Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 173: Rest and then set off again

The comic convention's prank didn't cause any stir. Although some people joked online that they were all genuine, and some even seriously analyzed the reflective patterns on the armor plates on site, the vast majority of onlookers treated it as a joke.

After all, it is not uncommon to see realistic props at comic conventions, especially those COSERs who are keen on restoring details, who often spend a lot of time and energy to create amazing equipment.

Although the equipment of Chen Xi and others was a bit too realistic, in a comic convention like this, which is full of creativity and imagination, everyone just thought they were playing more seriously.

Although a few posts about "40k equipment suddenly appearing at comic conventions" briefly appeared on certain platforms, these contents disappeared in an instant due to the precise traffic control of some invisible big hands.

Chen Xi was not surprised by this. After all, they had long anticipated that there might be some unnecessary attention.

Fortunately, information flows on the Internet at an extremely fast speed, and any hot spot will be replaced by new content in a short period of time.

Those posts were quickly drowned out by countless other topics, as if they had never existed.

Chen Xi and others returned to their daily lives. They were not in a hurry to start traveling again, but instead rested for a few days.

After all, traveling through 40k is really exhausting, and although comic conventions can relax people, everyone still needs some time to adjust.

During this period, they also gathered several times in Guterres' store. The content of the gathering was nothing more than making fun of Chen Xi and his group's pranks at the comic exhibition, and being curious about where their realistic props came from.

Chen Xi was just perfunctory about this. If anyone asked him in detail, he would say that he knew a big guy who made movie props, and that their things were all movie props made by each other, so the degree of restoration was very high and they looked very realistic.

Although this explanation sounded a bit far-fetched, no one delved into it.

After all, although we are all friends of Hammer, we are not so curious about other people's lives.

Liu Yi, whom I met at the comic convention that day, also joined the Hammer Friends group during this period and became a new member.

The first message he sent when he joined the group was a photo - a thermos cup with the airborne troops logo on it was leaning against a military district's retirement commemorative badge.

Everyone naturally welcomed the new member joining the group, and some enthusiastic group members began to guide Liu Yi.

After trying out several kill teams, Liu Yi showed great interest in the Astra Militarum, especially its airborne troops.

Under the guidance of his group mates, he even found a GW promotional video from a small website and paused it frame by frame to study the depiction of the orbital airdrop.

The so-called Astra Militarum airborne troops refer to the descending combat regiments in the Astra Militarum.

The Astra Militarum do not parachute or perform airdrops. They usually descend directly from orbit outside the atmosphere, so they are called the Drop Combat Regiment.

This method of combat is quite brave. Stormtroopers wearing gravity parachutes will crash into the ground like a meteorite, and then use the gravity parachutes to offset the impact of the fall and fall directly into the enemy camp.

If they were not elite special forces, they would never dare to do this - after all, airdropping from low-Earth orbit with just the physical body is not something that can be done with ordinary courage.

Not to mention the need to complete combat missions within enemy lines, which are normally carried out by the Empire's Space Marines. Because of this, only a handful of planets within the Astra Militarum produce Astra Militarum troops capable of performing descent operations, such as the Elysia Corps and the Haraconi Falcons, both of which are renowned descent combat regiments within the Empire.

The gravity parachutes they are equipped with are sufficient to ensure that they can carry out descent operations from low-Earth orbit. They can also carry out air raids by riding Valkyries to reach the combat area.

In the Killing Squad trailer released by GW in 2024, the Storm Hawk Squad of the Storm Loyalists sent by the Empire is an elite landing combat team.

This powerful fighting style is somewhat related to the training Liu Yi received when he was serving in the army, so he is naturally very interested in it.

One afternoon, he even posted a hand-drawn orbital airborne route map in the group, marking the different trajectories of raid, assault and infiltration with three colors.

"I used to be an airborne soldier, so I'm very interested in this." This is how Liu Yi explained, and he hopes to compile a military list of pure airborne troops.

Group members expressed their appreciation for his enthusiasm and gave him advice. Someone even suggested that they could simulate an orbital airborne tabletop battle together at the next gathering.

However, in response to Liu Yi's idea, Chen Xi simply told him that the Star Army had very few airborne troops and there was only one killing team available.

Moreover, a purely airborne military operation does not conform to the rules of the game, so Liu Yi's idea can only remain on paper for the time being.
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After about a week's rest, Chen Xi and others reunited. Compared with a week ago, everyone's condition has improved, at least everyone's facial expressions seem a lot more relaxed.

They gathered at Chen Xi's house again, and everyone was very relaxed and unrestrained.

The room was filled with a relaxed atmosphere. The table was filled with snacks and drinks. Everyone sat casually on the sofa, chatting about their recent life and games.

"No need to think about the Warp, no need to think about how to kill the bloodletters you brushed out of the toilet. This is the life that people should live!" Dusk sighed, but then he immediately changed the subject and said, "But I haven't seen my Gabbro for a week, and I can't wait!"

Obviously, Dusk, who had always dreamed of becoming a space captain, couldn't help but get excited when he thought about a huge starship that was thousands of meters long waiting for him.

Chen Xi could understand this. After all, in the 3K era, this was an absolutely illusory dream. Even becoming an astronaut or the "captain" of a spacecraft was a very difficult task.

"I see you can't wait to squeeze the succubus, right?" Chen Xi teased, and picked up a can of happy water from the table and opened the pull ring.

This is an enjoyment that you absolutely cannot enjoy in the 40k era. Although there are rumors of STC for Coke, even the emperor could not drink Coke in the 40k era.

"You can't get over this hurdle, right?" Being teased by Chen Xi, Mu Se pretended to be angry, but he was just pretending.

After a few more jokes, they each made their own preparations to head to the 40k world again.

The room gradually became quiet and everyone's expressions became serious.

Although they had experienced time travel several times, they were still a little nervous when they went to the 40k era again.

Chen Xi took a deep breath, glanced at the others, and then chose to travel through time again.

(End of this chapter)