Stars for the good Warhammer

The banquet is still going on. For the Blood Angels, this is a day worthy of being permanently recorded in history. The power of the Archangel is returning, which means that their genetic father has the possibility of returning again. When witnessed with his own eyes After the second fragment of Sanguinius was recovered, even the most stubborn members of the Chapter were now convinced of this theory.

Under the dome carved with colorful reliefs, two soul fragments were currently sitting side by side on a velvet throne inlaid with gems. As the banquet ended at noon, the descendants of the angels present lined up and started with reverence and excitement. Pass in front of the throne one by one.

Some people will even stop and take the initiative to talk to the gene father in front of them. Although they can't answer, it is enough to make eye contact and let the other person see their face clearly.

As time went by, this mythical banquet and the subsequent all-member meeting regarding the future of the Chapter lasted for eight days and eight nights before it finally came to an official end.

Shortly after the meeting, an unexpected guest, the sage Cecilia from the forge world of Orta, suddenly came to the Holy Blood Castle without any warning. Due to the existence of the soul fragment of Sanguinius, It is a little secret that the descendants of angels have never revealed to outsiders.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Dante, as the leader of the chapter, personally went to meet the female sage and took her to a secluded living room. After ensuring that no third person would disturb the scene, he named her Sai Only then did Celia’s female sage reveal her purpose of coming this time.

"We have analyzed the gene seed you gave us, but the result is just like what you said. Some kind of force is preventing us from further exploration, and many of the technologies they use do not seem to be at all in our eyes. It’s something that is impossible to achieve. This is not the first time that a similar situation has occurred.”

When talking about this, Cecilia sighed helplessly. Not long ago, Orta had reached a cooperation with the Blood Angels. The two confused groups tried to jointly explore and unravel the alliance. secret, but in the end no useful clues were obtained.

"All the knowledge we currently have, even some of the most basic concepts, cannot be applied to the products of the Ashes Alliance. For example, the most basic common sense that 1+1 equals 2, when applied to the Alliance, the results may be It’s 3. It seems that their technology adopts a completely different concept, and even if they produce similar products through imitation, they are completely unable to achieve similar effects.”

"In comparison, the technology of the Orcs is even more reasonable."

As for this result, Dante was not too surprised.

The gene seeds mentioned by the female sage refer to the improved products that the Lord of the Alliance regularly gives to the Blood Angels. Those new children born through them are usually named "Ash Angels".

In fact, until now, Dante has not revealed the existence of these special members to most of his descendants. Currently, all the [Ash Angels] have been organized into an independent sub-group and secretly sent to Haiwen II. The satellite is subsequently tested and trained by the best pharmacists.

Although judging from the results reported by the pharmacist, the combat effectiveness of these new members is significantly higher than that of the old members, and they have extremely high resistance to blood thirst and black rage. In some aspects, they even significantly surpass those who were recruited by the battle group not long ago. The accepted Primaris Space Marines, however, in the eyes of Dante and several senior leaders of the chapter, these guys are too weird.

For example, in terms of their production method, compared to traditional Space Marines who need to undergo 21 surgeries, the production of Ash Angels only requires a selected healthy child between 12 and 14 years old to be placed in a special artificial womb filled with catalytic liquid. Within, a superhuman warrior can be born after loading the gene seed and leaving it for eight days. The whole process requires almost no external intervention.

What's even more terrible is that these new members will always involuntarily fall into a state called [Echo]. According to the description of the Ash Angels, during the eight days they were placed in the artificial womb, they would Experience countless incredible dreams.

In the dream, they will find that they have become an archangel with wings on their back, and can completely watch the angel's life from the other person's perspective, and personally feel every thought that flashes in the other person's mind.

Until I saw the Emperor and the scene of his duel with Horus, and personally experienced all the pain that the Archangel had felt, and felt the hatred for Chaos and unjust people hidden in the Archangel's heart. until.

It is precisely because of this that a small number of [Ash Angels] who wake up in artificial wombs for the first time will even regard themselves as the resurrected Sanguinius for a short period of time, imitating every move of the archangel, unable to distinguish between dreams and The difference in reality was until pharmacists reminded me.

However, even if they successfully find themselves, some members will occasionally fall into this confused state during subsequent training and continue to make their own decisions as archangels.

From some angles, this [Echo] state is somewhat similar to [Black Rage]. However, the difference is that even if the former falls into identity confusion, it is still in a sane state, even when During this process, they will really show some special wisdom and qualities, and their martial arts will improve by leaps and bounds.

This situation also meant that they could not gain the recognition of most of the old members. After all, no one wanted their teammates to be a bunch of weirdos who kept shouting that they couldn't tell them apart and liked to role-play during the mission. The key was that the role these guys played was the father of everyone.

After a long time, Dante spoke his guess in a calm tone.

"I think the Lord of Ashes is the Emperor from another world, and the entire Ash Alliance is under his protection, just like the Emperor protects the human empire. It is that kind of power that ensures the operation of the alliance society. Perhaps there is a deeper connection between him and the Emperor. What kind of secret is there is still unknown to us at the moment."

Hearing this, Cecilia glanced at Dante in front of her with some interest.

"I haven't seen the Lord of Ashes in person, so in your opinion he is the same as the Emperor? Are they both some kind of otherworldly existence? Are they real [Gods]?"

"I don't agree with this view, but I can't think of a better explanation than this."

At this moment, the other party's tone was full of helplessness. As the voice fell, Dante took off the Sanguinius mask on his face with both hands, showing his old appearance in front of the female sage.

"I used to think I was knowledgeable. For a whole thousand years, I had led the war group to almost every corner of the galaxy, but it was not until recently that I suddenly noticed that we had only glimpsed an insignificant corner of this universe."

The old man stared at the mask in his hand, and through the reflection of the metal, he saw his old appearance clearly.

"All the efforts we have made, such tragic sacrifices, are just to keep our empire alive in this small corner. Human civilization and history are too small in front of the vast universe." When he said this, Dante hesitated for a moment, and then turned his eyes back to Cecilia, who was also lost in thought. "What do you think is outside the Milky Way? What else is waiting for us in those extragalactic worlds that the light of the Astronomican cannot reach?" In response, the female sage just shook her head with curiosity. At this time, she looked like a child listening to the story of her elders. "I used to think that there was only endless darkness outside the Astronomican, but now at least it can be proved that there are still existences like the Ash Alliance outside. I am curious if one day we can set sail like sailors and leave the light of the Astronomican, then what kind of scenery will be presented to us at that time?" "Maybe the Emperor once expected that mankind can truly usher in the day when it can unify and conquer the stars." I don't know how long it took, only to hear Dante continue. "Also, have you found anything about Gray Wind?"

However, just as his voice fell, when Cecilia was about to answer, a voice that should not have appeared here suddenly came into the ears of the two from the corner of the room.

"Tell me, what do you want to know about me?"

When Dante heard this voice, he stood up and subconsciously touched the position of the weapon on his waist. However, when he saw that it was Gray Wind himself standing in the corner, the scene seemed to become a little awkward for a while.

In their eyes, the seemingly weak girl in front of them was like an omnipresent ghost, always appearing in front of outsiders at all unexpected times. There is no doubt that she is the spy of the Lord of Ashes, but fortunately, she does not seem to be very interested in what the two discussed.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the two people in front of him stopped talking, after a slightly boring glance at each other, Gray Wind continued to speak.

"The alliance has decided to gather the legion to conduct a comprehensive cleanup of the Nakmond Corridor area in the near future. We hope that all allies will be ready and take the initiative to participate in the expedition." After the announcement, the girl named Gray Wind walked slowly towards the door under the gaze of the two people. Just before leaving, the girl suddenly stopped and left such an intriguing sentence without looking back. "And my master is not a god. He doesn't like others to call him that. Please remember this." After that, the girl who suddenly appeared disappeared in front of the two people again without saying a word. Such a sudden situation also made them completely lose interest in continuing the conversation. * * On the other side, near the third satellite of Cologne Star at the edge of the Haven Galaxy. Due to the interference of special gravity, one side of the satellite is almost always facing away from the star. In this outer orbit of the backlit surface that is permanently trapped in darkness, a large composite orbital platform has now been built. Right now, a giant network woven by nano networks spread on the ground and deep space black spots hanging in orbit is invisibly enveloping every person in Haven. Their every word and action is under the surveillance of the [Judgment Engine] composed of three high-performance intelligent AIs, which silently calculate the [danger level] of every living creature.

Agents sent by the Empire, refugees suspected of Genestealers, a small group of Chaos Cults and even a band of Eldar xenos trying to infiltrate Haven, all with the help of this giant network, no matter how clever the disguise is, it is almost equivalent to being naked.

This platform hidden in the darkness is where the Judgment Engine is located. At the same time, the large number of advanced research facilities inside it are enough to support some shady research being carried out secretly here.

Not long after, when Gray Feng walked into the core area of ​​the orbital platform, he saw Otto standing in front of the observation deck of the platform's command room, staring through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows at the magnificent ship being assembled in the dock area. .

Behind him was a tall woman wearing a white robe. She was the synthetic scientist named Clara who was picked up from Karen not long ago. She used the artificial leather technology most commonly used by synthetic humans. , which created an artificial skin for itself based on the image of its original body.

"Master~ I have already informed you of all the things you told me."

Hearing Gray Feng's voice, Otto just nodded calmly to indicate that he had received the news. During the whole process, he never took his eyes away from the production line of the shipyard for even half a second. It was obvious that his mind had been distracted not far away. The giant ship being assembled on the slipway was completely attracted by it.

After a long time, Otto sighed in a slightly intoxicated tone.

"She is so beautiful, don't you think so?"

Obviously, he didn't notice that the moment he heard this, Gray Feng frowned visibly.

"My Lord, thanks to the detailed information provided by Sir Chamier, our interpretation of the internal systems of the battleship is going very smoothly. I believe it won't be long before we can put these new technologies into mass production to further improve The strength of our fleet.”

While speaking, Clara took the initiative to take a step forward and handed the data board in her arms to Otto, and what was recorded in it was the structural drawings of the [Macragge's Glory] and the core ship. Detailed composition of ship handling system.

After taking over the device and briefly browsing its contents, Otto could not help but talk to himself in a tone full of surprise.

"What I didn't expect was that the empire's [Glory Queen-class battleship] would be the key to unlocking the technology of the stars [battleship]."

"This is really an unexpected surprise."