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Chapter 304 The Ether Engine Project Begins

The entire city was reduced to wasteland.
People who should have been dead wandered among the ruins like zombies.

"May the Emperor protect your souls."

Milia, a battle nun, raised the explosives, pulled the trigger, and shot the walking dead.

They were her comrades-in-arms, fighting together against the metal monsters that had awakened from the earth.

But today, she's going to point her gun at them.
Only through purification can their souls be returned to the emperor's embrace, for their souls have been defiled.

boom! boom! boom

Each gunshot took away several guards at once.
Their bodies and heads exploded, and bright red blood gushed out; the scene was horrific.

Once every corpse had fallen, Milia put away her explosive gun, her long metal glove gliding over the sacred relics engraved on the gun and the ancient lily emblem on the handle.

The blood-red tattoo on her cheek and the chainsaw hilt of the sword sheathed on her back bore the same symbol.

These weapons are ancient tools of faith, much like the power armor she wears; they cry out to achieve their goals.

"What blasphemy! The crimes committed by the aliens are unforgivable."

A salamander warrior with only one arm strode over and stood beside Milia.

His name was Sakan, a salamander sergeant who served with the Khalids combat group.
They were dispatched here to support the battlefield for some reason, but ended up being attacked by space undead.
All his teammates had been killed, leaving only him.

Due to communication interference from the space necromancers, he lost contact with the main force and was attempting to cross this enemy-occupied territory when...

He encountered some refugees who had taken refugees.
When the children among the refugees looked at him with sincere eyes and asked him if he was the Emperor's angel, if the Emperor had sent him to save them.

A touch of tenderness stirred within Sakan's heart, which should have been as cold as iron.
He answered the child.

"Yes, I am the Emperor's angel, and He sent me to save His people."

Sakhan took on the role of protector of these refugees, and later he met the battle nun Milia and the Ultramarines' apothecary Brutus.

The three traveled together to protect these innocent refugees, attempting to cross the wasteland and transport them to a still safe area.

"May the Emperor bless you."

The priest in the procession prayed incessantly, bestowing blessings upon everyone.

The cosmic necromancer has activated its exorcism domain, targeting the souls of all living beings.

However, the Imperial commanders of the Khalids battle group discovered that the more steadfast a believer's faith, the less susceptible they were to being influenced.
To this end, they had priests bless each faithful follower and deployed defenses in religious places such as churches, relying on their faith in the emperor to protect themselves.

“We’re still halfway there, but someone on the tracks responded to our call for help and said that someone would be coming to help us soon,” Sakhan said, looking at his two companions.

"Who will come to our aid?" Milia looked up at the sky. "Didn't the Imperial fleet withdraw from this planet to support the main force?"

“It’s possible that other troops have arrived,” Brutus said. “In any case, there is still hope. As long as we can get back to non-enemy-occupied territory, we can receive medical treatment and supplies.”

"Another new message has arrived." Sakhan activated the projector on his arm armor.

The figure of a judge appeared.
His voice was deep and authoritative.

"The rescue team has set off. If you notice anything unusual about them, please ignore it and always believe that they are your teammates."

"They may utter blasphemous words about emperors and worship evil gods, but their loyalty is beyond question."

"Pay no heed to the whispers you hear. Always remember one thing: they are loyal. All the unusual things about them are justified, a blessing and a prank of the Emperor."

Milia: "..."

Sakhan: "..."

Brutus: "..."

This judge sounds a bit strange, there's something off about him!
"Is it really reliable?" Milia frowned, a rare occurrence for her. The support the other party provided made her feel uneasy.

Before his companion could reply,
A beam of eerie green light shot out from a charred high-rise building next to the street, killing a guard soldier and turning his flesh and blood into dust.

"Enemy attack!" With his remaining hand, Sakhan raised his explosive rifle and fired in that direction.
The opponent tore open a dimensional rift and then disappeared.

A commotion came from the ground, and a group of space undead poured out from all over the street and surrounded them.

The refugees screamed in terror.
"Hide!" Brutus shouted, urging the refugees to find cover.
Just when Sakan, Milia, and the others thought they were about to face an earth-shattering battle,
A sharp whooshing sound came from the air, and the undead soldiers instinctively looked up to find their target.

Milia, Sakan, and the others looked up at the sky and saw someone descending from the sky at an absurdly high speed.

boom! boom! boom!
The impact was deafening, creating deep craters.

In an instant, smoke and dust billowed, and countless cracks appeared on the ground.

boom! boom! boom

The explosive gun fired, deafeningly loud.
In just a short time, a large number of space undead were killed.

The newcomers were none other than the alpaca and their companions.

Once inside the atmosphere, they immediately opted for the player's favorite airdrop, crashing directly to the ground.

"All targets have been cleared."

The little fish looked around and, after confirming there were no targets to kill, shouted.

"Be on guard, protect the refugees, and prevent them from being attacked."

After giving his instructions, the little alpaca walked up to Sakhan and the others.
“We are members of the Battle Roses, sent by Inquisitor Drax to rescue you. Now, the leader, come forward and report to me.”

Milia and Brutus looked at Sakan, who had organized the refugee group and was naturally in charge of it.

"I am Sergeant Sakan of the 6th Company of the Salamanders Chapter, and I am in charge of this unit."

Sakhan walked up to the alpaca.

"According to the mission details, we will escort you to a safe area. In three minutes, a transport ship will arrive on the ground. Organize your people and have them board in order."

The little alpaca didn't waste any more words. After speaking, she looked at Sakan's hand and said, "How can a warrior with only one hand be of the greatest use to the Emperor?"

She took out a recovery potion. "Remember to have your warband reimburse me. This stuff isn't cheap."

When Sakan saw the other party use a potion to stab his severed arm, he instinctively wanted to dodge, but remembering that the other party was an ally, he held back.

Once the drug enters the body, the severed limbs regenerate at a speed visible to the naked eye, which can only be described as a miracle.

Milia and the others were dumbfounded; the effects of this potion were nothing short of miraculous.

"This must be the Emperor's power," Milia murmured to herself, and subconsciously began to pray.

The refugees, seeing this, looked on with piety and joined in the prayer.

The roar of the engine began.

Several transport ships bearing the imperial double-headed eagle insignia slowly descended, spewing out plumes of air and raising clouds of dust on the ground.

However, at that moment, inside an abandoned building in the distance, Death Mark slowly aimed at the alpaca, adjusting the gun's power to maximum.
A shot was fired, and a beam of eerie green light instantly streaked through the air, striking the alpaca's head.

Before everyone's eyes, the alpaca was hit, its body gradually turning into sand. "It's that undead sniper!" Milia shouted, raising her gun to fire at the location of the Death Mark, but the opponent escaped again using dimensional space.

Just as everyone was grieving the death of their savior, they saw the other chosen ones burst into laughter.

"Haha, the boss's dead already?"

"This is hilarious! The mission starts with a resurrection process right from the beginning!!"

"By the time we are resurrected, there won't be a single hair left."

"........."

Milia, Sakan, and the others stared wide-eyed.

I once suspected that these people had been corrupted by Sinister wrath, otherwise why would they laugh at the departure of their comrades?

In the past, if this situation had occurred, their weapons should have been confiscated and they should have been investigated immediately.

But remembering what the judge had said, they resisted the urge.

"You should evacuate first," Brutus said to Milia and the others. "That necromancer sniper is very difficult to deal with; there's no need to stay here and increase casualties."

"And what about you?" Milia asked.

“I still have to fulfill my duty and retrieve the gene seeds of my battle brothers,” Brutus said.

“You need a companion,” Sakhan said. “Please allow me to travel with you.”

“This mission is too dangerous, and you have your own responsibilities to fulfill.” Bruce shook his head, declining Sakan’s offer.

While they were talking,
Players use devices to open up dimensional spaces.
In no time, they subdued the dead man who was hiding in the corner, waiting for his chance to strike.

They severed the Death Seal's Furnace Protocol, preventing him from using Death to return to the Furnace for rebirth, and then blocked his dimensional travel ability, preventing him from using dimensional space to cause trouble.

After doing all this, they used the Death Seal to teleport back to Milia and the others.

Before Sakan and the others could finish their discussion, they saw the Chosen One bind the Death Seal and bring them back.

This troublesome necromancer sniper was thus taken down.

The speed was so fast it felt unreal.

“I don’t think you need to go by yourself at all. You can ask them for help.” Sakhan looked at the Chosen Ones muttering around the Death Mark. “This kind of task should be very simple for them.”

"Do you have a mission for us?" Yuzu-chan overheard Sakan and the others' discussion and came over. "Battle Rose serves every loyal citizen of the Empire. No matter how difficult the mission, we will do our best to complete it."

"Could you be entrusted to take Brutus to retrieve the genetic seeds of his comrades?" Sakan asked.

“Of course, it would be our honor.” Yuzu Sauce looked at Sakan and Bruce with anticipation.

Seeing that they didn't react, he repeated it again.

"We are really looking forward to it, really looking forward to it."

Before anyone could react, Yuzu-chan tentatively asked, "Was there something we didn't do well enough? Was there something that displeased you? Is that why you're unwilling to give us the task?"

Sakan and Bruce exchanged bewildered glances, unable to understand each other's meaning.
After contacting Drax, his reply was very simple.

"You have to give them tasks before they'll do anything."

Before they could even understand what he meant, Yuzu and the other players received a quest from Drax: [Assist Brutus in recovering the gene seed].

Then, Brutus experienced firsthand what the passion of the chosen ones truly meant.

Milia and the others boarded an airship and headed to a safe area.

He was then stuffed into a speedboat by the Chosen Ones.

Several chosen ones led him on a speedrun across the city, collecting the gene seeds from all the Ultramarines' corpses on the ground in just 20 minutes.

"There are also several corpses in the black pyramid underground, which should be the lair of the space necromancers. We also detected an individual with an excessively high energy reading. According to the data, it should be the Enlightened One - Zelas."

Grey Baby examined the instrument in her hand, then looked up at her companion.
"We can't defeat the Enlightened Ones with just our numbers. Let's wait for everyone to gather. This time, we'll collect the gene seeds first and scan the surrounding terrain to prepare for the raid."

"clear."

"OK."

The players, including the "Cute Master," nodded.

“We should be more cautious,” Brutus advised, looking at the Chosen Ones. “We should devise a strategy before launching a surprise attack.”

“Of course, we are very cautious. We have always preferred stealthy infiltration tactics,” Grey Baby said.

A few minutes later,

Brutus looked at the undead bodies scattered all over the ground. "Is this how you infiltrated silently?"

Grey Baby kicked a nearby undead corpse away, sending it crashing into the black wall with a bang.

"Look, it doesn't react at all to this. Isn't that what you call silent?"

Brutus: "…………"

The process went smoothly, and the pharmacist obtained his combat comrade's gene seed.

They were safely evacuated under the escort of players such as Grey Baby.

Of course, the Enlightened One, Xerath, discovered them, ordered his men to pursue them, and intended to punish the Death Seal, only to find that the Death Seal had been captured.

"No need to send any more. I'll take care of you next time I come back."

After leaving behind those words, Grey Baby and the other players strode away, leaving behind only the furious Enlightener-Xerath.

"You will never escape my grasp. All living beings on this planet will become my experimental materials."

Xerath watched the fleeing humans, his oily green eyes icy cold.

When Brutus returned to the camp with the gene seed

Seeing the chosen one—the alpaca—who was supposed to sacrifice himself, reappear,
He then realized that the Chosen Ones, like demons, could be resurrected indefinitely.

At the same time, he also saw that the enemy had dismantled the death seal of the captured prisoners and installed their heads on a gunboat, showing an extreme desire for revenge.

In the real world,

With the release of the new expansion, the popularity of the Warhammer Online official website surged again, reaching a peak on the internet.

The comments from netizens were varied and quite interesting.

However, Qin Yun didn't pay as much attention as before.
He was discussing the battle against the Necromancers in space with several Primarchs, while also discussing something else.

By continuously reverse engineering those ancient creations, Xiling has acquired the technological reserves to manufacture the Ether Engine.
Qin Yun plans to have someone secretly build the Ether Engine. If the human empire fails one day, the engine will be activated, and everyone will perish together.

P.S.: No more leave slips. Here's another 4,000-word update, guys.

(End of this chapter)