Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 20 Transformation and Reception
In this way, the old Calvin greeted his last time in the arms of the young Calvin.

This is not so much a premeditated murder, but more like a ritual that has been prepared for a long time.

And this ceremonial ceremony is the old Calvin's last confession to himself, and it is also the last warm but cold reminder of the young Calvin's growth.

There are three stages of human death, the death of the body, the death of social status, and the last and cruelest one, the extinction of existence.Old Calvin was the last.

He did not leave a body behind, and the body of the dead old man was like handwriting erased on a canvas, disappearing before Calvin bit by bit.

After he gave his "name" to Calvin, he no longer has the qualification of "existence".

In this timeline that once belonged to him, his rich life trajectory in just a few hundred years was completely wiped out from beginning to end.

And the vacancy caused by his disappearance, such as the people he met or the things he participated in, are all erased by the self-correcting ability existing in time and space, and corrected as the result of not having him.All his hard work and achievements in his life disappeared in smoke.All his existence will return to the original point, and then be corrected to become Calvin's life trajectory.

Just like this old man never existed in this world.

Calvin quietly looked at the hut in front of him that was only his own, and he knew that when he left here, the hut would also disappear.But there was no point in staying for him anymore.Old Calvin's will never left, he is here, in himself.

Calvin's soul has not been strengthened much after undergoing this soul merger, and no amount of the same soul will make up for his lack.His changes are more reflected in the enhancement of the weight in the sense of time and space.

And the old man's memory and experience of using low-level psykers all his life is just better than nothing to him.

There were no other items in the house worth taking away, only the dagger, which turned into a copper ring at some point, and was quietly put on Calvin's right hand.

Its slight heat gently burned Calvin's fingers, which seemed to indicate that it would guide Calvin to continue this unfinished journey.

Turning the angle of view again, in the real world, Calvin, who has met the basic parameters of the surgery, was taken out of the life support cabin and placed on the operating table.

Under the watchful eyes of the chief pharmacist of the Gray Knights, the two pharmacist brothers who performed the operation at close range, and the two pharmacists outside the medical room who concentrated on operating the automatic surgical instrument formed a surgical team.

He began to try to implant the superhuman organs that had been cultivated into Calvin's body.After the two pharmacists looked at each other briefly, they looked at the chief pharmacist standing beside them.

After getting permission, one of them waved to the outside: "The operation begins."

On the humming mechanical arm of the fully automatic surgical instrument, the one dedicated to cutting began to reach down.At the tip of the robotic arm, the blade that completes the cutting function through high-frequency vibrations begins to charge.The purpose of this knife is to create a 10 cm surgical field of view on the right side of Calvin's chest.

"The surgical field of view is good. Continue to try to free the heart artery and prepare for extracorporeal circulation." The moment the knife completed its task, the pharmacist who had been waiting by the side skillfully began to clean the wound and began to evaluate the effect of the knife.

So the whole operation began to smoothly enter the first step of the long transformation process:
Phase 1-Second Heart, function: a fully self-sustaining organ, which can speed up the blood supply of the Space Marines and at the same time add a layer of insurance for them-when the original heart is destroyed, the Space Marines can still rely on this second heart Obtain relatively complete blood circulation ability.

This stage is not too difficult, except for a very small number of samples with poor physique causing rejection, most of the transformed people can successfully accept this organ.

And after the second heart starts beating and is incorporated into the internal circulation, the further enhanced vitality can create more favorable basic conditions for the subsequent surgery.

"The artery connection is complete, and the electric shock is activated." The two pharmacists who completed the transplant simply confirmed the effect of the modification of the arterial circuit during the operation and the addition of several new arterial sutures.Give instructions to colleagues outside.

"The second heart was activated successfully, and the extracorporeal circulation was closed." The pharmacist outside transmitted his voice into the room through the microphone.

"The inspection is complete, and there is no blood loss." The two pharmacists confirmed again.Then look to the chief pharmacist.

"Sew it up and wait for 72 hours to observe." The chief pharmacist quickly issued the latest order after the evaluation.

On the other side, Calvin followed the guidance of the ring, traveled through a dreamlike world for a few seconds, and came to a place located on the border of the empire but always attracting the attention of the entire empire's high-level officials - Cadian.

This is the wreckage of a battlefield, and when Calvin came here, he saw only a battlefield mixed with the corpses of Imperial Guards, Astartes and more Chaos Space Marines.

The fallen tree trunks and the two-foot-thick void soil at one foot prove that this place has been subjected to saturated bombing, and the dense corpses show that the defenders here fought fiercely at the last moment.

There is no easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain here, so there is only one reason why both sides of the battle can devote so much life to strangling here: this must be the only way to a certain key node.

Calvin followed the guidance and walked towards the back of the battlefield. At the end of the battlefield, he saw his target, a dying Astartes.With his once noble head hanging down, he sat there quietly.

The blue painting and the inverted Ω all indicate that this is a warrior from Altarama.The gold feathered decals on the shoulder armor and fallen helm testify that the warrior who fought to the last while leaning on the boulder was an honored Chapter Champion.

Calvin walked slowly in front of his still majestic body, and squatted down gently.He saw that familiar yet unfamiliar face.The owner of this body also seemed to sense Calvin's arrival, and slowly opened his closed eyes.

"Am I late?" Calvin asked sadly.

"No, it's not too late. If you can come, it's not too late." The champion Calvin smiled. The wrinkles on his cheeks and the service nail on the right side of his forehead all showed how long he had been guarding the empire. The smile seems to be able to see the arrogance of his heyday.

"Come on, take me away to meet our new battlefield." The champion Calvin struggled to raise his remaining right arm while speaking, clenched the huge glove into a fist, gently Reach out to Calvin.

At this moment, Calvin understood the meaning of this action without a teacher. He also stretched out his right hand with the ring and clenched it into a fist, making the ring face forward.

The two fists collided lightly, and he looked up to see the champion Calvin smiling at him for the last time before disappearing:

"In the future, I will take care of you."

　Posted it in the last minute of the morning.I'm really sorry.

　　In addition, friends who are interested in talk shows can read a book "Interesting and Uninteresting". The author of this book is an interesting soul. His writing may not be called gorgeous, but he does have a profound understanding of life. Very special angle.

　　
　
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