How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 47: Open the blind box and reveal the non-existent hidden money
The divided team continued to move up the corridor in this strange silence.

These five Night Lords obviously have their own agendas.Fujimaru Ritsuka could tell that they seemed to think they understood something, and they were afraid of something because of it.This "understanding" made her instinctively feel that something was wrong.But now, it was good that these people remained quiet and well-behaved because of this, so she decided not to disrupt this delicate balance with words.

Obviously, it was the first time for everyone to enter the interior of the ship, but they did not encounter any major problems in finding the corresponding path.

Imperial ships were initially built bit by bit in the docks of the Forge World according to a unified template. Even after delivery, they would be modified to some extent by the current owner of the ship and gradually develop corresponding characteristics. However, the overall layout was still very different because of this. not bad.Therefore, everyone knows that if you want to find the navigator and astropath on a ship, you should go up.

Just about any Imperial ship is designed and run like this: living conditions are better on the upper decks than on the lower decks.For these psykers who are so important in the operation of the voyage and communication on the ocean, they will of course be provided with the best living conditions on the entire ship - especially the navigators who must constantly look directly into the warp during the voyage. , sometimes the chief navigator's life on the ship is even more luxurious than that of the captain; astropaths also often have some privileges in decorating their working environment, as long as they think they can enter a meditative state and send stars to themselves. Modifications that are more helpful in language are often approved.

But such treatment does not prove that they can enjoy it comfortably.As psykers with strong ties to the Warp, they are often the first to bear the brunt of Chaos taint if their ships encounter it during their voyages.Therefore, while navigators and astropaths enjoy the luxurious life on the upper level of the ship, their working and living areas are often isolated by thick adamantine doors and long and narrow corridors, and necessary execution equipment is installed in them. device.

This ship belonging to the Iron Hands has been floating in the subspace for an unknown length of time. The survival rate of the navigator and astropaths was almost non-existent.But after the Lion's Mane sent her an astrological communication, she received a seemingly normal response. Whether there were loyalists still standing at their posts, or the demons who had succeeded in seizing the body had set a hunting trap here, it was worth going there. Check it out.

This is why Fujimaru Ritsuka was assigned to this task: no matter what the reason is for the ship to stop, or what kind of enemies there are on the ship, if there is a problem with the psykers on the ship in the subspace, then The initiator has a high probability of being a Chaos Demon.This is the mission with the fewest variables among the three separate teams. Fujimaru Ritsuka can borrow the Emperor's psychic energy at any time, which will also bring advantages to the team when fighting Chaos, so overall the safety factor is the highest.

——But it doesn’t seem like it should be this high.

"I feel like we've been gone for a long time." Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but break the silence. "The clock in subspace is unreliable. How about everyone reporting how long the physical time has passed? I feel like we've been gone for at least four to ten years." minute."

The five-person combat team behind her paused for a moment, and each reported a time ranging from three to ten minutes to an hour. Then, everyone realized the problem:
It's so quiet.They didn't meet a single enemy along the way.

Not only were they enemies, they didn't even encounter a single servitor along the way.Although traces of battle such as bullet marks, cracks caused by explosions, melting or hacking can often be seen on the surrounding walls and floors, there are no corpses.

After entering the central area of ​​the ship where the crew is theoretically denser and therefore more chaotic, the weak subspace creatures that often appeared to harass the team disappeared.Ritsuka originally thought that something like a more powerful demon had marked its territory on the ship, which caused this phenomenon, but now, this reason has to be questioned: How can any demon still clean up after himself?
"Moreover, is this ship that big?" Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the surrounding walls with deliberately exposed pipelines in confusion. "We were probably already in the middle of the ship when we detachment. For a battle barge of average size, Tell me, does it usually take this long to go to the upper level?"

"In the subspace, it is normal for the space to become chaotic." The Night Lord, who has already experienced living on the Storm Boundary, said to comfort him, "Maybe this is just a natural phenomenon."

Fujimaru Ritsuka was noncommittal: "You can ask the person next to you whether they believe what you said."

The Night Lords in the communication channel exchanged some low laughter and ridicule with each other, but they did become more vigilant during the next trip.

The ships of the Iron Hands have their own characteristics in the interior decoration style. They simply record their achievements on the walls of the ship with the barbaric and rough artistic expression techniques inherited from their home planet, and deliberately put them in some places. The pipeline structure that should be hidden inside the wall is exposed, using these "vessels of the ship" to demonstrate the unique power of the machine.Even among the traces of battles all around, the logos of war groups and clans can be seen everywhere on the walls. Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't pay much attention to these decorations at first, but after realizing that the sense of space might be abnormal, she began to study them carefully. Continuity between patterns, battle scars, and logos.

After about 10 minutes, she pointed to a certain point on the wall and announced: "Something's wrong here." It was a fairly "clean" section of wall that had not been damaged in any previous possible battles.A symbol belonging to the Dolfok clan is embedded in the wall in the form of a steel relief, but the shape is not intact: the outermost gear seems to have been cut off by an invisible vertical line. It is difficult to imagine the Iron Hands Chapter. People will allow this mistake to persist for a long time.

"This corridor should be connected to other places. We have been going around in circles." She said, "If this is a spell, then I have a way to dispel it, but it just takes a little time to prepare. And we don't We know what lies ahead of us once we return the space to normal.”

The implication of this passage is not difficult to understand, so the combat team began to reconfirm the status of the equipment and formed a protective formation.But before Fujimaru Ritsuka was about to start connecting to the spiritual portrait, the Night Lord at the back of the team silently made a "situation" gesture.

From the corridor behind them, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.The hearing of the Astartes is far beyond that of ordinary people, and the radio sensors of the Terminator armor are also very sensitive, so they can even hear the rhythm and rough pace of a person's walking - this is a mortal, probably a young man, with a very emotional state. Calm, at least his walking state was very stable and maintained at a normal speed.

But will there really be mortals meeting the above conditions in such a space hulk?

Night Lords, who are good at stealth combat and fear tactics, are often equipped with special silencers on their armor.Therefore, the Terminator team was able to change their tactical formation in complete silence, allowing more firepower to be poured in the direction of the footsteps.Realizing that something was going on, Fujimaru Ritsuka also paused the construction to prepare for the battle, but when the footsteps gradually approached and he could see himself, the person involved stopped.

"This node that locks the space should not be released." The young man, who looked exactly as he had guessed at the beginning, stood on the spot and spoke in a straightforward tone, "Doing so will only release what's inside. "

"We are indeed going to do this." A voice from the Night Lords that was transformed by the audio converter was particularly terrifying. "You cannot solve the problem if you cannot find the target, and in theory we seem to be here to solve the problem."

"That's not something you should solve." The man who appeared inexplicably behind everyone still maintained a straightforward tone. On this occasion, in conjunction with the content of his narration, this calm and calm narration sounded more and more like It's a provocation.

Therefore, the Terminator team all raised their guns, preparing to "show some color" to this ignorant boy. However, before anyone actually fired, an exclamation from Fujimaru Ritsuka came from behind them:
"Debit!" The girl who looked even more petite against the background of the Terminator armor struggled to squeeze out of the gap in the human wall. She vaguely recognized the man in the distance with his usual old-fashioned long windbreaker, straw-colored blond hair, and strange appearance. Human purple eyes, "Dai——"

She was quickly pushed back behind by the Night Lords who looked at each other with like-minded intentions.But the moment half of her face leaked out of the gap was enough for the man who appeared inexplicably to confirm her existence.

"Fujimaru?" His originally inorganic and indifferent face finally revealed a bit of human surprise, "How did you—?"

"Why are we here?" Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice suddenly raised an octave and came from behind the wall, "Tell me first! Is the God of Tezcatlipoca involved in what happened on this ship?" One kick!"

　Don't call me short!Today I will show you what short is! (But I’m writing the setting today, so I put it out with confidence)!It is impossible to add more updates!It's your fault that you finished reading it all at once! (Shirking responsibility and getting angry.jpg)

　　
　
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