The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

Ground vehicles range from the 30k Sikaran to the 40k Lander, as well as the hovercraft of the Primaris Space Marines, and even the rocket-powered vehicles used by the Astra Militarum, but these things are not used in space.

In addition to the most common Thunderhawk, there is of course the antique Stormbird from the Great Crusade period, as well as some subsequent flying vehicles named after storms, such as the Raven Blackstar and other specialized vehicles that can be used.

Among the many flying vehicles, Apu and Luochen still chose the Thunderhawk. The reason is simple. As the most commonly used flying vehicle by Space Marines in the 40k era, the reliability of the Thunderhawk is needless to say.

Apu jumped into the cockpit of the Thunderhawk gunship, and Luochen asked below:

"Can you fly a plane?"

"will not."

"Then why are you going in there? Get out!"

"If you tell me to leave, I'll leave. Wouldn't that be embarrassing for me?"

"Actually, I have implanted the knowledge to control all vehicles in your brains. If you don't want to drive, I can do it." Gloria said to the two.

All vehicles on the ship can be controlled by Gloria. It can be said that Gloria is the soul of all mechanical creations on the ship, including the power armor and weapons on everyone.

"How do I know what these instruments do? Luochen, get on board quickly!" Apu couldn't wait to get started himself.

"Byd, I don't trust you. Let Gloria drive."

"I'm a six-year veteran driver, trust me."

"Didn't you say you haven't driven a car much since you got your license? And what's the use of a pilot's license for flying a plane?"

Despite Luochen's firm opposition, the Thunderhawk gunboat was handed over to Gloria to drive, and Apu sat obediently in the cockpit watching Gloria teach him how to operate it.

The Thunderhawk gunship flew out of the hangar and flew towards the Eyeless Winged Serpent. While the three boarding crew members were killing people on the ship, Gloria was invading the Eyeless Winged Serpent's system (machine soul). Now Gloria has completely taken over the Eyeless Winged Serpent.

The hangar door of the Eyeless Winged Serpent opened at Gloria's command, and the Thunderhawk gunboat entered the hangar and landed smoothly on the deck.

Apu and Luochen left the Thunderhawk gunship and began to contact the three people on the Eyeless Winged Snake.

"Are you all here? I just left the lower deck and took the elevator to the bridge. I have cleared all the enemies below. I haven't contacted Xianyu and Ou Ge yet." Eryu was the first to reply.

Just as the two were about to contact Xianyu and Ou Ge, Ou Ge's anxious voice rang out in the communication channel:

"Where are you all?! Come to the command deck and help! There's an emergency here at Xianyu!"

"what!?"

Apoo and Luochen looked at each other in bewilderment. How could a fully armed Astartes, wearing Hades-type Terminator armor and several layers of shields, get into trouble on a pirate ship? Could these pirates have hidden some high-tech gadget to kill them?

"We'll be right there. What happened?"

"Xianyu is thirsty for blood!"

"what???"

"It's still dark and angry!"

"ah----!!!???"

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Let’s go back to the time when Xianyu was just teleported to the Eyeless Winged Serpent. He was in charge of the upper part of the ship, which meant he was going to raid the bridge.

After dealing with the last few pirates, Xianyu was also affected by his first kill. No matter how much he liked to play hell jokes, his conscience as a human being would be shocked at this time.

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Xianyu did not accept Gloria's suggestion to block his feelings. He comforted himself and slowly adjusted his mentality.

Advancing all the way to the command deck, most of the pirates he encountered on the way didn't even have the courage to fight with Xianyu. Xianyu used his lightning claws to tear apart a pirate who rushed towards him like crazy, and he felt more and more that there was something in his body.

Xianyu vaguely felt it when he was being teleported. Just when he was about to ask Gloria, he was teleported to the Eyeless Winged Serpent. Because he had to clean up the pirates, he didn't ask right away. Now that he found that these pirates posed no threat to him, Xianyu could spare the time to ask Gloria what was going on.

"Gloria, why do I feel like there are two switches in my body?"

"Switch? I see. Those are two genetic defects of the Blood Angels. The underlying code of these two genetic defects cannot be changed, so I modified them and made two switchable buffs." Gloria replied.

"genetic defect?"

Xianyu remembered that both Apu and Ou Ge mentioned that some Space Marines had genetic defects, but he didn't know what they were specifically. However, Gloria used the word "buff" to describe them, so these defects were not entirely negative.

"What are the effects of these two buffs?"

"Both of the Blood Angels' genetic defects can significantly enhance combat effectiveness, but at the cost of diminishing and losing sanity."

"Isn't this the Berserker buff?" Xianyu felt that he completely understood it. The Berserker buff on the battlefield is equivalent to having no side effects, and it can be turned on and off at will. It is basically a purely positive effect.

Xianyu and Gloria chatted all the way to the outside of Cambridge. A protective gate was lowered in front of the entrance of Cambridge. Xianyu listened in front of the protective gate.

"Is the front the final destination?"

"Ahead is the bridge. The commander of this ship is inside."

"Then I want to try these two buffs." Xianyu was ready to use his two skills, otherwise he would have to wait until the next battle to use them.

"Are you sure?"

"Skills are meant to be used. Once I get in, I'll activate both buffs."

"Okay, I'll teach you how to activate these two genetic defects. Please remember to turn them off in time."

While listening to Gloria's teaching, Xianyu placed a thermite bomb on the safety door, stepped back a distance and detonated the bomb, directly blowing a big hole in the protective door.

He tore open the hatch of the bridge, walked in and stood at the exit, making sure that the people inside could not get out. Then he turned on the two switches in his body.

"Berserker, activate!"

The moment it was opened, Xianyu felt a black flame burning in his vision. Everything he had just seen had changed. Those ordinary people turned into bald men wearing power armor and Space Marines from unknown regiments. There were also some strange and valuable items mixed in, and the surrounding environment had become a gloomy and strange place.

Why do you feel a little thirsty?

Xianyu didn't care about the feeling of thirst. He saw a bald man walking towards him, baring his teeth and claws in front of him. Before Xianyu could react, he used his body and claws to toss the bald man to pieces.

Or auto-battle?

Xianyu's current state is like a person sitting in a movie theater. The remote control in his hand can end the movie at any time. It would be even better if he had Coke and popcorn in his hand.

Xianyu, who was in the right state, instantly slaughtered everyone in the bridge at a speed that ordinary people could not react to. This efficiency was much faster than Xianyu's own operation.

After the massacre, Xianyu took off his helmet. Not knowing what would happen next, he felt something fishy touch his mouth, and a liquid with a rusty taste entered his mouth.

What are you eating?

Xianyu, who found something wrong, immediately turned off the two skills. His consciousness returned to his body, and then he saw that he was holding a half-dead body in his hand, and the blood that flowed out of the body was what he drank.

"What are you doing, salty fish!?"

At the entrance of the bridge, Brother Ou had been standing at the door at some point, but Xianyu didn't hear Brother Ou's voice. He only felt his stomach churning and an uncontrollable urge to vomit came up.

Unable to bear it, and not wanting to bear it, Xianyu knelt down on the ground and tried to vomit out everything in his stomach.

yue——!

(This chapter is also known as, The Miraculous Switch of Salted Fish)

Chapter 9: The Forty-first Millennium

Apu and Luochen met up with Eryu halfway. The three of them hurried to the bridge. As soon as they entered, they saw corpses all over the floor that could be described as having been slaughtered. Brother Ou was patting Xianyu's back inside, hoping to make him feel a little better.

The three of them walked over to Ou Ge and Xianyu, and Apu asked:

"What's going on? Didn't they say salted fish blood thirst + black rage?"

"I don't know either. When I came over here, I saw Xianyu standing there, shouting Horus and drinking blood."

After blocking his emotions, Brother Ou quickly killed all the pirates on the middle level. After recovering his emotions, he felt sick for a while due to the aftereffects of his first murder. After a short rest, Brother Ou rushed directly to the command deck to support Xianyu.

When he arrived at the command deck and saw the corpses all over the ground, Brother Ou realized that Xianyu had already rushed to the bridge. When Brother Ou rushed to the bridge, he saw a scene that frightened him, but Brother Ou quickly turned around and realized that Xianyu was thirsty for blood and angry.

While Brother Ou was thinking about whether to forcibly stop Xianyu, Xianyu just woke up from his blood thirst and black anger, and then began to crawl on the ground and vomit. At this time, Apu and Luochen also sent a communication. After informing them of the situation, Brother Ou went up and began to comfort Xianyu.

"What's going on?"

Luochen was also puzzled. Logically speaking, only veterans who had experienced long battles were more likely to trigger blood thirst and black rage. Xianyu had only been an Astartes for less than a day, so how could he have both problems?

"I can tell you what happened."

When everyone was confused, Gloria told everyone the whole story. She changed the two major genetic defects of the Blood Angels into switchable ones, and also reminded Xianyu to shut down in time.

"Awesome, you stinky salted fish! You really dare to open Black Rage and Blood Thirst together."

Apu and Luochen looked at Xianyu, whose face was covered in blood, and gave him a thumbs up.

"You're just saying those sarcastic words. I didn't know the side effects would be like this." Xianyu really wanted to stuff the body parts on the ground into Apu and Luochen's mouths and let them experience what it felt like.

Luochen: "At least you should ask Brother Ou or us. You don't understand the pitfalls of the Space Marine genes."

Apu: "Xianyu, you should be thankful that no one here believes in Nurgle, otherwise it wouldn't be blood if it got into your mouth."

"I'm going to kill you." Xianyu jumped up and gave Apu and Luochen each a big flying kick. As he knew the Middle Ages, he certainly knew what the hell Nurgle was.

Seeing that Xianyu had recovered some spirits, everyone felt relieved.

"Is it all over?" Eryu asked.

"The entire ship has been cleared, with only a few pirates hiding in some corners."

Gloria reported the situation to everyone, and she also sorted out all the information in the Eyeless Winged Serpent.

"Then can we go and loot the loot?" Luo Chen couldn't wait to see what was on the ship.

"Look at how poor these pirates are. What good things can be on this ship?" Brother Ou didn't have any expectations for the things on this ship. These pirates hadn't even taken out a thermal bomb along the way.

"It always pays to go and take a look, Gloria. Do you have a map of this ship?" Luochen asked Gloria.

"Sent to your helmet."

"Is there anyone who wants to go together?" Luo Chen looked at the others.

"We're free anyway, so let's go take a look."

Brother Ou and Luochen went to the warehouse together. What if there really was some good stuff? Eryu thought about it and followed them. Xianyu wanted to wait a little longer, and Apu had something important to do.

Apu needs to determine the time and place they are. The pirate ship has the navigation log and star map he needs. Only by knowing this information can he find a way to participate in or avoid major events in the Warhammer 40k universe.

"Gloria, help me retrieve this ship's log and star chart."

"immediately."

The navigation log of the Eyeless Winged Serpent was sent to Apu's helmet, and the star map was directly projected by Gloria into Cambridge.

Apu began to check the navigation log of the Eyeless Winged Serpent. The time marked on the last log was M41.101, which was the 41st year of the 101st millennium (40101).

"The forty-first millennium..."

The 40st millennium can be said to be one of the two most important millennia in the Warhammer 31k universe (M41 and M40). But from the perspective of the Warhammer 41k IP, M40 is the starting point of the Warhammer k universe. Countless events, large and small, took place in this millennium, and several important races also stepped onto the galactic stage in this millennium.

The most famous and important event of M41 is undoubtedly the th Black Crusade, launched by our invincible, invincible, mightiest, most powerful, domineering, evil, and coolest Warmaster of Chaos, Abaddon. In this battle, Abaddon destroyed the fortress world of Cadia before the Eye of Terror, causing the Great Rift to open and tear apart the entire galaxy. The Dark Ages/Age of Indomitable began.

Apu tried hard to recall the famous events that happened in M41, but apart from a few well-known major events, he knew nothing about other things. It was too difficult for a cloud hammer to understand the details of the major and minor events written in at least hundreds of books.

"I remember there was an incident that happened in the early days of M41. What was it?" Apu flipped through his memories. He was sure that there was a famous incident that happened in the early days of M41.

"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. I'll ask Brother Ou and Luochen later."

Without thinking about those major events for now, Apu began to check the projected star map. This star map did not include the entire Milky Way, and the pirates did not need such a large star map.

"Storm Star Field, Lothric Star Region?" Through this star map that had not been updated for who knows how many years, Apu finally determined his location.

The Imperium of Man divides the Milky Way into five major star regions. The center of the plane is the Solar Segmentum, where the core of the Empire and the throne world - Terra (Earth) are located. To the north is the Vague Segmentum, where Cadia and the Eye of Terror are located. To the east is the Ultramarines Segmentum, which has the most Imperial worlds and is home to Macragge, the home world of the Ultramarines. To the south is the Tempest Segmentum, and to the west is the Pacific Segmentum.

From the brief introduction, you can tell that Stormwind and Taiping are relatively transparent compared to the other three star fields. Compared to the wars in the Nebulous and Ultramarine, Stormwind and Taiping can barely be described as calm. After all, there is no truly peaceful place in the Warhammer 40k universe. But even in the relative peace, major events that were recorded in the history of the empire occurred in Stormwind and Taiping in M41.

In the Storm Star Field, the most famous planet is probably Krieg. This planet is the home planet of the Empire's famous Astra Militarum - Krieg's Death Korps. The home planet of the Raven Guard, Deliverance, is also in the Storm Star Field.

"Isn't this star map too small?"

Although we can tell from the star map that it is the Storm Star Domain, the scope of this star map is only Loriks and several surrounding star regions. With this star map, let alone roaming the Milky Way, we can't even travel through the entire Storm Star Domain.

Apu asked Gloria if she had any other star maps, and Gloria said this was the only one.

"How do we do this? We need to get a new star map."

Seeing Apu's sad face, Xianyu asked:

"What happened?"

"Nothing much, just that the harvest was not satisfactory. I'll talk about it when I get back."

Apu contacted the three people who went to the ship warehouse and asked them to gather at Thunder Eagle after finishing their work. He took Xianyu back to Thunder Eagle first.