Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 282 Research on the Abyss
At this moment, on the lighthouse, Seng, wearing a gravity suit, led a group of city defense troops to the hunters' equipment room under the supervision of Ned, the leader of the Light and Shadow Society's supervisory team.

"Seng! What do you want to do?" Xuefeng, one of the few old men left behind by the Lighthouse Hunters and a contemporary of Seng, stepped forward first, looking fearlessly at the city defense troops and members of the Light and Shadow Society.

"What are you doing?" Seng sneered, while behind him, lurking under the red robe and hood, the lewd-looking Buli rubbed his hands together and stepped out with a sinister air. "The Hunters have refused to carry out the breeding mission and have privately deployed weapons. They have violated the three laws of the Lighthouse! For the safety of the Lighthouse, you now need to lay down your weapons and accept the Lord of Light and Shadow's arrangements!"

The other hunters, armed with guns, stood behind Xuefeng. Although most were newcomers, they showed no fear of the city guards and the members of the Light and Shadow Society.

"I'm sorry! The Lighthouse has just been invaded by the Devouring Beasts. Moreover, the people on the ground have taken control of the Lighthouse's key departments. As the Lighthouse's underground resource-gathering force, the Hunters also have the responsibility to protect the Lighthouse. So, I think this weapon will be more useful to us than to your city defense forces!" Xuefeng mocked without any fear, especially the last sentence, "more useful than the city defense forces," which made Sengge's face turn black!
Outside the lighthouse, there are hunters gathering supplies on the ground; inside, there are the Light and Shadow Society enforcing the law. The city's defense forces are caught in the middle, neither side truly in control.

Previously, with Victor's authority, all sorts of matters were handled fairly. He maintained a balance between the Light and Shadow Society and the Hunters. Now that General Victor has fallen, Sengge's rise to power has met with widespread discontent!
Especially now, for Seng, who is eager to do great things and prove his loyalty to Charles, this mockery has made him look even more embarrassed.

"Snow Peak, the Hunter! Openly defying the Three Laws and refusing to carry out the breeding mission, leading the Hunters to possess weapons without authorization, and conspiring to overthrow the Lighthouse order! Take him away immediately!" With that, he waved his hand, and two gravity bodies carrying guns walked over.

Several gravity beings also came from behind the hunters, holding guns and blocking the hunters and the city guards.

Furthermore, the gravity bodies of the Hunters' side have undergone the original dispatch approval from Jingnan and the upgrades and modifications by Jessica and Dr. Carrie, making their overall strength far superior to the ordinary gravity bodies of the city defense forces.

Especially on a high platform not far away, a gravity-based creature had one leg planted on a supply crate. With one hand propped on its thigh and half-bent over, the muzzle of a three-wheeled heavy machine gun on its shoulder was fixedly aimed at the city defense troops, with its lower laser beam pointing directly at Seng's chest.

In particular, those three heavy machine guns were emitting an electromagnetic hum. Every now and then, the barrels would twitch slightly, sending chills down the spines of the city's garrison soldiers.

Seng looked at the gravity vehicles and saw that all of them showed signs of modification and upgrades.

This made him curse Jessica and Jingnan in his heart, as these gravity bodies had all caused him difficulties in carrying out this operation.

"Are you hunters rebelling?" Ned, the supervisor of the Light and Shadow Society, stepped forward, looking arrogantly at the hunters opposite him with his hands behind his back.

"The Lord of Light and Shadow has protected the Lighthouse, providing it with a stable environment, not so that you would come here to cause trouble!"

"Ah—the lighthouse is indeed protected by the Lord of Light and Shadow! But I think the Lord of Light and Shadow should protect Captain Mark so that he can find the medicine quickly and return sooner!" Xuefeng looked at the arrogant guy opposite him. "After all, Captain Mark is about to become the city lord! And I heard that you people from the Light and Shadow Sect will also have to take orders from Captain Mark."

“Yes!” Instructor Elon stepped forward, and the Hunters and the others made way for him. “I think you’re quite good. Why don’t we ask Lord Mark for permission to transfer you to the Hunters?”

This was a blatant threat, meaning that once Mark returned, he would be made to remember the city lord.

Those who cause trouble for the hunters will be transferred to the hunter troops and used as invisible cannon fodder.

Staying atop the lighthouse and swaggering around might draw criticism, but at least you don't have to face death. But once you're on the ground, you're truly reduced to dust!

This caused some members of the Light and Shadow Society and the city defense forces to exchange bewildered glances and instinctively lower the muzzles of their guns.

After all, the treatment on the lighthouse is not as good as that of the hunters, but at least they don't have to face death so often.

But things are different once you get on the ground; everyone knows that!
"Light gives birth to all beings, and all beings follow its shadow!" A clear, aloof female voice rang out from behind the city defense troops.

Upon hearing this voice, all the members of the Light and Shadow Society bowed and said in unison, "Therefore, I am here!"

With his hands resting on his lower abdomen and an extremely arrogant expression, Fan Lu walked over and said, "The fact that the followers of the Light and Shadow Society can join the Hunters is an arrangement of the Lord of Light and Shadow. The Lighthouse is protected by the Lord of Light and Shadow, and it is our duty to contribute to the Lighthouse. In fact, all the followers of the Light and Shadow Society can join the Hunters when necessary! They are all healthy, upper-class citizens who have received elite education. They have all been taught by the Lord of Light and Shadow, and I believe they will bring back even more supplies after they go down to the ground!"

Everyone could understand what he meant; he clearly wanted the members of the Light and Shadow Society to go down into the ground and scavenge items instead of the hunters.

His wolfish ambitions are self-evident!

"Oh? What brings you here, esteemed Lightbringer?"

Fanlu glanced disdainfully at the hunters and turned to walk back the way he came, but his voice made the hunters' eyes turn angry: "In half an hour, Upper Citizens Penny and Donnie will be burned at the stake for violating the Three Laws! According to the laws of the Lighthouse, both Upper Citizens and Commoners must go to the execution platform to watch! As a warning to others!"

Ned and Bree, upon hearing the news, glanced coldly in the direction of the hunters and then followed closely behind.

Sengge did the same, snorting coldly as he left and waving his hand to lead the city defense troops away.

Only a group of hunters remained, glaring fiercely in the direction the other party had left.

Tie Hui sat unceremoniously in the city lord's chair, processing the information gathered from the lighthouse.

After learning the full details of the conflict between the city garrison and the hunters, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and sigh with some disappointment, "Why didn't they actually fight?"

After all, if the two armed forces were to actually clash, it would be the Beacon's strength that would suffer. And once the Imperial armed forces are restored, the Imperial Star Force will be sufficient.

He didn't want some of the original personnel from the Lighthouse to still be in control of the weapons. After all, he had seen those weapons; if they were to carry out assassinations on ordinary Astronauts, they wouldn't be able to defend against them.

For him, a peaceful handover would be best, and he didn't want to cause any trouble. The Klotor System and the so-called Lord of Light and Shadow were both watching from the sidelines, even though the Abyss Armor was already in the hands of the Mechanicus.

But you can't really be sure what kind of backdoor the so-called Lord of Light and Shadow and that half-head have put in it.

If we are careless at that moment, although we can suppress it with our own military force, it will definitely slow down the Lighthouse's plan to leave Earth.

If the ecosystem were to become truly reckless, it might give rise to flying Devouring Beasts, and then mobilize those monarch-level creatures in orbit outside the atmosphere.

That would mean all mortals would be doomed. What could they possibly do with just over 100 Astartes and two big corn cobs?

Moreover, according to the information provided by the curator, almost every spaceship of the group of powerful figures from the Old World who went to outer space contained ecological spores.

If the other side tries to colonize a planet, they'll be dead in no time.

Even if it's unknown and has been running around for ages, it's probably long gone. Based on the technology of this world, it should have barely made it out of the solar system!

Therefore, he no longer delved into the affairs of the old world's elite. Focusing on the present path was the most correct choice!

Moreover, when he first arrived in this world, the Emperor told him that there were some beings of higher dimensions observing this place and warned him not to act rashly.

Moreover, the Emperor himself had assured everyone that once his side was safe and the teleportation portal was secured, his true power would be enough to annihilate those beings in an instant!
And while the forces were arriving, they also brought along some equipment and personnel that Guilliman had prepared.

When the time comes, I will use my own power to completely solidify the portal and seal it tightly, and I will not open it unless absolutely necessary.

Then this world will truly be humanity's backyard.

Meanwhile, Tie Hui was secretly discussing the follow-up matters with the Emperor.

The Emperor said, "How come I never knew you could be so cunning?"

"How do you say this?"

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You want to preserve the existing base of the Beacon, but you also want to eliminate the armed forces that originally belonged to the Beacon. You're ruthless!"

"Right now, stability is the priority. If something really goes wrong, and those higher-dimensional beings and that half-brain cause any trouble, then all our efforts will be in vain!"

The Emperor is right, but the two sides haven't started fighting yet. And because of our presence, most of the Devouring Beasts in the densely populated ecological zone have joined the beast tide. I estimate that not many people on the ground will die! After all this commotion, you haven't achieved your goal!

"No rush, let's divide and conquer!"

The emperor was speechless. "Release military power over a cup of wine?"

Tie Hui was surprised: "You know about this stuff?"

"Or what?"

Lighthouse Lab!
Dr. Carrie stood quietly to the side, holding a computer, just like a novice intern who had just entered the field of scientific research.

Father Tara retrieved and compared data from Dr. Carrie's previous experiments with those from Dragonbone Village.

A technical sergeant and a pharmacist are also conducting research here.

“That’s strange!” Father Tara straightened up. Ah, though his back had been bent the whole time.

“Father, is the data mismatched?” the technical sergeant asked as he approached.

"No, I've noticed that this Abyss-Bearer looks a bit like a creation from the Warp!"

These words caused both Astartes to raise an eyebrow. This world had finally found a safe haven without warp; if something else were to happen here, it would be a complete disaster.

"It looks a bit like the Golden Throne!"

The pharmacist stepped forward and, combining the information he had, said, "Based on the current data and previous intelligence, absorbing life force is the only way to unleash maximum combat power. This holds true. Bai Yuekui has injected two potions, so she has a lot of life energy, which is why she can activate it. I was wondering if we could try it on our Astartes as well?"

Upon hearing this, the three people present exchanged glances. The apothecary then added, "We possess the bloodline of emperors, and theoretically, we are immortal beings!"

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(End of this chapter)