As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

The Chaos Space Marines, who had only suffered minor injuries, seemed to mock the futile resistance of these mortals.

Finally, the commander of the position realized why the previous calls for help had fallen on deaf ears, because they were the only salient still holding on on the entire front, and now it was their turn.

Now, the best tactic is not to continue fighting, but to retreat immediately. The front line has collapsed and the loss of position is inevitable. He must preserve as much manpower as possible and leave survivors to convey the existence of Chaos Space Marines to the rear defense line.

So, after the commander personally appeared to attract the attention of the Chaos Space Marines and led the guards into the ammunition depot, the commander's adjutant ordered the troops to retreat in a dispersed manner.

This naturally included Zhang Ge, who went to the rear armory to collect equipment and was unable to cross the crowded trenches to reach the front line until the retreat order was issued.

"Damn insects!"

Zhang Ge cursed, even though he didn't know that the commander himself did not run away, but went into the ammunition depot to delay time and exchange one for one, but even if he knew it, he would not change his words, and his personal emotions were somewhat affected.

After all, this was the closest Zhang Ge had ever come to a natural death. Meeting a Chaos Space Marine? Most Astra Militarum soldiers would never have this opportunity in their lifetime.

"It would be a waste to keep these people here."

Sister Amelia said this and glanced at Zhang Ge, who immediately understood what she meant.

"...Okay, go ahead."

As soon as Zhang Ge finished speaking, Sister Amelia sheathed the sword in her right hand.

She stretched out her hand, and like in the underground cave, she grabbed the back collar of Zhang Ge's armor and pulled him, and rushed to the vehicle location they had been to before at an extremely fast speed, allowing Zhang Ge to once again experience the feeling of a simplified version of a flying man.

P.S.: Two more chapters. I'm just a bunch of trash readers, so I guess I can handle it.

Chapter 22: The Fake Captain

Even with Zhang Ge, Sister Amelia ran much faster than he could have. After finding the servant, the two asked for the direction of the car and quickly arrived at the vehicle that Ernesto had agreed to lend them.

This is a four-wheeled sedan. In addition to the family emblem that is still prominently displayed, the car is also equipped with armor plates and grille armor all around. As for things like purity marks and mechanical prayers, they are just like pendants that are free of charge.

However, the most important thing is that this car has a heavy grenade gun turret on the roof, which can be operated by the co-pilot, greatly improving the safety factor.

It also goes against Zhang Ge's wishes.

No, brother, as a noble, shouldn’t your car be a flashy sports car? Why does it look like a small armored vehicle?

But despite complaining in his heart, Zhang Ge still came to the driver's seat of the vehicle.

"Wait a minute, this kind of car should have a lock, and we don't have the key."

The key is most likely with the servant.

As Zhang Ge was speaking, he thought to himself and casually put his hand into the door handle and pulled it.

As his fingers looped into the handle, the car body suddenly shook violently, and the door was pulled open without any hindrance. At the same time, the engine roared without even starting.

As if deliberately showing off its surging power, the vehicle and its entire body began to vibrate slightly.

Is the anti-theft awareness so poor?

Zhang Ge had no choice but to continue complaining in his heart, then he bent down and got into the driver's seat.

As he closed the car door, Sister Amelia was already sitting in the passenger seat.

In the rear, the sound of the vehicles did not block out the noise of the ongoing killing, and further away, the cultists launched a new round of attacks. Now that the entire position was shattered, it was no longer possible to counterattack their momentum.

It's only a matter of time before the defense collapses.

But inside the car, Zhang Ge faced a new problem: how to drive this car?

Although he knew how to drive a car, the problem was how to operate it... Besides the steering wheel, Zhang Ge was confused as to what the other parts were used for... Why was there a button labeled "Scripture"?

However, the nun didn't seem to notice this problem. She thought Zhang Ge didn't know the way to the convent, so she said:

"I'll show you the way later. Now just drive forward and get out of here."

"Ah," Zhang Ge was about to confess when he realized the car suddenly unleashed itself without him doing anything. The tires spun like crazy, sending the entire car careening off. "Ah, got it."

He operated the steering wheel from time to time and found that he could control the direction normally. He just didn't know why it could start spontaneously just now. Could it be voice input?

Noble things are so high-end, I don’t understand.

Sighing in his heart, Zhang Ge, who had never seen other civilian cars, accepted the setting of voice operation module in high-end civilian cars with peace of mind.

At the same time, on the outside of the car, the family emblem that originally belonged to Ernesto was erased at some point, and those pure marks were shaken off the car body as if they were disgusted.

In the rear, the position was gradually moving away. The Chaos Space Marines who were killing noticed the fleeing vehicle, but they had no intention of giving up on the enemies around them and chasing them. In their eyes, there was no need to catch a fleeing "noble".

After all, many nobles are potential stocks for Slaanesh, and if they are released back, their contribution to Slaanesh may be even greater.

Soon, the vehicle drove out of the danger zone, and if you look back, you can no longer see the position.

"Drive slower."

After a short while, "watching" the scene on both sides passing by at an increasingly faster speed, the nun realized something was wrong and spoke up.

While it's understandable that civilian vehicles, even when armed and armored, are still faster than specialized armored vehicles, isn't this vehicle's speed a bit abnormally fast?

Driving at this speed in bad terrain, if the car hits an obstacle like a big rock, it is very likely that the whole car will fly away. Although the expected bumps were not felt, Sister Amelia still gave a warning just in case.

"Ahaha, okay, ahem, slow down...keep the speed."

After Zhang Ge asked to slow down, the vehicle began to slow down at a uniform rate until he shouted to stop.

"?"

Although Sister Amelia had seen situations where communication with machine spirits could be achieved through language alone, that was only after complicated procedures and prayers, and the communication was conducted by a group of people who were most proficient in mechanical mechanisms. This was a way of making requests just like chatting with friends, and they were actually met.

It's a bit beyond my comprehension.

But then I thought about how Zhang Ge was able to take out a dazzling holy cross from his waist pocket, and this extraordinary thing didn't seem so unacceptable.

So, Sister Amelia swallowed her question. After seeing the huge rock that served as a reference point, she pointed in a direction and said:

"Go that way."

"clear."

As the wheels turned, time passed by minute by minute, the sunlight in the sky gradually faded, and night enveloped the earth.

Due to the uncontrolled development of the Mechanicus, not only the environment but even the atmosphere has been severely damaged.

This results in the entire planet having poor heat storage capacity. Moreover, a large part of the sunlight during the day is blocked by thick clouds, and the amount of heat that can reach the surface is relatively small. Coupled with some other additional conditions, it ultimately leads to extreme cold at night.

Sister Amelia didn't care, but Zhang Ge's carapace was not a high-end product like the Storm Troopers. Even if he put on the helmet, it could not withstand the invasion of extreme environment. It could not withstand such cold for a long time, and there was no air conditioning in the car.

Therefore, the two had no choice but to find a place to stop and rest, and make a fire to keep warm.

Of course, although there seemed to be no enemies here, it was actually still within the war zone, so it was naturally impossible to use open flames. Therefore, Zhang Ge took the trouble to dig a smokeless stove. Fortunately, the engineer shovel dug the ground as easily as cutting tofu, and it didn't take much time.

Zhang Ge lay on the fire lit with the portable fuel in his waist bag through the soil, eating the food in his combat ration bag while feeling the temperature gradually rising.

The nun knelt not far away and prayed silently.

After Zhang Ge had almost finished eating, Sister Amelia took the initiative to speak:

"I'm leaving."

Zhang Ge naturally had no objection. Besides, he guessed that the other party didn't mean to ask for his opinion, but just to inform him, so he just nodded to show that he heard it.

After a while, she came back with an officer's coat in her hand.

"Put it on, we have to keep going."

When Zhang Ge took it and looked at it, he found that his rank was quite high, that of a captain. It was probably taken from a dead person. However, he did not have any psychological burden. With the help of Sister Amelia, he quickly put on and took off a round of armor and put on the coat inside.

P.S.: Do you have food? *Catch a reader and ask, Do you have food? *Catch a reader and ask, Do you have food? *Catch a reader and ask.

Chapter 23: Congregation of the Holy Martyrs

After putting on that coat, the temperature quickly became much more bearable.

Before leaving, the two spent some time covering up the traces of this place. After returning to the car, Zhang Ge started the car and asked:

"How many of your Order are there in the area we're heading to? I mean the Sisters of Battle."

“Originally, there were more than a thousand people.”

"Will there be any overseas assignments after the war?"

"of course."

More than a thousand rigorously trained women wearing force-feeding power armor may sound like a lot, but compared to the base number of the Astra Militarum and its enemies, if they were dispersed, they would soon disappear like a stone thrown into a pond.

But this is not the most fatal part. The key is that the enemy can reversely deduce the approximate location of the order by interrogating the soldiers and officers of the troops that have received combat sisters.

It doesn't matter even if there is only a corpse. Space Marines can directly obtain part of the memory of the deceased by eating the brain.

The evil gods are like goblins who choose female knights. The more arrogant and pure the female knight is, the more they like her.

The Sisters of Battle were undoubtedly a perfect target. They were neither as strong as the Space Marines, nor pleasing enough to the evil gods. Even if they could not be corrupted, taking their lives and defiling their temples would also be enough to please the evil gods.

This goal was particularly tempting during wartime when temporary monasteries were being established on the front lines and large numbers of combatants were being deployed abroad, making them particularly vulnerable.

"Can you guarantee that the Order will not be destroyed by the blasphemers from the Warp before the front lines are defeated?"

"..."

Sister Amelia was silent for a long time. After a long while, she continued:

"There is a great nun mentor there, she is very strong."

The Grand Sister is a nun commander of extremely high status. A Grand Sister Mistress usually commands thousands of combat sisters. In terms of numbers alone, she is able to match an entire Codex Space Marine Regiment.

But then again, the fighting power of the nuns is far weaker than that of the Space Marines. It is already difficult for the Grand Sister to fight against ordinary Chaos Space Marine veterans, let alone a full-fledged Chaos Space Marine?

However, since Sister Amelia had already made such a guarantee, Zhang Ge naturally would not raise any objections just to give himself the upper-level insurance that he was "not seeking death on purpose."

In the silence between the two, the scene outside the window changed again. After driving for more than an hour, a building finally appeared from the distant horizon and appeared in Zhang Ge's eyes.

First of all, there is a huge sign. A sign in front of the church shows who this place belongs to - the Monastery of the Saints and the Martyrs of the Order.

The former is one of the two current monasteries of combat nuns in the empire, and the latter is one of the six major orders under the two monasteries. All orders of combat nuns other than the six major orders are actually branches of the six major orders.

This should be one of the planetary branches of the Order of the Holy Martyrs.

Such a heavyweight status made Zhang Ge's heart, which had finally been relieved, become anxious again.

As we got closer, more details of the church gradually emerged. Although it was just a temporary location for mobilizing troops and used as a front-line command, materials were still being piled up here without caring about the cost.

In addition to the two layers of all-metal walls, the parapet and the main outer wall, the main body of the church also has a large number of firing points for heavy weapons such as heavy bombs and laser cannons. Even heavier fixed artillery and anti-aircraft guns can be seen everywhere.

Even if we put aside these fixed defense facilities, the large number of vehicles parked neatly within the main outer wall are enough to demonstrate its power.

Although most of the above contents are obscured by the night, just from the two rings of city walls and the thick outline of the main body, one can fully realize its strict defense.

It looks more like a military fortress than a church.

That is why, as Zhang Ge drove the car closer to the church, Sister Amelia's expression became a little ugly.

"parking."

When they came to a low-lying area that could serve as shelter, she took the initiative to speak, and Zhang Ge nodded and stopped the car.

There were no patrols or sentries, which was strange; logically, they would have been intercepted long before the church came into visual range.

But now there was nothing, so at this distance, Sister Amelia could no longer deceive herself. She threw away her hope and prepared for the worst.

However, she had no intention of asking Zhang Ge to continue with her. Zhang Ge had come with her for the purpose of purification, investigation, and shelter, and had no obligation to do such a dangerous thing with her.

"After I passed, you drove in the opposite direction, and then..."

Zhang Ge felt something was wrong as soon as he heard the beginning, and before she finished speaking, he organized his words to interrupt her:

"I'm a soldier first."

After the interruption, he continued:

"You place so much importance on the lives of those so-called blessed that you overlook the fact that simply running away will not earn the Emperor's attention. Now, tell me your plan."

"No, I just..." Sister Amelia was about to defend herself, but she quickly realized that now was not the time to waste time on this. She said instead, "The order's defenses are intact. If we want to get closer, we can only risk crossing the fire blockade."

Zhang Ge shrugged and said:

"What great news."