Infinite Stream Metaverse

Chapter 423 Fruit of the Poison Tree
The void shields on the Geras space station go out.

The black machine oil guys found that the light shield above their heads suddenly disappeared, followed by golden beams of light, connecting to the dark void and the surrounding street buildings. The blinding mechanical prosthetic eyes illuminated everything around them, and the roads and houses melted in the light .

The Light Spears were followed by Macro Cannonballs.

Explosion, tearing, fragmentation, impact...

The entire space city is like a moldy onion, peeled off layer by layer, revealing a rotten and corrupt black core, and the outer shell of the Geras space station turned into scattered fragments in the void, under the light of the stars sparkling.

No matter how strong the Intellectual Control Legion is, it can't handle the naval guns.

This forge world is finally history.

Even if it is rebuilt one day.

It is also difficult to restore the previous technology and production capacity.

In the chain explosions of forges and crucibles that set labs, production lines, and foundries in flames, no one would have noticed that a small piece of wood was missing from the black core of this moldy onion. Piece.

……

Mechanicus ships are salvaging the wreckage of the city.

Several Astartes Chapters were celebrating their victory.

After the short and simple celebration banquet, the whole team will return to the Forge World of Atal Median.

Fu Qinghai declined the banquet invitations of several chapter leaders, and hurriedly boarded the Thunderhawk gunboat to the boarding deck of an imperial transport ship, and immediately found the Iron Buddha Terminator standing here waiting for orders, and asked road:

"Where's Joestar?"

"In the transport bay, Khan."

"Take me there."

"Ok."

……

In the huge cabin of the imperial transport ship.

Fu Qinghai found Qiao Shida.

"How's it going, old Joe?"

The first company commander turned around, pointed at the huge "mechanical building" beside him, which was about the height and size of a dozen containers stacked together, and said:

"This is it, Khan."

"What's the STC?"

Fu Qinghai looked up at the trophy and asked casually.Although he didn't expect Joe Star to know.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Shida said:
"Greedy vulture type intelligent control machine soldier."

"Oh? How did you know that?"

Fu Qinghai's eyes lit up.

"All the technical sergeants of the Chapter participated in the dismantling and transportation of the STC, here is only a small part, and some components and structures are in another transport ship."

Joe Star explained:

"When we broke into this foundry, they were still producing intelligently controlled mechas, the kind of intelligently controlled mechas like mechanical flies. There are actually other STCs in the entire foundry, but either With heavy guards, my tactical team couldn't attack, or it was too close to the bombing position of the battleship, and we didn't get close for fear of accidental injury. So in the end, we had to pack and take this STC away."

Of course, there is another reason why Joe Star didn't say it: he found that the Chapter Chief was particularly interested in this intelligent control mech, and when he couldn't take away all the STCs, he gave priority to the STCs that produced "large mechanical flies".

"very good."

Fu Qinghai nodded in satisfaction.

Simply fantastic!
Joe Star made the right choice.

The STC of the vulture-type intelligent control mecha is the best harvest. Other STCs are not necessarily the STCs that the Mechanicus and the Human Empire do not have.For example, Riemann Rustank’s STC is found in many foundry worlds, and the STC of laser guns and bolt guns is found in many industrial worlds. These STCs cannot be considered rare, let alone unique.

But the vulture-type intelligent control machine soldier.

Except for the Dark Mechanicus Cult Forge World in the Eye of Terror, which still has reservations, and there is a high probability that it is a poisonous furnace occupied by Nurgle, all other loyal Forge Worlds cannot produce this special type of intelligent control machine.

It is too early to form an intelligent control army. After all, it is impossible for an intelligent control army to have only one intelligent control machine.

But with this STC, Phaeton Forge World can produce intelligent control mechas and achieve breakthroughs from scratch.

There are Spindle Bees in Blackrock Keep.

Nurgle's army has plague drones.

There are more than 20 different drones in the Tau Empire.

We Space Marines must have it too!

Moreover, the intelligent control machine is not the same as the Titan. In the past history, there has never been a precedent for a space fighter to drive a titan. However, there are precedents, and it is a very special case.

During the Battle of Farr, a group of Imperial Fists successfully jumped to help the flagship of the Iron Warriors, the Iron Blood, and almost injured Perturabo. This incident made Perturabo very angry. He felt that his Primarch Guards It's just a bunch of useless waste. He disbanded the original Primarch Guard, and then personally built a smart control machine as the Primarch Guard.

It is the famous "Iron Ring Machine Soldier".

The other legions, the Primarch's pro-guards are all composed of the most beloved and trusted descendants of the Primarch, using intelligent control mechs instead of space fighters to serve as the Primarch's pro-guards, this kind of thing can only be done by Boss Pi up.

After all, the intelligent control mechs are not Titans. Even if the Iron Buddha battle group equips the vulture-type intelligent control mechas openly, it will not cause much criticism.Maybe other warbands will think this group of people is a little strange-we have to spend a lot of money to buy a Thunderhawk gunship, and you have spare money to go to the Mechanicus to buy intelligent control machines, too much money to spend?
"Yes, this battle has already been earned."

The chapter leader concluded happily.

Qingshan Khan doesn't care who is the first to break through the enemy's defense, who kills the most enemies, and who kills the leader of the enemy. The real benefits he wants have already been obtained from this STC. up.

Although, the first to break through the enemy's defense was the Iron Buddha Squad, and the one that killed the most enemies was also the Iron Buddha Squad. If the forged core of the Geras Space Station had not been submerged in the concentrated fire of the naval guns, otherwise according to the Iron Buddha Squad The battle strength of the Buddha, the first to behead the enemy, there is a high probability, or the Iron Buddha battle group.

But Fu Qinghai really didn't care.

They are all false names.

……

Suzheng, the captain's room.

Attendant Lin Yu is taking notes.

Post-war summary of the Battle of Geras Space Station:

Chapter casualties: Nine.

Details: One Iron Buddha Terminator (infiltration operation), five space fighters (combat with the Intellectual Control Legion), three mortal crew members (space sea battle and bombardment).

Details of seized materials:

The STC of the vulture-type intelligent control mech.

The heretical book Rites and Psalms.

A number of unknown creations of the Dark Mechanic Cult.

……

A number of unknown creations of the Dark Mechanic Cult.

In an empty cabin, Fu Qinghai looked at the weird mechanical creations in front of him. Although it was confirmed that there was no spiritual energy left, the battle group still set aside a cabin to store these items for the sake of caution.

"Go get Sid Nora over here."

Fu Qinghai ordered.

"Yes, Khan."

The men took orders and left.

Soon, a middle-aged female judge with a cape and a hood on the outside of the power armor came to this cabin.

"Khan."

Sid Nora said hello:
"Congratulations to the warband for a great victory."

Fu Qinghai nodded slightly, pointing to the mechanical creations on the table, a breastplate-like item, a long conical rod, an exquisite crystal device, and the thick leather-covered book "Rituals and Psalms" .

"This is what we captured in this battle. You are a senior demon expert of the Holy Hammer Order, so I would like to invite you to identify these things, Ms. Sid Nora."

Fu Qinghai said politely.

Sid Nora frowned.

These things are obviously the creations of the heresy technology of the Dark Mechanicus. Sure enough, as the rumors say, how many Astartes battle groups don't take the Mechanicus in their eyes at all?

Sid Nora, as the Grand Inquisitor of the Order of the Hammer, her status is actually no lower than that of the Marshal of the Imperial Guard and the Commander Sage. It's not her task, nor is it what she is good at. Her main task is to investigate the suspected psychic events in the Iron Calamity campaign.

After the battle at the Geras Space Station, she also heard some rumors. It is said that the special envoy of the Mechanicus, the Sage Barthalom, had some disagreements with several Astartes battle groups, and the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel.

But she didn't expect that just after hearing this rumor, she turned around and saw a bunch of heretical technological creations in the battleship cabin of the Iron Buddha Chapter-they didn't plan to hand over to the Mechanicus at all.

Having said that, the conflict between the interstellar warriors and the Mechanicus has nothing to do with her. As a radical judge, Sid Nora naturally couldn't hold back this curiosity. First, he picked up the leather book, opened the cover and started reading .

As soon as Sid Nora opened the leather cover, Fu Qinghai watched her movements closely, and he was relieved when he found that there was nothing unusual about her and the book.

In the Warhammer 40K universe, books are a dangerous thing, especially a book obtained from a black machine oil guy. The demons of Tzeentch like to use the knowledge in the book to spread the belief of chaos.Perhaps it was because Sid Nora was a grand judge with profound and unpredictable psychic attainments that he dared to be so straightforward. When reading this book, Fu Qinghai did not dare.

It seemed that he had sensed Fu Qinghai's vigilance.

Sid Nora looked up and said with a smile:

"There is no psionic breath in this book, I'm sure, it's just an ordinary parchment book, but the cover is tanned with multiple layers of human skin, that's all."

"Okay, ma'am, please continue."

Fu Qinghai nodded and raised his hand.

While flipping through the book, Sid Nora turned to look at the pile of mechanical artifacts on the table.

After half an hour.

"I understand."

Sid Nora closed the book and said in a deep voice.

"So what are these?"

Fu Qinghai asked immediately.

"This "Rituals and Psalms" introduces in detail this group of dark heretical technical priests, who call themselves the 'Vortex Technicians' sect, and the taboo technological creations they created through unrestrained research into subspace."

Sid Nola explained:

"In particular, it describes in detail how to use that divination instrument through a complex and evil sacrificial ceremony, and the picture drawn by this device shows the future direction."

Sid Nor points to an object:
"This is the umbra looking glass. It is recorded in "Rituals and Psalms": The civilians in certain star regions believe in the existence of ghosts very much, thinking that ghosts have been wandering in the place of death, bound by revenge and unfulfilled wishes, although absolutely Most technical priests scoffed at this statement. But the vortex technicians have found through research that ghosts are real and can still have some influence on the material world, and the umbra speculum was born from this.”

The Umbra Speculum is a complex crystal device, with layers of circuits arranged outward like flower petals. Although it is about the size of a hand, it is much heavier than it looks.

"According to Proteus's description: the umbra speculum is very power-hungry. When the device is turned on, with the sound of energy clicking, crazy illusions formed by psionic particles and inhuman souls of the dead will appear. Normal vortex technicians usually use this instrument with the help of machine servants or subspace compartments, and try to avoid direct contact."

"The souls that appear from the umbra looking glass are not what they are. They are just empty shells of souls, filled with the ripples and malice of the warp, screaming at the other side of the mirror, creating illusions, or trying to occupy life. By."

Sid Nora retells the book.

Fu Qinghai only heard one key message:
Anyone can see ghosts with the help of an umbra speculum.

It's a pretty useful device.

Putting it into the world of reincarnation, usually only people with psychic qualities, the so-called yin and yang eyes, can see ghosts. For example, Zhang Yuning is a psychic quality and is born with the ability to see ghosts.But this kind of physique is too rare after all. For technical priests, is it possible that a yin and yang machine oil guy is qualified to study ghosts?Certainly not.Moreover, many technical priests do not have naked eyes at all. They wanted to study this phenomenon, so they made umbra speculum.

The supernatural of science belongs to yes.

Fu Qinghai noticed that an unfamiliar term appeared in Sid Nora's retelling.

"Subspace compartment, what is that?"

"This is it."

Sid Nora points to the "cuirass."

"The subspace compartment is essentially a combination of the zero-point launcher and the thinker system, which is used to inlay on the armor for isolation and protection. Those technological heretics who first fell into chaos did not go crazy at the beginning, they Also understands the importance of protecting oneself from the corruption of the Warp."

"After a long ritual and forging, a circular circuit that can be used to isolate subspace energy was created. A special machine soul sleeps in it. After sensing the subspace energy, it will wake up and emit purple smoke. Discharge subspace energy. The Order of the Hammer also noticed that the Dark Mechanicus gave the subspace isolation technology as a reward to the Chaos Space Marines, and the latter gave them back with various dark technology relics, as a common way among Chaos forces. an act of exchange."

Sid Nora reveals the secret.

(PS: "Zero-point emitter", "Zero-point force field"... the energy of particles vibrating at absolute zero is zero-point energy, a physical concept, this term is widely used by GW screenwriters in various descriptions, using To exaggerate the feeling of science fiction, in fact, they don't know what it means.)
Fu Qinghai understood.

It's not that if you take refuge in the four gods and embrace chaos, you won't be hurt by chaos. The Dark Mechanicus, like the Chaos Space Marines, will be hurt by the vagaries of the subspace.Moreover, although many traitors hate the Empire, they also don't like Chaos, such as the Night Lords.Waiting for a long time in the Eye of Terror, the largest subspace rift in the entire universe, where the non-material universe and the material universe meet, they need some way to stop the erosion of chaos.

The black machine oil guy, on the one hand, wants to study the mysteries of the subspace, and on the other hand, he doesn't want to be hurt by the subspace.The subspace compartment came into being just under this demand.

There's something about these vortex technicians!
Fu Qinghai commented in his heart.

"Then the last stick..."

Fu Qinghai pointed to the stick and asked:
"What else?"

"According to this book, the device is called the 'Betrayal Matrix', which is a torture tool. It was born from the brain neuroscience equipment of the Mechanicus, combined with the pollution of subspace energy, to create a subspace energy whip, directly Beating the mind of the tortured person can root psionic toxins in the past beliefs, and then burn the devout memories through pain, until the foundation of a person's belief and spiritual pillar are completely destroyed."

Fu Qinghai suddenly remembered.

Kalamanda said that under that room, there were eight corpses of loyal technical priests. The death conditions were "extremely tragic" and they were suspected of being "tortured". stuff.

This can be given to Kalamanda.

This instrument of torture that directly acts on the mind can be used as a special torture tool for fanatical believers and technical priests. Traditional interrogation methods are difficult to pry the mouths of the oil guys, because there are not many flesh and blood bodies and painful nerves left on them. At the same time, for those cult members, there are many self-harm and self-abuse behaviors in their religious ceremonies, and it is difficult for them to succumb to ordinary pain and stimulation.

The black machine oil guy knows a lot about interrogation.

Fu Qinghai once again gave a high evaluation.

Space warriors have also invented some special instruments of torture, such as "gloves of pain", also known as "nervous gloves", the invention of the Imperial Fist, but they are not used to torture people but to torture themselves, which is related to the special legion culture of the Imperial Fist.

Gloves of Pain are called gloves, but they are actually thin clothes made of electrical fiber mesh that can cover the entire body except the head.It stimulates the human nerves and causes the most extreme pain without harming the body.The device also suppresses fainting reflexes to ensure the user stays awake throughout the procedure.

In addition to the self-masochistic demons of the Fist of the Empire, the interrogation priests of the Dark Angels also have many strange special torture tools, which are used to prompt the fallen angels to "sincerely repent" and to ensure that the war group is "always loyal" and "no secrets".

"Qingshan Khan..."

After figuring out what these things do, the judge looked up at Fu Qinghai, and said carefully:
"These things are all extremely dark and heretical taboo technological creations. According to the regulations, they should all be handed over to the court for safekeeping..."

Fu Qinghai was expressionless and noncommittal.

Just said softly:

"This is the trophy of the Iron Buddha Chapter."

"But……"

Sid Nora was about to say something more.

But he suddenly realized that at some point behind him, there were three space warriors standing quietly.

Sid Nora had observed the shoulder heraldry code of the Iron Buddha Chapter, the company number and chapter logo for ordinary space marines, and the helix and gear skull for apothecaries and tech sergeants.But these three interstellar warriors have personal crests, which are golden crows, bats, and hydra.

Most importantly.

Sid Nora clearly felt it.

All three of them are psykers.

"so……"

Sid Nora shook his head with a wry smile and said:
"If I insist on taking these alien technological creations away, I won't be able to leave this room, will I?"

Fu Qinghai smiled and said nothing.

Instead, he answered irrelevantly:
"Your Excellency Grand Inquisitor Sid Nora, so far, I think our cooperation is quite pleasant."

Sid Nora heard the implied threat from his soft tone. He doesn't even care about the Mechanicus, and it is not difficult to kill me as a judge.

Sid Nora nodded and said:
"Qingshan, is it okay for me to call you that? How about this, we each take a step back, I will take the divination instrument, that thing is too dangerous, I don't worry about leaving it outside, and all other heresy technological creations belong to the Iron Buddha Squad , how? Neither you nor I will disclose this to the outside world."

Tsk tsk, as expected of a radical judge.

Fu Qinghai sighed in his heart.

Sid Nora was more aggressive than he could have imagined.

She wouldn't want to ask the divination instrument through the sacrificial ceremony, and then find the Chaos traitor inside the empire, would she?
"can."

Fu Qinghai nodded and said seriously:
"But I have to remind you that the guy who invented the divination instrument told me that if you destroy this device rashly, a subspace rift will be created. I don't know if what he said is true or not. No matter how you want to study this thing, don't Research near my battleship, understand?"

"I understand."

Sid Nora nodded.

After speaking, he took out a piece of black cloth, covered the divination device completely, then picked up the device and walked out. The hatch automatically slid open, and the three space warriors turned around to make way for the female judge to leave the cabin. .

"Ms. Sid Nora."

Fu Qinghai looked at her back and said loudly:
"A poisonous tree bears no good fruit. If you were to find the answer to your question by means of a wicked and profane sacrifice, are you sure that answer will be what you want?"

Sid Nora stopped.

Without looking back, he said in a deep voice:
"I am the demon judge of the Demon Tribunal. I know better than you where the corruption comes from, Qingshan."

Then he left without looking back.

hope so.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

I hope you are really clear.

After all, there are aliens in the court of aliens, heresies in the court of heretics, demons in the court of demons, and sometimes...

Not a joke.

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(End of this chapter)