Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

While the battle was raging on the ground, deep underground in the Obelisk Plain of Cadia, Belisarius Caul was also conducting his research. After getting permission from the Lord of Creedburg, Caul successfully Arriving underground in the Obelisk Plain, he penetrated the wall of the bunker and found the core of the black stone here.

This is a huge inverted pyramid, with a strange black metal body protruding from the upper part of the cave, just like a building built by the designer after getting the wrong drawings.

Countless lines of green energy flickered and flowed on its surface. There was no doubt that this was what Caul was looking for on this trip, so he ordered his technical priests and servitors to build this camp.

In this underground scientific research camp, countless energy cables were pulled from the far bunker, and the headlights lit up the entire underground huge cave structure. Display screens and Mechanicum holographic equipment were deployed around the pyramid.

Among these research equipment, Caul, who was taller and larger than most priests, stood there, his face, the only one that retained human features, scanning the screens in front of him.

Countless data information and energy scanning maps scrolled on it. The servitors and servo skulls scanned the energy data of the inverted pyramid structure. The results surprised Caul.

He looked at the ever-changing energy display on it. The energy was as unpredictable as water. It seemed completely random and irregular. However, Caul made repeated calculations through the unimaginable data array in his mind, and finally found the After performing millions of calculations, he discovered the signature of these energies.

The energy expression of these obelisks is almost completely consistent with that of the subspace, and is almost completely unfounded. At first, Caul did not discover this, but he inadvertently paid attention to the battle on the surface. Celestine When summoning the Legion of the Damned, he examined the Warp energy field there out of curiosity and immediately discovered the similarity to the Black Stone.

The energy expression of the black stone obelisk is almost completely a mirror of the subspace energy field. It is like a person standing on both ends of the mirror. They are exactly the same. Their movements, expressions and any subtle changes in expressions are exactly the same. The only difference is that one person is Facing the mirror, one person is facing the mirror head-on.

"What a magical creation." Kaul said. Several of his robotic arms were operating on the computers around him. The cogitator engine was running at full speed and calculating energy changes. This was difficult, but Kaul still used his own computing power to supplement the energy. Got the error.

Caul's mechanical eyes scanned the screens, and the changes on them made him extremely obsessed. Even though he had lived through the clone, data transfer and storage for thousands of years, the things here still made Caul curious. and puzzled.

His fingers tapped the keyboard, constantly using the portable reactor function to inject powerful external energy into the obelisk's substructure. The reactor's energy was injected into it through several data cables connected to the ends of the pyramid.

Kaul continued to use external force to attack, interfere with and try to destroy the energy field of the obelisk, but he was surprised to find that its energy form was completely stable. No matter it was attacked from the physical energy level or the spiritual energy level by Hezhong, Its operation is still stable and conserved, just like it is easy to put everything into the water and then take it back.

"How magical." Kaul exclaimed. He bypassed the data platform and walked to the black inverted pyramid. His mechanical fingers touched its surface. The flowing black steel was cold and mysterious.

His mechanical eye rotated to scan its surface structure. The absolutely smooth surface had no dents or damage. Even if he increased the magnification by 50,000 times, its surface was still absolutely smooth, like a smooth water droplet.

Its surface molecules are completely locked, leaving not even a single gap. It is difficult to imagine how the obelisks on that desolate planet were destroyed before, and why Abaddon wanted to destroy these fascinating creations. .

The red light illuminated Kaul's robe and mechanical limbs. He turned his head and looked at the alarm. The warning red light and the piercing siren echoed throughout the underground space, just like the scream of doom.

"What happened? Report the data immediately." Kaul said and turned around. A technical priest walked up to Kaul. His face, which was mostly covered by machinery, looked at the data tablet in his hand and responded in a cold tone. Great sage.

"The Cadia air defense system has been invaded by electronic demons. All systems have been down and the air defense array has been paralyzed." The priest said word by word. He raised his head and looked at the face of the Great Sage. "According to the calculations of the command system, the The planet will fall within two hours if it loses its orbital counterattack capability."

"This result cannot be accepted. Repair the orbital defense system immediately." Caul said. He turned around and strode to a data terminal. The connection between the terminal and the Cadia defense system was originally used by Caul to pay attention to the surface of the earth. It's just a window into the progress of the war.

Now he looked at the electronic demon raging on it. Caul tried to repair the system, but decisively disconnected it in an instant. The electronic demon discovered Caul and swooped towards him along the data flow almost instantly. If If the Great Sage had not disconnected quickly, his data terminal might have been hacked.

Caul searched the database for the virus and soon discovered its presence in Imperial records, a deadly virus created by the Iron Warriors' warsmiths.

"Omnissiah, we must save Cadia until my research is completed." Caul said, holding the mechanical scepter. The terrifying orbital bombardment above his head had begun, and the cave was shaking with the explosion of cannonballs. Countless rubble fell.

Some of them hit some kind of metal object at any time. Call looked into the shadow listening to the strange impact sound and the strange footsteps.

A figure walked from the depths of the cave. He shook off the dust that fell on himself and walked out of the shadows. His completely mechanized body appeared in front of Caul, which almost instantly aroused the great sage's vigilance and hostility. .

"Necrons." Caul held the scepter tightly. He looked at the Necrons who appeared in front of him. His face flashed with green light accompanied by a weird laughter. This guy had a huge back. The shape of the crown looks completely different from that of its undead brethren.

"Hello, Great Sage, nice to see you here." Necromancer said with a smile. He walked out of the shadows and walked towards Caul. The Great Sage raised his scepter, and the skitarii beside him also All raised their weapons.

"Tarrazin the Endless." Caul said in his most murderous, hostile and frightening voice.

The undead showed no fear or displeasure. He walked towards Caul with a smile, "Don't worry, Great Sage, I'm here to help. I think you should treat your allies with friendship."

"I'm not what you said, alien." Kaul said seriously, his countless mechanical arms were raised, and long cutting razors stretched out from under the red robe.

The skitarii around him were also targeting the undead, but this alien that suddenly appeared alone was surprisingly calm. This made Kaul feel a little different and began to think about what he said.

"Why are you here, and what is your purpose?" Caul's mechanical voice asked, and the undead responded with a more human voice, "Help, because a friend asked for it."

"What kind of friend?" Caul continued to ask, and raised the Great Sage's scepter to signal him to stop. Trazin stopped. He chuckled and raised his mechanical finger to spin it. His wrists twisted in front of his eyes, as if he was performing some kind of acrobatics.

"Answer my question, alien! Before I blow you to pieces!" Caul warned, while Trazin calmly tapped the empire's data terminal computer with his finger. Almost instantly, all the electronic demons were wiped out, and the steel The demon virus that the Warriors were proud of was instantly disintegrated and destroyed.

"I said, I'm here to help. This is my first favor for you, and this is the second and most important one."

He flicked his finger and a data hard drive appeared, as if it was really conjured by magic.

"A friend, a mutual friend." "You and I have no mutual friends, Alien!" "No, Great Sage, but whether you understand it now or not, I will help, give."

Trazin handed the hard drive to Kaul, who looked at the hard drive and looked at Trazin suspiciously, "Could this be a trap?"

"No." "Why should I believe in an alien?" "Cardia is about to be captured. Great Sage, have you paid better attention? No? Then you can only accept it."

Kaul hesitated for a moment, then stretched out a long mechanical arm and reached over. Its wriggling mechanical structure opened and closed in front of Trazin like a snake. Then he grabbed the hard drive and quickly retracted it.

Belisarius Caul inserted the data hard disk into the reading interface. He created a safe isolation area and used one of the temporary personalities to process it. If it was invaded, it would be quickly discarded and deleted to ensure as much as possible. Host security.

But his worries were completely unnecessary, because there were indeed no viruses or attack programs in the hard drive, but a large series of dense information and data archives. He opened one of the data packets, and then half of the human face was revealed. It could be called an expression of surprise.

"This is the information of the Black Stone Obelisk. My people created them during the War in Heaven to suppress the power of the sea of ​​​​spiritual energy in the subspace, so as to better suppress the ancient saints and their servants."

Trazin explained thoughtfully. His face was covered by a large number of information windows in front of Kaul, but his explanation was still very helpful.

Caul scanned and read the data as quickly as possible, then closed all the windows and looked at Trazin in front of him, "It is precisely because of the existence of the obelisk that the Eye of Terror was blocked at the edge of the galaxy and pulled out A long physical corridor.”

"That's right, that's why it's called the Eye of Fear. In a sense, it's because of the existence of Cardia that the Eye of Fear appeared. And as you think, Great Sage, you can do it in reverse. The Obelisk suppresses and even tries to close the Eye of Terror.”

Kaul turned around without saying a word. He strode to the data terminal and used the knowledge he had just acquired to activate the obelisk. The constant energy field began to change rapidly, and countless energy structures began to rapidly expand and then collapse and contract. , and then repeat this, like a whirlpool.

The inverted pyramid structure all lit up, as did the surrounding obelisk structures protruding from the ground. Strings of green lights flickered on them. The powerful energy field even destroyed several Thinker data terminals.

Kaul stood in front of the control interface. The high-speed operating reactor hit the obelisk with regular energy, thus activating its energy field. Kaul looked aside, looking at the rapidly declining subspace energy map. Power is being suppressed! Even the Eye of Terror itself!

Violent vibrations rippled underground, and the Skitarii could hardly stand still. Amidst the flying sparks, Caul excitedly looked at the subspace data, which was rapidly collapsing, and the energy field in the obelisk expanded and contracted. It is squeezed and absorbed below.

"But there is a warning, you need to know, Great Sage." Trazin said and walked up, standing behind Caul, "Now you know that what I said is true, and thousands of advices are not as successful as one." Try, now I need to tell you another fact."

"The obelisk can indeed suppress the energy of subspace, and the demons on the surface will disappear as the power of subspace weakens. But for Abaddon, the main force he relies on in this battle is the Black Legion, and the traitor Space Marines , these existences do not require the maintenance of subspace power.”

"They can continue to attack, but for the empire, Celestine, who is currently maintaining the war situation, will lose his power, and the Cursed Legion will disappear immediately. Like the devil, the empire can only rely on the mortals of Cadia and a few The Black Templars and the Imperial Fists Space Marines fight against the hordes of destruction, which is tantamount to seeking death.”

As Trazin said, Caul turned his head and looked at the undead overlord. Electric sparks continued to spurt out around him. He stood there steadily and spoke calmly.

"You have two choices, Great Sage. You can abandon Cadia, abandon them, and let Abaddon slaughter them all. Taking Cadia will also destroy your fleet, your ark, and the ones on it. The treasure you carry, the treasure you must send to Macragge, but you can try to use the obelisk to directly and permanently close the Eye of Terror, but your commitment to Guilliman, and your ten thousand years of mission and responsibility will Falling short of success.”

"You can also choose to save them. Stop your attempts now, try to save Cardia and your compatriots, and send the destiny armor carried on your Mechanical Ark to Macragge to fulfill your duty thousands of years ago. Commitment, you need to make a choice.”

Caul watched Trazin remain silent, and the Necromancer looked at him. The Great Sage did not answer immediately, but Trazin nodded silently, then turned and walked into the shadows.

Once again, a Dimensional Rubik's Cube appeared in his hand like magic, and he gradually walked away, "I will buy you time, but you need to make a decision as soon as possible, Great Sage."

Kaul stood in the constantly shaking underground cave. He looked at the operation interface in front of him, his fingers hovering over the power button. He needed to make a choice. Is he going to risk destroying all his efforts over the past ten thousand years and close the Eye of Terror? , it is better to give up this opportunity and break through the siege to fulfill his promise with Guilliman.

He must make a choice, a choice that determines the fate of the entire galaxy.