The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

Awei played the recorded footage, alongside the data obtained from Gloria's testing.

"Then we are right to be concerned."

"Do you want us to strike first?" Eryu asked.

"No need. We have no reason to take action now. Let's just wait for him to reveal his flaws."

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After the banquet, Brother Astarte left first, and the others in the palace also dispersed one after another. Diaz left Credien to express his gratitude for his help to Attis in the past few days.

Then Credien returned to his residence, and Allen was already waiting for him in the study.

"teacher."

"Tell me, what have you been doing these days?"

Alan told Credien everything he had encountered. It was not that he did not trust the Nebula Hammer Legion, but precisely because he believed in their loyalty, Alan told Credien without any encouragement.

"You mean they were in the Hive of Aitis before the Chaos invasion?"

"They were camouflaged at the time, and we were with them until the debris fell. They disappeared after escorting me to the PDF position. Now I think they returned to the battleship."

Credien thought about what his disciple said. If that was the case, it would indeed explain why this regiment arrived so quickly, and there was also a Grey Knight among them, which was quite unbelievable.

"Do you think they can be trusted?"

"I think they are credible. Although their words and actions are a little strange, they are definitely not heretics or scum."

"Alan, come here." Credien asked Alan to come in front of him and put his hand on Alan's head. He needed to confirm whether Alan's mind had been invaded.

When Credien was about to use his psychic power to delve into Allen's memory, his hand was suddenly bounced away by a stream of psychic power. This psychic power did not come from anyone else, but was Allen's own psychic power.

"Your psychic power has awakened?" Credien was surprised and happy.

Alan nodded. He had just forgotten to tell his mentor about this.

"Can you control it?" Credien asked. Allen was able to deflect his psychic power shortly after awakening. His psychic power level was definitely higher than his.

Credien is an Epsilon psychic among psychics, and can reach the D-level (Delta) level when he bursts out with all his strength. The potential that Allen has shown now is already at the starting level of D-level.

But Credien actually hoped that Alan's psychic power level would be as low as possible. High-level psychic power was not a good thing. The stronger the psychic power, the more difficult it was to control. There were too few powerful and stable psychics in the empire.

If his psychic power was weaker, Credien could still use external forces to help Allen, but now it seems that if Allen cannot control his psychic power, even if he can suppress it temporarily, it will only be a time bomb.

Credien didn't want to send Allen to the black ship, but it was his duty.

"Yes." Allen said without hesitation, "I can control my psychic power."

As his injuries improved, Allen gradually mastered the spiritual power in his body, which was inseparable from the help given to him by Luochen.

"Then put away the spiritual energy."

Credien put his hand on Allen's head again, and this time he successfully saw Allen's memory.

He was not fully prepared and went deep into the bottom nest and almost lost his life. He was rescued by six people and went deep underground to dig for treasure together. After the debris fell, he was escorted to a safe position by the six people. When his psychic power was about to run wild, he was saved by the Grey Knight.

These are all true memories, not interfered with or modified by any external force, and his own disciples have not been tainted by heresy.

The Nebula Hammer Chapter is also trustworthy. Although their behavior is a bit strange, they are indeed loyal to the Emperor. Credien is not a radical. In his eyes, the actions of the Nebula Hammer Chapter are minor problems. As long as they do not endanger the Empire, these actions can be tolerated.

If you really want to get to the bottom of it, it will be more likely to cause trouble. Credien still remembers that one of his colleagues went to investigate the secrets of the Dark Angels and disappeared in the warp.

"Very good, very good!" Credien hugged Allen. He was happy for his disciple's future.

As a powerful psychic who can control himself, Alan has a well-funded Astartes Chapter to support him before his debut, and a mentor who is about to become the Grand Inquisitor to pave the way for him. His future is bright.

"Once this matter is over, I will apply for you to become a formal judge."

"Teacher, I..."

"You can do it, Allen. Keep your original intention and dedicate your life to the Emperor. Don't go down a path of no return like me and other Inquisitors did."

"I understand, teacher."

Alan felt his mentor's expectations of him, and he would not let his mentor down.

"Then go and rest. Your body hasn't fully recovered yet. I'll have a doctor check you out tomorrow."

Credien watched Allen leave, and felt relieved when he thought that his disciple would definitely go further than his mentor in the future.

"As a teacher, I have to work harder."

Credien returned to his desk and began to prepare for the action three days later.

After leaving his mentor's residence, Alan did not return to his own residence immediately. He walked on the street at the top of the tower, thinking about something in his mind.

A car passed by the road in front of Alan, and the logo of the planetary governor on the car attracted Alan's attention.

"Lord Diaz? Where would you be at this hour?"

Alan looked in the direction the vehicle was heading. This road led to the Star Language Room.

Maybe something happened.

Without thinking much, Alan turned and left.

Three days later, the Condemnation arrived in orbit of Atis on time, and the operation against the lower level of the hive city officially began.

Chapter 24 Very fresh, very——

Following the Condemnation came not only a large number of criminals, but also the Stormtroopers who had followed Credion in the past and escorted the Condemnation. However, only the death squad composed of criminals entered the lower level of the hive to carry out the mission.

Perhaps some missions can be completed with just a few squads of the Loyal Legion, but the value of these Loyal Legion's lives will never be comparable to that of the trash, so the Loyal Legion will only enter the battlefield at the end of the battle.

For these criminals who should have been sentenced to death long ago, becoming a death squad is a choice given to them by the Inquisitor: either dedicate their final lives to the Emperor, or be executed with the most cruel death penalty.

Of course, the criminals chose the former. Although the former was also going to die, there was still a chance of survival. The latter would live a life worse than death before the execution was completed, and they would not even be able to die early. The mechanical priest would keep the criminals alive until the execution was completed.

Maybe some scum are not afraid of death, but they definitely don’t want to suffer torture before death. Becoming a suicide squad and charging forward can at least allow them to die cleanly.

Thousands of criminals were dragged into the lower level of the hive. They had to thank Inquisitor Credien for his generosity, which saved them from having to die with the same rubbish weapons. Some of them were lucky enough to get the laser guns that were replaced by PDF.

"Mint coins, why are you so bad at it?"

On the Blue Silver Sword, everyone was watching Gloria's live broadcast of the thief army carrying out their mission.

Many criminals were frightened after seeing the Nurgle zombies. Some dropped their weapons and tried to escape, but were then shot dead by the PDFs supervising the battle. Some simply used the weapons in their hands to kill themselves.

Some criminals with better qualities knew how to cooperate with others to carry out tasks, but without clear tactical planning and command, most people were quickly overwhelmed by the tide of zombies.

What is really worth noting are those rogue soldiers/veterans who were expelled from the Astra Militarum for committing serious mistakes, as well as the gang members who have been fighting on the edge of a knife at the bottom of the hive. These experienced people know how to survive. They gather other criminals together and then slowly advance forward through a series of commands.

"Byd, are you selling out your teammates? How can you survive if your teammates are dead?"

The series of operations performed by the thief in the live broadcast made everyone almost anxious. Is this zombie tidal wave enough to reach the third level of difficulty in Dark Tide? And it is just a simple zombie tidal wave, without any elite monsters like those in the game.

"The Nurgle zombies alone are beaten like this. If they mixed in some renegade Astra Militarum like in Dark Tide, wouldn't they be killed directly?" The performance of the criminals made Wei unable to help but complain. These guys are too different from the thieves and soldiers in the game.

"They are just low-ranking bandits, so don't be too harsh on them."

After Apu figured it out, he didn't find it strange. It would be better to say that this is the real situation of thieves' military deployment in Warhammer 40k.

The top four emperors in Dark Tide were designed to enhance the gameplay. In reality, thieves will not be equipped with good things like military bolters and power swords. There will also be no veterans of Kashejin who participated in the Battle of Lion's Gate, fanatical followers of living saints who have possessed the Emperor, illegal psykers who are still alive, and super Ogryns who were taught by countless Lords of Change who were exhausted to death.

The attack on Shangchao cost tens of thousands of thieves their lives on the first day alone. Only a handful of them survived the mission, but more dangerous missions will be waiting for them until their deaths. The only way to escape this, apart from death, is to be noticed by the Inquisitor and become his private soldiers.

On the fifth day of the attack on Shangchao, those who had not yet received news of the attack began to get restless.

"Gah! It's so boring!" Luochen screamed, and the Coke can in his hand was crushed. "These are too inefficient! I can't stand it!"

"Why don't we go and tell that Credien to let us go up." Xianyu was almost unable to hold back his anger.

"Wait a minute, I got it!" What Brother Ou meant by "I got it" was news from the Nest City.

Sent by Inquisitor Credien, hoping that the Nebula Hammer Chapter can go to the designated location to purify the fragments. The unknown location where the fragments are located is no longer accessible to mortals.

At the upper nest command post, Credien originally estimated that it would take about ten days to advance to the location of the fragments, but he underestimated the criminals' desire to survive, especially those veterans. In order to survive, they greatly accelerated the progress of the mission.

Just a few hours ago, a team of thieves found the location where the debris fell and transmitted back images of the vicinity.

There are a large number of Nurgle zombies around the fragments, and a small number of plague bearers have appeared.

Plaguebearers are low-level demons bred from the souls of those who died from the Nurgle Plague. They are the basic units in the Nurgle Legion and can be regarded as an advanced version of Nurgle's zombies to some extent.

When these demons with long horns and one eye, rotten bodies, and every inch of their dark green skin covered with pus appear, it means that the chaos pollution has reached a very serious level, and soon the demons will break through the veil and come into this world.

At first, Credien tried to let the Thief Army and the Loyal Army team evolve the fragments, but several actions failed, and finally he had to trouble Astartes to deal with it.

Credien was very glad that the Nebula Hammer Regiment appeared here. Once the reinforcements from the Ministry of Military Affairs arrived, it would be hard to say whether this hive city could still be kept. In more serious cases, if a big demon appeared, this planet would be useless.

But compared to the upper nest, Credien is more worried about the situation in the lower nest. As the most populous place in the hive city, the chaos pollution in the lower nest will only be more serious than that in the upper nest.

"Alan, how's the situation over there?"

"It's very bad, teacher."

At the lower nest position, Allen reported what he knew.

At the same time as the upper nest began its operation, the lower nest was also exploring. Tens of thousands of criminals were put into the mission, but as a result, almost all of them were wiped out. They had no choice but to give up exploration and turn to defense.

And that's not the only problem.

After finishing the communication with his mentor, Alan put his hand to his ear. Every once in a while, the echo from the subspace would come from the depths of the lower nest. The longer he stayed in the lower nest, the more people would hear it, and the sound would become more frequent.

These desperate voices will gradually erode the human spirit and soul until they fall into complete madness. Alan can use psychic power to isolate them, but PDF and the thief army cannot. After a while, they must abandon the position of the lower nest, otherwise there is a high risk of chaos corruption.

Moreover, Alan clearly felt that the Nurgle zombies in the lower nest had obvious patterns of behavior, as if something was directing them, which was obviously abnormal.

Blocking out the echoes in his ears, Alan prepared to contact the Nebula Hammer Chapter. He needed the help of the Astartes. It was at this moment that Luochen's voice sounded in the channel.

"We're coming!"

Two Thunderhawk gunships landed on the helipad of the position. Luochen, Xianyu and Eryu led more than 40 "Astartes" out of the Thunderhawks.

"Lord Daxter?" Allen asked as he saw Luochen coming out, "Are you leading the team this time?"

At this time, Alan had already learned that Luochen was the chief think tank of the Nebula Hammer Legion. Is the situation here so serious that the chief think tank needs to take action personally?

"That's right. Don't be so formal. I have to be here if something is going on here." Luo Chen said.

"Is the situation serious?"

"If you don't come soon, the pit will explode. Tell me how serious this is."

Today is exactly the seventh day since the debris fell. According to the numerology of a Death Guard captain, seven is the sacred number of Nurgle, and the Nurgle pollution will reach a peak on this day.

And this is indeed the case. According to Gloria's observation, the fragments of the Lower Nest are the source of the Nurgle plague. If they are not dealt with quickly, when today is over, the things inside will undergo a terrible transformation, and the consequences are unknown.

If it drags on for a full 49 days, the gaze of the Father himself will fall upon this planet, a Warp rift will open in this galaxy, and eventually the entire planet will be dragged into the Garden of Nurgle.

Of course, this is the worst outcome everyone expected.

The question arises again, why didn't Gloria tell everyone about this earlier?

"I stayed up all night working on my final project and overslept. Private Marseille~"

"..."

What else can people say about this? Just go and get rid of the fragments!

If it really explodes, wouldn't their work here be in vain? They'll even be splashed with Orikay. And this isn't just any Orikay, it's the Orikay carefully brewed by a loving father! Even if Lao Ba comes, he'll have to retreat. My Shuyuan and Tokugawa will also be embarrassed.

This feast is very fresh, very——

"Shut up! Kick Xianyu off the channel right now!"

Everyone blocked Xianyu from the team channel for a short period of time, and let him enjoy the members-only restaurant on his own.

Finally, everyone split into two groups. Apu, Ou Ge, and Awei went to the upper nest to help Credien deal with the fragment that was not important for the time being, while Luochen, Xianyu, and Eryu went to deal with the source of pollution in the lower nest.

"Can I help?"

After hearing this, Alan also understood the critical situation. Although he could not use his psychic power perfectly, he was a qualified psychic and could help in clearing up the chaos.

He also wanted to continue learning from Luochen how to use psychic power.

"No problem, as long as the idea is safe, take it."

Luochen handed a flamethrower to Allen, saying that they would use it to clear the way later.

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In the upper nest, Apu and the other two had already led twenty 'Astartes' deep into the depths of the fragments.

Awei led a team armed with flamethrowers to clear the way ahead. This type of flamethrower, specially used by Space Marines, had powerful power and could easily burn the Nurgle zombies in front to ashes.