Warhammer 40 A New Hope

At this time, a thin and short man walked out from nearby and spoke to Zhang Yi and others with some trembling.

"Are you guys here to 'hunt for treasure' as well?"

"Treasure hunting?" Zhang Yi repeated.

"Yes, many people went in..." the man said, hunched over. "Ordinary people who wanted to get rich nearby, powerful thugs, wearing uniforms, saying they were from some firm, they all went in..."

"But they never came out again..."

"I heard that this place used to be the headquarters of some company, but after that beam of light appeared, an accident suddenly occurred here, and then..."

"It's [Day and Night]." Zhang Yi said. "So, the original [L Company (Lobotomy Company)] is gone."

"Have you heard anything about the 'library' recently?"

"Well... it seems so." said the man. "But there are more..."

"It's unexpected that ordinary people would know about this," Kerr said. "Are we going down, Boss?"

"Based on his one-sided statement alone, we cannot be sure that this is the branch of [L Company]. There are probably many cases of people being tricked into dangerous places in the city and then touching the bodies after they die." Zhang Yi said. "Also, based on what he said, we cannot judge what is below and how dangerous it is..."

"After all, there are strong and weak people in the firm, right? A weak person can wipe it out, and a strong person can wipe out [Thumb] (Mr. Black)."

"I... I can tell you more." At this time, the man continued. "I can also go down with you..."

"But, I want one."

That man's words made Zhang Yi and others look at the thin ordinary person, a short and thin ordinary person.

"I won't take what you want, but the rest, the rest you don't want, belongs to me."

"... You know it's dangerous down there, right? You may not survive and get what you want."

"But I really need 'Eyes' (the city's currency)." The man said. "If I don't have enough 'Eyes', I won't be able to survive for long."

"... This is the norm in the city..." Zhang Yi murmured, and asked the man again. "Why didn't you go down with those people before?"

"Who would want to take risks if they don't have to?" he said. "Besides, you are different from those people..."

"Although some of the people before me had weapons I couldn't understand and had prosthetics installed, none of them were like you." He looked at the tall Space Marine covered in a black cloak and said, "I'm betting that I can come back alive by following you."

"...Okay." Zhang Yi was silent for a while and said, "What's your name?"

"Everyone calls me, Homi."

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"The whole building is sinking. This should be the building's automatic defense measure." Kerr said, looking at the crooked entrance. "The previous people restored the entrance so that their people can enter the building."

"Is there anything useful nearby?"

"Except for the corpse, there is nothing." Wu Mo lifted up a corpse, looked at it and said, "I think it is man-made, not an abnormality or something."

"Infighting?"

"I don't know."

After confirming that there was nothing useful at the entrance, the group took Hall into the company.

"It's different from what I imagined." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the dirty but tidy room. "But this may not be good news."

Soon, they came across several more bodies.

"[Black Shovel Firm] specializes in excavation, exploration, and treasure hunting." Zhang Yi took out a business card from the shirt pocket of one of the corpses and said, "It seems that they chose the wrong mission this time."

"Normal workshop weapons, haven't been used recently." Wu Mo, a close combat master, said their weapons. "Or they died before they could draw their weapons."

"A speed-type abnormality?"

"It could also be a rule-based one." Technical Sergeant Farr picked up the weapons and threw one to Homi who followed them in. "It's like the [gloating] type."

"Fal should be right. The wounds were all on the backs, and judging from the state of the bodies, some of them were not unresponsive. At least they had a certain process of searching for the attackers." Kerr said. "But in the end, they all died..."

“Even if I’m leaning against a wall.”

After some analysis, the characteristics of the enemy were already very clear. Everyone, except Homi, looked at the shadows of each person on the wall.

bite--!

Zhang Yi suddenly released a sphere emitting dazzling light. The strong light instantly illuminated the surroundings. Several black human-shaped shadows hidden in their shadows appeared and screamed because of the sudden strong light.

After dozens of seconds of strong light exposure, the shadows on the wall disappeared directly in front of everyone. It was obvious that these shadow-like creatures were afraid of strong light.

At this moment, at the end of the passage, the light bulbs that were originally functioning normally suddenly exploded, and darkness slowly came.

325. Take it down for me!

Darkness fell, and the few sources of light disappeared one by one.

In response to this, Homi, a resident of this world who led Zhang Yi, was a little scared, but seeing Zhang Yi and others who did not move, he suppressed the idea of ​​trying to escape and stood behind Fal.

When Zhang Yi saw this change, he didn't react much. He looked at the technical sergeant Fal behind him.

"Do you have a powerful flashlight or something like that?"

"Yes," Farr said calmly. "The kind that can be used as a weapon, and the kind that can last for a long time."

Then Fal walked to the front and clicked the operator on his arm a few times. The next moment, a strong white light dispelled the incoming darkness, and screams rang out.

"Wow! It's really bright~"

Those shadow-like humanoid beings were completely exposed by the sudden strong light. They screamed and kept retreating. Fal led everyone to meet them.

One after another, the shadows disappeared in front of everyone. Soon, the shadows that gathered together and tried to besiege Zhang Yi and others scattered like birds and beasts and escaped from their sight.

"If you are well prepared, this kind of abnormality is easy to deal with." Zhang Yi watched.

Just after Fal turned off his spotlight, a shadow hidden under a pile of corpses suddenly appeared, holding a weapon that looked like the shadow of a long sword, and slashed towards him.

DUANG－－!

The falling sword cut a white mark on Fal's shoulder armor, and then the hot beam of light pierced through and dispersed it.

"We should redefine this type of Abnormality." Fal said, looking at the white marks on the shoulder armor. "The sharpness and strength of the shadow weapon are beyond our expectations."

"Like 'Hidden Blade'?" Kerr suddenly asked.

"Have you been playing games recently?"

"Yeah... I'm still watching anime."

. . . . . .

Thanks to Zhang Yi and his descendants' "supernatural resistance" and "extensive knowledge", this shadow-type abnormality that could have wiped out all the branch employees and outsiders here was no match for them.

And from the information obtained from some employees here later, it seems that this shadow-like humanoid existence is a sub-individual of the abnormality called "Killer's Shadow".

This Abnormality was created after the death of a human killer who was relatively famous in an area of ​​the [City]. One theory is that the killer turned into his shadow, while another is that his shadow turned into him.

The appearance of this abnormality is the same as that of the killer in front, with a straight suit and a wide-brimmed hat, and it uses a short knife to kill its targets.

There is a certain possibility that the shadows of the creatures killed by it will turn into sub-individuals like it after death, which are the creatures that Zhang Yi and his friends have just encountered.

This seed is not very strong individually, but because of the characteristics of its shadow, it is elusive and hard to guard against (for ordinary people). If you are not careful, there may be one of these creatures hiding in your shadow behind a corner, and then the next time you are not paying attention, the pitch-black sharp blade will pierce through your vest.

Although they are called shadows, there are many things that shadows can do that they cannot do, which greatly reduces their danger.

The weapons and equipment that ordinary people and general offices can find can hardly cause effective damage to such existences, and it is also difficult to defend against their attacks - Zhang Yi and his team's weapons and equipment are an exception.

Continuous exposure to strong light can destroy these sub-individuals and effectively kill the original abnormality.

At this time, passing by the piles of corpses, most of which were killed with one blow, Zhang Yi and his group came to the room where the [Killer's Shadow] abnormality was imprisoned.

"This branch is really small. After walking around, it seems like there's only this one Abnormality?"

"It's a good thing. If there were more, we might not be able to handle it."

The heavy sliding metal door in front of me slowly opened, and there was not even a trace of light in it, only darkness.

"Anyone who goes in like this is a fool." Zhang Yi said to Wu Mo who was eager to try. "Don't embarrass yourself."

Looking at the metal gate that seemed to be welcoming them, Kerr and others took out several flash grenades almost at the same time and pressed the start button.

Didi Didi--

Accompanied by red spots of light and soft warning sounds, several people almost simultaneously threw the flash grenades in their hands towards the dark entrance. However, the next moment, several black daggers flew out and nailed the flash grenades in the air to the wall behind Zhang Yi and the others.

"Depend on?"

bite--!

As the flash bomb emitted a dazzling light, Homi, who had his eyes closed tightly, only felt a flash of white light that he could feel even with his eyes closed. Then several unknown voices sounded, and they were very close to him.

Soon the white light dissipated, and Homi opened his eyes tentatively. When he could see his surroundings clearly again, he saw Zhang Yi and others nailing a dark existence to the ground with several transparent giant swords.

"You're really showing off because of the face I gave you, aren't you?" Zhang Yi said as he looked at the Abnormality nailed to the ground. "Flying knives, huh? Awesome, huh?!"

Since it is difficult for Abnormalities to die, this Abnormality named "Killer's Shadow" is not worried about being killed by these new invaders. Moreover, he has something that most Abnormalities do not have - wisdom.

Yes, as a humanoid Abnormality born from a killer, he retains a lot of things. He knows very well what his existence means to humans, and he also knows his own weaknesses, and knows even more clearly how to use this to gain an advantage in battle - he is very smart, and at the same time knows how to hide this from the employees who are watching over him, and makes many of the things he does into accidents.

However, this time, his plan went wrong. He had anticipated that Zhang Yi and the others would take advantage of his fear of light to target him, and using his advantage as a shadow, he was able to achieve unilateral observation in the dark room and successfully shot back their flash bombs - the intense light was also a distraction to humans.

But he did not expect that Zhang Yi and the others would not be affected by the flash bomb, and he did not expect that they would be so strong!

The moment the flash bomb exploded, [Killer's Shadow] used its sub-individual as a barrier, rushed out of its room in the strong light, and pounced on Zhang Yi who seemed unprepared.

However, Zhang Yi, who was surrounded by the strong light, reacted and hit him with the short-handled hammer in his hand. Then the handle and the hammer head separated, and a light blade shot out from the handle.

The abnormality that was hit was a little confused, because this was completely beyond his expectations, and then the giants around him also moved and attacked him.

In the end, it was just as Homi saw it, as a 'killer', his arrogance ruined himself.

Bang--!

As the metal brick in Zhang Yi's hand hit the alien's head, the alien curled up in front of their eyes and turned into an egg-like existence.

"So weak." Wu Mo said unhappily. "Can this kind of existence be called an abnormality?"

"Is the [Little Helper] or an Abnormality? It's more than just an out-of-control cleaning robot." Zhang Yi said. "If you want to fight so badly, why don't you go and fight [Data Delete] without the [Cognitive Filter]?"

"...I was wrong."

"According to the available data, the Abnormality is currently in a dormant state with severe injuries. It will take some time for it to recover." The technical sergeant said. "What should we do now?"

"This room is the technology used by [L Company] to restrict abnormalities." Zhang Yi said. "We have gained enough today, so let's stop here."

"Take this egg... well, if you go to the 40K world, something bad might happen. This Abnormality doesn't have much lethality, but if its sub-individuals become rampant, it will be a big problem..."

"Find a quiescent chamber, put it in, and have the oil man build a suitable containment room..."

"And this room, tear it down!"

"Don't keep anything useful. Take it all away."

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Homi came out of the ruins alive, and a few days later he had a lot of weapons and nice clothes.

These things were sold at a good price, which not only helped him get through the difficult times, but also allowed him to make a small profit and start a stable small business.

However, soon after their small business started, the 'big shot' approached him.

As for why they are considered important figures, the black coat with gold thread that has never been seen before, and the tall man with unknown prosthetic body who looks like a guard, it is obvious at a glance that these two people are not ordinary.

Just when Homi's neighbors thought that this lucky boy was going to be in big trouble, the two big men actually came out of Homi's house and even seemed to be having a "good chat" with Homi.

"Master Yi, why don't we..."

"He doesn't know much. I looked through his memories, but there's nothing useful." The [Tuner] called Yi said to the [Minion] guards around him. "And our target seemed to know that he would come looking for him, so he left something for us."

As she spoke, she signaled the minions beside her to take out the hilt of the sword, and as he pressed a button, a blade of light shot out.

"It's a very novel pure energy weapon, and I can't see anything in its memory."

"Can't see? But your [Singularity] ability..."

"I can see their existence from people's memories, but I can't see them from the perspective of non-living things." Yi said. "They seem to be able to block all forms of our detection, but there are conditions..."

"Okay, what are the results of the exploration of the ruins?"

"According to our people's report...it has been completely dismantled..."

"Has it been dismantled?"