Chapter 378 Exploration and Discovery
While sending puppets to conduct a blanket search of the entire base, Duanmu Huai was bored and began to look around at the situation.
Judging from the structure here, it seems that this should be a very ancient stronghold of the Cult of Mechanicus. At least many of its structures and decorations indicate that it likely originated from the earliest days of the human empire. However... this also means that there may be some unknown secret hidden in it.
Well, this is all nonsense, almost every stronghold of the Adeptus Mechanicus looks like this.
In fact, in the game, what players dislike the most is the behavior of the Mechanicus. They believe that if the Mechanicus’ religious flavor was not so strong, the technological development of the human empire might be improved by several levels. Rather than end up like that.
The reason is quite simple.
Although the Mechanicum appears to be a scientific and technological research organization on the surface, in the final analysis it is a religious organization. They fanatically believe in the God of All Machines and believe that knowledge is a manifestation of sacredness. All creatures or cultural relics that possess knowledge are also sacred because of knowledge - beings with more knowledge will naturally be worshiped.
It doesn't seem to be a problem, but when it comes to the religious attributes of the Mechanicum, it's a pain in the ass.
The main thing is this sentence - knowledge is a manifestation of sacredness. The more knowledge an existence has, the more it will be worshiped.
Under this kind of teaching, there is no exchange and sharing of knowledge at all in the Mechanicum. Of course, if it is some useless or common knowledge, that's it. But those really high-tech things are hidden by them. Tucked in. Because according to the teachings of the Mechanicum, I have obtained this advanced knowledge, I am closer to the God of All Machines than others. If I tell this, then others will also obtain the same amount of knowledge, and I will be closer to the God of All Machines than others. Just like that, he is closer to the God of All Opportunities.
Therefore, the Cult of Mechanicus keeps many good things to themselves and does not tell anyone. However, as we all know, once knowledge is not widely disseminated and exchanged, then... it is basically equivalent to working behind closed doors, and what can be achieved will be the same.
And once the secret forging world or the Mechanicum stronghold is exposed, it will mean that the entire research results and knowledge system are completely lost and scrapped.
It can be seen from this that religion harms people...
Of course, the Human Empire is in ruins, and there is no point in liquidating the Mechanicus now. However, for players, any place related to the Mechanicus will make them excited - after all, there is something wrong inside. There is some kind of black technological holy artifact buried there.
For Duanmu Huai, he really wished that there was a treasure book of all possibilities in it, so that he could enter a well-off society, but unfortunately it was unlikely. After all, there is no STC in the game where players can dig out the Book of All Machines. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you think about it... After all, everyone has the power of YY, and the Inquisitor is no exception hahahahaha...
"Huh?"
Just when Duanmu Huai imagined that he had obtained the Book of All-Purpose Machines and swept across the entire galaxy, the report from the puppet made him come back to his senses immediately.
According to the reactions of the dolls, there is nothing in this base?
No threats, no traps?
Is it really an empty shell that has been abandoned long ago?
"Go in and have a look."
Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer and strode inside.
As a result of the puppets' investigation, the entire base was in a mess, and traces of battles could be seen everywhere. It was obvious that there had been battles and attacks here, and basically most of the things had been destroyed. However, there seems to be some problem with the condition of these corpses.
"Hmm...that's weird."
Duanmu Huai squatted down and stared at the body of a motor oil guy at his feet. Like most motor oil guys, this motor oil guy had transformed his body beyond recognition. There were metal prostheses everywhere, and it looked like an alien machine. Bugs are more like humans. If the Inquisition hadn't determined that the symbol of pure human beings is the skull, then these things would have been treated as aliens long ago.
Forget it, don’t talk about this.
Judging from the corpses, these oil guys died in a strange way. They just fell to the ground without even picking up weapons. In other words, rather than encountering an attack, it was more like encountering a sudden disaster. It was as if some irresistible factor swept the entire stronghold instantly, and then these oil guys were unprepared. He died immediately on the spot.
Warp storm? But in the case of a subspace storm, the entire stronghold must not explode directly on the spot?
Or some kind of virus? It's impossible. After all, this research institute is at the foot of the mountain. If the virus really leaked, the outside would have become a dead place.
Forget it, just go and take a look and you will know. These oil guys have all kinds of strange ways to commit suicide. Duanmu Huai can't imagine what they did.
In fact, this is also true.
"What on earth did these oil guys do..."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Duanmu Huai was also stunned. He was currently in a huge room in the deepest part of the stronghold. This room contained a huge tank that looked like the kind used in an aquarium. The water tank has already burst. Judging from the instruments that were blown away and the body of the oil guy, this should be the scene of the first crime.
However...how did the sink explode?
"Huh?"
At this moment, Duanmu Huai suddenly felt a line of sight coming from the void, and he quickly turned his head to look where the line of sight was. There was nothing there, but the next moment, with a scream of "Ouch!", a figure of a blond girl appeared quietly from it, trembling and curled up into a ball, staring at Duanmu Huai uneasily.
Seeing this scene, Ogis tilted her head curiously.
"Ghost?"
"Probably."
Duanmu Huai nodded. After all, the other person was floating in the air and his body was translucent. Since he was not a human being, he was probably a ghost. At this moment, the blond girl was seen staring at the rose knot on Duanmuhuai's chest, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered.
"Excuse me... are you the judge?"
"Oh?"
Duanmu Huai's eyes flashed when he heard the blonde girl's question.
"Who are you?"
Duanmuhuai stared at the girl ghost and asked. Although the latter was a little scared, seeing that Duanmuhuai didn't seem to have any malicious intent, he slowly spoke.
"I am...Experimental Subject No. 28912..."
"Experimental subject?"
Hearing this introduction, Duanmu Huai frowned.
"I'm sorry, can you tell me exactly what happened here?" "Ah, okay..."
The ghost girl nodded, and then began to tell her story - to Duanmu Huai's surprise, this girl was actually from the Empire (yes, the Empire of the Human Empire), and she was also a psyker. However, her psychic abilities were not very strong, and after she was discovered to possess psychic powers, the girl was brought to this base. At that time, the girl didn't know what the oil guys here were doing. She only knew that they seemed to be conducting experiments, and she was the experimental subject.
Then she died.
Well, the experiment failed and he died.
Nothing more than normal.
However, I don’t know whether it was because of the experiment or the girl’s psychic abilities. She did not completely die. Her soul was bound in this space. The girl herself didn’t know what was going on, so she had to stay here and observe the actions of these oil guys. Experiment, and then she slowly discovered what these people were doing.
"They... seem to have found a special STC. This device can fuse the psychic energy of the subspace with living organisms to produce perfect psychic creatures... Although I can't hear most of what they said. Understand, but they seem to want to...create another emperor..."
"Haha."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's expression did not change and he laughed.
As expected of a motor oil guy, it was completely beyond his expectations, he really dared to think about anything.
Of course, it is understandable that the oil guy would have this idea. Judging from the time the girl told, she should have lived in the middle and late period of the empire when the emperor was sitting on the toilet. There were indeed many factions studying this issue at that time. In fact, there are similar differences even within the Inquisition.
For example, there are two factions in the Inquisition. One is committed to resurrecting the Emperor, and the other wants to find a new body so that the Emperor's soul can be reincarnated and reincarnate to manage the Empire.
Of course, the former was very difficult, and the latter was also rejected by many judges at the time.
After all, when you say possession, you are possessed, and when you say reincarnation, you are reincarnated. How can you guarantee that the possessed person is the emperor and not some other monster? There is only one emperor in the human empire. If something goes wrong, we don’t know who to turn to to solve it!
So it's not surprising that there are similar factions within the Mechanicus.
And according to the previous records of Imperial Truth, the Emperor... seems to be really man-made?
Then the experiment kept failing.
"Then what happened in the end?"
"Hmm..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, the ghost girl frowned and recalled for a moment.
"Those people said...it seemed to be a problem with their size, and they couldn't withstand too much subspace energy, so they found a very big whale..."
"Oh..."
Duanmuhuai now knew where the sink came from.
"Then what?"
"...There seemed to be an explosion during the experiment, and then...everyone died."
The normal operation of the Mechanicum is no surprise.
As for that STC... I guess it's finished.
"So what are you going to do now?"
"I don't know..."
Facing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, the ghost girl shook her head blankly. She has been sleeping here since then. If Duanmuhuai hadn't arrived, she might not have woken up.
"As expected of the master."
Whether Ogis's words were a compliment or a criticism... Duanmu Huai didn't even bother to care.
"Speaking of which, why did you suddenly appear?"
"Huh? That......"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, the ghost girl was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head with a reddish complexion.
"After being looked at by you, Lord Inquisitor, and looking into your eyes, I felt my heart beat faster, and I had a very strange feeling..."
"Hmm...?"
Look me in the eyes? Heartbeat racing?
Could it be that…………
Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai thought for a moment and silently stretched out his hand.
"... Mr. Judge, why did you take out the rope?"
"I said, are you interested in being my familiar?"
"…………Huh???"
(End of chapter)