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

So much so that when the divine machine moved away, the interception line could no longer stop the surging crowd - it would be better to say that the maintainers of the interception line themselves had joined them. People were pouring onto the shattered ground trampled by the divine machine like a wave, fighting for the ownership of every piece of debris.

This is also the significance of not having the Titans parade via transport vehicles.

Rather than being carried by a vehicle, letting the divine machine's feet step on the ground inch by inch and letting the footsteps resound one by one is enough to crush the uneasiness in anyone's heart and crush any conspiracy that the villain dares to plan.

The military parade had actually ended after the Titan passed by. No senior general dared to compare himself with this creature, let alone appear in the parade with it as a leader.

Yes, even Zhang Ge was not present.

Despite his own urging, what if there was danger? Even if there wasn't, it would be nice to just stand up and make a famous target. After parading through the military parade, would there still be any need to worry about assassins?

However, both the nobility and the Mechanicus firmly rejected this request.

The nobles were worried that this newly publicized war hero would be assassinated during the military parade. If it failed, it would be fine. But if it succeeded, then everyone would stop fighting and go to the circus to perform together.

The Mechanicus, on the other hand, is trying to dilute the connection between this Titan and Zhang Ge in this subtle way so as to facilitate more plans in the future.

Although the mechanical priests look stupid, they are just too lazy to express their thoughts to ordinary people, and they are not really stupid.

Although he was jealous of Titan, Zhang Ge did not hide the fact when he gave orders to Titan.

There are two possibilities.

First, the Titan pilots were willing to follow Zhang Ge's orders, or at least had great trust in his instructions.

Second, replace the above drivers with machine spirits, and the drivers will be coerced by the machine spirits and have to obey.

Or maybe both.

But no matter which possibility it is, it means that Zhang Ge and this Titan are still inextricably linked. Titan is not a car that can be driven away by moving the person sitting in the driver's seat or killing him.

At the moment, Titan is a huge rock hanging on the balance scale between forces. Once Titan becomes dissatisfied and switches to any side, it will be completely unacceptable to other forces.

Or there is no need to switch to other forces. The Titan may take revenge on the spot. She is standing at the door of your hive area and firing volcanic cannons at you. What can you do? Do you want to use a sea of ​​people to drown this Titan?

Let’s not even talk about whether other forces will help, or whether the people of the hive city will help spontaneously, or whether the subordinates can do it or are willing to do so.

Let's say the Titan is really destroyed. If anyone leaks this news, the force that destroyed the Titan will be held accountable.

Although a war is going on right now, once the news is received, no one in the Macrobei District occupied by the Mechanicus will mind squeezing out some of their troops to form an expeditionary force and come to see what is going on in this hive city.

Therefore, before investigating what exactly happened, it would be better to let this card be held in the hands of Zhang Ge, who is independent of any hive forces. At least this way, we only have to deal with one person, and his purpose now seems to be the same as everyone else's.

So, what were Zhang Ge and his group doing while Titan was reviewing the troops?

First of all, there was Zhang Ge. Before he learned that Olivia was going to attend the military parade, he looked for ways to communicate with Olivia remotely. As a result, he looked through a lot of communication equipment, but in the end he found that they were all unnecessary.

Because you only need to hang the cross on the inside of your clothes, close to your skin, and touching the hair left by Olivia is considered as contact with her, so you can contact her directly without any communication equipment.

So, after being refused to participate in the military parade, he also refused to control the scene outside the military parade, and went directly to the base designated for him by the two forces, intending to investigate first.

As for Amelia and Dominica, they did not follow. Instead, they said goodbye to Zhang Ge temporarily after entering the city and went to the area controlled by the state religion. They should be heading to the stronghold of the Martyred Saint Sisters in the hive city.

The three of them temporarily separated behind the nest gate.

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Chapter 42: Sweating Profusely

After separating from Amelia and the others, Zhang Ge drove the light armored vehicle that was transported in together, and under the guidance of the escort vehicles, headed towards the base they had given.

That's right, unlike the previous times when the vehicle was driven, this time there were many PDF armored units in front and behind the vehicle to provide temporary protection. There were also law enforcement officers who were urgently mobilized to clear the road along the way, allowing Zhang Ge to truly experience the pomp of the privileged class.

If he hadn't insisted on driving himself, a dedicated driver would have been arranged for him.

Even though he was just an ordinary veteran a day ago.

Oh, of course, in a sense it still is, after all, there is no official appointment.

But power comes from people, not from a little letter of commission. When everyone feels and believes that you are a senior officer, there is no need for a so-called commission to exercise such power over them.

Just like the one on the Golden Throne, no one dares to appoint Him, right?

Of course, if by some chance I really survive, then this foreshadowing can be used afterwards. When the higher-ups come to investigate, as long as they find out about my behavior, I will most likely be shot.

Dying is winning, living is also winning.

Qin Shi Huang ate peppercorns and became numb.

Who is the Inquisition? I really don’t know them. Just wait for the Ministry of Military Affairs to launch an attack and everything will be fine.

Zhang Ge cut fiercely and drove the vehicle into the large elevator from the lower nest to the upper nest.

After arriving at Shangchao, the scenery here is no longer the high-tech, low-life feeling that we have seen along the way.

After all, those who can live in such a place are basically the best of the best in the entire planet, perhaps even better than 99% of ordinary people in the hive. From middle and senior officers of local armed forces to corporate management, the higher-level nobles don't mind leaking a little bit of oil from their hands to these high-value tools.

Although this was a tiny amount compared to the nobles who were managing resources based on a population of hundreds of millions, it was still more than enough for these people to live a prosperous life.

Here, ceramic and steel buildings over a kilometer high can be seen everywhere, stretching out in stretches. They seem to be denser than the buildings in Xiachao, but in fact the population density is much lower than the former, making the average living space per person even dozens of times larger than that of an entire family in Xiachao.

From officers sitting opposite each other on the street with a drink in front of them discussing the return of the Primarch, to the huge transport ships in the sky carrying pure water from the polar glaciers heading towards the top of the tower, in places like this, one can actually find a trace of "comfort" that is hard to imagine existing in the Empire.

Perhaps compared to the bottom nest who may be shot at any time because of a bottle of dirty water, the lower nest who are endlessly exploited, and the top nest who are always faced with various conspiracies and huge amounts of government affairs, the upper nest who are almost in the upper middle level have the most time to temporarily let go of their worries.

But apart from these daily scenes, an extremely eye-catching circular building in front still attracted Zhang Ge's attention.

That is the ceramic steel wall built around the core area of ​​Shangchao.

These fortifications may seem like just a layer of city walls, but when you get closer you'll find that their height and width are comparable to skyscrapers. In essence, they are ring-shaped fortresses that can accommodate entire armies for long-term combat.

For the masters at the top of the tower, the lower nest is not considered human at all. The lower nest is just a sacrifice that can be abandoned at will. Only the upper nest can be called a "defense line". After all, once the upper nest is breached, the war will spread to the top of the tower.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why this circular fortress is used to protect the core of the upper nest and the most critical places - the elevators and supporting points leading to the top of the tower.

Considering the size of the entire hive, even if the enemy captured the bottom nest and the lower nest, it would be almost impossible to blow up half of the hive. However, if the load-bearing area of ​​the upper nest was lost, then the difficulty of just blowing up a spire would be within an acceptable range.

This huge ring-shaped fortress will be a huge obstacle to prevent the enemy from achieving this strategic goal... Of course, even considering the worst case scenario, this can at least buy some time for the evacuation of the nobles at the top of the tower.

Watching the city wall getting closer and closer to him, and also closer and closer to the marked location of the garrison, Zhang Ge gradually saw the Star Army.

Most of them were dressed in tattered clothes, covered with scars, and their formation was in disarray. There were even quite a few seriously injured soldiers who were missing limbs. It was obvious at a glance that they were troops that had been dispersed from the front line.

Although those in better situations had already been organized for training in the open space outside the ring fortress, the majority of them were still scattered soldiers who could not even find their superiors and could only be temporarily mixed with other troops.

It seems that the nobles are making full use of this ring fortress and using it as a base for the Astra Militarum who were driven back to the hive city. This is understandable. They don’t have to spend any money and can also recruit a bunch of capable thugs to protect their own safety. Who wouldn’t be happy about that?

Zhang Ge's vehicle quickly arrived at the city gate. Many armored vehicles such as the Leman Russ were passing by, and there were also many trucks carrying supplies back and forth. It seemed that one would have to wait in line for a long time to get in.

But when the convoy arrived here, it turned sideways, and after identification, it entered the fortress directly from a small door on one side and passed through from the other side.

Zhang Ge's right eye twitched when he saw this, and he felt a little uneasy. Was the priority a little too high?

It is true that it is easier to get things done if you have someone in the court, but actually I don’t mind delaying it a little bit.

No matter what, right eye twitching is feudal superstition.

In order to divert some of his attention, Zhang Ge glanced sideways at the marked points on the projected map next to him.

Hmm...haha, I hadn't noticed it before. The garrison is in a very core position inside the city wall. I guess only elite troops can be stationed in such an inner place.

As the elevator leading to the top of the tower got closer and closer and the number of Star Army soldiers around him decreased, Zhang Ge admitted that he was indeed sweating profusely.

I didn't expect the defense to be so tight. There are even additional defense lines and bases around the elevator. It seems they trust me quite a bit.

This stubborn thought continued until the convoy drove into the elevator, and the ceramic steel door inlaid with various artworks and decorations slowly closed, and the feeling of weightlessness as it headed towards the top of the tower came.

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Chapter 43: Station

What goes up is the elevator, what goes down is the emotion.

The current differential treatment made Zhang Ge smell something wrong.

Until the gate slowly opened again, what appeared before his eyes was another ring corresponding to the one below, which was another ring-shaped fortress.

If the upper nest is to keep the enemy out, then this place is to trap the enemy inside.

It is not difficult to imagine that in order to prevent the enemy from being forced into a corner and causing them to explode, the nobles at the top of the tower would most likely not destroy the elevator, thus giving the enemy hope of completely capturing the hive city and thereby further blocking the enemy through this fortress.

Although the result may be the same if the attack lasts for a long time, there is no such thing as too much time. Waiting for reinforcements and evacuating supplies, more time means more options.

It is not difficult to imagine the importance of this fortress as the last line of defense for the nobles. All those stationed here are complete regiments of the PDF elite or the remaining Astra Militarum. Zhang Ge even saw a Malcador heavy tank through the car window.

The base where Zhang Ge was assigned was in this fortress, and the convoy finally stopped after entering the interior.

When he parked the car in the garage, the temporary guards outside had already assembled. When Zhang Ge walked out, the guard captain came forward with several people:

"Please continue to follow us."

Zhang Ge didn't mind. Although he was not used to having three or four big men sticking so close to protect him, he only had to endure it for a short period of time. They were all trying to make a living. Why make things difficult for others? Just let him be.

Looking around, the interior of the fortress did not have any luxurious decorations. It was all iron-gray in color, with small lights at intervals for lighting. In the passageway, which was wide enough to accommodate three Leman Russ tanks running side by side, one could occasionally see hurried columns of soldiers passing by.

This scene, which seemed like a cycle, continued for a long time. As the sound of the construction machinery gradually grew louder, the guards in the outer circle gradually stopped, and the captain of the guard led Zhang Ge into an entrance.

Zhang Ge asked:

"right here?"

"Yes, everything within this entrance belongs to you."

After walking about ten meters forward, two Crusaders wearing red robes with radiation protection layers and holding electric rifles blocked the way ahead and stopped the guards who were leading the way.

The two sides have been holding grudges for a long time, and the conflict cannot be resolved by negotiations from the upper echelons. As it happens, none of the family's private guards and the Crusaders are easy to deal with. The guards raised their guns first, and the situation escalated rapidly. Reinforcements from the guards and the Crusaders rushed forward.

"Please wait a moment, those iron shells..."

It's already this late and you still want me to wait a while. Who will make up for the lack of danger for me?

Zhang Ge didn't wait for the captain of the guard to finish his words. He pushed him aside and pulled out the plasma pistol that he always had with him from his waist.

By the time he reached the front, he could already see both sides' fingers on the triggers.

"what happens?"

Without determining the situation, Zhang Ge simply let the gunman hang down naturally and did not make any aggressive moves for the time being.

Before the guards could answer, the officer-like figure on the Skitarii side spoke first:

"Access permission check update: 1 person has permission."

Honestly, the sound was more like a playback than a spoken word.

After hearing these incoherent words, Zhang Ge thought for a while.

"Does that mean I can go in alone?"

The other officer nodded.

"Isn't this my base? Do my people need access authorization to enter?"

Zhang Ge temporarily classified these guards as his own and asked.

But the other party just repeated his answer again:

"Access permission check: 1 person has permission."

Permission? Is it just access permission or something else?

In the increasingly tense atmosphere, Zhang Ge waved his hand to signal the guards to lower their guns, and then said to the captain:

"I request that you be incorporated into the Astra Militarum Akauran 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment."

Hearing this, the captain of the guard was about to refuse, but seeing Zhang Ge's eyes, he seemed to realize something and changed his words:

"clear."

As soon as the conversation ended, the group of Crusaders on the opposite side lowered their guns. The Crusaders officer led a group of people away as if nothing had happened. Then the guards at the front tentatively stepped over the interception line of the Crusaders.