At this moment, the ominous fleet led by these two Chaos flagships is sweeping across the sky above the asteroid belt and heading straight for the Imperial defense line.

The reason why their actions were so reckless was that a civil war had just broken out within the Chaos United Fleet.

As soon as the Sons of Change team that stayed behind on the "Oracle of Truth" arrived in the Faya airspace, they tried to contact the main force of the Sons of Change that had previously infiltrated the empire, but received no response. Coupled with the unscathed Seekers star base and the regrouped Imperial fleet, they easily came to the conclusion that their main force had overturned and been wiped out.

Upon learning of this, the Perfect Ones Warband immediately showed their allies the self-cultivation that Chaos followers should have - they decided to add insult to injury.

The leader of the Perfect Ones warband, the powerful Astartes nicknamed "The Bloodthirsty Upstart", acted decisively and led a team of troops to board the Oracle of Truth, forcibly seizing the flagship of the Sons of Change warband as his own.

On the battlefield, thieves robbing each other will naturally shake the morale of the army. The bloodthirsty upstarts and their perfect warriors naturally understand this truth, but they have lost the intelligence provided by the Son of Change, and there is no way to stabilize the morale of the army and formulate a battle plan.

Therefore, having no plan became the only plan. They chose to rely directly on their most powerful advantage, that is, military strength, and so they directly brought the main fleet A over.

Facing the menacing Ark of Elysium and Oracle of Truth, as well as the huge fleet under their command, Miraak showed no fear. The scarred Flame of Repentance, carrying the Cathedral of Glory and the Statue of the Emperor, sailed to the front line and quickly engaged the enemy.

At the same time, as soon as the command agency was transferred to the Seekers star base and sat down, they discovered something unusual:

"When and by whom was the roof of the central control room removed?"

There is one more watch and it’s almost dawn.

Chapter 64 Judge

On the rubble belt outside Faya, the Imperial Army and the Chaos Fleet have already begun the first round of fighting.

The command body composed of a large number of officers and communication personnel did not bother to find out where the roof of the control room had gone or what the tower above their heads was. They stepped over the large suspicious bloodstains on the ground, thinking that they were traces left by the Mechanicus Skitarii when they repelled the traitor invasion, and quickly plunged into their intense work.

The scarred hull of the battleship Fire of Repentance continued to pour out fierce firepower, and its almost self-mutilating movements forced the enemy warships to move to the position it had calculated, creating opportunities for the ultra-long-range and precise sniping of the star base's artillery.

Faced with the might of multiple Chaos Astartes warbands, Miraak could only resort to this last resort. His own chapter had been almost wiped out, and the Imperial fleet, which was mainly composed of mortals, was unable to offer any substantial and effective resistance against the Chaos Astartes' boarding attacks, not to mention that the other side could also summon the help of demonic allies, while the number of Grey Knights on his side was extremely limited.

In the central control room of the Seekers, everyone was busy as they coordinated the deployment of defense forces, responded to requests for firepower and material support from frontline officers, and also tried to withdraw ships from the tense war to return to the surface of the planet Faya and transport valuable combat forces such as the Battle Sisters and Imperial Guards who remained on land to space to participate in the war.

No one has the energy to pay attention to their work environment in the busy work, but there is still one person who noticed the unusualness of the three-legged tower above his head.

That was the former Inquisitor, Bernatita, who had been dismissed from the Inquisition.

Although he has been removed from his position as Inquisitor and all corresponding powers, in fact, if an Inquisitor succeeds in causing something so big that the Tribunal needs to remove him from office, it often means that the Inquisitor's personal ability has become so strong that the Tribunal is helpless.

This is also the reason why Bernatita was able to enter the control room.

The status of an Inquisitor does not depend on the rank of his position in the Inquisition - in fact, many Inquisitors do not like the constraints of being in a high position - the rose knot representing the Inquisitor's identity is often simply an identity, a legitimate fulcrum, nothing more.

The power in the hands of each judge is not granted by the position, but is fought for by himself. How many resources can be mobilized, what authority does he have, what kind of affairs he is involved in...all these will vary depending on the personal ability and skill level of different judges.

A powerful Inquisitor is not afraid of anyone, and a weak Inquisitor is not afraid of anyone.

Bernadette belongs to the former. An Inquisitor who can gather two huge fleets, the Martyrs and the Pilgrims, with a lie is certainly not just for show.

Before being tried and convicted by the prophetess herself, the most Espadaenas could do was to make things difficult for her to disgust her, but he was unable to truly punish this all-powerful judge.

After entering the central control room of the Seekers with the help of some channels, Bernatita, who had been dealing with alien heretics for many years and had even been accused of being a heretic by her colleagues many times, immediately discovered the unusualness of the three-legged tower that replaced the steel dome above the control room.

"That's not human writing, nor is it any alien writing that I know of, but the structure is very clever and sophisticated. It seems to be related to amplifying some kind of signal?" Bernadette stood among the civilian staff coming and going, looking up at the three-legged tower above her head, wondering, "Moreover, there is a faint psychic fluctuation coming from the center of the tower..."

She tried to find a few low-level technicians who stayed at the star base to ask about the tower, but they knew nothing about it. Just a few hours before the war broke out, the control room was covered with a steel dome that they had assembled with their own hands. The technical priests also wanted to know where this thing came from.

Who could demolish the steel dome of the Seekers' base and replace it with a signal tower that looked like an alien creature in such a short time?

A name naturally came to Bernatita's mind.

She quickly bypassed the supervision through powerful connections and bribes, and took back her equipment that was sealed in the hands of the state religion with the help of a transport ship that went to Faya to transport troops:

A set of advanced "Ranger" power armor tailored for her by the forging master of Nifol Prime - engraved with loyal binary prayers; a magic book of pleasure seized from the hands of the Slaanesh heretic, a blood-drinking magic sword obtained after killing Khorne believers, two rings inhabited by two mutually hostile Warp demons; a new type of bolter blessed by the great sage Cawl himself, 4 sacred ammunition containing the powder of the remains of saints, 13 special bolt bombs containing the ashes of the untouchables...

Bernatita's equipment is so sophisticated that it even surpasses many Space Marine Chapter Captains. As a radical among the radicals of the Inquisition, she would not have survived until now if she did not have some means.

After putting on the equipment that would make any demon report her to the Inquisition, Bernadette returned to the Seekers star base again. This time, she held a grenade launcher in her left hand, a bloodthirsty sword in her right hand, and a magic book of pleasure on her waist. After making all the preparations, she used the Lord of the Rings hanging on her chest to cast a short-distance teleportation spell and teleported herself to the top of the Seekers.

The three-legged tower installed on top of the star base is actually very small compared to the entire Seekers. It is like a candle stuck on a watermelon. Its function is that of an antenna extending outside the body, but its workmanship is more delicate and complicated.

Three Grey Winds, dressed differently, were squatting on the top of the tower, preparing to light the candles. The Sons of Change warriors, who had been dismembered into human sticks, were hung behind them, twisting and making creaking sounds.

Russell leaned on the mechanical structure engraved with Zelo characters, and his psychic vision looked across space, gazing at the fierce battle between fleets in the outer galaxy from afar.

"The last Chaos battleship has also jumped out of the warp. Let's ignite it and see how long the psychic energy of these charlatans can burn." Russell said softly.

Gray Wind received his order and was about to respond, but the next moment, the three Gray Winds put down their work and rushed in the same direction, their speed was so fast that they were like three bullets leaving the chamber.

"Gray Wind, wait for you..." Before Russell could finish his words, Gray Wind, who was dressed as a nun of the Anglican Church, had already slashed the neck of the woman who had quietly appeared behind the marshal with her knife.

Literally meaning a hand knife, Gray Wind's left hand quickly reorganized into a silver-white blade while slashing towards Bernadette, and collided with the Blood-Drinking Demon Sword that Bernadette subconsciously raised.

In an instant, a deep gash appeared on the blade of Huifeng's left hand.

"What a quick reaction. The knife is so hard."

Grey Wind immediately discarded his severed left hand. Behind him, Grey Wind in a white robe and Grey Wind COSing as the Inquisitor reconstructed their bodies on the left and right. The wriggling nanorobots quickly turned these two pleasing beauties into outright war machines.

Thousands of gun barrels of all sizes grew out of Gray Wind's body, fully charged at the same time, and aimed at every inch of Bernatita's body.

"What kind of monster is this..." Bernatita was shocked.

Chapter 65 Psychic Dust

Can't win - this was the only thought that came to Bernadette's mind after she was targeted by nearly a thousand energy arc generators on the two Gray Winds.

Huifeng, whose left hand had just been cut by her Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, immediately gave up the melee attack and instead tore off his clothes. From his chest, palms, abdomen... rows of hot weapons grew out, ready to go.

Even Bernatita, who had been slaughtering aliens with the Death Watch for many years and had personally exterminated several weak alien races, had never seen such a scene.

These three humanoid combat machines, formed by the aggregation of micro-robots, are even more extreme than the extinction machines produced in the dark age of technology...

After realizing that she had no chance of fighting, Bernadette easily came to the conclusion that she should run away. However, when she wanted to use the Lord of the Rings hanging on her chest to activate the teleportation spell to escape, she discovered a terrible fact:

The two hostile Warp Demons that inhabited the two Lord of the Rings had stopped their eternal fight at some point. The two Lord of the Rings were quieter than ever before and did not respond to her call at all.

"The sword blessed by Khorne, the magic book of Slaanesh, and two rings that respectively house a Tzeentch demon and a Nurgle demon..." Russell looked at Bernadette with an extremely strange look in his eyes: "You actually collected all the blessings of the four gods?"

He couldn't see Bernatita's expression through the fully enclosed helmet of the power armor, but the other party recognized who he was.

"You...you are, 'Star Bullet?'" Bernadette seemed very surprised and put the weapon in her hand back behind her waist.

She is a very smart woman. Knowing that she cannot beat the opponent and cannot escape, she chooses to lay down her weapon to win the opponent's favor.

Russell did not answer her question, but just looked up at Bernatita's helmet with interest.

His height was considered tall among ordinary human males, but Bernadette was originally over 1.9 meters tall. After putting on the power armor, she was already taller than the average Space Marine. When Russell stood in front of her, he was like an ordinary human facing an Astartes.

Two of the Gray Winds' weapon systems were still firmly locked on Bernatita, while the remaining one put away its weapon, turned around, opened its arms and gave Russell a big hug.

Gray Wind's body quickly disintegrated and reconstructed in the process of hugging him. Countless nanorobots crawled over every inch of Russell's body in a few seconds, and just like that, it turned from a humanoid combat weapon into a layer of armor worn on Russell.

Only when the Marshal's safety is guaranteed can Grey Wind allow himself to execute Russell's order to "stop firing."

Bernatita watched the humanoid weapon disintegrate in front of her. Her slightly relaxed nerves made her notice the dozens of Chaos Astartes hanging on the tower by a steel cable behind Russell. They had no hands or feet, and even their jaws had been forcibly torn off. They had been dismembered into human pigs, and their bloody bodies were still struggling and twisting, with resentful eyes staring at the "Star Bullet".

This strange and curious scene made Bernatita immediately understand why the Seeker, which had few defensive forces, was able to remain safe and sound during the invasion of the Chaos Astartes.

Because the Star-Bullet is here.

Even the sudden appearance of this tall tower becomes reasonable because of the existence of the Star-Bullet.

"According to records, during the Dark Ages of Technology, humans once absorbed and used a large amount of alien technology to enhance the efficiency of their own equipment..."

The void shield, which is widely used nowadays, is one of the results of human beings' research on the subspace during the dark age of science and technology: the damage-bearing principle of the void shield is damage transfer, which transfers almost all the energy impact it receives to the subspace, allowing the sea of ​​souls to bear it.

Looking at the obscure alien characters on the Zero Storm Projector Tower, Bernatita recalled the many Forge Worlds she had visited in the past, as well as the various ancient materials discovered and collected by the Mechanical Society: "The Warp was not a taboo during the Dark Ages of Technology. Humans had achieved brilliant results in their research on psychic power and the Warp - is this tower one of them? What are its capabilities?"

As if he had seen through her thoughts, Russell turned his neck to adjust to the feeling of Gray Wind tightly wrapped around him, and said, "This is indeed a creation based on alien technology..."

He did not mention why he was here, but simply explained to Bernatita in brief words the working principle and purpose of the Zero Storm Projector.

Then, in front of Bernadette's astonished and relieved eyes, Russell came to the Sons of Change hanging on the tower. He pointed a finger at the forehead of one of the Chaos Space Marines, and then a thin psychic flame began to burn from the outside to the inside.

"The alien race called Zero once discovered that by triggering a controlled psychic chain reaction in their bodies, they can burn their own bodies and souls and those of their kind into a psychic dust that contains enormous power. This is the energy source of Zero's storm projector."

Russell carefully manipulated the psychic flame in his hand and continued slowly, "After a long period of follow-up research, we found a way to trigger this psychic chain reaction in other psychic races, such as humans."

Having the soul burned by psychic fire is obviously extremely painful. Even Chaos Space Marines were tortured to the point of excruciating pain in the thin flames, but they could not utter even the slightest scream or struggle. Only their muscle-bound torsos spasmed and twisted like snakes.

As Russell spoke casually, the body of a Son of Change warrior gradually burned up and turned into a handful of crystal clear and beautiful psychic dust that accumulated in his palm.

"It's a bit small... the power is also a bit weak, which is expected. It can be barely used." Russell shook his head. If it were the Eldar, or Alpha or Beta-level psychics, would the shipment volume be higher?

"Are you planning to use these psychic dust to activate the storm projector, create an artificial storm in Falla, and trap the entire Chaos fleet here?" Bernardita asked a little excitedly.

She was one of the few people who knew about the existence of the L-Gate, and she also understood that what Miraak was waiting for while struggling on the front lines was the support army that would come from the core galaxy Nirvana after the L-Gate was opened.

And if the Star-Bombards can use artificial storms to trap the Chaos fleet in Faya, then, with the support of a large force, they can completely wipe out the entire force of this Chaos invasion! No enemy can escape the Emperor's sanctions!

"I do intend to trap the dogs of Chaos in Faya, but not to cooperate with the reinforcements you are waiting for." Russell held up a small mountain of psychic dust in his palm and slowly approached the core of the top of the tower of the Zelo Storm Projector. As he walked, he said:

"Because there is no so-called support fleet."

“No, it’s not!” Bernadette was so excited that she wanted to walk up to the Star Bullet and argue with him, but the sizzling sound of the dense energy arc generators on the two Gray Winds made her give up the idea. She had to stand where she was and retorted: “As long as the L-Star Gate is assembled, Nirvana…”

The Stargate has already been assembled." Russell said calmly.

Chapter 66 Dancing with Dragons

As Russell finished speaking, a terrifying possibility emerged in Bernatita's mind.

That fact was so despairing that even though she was mentally strong, she subconsciously wanted to deny it. But the indifferent Star Bullet did not give her the opportunity to deceive herself.

Powerful psychic energy pulled her spirit across the space, and the brilliant galaxy dimmed, as if covered by a gray filter. Even the stars in the center of the galaxy were dimmed. In this gloomy and dark atmosphere, she saw it.

The headless statue of the Emperor raises his left hand high on the outskirts of the galaxy, and a bright "lantern" emits a striking green glow in the starry sky.

That is the L-gate that has been lit up.

Across half a galaxy, Bernadette could clearly "see" the distorted spherical spacetime in the center of the stargate. Two Adeptus Mechanicus forging ships with gear marks were docked around the L-stargate, busy with something unknown, but their busyness was destined to be in vain.

The assembly of the stargate was completed long before the Chaos Fleet first appeared. The so-called debugging is just a process. The distortion parameters were set by Grey Wind from the beginning, so there will be no mistakes. "

Although he couldn't see her expression through the helmet, Russell could sense that Bernatita was probably not in a good mood. He paused and continued, "Since the Star Gate has already been activated, why haven't you received support from Nirvana?"

Bernadette bit her lip lightly, and her right hand holding the Bloodthirsty Sword trembled slightly.

"The Sons of Change are a Chaos warband that believes in Tzeentch, and their actions are inspired by the evil god Tzeentch. - It is easy to imagine how this Chaos invasion planned by Tzeentch would only target Faya and miss Nirvana where the first sub-gate is located?" Russell answered his own question.

"Nirvana is now unable to take care of itself. Perhaps the strength of the core star system and the existence of the prophetess are enough for them to resist the invasion of Chaos, but it is difficult to expect them to be able to free up their hands to help Faya - Nirvana's star gate is estimated to have been destroyed."

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