Infinite Stream Metaverse

Chapter 437 Mechanical Dream
Forge world of Atal Median.

High Command of the Iron Belt War Zone.

The white-haired old man in military uniform sat alone at his desk and finished reading the CC briefing in his hand, a piece of biochemical parchment presented by the Star Language Choir. The text was very short, but the message it conveyed was shocking:

The battle for the Nidlina Subsector is over, and the Imperial Army has won a glorious victory!The entire army of the Dark Mechanicus was wiped out, and some of the Chaos fleet fled.At present, the rebel forces have been completely expelled from this area, and thirteen industrial worlds, two fleet anchorages, and one hive world have returned to the empire's control.The Uresh Grenadiers, Imperial Navy Fleet and Dawnbreaker Titan Legion suffered heavy losses, but the organization remained.None of the Draconis family survived, and the loss of the Iron Buddha battle group is unknown.

The white-haired old man read the battle report repeatedly.

The expression on his face was still unbelievable.

He put down the Xingyu briefing, raised his hand and rubbed his eyelids that were congested and swollen due to staying up late for a long time, picked up the briefing again and read it, and confirmed that he read it correctly.

What's happening here?
Grand Marshal Huxlow had a huge doubt in his heart.

The situation in the sub-sector of Ni De Lena is very bad. All the worlds have fallen, and the remnants of the Empire have retreated and defended.He has already given up on that sub-star region, and just sent an Astartes battle group and a knight family over there symbolically, and ordered Qingshan Khan to make his own decisions—without giving any hope at all, already Be mentally prepared to wait for the news of failure, but... can this turn the tide?

Generalissimo Huxlow’s greatest expectation for Qingshan Khan is not to defeat the rebels—the disparity in strength is too great, but to expect him to rescue some imperial troops, even if he can’t bring back the Titan Legion and Imperial Guard, take those ships It's not bad to bring back naval warships.However, the marshal never imagined that Qingshan Khan was not satisfied with rescuing the imperial army in the hive world at all, he took back the entire sub-star region!
This victory is too great.

Completely exceeded his psychological expectations.

"How did he do that?"

Grand Marshal Huxlow muttered to himself.

He has also commanded the Astartes battle group, and he is well aware of the combat effectiveness of the space fighters—there are four other battle groups in the Iron Ring theater, but why is there such a big gap between the battle groups? ?What is so special about the Iron Buddha battle group that makes this result so exaggerated?

Thinking of this, Generalissimo Huxlow turned his head and looked at the servo skull quietly placed on the table.

This servo skull comes from the detailed post-battle debriefing report of his immediate unit, the Uresh Grenadiers.

Grand Marshal Huxlow picked up the servo skull, pressed the start button, and faint light bloomed in the eye sockets of the skull, automatically suspended in mid-air, the Marshal pulled down a thin metal cable, and inserted the end plug into the implant on the side of his forehead. After entering the object, after blinking to verify his identity, a text message automatically appeared in the mind of Generalissimo Huxlow.

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Time: 2.16.133.M31
Document: Imperial Guard Post-Battle Summary Report
Name: Ni De Lena Second Sector Battle

Dear Marshal Huxlow:
In a fierce battle, we faced the indiscriminate bombardment of the two Titan legions. The fortifications built in advance were useless and quickly turned into ruins. There was no way to stop the rebel Titans from advancing, and the Uresh Grenadiers suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, the Emperor bless, I am still alive.

This allowed me to witness a battle that I will never forget.

And report this battle to you.

As early as the first time the traitor Titan Legion successfully landed on the surface, the planetary governor's family had already evacuated to the airport, and they abandoned Hive City No. [-] and the planetary defense force.In desperation, I had no choice but to take over the command of the Planetary Defense Force.However, this was of no help to the guard hives, and Kurissatai and the large titans of the Unruly Lord began to advance steadily, and soon broke through the outer defenses.The Kurissatai Titans have precise and sophisticated firepower. They targeted the hive defense facilities, and quickly wiped out our well-built forts and fortresses.

This group of frenzied traitors, after they destroyed the defense facilities of the hive capital, the city gates were opened to them, but they still aimed at the urban residential area and continued to bombard them. They wanted to create a complete massacre and extermination!
Until that Titan fell from the sky.

A Titan that I have never seen before, painted in dark black and dark gold, the legion coat of arms cannot be seen clearly, it has four arms, the head is on the shoulders, and each of the four arms holds different weapons.This Titan fell from the sky and fell into the middle of the traitor titan phalanx. As soon as it landed, it killed two traitor titans, as simple as shooting two grits.

The explosion of the plasma reactor did not harm it, the reason is shocking and even unbelievable... By the throne, I will never forget that scene-the four-armed Titan flipped backwards, avoiding the explosion impact of the Titan's power core, A behemoth more than 90 meters high flipped in front of me!Everyone who witnessed this scene felt the scalp tingle, many of our young soldiers were unable to make this kind of movement.

The four-armed titan slaughtered an entire legion of titans.

Its movements are indescribable.

Elegant, deadly, and furious.

The Kulissatai Titan began to attack indiscriminately. Many small Titans died in the firepower of the large Titans, but the four-armed Titan was still standing. His shield strength was no less than that of other large Titans. One Titan fought against the two legions without losing the wind, and the Titans of Dawn Stars also rushed to join the battle, and the battle began to develop in a direction that is beneficial to us... What I didn't expect was that the last large Titan of the traitor died in a The mouth of the black giant.

(What is the black monster?)

(Grand Marshal Huxlow couldn't help frowning after reading this. It's a "four-armed titan" and a "black behemoth". I feel that this battle report is getting more and more outrageous. It's like a space adventure novel written by a third-rate writer. If the colonel hadn't attached a photo, he would have thought the other party was making it up.)
(Read on.)
A gigantic Glocks beast, with flaky black thorns on its back, standing on two feet, a long black giant beast with a long tail, this giant beast opened its mouth and sprayed out a jet of blue energy, killing a Warmaster Titan with a single blow , it is appalling.

This black behemoth did not appear out of thin air, it crawled out of the transport cruiser of the Iron Buddha Chapter.I'm pretty sure it's following the command of Aoyama Khan, I've seen it with my own eyes, Aoyama Khan uses a jetpack to fly up to the monster, and then uses sign language to communicate with it... an Astartes battle group raises a cosmic troll Used in combat, it confuses me, I don't know if it's against the Codex Astartes, and I don't know if the Ordo Xenos allowed it to happen.I have forbidden my soldiers to speak of this publicly, and I have not mentioned it to anyone but you, I am simply reporting to you what I have witnessed.

Above, sir.

Sincerely, salute.

Document Author: Colonel Bertram Cuse
Document Number: KB-281-27-1
Recording Device: Servo Skull #3
Date Modified: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Recording Location: Hive World of Xeros II
+Distribution of this file will result in immediate termination+
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The light in the eye sockets went out.

The servo skull fell slowly.

Grand Marshal Huxlow sat upright in his seat.

There was no words for a long time.

Colonel Bertram also knows how to protect himself wisely. In the face of incomprehensible things, he does not speculate, does not comment, and does not allow his subordinates to discuss. He only reports the truth to himself, the direct leader, and then waits for his superiors to issue orders.

Nor did he report to the Religion against Foreigners.

What happened to the black gold four-armed Titan, to be honest, Marshal Huxlow neither knew nor cared, because that was a headache for the Mechanicus.

As for the giant black beast, hating and hating aliens is the basic national policy and the consensus of the entire people of the human empire, and the Alien Tribunal is dedicated to dealing with this, but the concept of "alien" generally refers to large-scale, threatening, and capable of harming human beings. An alien race or civilization that has caused damage to its survival, and a single cosmic monster, is it considered an "alien"?
Grand Marshal Huxlow didn't know either.

It depends on how the Alien Inquisition is defined.

Generalissimo Huxlow recalled that photo, the black giant beast did look a little like Glocks, they were all black echidna reptiles, but...fuck it, how could there be such a big Glock Si beast?
Stand taller than a Titan.

Glocks are the most widely raised meat animals in the human empire. Although they are grumpy and aggressive, they are adaptable and have a high meat production rate. Every citizen of the empire knows this creature, and its name often appears in the Low Gothic Greetings with swear words in Chinese, such as: stupid like Glocks, stinky like Glocks, even saying that he/she is the little lover of Glocks.It can even be used as a compliment - you're strong or tough like a Glocks.

After reading the post-war summary report of his subordinates, Marshal Huxlow picked up another secret report, with the permission level marked on the cover: vermilion.This is a top-secret report from the Order of the Hammer, sent through a secret channel, from Grand Inquisitor Sid Nora, who is far away on the front line of the Ni Delina sub-sector.

Open the envelope and open the letter stack.

The first thing that catches the eye is a few photos.

The aerial shot shows that the ground is a temporary landing site, but this landing site is strangely built in the shape of an eight-pointed star, and there are many unexplained decorations and objects around it.The Grand Inquisitor marked and interpreted them one by one according to his demonology knowledge and subspace secrets, and told Generalissimo Hexrow what the pattern represented, and what purpose the Dark Mechanicus wanted to achieve by using this ritual altar.

A confession is attached at the end.

From a captive black machine oil guy.

This confession clearly stated that the black machine oil guy wanted to use all the residents of the entire Hive City No. [-] and the eight loyal Titans to complete a sacrificial ceremony of the Eightfold Way, open a subspace portal, and escape from the galaxy.

Under the evidence of both, Sid Nora took advantage of the opportunity to put forward his conjecture - the Dark Mechanicus did not want to occupy the Steel Ring Belt, but wanted to plunder resources and bring them back to the Eye of Terror. There are big problems in the existing combat plan. must be modified.

Grand Marshal Huxlow was lost in thought.

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Suzheng, living deck.

A Space Marine standard personal cabin.

Zofia was lying on the bed alone.

Tossing and turning, tossing and turning, having trouble falling asleep.

Consciousness has been separated from the control system of "Broken Army Golden Armor", but Titan's automatic perception and detection units are still running wildly in her mind, and now this impression is overwhelmed by her five natural senses.The girl was sore all over, and there was a feeling of alienation in her heart that was passing away, and the memory of the numb metal body gradually disappeared invisible.This feeling seems to be more real than her natural body.Even after all this time, even without the NPU and the Pons bridge, her connection to the Armored Armor still seemed like a dream, like a drug-induced hallucination.

Zofia couldn't help leaning her head against the cold metal wall, and raised her hand to rub her greasy hair.The touch relieved her pain slightly until she ran her fingers across the input port under the skull.The headache came back to her head again, the occiput was sending out cold waves, and the nail was caught on something around the implant port, a scab.The girl picked at the scar, a slight and sharp pain overwhelmed the migraine.Zofia looked at her finger, it was already stained with a thin layer of blood.

The living deck of the Suzheng has always maintained a constant temperature, but it is too warm and occasionally makes people feel uncomfortable.The thin sheets were soaked with sweat, sticking to her naked thighs.Zofia had already felt insomnia, and she should have closed her eyes again, but this only made the pain around her nerve interface worse.In addition to physical pain, even spiritual hallucinations came to the door.The girl felt extremely small, as if the body she traveled through the world was just an absurd pocket model, and felt that she was shrinking, no longer her original height, as if it was a punishment from the gods.

"It's a waste of time."

She muttered to herself, and began moaning again:

"You don't want to sleep, Zofia."

The room was silent.

She didn't like the feeling of being alone and nobody cared about her. Her sweaty feet landed on the floor and made a dull sound. Zofia went to the bathroom and turned on the faucet. The warm water smelled like engine oil, but she still used water. After rinsing her mouth, she took a bucket of water and splashed it on her face, rubbing it vigorously, which made her feel a little better.

Look at yourself in the mirror.

Weak, haggard, tired, sick...

Zofia suddenly understood what she wanted.

A strong impulse rose in her mind.

"I want to find him."

After washing up, he put on his clothes and went straight to the captain's cabin.

……

"what's the situation?"

Fu Qinghai asked curiously.

He is sitting behind a desk doing business.

"I don't know, I'm so sick."

Zofia said decadently.

"But Camille told me that there is nothing wrong with your body, and there are no hidden injuries."

Fu Qinghai said doubtfully.

Zofia pursed her mouth and said nothing.

Fu Qinghai carefully looked at Zofia, her complexion was very bad, her legs were trembling uncontrollably, she seemed to be trying to suppress herself not to shake her legs, but this would only make her feel more uncomfortable.The girl covered her face with her hands embarrassingly, her facial features were still exquisite, but her hair was a bit greasy and messy.

How come it looks like... just finished taking medicine.

Fu Qinghai has seen addicts, whether it is a documentary from a domestic drug rehabilitation center or a news report from a foreign drug rehabilitation center, the people in the screen are very similar to the girl's current state, feeling uncomfortable as if there are ants crawling on their skin.

But he knew Zofia never took drugs.

Fu Qinghai pressed the desktop intercom:
"Let Xiao Fei come to the captain's room."

……

"This is normal."

After listening to Zofia's description, Xiao Fei said:
"We usually call it 'mechanical fantasy.'"

"Mechanical fantasy?"

Fu Qinghai got a new term.

"That's right, I used to serve as the guardian of the sacred object in the Firebee Legion, and I am very familiar with this situation."

Xiao Fei talked eloquently:

"For Titan captains, doing nothing is the worst state. They yearn to fight, of course they want to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, and they naturally chase glory. However, they have a deeper desire besides this."

"After dozens and hundreds of connections between the captain and the Titans, all the good qualities of war, such as glory, duty, and victory, become secondary factors, and only the deep biological needs that always linger-they desire Escaping from your own fragile body, once you experience the stimulation of becoming a god's machine, how can you not linger?"

"It's not diagnostic of any physical disease, it's more of a neurological and cognitive decline - so Camille would say Zofia is healthy. In my experience, usually The conditions that the pilot crew may exhibit after leaving Titan include: general body chills, bone aches, symptoms ranging from nausea and nausea to lethargy and discontent, and even severe migraines will follow."

Xiao Fei counted the pain list.

Long ago, Firebee Tech-Priests would tell of the consequences and costs of being a Titan pilot crew.

Xiao Fei knew many crew members, just like the current Zofia, lying on the bed in the dead of night, struggling fiercely with the withdrawal reaction of being out of the magic machine.

The Pons bridging device can only be used on humanoid titans. "Broken Army Golden Armor" is not a pure humanoid Titan. It has many mechanical structures that are completely different from those of the human body. Therefore, "Broken Army Golden Armor" also uses mental pulse units. Xiao Fei Combining two different control methods, the control system of "Broken Army Golden Armor" is created, which is one of the reasons why it surpasses ordinary Titans.

"Then why didn't I respond?"

Fu Qinghai asked strangely.

He also drives the "Broken Army Golden Armor", and is also the main pilot. According to the description in the Titan Order, he belongs to the "captain", and Zofia is just the co-pilot.

"You have the brain of Mordok."

Xiao Fei nodded his head.

"Um……"

Fu Qinghai fell into deep thought.

He is an interstellar warrior, and his physical strength is different from ordinary people. The reason is this, but is there no other way at all?How did the other Titan crews do it?

It seemed that he had guessed what Fu Qinghai was thinking.

Xiao Fei said bluntly:

"Unfortunately, there is almost no solution to this symptom, and the more talented the captain is, the easier it is to fall into this symptom. On the contrary, those captains with mediocre talents who are often rejected by the Titan Machine Soul will not Have this kind of symptoms. In the end, I was completely unable to leave Titan, and finally was completely soaked in the amniotic fluid tank, and then..."

Xiao Fei shrugged:

"You know."

Fu Qinghai frowned slightly.

"It's just that it will be a long, long time later. If there is no death in battle, usually the service time of the Titan crew is very long. With life extension surgery, it is possible for one to two hundred years. Many Titan legions even use stasis force fields to 'freeze' Those Titan captains with rich combat experience and unmatched kill records will wake them up when war breaks out."

Xiao Fei told another piece of good news that wasn't good news, but it didn't help the current situation much.

Things seem to be at an impasse.

Both of them were a little helpless.

"I don't think it's that troublesome."

Zofia suddenly spoke.

The two looked at her together.

"I know my body best."

Zofia said to herself:

"The situation is not as dire as Xiao Fei's description, I just feel alone and lonely..."

"But I'm just..."

Fu Qinghai was about to speak, but Zofia raised her hand to interrupt him, staring into his eyes and said:

"I want a synesthesia link, with you, right now."

Fu Qinghai stared blankly at Zofia's gray-green eyes, suddenly understood, nodded suddenly and said:

"Indeed, that's right. It's not that serious at all. The control system of the 'Broken Army Golden Armor' is not a purely mental pulse unit. It also has a Pons bridge device. This matter is actually very easy to solve. I know what you want."

Xiao Fei looked at Zofia and then at the commander.

I wonder what you two are playing dumb here.

Show off in front of me?
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(End of this chapter)