The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

"Can you help me add an iron halo and a rose rosary, so that I can feel more at ease." Apu was preparing to stack a few more layers of armor on the Iron Cavalry.

"Apu, are you so cowardly?" Although Eryu didn't understand what Apu was talking about, he could guess that it was something to save his life.

"As for whether these pirates have any ruthless tricks up their sleeves, who knows."

In the world of Warhammer 40k, even the thickest armor is not necessarily safe. The Space Marines killed by the old farmers and the Terminators pierced by the greenskins' spears are all vividly remembered. Ap is really worried if he doesn't put on a few more layers of armor. What if these pirates take out some gadgets from the dark technology age to give him olives?

Don’t be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of what happens.

Eryu followed Ap's advice and changed into a Hades-type Terminator armor set, which looked really handsome with the Son of God paint and decorations. He chose a storm bolter and a plasma pistol as weapons. For melee weapons, Eryu chose two Chanabar sabers. This kind of melee weapon is rarely used in the 40k era, but Eryu's intuition told him that this is the weapon that suits him best. (The bolter caliber is 19mm-25mm)

"Yeah, why are you so cowardly? Just go up and do it. Oh, and don't forget to equip me with the same stuff as Lao Pu." Xianyu said so, but he still wanted the stuff.

Xianyu also wore a Hades-type Terminator armor, also with a combination of a storm bolter and a plasma pistol. He replaced his left hand with a lightning claw as a melee weapon.

"Luochen, do you think my equipment is good enough? Is the firepower strong enough?"

Ah Wei armed himself to the teeth, with an Iron Cavalry Terminator and two-handed power fists, storm bolters mounted under the two power fists and on both sides of the leg armor, a conversion beam on the shoulder, and a cyclone missile launcher installed on the power backpack. The ammunition requirement of the backpack has also been increased. He is a pure humanoid firepower platform. With this set of equipment, don't even think about how much mobility he has. He just has to stand still and output. Don't even mention whether he can shoot accurately, just talk about how strong his firepower is.

"Awei, what kind of equipment do you have? It's a Gundam, right? The firepower is overflowing. You might as well just drive a Centurion." Brother Ou complained as he looked at Awei's equipment, which seemed to be due to his fear of insufficient firepower.

Brother Ou also chose the Iron Cavalry Terminator. He directly picked up a heavy bolter as his weapon, and had a heavy bolt pistol and a power sword on his waist. After the heavy bolter was fired, he picked up the sword and started slashing.

"I think your strategy is too conservative, Wei. Why don't you try driving a Dreadnought? It can carry more powerful firepower."

Luochen is wearing a set of Hades-type Terminators and only has a magic wand on his body. According to him, as a Thousand Son, he should use psychic power. What is the difference between a Thousand Son who does not use psychic power and an Ogryn.

"Everyone is ready."

Ap got an assault cannon, a six-barreled machine gun that was still in use until 40k. He also got a heavy bolt pistol and a power sword. It would be a bit cheap to use a chainsword when he's wearing a Terminator (not really).

Everyone was ready to go, and Gloria began to describe the enemy's situation to everyone:

"The total number of enemies is 911, divided into three groups and roaming on different deck levels."

"Six people against nine hundred people, the advantage is on my side!" Xianyu was ready to start a killing spree.

"Don't worry. We don't need all six of you to take care of these nine hundred people. We still need to divide our forces to deal with the ship outside." Gloria displayed the image of the Eyeless Winged Serpent. "This ship can be used to replenish my energy. I hope you can seize it. If you only take out these nine hundred people, the ship will most likely escape."

Brother Ou: "Seize the ship...are we going to rebel?"

"That's right, the enemy's level of armament is very low, and with your strength, there will be no problem."

Xianyu: "So we're going to rob the house across the street, but the question is how are we going to get there?"

Luochen: "Of course it's teleportation, otherwise why would the Terminator come through here?"

Terminator A has the ability to teleport and can be deployed to the required location through the teleportation platform and teleportation beacon, but care must be taken to avoid errors in the transmission, otherwise it is very likely that a situation similar to Major Anderson will occur.

Eryu: "Then how do we divide into groups?"

Ah Wei: "I can't go robbing houses with this equipment."

Everyone drew lots, and the result was that Apu, Luochen, and Awei stayed on the boat to annihilate the enemy, while Xianyu, Ou Ge, and Eryu went to board the boat and seize it.

The division of labor was completed. Gloria cut off the connection between the boarding pirates and the Eyeless Winged Serpent, and everyone began to act.

"Where will we be teleported to?" Brother Ou asked as he stood on the teleportation platform.

"You will be sent to different decks. If you encounter any danger, I will teleport you back immediately."

Eryu: "Okay, then send us off."

"Then please prepare, transmission countdown 5, 4, 3--"

Xianyu: "Wait a minute! Why do I feel something in my body..."

"2, 1!"

Before Xianyu could finish his words, a flash of lightning flashed on the three people who were boarding the ship, and the next second, the three of them disappeared on the transmission platform.

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The pirate boarding team on the upper deck couldn't remember how long they had been walking. From the time they entered the ship until now, they had not met a single person, nor had they found the way to the command deck. The interior of the ship was so strange that the boarding pirates felt uneasy. This feeling made them lose interest in the gold, silver and jewelry that served as decorations. Now they just wanted to quickly complete the task assigned by the captain and leave the ship immediately.

"Why haven't we found the elevator yet? Team B, have you found anything?" The captain of Team A called out to the other team, but there was no response from the communicator except for a rustling sound.

"Team B?"

The boarding captain, realizing something was wrong, repeated the call and tried to call Team C, but received no response.

"Eyeless Winged Serpent, please reply, please reply!"

After failing to contact the Eyeless Winged Serpent, the boarding captain discovered that their connection with their companions and the warship had been cut off. There was someone on board!

"Everyone on alert!"

The boarding captain put everyone in the team on alert. The strange interior size, luxurious decoration, and the ability to cut off their communication with the warship showed that this ship was definitely not an ordinary merchant ship.

"What happened, Captain?" asked one of the pirates.

"Don't talk! Did you hear any noise?" The captain of the boarding ship asked the pirates to be quiet, as he seemed to hear some noise.

Boom-!

Boom————!

Boom——————!

It was dull and heavy, as if a piece of metal was hitting the ground rhythmically. The sound came from far away and soon reached the vicinity of the pirate boarding team. Every time the sound rang out, the pirates' hearts would beat along with it. The atmosphere of the team became more and more depressed, and emotions of fear began to emerge. A bad premonition appeared in the hearts of the pirates.

Something terrible is coming!

Getting closer, getting closer! Every time the sound rang out, it was like a heavy hammer hitting the pirates' souls. Their bodies began to tremble. Some people began to lose control of themselves and wanted to escape, wanted to leave, but their feet were like lead and they couldn't move even a step. They could only wait for the owner of the sound to arrive.

Finally, at the corner of the passage not far from the pirates, a huge figure slowly walked out. The silver-black armor was decorated with red. The sculptures and emblems on the armor were so noble and gorgeous. The value and meaning they represented were things that these lowly pirates could never imagine in their entire lives.

A godlike being stood before the pirates, causing them to feel fear and confusion. One of the pirates trembled and uttered a single word:

"Angel?"

Astartes, the Emperor's angels, even these despicable pirates had heard stories of angels. These noble warriors were the Emperor's messengers, the gods of war who punished all enemies of the Empire, noble beings that these untouchables could never reach in their lifetime.

When mortals meet angels, they can only kneel down and pray, and at the same time hope, hope that they can receive the angels' blessings, hope that they can become the angels' servants, and hope to become one of the angels!

The wicked people hope that their evil deeds will not be discovered by the angels, and it would be best if they never appear in their short lives!

O Emperor!

Why is your angel here!?

Finally, fear overwhelmed the hearts of all the pirates. They cried, giggled, howled, and became incontinent like children... After angering the angels, was there any possibility for them to survive?

Pray, pray! Pray that the angel can forgive you!

The pirate captain dropped his laser gun and knelt on the ground. He wanted to kiss the angel's boots and ask for the angel's forgiveness with his most humble attitude, but he did not dare to act rashly, for fear that his actions would dirty the angel's body. All he could do was kneel down.

Bang-!

A sudden gunshot rang out in the passage, and a bullet flew towards the angel's noble body, but was blocked by an invisible force before it made contact.

Everyone looked at the man who was crying and laughing while shooting. Terror shattered his spirit and made him unable to think anymore. Now he instinctively wanted to survive.

As long as he can survive, as long as he can survive, his heart told him in a hoarse voice, kill the angel, this is your only choice!

It's all over.

The pirate captain looked at the smoking muzzle in despair. He didn't dare to look at the angel's body. He only knew that all hope was gone.

So, run away.

The angel looked at the fleeing pirates in silence, then slowly raised the assault gun in his right hand. The barrel began to rotate, and the sound was like the scythe raised by the god of death, ready to reap the lives in front of him that should have gone to hell long ago.

Amidst cries of madness and terror, Death swung down his scythe.

Gunshots were fired.

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Chapter 7 First Killing

The metal torrent washed over the entire passage. Blood, internal organs, and large and small pieces of flesh that were beaten to pieces and no one knew what they were originally almost covered the floor of the passage. Red, white, yellow, green... all kinds of things mixed together and emitted a disgusting smell that was enough to make people vomit everything in their stomachs.

The blood flowed to Apu's feet, forcing Apu to retreat until he left the passage and put the assault gun on the ground. Apu took off his helmet, held the wall and began to retch. Such a visual impact was too great for him, an ordinary person from the 3k era.

"Are you okay?" Gloria asked with concern.

"Nothing, just... a little uncomfortable."

Seeing so many people slaughtered in just a few seconds made Apu feel very uncomfortable. The visual impact directly turned the psychological discomfort into physical discomfort. Apu had seen some heavy-mouthed pictures and videos on the Internet before, but seeing them through the screen and seeing them with one's own eyes were completely different things.

The continuous deep breathing made Apu feel better. He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and put on the helmet again.

"I'm feeling better."

"That's good. If you can't accept it, I can temporarily block your emotions."

"That's not necessary. I also need to adapt to this."

Apu looked again at the map of hell he had created. According to the divination instrument built into his helmet, he did not kill all the pirates at once, and some of them escaped to other places.

"They are scattering and fleeing."

"I know."

Apu stepped into the passage and slowly moved towards the direction where the pirates fled. He looked at the weapons that fell among the body fragments and pools of blood. Most of the pirates had automatic guns that had been used countless times, and a few laser guns. The only throwing objects on their bodies were simple homemade grenades and fragmentation grenades. It was impossible for these equipment to cause any harm to Apu, not to mention that Apu had stacked several layers of armor on the most defensive Iron Cavalry Terminator.

"Were you hesitating?" Gloria asked.

"Ah."

If Apu had been able to shoot immediately when he first appeared in front of the pirates, the number of people who escaped would have been much less than it was now. However, Apu hesitated because he saw the pirates' uncontrollable fear. His mere appearance caused the pirates to completely collapse. Many people knelt on the ground and began to pray and confess their sins. This made Apu hesitate whether he should kill these people. Until the gunshot made him realize that if he was not an Astartes and did not have these powerful equipment, he would be the one to die here.

These pirates didn't really realize that they were wrong, but because they knew they were going to die.

This also made Apu realize one thing, that he was just an ordinary person with the power of Astartes, and he had not become a real Astartes in both body and mind. If a real Astartes was here, he would definitely pull the trigger without hesitation to wipe out all the enemies.

I still need to grow.

Apu reflected that ordinary people could not survive in this dark and hopeless universe with their normal thinking, and he needed to make himself stronger, both physically and mentally.

"I don't know what happened to them."

Apu thought of his companions. He felt so uncomfortable after his first kill that he almost vomited. He didn't know how others would react.

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What is psychic energy? Psychic energy is a type of energy that comes from the Warp. It is both a blessing and a curse bestowed upon humans by the Warp.

People who can extract and use this energy are called psykers. Psykers can use their psykers to display various supernatural abilities. Powerful psykers can even extinguish the sun and distort reality.

In a sense, psychics represent the future possibilities of humanity, but they are also the most deadly threat to humanity.

Psykers are dangerous. Whenever they use their psychic powers, whispers from the Warp will ring in their ears. Their projection in the Warp is like a bright light, just like a fire in a dark forest attracting the arrival of "beasts" (referring to demons, Warp creatures, and even unknown beings).

When psykers do not have enough willpower to control the surging power of the Warp within their bodies, their bodies will be taken over by beings in the Warp and transformed into a channel connecting the Warp and reality, becoming a gateway for demons and Warp creatures to enter the physical universe.

Unfortunately, most psychics do not have perfect control over their own abilities. They are bombs walking in the physical universe with an unknown countdown. When the countdown ends, they will be detonated and become the source of chaos in a world.

For this reason, the Imperium of Man maintains strict control over psykers. Only those officially trained and certified by the Empire can exist within the Imperium. Those who haven't or haven't passed the certification are considered illegal psykers, and the fate awaiting most of them is to be sent to the Golden Throne to become fuel for the Emperor. (A small number of stable and determined individuals are selected by various departments, while some of the more unstable are killed along the way.)

The power of psychic energy is immense. Psychics can use it to unleash a variety of supernatural abilities, including fire, lightning, flight, mind-reading, and even the ability to stop time and predict the future. It can be said that psychic energy can do almost anything. Because of these abilities, psychics have always been an important part of the human empire. (Navigators and astropaths are also psychics.)

But psychic power is a double-edged sword. Being able to control psychic power does not mean absolute safety. Unrestrained abuse of psychic power will only cause unimaginable serious consequences, just like the Thousand Sons Legion in the past.

The Thousand Sons Legion, whose full name is the Thousand Sons, and whose Primarch is Magnus, had the largest number of Librarians (Space Marine psykers) among the Legions Astartes during the Great Crusade. The Thousand Sons and their Primarchs valued knowledge and were eager to explore the mysteries of the Warp. The Emperor warned against such dangerous behavior, but Magnus did not take the Emperor's warning to heart and ultimately made an irreparable mistake.

Luochen knew very well what happened to the Thousand Sons Legion, so he would not make the same mistake.

Gloria would not let such danger happen to Luochen. The psychic energy used by Luochen did not come directly from the subspace. Instead, she connected a small water pipe to the subspace to extract it, and then purified it through her own technology to obtain the "pure" psychic energy. All side effects of psychic energy would not appear on Luochen. The advantage of doing this is safety, and the price is that the upper limit is not as high as those of the top psychics.

Luochen was observing the pirate boarding team on his level. He didn't need to use a divination device, as his psychic perception could clearly see the pirates' movements. They had noticed that the communication had been cut off, and the entire team was in a state of high alert.

Feeling the spiritual energy surging in his body, Luochen was thinking about what spell to release. His spells were not limited to a single system, he could use spells from every system skillfully.

After hesitating for a while, Luochen decided to try every spell. He took a deep breath, and an unnatural white frost began to appear on the ground and walls around him. With a flash of lightning, he disappeared from his original position and appeared in front of the pirates.

Psionics teleportation. In Star Warrior 2, low-level Thousand Sons wizards often use this spell.

Luochen ignored the commotion caused by his appearance. He raised his hand and aimed it at the pirates. Stirring lightning surged out from his palm, striking the bodies of these sinners like the thunder of God.

The lightning dissipated and Luochen stayed where he was. Most of the pirates in front of him had disappeared, leaving only a pile of twisted black charcoal. He didn't expect his spell to be so powerful. Because of his impression of the psychics of the thieves in the Dark Tide, he thought his lightning would only paralyze these pirates, not like this now.

"I...I, is this still psychic lightning?"

Why is it different from the one in Dark Tide?