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

Chapter 681: Sharokin Awakens (Three in One)

Just when Luo Xi was about to return to X Academy to proceed with the next plan, the main control computer sent him a highest-level communication.

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment, then threw all his schemes and plans aside.

His tense brows relaxed instantly and he smiled uncontrollably.

Wolverine Logan, who was following silently at the side, squinted his eyes in surprise, the wrinkles left by the vicissitudes of life entangled and intertwined.

"I thought you would never be truly happy, that you never really opened up to your true self."

"That's because we haven't been together long enough. If you get to know me better, you'll find that I'm actually a very easy-going person." Luo Xi answered smoothly and walked quickly towards the underground space with the highest security level in the Mars base.

His Red Alert was docked at the bottom floor of the base, and the two Primarchs and five hundred Astartes who came with them were sleeping in the cabin of the Red Alert.

As long as the intelligent brain detects a weak signal of life, he will be reminded immediately and rush to the awakened soldiers as soon as possible.

In Luo Xi's heart, only these soldiers who have shared hardships and life and death with him are his true family.

Their loyalty has been tested during the Horus Heresy and they are the strongest and most reliable support for Roshi.

These most solid members of Roche may seem a bit old-fashioned and backward in the X-Men universe. They don't have cool and fancy mutant powers and can only use their own bolters and chainsaw swords to kill the enemy.

But often the simpler things are, the more practical and reliable they are.

Even without mentioning the ten most outstanding Astartes brought by Roche, any one of the 500 Astartes who came with them would still be able to kill more than the vast majority of mutants on Earth today.

Even fourth-level mutants like Professor X, Magneto, and Black King are no match for these most deadly warriors.

In the Warhammer universe, they are at best Alpha-level psykers. For the top Astartes, it is not difficult to kill the target as long as they are well prepared.

Bombs made from the skeletons of the Untouchables, psychic suppression collars, anti-psychic black stone arrays...

During the Great Crusade, one of humanity's greatest enemies was alien wizards with powerful psychic powers. In order to target these enemies, humanity created many ways of killing.

Most mutants are psychics. They all need to use their X-genes to leverage the power of the subspace to unleash their abilities.

Roche and Logan went deep into the earth, where the Red Alert was anchored.

After going through a complex identity verification system, Luo Xi arrived at the hibernation chamber where the sleeping warriors were placed.

When he opened the door, he saw a naked, long-haired Space Marine covered in some sticky light blue liquid standing in the extremely cold hibernation chamber.

"Nikona, you finally woke up!"

"Emperor, I am not alone at last!"

Luo Xi's voice echoed in the empty room, filled with unconcealable joy and excitement.

The lonely figure slowly turned around, with his long black hair like a waterfall casually spread out and falling on both sides of his ears.

The Crow of Mourning seemed to blend perfectly into the darkness. Even though he was not wearing power armor, he still gave Logan an almost boiling sense of danger.

Logan dared to swear that this thin man in front of him who seemed to have no deterrent power actually had extremely terrifying power.

Of all the enemies he had seen, none could compare to him.

What’s more important is that Sharokin was standing in the room in front of Logan at this moment, but he didn’t notice him at all, like a floating ghost.

If it weren't for his extremely keen sense of smell that caught a hint of scent, Logan would probably have thought the room was empty.

If the other party was really hostile, the moment Logan discovered the enemy, he might have been beheaded.

For a moment, cold sweat broke out on the back of the Space Wolves' new blood, and he looked at Sharokin who was walking towards him with awe and respect.

Sharokin, who had just woken up, leaned down slightly and hugged Luo Xi.

Luo Xi felt the other person's cold body temperature, like a corpse that had been refrigerated for a long time.

"Am I the first one to wake up?" Sharokin looked around and saw the other battle brothers still sleeping in the hibernation chamber.

"Yes, you are the first." Luo Xi handed him a large blanket so that he could cover himself.

The Son of the Dark Raven still seemed to be not fully awake. He stood there for three seconds before he slowly opened his mouth.

"I felt like I had experienced an extremely long dream. I felt an extremely powerful will staring at me. I woke up only after I overcame the rejection and oppression."

When talking about his experience, Sharokin remained calm and spoke in a flat tone.

"That may be the self-will of this universe, instinctively rejecting outsiders like us." Luo Xi thought for a while and replied.

Just as the Warhammer universe severely rejects demons from the Warp, the X-Men universe also instinctively resists visitors from other universes.

However, Luo Xi and others are not creatures of the subspace, and they are protected by the Emperor's Compass, so they are not affected too much.

Sharokin and the others were just brought here as a byproduct. The Emperor's power only protected their souls from being broken during the cross-universe journey. Only by relying on willpower to overcome the suppression and confinement of the universe can they wake up.

If this speculation is true, then the one with the strongest willpower among these Astartes is Sharokin?

You should know that among these Space Marines who followed Roche and launched expeditions to the alien universe, there were also extremely ruthless people like Costwain, the Lion Lord Steward, and Yago Sevitarion, the Prince of Crows.

And Janus, the Thousand Sons warrior that Roxi was not very familiar with, was integrated into the remaining fragments of Magnus' kindness by Malcador.

His psychic power is close to the limit of an Alpha-level psychic, and he masters many incredible psychic spells.

Compared with these famous figures, Sharokin is indeed just an ordinary "nobody" as he said.

However, it was this unknown man who defeated the other Space Marines without leaving any trace.

With the help of the wearable assistance system, Sharokin put on his invisible power armor again. He has recovered and is no longer as confused as when he just woke up.

"We have come to another Terra? The machine soul of the power armor told me a lot of things, such as that we are now underground in an unfamiliar Mars."

Sharokin ignored Logan. The son of Corax never liked socializing. He was already the more cheerful one among his brothers as he was able to fight without relying on antidepressants.

The passionate Space Wolves were naturally incompatible with the indifferent and aloof Raven Guard.

"Yes, we have come to another universe and found another Terra. According to the time calculation, we are still in the 962nd year of the second millennium."

Sharokin suddenly stopped.

"The second millennium?" He repeated the question with a rare sense of trepidation in his tone.

"Yes. In the second millennium, humans were still between the second and third industrial revolutions, and had not even left the cradle of their home planet."

"My friend, you know this is not what I care about." Sharokin's footsteps began to move again, but they were more brisk and joyful.

"What I care about is Terra's current appearance. It is a world with vast oceans and vibrant jungle ecosystems, not the dilapidated world I remember with toxic gases and frequent sandstorms."

Roshi suddenly recalled the first thought expressed by this Space Marine after he met him when he had just awakened from Isstvan V.

He wanted to see what the Earth looked like in the past, and wanted to see what the human home planet that he had defended with his sweat and blood really looked like.

"In that case, let's go." Luo Xi naturally didn't mind fulfilling Sharokin's small wish. He took his old friend and Wolverine Logan and disappeared deep into the base on Mars.

Luo Xi now doesn't know what his teleportation limit is. After arriving in this universe, his power has been weakened by more than half due to the lack of the believers of the Mechanicus's God of All Machines and the blessing of countless machine souls.

But he still has no problem traveling the distance from Mars to Earth.

The three figures arrived at the port of New York State, where they could see busy ships coming and going, the blue sea rippling in the sun, the air carrying the salty smell of the sea breeze and the noisy sound of the wind.

"call……"

Sharokin took off his tactical helmet and hung it on the magnetic lock around his waist.

He filled all three of his lungs with pristine, pure air, even though the air was no longer fresh and pollution-free due to industrial development.

But compared to the air quality of Terra in the 31st millennium, this place is already a paradise on earth.

The dark pupils of the Son of Corax stared deeply at the sea horizon. The sailing ships and the towering huge lighthouses outlined an unusual look in his eyes.

He looked greedily, as if he wanted to put everything into his mind and savor it carefully.

"Thank you."

Sharokin's words drifted away in the wind, so softly, but Luo Xi still captured the deep meaning contained in them.

This powerful and lonely warrior, after enduring the conflicts and wars of the entire Horus Heresy, finally got what he wanted and realized his simple wish.

"This is Terra, or Earth."

“It’s really a blue-green planet with oceans and forests.”

"The great human race was born here, and in the future, will march towards the sea of ​​stars."

"I also saw that war and turmoil were spreading. These children conceived by the earth were threatening each other with their mother's life."

Sharokin's power armor has powerful electronic intrusion capabilities, and even radio waves transmitted in the air can be monitored by him in real time.

He heard the order that the armed fleet of the country below was gathering towards the southern waters.

He saw countless nuclear weapons ready to go, waiting for an opportunity in the missile silos.

This made him feel sad. Although they owned such a beautiful world, these humans did not know how to cherish it. Instead, they destroyed and consumed its vitality without restraint.

"My wish has come true, my friend." Sharokin stood on the beach and looked at the sea for a while, remembering everything he saw in his heart.

"Tell me what I should do. I can sense that you are planning something."

"Perhaps I can be of some help in a small way."

The tacit understanding between Luo Xi and Sharokin is unmatched by anyone else. He doesn't even need any extra information and can naturally feel Luo Xi's intentions.

"If I need you, I'll tell you." Luo Xi waved his hand and turned away.

"As your friend, I know you don't like war. If you had a choice, you would rather drive a lone boat and embark on a one-way journey to the depths of the galaxy."

"You have completed the mission entrusted to you by the Emperor, Sharokin. You have fought countless battles and survived countless near-death experiences. You have done enough."

"If you want to leave, I can give you a starship and then go and fulfill your dream."

Luo Xi's voice was a little distorted in the sea breeze, but Sharokin heard every word.

He was a little hesitant and was having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart.

Unlike his other battle-brothers who were completely devoted to the Emperor, Nikonnar Sharokin had a free heart, and a free bird cannot be caged.

To be honest, at this moment Sharokin was really moved.

This universe does not have those terrifying enemies, nor does it have demons that choose to devour anyone. It is so peaceful and comfortable, just like what he has seen countless times in his dreams.

But the next second, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he already understood what he needed.

As a Space Marine, he will serve the Emperor until the end of time, even death is not the end of his duty.

As Luo Xi's best friend, how could he just leave when the other party needed comrades and continued to work hard for the great dream of liberating mankind?

He, Nikona Sharokin, has long been Roshi's shadow, accompanying him to face everything.

The figure of the Raven Guard disappeared in the sunlight at some point, and his movements were so fast that even Logan didn't notice it at all.

Wolverine looked at Sharokin, then looked at himself, immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly, then followed.

……

"Charles, we have to speed up the process. Sebastian Shaw has launched a naked provocation against us. This is a declaration of war!"

"Just last night, our CIA was attacked by this group of mutant terrorists. They killed more than fifty agents on our own territory!"

When Luo Xi returned to X Academy, he heard an extremely angry roar from a long distance away.

The owner of that voice was Oliver, the newly appointed director of the CIA's new Mutation Department.

"This is an insult to our country, and there is nothing we can do." But now he no longer has the calmness and elegance of the past, but looks anxious and worried.

"CIA? What are they doing there?" Charles asked in confusion.

“I don’t know, but I personally prefer that he went to find you.

Shaw is a fanatical racist who has always been keen on collecting mutants, and you are collecting potential mutants from all over the country, maybe he is here to pick peaches."

Oliver also understood that getting angry and losing his temper was useless, and after briefly venting his anger, he quickly regained his composure.

“Xiao doesn’t have a simple and efficient method like yours to collect mutants. There are so many mutants in this vast sea of ​​people that he wouldn’t know where to start even if he wanted to.

For a fisherman, the best way to catch fish is to scoop up fish caught in other people’s buckets.”

"But when he ventured to the CIA, he found that you, Eric, and those mutant teenagers were not there, so he had to kill to vent his anger and show us his presence."

"The director was furious. He ordered me to find and kill Xiao within 72 hours, or he would find someone to replace me." Oliver said with a wry smile.

He has endured so long and sat on the bench for so long to get this position. There is no way he will allow anyone else to replace him.

But asking him to kill Xiao was obviously too much to ask, so he could only transfer the pressure to Charles.

Charles didn't know whether he should be happy or sad for a moment. He didn't expect that he brought all these mutant children to the X Academy, which helped them escape.

Their surprise capture of Emma, ​​the White Queen, has already shown results, and after Shaw lost his telepathic deputy, some of his plans and goals have gone awry.

If Emma were still there, he would be able to detect in advance whether there were any young mutants gathering at the CIA headquarters, and then choose whether to launch a storm.

But now, he had to lead his men to fight their way out of the pursuit and blockade of the agents and show his presence to the country.

"We need some time to train these young people. Letting them deal with Xiao now is simply courting death." Charles wanted to buy some time and let them grow as much as possible.

However, Oliver, who was forced into a corner, gritted his teeth and refused to give in.

Even if they cannot take down Xiao, they should do something to at least let their superiors see the results of their efforts, so that they may be able to keep their positions.

Suddenly, Charles saw Luo Xi who had returned from the corner out of the corner of his eye, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Finally someone was able to solve these troubles, which had been bothering Charles for a long time.

"Teacher Luo Xi!"

"When did you come back?"

In an instant, everyone focused their attention on Luo Xi.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing are the two giants in power armor following behind Luo Xi.

Logan and Sharokin were both nearly three meters tall. They wore tactical helmets that concealed their faces, but they still exuded a strong murderous aura that made people feel shocked.

Everyone felt a chill rising from their backs, an instinctive fear.

When Roxie came back earlier, Charles and Eric happened to be out, and only Beast Hank and Raven saw Logan.

Charles used his telepathy to see Logan hiding under the helmet. He instantly showed an incredible expression. The Logan he saw before using the brain wave amplifier was not like this.

If the Logan soul he saw before was a cunning but reckless beast, now it is a war wolf that has undergone rigorous training and is more disciplined and aggressive.

He didn't know what Luo Xi did to Logan, but judging from the results, it didn't seem to be a bad thing.

The confusion and decadence in Logan were swept away, replaced by an extremely firm and fearless belief.

In Charles' eyes, Logan's soul was as dazzling as a gem that had been polished and finally sparkled.

Oliver narrowed his eyes slightly to hide his inner panic and shock. He had a harmless smile on his face, as if he was really a kind and amiable old man.

However, after working in a place like the CIA for so long, Oliver naturally has his own unique characteristics.

His discerning eyes instantly noticed the overwhelming difference in the power armor worn by the two giants following behind Luo Xi, which spanned countless eras.

The CIA has many extremely advanced scientific research projects, many of which are forward-looking and far beyond the limitations of the times.

Among them, of course, is the research on powered exoskeletons that can make the human body less fragile.

However, those scientists helplessly stated that with the technological power of this era, no one could make mature and controllable power armor.

Energy, materials, control systems, communication systems... there are too many, too many difficulties to overcome, even God can't do it.

But now, Oliver saw the mature and controllable power armor with his own eyes, right in front of him.

He secretly kept it in mind, and planned to find out the truth after solving the problem of Xiao.

Oliver believes that the CIA and even the United States have the ability to obtain these extremely precious epoch-making weapons.

Seeing that these people were considering him as their backbone, Luo Xi took over the leadership directly.

"Why make it so complicated? Since Xiao is the target, why not just find him and kill him?"

"Isn't this a simple matter?"

Luo Xi's words made everyone frown. That was Sebastian Shaw, a powerful Alpha-level mutant who had been active since World War II.

He also controls the extremely mysterious Hellfire Club and has countless powerful mutants under his command.

The last time Eric tried to assassinate the other party, before he even started, his mind was controlled by the White Queen Emma beside him, and he knelt on the ground and trembled in pain like a dog.

This cautious and ambitious man was able to tolerate the White Queen by his side. Could it be that he was really completely defenseless against mutants with telepathic abilities?

No one believes it.

"Please adjust your attitude, Mr. Losey. We are discussing how to deal with this terrible enemy. The CIA has paid dozens of precious lives!" The flesh on Oliver's face was trembling. He said in a very serious and distressed tone.

"Young people like you may not have a clear concept of human life. Each of them had their own family and were our reliable colleagues, but they all died, brutally tortured to death!"

"Have you ever seen a battlefield? Have you ever seen people die? You haven't."

"And they didn't even manage to keep any of Xiao's men alive. They just sacrificed in vain."

Luo Xi just smiled helplessly. Oliver talked to him about human life and sacrifice?
He keeps Shaw now just to use this target to attract firepower and create pressure on humans, so as to promote the unification and integration of humans and mutants.

The most basic part of his mission is to unify all human beings.

In order to launch the Great Crusade, the Emperor spent decades sweeping across Terra, wiping out all the technological barbarians and separatist warlords.

It is impossible for human beings to move towards the universe in a divided state, and such a civilization with congenital disabilities cannot last long.

Suddenly, Luo Xi's face changed and he noticed something strange.

"Aren't you looking for Xiao? He is here now, in this castle."

Hearing Luo Xi's words, everyone present was startled for a moment, and then looked around in disbelief.

“What, Xiao dares to come here?”

"Where is he?"

However, Charles used his telepathic ability to scan the vicinity, and any thinking being was turned inside out by him, but he did not find any suspicious targets.

But he believed that Luo Xi would never speak nonsense. Everything this extremely mysterious being did and said was proven to be true.

Luo Xi slowly walked to a corner of the castle hall.

Here, the glazed sky casts a ray of sunlight, perfectly illuminating the pool in the castle.

Charles' ancestors built this pond and raised a lot of ornamental fish for appreciation.

Under Luo Xi's eyes, several oriental koi carps more than one meter long were swimming leisurely and freely. The slightly green water in the pond was rippling, which really looked relaxing and comfortable.

Of course, what Luo Xi cared about was not the koi, but the clear reflective surface of the water.

"Mr. Xiao, do you want to come out on your own, or do you want me to invite you out?"

Luo Xi whispered to the reflective surface formed on the water, and at the same time stretched out his finger and lightly touched the surface, causing ripples to spread out.

In the ripples, Luo Xi saw the face of a mutant who was extremely terrified and confused.

The next moment, four figures suddenly emerged from the water and got stuck in the pool water, looking a little embarrassed.

"resemble!"

Eric's eyes immediately turned red, and the hatred in his heart was completely ignited.

Many metal tools in Charles' castle were pulled over by an invisible magnetic field force and smashed towards the Black King.

However, one of the mutants, who had scarlet skin, greasy back hair, and was wearing a black suit, instantly jumped through space with the people around him and avoided Eric's attack.

Luo Xi's fingers touched slightly, and he felt a psychic force plucking the strings of space, causing the spatial displacement of his physical body.

"Red Devil, Azazel." Luo Xi said slowly.

The moment they met, he understood the nature of the other person's mutant abilities.

"The Red Devil's teleportation limit will never exceed fifty kilometers. This is his fatal flaw."

"Little Eric, you are still so impulsive and irritable."

Sebastian Shaw chuckled, and with a wave of his hand, a red energy shock wave destroyed all the metal thrown by Eric.

"But for the sake of our relationship, I choose to forgive you. After all, you are the mutant I inspired to awaken. In a sense, I am your guide."

"If you are willing to call me godfather, I will be very happy."

Shaw is accompanied by the Red Devil who can teleport, the Riptide who can create storms, and a strange mutant who can bring others into the mirror dimension with him.

Protected by his men, Xiao did not feel nervous at all. He just saluted Luo Xi leisurely.

"My fellow stranger, I am very happy to see such an extraordinary new blood as you. This means that our race is growing stronger."

Xiao's attitude was unusually friendly, and he didn't seem to mind at all that Luo Xi had exposed what he had been hiding here.

Charles concentrated his mind and tried to use his mind control ability to subdue the Black King in front of him.

But even if he tried his best, he couldn't break through the strange silver and black helmet on the opponent's head.

It was like a high wall, blocking out all external will.

"I can't do it. His spirit and heart are locked up."

"I come with good intentions. The choice of war or peace is in your hands."

Xiao seemed like a really harmless good person and expressed his stance to everyone, which made Oliver even more furious.

"You just killed dozens of CIA agents and you call that peace? Bullshit!"

Then he took out his pistol and fired, more than a dozen bullets all hit Xiao.

However, the mutant leader's expression didn't even change, and he still maintained that fake smile.

The kinetic energy carried by the bullet was completely absorbed, and the weak bullet fell on the ancient floor tiles with a clang under the pull of gravity.

Xiao calmly picked up a bullet and crushed it into powder.

"Human weapons are useless to me, Mr. Minister. Haven't your dozens of colleagues proven that?"

"I forgive your disrespect. This is an instinctive fear, a fear of a life that is more superior and powerful than you."

"But I am a pacifist, so I came here to negotiate with you."

"War? Or peace?"

(End of this chapter)