Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Pyrrha! Get away from that guy!"

"Hey?"

Hearing David's loud reminder, Pyrrha, who was shouting, looked confused. Then she saw that the man who had not responded to her shouting suddenly looked at her, and the other's dark electronic eyes began to flash.

This is a cyberpsycho!

Pyrrha, who had been extremely arrogant, immediately tried to escape from the sight of the man in front of her.

But it was obvious that the man would not give him this opportunity. He raised his arm, his skin spread out, and the projectile hidden in his arm was raised.

boom!

The powerful arm-projectile cannon blasted a large hole directly on the wall, and a raging flame ignited.

"Why would you mess with him for no reason?!"

At the critical moment, David activated his [Sian Westin] and used his superhuman speed to push Pyrrha away and saved his life.

However, the broken metal blown up by the explosion scratched David's forehead, and bright red blood was flowing down.

Bang bang bang!

"David, are you okay?!"

The sound of gunfire and the questioning of his companions were heard, which also diverted the attention of the [Cyber ​​Psycho].

"Well..."

boom!

Another shell fired and hit another wall, causing a burst of fire.

boom!

"Damn it! Why at this moment..." Mann hid behind a building and slapped his arm, which was also equipped with a projectile cannon and was stuck, and cursed. "Can't it go wrong at other times?!"

"You fucking bastard!" The hot-tempered Rebecca suddenly rushed out of the bunker and fired at the [Cyberpsycho] with her pistol. "Who told you to hit my brother? Only I can kill him!"

Bang bang bang!

The small-caliber pistols hit the man and bounced off. It was obvious that the man had bullet-proof prosthetics.

The bullet Rebecca shot at him once again diverted his attention, and the projectile cannon on his other arm rose and aimed at her.

"Qiwei! Reset Rebecca's systems!" (Mann)

"I'm doing it." (Qiwei)

As electric currents like little snakes appeared on Rebecca's body, she suddenly stopped and fell straight back. A cannonball shot at her just flew through the air.

boom!

Mann and others were unable to raise their heads due to the fierce fire suppression from the enemy, and David managed to hide behind a building with Pyrrha.

"Pyrrha! Do you have any explosives on you?!"

"Who the hell goes out and walks around with explosives? Do you want to be picked on by the cops?!"

"Damn... why is Lucy here?"

At this moment, David saw that the [Cyber ​​Psycho] had somehow run onto the container where the man was standing, and began to try to invade him.

Sizzle－－!

As the short-circuit current appeared, the man's body trembled and several flames appeared on him, but this did not seem to cause much harm to him.

The [Cyber ​​Psycho] who was attacked by the invasion looked around and began to slowly walk towards where Lucy was, with the projectile cannon on his arm also aimed in that direction.

boom!

"Lucy!"

Looking at Lucy who was obscured by the flames of the explosion, David immediately became anxious. He started [Sianwestin] again and rushed to the man at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to catch. He pulled out his pistol with trembling hands and aimed at the [cyber psychopath].

He couldn't fire his gun, at least not before.

Whenever he picks up a gun, he will remember his mother's death and the street fight that caused her death, the bullying from classmates...

But if she didn't shoot, Lucy might...

boom!

David fired anyway, and the bullet went straight through the man's face, causing him to fall down.

[It's quite lively over there~ I can hear some crackling noises over here] (Zhang Yi)

Daiwei ignored Zhang Yi who didn't hang up the phone, and immediately ran towards Lucy.

"Lucy, are you okay?!"

"David, I, I'm fine..."

David finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lucy had no obvious injuries. However, the voice on the phone made him nervous again.

【Did you forget to last hit? 】

David turned his head and saw the cyberpsycho whose head he had shot through suddenly stood up staggeringly, aiming the projectile in his hand at him.

"!"

boom!

At the critical moment, the burly Mann smashed the man's head with one punch, defusing the crisis.

"David, are you okay?!"

"I, I'm fine..." David finally reacted and said after wiping the blood and brain tissue splashed on his face.

[It seems that except for that lunatic, there is no one else? ]

Zhang Yi's voice came again, speaking jokingly.

[How do you know...] (David)

[Why can't I know?] Zhang Yi's voice interrupted David's question [It's broken into pieces like this, I don't know if it's still useful]

[Don't worry about the NCPD group, someone will come to take the body] (Zhang Yi)

【Goodbye then～】(Zhang Yi)

As the call was hung up, a transport truck with the Martis logo appeared in front of everyone, and dozens of people got out of the truck.

After a brief exchange, Mann asked David to take Lucy to treat her wounds first, and he would deal with the subsequent communication issues with these company dogs.

Then came the classic plot that Zhang Yi knew. The two people, who already had a certain emotional foundation, talked to each other, and after David's accidental words, Lucy could be said to have completely opened her heart to the silly boy in front of her.

"Live broadcast is more exciting than watching animation~"

But neither of them knew that Zhang Yi was watching the live broadcast with a telescope like a pervert.

"I feel like a pervert... Never mind, I am a pervert so what, just enjoy the show."

"I have to record this. Let me find my camera..."

169. Trivia

"How do I know that's a [cyberpsycho]?"

"Don't worry about this kind of thing. Isn't it normal for the 'company dog' you mentioned to have some unknown abilities?"

"I tell you the truth, that person was not arranged by me, and that person has nothing to do with Martis."

"Believe it or not~"

"The price of the corpse has been charged to your card."

"I have a little more 'unnecessary' conscience than those other 'corporate dogs'."

"Goodbye, little one."

After hanging up the call from David, Zhang Yi turned and walked into the technical door behind him.

In a small room, incense and candles commonly used by members of the Mechanicus were burning.

A headless corpse was lying on a metal operating table. Father Cadoch was dissecting the corpse with the help of an apprentice and several servo skulls.

"...I never thought that I could be so calm while watching you dissect a corpse..."

"That's a good thing, isn't it?" Cadoc responded.

"I would rather not have this good thing..."

With the sound of mechanical cutting, one of the corpse's mechanical hands was removed and placed over there.

"Have you figured out what the so-called [cyberpsychosis] is?"

"From the research results of the last experiment, it is as you know." Father Kadoc said, "Excessive implants of prosthetics, the original body parts were replaced one by one with machines with more extraordinary functions..."

"However, the brain cannot be replaced, and it gradually becomes unable to process and review those things, including the mental burden and anxiety caused by the replacement of the body, as well as the stress of life..."

"These negative emotions pile up, coupled with poor quality or uncleaned prostheses, and poor prosthesis doctors..."

"Over time, they go crazy. This situation is not uncommon in the lower levels of some of our hives."

"Your Mechanicus' transformations are much more comprehensive than most people here, right? But you..."

"No one is crazy? Not really." Kadoc interrupted Zhang Yi and said, "It's just that their madness is not that obvious..."

Listening to Father Kadoc's words, Zhang Yi remembered a mechanical priest who completely mechanized himself after visiting the Necromancer's [Tomb World].

"...Too."

"This situation mostly happens to poor people, those who cannot afford to buy safe prostheses or find a regular doctor to install them..."

"No matter which world I go to, I have never seen many rich people suffering from that disease."

"Ah~ damn, you're going straight, right..."

Having talked about this, Zhang Yi no longer had any interest in continuing the conversation and turned around to leave.

"It's better than the Empire, but how much better is it, if you don't count those monsters..."

Walking out of the metal gate, a Space Marine was guarding outside - protecting the safety of the Mechanical Priests inside while preventing them from committing suicide.

"...Maxim?" Zhang Yi called out tentatively because he couldn't see his face.

The Space Marine who heard Zhang Yi's voice turned to him and nodded slightly.

"Why did you betray the Empire?"

"... because there is no hope." Perhaps because he did not expect Zhang Yi's sudden question, Maxim was silent for a while before speaking. "I got the memories from another person, and I saw some fragmented future..."

"There is no hope, neither in the empire at that time nor in the future I saw, there is no hope..."

“So I decided that instead of staying in the empire where there was no hope at the time, I should leave and do something that I felt was right.”

"So you chose to lead the team away without saying a word?"

"Yes."

In the Empire at that time, the Emperor was trapped on the throne, all the Primarchs of the Empire disappeared, and chaos broke out in the galaxy.

Indeed, just as he said, there was no hope for the empire at that time...

However, when Zhang Yi showed up, everything changed.

His appearance was like a lamp in the darkness, lighting a path for the Human Empire - this was also the reason why some rebellious Space Marines who heard the news and did not fall into Chaos returned.

"Hope..." After hearing Maxim's words, Zhang Yi looked at his tightly wrapped left hand and sneered as if at himself.

"What kind of hope do I have..."

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Warhammer World - A Marginal Planet

Huge buildings stand in the crater, and a large number of slave workers are busy working.

This is a planet that does not exist in the official records of the Empire. Its location, ownership, and specific purpose are not recorded.

Officially, this planet does not exist.

At this time, on this "non-existent" planet, Cawl, the Grand Sage of the Mechanicum, was leading his men, surrounded by a large number of prayers and sacred incense. A jar containing sub-gold energy from the world of "Doom" was carefully brought up, and then placed into the huge machine in front of everyone by a highly modified, mindless servitor.

Afterwards, a group of members of the Mechanicus began to chant and pray for this huge and sacred machine, praying that it could be started smoothly and not be corrupted by various negative emotions.