Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 243 Living Planet
Roche realized that he had underestimated those beautiful floating islands. These huge rock bodies scattered in the atmosphere of Pandora not only contained some substances that could counteract the gravity of the planet, but most importantly, they contained trace amounts of black stone minerals.

"We blew up a floating island and after decomposing it, we finally found some superconducting materials with anti-gravity properties. Along with it appeared the black stone we had been longing for."

The black stone that he had been looking for for thousands of light years was now within sight. Luo Xi became determined and ordered the production base to produce batch after batch of floating mining trucks in preparation for mining the floating islands that filled the sky.

The collected raw ore was sent to the ore refining center after preliminary screening. After further purification and crystallization, they finally obtained the finished black stone product.

The smooth surface of the perfect hexahedron has an obsidian color. Although it looks ordinary, it is actually a strange substance that can influence ether energy.

The newly produced black stone blocks have no polarity. They neither suppress the subspace nor amplify psychic energy. However, when the user gives them polarity, the black stone will show its extraordinary power.

Luo Xi was not in a hurry to give polarity, but instead sent the black stones into a warehouse for strict security. After collecting enough black stones, this batch of black stones will be sent to the cruiser and then transported back to Sousa in an emergency.

"The Blackstone production line has finally started up, and I feel relieved."

"By the way, what is the reaction of those wild elves living on Pandora?" Luo Xi turned to ask Hill who was following him. He seemed to have not received any conflict reports sent back from the front line.

The reaction of the Savage Eldar was calm, strangely calm.

Luo Xi had already prepared himself for the counterattack of the Savage Eldar, and was just waiting for those Aida to crash into the steel fortress he had prepared.

"The White Scars' reconnaissance team did not send any useful information, but they witnessed some Savage Eldar wandering around our base. Their specific movements are unclear."

"It looks like these wild Aida want to give us a big one, they're just still building up their strength."

Luo Xi would not be so naive as to think that these barbaric elves would allow their home world to be invaded by humans. As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even these seemingly barbaric and backward elves must have their own tricks up their sleeves.

Otherwise, in such a long period of time, the races without sufficient strength would have been destroyed and died out long ago. The vast majority of races that humans can see have their own special trump cards.

As Luo Xi was speaking, suddenly a terrible thunderstorm began to appear in the sky outside the forward base.

Extremely depressing clouds are gathering, as if there are ever-larger floating mountains piled together in the clouds, with thunder and lightning flashing every moment.

During this period of time, human pioneers have experienced the planet's changeable and volatile weather. Because of the tidal force of the giant gas planet, Pandora often experiences periodic extreme weather. The terrifying lightning and severe storms that have appeared on this planet now have exceeded the limits of previous detection.

The cruisers staying on the orbital platform could see that in the atmosphere below, violent pale white lightning penetrated the clouds, even illuminating the atmosphere for a short time, and the sky was filled with white light.

The world, which was originally dark due to the accumulation of clouds, seemed to have its clock hands moved to noon.

The powerful ionizing radiation greatly interferes with the operation of human equipment.

After the white light lasted for six or seven seconds, it began to fade. While the humans in the base were still in shock, there was suddenly a loud noise like a landslide, and the entire atmosphere seemed to be shaking.

The planet seemed to be angry, showing its wildness and power.

The White Scar Tengu Squadron, which was conducting reconnaissance operations in the wild, immediately reduced their speed and altitude. The lightning almost brushed past them as they fell. They were communicating with each other, but such bad weather was still not suitable for reconnaissance operations.

"Prepare to return. Inform the reconnaissance troops on the ground to be careful of severe weather such as flash floods."

Captain Gantula's voice rang out over the communication channel, and the White Scars soldiers were following their commander's orders and were heading back to their base in the rear.

However, as they flew low over the lush forest, they sensed something was wrong.

The towering trees that were hundreds of meters high swayed against each other, like giants shaking their bodies to shake off the attached parasites.

The captain's eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at the wind speed gauge on the Tengu mech's dashboard. A storm was approaching, but the current wind speed was in no way enough to shake such a massive tree. "Wait, what's that?" The White Scars, perplexed, suddenly spotted a tornado forming. It seemed to have formed suddenly before their eyes, without any warning, and even the auspicious scans hadn't detected its presence.

The giant tornado almost connected the clouds in the sky and the lush vegetation on the ground. The flashing lightning in the atmosphere merged into it, along with the loose rocks or plants on the ground, forming a destructive tornado mixed with a large amount of debris.

Lightning converged into it, making it appear as if it were glowing.

The cruising Tengu mechas immediately changed their routes, trying to avoid the oncoming giant tornado. However, to everyone's shock, the tornado seemed to be splitting itself, multiplying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After only a dozen seconds, dozens of similar tornadoes had formed an impenetrable and terrifying wind mast. They carried the high-speed debris and moved towards the human base as if they had eyes.

In the face of the wrath of a planet, even the heavy and solid reinforced concrete fortress seemed extremely fragile. The horrific storm was like a giant hammer swung by an invisible giant, destroying a large number of construction equipment around the forward base.

Luo Xi stood in the control room. The holographic projection in front of him showed the direction of these sudden tornadoes. According to the calculations of the intelligent computer, their destination was the sphere of influence of mankind.

"Being able to control the atmospheric circulation of a planet, it seems that these wild elves are indeed extraordinary."

The intelligent brain did not detect the man-made technological fluctuations that surged like lightning storms. These storms were bred by another force.

The power of this planet.

Amidst the thunder and lightning, heavy rain suddenly fell, as if all the water vapor in the clouds in the sky had fallen to the ground. The rain gathered along the rugged terrain, forming waves with even more terrifying momentum.

And those huge plants began to move under the drive of natural forces. Their branches and vines began to spread infinitely. The extremely tough plants grew and broke through the reinforced concrete ground, breaking the constraints of humans on them with the pure power of life.

After a heavy rain, all the plants drank the rain water. The humans in the forward base watched the dense forest approaching and spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The green tide was spreading, not just on the towering trees. Mosses and fungi were incredibly growing on the colonial army's Chimera troop carriers and other heavy vehicles parked in the base warehouse. The sticky and slippery organic matter spread like a fungal carpet.

The counterattack of the Savage Eldar was not as simple and direct as humans had expected. Those towering trees, bushes, whirlwinds, rainstorms and even natural lightning were resisting humans. They were causing trouble to humans under the command of one will.

Roche's fortifications do have good defensive capabilities against conventional enemies, but this definitely does not include defense against this level of horrific natural disasters.

The drastic changes in air pressure crushed the steel fortresses, and the rapidly flowing atmosphere demonstrated an invisible force that was in no way inferior to those visible and tangible natural disasters.

Roche's communication channel continued to receive reports of casualties among the exploration forces, especially the mortal auxiliaries. Their equipment was far less reliable than the Space Marines' power armor when facing such a horrific natural disaster.

The panicked mortals instinctively hid in the seemingly sturdy armored vehicles. However, in the face of such strong winds, even buildings would be torn to pieces, not to mention vehicles weighing only a few dozen tons.

A dozen Chimera troop carriers were carried into the sky by the tornado with desperate cries, and soon lost sight of the terrible situation. When they fell, all the vehicles were smashed into pieces by their own gravitational potential energy.

The horrific disaster that occurred on the human side was all seen by the barbaric elves who were hiding.

With hatred and joy flashing in their eyes, these wild elves, covered in hair and wearing woven vines and leaves, showed gratified smiles.

The sacred tree [Eva] demonstrated its ability. It mobilized the great power of the planet and acted on the tiny human beings.

The surface of Pandora is actually part of a macro-ecosystem, and this macro-system covering the entire planet is Eva itself.

It is both the soul of the world and the consciousness of Gaia. This ignorant consciousness stores a large number of soul stones of the wild elves. Just as the Aidas said: the ancestors are protecting them.

(End of this chapter)