Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

The crimson intra-atmospheric shuttle flew over the ruined hive city, like a bird flying between withered trees, passing through the toppled, collapsed and forgotten ruins.

This city, everything here was burned to the ground in the battle to defend Terra many years ago. Demons and traitors passed through this land, and all that was left were these ruins.

It takes many, many years to rebuild a hive city. It may take generations and centuries to repopulate the population and rebuild everything in the past. It is a huge project, even for Holy Terra. The same is true for words.

And that's not the worst part, the ruins and rubble? Humph, this is not the most troublesome. The most troublesome thing is these underground hive areas. With the disappearance of the empire's law enforcement force, they will become lawless places in a short period of time, and a large number of refugees will enter the original hives. Urban residents will allow gangs to thrive.

The collapse of order was rapid and complete, but rebuilding it is another matter entirely. This requires massive resources and, more importantly, more soldiers and weapons. For any imperial world, this is These are almost impossible tasks.

And there is the destination of Vito's trip. Hey, he didn't choose the meeting place, right? Vito looked at the collapsed tall buildings outside, shrugged, and gently pushed down the joystick. The shuttle roared from among the ruins and escaped into the sky filled with factory smoke.

Soon, they emerged from the other end and rushed out of the smoke-filled sky. It was as if they had arrived in another world in an instant. The ruins were replaced by familiar city buildings. Towering buildings and churches stood everywhere, rising. The thick smoke from the factory looks like towering trees.

The shuttle passed between the buildings and came to a huge pit. It was an extremely huge pit in the ground. It went deep into the ground. A large number of transport aircraft and civilian ships were rising and landing in it, traveling to and from the upper levels of the hive city. between the lower level.

Vito gently lowered the altitude lever, and the shuttle came down. He fell into the big hole from the air, and slowly sank down together with the surrounding ships.

But soon, they left the team of diving ships, and the shuttle flew to the circular street on the cliff of the pit. There was a huge private landing pad there. Unlike the public star port, there was no such thing. It's so wide, but it's enough to stop the shuttle.

And what's even better, it can only stop one at a time. The shuttle landed on the deck, and strong airflow swept in from outside the gate. An old man wearing a work vest and a toolbox hanging on his waist came out. He lifted His own robotic arm is blocking his face.

"Hey, this is not an airport, this is a maintenance shop." "I know, take it, this money is enough for you to find some good things for this ship, don't use such low-level rags to deal with me, if I take off Just blow up the cylinder and I’ll come back and blow your head off.”

The man who walked out of the cabin threw a cash card to the old man. The latter caught it and looked at the guy wearing a bolt gun. A mercenary?

"Your name?" "I believe this can make you ignore this." He said and took out a few golden imperial gold coins from his arms. He gave them to the old man and then passed by him. , the old man looked at him, and then at the companions following him.

"Priest Mechanicus? Why don't you let him repair the ship?" "That's why I pay you. Don't you want to fight for the money? Do you? Then stop asking questions."

The maintenance man glanced at the bolter on his waist, raised his hands to signal, then put away the cash card and walked towards the shuttle with the tool box on his waist.

At the door of the store, he walked out of the door on the side of the store facing the street with a bolt gun in hand, and came to the circular street outside. It was built based on the deep pits that went deep into the ground, layer after layer. lined up.

"Put on your hat and zip up your clothes. Although there are a lot of Mechanicus people here, believe me, you don't want to say hello to them."

As he spoke, Omega behind him put on his hood and hid his mechanical face under the brim. He looked around at the crowded streets, "Where are we going?"

"It's further down, but we have to find a way to get down first." "Take the orbital elevator, can't you?" "Look where." Vito said and pointed to the far side of the street. Omega looked over and saw the enclosed There was a warning cord outside the gate of the orbital elevator, and a sign was nailed to the wall beside it.

It said that due to the rampant crime in the Lower Nest, as well as the hidden mutants and heretics, all the passages leading to the Lower Nest were closed from now on, and at the door, there were two vicious Justice Ministry judges guarding and warning. Anyone passing by should not challenge what is said.

"How are we going to get down?" Omega turned around. He knew that the shuttle could not land. Vito kicked his hands in his pockets and looked around this street with a lot of people, jumping between the shops. Soon he stopped.

Vito walked towards the cliff on one side of the street. At the edge of the street, there was a child with a dirty face and a backpack full of things, surrounded by several people who were bigger than him. No, It was hard to tell that those guys were members of a gang.

"You brat, I told you to take your things out, but you stole Petliura's things!" One of the men with a long, thin horse face and a unique cockscomb hairstyle said and pushed hard with his hand. He scolded the child with a dirty face, but the latter scolded him back without any sign of weakness.

"Fuck you, you idiots from the Gear Gang, this street doesn't belong to you! If you can, go tell the law enforcement officer and tell him that this is yours. Let's see how he answers you."

"You low-level little rat, everyone knows this is the territory of the Gear Gang, and you are stealing things on our territory! Hand over the things, or I will knock out your teeth!"

Another gangster said. He had a mechanical arm equipped with inferior mechanical parts. There was a veritable gear tattooed on his upper arm. It creaked when it moved. He pushed the child's shoulder hard all at once. He hit the guardrail on the side of the street backwards, and there was an abyss below.

"Give us your stuff, or we'll throw you down and beat you to a pulp!" "You can't talk nonsense to him, just bring it over and that's it. Then we'll punish him again so that he can remember it for a long time. Come here." ! You dirty rat."

As the man with the cockscomb head said, he reached out to grab the kid, who bit his hand all of a sudden. He screamed and then pulled his hand back. He pulled out a rusty steel pipe from his waist in annoyance, " You stinky rat!"

He picked up the steel pipe and smashed it down, but suddenly stopped in mid-air. His hand was firmly fixed in the air. The horse-faced man tugged on the steel pipe until it stopped, and then turned his head to look at the person behind him. Vito, he stood there, completely ignoring the young gangster in front of him, and his companions looking at the child.

"What's in your bag?" "What does this have to do with you?" The child sniffled and yelled back in the strongest way a child could, but Vito looked at him calmly and pointed. Checked the contents of the bag.

"I'm looking for things that can only be found in the lower nest. To put it simply, I will buy those things." "Hey! You idiot, this is something from the Gear Gang!" The robot arm gangster on the side yelled, and went up He leaned forward, but Vito didn't even bother to look at him.

"Are you selling?" he continued to ask the kid, who looked at Vito with a strange expression and sniffed his nose, "Yes, but you need to tell them to get out first, so that we can negotiate a business deal." ”

"I agree, are you willing to leave?" "You want my answer? This is my answer, you idiot!" Another gangster yelled, grabbed a pipe and hit it, and Vito dodged sideways. He dodged over, then grabbed the pipe and twisted it directly to the guy's anti-joint position.

The gangster screamed, and after letting go of his hand, Vito grabbed the steel rod and hit him with his backhand on the face where he was about to curse when he came back. His mouth was filled with blood and he spat out his teeth. fell to the ground.

Another accomplice behind him roared and rushed up. Vito hit him on the waist with a stick. When he clutched his ribs and gasped, Vito grabbed the steel stick and hit him on the side. On the back of the head, and then a backhand hit on the fist of the gangster beside him whose wrist he grabbed.

The glove made of his flesh collided with the steel rod. As he screamed, Vito hit him in the face with his elbow, causing him to take several steps back.

Vito looked at him, then looked back calmly at the Iron Fist gangster rushing behind him. A small knife popped out of his mechanical arm and he stabbed Vito in the face. The child stared at the knife. Eyes, "Hey! You!"

Before he finished shouting, Vito had already dodged sideways and grabbed the guy's mechanical arm with his backhand. The steel rod was suddenly raised and slapped on his back. The guy screamed, and then Vito came again. A few sticks hit him like a dog, causing him to retreat repeatedly.

"You idiot! I'm going to rip your throat out!" He roared and prepared to step forward, but found that his arm was unresponsive, as if nothing existed there, and in fact, it was indeed the case.

His robotic arm fell to the ground with a clanking sound. The gangster looked back and saw Omega behind him looking at the robotic arm. He lifted himself up and lowered the hand that ejected the screw gun, "Really, Terrible stuff, you should get a better one.”

"Who do you think you are?!" "I believe that my suggestions are very professional." "Omega, you have been messed with, put him down."

After hearing this, Omega stretched out his hand and grabbed the gangster's other arm. Instantly, a burst of electricity shot out from the palm of his hand, causing the gangster to twitch all over. Then he suddenly fell to the ground, still smoking.

Vito looked at the gangster, then blocked the steel rod coming from behind with a backhand stick, then jumped up again and suddenly stabbed the cockscomb-headed gangster behind him in the chest. After that, I pushed back and forth to record the steps.

"Take your guys and leave before I'm here," Vito said. Before he finished speaking, the gangster rushed up again. He threw away the steel pipe, pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and pointed at it. As Vito rushed towards him, the latter looked at him speechlessly, stepped forward and hit him on the side of the head with a stick.

The gangster covered his head and knocked to the side repeatedly. He hit the fence at the edge of the street and fell down before he could stand. He screamed and fell into the abyss, and the screams echoed in the abyss. all over the street.

The crowd around them all looked over, and the law enforcement officer pushed through the crowd and walked out. He held an electric baton in his hand and pointed at Vito and a few guys lying on the ground.

"What are you doing here? Fighting? One of you died? Come here! You idiots, I'm going to take you back and kick you in."

The law enforcement officer grabbed Vito, but stopped immediately because the latter pulled out a black card from his arms. Vito leaned forward with a smile and turned the card with his fingers, "I think this is not necessary. This was just an ordinary quarrel, and he accidentally slipped and fell."

"And this, maybe, can prove what I said? What do you think, officer." Vito said, handing the black card in his hand to the law enforcement officer, who looked at the card and then turned to look behind him He frowned and picked up the electric baton at the onlookers.

"What are you looking at?! Do you understand official business? Get out of here!" he shouted. After waving the electric baton in the air a few times, and with his colleagues behind him holding up shotguns, the crowd of onlookers immediately dispersed.

"Ahem, look, I still have a companion." "Ah, of course, you are lucky." Vito smiled and took out another card from his arms. He handed the two cards to the law enforcement officer .

"Also, could you please go out of your way to help these gentlemen take care of their injuries? What I mean is." "Understood, I understand." The law enforcement officer said, put the card in his arms, and then turned around and kicked Kicked a gangster on the ground.

"Get up! You bastards! Get up, you have disturbed these law-abiding citizens for too long, and me! Get up!" The law enforcement officer said, grabbing the bastard on the ground, while his companion took another One rushed up and asked them to pick up the one who was electrocuted by Omega and take them away.

Vito looked at the law enforcement officer who was holding a gun and driving the gangsters away, and then turned to look at the child in front of him. He also watched Vito suck in his snot-filled nose.

"Now, let's talk business." "Of course, you are a good man, sir. Here is what you want, just ask for the price." The child said, opened the bag and raised it, and Vito moved up to take a look. , Omega also came over at this moment, and looked at the dazzling array of things in the bag with Vito.

"Jewelry, wallets, and parts of hoverbikes." Omega said mechanically. Vito looked at the things inside and shook his head. He lowered the big bag he raised and looked at the child, "There is nothing I want. Maybe, there will be one down there?”

"Then you have to find a way to get down. Recently, the villains from the Ministry of Justice have blocked the streets and are blackmailing passers-by. They also say that they represent the Emperor and so on. If this is the Emperor's will, then let Go to hell! May he be eaten by the monster in the dark."

"Keep your voice down, kid. You don't want to be heard. But, in that case, how about I suggest we go about our business leading the way? I'm sure you can get down just as well as you came up, and for that, I'll be grateful. ”

Vito said, and took out a heavy gold coin from his arms with his fingers. The dirty child looked at the gold coin and sniffed, then laughed, "Sure, but I have to say it first, That’s not a philosophy for discerning people.”

"What a coincidence, I'm not a particular person, please lead the way." Vito said, putting the gold coin in his arms before the child came to get it. He smiled, "I'll give it to you when it's here, I think you understand. "

"Okay, keep up. It's almost time. It's almost here." The child said, covering his backpack, putting it on his back and running away along the pedestrian street. Vito straightened his clothes and looked at him, Omega Then he leaned up from behind and came to his side.

"We've only been here less than five minutes, and you've already caused your first trouble." "It's a small trouble, just get used to it. Come on, there are more exciting things ahead."

Vito straightened his collar, smiled and followed the kid who greeted him. Omega looked at him, calculating the probability of causing big trouble in his mind. You know, he gave up in the end, because, my friend, this is not a sure thing. Something?