Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 617 06.0616: "Memory Bread"

"Tell the leader of your Baka fleet that I will return alive to ask for the favors you promised me."

"Don't worry, Captain! The Baka Fleet will never let you down for this favor!"

"They'd better be. Goodbye. I hope that the next time I hear the news of the triumphant victory of the Red October."

After a brief salute, sharing some supplies, bidding farewell to the Carcharodon, and planning a safe path for the remaining loyalists on the Red October that had been opened up by enemy mobilization, Horatio returned to the test bay on the Epic.

"Start debugging." Horatio gave the order.

Click——Swish——

With a loud noise, steam gushed out and the cabin was suddenly filled with mist.

The mysterious iron hand, which originally looked a little thin, was now tightly wrapped in an arm armor.

Horatio stood there, his posture upright, and the arm armor made him look like a brave knight about to go to the battlefield, showing his mighty and powerful demeanor.

Under Lati's guidance, Horatio first put on the arm armor named "Breaker" for Iron Hand.

It is made of an unknown silver alloy, but it faintly glows with gold, and its surface is engraved with several lines of mysterious inscriptions of unknown meaning.

These inscriptions had strange shapes and twisted strokes. Even knowledgeable people like Thei and Lati did not know which race they came from. From Horatio's perspective, they were a bit like a variant of some Nordic runes, with clear edges and corners and uniform shapes.

This may be the original name of this arm armor, or perhaps it is a declaration, motto, or maxim.

The arm armor is divided into three parts, namely the hand armor, the forearm arm armor, and the upper arm arm armor.

Each part has its own slot, and it seems that more parts can be connected.

"What a wonderful craftsmanship! Just as Tiberius said, this doesn't look like something that can be forged by human craftsmanship, but its style and color don't look like those made by the Eldar either..." Horatio couldn't help but admire as he stared at the shiny shell on his arm.

His eyes were full of amazement and appreciation. The fit between the gauntlet and the iron hand was perfect, as if it was tailor-made for him. It could be put on and taken off at will, which was extremely convenient.

Horatio felt that the Iron Hand seemed to have established some kind of connection with the arm armor, and the following visible phenomenon also supported this speculation.

The charged light lit up one by one along the corrugated structure of the arm armor, like a flowing river of light.

When the energy connected the entire gauntlet, a message suddenly popped up in the dark vision.

"Confirmed: Son of Darkness"

『Status: Active』

『Energy: 5/9→5/11』

『Psychic Power: 9/9』

Corruption: 9/9

"Soul Fire: 13786/15663"

[This gauntlet has increased the energy storage limit a bit? If I can find more missing plug-ins, then the attributes can be raised further?]
Horatio pondered inwardly, looking at the slot, which seemed to be of a size and shape that could accommodate a gemstone or something like that.

Then, another message popped up.

"You have activated the wearable skill - 'Thunderbolt'. Effect: Consume 3 energy points, 3 psychic energy to cast 'Thunderbolt', the gauntlet activates the decomposition force field for a short period of time, and releases the psychic energy stored in the iron hand, releasing psychic lightning to all targets within a 10-meter range."

['Thunderbolt'? What is this?] Horatio frowned slightly, his heart full of doubts.

"Letty, give me a target." Horatio raised his head and looked at Letty and said.

"How about the XV46 Vanguard battle suit that just thawed on the Red October? There just happened to be one that was destroyed by the Hell's Vanguards. It was severely damaged and not worth repairing. It has been dismantled to only the armored shell." Latti thought for a moment and gave a suggestion.

"Sure," Horatio responded curtly.

"Squeak!" With a sharp sound, the damaged combat suit was slowly placed in front of Horatio by the mechanical arm.

Horatio closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and channeled his Qi into his Dantian, feeling the energy surging in his iron hands and arm armor, like surging waves in his body.

『Activate wearable skill: 'Thunder Strike'』

Buzz! Zizi! The flickering decomposition force field lingered on the gauntlet, making a heart-pounding sound.

Steam surged from his iron hand, and Horatio strode toward the "enemy" in front of him.

"Haaaaaah!" Horatio gathered his strength to just the right amount, shouted loudly, and swung his fist forward.

Bang! The gauntlet with a blue glow hit the combat suit hard. The metal shell that was hit first by the fist was like a cream cake, and the iron hand with the gauntlet attached penetrated smoothly.

The moment her fist hit the target, a strong electric current poured out from her combat uniform and spread along the ground. Even the anti-static hair on Lati's body stood up, and her body trembled slightly.

[This... is so powerful?!] Surprise flashed across the priest's eyes, and the surprise soon turned into a smile.

Poof! The fist continued to penetrate, and the moment the huge force rushed out from the rear armor, the internal structure of the combat suit could no longer withstand this powerful force. The metal twisted and collapsed, and at the moment the back armor was penetrated, a handful of metal fragments shot out of the combat suit like a shotgun, and countless debris gushed out from the gap, hitting the rear wall with a clanging sound.

Screeching arcs of psychic energy spread along the deck, and all the lights in the room exploded. The entire laboratory was suddenly dark, with only a faint light from the surging electric light on the ground.

The combat suit was flashing with electric light all over, and it fell to the ground helplessly after losing the support of the hard structure. There was only a hole as big as the diameter of the arm armor on the front chest armor, and there was a hideous hole as big as a washbasin on the back.

"What a stunning performance." Lati smiled and clapped his hands. "No one can escape unscathed from the attack range of this psychic lightning. You can't use this skill with friendly troops in close proximity, as it will kill everyone indiscriminately."

Lati used the Mecha Axe to direct the galvanic current in his body into the redundant capacitors of the Epic's hull structure. After a long while, he moved his stiff limbs, but his eyes were full of joy. He exclaimed, "But the good news is that for your enemies, even if you are surrounded with bare hands, you will face a fatal threat."

"From a decorative point of view, it also makes the bare iron hand more majestic and full." Horatio looked at the gauntlet that covered the entire arm with a satisfied look on his face. "It is also easy to put on and take off."

He reached out and took off the gauntlet, and the arm armor automatically folded and shrunk, and the deformation and storage movement was smooth and natural.

When it is put on again, the arm armor will automatically unfold and the arming will be completed again with a crisp sound of the gear slot locking and a sharp sound of steam gushing out.

"But Letty, I'm still curious about this 'toaster' you're tinkering with. What exactly is it used for? If it's just for toasting bread, the oven in the kitchen can do it too." Horatio turned his head and looked at Letty with a hint of curiosity on his face.

“This is no ordinary toaster!”

Latti excitedly tightened the last screw on the first prototype of the toaster that he had tinkered with through STC, and carefully held it in front of Horatio with both hands, his eyes shining with excitement, "This is a toaster that can copy knowledge!"

?

Horatio had a puzzled look on his face. He could understand every word that Lettie said, but when they were put together, he was completely confused.

"What is a toaster that can copy knowledge into it?" Horatio couldn't help but ask.

Latti was seen using the prosthetic limbs behind her back to skillfully cut slices of the toast bread that had been prepared long ago and fermented with stomach medicine by the kitchen staff, then put it on a book, and slapped the two pages of paper with both hands, and a layer of light text appeared on the surface of the bread.

Then, she put the piece of bread, which most naval officers would never eat, into the toaster in front of her and set the timer for three minutes.

The twisting timer rotated slowly, a slight "click" sound vibrated in the air, and finally a "ding" sound was heard, and the bread popped out from the top of the toaster. The originally soft surface became brown and crispy, exuding fragrance, and the faint handwriting became even more obvious.

Lati picked up the bread and gobbled it up like a starving man tasting a delicacy.

"Ah~ This is the taste of knowledge! New knowledge enters my body and is stored in my mind." Lati said with her face in her hands, looking intoxicated.

? !
Horatio looked at her intoxicated appearance with disbelief, his eyes wide open.

"Uh...are you serious?" Horatio complained in his mind, "Isn't this STC produced in the 22nd century?"

"Of course I'm serious! Captain, here's another piece, try it if you don't believe me!" Letty enthusiastically stuffed another piece of bread printed with ink into Horatio's hand.

Horatio swallowed.

[Well, never mind whether it works or not, just treat it as a piece of bread.]
Thinking secretly in his mind, he opened his mouth, took a bite, and chewed slowly to taste it.

! !
The moment he swallowed the bread, everything recorded on the pages of the book seemed to be directly engraved in his mind, so clear that the effect was comparable to if he had spent several days reading and reciting it.

"It really works?! This is amazing. This toaster can turn ordinary bread slices into 'memory bread'?" Horatio looked at Letty with a shocked face and asked in disbelief.

"uh-huh!"

Ratti raised his chin proudly, with a smug smile on his face, and said with a smile: "In the future, no matter what kind of mission you deploy or what kind of training you do for the troops and soldiers, just write it down, stick it with bread, and then use a 'toaster' to bake it. Let the soldiers eat it before departure. They will remember the information firmly, which will not only reduce the possibility of information carriers being stolen and leaked, but also improve the efficiency of your training of soldiers!"

"Then the money is well spent." Horatio nodded and agreed. "If in the future, whether it is establishing a naval infantry brigade, training Hell's Vanguard, or forming an Astartes regiment, the soldiers can eat and study during their three meals a day, which can save a lot of time for special learning and training, allowing them to quickly become efficient war machines."

"More importantly! I can acquire more knowledge that will not be forgotten and is almost impossible to steal in a shorter time through this physiological memory instead of storing data through an array!" Latti added excitedly.

"Can you really eat so much bread? Are you a hidden glutton?" Horatio said half-jokingly.

"Ah la~ don't worry, I have an implanted nuclear stomach."

Latti drew circles on her slightly bulging belly. “It can help me reduce the growth rate of hunger and prevent food poisoning. It can also increase metabolism by 125%, which means that my rest efficiency will increase by 3.75%.

When it is running at full capacity, it can also quickly decompose organic matter and convert the chemical energy released by oxidation into electrical energy for storage." She reported a string of data with a confident smile on her face.

?ha?

Horatio showed the same shocked expression as the cow cat, and said in shock: [Is this the oil man? Nuclear stomach? Is this a humanoid nuclear bomb in front of me?]
"Very good. If you have time, study more about that strange mucus, the advanced machine soul extractor, and the mysterious triangular obelisk given to us by Tiberius. I want to know if these gifts were given to us because they are simply useless, or if there are indeed some hidden secrets." Horatio regained his serious expression and said to Letty.

"Of course, don't worry, Captain. Since you have spent so much money to get me this new and valuable technological creation, I will work day and night to help you crack the secret!" Latti vowed, picking up the hem of her holy vestments and performing a lady's salute, while the prosthetic limbs behind her performed a gear salute at the same time.

(End of this chapter)