Warhammer 40 A New Hope

189. Everything has a price (Part )

The news that Zhang Yi was safe and sound was passed back to the expedition team, ending the riot.

The imperial guards who protected Zhang Yi were not punished - according to the emperor, Zhang Yi would go to the battlefield sooner or later, and even complete some tasks alone. This kind of thing might not happen often, but it would happen every now and then.

At that time, the Guards might not be able to follow him and protect him anymore. As a new Primarch appointed by the Emperor, he would definitely have to go to the battlefield, and the Guards and the Emperor could not protect him forever.

but...

"If he comes back with a subhuman or even alien wife next time, you two will clean the toilets in the entire palace! For a hundred years!"

The Emperor's concern seems to be wrong...

The mechanical spaceship with the precious curvature engine was sent to the 40K world. Once it was controlled and dearmed and stripped of its ability to move, it was snatched up by the members of the Mechanicus. Every mechanical priest, sage or forging general with a bit of background wanted to participate in the research and deduction plan of this precious alien technological creation, which led to fighting.

Fortunately, with the timely intervention of the imperial guards arranged by the emperor, the situation did not develop into a large-scale military conflict.

Then, their Ohm Messiah (Emperor) ordered that in order to ensure the safety of the research, the huge mechanical spacecraft would be sent to the XCOM world for research. Because there was also subspace there, while being able to conduct safe research, it would also be possible to explore possible problems that might arise when the curvature engine was used in a world with subspace.

And now, the only person who can go to that world is Zhang Yi.

It's not that the Mechanicus was unaware of Zhang Yi's existence before, but most people just regarded him as a legend or something - after all, his actions were more or less kept secret, and it was impossible to come up with any "big stuff" at that stage. In addition, the territory of the empire was so large that many sages from the Forge Planets could not get through.

And when the news spread that a spaceship equipped with a curvature engine and various mechanical black technologies appeared in the solar system and was captured by the Emperor himself, a bribery operation against this living saint was launched in a grand manner.

"Why don't you care about what they do?" Zhang Yi looked at the various conditions given to him by the administrator of a forging planet and said to the emperor on the golden throne. "There are some things here that even we haven't mentioned..."

"The Mechanicus is so secretive, and you don't care?"

"How can I manage it? Can I stand up and give them two big slaps?" the emperor said. "If I stand up, you will block the 'big hole' below?"

"I refuse. You should go to Pony (Magnus) for this matter."

Zhang Yi shook his head frantically. Knowing what the Golden Throne was like, he would rather wrestle with three big guys from the Imperial Guards than sit on it - even Malcador was sitting on it!

"A perfect Mechanicus forging planet with 60% of its manufacturing capacity supports my regiment for free for three hundred years..." Zhang Yi looked at the document in his hand again and said. "This is the first time I feel so valuable..."

"You are more valuable than you think, no matter where you are," the Emperor said. "And I think someone will be sent here soon."

"People? What people?"

"According to your world's aesthetics, there are still many in this world that match, even those of the Mechanicus."

"????"

"According to your opinion, it is... a cyborg girl?"

"?????"

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Ringworld

The mechanical race's final dying struggle caused the expedition fleet to suffer considerable losses, and the geology of the entire planet C02 became unstable because of the curvature jump close to the ground.

What distressed the Mechanicus members who followed the expedition fleet the most was that their greatest reward had run away, and had gone to their original world!

Upon hearing the news, many members of the Mechanicus prepared to go back and seize the research rights for the curvature engine.

Of course, there were also quite a few members of the Mechanicum who chose to stay - although many of the mechanical creations on the planet were damaged due to the previous encounters, there were still quite a few left, and an entire planet was enough for them to study (rob).

After this battle, the entire expeditionary fleet suffered nearly 20% troop losses. The various weapons of the Mechanical Race posed a considerable threat even to the Space Marines, and the damage they caused was also considerable.

Now, most of the Mechanicus members will stay on Planet C02 to conduct research, and some will go back. The Mechanicus is very important to the entire expedition fleet.

Therefore, the fleet was split, with one part staying to protect the Mechanicus and conduct research on the broken planet, while the other part continued to explore other planets in the galaxy.

Then, it was the [Astral Knights] who successfully destroyed the giant unit of the Mechanical Clan without heavy weapons. After resting for a while, they went to the location of [Axis Security] under the guidance of the guide in [Snow Wind City].

However, when they arrived there, they found that the place had been abandoned.

A large number of traces of fighting were found there, and the remaining buildings were covered with craters of various sizes, but no bodies were found - either human or attackers.

According to speculation, the attackers here should be the mechanical clan. The people of [Axis Security] should have resisted for a while, but finally chose to evacuate.

Technical Sergeant Idel briefly restored power and repaired some systems, and based on the remaining data, their guess was correct.

A large number of mechanical tribes attacked them, and even the [Axis Security] with various high-tech weapons could not resist.

Casualties soon occurred. Although the mechanical race suffered greater losses, the other side did not seem to care.

After a period of resistance, the person in charge of [Tianzhou Security] chose to evacuate.

Everything that could be taken away was taken away, and what could be taken away was destroyed on the spot.

However, Idel and his companions did not gain nothing. Some things, such as small auxiliary robots and incomplete design drawings of more high-tech combat uniforms, were still preserved.

Although it’s not much, it’s enough.

The biggest gain was a huge mecha vehicle that Yim found in the basement.

The vehicle was badly damaged, covered in wounds from various weapons - that's why it wasn't destroyed.

Faced with this mecha that is much taller than the Space Marines, the [Star Knights] who came here need to deal with another problem, which is...

How to transport these things back...

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Cyberpunk 2077 World

"This piece is connected here, and the nerve line is connected like this..."

"The values ​​are a bit high... I need to find where I threw my potion... Oh, I used it to support the table legs..."

"This prosthesis has been disinfected and cleaned of residual data. I'll adjust it... Where is the extra screw?"

after a while...

"Hmm..." Zhang Yi looked at Mann, who was lying on the operating table and was basically intact, and said in a deep voice. "All the values ​​are correct, but we didn't do the power-on test..."

"I'm beginning to want a Mechanicus girl. It doesn't matter if she's pretty or not, but at least she can help me... maybe I can help him..."

"Of course it's better to be good-looking, with a human-like figure..."

"Never mind, let's go have dinner. I haven't been to that high-end Sichuan restaurant in a long time."

"There's nothing wrong with that place except that it's a little expensive."

“It’s so cool to be a ‘company dog’~”

A few dozen minutes later...

"Uh..." Zhang Yi looked at the driver and the big man sitting next to him, and pondered. "So, I was kidnapped?"

Not long ago, Zhang Yi, who got on a special car, found that the vehicle was not moving towards its destination, and soon after, two more people got on the car.

"We are from the Sixth Street Gang. We are short of money recently. We would like to borrow some money, young master." The big man sitting next to Zhang Yi said. "You'd better not refuse us, otherwise..."

"Let me remind you, it's better to send me over now so that I can pretend nothing happened." Zhang Yi interrupted the man and said.

"Send you away? Hahaha!" the man laughed, and then put a gun to Zhang Yi's head. "Are you not thinking straight, young master?!"

"I actually just 'disappeared' once recently." Zhang Yi showed no reaction to the person who was pressing against his head, and said slowly. "This caused my bodyguard to be very...irritable recently..."

At this time, the surrounding lights went out one after another, and soon, the car was shrouded in darkness.

"I think this car can't outrun those two guys." Zhang Yi continued, and the faces of the Six Street Gang members showed fear and panic. "It seems that it's too late..."

"Grab whatever you can around you, and in a moment..."

“It might be able to fly~”

squeak--!

190. Everything has a price (Part )

The tall figure of the Imperial Guard appeared in front of the car, holding down the front of the car tightly, and a large amount of sparks flew everywhere.

Soon after, the vehicle's bumper flew out due to the intense friction, and then the whole car lifted up high and then fell down heavily.

The car was stopped, and because of the sudden stop, several members of the Sixth Street Gang in the car were knocked unconscious.

Tear it--!

Then the entire roof of the vehicle was torn off, and the Custodians in golden power armor appeared in front of the kidnappers.

Bang bang bang!

The terrified members of the Six Street Gang frantically pulled the trigger at the giants in front of them. The bullets were used up in seconds. The large-caliber pistols fired bullets as big as fingers, but they hit the golden giants and bounced away like stones shot from a child's slingshot.

The kidnapper who fired the gun was grabbed by the tall golden giant in front of him, and then thrown back like garbage.

“Ahhhhhhhh—!”

"Flying so high and far~"

As the screams became smaller and smaller, Zhang Yi said as he looked at the kidnapper from the Sixth Street Gang who gradually disappeared into the night sky and flew to an unknown place.

On the other side, the kidnapper from the Sixth Street Gang who was driving the car also stumbled down from the driver's seat. Before he could take a step, a big hand grabbed his head.

Click!

"Eh~" Zhang Yi sighed as he looked at his head that was crushed like a watermelon. "Remember to go back and wash your hands."

"Don't come over here!"

At this time, the last remaining kidnapper from the Sixth Street Gang took Zhang Yi hostage, got out of the convertible car, and pointed the pistol at Zhang Yi's head.

"Otherwise, I..."

"Do you know why I didn't run away?" At this moment, Zhang Yi suddenly said. "Because..."

brush--!

The knife flashed, and the last person felt a chill on his arm, and then he saw an arm flying in front of him.

"As an ordinary person, how can you be faster than the imperial guards~" Zhang Yi activated the [Magic Barrier] to block the splattered blood and said lightly. "Even if I let you run first, you can't run faster~"

"Ughhhhhh!"

The last man had his arms cut off in an instant. He knelt on the ground, wailing loudly in pain. He didn't even see how the giant in front of him attacked him, and his two arms flew out.

"Don't...don't kill me...I can..."

"I'm not interested." Zhang Yi interrupted the man and said, "Besides, I can probably guess who asked you to kidnap me."

"!"

"There are only a few people who know about my actions and have the motive to kidnap me... We are not interested in investigating~"

"Wait! I..."

brush!

With the power halberds in the hands of the imperial guards, the last survivor's head fell to the ground and rolled far away.

At this time, the surrounding street lights lit up again.

"Your Excellency, [Nameless]..."

"Don't worry about it." Zhang Yi interrupted the imperial guard. "And if you calculate the time, it's almost time~"

"Clean this place up."

"(Phone call) Hello~ Jack? Are you free to pick me up? If you are free, I can treat you to a nice meal~"

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A luxury apartment

David, who had no intention of sleeping, sat on the sofa and watched the TV in front of him.

Ever since Mann was taken away, the entire team has entered a period of decline.

Dolio was injured by Mann. Although he survived due to timely treatment, he was no longer suitable to continue to perform tasks in the team due to his injuries.

David did not tell the whole story of Mann being taken away, he just said that he was taken away by Martis's men.

Dolio temporarily withdrew from the team and continued to collect intelligence about Mann.

After that, Lucy also took a backseat and no longer participated in most team missions.

In order to replace Mann and support this team, David underwent a lot of modifications and there are not many original parts left in him.

Because of this, he, who was insensitive to the side effects of prosthetic transformation, began to show some symptoms that Mann had at the beginning, such as hand tremors caused by excessive transformation.