This Terra is a little weird.

"Yes! General!"

Luo Chen came to a male and a female team member. Luo Chen knew them. The three of them came to the Integration Movement to sign up together. Now it was estimated that the other one had died in the battle. Luo Chen hugged them both in his arms.

"Don't cry, everything will be alright."

After finishing the work, Luo Chen took the incense burner to burn incense for the automatic gun, muttering words like Emperor, Omnissiah, etc.

He did not believe in such things as machine spirits, but the Mechanicus and the priests did, so soothing the machine spirits before and after battles became his muscle memory. He gently stroked the body of the automatic rifle.

"There is no shortage of wars anywhere."

Chapter 17: Treatment of Ore Disease

After taking down the ice fortress, the integration movement was able to move freely across the entire ice field, and a small area in the west, northwest and south was all included in the control zone.

The fortress was badly damaged in previous battles, with many parts vandalized, and the Reunion Movement drove it back to the east for repairs.

Except for the industrial area, some residential areas and the core city, this mobile city is temporarily unable to move. The Integration Movement lacks technical personnel and the maintenance speed is very slow, but the Integration Movement now has things to deal with.

The Ursus army that escaped from the Ice Fortress has reported the situation on the tundra to the Ursus Empire. They were shocked that a guerrilla group had developed to such an extent.

The war with Camisil was almost over, but this situation happened in his own backyard. Most of the regular troops were still on the front line and could not be sent to the north for the time being, so the task of suppressing the rebellion could only be handed over to the noble army.

But the civil war has only brought losses, and the nobles' usual bad habits have not improved at this stage. Perhaps the Integration Movement still has time to prepare to face the Ursus war machine.

However, what Luo Chen is worried about now is not the reaction of the Ursus Empire, but the patriots.

The letter I sent him before was about Luo Chen's research on the treatment of animals infected with mineral disease. After using Luo Chen's blood products, the animal's originium binding rate dropped to normal levels.

Luo Chen was informed of the existence of Originolone by Tallulah at the beginning, but due to his frequent contact with infected people and high concentrations of Originium energy, he did not get this strange disease.

It seems that oripathy is effective against all living organisms. The time from infection to death is different, and there is no way to cure it. It can only be temporarily suppressed.

Whether it is mining or using Originium techniques, it will shorten the lifespan of the infected, and when they die, they will form Originium clusters and become new sources of infection.

This thing infects organisms directly at the cellular level, so the idea of ​​trying to cut off the obvious infected parts is simply not feasible. Unless you are in a closed state at all times, there will be more or less Originium particles in your body.

The more Luo Chen understood, the more desperate he felt. This thing was just like Nurgle's virus, the only difference being that one was a chronic disease, while the other would kill you or turn you into a monster in various ways. Neither could be cured unless the Emperor blessed you.

Yes, it is the Emperor's blessing! Luo Chen suddenly had an idea. He is also a biological being, and weaker than most Terra people. Why wouldn't he be infected with oripathy?

So he drew a tube of blood, and then came into direct contact with the Source Stone, and there was no sign of infection. Then he took out a piece of black stone, which was stuffed into Father Prolian's clothes before he died.

The battle was so intense that Luo Chen didn't notice it at all. Perhaps it was this black piece that attracted those big demons. However, Luo Chen also knew that the priest had good intentions and wanted to prevent him from suffering too much erosion. But the black stone was too small, very thin and only the size of a palm.

Luo Chen brought the black stone into contact with the blood, and then brought the Originium into contact with the blood. The result was just as Luo Chen had expected, the blood was full of Originium particles and was infected with the mineral disease.

This means that he would be infected with oripathy, but the psychic energy in his body helped him resist the infection of Originium. Luo Chen guessed that just like the black stone, Originium and subspace psychic energy were mutually exclusive.

However, black stone can effectively suppress spiritual energy, and the originium is at a disadvantage in the collision with spiritual energy. The originium particles are repelled by the spiritual energy, so Luo Chen will not be infected with mineral disease.

But now the question is, is it the chaos energy or the Emperor's divine power that is at work?

Luo Chen estimated that since Nuo had no psychic powers, he would live at most two years after being infected with the Ore Disease. The infection efficiency of this thing on him was higher than that of any other race. Only the Originium Worms lived shorter than him.

For safety reasons, Luo Chen killed all the experimental creatures to prevent them from being infected by chaos, and burned down the laboratory with fire.

Because of this, Luo Chen didn't want to face the patriot. The letter Luo Chen wrote to him meant that I can save you and your people, but I insist on attacking the Ice Fortress and may die there. It depends on whether you come or not.

But now Luo Chen was worried. He couldn't be sure what kind of spiritual energy repelled the source stone particles. If it was chaos, this planet would be in great trouble.

If it is the power of the emperor, that would be great, Luo Chen never doubted him (probably).

"You said you have a cure for oripathy. I don't ask for my cure, but please save my daughter and my men, even if it's just a few of them. This is our agreement."

Luo Chen was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I'm not sure."

"Not sure? Is the price too high? Then...save Froststar, that child..."

"The cost is high! Not just high, but simply unaffordable."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't be sure if I will get another disease after the treatment. The devastation of that disease is simply incomparable to the mineralogy!"

"…Is there really no other way?"

"No, it's not that there is no way. I just can't be sure. You haven't seen it. That kind of disease kills countless lives. The corpses can fill an entire empty planet."

Luo Chen took a breath and said, "I didn't lie to you. As a soldier... you know, I'm just not sure whether it's the disease or the real salvation that's at work."

"How long will it take?"

"Wait until I find a way to eliminate that disease."

“…Will it take long?”

"Maybe, maybe not."

The Patriot stood up: "That's it, I'll keep it a secret, my bonding rate is already very high, and I feel something growing in my throat recently, so I guess my time won't be much longer, even though I'm a Sarkaz."

He came to Luo Chen and slowly pulled him up: "I may not see the day when you succeed, but Frost Star and the infected will be able to see it."

"But even if you don't want to, I won't force you, and you must not tell anyone else. Luo Chen, everything is up to you to decide." After saying this, the Patriot raised his leg and was about to leave.

"I will save them, whether it's Tallulah or Froststar, or you and the infected. As long as I can survive, I can save you."

The Patriot paused and faced him again.

"I have lived for 382 years, and I have spent more than 350 years on the battlefield. Even though I killed traitors and alien creatures who deserved to die, I have never saved even one person."

"Now, I want to give it a try, try to save someone, even just one person."

"……I trust you."

After the Patriot left, Luo Chen slumped in his chair, studying how to treat oripathy. He actually didn't want to do that. He was not an emperor or an angel who could save the dying and the wounded. At most, he could only save the people around him.

He wanted to save himself more.

Sooner or later, the Chaos energy would cancel out the Emperor's divine power. Even if he survived the corruption of the Warp, where would the psychic energy be to help him repel the Originium particles?

He would still die if he was infected with mineral sickness.

When fighting in the empire, he fought fearlessly because he wanted to escape from that miserable galaxy. He did not dare to commit suicide because that was not the way he wanted to die. Moreover, seeing those young faces, Luo Chen's own moral bottom line prevented him from abandoning them.

Now that he has a life that is ten thousand times better than that in the Empire, he doesn't want to die anymore, he wants to live, so he must find a way to keep his psychic power in his body, or even learn how to use it, so that he can save himself and others.

Luo Chen grabbed his hair tightly.

"I'm such a selfish guy."

Chapter 18 A 'Simple' Day

The weather in the tundra was very sunny today, and there was no heavy snow, but Luo Chen didn't want to take advantage of this time to have fun. He had been working until two in the morning last night, so he stayed in bed and didn't want to get up.

But Alina didn't want him to sleep in.

She shook Luo Chen: "Hurry up and get up. Didn't you agree to accompany me to do the public opinion survey?"

"Ms. Alina, stop shaking. I'm going to vomit. Please forgive me and let me sleep for a while."

"No, you've already promised me, how can you go back on your word?"

Luo Chen had no choice but to get up from the bed reluctantly. Because he had just laid down last night without taking off his clothes, he simply washed his face. Alina was also considerate enough to make breakfast for him, which was not too early.

This girl was shouting about some public opinion poll last night. Luo Chen didn't know what it was. Alina said she had sent everyone out and she was the only one left. She felt a little scared, so she grabbed Luo Chen's arm after dinner.

"Luo Chen, come with me to do a public opinion survey."

Well, if this girl wears a little skirt and looks pleading, it’s not impossible to consider it. I really want to see how cute she looks.

Alina poked him: "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing."

"It feels like you're thinking of something disrespectful."

"You're overthinking it. By the way, what day is it today?"

"Number 17, what's wrong?"

Luo Chen took a sip of the soup: "Nothing special."

Then he drank all the soup and stood up.

"Okay, Alina, let's go on a date today!"

"Ah? Aa ...

On the wide street, pedestrians were staring at this team. Alina, who was at the front, stared at the general of the Reunion Movement with disappointment, which made him break out in a cold sweat. Behind them were the Stormtroopers 'disguised' as civilians.

"Ahem, Miss Alina, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, it's just that someone said something that wasn't true, and that made people very disappointed."

Luo Chen smiled bitterly a few times. He had no choice as he had things to do today.

"They just stopped by with us and had something to do."

"whats the matter?"

"Someone is coming from outside to do business with us. I have always been in charge of this matter. It's just a coincidence, but it doesn't matter. It's okay to ask them to wait."

"How can you wait when doing business? People will get impatient."

"They are not good people. If they want to come to Ursus to make money, they have to come to me. If they don't want to make money, they can leave."

"…They are"

"From Syracuse."

The stormtroopers separated from them halfway, under the pretext of delivering goods.

So, without so many people following her, Alina was able to relax. She interacted with pedestrians and residents one by one, asking them questions.

Luo Chen did not dare to stand too close. After all, as a rough man like him, standing in front of others, he looked like someone who was not easy to mess with. Of course, this was what Luo Chen thought. His thinking was still in the imperial period. He remembered that before joining the Star Army, he had been in the Xiachao gang for two years.

"Phew, so tired."

Luo Chen placed the drinks he bought in front of Alina.

"Thank you for your hard work. I heard from my comrades that this newly opened store is pretty good. Let's give it a try."

Alina picked up the cup and took a sip, and her eyes seemed to be full of stars.

Luo Chen smiled knowingly: "It looks pretty good."

"Alina, is there anywhere else you haven't gone to next?"

“There are still a few stores that we haven’t visited yet.”

After resting, Luo Chen followed Alina to a clothing store. Although Alina was asking questions, Luo Chen felt that she was a little absent-minded, and her eyes were sometimes looking at some nice clothes.

Speaking of which, Alina has never dressed up much. She only has a few cool-colored clothes, which she has never changed.

Luo Chen scratched his head. It really makes people feel sorry for our serious and lovely Political Commissar Elafia.

So Luo Chen signaled to the proprietress, pointed to some beautiful, dignified and relatively simple clothes, and asked her to help find a few for Alina.

When Alina came out of the store, Luo Chen stuffed the packaging bag into her hands.

"Here, why did you buy these? They're so expensive, go return them."

"No, the male comrades have started to blame me, saying that our political commissar worked diligently every day, but all his salary was confiscated, and he couldn't wear new clothes for a year or two. They started to complain that I abused young girls and wanted to sue me! Besides, I've already bought it, so just accept it."

Alina held the bag tightly, suddenly grabbed Luo Chen's hand and walked towards the men's clothing store not far away.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"

"The female comrades have also started to complain to me, saying that you have won so many battles, but our integration movement has not issued you a new military uniform. They feel sorry for the patches on your body and want to sue me for abusing a hero!"

? ? ? ? ? ?

Luo Chen was dragged into the men's clothing store by Alina with a confused look on his face. Alina treated him like a rag doll and fiddled with him unwillingly, changing his clothes one after another.

What kind of clothes can a rough old man like me, a soldier, wear? But he couldn't persuade Alina, so he had to slowly follow her to choose.

"This one looks good on you, it's stylish and elegant, let's buy it."

"This is the fourth one. Don't buy it anymore."

"I haven't bought the pants yet."

"..."