Travel to Warhammer 40K with Grey Wind

Mortarion silently read through the investigation report of the Musbell Blade battle group, secretly shocked.

He had never known the depth of the Truth Cult's research into alien technology and history, and the secrets of information they had mastered.

The Emperor during the Great Crusade had only one attitude toward all alien history, technology, art, and knowledge, and that was to completely destroy it. All attempts to understand aliens and any form of research were strictly prohibited.

The Emperor never explained the reasons for his actions to his subordinates or even his sons. All he asked was that everyone trust him and do as he told them.

Because the Emperor is right, what you do by following the Emperor's orders must also be correct. This is the psychological portrayal of most people during the Great Crusade. Everyone firmly believes that they are right, even if they actually don't. Know what you are doing.

Mortarion sighed softly, but it was unclear what he was sighing about.

Mortarion continued reading the second half of the investigation report:

There are a large number of planets with black stone deposits in the Garil star cluster. These planets are distributed regularly with two dormant undead tomb worlds as the core. Scholars of the investigation team believe that these two tomb worlds are the central nodes of the entire undead zone. Controlling these two planets will gain control of the black stone array of the entire Garil star cluster.

The two tomb worlds are named: Argonne and Oregon respectively.

The occupation of Argonne went very smoothly. With the virus code written by Professor Gustav, the Order of Truth successfully invaded the tomb network inside Argonne. Tens of thousands of Necrons in the tombs were killed in their sleep by the human invaders, and the Human Federation gained complete control of this tomb world.

The accident happened at the Oregon Star.

During the survey of the planet 'Oregon', the ground forces encountered a large number of attacks by Warp Demons. Chaos learned of the Confraternity of Truth's attempt to close the Warp rift in the Galliel Cluster again. The endless stream of Demonic armies obstructed the human fleet's occupation of this tomb planet.

The Musbel Blade Battle Group launched a long tug of war with Chaos on this planet.

It was during the stalemate between humans and demons that the ether giant Beamon came to the galaxy where the Oregon star was located. The Musbel Blade battle group, which was attacked from both sides, was forced to send a message for help to Faya.

This is the overall situation of the Galil constellation.

A video of a ground war was played by a holographic projection. Mortarion quietly watched the Truth Brothers enslaving a large number of Eldar soldiers and fighting against a steady stream of Chaos Daemons. There were also Untouchable soldiers wearing heavy Zero Element Armor maneuvering on the battlefield, and various heavy war machines roaring.

In the sky, a steady stream of spore airdrop pods fell from the sky, and a large number of Tyranids war beasts swarmed into the battle area between humans and demons to gnaw at them. The scene was once very chaotic.

But suddenly, Mortarion's pupils shrank slightly, and he captured something unusual in the chaotic ground battlefield.

——There are a large number of man-made mine tunnels on the surface of Oregon. They were dug by the Federal Army using digging pythons and Cybertron war bodies, and were used as entrances to invade tombs.

These densely packed pits, caves, and patios all have one thing in common, which is their overall shape of being concave from the outside to the inside, which is due to the digging direction of the construction machinery.

But among the concave pits, there is a huge crack protruding outward, which seems out of place.

This is not a mine or rock pit excavated by human engineering machinery, nor is it a mountain crack extruded by glacial geological movements. The fresh soil shows that this crack has just been born. And the process of its birth is from the inside out.

It is like a sapling is planted in a small flower bed. As the tree continues to grow, the flower bed, unable to bear the weight, is cracked and stretched from the inside out by the expanding and proliferating roots, and cracks continue to open up.

Mortarion stared at the battlefield in front of him. He saw tree roots wriggling like octopus tentacles, spreading out from the cracks in the earth's crust, crawling, spreading, and growing wildly.

Chapter 406 'The Disaster of Heresy'

The anomaly discovered by Mortarion was naturally also discovered by Grey Wind after reviewing the battlefield video footage. While the reinforcement fleet heading to the Gallil star cluster was gathering at the starport, Faya obtained a flesh and blood sample sent back from the front line of the Oregon theater.

Grey Wind found Russell with the sample and told him about the changes that had occurred underground on Oregon.

"After deep scanning with tachyon sensors, the frontline scientific expedition team discovered that the Oregon star itself has been almost completely hollowed out. The undead tombs sleeping inside the planet have also been completely destroyed. The black stone veins have been fragmented, leaving only A large number of tree root-like things made of flesh and blood organisms are entrenched in the interior of the planet and are constantly growing, squirming, and multiplying crazily... crowding the strata and bursting the crust."

Gray Feng placed a sealed container shaped like a glass capsule in front of Russell's desk and whispered: "This is a small inactivated sample retrieved by the ground troops from the 'roots' that spread out of the surface."

Russell reached out to the sealed container, and Gray Wind reminded: "Be careful, it's not dead yet."

"Yeah." Russell nodded, picked up the capsule, and observed the small piece of 'root' sealed in the capsule through the transparent capsule wall.

Although it is called a tree root, this sample does not contain any lignin or cellulose. Its main component is a kind of living flesh and blood from an unknown gene sequence. The rough epidermis has the same rough texture as tree bark. Despite being professionally inactivated by the researchers, this small piece of flesh and blood still retains its vitality. When Russell held it in his hand, it was still wriggling along the cyst wall.

"The flesh-and-blood tree roots on Oregon are still multiplying in a geometric progression. It is initially estimated that in less than a week, all the material on the entire planet will be completely swallowed up by the roots, and it will become a squirming mass. Meat balls.”

Gray Wind added: "In view of the fact that the Undead Tomb of the Oregon Star has been destroyed, the mission of seizing the tomb and closing the subspace rift has in fact failed. Do we want to give up reinforcing the Galil Star Group and evacuate the local troops deployed there? fleet?"

"It is a wise decision to stop the loss in time, but rational decisions are not always correct." Russell played with the sealed capsule in his hand, raised a finger and gently placed it on Huifeng's slightly pouting lips, and said: "The significance of this ball of flesh and blood tree roots is more important than you think, so I have to go to the Garil Star Cluster myself."

Gray Feng glared at Russell with dissatisfaction: "Stop talking about riddles, what on earth is this thing?"

"It is a relic that may be able to fill the insatiable eternal hunger of the Great Devourer. Its name is - the Root of Infinity."

In the reinforcement fleet heading to the Galil Star Group, Mortarion also obtained a small sample of a strange flesh-and-blood tree root.

Mortarion stood on a mechanical circular platform covered by a magnetic field. Several trainee truth-monks in white work clothes operated the mechanical arms on the platform and put on a set of dark green fine power armor for him.

The manufacturing process of this power armor is extremely sophisticated. The joining precision between different parts is so high that it can be measured in atoms. The armor coated with zero element has excellent defense while also being light and flexible. However, unlike the power armor worn by Astartes, it is not engraved with a large number of badges, marks, and religious runes. It looks clean and silent.

The difference between the mechanical creations of the Human Empire and the Human Federation is the difference between handicrafts and industrial products.

Mortarion was quite appreciative of this simple and neat design style. As the Primarch looked at the Zero Element Armor installed on his body, he felt that every joint moved without any sluggishness and every body part fit perfectly.

He couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect the work efficiency of the Truth Religion to be so high. It only took a few days for me to take over the military power of the reinforcement fleet. In such a short period of time, it's a shame that you were able to rush to create this tailor-made set." Fine armor.”

The researcher in white who was operating a robotic arm to install a propulsion module on Mortarion's knee was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You misunderstood, this armor is not tailor-made for you."

"This is one of our export products to the human empire. Huangquan No. 8 Forge World paid a high price to order this standard power armor called 'Badge of Heresy' from the Truth Adeptus Orthodox to equip their Ogryn armored forces."

"O...Ogryn?" Mortarion was a little confused.

"Well, we made some modifications to the original design of the 'Heretic Scourge' power armor based on your body parameters, and then we got the power armor you are wearing now." The white-clothed researcher adjusted the activity parameters of Mortarion's knee armor and said, "It is not technically difficult to tailor a new set of armor for the Primarch's body, but it requires another production line to build such a new set of armor. The cost cannot be reduced and the time is not enough."

Another trainee monk adjusted the power of the thruster on Mortarion's left shoulder, turned around and showed an apologetic smile to the original body: "In urgent matters, follow authority. The culture of the order is to seek truth from facts and put efficiency first. I hope you will Being able to adapt as quickly as possible.”

Mortarion opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out.

After a long while, Mortarion asked, "You just said that Huangquan No. 8 Forge World ordered this kind of standard mobile armor from you to equip their Ogryn troops?"

"That's right, what's wrong?" the trainee monk asked.

Mortarion shook his head gently. Putting aside his inner prejudice, he could feel the huge increase in this armor's physical ability. But the more this happened, the more doubtful he became:

"Ogryn is a deformed human being that has mutated after thousands of years of inbreeding in a heavily polluted radiation environment. Due to the mutation, Ogryn's IQ is only equivalent to that of an ordinary human child of a few years old, but he possesses a strong physical strength far beyond that of an ordinary Space Marine. This kind of deformed human with great strength but little intelligence is an ideal soldier for the Imperial Army."

"But while the Imperial Army uses Ogryn to destroy the enemy, they are also wary of their powerful strength. Once such low-intelligence units go berserk, it is difficult to control them, so the Logistics Department generally only equips Ogryn infantry with the most basic armor and melee weapons, so that even if a few Ogryns accidentally go out of control, the damage they cause can be controlled. This is the normal way the Human Empire uses the Ogryn species."

Mortarion said, glancing down at the mechanical arm that was connected to his chest armor. "The performance of this set of 'Heretic Scourge' power armor far exceeds any ceramite power armor I know of. It's incredible... Why did Huangquan No. 8 give Ogryn such a powerful weapon?"

This is so weird, this is not normal at all.

Even in the naked armor state, Ogryn is a ferocious beast that can fight armor-piercing Space Marines, but the Mechanic-Priests of Hell 8 chose to equip these simple-minded muscle monsters with over-developed limbs with powerful 'Bane of Heretics' models. Power armor.

Why did Huangquan No. 8 pay a high price to the Order of Truth and arm such a group of violent monsters?

"About this..." The trainee monk at the side put down his work and said thoughtfully, "I also heard it from my mentor. It is said that Huangquan No. 8 Forge World was invaded on a large scale by the Black Legion under the command of Chaos Warmaster Abaddon a few years ago."

"Yellow Spring 8 is a well-known and powerful forging world with extraordinary force. The Mechanical Magi believe that they are fully capable of thwarting the invasion of the Chaos Warmaster... But they are wrong. Abaddon's lackey, Asta, the traitor of the Black Legion, The agents released an army of extremely ferocious beasts, tearing apart the mechanized troops of Huang Quan No. 8 with absolute violence.

That kind of beast called 'Azjan Worm' possesses powerful physical power that almost subverts the laws of physics. Underworld No. 2 suffered heavy losses under the impact of the beast army. At least two warrior-level Titans were destroyed by swarms of Azjan Worm. Tear to pieces, the god's machine that the tech-priests were so proud of collapsed. "

"So, in order to fight against the ferocious beast army of the Chaos Warmaster, Huang Quan No. 8 decided to arm a group of more ferocious violent beasts."

As he spoke, the trainee monk puffed out his chest with pride: "My mentor is one of the main designers of the 'Heretic Scourge' type power armor. The export of this armor has brought the Federation more than one STC that Huangquan No. 8 treasured in his coffin."

Mortarion nodded thoughtfully and murmured: "...Azjan worm?"

Chapter 407 The Mother of Torture

"Grey Wind, have you seen Doraemon?" Russell asked casually while walking in the space station above Falla.

"No." Gray Feng shook his head.

Russell smiled and said: "Doraemon is a children's comic created by a cartoonist on the earth. One section of the comic reads as follows: In order to satisfy the greedy male protagonist Nobita, Doraemon takes it from his pocket. He took out the magical prop 'Multiplying Liquid' and dropped it on a chestnut steamed bun."

Gray Feng tilted his head: "Chestnut steamed buns?"

"After dripping the multiplication fluid, this chestnut bun will replicate itself once every 5 minutes, from 1 to 1, and after another 2 minutes, from 5 to 2. As long as it is not eaten, the self-replication of the chestnut bun will never stop, 4 to 4, 8 to ..." Russell said, looking down at the small piece of flesh and blood sample in the capsule in his hand.

Listening to Russell's bland narration, Huifeng shuddered and a look of panic appeared on his face.

Gestalt beings are far more sensitive to mathematics than ordinary humans. As soon as Russell finished speaking, she immediately realized the horror of this chestnut bun.

"According to your description, if we leave the self-replication of chestnut buns unchecked and allow them to continue to multiply at this expansion coefficient, when the number of chestnut buns reaches a certain critical point, the volume expansion speed of the stacked chestnut buns will exceed the speed of light... But there is no matter in the physical universe that can exceed the speed of light. That would require positive infinity of energy."

"The better result is that the chestnut steamed buns that have been copied to a certain number are pulled by their own mass and collapse into a super giant black hole. The worse result is that the expansion speed caused by the self-replication of the steamed buns is forced to exceed the speed of light, and the basic physical principles of the universe are forcibly broken. …”

Gray Wind became more and more afraid as she spoke. She recalled Russell's words that hinted at something, and looked at the sealed capsule in his hand. The small piece of flesh and blood sample in it seemed to be slightly larger than when she first brought it to Russell's desk...

"You mean, the root of infinity...?" Gray Feng's shoulders trembled slightly.

Looking at Huifeng's frightened expression, Russell laughed, "It's not that exaggerated. Doraemon is a funny cartoon for children, and the combat power of funny characters is extraordinary, so the chestnut buns dripped with multiplying liquid can replicate themselves out of nothing without consuming any other raw materials.

The Infinite Root is not that exaggerated. This relic cannot ignore the law of conservation of matter like in the funny cartoons. Its multiplication process is not like chestnut steamed buns coming out of nothing, but a more advanced mass-energy transformation. "

As he spoke, Russell threw the sealed capsule in his hand to Gray Wind: "Test the air composition in the capsule. If I remember correctly, the researchers of the Order filled it with inert gas to inactivate the flesh and blood sample of the Infinite Root."

Gray Feng immediately followed the instructions, and a nano-tentacle extended from her wrist and connected to the built-in pin of the sealed capsule, which brought about a terrifying result:

The capsule is completely vacuum, without any gas elements!"

Russell nodded: "As expected."

"This small piece of flesh and blood sample from the Infinite Root did not stop proliferating even in the inactivated state. It absorbed and transformed all the inert gases that the researchers filled into the capsule into a part of itself. It is reflected on the outside as this piece of flesh and blood sample. The flesh and blood increases in size, and the capsule itself is evacuated into a vacuum."

As Russell spoke, he and Grey Wind turned their gaze to the wall of the sealed capsule. The originally transparent and smooth artificial crystal had now become a little blurry, as if it had been through a layer of fine sandblasting.

"The Infinite Root has begun to transform the sac wall that imprisons it into a part of itself. The situation on Oregon Star is more urgent than we thought. We must act as soon as possible."

While Russell and Grey Wind were discussing the proliferative properties of the Root of Infinity and preparing to intervene on Oregon, the first reinforcement fleet to the Gallil Star Cluster had already set off.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the fleet did not use quantum slingshots as a means of travel. The random ejection of quantum states would cause the fleet's landing points to be dispersed, and regrouping the troops would consume a lot of precious time.

Therefore, the flagship of this reinforcement fleet is not the heavily armed Titan commonly used by the human federation, but a swarm biological mothership - the 'Mother of Torment' - produced by the biological factory of the organic Dyson sphere.

The core cavity of the Tortured Mother biological mothership is equipped with an artifact that Russell brought back from the Dark Angels' Stone Fortress: the Tuchucha Engine.

At the very moment when a huge storm swept through the Sea of ​​Souls, the artifact 'Tuchucha' created by the ancient saints was one of the few navigation methods that could still carry out ultra-long-distance subspace teleportation.

With the help of the precise subspace coordinates provided by the Tuchucha Engine, the ferocious mouthparts of the Tormented Mother tore the curtain between reality and reality, and the reinforcement fleet plunged into the turbulent Sea of ​​Souls and sailed towards the Galil Star Group.

In the 40st year of the 61th millennium, a large number of insect swarm biological ships headed by the Torture Mother slowly sailed out of the subspace rift in the center of the Galil star cluster, and the scarlet wave spread to the atmosphere of the Oregon star.

Wearing a full set of 'Heretic Scourge' type power armor and holding a huge sickle, Mortarion stood at the bow, looking down at the surface of the planet beneath his feet amid the constant sound of artillery fire.

If one word were to be used to describe the ground battlefield of Oregon Star, it would be 'purgatory on earth'.

The earth collapsed, the mountains cracked, and huge fleshy tentacles like tree roots stretched out from the cracks in the earth's crust where lava was flowing. They crawled and squirmed along the scalding ground, and waved in the air like arms, sweeping the missiles and drones hovering in the clouds into the ground and devouring them clean.

An endless stream of Chaos Daemons crawled out from craters and veins of the earth where sulfur and magma were rising. The flames of war from the Realm of Khorne burned on their bodies. The squirming flesh and blood between the mountains were dyed a dazzling bright red by the power of the Blood God. Occasionally, a few Tzeentch birdmen with flaming wings could be seen appearing and disappearing among the surging demon army.

The giant ether worms swam in the outer orbit of the planet, opened their huge mouths and spewed deadly spores into the atmosphere of Oregon. Bloody clouds covered the sky, and endless Tyranid war beasts fell from the sky on spore airdrop capsules. The sharp mouthparts of the swarms tore at the waves of flesh and blood surging in the valleys and rifts, and they attacked all the demons that blocked their way.