Forty thousand years later, he became a god in the warp

Chapter 495: Infiltrating the Cardinal World

The highly decomposed corpses bred annoying mosquitoes, and the late arrival of the collection team turned this place into a polluted evolution field.

The erosion of Chaos is silent, and although it has not yet reached the point of becoming a disaster, the swaying corpses already represent the gaze of the Warp.

Those plague zombies were only in the initial stage and could be easily dealt with by ordinary enemy troops. Under the burning fire, their flesh and blood let out their last human howls.

Lin Heng looked at the local troops wrapped in cloth and helmets, quietly waiting for natural elimination.

"Whoosh!"

The pulse projectile accurately hit the local troops' soldiers from 300 meters away, and the powerful projectile instantly tore through the thin armor.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, splattering all over the other soldiers, but before they could react and drop their guns to run away, bullets equal in number to theirs hit them all without missing a single one.

The only unlucky guy left with a broken thigh was waiting for the hound to attack.

The four-legged creatures had smooth, hairless, gray-brown skin that blended perfectly into the ruins.

There was a row of bone spurs growing on his back that were as tall as his body, but it looked so strange. The soldier with a broken leg saw this and knew that he was powerless to save the situation. He crawled and picked up the flamethrower beside him while shouting for the Emperor to protect him.

"Won't you help?"

Taraxin, who was squatting on the broken wall, turned around and asked, while Lin Heng, who was standing beside him, shook his head and continued to watch.

The two of them stood there in a daze, but no one could detect their presence.

The hound bit the soldier's arm and dragged him away from the weapon. Other hounds circled around the soldier, wanting to tear him apart and eat him.

"Kakun'kugaa'ta"

The hunters who arrived later were undoubtedly the bird-like creatures, the Kroot, and their hounds, allies of the Tau.

Six hounds and three Kroot warriors, armed with pulse weapons that looked like some kind of old-fashioned flintlock rifles, stood in front of the soldiers.

The massive blood loss made the local soldier unable to resist, but with a dazed look in his eyes, he still tried to open his mouth and curse the other side.

"I welcome the impending death with joy..."

The leader vibrated his throat and made a clicking sound, as if mocking the man's pathetic behavior.

"It's because... the Emperor of God... has prepared nectar to welcome the warriors in the Hall of Heroes..."

Leader Kroot ignored the opponent's shouting and used his bony bird claws to tear open the opponent's bloodstained clothes. "Come on... come on... if the head mentor knew... he would definitely praise my courage... ahh ...

The painful sobs were because Leader Kroot bit off the soldier's chest, tearing off a coconut-sized chunk of flesh, skin and all.

The soldier twitched violently for a few times, then kicked his leg and died. Trazyn could not bear to watch this scene.

"Alas, these Kroot creatures are too vulgar. Although they can devour flesh and blood to gain memories, this method has caused the entire technology tree to go astray."

Of course Lin Heng knew it, so he told Taraxin to shut up because there were new changes at the scene.

The leader who was chewing the food with great enthusiasm suddenly turned his head and spat out the blood and flesh in his mouth, his brows furrowed and he shook his head while spitting.

It feels like eating a mouthful of dog shit.

"translate."

"Hey, you need me now?"

"Ang ang ang, translate, translate."

The leader pointed at the corpse on the ground with his finger, as if to convey some disgusting and dangerous news.

With a clicking sound, Trazyn's all-species translator began to work.

Leader: "Pah...their filthiness has caused great damage to my spine feathers."

Bird Soldier Zuo: "Weak prey, not worth wasting our time."

Bird Soldier Right: "The people in that Cathedral of Holy Light are very powerful. I heard that the attack of the allies was seriously hindered."

Hound: "kutata..kutata"

The leader took a sip of water and rinsed his mouth: "Leave the pheromones behind and head to the next hunting area."

Bird Soldier Left: "Hopefully some powerful prey will come."

Bird Soldier Right: "Then it's best not to meet those red-armored chicks."

Hound: "takuku..takuku"

Several hounds, under the command of leader Kroot, ran among the ruins and left their excrement so that other passing troops would know the situation in the area.

The Klute team quickly went away, and Lin Heng, who was standing on the broken wall, also left and continued to walk towards the city center.

As you go deeper, the height of the buildings becomes more grand and glorious. The Gothic buildings with carved beams and painted buildings soar into the sky, and the pedestrians walking on the avenue look extremely small in comparison.

Unlike other nest worlds, Lin Heng had discovered that at least half of the buildings were various forms of religious temples and churches. On both sides of the road, on the eaves of the buildings, and even on the bluestone bricks under his feet, there were engraved advice with the title of saint at the end.

And this is only a small aspect. The larger ones are statues of people that Lin Heng cannot recognize, such as captains, generals, and more are pastors of the church.

"No wonder the soldier prayed to the Emperor before dying. It turns out this is a cardinal world."

"Oh~ This is the world controlled by the Empire's state religion."

“Well… in that case, I guess the Water Clan ambassadors will gather more here.

They must want to promote the Greater Good by attacking the religious beliefs of the people of the Empire."

Lin Heng roughly guessed one of the actions that the Titanium would take after arriving in the Sharnasqua area: fighting for territory and spreading their doctrines. It seemed that the Titanium was still very short of manpower.

The Kroot Hounds left their pheromones along the way. Suddenly, they stopped trotting, lowered their heads and quickly sniffed the air on the ground.

Leader Krut, who was walking in the shadows, raised his hand to signal, and the other two immediately crouched down and guarded the surroundings.

The hounds smelled the pheromones left behind by some creature, and they immediately crouched down and approached, searching the ruins around the chapel.

Just as the two hounds found their target and were fighting for the silver-white power shell from among the old ruins, a sudden explosion turned the two hounds into nothing.

Bricks and tiles flew, dust rose, and the remaining four hounds ran back in a hurry, while the three Kroot warriors were facing a formidable enemy.

As they expected, the next second after the explosion, grenade launchers fired bullets in overwhelming numbers.

Eye-catching tongues of fire burst out from the wall full of gaps, and the few Kroot creatures turned into a pile of minced meat within two seconds.

The soldiers who took advantage of the geographical location showed up. They were combat nuns wearing force-feedback power armor.

The officer in silver-white armor went forward to check the bodies on the ground. When he saw that the technological equipment on the ground had been activated, he was still a step too late and failed to stop the other party from sending information. The Holy Rose, one of the six major battle nuns in the two monasteries, said, "We are exposed here. Evacuate immediately."

The nine battle sisters immediately evacuated the scene, but the Tau's mechanized forces arrived too fast, and within 5 minutes the sound of flying creatures flapping wings could be heard overhead.

The nuns who were being evacuated rushed into the collapsed house. They only had a few seconds to react.

The sound came from an insectoid creature with three pairs of eyes. Their bodies were wrapped in a chitinous exoskeleton with many barbs on them, sharp enough to be lethal. They were another ally of the Tau besides the Kroot, named Mal'ko, also known as the Hufeng people. The Imperial Inquisition called them "Claw Wings".

The shriek of a Wasp's wings was an unforgettable noise, but even more deafening than the din was the burst of flaming beams.

Twelve or thirteen Hu Feng men arrived quickly and continued to snipe at the scattered combat nuns in the building.

The Hu Feng people maneuvered at high speed in the air to avoid the explosive arrows, and the nuns used the walls as cover to block the incoming blaster beams.

Although the nuns were dispersed, they were able to suppress the Hu Feng people and prevent them from taking a single step beyond the line thanks to their fully automatic weapons that had a firing rate several times faster than the enemy.

Yan Guan emptied a magazine and retreated to reload while another man quickly took his place, but the beam arrived and accurately hit the narrow gap.

"Oh!"

The burst of dazzling light was weakened by the wall, but it still knocked the nun to the ground. Yanguan quickly stepped forward and pulled her backwards.

Fortunately, after a painful curse, the nun signaled to Yanguan that she was not dead and was fortunately protected by the Emperor of God.

The shell saved the nun's life, but under the huge gap was a charred void.

The life-support system in the power armor automatically injected painkillers, and the nun immediately stood up and continued fighting without any help.

"This species is quite interesting, won't you help?"

"If I were to take action against every imperial organization I encounter, it would be a waste of time." Lin Heng shook his head and replied.

Half of the Hu Feng man's body in the sky fell to the ground, and the muzzle of the battle nun's gun no longer spewed flames.

But balance is always short-lived. When the giant Kroot ape with a pulse cannon on its back arrived at the battlefield, the death of the nuns seemed inevitable.

The heavy firepower easily tore open the walls of the ruins. Even if they were not killed by the enemy's shot, the exposed windows gave Hu Feng's people a better shooting angle.

Lin Heng turned and left. He wanted to continue to push forward his plan. Taraxin questioned and asked if he really wanted to leave?

"Sister Yeon-gwan!"

A scream pierced through the shattered church. In an instant, Lin Heng, who had his back to the battlefield, suddenly saw the light reflected by the broken glazed windows.

And beside the broken wall shining with light, the fallen statue of the emperor seemed to be looking at him.

This image directly took him out of the control of his body and into a world without the concept of time.

The scene was gradually zoomed out, and it was still the Emperor's eyes, but this time it was a painting. A group of nuns gathered around the bed, their faces full of sorrow and tears.

And one of them is a person that I haven’t seen for too long, but I can never forget, and who always appears with the waves.

"Caroline..."

That’s right, it was the real Caroline in Lin Heng’s memory who had been lost for a long time.

This battle sister actually caused psychic induction. I don't know whether the Emperor wanted her to take action or if some other existence was interfering...

Lin Heng disappeared from the ground in an instant, and when he appeared again, he swung out with the refined golden hammer.

Krut, who was operating the pulse cannon on the giant ape's back, only saw a figure out of the corner of his eye. Before he could turn his eyes to that side, the giant ape under his crotch flew away.

The giant weighing several tons hit the wall like a cannonball, and the huge impact force crushed the Kroot warriors on it into meat paste.

The ever-changing battlefield made the Hufeng people in the air shocked again and again. Their three pairs of compound eyes immediately locked onto the huge fire lizard warrior.

Seeing that the opponent only had one hammer, they immediately climbed up and fired in the air. But their thoughts were dashed even faster. The guy on the ground didn't even look at them. After a series of shattering sounds, the memory of this group of Hu Feng people ended there.

“Plop..plop…”

Lin Heng retracted the refined gold drill, and after making sure that there were no enemies nearby, he walked towards the increasingly dilapidated ruins of the church.

[It feels a bit like the video of Exorcism of the Dead, but it is very different. 】

"Salamanders, 3rd Company Fire Dragon Squad, Battle Brother Zachli, are there any survivors?"

"Sisters of the Holy Rosary, St. Mark's Cathedral, Battle Sister Elsa."

The nun whose power armor had melted came out carrying Yan Guan's body, accompanied by four nuns in slightly better conditions.

After the two sides greeted each other, the nun thanked Lin Heng for his help and began to kneel down under the statue of the God-Emperor to pray for the dead.

"Hatred is the greatest gift bestowed upon mankind by the Emperor, but we need to complete our mission before we can start killing."

After praying, Elsa took off Yan Guan's armor and put it on herself, then stood up and looked up at Lin Heng.

"I am listening."

"I have not heard of any Salamander Astartes arriving in the Sharnath's Domain. I suppose you have not been here long, especially since you are alone."

"Good insight, Sister Nun."

Elsa nodded and continued, "The Imperial Army did not have enough knowledge about the wormhole, so after the Tau troops emerged from the wormhole a few years ago, they were unable to organize enough forces to stop them.

The first to be attacked was the Cardinal World of Astorgius. It was ridiculous that the world ruled by the state religion was full of traitors.

When the Tau arrived and launched their attack, the rebels believed this was their chance to succeed, so they rose up and attacked from both inside and outside.

Faced with internal and external troubles, the Ecclesiarchy forces on the Cardinal World were caught off guard, so it took the Titanium Clan, which was at its peak, less than two years to kill nearly all of the Ecclesiarchy personnel.

The remaining people, those who refused to change their faith, would all be reduced to ashes along with the churches they worshipped.

In the following five years, the Ecclesiarchy had been trying to take back the Cardinal World, but the lack of manpower and the rise of the Tau made this goal increasingly unlikely.

The Tau have almost completely transformed this area into their home world, and conquering it is extremely difficult.

And it's ridiculous that we are now in the largest city of the Church, and it is still in the hands of the rebels...they have been under the hands of the Tau forces for five years."

Elsa's wry smile was mixed with many emotions. She was so ashamed of the irony of the situation.

Lin Heng thought of the soldiers burning the corpses, but he didn't expect that the other side was actually a rebel team.

I wondered why the rebels were so tough that they could hold out against the attacks of the Tau forces for several years.

“So you guys also lasted five years?”

Elsa shook her head, indicating that the entire cardinal world had been reshuffled.

Although they were born here, they left after becoming combat nuns. They were transferred from other planets just two months ago.

"We were transferred here for only one mission, to infiltrate the capital of the Cardinal World, the Cathedral of Holy Light, and retrieve the saint's relics."

"Then you and I have the same goal."