Chapter 212 The actual situation

Chapter 212 The actual situation

Symbiote.

The other party used the symbiosis that parasitizes on mortals to remind him of his identity - a reincarnation.

The identity codes among reincarnators are all kinds of strange, but they can’t escape from one core logic:

If you take out something that is not in this universe, you can prove that you are a reincarnator.

The Warhammer 40K universe is so big, it is not easy to meet a reincarnation who is also an Astartes. Fu Qinghai decided to meet him for a while to see where he came from.

Armed with weapons, the three men followed the man dressed as a refugee along the rugged and narrow mountain path to the slum camp hidden in the canyon.

This is a messy temporary camp, with ruts and potholes, livestock excrement and messy footprints mixed together, the smell of low-quality promethium volatilization in the air, the neighing of Grox beasts accompanied by the cries of children, Everything is a mess.

The man led them through the curious eyes of mortals and arrived at a temporary building in the center, a building made of scrap iron sheets, plastic felt and fresh wood.

Without waiting for the man to open the door curtain, the active and passive perspective in Fu Qinghai's helmets had already outlined the outline of the armor of the Space Marines behind the door curtain. Joestar quietly tightened the power claw worn on his right hand, and Camille's fingers gently touched it. On the bolter's trigger.

The man opened the door curtain, and the Space Marine inside opened his hands and said loudly:

"Welcome, my three brothers."

The familiar cobalt blue comes into view, the metal relief of the three-headed sea serpent on the shoulder armor, the dragon's head crown on the top of the helmet, and the large black cloak on the shoulders...

Fine arcs of electricity flashed on the sharp claw tips.

Qiao Shida gritted his teeth and said:

"alpha!"

"Relax, relax, man."

The Alpha Warrior quickly raised his arms to indicate that he had no weapons in his hands, trying to appease Joestar's tight fighting spirit.

"Hold on."

Fu Qinghai gently pressed Qiao Shida's shoulders:

"Listen to what he has to say."

Alpha Warrior turned to look at Fu Qinghai, took off his helmet, revealing the face of a bald man, with smooth beardless gray skin, peacock blue eyes, and a black dragon scale tattoo on the side of his face. He smiled and clenched his fists Saluting:

"It is not easy to become a company commander's technical sergeant. I salute you, White Scar Khan."

"A clever talker!"

Joestar snorted angrily.

Fu Qinghai asked:

"Are you the one who killed those three Iron Warriors on the space station?"

"That's right."

Alpha Warrior nodded and said:

"They began to doubt my identity, so I had to strike first. There are only some personnel left behind on the space station, and half a company of Iron Warriors are hiding in the castle, reinforcing the defense of the warlord's castle. You must have seen it just now arrive."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is No. 56. You can call me No. 56, or just call me Alpha."

56, a reincarnation pseudonym that is even less sincere than "Jack" and "Quentin".

No. 56 took a deep look at Fu Qinghai:

"As you can see, I'm just like you, brother."

"We are completely different from traitors."

Qiao Shida immediately retorted.

As everyone knows, what No. 56 said is the same, does not mean the camp is the same, but the identity is the same, the identity of the reincarnation.

Fu Qinghai ignored the hint in his words and asked directly:

"What is going on with all this in Malzan?"

Alpha Warrior No. 56 said:

"The Iron Warriors arrived here before you. They took control of the local warlord and were digging out the sealed ancient STCs under the castle. I had been hanging among them, but the three idiots on the space station started to doubt me. I have no choice but to develop my informant and intelligence network among the opposition."

As the legion among the eighteen legions that is most adept at espionage and intelligence warfare, it is extremely good at blending into the enemy, establishing an intelligence network, and developing secret agents and spies.

Fu Qinghai is concerned about another issue:

This guy revealed the fact that there was an STC hidden under the castle as soon as he opened his mouth. How did he know that we were also here for the STC?

Seemingly guessing what Fu Qinghai was thinking, No. 56 smiled and said:

"Our auspicious instrument has detected the Goliath-class foundry ship in orbit, and even ships from Mars are coming. If it's not for STC, what else could it be for? There's no need for us to be careless, right?"

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.

Alpha Warrior continued:

"The technological barbarian warlord, Bancroft Kellogg, came to power through assassination and mutiny. He was not very popular in Malzan and had many opponents. I integrated these opposition forces together and gradually eroded the territory of the establishment. , occupied the area outside the warlord's castle. If the warlord hadn't chosen to compromise with the Iron Warriors and seek their asylum, I would have defeated the castle long ago."

There was a lot of pride and pride in the words of No. 56. One person integrated the scattered opposition and forced the establishment to huddle in the castle. It was indeed an amazing achievement. This was not achieved just by relying on personal force. It can be done.

No. 56 said unceremoniously:

"To be honest, everyone, it's not that I want to take the initiative to contact you. It's actually...how to put it, even if you don't come, I will conquer that castle sooner or later. It's just a matter of the length of time. It's not so much I took the initiative to contact you, rather I was forced to contact you."

No. 56 looked calm as usual, but said the most pretentious words:

"I hope you won't mess around. Even if you can't provide support and help, don't get in the way. Do you understand?"

Qiao Shida stared:

"how dare you!"

Joestar stepped forward, the explosive bomb in the power claw already loaded.

"Rumble..."

Outside the building, the engine noise of a tank engine rang out. Through Force perception, Fu Qinghai saw that the building was surrounded by mortal soldiers holding firearms.

"Three Hellhound fire-breathing tanks, two hundred and thirty-seven mortal soldiers, including two heavy firepower teams equipped with plasma weapons."

Camille, who was wearing a helmet, just glanced around and immediately reported the number of enemy soldiers and vehicle models.

The Alpha Warrior, who had a calm face at first, raised his eyebrows and looked slightly surprised when he heard this.

Hearing the sound of the tank engine, experienced Astartes veterans might be able to tell that it was a Chimera chassis, but how did they know the model and troop strength?

Are there recon servo skulls floating out there?

This is a possibility that No. 56 can think of.

Fu Qinghai chuckled, breaking the tense atmosphere in the room, and said:

"I have two final questions."

"One, how did you determine that we belong to the loyal camp?"

"Second, how did you prove that you also belong to the loyal camp?"

It is not difficult to judge that Fu Qinghai belongs to the reincarnation. His special power armor is a good sign. The key is that this reincarnation of the Alpha Legion identified Fu Qinghai and the other three as belonging to the loyal camp as soon as he opened his mouth. , the dialogue was started on the basis of this major premise, and the meaning behind the words was: although we belong to the same camp, don't cause trouble.

Seeing Qiao Shida standing back beside Fu Qinghai, No. 56 whispered a few instructions to the communication channel in the neck armor. The mortal soldiers holding weapons outside the building also lowered their raised muzzles, and the tense atmosphere relaxed slightly. .

Alpha Warrior then explained:

"The original batch of rebellious White Scar Brotherhood was taken over by the Alpha Legion. I know every one of them. There is no one wearing your armor. You are not one of them."

Hearing this, Qiao Shida asked in the communication channel in surprise:

"There are also traitors in the Fifth Legion?"

Fu Qinghai raised his eyebrows.

I thought, as the rumors said, a group of White Scars surrendered to Alpha during the battle in the Condax System.

"As for your second question."

No. 56 paused and said in a playful tone:

"I feel like in this situation, it's not me who is surrounded, and it's not me who needs to prove my loyalty, right?"

At this moment, the man who had led Fu Qinghai and the others to the camp just now broke through the door curtain and rushed into the house. He threw himself in front of the Alpha warrior and shouted:

"Sir, there are many people outside the camp. I saw rust-red robes. It's them... yes, they are radiation infantry!"

Radiant infantry, this is the derogatory name given to Skitarii by uninformed mortals.

The man took a breath and added:

"Also, there is a terrifying monster whose upper body is a machine slave and whose lower body is a crawler chassis."

The lower body of the heavy cavalry-class fighter servitor has been replaced with a tank-like tracked chassis.

Fu Qinghai said with a smile:

"Now, can you prove your loyalty, No. 56?"

What the three people present did not expect was that this guy was very single. He immediately raised his hands and said with an awkward smile:

"I'm just kidding you, haha, we are all brothers in the same camp, how could I kill innocent people indiscriminately, right?"

After saying that, he rushed out the door and shouted:

"It's gone, it's gone, it's all gone, go ahead and do whatever you need to do."

He was very smooth and natural when he was pretending to be cool, and even after being slapped in the face, he still acted as if nothing had happened.

I have never seen such a thick-skinned person.

Number 56 said:

"A little misunderstanding. I've said so much before. Isn't it enough to prove my camp? What traitor would be so dedicated to making accomplices as I am?"

Fu Qinghai shook his head gently:

"That's not enough, you're the Alpha."

Fu Qinghai clearly remembered that the world of reincarnation not only has two either-or camps, but also the third camp "Leviathan" appeared in the last plot line event "Secret Empire". The enemy of the enemy is not necessarily a friend. .

What's more, the traitors are not united. In the Eye of Terror, many more Chaos Space Marines died due to infighting among the warbands than were annihilated by the Empire. Perhaps No. 56's attack on the Iron Warriors was just because Does the Alpha Legion also want STC?

Alpha is synonymous with deceit and deceit in the Space Marine circle. Even if it is said in a thousand words, you still have to find a way to show your loyalty.

Fu Qinghai was unable to make progress, and Fifty-Six was helpless. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. It seemed that he had activated some skill. Fu Qinghai and Camille saw together that a line of small words appeared above his head:

【Emperor Camp Reincarnator】

Then both of them received prompts in the depths of their minds at the same time:

[The reincarnator used the flop hand]

Fu Qinghai patted Qiao Shida's arm and said:

"Put your weapons away so we can sit down and have a nice chat."

Poor old Qiao, his face was full of shock and confusion:

"Ah? Now you believe him, no, he is Alpha. Can you believe what he says?"

…

Three "Cerberus" fire-breathing tanks and more than two hundred mortal soldiers were unable to do anything to Fu Qinghai and the others. Fu Qinghai's flight pack was still on standby above the clouds. As long as the signal link was not blocked, he could be called over at any time. .

Of course, there must be more than this number of troops in the entire temporary camp, but with the abilities of Fu Qinghai and the others, it is not difficult to escape. They can also take the Alpha soldiers as hostages, right?

Until there is a real fight with real swords and guns, others will not know how powerful the new alien space warriors are. In comparison, eighty Skitarii and thirty armed servitors are more convincing.

On the outskirts of the temporary camp, Fu Qinghai and Wuliu had a frank and detailed talk.

"Since you are a reincarnation of the Alpha Legion, tell me, what exactly does Alpharius want to do?"

This is Fu Qinghai's most curious question.

No. 56 shrugged and said:

"To be honest, I don't know either."

"I am a new recruit who joined the Legion in the middle of the Horus Heresy. I have no qualifications to enter the Inner Circle. The Primarch told us that our actions are for the future of all mankind and are truly loyal to the Emperor's great ideals."

"After the death of the original body, senior members told us that we should fight according to our own understanding of loyalty. As an Aifrican, I never acted with the large army of the Legion. I stole the name of a member of the Fourth Legion. Rank and file, and learned about the company’s operational goal—to unearth the STC hidden underground in the feudal world of Malzan.”

"Then I followed along."

Everricon, also known as "Headhunter", refers to those members of the Alpha Legion who are responsible for infiltrating into other legions. They must be very elite Space Marines to take on this responsibility. Their status within the legion is equivalent to that of the first company. veteran.

The Alpha Legion is very funny. Many low-level members don’t know what their Primarch is thinking. So many Alpha warriors later became Chaos warbands wandering around the Eye of Terror and the Maelstrom, still claiming to be loyal to the Emperor. Emperor.

For example, in the 41K era, there was an Alpha warband called the "Exterminators". They believed that their rebellion was helping the empire to eliminate the weak and curved loyalty, similar to the predators in the ecological chain, eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled hyenas, and the warband The leader's name is "Occam", the Occam of Occam's razor.

"Half a company of Iron Warriors is helping him. What kind of warlord can't defeat these guerrillas outside the castle?"

Fu Qinghai felt a little incredible.

Number 56 said:

"Those Tie Yong, they are just a small team. The war commander is dead and the rebel faction has collapsed. They don't care at all who rules this planet or who it is loyal to. They only care about being able to If they couldn't successfully excavate the STC and take it away, if you hadn't suddenly appeared in space orbit, they wouldn't have bothered to help the warlord strengthen the city's defenses."

"Then you won't be stuck in the castle and dare not come out."

Fu Qinghai said.

He observed the soldiers in the temporary camp. They were slovenly and disheveled. They looked like a bunch of armed civilians. They had collected some weapons and equipment left behind by the mortal auxiliary army. They were still far behind the regular army of the empire.

No. 56 admitted honestly:

"Actually, I have a helper."

"Sat Farlan, one of the several Raven Guards captured by the Iron Warriors while exploring a space hulk, a veteran who experienced the massacre at the landing site, was originally imprisoned in the bilge prison, but I found an opportunity to release him. When he comes out, he is not a reincarnator, but a local aboriginal, just like the grumpy old man next to you."

No. 56 glanced at Qiao Shida.

Qiao Shida looked confused.

Why can’t I understand what “reincarnators” and “local aborigines” mean?

Number 56 continued:

"The people in the camp are all old, weak, sick and disabled. The main force is all in the hands of Satfran. He is the one who leads the opposition to fight guerrillas. He has ambushed the supply lines of the warlord's troops five times in a row. This has led to their inability to Don’t shrink your defenses and hide in the castle.”

No wonder, it turns out there are Raven Guards.

The Raven Guard, masters of guerrilla warfare, masters of fighting behind enemy lines, experts in stealth and raids, the guerrillas led by Raven Guard veterans will indeed give every ruler a headache.

Fu Qinghai said:

"You keep saying that you can break into the castle without us. I guess you have an insider inside the castle, right?"

A smile appeared on No. 56's lips:

"That's right, as an Alpha Space Marine, what can you do if you don't have some means?"

"I have three mortal servants, all of whom have been trained by the legion for many years. They are all lurking in the warlord's castle. They will enter key positions in the near future. They and their subordinates who have developed on their own have already mastered many things. Missing key information.”

Sparato, also known as "The Sower", is different from other legions that only regard mortals as servants and recruit candidates. The Alpha Legion has a large number of specially trained mortal agents with biochemical modifications and prosthetic modifications. These mortal agents Known as "Sparato", he lurks in various industries and positions in the human empire. He will explode with great power as soon as the Primarch gives an order.

In the early days of the Horus Heresy, these mortal agents caused a lot of trouble for the Imperial Fists' defense of the capital, nearly ruining Rogal Dorn's plan to hold on.

"But."

Camille, who had been listening for a long time, pointed out the loopholes in Plan 56:

"Even if you have internal agents in the castle, and even if the guerrillas have restrained the warlord's mobile forces, your frontal strength is still not as good as the Iron Warriors, and you still can't stop them from digging up the STC and leaving here."

"Um……"

No. 56 pondered for a moment, then spread his hands carelessly:

"You're right."

Camille immediately asked:

"Then why do you say that the castle can be conquered without us, and why do you say that we should not interfere?"

No. 56 shrugged:

"I'm bragging, okay?"

Hearing this, Joestar was so angry that he dilated his nostrils and clenched his fists, wishing to punch Alpha Soldier's careless and cynical long face hard.

Fu Qinghai smiled, but it didn't matter.

Although this guy is a reincarnator, he is still deeply affected by the gene seed, or maybe he has this kind of temperament to stand out from the legion.

Alpharius's memoirs were revealed in the original novel. As the youngest Primarch, the Lord of Hydra is also arrogant and cynical. He completely looks down on the other seventeen legions and thinks that their tactics are all somewhat different. Faults, believing that their primarchs all have character flaws.

Even though he had been beaten up by the White Scars, Ultramarines, and Imperial Fists, he still had a tough mouth.

During the "Battle of Testra" during the Great Crusade, the Alpha Legion used clever and ingenious methods to conquer the capital of this human country that was unwilling to surrender. However, due to heavy civilian casualties, it was criticized by the Ultramarines who fought in collaboration. Robert When Guilliman asked Alpharius why he didn't cooperate with the Ultramarines, Alpharius replied:

"Your tactics are too simple and childish."

The future regent was so angry that he reported directly to Warmaster Horus, saying that he would never cooperate with the Alpha Legion again.

Maybe No. 56 was really bragging, or maybe there was some hidden way to keep it secret. It was possible.

At this moment, the dirty man came running up to everyone, panting, and said to the Alpha Warrior:

"Sir, an armored vehicle has come out of the castle."

Armored vehicle?

Everyone present was stunned.

No. 56 asked:

"Just one?"

"Yes."

The man nodded and added:

"Coming towards us."

"What are these people up to..."

No. 56 muttered something in a low voice, stood up and said:

"Come on, let's go take a look."

As soon as he put his hand on the man's shoulder, a cobalt blue gelatinous object twisted and emerged from the man's body, wrapped around the Alpha Warrior's gauntlet and climbed up to his shoulder, and suddenly got in through the gap in the neck armor. .

…………

I finished writing this chapter very early, and polished it over and over for a long time. I am still not satisfied with it personally. It is necessary to properly integrate the character set by the book friend and the character of the Legion itself, which is a bit of a test for the writing skills of the new author. Okay, everyone spray lightly.

I keep emphasizing that the world view of Warhammer 40K is grand and grand. The 18 legions have 18 different internal cultures, organizational structures, and tactics. I have read so many LEX translations and original novels, and I have only touched on them. The tip of the iceberg, this grand worldview is really attractive. From my personal reading taste, it is far more fascinating than the question of the technological level of the human empire.