Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 104 Hello, Visitors from an Unknown Civilization (5K)

He crouched down and connected the communication. "Two nanobots have been subdued. One of them was targeted by Gred, the Fenrir wielder! The other wasn't on the list! And he's seriously injured. Please send someone over to pick him up immediately!"

"Logging in, sir!" After receiving a positive reply from the communication, Gers hung up and looked up at the various passages around him.

Lyman's Ear allowed him to clearly hear the mechanical legions rapidly moving towards this location within the passage.

"Sigh..." Gers sighed helplessly. This guy thought he was so great. He wanted to show off in front of the Emperor, and this is what happened!
He took two thermobaric bombs from his waist and tossed them into the tunnel. Then, he found a spot to sit down irritably, guarding the two nanobots while waiting for the arrival of the receiving personnel.

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Seraphim battleship
After receiving news that two nanotech soldiers had been captured, Tie Hui immediately waved his hand and brought up a holographic image of the arrest list.

He scrolled down and saw the white-haired Greed, then clicked "Arrested." In his previous life, when he watched the anime *Nano Core*, he had a fairly favorable impression of Greed.

After all, this guy's arrogant and self-important attitude, as if he were in control of everything, was something that could easily make these immature teenagers identify with.

Especially his later suicide in resistance to AI Gass's control and his lingering feelings for Hea at the Ark of the Sacred Stones made him realize that this guy was a real man.

However… this unknown nanotech soldier, Thor, who was not in his previous life, made him fall into deep thought.

In the previous storyline, the Allied Forces' attack on Asgard, the home of the Asgardians, went far too smoothly. The Allied fleet was only able to hold off Hera and Fenrir, two nanobots, along with a large mechanical army. Furthermore, Fenrir, their strongest member, was also engaged in combat with Rei. They were simply unable to combine Hera and the mechanical army to confront the Allied fleet.

So no matter how you look at it, it seems a bit unreasonable.

After all, as the rulers of Yuanxing, how could the demi-humans, who were in the final stages of implementing the Ark Project, not even have a fleet?
Otherwise, in the voyage to find a new home, are we supposed to rely on these immigrant arks that have no offensive or defensive capabilities to slowly search for one?

Aren't they afraid of being attacked by other alien creatures?

So this is really wishful thinking!

Furthermore, in the original official storyline, the demi-humans had a spaceship docking station at Border Zone Dock 4.

Therefore, it seems that the demi-humans deliberately let the game go, and the later appearance of the Twilight Organization further confirms this conjecture.

It's likely that the demi-humans initially intended to use the Allied Forces to remain behind the scenes, especially since Project Ark was about to be launched.

During this period, humanity would absolutely not stand idly by and watch them take away most of the resources of Yuanxing. It would certainly have triggered a massive offensive by the Allied Forces, and the outcome would likely have been the same regardless of whether Ray Edas existed at the time.

As for the reason, it's not just because they're afraid of being attacked by humans, but it's also very likely related to the Ark of the Sacred Relic!

Why would he make that guess?
Five years after the Asgardian War in his previous life, a very abrupt plot point occurred. Ray was found by Luo and his group and taken to Shak's ship. They planned to travel to another planet to find the imprisoned Pax. However, to evade detection by the Golden Serpent and the Eastern Alliance, they needed Ray's Asgardian bio-authority to reactivate the shield generator.

This shield generator is the shield for the entire Asgard. It was a trap deliberately set by Garth, who had Greed turn off the shield generator to lure the Combine into an attack.

At that time, Rico had lost his biological rights, but five years later, Rico surprisingly regained his biological rights to Asgard.

This completely shocked Ray; he hadn't expected this outcome. Therefore, his first suspicion was that Gas had temporarily granted him the biometric privileges.

Therefore, based on this plot, it's possible that either Gus installed it on him voluntarily, or someone else installed it on him later, or even if Parks himself installed it.

This all suggests that the Assassins were only superficially destroyed. Compared to their true strength, this may only be the tip of the iceberg.

Based on this plot, this new nano-soldier Thor should be the new nano-core that the Twilight Organization and Asgard are secretly developing.

However, in the original storyline, the Ark's defensive mechanism consisted of Aesir nanotech soldiers. There were five holes at the Ark's location for storing nanotech cores, which, according to the original storyline, were secretly taken by Mimir.

Then appeared five nanobots: Baldr, Hera, Fenrir, Tyr, and Jormungandr. Therefore, it can be roughly confirmed that the nanobots possess the same nanocores that are part of the Ark's built-in defensive system.

They could also be described as the first generation of nano-vanguards, while this newly emerged unknown nano-vanguard, Thor, should be a replacement developed by the Asars themselves based on the nano-core.

But how exactly?

Only after they invade Asgard and take control of the entire planet will they be able to learn the true situation.

Thinking this, he pulled up Gers's combat logs. Looking at the video of the battle, he saw Thor, a nanotech soldier developed by the Asgardians themselves; its strength was probably considerable. If it could fully condense a nanotech shield combined with its own armor, it could likely withstand four or five explosive attacks.

But none of that matters anymore!

In the face of absolute boarding maneuvers, explosive guns, and chainsaw swords, everything else is just a paper tiger.

After adding the photos of Thor taken by Gels to the image list, they began to consider subsequent countermeasures. Nano-vanguards, or rather nanobiotechnology, were products of reverse engineering based on the Ark of the Type II civilization, or monitoring equipment.

While the nanotechnology here on Yuanxing is useful to them, the technology possessed by that Type II civilization is definitely more advanced and complete than the technology controlled by this group of demi-humans on Yuanxing.

Therefore, after confirming that this was a nanoworld, Tie Hui not only set his sights on the demi-humans' nanobiotechnology, but also on the so-called Type II civilization.

We must act swiftly and decisively. We need to find the Sacred Ark on the surface of Yuanxing as soon as possible.

Then start it!
This will alert that Type II civilization and prompt them to send a fleet over immediately. Then they can follow the trail and locate the Type II civilization's home planet.

As for whether they can win or not?

No need for pity!

In the face of absolute boarding action, all civilizations in the Nanocore world are utter trash.

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"Greed and his men have failed! The fleet's interception mission has failed. Launch the Ark immediately!"

AI Gass was currently executing orders at the elders' meeting. From the first shot fired to the end of the battle and the return of the mission log, less than half an hour had passed. "Get the Twilight Organization to finish their mission quickly! We..." AI Gass was still issuing orders.

"There's no escape!" But one of the elders suddenly sighed, saying with a touch of melancholy.

How could they possibly escape?
Just now, two of those four Type II civilization warships with distinctly religious designs have bypassed the battlefield and are rapidly advancing towards Yuanxing.

Its speed is so fast that even if the Ark took off and escaped an hour earlier, it would still be caught up.

"asshole!"

"Depart the hidden fleet on the Xun Shang immediately. It contains our backup technology, enough for the civilization of Yuanxing to continue!" AI Gass issued another mission, but immediately afterward, the probe transmitted back a set of data.

Because the planetary orbiter detected that one of the warships was flying towards Xun's direction.

This intelligence also means that all their backup plans have been exposed to the enemy.

Their underwear was completely stripped off!

"This! How is this possible?" AI Gass was losing control at this moment. His emotional module had begun to become disordered under the influence of this important level of the continuation of the Yuanxing civilization.

“Why not?” an elder sighed. “Everything we have is based on the Ark of the Sacred Relic, reverse-engineered. Can we really guarantee that those Type II civilizations won’t install backdoors inside?”

The elder paused for a moment, then chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I'm afraid that from the moment the Yuanxing civilization came into contact with the Holy Ark, the entire civilization has been under surveillance. It's even possible that with the development of technology, every move of every human being, including our Asa, could be seen by those Type II civilizations."

AI Gass remained silent, sitting blankly in his seat. The probability value for the continuation of the Yuanxing civilization, displayed in front of him, was rapidly decreasing.

Until finally it became... 0%
"Should we notify the Allied Forces?" an elder asked cautiously.

"So what if we've notified them? Do you think those allied forces will actually fight alongside us? Don't forget these so-called allied forces; the real power behind them is the conglomerate on Yuanxing. Not Pa..."

"enough!"

One of the elders, seeing that another elder was about to let something slip due to his emotional outburst, quickly waved his hand to interrupt him. He nodded slightly to the other elder and said, "Notify the Allied Forces and those conglomerates!"

"Ok!"

In the space of Asgard, two beams of light, one black and one blue, danced and darted through the surrounding starry sky, colliding and exploding with dazzling sparks.

This is Hodr and Badr, hacking at each other here.

The gods Hodr, the god of darkness, and Baldr, the god of light, not only fought each other in mythology, but also began their battle in reality at this moment.

Whether its fate will follow the same path as Hodr's killing of Baldr in the myth remains to be seen.

Hoddle slashed away Badr, who was charging at him. Looking at the nanotoxins analyzed by the AI ​​system in his palm, he couldn't help but curse, "Truly utterly stupid. After only such a short time, they've already learned that so-called human emotional flaw of sacrificing oneself for the greater good."

As he spoke, he swung the nanoblade in his hand, which slowly transformed into black nanoparticles that enveloped his arm.

Seeing this opportunity, Badr, who had been hovering in place and watching intently, knew the importance of striking while the iron was hot and immediately activated the engine on his back to charge forward.

However, the boomerangs behind Hodr, already poised to strike, surged in from all directions, trailing long streaks of dark purple light, to encircle and annihilate Badr. This bought Hodr time to eliminate the nanotoxins in his palm.

In less than a moment, the dark purple cloud of nanoparticles dissipated from Hoddle's arm, and the nano-armor that had previously covered his arm was now completely renewed.

The scratches and dirt from the battle on the armor had vanished. The blackish-purple cloud of nanoparticles transformed once more into the black nanoblade. "You think these little tricks will work on me?" The blade pointed directly at Badr, who was looking up at him from above. This condescending gaze inexplicably increased the pressure on Badr. "Although we are both cultivated nano-soldier soldiers, I can now easily metabolize these nanotoxins. Your little tricks are only somewhat effective against those implanted soldiers. But unfortunately for you... the one here isn't Greed, but... me!"

With a sudden downward swing of his arm holding the nanoblade, he created a blur of blade light, then, like a master swordsman, he stood upright, looking down at Badr. "If my nanocore fusion progress weren't still below 100%, you would have been slain by me ten minutes ago. But... in my current state, I'm more than capable of dealing with you..."

"Enough with the nonsense..." Baldr roared and charged forward. The surface armor of his shoulder armor unfurled like ladybug wings, and countless nano-missiles, like comets streaking across deep space, slammed into the boomerangs surrounding him. "Tell me, where is Hea!?"

Through the experiences he, the Allied Forces, Sugar Heart, and Luo Zu have gone through these days, he has learned to handle things calmly.

He absolutely cannot be held up here now, otherwise he will be unable to save either the Allied Forces or Haya.

"Huh? Kill me! Then you'll know where Hea is!" As he spoke, dozens of thin, sharp-angled triangular nanoblades suddenly materialized behind him, directly clashing with Baldr who was charging towards him.

Badr swung his nanoblade repeatedly, deflecting several incoming nanoblades. At the same time, several nanoblades materialized behind him and shot towards Hodr.

"BA-12, stop!" Just as Hoddle was about to continue his attack, Elder Gas's voice rang out in his communicator. This stopped Hoddle in his tracks, and he looked warily at Badr in the distance.

"Ray, stop!" Badr repelled the boomerangs and nanoblades surrounding him. He was about to accelerate and rush over, but Shak's voice on the comms made him freeze in place.

Meanwhile, the Allied fleet, the Assar's mechanical legions, and Hera, who was still blocking their way, all stopped their attacks.

"What's going on? Why did they stop attacking?" Sugar Heart stood in the ship's command room, looking at the Allied forces outside the bridge who had already ceased fire. She didn't understand why Shak had ordered a halt to the attack after receiving a message.

Luo Zu, Mike, and everyone in the command room looked at Xia Ke, who was standing behind them with a frown and his eyes closed, all puzzled.

"I just received orders from the Allied Commander that an unknown civilization's fleet has stormed in from outside the star system. At the same time, the fleet that the Asgardians sent to intercept them has been completely annihilated..." Shak opened the public communication channel, transmitting his words to every member of the Allied Command.

On the surface of Yuanxing, the leaders of all the human forces who were watching this war were also looking at the information sent by the Asars with grim faces.

Especially Luo Lie of the Golden Viper and Gao Jin, who was scratching his bald head in a daze. At this moment, Gao Jin was wearing Luo Lie's clothes, holding a wine glass in one hand and the wig he had taken off in the other. He looked blankly at the auxiliary police officers who came to arrest him, who suddenly lowered the guns pointed at him and threw him a communicator.

Meanwhile, Luo Lie in the shopping mall revealed a look of shock in his eyes behind his sunglasses.

Inside the Golden Palace, Gas was on the verge of losing control, but suddenly reverted to his AI form, as if he had been reset to factory settings!
Then, he swiftly issued orders to various departments, and at the same time, he transferred most of the information about the Holy Ark that Asa possessed to the financial powers on Yuanxing free of charge.

At first, these people thought it was false intelligence. They believed it was a trick by the Assal people to stop their attack, as they were already at their limit.

However, it wasn't until Gas received an order to also send the data terminal keys of the Assassins' orbital probes to these people, and then they had their respective technicians analyze them, that they believed the intelligence provided by the Assassins was true.

Type II civilization launched an attack on them!

……

The third planet in the Xun-Yuan star system is equivalent to Earth's moon, but it is an independent planet!

An Imperial Lunar-class cruiser, heading towards this location, slowly came to a stop in the planet's orbit.

The Mechanicus shuttle, carrying the great sage Yuramirs and the sage Huierdan, along with a group of mechano priests, led several Thunderhawk gunships carrying the mechano-armed cultists as they descended toward the surface of Xun.

Before them landed Hart Neff and the rest of the Astartes crew. They landed heavily on the planet's surface in their drop pods.

The first to arrive set up a makeshift defensive line, awaiting the arrival of the remaining mortal auxiliary troops to take over.

Based on the coordinates scanned by the warship, the entrance to where Pax was imprisoned was precisely located. However, within its intricate network of passageways, a large number of mechanical legions launched a concentrated attack.

A flashbang smoke grenade cleared the way, and the Terminator armor was the first to enter. Its robust defenses withstood dozens of beam attacks head-on.

The explosive gun mounted on his wrist roared into action, and Kraken armor-piercing rounds instantly created one breach after another in the condensed nano shield.

The warhead struck the armored shells of the robots and exploded.

The other Astartes brothers following behind didn't even have time to fire; they just watched silently as their brother, clad in Terminator armor, stood out from the crowd.

“According to the portrait on the list, this little guy is none other than Pax Mimir, who is already several hundred years old.” Hart Nef held a bomb pistol at his waist in one hand, but the muzzle was pointed directly at Pax, who stood with his hands behind his back and looked old and worn. His other hand gripped a power sword, ready to deal with any possible danger.

"Greetings from an unknown civilization!"

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(End of this chapter)