Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 286 Oxenx
After leaving Dionysus's Spear in the Armory, Nimrod returned to the palace and then entered the Land of Chaos.

After discovering that the prophecy die was fully charged, they took it back to the real world.

Ninglu's mind raced through the information he knew about Oxenx.

Rock World, Orxenx.

It contains the standard construction template for Star Castle.

Nimrod knew little about Ramirez’s retrieval of the Starfort STC, less than the Lemanrus battle tank, or rather, the Belik battle tank.

He quickly went through it in his mind and then silently recited it to himself.

[Star map of Vostonia leading to Oxenx.]

[…]
After reciting it silently eleven times, he stretched out his hand and threw the prophecy dice in his hand.

After the triangular cone tumbled several times in the air, it landed in Ning Lu's outstretched hand, and a scene that looked like a holographic projection appeared before his eyes.

After noting down the star chart, Ninglu entered it into the data crystal, silently reflecting on the situation.

The prophecy dice are incredibly powerful; even with my limited knowledge, they can pinpoint the exact location and interpret the horoscope.

Although it lacks combat capability, it is more powerful than its weapons. The Ramirez-class Starfortress will undoubtedly be the most strategically valuable of all the STCs.
As Ning Lu pondered, a scene suddenly appeared in his mind: a dilapidated, fearless mech-like, towering mechanical construct, dragging its heavy steps toward him.

He looked at John the Cat, whose vision was a glimpse of the future in the "monster's" mind, a phenomenon that had occurred frequently over the past few years.

"You've become a real 'monster'?" Ninglu asked, having just sensed that stars seemed to shatter within John's body.

“I…” John spoke Vostonia fluently, his ginger hair ruffled, “I don’t know.”

Nimrod activated his spiritual vision and saw that John's astral body was silvery-white. He then spoke.

“You’re a real 'monster' now.”

Black Wolf Freddy circled the Brainy Cat curiously, and with his keen intuition, he said, "It's definitely different now."

He raised his head: "But he's still much worse than me."

As Freddy scrutinizes John, Nimrod tries to interpret the revelation in the "monster" image.

I will encounter mechanical creations...

The future glimpsed by the "monster" is uncontrollable and far more random than that of prophetic psionicists; it may not even be in Oxenx.

What I know is that Ryan Ramirez recovered the STC from the Ramirez-class Star Fortress during the purification of Oxenx.
Ning Lu had a flash of inspiration.

Purify!
[Purify Orsenx, that is, Ryan believes there is something profane there.]

If he agrees with Old Man Huang's idea and views machines capable of independent thought and action as abhorring intelligence, then what he might be purifying is intelligent machinery.
Ning Lu's eyes flickered, and combined with the future visions peering out from the "monster," he became even more certain of his speculation.

While pondering this, Ninglu sent the prophetic dice back to the "Land of Chaos".

He summoned Arsène Dunn and gave orders to the Primarch's servants.

"Give the data crystal to Fleet Navigator Leader Eden Wiescher and prepare to lead the fleet to Oxenx."

After forming an alliance with the Vischer family, the Vischer family navigators were fully immersed in the "shadow of order".

The fleet's navigator and leader is Eden, the most outstanding of the younger generation of Veschel.

"Order the Eleventh Battle Group to prepare."

"At the same time, inform the Great Sage Lian that the location of the standard manufacturing template has been determined, and the fleet will set sail within ten working cycles."

Whatever is on Oxenx, since Ryan's Guard can purify it, his Honor Guard, Legion Think Tank, and Eleventh Chapter are sufficient.

The silver-haired Primarch's attendant records the Primarch's orders and begins carrying them out after leaving the palace.

On the Explorer, the Great Sage received a message from the Primarch's servant, and his logic engine pounded wildly.

[Really? // I predict that Ninglu's "soon" will be within ten years.]

Counting in Terran time, I searched for twenty-four years, five months, and twelve days, but found no trace of a sacred template.

It's unbelievable that Nimrod found another one so quickly; it doesn't make sense.

After five work cycles, the fleet of "Shadow of Order" and the Explorer set sail for Oxenx.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Oxenx.

On the bridge of HMS Kings Shadow, Captain Diana Pauline checks the video screen in front of her at her control panel.

The Punishment-class reactor replaced the previous plasma reactor, providing powerful propulsion for the massive Shadow of Reign, allowing the warship to decelerate smoothly during its final 520,000-kilometer journey into planetary orbit.

Diana didn't even feel the structural tremors caused by the unstable voyages resulting from past planetary gravity. Her blue-green eyes looked at the crystal screen; the reactor load was 15.42%.

The female captain thought with some regret: [No enemy ships, no battle.]

Unable to test the effectiveness of the Punishment-level Reactor and the automatically recharged Void Shield in actual combat, and without the opportunity to use the Simulated Sanctuary to command Void battles.
The female captain recalled the feeling of having complete control of all information during previous exercises and experimental use.

The entire fleet seemed to become part of her body; this novel feeling made her look forward to the moment when she could command the new Glory Queen-class battleships and destroy enemy ships.

The female captain put aside her slight disappointment and returned to the scan results of the oracles and Auger matrix, which were operating at maximum power.

Her fingers tapped and selected rapidly on the data tablet, and she systematically categorized the scan results before forwarding them to the Primarch's attendant.

Before the black throne, Arsène Dunn reviewed the information and then began to report.

“My lord, the star system you named Oxenx has four planets.”

As the Primarch's servant spoke, he manipulated his staff, causing a holographic projection of the galaxy to appear before him.

"The results of the Auger matrix scan show that none of the four planets in the system are suitable for human habitation."

"But on one of the planets, there is an unusual signal that is different from the Empire's existing identification signals."

Further analysis revealed that the planet is composed entirely of rock, with no air and no water.

Ning Lu nodded slightly. STC should be on that planet.

“Send a message to Lian, telling him that the standard building template is on that planet.”

The black stormbirds took off from the deck and flew toward the surface of Oxenx.

The gunboat was twelve kilometers above the ground when the pilot suddenly spoke, reporting to the Genetic Primarch.

"Father, the bird divination instrument detected an energy reaction, and the recognition rune automatically identified it as a high-threat hostile target."

"Continue descending." Ninglu gave the order, and the fifteen Black Stormbirds continued their descent.

Four kilometers above the ground, a blindingly hot beam of light shot out from the earth.

The Shadow of Order reacted swiftly, shoving the control lever and propelling the gunboat forward, the beam grazing the underside of the black gunboat.

As if a switch had been flipped, beams of light launched an attack on the gunboat.

Ninglu looked down and saw a dozen or so metal machines on the ground, their cables and wires exposed, crackling with electrical sparks.

Their eyes then lit up; those eyes were red, not blue.

Ninglu also keenly noticed that their fighting arms had not undergone adaptive changes, which made Ninglu deny his previous guess that they were Iron Men.

He saw the polished steel head, gleaming with a dazzling spiritual light.

Ninglu's brain spun rapidly, trying to match it with the main ingredient of the potion for the "Monster" Sequence 8 "Machine," the head of the Andrew robot.

He walked up to one of the honor guards and said, "Let me use your sword."

“Father, this is my honor.” The Honor Guard members presented the sword to the Primarch with both hands.

Ning Lu took his sword, walked to the cabin door, unlocked it, flapped his wings, and flew out of the cabin.

Nimrod infused his spirituality into the Dionysian Spear and hurled it.

A gleaming spear pierced the abdomen of an Andrew robot.

A dozen Andrew robots, their eyes flashing with a cold red light, locked onto the black-armored, golden-winged figure in the air, identifying it as the primary threat target.

The binary stream interacts, shares, and performs calculations within the brain of the Andrew robot.

Within one second, a firepower coverage strike plan was generated.

At the same time, the Andrew robot raised its right arm, and energy beams wove into a dense barrage of fire, shooting towards Ninglu.

Ninglu flapped its golden wings and spun sharply to the left.

Andrew's robot simultaneously twisted its arms, causing the fire network to move in unison, with not a single energy beam changing position.

The barrage of fire once again covered Ninglu's body.

The Antru robots possess supercomputing power; they calculate parameters such as the direction and speed of the genomicon's movement and predict its location.

Ning Lu spun around rapidly, only to find that the Andrew robot was firmly locked onto him.

With a thought, a rune lit up between the wings on his back.

　PS: I was watching the game last night and didn't finish writing. Chapter 2 will be scheduled for 23:23.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)