The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

Awei relayed the entire conversation to the others. Such a Mechanicus sage was really to their liking.

"This kind of oil guy is really rare. What do you say? Do you want to go up and make friends with him?" Brother Ou asked everyone in the channel.

Apu: "Don't worry, let's first ask Sage Gregor about his arrangements. If he wants to stay on Mars, it will be difficult for us to get involved."

Given Gregor's situation on Mars, no one can help him. Giving STC and technology directly to him will only harm Gregor. Gregor is alone and weak, and the Oil Man is really capable of killing people and stealing treasures.

Eryu: "Didn't that Berani say Gregor only needed equipment from Mars? Can we get him a set?"

Xianyu: "The problem is, we don't know what equipment he needs. It would be suspicious to ask directly."

Luochen: "Then we should find a way to provide resources so that Gregor can quickly complete this stage of research."

In the end, everyone chose Luochen's method, which was safer than other methods.

"Brother Ou, it's time for you to show off your traditional Smurf skills."

"Okay, I'm the Chapter Master after all."

After ending the call, Apu went straight to Gregor and said that his chapter leader wanted to meet with him first.

Gregor had no idea what a Chapter Master of the Astartes was asking him, but he agreed.

"Nice to meet you, Sage Gregor. I learned something from Father Berlani. I admire people like you, Sage Gregor, so we at the Nebula Hammer would like to provide you with some assistance."

Brother Ou got straight to the point right away. It would be better to explain it sincerely than to make some random excuses.

Gregor checked his brain thoroughly. He wondered if he had been infected by some virus. How could an Astartes regiment suddenly offer to help him?

After repeatedly confirming that he was not hysterical, Gregor said:

"I thought I heard wrongly. Are you sure? Chapter Master Uldren, I'm just a sage of little repute. I can't make any promises. This investment isn't worth it."

"This isn't an investment, and I don't need any promises from the Sage. I just don't want to see people like Gregor the Sage being buried forever."

"I never expected an Astartes to say this to me. What is your purpose?"

"There is no purpose, or rather, our purpose is the same." Ou Ge extended his hand to Gregor.

"We can't change the empire, but we can at least reduce some suffering, right?"

"You've convinced me, Chapter Master Uldren." Gregor held Uldren's hand with his mechanical arm. He could detect that Uldren was not lying.

The most important thing is that Gregor is in urgent need of funding. As a sage, he is so poor that he has to sell everything he has to take orders.

"Excuse me, how can the Nebula Hammer help me? I'm short of everything right now."

Chapter 52: Unable to Reach the Reality of Macragge

Whatever you want, we give it to you!

Ou Ge really wanted to say this, but he had to keep a low profile until Gregor's favorability was full. Besides, how could he explain that an Astartes regiment took a lot of the Oil Man's stuff? They were not the Iron Hands regiment, and they were not that close to the Oil Man.

At present, the only things that everyone can give Gregor are some relics that they have dug out from various imperial worlds. These things are not that precious, but they will not drive the oil man crazy like the STC. Gregor can adopt the "gray tax" model of the Carcharodon Regiment and use these relics to exchange for the resources he needs.

"It turns out that Brother Astartes also works part-time as an archaeologist and treasure hunter." Gregor joked. He didn't intend to ask about the origins of these relics. As long as there was a sponsor willing to invest in him, he wouldn't care where the money came from.

"Because Astartes also needs enough resources to operate for a long time." Ou Ge also made up an excuse. Gregor was obviously a person who could understand the situation.

"What are Sage Gregor's plans after completing this phase of his research?"

Gregor could see that the Chapter Master before him disliked Mars as much as he did, and he replied:

"I decided to leave Mars a long time ago, but I haven't decided which Forge World to join yet."

As a talented sage, Gregor has received invitations from many Forge Worlds, including famous Forge Worlds like Riza. However, Gregor did not consider the powerful Forge Worlds. He planned to find a Forge World of average or weak strength to settle down. On the one hand, he would be able to integrate into it faster, and on the other hand, it would be easier for him to enter the management level.

While Ou Ge was chatting with Gregor, Belaini came over to report that the engine had been urgently repaired and could be restarted at any time.

"Now that the engine has been repaired, let's leave this space first. The alien pirates are likely to make a comeback."

I don't know if the two Eldar frigates that escaped will come back with a large force. Eldar pirates are not like human pirates. Their strength can really compete with the Imperial Navy.

During the transfer, everyone returned to the Blue Silver Sword to count their belongings. On the way, Gregor's uncontrollable joy was seen by Beline.

This made Belaini very curious and asked:

"Did the teacher encounter something happy?"

"Berlini, we're rich!"

"what?"

If Gregor hadn't immediately said that Nebula Hammer would provide him with funding, Berlani would have suspected that his teacher was hysterical.

At first, Berene didn't know how an Astartes regiment could provide assistance to the teacher until the Nebula Hammer pulled a few transport planes and other things over.

The technological relics and alien creations that kept coming in made Berlani dizzy. Even if these things were sold at a reduced price, Gregor would be able to complete his next research.

"Master, didn't you sign some kind of indenture? Are the parts of your lower body still there?" Berani looked at Gregor worriedly. How could a regiment send so many good things for no reason? Could it be that his teacher sold the rest of his life to the Nebula Hammer regiment, and even took this gift with him?

Bolaini couldn't guess that the reason why everyone was giving gifts was just because they fell in love with each other. No one cared about your status. As long as you liked someone, they would help you. If they didn't like someone, even a yellow-skinned person would have to get out of the way.

"Why are you thinking about all this nonsense? Can't it be that others admire your talent and invest in you out of love for your talent?" Gregor hit Berlani's head. Why does this kid have such a good imagination?

If everyone here saw Gregor like this, they would understand why Berlani and he were master and apprentice.

"But that doesn't make sense. What's the point of this Astartes Chapter?"

"You are still too young, Berani. Do not delve into the secrets of the Astartes Chapter, especially those like them."

During his conversation with Ogo, Gregor could tell that the other party was dissatisfied with the Empire. How many Astartes Chapters were not like this? There were also many such people within the Mechanicus. But no matter how dissatisfied they were, they had to endure it when they saw a bunch of things outside that were more expensive than the Empire.

But dissatisfaction with the Empire is not the biggest problem of the Nebula Hammer. The biggest problem is that among all the Astartes chapters in the Empire, there is no chapter called the Nebula Hammer!

As a biological sage, guess what Gregor does besides doing his own research?

For a period of time, he would review all the Astartes seeds collected by the Empire to prevent any seeds from mutating and contaminating the gene seed bank. As a result, he also obtained the list of the Empire's current Astartes Chapters. After the 40th Astartes Founding in the late M, the Empire did not establish any new chapters, so there was no case of a new chapter.

But Gregor didn't care about this little problem. Look at the Nebula Hammer, it's so clean that it doesn't seem to be stained with dirt, and the gene seed is also very pure. As long as you pay taxes honestly and don't betray the Empire, who cares whether you have a record before. Besides, aren't there enough people in the Empire and the Mechanicus who trade with alien heretics?

Gregor had also made up his mind that since the Nebula Hammer Regiment had helped him, he had to repay them. This time, returning to Mars would be a good opportunity to help them.

While the master and apprentice were chatting, everyone transported all the selected relics to the Moon Level. These relics either had technology that was of little use to the Empire, or had been castrated by Gloria.

But would the oil man care about this? No, he wouldn't care. It doesn't matter whether the technology on the relic is good or not. What matters is that he must have it. Anyway, he won't take out these technologies for the empire to use.

"These should be enough."

Everyone could only barely estimate the value of these relics. As a sage, Gregor should have a way to cash in on these things.

"Apu, didn't you tell me last time that there was an Emperor-class Titan on a planet? Aren't you going to give it to this oil man?" Xianyu asked. He still remembered that Apu said he would give this Titan to a trustworthy oil man.

"It's not the right time yet. He doesn't have the strength to retain that Emperor-class Titan yet." App shook his head. Their relationship with Gregor has not reached that level yet.

The Emperor-class Titan has more symbolic significance than its value. The reappearance of a lost Emperor-class Titan will surely attract Titan legions from all the major forge worlds. With Gregor's strength, he simply cannot keep it. At that time, he will be lucky to get a banner.

"Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid we'll have to send them to the nearest Forge World."

Ou Ge looked at the star map. Gregor and his apprentice's ship was badly damaged and could not travel in the subspace yet. They could only travel to the nearest forging world in the real universe at sub-light speed for repairs. If they encountered danger on the way again, everyone's investment would be wasted.

When everyone thought they would postpone their trip to Macragge, Gregor sent a message:

"Fellow monks of the Nebula Hammer Regiment, we have contacted the escort team and they will arrive at our location soon. Thank you again for your rescue and assistance."

After the convoy discovered that Gregor's ship was missing, they tried hard to search for it. It didn't matter to Gregor and his apprentice, but if the ship carrying the gene seeds was lost, none of them would be in good shape.

Gregor said he wanted to talk to Brother Ou alone again, and Brother Ou agreed, and went over again when he went to pick up Wei.

During this conversation, Ou Ge and Gregor exchanged contact information. When Gregor leaves Mars, he will inform the Nebula Hammer Regiment of his whereabouts. He also hopes to establish long-term cooperation with the Nebula Hammer.

A few days later, the escort fleet arrived at the space where everyone and Gregor were. Everyone received gratitude and rewards from the escort fleet, and then the two sides parted ways.

"We should continue on to Macragge."

Everyone was about to continue their journey towards Macragge, but Gloria suddenly said:

"I'm afraid not yet."

"Why?" Everyone was puzzled.

Gloria showed everyone a communication. This message was not an imperial message for help that was broadcast to the outside world, but was sent through a private contact method.

There are only three people in the galaxy who know everyone's contact information now: Gregor, who just got the contact information, the Fran family, who have been allied with everyone for less than two months, and Allen, the reserve judge met in Attis.

"It's Alan." Brother Ou saw Alan's name at the end of the communication.

Because of that small warp storm, everyone has been separated from Alan for eleven years. Alan mentioned in the communication that he has officially become an inquisitor of the Order of the Heretic during these eleven years. He has been investigating a heresy incident here for several years. Now he is in trouble and hopes to get help from the Nebula Hammer, urgently.

"Where did the communication come from?" asked Apu.

"Taiping Star Region."

Gloria marked the location on the star map. The location where the communication was sent was above the Taiping Star Region, only one star region away from the Misty Star Region.

"so far?"

Everyone looked at their positions again and found that they were basically running from one side of the Milky Way to the other.

"What do you mean, are you going or not?" Apu looked at everyone.

Alan's anxiety can be seen from the message, otherwise he would not have used the word "urgent". If he had not encountered any major trouble, he would never contact everyone in this way.

"This guy is our first ally after all, so we have to go see him."

Luochen thought that they should go. Since Alan was so anxious to ask them to help, it meant that the problem they encountered was definitely not a trivial matter.

"Just looking at Credien, Allen wouldn't be that incompetent judge. He's really in trouble."

Brother Ou thought back to what happened on Atis. He had been in contact with Credion during that time. He knew that Credion was a capable judge, and Alan, as his disciple, could not be much worse.

"I don't care. You can go if you want." Eryu has always been indifferent.

"So, we can't go to Macragge?" Why did Awei feel that it was so difficult for them to go to Macragge?

"Macragge is easy to get to, but the fun is lost if you miss it."

Xianyu also wanted to know what was so urgent, and by the way, to see how Allen had changed in the past eleven years, and whether he had stuck to his original intention, although only a few months had passed for them.

"Then go ahead. If we find we can't handle it, we can just run away and be done with it."

Apu said that with Gloria's speed, no one could catch up with them if they really ran. You know, Gloria has never sailed at full speed before.

"Let's go and see what that guy is doing."

Several months later, Gregor and his apprentice arrived on Mars. Along the way, Gregor sold the relics funded by the Nebula Hammer to the forging worlds along the way. Now his ship was filled with various resources needed for his research.

The first thing to do after returning to Mars was to hand in and register the gene seeds of different chapters. Gregor handed the seeds to the sage in charge, but he did not leave immediately.

"The Nebula Hammer Chapter? I don't think we've ever received gene-seed from this Chapter before."

After checking the stability of the gene-seed, the sage noticed the gene-seed of a Chapter he had never seen before.

"Perhaps it was forgotten because the expedition lasted too long. This situation is not uncommon in the Empire."

Although the Empire has always been closely monitoring the movements of the Astartes Chapter, it has inevitably missed some information about the Chapter over the past ten thousand years.

For example, if a chapter has been away on an expedition for too long and hasn't been able to contact the Empire, the Empire will declare it extinct and seal its information. Over time, it might even be lost for various reasons. Then, a millennium or two later, the chapter returns, but the Empire can't find any information about it, effectively rendering the entire chapter obsolete. (This is similar to the case with the Great Shark, where the Empire can find no official record of their existence, only vague references.)

"Now that the gene seed has been handed over, let's register it again," said Gregor.

"This kind of thing should be reported to the Imperial Ministry of the Interior first. They may still have relevant records of this chapter."

"It will take decades for the Imperial Ministry of the Interior to respond. The matter of gene-seeds cannot be ambiguous. Every Astartes Chapter must keep records. We should not hesitate over such a small matter."

"Yes, then I will enter the information of this chapter."

The sage recorded the information about the Nebula Hammer into the Cogitator (a 40k computer), and later placed a physical copy in the Archives.

[Nebula Hammer, Ultramarines Successor Chapter, extremely stable gene-seed...]

After registration, this batch of taxes can be put into the gene seed bank, and Gregor's goal is achieved. Shortly after he left, an imperial official and several sages came in. They brought an order from the Imperial Ministry of the Interior, urgently needing a batch of gene seeds of the Ultramarines lineage to help restore the organization of several Ultramarines sub-regiments that suffered heavy losses in the Pacific Star Region.

The sage in charge received the order, looked at the number of seeds required, and then looked at the gene seeds that had just been delivered.

Isn't there a batch of gene-seed from a verified Ultramarines lineage here?

(I adjusted my biological clock yesterday, and there will be an update today)

Chapter 53 Does this require support?

The Taiping star field is located in the western part of the Milky Way. It is the smallest, least explored and least controlled star field among the four major star fields of the human empire except the solar star field.

In the thirty-fifth millennium, a regime called 'Nova Terra' emerged in the Taiping Segmentum. This regime boldly declared itself independent of the Imperial government's control and claimed dominion over the entire Taiping Segmentum. This caused countless civil wars and uprisings to break out in the human world once again, and its influence even extended to the Hazy Segmentum and the Storm Segmentum. However, it was not until the end of M35 that the Empire eliminated this regime. This period was later called the 'Dual Emperor Era' by Imperial scholars.