Warhammer 40 A New Hope

The city's leaders and leaders welcomed them warmly. In this dire situation, this peaceful scene made this elite Tau team feel a little relieved.

But for the team leader Harom, the sense of weirdness and crisis that had been lingering in his heart since he entered the city had never dissipated.

To be on the safe side, he ordered his team members not to consume the various fine foods and drinking water provided by the city on the grounds of saving food.

At the same time, he bypassed the eyes of the Titanium people in the city and came to the city alone to look for possible clues.

He first tried to find the rebels who had been executed, and he did find some bodies that had been killed by pulse bombs.

According to the records he found, these were members of the Fire Clan who rebelled because they questioned the orders of the Ether Clan.

It was indeed as the city managers said, the number of these rebels was not large, so they were able to deal with this problem before the dispatched troops arrived.

However, Haroum still raised some questions: the identity records of these dead rebels were missing.

These rebels have names, ages, and classes, but their backgrounds, relatives, and past records are all blank.

This struck Harom as somewhat abnormal. Theoretically, since they were Tau rebels, all records should be available.

Harom wrote down the names of several rebels and sent them to the headquarters, asking them to check whether the owners of these names corresponded one by one.

Because the entire Titanium territory is currently at war and the situation is not good, the person in charge will need to wait a short time before replying to him. The approximate reply time is tomorrow morning.

"I hope I'm just overthinking..."

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The next day

Wearing power suits, Harom and his team members followed the civilian hover transport vehicle and slowly moved towards the capital.

As mentioned before, although war has set foot on this planet, at least near the capital, everything is so peaceful and quiet, no different from before.

Soon, the transport team arrived at a checkpoint on the way to the capital, where they would take a short rest and deliver food supplies to the warehouse at the checkpoint.

A transport truck stopped in front of the warehouse at the checkpoint, and a group of workers wearing simple combat uniforms began to transport food into the warehouse.

The lingering feeling of uneasiness made Harom restless, so he simply walked to the transport truck and began to watch the workers transport food and supplies into the warehouse.

The burly workers put bag after bag of food into the warehouse of the outpost, while the shorter-looking Fire Clan soldiers in combat uniforms were standing guard nearby... Wait!

Looking at the generally strong transport workers and then at the Fire Clan soldiers who were somewhat short in their combat uniforms, Harom realized something was wrong.

The social class of the Titanium people is very fixed. If they are assigned as workers, they will be construction workers for their whole lives, if they are soldiers for their whole lives, and if they are scientists for their whole lives, they will not allow people who have been assigned jobs to do other things. If someone does not listen, then there will be special people to "persuade" those who have deviated from the "greatest good".

This means that, to a certain extent, the body shape and physical condition of people in different professions can be said to be fixed.

As warriors, the physical fitness of the Tau people must be stronger than that of other ordinary Tau people because they need to fight. Similarly, the physical fitness of the Tau people who need to engage in transportation, farming or other physical activities is likely to be stronger than that of scientific researchers engaged in mental activities.

It's not that the Earth Clan's Tau workers shouldn't be stronger than the Fire Clan's warriors, but... aren't these people too big and too many?

"Wait!" Haroum, the team leader, stopped the delivery. "I need to check."

"Inspections? But these are just..."

The workers transporting the materials were somewhat at a loss, but there was another subtle emotion in their eyes.

As the leader of a Fire Caste squad, the highest level of this outpost, he has the power to command everyone in the entire outpost when necessary. The social structure of the Tau generally means that people of lower classes will not question or doubt the words of those of higher classes.

But now a problem arises. These are merely transport workers from the Tu clan, but they seem to want to stop Harom's inspection.

The elite warriors of the Fire Clan in combat uniforms pushed aside the workers who were blocking the food supplies, and the soldiers stationed in the outpost also gathered around at this time.

Haroum opened it, and one of the storage containers was marked with a food symbol, and boxes of instant food appeared in front of him.

I turned on the portable instrument to scan it, and the result showed that there was no problem, it was just normal food.

He opened the second container and examined it, then the third. . .

The results of the random inspections of the three grain containers showed that they were just ordinary and normal grains, which slightly dispelled Harom's doubts.

At this moment, he received a reply to his previous request to the headquarters to check the identities of the rebels - the results showed that these people were not from the Fire Clan.

"and many more!"

This timely news allowed Harom, the captain of the Fire Clan team, to once again stop the workers who were about to continue the transportation work. Before everyone else could react, he took out a box of food supplies from the innermost part of the materials being transported to the warehouse, quickly opened it and began to scan it.

Scan results show: unknown virus contamination

DUANG!

In an instant, an Earth Clan worker who looked diligent and harmless, immediately manipulated their simple combat suit and bumped into a Fire Clan warrior wearing combat uniform. Others also attacked at this moment.

The sudden change caught some people present off guard, especially the ordinary Fire Clan soldiers who originally lived in this outpost. They had never expected that a daily supply transportation would develop like this.

The elite team led by Captain Harom reacted quickly. They immediately tried to distance themselves from the suddenly attacking Earth Clan workers and turned on the safety of their weapons.

BOOM!

But the next scene once again refreshed the three views of these Fire Clan warriors - a group of Earth Clan workers wearing recommended combat uniforms actually blew themselves up!

"The Greater Good cannot protect us! All for Father Nurgle!"

The sudden change put the Fire Clan warriors at a disadvantage again. The fearless Earth Clan workers shouted the name of an evil god and launched a frantic attack on Harom and his men.

"Everyone activate the flying devices! Take off!"

Under the command of Captain Harom, several elite warriors of the Fire Clan dressed in combat uniforms activated their flying devices, took to the air, and distanced themselves from the enemies.

The Earth Clan workers, who were only wearing transport combat uniforms and did not have the ability to fly, could not catch the Fire Clan warriors or those who were thrown off, and could only watch them distance themselves from them.

"Use non-lethal single-target weapons! Shoot!"

Harom gave the order again, and the team members reduced the power of their weapons and aimed at the enemies on the ground.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh－－!

BOOM--!

But at this moment, an accident happened again. A Fire Clan warrior in the air suddenly locked onto all the team members in the air, followed by a large number of small missiles attacking.

Except for Captain Harom, the rest of the team members were hit by missiles and fell from the sky. The Tu Clan workers on the ground, who were watching them eagerly, swarmed over like a pack of wolves and drowned the warriors who fell from the sky.

Squeak--whoosh!

Seeing this, Harom did not stay behind. He fired an ion beam directly at the opponent's combat suit, shattering half of the traitor's head.

However, the traitor with only half of his head left did not die. From his brain that was exposed to the outside world, something like tree roots stretched out and twisted, and the fanatical expression still existed on his face.

"For Father Nurgle! For immortal life!"

379. The Fall of Titanium (Part )

The situation has gotten out of control. A simple escort mission has turned out like this, which was something that Harom, the team leader, had never expected.

The Fire Caste warrior with half of his head smashed in his combat uniform had not obeyed his orders before and accepted the food provided by the city - food contaminated by the Nurgle virus.

The Nurgle virus grew and spread within his body, eventually taking control of him completely and leading to the current situation.

All the rest of the team members have been restrained by the betrayed members of the Earth Clan. Although their combat uniforms can protect them from harm, the situation is still not in their favor.

As Haroum fought with the enemy who had only half a head left, the enemies on the ground who were infected by the power of Nurgle changed again.

The workers wearing engineering and transport combat uniforms began to experience drastic changes in their flesh. Their entire bodies began to swell, as if twisted vines had broken through their skin, muscles, and combat uniforms and drilled out.

"Look at this gift! He will love us all selflessly!"

"We don't have to accept class oppression anymore! We can do anything!"

"All for Father Nurgle!"

The mutated enemies once again launched an attack on the Fire Caste warriors who were surrounded on the ground. This time, with the blessing of Nurgle, they were no longer helpless against the heavy combat uniforms.

They violently tore open the armor of their combat uniforms with their bare hands and pulled the terrified and struggling Fire Clan warriors out.

"Come on! Join us!"

Some of the Fire Clan warriors were surrounded, and by firing at close range, they tried to break free of control, firing pulse bullets and light beams, successfully hitting the enemies surrounding him.

But his attack did not have the desired effect - the flesh blessed by the power of Nurgle was no longer fragile, and the weak pulse bombs could not effectively kill these enemies. The light beams shot out could only burn part of their flesh if they did not hit the opponent's vital points, and soon these missing parts would grow back - in a blasphemous and distorted form.

In just a few minutes, all of this elite Tau team except for the captain were killed. Those twisted, mutated, and even several individuals merged into one, the members of the Original Earth Clan turned their attention to the only survivor in the air and the soldiers stationed in the outposts.

"For Father Nurgle—!"

Another massacre began, and the only survivor of the team in the air was fighting with the mutated team member. This former Fire Clan warrior had changed greatly now. Two extra tentacle-like arms extended from his shoulders, his neck was split in two, and a new head grew from the other end. Huge transparent wings like a fly replaced the function of the flying backpack, allowing him to fly in the air.

Even so, he can still use the array of weapons on his combat suit, and even use them more easily - his armor has now truly become a part of his body.

Several missiles locked onto Harom and attacked him the next moment. Harom, who was targeted, immediately began to maneuver in the air, keeping a distance from the missiles while trying to use his weapons to shoot them down.

It is not easy to destroy these missiles that follow him and change along the way, not to mention that he needs to keep an eye on the enemy's movements - he won't just watch.

And the facts proved that he was not the protagonist in those stories or movies. After barely destroying a few of the missiles, a beam hit him, and then the remaining missiles overwhelmed him.

Even with the protection of his combat suit, Harom was seriously injured. The entire system of the combat suit also had problems, and he fell to the ground.

"Go and catch him, and let him join the Father's embrace." The two heads of the being flapping its fly wings said at the same time. "This planet will belong to us!"

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Probability

That's part of the variation, depending on a lot of different things, both big and small, that affect the size of the probability.

The greater the probability, the more likely it is to happen. Just like two things, one has a 99% chance of happening, and the other only 1%. It is basically certain that the first thing will happen.

But not necessarily...

As long as the probability is not zero, no matter how small its value is, it is possible for it to happen.

Those who manipulate probability will often be manipulated by it in the end...

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The entire outpost fell. The Tau soldiers infected and corrupted by Nurgle were more combat-capable and threatening than imagined. After the elite team was defeated, the few guards in the outpost were unable to stop the attack of the traitors and the spread of various Nurgle viruses. They were all force-fed the contaminated food and turned into zombies or twisted Nurgle believers.

The search for Captain Harom was fruitless. Several enemies who had already surrendered to Nurgle led a large number of zombies to search for a long time at the expected crash site, but they did not find any possible living Harom or his body.

But the search did not end there. As followers of Nurgle, they had enough patience and time to achieve their goal - and they did not think that Haroum could escape.

Just as they expected, Harom did not leave. He was indeed within the search range of the zombies, he was just invisible.

His combat suit, which was just as badly damaged as Harom's, was running a stealth program, and he hid in the dark, thus evading the enemy's repeated searches.

This won't last long, the power suit's energy will soon be exhausted, and he will be found by these traitors sooner or later.

Medical gel has wrapped his wounds, and various drugs that can maintain vital characteristics have also been injected, but internal wounds are not so easy to heal. His rituals, like the energy of his power suit, are gradually dissipating.

thump

His consciousness collapsed first and he fell to the ground, and the sound he made attracted the attention of a Nurgle zombie.

A zombie infected by a Tau soldier staggered towards where Arom was. The stealth program of the combat suit was still working, but it would not last long.

More zombies appeared around, began to wander around and slowly approached where he was.

puff--

An imperceptible sound of sharp air breaking through the air was heard, and the small blow needle pierced into the body of one of the zombies. This corpse, which was still able to move, began to melt within the next few seconds.

Puff puff puff--

More sounds of breaking through the air were heard, and one blow needle after another hit the aimlessly wandering corpses, and then one corpse after another melted into a pool of foul liquid.

After all the enemies were eliminated, the air began to distort, and a chameleon broke free of its mimicry and appeared nearby, followed by more chameleons.

At this time, the combat suit's stealth program was still running, but Chameleon seemed to be able to see and walked towards Harom's location.

After a while, the energy of the battle suit was exhausted, and the tattered battle suit and the unconscious Harom appeared in front of the Heavy Chameleon.

"Hot...hot-blooded."

"Injured, he's injured!"

"The power of Nurgle. Nurgle is beginning to contaminate this place."

"Take him back. The Demonic Toad Priest needs to know more."

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The transport convoy entered the capital of the Tau people. This most solid, largest and prosperous city is a symbol of glory and honor for the Tau people.

In order to ensure the safety of this city, the Ether Clan transferred almost all of its most elite soldiers, the best equipment, and the wisest commanders here. Some leaders of the Ether Clan even still believed that they still had a chance to win this brutal war.

They believed that as long as they could survive this war, the Tau would be able to gain a foothold in this cruel galaxy, and they would be able to move up to a higher level.