Warhammer 40 A New Hope

【bunker】

As the command center for the entire YoRHa force and the headquarters of the androids, bad news was coming one after another at this time.

The mechanical life forms demonstrated their absolute dominance over the planet with practical actions. The known and hidden enemies in this area alone completely destroyed their battle plans.

As mentioned before, the people who were sent down to fight were confined to an area, and there was no problem if they did not leave the area, but as long as they had any intention of trying to leave or attack, the mechanical life forms around them would make them pay the price.

It's not that they haven't thought about 'jumping back and forth' to consume the opponent (the mechanical life forms will stop chasing after reaching a certain position), but after several battles, the number of the opponent does not seem to have decreased.

"A new aerial aircraft carrier type mechanical life form has been discovered, and the airborne window has been further reduced."

"The third forced breakout attempt failed and we suffered heavy losses."

"New mechanical lifeforms have entered our combat zone, and more hostile signals are approaching."

Failure, all news of failure. Although the androids had always been at a disadvantage in several previous battles, failure from beginning to end like this had never happened before - no matter what, they had still been able to achieve some small-scale results before.

"Commander! The ground team sent another message. They hope to return to the [Bunker] base for repairs or to receive more reinforcements."

"...There are no reinforcements now." Commander White was silent for a while and said, "Almost all the troops have been sent out..."

"The Lunar Council is discussing a solution to keep the troops on the ground going," Commander White ordered. "Any news about the teams that successfully escaped from the mechanical lifeforms?"

"It has been confirmed that three teams have been annihilated. 2B and 9S have been missing for a while, but they are believed to be still alive."

"Keep trying to communicate with them while ground forces..."

Suddenly, the lights in the entire bunker dimmed, and the light screen in the command room also went dark.

"what happened?!"

"Power to the [bunker] appears to have been compromised. I'm trying to activate the backup power source."

On the other side...

"Hmm~ This is what it feels like to break wires with your hands." Zhang Yi said with his hair standing up. "Exciting."

523. Lunar Parliament - Artemis

The bunker, the headquarters of the YoRHa unit, had never been physically invaded before, and it seemed that machine lifeforms could not reach it.

However, some people who know the inside story understand that the reason why the [Bunker] has not been attacked since its establishment is entirely because the people behind the scenes want to maintain a balance. Mechanical life forms are not incapable of creating individuals that can travel short distances in space.

The androids in the [Bunker] also became lax as a result, so much so that when they confirmed that the [Bunker] had been physically invaded, they were somewhat incredulous.

The few androids stationed in the [Bunker] began searching for the intruders, and maintenance personnel soon found the location of the damaged cable and began repair work.

In the command room of the [bunker], the backup power supply can only provide a limited amount of power, all equipment is in low-power mode, and the entire command room is still dim.

At this moment, the door at the entrance opened, attracting the attention of all the androids in the command room - was it an unfamiliar 'android'?

"Who are you...?"

"Huh? Didn't you and that group of round-headed people look for me all over the world? Why didn't you react when I came in front of you?" Zhang Yi said to the puzzled Commander White and others. "You haven't seen a human for hundreds or thousands of years. How can you quickly confirm that a being that looks almost the same as you is a human?"

Zhang Yi's words made all the androids present a little confused, and Commander White, who was closest to Zhang Yi, was the first to realize Zhang Yi's identity.

"Humans? But there are no humans in the Bunker..."

"Just think of me as having my own channels." Zhang Yi interrupted Commander White and said, "Did those servers of the [Lunar Parliament] let you arrest me?"

"?!"

If Zhang Yi's sudden appearance in the [bunker] surprised Commander White, then his subsequent words shocked her even more.

"The Lunar Parliament is..."

"I don't think that just sending water and empty boxes to the moon can keep a person alive. Humans are very fragile under normal circumstances." Zhang Yi interrupted White again. "Just food won't work, just drinks won't work either, and having both food and drinks but too few varieties won't work either."

"..."

"If you say that there is a complete circulation system on the moon base, then why did you send the empty boxes there? To build houses?"

Commander White had thought of many scenarios of meeting the surviving humans, but she had not expected a situation like this where they would come in front of her and accuse her of something - you knew there was a problem, yet you still came here?

"So, you were the one who destroyed the circuit of the [bunker]?"

"To be precise, it was broken. Your main line is really thick." Zhang Yi responded. "I guess you should have a backup power supply and a contingency plan for this situation, but it is certain that the connection with the upper and lower levels is temporarily cut off."

"That means no one will know about our current conversation."

"Let me ask you, are you loyal to humanity or to the [Lunar Parliament]?"

For others, this question is somewhat problematic, because isn't the Lunar Parliament formed by humans? Is there any difference between being loyal to humans and being loyal to the Lunar Parliament?

But for Commander White, who knew some inside information, this was Zhang Yi questioning her, whether she wanted to follow this unknown human in front of her, or continue to obey the orders of the so-called "Lunar Parliament" formed by humans, continue everything she knew, and continue this cycle.

If it was before, White would have sacrificed her life for humanity without hesitation, but now? After she learned the truth about the Lunar Council and still chose to obey their orders (there is a saying that White participated in the formation of the Lunar Council), it means that she has chosen to compromise - so why not continue to compromise? And if she sends the humans in front of her to the moon, then this lie is no longer just a lie, and she can do all this with more peace of mind, just like she let A2 and the others go to die.

Yes, the androids should be loyal to humans, but for such a long time there has been no human to demand their allegiance. They have always been doing things according to the orders of the "fake humans" called the [Lunar Parliament]. When real humans appear, will they, who have already shown signs of being out of human control to a certain extent, still obey human orders?

This is also the reason why Zhang Yi asked Commander White this question. This problem does not exist for ordinary humans, but for her, when humans really appear, whose orders will she obey, the [Lunar Parliament] or humans?

"...I have always been loyal to humanity." After a moment of silence, Commander White knelt on one knee in front of Zhang Yi, with his left hand on his chest. "This has never changed."

"Very good." Zhang Yi said. "Now I have two orders for you."

"First, give the [Lunar Parliament] the specific location."

"Second, back up all useful data, stop repairing the [bunker] circuit, remain silent, and then..."

"Let the entire [bunker] fall to the surface of the Earth."

~~~~~~~~~

NIER World, Moon

For so many years, apart from the supply rockets launched from the cover bunker, no other existence has landed on the Earth's satellite.

In the original plot, the mechanical life forms once attacked the server on the moon through the signal tower on the earth, but the attack was finally destroyed by A2, and the world ushered in another okay ending - for 2B and 9S.

Apart from this time, this server on the moon has rarely been attacked. After all, destroying it may lead to the extinction of the artificial humans, and the mechanical life forms will lose their enemies. N2 will not let this happen.

At this time, Zhang Yi was walking around the planet wearing an experimental power armor, starting from a material distribution center that was just an empty shell, moving on the gray surface of the moon, heading in the direction pointed by White.

"Doesn't anyone think my armor makes my head look too big?"

The power armor Zhang Yi is wearing combines technologies from multiple worlds including "Titanfall", "Dead Space", "XCOM" and "Rimworld", greatly reducing costs while ensuring defense and functionality.

The technology brought from different worlds has greatly enhanced the technological strength of the Human Empire. However, it will take time to turn these technologies into weapons in the hands of the Astra Militarum and Space Marines, as well as new power armor on their bodies.

Moreover, before the problem of the Mechanicus is solved, these technologies cannot be shared at will. On the one hand, they may keep them for themselves, and on the other hand, these alien technologies may cause wars between different forge worlds.

In addition, the relationship between the Mechanicus and the Human Empire at this stage can be said to be just a cooperative one. If there is a problem, they may abandon the Human Empire at any time and set up their own organization (the scourge left over from the Great Crusade) - many Dark Mechanicus came about in this way.

The Mechanicus are mutually exclusive and extremely conservative, but this group of people possess the most and most advanced scientific and technological achievements in the human empire. Even if they don't understand some precious Golden Age artifacts or technologies, they will not share them. They will only hide these things so that no one except themselves can find them.

As mentioned before, O'Neill has begun trying to correct this historical legacy, but it will take time, a lot of time. This matter cannot be done too quickly. If it is done too quickly, it will only make those oil men desperate and do things like rebelling against the empire on a large scale.

Today, the Mechanicus of Cawl and the Zero-One faction have completely submitted to the notice and management of the Human Empire, but there are still many sages of the Forge Planet who do not completely obey the orders of the Human Empire.

“We have to take this matter slowly~”

Speaking of what Zhang Yi is doing now, after walking for a while, he can already see the building which is mainly gray and white in color and is used to house the server of the [Lunar Parliament].

"It doesn't look big... But then again, you didn't intend to use this place to accommodate humans, did you? If it's just to house servers, this would be normal in terms of maximum utilization and minimum material consumption."

Suddenly, Zhang Yi, who was wearing power armor, received a reminder from the built-in computer that Zhang Yi was being scanned.

Then, the building in the distance began to tremble visibly, and it was rising and changing its shape.

"What the hell?"

A gray, giant spider-shaped mechanical life form, which was transformed from the building that Zhang Yi saw, appeared in Zhang Yi's sight and jumped in front of him.

"Although I know that the androids use the core of mechanical life forms, it is normal for the Lunar Council, which controls all androids, to do the same, but..."

"Aren't you going too far? Who are you guarding against on the moon? Aliens?"

[You shouldn't be here... You shouldn't be here...] The huge mechanical spider turned its head and said to Zhang Yi in front of it. [You... Humans are extinct and should not be here again]

[Without you, I am a 'human'. The androids will obey my orders. I will... manage everything!]

"You also have desires that only humans have." Zhang Yi said, looking at the robot spider in front of him that was at least several dozen meters tall. "Yes, in order to pretend that humans still exist, you will most likely learn everything about humans to better play this role."

"Human rulers are often greedy, but... do you know what it means to be unworthy of your position?"

[You, shouldn't appear, are human... Protect humanity...] The mechanical spider in front of him seemed to be caught in a logical conflict at this moment, but soon it became normal. [Imprisonment... Sizzle... Protect humanity...]

[The danger level outside is too high, the target is put into cryogenic hibernation... for protection...]

【Time... 100 sizzle... Forever! 】

524. Human uncertainty

A giant spider-like mechanical life form is running wildly on the low-gravity surface of the moon, stirring up a large amount of lunar dust along the way.

"No ranged attack capability?"

Just as Zhang Yi finished speaking, several small missiles flew out from the back of the mechanical spider and attacked him.

Boom boom boom--!

A series of explosions stirred up a large amount of dust and rocks. Because of the low gravity, these things were thrown to a higher altitude and stayed in the air longer.

"So, who are you guarding against?"

He used the jets on the power armor to return to the ground, and used magnetic shoes to stabilize his body. The mechanical spider then jumped again and came to Zhang Yi's sight.

[Plasma Destroyer] (from the XCOM world)

call out--!

A beam of scorching plasma shot out from the muzzle of the gun on Zhang Yi's right arm and directly hit one of the target's mechanical legs. The huge body began to shake due to the imbalance.

[Type II Doomsday Rocket Launcher] (from Ringworld)

He took out the rocket launcher that had been debugged by the Oil Man from the pocket space of the armor (from the Moon Plane World), aimed it at the mechanical spider, and pulled the trigger.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh－－!

Three powerful rockets flew towards the target. The mechanical spider carrying the [Lunar Parliament] server quickly lowered its body to avoid the attack, and flames from the explosion rose behind it.

[Breaker (Rare Magic Greatsword)] (From the Medieval World/Provided by Lizardmen)

Just as it was lowering its body, Zhang Yi took out a huge golden sword from somewhere, and relying on the flying function of the armor and the low gravity of the moon, he jumped towards the mechanical spider.

Bang—crack!

The magic giant sword in Zhang Yi's hand had no edge, so it actually hit the target directly. Accompanied by a sound of metal colliding, large cracks appeared on the mechanical leg that seemed to be harder.

This situation was something that the [Lunar Parliament] had not expected, or rather, everything about Zhang Yi was something they had not expected—how did humans become extinct if they were so outrageous? !

"One more blow!"

Zhang Yi raised the bladeless giant sword in his hand again, trying to strike the cracked part again, but the target dodged by rotating his body and knocked him away.

Zhang Yi used the weapon in his hand to defend himself, and after several rolls in the air, he landed steadily on the ground. When he looked up, a large number of metal projectiles attacked him.

"Freezing a corpse counts as protection, right?"

Zhang Yi smashed the giant sword in his hand towards the ground, stirring up a lot of dust, covering the surroundings and blocking the vision. Then a large number of bullets flew into the dust.

[Lunar Parliament] has combat capabilities, but their combat capabilities are not strong. After all, as mentioned before, they will hardly encounter any physical attacks here, and their duties are not to fight.

After a large number of bullets dispersed the dust, Zhang Yi, the target, was no longer among them. The mechanical spider turned its body and began to look for Zhang Yi, but the next moment, a golden shadow fell from the sky and directly broke one of its mechanical legs on the right side.

Bang—crack!

Once again, Zhang Yi appeared near the mechanical leg that had been cracked before, and the edgeless magic giant sword in his hand smashed down again, and another mechanical leg was broken.

Boom--!

The huge body of the mechanical spider fell to the ground, and a large amount of dust was once again stirred up from the ground.

【Sizzle... I am... I am...】

Click!

The thick metal plates were broken open, the layers of wires were untied, and the [Lunar Parliament] that had controlled artificial humans for thousands of years was pulled out from behind layers of protection by Zhang Yi.

"So, no matter how much preparation you made, your combat effectiveness is not that good." Zhang Yi said, looking at the huge server. "This is the end of the fake. The future does not belong to you."

"I've always wanted to try deleting the database and running away..."