Chapter 2658 Rumors
It is said to be a forward stronghold, but in fact it is just a small outpost made of simple metal plates and locally sourced rocks. It is mainly maintained by a small generator and covers an area of several hundred square meters. Except for a dozen or so people, the others are all servitors doing coolies and maintaining vigilance.
There are thousands of such strongholds in the Slag Mountains, and they are a key part of the "Dragnet" strategy of the ruling sages.
Of course the sages make decisions easily, but low-level priests like them will suffer. Moreover, the transformation ability of the Mechanicus is often directly linked to the level. Low-level priests like them are actually no different from ordinary people, and they He needs to eat, drink, and sleep, and he also hates a bad environment. In this position, for the sake of safety, he has to take turns to rest.
Of course, they are priests, and the real dirty work can be left to the apprentices, but even so, the two still complain every day.
What's more important is that these tasks are not only tiring, but also very dangerous. After all, there is probably a group of aliens hiding in the rock formations under their feet. The pits in the Slag Mountains are densely packed and extend in all directions. The forward strongholds are facing enemy siege at any time. , in fact, strongholds are donated or destroyed by the enemy in various ways every day, and the people inside are naturally not much better.
“There’s something abnormal.”
Topping, holding a cup of steaming drink, walked to his seat, ready to continue his seemingly endless work of data statistics and verification, and Collating communications from all directions, including visuals submitted by Skitarii.
Hu Ge turned his head and looked at the pink cup. The mechanical eye that replaced his left eye rotated in a circle, and then he said:
"What is that?"< br>
"Eagle's Nest Coffee."
"Why don't you get me a cup?"
"This is the last spoonful."
"So you drank our last A spoonful of coffee?”
“I’m so tired right now, I’d go into shock without caffeine.”
"It sounds like I'm not tired. When will the next supply arrive?"
"A week."
"Still another week?"
"I said A week ago.”
“What are you doing? This is.”
Hu Ge, who was a little angry, simply left his work, poured himself a glass of water, and sat on a chair.
“I still think it’s abnormal for those teams of Sikarians to disappear.”
Topping sat on the revolving chair, supporting his head with one hand and typing quickly on the analog keyboard with the other. Line after line of instructions, he replied feebly:
"Hundreds of skitarii disappear into the tunnels every day."
"But they should at least send back the battle footage. In fact Their last coordinate points are not normal.”
"Then go find them."
"Now I just want to finish this battle quickly. I have only completed half of the task that that damn old metal can gave me."
< br>"No wonder you are still sneaking around typing things by yourself every day. I thought you were writing in a diary. It is a war now, so it should be postponed, right?"
"It can be a piston! That old guy can only You say nonsense like "There is nothing impossible only for those who can't complete it." If you can't complete this, the next promotion assessment will be delayed for three years and three years. You can't delay it until you are almost dead! Climb to the position of a second-level priest?"
Topping immediately stopped what he was doing and was about to pick up the cup, but was snatched away by the other party.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Half for each person."
"No, just this little bit of coffee for you-"
In the end, half of the coffee was taken away , Tuoping could only hold the cup and sigh.
“I almost got moldy from squatting in that information station. If it weren’t for this riot with no end in sight, and I went to the temple every day, the God of All Machines never gave me any enlightenment. I even considered it before Should I just become a chaplain? Weren’t we recruiting chaplains to serve in the Astra Militarum?”
"Are you really going to hang out with those illiterate people and barbarians?"
"Then what else? There's no way out. I've always wanted to replace my logic enhancer, but it's too expensive. Now I simply can’t afford it.”
As he said that, Toppin touched the back of his neck with his hand, and there was a glowing bump there. "Just find a female technician to get married and have children."
"Oh, even if you want to, you have to find a suitable one. Besides, I still rent an apartment now. But the coke oven After this riot, I may have the opportunity to buy my own independent residence at a low price. I will have to see how much is saved in my account when I go back.”
At this time, Hu Ge walked up to Toppin, then glanced at the entrance of the temporary house, and after confirming that no one was there, he whispered:
"Have you heard, this time there is an Aspen Tate Battle Group."
"Ah, I heard about it, the White Temple."
Toppin took a sip of coffee, then looked outside the door and lowered his voice.
“Any special news?”
"I heard that the Director of Foundry has left the Forerunner City to work in orbit temporarily. Now all the armies are commanded by that chapter leader. Also, do you know who this chapter leader is?"
"Who is it? ?”
“Soshyan Alexey”
“Soshyan Alexey.”
“Not long ago. The one where the whirlpool went on an expedition! I think you should prioritize your memory storage!”
Toppin immediately slapped his head and nodded in realization.
“Oh oh oh, I remember, it’s this person, huh? Is he the Chapter Leader of the White Templar?”
“No, he is the Chapter of the Astral Knights. Long."
"Can Astartes conduct commands like this? I don't know much about this, you know?"
"I haven't learned it yet, but it's normal. Probably not, but the White Templar is also a war group in the Maelstrom Expedition. I guess that the leader of Soshiyan Chapter may have high prestige, and other war groups are also willing to accept his leadership.”
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"That's it. Then why did you suddenly talk about this? I have never understood why a war group came over. Is it from above asking for help?"
Hu Ge walked to the door and closed it. Then he took a chair from the side, sat down, leaned towards Toppin, and said mysteriously:
"This is the point. I also heard it from a good friend in the City of Forerunners. , the above initially asked for help from another forging world, but that forging world seemed to listen to the chapter leader."
Topping blinked.
"A Forge World listens to an Astartes"
"This shows that this is not a simple Astartes. I think there is really no way out, so I might as well consider it."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Hugo walked over and opened it, and found that it was a The apprentice was looking at him nervously.
So he assumed a majestic attitude and said in a deep voice:
"What's the matter."
"Father Hugo, there is a strange skitarii. Returned? ”
"Why the questioning tone."
"You'd better see for yourself."
Topping also came over at this time.
“What’s wrong?”
“He said a strange skitarii army has arrived.”
"Are there any Skitarii unfamiliar around here?"
"Go and have a look."
(End of Chapter)