Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

Nono's prayer was clear and loud, spreading throughout the bridge.

The binary 0s and 1s on the screen kept flashing and jumping, making it difficult for ordinary people to interpret.

Sarpedon wisely chose to remain silent. When he spoke again, he was very hesitant and chose his words carefully, which was not in line with the usual style of a Space Marine:

"Sir Noah, have you found the lost holy relic of the Soul Drinkers?"

They are still thinking about the holy relic now. It can be seen that the Soul Drinkers are really a little anxious.

"Not yet."

Noah soothed him, "Once Nono completes the purification ritual, I will ask her to search the database. Don't worry, the Mechanical Ark is still here, and the Soul Spear can't escape."

"hope so."

Sarpedon was still worried. If the Spear of Soul was on the ship, he would not be worried.

But what he was afraid of now was that the Spear of Soul had been sacrificed to the Warp by the traitors of the Mechanicus. That was the weapon once used by the Primarch. If the holy relic of the Chapter was really desecrated, all of them would be guilty!

The three hundred fighting brothers who come to bring back the holy relics must participate in the expedition of atonement. This is not a compulsory measure, but a self-salvation that they must complete!

"Noah."

Nono called out softly, pointing at the robot servant embedded in the Thinker: "Put your hand there."

Noah had no doubt and put his hand on it.

The cold metal felt familiar to the touch, and his palms felt a burning sensation.

The next moment, the servitor's jaws bit his hand, not too hard, but gently squeezed it. The metal fangs pierced his skin, and a thin stream of blood flowed out. The huge Thinker's abdomen slowly emitted a shrill sound and a roar, as if a huge beast was slowly waking up, and the video screen kept flashing pictures.

"Instructions received, decontamination procedures in progress."

0 and 1 finally turned into text that can be read by normal people, allowing people to clearly understand what Nono is doing.

Sarpedon also saw all this, but he felt a little confused in his heart.

He is not a priest of the Mechanicus, nor is he a technical sergeant who has studied on Mars. He is just an ordinary think tank director.

Although he didn't know how to repair the machine soul, he still knew some common sense.

For example, the female sage of the Mechanicum asked the Inquisitor to put his hand into the mouth of the servitor, which was to identify and authenticate Noah's genetic code.

Normally, this ceremony will only be performed when the captain's identity is handed over. The new captain needs to use genetic identification to make the machine spirit recognize him as the new master in order to renew control over the ship.

But isn't this a purification procedure? Why is the blood of the Inquisitor required?

Chapter 76 Oh my, oh my, it’s all oh my!

suddenly.

The bridge fell into a sticky silence, wrapping them in a tight cocoon.

The light on the screen gradually dimmed, but the characters on it were still shining. Although most of them were just composed of 0s and 1s, they would occasionally translate into words that Noah could understand:

"nono_OS is analyzing

"Restart Sequence: Ready

"Rehabilitation Agreement: Execution..."

Not many people saw this scene. The Battle Sisters led the intelligent control robots to deploy at the entrance of the bridge to prevent any sneak attack by the remnants of the Dark Mechanicus.

Sarpedon wisely chose not to participate, as he was recovering the gene-seed of his fallen battle-brothers. Although this task was usually entrusted to the Apothecary, in the event of an emergency where the Apothecary was killed, any Space Marine would be obliged to recover the gene-seed of his fallen battle-brothers.

In the silence, Nono spoke in the communication channel:

"Noah, I have restored communications with Sergeant Titus. Do you want to contact them?"

"Where are they now?"

"Just left the hangar not long ago and is heading towards the bridge."

Noah thought for a moment and immediately changed the channel:

"Sergeant Titus, this is Noah, where are you now?"

"We have just reunited with the Soul Drinker's lost team and are on our way to the bridge."

"No need to come, the bridge has been occupied, but the mission has failed. We are planning to retreat, and you should hurry to the hangar as soon as possible!"

"it is good……"

"Zizzi——!"

The communication was manually interrupted by Noah, and only static noise remained in the communication channel.

Noah nodded slightly to Nono, pulled his hand out of the Thinker, and his expression became extremely solemn the moment he turned around, and said in a deep voice:

"Sarpedon, have you completed your mission?"

Sarpedon stood up, nodded slightly, and then asked:

"What happened?"

"The mission has failed. We failed to purify the machine soul and angered it instead. The machine soul of this ship is starting the warp engine. If we don't want to die, we must evacuate now!"

Noah explained as he walked quickly towards the bridge entrance, forcing Sarpedon to quickly follow him.

Sarpedon's expression darkened. He turned around and glanced at the huge Thinker, which displayed a large amount of data in a messy manner. It was all composed of 0s and 1s. Even if judged in binary terms, it was a completely disordered data code.

After all, this was the machine soul of a mechanical ark. Even with all the preparations, it was not easy to purify the machine soul. Moreover, they were completely forced to do it, and the success rate was not high. Sarpedon did not doubt this.

But the problem is, if they evacuate now, what will happen to the Spear of Soul?

Their regiment’s sacred relic is still on this ship!

"Sir Noah, I..."

Noah interrupted him, speaking sternly:

"I understand how you feel right now, but we must retreat now! This is an order!"

Sarpedon was somewhat unwilling, but he also understood that this was the only option at the moment.

While it was important to bring back the chapter's relics, he also had to bring back the gene-seed of his other battle-brothers.

Even if he stayed on the ship, he would not be able to find the Chapter Relics by searching aimlessly, and this act of disobeying orders might be declared as treason by the Inquisitor. In that case, it would not only be him who would be implicated, but the entire Soul Drinker Chapter, and all of them would have to atone for his "betrayal"!

Although he was very reluctant, Sarpedon knew that he had to make sacrifices.

"I'm sorry, father. I failed you."

There was a flash of sadness in Sarpedon's eyes. They had thought they could recover their father's relics, but the betrayal of the Mechanicus dashed their hopes once again. Perhaps this loss would be eternal, and perhaps the Soul Drinkers would never have another chance to recover the relics.

Although it was the Mechanicus that caused all this, Sarpedon still felt humiliated.

Even though he had never met his genetic father, he still felt deeply ashamed of his incompetence!

No matter what the reason is, failure is failure, there is no excuse!

Noah didn't know what Sarpedon was thinking, but even if he knew he would still think the idea was reasonable.

After all, the most important thing for Space Marines is honor and brotherhood, and no Space Marine is immune to this. Many Space Marines even betrayed the Empire because their honor was insulted and denied, or because they could not bear the brotherhood.

In the eyes of the Custodians, Space Marines who place too much emphasis on honor and brotherhood are undoubtedly inferior, so the Custodians never call each other brothers.

But in Noah's opinion, it is understandable that Space Marines value honor, because it is the only thing the Empire can give them.

There are only two things that humans pursue in their lives:

Material enjoyment and spiritual enjoyment.

In the human empire, material enjoyment is a luxury for most people, but spiritual enjoyment can be very cheap.

The lower class people choose to believe in the emperor and numb themselves with their faith in the emperor.

Space Marines value honor and use it to hone themselves and stick to their beliefs.

Even the Custodians, who have always looked down on Space Marines and regarded them as defective products, actually value honor as much as the Guards but are unaware of it - because the Custodians themselves are the highest honor in the Empire!

Of course, understanding is one thing, but it is impossible for Noah to accommodate Sarpedon.

This mechanical ark must disappear into the warp!

Bang! Bang!

The sound of power armor running quickly on the ceramic steel deck echoed in the empty corridor, and Noah returned along the way he came, which was the shortest way to the hangar.

"careful!"

Sarpedon's deep voice was heard from the sound array channel.

Noah stopped immediately and looked in the direction of Sarpedon's gaze vigilantly.

The corridor was littered with the remains of the Crusaders, and on the ground there was a blasphemous eight-pointed star made of skulls. Human bodies were pierced by spikes and arranged in blasphemous symbols fixed to the walls on both sides.

These symbols had originally been destroyed by Noah, but now they were inexplicably repaired. A large number of robot servants were working in the corridor, using fresh skulls to fill in the gaps in the damaged symbols. The scene was chilling.

"Sarpedon, didn't you see these when you came?"

Although the corridors on the Mechanical Ark are interconnected, this corridor is the only way to the bridge. Since Sarpedon has arrived at the bridge, it means that he has seen these blasphemous rituals. Why is his reaction so strange?

"No."

Sarpedon shook his head in denial, apparently knowing nothing about it.

"I think I understand."

Noah nodded thoughtfully, stepped over the skulls that formed the blasphemous symbol under Sarpedon's suspicious gaze, and casually raised the muzzle of the gun to use plasma to vaporize a mechanical servant that was twisting the head off a corpse that was being transported.

Bang bang bang bang!

The battle sisters also opened fire, using explosive bombs to clear the mechanical servants that were still performing blasphemous rituals in the corridor.

Sarpedon was constantly on the lookout for possible danger, but there was none.

It was profane, but not dangerous.

At first, the rituals here were indeed used to summon demons, but the evil energy of the subspace here was always inexplicably dispelled, and it was never able to reach a qualified level, and the ritual of summoning demons could not be performed. As a result, until Noah arrived, the Mechanicus was unable to summon demons to stop them.

But Noah was the first to arrive at the corridor, clean up the blasphemous ritual, and open the adamantine door. However, the Space Marines of Sarpedon and the Soul Drinkers Chapter were able to reach the bridge before him. The answer is self-evident -

time.

Although the evil energy in the Warp has been being cleared, due to the existence of the Warp rift, the evil energy accumulated in the bridge is extremely dense, even dense enough to distort time.

After all, in the subspace, the dimension of time is inherently chaotic.

When the Warp invades reality, time around it is distorted as well.

Similar things are not uncommon in the thousands of years of history of the human empire. They were not uncommon in the past, they are not uncommon now, and they will be even less uncommon in the future.

Sarpedon's landing was before Noah's, but the process from 'landing' to 'reaching the bridge' was indeed chaotic. It was Noah who opened the adamantine gate, but the first people to enter were Sarpedon and the Soul Drinker's assault team.

From Noah's perspective, it only took a few minutes from the time he opened the door to the time he entered the bridge and found Sarpedon.

But from Sarpedon's perspective, he had been fighting the devil in the bridge for a long time.

As for Titus, he was in a more miserable state.

For when Noah landed, Titus had just landed.

He was at the landing when Noah and Sarpedon were fighting the demon.

He was still landing when Noah closed the warp rift.

Only when the Warp rift was truly closed and the evil energy of the Warp was dispelled did Titus finally set out for the bridge.

In other words.

While Noa and Sarpedon were fighting rebels and demons in the ship, Titus never left the hangar, and his time was almost stagnant.

However, this degree of time confusion is actually normal.

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"Captain on the bridge!"

White saluted respectfully, watched Noah sit on his command throne, and issued his first order after his return:

"White, notify the Soul Drinkers and the Navy Fleet, and order all ships to stay away from the Mechanical Ark immediately!"