The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

"Yes... yes." The light ball answered guiltily.

"And then the destination deviated, and we traveled to this universe, is that right?"

"Um...yes, that's right."

"Having noticed your destination was off track, you discovered that this universe was extremely dangerous. However, due to the recent incident, your transmigration engine malfunctioned and was running low on energy, so you couldn't leave this universe immediately."

"Well... this is indeed my fault."

"Then you discovered that Earth in the previous universe had records of this universe. So, while the cosmic channel wasn't completely closed, you decided to use the beacon left on Earth to capture a few unlucky souls who knew about this universe to help you."

"Ah... this was the best solution I could think of at the time. I can't really call myself unlucky, right? Isn't time travel very popular in your civilization? I'm taking you through time travel, shouldn't you be thanking me?"

"Who the hell wants to travel back to Warhammer 40k?"

Apoo felt his fist harden. No, it had already hardened! If he were to travel to a peaceful, everyday world, he could accept it, but if he were to travel to the cesspool that is Warhammer 40k, he might as well just stab him with a knife. That way, he would die more quickly.

"And if you want someone who understands this universe to help you, then why not capture the real Hammer Masters? Why capture us Cloud Hammers? And shouldn't the people being recruited be random? Why are the six of us who are connected being recruited?"

"The beacon I left on Earth is just a cheap student beacon. It can't accurately pull people across the universe. Maybe the beacon saw you guys together and pulled you all here. And since you were chosen, it means you understand this universe, right?"

"Knowing a little is also understanding, right? Then what about Eryu?"

Xianyu and Awei can be said to know some basics about Warhammer 40k, among which Xianyu knows the most about medieval wars, but Eryu is a real outsider who basically knows nothing. Why was he pulled in?

"Maybe because of the connection between you two, the beacon was also brought over to him... right?"

Apu's face twitched. What an unexpected disaster.

"I don't care. Send it back to us immediately. We don't want to stay in this defense universe for even a second longer! We can't help you. You'd better seek help from someone else."

Since the light ball can be pulled to them, it can be sent back to them. They don't want to go on any thrilling adventure in the Warhammer 40k universe.

"Sorry, can't do it."

"If you can't do it, then...why can't you do it?"

"Because the cosmic channel has been completely closed, and something happened when I pulled you over."

After Laapu and others came over, the light ball was discovered by the five powerful beings in this world. It had no choice but to spend a lot of energy to hide itself, which left its already limited ability with very little.

"Five? Isn't that four?"

"There were five of them. You have no idea how thrilling it was. Luckily, they started fighting as soon as they met. Otherwise, I would have used up all my energy to run away, and you wouldn't be able to talk to me now."

"Who wants to talk to you? But you are really lucky."

Apu also realized that the five powerful beings were the four evil gods and the skeleton sitting on the golden toilet.

"After transporting you here, I'm running low on energy. The transmigration engine and the beacon I left on your Earth have malfunctioned. I can't contact that beacon now, so I can't send you back."

"..."

What else can Apu say about this?

Man, what can I say?

Resisting the urge to beat up the light ball in front of him, Apu forced himself to calm down. It was meaningless to beat up the light ball at this time. They and the light ball had actually formed a community of shared destiny.

"Tell me what's going on now?"

Apu wanted to know the current situation, why they became Space Marines, and what time and place he was in.

The light ball explained the answers to Apu one by one. After pulling the six people over, in order to let them integrate into this world and avoid being noticed by powerful beings, the light ball used the knowledge about 40k in their minds to transform them, making them all humans with the power of Primaris Space Marines.

"Then why not convert us all into Custodians?"

The light ball uses the knowledge in their brains. In the minds of Apu, Ogo, and Luochen, the most powerful human body modification is not the Primaris Astartes, but the golden warriors created by the Emperor, each of which is unique - the Imperial Guard.

"The connection between the Custodes and that skeleton is too strong, making it easy for him to discover them. Space Marines don't have that problem. Compared to other transformations besides the Custodes, Space Marines have the highest upper limit. Combined with the Primaris transformation, the lower limit is also guaranteed."

"So where are we now, and what is this ship?"

"This ship you are in is my body."

As a high-dimensional life form, the Light Ball needs a physical body to exist in the physical universe, and the Light Ball has always used a spaceship as its body. After coming to the Warhammer 40k universe and escaping from the five evil gods, the Light Ball not only spent a lot of energy to hide its body, but also changed its physical body to make itself less conspicuous in this universe.

"You turned yourself into an Imperial ship?"

The attire that Apu and his crew wore along the way was clearly in the Gothic style of the Empire, but it was unknown what type of ship the ball of light had transformed itself into.

"I made some changes to the Imperial warships according to your memories. I even picked a good-looking ship as a prototype."

"A nice-looking ship? Which one?"

Apu was curious. These flying cathedrals in Warhammer all looked similar except for their size. So which ones could be considered good-looking?

"I think it's called the Emperor's Dream."

"Emperor Fantasy..."

Hearing the name, Apu felt a lump in his throat and was speechless. Emperor's Dream, a beautiful ship? It was indeed beautiful. How could it not be beautiful with all its golden glitter?

The Emperor's Dream, one of the Emperor's three flagships during the Great Crusade, is likely the most powerful ship of the Imperium of Man to date. The Emperor's vision for humanity is just like the name of this ship, an unattainable dream, and her final fate was also her fall in the Great Heresy.

It's no wonder that it took them a long time to reach the command deck. Although the official did not give an accurate explanation, fans estimated based on various descriptions in the novel that the Emperor's Dream was 57 kilometers long, more than twice as long as the Empire's most powerful Queen of Glory-class battleship, Macragge's Glory. The terrifying array of weapons on it could easily destroy all enemies that stood in its way.

"Change it, change it quickly!"

Are you kidding me? Do you know how conspicuous an Emperor's Dream is in the Warhammer 40k universe? As long as this ship is sailed out, it will attract countless troubles. The Empire and the Mechanicus alone will come like mad dogs to search for this battleship that once belonged to the Emperor. Then everything will be over!

"Why?"

"If you want to be captured by a bunch of crazy people with mental problems and thin bodies, then run around the universe with this ship on your head."

The light ball didn't understand. Its starship body used to be hundreds of kilometers in size, and it would be even larger when fully expanded. It compressed itself into this shape in order to hide in this universe. As a result, Apu told it that this shape was still too conspicuous.

"Anyway, we need to change the design quickly and keep the size smaller than a battle barge."

The Battle Barge is the largest warship a Space Marine Chapter can possess (excluding the Glorious Queen), with an average length of 8.5 kilometers. Most Space Marine Chapters have 2-3 Battle Barges. Although the Battle Barge represents the Space Marines, the Battle Barge itself is not too outstanding among the many Imperial warships, and can be regarded as a level stuck between the Battlecruiser and the Battleline.

"Sorry, can't do it."

"If you can't do it, then...why can't you do this?"

Apu felt that this college student from a higher-dimensional civilization was a bit too useless.

"Because I've already fixed this body. If I forcefully change it, it's likely to attract the attention of those guys. You don't want me to be caught by those five guys, do you?"

If we get caught, we'll all die together, right?

"By the way, if I get caught, the worst that can happen is I can just self-destruct my physical body and escape. At most, I'll be trapped in this universe for a long time. I won't be able to complete my graduation project, but I can't say the same for you guys."

"Okay, I admit that you are stronger." Apu admitted his mistake. His life was in the hands of others. He had to be scared. From now on, they would drive the Emperor Fantasy to travel in this universe (sad).

Seeing Apu's worried look, the light ball told him its solution, "Although it can't be completely changed, it can still change the appearance."

"Only change the appearance? How can it be changed?"

Such a big ship would be very conspicuous no matter how it changes.

"Just listen to me slowly."

The change in appearance that the light ball mentioned is not just changing the paint and structure, but the entire hull of the ship will become the same appearance and size as other models, which is equivalent to the fashion in the game.

"Is this any different from changing ships?"

"Of course."

After the appearance has been changed, except for the impact on firepower, the other attributes and internal structure of the entire ship are still the Emperor's Dream. Whether it is a ship or a person, the inside is always more important than the outside.

For example, a person and a demon disguised as a person may look the same on the outside, but they are completely different on the inside.

As long as the inner essence does not change, it will not attract the attention of powerful beings.

"So only the outside will change, the inside won't?"

"That's right, but if you want to use all the weapons, you need to reveal your true form. Otherwise, you can only use the firepower that appears to be the same."

For example, if the appearance becomes moon level, then it can only produce moon level firepower, and there is a cooldown time for changing the appearance, so it cannot be changed continuously.

"I say, your ability to transform really has nothing to do with the Blue Bird?"

"Don't even get involved with those tough-talking people, and don't even get involved with that yellow-skinned guy."

Since the light ball said so, then Apu should believe it. It doesn’t matter whether he believes it or not.

"As a high-dimensional civilization capable of traveling across the universe, you must have some advanced technology. Could you possibly develop an ether phase engine?"

"What the hell are you dreaming of? I'm just a college student, how can I carry that kind of stuff with me? I'll just be content with providing you with firepower and equipment."

"Okay, okay, then where are we now, and what time is it?"

The dream of dragging the entire Warhammer universe into destruction is impossible to achieve, so Appu must always know where and when he is, otherwise how can he formulate the next strategy.

"I do not know."

"Cough cough cough - how come you don't know this?" Apu started coughing violently, he was angry.

"Because my understanding of this universe is based on your memories. You don't even know the time and place you are in, so how could I possibly know? The only thing I can be sure of is that we are within the Milky Way."

"If we're not in the Milky Way, do we have to go outside the Milky Way to feed the bugs?"

The main stage of the Warhammer 40k universe is within the Milky Way, and GW has not described much about the outside of the Milky Way. Since the appearance of the Tyranids, there is no need to describe things outside the Milky Way.

"So now we can only fly aimlessly in the universe until we meet someone?"

"That's what it looks like so far."

"Okay, so what do we need to help you with?"

Light Ball Laap and the others came here to help it, but how can they help him?

"Help me collect energy. As long as there is enough energy, I can repair the time-travel engine. After the engine is repaired, I can take you out of this universe."

The light ball itself can slowly recover energy, but this takes a long time. It may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years for it to leave the universe on its own.

Time does not mean much to the high-dimensional life form of Light Ball, but it is too long for Apu and others.

The light ball can only find energy on its own, but once it starts, it will most likely be discovered, so it needs Apu and others to help it find it.

"Energy...what kind of energy do you need?" Apu didn't know the light ball's standard for energy.

"Broadly speaking, anything that can generate energy is fine, like coal and oil. But relying solely on these things to replenish energy is too inefficient. Even draining a galaxy is a drop in the bucket."

The main energy source in the 3k period is like fire in the hands of primitive people in the eyes of the photosphere. It is useful but the efficiency is so low that it can be ignored. Fortunately, there are better things in the 40k universe.

"Then why don't you just go and smoke the sun?"

In the universe, the sun is a huge source of energy. Some science fiction works will build a device called a Dyson sphere to utilize the energy of the sun. Apu doesn't believe that a light ball can't do it.

"Because it's easy to be discovered, smoking a few may not be a problem, but once the number is large, it will attract attention."

The technology of Warhammer 40k can observe the changes in stars, and detonating stars is not a difficult task.

"And if I drain the sun, what will happen to the kind life in the galaxy?"

"I didn't expect you to be so moral."

Apu was a little surprised that the light ball could say such words. In many science fiction novels, advanced civilizations regard lower civilizations as ants and will not blink an eye no matter how many people die.

"You think too badly of advanced civilizations. Advanced civilizations naturally possess moral standards that match their level of civilization, just like the Kingdom of Light in Ultraman, which you humans created. That's what an advanced civilization should be like."

As a college student of a higher-dimensional civilization, the light ball has a very high moral standard. It can actually use intelligent life as fuel to replenish its energy, but it will never do so. If it does so, what is the difference between it and those evil gods?

But it is not indiscriminate between good and evil, and it will be ruthless when it needs to take action.

"It would be great if all advanced civilizations were like you." Apu sighed. Apart from being pulled into the Warhammer 40k universe, there was really nothing to complain about this ball of light.

"I'll remind you when we find a qualified energy source. During this time, you can do whatever you want. I'll provide you with all the support you need. If you encounter danger, I'll do my best to protect your lives. After all, it was me who got you involved."

Light Ball solemnly expressed his apology for dragging Apu and others into the Warhammer 40k universe without authorization.

"Since we're here now, and we have no other options but to help you, why not take a good look at the universe with us?"

"Yeah, I'm also planning to observe this universe as part of my graduation project. I think I should be able to gain a lot from this universe."

Apu and the light ball reached a consensus. Since they have come to Warhammer 40k, let them wander in this universe together until they can leave here.

"Pleasant to work with."

“A pleasure to work with~”

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Chapter 4: Encountering pirates in space, brave as God, joining them as soon as they meet