Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Did we accidentally run into the Hunters' base?"

As if to confirm Zhang Yi's guess, a well-equipped Felynx not far away carefully poked its head out and looked at Zhang Yi and others.

229.Contact

New World Hunter Group Base

As the first group to arrive at this strange continent 40 years ago, the leader of the first hunter group (a humanoid golden lion) laid the foundation for the subsequent development of the base and the exploration of the new continent. At this time, he was standing in front of the gate of the base with the swordsmanship master and the hunters in charge of guarding, with a serious face.

As early as when the Elysian meteorite fell and Zhang Yi and others accidentally ran to the vicinity of the stronghold, the hunters and Felynx who were in charge of reconnaissance and vigilance on high ground had already discovered them, and issued a warning to the commander and group leaders in the stronghold - in this dangerous world, if you don't stay vigilant, you may lose your home one day.

Zhang Yi and his group, except for Saint Guinness and Zhang Yi who were both called "beautiful young men in the world", the others... not to mention the Lizardmen, even the Space Marines, although they looked like humans, their body shapes and heights were not the size that normal people could grow to.

Besides, there shouldn't be any other intelligent creatures other than the ancient dragon on this strange road.

So, where did these people come from?

"Have the people from the third group confirmed it?" asked the group leader.

"It has been confirmed again and again that there is no prehistoric civilization on this continent that disappeared for some reason." A hunter replied.

"What about the skull with the mechanical device? What research results have been found?"

"Two things that can be confirmed are that it is indeed a human skull, and the technology on it is not something that any force that we know of can achieve."

"So, it is very likely that they are..." the Grand Master thought. "Using the human skull as a basis, they have created some kind of precision machinery, and there is a high possibility that there is a complete technology chain behind it..."

"Let the people in the stronghold prepare for a full retreat." The commander-in-chief suddenly said.

"Full retreat? But..."

"We don't know whether the newcomers are friends or enemies, but based on the intelligence we have, we need to prepare for the worst."

The group leaders were preparing for the worst, and Zhang Yi was also struggling.

"Considering that the Servo Skull has probably been taken by the hunters here, I don't think the first contact will be smooth." Zhang Yi said. "You should know that the Human Empire is a complete villain from some perspectives..."

"I understand." The Archangel said. "Compared to those peaceful and beautiful worlds, our world is really... horrible..."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Zhang Yi said. "Let's think about how to communicate with the hunters..."

"Just try normal contact?"

"It doesn't feel safe, maybe we should give it a try... Wait a minute." Zhang Yi seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and he opened a portal in the air. "Any cats want to go out and play?"

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The Grand Commander and a group of hunters are setting up fortifications to prepare for a possible encounter and battle when they come into contact later, while also buying time for retreat in case of a possible failure.

At this moment, the helper Felyne suddenly seemed to have discovered something and looked towards the end of the road outside the base.

"Meow?"

"Meow~"

I saw an Felynx wearing only simple clothes poking its head out from the bushes beside the road and looking at an Felynx wearing armor made of fire dragon materials that belonged to a hunter not far away.

The two Felynx approached each other and began to communicate with meows.

Then, the Felynx belonging to the hunter group turned around and reported the information it had obtained to the hunters.

To sum up: they are a good bunch of people/lizards.

Even though they were somewhat skeptical about their companions' words, they had to admit that the tension among the Grand Commander and the others eased a little after this incident.

Most Felynx are friendly and like to be friends with friendly humans. Those with bad intentions are usually rejected by most Felynx. (Of course, there are also treacherous Felynx)

In order to ensure the reliability of exploration in the new world, all participants have been selected through layers of screening. Some of them may have some minor flaws, but there are absolutely no extremely evil people - the same goes for cats.

In other words, based on the results of the communication between the two Felynx, under normal circumstances, those unknown outsiders should not be bad people.

"Grandmaster, we..."

"Stay alert," the Grand Master said. "The (Swordsmanship) Master and I will go take a look."

"Will this...?"

"If the master and I can't come back alive, what's the point of having more people go?"

"...I see."

After explaining some things, under the leadership of the foreign Felynx, the Grand Commander and the Swordsmanship Master came to an open space not far from the Hunter's base.

Zhang Yi and Sanguinius had been waiting there for a long time.

"Meow~"

The vanguard Feyre cat called out to Sanguinius, then trotted over and rubbed the archangel's calf affectionately.

"You did a great job." Sanguinius also stroked the head of the Fey cat and said, then looked at the Grand Master and others. "Nice to meet you, two hunters."

"We are people from another world."

. . . . . .

After nearly an hour of communication, both sides had a certain understanding of the people in front of them, and the hostility of the commander and others also subsided again.

"We found a human skull with some mechanical devices on it." The Grand Master said. "Is it yours?"

In response to this question, Zhang Yi immediately showed a headache expression and looked at Sanguinius beside him.

In response, Sanguinius was silent for a while, then sighed and replied: "Yes..."

"This should be unacceptable to you, but, in the wrong world I live in..."

"This is something that is difficult to change in a short period of time..."

"There are many things that we cannot change, at least for now..."

In Warhammer 40K, a pure human skull symbolizes purity, meaning that the person can still be considered a human being and can be summoned by the Emperor after death. This is also a way to distinguish between human aliens in the 40K world.

Servo Skulls are often made from the heads of people who are so loyal to the Empire that they feel honored by it.

This is a distorted idea, but in the Warhammer world, it's hard to survive if you don't believe in something.

The Emperor tried his best to reverse this trend of thought, and even publicly told his most loyal child (Lorgar) that he was not a god, thus pushing him towards Chaos. Now the Empire has become what the Emperor least wanted it to be.

But in this fucked up world, if a person doesn't believe in anyone, it's really hard to survive.

Sanguinius did not intend to hide anything. Having experienced the Great Rebellion, he knew very well what the consequences of concealing something might be, so he chose to tell it all and let the other party make the decision - even if they could not be friends, they should not be enemies.

The Grand Master was very dissatisfied with Sanguinius' answer. On the one hand, Zhang Yi and others did not explain to them in detail how fucked up the Warhammer world was. On the other hand, he could not imagine such a deformed world and the humans with deformed thinking there.

"They are fine." At this moment, the swordsmanship master who had been silent spoke.

"Hmm? Old man, you..."

"They didn't lie about one thing," said the sword master. "They do have the aura of the Ancestral Dragon."

"!"

Even the Grand Captain was somewhat surprised by this news. After all, the Ancestral Dragon was merely a legendary existence to almost all hunters - but that was the [Ancient Dragon Ancestor]!

Similarly, Zhang Yi was also a little surprised at what the swordsmanship master said. He had heard before that this swordsmanship master, who had only fought once in the game, might be the protagonist of the first generation and a hunter who had come into contact with Zulong, but this was soon overturned by players with various evidences. But now it seems to be true.

"you..."

"I have experienced the test of the Ancestral Dragon before." The swordsmanship master said. "Luckily, I cut a piece of its scales..."

"I will never forget the aura of Zulong in my life."

"Obviously, you have also seen the Zulong. Since you are the aliens accepted by it, then you should not be bad people."

After saying that, the swordsmanship master looked at the commander who was pondering beside him. After all, he was still the one in charge of this stronghold.

"Well... there are so many of you, and there isn't enough food in the base." The captain suddenly said. "You have to prepare the food for the banquet yourselves."

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New World - Hunter Group Base

A banquet is being held, and a large group of people and cats are preparing a sumptuous meal with the cat chef.

"So, you have nothing to do with the Dragon People or the Ancient Dragons?"

"No, no matter what world we are in, we are an independent race and have nothing to do with any kind of dragon."

"Relax, my friend. The Felynns will not take away your boss (Sanguinius)."

"...I hope so..."

"Can you tell me more about the ecology of the strange continent you are on? This is of great research significance."

"We haven't fully explored that continent. Many places are still unexplored, but it is certain that it is dangerous."

With the rich food brought by Zhang Yi and others and the explanation of the leader, the hunters in the stronghold held a large-scale banquet to welcome and accept the group of outsiders of unknown origin, and they quickly became familiar with them - this was also thanks to the relatively simple folk customs of this world.

The high-calorie cat food in this world is also suitable for Space Marines and Lizardmen. Either one can eat a lot at this banquet.

After the banquet, the researchers in the base began to discuss around the technical sergeants who were also technicians, and some hunters invited the Lizardmen and Space Marines to wrestle - although most ordinary hunters were no match for the Space Marines, there were still some powerful hunters who could defeat the Space Marines.

After the banquet, Zhang Yi and Sanguinius shared the information about their encounter with Behemoth with the Grand Commander and others.

"A dangerous prey." The Grand Commander said as he looked at the intelligence in his hand. "Its danger is no less than that of some ancient dragons."

"Considering that it comes from another world, it is very likely to cause great damage to the local ecology." The commander said. "Although it is very likely to become weaker because of the difference in the world, as you said, but..."

"Even so, the damage he could do was enormous."

"The furry orc (Moogle) hasn't woken up yet, and the quest to recover the bird that took the crystal is still ongoing..."

The Grand Commander said with a heavy face that the information about Behemoth had allowed him to foresee that if a large number of hunters were sent to attack, there would inevitably be a large number of casualties - if the Ecliptic Meteorite fell, the most that the Cat Car could salvage would be a pile of ashes!

"This mission." At this time, the commander also saw the Grand Commander's thoughts and said to Zhang Yi and others, "Can we entrust it to you to complete it?"

230. Preparation of the Cthulhu: Corruption on the Move

"Can I entrust it to you guys to complete?"

Zhang Yi and his team, who are the ones who know the most about Behemoth and have fought against it and even escaped unscathed, are undoubtedly the most suitable to complete this task - when the Zodiac meteorite fell, even the hunters' base could feel the vibration.

Even so, Zhang Yi and others escaped unscathed, which means that they have a way to counter Behemoth's powerful magic, which also shows that they are more suitable to complete this commission.

"That's no problem." Zhang Yi said. "But we hope you can know the reward in advance..."

"We hope to learn your forging technology, and we need your craftsmen to make some special-sized weapons and equipment for us..."

"That's no problem, of course."

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Warhammer 40K World - A planet far away from human territory

Chaos warships are hovering over the planet, and the green aura has spread to several major cities on the planet.

Nurgle demons and Nurgle Space Marines basically occupied this underdeveloped planet dozens of days ago. Plague and unknown flesh and blood tissues are spreading on the planet.

But even so, the remaining loyal warriors of the empire have not given up resistance and are still looking for every opportunity to fight back against the enemies who occupy the planet.

boom--!

With the sound of an explosion, the few loyal resistance forces and residents began to attack a city occupied by the enemy.

They had obtained crucial information at the cost of hundreds of lives - those filthy demons seemed to be building something important in this city.

Although they probably cannot change the fact that the world is falling, they will do it as long as they can make these demons unhappy.

The few remaining Leman Russ tanks, accompanied by the roar of their engines, led thousands of Astra Militarum and Planetary Defense Forces, as well as thousands of armed civilians, and launched an attack from the weak point of the city in front of them.

The last of the food had been eaten, and the hidden camp they had built with great difficulty had been completely burned down.

This was a desperate charge. Today they would destroy the blasphemous demonic creations in the city, and then all of them would serve the Emperor - just to kill one more human traitor.

"Charge! Charge!" Ariel, the only Astra Militarum political commissar in the entire team, held high a banner with the imperial double-headed eagle emblem and shouted while sitting on one of the Leman Russ tanks. "Even if it means death! We will make these evil creatures pay the price!"

Ariel is not the political commissar, her father is, but her father died in the initial battle.

She watched as the rusted scimitar of a Nurgle cultist, fused to its flesh, pierced her father's chest, and then his head was chopped off by the chainsword in her father's hand.

Her father died before her eyes, and her body was even used as a seed to plant in the polluted land, growing into a twisted tree of flesh and blood. Ariel personally used a promethium flamethrower to burn the tree of flesh and blood that could see her father's face, even talk to her and bewitch her.

Although after that, she subdued the remnant troops that were originally under her father's command, and gathered as many lost soldiers and civilians as possible from other places, and successfully temporarily occupied a communication tower.

However, the roars of demons and white noise coming from the communication meant that the planet had been completely occupied - they would not receive any reinforcements.