As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

With such doubts, Zhang Ge stepped down from the Valkyrie and took the wet towel from Penelope, who was waiting nearby. After wiping his hands and face, he planned to have a sound array with Penelope...

Penelope?

"Why are you here?"

After folding the towel into a small square and placing it in a waist bag, the latter lowered his hands and crossed them in front of his abdomen, answering Zhang Ge's question with a smile:

"Master, some nobles were willing to cooperate with us and 'lent' the detection arrays under their control. This allowed us to promptly detect the return of the previously departed fleet. From this, we further guessed that you would also return, and finally were able to arrive here to greet you in time."

"Combining the words 'willing to cooperate' and 'noble' doesn't sound very credible... I wasn't away for long, was I? What on earth did you all do?"

"Well... first, we used the momentum of martial law and the Imperial Fists' connections to force a large number of nobles to release the slave women they had trained to imitate the Agamemnon family, expanding their numbers slightly. Then, following your instructions, we eliminated some of the nobles who didn't meet the standards."

Listening to her gentle explanation, Zhang Ge didn't hear any problem. In this case, perhaps there were just more people than expected, and nothing unexpected happened.

This can be considered a small consolation after the end of the journey to Fort Alert.

Thinking of this, he finally asked:

"What's a portion?"

"Ah, for this hive and several surrounding hives, the plan is 74 percent complete. As for the more distant areas, most of them have not yet been fully completed. Master, I am very sorry, but to speed up the process, we have borrowed some Skitarii from the masters of the Mechanicus. We will definitely not let you down."

"Seventy-four percent?"

Zhang Ge originally wanted to ask, she meant that there were so many left, was she wrong? After all, it was only a day or two, even if they were slaughtered as pigs, they couldn't be killed so quickly.

"Master, many of the remaining 26% are willing to cooperate, and some of them have committed relatively minor crimes. If we kill them all..."

"Stop, I didn't ask you to kill them all. How did you kill so many nobles in such a short time?"

"After obtaining permission, we evacuated innocent people, civilians, and nobles outside the area. We then closed the wall and elevator separating the upper nest from the spire, and injected flammable gas into the spire's air circulation system, completing a highly efficient incineration."

After saying this, Penelope's red lips still maintained her reserved and slightly sweet smile.

Chapter 236: Calgar's Airdrop Order and Assassination

After careful questioning, Zhang Ge realized that it was not that these combat maids had obtained the authority to burn down the spires of several hive cities just after he left for a day or two, but that they had killed a group of nobles by the way under the order to burn the spires.

Where did the order to burn the spire come from?

Hyperion Festival, Eagle Port.

That's right, it was an order coming from the political center of this planet.

According to Penelope's description, in issuing the order, Calgar declared that a large number of spire areas had lost their value of being saved due to Chaos's air invasion. In order to transfer troops to more critical positions, he ordered each sector to burn the spires of the hive cities that were still within the control area.

The burning of the top of the tower cannot be stopped in a short time. It may last for a few days, or even several months or even years like a forest fire. This will not only burn to death a group of enemies still in the top of the tower area, but also reduce the landing space for the enemy airborne troops to a certain extent.

But the question was, wasn't that the day or two ago when he had snatched the Spirit of Vengeance? Could it be that Abaddon hadn't escaped, but had simply gone to another warship, intending to take his entire family with him?

Or perhaps Abaddon truly escaped, but after experiencing all the resistance from the nobles, Calgar, driven by the planet's importance and the need to organize its future defense, unified the nobles in one last attempt, while still being able to use Chaos as an excuse...

Of course, these are just speculations, and we will have to wait and see the specific situation.

Just when Zhang Ge felt a little relieved and wanted to go back to his bedroom.

In the distance, a finger pulled the trigger.

A dart shot out from the muzzle at an extremely fast speed. If nothing unexpected happened, this single-molecule thin film would easily penetrate the helmet of the armor in the next instant and further smash Zhang Ge's brain into pieces.

However, there was more than one unexpected factor that happened to be present.

While shielding Zhang Ge, Amelia stretched out her hand, and the palm covered with power armor stretched forward, crushing the dart that had just come in front of her from the side. A flash of exploding blue light flashed in her palm.

It was only then that Perveti realized that the new creature that he had previously noticed from a distance was also an "enemy".

He was running away, but very slowly, and I couldn't catch up with him.

The next moment, Perveti's figure disappeared from the spot and fell directly into the distance in a straight line.

When passing by the buildings in the camp, she did not dodge at all. She dodged to avoid obstacles, but to her, the difference between these thin ceramic steel buildings and the air was not that big, so there was no need to avoid them.

Her speed was not hindered at all, and her body pierced through the building in a straight line, leaving behind round holes that had torn through the wall.

At the same time, her flight path was stained with a meteor-like shining light - but that was not caused by herself, but by her previous high-speed collision with the ceramic steel wall, which instantly tore and melted the metal.

The speed was so fast that part of the ceramic steel at the impact point was directly melted into liquid metal due to the internal energy conversion and heating, and was eventually swept away by the aftermath of Perveti's passing.

It formed a tail like a meteor.

The Eldar girl who was sniping didn't even have time to activate the time device she was carrying. The moment she pulled the trigger, her waist was grabbed and she was lifted up into the air, and then... she simply fainted.

This was of course the result of Perveti's deliberate control. Even through the opponent's thin protective gear, she could "hear" the sounds of the creature's blood flow, muscle friction, heartbeat and even intestinal peristalsis. From this, she judged the opponent's approximate physical strength and reduced the speed accordingly at the end, so that the remaining impact force was enough to knock the creature unconscious but not kill it.

"It turned out to be the enemy."

She held the elf girl in front of her like a doll, looked her up and down, picked up the long pole for launching projectiles next to her with her other hand, and started her return journey.

It wasn't until Perveti started to return that Zhang Ge realized:

I was assassinated?

The reaction speed of ordinary people was too slow for the two superhumans. Most people didn't even realize that the assassination had happened. It was only after Penelope and the captain of the guards looked gloomy and called the surrounding soldiers that a large-scale defense operation began.

First, a large number of combat maids appeared from nowhere. They were no longer holding the laser guns as before, but arc rifles that they had obtained from somewhere. Then, the guards sounded the alarm throughout the camp. Finally, until a large number of guards wearing power armor surrounded Zhang Ge in the middle, forming a circle of iron walls, Perveti began to descend from the air.

This time, she didn't ask questions, but suggested:

"Father, kill him."

Zhang Ge did not feel any psychological fluctuations about the assassination attempt. He just felt a little regretful because the other party did not succeed. After seeing the attacker, this regret deepened a little.

It's a pity that the Eldar sniper has few chances of being assassinated by this thing.

"Don't be impatient, take off her helmet."

"Ah."

Perveti did not open the Eldar girl's helmet as expected, but covered it with her palm and squeezed it gently.

A crisp clicking sound was heard.

However, after she released her palm, there was no rotten watermelon mixed with red and yellow. The force was just enough to crush the Eldar's hard and brittle helmet with little deformation redundancy, but did not hurt his head.

Zhang Ge took a look.

Still an old acquaintance.

It was the Eldar girl who had attacked him on the ship before, but this time, he was not acting alone.

"Let's imprison her first. I have something to ask her. Oh, and have the guards cancel the alarm immediately. Don't alert too many people. If anyone asks, just say I'm here to hold an emergency meeting to check if there's any slack in your training. Remember? Go now."

Time passed by until night slowly fell.

Deep in the camp, in a room that no detector could find, the Eldar girl finally slowly opened her eyes.

She was about to activate the armor's self-destruct bomb, but found that she was now only wearing a rough thin piece of clothing. She wanted to bite the poison, but found that the tooth containing the poison had been pulled out.

With all his limbs bound, struggling was pointless. There were several guards scattered throughout the room, and they were only visible. Without outside help, the hope of escape was slim.

Just as the elf girl was gradually becoming desperate, the door slowly opened.

Four figures walked into the room slowly.

Chapter 237 Comoros and Bad Taste

The four men were wearing only enough clothing to barely cover their private parts. The muscles on their exposed skin were clearly visible, and they each held an instrument in their hands. They even brought a faint scent of spices and holy oils when they entered the room.

Even before they started, it was known that they were four top-notch interrogators.

Just as the four men were gradually approaching the elf girl in her terrified eyes and were about to surround her, Zhang Ge walked out from behind the door slowly.

He first gestured to the four people who were licking his lips and face with their tongues to stop moving forward, then he approached them, passed them, lowered his body and put his lips next to their ears, and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Your alien accomplices have already told us everything. For example, to fight the being known as 'Lady Thirst,' aliens like you have spent their entire lives battling against their emotions, avoiding any unnecessary feelings. Another example is that to control their emotions, different aliens will devote their energy to studying a certain skill, calling it their 'path.'"

After observing the other person's expression after saying this, Zhang Ge continued:

"So, I'm a little curious about how far an alien like you can endure. Of course, remember to hold on a little longer. After all, your accomplices told me that your souls will be stored in 'Soul Stones' after death in order to survive, so I have already taken your Soul Stone."

It was not until Zhang Ge finished saying this that the elf girl truly took off her disguise. The terrified expression on her face, which was meant to show weakness, disappeared without a trace like ripples on the lake, and turned into expressionless calmness.

Path, Soul Stone.

These are absolutely secret even for the highest-level monkey nobles. They usually only regard them as props to strengthen weapons and equipment, or simply as a precious alien collection, without knowing their true purpose.

And now these secrets are coming out of the mouth of this low-level monkey...it seems that his companions cannot escape the fate of being captured.

She recalled the figure that she saw coming at her at high speed before she fell into a coma, and was not surprised by the result.

Although she had always looked down on these low-level creatures, after facing that figure, even she had to admit that even if the number of people who came at that time increased tenfold, no one would be able to escape the pursuit of that thing.

"If you didn't kill us, what's your purpose? Monkey... outsider creature, tell me."

It really does exist.

There was no change in Zhang Ge's expression, but he was thinking this in his heart.

Although Perveti was the only one she found at the scene, judging from her abilities and equipment, this Eldar should have a high status. After making such harsh remarks, she was likely able to get people to come over when she returned.

But why wasn’t it discovered at that time?

It is unlikely that Perveti could not be found. A more reasonable explanation is that her accomplices had already sold her out in advance - the same Eldar person may have very different understandings of the same prophecy at different times, let alone different Eldar.

If you use the "prophecy" as an excuse to bring others in, you will inevitably have to bear the unpredictable risks of the Eldar when it comes to the prophecy. Selling out your teammates quietly is already a very good situation.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Ge continued:

"It seems your alien mouth is still capable of communicating in an understandable way. I thought it would take more time to achieve this goal... Without further ado, you should know the so-called 'Comoros'."

"That's the most terrifying place you can imagine. Outsider creature, I advise you not to even think about going there, or at least not to take my Soul Stone with you."

For most people, yes, but I know of an even scarier place: the Golden Throne.

"I don't need your advice, I only need your answer. Lead me to Comoros, and I will release you and your kind and return your soul stones."

"I will not betray more of my kind for the sake of a few."

"Even if your dark relatives bring other races... never mind. There's no point in reasoning with an alien like you."

"The life of every Eldar is ten thousand times more precious than that of lesser beings like you."

Zhang Ge ignored her last sentence, nor did he try to put himself in her shoes and try to convince her.

"Perveti."

After he straightened up, he said something to the outside of the door, and then Perveti bent his body and squeezed sideways into the door, which was originally spacious enough for two people.

At this time, she had covered the armor with an inconspicuous robe, leaving only her head exposed.

After Perviti came in, Zhang Ge turned around and continued to say to him:

"I heard that your kind attach great importance to the Soul Stone. I happen to be just an insignificant Astra Militarum Colonel. If we ignore her existence, I believe your kind won't mind sending more people to rescue her. By then... Anyway, I just need some alien pets. Whether it's you or those who like to practice some twisted art? What's the difference, right?"

"You! Shameless! Fine, outsider, I agree to your request, but I want you to swear an oath before the gods you believe in, promising not to break your promise to release us."

"You have no right to make demands of me. The reason I'm wasting all this time with you is simply out of my interest. It has nothing to do with you. I hope you realize this, Alien."

Seeing that the other party had finally slid to his knees, Zhang Ge took an ordinary leather collar from an interrogator with satisfaction, then put the collar around her neck in the other party's incredulous eyes and untied her restraints.

"Until you find Comoros, you can only act as my alien pet."

Zhang Ge reached out and took a long sword from Perveti's hand. It was the sword that the Eldar girl had previously carried. After handing the sword to her, he took out a nameplate from his pocket and said:

"It's out of my own bad taste, and I've noticed that you value your own kind more than yourself, so neither I nor this collar will restrict your actions. After you become my pet, I want you to do everything according to your own will."

With a gradually rising smile, Zhang Ge pinched the upper edge of the nameplate, looked at her changing expression, and continued:

"Well, you have two options now. First, try to resist. The weapon is already in your hands. Second, use that knife to carve your real name and various other body information on this nameplate yourself. I will confirm this with your surrendered kin later. If I find out you've lied about such a trivial matter, I don't mind considering it a violation of the agreement."

In the room, under the gaze of everyone, the elf girl raised her long sword and moved the blade towards Zhang Ge, but in the end she just passed by the nameplate. With her slender arm trembling slightly, she carved out what Zhang Ge asked for, stroke by stroke.

Chapter 238: Iron Bones, Sliding to His Knees at Lightning Speed

After the other party finished carving the last stroke, Zhang Ge looked at the other person's face, which was trying hard to pretend to be calm, but the corners of his eyes occasionally trembled slightly because he could not bear the humiliation, and he felt an inexplicable feeling of revenge in his heart.

You froze me at that time but didn't kill me.