Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 561 06.0560: "Dead by Daylight"

Whoosh! After a long whistle, the chief boatswain picked up the sound array and said, "Everyone, pay attention, the captain is speaking!"

"Dear crew members on the Epic, I am the captain. In the past few months, each of us has firmly adhered to our duties in the turbulence of the warp. The great Lord of Humanity, the God-Emperor on the Golden Throne, can see our efforts.

The navigator family reported that they have seen the light of the Star Torch and are trying to lead the Epic to the exit of the turbulence with all their strength. This kind of depression will soon pass, and the warm light of the star will shine on us again!"

"Yeah! Finally! I'm finally going out!"

"The captain is wise and brave! I knew he was the one the Emperor promised!"

This piece of news may be the most exciting good news on the ship in recent months. The crew members cheered and could not hide their excitement.

"But please pay attention!" The captain's voice suddenly changed, and he said: "It is the most basic responsibility of each of us to firmly believe in the Emperor of God. Participate in the sermons regularly every day. Please feel free to report to the officers and military supervisors anyone who does not participate in the public sermons, as well as anyone who has improper and rebellious thoughts.

We will strictly protect the identity information of every whistleblower and give him sufficient material rewards.

The reward was issued by the officer of the department to which he belonged, and he was to be rationed as a first-class sailor for three consecutive days, with an extra pint of Grog, one day's leave, and a bonus of 50,000 Gothic coins.

It is our duty as the God-Emperor's Holy Navy to be the eyes of the God-Emperor and supervise everyone!
Any connivance is not allowed. If a mutiny occurs due to failure to report it in time, the crew members will be held responsible together...!"

The skinny guy was stunned after hearing the two pieces of news.

"I'm the one who saved the Epic... not you..." He muttered to himself, walking towards the cabin with weak legs.

"That guy is so weird." The crew members watched the skinny guy walk away lightly and whispered, "Should we report him to the Military Supervisor?"

"There must be something wrong. Didn't that guy say something strange last time?"

"Let's go." The two sailors did what they said and walked towards the armed sailors who were on martial law under the sound array.
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"Captain. I will report to you the accident report of the sixth functional area of ​​the Geller force field." Father Lati walked towards the command throne with the Axe of Mecha.

"Please tell me, Father. This is the issue that I have been most concerned about recently. I want to know whether this is an accident or a human error, or... is there something wrong with your bayonet design?"

"Let's rule out the last one first." Lati shook his head and smiled, "The cause of the explosion was that the front and rear valves were tightened too much, causing the energy stored in the middle section to exceed the pipeline threshold, ultimately causing an explosion."

"It was a man who turned the valve."

"Of course, it's people. I think the crew who have been trained for so long should not be unaware of this taboo."

Horatio sighed. The thing he was most worried about finally happened. He turned around and called to the military supervisor who replaced Farida on the bridge, "Military Supervisor Carson, please come over here."

"Captain, what can I do for the Navy?"

"Father Lati reports that the accident at the 6th power supply section of the Geller Force Field was caused by human error. Please fulfill the duties of the Military Supervision Department and immediately investigate and control the murderer. I must find him alive or dead."

"Yes, sir." The dignified military inspector lowered the brim of his wide-brimmed hat, and almost as he raised his hand, the grenade launcher was spinning at his fingertips.

Inside a maintenance equipment cabin on the lower level.

"You are the savior of the battleship. You need strength..."

"I need strength." The skinny monkey said tremblingly, his dry lips trembling constantly.

"Serve me wholeheartedly, and I will be your supreme power."

"I will serve you sincerely, please grant me supreme power..."

"I will bless you, my warrior... my agent here... destroy the Geller force field... let the power of the true God sweep over everything... I will grant your wish..."

As the whisper fell, suddenly, the thin sailor found that his body was becoming strong, his skin began to swell, and dark purple lines spread all over his body, finally converging on his right hand.

"what!"

puff!

After a scream, his right hand turned into a huge and terrifying purple claw, just like what a scorpion would grow.

Pointed horns grew from half of his face, and his skin became as tight and durable as gelatin.

The voice became increasingly vague and rough. Two armed sailors who were specially assigned to monitor this criminal with a criminal record picked up their laser guns and followed the reporting sailor to the maintenance storage compartment.

"I knew it. A dog will never change its bad nature!" one of the armed sailors cursed fiercely. The laser gun in his hand was equipped with a shining bayonet. The green light on the bolt indicated that the battery of the laser gun was fully charged and ready to shoot at any time.

"Captain Leidos has ordered that if this man has any bad intentions again, he will be arrested and executed directly! Stop talking nonsense and handcuff him!" said another sailor holding a laser gun.

"Please, over here. We saw him going in here. Haha, that's a cabin where some storage equipment is stored. There are no other exits. It's a dead end if you go in. Just use your bayonet to get him out."

"After the mission is accomplished, we will ask Commander Leidos to distribute the reward to you. It's not too much to give us half of the wine."

"Not too much! Not too much! Come on, everyone, come together! Everyone will make a contribution!"

Two sailors picked up wrenches and followed the fully armed sailors wearing solid bulletproof armor forward.

Four strong men trying to catch a skinny monkey is like catching a turtle in a jar.

"Huh? Why is it so dark in there?" One of the armed sailors noticed that the lights in the storage room were flickering like a short circuit.

Even if it is completely broken, it is better than just standing there flashing your eyes. At least there is a tactical flashlight on the laser gun.

"Be careful, turn on the flashlight." Another sailor assumed a gun-holding posture for indoor close-range combat and raised the laser gun in his hand: "What the hell is this idiot doing!"

They walked forward slowly, lifting their boots and taking a step into the storage cabin shrouded in purple mist.

click!
After stepping in, the two sailors immediately stood on the left and right in a well-trained manner, keeping the gun line alert.

"No target in sight."

"The shelves are blocking our view. He must be mixed in there. Find him out."

"You take one sailor to flank from the right, and I'll take another to flank from the left. This guy won't be able to escape even if he hides in the shelves."

The four of them took action immediately. In the light of the flashlights, they carefully surrounded the enemy from both sides. The light from the tactical flashlights was the only information they could use to determine the position of their friendly forces.

"Not in front... where did this kid go?"

As the search progressed, no one was seen among the rows of shelves filled with maintenance tools, and the increasingly thick purple mist made everything around seem mysterious.

The group on the right looked at the group on the left, and the light from the tactical lights became blurred in the fog.

Devour——devour——

"Damn, what's that sound?" A sailor saw a long black shadow flash across the ceiling above his head.

The crunching sound was like that made by multi-legged creatures such as the super-mutated centipedes that can only be seen in the lower nest, and it was creepy.

"Oh. There might be some dangerous creatures in there that might eat us." The sailor followed the soldier tremblingly, put down the wrench in his hand, and took a thicker and longer steel pipe from the shelf to give himself courage.

The tactical flashlight mounted on the laser gun swept toward the ceiling.

Amid the sound of crackling, another black shadow suddenly flashed from the upper side. The tactical light immediately shone on the suspicious black shadow, but its speed was too fast. When the light fell on the wall, there was nothing there.

"What the hell is this?"

Just as the sailor was mumbling to himself at the place where the shadow last appeared, something sticky suddenly dripped onto his helmet.

He raised his head suddenly and saw a mutant creature that looked like a scorpion and a snake man coiled on the pipe above his head. Half of its face had undergone a deformed mutation, and the twisted spiral bone growths had broken through the human skull and were covered by a layer of purple gelatinous flesh.

Its spine pierced through the charred skin and grew in a spiral upward, forming three pairs of curved horns with marrow fluid flowing through them; where the cheeks should have been split into six fluttering compound eyes, each pupil reflected the color of a different evil god.

The monster let out a scream and pounced down from above at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to react to. Its huge claws cut the man in the middle in an instant like scraping mashed potatoes. It raised its claws and swung them, smashing the sailor and the steel pipe that was protecting it in front of it.

"what!!!"

Amidst the thick purple mist, a scream broke the eerie silence of the cargo hold.

(End of this chapter)