Chapter 195 The Last Moon Wolf
As mentioned earlier, the Crystal of True Knowledge is of great significance to the Warhammer 40K universe.
The long-distance communication of the human empire is very dependent on subspace and astrology, and astrology communication is notoriously unstable and has a small information capacity. It can be called a flying pigeon in the interstellar era of space.
With the True Knowledge Crystal, you can bypass the Astropath and communicate directly, provided that Fu Qinghai has at least two True Knowledge Crystals.
Before the space hulk incident broke out, Chen Xinlu used the True Knowledge Crystal to notify Chen Xue in advance and tried to persuade Chen Xue to join the Chaos camp. In the end, Chen Xue sold her sister back... At that time, Fu Qinghai said , Chen Xue is the only person on the Sossalan who can communicate with the outside world without using an astropath.
The Pink Horror's conspiracy was eventually officially classified as a psyker riot by the Sossalan. Chen Xue must have been very hasty when he was controlled by the Ultramarines, and many of the equipment did not have time to be transferred or hidden.
But it seems like she doesn't have much magic equipment.
Fu Qinghai took away the True Knowledge Crystal without hesitation.
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After getting his equipment back, Fu Qinghai received a message from Ilia Lavare, and a coordinate position was projected in the eyepiece field of view, which was the location of the person Fu Qinghai asked her to find.
Fu Qinghai said goodbye to Gurt and returned to the surface to go to that place.
Eternal City, the hive city next to Terra Palace, Fu Qinghai came for the second time.
Fu Qinghai walked alone in the streets of Xiachao.
He was wearing a tattered cloak to slightly disguise himself, but with a huge body of nearly 2.8 meters in armor, he was really too conspicuous in the hive. The well-informed residents of the Throne World knew that this was him without guessing. An Astartes.
With this shitty cloak on, it looks like it's not on.
Seeing the curious and slightly awed looks from the people around him, Fu Qinghai couldn't help but think to himself.
At the same time, he also thought: What is the significance of Gavir Loken hiding in the lower lair area?
You are a space warrior, you look like a big can when you put on the armor, but you look like a big guy when you take off the armor. Why do you want to hide in the city? Can you hide it?
Fu Qinghai walked down the stairs of the courtyard corridor. The zigzag courtyard was like a cyberpunk version of Hong Kong's public housing estates, messy, dense, and suffocatingly crowded.
Dots of dim, pale light shone from the top of the patio, along with the overwhelming flow of garbage like a waterfall. Fu Qinghai saw that the residents of Xiachao used special steel cable fishing nets with different mesh sizes. Set up an interception net in the patio to intercept the waterfall of garbage that gathers from the upper nest area, and filter out useful things from it.
Wasted mechanical and electronic products are the most valuable among the garbage. Even leftovers and rotten food can be used to feed slaves and livestock. The slaves and livestock in the hive are not picky. The worst and worst can also be used for brewing. Chaodu famous wine is "the second best".
Fu Qinghai shook his head and went straight to the address provided by Ilia Lavare without interacting with the enthusiastic residents of the lower nest.
Arriving in front of this dilapidated iron door, Fu Qinghai couldn't find the doorbell or pager, so he could only raise his hand and knock on the door.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
There was no movement. Fu Qinghai wondered if he had found the wrong address. Is the address provided by Sizu reliable in a place like Xiachao, which was built in a messy and illegal manner?
Fu Qinghai knocked on the door again.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
"who?"
A low and hoarse male voice came from behind the door.
Fu Qinghai lifted up his cloak and said:
"Is that Captain Gavir Loken?"
The other party did not answer Fu Qinghai's question, but asked:
"Who are you?"
Fu Qinghai introduced himself:
"I am Qingshan, Qingshan Nayanhan of the White Scar Legion Shenji Brotherhood, and I came here specifically to visit you."
"Captain Qingshan, I remember that I never had any interactions with you in the past, nor did I have any interactions with the Fifth Army."
"As you said, Captain Loken, I don't know you, but I came here because of your reputation."
The other party was silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
"How did you find this place?"
"I have my own way, Captain Loken."
The other party fell silent again, and finally said slowly:
"Don't call me Captain Loken. There is no Captain Loken here... Come in by yourself."
Fu Qinghai stretched out his hand to push the door and found that the door bolt was locked. He pushed it with a slight force, and the lock core broke, and the iron door opened.
It was a dark and gloomy room with very simple furnishings. The owner of the room obviously had no intention of opening the door or leading the way for Fu Qinghai. He walked in on his own, leaving Fu Qinghai with a tall and lonely figure.
Fu Qinghai took off his helmet and hugged it to his side, then followed the burly figure inside.
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In a spacious and empty room, Fu Qinghai and Gavier Loken sat cross-legged.
Fu Qinghai was carefully looking at the man in front of him.
He was naked, wearing nothing but a worn-out crotch cloth, exposing the gray metal neural interface, knuckled muscles, and vicissitudes of battle scars. He had a handsome face, and his hair was ash-blonde, cut into a clean short length. , there are some small freckles on the pale skin.
Fu Qinghai's eyes gave Gavier Loken an illusion.
The man in front of me seemed to have known him a long time ago and was very familiar with him.
Of course Fu Qinghai knows him.
Garviel Loken, former Captain of the Tenth Company of the Luna Wolves, member of the Council of the Four Kings of Horus, and the male protagonist of the first part of the long narrative novel "The Horus Heresy". The novel is from his perspective. Coming to watch the entire ups and downs of the Great Rebellion, he witnessed the period on the eve of the Great Rebellion, how Horus went from being a war commander that everyone respected to falling step by step.
"So, having said all that, are you here to recruit me, Qingshan Khan?"
Gavir Loken asked calmly.
"Just call me Qingshan."
Fu Qinghai smiled and said:
"I don't have high expectations for recruiting you. Captain Loken, it doesn't matter if you don't accept my recruitment."
Gavier Loken raised his hand and interrupted:
"I told you, there is no Captain Loken here. Call me Gavir. In that case, Qingshan, why did you go to this remote corner of Xiachao?"
Fu Qinghai agreed with a smile and said seriously:
"For me, as long as I can take a look at the last loyalty and perseverance of the Sixteenth Legion, and take a look at the legendary... last moon wolf, I will be satisfied."
Fu Qinghai is not playing hard to get, he really knows that there is a high probability that Gavier Loken will not accept his recruitment, because Loken was recruited by Malcador to be the first Gray Knight Grand Master, but Loken was rejected Refused.
This man’s state of mind can be described in one sentence:
th.
Fu Qinghai really just wanted to see what the man who led him into Warhammer 40K looked like.
When Gaviel Loken heard the words "The Last Moon Wolf", he raised the corners of his lips, smiled to himself, and said:
"It is true that many people have forgotten that the Sixteenth Legion was once called the Shadow Moon Wolves. It belonged to this cursed legion...the last glorious time."
After the Luna Wolves were renamed the Sons of Horus, Loken never liked the new name of the Legion. Later, when Horus and the Word Bearers priest Ari Bass were in cahoots and collusion, it was also Gavir... Loken is always trying to persuade and remonstrate. He is a model of loyalty and reason, and the last conscience of the Sixteenth Legion.
At that time, the Council of Four Kings, the inner circle organization of the legion, had begun to exclude and isolate Loken. People like Abaddon and Horus Jr. all wanted to follow the Warmaster in superstitious rebellion. Loken was deliberately sent to East The surface of Planet Fan 3 managed to escape the baptism of orbital bombardment in an underground bunker.
Loken mistakenly believed that all Space Marines except himself had betrayed the Emperor. Unable to accept this fact, he went crazy and attacked indiscriminately regardless of friend or foe. In the end, he was rescued on Terra.
"In my impression, I have long lost contact with the narrators and preachers on the Vengeful Spirit, but I never thought that these sad and painful experiences of mine would be widely circulated one day, making you laugh. Qingshan .”
Gavir Loken sat cross-legged on the ground, put his hands on his knees, shook his head and sighed.
Fu Qinghai said seriously:
"It may be tragic, but it is not sad. Gavir, your existence always reminds the world that not all demonic whispers and chaotic slanders can corrupt people's minds, even in the face of the corruption that even the Primarch cannot avoid, There are also people who can always stick to their rational thinking and loyal bottom line."
"You are good at praising people, Qingshan. You can say good things better than the most powerful preacher I have ever seen. But I have taken these things lightly and will not feel any satisfaction from it."
Gavier Loken said calmly.
The preacher that Loken spoke of should be Kyril Hindman, the chief preacher of the Vengeful Spirit and later one of the four founders of the Inquisition.
Loken's other mortal friend, the Narrator, Eufradi Keeler, the first "living saint" of the Empire, known as the Cross-dressing Emperor, disappeared in prison after the siege of Terra.
In short, all the friends around the protagonist are big bosses.
Fu Qinghai felt that it was very appropriate to draw a conclusion to the Horus Heresy, a major event that had a far-reaching impact and subverted the empire, with Garviel Loken, the witness to the beginning of the great heresy. Yes, after a heartfelt conversation, Fu Qinghai was ready to stand up and leave.
Gavir Loken stopped him.
Loken said:
"Qingshan, actually you don't know something. I am not the only survivor of the loyal Sons of Horus in the massacre at the landing site. If you really need a soldier now, I do have someone to recommend to you."
oh?
Fu Qinghai was stunned. Loken's rejection was unexpected, but the recommendation of soldiers was unexpected.
Gavir Loken clapped his hands, the wall behind him slid open, and a tall and burly Space Marine walked out.
This is a bald man with a resolute face. His chin has been replaced with a brass-colored metal prosthesis. His whole body, except his face, is covered with rough Cosunia-style tattoos. He slowly walks out of the cubicle and looks at Fu Qinghai said in a deep voice:
"Captain Loken is disheartened. I don't blame him, but in this universe, there is still a Luna Wolf, whose chest is filled with the rage of revenge, and it needs the blood of a traitor to extinguish it!"
Fu Qinghai looked at the man in front of him, who looked like an experienced Astartes veteran, but what he was thinking in his heart was:
He's a nice person, but I feel like... he's a bit average in his speech.
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(PS: Thanks to Joestar Ashes for providing the supporting character card, the second book friend-created character appearing in this book)
Thanks to Adan AJT, Wings of the Sun God in the Sky, Book Friends 1560**1046, The Sublime King, Angels Are Not Humans, What to Do with Mr. Chen, and several book friends for their rewards.
This chapter can be regarded as a sentimental chapter. Loken's character can be called the Luna Wolf version of Captain America, and he is more fully developed.