Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire.

Chapter 243 A Mess, Planetary Shield
The engineering troops had bombarded that damned inner wall with all their strength, but the small metal door from the outside to the inside was as solid as a rock. The structural strength of this war fortress exceeded the limit of what they could do.

The shell is comparable to a war machine, and it is supported by a unique structural engineering system. The priest girl accompanying the army put down the instrument and told the Sun Lord that this peculiar structure should be the residual wisdom of human beings in the Dark Ages.

However, the cult troops stationed outside did not have the ability to unlock the internal defenses. If they had, they would not have fallen to such a point. Although they were weak, they still had the confidence to draw their own swords and kill some Skadi slaves.

In other words, the internal structure of this fortress is the structure of the peak era of human technology, which is probably why it has become a treasure for empires and heretics. Now all the mysterious or powerful equipment and structures are blocked in front of the Sun Lord, which makes him a little confused.

It's like a hedgehog, a can of bull ants, and the Imperial Guard is just a recruit egg with an ordinary knife, which can't be opened or eaten, which makes people feel annoying.

"Turn on the melta bomb," said Sergeant Catachan. As a practical man, he didn't care how long this ancient wall stood in this world.

The priest's sister was uncharacteristically, completely different from her usual quiet, and shouted. "Don't move, Om Messiah, if anyone touches the treasure here, I will report it to Mars!"

Her words are of course useless to the soldiers, but Alan Bayer realized one thing after hearing it, that is, the unique structure and high technological content of this fortress, which can even make the oil guys on Mars very excited, so the plan of adding a few more Poison Blades and a few more flagships can be carried out.

At that time, the price will be clearly marked. How many materials are needed for one visit to archaeology?

So he immediately interrupted the soldier's dirty move of God of Wealth and shouted. "Don't move, everyone is responsible for protecting the relics of human civilization. We can't go to the recorder of human history because of the war, not to mention that it still has a lot of scientific research value."

The Mechanician girl nodded immediately when she heard it, and hid in front of the Sun Lord, emphasizing the various benefits that this structure could bring, and how it could help the Emperor's vision.

And the weird height difference between her not tall and slightly fat body and the sun lord who can punch open the green-skinned head only made this matter like a child pretending to be a tiger in front of adults.

But the status quo of not being able to open the gate has not changed. When this ancient thing becomes a wall that hinders the emperor's light, all its attributes that make people more stable have turned into more troublesome things.

The Sun Lord has never liked detours in this regard. A commander like Kane might fish in troubled waters and deal with this matter passively, looking for other routes outside the complex castle.

He turned on his self-aiming device. This ancient object that is still available in the dark ages and has been exposed to the vacuum for a long time has a powerful ability that almost ignores the aging of time.

However, in view of the fact that most of the scientific and technological products of the human era were not seriously damaged or changed by the subspace, because of the strong modularity and far surpassing the current material science and technology, most of the equipment discovered by the oil guy can still be plug-and-play, so Alan Bayer’s equipment is not an exaggeration.

When the device was turned on, the aiming device, which wanted to roughly scan the gate, showed the remote control option that could be opened. After quickly selecting the red button with his own thoughts, the huge metal gate slowly opened without warning.

But at this moment, the unpleasant sound of mechanical metal creaking and creaking gradually appeared on the door, and a large number of pitch-black metal parts fell out of it, and the complex circuit board of ancient technology and the self-contained opening structure of the drive made something come down.

Alan Bayer only saw that the inside of the gate was installed by the Mechanicus with a lot of rough and crude hydraulic equipment to keep the door open, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitched twice.

The scientific and technological gap between the empire and the human civilization in the Dark Ages is as large as two races. Too much time and the complete severance of AI technology, at least the severance on the bright side, led to many stupid behaviors when humans explored the ruins.

And this may also represent why Alan Bayer's equipment has so many capabilities. It may have belonged to a prominent ancient official, nobleman, and warrior on Skadi, but now it has fallen on the moon in this cold world and no one cares about it.

And for such a strange situation, Skadi's soldiers raised their weapons to guard against the enemy, because they couldn't tell whether the enemy opened the gate or something else.

But when the first rays of light shone into this ancient building, on the road straight from the entrance, there were several hideous corpses crawling towards here with one hand outstretched. They coincidentally were all kinds of former imperial guard troops, or private mercenaries of judges.

They didn't look emaciated, and they didn't necessarily have any obvious wounds. There were only small wounds running through their vital parts, about the size of automatic gun lead bullets, but there were no wounds torn.

"It's very penetrating, with a certain degree of scorching, a bit like an automatic gun, but this thing is definitely not for infantry, or human infantry." Sergeant Catachan is a weapon expert. He fiddled with the corpses and calmly expressed his opinion.

The Mechanics School girl also boldly expressed her own opinion. "This is a split warhead that has been heated by heat. Because the kinetic energy is too strong, it directly killed the human target." She pointed to the almost insignificant fragments scattered on the ground, and explained to others with interest.

"Anyway, it's definitely not a bolter, so it's probably a good thing done by the Black Mechanicus, and the terrible creation mentioned in the intelligence is the root cause of the tragic incident here." The second lieutenant looked at those poor things who died with lingering fear.

Heads, hearts, throats, spines, guns are deadly instant penetrating wounds, and it's hard to imagine anything but a Space Marine being so deadly and accurate.

"Don't be afraid, it's just filthy metal that taints life, shaken by a sense of the unknown, that's what happened to them."

The Sun Lord revealed the only secret of this tragic murder scene. He raised the automatic gun on the corpse of the traitor. Those so-called victims were in essence pigs who betrayed the empire.

They were a group of weak-willed and not-so-intelligent guys who were used as exploration troops and were shot in the long battle, and their guns were not even removed because of fear.

The Skadi people are decisively different from them, not only in terms of tactics and scale, but the difference is so large that it cannot be simply described. As for the Sun Lord, he only believes that the truth emerges from the firepower.

"Be vigilant, press forward, don't hesitate, be ready to dodge, and protect yourself first." It's hard to imagine that this sentence came from the mouth of the commander of the empire. After all, at the end of the No.40 millennium in this dark universe where human life is not very precious, there are fewer officers who value their subordinates than corn in front of the emperor's throne.

This is also the reason why the Sun Lord is chased by many people. He is truly a person who is not afraid of death but moves forward and remembers to be considerate of soldiers. This is a rare quality in the long history of the empire, and it is also the most easily forgotten thing in countless wars.

The Skadi soldiers are the biggest beneficiaries of this matter, and sometimes many commanders are moved by the "stupidity" of the Sun Lord and become similar, but in most cases, such thoughts only exist on the space fighters.

This has also led to the fact that the Skadi soldiers have quite outrageous morale, team spirit and obedience, coupled with the first-class weapons and equipment within the empire, it has created this legend of climbing forward amidst death and pain.

And when the Skadi troops approached a weird long corridor, even this legend among the legends, the elite among the elites of the empire couldn't help but be surprised by the scenery in front of them and couldn't speak.

It was a mountain of mortal corpses mixed with chaotic circuits and wires, and the deaths of space fighters were also mixed in. The sweltering environment caused bacteria to decompose their flesh and blood, and the thick and disgusting breath with pale yellow juice was entrenched on the mechanical ground.

Sergeant Catachan couldn't help but cover his mouth. In the narrow space, the filthy breath rushed towards his face. What's more, the corpses were not complete. There were many missing arms and legs, their heads burst, and their brains flowed out. There were also strange and terrifying mechanically modified soldiers.

The second lieutenant, the lieutenant, and the Leitlin boy, and a group of recruits are retching. Although they have experienced countless disgusting and twisted things as hive capitals, slaves, soldiers, and various beings, the horror and chaos here have reached the limit that their heads can bear.

On the contrary, the performance of the Sun Lord, Sergeant Catachan, Miss Judge and Mechanical Priest in this matter is more natural. At the same time, most of the veterans who have experienced several wars just cover their noses to reduce discomfort.

The Sun Lord took out his weapon. This was not the first time he blew up such a thing, nor was he the last to hide it. When the plague of the Chaos Gods brought countless fears, most people didn't notice that the things here can also make people sick.

The flamethrower spits out flames, and the orange-red thing evaporates the liquid at high temperature, sizzling, crackling, and the thick juice flies out due to the high temperature boiling, and the stinky juice turns into mist, which is even more satisfying to inhale. What’s more, it’s just because of human tissue.

And when the flames dissipated, the place became clean, with only dust and dry brown mutant bones, or the black armor of space warriors, armor, or the body of Mechanicus creations. Those things still revealed an inexplicable sense of life, and even the unrotten flesh gave off a strange aroma.

"Continue to move forward, the command area should not be far away..." Alan Bayer continued to command the engineering troops to press forward with flamethrowers. The horror here far exceeded his expectations. When the Sun Lord thought that everyone here died because of him, an inexplicable sense of guilt appeared, but quickly dissipated.

There is no need to show kindness to the traitor, but he is also willing to be tortured by his own kindness, because this is the last line of defense in this world to ensure that he will not be corrupted by chaos. Even though it is insignificant compared to many great powers, it is actually the kindness in people's hearts that saves countless mortals time and time again.

In this dark universe, at the end of civilization, even precious stones will be dyed into coal by malice. How many people can keep their hearts unchanged in the flames and massacres?
Presumably no one but the Emperor himself, and such an ability requires him to give up his personal desires.

And when the Sun Lord's inner admiration for the emperor became stronger, the flames didn't need to spray out. The gate formed among the bones was opened early, and the interior was an empty hall. The roadblocks, defenses, and flesh and blood all dissipated because of protection here and attack here, but this place was spotless compared to the messy imagination.

The soldiers walked into the gate vigilantly, but there were only the filthy statues of the Chaos Gods and the fallen symbol of the Chaos Octagram, and the seats of the commanders who used to be all-powerful here were still as if they had just been left.

Alan Baier felt a sense of loss, probably because he didn't see a powerful boss at the end of the stage, but only empty rewards, and he soon discovered that this war looked quite...weird.

When he approached the statue of the Chaos Gods, to be honest, this thing is completely different from the Four Gods. To be precise, it is more similar to the Emperor imagined by the Chaos Believers. After all, human beings have no other beliefs.

Given that this place was probably the wild imagination of those drugged Chaos believers, they still found the core location of the castle very accurately.

When Alan Bayer walked around the seemingly powerful statues that did not exist in subspace entities, at the core of this church were complex buttons and equipment, as well as a geothermal machine that continuously absorbed energy from the center of the earth. At the same time, a huge device beyond his imagination appeared in front of him.

"Void shield? Castle-level? This is a holy relic!" Sergeant Catachan was a little excited. After all, this is a treasure that no matter what fortress world knows to be strictly protected.

But the judge suddenly interrupted his speech. "This is not at the castle level. This is a planetary shield. It is no longer a holy relic, but a rare treasure in the empire. Generally speaking, it takes several to work together to maintain the defense of a world. In other words, there are several such fortresses underground in this world..."

Alan Baier replied. "That's right, we picked up the treasure. This place is the general control area, and there are related defense array coordinates."

"I can affirm that this world will not be easily captured in the future, and it will become the most important fortress of the empire, guarding the maelstrom area for thousands of years!"

(End of this chapter)