Warhammer: I, the Wizard of a Thousand Sons, Reorganize the Legion

Chapter 123 In-Depth

Li Wei was more concerned about the Gauss rifles scattered at his feet. After examining them for a moment, he bent down and picked up the rifle, which looked like a large toy, and played with it repeatedly in his hands.

Gauss weapons are the signature energy weapons of the Necromancers of the Space. They use molecular-level disintegration of the target as their killing principle, and have extremely strong penetrating and decomposing effects on flesh and armor. After hitting a living organism, they can directly tear apart the body structure, leaving it almost beyond saving.

After a moment, Li Wei tried to pull the trigger of the Gauss rifle, but after groping around for a while, he found that he couldn't find the start switch at all, so he had to throw it to the ground.

"Heh... I knew it wouldn't be that simple. The future of the Empire is truly uncertain. Its technology is locked at its limit, making it no match for the Necromancers, and even the Eldar are almost inferior..."

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He shook his head inwardly, knowing that the human empire's future was already sealed, its technology constrained by the dogma of the Mechanicus, making it utterly incapable of independent iteration and development.

Of course, Li Wei also knew that the limitations of human technology were not imposed by the Mechanicus, but rather caused by the gaps in the Dark Ages of technology.

However, the limits of human technology have been capped; technology can only be used for archaeological excavation.

Otherwise, this is why Horus didn't send his legions to fight the former galactic overlord head-on and find his offspring, but instead sneaked in.

He feared that the weapons in the hands of Shadow Moon Wolf and Thousand Sons wouldn't be enough to defeat the skeleton warriors of these space undead in a head-on confrontation.

"It seems that humanity's future still depends on psionic energy."

Li Wei withdrew his gaze, stood up, and said firmly.

He believes there is another breakthrough point for the direction of human development, and that is psionic energy.

Because he has memories of his past life and is a psychic in this life, he firmly believes that psychic power is the future of humanity.

"We don't know if it will work. Only by combining psychic energy with faith to change the future of humanity can we solve this problem once and for all."

Li Wei gathered his thoughts and immediately commanded the Thousand Sons warriors to follow the trailing force of the Shadow Moon Wolf warriors, venturing deeper into the tomb.

Before long, Livy, who had been crowding in the center of the crowd, came to the front of the procession and walked alongside Horus, pointing out the direction for the procession to move forward.

Originally, pointing out the direction was unnecessary, as Li Wei had already indicated the route before entering.

All they needed to do was follow their original plan to find the ten missing Shadowmoon Wolf warriors.

However, the reality is that the recent conflict caused Li Wei and his group to lose track of the location of ten Astartes.

After all, those ten Astartes were lost in this place and couldn't find their way back, so they would definitely wander around and grope in all directions.

"Go, turn left."

Li Wei said in a deep voice as he walked.

As soon as he finished speaking, Horus beside him and nearly a hundred Astartes warriors behind him walked heavily on the stone floor with its green, glowing patterns, toward the more sinister corridor to the left.

Not long after they started walking, Li Wei, who was at the front of the group, suddenly stopped. He noticed the corpse of a Shadowmoon Wolf Astartes warrior ahead of him, with only half of his body remaining, leaning against the corridor wall.

He frowned, looked at Horus who was examining the corpse, and said in a deep voice, "General, the direction is right, but if we continue forward, we will reach the core of the Necromancers in space. This will definitely disturb the slumber of the dynasty's army and trigger a full-scale war."

His eyes, tinged with purple patterns, had already detected that at the end of the corridor was a magnificent hall, where a group of slumbering space undead warriors lay asleep. Judging from their elaborate appearance, they were clearly more advanced than the space undead warriors they had encountered before, and were all formidable enemies.

As for the missing Shadowmoon Wolf warriors, Li Wei still hadn't found them. He had only relied on bio-psychic abilities to identify the psychic energy feedback from the creatures as they passed by, thus determining their location.

"Hmm..." Horus, having finished examining the body, straightened up and remained silent for a long while. "It seems the chances of survival are slim. Let's not continue the search and rescue."

Horus's words were filled with resentment and sorrow, but when he caught a glimpse of his own sons who had already suffered some casualties, he had no choice but to accept his fate and return the way he came.

Continuing the rescue would no longer be a rescue mission, but would result in the loss of even more elite troops. As a war commander, Horus knew how to make choices; unnecessary sacrifices were meaningless.

Most importantly, if we were to disturb the slumbering Necromancer dynasty and delay our return to Terra, that would be a case of penny-wise and pound-foolish, a loss that outweighs any gain.

"Okay... let's speed up the return trip then."

Upon hearing Horus's reply that he had withdrawn his troops, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately responded.

He turned around and informed the soldiers behind him of the news. His eyes, which had been constantly scanning and analyzing everything, suddenly saw a large, glowing white screen, about the size of a three-story building, in a blind spot he hadn't noticed before.

Li Wei immediately recognized this as the entrance to the Netway. As his gaze moved downwards, he was surprised to find three Astartes warriors dressed in pale white power armor. This stunned him. Was it really such a coincidence?

Just as they were about to leave, they found two targets at the same time.

One target: the missing Shadowmoon Wolf Warrior.

Another objective, the Shadowmoon Wolf and the Thousand Sons came to Thor to search for the Webway that leads to Terra.

This overwhelming surprise caused Li Wei to exclaim in disbelief, "This...is it right?"

He whirled around to look at Horus, who was walking away from him, and called out, "Warrior, wait!"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Horus, who was turning around, turned to the side, Terminator Armor emitting a dull mechanical grinding sound, looked at Levi, and asked in confusion.

Li Wei composed himself, strode forward, and said in a deep voice, "Commander, I have found the missing Shadowmoon Wolf warriors and also located the Web Path on Planet Thor."

"Really?" Horus's expression brightened, and he grabbed the shoulder of Levi's scarlet power armor, asking urgently.

"Yes..." Li Wei's shoulder slumped as he was gripped tightly. Helplessly, he raised his head and looked at Horus's excited face. He nodded. "However, the distance is too far. It will definitely alert the space necromancer guards along the way."

Li Wei didn't continue speaking. He felt it was unnecessary. With Horus's shrewdness, he definitely knew what was going on. Such an important decision should be left to Horus.

"Hmm..." Horus, who was extremely excited, was immediately sobered up by Li Wei's cold water and released Li Wei's shoulder.

He began to weigh the gains and losses, and decide on the next course of action. But the involvement was too much, which made him feel troubled. He unconsciously started pacing back and forth, while touching the simple ring that the emperor had given him on his chest, hoping that the emperor would guide his choice.

After all, the decisions that follow will most likely determine the fate of the empire.