After the team disbanded and the newly joined soldiers headed to their respective residential areas under the leadership of the first company, Soshyan, who changed into regular uniforms, met with Tekshar alone in his personal observation room and detailed some more confidential matters, such as The status of the Gray Marrow implantation in the Chapter, as well as some things about the Primarch, such as he was indeed killed by his brothers, but it was only Russ and the commander of the Custodes Malcador, the other Primarchs had a good relationship with Xerxes, etc. .
On the one hand, he did this to correct some of Tekshar's misconceptions, and on the other hand, he wanted to test whether he was a pawn planted by Li An.
Texhar was shocked and a little unbelievable at first, and then he fell into thinking.
Until he said this.
"Did Li lie to me?"
But soon, he fell into that trance state again.
"No, it won't happen. Mr. Li saved us."
Soshiyang had already made arrangements at this time. He stood up directly, held the opponent's shoulders with both hands, and his gray The marrow worked again, but in another form, a symbol appeared in front of him——
He planned to control Texhar like other gloomy guards.
As expected, Tekshar's gray marrow quickly reacted, but it was not a normal reaction. Both of his eyes emitted a dark green light, and at the same time, symbols similar to Necron appeared on his metal The half of his face was transformed, and his shoulders shook violently at the same time, as if he was trying to shake off Soshyan's arm.
At that moment, Soshiyang felt a will to resist, but it did not come from the gray marrow. He could still gain the other person's vision. He could see his own face, but he could not control the other person's behavior.
There is no problem with Texar’s gray marrow!
It’s him who has the problem!
At this time, Soshyan exerted more force with his hands, and with his bare hands without wearing armor, he suppressed Texhar, who was wearing a Terminator and began to struggle violently, in place.
At the same time, a revolving door lowered from above, and Veronica, wearing a light cyan dress and a light gait, walked out of it, with psychic power surrounding her - at this time because of Soshyan After converting the power form of the gray marrow, her power was not only not weakened by Texhar's gray marrow, but instead strengthened.
Veronica walked behind Texhar, floated until she was slightly taller than him, then stretched out her left arm and put her left index finger on the back of his head.
After a moment, she whispered:
“There is indeed something in his head, and it will take some time to force it out bit by bit without damaging his remaining nerves. ”
“Don’t worry about it”
As the halo of psychic energy enveloped the entire observation room, Texhar’s body shook more intensely, and the gray marrow on his face even began to flow. , spreading towards the part below his neck. When Soshiyang saw this, he pressed the opponent's shoulders with force, and on the other hand, he tried to use his strength to limit the opponent's gray marrow's rampage.
About a minute later, Veronica suddenly hummed, raised her right hand and lightly slapped Texhar on the head like a mosquito.
In the ripples of the air, a small object flew out of Texhar's metalized head at an extremely fast speed, but was fixed in mid-air, and then Texar looked like It was like a deflated balloon. If his terminator hadn't been working and locking his joints for support, he would have fallen to the ground softly.
"Is this?"
After straightening Texhar to ensure that he would not fall, Soshyan looked at the thing. Veronica had fixed it with psychic threads. In place.
It looked like a metal insect, about the size of Soshyan's thumb, with a black shell and a green head-like part. The tiny metal tentacles are reminiscent of some kind of multi-legged creature.
"Is this something from the Necrons?" Soshyan had a vague impression of this thing. He seemed to have seen it on the World Engine before, but it seemed different.
Veronica stared at it, nodded, and said seriously:
“It’s a heart-locking beetle, but this one is a little different, it’s smaller and more complex. ”
“What is a heart-locking beetle?”
"This is the most vicious technology of the Necrontyr. It is a variant of the endless beetles in the gloomy tombs, or a more advanced existence. It is usually used by the high-ranking lords of the Necrontyr who are called kings or overlords. It They will sneak into the host body, allowing the host to become a spy or puppet of the Necrontyr without being aware of it. Moreover, they have an extremely remote range of control, and can even cause the victim's mind to be indirectly manipulated by a will from a distant star. Among them, heart-locking beetles generally have two modes of operation. One is very covert suggestion control, which is to implant a subconscious mind or suggestion into the host's brain. This method of control is very covert, and the host and the people around him can't control it. People will think that everything is normal, and the other is to directly take over the host's nervous system. However, this activation is also devastating to the host - the lock beetle activated at full power will cause the host to be burned after a few minutes. It’s crispy on the outside but tender on the inside, but no matter which way it is, the lurking heart-locking beetle is very, very difficult to detect, whether it’s instruments or psychic abilities.”
Veronica just finished speaking, Suddenly an arc of electricity erupted in the air, and then the heart-locking beetle suddenly curled up its limbs. Upon seeing this, Soshyan immediately swatted it away.
In the electric light and flint, the entire lock beetle exploded into a ball of green light. Veronica immediately stretched out her hand and shook her palm. The energy that could destroy the entire observation room was suffocated by her in the subspace. middle.
"It seems that the implanter also made the last insurance, and we were careless."
Veronica looked at the direction in which the heart-locking beetle was annihilated, and shook her head.
"If it is fixed with a time lock early, maybe the person behind the scenes can be traced."
Soshiyang sneered.
"There is no need to pursue it. No one else can implant this thing in Tekshar."
"Is that Li?"
"Hmph, it seems This dear friend really has hidden a lot of things from me. According to you, this kind of heart-locking beetle can only be used by high-ranking lords of the Necrons, which means that Li has a Necron 'friend'. This is really interesting. .”
At this time, Soshyan noticed that Texhar's eyelids were twitching a little, so he nodded to Veronica, and the other party disappeared directly.
"I am the legion commander."
Texhar shook his head, covered his forehead, took a step and almost fell down.
“Why does my head hurt so much?”
“There was something wrong with your gray marrow just now, and I have solved it for you.”
Looking at Soshyan, Texhar nodded in confusion.
"Ah, thank you very much, Commander. Since I was assassinated, my brain has often been a little confused due to some damage."
Soshiyang felt a little pitiful for Texhar at this time, and he He has been manipulated without realizing it, and everything he believes in is mostly a lie. This is so similar to him in the past——
The sense of identity brought by this empathy made Soshiyang step forward and press the button He held the other person's shoulder and said seriously:
"No, brother, never again. As long as I am here, nothing will ever hurt you again."