Chapter 682 07.681: “Underground Secrets”

At this moment, Melon was in the Star Language Tower of the Swift Aquila.

Her brows were furrowed, and beads of sweat covered her forehead, slowly sliding down her cheeks.

The strange whispers kept echoing in her ears, making her feel like she was being stared at by countless pairs of malicious eyes.

Her hands were tightly gripping the Sky Eagle Staff, and the veins on the back of her hands were slightly bulging from the force.

She focused her thoughts, trying to clear them from her mind, as she had rehearsed with Horatio.

In front of Horatio, in the flickering golden particles, Thei’s figure gradually became clear again.

Behind her, Horatio could even vaguely see Tech-Priest Lati standing in front of the Black Stone Obelisk.

With the help of the servoskull and prosthetic eyes, Lati was concentrating on scanning the mysterious creation in front of her.

“It seems that the power of destruction has indeed seriously interfered with our communications.” Thei sighed helplessly and said slowly.

“Have you succeeded in getting underground?” Horatio demanded.

“Yes, we went down via orbital airdrop.

I’m sorry that I didn’t ask you for your permission in advance. But the cover of the clouds at night was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we didn’t want to miss.” Thei explained.

“It is your right as an Inquisitor to act independently. So, what is the situation down there now?” Horatio demanded.

“These obelisk arrays are relatively well preserved, but some have been blown up by the traitors.

According to our reconnaissance, the dogs of Chaos appear to be stalling for time, doing their utmost to destroy the arrays below.

We are still unclear about their purpose, but they even used the fallen knight mechas to sabotage the obelisks below, trying to smash them one by one and then transport them away. “Thei reported solemnly.

“Fallen Knight Mech? Could it be the Creedence family?” From Thei’s words, combined with his own understanding of the Black Stone Obelisk in this world, a bad guess quickly emerged in Horatio’s mind.

[In other words, the two large subspace rifts in the Storm Sector after the Great Rift opened were not accidental, but Chaos had already infiltrated before the 13th Black Crusade and tried to destroy the Black Stone Obelisk in this area that was used to curb Chaos invasion?]
Continue to deduce in depth along this line of thought.

[As a result, before Chaos completely destroyed these black stone obelisks, the Empire issued an extermination order and destroyed the planet.]
So, is it possible that it was this series of events that ultimately led to the creation of the Nephilim Vision Zone?
This anomaly zone is the ‘Dead Zone’ that will be activated in the future to deal with the invasion of chaos.

If his guess was correct, he might be standing at a critical step now.

What is known at present is that the outcome of the Carpathian Campaign will directly affect the creation of subspace rifts in the Storm Sector in the future.

At the same time, it may even have an uncertain and significant impact on the future direction of the ‘Dead Zone of Exorcism’.

The Necrons are abominations, but the legacy they leave behind may become a powerful weapon for the Empire to fight Chaos in the future, and even eliminate the Warp rifts – if they can somehow understand the secrets hidden therein.

“Father Letty, have you made any new discoveries?” Horatio asked Letty.

“This is a very interesting creation. The writing on it is extremely abstract and rare, but I have seen similar ones before.”

The corners of Lati’s mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile, and said with a fake smile, “This is a creation of one of the oldest races in the galaxy – the Necrons. To be honest, we, the Adeptus Mechanicus, have dealt with them many times, but usually on the physical level.”

“Do you think this place is worth setting up a Mechanicus research base?” Horatio asked.

“It’s dead silent here, and there are no signs of any tombs being activated. I need to conduct scientific research without being disturbed before I can make a decision,” Latti answered seriously.

“No problem. But I’m curious, where are you going to find a technical sage to support you?” Horatio expressed the question that had always been in his mind.

Lati raised the corners of his mouth mysteriously, revealing a confident smile: “This is not a problem, Captain. You just need to make sure to control the central hive group as soon as possible, destroy the enemy’s main force, and prevent them from interfering with the secret research institute I will set up next.

My research will not be disturbed.”

After saying that, Lati once again focused all his attention on the obelisk in front of him that was covered with alien characters, and continued to be immersed in it.

At this moment, through the particle image, Horatio vaguely saw that Latti was still holding the “priceless” small obelisk returned from the Carcharodon Regiment.

Latti seemed to be trying to find the connection between the two, and judging from her focused expression, she seemed to have made some progress. She looked exceptionally silent and focused.

“That is the situation, Captain.”

Thei said, “We set up the research institute secretly, under the nose of the empire’s great enemy.

Next, I will conduct a preliminary survey of the building complex below, store the information I obtain, and find a way to send it to you.

But we must make a breakthrough in the ground battle as soon as possible. After all, once we are discovered by the enemy, we will be ruthlessly overwhelmed by the vast number of enemies. “Thei smiled, and then changed his tone and deliberately said in a coquettish tone: “After all, I am still so young, and I don’t want to die in this dark and silent underground before I can appreciate the brilliance of the starry sea.”

“I see. General Blücher also wants to seize this last opportunity to attack.

In order to capture the central hive cluster, he and his staff team have unleashed the full war potential of the 15th Siege Army.

This time, we are really going to burn our boats. If we don’t succeed, we will die. ” Horatio said solemnly.

“Good luck to you,” Thei said, bowing slightly.

“Good luck to you too,” Horatio responded.

As soon as the words fell, the particle image gradually dissipated. Then, Horatio heard a hollow and tired gasp.

“Xiaomei, are you okay?” Horatio asked with concern.

On the Swift Aquila, Melon sat on the cold deck in a duck-like posture, leaning on his long staff.

She gasped for hot air, her lungs filled with the smell of rust, and every breath seemed to use up all her strength.

As she released her spiritual power, the temperature around her dropped drastically, and a thin layer of frost quickly formed on the wall.

All the objects in the room, including the advanced machine soul extractor, were covered with frost.

Before going to the battlefield, Lati placed the extractor containing Xiaoshi’s soul at Melon’s place.

Because she found that psychic energy seemed to play a positive role in promoting the vitality recovery of the machine soul, and tried to use this to verify the hypothesis that there was a connection between psychic energy and the machine soul.

“It’s…it’s okay, Captain. I will do better next time and won’t be disturbed by those strange noises again.” Melun said panting.

“Don’t be anxious, take your time. You need to rest well now. If you need anything, just contact the big brothers and sisters on the ship.” Horatio comforted softly.

“Thank you, Captain.” Melon stood up unsteadily with the help of his long cane. “I’ll go and rest for a while.”

“Well, take care of yourself,” Horatio said.

Then, the ethereal voice in his mind gradually disappeared.

Horatio looked at the battle line map pinned to the wall. Passchendaele-Ypres, where he was, was the last 256 kilometers away from the central hive group.

Judging from the numerical distance, this is not a very long distance. If you take a special high-speed transportation route, it will normally take about two hours to drive there.

But under the cruel reality of trench warfare with mud pits everywhere, the actual advancement was extremely bloody and slow, making the last 256 kilometers seem extremely long.

He has already requested reinforcements from the Baka Fleet in his theater of operations, and the Baka Fleet has expressed its willingness to provide all the guarantees and support within their capacity for his victory.

As the headquarters fleet of the Storm Star Domain, the Baka Fleet has a strong influence in the entire Storm Star Domain and is the most powerful war fleet in the entire southern star domain.

Even if we put aside the debt of favor owed, responding to the call for support from the brother fleet is the duty of each star zone fleet.

It’s just that it was the Astra Militarum that was in charge of war affairs here before. The different systems made it almost impossible to mobilize war resources between each other.

No one in the Imperial Navy’s top brass is paying any attention to this battlefield for the time being.

Now, the intervention of Horatio, a naval man, also gave the Baca fleet an opportunity to intervene in this sudden chaotic situation.

Whether it is providing supplies, air support, or even calling for orbital bombing, it can be implemented with the greatest effort.

Next, it depends on when the four armored regiments on the way will arrive.

An armored regiment has a thousand walking steel war beasts, and four regiments have a total of 4000 tanks.

Even if the enemy has Fallen Knight mechas, their limited size will never be able to withstand such a large-scale armored force, especially those armored killers.

Horatio really hoped that tomorrow morning, good news would come from the military headquarters, indicating that four armored regiments or some other heavy equipment would arrive as assistance.

He took off his shirt and breastplate and hung them on a crude hanger, feeling the fatigue protesting against him.

In order to greet tomorrow in better condition, now that things have come to this, let’s go to bed first.

(End of this chapter)