Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 24 Two Heads with Different Wills
While Rachel was taking action, Chen Xi and Olivia continued to explore the Tomb of the Dead.

The Underworld Spider destroyed by the Skinner has become Olivia's trophy, and she is very satisfied with the harvest.

But because of this, her attitude towards this action has become somewhat radical, as if she wants to gain more.

However, Chen Xi remained calm the entire time. He knew clearly that with the limited armed forces they brought, if they really woke up the ribs in the tomb, they would probably be cooked to death.

It's not that he's timid, but they have discovered a complete stasis tomb with more than fifty undead warriors sleeping in it.

These undead warriors alone were enough to kill Chen Xi, Olivia, and the team of combat nuns brought by Chen Xi.

Even if Chen Xi is a psychic and can use his psychic powers to defeat a hundred people at once, it would still be the same.

As a race that once fought against the Eldar and the Old Ones, the Necrons have too many ways to deal with psykers.

Not to mention that the undead tomb they are in now is built with black stone that can suppress psychic energy. Chen Xi can hardly use powerful psychic energy here.

So when Olivia excitedly tried to do something to the stasis chamber, Chen Xi grabbed her and had two combat nuns point a grenade launcher at her head.

"Sage, I hope you can remain calm and remember what I told you before." Chen Xi's face was very cold. He did not treat Olivia politely, nor did he hold back because she was the only mechanical sage he could contact and cooperate with at present.

Facing two bolters pointed at her head, Olivia showed no signs of nervousness. She simply used her mechanical arm to raise a plasma rifle and pointed it at Chen Xi's head. "Your Excellency, Governor, you are violating our agreement. You should help me excavate this ruin!"

"No, we agreed that this is just a preliminary investigation." Chen Xi didn't react to being pointed at. Although the tense atmosphere made him a little nervous, the chess piece's inherent qualities as an inquisitor helped him remain calm. "And knowing that this would awaken the tomb's defenses, you still attempted to disrupt it. It's you, Sage, who should have broken the agreement."

Chen Xi understood Olivia's idea. After all, a room full of alien machines and a stasis field that could function well for 60 million years was a huge temptation for the oil man.

This is true even if Olivia is a biological sage.

But understanding and support are two completely different things. Chen Xi couldn't let Olivia do whatever she wanted, to the point of awakening the Necrons in the tomb or even plunging the entire planet into war.

Don't think it's impossible. The oil men never consider the consequences when they dig graves. They only care about whether they can get what they want.

As for what price the empire would pay for this, that was never within the Oil Man's consideration.

After all, the two heads of the Imperial Skyhawk have never been of the same will. During the Great Crusade, the Emperor was able to subdue Mars, and the Primarchs were also able to gain the upper hand in dialogue with Mars.

But the High Lords Council does not have this ability. The current Mechanicum is more like a collaborator independent of the Empire and on equal footing with the Empire, rather than a part of the Empire's power.

Although the Mechanicus has long been inseparable from the Empire, just like the Imperial Skyhawk has one body with two heads, the Mechanicus and the Empire have never been of the same mind.

Therefore, for the Mechanicus, when they take action, they never consider the losses that the Empire will suffer because of their reckless behavior.

Because of this, Chen Xi had always been on guard against Olivia's potential misconduct, stopping her the moment she acted impulsively. Facing Chen Xi's accusations, Olivia didn't explain or defend herself; she simply began charging her plasma rifle.

Seeing this, Chen Xi also pulled out his plasma pistol and began to charge it.

The combat nuns brought by Chen Xi also pointed their weapons at Olivia, as if they were ready to concentrate their fire on her if she dared to mess around.

Just when both sides were already tense to the limit, but still no one was willing to take a step back, a rustling sound suddenly came from the passage on the side.

Chen Xi and Olivia were amazingly synchronized. They pointed their weapons in the direction of the sound and pulled the trigger at the same time!

Two plasma balls shining with bright light blue light rushed away, illuminating the passage and allowing the two to see clearly what was making the sound in the passage.

It was a group of palm-sized metal beetles, with a sphere on their backs that shone with green light. The green light looked like a star-studded carpet, and was rapidly covering Chen Xi and the others.

"Form a formation and meet the enemy!" Chen Xi quickly gave the order, constantly pulling the trigger while glancing at Olivia: "We should go, Sage!"

Staring at the metal beetles that filled the passageway before her, Olivia's face showed a strong unwillingness, but she ultimately gave in. While controlling her weapon to fire, she said to Chen Xi, "I've brought melta bombs. Let's blow up the tomb and take away what we can!"

Hearing Olivia say this, Chen Xi gritted his teeth and finally agreed: "Hurry up!"

He did not insist. After all, the main reason why he took the initiative to explore the tomb was that he wanted to get something that could be exchanged for money from the tomb of the undead.

Although there is already a Hell Spider as a backup in this situation, Chen Xi also hopes to gain more.

Seeing that Chen Xi agreed, Olivia hurriedly asked the mechanical servants she brought with her to enter the stasis tomb to install the thermal bomb.

Although using this powerful explosive for anti-armor vehicles will melt most objects, there is no time to worry about that at this time.

Because in the passage, in addition to the surging scarabs, two huge underworld spiders also appeared.

In addition to possessing terrifying military power, these massive constructs are equipped with arrays of fabrication claws that can repair damaged Necron units.

When the two underworld spiders approached Chen Xi and the others, he noticed that as the two big spiders moved forward, the underworld scarabs that had been destroyed on the ground were being repaired.

Not only that, their abdomens are also constantly releasing newly produced underworld scarabs.

This forced Chen Xi to shout to Olivia: "Sage, we are out of time!"

In response to Chen Xi, there was a huge explosion.

(End of this chapter)