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

Amelia nodded and added:

“It’s not an integration, but a collaborative operation, just like the previous expatriates.”

Collaborative action, what difference does it make to me?

His amazing wisdom quickly worked at this moment, and a reason came out of his mouth:

"Although I don't have any objections, is the state religion aware of this matter?"

This was actually a tactful refusal. The state religion only had this much armed force left. Would they be willing to send it to the front line?

But Amelia showed some hesitation at this sentence. She took Zhang Ge's hand and walked to the side. Seeing this, Zhang Ge naturally waved his hand to signal the guards not to follow.

After the two of them came to a farther place, Amelia whispered:

"Since the shame of the Age of Apostasy, the Sisters of Battle have been retained and are directly under the State Church, but they do not obey its orders. Instead, they act more like overseers of the State Church. The bishops can naturally make suggestions, but they do not actually have much control over our actions."

It was only when she mentioned it that Zhang Ge realized that this was indeed the case. This past period had a historical significance for the entire Sisters of Battle equivalent to the Horus Heresy for the Space Marines.

This was also the reason why most of the State Religion's open armed forces were banned and only the Sisters of Combat were retained. He had some impression of this, but the description of the relationship between the Sisters of Combat and the State Religion was too brief, so he couldn't remember it for a while.

After thinking for a moment, she continued:

"However, if you do not agree to coordinated action, I will hand over command to someone else and stay with you."

Hearing this, Zhang Ge was speechless. Isn't it just a handful of Ascalon? As for you... it seems really necessary. Damn it, you crazy woman of faith.

Now that things have come to this, why should he refuse?

In the final analysis, Zhang Ge wanted to die himself, not to drag the army down with him. Amelia had to stay by his side, so what difference did it make to have twenty or so combat nuns scattered among the troops to enhance their combat effectiveness? It would have basically no impact on his personal safety.

"Since there's no resistance, I have no objection."

After saying that, Zhang Ge suddenly remembered something and asked:

"Where's Dominica?"

Hearing this, Amelia spread out one hand to the left, and a little angel flew to her hand.

Huh? This is Dominica? Doesn't that mean only the brain is left?

In Zhang Ge's eyes, Amelia said:

"Communication with 028 Dominica."

Then, after a short while, an image was projected in the little angel's eyes. It was Dominica, but now she had a metal collar around her neck.

"Officer Amelia Yating? What can I do for you? Ah, it's Colonel Zhang Ge... Hello!"

"You haven't been transformed into a mecha servant that can only beep?"

Dominica shook her head, her silver hair swaying slightly:

"The High Sister agreed with Officer Amelia Ting that there was a shortage of manpower. Therefore, after appointing me as a Sister of Penance, she ordered me not to intentionally atone for my sins with death, but to wash away the shame through battle and the blood of heretics."

As she spoke, she hooked her fingers around the collar around her neck and lifted it forward to show some details, but after pulling it for a while, even to the point where she could see the flesh at the back of her neck, it didn't move forward much.

But then she made an expression of sudden realization, reached out to grab the "camera" - probably another little angel - and moved the picture closer to the collar.

"If I try to escape again, the collar will be detonated by the nun holding the controller. It will also amplify the guilt deep within me. During non-wartime, I will need to be whipped and pray for atonement every day under this amplified sense of guilt."

Then, before Zhang Ge could even open his mouth to stop it, he saw one of her own fingers enter the picture, quickly approaching the collar as her voice rang out again.

"This button is this, wuu ...

Zhang Ge said expressionlessly:

"Okay, turn off the communication."

Amelia closed the communication. Though she shared Zhang Ge's impassive expression, she felt a chilling edge to her expression. It seemed someone was about to be in trouble.

After the two finished their conversation, they returned to the side door. Amelia first said to the other two:

"My name is Amelia, and I'll be traveling with you from now on."

Yolanda was the first to respond:

"Yolanda, junior engineer, military chaplain."

But the captain of the guard said later:

"I am only responsible for the escort mission temporarily, and we will no longer be involved in any operations."

He didn't intend to reveal his name. Being remembered by the boss was not necessarily a good thing. If he was suddenly remembered during the battle, "Hey, doesn't that so-and-so have a troop under his command? Let them come over to fill the line", then he would be doomed.

He is not afraid of death, but the problem is that on a battlefield like that, he might encounter things more terrifying than death, and he will not get carried away by passion.

Fortunately, Amelia didn't mean to force it. She nodded to indicate that she heard it, and then turned her gaze to Zhang Ge.

Obviously, this is asking where to go next.

"I have something I want to investigate."

ps: The first chapter of today, and the other three chapters of today are updated together. By the way, I was clearly writing a standard 4k chapters a day before, so why do you say that each chapter of mine is short?

ps2: Due to a bug in Hedgehog Cat's coding background, a whole chapter of mine was swallowed up, which happened to be chapter , so I had to rewrite it and posted it an hour late today.

Chapter 51: Outstanding People and Beautiful Scenery

The matter to be investigated is naturally the previous rumor that seems to be related to Nurgle.

The destination is naturally the bottom nest that has hardly been mentioned so far.

It can't be said that it is a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, but it can also be said to be a place of human beings, which is probably equivalent to hell on earth.

If the entire nest is likened to a giant tower toilet, with everyone discharging waste into the people in the nest below, then the bottom nest is the pool below this giant toilet.

There, even the nobles gave up their rule - of course, generally no nobles would be so evil as to want to rule the cesspool - as long as it did not affect the lower nest, did not affect taxation, and did not breed overt cults, the nobles generally did not bother to care what happened in the lower nest.

Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to imagine the degree of chaos in the Underhive. From cultists disguised as branches of the state religion to certain bald-headed societies, from mutants to wanted criminals in the hive city, as long as you are patient and look for it in this place, you will always find the maggot you want.

Compared to the bottom nest, even the gangs in the lower nest have become much more friendly. At least most of the gang fights will just end with a simple shot to the head, instead of a bunch of strange things rushing out to pin you to the ground and cut off your limbs, giving you the ultimate insult and then letting you die in pain.

It is better to say that even when the lower nest gang sends people into the bottom nest, they have to gather a group of vicious and fully armed people in advance, so that these people will not disappear silently in a corner along with the things they are going to do.

Even if we put aside the issue of whether it is a cult or not, this dangerous environment itself is enough to attract Zhang Ge.

After finishing his first sentence, he continued:

"Amelia and I will be heading to the Underhive to investigate some rumors. It shouldn't take long. You stay here and wait."

Yolanda naturally had no objection. After all, from an objective point of view, her fighting ability was still slightly inferior to those two people. If she went to such a dangerous place, she might even be a hindrance.

However, the captain of the guard hesitated and said:

"The Bottom Nest is too dangerous...would you like to reconsider?"

If an ordinary person wanted to go to the bottom nest, he would only laugh at that person and ask him to think about his family. But if this gentleman went to the bottom nest and something happened, it would be his turn to think about his family.

"Could it be more dangerous than the front line?"

"this..."

Well, at least if we go down with him, there will be a chance that some of us will come out alive, and those who die can also gain some fame and not have to worry about the afterlife.

"Alright, we'll escort you into the bottom nest."

Hearing this, Zhang Ge said in surprise:

"Did I not make myself clear? If you stay here, the guards will come with you and we'll be too conspicuous. What's the point of investigating then?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door with Amelia, telling them that he was not asking for help, but just wanted to inform them of their destination.

The captain of the guard wanted to chase after Zhang Ge after he turned around, but before he could stand up, he was easily pinned down by the two Star Army soldiers who had followed him.

After walking back out the back door along the same route they came from, Zhang Ge asked other soldiers to guard here and entered the vehicle with Amelia.

After the two of them sat down, he did not start the car immediately, but said:

"I seem to have received some kind of blessing, and some changes have occurred in my body. Amelia, can you turn off the power armor and help me test my strength?"

Hearing this, the other party showed no surprise, nor any special reaction, as if blessing was just an ordinary thing for Zhang Ge. He simply stretched out his arm and placed it between the driver and the co-pilot seat, making an arm wrestling gesture:

"No need to deactivate the power armor. I'll let you know the results."

Zhang Ge naturally had no doubt about her judgment, so he also reached out his hand and placed his palm in the other person's.

As Amelia's countdown ended, Zhang Ge gradually increased the strength in his hands until he finally burst out with all his strength. His muscles even filled up his thick coat, revealing his outline and outlining his body lines.

But he still couldn't move her arm at all. Zhang Ge felt like he was trying to bend a solid ceramic steel pipe.

However, Amelia nodded in approval and said:

"It's time to end. Your current explosive power, arm strength, and wrist strength are roughly two-thirds of what they were before I received the blessing. Blessings are generally all-encompassing, so other aspects should be roughly within this range."

Fortunately, probably because his physical fitness was not much better than that of ordinary people, the improvement brought by the blessing was not that great, and not as bad as imagined.

Two-thirds, this number may seem small, but you have to know that the person being compared to is Amelia, who was previously a nun of atonement.

It’s not that every Sister of Atonement is strong, but those who are not strong will not live long at all. Most of them will die in the first battle after becoming a Sister of Atonement.

After all, it's not the case that less cloth means higher defense. Even the living saint Celestine knew that she had to wear armor. The Sisters of Penance wrapped in cloth rushed forward with melee weapons in hand. If the heavy firepower on the opposite side was not blind, a few rounds of firepower attacks would make most of them wash away their sins with death.

The scars on Amelia's body and her superb swordsmanship before she was completely transformed were enough to demonstrate her value. After all, if she wasn't strong enough, she wouldn't have lived to accumulate the scars and swordsmanship.

Even if we only consider her ability to leap fifteen meters with a sword and shield, two-thirds of this standard is already far beyond the limit of ordinary people.

This was just a momentary blessing. If it happened a few more times, Zhang Ge wouldn't dare to think about how he would die.

After completing a simple test, the vehicle started with a voice message and drove towards the entrance of the bottom nest as Amelia pointed.

As the distance to the entrance gradually approaches, the buildings on both sides of the road become lower and lower, showing few signs of development.

Because even the most oppressive nobles, factory owners, and the like would not want the lower nesters to live close to the bottom nests.

It doesn't matter whether the employees themselves live or die, but if they are infected by the diseases carried by the mutants that appear from time to time in this area, and infect others when they return to work, the losses will be huge.

If an industry is blocked, employees die and new ones cannot be recruited, who will make up for the lost working hours?

Therefore, with the tacit consent of the nobles, the areas around the entrances to each lower nest became gathering places for the lower nest gangs.

These destabilizing factors have enough military force to suppress all kinds of creatures flowing out of the bottom nest. They can take responsibility for any problems, and even death can be counted as a political achievement. It is also convenient for the nobles to centrally manage them. Just thinking about it makes me excited, so why not do it?

Of course, this also led to the two of them encountering some harassment from time to time before arriving.

ps: Updated the second chapter. I have to work overtime on Cyber ​​on New Year’s Eve. I am so tired.

Chapter 52: Bottom Nest

A drug addict who is crazy and taking drugs, a psychopath running around, a gunman who shoots randomly just for fun, and a speed racer who feels embarrassed because he was overtaken.

The wheels had dyed the ground red from the people who were lying on the ground madly and were run over.

But before Zhang Ge could cause the big trouble he was expecting, the heavily guarded entrance to the bottom nest came into view.

A large number of law enforcers and PDFs were stationed there, establishing a large blockade area.

Although the elevator has been out of service for a long time, the elevator body connecting the bottom nest and the lower nest itself is enough to become the biggest risk factor. The forces of the bottom nest will climb along this huge column to the bottom of the partition wall and insert the building support into the column body to build a large-scale building complex.

This complex of buildings is like a spider web on top of a dilapidated pillar, with one side connected to the pillar and the other side attached to the "ceiling". They can use this to easily carry out construction on the partition wall, open up defenseless holes, and flow into the nest below.

The importance of such a strategic location is self-evident. Just this one core business alone is enough to support an entire large family or gang.

On the surface side, since it is unclear where the buildings below extend to, it is actually impossible to effectively counter the digging behavior of the bottom nest.

The building complex that came into Zhang Ge's sight seemed to be heavily guarded, but it was only in the area where the control situation was the most serious.

As for places farther away from here, if we can find a passage, we will naturally block it, but if we are required to control all the gaps, that is not something that these people can do.

The surrounding environment gradually became quiet, and only the sound of driving could be heard inside the car.

The vehicle gradually approached the blockade area ahead, which was surrounded by a large number of barbed wire fences and wire walls.

On both sides of the ceramic steel gate, which grew larger as the car approached, stood two tall towers. When they were still about a kilometer away, the towers began to project slow-down and speed-limit reminders in bright red on the road surface, and drew a horizontal line at the end of the slow-down area to signal vehicles to stop.

Obviously, if the order is refused, the artillery and heavy weapons deployed everywhere will not hold back.

Zhang Ge had no intention of being a troublemaker, so he slowed down and parked the car in front of the line drawn by the other party.