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

The Weepers had never seen a living saint before, but only knew of descriptions from the stories of the Sisters of Battle, books, and legends.

Next came a Space Marine in expeditionary power armour. Although he was not as tall as the Primaris Space Marines, he exuded an extremely strong sense of oppression. Even several company commanders came to the conclusion instantly when they saw the Space Marine: if they fought alone, the probability of their victory would not exceed 10%.

The other Space Marine in black armor who followed was even more terrifying. Although he seemed to be completely unguarded, it could be seen from every step he took that he was breathtakingly strong.

And the last one walking...was a mortal? Oh, and a tech-priest.

Perhaps he was a survivor that the Primarch had found on the ship, so he could just take refuge there - the most important issue now was to recognize his genetic father.

Then, in full view of the Space Marines, Zhang Ge, an ordinary mortal, walked up to his Primarch and patted his leg armor, as if to show his approval... The Primarch did not feel offended. Instead, he looked down at the mortal and responded:

"Father."

Um, father... huh? Huh?!

Chapter 270 I... am just a mortal

The Primarch, and the Primarch's father.

The symbolic gap between the two is like the gap between a mortal and a Primarch.

The appearance of the former might only cause a huge impact, but the appearance of the latter would be enough to turn the entire empire upside down.

Even Guilliman was harassed by various political forces when he first arrived on Terra, and some extremists even intended to seize power from the Primarch... If Guilliman had not returned to Terra at that time, but the Emperor had stood up from the Golden Throne without causing any secondary negative impact, do you think any political faction would have tried to make things difficult for him?

Although there have been examples of the Emperor briefly "descending" through certain individuals in the past, they were like a flash of fire that disappeared after accomplishing something, and are completely incomparable to the current normal activities.

For a time, the impact of this incident was so serious that even the wailers did not dare to respond to it.

To mistake one's Primarch for another was a disgrace to the Space Marines, but to mistake one's Emperor for another was an act of blasphemy beyond all explanation.

In this case, the first to respond were not the Weepers, but the Grey Knights.

The armor they wear is very different from that of other Space Marines. Apart from the gray and white color, their main appearance features are knight-like helmets and breastplates embedded with codexes. These inconsistencies are certainly not due to idleness, but due to their duty to fight against demons. Therefore, all members are equipped with variant special power armor, and even the proportion of Terminator armor is much higher than that of ordinary regiments.

"Don't get too excited."

A Grey Knight first said this to the Weepers, then turned to Zhang Ge, who was obviously the leader, and asked:

"who are you?"

The atmosphere of confrontation seemed to be gradually rising, but Zhang Ge seemed to be completely unconcerned with this atmosphere. He simply responded calmly:

"You can call me Zhang Ge. I'm a colonel in the Astra Militarum Army."

Colonel commander?

OK OK.

The gray knight who had spoken earlier glanced at the people following Zhang Ge.

When did the Astra Militarum start issuing these units to regimental units? Can I still get them if I declare myself an Astra Militarum now?

However, faced with this obviously perfunctory lie, he had no intention of exposing it. He simply nodded in the tense and somewhat awkward atmosphere, and then continued:

"We have a method of verifying your identity that requires only a simple touch... Would you please accept this?"

Normally, the Grey Knight wouldn't be so polite. Asking? Please? It's a courtesy the Grey Knight wouldn't rip off his head.

Unfortunately, the situation is stronger than people at the moment. The Grey Knights generally adopt a tough approach to save time, not simply out of impoliteness. If they still use that tough approach now, what they save is not their own time, but the other party's.

Judging from the speed at which the opponent threw the spear just now, if a conflict really broke out, the chances of our side having their heads chopped off in an instant might be a little higher.

"No problem, but I'm accepting the inspection not because I'm cooperating with the investigation, but because you don't mind taking risks and wasting time to save some mortals. So, as a mortal, I don't mind responding with the same kindness in order to save you."

After saying that, Zhang Ge took a few steps forward.

The Grey Knights, this thing has a big name. Before Guilliman announced the existence of the Grey Knights, they would often even eliminate entire groups of friendly forces that had witnessed them before in order to cover up their whereabouts.

It’s a pity that the time is no longer there, alas.

With such regret, looking at the tall gray knight standing opposite him who stretched out his hand to him, Zhang Ge also stretched out his hand, and the two palms were clasped together.

It was at the moment when the two held hands that something strange happened.

Something began to produce a faint light.

That is the holy shield that is embedded in the power armor of every Grey Knight.

This thing called "Holy Shield" is actually a special psychic matrix, which is composed of countless filaments inside the armor. It is connected to the user's psychic power and can produce a special position to block psychic attacks.

And this is where things get serious.

Each Grey Knight possesses varying degrees of psychic power, and at the same time, as mentioned above, the Holy Shield is deeply connected to the user's own psychic power, which means... the influence Zhang Ge exerted on his power armor also affected the Grey Knight.

As the entire set of power armor began to emit a faint light, in the eyes of the Grey Knight wearing the power armor, Zhang Ge turned into the person he most admired and at the limit of his imagination.

An extremely grand figure, emitting golden light, and able to lead the empire to a bright future.

Strictly speaking, this situation should be considered a backlash from psychic energy, and can be classified as a "corruption phenomenon"... The question is, are the Grey Knights corrupted? Why do you think they are used in specialized combat against demons?

From selection and training to final equipment, if we only look at the level of resistance to corruption, the Grey Knights' resistance to corruption is likely second only to the Custodians. Since their appearance, there has never been a Grey Knight who has been corrupted.

Therefore, the Grey Knights who were suffering from "Zhangge's corruption" were not aware of this.

He accepted the feeling that continued to transmit deep into his body, and further confirmed Zhang Ge's image deep in his heart.

Then, following some urging that seemed to come from the power armor, he responded.

Kneeling on one knee, sobbing:

"My lord."

The weepers who see this scene be like:

?

Damn, didn’t you tell me “don’t get too excited” just a few seconds ago?

After all, we were just crying and yelling, we didn't kneel down directly, right? What do you mean by this? First you faked us, and then you kneel down first, right?

"Wait a minute."

But the Grey Knights were Grey Knights after all. They were always extremely wary of abnormal phenomena. Even though they led their superiors to kneel down, they did not make any decision.

Another Grey Knight stood up and walked solemnly to Zhang Ge...

"My lord!"

The third and fourth.

Until Zhang Ge's expression became a little uncomfortable.

From the moment the first Grey Knight suddenly made that somewhat distancing move, Zhang Ge had actually wanted to retreat.

But unfortunately, the Space Marines were too fast, especially these Grey Knights who were the elite among the Space Marines. If they wanted to shake Zhang Ge's hand, he would not be able to react at all with his reaction speed which was not much faster than that of ordinary Space Marines.

When he finally pulled his hand back, there were already five or six people kneeling on the ground.

Looking at this scene, Zhang Ge hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say. In the end, he could only reluctantly answer:

"I... am only a mortal."

Chapter 271 "It's not me who caused the exposure"

A mortal.

Oh, no, it’s a “Colonel Commander of the Astra Militarum”.

He traveled through a strike cruiser that had fallen into the Warp, without a trace of corruption on his body. His entourage included an individual who looked like a Primarch and a woman who looked like a living saint.

Moreover, a mere handshake could bring a Grey Knight to his knees.

What's more coincidental is that according to previous detection results, his vehicle is a giant ship with a length of 30-20km, which is just close to the size of the Queen of Glory-class dreadnought.

Oh yes, if I remember correctly, Primarch Guilliman, who had just awakened, also said something like "The Emperor is not a God", right?

He is so ordinary and yet so human. Do you other races have such ordinary people?

"Don't bow down to me like this."

"Yes, my lord."

"Don't call me 'my Lord,' for I am not God."

"Yes."

"Don't answer me with yes, I'm just a mortal."

"clear."

Looking at the Space Marines in front of him who all knelt down after the Grey Knights did so, Zhang Ge was speechless.

This group of Space Marines, whose brains were probably washed away by the warp storm, didn't know what kind of hallucination they saw, but actually mistook themselves for the thing on the throne.

No, just because a four-meter-tall girl who behaves like the Primarch, looks like the Primarch, has the strength like the Primarch, and uses weapons like the Primarch calls me dad, you have to think that I am the middle-aged old man called the "Emperor"?

Oh, it's so careless.

Forget it, this is not the place to resolve misunderstandings. Once you are under the influence of the subspace, it is not surprising to see anything. There is still a long way to go, so I'd better wait until we get on the boat and then slowly explain it to them.

Thinking about this, Zhang Ge did not intend to continue explaining to them in words, but changed the subject and said:

"This ship is unsafe. I will evacuate you."

belt?

To lead is roughly equivalent to to lead.

To lead is roughly equivalent to to command.

Mouth melon, what a glory.

For the Weepers, it was as if all the bad luck they had accumulated before had paid off at this moment. In the space of just one minute, they saw their Primarch return and also saw the Emperor's clone walking the earth.

Even now, we need his command?

I wouldn't even dream of doing this.

Even if he had thought about it before, it was just a pilgrimage to Terra. As for going further? Let alone seeing the Emperor on the Golden Throne, even stepping into the inner core of the Imperial Palace was a privilege only a few could have.

Now they have directly leaped to accepting his personal command... If this matter gets out, I am afraid that the Weepers will soon face a bunch of three-meter "recruits" from unknown origins and become the "Weeping Ten Thousand Men Corps".

It’s a pity that such joy and honor cannot be shared with other brothers and can only be buried deep in their hearts.

After all, he has repeatedly emphasized that we must walk the galaxy as a mortal. As a wise and brave space warrior, how can we not hear the hidden meaning in his words?

With this in mind, under the orders of Zhang Ge and the direct command of Perveti and Amelia, nearly two hundred surviving Weepers and dozens of Grey Knights guarded Zhang Ge, followed by a group of survivors who were confirmed to be still able to be saved. A large group of people swept the strike cruiser along the route the group came, and finally arrived at the evacuation point where the Valkyrie was docked.

Of course, it is impossible for so many people to evacuate using just one Valkyrie.

In the distance, several faint bright spots are enlarging at an extremely fast speed.

Six Stormbirds and two transport boats.

As expected, they are all models from the Great Crusade era.

Feeling a little uneasy at the renewed gazes from the Space Marines, Zhang Ge asked curiously:

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Oh..."

Several Grey Knights who were closer exchanged awkward glances before one of them, the one closest to the front, explained:

"Um...you're just a mortal, so we're worried about your safety."

As soon as this reason was spoken, even the weeper next to him lost his composure and turned to look at the Grey Knight who had given the explanation.

However, what was even more unexpected was that not only did Zhang Ge's followers seem to have turned a blind eye to such words, but even he himself seemed to take it seriously and responded:

"Even so, you don't have to be responsible for protecting me. I am responsible for my own safety."

"clear."

Well, a mortal man, saying that in the perilous world of the Warp, his safety is his own responsibility.

Okay, it must be a mortal with special skills, right?