Warhammer 40 A New Hope

boom!

The sudden explosion woke up the sleeping residents of the town.

Then gunshots rang out, and flames lit up the darkness.

Not knowing what was going on, the residents fled their houses in panic amid flames and gunfire, and watched the flames of unknown origin burn on their houses.

This is destined to be a sleepless night for the residents of the small town...

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"So, what did you gain from secretly taking your troops out?" Zhang Yi asked the Mechanical Priest Kadok who had just returned.

"It is richer and more important than you can imagine." Master Kadoc was not at all flustered by the discovery of his private actions. "There is something I think you would like to see."

"what?"

"Liquid [Subspace Energy]."

"What?!"

． ． ． A few hours later ． ． ．

After Master Kwa-Kwat and Captain Duke arrived, the 'live unboxing' of the Mechanical Priest Kadoc began.

The tube, which had a fairly good sealing performance, had a tiny gap opened amidst the heavy protection, and the liquid inside floated up in the air, emitting a green light.

"The energy readings in the subspace have increased by 34.7%." The member of the Mechanicum who was in charge of reporting the readings reported. "The index is decreasing, and energy spillover has been detected."

"It's not really liquid energy, it's more like using a special liquid to trap the energy of the warp inside." The magic toad master, Kwa Kuat, said. "But it's still amazing."

"This kind of thing can only be made in a world with a peaceful subspace like this." Captain Duke said. "If it were in our chaotic subspace, it wouldn't be surprising if this jar immediately turned into a demon after pouring this liquid into it."

"Yes, there are too many strange things in your subspace..." Zhang Yi said. "But this also explains why the elders put this kind of thing in the first place..."

"They use this method to test whether the intelligent races on the planet have sufficient psychic talents."

"Most people couldn't bear this energy and died or became lost souls, while a small number of people awakened psychic powers."

"This should only be the first step. They will need to conduct further tests on these races with psychic talents to see if they are capable of becoming the new bodies of the elders."

"Obviously, humans were elected~"

"That's not something to be proud of." Duke was obviously indignant at this. "Humans are not containers for any other beings!"

Now, Father Cadoch inside the glass window has begun to dissect the body of a lost soul.

"This reminds me of the training I was forced to undergo by the Imperial Guards and the Emperor, starting from killing chickens and ending up killing people..." Zhang Yi said with a unhappy expression.

The inside of the Lost Soul had been completely distorted, and there was almost no human-like part visible. There were also many things that looked like blood vessels that were glowing green.

"In some ways, this is a good result." Zhang Yi looked at the autopsy results and said, "At least it didn't turn into a demon or something."

"He was resurrected in another way by pure psychic power, becoming a walking corpse." Duke said. "But it is true that he did not become a demon or anything, which is a good result."

"Speaking of demons..." Zhang Yi said, as if he had remembered something. "What about the souls of these lost souls?"

"It went to the Warp and became pure Warp energy?"

"...its soul disappeared..." said Master Kwa-Kwat. "Perhaps, as you said, it entered the quiet subspace here and finally turned into energy..."

"Or maybe..."

"Eated?" (Zhang Yi)

"I don't know. We know very little about the subspace of this universe..." Master Kwa Kwat said. "Also, I did feel a faint...malice in the subspace when I was meditating..."

"Although I was prepared for the fact that the subspace was more or less not clean, why was it so fast?" (Zhang Yi)

"However, because the reality barrier of this world is very solid, I don't think that demons can normally enter the real universe... Even if they really exist in the subspace nearby..."

"That's true. I haven't seen any blood sacrifices happen at this stage." Zhang Yi said. "But we still can't let our guard down. I think everyone here knows how unreasonable the subspace is."

"Brother Duke, I need you to supervise Father Kadoc to destroy all things related to the Warp."

"Who knows what new changes will occur if these things are brought to the Warhammer universe!"

"At the same time I need you to stop him before he does something stupid."

"I hope no one will attack the city during this time..."

"Understood." Duke nodded.

"Master Kua Kuat, I need to trouble you here as well." Zhang Yi said to the magic toad beside him. "After all, you are the only psychic master on our ship."

"I am happy to help you, young hot-blood."

Saying "Wow", Zhang Yi looked towards Kadoc in the window and the soul-lost man whose stomach had been ripped open.

"My head hurts..."

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The Subspace of the XCOM World

Unlike the Warhammer world, where the subspace is filled with all kinds of negative emotions because of the War in Heaven, the subspace in this world has not yet suffered that kind of disaster and pollution.

The subspace here seems very peaceful and stable, and the colors are mainly relaxing, rather than those constantly changing colors that make the brain tremble with fear and distortion.

You won’t hear anything strange, and you don’t have to worry about a demon suddenly appearing or something.

This place is more like a piece of white paper that has not been painted yet, and it seems extremely peaceful...

But this does not mean that it is absolutely safe here.

A mass of twisted, thick colors suddenly appeared in the subspace, and countless whispers instantly filled the area.

"...Found it..."

"...they broke the contract..."

"...They can't run away..."

"...cost..."

40. Interference and rescue operations (III)

【Returning Home Team】

This is a six-member team, half of whom are defected aliens.

Not all aliens are willing to work for the elders, and the elders' methods are never just or gentle.

They will only use coercive methods to make those aliens who are clearly living well on their own planet work for them.

This also makes many aliens dislike the elders and do not want to work for them.

Therefore, the number of defecting aliens joining the human resistance army is not too many, but not too few either.

Of the aliens that escaped the control and hunting of the elders, only a small number would join the human resistance and fight together with these "aliens" who had similar experiences to their own race, but more of them would choose to find a place to hide or act on their own.

Among the three alien members of this team, one is a venomous snake monster - Eva, one is an ordinary mutant - Dick, and the last one is a gray man - Atang.

Although in the early days of joining XCOM, these three people were troubled to some extent by human soldiers, after all, there are people everywhere who don't understand the situation and the target.

However, after spending some time together, they proved themselves and the three of them quickly integrated into the group.

Eva is the best scout and assassin in the team, while Dick, as the captain, always protects his teammates. Atang's psychic powers can contribute to his teammates and missions at unexpected times.

The three aliens and three other human teammates have completed dozens of missions, big and small, and killed hundreds of aliens, mutants and enemy human soldiers.

The reason for doing all this is that they hope that after helping humans successfully drive away the elders, they can help themselves and let them go back and help their home planet.

This time, in order to fulfill their wish, they will need to complete a different 'rescue mission'.

The scorching sun shines on the earth, causing the air to distort slightly.

They are still some distance away from the nearest human village, and the [Returning Home Team] is moving cautiously towards their destination.

Suddenly, Eva, who was acting as a scout, signaled the rest of the team to stop and find cover.

The team members reacted quickly and hid themselves.

After everyone hid, Eva took the laser rifle supported by Zhang Yi and others, twisted her snake tail, and moved forward alone close to the ground.

Soon after, the others picked up her signal that they were safe.

The bodies of a small mutant patrol team were located just a few hundred meters away from them. One of the bodies was trapped on a large cactus with its heart pierced.

"All dead." said a human team member.

"Hiss~ Almost all of them were killed in one shot." Eva lifted a corpse with her snake tail and said, "Incredibly accurate..."

"Everyone was attacked and killed at almost the same time." Dick said, looking at a body whose entire head was smashed. "A large-caliber shotgun."

"These people have been dead for some time, and I can't see any useful pictures before their death." Atang said after taking his hand away from a corpse.

"Is it the ally's 'secret force' as the quartermaster said? Or is it some other third-party force?"

"I don't know."

"Keep going." The mutant leader Dick took a grenade off a mutant. Although the aliens' guns and other weapons had DNA identification devices and could not be used casually, most of the grenades could be used. "It's useless to stay here now."

Everyone agreed with Dick's opinion and continued to move forward after simply cleaning up the battlefield.

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Two hours after the mission begins

8:00am, Weather: Sunny

A human village far away from where the elders' main force gathered.

These humans were also the group least affected by the invasion of the elders. When the elders kidnapped and looted humans, they escaped. And when the full-scale invasion occurred, because this place was too remote, they were hardly involved in the war.

The people here were also confused to find out that humans were ruled by aliens, although to them it seemed no different from their previous life.

But now, when three teams of mutants suddenly came here and forcefully demanded that everyone follow them, they finally understood what kind of people these so-called aliens who were "helping humans" were.

After killing some people who dared to resist on the spot, the mutants gathered dozens of people in the village in the village square, preparing to transport them away at once using large trucks.

"Hiss~ Twenty enemies in total." Eva returned to the team's hiding place after completing the reconnaissance and reported. "Hiss~ Most of them are mutant soldiers, there are three mutants wearing ordinary equipment, and a riot control vehicle equipped with a heavy magnetic turret."

"Your fellow tribesmen, why don't you try to persuade them to turn from evil to good?" a human team member joked to Dick.

"I don't think they will be willing to join us," Dick said. "I have to admit that a large part of my people have been obsessed with the false future that the elders have painted for them, so much so that they have forgotten everything the elders did for us..."

Such a large force was obviously beyond the capability of their team to handle. Even if they tried to rescue people, they could only save a small number of them.

"Atang, what are the results of your psychic exploration?" Dick asked the gray man Atang, who was concentrating and using psychic power to sense the surrounding life forms. "Are there any additional hidden troops or something like that?"

"... The number of enemies should not change..." Atang closed his eyes and sensed every life form within the range of his psychic sensing. "But, there is one... an armored berserker? No, the reaction of this subspace is..."

boom!

The wall of a small building was knocked through, and a giant in golden armor rushed out of the wall. A mutant heavy machine gunner standing by the wall was knocked to the ground, and then an armored foot stepped on his head.

puff!

Bang bang bang bang!

In the burst mode of the grenade launcher, every bullet hit the enemy accurately, and those bullets propelled by small rockets easily tore half of the body of every enemy hit.

"It's the ally's 'Golden Giant'!"

After the Space Marine who launched the surprise attack eliminated half of the enemies, the riot vehicle started up and blocked his way.

Because of the powerful combat capability demonstrated by the Space Marines in previous siege battles, some of the aliens' riot control vehicles have added thicker external armor to increase defense at the expense of speed.

This was clearly correct, as the bullet fired from the Space Marine's bolter hit the side of the vehicle, causing an explosion, but the vehicle remained intact.

The heavy magnetic turret on top rammed into the Astartes Brother, its barrels lighting up.

Biubiubiu!

A series of bullets were fired, and the Astartes immediately ran behind a wall to hide.

Bullets hit the wall, splashing up pieces of rubble. At the same time, three mutants led the remaining mutant soldiers towards Astartes' position, firing and approaching.

Green beams of light pierced through the wall where Astarte was hiding. The continuous shooting not only destroyed his cover, but also suppressed his possibility of counterattack or action.

Biu!

A red beam hit a mutant's unprotected head and knocked him down. At the same time, accompanied by the mutant's unique roar, Dick rushed out with the other three team members.

"Attract their fire! Suppress them!"