Warhammer Seal

Chapter 393 The Son of the Void
The thing that appeared in front of Wende was both human and not human.

They have the same body and face as humans, but they have no limbs. Instead, they are replaced by various twisted tentacles, like octopus people.

At least from the look in their eyes, these guys are not hostile, at least not when Wende has a gun in his hand.

This kind of human-like and not-human creature is called the child of the void.

Unlike other mutants, the Voidborn are humans born in spaceships, and are specifically used to refer to children born while a spaceship travels through the Warp.

They mutated physically as they could with the naked eye, growing strange things.

But these people retain their sanity as humans, as well as the psychic powers brought from the Warp.

Even if the pronunciation structure has changed, they can still use psionic energy to communicate with Randall, and then Randall will convey it to Wende.

"You, strong, we, yearn for forgiveness."

The word-for-word translation allowed Wende to understand the stories about these children of the void.

Human beings are inherently a xenophobic race, not to mention the xenophobia in terms of religion and belief, the difference in body structure is the most xenophobic aspect of human beings.

Leaving aside mutants, even a normal person would be rejected if he lost a finger.

Of course, these children of the void have been excluded from normal human society and live at the bottom of the spaceship.

Pass all kinds of garbage, and prey on all kinds of weaklings.

For them, the nature of society has degenerated to the period of tribal civilization, where they would absolutely submit to the strong and wipe out the weak.

It's the only way to survive on the bottom of a spaceship that lacks resources, so it's no wonder they're savage.

They could feel the power of the weapon in Wende's hand through psychic energy, but they couldn't perceive Wende's own strength.

Such an existence beyond their cognition is naturally a strong one.

"I seek your forgiveness, powerful man, but if you choose to slaughter us, we will also be slaughtered, but we will be extravagant in the end. The senses are very keen, including the feeling of pain."

"I don't believe in the state religion."

Wende waved his hand, put down the weapon but did not close the safety.

"So don't hate mutants, psykers, alien races or even artificial intelligence, or even love artificial intelligence."

The watch buzzed and vibrated, and Ai must have heard it too.

Wende can be regarded as the only human being who does not hate artificial intelligence, which makes Ai quite gratified and moved.

"Then why are you here?"

"Some people above have issued a mission, I will complete it, find a few corpses, and find out the reason for the increase in fuel consumption of the spacecraft."

"Because of our existence."

The Void Children's social circle is so small that they have never learned such an advanced skill as lying, and they quickly admitted their crimes. It is indeed because they absorb energy that the fuel consumption of the spacecraft increases.

"But we can steer the ship out of the warp storm."

Indeed, in these chaotic times, Chaos Daemons roam the galaxy, and rifts between the physical universe and the Warp are everywhere.

The wind of chaos that gently blows can tear a hole in the universe, thus posing a great threat to passing ships.

Compared with being torn apart by escaping into the subspace, it is understandable that the spaceship consumes more fuel.

"I'll help you conceal it, you just need to continue to use your spiritual power to isolate the subspace."

As children of the void born in the warp, their sensitivity to the warp is beyond the reach of ordinary psykers and navigators.

"Thank you, we will continue to maintain a distance between the spaceship and the subspace, so as not to let the spaceship be blown by the wind of chaos."

It's a win-win promise, mainly because Wende doesn't want to stay at the bottom of this spaceship full of bones and green slime for a long time.

"There is one more thing I hope you can help with."

After discovering that Wende didn't have any hostility, rejection or prejudice against the Void Children, these guys certainly hoped that the only human being who could both communicate with the outside world and listen to their language would do them a favor.

A completely mutated skeleton, only the head still maintains the appearance of a human skull, without horns, indicating that it has not fallen.

"This is the corpse of our prophet. His long-cherished wish is to leave the spaceship and be buried on a planet with gravity. All he needs to do is bury the skull."

After all, these children of the void slowly removed the skull of the remains, and took off the finely carved thigh bones by the way.

"This is the thigh bone of the Prophet. It can help you collect the spiritual energy of the subspace and store it as a reward."

As a person who lived before the golden age, Wende certainly has an admiration for science and an understanding of peace in the ground.

"Okay, I'll bury him well."

After receiving the skull and thigh bones, there is nothing to worry about. There are no bombs in it, and even if there are psychic whispers, they can be immune.

The first task has been completed, and you only need to lie about the aging of the equipment to return to the fuel problem. As for the whereabouts of the missing persons, I will go back and ponder over it carefully.

"Stop, then the skull on the ground to the left."

Ai finally spoke. I don't know if this place is far away from the Voidborn or Wende said that he loves artificial intelligence. Ai was touched, and she suddenly spoke.

"After DNA testing, the bone belonged to a missing person, and the cause of death was starvation."

"Can you detect this too? What about the bodies of other missing persons?"

"It's all marked on the holographic radar map of the watch for you. Go find it yourself. Don't think that I will forgive you. Dealing with psykers is slapping me in the face. Repent early!"

After finishing speaking, Ai marked all the locations on the radar map of Wende's watch, along with the causes of death of the missing persons.

Starved to death, fell to death, scared to death, eaten, committed suicide, all kinds of strange things.

The bodies of all the missing persons have been retrieved. Even if no one was brought back alive, Wende received a good reward, and even bought two tickets to enter the living area.

Then give the security personnel a little bribe, and the identity change is easily completed.

Since the security personnel were all members of the same family, Wende also avoided the extra step of bribery. As long as it was a family of security personnel, everyone knew that Wende was a good person who spent a lot of money.

Living quarters, small restaurants, there's finally normal food here, and even booze.

"Eat slowly, don't choke, just be careful."

Wende stood up immediately and kept patting Randall's back so that she could spit out the food stuck in her throat.

The little girl just spit out the thing, then picked it up from the table and swallowed it again, this time the movement was a little slower.

There is only one thing on her mind at the moment: follow Wende to have a good life.

"I would like to follow you all the time!"

While eating synthetic meat and drinking machine oil wine, Randall's face was full of happiness.

In this cold and dark age, it is really difficult to have enough food.

"Okay, you eat first, we have to leave immediately to complete a new task after eating."

　The ships of the Empire have been floating in the universe for a long time, and some ships never even docked. The crew members gave birth to generations of offspring in the cold cabins. children of the void.

　　Almost all Voidborn have all sorts of mutations, benign and malignant, maybe an extra finger, maybe a tail and tentacles, maybe even flippers, whatever it is, no matter how subtle Mutations have caused them to be incompatible with other humans.

　　There is no doubt that these children of the void have more or less powerful psychic talents, the probability of appearing psychics is higher, and they are better at controlling their own power.

　　The imperial ships are very large, with tens of thousands of crew members, and they sail the void all year round. It is too normal to develop a complex social structure.

　　Wende, who has a rational mind, never discriminates against or excludes anyone because of his birth or appearance.

　　A universe full of hatred, a person who does not discriminate against any heterosexual race, psykers, or artificial intelligence, his story has just begun.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)