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Chapter 1316 On the way (ZZZ is too tired to play and takes a rest)

With dazzling light, the space hulk was completely destroyed, and the warships of the Inquisition withdrew and began to move towards their predetermined target location.

Sden sat in the room, silent, staring at the pendant in his hand, which was composed of three pieces of green gemstone fragments. If Duanmu Huai was here, he would definitely recognize that one of the fragments was the one he had taken out from that disgusting brain before.

Now, they are one.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door. Sten looked up, put down the pendant in his hand, and stared at the door.

"Please come in."

Soon, the door opened and Inquisitor Kara walked in. She looked at the pendant in Sten's hand, and the latter handed it to her.

"How is our guest? What are the results of the examination?"

Finally, Inquisitor Sten kept his promise and brought Duanmu Huai on his warship. But this did not mean that he would relax his vigilance against this mysterious Inquisitor. The place where he appeared and his mysterious and powerful strength would arouse the Inquisitor's vigilance.

So after arriving on the warship, Sten examined Duanmu Huai under the pretext of providing him with medical services.

"Condition……………"

But to Sten's surprise, Kara's expression was strange.

"It's a very strange situation."

"Weird? What does weird mean?"

"The medical team conducted a full-body examination on him, but the results were surprising. There were no signs of modification on his body, nor were there any signs of contamination on his genes. There were no mechanical implants anywhere on his body. He......"

Kara paused at this point.

“…He is pure.”

“………………Are you sure???”

It must be said that this answer really shocked Sten. He thought a lot about Duanmu Huai's origins. Maybe he was a veteran of the Tribunal, or maybe he was a senior member of the Tribunal. But no matter which one, he should have been transformed.

Not to mention genetic pollution... Although the Inquisition rarely uses genes to judge, that is because humans have conquered too many planets, and the environmental changes on each planet are too great. As a result, almost all human genes within the empire have a certain degree of mutation and pollution. The truly "pure" human genes seem to have only appeared in textbooks.

"So what's up with his power armor?"

Sten himself is an Inquisitor and has power armor. He naturally knows that although the Inquisitor's power armor is slightly different from that of the Astartes, they both need to be installed with some mechanical implants and neural connection systems.

"It's a completely external mechanism. According to the Mechanical Sage's investigation report, his power armor uses a very unique technology. Although some traces of Martian technology can be seen, there are still some parts that are incomprehensible."

At this point, Kara stared at Sten.

"what should we do?"

Sten certainly understood what Kara meant. It was obvious that they had encountered a problem. The mission of the Inquisition this time was to investigate and solve a plague that occurred on the hive planet. They found this place according to Kara's psychic gift prophecy. According to the prophecy, as long as these fragments were gathered, the sealed secret could be opened and the hive planet could be saved.

For Sten, this is his most important task as an inquisitor.

But now, the appearance of Duanmu Huai made him feel embarrassed.

Whether it was the powerful fighting ability shown by Duanmu Huai on the space wreck or the incredible data obtained during the investigation, it showed that this Inquisitor must be a very important person. Considering the uncertain time of the space wreck, it is possible that this Inquisitor existed during the Great Rebellion.

After all, as an Inquisitor, Sten was also very clear about the history of the Inquisition. The Inquisition was established after the Great Rebellion, and it had gone through a long period of time. The Inquisition had the power to expel and destroy demons, and these powers came from... Thinking of this, Sten glanced at the emblem of the skull and hammer hanging on his head.

Because Duanmu Huai had traveled through time before the Great Rebellion, the Inquisition in this world was completely different from the original one. After the Great Rebellion, the empire fell apart, and the shadow of the devil covered the double-headed eagle of the empire. So, when people found that as long as they held the holy image of the skull and hammer and destroyed the devil in the name of the Inquisition, they could really kill the other party completely, the belief in the Inquisition naturally blossomed all over the empire like mushrooms after rain, and it was under the protection of the Inquisition that the empire survived the most difficult period.

However, the good times did not last long.

Once the external threat is gone, people will naturally turn to internal fighting. The influence of the Inquisition in the entire empire is too great, causing anxiety among many nobles and lords. In addition, the style of the Inquisition is too unpopular. Therefore, after the threat of demons has subsided, many people have begun to think about how to deal with and suppress the power of the Inquisition.

Thus a state religion emerged.

The State Religion reveres the Emperor as a god in order to suppress the Inquisition. Originally, the State Religion hoped to absorb the Inquisition into the State Religion through this method.

As a result, they discovered something very embarrassing.

If they were to destroy Daemons in the Emperor's name, they would only exile them.

Only by destroying demons in the name of the Inquisition can the demons be completely killed.

No one could explain why this happened, not even the high lords and arbitrators. When they established the state religion, they simply thought that the Inquisition also believed in the God-Emperor, but they did not use this as a slogan.

And now it seems... well, the reason why people don't use "Divine Emperor" as a slogan is obviously not for political or religious reasons.

So after this, a turmoil broke out that affected the entire empire.

The Ecclesiarchy openly declared the Inquisition to be heretical, serving the filth that betrayed the God-Emperor, and called for a holy war to completely eliminate these ungodly people.

The Inquisition would certainly not give up. They understood what the State Religion meant. The State Religion tried to use this method to suppress the Inquisition and eventually take it into its own hands.

However, the status and power of the Inquisition are all based on their ability to destroy demons, and the Grand Inquisitors are certainly unwilling to give up their power.

So the civil war broke out.

This civil war lasted for five thousand years, affecting all the territories of the empire. Both sides fought each other till their eyes turned red, and blood flowed like a river. Fortunately, after the demons took the opportunity to enter and planned to completely destroy the empire, both sides had to put aside their disputes and unite against the outside world. In the end, they paid a heavy price to drive the demon's expeditionary army out of the empire.

After this, the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy had to make peace with the mediation of other forces (including but not limited to the Astartes, the Sisters of Silence, and the Mechanicus). And after this, they chose to make a round of changes to the doctrine. In short, in the new doctrine, the Empire's double-headed eagle has a new meaning.

One of the heads represents the State Religion, the God-Emperor who guards the souls of his people.

The other head represents the Inquisition, which judges, expels, and eliminates enemies that threaten the Empire.

Well, both sides took a step back and reached a compromise, which has lasted until now.

As a judge, Sten was well aware of the political significance of Duanmu Huai's appearance.

  Apart from anything else, he is a pure human being, uncontaminated, untransformed, and possessing powerful strength, and he is also a great inquisitor!

The top brass of the Inquisition will definitely be laughing their heads off. It’s going to be hard for them to lose this time!

Now they have two choices, either abandon the mission and send Duanmu Huai to Terra immediately, or complete the mission first and then take Duanmu Huai to Terra.

After all, it involves a hive planet and hundreds of millions of lives.

Finally, Sten made his decision.

"Please ask him to come over and talk."

When Duanmu Huai walked into the room, he was not wearing power armor, but a black dress of an inquisitor. If there was anything that satisfied Duanmu Huai in this timeline, it was that the clothes here were relatively loose, and he had decided to grab a few pieces to take with him when he had time, so as not to have nothing to wear when he returned.

After all, the clothes of the Inquisition are still very particular about appearance.

Sitting opposite Sten, Duanmu Huai also listened to his analysis of the current situation, and then he raised his eyebrows.

"If I understand correctly, your operation this time is for a hive city, and there is an unexplained plague breaking out there. How did you think of looking for that... thing?"

“It’s a prophecy.”

Kara spoke up.

"We sought the help of prophecy to understand how this happened and how to solve it, and the prophecy led us to these fragments."

"So you came here just for this and came up with this thing?"

Duanmu Huai fiddled with the pendant on the table and threw it aside.

"Forget it, let's go to the hive first. I think you might have messed this up."

"What do you mean?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's complaints, Judge Sten stretched out his hand to signal Kara not to speak, but to look at Duanmu Huai.

"You don't believe in prophecies?"

"To be honest, I never believe in this stuff. I don't even want to listen to it. The reason is very simple. If the prophecy cannot be changed, then listening to it will only cause you trouble. If the prophecy can be changed, then listening to it is also useless. It's just like listening to a word of advice."

Duanmu Huai curled his lips and snorted.

"In the final analysis, prophecy is a form of cheating. You feel that you have no other options, so you want to cheat to get the answer. However, cheating will inevitably be punished, especially for those psychics who always like to make predictions... In addition, if you only write the answer without writing the process of solving the problem, you will not be awarded points. If you fail, you may even lose points."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai glanced at Kara.

"I suggest you don't take prophecies too seriously. Ignorance is sometimes the best weapon to deal with threats. In the final analysis, no matter how much you know, it is useless. The truth lies in a big enough fist. If you don't have a big enough fist, then your cleverness will only lead to your own death in front of the demons in the warp. There is an old saying that goes, thinking leads to heresy."

"…………………"

Kara opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing and just lowered her head silently.

Duanmu Huai didn't care about Kara's reaction. Stupid psychics are like this, especially those idiots who like to predict the future. Duanmu Huai did know some of the plot, but he didn't care. His actions were rarely aimed at changing the plot, but often to make himself stronger.

Just like Duanmu Huai said, as long as you are strong enough, ignorance is not a problem.

On the contrary, if you are too weak, then knowing too much will only be a problem.

  Those prophets are like this. When the evil god wants to play with her, that's playing. But if the evil god doesn't want to play anymore and just flips the table, what can you do?

Can you beat it?

Of course you can't beat him.

So you can only accept the other person's explanation of fate obediently.

It's like "the final right of interpretation belongs to our company". If you don't have the ability to put the other party under the spotlight, then you can only accept it. No matter if the other party calls a horse a zebra or whatever, you have no choice but to accept it.

But you have to find a way to put the other party under the spotlight—then the right of interpretation will be in your hands.

Now it's your turn to call a horse a zebra.

I said this is a horse, it is a horse, you either accept it or die.

That's the power of power.

And power comes from violence.

Duanmu Huai withdrew his gaze and looked at Sten.

"Let's go to the hive. I hope there is still hope there."

Then, he spoke.

(End of this chapter)