single wall on the entire tower that is missing except for the spire.

Such a vile and frightening spectacle did not deter the Gray Knights, or rather they were born for it.

After being reorganized and strengthened by the emperor's blood, their powerful will and psychic power were originally born to kill and expel these evil spirits from the subspace.

So when they saw such a scene, the gray knights not only did not have their will shaken by fear and confusion.On the contrary, this is not the first time such a scene has been seen in their service career, and it will never be the last time.

Such grotesque and evil things will only make them cling to the weapons in their hands more eager to kill and expel them.

"Is that right there?" Tariq asked in the thought channel.The other terminators also focused their attention on Calvin, waiting for his reply.

Calvin also quickly gave an affirmative answer: "Yes, it is there. However, if we want to go there, we may have to go a long way."

He gestured the distance between them with his hand, and it was more than three kilometers away, and there was no bridge or corridor directly connected in the middle.

It seems that if you want to go there, you must follow the will of the designer of this hive city and pass through the palace gates and passages that were originally guarded by the hive city enforcers under those high towers.

"Let's go, don't make them wait..." Calvin patted Tariq in front of him, so that the latter would no longer fall into the frenzy of eagerness to fight.

Calvin walked ahead first, leading the gray knights towards the bottom of the tower, and the gray knights behind him also stared at the tentacles in the distance when they passed the position before Calvin.

The gray knights had no choice but to take a fight with the targets that were close at hand but far away, and they could only keep in mind the appearance of these demons in front of them when they left, so that they could kill and destroy them more completely in later battles .

The gray knights strode down the spiral staircase in the tower. They had no time or inclination to look at the oil paintings or sculptures on the walls of the tower about the historical changes of the hive capital.

The marble-like steps under their feet seem to be very expensive, but they are meaningless except that the strength guarantee can make the gray knights step forward with more confidence.

The bottom of the tower was soon reached, looking through the end of the main road not far away, the gate of the Hive Governor's palace was right in front of him.

Without hesitation, they walked directly towards the gate that originally symbolized the highest power on the planet.

The thick and gorgeous gate is integrally cast from a tough copper alloy. Such a material and structure made Calvin and others give up direct violent destruction.

After all, it is too wasteful to easily give up a precious melta grenade in his hand for such an obstacle.

We are already doing our best to support them on the orbit, and various difficulties in missions are still common. For example, there is no supply before completing the mission like this, which is completely the meaning of the problem.

Taric was the first to insert the data port on his Terminator power armor into the device next to the gate.

In their impression, no governor would have the luxury to install a set of wetware from the Mechanicus on this kind of equipment to house the possible machine souls.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the machine soul on the Terminator power armor can solve the access problem on the door, and the fact did not disappoint them.

In other words, a thing that far exceeded their return expectations was discovered by them here.

A piece of data, to be precise, a piece of data record encrypted with the Imperial Star Militia Army's routine, was unexpectedly placed in such a place that did not belong to any core area.

In order to prevent possible electronic demons or viruses, Calvin and others carefully uploaded it intact to the strike cruiser in orbit, and then marched while waiting for a response from above the orbit.

The results came quickly.

In less than half an hour, it will probably be enough time for a simple prayer ceremony of purity before the opening of the data above the orbit.

The reply from the strike cruiser above the orbit has already been conveyed to the data terminal held by Calvin.

The reply from above the orbit was also very strange. Captain Tabers said to Calvin in the communication channel with a complex tone:
"The files you uploaded are very valuable. What you are facing is the pollution and conspiracy from the evil god Nurgle that we suspected before! The concerns of the Grand Master Aidan seem to be necessary now! You are indeed about to face Disease and corruption from Nurgle! According to the information provided by you, now we have at least figured out some possible reasons for the original cause of SATA-[-]'s current state, which will be very helpful for you to deal with later. In addition, you'd better take a little Time, take a look at the contents of the document... As for the authenticity or impact of these contents, you may need to evaluate them yourself. But remember, no matter what, the enemy is the enemy, and he can't come back."

When Calvin communicated, he did not stop moving forward.He was currently in the corridor outside the palace. Looking up, he could vaguely see the tentacles on the top floor of the palace.

The first half of Captain Tibers's words were not abnormal in Calvin's ears, and his analysis of the enemy he was about to face also corresponded to the direct testimony of the Gray Knights on the tower.

He also delegated the information authority to the voice system of the entire team while hearing it, so that the comrades around him could understand the speculation results on the ground above the track at the first time.

But the second half of the words about Captain Tabers made him stop abruptly.

After Tabers finished the call, he opened the light curtain on his left arm.The declassified files that were just transmitted by the strike cruiser above the light curtain were quietly suspended there.

Calvin thought about what Tibbers said, and decided to accept the advice of a veteran, and took a look at the precious pre-war march and preparation time to see what kind of documents would make a veteran like Tibbers do the same. Emotion.

After he clicked on the cursor of the file, he turned it into a voice mode and played it on his communicator, and then signaled to the people around him to move on.

He himself continued to walk on the quiet and heavy footsteps of the power armor, until the voice in this document attracted him bit by bit...

"The cancer of eternal life, and the sore of eternal life. What I want to talk about is such a thing. I hope that if anyone in the outside world hears this word, they will stop listening. You must find any people as soon as possible. A department of the Inquisition of the Empire, and other departments of the latter can also hand over this document to those who are qualified to receive it. I have made a total of forty copies of this document, and thirty of them have been confirmed to be on track I was destroyed by unknown forces during the delivery, and I have already hidden ten copies in various key places of the entire palace. I hope that the relevant personnel who come to deal with it in the future can get it. My waking time is getting shorter and shorter. I hope these things It can be helpful to you. I also hope that if you can see me... Please give me a relief. God-emperor, I am the 255th governor of the SATA section and SATA galaxy appointed by the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Holy Human Empire , Hailan."

(End of this chapter)