Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Danger level: HE

This is a priest from the Warhammer universe, the only one alive among a group of priests trained by the Mechanicus sages through artificial cultivation technology.

According to the records of the great sage Spier, this group of new blood, which was cultivated artificially, was allowed to grow naturally for a period of time for the purpose of experiments.

However, the experimental results were not successful. Except for a few exceptions, the other cultures did not show obvious advantages over the accelerated growth cultures.

The female human being known as Cultivate No. 0 was originally considered a failure because the Great Sage Spear believed that she had some unnecessary emotions.

This is manifested in the fact that this cultured subject secretly adopted a male cultured subject of the same period as him, who had been judged to be a failure due to limb defects, and called him his younger brother.

Because of the unique talent displayed by the No. 0 culture, the great sage Spear did not directly discard it, but instead "repaired" it and claimed that it was successful.

At the same time, those that were judged to be failures became the price of this "repair" and were subsequently processed or turned into highly modified servitors, and were destroyed and abandoned in a battle.

Records show that from then on, the cultured subject known as Zero began to have a strong aversion to having mechanical bodies installed on his body, and chose to become a [Biomaster].

Because it is common in the Mechanicus to install a large number of mechanical devices on themselves until they no longer have any flesh and blood, she was not discovered at the first moment of her distortion.

This abnormality, which is like a highly modified mechanical servant, will constantly try to complete the so-called "mission", so it will constantly try to escape from the cell where it is imprisoned and eliminate everything that stands in its way.

Because it was a [Biomaster] of the Mechanicus before it was twisted, it has rich experience in how to incapacitate people and remove various mechanical blockades, which is also where it is dangerous.

[Like a tool, he manipulated the scalpel to cut open the discarded test subject in front of him, looked directly at his twisted internal organs, and studied his body that was damaged due to training errors.]

[Although she kept saying that she was not a tool, at that moment, she chose to become a tool in the hands of the Great Sage to avoid being abandoned, dissected, and turned into feed or material like her brother lying on the operating table in front of her.]

[That slogan now seems ridiculous and powerless]

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After his name was signed on the exquisite invitation letter in front of him, a door appeared in front of Wu Mo. He checked his equipment again and walked in.

In the library, Angela, who should have expected that a guest would enter, now seemed a little surprised and alert. As the librarian of the [General Category Layer], the original color-level finisher [Dark Silence] stood in front of her.

In response, Wu Mo looked at the 'dark mute' in front of him who looked alert, raised the power sword in his hand, pointed at the two of them and said.

"Call out the three of you who are the best fighters."

. . . . . .

"Mission: Be blocked, remove obstacles."

"I am not a tool..."

"Try: Complete the mission."

Beep beep - access prohibited!

Emotions are often considered a burden and a manifestation of imperfection within the Mechanicus. Many believers of Ohm Messiah take pride in turning every part of themselves except the brain into a mechanical being. Some Mechanicus priests even speak in a completely binary manner.

Therefore, no one cares about Zero's psychological feelings when she was distorted, and no one cares why she was distorted and turned into an Abnormality. Most of the Mechanicus only care about what is special about this new Abnormality, how much energy it can produce, and what kind of EGO equipment it can produce.

"The fucked up social environment and atmosphere in the Warhammer world..." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the Abnormality that was trying to escape from the cell where he was imprisoned. "I have to find a way to turn her back."

"According to the existing data, there are indeed records of people who have been distorted and turned back to normal, but that was in a very short time after the distortion occurred, and only one person named Moses, the finisher, had a divine equipment with this ability." The mechanical priest standing next to Zhang Yi said. "Based on the current situation, she has been distorted for at least a day. I don't think we should continue to waste more time on this person who was originally a failure..."

"Shut up, NTM." Zhang Yi interrupted him. "If you guys in the Mechanicus don't have too much trouble, this kind of thing won't happen."

As he spoke, Zhang Yi looked at the alien in front of him, and at the face of the alien that was still lifeless and muttering to itself.

"I am not a tool..."

"I think about this world specialty that can go deep into a person's heart and communicate directly with their inner self..."

"Have it!"

. . . . . .

【Everyone! It’s bad! 】

【What's wrong? What's wrong? 】

[JOKER's phone with the 'different world APP' is gone! ]

【Gone? Did he forget it there?】

[No, according to the on-site observation, it should have been taken by someone]

[It was taken? How did you know? ]

[It is said that a gold brick with a double-headed eagle logo and a piece of paper inexplicably appeared where the mobile phone was originally placed]

[Gold bricks? Machika oil?! ]

[This isn't the point, Skull. What's written on the note? ]

['Dear Thieves of Heart, I will lend you the Different World APP for two days. I will return it in good condition after two days. This is the rent - Traveller']

【Traveller? Traveler? Does anyone know this person? 】

[How could they know each other? This is obviously just a code name like ours!]

[Double-headed eagle... All I can think of are some symbols from Rome]

[Fox doesn't know either? What should we do now? ]

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"Sure enough, this thing is still useful in a world dominated by human mind, but... it seems to need to be updated?" Zhang Yi said as he looked at the progress bar of the so-called 'Other World APP' that was opened. "This thing can be regarded as a singularity technology in some aspects."

"Detecting the singularity technology that can enter the 'temple of the soul' and make people spiritual..."

After a while, the progress bar of the Different World APP was completed, and two palace options appeared on the phone.

[False Sunflower] - The temple has been completely destroyed and cannot be entered

[I am not a tool] - The temple is being broken down and is expected to be completely broken down in 30 hours

Snap--!

Sizzle－－!

At this moment, with a slight sound, a crack appeared on the phone, and obvious snowflakes appeared on the screen. It was obvious that this thing taken out from "Persona" could not withstand the pressure brought by this world where emotions and desires could directly distort reality.

"It's outrageous, this world." Zhang Yi said, looking at the flickering screen and the slowly expanding cracks. "It's impossible for this so-called other-worldly APP to directly spiritualize me and take me into the 'hall'. My supernatural resistance is so high that it's not realistic, and I haven't tried to open the door to the non-material world yet."

"But... maybe..."

As he spoke, Zhang Yi looked at his left arm, and then at the phone.

"Master Gu Yi once said that I need to control them instead of being controlled by them. This requires long-term practice and strong will..."

"Then, she also said that my portal actually has a lot of potential to be explored, and there are still many things that can be done..."

"Hope everything goes well..."

392. Facing the Past

Zhang Yi's portal is not without any restrictions. In addition to those that have appeared before, Tzeentch blocked the portal by folding space, Nurgle used his home advantage to prevent Zhang Yi from entering the portal, a certain X Empire directly blocked the portal with incomprehensible technology, and some special worlds would also prevent him from entering.

I have tried to connect to the game world of Sword Art Online through a portal before. The portal was successfully opened and I could see scenes like those in the game, but I couldn't enter.

Attempts to enter through a portal will result in a direct pass through to the other side of the portal rather than the target world, but the game world can be contacted and modified through the open portal, such as by digital signals.

The Mechanicus also successfully copied the program of that world and added a designed virtual monster into it in the form of a wandering elite monster.

Obviously, for these clear non-material worlds, Zhang Yi's portal can indeed open the portal, but because the nature of the world is different, it is impossible to enter directly.

In the world of [Persona 5], the so-called "hall" can be understood as a product that materializes people's emotions and desires, but it does not exist in reality. Every time a so-called "correction" is carried out, it is done by an APP in another world, which transforms the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" into spiritual bodies.

Theoretically, the mobile phone with the other world APP that Zhang Yi took over had the same function, but its own strong supernatural resistance prevented it from functioning normally.

Moreover, although the two worlds have certain similarities, they are completely incomparable in terms of scale - high school students can save the world, and the final boss is a combination of human subconsciousness.

This has caused problems with the Different World APP, which will soon collapse on its own because it cannot bear the pressure.

Therefore, Zhang Yi must take action immediately.

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Casting a Planet...?

Like most worlds inhabited by the Adeptus Mechanicus, the planet is filled with metal, poisonous fumes and lifeless servitors.

The world is slowly collapsing, but the servitors and Mechanicus followers within it have no reaction to it.

Zero, or rather Zero who was still an apprentice, was standing in front of the dissecting table, performing a detailed dissection on the creature on it.

The great sage Spear stood behind her, watching as the bodies of her apprentices who were deemed failures were ripped open one after another.

【Next】

Along with the emotionless voice of the Great Sage Spear, Zero's hand that was operating suddenly stopped, and then a robot servant dragged the corpse on the dissection table away, and then put another experimental subject on it.

[This will be the final test. By dissecting it, you can escape from being a failure and survive.]

[You can refuse, and I will abandon you]

This last one, who was in an anesthetized state and needed to be dissected, had an obvious depression on one side of his brain, and one of his arms was also a simple mechanical arm.

[He is just a failure. He is not the relative you mentioned.]

[You don’t even have any so-called relatives]

[You can choose to accompany him, at the abandoned station or...]

"I've tolerated you for a long time!"

A small figure suddenly appeared and kicked the Great Sage Spear in the face, knocking him to the ground.

Then the figure fell to the ground - it was a Q version of Zhang Yi.

Because his original body has extremely strong supernatural resistance, he cannot allow the APP in the other world to transform his matter into spirit.

So he could only try to use the power of the Emperor plus part of his own mental power to enter through the portal. As guided by the other world APP, Zero was in the broken "hall", which was why he looked like this now.

Although, even in Zhang Yi's world, some people or things related to the mind do exist (some twins have a certain degree of telepathy, someone dreamed of a plane crash before boarding the plane, and the crash actually happened in reality), but they are only a very small part, so he can only do this.

"If you could do less, this wouldn't have happened!" Q version of Zhang Yi yelled at the great sage Spear in the Zero Hall. "And, Zero, you - I'm going?"

In this so-called palace, which is Zero’s spiritual world, Zhang Yi saw Zero when he was young, and...

“So it’s natural?”

Even when she was young and still an apprentice, Zero had a 'peak' that was obviously overdeveloped, which was not present in ordinary Mechanicus members. This was why she was considered a failure by the Great Sage - this pile of things was useless to them and was a burden.

(The Mechanicus priest who saw the Fox Tribe using a 'special' method to make the 'machine soul happy' in the Ring World: Don't stop me! I will perish together with this pile of useless fat today!)

"Focus, I need to hurry now." Zhang Yi shook his head and said. "You..."

At this moment, the scalpel in Zero's hand suddenly stabbed towards the last person on the dissection table.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi suddenly bumped into Ling, causing his scalpel to fall out of his hand and Ling to fall to the ground.

"What are you doing?! He should be..."

"If you don't do this...If you don't do this..."

"I will also be abandoned..."

"I am not a tool, I don't...I don't want to be a 'tool'..."

Listening to Lin's words, Zhang Yi fell silent. He had heard before that she did not completely obey the words of the great sage Spear, but according to Zhang Yi's observation, this news did not seem to be true.

Now it seems that what she meant by 'I am not a tool' is that she does not want to be a tool/machine servant.

Before coming in, he read the information about Zero in detail and learned about some of her experiences during her apprenticeship - including the dissection of her 'brother' who was judged to be a failure under the coercion of the Great Sage Spear.

It is still unknown how Zhang Yi was coerced, but what is certain is that since then Zero has begun to change into his current appearance.

In the human empire, this kind of thing is not very rare, after all, there are many other more troublesome things.

"It really is, fuck."

Zhang Yi could imagine that at that time, Zero had to make a choice between the two: either stick to his "useless" "redundant emotions", refuse the request of the great sage Spear, and turn his "brothers" into materials or food, and tools; or in order to survive, he had to dissect them one by one with his own hands, and then turn them into another "tool".

What's worse is that Zero is not like ordinary apprentices of the Mechanicus who are trained and produced with cold emotions. She has more complete emotions. She can empathize, and she treats those apprentices who are merely trained and produced in the same batch as herself as her own relatives.

Obviously, even after such a long time, this incident still left an indelible impact on her. From then on, she forced herself to hide those normal emotions and memories - until she came to the [city] and was dug out by Ain or Carmen, forcing her to face this past and emotions that she could not bear to look back on.

She failed to withstand the test, failed to "embrace the past and create the future", and she was trapped in this memory that was difficult to forget and face.

Looking at Ling who was sitting on the ground curled up in a ball, Zhang Yi couldn't think of any good solution for a moment. After a brief silence, the Q version of him walked in front of Ling, looked at her face and spoke.

"elder sister."