nycdaug Chapter 701 Brain Explosion Experiment
Chapter 701 Brain Explosion Experiment
Chapter 701 Brain Explosion Experiment
Battle Moon, grid region 07-46.
Just like before, the staff of the Serenity divided the battle moon into a surface grid, and each regiment assigned attack targets and communicated location information according to the grid markings.
As before, the surface weapons array on this side of the battle moon has been basically paralyzed and shut down, but the underground battle is still going on. Orks are pouring out from all directions, their numbers seem endless, competing with the Space Marines for ownership of every cave and every passage.
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM — BOOM!”
Kurland wore a set of ancient tactical dreadnought armor given to him by Poseidon, and was fighting hard with the orcs in the passage. The heavy explosives under the power gloves rotated with cross muzzle flames, smashing all the green-skinned guys in front of him. Then he swung the giant gloves and knocked down an orc warrior.
"Has anyone counted how many greenskins we killed?"
Kurland asked while panting and looking around, then he swung his fist down again, smashing the head of the orc warrior lying on the ground with one punch, and blood and brain matter splattered around his feet.
"Maybe no one has kept statistics. What do you want to say?"
Isaga asked between changing magazines.
"There are too many of them! Even if this battle moon is completely hollow, it can't hold so many orcs. Qingshan is right. There is a subspace portal inside the battle moon. The support will never stop."
Kurland gritted his teeth and strode forward.
“But this is not the most difficult problem.”
Isaga drew his power sword and stepped forward:
"The portal can be destroyed. Qingshan and his team have already destroyed one... But the beast, the legendary beast, how to deal with that monster? Have you ever thought about this problem?"
Kurland walked forward in silence.
Finally the Space Marines of the High Wall followed closely behind.
"I have seen many warriors who boast about themselves, but Qingshan is an honest man. He said that his ability to kill the beast was largely due to chance. I also read their analysis. Qingshan believes that there is more than one beast. I agree with this because if there was only one beast, the orcs would have collapsed by now."
Kurland said in a deep voice as he walked forward.
"Yes, the greenskins have not lost their command center and fallen into chaos, proving that there is indeed more than one beast."
Isaga nodded in agreement.
"You asked me how we are going to deal with the beast. I can only tell you that anger and hatred are our only weapons. We will kill that orc, no matter what the cost."
Kurland stopped and turned to face Isaga.
"Okay, bro, I get it."
Isaga looked at Kurland with the same seriousness.
……
at the same time.
Battle Moon, grid region 13-75.
In front of the simple fortifications built by the Space Marines using abandoned vehicles, metal debris and greenskin corpses, the several waves of counterattacks organized by the orcs were like waves hitting reefs, shattered in the fierce crossfire, and the walls, floors and ceilings were covered with broken limbs and blood. These counterattacks not only failed to recapture any inch of land in this area, but also caused themselves to become part of the enemy's bunker.
While other Space Marine Chapters were desperately advancing towards the deep core of the Battle Moon, the Iron Pagoda was the only one that chose to stay where they were and hold their ground after occupying an area on the lunar surface.
But this kind of persistence did not last long. Soon, a dense mass of projectiles filled with intense ionizing radiation were fired with a strange whistling sound, piercing through the orcs one after another, leaving only charred, wrinkled holes burned by the radiation on their rough green skin. Then a group of strange soldiers wearing red robes and hoods, with metallic limbs, jumped out of the bunker, holding long-handled rifles, aiming and shooting while moving forward steadily.
It’s the Skitarii, the Skitarii have landed!
Dense crowds of people in rust-red robes surged in the passage. They rushed out of the temporary fortifications built by the Space Marines and continued to advance into the depths of the battle moon in place of the Space Marines.
Although Fu Qinghai had always been complaining about the selfishness of Kubik, the commander of the forge, who only sent ten regiments of the basic infantry of the Crusader Army, without sending advanced troops such as the Dragon Wing Soldiers, the Blade Infiltrators, the Hades Raiders, and without any armored vehicles, there was one fact that could not be ignored:
Even the most common ranger or vanguard soldier in the Skitarii can rival or occasionally surpass the most elite Cadian or Krieg in the Imperial Guard in terms of individual combat power.
The Skitarii seem to have slightly slender limbs, but in fact, their bodies have been replaced with a lot of mechanical prostheses, and their muscles and bones have been replaced with lighter and stronger steel. Their heads are also filled with various implants to enhance battlefield perception, which are all very expensive. In addition, the galvanic weapons and laser weapons used by the Skitarii are far more expensive and powerful than the laser guns commonly equipped by the Guards.
Although they are all positioned as light infantry.
But they are not arms of the same cost.
Therefore, despite the lack of any support from the armored vehicles on Mars, the red-robed soldiers were still advancing at a fast speed. While the huge knight mechas were still being transported from the mechanical ark to the surface of the battle moon in batches, the vanguards and hunters quickly advanced along various channels to the depths of the battle moon, before they were suppressed by the orc armored forces and then pushed back by the counterattack.
"The casualties of the Skitarii at the front are quite heavy."
Lin Yu quickly followed behind Fu Qinghai:
“The Sage Ruler asks when we will attack?
"After I finish this experiment."
Fu Qinghai talked as he walked, followed by a large group of silent nuns. The sound of armor clashing echoed in the passage. This group of fierce women with half their faces covered walked forward silently without saying a word.
"The Intelligence Control Corps and the Knights have already landed. Let the Skitarii hold on for a while. If they can't defeat them, just give up. Blow up the branch passages and appropriately reduce the troops."
Fu Qinghai tilted his head and gave the order.
Lin Yu nodded and said:
"These Martian soldiers are very accurate with their guns and have strong firepower, but I found that they are not very good at close combat. They perform well in open terrain, but once they enter complex, narrow and winding passages, it is easy for orcs to take advantage of the terrain and rush in to engage in close combat. Most of the casualties are caused by this reason."
"Not only that, they didn't bring the right weapons."
Fu Qinghai shook his head and commented:
"It's a bit of a waste to use galvanic weapons against orcs. The radiation pollution from laser weapons is too serious. They should switch to arc weapons or continuous plasma weapons to have an advantage."
Galvanic weapons have accurate trajectory and good armor-piercing ability. Combined with the enhanced eye-transformation implants and stable hands replaced by mechanical prostheses of the Skitarii Rangers, it can be said that they can hit the target accurately and kill a green-skinned guy with one shot.
But galvanic weapons have another feature: after the projectile hits the target, a small electromagnetic pulse explosion will be generated. This weapon is obviously developed for the Mechanicus personnel who have a lot of sophisticated prosthetics in their bodies. It is a typical Mechanicus civil war weapon. It is very effective against black oilers or academic heretics. It can instantly paralyze a technical priest, but it is not very suitable for dealing with orcs.
Laser weapons are like miniature nuclear bombs, powerful but highly polluting. Every Skitarii vanguard takes off his helmet to reveal a face with no teeth and ulcerated skin. Battle Moon can be considered as Orc territory, so there is no need to worry about radiation pollution. Space Marines have dual protection from power armor and special sweat glands, and are not afraid of radiation damage - but there are still a large number of captured human slaves in Battle Moon.
Human captives cannot withstand radiation damage. A battlefield contaminated by the laser weapons of the Skitarii vanguards may not kill these mortals immediately, but it will cause them to contract a variety of chronic diseases, which is also a problem that must be considered.
"After the deployment of the cybernetic robots is complete, replace the Skitarii vanguards. Those guys have too many side effects. Also, send a batch of anti-radiation nin and radiation-eliminating nin from the battleship Rectification. It will also be helpful to save a few prisoners from dying."
Fu Qinghai thought about it and gave another instruction to Lin Yu.
"Yes, Khan."
The attendant received the order and left in a hurry.
Fu Qinghai issued this order for two reasons:
If he were in another reincarnation world, where each bomb and each pack of potion would cost assimilation points, he would be reluctant to use the potions assimilated by precious assimilation points on these human captives. But now in the Warhammer 40K universe, he does not need to spend assimilation points to call on resources, and the anti-radiation and anti-radiation are also produced by the Phaeton Forge World itself, so he is not stingy in providing free medical services to these mortal captives.
On the other hand, according to the original novel, the human captives in the Battle Moon were basically regarded as heroes by the people on Terra after being rescued. For example, Hass, a female arbitrator of the Ministry of Justice, was fearless and brilliant in assisting the Imperial Fists to destroy the Battle Moon, and was supported by the people. After the Beast War, Wangorich purged the High Lords Council, and Hass became the new Minister of Justice.
Therefore, it is profitable for Fu Qinghai and the Iron Pagoda Regiment to actively assist and treat these human captives on the battle moon. They can gain huge reputation from the throne world, which may be helpful for the coup he is going to launch later... oh, no, reform.
Fu Qinghai even suggested to Vera Nora that she should consider going to the Battle Moon with the Peasant Crusaders. If she survived by chance, she might be able to become a Grand Inquisitor with this experience. However, Vera rejected the suggestion sternly. She did not want to risk her life for a chance of promotion.
At this time, Fu Qinghai had led the Sisters of Silence to the edge of the battle group's control area, lowered his head and approached the neck armor:
"Director of the Think Tank, I have arrived at Branch Tunnel No. 48. Have you found the experimental subject I want?"
"I found it, Khan."
Tenjur's reply came from the communication channel:
"Area 13-93, coordinates 13.63.02."
"Wait, I'll be right there."
After saying this, Fu Qinghai quickened his pace.
……
Battle Moon, grid region 13-93.
Fu Qinghai came to the place that Tengyur mentioned.
He heard the sounds of explosions and gunfire, but they were not particularly intense. He also heard the orcs' rude curses and roars, which were filled with the ferocity of a trapped beast fighting to the bitter end.
Walking along the tunnel and turning a corner, the think tank chief Danzhuer had been waiting for a long time. He came up to him and said:
"Khan, there is an orcish promethium refinery ahead. There is a psychotic boy and more than 70 orcs. The tunnel under our feet is the only exit. The 10th Company has surrounded them inside, and they have not given up resistance yet."
"What level of psycho kid?"
Fu Qinghai asked cautiously.
"How should I put it...it's hard to describe."
Tenjur thought for a moment and concluded:
"It's very strong, but it's within my control."
The think tank director's words revealed strong confidence.
But after saying this, beads of cold sweat suddenly appeared on Tenjur's forehead, and his face turned pale, as if he was suffering from some severe pain. He looked behind Fu Qinghai and saw more than 80 silent nuns carrying two-handed swords walking towards him.
"Okay, I know."
Fu Qinghai patted Tenzhuer on the shoulder:
"Leave this to me."
"Thank you, Khan."
Tenjur said with trembling lips. The silent nuns in the tunnel automatically moved to the sides to make way, and the think tank director passed through the group of women and ran at full speed.
Soon disappeared from sight.
Fu Qinghai turned around and waved to the nuns.
They continued deeper into the tunnel along the railway tracks.
"Orc psykers are different from all the psykers you have come into contact with before, because the way orc psykers manipulate the power of the warp is different from that of psykers of other races."
Fu Qinghai said as he walked forward:
"Orcs do not draw psychic energy from the subspace. Within a certain physical distance, the souls of orcs will automatically form a network. The core node of this network is the Psycho Boy. In other words, the Psycho Boy draws psychic energy from the souls of other orcs. The more orcs there are and the more intense the battle they participate in, the more surging this psychic energy will be!"
The orcs' waaagh energy is like a closed local area network. Relatively speaking, the subspace is like the Internet, where the waves and turbulence of the emotions of all living beings are surging.
There was only the sound of footsteps in the tunnel.
Fu Qinghai received no response after he finished speaking, so he turned back to look at the Sister of Silence and saw a pair of eyes fixed on him, indicating that the sister was listening carefully.
"We're listening, Arlo."
Novice Sister Faye spoke up.
"Ok."
Fu Qinghai is still a little uncomfortable with it.
Dealing with this group of silent mutes.
"Psycho boys, also known as weird boys or psychic boys, it doesn't matter. Pay attention to those special individuals among the orcs who are weird, crazy, and have strange behaviors. They are psycho boys. We must find them at the first time. This is the key to our victory over the beasts."
Fu Qinghai then introduced to the nuns:
"The orcs' psychic energy will automatically gather in the brains of the psycho boys. These psycho boys don't know how to control this power at the beginning. They will subconsciously want to vent this violent energy in their brains, which usually causes great damage. Therefore, the war boss will often tie some bells or something like that on them to remind other orcs to stay away. These bells are also an obvious sign."
"And this is the key to our breakthrough!"
Fu Qinghai suddenly stopped.
He turned to face the nun and said sternly:
"I'm talking about destruction. What kind of damage will this uncontrolled power cause? Why are other orcs so afraid and annoyed by these green-skinned wizards? I've seen the scene when this psychic energy is completely out of control. Like a bursting dam, it will reversely impact the other orcs connected in this soul network, and then their skulls will burst like ripe watermelons - yes, we can use this method to eliminate orcs in batches, and the more orcs there are, the easier it is to eliminate them."
The Sister of Silence also stopped.
Caryl Cassolin began to sign.
"The teacher asked us how we should do it specifically?"
Fei spoke on behalf of her teacher.
"I do not know."
Fu Qinghai shook his head and spoke honestly.
Fu Qinghai is not an untouchable. He doesn't know what it feels like to have a soulless force field, let alone how to control it. He can only convey the description he saw in the Warhammer 40K video in his previous life to the nuns in front of him according to his own understanding, and let them experience the method themselves.
"First, you need to suppress the psychic power of these psycho boys. It's like... how to describe it? Suppose their heads are like a pot of boiling water. What you need to do is to cover the lid of the pot tightly, so that this power cannot be released, but it continues to accumulate."
Fu Qinghai gestured with his hands to describe it.
Caryl Casolin looked thoughtful.
"Then you pick up the kettle lid and let the psychic energy that has been accumulated for a long time erupt instantly, simulating the scene when their psychic energy is out of control. The psychic energy will overwhelm the brains of other orcs in the network, and then the orcs' brains will explode one by one like short-circuited light bulbs."
Fu Qinghai expressed his idea:
"This is more complicated than simply isolating psychic energy."
The Untouchables are born with an anti-psychic field, also called a soulless force field. It has been proven that this innate ability can be trained and improved. Experienced Sisters of Silence can control the expansion or contraction of the soulless force field so as not to affect mortals. They can also manipulate the soulless force field to suppress psychic reactions or cut off the connection between psychics and the subspace.
After hearing this, the Forgotten Knight began to use sign language.
"The teacher thinks it's worth a try, A Luo."
Faye continued to serve as the sisterhood's spokesperson.
"Of course, so I prepared this experiment."
Fu Qinghai raised his arm and gestured forward.
At the end of the tunnel is the orc refinery.
The Space Marines of the 10th Company blocked the door but did not launch an attack. What they had to do was to ensure that the psycho kid and other orcs would not escape from here and allow the Sisters of Silence to try their hand. Before the Sisters of Silence were deployed, the green-skinned psycho kid was usually handed over to the think tank director for handling. Danjur specially selected this psycho kid and trapped them in this refinery as experimental subjects.
"Khan."
The 10th Company Commander saluted outside the factory.
"Attack."
Fu Qinghai simply waved his hand.
"Roger that!"
The soldiers of the Tenth Company, who had rested for a long time, took action immediately after receiving the order. They quickly rushed out of the tunnel entrance. Because they had already figured out the specific situation of the promethium refining factory hidden in the cave, they raised their guns and fired a few bursts to destroy the firepower points placed by the orcs in the hidden places. Then each team covered each other and entered the interior of the factory.
Fu Qinghai and Sister Silent followed closely behind.
They took shelter behind reactors and distillation columns.
"Krump all'dese gitz good!"
An angry roar in orcish language suddenly sounded.
Fu Qinghai suddenly saw that all the garbage and debris on the factory floor, including stones, shells, and cloth strips, were suspended in midair, trembling unsteadily, and then spinning rapidly like a whirlwind. The tornado formed by the dust and debris hit the power armor, making a "ding-dong" sound, but did not cause any damage.
You crazy boy, is that all?
A doubt just emerged in Fu Qinghai's mind.
“Sizzle, snap!”
A thick green electric current snaked through the air like a snake, and the Space Marine reacted very quickly, holding his gun and turning around to hide behind the wall. However, the green current actually penetrated the concrete wall, and a gap was instantly opened in the wall. The psychic lightning finally brushed the soldier's bent elbow and disappeared into the air.
The Space Marine couldn't help but let out a cry of pain, and almost let go of the gun in his hand. He raised his arm and saw that the ceramic steel armor on his elbow had turned into flowing slag, and some of the organic tissue on his elbow had turned into charred ashes and scattered.
"Krump'Em All!"
(Orc: Beat them up!)
"Waaaaaagh—"
The orcs in the factory rushed out howling.
The two soldiers quickly turned around and prepared to shoot.
The piercing, noisy voice sounded again:
"I'z Gunna Squig Ya!"
(Orc language: Turn you into a jumping monster!)
A large ball of green smoke suddenly erupted from a Space Marine's body, completely covering his figure. There were faint green arcs of electricity and green flames in the smoke... After the smoke dissipated, the Space Marine disappeared, and there was only a grinning, jumping, ellipsoidal red-fanged little monster left in its place.
Damn it! ?
The Space Marine becomes a Squig!
Isn’t this the Malevolent Transfiguration from Dungeons & Dragons?
Fu Qinghai looked at Squig on the ground in surprise.
"Quack, wow, ow!"
Red Squig was still jumping and yelling angrily.
Caryl Cassolin couldn't take it anymore.
Sister Silent took a step out of cover, and the soulless force field instantly unfolded. A cloud of green smoke exploded around the little red monster on the ground again, and the gun-wielding Space Marine reappeared. The Forgotten Knight stood in the middle of the passage with his legs apart, staring coldly at the green-skinned boy fifty meters away.
It was just as Qingshan described.
The green-skinned kid was wearing a vest and holding a copper staff, with a string of bone bells made of human skulls tied around his waist. Sparkling sparks and arcs of electricity were gushing out of his mouth, nostrils and ears, and he was standing in the middle of a group of orcs, dancing. On his head were three small spires that looked like red alert magnetic storm coils, which should be some kind of green-skinned version of a psychic amplifier.
Karel Casolin raised one hand, spread her five fingers into a claw shape, and pointed it at the green-skinned wizard in the distance.
Two Space Marines quickly stood in front of her, using their power armor to block the hail of bullets fired by the orcs for her.
The green flames erupting from the crazy boy's seven orifices suddenly went out, and he stood there stiffly in a daze.
"Gah... Waaagh, don't move."
"Note, suppress, not cut off."
Fu Qinghai reminded from behind Casolin.
The Oblivion Knight nodded slowly.
The orcs around him were still roaring, charging and shooting, but the crazy boy suddenly covered his head and knelt on the ground and began to wail. A large amount of psychic energy surged in his skull but he could not vent it, giving him a splitting headache...
Caryl Cassolin clenched her five fingers into a fist.
“Ouch—bang!”
The crazy boy suddenly stood up and screamed towards the sky. There was a loud bang in his head and his skull exploded. A small mushroom cloud rose from his shoulders and electric arcs surged from his body... The crazy boy died on the spot, but his headless corpse had not reacted yet, and his feet were still spinning in circles on the spot.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Just like the gorgeous fireworks set off during festivals.
More than seventy orcs' heads exploded one after another.
The series of headshots ended, and the entire factory suddenly fell silent. The Space Marines of the 10th Company were all stunned. They stopped pulling the triggers and stared blankly at the headless greenskins in front of them. A strong corpse slowly fell down holding the weapon.
"Plop!" "Plop!" "Plop!"
The headless green-skinned corpses fell to the ground one after another.
A battle was over suddenly.
“The experiment was successful!”
Fu Qinghai clenched his fists excitedly.
Feiyi's teacher, Caryl Caroline, is worthy of being the head of the Sisters of Silence. In such a short period of time, she has figured out how to use the soulless force field to kill a large number of orcs.
Casolin turned and faced Fu Qinghai.
He began to gesture gently with his fingers.
"Fortunately, Khan."
Feiyi spoke up for her teacher.
…………
(End of this chapter)