The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After the squad disbanded and the newly joined warriors, led by the first company, headed to their respective living quarters, Sosiang, in his regular clothes, met with Techsal alone in his personal observation room. He discussed some more confidential matters in detail, such as the chapter's Gray Matter implantation situation and some things about the Primarch, such as he was indeed killed by his brothers, but only by Russ and the Custodian's commander, Macardo, and that the other Primarchs had a good relationship with Xue Xisi, and so on.

He did this partly to correct some of Techsal's misconceptions and partly to test whether he was a pawn planted by Li.

Techsal was initially stunned and a little incredulous, after which he fell into thought.

Until he said this sentence.

"Li deceived me."

But soon, he fell back into that dazed state.

"No...no, Mr. Li saved us."

Sosiang already had a plan at this point. He stood up directly and pressed his hands on the other's shoulders. His Gray Matter activated again, but in a different form. A symbol appeared before him—

He intended to control Techsal like he controlled the other Gloomy Guardians.

Sure enough, Techsal's Gray Matter soon reacted, but not in a normal way. Both of his eyes emitted a ghostly green light, and a symbol similar to the Necrons appeared on his metallic half of his face. At the same time, his shoulders shook violently, as if to shake off Sosiang's arms.

At that moment, Sosiang felt a resisting will, but not from the Gray Matter. He could still obtain the other's vision. He could see his own face, but he could not control the other's behavior.

There was no problem with Techsal's Gray Matter!

The problem was with him!

At this time, Sosiang exerted more force with both hands, suppressing Techsal, who was wearing Terminator armor and struggling violently, in place with his bare hands while not wearing armor.

At the same time, a revolving door descended from above, and Veronica, wearing a light blue dress and walking lightly, walked out of it, the power of thepsychic energy surrounding her—at this time, because Sosiang had transformed the power form of the Gray Matter, her power was not only not weakened by Techsal's Gray Matter, but was enhanced instead.

Veronica walked behind Techsal, floated up until she was slightly taller than the other party, and then extended her left arm, the index finger of her left hand touching the back of his head.

After a moment, she said in a low voice:

"There is indeed something in his head. It will take some time to force it out little by little without damaging his remaining nerves."

"Do it with confidence."

As thepsychic aura enveloped the entire observation room, Techsal's body shook more violently, and the Gray Matter on his face even began to flow, spreading towards the part below his neck. Seeing this, Sosiang pressed down on the other's shoulders with force on one hand, and tried to use his strength to restrain the other's Gray Matter from going berserk on the other hand.→

About a minute later, Veronica suddenly hummed, suddenly raising her right hand and gently fanning Techsal's head as if swatting a mosquito.

In a ripple of air, a small thing flew out of Techsal's metallic side of his head at an extremely fast speed, but it was fixed in mid-air, and then Techsal was like a deflated balloon. If his Terminator armor was not still operating and locking joints to support him, he would probably collapse directly to the ground.

"What is this?"

After helping Techsal to stand upright to ensure he would not fall, Sosiang looked at the thing. Veronica had already fixed it in place withpsychic threads.

It looked like a metal insect, about the size of Sosiang's thumb, with a black shell and a green head-like part. Its shell had fine and complex patterns, and thin metal tendrils extended around it, reminiscent of some kind of multi-legged creature.

"Is this a Necron thing?"

Sosiang had a vague impression of this thing, as if he had seen it on the World Engine, but it didn't seem quite the same.

Veronica stared at it, nodded, and said seriously:

"It's a Mindshackle Scarab, but this one is a little different. It's smaller and more complex."

"What is a Mindshackle Scarab?"

"This is one of the most vicious technologies of the Necrons, a variant, or rather a more advanced existence, of the endless scarabs in those gloomy tombs. It is usually used by the high-level lords of the Necrons called Phaerons or Overlords. It will sneak into the host's body, making the host a spy or puppet of the Necrons without realizing it, and they have extremely remote control range, even allowing the victim's mind to be indirectly played with by a will outside the distant stars. Mindshackle Scarabs generally have two operating modes: one is very covert suggestive control, which is to implant a subconscious or suggestion into the host's brain. This method of manipulation is very covert, and the host and those around him will think everything is normal; the other is to directly take over the host's nervous system, but this activation is equally devastating to the host—a fully powered Mindshackle Scarab will cause the host to be burned to a crisp in a few minutes. But no matter which method, the Mindshackle Scarab's lurking is very, very difficult to detect, whether it is by instruments orpsychic energy."

As soon as Veronica finished speaking, an electric arc suddenly erupted in the air, and then the Mindshackle Scarab suddenly curled up its limbs. Seeing this, Sosiang immediately slapped it away.

In a flash, the entire Mindshackle Scarab burst into a ball of green light. Veronica immediately reached out her hand and clenched her palm, and the energy that was enough to destroy the entire observation room was suffocated by her in the warp.

"It seems the implanter also made a final insurance. We were careless."

Veronica looked at the direction where the Mindshackle Scarab was annihilated and shook her head.

"If it had been fixed with a time lock earlier, perhaps we could have tracked down the manipulator behind the scenes."

Sosiang sneered.

"There's no need to track it down. No one else could have implanted this thing in Techsal."

"That Li?"

"Hmph, it seems this brother is really hiding a lot from me. According to you, this kind of Mindshackle Scarab is only used by high-level Necron lords, which means Li has a Necron 'friend'. This is really interesting."

At this time, Sosiang noticed that Techsal's eyelids were twitching, so he nodded to Veronica, and the other party disappeared directly in place.

"Chapter Master...I..."

Techsal shook his head, covered his forehead, and almost fell after taking a step.

"Why does my head hurt so much?"

"Your Gray Matter had some problems just now. I've already solved it for you."

Looking at Sosiang, Techsal nodded somewhat blankly.

"Ah, thank you, Chapter Master. Since being ambushed, my brain has often been a little confused due to some damage."

Sosiang felt a little pity for Techsal at this time. He had been manipulated without knowing it, and everything he firmly believed in was mostly lies, which was so similar to his past self—

This empathy brought a sense of identification, which made Sosiang step forward, press the other's shoulders, and say seriously:

"It won't happen again, brother, it won't happen again. With me here, nothing will be able to hurt you again."