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

This is a lie.

In fact, if you are not discovered, it is completely fine to wait a little longer, but since it is reasonable not to wait, and there is the option of "rushing to thwart the suspicious cult's plan", why not choose this more dangerous option?

After confirming that they needed to sneak in, the four of them lowered their pace, even the faint light of the giant sword in Amelia's hand disappeared, and the group hid among the ruins.

Before they had advanced far, a patrol team in gray and white robes appeared before them.

But unlike the guards or bodyguards outside, although they are covered with robes, some obvious mutant features on their bodies are still difficult to conceal.

Zhang Ge came to Burton's side and asked in a low voice:

"Have you ever gone this deep before?"

"No, our base is further outside, and they will bring people to train us."

Training normal people as peripheral members and letting mutants serve as the core of the cult is completely opposite to the normal organizational structure.

However, on the other hand, something needs to be covered up, so isn't it much easier to understand why they choose mutants who have no worries, generally have low intelligence, find it difficult to return to normal human society, and are easy to develop a sense of belonging to the organization?

After gathering his thoughts, Zhang Ge patted Amelia and pointed to the patrolling soldiers ahead.

The latter disappeared from her spot almost instantly, and the next moment, she stopped at the far end. At this time, the heads of those soldiers had just begun to slide off their necks.

Under this level of force, the scattered patrols melted like snowflakes falling on a hot iron block, and Zhang Ge and his group reached the edge of the bright area unimpeded.

Sticking my head out of the ruins, I looked out and saw a strange sight.

PS: I forgot to write the PS again, urgent, rushing for KPI at the end of the month (not)

Chapter 32 Light

The light sources came from tall towers built of scrap metal. These towers were equipped with rows of huge searchlights. The light was so strong that it was difficult to look directly at the tower itself.

Such a strong light was all concentrated in a huge deep pit surrounded by the towers. The scale of the pit was so large that the ruins of the buildings with more than ten floors next to it looked like toys in comparison.

However, such a huge scale also means that the people of the Dawn Order are completely unable to mount an effective defense. However, it is estimated that there are very few forces in the suburbs that can break through the outer holographic projection, let alone further cross the defense without triggering any warning.

Each patrol team at the edge of the pit has three or four people, and they are at least one or two hundred meters apart from each other. They are not set up for interception at all, but simply serve as a warning.

Judging from the looks of it, they haven't encountered an attack that could reach this place for a long time.

Of course, Zhang Ge had no intention of breaking their record. If he only looked at the guards outside the pit and roughly estimated the number of people in the entire outer defense based on the patrol team he had encountered before, there should be two thousand armed members of the cult outside the pit alone.

Although this number is not large compared to regular troops, it should still be a slight advantage for the four of them. It would obviously not be normal to take the initiative to confront them.

So, if we bypass the patrol and enter without any conflict, wouldn't it be considered an attack?

As a measure to prevent any accidents, Zhang Ge decided to let the inexperienced Dominica and Burton stay where they were.

"Dominica, Burton, if you notice that the other patrol teams outside are noticing anything unusual, or if there's a conflict inside, go back and drive the car over here."

I hope they can be more unreliable.

After watching the two of them nod seriously, Zhang Ge complained in his heart, while on the other side he looked at Amelia:

"Amelia, prepare to take me over from above."

Amelia nodded, and the two of them found the tallest ruin nearby. After climbing to the top, they arrived at a place higher than those towers.

From this point, more of the deep pit can be seen clearly.

The big pit is funnel-shaped with steps extending downward. The height of each step is about 20 to 30 meters. Scattered buildings can be seen on the inside of each step, which should be the residences of the core members of the Dawn Cult.

One thing worth noting is that there are a large number of light sources shining towards the center of the deep pit. Although it is still impossible to see what is in the deepest part, based on the intensity of the reflected light source, Zhang Ge estimates that the object being illuminated may be a mirror or a metal object.

However, Zhang Ge and Amelia did not climb to the top for sightseeing.

The open area between the edge of the big hole and the ruins is about fifty meters long. Amelia can easily jump to the top of those towers in an instant with Zhang Ge.

As mentioned before, the brightness of the searchlights on those tall towers is like that of small suns. Not to mention whether the patrol team would look at the lights for no reason, even if they did, the brief visual adjustment under the strong light would be enough for two people to fall into the pit.

After taking a rough look at the scene inside, Zhang Ge was mentally prepared to be clamped or carried through again, and said:

"Oh, let's go."

But Amelia didn't do that. Instead, she put the sword back behind her, came behind Zhang Ge, put one arm around his chest, and the other arm around his waist. Holding him like this, she "pulled" him up a few centimeters from the ground.

Zhang Ge: ???

No, what’s the big deal about being tall?

While he was cursing in his heart, Amelia had already hugged him to the edge, fell forward diagonally, and when the angle was right, she jumped up by pushing off the edge.

The force was not too strong, after all, it could not make too much noise. After flying nearly fifty meters, it had lost its momentum when it landed on the tower, and it made almost no noise when it landed.

Here, Zhang Ge saw clearly what was in the center.

A severely damaged Warlord-class Titan with its lower half still buried in the soil.

There were several serious wounds on its chest, the deepest of which seemed to have penetrated from front to back. It was hard to imagine what kind of weapon could leave such a wound on the body of such a magical weapon.

Now, in addition to being severely damaged, its surface is also covered with blasphemous symbols and words of worship. The power it worships is consistent with Zhang Ge's guess - the great demon under Tzeentch, the Weaver of Destiny, and the Lord of Change.

Carlos Fateweaver.

The conjectured picture has the last piece of the puzzle put together at this moment, and it is not difficult to imagine what happened here.

Long ago, a massive war caused the fall of this divine machine, permanently changing the landscape and burying it deep underground.

As the Adeptus Mechanicus settled on the planet, extensive research quickly determined the location of the damaged Titan, but when the excavation was almost complete, the sudden invasion of the Orks interrupted the entire process.

No place outside the void shield of the hive city is safe anymore. Not to mention how long it will take to repair this Titan after it is excavated, if it is intercepted by orcs halfway, then how many seven hundred or eight hundred mechanical priests will cry to death.

Therefore, in order to avoid any moving objects from attracting the attention of the orcs as much as possible, the Mechanicus evacuated from here after reluctantly leaving behind only a large number of automatically running holographic projections as a means of protection.

But the war with the Orks was more protracted than the Mechanicus had imagined, and during this long time, a lucky person who broke through the barrier came here.

One can imagine how shocked the suburban residents would be when they walked down the deep pit that seemed to have been dug by gods and faced such a magnificent giant.

So in this mood he knelt down before the giant, worshipped him as a god, and prayed to be freed from ignorance.

There is no doubt that there are only a handful of native Chaos sects in the entire galaxy who can use a Warlord-class Titan as a medium and sacrifice. The Lord of Change responded to the mortal's prayer.

With the knowledge suddenly poured into their minds, and after repeated prayers to the gods and the responses they received, a de facto cult was born, without realizing it was a Chaos Cult.

With the object they desired most as their intention, they knelt devoutly in worship of a dead Titan, but what they received was a gift from Tzeentch, which was as ridiculous as the bishop's aria. The entire cult was like a ridiculous clown in a stage play.

Perhaps this is exactly the "sacrifice" that the Lord of Change truly wants.

Fortunately, their misfortunes may end today.

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Chapter 33: Deep Pit Sacrifice

Zhang Ge noticed that around the warrior-class Titan, a group of gray dots were performing sacrifices around the Titan. It seemed that the lights in these towers were not turned on like this every day, otherwise the electricity consumption would be enough to make the Dawn Cult suffer.

After simply memorizing the path to the bottom, Zhang Ge said to Amelia:

"Walk."

Then, the two of them took to the air again. In order to avoid being discovered by the people on the other side of the pit, Amelia threw the giant sword at a relatively slow speed this time. The sword body was relatively small compared to the human figure and it was difficult to be discovered at a distance from the other side if you didn't pay close attention, so it didn't matter if the speed was slower.

But it’s different for two people. Once the speed slows down, the other person should be able to see it as long as he is not blind.

When the giant sword flew into the air, Amelia threw a piece of scrap material at an extremely fast speed towards another high tower, and then suddenly exerted force with her feet, and two sounds of metal being smashed by huge force rang out one after another.

Just as the front end of the giant sword pierced the ground a little, Amelia had already arrived and accurately stepped on the back end of the hilt. At that moment, the force behind the sword was pulled back and the kinetic energy of its smashing into the ground offset each other, and the originally powerful and heavy impact was eliminated. The two of them landed behind a house with a very subtle sound.

At this time, near the tower where the sound came from, the cult members who heard the sound had just turned around and looked towards the source of the sound. By the time they were able to see the tower clearly under the strong light, the two men had already landed and hidden in the house.

The homemade scrap metal padlock that was originally used to prevent theft in this house didn't last even half a second. It was no different from a cookie in front of Amelia.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the time the two of them cleared the house and confirmed that there were no other threats, the patrol team above who had noticed the unusual noise should have already started searching for anything unusual around them.

Although two sounds can reduce the degree of suspicion to a certain extent, after all, those towers do not look very solid, and it is normal to make strange noises due to aging, but after all, those cult members are not NPCs, and they will not give up if they fail to find the target for a while after they become suspicious.

But this is exactly what Amelia wants - two possibilities. The first is that someone has broken through the outer defense line and is trying to distract their attention through the tower in the ruins area, or trying to attack the tower.

The second possibility is that someone jumped fifty meters directly from above, passed them and reached the top of the tower, and then flew into the pit at a speed faster than they could turn around. The two sounds just now were the sounds of their footsteps colliding with the tower.

For these suburban residents, the first possibility is obviously much higher than the second. In the absence of manpower to do both at the same time, it is natural that part of the patrol team will be sent out to search and guard, and the remaining people will focus more on the outside.

There is almost no cover on the next journey. Although this method will increase the possibility of Dominica and the other person being exposed, it can also greatly reduce the possibility of Zhang Ge and the other person being discovered.

Dominica and the others had plenty of space to deal with the patrol, but now they were inside a deep pit and basically unable to hide, and being discovered would be equivalent to being attacked.

Of course, Zhang Ge also knew this, and there was no need for too much explanation between the two of them.

While waiting for the patrols to leave, Zhang Ge asked:

"Are you now... a living saint?"

"Of course not. A Living Saint is the pinnacle of human virtue and the manifestation of the Emperor's will."

Zhang Ge thought for a while and continued to ask:

"Can you explain it more clearly? If you feel offended, forget it."

"To put it simply, without the corresponding will and bearing capacity, even if one accepts the Emperor's blessing like a living saint, the recipient will quickly become... well, a completely cleansed, holy, mindless psychic creature."

When discussing this topic, although Amelia was a blessed person and a combat nun, she did not seem to show the normal enthusiasm and avoidance, at least for now. Instead, she organized her words and explained it to Zhang Ge.

It seems that the stereotypes about nuns are not entirely true.

Zhang Ge thought so.

Then, Amelia added:

"I'm at the stage now where I've reached the short-term carrying capacity limit."

This answer was not unexpected. After all, if she was a living saint, Zhang Ge would have no chance of survival. He could just start fighting and throw her out like a Pokémon. Even if those cult members outside had two more zeros, they would not be able to do anything to the living saint.

After a while, Amelia, who must have noticed that some of the cult members had left, said:

"About two-thirds of the way there."

"learn."

The two left the room and passed through the residential and industrial areas of the Dawn Order at an extremely fast speed by going directly to the edge and then jumping down to the next level.

Until they reached the deepest location safely, the buildings here became denser, so the two were able to hide themselves in these houses and escape the attention of the patrol team above that might be cast at any time.

This place was not far from the cult's sacrificial position. The beams of light from above gradually became dazzling, and one could hear them muttering in the local dialect below.

After climbing up one flight of stairs after another, the two had reached the deepest part. Here, they could see the crowned Pope standing next to the altar. Above the altar, nine boys and girls, each aged nine years old, were lined up in nine pairs.

You can see all kinds of words written on the naked bodies of those boys and girls: "The wisest person", "The purest uncut jade", "Please pay attention to me", "God, God..."...

In front of them was a blood pool dug by the Titans, filled with blood and floating corpses. However, those corpses, which had obviously been piled up for many sacrifices, showed no signs of decay, and there was no bloody smell coming from the blood pool.

After the Pope finished his chanting, he came to the first boy and girl. He took out a ceremonial dagger from under his robe and cut open their abdomens.

The two sacrifices were gutted, but they still stood there in a daze. Their intestines and other internal organs flowed out along with the blood, and a large amount of blood flowed into the blood pool along a blood trough.

After the last drop of blood had flowed out, their bodies had become so pale that they looked unhuman. They also rolled into the pool of blood and became one of the corpses.

Then came the second and third pairs...

ps: It's okay, it's okay if you don't give me the tickets. It's okay if you secretly read other fan fiction outside. I will wait for you to come back and read it. It would be great if you could give me the remaining tickets for other fan fiction, but if you are not happy, then forget it. I'm already very happy that you can come back and read it occasionally.

Chapter 34 Please...Kill Me

While the Pope was holding the ceremony, Zhang Ge and Amelia were certainly not idle. After counting the number of melta bombs in her and his own hands, Zhang Ge formulated a blasting plan based on a few more plasma tanks.

There are too many people offering sacrifices below, it seems like there are at least three or four hundred of them, and there are dozens of elite guards in the outer circle. If they want to annihilate them directly, even if it is possible in a surprise attack, it will be difficult to complete it before the enemy reinforcements arrive from above.

However, for the purpose of offering sacrifices, they were arranged too densely, standing side by side. If several buildings surrounding the altar on the ground floor collapsed, it would surely cause great casualties.

As long as these upper management are wiped out, the suburbs of the hive city will not be a good place either. The Dawn Cult, without its organization, will soon be torn apart and devoured.

Although if the purpose was just to annihilate the Order of the Dawn, this would actually be enough. As long as Amelia gave the video recorded by the force feedback armor to the local Mechanicus personnel, they would be able to organize an entire army in the next minute and plow the entire place several times.

Not to mention living people, even living bacteria may not survive.

The desecration of the divine machinery was no small matter, especially since it was caused by the negligence of the Mechanicus' own personnel. Although the local personnel were unaware of this, this kind of thing... definitely cannot be resolved by simply holding the first person who came here to dig accountable.