Warhammer 40: Doom

Chapter 317 Hyperdimensional Space
Doom held his shield horizontally across his chest in his right hand, the serrated edge of his shield whirring as it reached top speed amidst the whirring of his motor.

The serrated edge projected a blade of crimson light, and as it spun at high speed, it looked as if Doom was holding up a sun.

With his left palm facing his chest, the Star God Flame condensed into high-temperature rays, which erupted from the center of his five fingers.

The mechanical walls melted instantly, and the mechanical structure and the rock solution mixed together, turning into dripping crimson magma.

"Stay close to me!" he roared, his body straightening like a sword, and with a sudden burst of power, he shot out carrying the ancient saint on his back!

boom! !

With a deafening roar, the outer tunnels of the maze trembled, the mechanical walls groaned, rocks shattered, and a passage was smashed open in the walls!

Doom unleashed his divine power, and with unstoppable force, he carved a circular crater into the steel mechanical wall.

At this moment, the phrase "unstoppable" becomes a tangible reality.

The molten iron washed over his body, and the flying rocks fled in panic. The tunnel echoed like war drums. What and what could stop him?

Hinterlands was visibly shocked, gripping the Doom shoulder armor with one hand and casting a psionic spell on himself with the other to resist the shockwave from the impact.

The emperor's body emitted a soft light, and his eight-meter height shrank, just enough to pass through the tunnel.

He flicked his finger and sent a beam of golden light into Waldo's forehead, inputting the calculated route into his brain.

The next leg of the journey involves racing against time to navigate the ever-changing maze, requiring urgent communication of directions.

Knowing that he spoke too slowly and would find it difficult to adapt to the environment, the Lord of Mankind entrusted the important task to his most trusted servant.

"Follow him." The Emperor instructed, his figure flashing as he transformed into a golden lightning bolt, following behind Doom.

Waldo took a deep breath, watched the others display their unique abilities ahead, and quickly strode after them to avoid falling behind and getting lost in the maze forever.

"Left."

The first eight-meter wall was pierced in the blink of an eye, and Waldo immediately notified the next intersection.

With a muffled thud, Doom unleashed his power, making a sharp right-angle turn at the intersection, stunning everyone.

The ancient saint was so dizzy from being thrown around that his tongue was hanging out long, and he gripped his shoulder armor tightly with both hands, not daring to relax for a moment.

Waldo lowered his body, sparks flew from the friction of his golden magnetic boots, and he slid to stop, catching up with the Primarch and promptly notifying the next intersection.

The emperor flew through the air and glanced back at the maze he had designed.

The tunnel we just passed through was rebuilt in the next second. The self-repair protocol took effect, and the maze was soon restored to its original state.

He breathed a sigh of relief. If it weren't for the self-repair protocol, the Eternal Night Maze would have been unusable after this incident.

The cage is damaged, and we need to find a new place to detain the prisoners.

Ok!

The emperor felt a surge of satisfaction, realizing how wise his decision was to overcome all opposition and significantly increase redundant design elements when building the Labyrinth of Eternal Night.

"straight."

Waldo's deep voice rang out again, tinged with an irrepressible excitement.

The dormant violent factors in human genes were activated by the extremely destructive force of witnessing it, and the commander of the Imperial Guards inevitably became a little more rapid in his breathing.

boom!
As the sound faded, a crashing sound followed, and another high wall of the maze was breached. Yet the footsteps continued unabated, the magnetic shoes crackling loudly.

Seeing his son and servants engrossed in destruction, the Emperor shook his head helplessly. Doom, like a raging bull, smashed everything in his way to pieces.

The thick walls, a mixture of mechanical structures and rock, were utterly fragile before him, crumbling at the slightest touch like tofu in Guterra.

The incredibly solid, mechanically constructed walls of mixed rock resembled tofu blocks—an ancient Terran delicacy—before him.

Doom conquered the outer perimeter of the Eternal Night Labyrinth with brute force alone, leading them deeper into the labyrinth.

At the very front of the group, Doom's right hand was as solid as iron, resisting the backlash from the shield-saw force field.

Opening a path may seem easy, as if it were simply a matter of brute force, but in reality, it involves wisdom and combines technology with strength.

The key to moving mountains and rocks is the built-in "reflective force field," which allows the shield saw to deflect impact forces.

The shield saw collided with the wall, and a shock wave erupted at the point of impact. The reflective force field reflected the impact back, which then acted on the mechanical wall again.

The distance was too close, and the wall rebounded the force again, only to be bounced back by the force field.

Such impact cycles can repeat thousands of times per second, creating high-frequency vibrations.

What appears to be Doom brute force smashing through the wall is actually equivalent to him using a high-frequency hole punch, along with the shield saw energy blade, to drill through the maze wall.

"right."

A report came through his ear, and Doom turned again, following Waldo's guidance, raising his shield and charging towards the wall.

“Go.” Doom frowned, but without hesitation, he decisively took a step forward.

The world spins and gravity is no longer uniform, but split apart, and the maze breaks away from the plane and becomes a three-dimensional structure.

The labyrinth, designed by the emperor himself, began to reveal its extraordinary nature.

Up, down, left, right.

With each guiding voice, the team emerged from the outer perimeter of the maze and arrived at the central area in just ten hours.

The group stopped in their tracks; the path ahead was no longer a fixed wall or passage.

"We are 500 kilometers underground on Mars." The Emperor took a step forward, pointed his index finger to the sky, and emitted a golden light.

A burst of psionic light erupted, and vision suddenly opened up, revealing a towering "moving wall" before them.

They were inside a huge void, and looking up, they saw many maze exits in all directions, up, down, left, and right.

In the center of the sky, a huge brown cube floated, emitting a tremendous roar.

It is a creation of rock and technology, floating and flipping, each side a huge wall.

Countless cubic boxes float and shift on it, and the walls are constantly rearranged and combined without ever stopping.

"Well."

Sintra's eyes lit up. He jumped off Doom's shoulder and hopped toward the floating wall, as if he had discovered something new and interesting.

Waldo followed behind it; the Emperor's order was for the commander of the Imperial Guard to protect the Ancient Saints.

The Emperor slowly began to explain: "Ahead lies the middle level of the maze, a never-ending Rubik's Cube maze."

"Each of its faces is composed of millions of cubic rooms, driven by ancient random technology, with no pattern whatsoever."

"The Rubik's Cube's random engine is truly random, with no pattern or solution."

"Intruders who take the wrong path will face countless traps and teleportation devices, and the slightest mistake will ruin all their efforts."

At this point, the Emperor glanced at the ragged Doom and said in a deep, meaningful tone, "Without the key, no one can get in. Violence won't solve the problem."

Doom dusted himself off, tore off his tattered cloak, and looked at me with deep suspicion: "Don't tell me you forgot your keys?"

He clenched his fist, and the suspicion in his eyes as he looked at the Emperor gradually turned dangerous: "Violence doesn't solve problems, but it's very useful."

"In your impression, am I unreliable?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, somewhat indignant at being suspected for no reason.

Doom nodded deeply, his expression calm and serious.

"Hey~~~"

The old father sighed sadly, walked to the Rubik's Cube maze, waited for the huge corner to rotate to its apex, and then placed his hand on the floating wall.

Click...

The walls, which had been roaring and constantly moving, paused for a moment, then broke free from randomness and began to combine rapidly in a regular pattern.

“The key will not be forgotten,” the Emperor stepped back a few paces, opening his arms to embrace the giant Rubik’s Cube, “because I myself am the key!”

As soon as he finished speaking, with a deafening roar of arrangement and combination, the floating Rubik's Cube slowly landed, and a passage was slowly formed on the wall in front of the Emperor.

Doom stomped down, lifting the shield saw that was on the ground, caught it steadily, and strode into it.

The three quickly followed, fearing that the team might get separated inside the maze.

With the Emperor himself present, everything inside the Rubik's Cube was calm, and the group encountered no accidents, arriving at the core area in just two hours.

The core of the Rubik's Cube is not large; it is a smooth cubic room. In the center of the room is a deep blue cube that emits a faint blue light.

Here, Doom finally saw the holographic projection image that the Emperor had pointed out when he entered the Labyrinth of Eternal Night.

Inside the blue cube, hundreds of thousands of miniature cubes slide randomly, arranging themselves into various combinations.

There is only one fixed block, which emits a green light and stays in the center of the cube.

"What kind of trick is this now?" Doom asked with great interest. He felt like he was about to get the prize in a game.

"Hyperdimensional space." The ancient saint's unique muttering sound rang out, and Sintra grinned and exclaimed, "Humans are truly amazing. In just tens of thousands of years, their technology has developed to this level."

"You flatter me, elder." The emperor said politely and modestly, but a smile played on his lips, revealing a hint of pride.

Humanity has touched upon the mysteries of the universe in just tens of thousands of years, a unique advantage that is truly something to be proud of.

"What do we do next?" Waldo tapped the wall of the hyperdimensional space, producing a sound like tapping glass.

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