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

But there was no inspection as imagined. A red ray was shot out, scanning the license plate number in front of the car, and then the ceramic steel door opened to both sides.

Only then did Zhang Ge remember that he had snatched this car from Ernesto. Judging from his status, which was comparable to that of a high-ranking priest, and the fact that he could afford to support so many PDFs, his family's influence in the hive was obviously not small.

But I didn't expect that this privilege would come into play for the first time in such a place.

The vehicle started again and drove into the interior.

When sailing towards the depths, you can see wooden houses built everywhere inside the wire mesh walls. It is not difficult to understand why there are no formal buildings. After all, who cares about which parts of your body are load-bearing or not when the bottom-nesting creatures digging holes below are there?

If something is built in such a place and it causes a large-scale landslide, the things in the pit will have to climb up along the gift of nature.

After a short distance, an officer leading a small group of PDFs came to meet the car. They all wore the emblem of the Ernesto family.

When Zhang Ge stopped the car and rolled down the window, the officer handed a form into the window without asking any further questions.

An agent sent by the family? An heir with a sudden sense of adventure? Or a bastard looking to achieve something remarkable? A cleaner handling stolen goods?

As long as their goal is to go to the bottom nest, it is none of his business.

All he had to do was to collect the forms and send them down as they requested. Even if the car was stolen and the person used it to enter the blockade area and then go down to the bottom nest, he would not be held accountable. Instead, they would look for the person who did not delete the license plate recognition in time.

Nobles usually have many secrets, and they prefer to maintain as much confidentiality as possible rather than taking any risk of accidents.

Soon, the form was handed back. Although it only required the most basic and vague information to be filled in, he still didn't bother to look at it. He folded the form in front of the driver in the car, put it in a bag and sealed it.

After handing the sealed bag to a guard and asking him to send it away, the officer turned and said:

"plz follow me."

The vehicles that were keeping the same speed as him turned in another direction and did not go deeper, but went around to the side.

After parking in the parking space indicated by him, Zhang Ge and Amelia approached the metal cylinder that protruded more than two meters from the ground. The latter also left the two little angels in the car, after all, this thing was too conspicuous in the bottom nest.

The officer approached the column and entered a few numbers into the combination lock on the outside. The sliding door on one side opened, revealing six seats inside.

That's right, while the bottom nest people were digging holes upwards, this side would actually occasionally dig a few holes downwards. After all, even without considering other dirty work, the nobles could not completely lose information about the bottom nest, otherwise if a successful cult was really nurtured, the entire nest would be buried with it.

People who do this kind of task must have a fixed way to get down. They can't just go through the hole dug by the bottom nest people. Isn't that courting death?

So, this tool came into being. It is similar to an airborne drop pod, but obviously much cheaper. It will pass through this hole that is only used once and throw the person sitting inside into the bottom nest.

Since you have no idea where you will land, this mode of transportation is extremely risky and is jokingly called a "round coffin." More people prefer to jump down by themselves using a gravity parachute.

But right now, the two of them didn't have a gravity parachute, and obviously couldn't use a jump pack to go down... otherwise, the people at the bottom nest would definitely not mind coming over to see what this shiny thing that landed on the ground was.

So I can only experience this monkey version of the airborne warehouse.

Once inside, the interior looks as simple as its exterior, with only a descent distance counter showing numbers on the top and a few gas masks in the loading cabinets. The rest is pure iron gray.

The two sat down. Zhang Ge looked at the gas masks in the cabinet next to him. He recalled that although his breathing seemed not to be affected by toxic substances in the air, he could still smell the odor normally. He quickly took out one and put it on.

Even if he wouldn't be poisoned to death... thinking about the smell that might have been aged in the bottom nest for hundreds or thousands of years, Zhang Ge felt it would be better not to experience this unique style.

Just as he put on his mask, the officer who had been debugging the equipment outside came in. He put down something that looked like a scanner and said:

"This will locate you and the location of this entrance. If you want to exit through this entrance within 48 hours, you can open the flap above and press the button. I will open the entrance on this side, but you only have one chance to press the button."

After saying that, he left. Zhang Ge was close by, so he picked up the mobile phone-sized positioning tool and put it in his bag.

The door closed quickly, leaving only a faint light from a small lamp inside.

P.S.: Third update, wishing everyone a happy New Year's Eve. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, do you want to take a day off? I want to.

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Chapter 53: Stepping into Hell

With a crisp sound of unbuttoning, the round coffin began to fall straight down and was accelerated to an extremely high speed through the electromagnetic acceleration track.

At this time, a counterintuitive phenomenon occurred.

In terms of a normal riding experience, the higher the acceleration, the stronger the feeling of being pressed into the seat, but at this moment, the direction of this acceleration is towards the ground.

If there were no external force to accelerate them, the two people in the cabin would be pulled by gravity normally and fall down at the same speed as the round coffin, and no accidents would occur.

But the electromagnetic acceleration track just now provided an external force, giving the round coffin an additional acceleration, which was much higher than the acceleration due to gravity. This caused Zhang Ge, who was not wearing a seat belt, to fall out of his seat and start flying upwards at a high speed.

The officer assumed that both of them knew about this and did not remind them. Zhang Ge had never experienced a landing capsule in his past life or now, so he was not aware of this at all. Amelia saw that Zhang Ge was not in a hurry and thought he was up to something new.

If he were alone at this moment, his wish to die would be fulfilled in such a dramatic way, and Zhang Ge would be beaten into a pool of flesh on the top of the round coffin.

However, Amelia was sitting nearby, the magnetic system on the soles of her feet firmly fixed her to the seat. Seeing that Zhang Ge really had no idea about the precautions for riding in the landing capsule, she hurriedly held down Zhang Ge who was floating upwards at a faster speed.

Zhang Ge, who only then realized what had just happened, looked at Amelia. Although the latter could not see Zhang Ge's expression through the gas mask, she still showed a look of "no need to thank me".

Of course, the counter used to record how far the descent was made was not affected by this little episode. Its numbers were jumping wildly, and short, sharp sounds of scraping something could be heard from around the cabin from time to time, making people feel as if they were really falling into hell.

In the bottom nest with a lack of light, the high speed and the black shell of the coffin itself make it difficult to be captured by the naked eye. If there is someone, although they can hear a whistling sound passing by, they will be completely unable to effectively aim.

Time passed by every second, and just before the illusion that the fall would continue forever appeared, the reverse thrust nozzles activated with a tremor in the cabin, and the huge force it brought instantly pressed down on the two people.

The experience of the car falling can only be said to be barely enough to allow the passengers to get out safely, and the experience is not taken into consideration at all.

Zhang Ge only felt that despite the reverse thrust, he still felt as if all the bones in his body were dislocated the moment he landed, and the buzzing sound caused by the metal vibration was torturing his ears crazily.

But there is not much time left to immerse in this feeling. The directional explosives built into the opening and closing door are activated quickly after landing. This simple and rough way of opening the door can effectively prevent mechanical failures caused by deformation due to landing.

An explosion sounded, sparks of metal jets flew outward, and as the hatch fell outward, Amelia threw a smoke bomb.

In the gray-white mist that suddenly expanded in a small explosion, countless tiny bright crystals can be seen. Those are highly reflective mirror crystals that were thrown all around by the explosion. This makes these smoke screens not only block the line of sight, but also effectively intercept the rays of individual laser weapons.

Of course, this equipment is best used with a breathing filter.

As the smoke spread, Zhang Ge leaned against the door, but the imagined attack did not come.

Looking at Amelia, she shook her head and said:

"It's so quiet."

Yes, it's too quiet.

If Zhang Ge's own hearing couldn't confirm it, then the fact that even Amelia couldn't hear anything was enough to be considered abnormal.

Not to mention the voices of living creatures, even the sound of gunfire does not exist. Remember, this is the bottom nest, not a classroom for evening self-study.

But it soon became clear to both of them why it was so quiet.

Amelia reacted first. She seemed to have heard something. She stepped forward in an instant, dragged Zhang Ge's arm and pulled him up. The jumping backpack behind her spewed out a hot tail flame, carrying the two of them into the sky.

Zhang Ge's eyes, after being blessed, have been able to adapt to the dark environment to a certain extent, and he can see clearly what is below.

Those were countless humanoid creatures clinging on and coming from all directions.

They appear to lack eyes, perhaps a degeneration of their own accord to adapt to the darkness. Their skin is exceptionally pale due to lack of light, and their slender bodies reveal visible skeletons, yet their limbs are exceptionally strong, allowing them to nimbly crawl across various terrains with their relatively light weight.

It is obvious that these things are the culprits for the silence in the bottom nest. From what we can see, they have no vision, but their hearing is extremely sharp.

The noise of the jump packs attracted these creatures. Although the source of the sound was in mid-air, they had a certain degree of intelligence and had begun to climb up along the buildings on both sides, trying to put themselves at the same height as their prey.

Is it an alien? Or just some kind of subhuman? A mutant?

Zhang Ge compared these human-looking species with the aliens in his mind one by one, but he could not find their corresponding positions.

Suddenly, Amelia's voice came:

"Heaven."

Hearing this, he shifted his gaze upwards. There were rows of translucent uteri emitting a bright yellow light?

No, it's much more than that.

When paying further attention, Zhang Ge discovered that the uteruses were unevenly distributed on an inverted convex surface.

He quickly realized what the convex surface was.

Because a huge eye, also bright yellow, facing the ground opened.

The surface of its eyeball was covered with mucus. After the two pieces of flesh covering it were stretched apart, the liquid stuck together and dripped downwards. The pupil, which seemed to be formed by countless flat and long eggs crowded together, scanned through it.

Those egg-like objects looked more like living worm-like creatures than part of the pupil.

Instantly, their eyes met.

The other person's pupils shrank inward, and the egg-shaped objects squeezed each other and twisted in shape. The small black dots in the center of the egg-shaped objects gathered towards the center, trying to lock onto Zhang Ge.

Those translucent uteri are arranged in a complex pattern on its back, embedded in it like strawberry seeds.

If you look closely, you can see a little metallic luster beneath the flesh in some cracks and corners.

Demon Engine?

Looking at its disgusting and twisted appearance, this answer immediately came to Zhang Ge's mind, but he quickly ruled it out.

If it was a demon engine of such a large scale, it would be impossible for it to remain hidden in the bottom nest for such a long time. If not, what else could it be?

It is impossible for the nobles to be unaware of this matter, but it is obvious that even the captain of the guard has been kept in the dark. What are they hiding?

Was the battle that led to the fall of the Titan warrior a coincidence, or did it have some other purpose?

There was no time to think about any of this.

Because that thing has already taken further action.

As its limbs attached to the top of the bottom nest rose up little by little, its huge body began to break away from the top partition wall, until dozens of pairs of pillar-like fleshy feet were all stood up, and its body fell straight down with a sound like a mountain collapsing.

P.S. Happy New Year everyone! May everyone continue to be healthy, successful, and have a happy family! Today is New Year's Day, so I'm posting this chapter early.

P.S. 2: Have you taken a day off? If so, since it's Chinese New Year today, I'm not completely off, but it seems I'll only have one chapter. I'll resume normal updates tomorrow. Also, getting first place seems a bit difficult, so I'll change it to 8k for second place, 6k for third place (for now), and for the first day. Wink.

Chapter 54 Alien

Before it fell, Amelia had already picked it up and flew in the opposite direction with Zhang Ge at a high speed.

The thing's dozens of pairs of fleshy legs stretched downwards and touched the ground first, and then its body crashed down with a loud bang. The flesh and thick juice all over its body were torn and splashed in the collision with the hard metal building, but the metal contained in it was indestructible.

Although it temporarily lost its ability to move due to falling to the ground, its huge eyeballs moved to the front of its body and stared at the two people from beginning to end.

Being so close, Zhang Ge finally saw clearly what those egg-shaped objects were.

There were thousands of worms entangled with each other, biting each other head to tail, and their bodies entangled, wriggling and changing all the time, but there was a black spot in the center of the body without exception, focusing in the direction of the eyeball's gaze.

The flesh and blood on its body was as pale as those of man-made objects, but scarlet color seeped out from the seams of the muscles. The festering wounds and holes that were rolled out were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Countless worm-like creatures poured out of its wounds and blood vessels, filling and adhering to these damaged areas.

I thought I was catching a cult, but I ended up poking fun at Laos.

The name of an alien race was compared with it in Zhang Ge's mind.

The Worm Man, or the Scavenger Lord.

If this race isn't familiar enough, there's another related race that is much more well-known:

Ran Dan.

This alien race caused repeated setbacks to the Imperium during the Great Crusade of 30. Even with the participation of three Primarchs, parts of the nine Space Marine Legions, and the Mechanicus forces, the Imperium still suffered heavy casualties.

Space Marines died in large numbers, dozens of Titan legions were destroyed, and even a Glorious Queen-class dreadnought sank.

But their impact on the empire goes far beyond this. The empire seems to have suffered some kind of major humiliation in the war with Randan, so much so that most of the information related to it has been completely erased, and all the veterans who participated in the war have vowed never to mention this war again.

Except for professional historians, most people don't even know the name Ran Dan.

There are many different theories about the connection between the Worm People and the Ran Dan. Some say that they are just different names for the same race, some believe that the Worm People are a specialized branch of the Ran Dan, and some even say that the Worm People are a superior race to the Ran Dan.

However, no matter which one it is, there is a strong connection between the worm people and Ran Dan.

Although the Empire announced that it had completely eliminated all Randan after the Third Battle of Randan, judging from the various archives and threat reports of the Inquisition over the past thousands of years, the Wormmen are still at least one of the threats facing the Empire.

Now, at this moment, this threat appeared before Zhang Ge in its actual form.

Although it seems to be just some secondary effects and not a direct confrontation with those rotten aliens, it is not something the two of them can fight head-on.

In the sky, before the two flew far, the worm creature behind them had recovered as before. It raised its fleshy feet, and one could see that its feet began to differentiate from the middle until the tip turned into hundreds of dancing tentacles.

It moved not much slower than the speed of a jump pack flying.

Zhang Ge raised the plasma pistol in his hand and fired a dazzling blue plasma ball that was particularly conspicuous in the dim environment. The ball's trajectory drew a long straight line and hit the alien attacking from behind.

However, it did not dodge or evade. The next moment, plasma sparks suddenly exploded on the surface of the eyeball, tearing and melting a large area, exposing the dark red flesh behind the eyeball. However, this level of injury was undoubtedly just a drop in the bucket for the huge body, and it did not even slow down the opponent's movement.