Chapter 1316 On the way (ZZZ is too tired from playing, take a rest)
With a dazzling light, the space hulk was completely destroyed. The battleships of the Tribunal also evacuated and began to move towards their designated target location.
Stern sat in the room without saying a word, staring at the pendant in his hand, which was composed of three green gem fragments. If Duanmu Huai was here, then he would definitely be able to recognize that one of the fragments was the one he took out in that disgusting brain before.
Now they are one.
"Dong dong dong."
There was a knock on the door, and Stern raised his head, put down the pendant in his hand, and stared at the door.
"Please come in."
Soon, the door opened, and Judge Kara walked in. She looked at the pendant in Stern's hand, and the latter handed it over.
"How are our guests doing? What were the inspection results?"
In the end, Judge Stern kept his promise and brought Duanmu Huai aboard his battleship. But this does not mean that he will just relax his vigilance towards this mysterious judge. The location where he appears, his mysterious and powerful strength, everything will arouse the judge's vigilance.
So after arriving on the battleship, Stern examined Duanmu Huai on the pretext that he wanted to provide medical services.
“Situation…………”
But to Stern's surprise, Kara's expression was very strange.
"It's a weird situation."
"Weird? What does weird mean?"
"The medical team conducted a full-body examination on him, but the results were surprising. His body showed no traces of modification, and his genes showed no traces of contamination. There were no mechanical implants in his body. He... …”
At this point, Kara paused.
"...He is pure."
"………………Are you sure???"
I have to say that this answer really shocked Stern. He thought a lot about Duanmu Huai's origin. Maybe he was a veteran of the Tribunal, or maybe he was a senior member of the Tribunal. But no matter which one, he should have undergone transformation.
Not to mention genetic pollution... Although the Inquisition rarely uses genes to make judgments, that is because humans have conquered too many planets, and the environment of each planet has changed too much. So much so that almost all human genes within the empire have a certain degree of mutation and contamination, and truly "pure" human genes seem to have only appeared in textbooks.
"So what happened to his power armor?"
Stern himself is an Inquisitor and has power armor. Naturally, he knows that although the Inquisitor's power armor is different from that of the Astartes, they both require the installation of some mechanical implants and neural connection systems.
"A completely external mechanism. According to the investigation report of the Mechanical Sage, his power armor uses a very unique technology. Although some traces of Martian technology can be seen, there are still some incomprehensible parts."
At this point, Kara stared at Sten.
"What should we do?"
Of course Stern understood what Kara meant, and it was obvious that they had a problem. The mission of the Tribunal this time was originally to investigate and solve a plague that occurred on the hive planet. They found this place based on Kara's psychic talent prophecy. According to the prophecy, as long as these fragments are gathered together, the sealed secrets can be opened and the hive planet can be saved.
For Stern, this is his most important task as an Inquisitor.
But now, the appearance of Duanmu Huai made him feel embarrassed.
Whether it was Duanmu Huai's powerful combat effectiveness on the space hulk or the incredible data obtained during the investigation, it was shown that this inquisitor must be a very important figure. Considering that the time of the Space Hulk is uncertain, it is possible that this Inquisitor existed during the Great Rebellion.
After all, as an inquisitor, Stern also knows the history of the Inquisition very well. The Inquisition was founded over a long period of time after the Heresy. The Tribunal has the power to expel and destroy demons, and these powers come from... Thinking of this, Stern glanced at the emblem of skull and warhammer hanging on his head.
Because Duanmu Huai traveled through a wave before the great rebellion, the Tribunal in this world was completely different from the original one. After the Heresy, the Empire fell apart, and the shadow of evil fell over the Empire's two-headed eagle. Therefore, when people discovered that as long as they held the icons of skulls and warhammers and destroyed demons in the name of the Tribunal, they could really kill the opponent completely, the faith of the Tribunal naturally mushroomed throughout the empire, and it was precisely Under the protection of the Inquisition, the Empire survived the most difficult years.
However, the good times did not last long.
Once there is no external threat, people will naturally tend to fight within themselves. The influence of the Tribunal is too great in the entire empire, causing uneasiness among many nobles and lords. In addition, the Tribunal's work style is too unpopular. Therefore, after the threat of demons subsided, many people Start thinking about how to deal with and suppress the strength of the Inquisition.
So the state religion emerged.
The state religion worships the Emperor as a god, thereby suppressing the Inquisition. Originally, the state religion hoped to absorb the Tribunal into the state religion through this method.
As a result, they discovered something very embarrassing.
If they went to destroy the daemon in the name of the Emperor, it would only banish the daemon.
Only by destroying the demon in the name of the Inquisition can the demon be completely killed.
No one can explain why this is, not even the high lords and arbitrators can understand it. When they first established the state religion, they just thought that the Inquisition also believed in the God-Emperor, but they did not regard this as a slogan.
And now it seems... Well, people don't use the God-Emperor as a slogan, obviously it is not for political or religious reasons.
So after this, a turmoil spread across the entire empire.
The Ecclesiarchy openly declares that the Inquisition is heretical and serves the filth that betrays the God-Emperor, and calls for a holy war to eradicate these ungodly people.
Of course, the Inquisition will not give up. They understand what the State Religion means. The State Religion is trying to use this method to suppress the Inquisition and eventually capture it.
However, the status and power of the Inquisition are all based on their ability to destroy demons, and the Grand Inquisitors are certainly unwilling to give up their power.
So the civil war broke out.
This civil war lasted for five thousand years and affected all the territories of the empire. Both sides fought with red eyes and rivers of blood. Fortunately, after the demon took advantage of the opportunity and planned to completely destroy the empire, the two sides still had to put aside their disputes and unanimously communicate with the outside world. In the end, they paid a heavy price to drive the demon's expeditionary army out of the empire's territory.
After this, the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy had to make peace with the mediation of other forces (including but not limited to the Astartes, Sisters of Silence, and the Adeptus Mechanicus). And after that chose to make a round of changes to the doctrine. To put it simply, in the new doctrine, the double-headed eagle of the empire has a new meaning.
One of the heads represents the state religion, with the God-Emperor guarding the souls of his people.
The other head represents the Inquisition, which judges, expels and destroys enemies who threaten the empire.
Well, both sides took a step back and reached a compromise, which remains until now.
As a judge, Stern understands the political implications of Duanmuhuai's appearance.
Not to mention anything else, a pure human being, a human being who has not been polluted, has not been transformed, has great power, and is also a great judge!
The senior officials of the Tribunal will definitely laugh until they are convulsed. It is difficult to lose at this time!
Now they have two choices, either give up the mission and send Duanmu Huai to Terra immediately. Either complete the mission first, and then take Duanmu Huai to Terra.
After all, it involves a hive planet and hundreds of millions of lives.
Finally, Stern made his decision.
"Ask him to come and talk."
When Duanmu Huai walked into this room, he was not wearing power armor, but was wearing a black uniform of a judge. If there is anything about this timeline that satisfies Duanmu Huai, it is that the clothes here are relatively spacious. He has decided to pick up a few pieces to take with him when he has time, so as not to have nothing to wear when he goes back.
After all, the Inquisition's clothes are very particular about their appearance.
Sitting opposite Stern, Duanmu Huai also listened to his analysis of the current situation, and then he raised his eyebrows.
"If I understand correctly, your operation this time is for a hive city, and an unexplained plague broke out there-how did you even think of looking for that... thing?"
"This is a prophecy."
Kara spoke up.
"We sought the help of prophecy, wanting to know how all this happened and how to solve it, so the prophecy led us to find these fragments."
"So you came here specifically just for this, and then you made up such a thing?"
Duanmu Huai fiddled with the pendant on the table and threw it aside.
"Forget it, let's go to the hive first. I think you may have messed up this matter."
"What do you mean?"
Hearing Duanmuhuai's complaints, Judge Stern stretched out his hand to signal Kara to stop talking, and instead looked at Duanmuhuai.
"You don't believe in prophecies?"
"Frankly speaking, I never believe in this stuff, and I don't even want to hear it. The reason is simple. If the prophecy cannot be changed, then listening to it is useless except asking for trouble. If the prophecy can be changed, then you listen to it. It’s useless. It’s just like listening to you.”
Duanmu Huai curled his lips and snorted softly.
"In the final analysis, prophecy is a kind of cheating. You feel that you are cornered, so you want to get the answer by cheating - but there will be punishment for cheating, especially those psychics who always like to make prophecies... Moreover, solving problems No points will be awarded if you only write the answers without writing the process, and you may even lose points.”
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai glanced at Kara.
"I suggest that you don't always take prophecies too seriously. Ignorance is sometimes the best weapon to deal with threats. In the final analysis, it doesn't matter how much you know. Truth is only if your fist is big enough. If you are not big enough fist, then your little cleverness is simply seeking death in front of the demons in subspace - as the old saying goes, heresy comes from thinking."
"………………"
Kara opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she said nothing and just lowered her head silently.
Duanmu Huai's reaction to Kara was unsatisfactory. This is the case for stupid psychics, especially those idiots who like to predict the future. Duanmu Huai does know some of the plot, but he doesn't care. His actions are rarely aimed at changing the plot, but often to make himself stronger.
As Duanmuhuai said, as long as you are strong enough, ignorance is not a problem.
On the contrary, knowing too much will only become a problem if you are too weak.
That's what those prophets are like. When the evil god wants to play with her, that's called playing. But if the evil god doesn’t want to play anymore and just flips the table, what can you do?
Can you beat it?
Of course you can't beat it.
So you can only accept the other person's explanation of fate obediently.
Just like "the company has the final right of interpretation", if you don't have the ability to put the other party on the street, you can only accept it. No matter whether the other party accuses a deer of being a deer or a horse, you have no other choice but to accept it.
But you have to find a way to put the other party on the street - then the right to explain will be in your hands.
It's your turn to call a deer a horse.
I say it's a horse, it's a horse, you either accept it or die.
This is the power of power.
And power - comes from violence.
Duanmuhuai retracted his gaze and looked at Stern.
"Go to the hive, I hope there is still hope there."
Then, he spoke.
(End of chapter)