The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

"Enough, don't bring it up again. This was my own choice. You didn't have to follow me anyway, did you? If you had stayed in the Legion, your statues would have stood in Macragge's Hall of Heroes, and your names would have been remembered by the current Ultramarines."

"But how can we allow you to exile yourself? This is not the ending a hero deserves."

Arthur leaned against the wall and listened to the conversation between the three people. He didn't mean to eavesdrop, but he couldn't move his feet after accidentally hearing the first sentence.

Not long ago, Arthur learned from Elder Mallorian that the three Contemptor Dreadnoughts fighting alongside the elder were all ancient warriors from ten thousand years ago, but their specific identities were not explained.

It is now known that two of the Contemptor Dreadnoughts came from the Ultramarines Legion, and both are heroes worthy of leaving their names in the history of the Ultramarines. Then these two ancient warriors called Uldren, Captain of the Nebula Hammers, "Sir" and "Hero". Please answer what is Uldren's status in the Ultramarines Legion?

At first glance, the conversation between the three people missed a lot of information. In fact, many key pieces of information were not mentioned. Arthur was very anxious. He thought the three people would continue talking, but the two Contemptor Fearless were interrupted by Brother Ou just as they were about to speak. Finally, the topic changed and they started talking about the current situation.

Arthur knew that eavesdropping was wrong, and to be more serious, it was a violation of the commandments, but it was too painful to eat the melon halfway and then disappear.

Arthur came out only after the two Contemptors had left. He did not ask Ou Ge about what had happened just now, but asked about Koslo's situation.

"I don't know the situation with Marshal Koslo either. We were about to kill the traitor when the attack arrived."

Brother Ou told Arthur what happened when they attended the banquet. Leaving aside Koslo's situation, there should be news from the battleship soon.

As expected, the Thunderhawks of the Black Templars and Celestial Lions arrived at the Lower Nest. They set out at the same time as the Thunderhawks of the Nebula Hammer, carrying signal repeaters to restore communication between the positions and the warships.

After the signal repeater was installed, the position and the warship restored contact. At this time, the Thunder Eagle of the Nebula Hammer just sent Koslo back to the Black Templars' battle barge. The Black Templars in the lower nest also learned that Koslo was seriously injured and dying.

"Marshal Koslo is unconscious!?"

Arthur heard from his battle brothers on the battleship about Koslo's current condition. The pharmacist was still trying to save Koslo in the medical room, but the situation was not optimistic.

In addition, one of the strike cruisers of the Black Templars and the Celestial Lions was dragged into the Warp and lost contact, which means that two companies of Astartes were lost.

Because Koslo lost consciousness and could not give orders, according to the position, the next to the marshal is the castle lord who serves as the deputy, so Arthur will command the entire Black Templar Expeditionary Force in place of Koslo.

The sudden burden made Arthur nervous. From the day he became the lord of the castle, Arthur thought that he might become a marshal one day in the future, but definitely not now.

Among the lords of the Black Templars, Arthur is considered the youngest. He has been Koslo's deputy for only a few years. Arthur is undoubtedly qualified as the deputy commander, but he does not have enough knowledge and experience to become the commander-in-chief.

"Why are you so nervous? This is your responsibility." Mallorian came over and said to Arthur.

"I know this is my responsibility, elder, but I am not ready yet." Arthur expressed his concerns to Malorian, fearing that he would not be able to fulfill this responsibility.

"No one can always be prepared, Arthur, not even Dorne and Sigismundus." Malorian encouraged Arthur, "This is a trial. Only by passing the trial can we move forward. We will experience countless hardships on this road until the last drop of blood is shed."

"If you are truly the son of Dorne and the descendant of Sigismund, then let me see your courage. Even a rock will not be crushed by such a weight."

After a lecture from Mallorian, who was remotely controlled by Gloria, Arthur also figured out some things:

"I understand, Elder Mallorian, but may I ask you a few questions?"

"Of course, as long as you don't mind me being an outdated old thing."

Malorian believes that the experience of the Legion period ten thousand years ago may not be applicable to the present, but Arthur doesn't care.

"How could that be? Please guide me!"

While chatting with Mallorian, Arthur did not notice the somewhat jealous looks from the other Black Templars and Celestial Lions. After introducing Mallorian's identity, he said that this Fearless Elder of the Imperial Fist was the most respected 'person' among the Imperial Fist Astartes present.

The matter of the Black Templars was dealt with, but that of the Celestial Lions had not, because their Chapter Master was also missing. Although Koslo of the Black Templars was almost dead, he was at least found, but the Chapter Master of the Celestial Lions, Elio, was nowhere to be found.

Everyone in Yunchui knew that Elio was rescued by Xianyu, so they asked about it when Xianyu contacted them.

Brother Ou: "Xianyu, what's going on over there?"

Xianyu: "I don't know, I just fell in love with eight Hajiwangs, and then I was trapped by a barrier."

Apu: "That's probably because Old Man Fear is itching again. Is Elio with you? The Tianshi are anxiously looking for someone."

Xianyu: "No, Elio was knocked down before, and I left him somewhere to rest. Later, I found two big heads. I was held back by the dogs, so I asked them to go find him."

Brother Ou: "Then be careful, Xianyu. We may have to break through the front before we can support you."

Xianyu: "I don't care. At worst, I can ask Gloria to teleport me away. Xiao? It seems someone is coming. I'll hang up first."

After learning about the situation at Xianyu, everyone wondered if they had missed someone during this period.

Ah Wei: "Everyone has something to do during this time, what about Luochen? Oh, I see, Luochen has his own life."

"Uh~ Classics have their own lives. Is it possible that I'm analyzing the rituals of the Word Bearers?" Luochen said in the channel. "As a think tank, if I don't do this, am I going to wait for those idiots to blow a huge hole in the physical universe?"

"Elaborate."

Chapter 74 Arena

After the ceremony began, Luochen, Allen and others were in the safest position among everyone. When the subspace energy impact reached them, only a harmless breeze remained.

Alan and others saw the subspace energy column rising straight into the sky from the hive city, and the subspace cracks torn in space could be seen on the ground of Isil.

After the impact was over, Allen wanted to rush back to the Responsibility immediately. He believed that it was his responsibility that the situation had turned out this way, but Luochen stopped him.

"This isn't your fault. Everyone wants a better outcome. Now that the situation is irreversible, why not think about how to stop the traitor's plan?"

Now even if they wanted to issue an extermination order, they couldn't do it. How could a traitor let his plan be destroyed so easily? Luochen asked Allen to use his psychic power to sense the sky above Isil. After the energy column rose, Isil was covered with a subspace shield. The extermination order dropped from orbit would be detonated if it hit this shield, and would not be able to cause any damage to the planet itself.

Moreover, the traitors don't care what happens in other places. As long as the nest, which is a large spell tower, is fine, the traitors' ritual will not be interrupted by external forces. It is impossible to destroy the nest in a short time without relying on warships.

After a while, Allen's psychic senses vaguely detected a battle taking place in space. He looked at Luochen, who nodded, confirming that he was right. The Imperial Fleet was currently engaged in battle with the Chaos Fleet.

"So what should we do now?" Alan asked.

"Assist me in analyzing this ritual and finding a way to end it."

Next, Luochen, Allen, the Grey Knights and the Tianshi Think Tank started with the ceremony in the city, then extended their tentacles along the Colchis fragments to the outskirts of the hive, and figured out how the ceremony worked.

At this time, the space battle had ended. Because the overflowing subspace energy in the hive would disrupt psychic perception, in order to ensure that no major errors occurred, Luochen asked Gloria to join him in scanning the hive using both technology and psychic power.

Time goes back to the present, Luochen explains to everyone the ritual information he obtained through analysis. Everyone doesn't want to listen to the long string of psychic professional terms, so they ask Luochen to fast forward to the solution.

Luochen said that if everyone could arrive half a month earlier and obtain intelligence, they would only need to dig out the Colchis fragments to solve the ritual from the root, and the remaining demon host stone pillars could be dealt with slowly. However, once the ritual began, it meant that the Colchis fragments had been completely integrated into Isil, and now they could not be dug out even if they wanted to.

Now, many conditions need to be met to destroy this ritual. After the ritual begins, four ritual nodes appear in the hive, two in the bottom nest, one each in the top nest and the lower nest. To solve this ritual, three of them must be occupied first, which is the most basic condition.

Please note that destruction does not mean stopping the ritual, because the Word Bearers' rituals are basically uninterrupted. As long as the high tower shell of the Hive City does not fail, even if the internal chaos is great and four nodes are destroyed at once, it can only affect the stability of the ritual. The ritual will eventually be completed. Reduced stability will only make the reproduction of Colchis less perfect.

The Word Bearers wanted to quickly annihilate the Imperial Guard in order to protect the ritual. Although he arrogantly believed that the Imperial scum could not find a way to break the deadlock, just as Alan wanted a better ending, the Word Bearers also wanted to make the ritual more perfect.

The Imperial Guard alone could only watch the Word Bearers succeed, but just as the Word Bearers could not imagine where the changes that helped them succeed came from, they could not imagine that the Cloud Hammer people did not belong to the human Empire at all, and actually found a way to destroy the ritual under such circumstances.

"As I've said before, this ritual uses the concept of Colchis, integrated into Isil, and then uses the Warp to replace the undestroyed Colchis of the 30th millennium with the 40th millennium." Luochen explained his solution to the situation. "What do you think would happen if we incorporated the concept of Colchis' destruction into the ritual before it's completed?"

A Wei: "The one that was exchanged was the destroyed Colchis?"

"Smart, Awei, but wrong. The destroyed Colchis will not be replaced because the destroyed Colchis already exists in 40k."

Luochen explained that in Warhammer 40k, time and space have the power of correction (GW's big hand). Small manipulation of time and space will not have any impact, but if you want to change the established history, you will inevitably be stopped.

Just like Caliban, the home planet of the Dark Angels, Azrael once wanted to change history to save his home planet, but when he traveled back in time, he instead contributed to the destruction of Caliban. The reason was that the concept of Caliban's destruction had become a historical inevitability, and the same was true for the destruction of Colchis.

The Word Bearers' replacement of 30k Colchis to 40k was a bug, because it did not change history. The destroyed Colchis still existed, but what if the one being replaced was the destroyed Colchis?

There are no two identical leaves in the world, and there will be no two identical concepts in the same space-time in the real universe, that is, there will not be two destroyed Colchis.

If the Word Bearers' ritual is compared to a program, the result is to replace the surviving Colchis. Adding the concept of destruction is equivalent to implanting a virus into the program. The virus disrupts the program's operation and triggers the anti-virus software, which directly deletes the infected code. Although the program will continue to run, it will never achieve the desired result.

Ou Ge: "It sounds simple enough, but where did we get the concept of the destruction of Colchis?"

"Brother Ou, isn't it you and Apu?" Luo Chen reminded the two.

Historically, Colchis has been destroyed twice, first by the Dark Angels, who turned it into a Death Star, and then by the Ultramarines, who blew it to pieces.

Apu: "Indeed, but Luochen, can you implant the concept?"

"Not at first, but the Word Bearers taught me."

Luochen analyzed not only the rituals, but also the spells of the Word Bearers. The spells that the traitors had studied for hundreds or even thousands of years were easily cracked and replicated by Luochen. This is the value of the top-of-the-line Thousand Sons.

Now that they knew how to stop the Word Bearers, everyone was ready to take action.

"If the Word Bearers' ritual is completed, what else will happen besides Colchis being replaced?" Awei Wen Luochen asked. He wanted to know what the bad ending would be.

Luochen told everyone the result of his prediction:

"Once the ritual is complete, the replaced Colchis will tear an unhealable warp rift in this system. Although it won't be as large as the Eye of Terror, it will become a new warp portal."

"Also, the concept of a homeworld holds special significance in Warhammer 40k. When Colchis reappears, a certain Daemon Primarch associated with it will gain a stable landing point, and the 40k universe will have a Daemon Primarch who can freely enter and exit reality."

After Luo Chen said this, everyone understood the seriousness of the matter. A demon primarch who can appear in the world at will, and it is Luo Jia, it is unimaginable what this guy can do.

Ah Wei: "What are you waiting for? Let's hurry up..."

"Wait a minute, I have something to say," Gloria interrupted. "During the space battle, I hacked into a Chaos warship. Guess what I found in their logbook?"

"Stop being a riddle man and just say it."

"Okay, one of the strike cruisers was named the Crown. It was Lucius's ship. They were the ones who destroyed Aitis."

Xianyu counted the people in front of him, a total of eighty-eight Khorne warriors. Every one of them looked at Xianyu as if they saw the radical daughter of a second son, which made Xianyu break out in a cold sweat.

Just when Xianyu thought a fight was about to begin, the Chaos Lord of Scarlet Blood Blade said:

"It's not time to fight yet. This is not a place for warriors to fight."

The Chaos Lord ordered his men to bring up eighty-eight selected mortal cultists, who were not sure if they were the mortal cultists that had been refreshed on time at 8 am, and divided them into eight groups and brought them to the designated location to be beheaded and bled.

The color of the blood-red barrier covering the area became darker, and Xianyu found that the scene around him had changed. The ruins of the buildings beside him were slowly disappearing, and it began to no longer seem like he was in the lower nest.

"What's going on?" Xianyu asked Gloria.

"Have you ever seen Yu-Gi-Oh? There's a magic card in it called Field Magic. That's what they're doing."

The Khorne warriors were unable to pull part of Khorne's domain into reality, so they had to settle for the next best thing: pulling a small piece of the Warp into reality through a ritual, and then using Khorne's power to construct a battlefield.

"Skyscraper-like?"

"That's understandable."

After knowing that there was no problem, Xianyu wanted to go up and start chopping, but he found that there was a circle of transparent barriers around him that trapped him, just to prevent him from starting a fight or escaping in advance.

Helpless, Xianyu had to sit on the ground and wait for a while. Seeing that the construction of the venue was very slow, he couldn't help but ask the Chaos Lord:

"How long do you want me to wait? Or why not just start fighting?"

"Eighty-eight minutes," the Chaos Lord replied. This was the time it took for the venue to be completed.

Xianyu wanted to finish the fight quickly and leave, and so did the Chaos Lord, but he had to follow the will of the Blood God and could only fight Xianyu after the venue was completed.

After knowing the time, Xianyu set an alarm and lay down on the ground to sleep. With the barrier, these Khorne warriors couldn't sneak attack him. It didn't matter if they could sneak attack him, as it was a good opportunity to start killing in advance.

While waiting at Xianyu's place, Bayar and Lanny Big Head also found Elio, who had regained his ability to move. After telling Elio what happened, Elio asked the two to take him to find Xianyu.

"A Tianshi warrior would never leave his companions alone in such a dangerous place."

Elio's life was saved by Xianyu. Now Xianyu is in danger, and he is determined to save him even at the cost of his own life.

Persuasion was fruitless, so Big Head and the other two had no choice but to follow Elio. If they left directly, it would be more likely to get into trouble. It would be better to stay with Elio. Even if they would die in the end, it would be better to die in battle with Astartes than to die in obscurity.

The three returned to the area where Xianyu was, and they saw the conspicuous blood-red barrier in the distance.

After getting closer, Elio reached out to touch the barrier and found that his hand was immersed in the barrier, which meant that he could enter.

"Are we really going in, my lord?" Bayard asked Elio. "We don't know what's going on in there."

"If you are afraid, you can go back and hide. If I don't come out after a day, you can tell the Tianshi War Group that I am dead."

After saying that, Elio plunged into the barrier.

Bayar and Lanny were silent. They wanted to answer that they might not be able to go back alive, but now they could only choose between moving forward and returning, and the outcome of either choice was unknown.

"What do you think?" Bayar looked at his companion who had lived with him until now.

"I'm ready to go in," Lanny replied.

"Are you sure?"

"Do we have any other choice? Rather than living in disgrace, we should move forward courageously."

Lani also walked into the barrier, leaving Bayar alone.

"Okay, if we're going to die, let's die together."

After scratching his head, Bayar ran into the barrier. He felt dizzy the moment he entered the barrier. When he came to his senses, he was already sitting in a seat, and Lanny and Elio were sitting next to him.

Bayar wanted to ask the two men where this place was, but they didn't know either.

After observing, Elio said:

"This is a gladiatorial arena."

"Arena?"