Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 400 Theory of Coexistence
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It rained continuously.

Qin Xia walked out of the portal and stopped.

The captain and his wife of the White Knight, the think tanks, Qin Xia's entourage... Everyone stood behind Qin Xia, looking at the imperial personnel in front who were responsible for welcoming guests from afar.

Thousands of people stood together, all of them members of Caliban's ruling elite.

The subordinate holds an umbrella for his superior.

These people were dressed differently, the only thing they had in common was their performance at the moment.

They were silent.

His body and head were tilted, not facing Qin Xia and others, but his eyes were facing Qin Xia and others.

These people lowered their heads slightly, with unfriendly eyes and cold expressions.

In the pouring rain, the only sounds were the crackling of raindrops hitting the ground and the splashing of water from the waterfall nearby as it poured down from thousands of meters, but there was no sound of anyone talking.

Raindrops splashed on Qin Xia's gorgeous armor, flowing between the beautiful patterns on the armor's surface that Fulgrim designed and carved himself.

He was also silent, and two scarlet rays of light from his helmet fell on the imperial personnel in front of him.

At the same time, I thought that perhaps it was the influence of chaos that caused these people to behave like this.

Whether they are bureaucrats from the Empire, Nuceria, or somewhere else... no matter what their thoughts and ideas are, there is one thing in common, that is, they all know how to behave as human beings.

Smiling but concealing a knife is the norm.

In the silence that seemed to last forever, a think tank slowly walked up to Qin Xia and gently raised his hand.

Where the White Knights were standing, bean-sized raindrops falling from the sky floated in the air, as if time had stopped.

Both sides waited in silence.

At this time, Qin Xia looked up at the waterfall beside him.

Suddenly I remembered that Luther had once shown this place on a data pad.

It’s called Vow Falls.

During the time when behemoths of Caliban were rampant, members of the Knights Templar were revered and supported by the people. The knights were required to devote their entire lives to protecting the people. They would wear power armor under the waterfall that was thousands of meters high and reached the clouds, enduring the impact of the waterfall while swearing loudly.

Qin Xia still remembers how amazed he was when he saw the scene on the data board.

But now, only a corner of the hive city can be seen above the waterfall. The water pouring down from the waterfall is yellow and black, emitting a foul odor that requires the think tank to use psychic power to isolate.

Heavy metal waste liquid from the hive city and wastewater generated in daily life all rush and pour into this natural sewer.

From time to time, some lumps would fall into the water with a splash.

Qin Xia looked away and looked at the imperial personnel.

After a moment, these imperial personnel suddenly smiled and walked in another direction.

Because Luther is here.

Luther came over with the Dark Angels and greeted these imperial personnel very enthusiastically.

Qin Xia could see that those imperial personnel really liked Luther, a closeness that came from the bottom of their hearts.

Luther greeted and was greeted by every core member of the empire's ruling class, all the while walking without stopping, all the way to Qin Xia.

"Here I come." Luther held Qin Xia's hand.

"Coming." Qin Xia nodded.

Luther then whispered in the communication channel: "Sorry... I need to take care of something just now..."

In order to prove that his lateness and what he said now were not excuses, Luther sent the message stored in the armor to Qin Xia.

Qin Xia looked at the information and found that it recorded a local Caliban investigator who discovered a place in the hive city where a sacrificial ceremony was suspected to be taking place.

There are also secretly recorded video images.

In the video, a group of people were locked in cages, crying out for help but getting no response in the dark lowest level of the hive. A man in a black robe holding a promethium sprayer stepped forward and sprayed fire at the cages.

At the end of the video, the man holding the sprayer suddenly turned his head and looked towards the camera.

"The investigator is dead." Luther said in the communication channel, "But fortunately I can still find the things he left behind, otherwise I would have no idea what happened."

Qin Xia sighed, looked at the imperial personnel, and then looked at the hive city.

The heavy rain was still pouring down, and dark clouds were pressing over the hive city.

The black liquid flowing from the Oath Waterfall at the foot of the hive is just like the information provided by Luther. It is the most inconspicuous and unremarkable part of the darkness flowing out of the hive.

"Welcome." Luther's voice turned outward, and he shook hands with Qin Xia's entourage one by one.

Among all the dark angels beside Luther, there was one person he trusted the most who followed him. When shaking hands with Orina and the others, Luther smiled and said, "Even if it's just the Lord of the White Knights and his followers, they are enough to reverse the outcome of a war and destroy a force and an alien nation."

"You are absolutely right." Brown shook Luther's hand, "But please allow me to humbly remind you that we once took down an ancient warship the size of a land plate with just a dozen think tanks, so destroying a modern alien country is as easy as taking candy from a sack."

"Oh." Luther smiled and said to his confidant beside him, "You must be the most humble person on the White Knight."

Luther then shook hands with Orina and Quadrant and came up to the captain and his wife.

Luther held out his hand to the Captain, who did the same.

Then, at the same time, they adjusted the trajectory of their outstretched hands upwards, touching their hair or helmets instead.

The captain was the only one among all the people Qin Xia brought who did not shake hands with Luther. After shaking hands in turn, Luther took the visitor away.

Before leaving, Qin Xia took a last look at the Nest City and the imperial personnel.

He could read a lot of dissatisfaction from those people's eyes.

It should be because Luther did not perform the Sky Eagle salute or even the knight salute when receiving the guests, but saluted in the way Qin Xia was more accustomed to.

……

The White Knight crew stayed at Luther's home.

Luther had no home in the strict sense, neither a house nor family members.

The man who was the Lord of the Order before Lion was raised to replace him, now has a headquarters from the days of the Order, the only place he can call home after the great changes on Caliban.

This is a large fortress standing at the end of the Oath Falls River. It looks like a medieval castle built with various high-tech materials.

The walls and castles were filled with dark angels.

This is the only place on the Dark Angels' homeworld of Caliban that can be said to actually belong to the Dark Angels.

The technological level of Caliban is actually not low. Before the arrival of the Empire, Caliban knights wore power armor and carried bolters or power swords to hunt behemoths.

Things that look like medieval artifacts but are actually very advanced in their cores can be found everywhere.

The guests who got off the White Knight were led by Luther into the castle wall gate and into the hall.

Flags from the Knights Templar period were hung in the hall. These flags had long been covered in dust and looked as dusty as the furnishings in the hall.

"I see there are some servants here." Qin Xia looked at the people moving bedding back and forth in the hall, "Why don't they clean up the flags or something?"

"Those are things of the past, and things of the past should be covered in dust." Luther stared at the flags hanging on the walls of the hall. "These servants are not really servants. They are people who lost their husbands and children in the attacks of giant beasts, or are disabled. During the Knights' period, they made a living by doing odd jobs in this castle. It's not appropriate to ask them to go up high to wipe the flags that are dozens of meters high."

Qin Xia nodded.

An old servant with a cane came over holding a uniform. "Sir, this is what the Astartes wear... but if you want to wear it, you may need to alter it. I will help you measure it."

"No need." Qin Xia took off his helmet and held it in his hand, and took the ordinary clothes with his other hand, "I can wear even ordinary people's clothes."

The old man bowed respectfully, then took the people brought by the Lord of the White Knights into the castle to arrange accommodation.

Qin Xia and Luther went to a small room in the hall.

A suit of armor is on display here.

Luther glanced at the armor nostalgically, then sat down at a small square table.

There was a half-empty bottle of wine on the dining table.

Apparently, Luther would come to this room in his spare time, drink, look at the armor that represented his past glory, and recall every little detail of the past.

"Do you know the influence of chaos?" Qin Xia asked straight to the point after sitting down.

"Ah?" Luther looked up at Qin Xia abruptly, but the expression on his face was not confusion, but surprise as if to say "Why are you so direct?"

"Chaos influence." Qin Xia said calmly, "You Calibans may not use this word, but the meaning is similar."

"Yes, that's right." Luther's eyes slowly moved upwards, and he said while recalling, "After Ryan decided to kill all the behemoths of Caliban, we began to gradually clear out the behemoths around human settlements and exterminate them... After the behemoths in an area are exterminated, some people will go crazy and even do more cruel and terrifying things."

Qin Xia nodded to indicate that this was what he was talking about.

Luther continued.

"When Ryan decided to kill all the behemoths, a group of knights strongly opposed it. They said some extremely absurd theories."

"What are you talking about... Behemoths and humans should coexist. They are helping us resist more terrifying things. Their existence is a gift from Caliban to the people on it. It is not us, the Caliban Knights, who are protecting the people, but the behemoths."

"But no one cared at the time, because in our view, those beasts had been slaughtering people. The people supported us knights and respected us knights because they wanted us knights to stop the beasts, so that their families would not die in the mouths of the beasts, and the wealth they had worked hard for half a lifetime would not be lost in one day because of a wild animal."

At this point, Luther sighed and said, "Now it seems that what they said may not be unreasonable."

"The theory of coexistence is correct. The existence of the Caliban beasts is not without reason. They can prevent chaos from eroding people... but they are also full of evil. If I were you Calibans, I would also say that they should be destroyed." Qin Xia said.

Luther savored Qin Xia's words, then lowered his voice: "But this theory is a secret, because... it is not the truth of the empire. I have also heard some things about chaos, but these cannot be discussed with others..."

"Because you're afraid that others will be more easily affected by Chaos after knowing it? I agree." Qin Xia nodded. "I wouldn't say this to anyone else, but I will say this to you because you have amazing willpower. If you don't have a breakthrough in your heart, you won't be affected by Chaos. That's why I say this."

Qin Xia agreed that the Emperor used the lie of Imperial Truth to cover up the truth and the existence of Chaos, because ordinary people would be more easily influenced by Chaos when they learned of its existence.

But whether to say it or not also depends on who you are facing.

There is no need to hide anything when facing the Primarch.

Similarly, there is no need to conceal the truth when facing someone like Luther who, when Caliban was hopeless and the conflict between him and Lion had accumulated to the extreme and he was bewitched by Chaos and was about to kill Lion, was able to wake up and use his will to restrain the influence of Chaos.

"I told you when you arrived at Dawn Star that I would find a way to properly clean out those Imperial administrators." Qin Xia subconsciously glanced in the direction of the Hive City. "The method I mentioned is to find evidence that they were corrupted by Chaos. The Emperor and the Seal Holder fear Chaos more than they fear the Abominable Intelligence."

"Caliban is different from Nuceria after all. What if the Empire sends people to manage Caliban and it is eroded again?" Luther asked.

"Now the Primarchs and Legions have interests in the Imperial Senate." Qin Xia said calmly what he had already planned, "I will find a way to get the Imperial Senate to send a manager who suits your wishes."

Luther remained silent, revealing a mysterious smile.

Qin Xia also smiled mysteriously: "Elite managers, puppets, or cowards, tell me which of these people you think is suitable to stay in Caliban, and I can help you coordinate with the Imperial Parliament. This is the benefit of having an Astartes seat in the parliament."

Hearing this, Luther laughed and continued, "Whenever I see you, I feel like... even if a huge crisis is imminent, it won't be a big deal at all."

Qin Xia smiled proudly, and suddenly looked thoughtful: "Give me some time to think carefully about how many people you are who think this way."

(End of this chapter)